Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-01-03
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
Hard Coal is 50 4 ton il Winnipeg


The Boston brown bread Is made Of
rye and corn meal, in the proportion
of to ..
Wheat is mentioned in the Scriptures
as a well known grain and under wide
cultivation.
The habitat of oats is believed 10
have been the region north and west
OF the Alps.
The native home of both the dourra
and the sweet sorghum is believed TO
be the Soudan.
Rice was introduced into Spain by
the Arabs, and into Italy In 146S by
the Spaniards.
Graham flour should consist OF the
whole wheat, ground to uniform de-
gree Of fineness.
Enormous quantities Of maize are
grown in China, India, Austro-Hu
gary and italy,
Some botanists believe that spelt Is
derived from wheat by process OF
cross-fertilization.
Cape Cod was named from the
abundance Of fish. The Indian name
was HAMMOCK Goldfish.
Next to rice, wheat is eaten by the
greatest number of human beings; and
then comes maize.
In 1916 Virginia colonists made a
law that no one should neglect food
crops in order to plant tobacco.
Cayuga Lake, In New York, was so
named from an Indian word meaning
'I3ake of the Murky Land"
According to the internal revenue
estimate there are 100000 packs Of
cards in stock in this country.
Mails travelled at the rate Of 30 or
40 miles a day in summer and half
that rate In winter century ago.
The first bits of India rubber that
We're sold in London for erasers
brought about rs cents a cubic inch.
. Tobacco seeds are so minute that It
is said thimbleful will furnish
enough plants for an acre of ground.
A public school system was put in
operation In nearly all OF the provinces
OF the Roman empire In the year 9S.
The cheetah, or hunting leopard, is
3 IL feet high and is hooded like a
hawk when taken out to the chase.
The largest egg is that Of the os-
trich. 1t weighs three pounds and is
considered equal in amount to "a
hens eggs.
The outer layers of the aligator's
skin are said to contain a large per
centage OF silica, hence the hardness
OF the animals hide.
Point Comfort was named by the
first colonlsts in 1907. The name was
bestowed on account of the good chan.
mel and safe anchorage.
Morocco's sultan has $1,000 bicycle.
The wheels OF watch travel
1858 ga miles a year.
Wisconsin is to have druggists
insurance company.
In India native may board com
fortably for six cents a day.
1t Is said that tobacco seed will
retain It's vitality eight or ten years
The French government has had
monopoly of the tobacco business since
1916.
Large fingers signify powerful
physical organization, associated with
unrefined tastes.
The flowers OF some species of the
tobacco plant open only at sunset and
close at sunrise.
Tibet bird finger belongs to Apollo,
and its mount betokens the artistic In
the temperament.
The great lava lake In the crater OF
Kilaues, Hawaiian islands, sank 500
feet In one night.
Sorgum is mentioned by Pliny as a
favorite grain In Egypt, where It is
now known as dourra.
The total matrlculations at Oxford
this term is Cos. which shows an In
crease on last year.
The American hand Is the typlcally
material making all things subordi-
nate to the useful.
Pointed fingers reach results by in
tuition, square fingers by logically
tracing cause to effect
Pliny mentions spelt as being used
by the Romans 800 years before they
made bread out Of wheat.
On the medals of Metapontis. nm
Italian town. the first mention Of bar
ley Is found. b. o. GOO.
Wheat was cultivated in China, p.
G. 2700, and at that date was deemed
the direct gift Of the gods.
II is calculated that from this years
crop Of wheat fully 10o.Oo0.O00 bushels
will be fed to live stock.
The Italian millet now used almost
entirely as a food for birds was
formerly sustenance for men.
Barry. the painter had his interest
In art reused when on voyage with
his father. who was n sailor
Chinese prepare spirit from the
stalks Of sweet sorghum. such as IL
used In this country for syrup.
According TO Lnnaeus. millet grows
wild in many parts Of India, in central
Asia and northern Siberia.