Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-11-07
CNKIOrS CONVERSATIONS.


Fhr mar'Goh COOS to sleep With the
sun aud remains QuicSecut uutl sum
rise
The Venus lily trap produces juice
that to nearly all insects is deadly
poison.
Every auyjcnt hero aud god had {
dover especially rnuS,~mtrd in his
honor.
The saffron is valuable us u dye 1t
GROWS Wild in many parts Of South
Africa
IN" lltndoo chronology extends to
dltl u. g.; Babylon, CLOS y. g.;
Chiua 6la7 II, G.
Until H. G, Ia the Greeks began
the Acar at the winter solSticc; after
chat, NJ the summer
] According to the computation OF the
Russian chrouologsts. the Creation
/ took place H. G, aaoS
! The orthodox Hebrews date from
i tho rrmtion which event they place
In the year H. G, $500
Among the Latin christians there
have hcm seven different dates fixed
! for the beginning Nr the YEAR
Persia WAS SO named 10y the Greeks
from rcr~rpoliS, It's capital; the ma
! tiNNS wore "rarSa," nodc,mly called
! "rA,%ces."
honduras nar named hy the Span
/ ish In ailusion to the depth OF the
water en- It's coast irhc word means
deep water"
NcNandHr /, rr Scotland, was
designated the Ficre Ills tmpctu-
osIty in Mttlc almost invariably
struck terror into tho hearts of his
enemies,
Charles WIN. or France, VAS sur
anTd The AIahlc, He always re.
moved his hat IN answe" to n salutn-
tIou. even IL the greeting came from
! n peasant.
AnastasIus l., emperor of the east,
was known as Nh" silent, from his
taciturnity. Tha sam" title has hcn
given To William l., Stakeholder. OF
Holland.
Alphonso n. OF Leon and CASTLE
was The Wise. The same title was
bestowed upon solomon, king OF the
Jews. Charles ", Of France, and
Che,lsou, Of China.
the white lotus. supposed ny
many persons to be the "lly OF the
field" refAred to 10y Christ in one OF
his d'scourHcs, Is a day bloomer, but
appears 10 dislike the light and heat
of the sun.
Britain was known to the phocnl-
clans and was named by them liarat-
AnAk. "thc land OF tin" 1t Is he.
lievcd that the rhoenicIans made
expeditions ne early as 1877 II. g.
Il. G.
Patagonia was named by Magellan
from n Spanish word signlIylng 'ms
foot" He formed his Impressions Of
the natives before seeing them by the
Imprlnts of their ample pedal extern
slons In the sand.
Froude passed seven years In col.
lcctlng materials and IN writing his
History of l1ngland." He was very
careful In the selection Of data and
spent whole days In the effort to YER
ify single fact or citation,
The Barbados was named by an
explorer with a sma ttoring Of Latin.
The word signifies ''bGrdcd." and
was suggested by the hanging moss
on dhc trees, which bore a distinct re-
scmhlante to long hair and beard
Soryia IL thus called because It was
originally inhabited by the Suedi, or
Sucvi. who located there designing TO
remain, but were driven ont toward
the north by other tribes, and finally
made their way to Sweden.
one Of Millions biogaphes says
that nearly twenty years elapsed be-
tween the sketchlng out Of the plan
! of paradise Lost ana the compile
ton of that work The actual labor
Of composition was condensed into
two or three years.
Hungary took It's name from the
Huns, who In 376 drove out the Goths,
and took possession Of the country.
| The first appearance Of the Huns in
history Is In China In the year 400 B
g.. when they were called Hiongnu,
slgnfying giants"
"Who reads an American bookr the
! famous sncerlng utterance OF Sidney
Smith. was used In the Edinburgh Re
| view Of January. 1920. The article
! In which II occurs was the review OF
Adam Scybert's Statistical Annals
OF the United States"
Peter the Great, OF Russia, had the
typical face Of a Russian peasant. A
short, thick nose, with large nostrlls,
heavy brows. full, sensual lips, wide
mouth. and high cheek bones We're
among bis most prominent features.
His head was almost round.