Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-03-12
NOTES OF THE DAY.

Only thirty-two of the 361 important
sugar factories of Cuba are running
and the normal output of the island
which is 100000 tons, will be reduced
this season to 100000.
The so-called father of cats" is one
of the most important personages in
a Mohammedan caravan. This cat
shiek carries on his camel about a
dozen baskets filled with the ugIiest
specimens of the feline race.
Twenty-one hundred ounces Of
strychnine We're distributed by the
commissioners of WaIla Wala county,
Washington, to the farmers of that
county last week for use in trying 20
abate the plague Of squirrels.
Italian army officers are wretchedly
paid. A sublieutenant's salary is 800
lire ($240) a year. which, after paying
the taxes and official expenses, includ-
ing his uniform, leaves him about SIT
II month for his board and lodging.
Brazil seems to be making a bid for
immigration. The state of Rio de janet
70 has entered into a contract to i'm
port 100000 European immigrants, ex-
Guiding Italians. The motive for the
exclusion does not appear at this dis
tance.
A good example to refer to of the
Ecgro's capacity for eating watermelon
Is that of q Dalton, Ga, negro, who ate
at one sitting, on a wager, fifty-fve
pound watermelon of last seasons crop
that had been preserved in cotton seed.
Travelling churches are to be estab-
Iished on the Trans-Siberian railway,
which passes through many desert
tracts, where neither village nor church
can be met with for miles. Cars fitted
up for divine service will be attached
to the trains for the benefit of the
officials.
The Yellowstone national park con
tains several "bottomless holes" which
are, according to geological authorities,
dry geysers Into one of these, known
AS "IIelPs back door" 10000 feet of
line with weight attached has been
lowered without touching the bottom.
Bowls dishes and plates are made
frcm the hair of rabbits and other ami
mails i'm Russia The articles are felted
and afterward vanished. These uten-
sils have the appearance of papier-
machc, or vanished leather and pos,
acss the properties of being strong,
durable and exceedingly light.
Polynesia is probably the only place
in the world where the marriage feast
"a. h, I,G
the bridegroom. For some unexplained
reason the young man is sent into
the bush" when negotiations are opened
with the family of his bride and he
remains there during the subsequent
festivities.
A graphic idea of the immense size
of Siberia may be CLEANED from the
following comparison: All of the states,
Kingdoms principalties, empires, etc,
of Europe Except ltussaD and all the
United States, including Alaska, could
be placed side by side and yet but
j little more than cover that immense
i country.
A resident of Scranton, Pa, has in
vented a machine for setting and dis
| tributing type which he claims will
rcvolutonze the setting of type, es'
| pecialIy in small Offices, where there
would be no saving in the use of limo
| type or other machines now in use
The inventor claims that his typcset'
/ ting machine will not be more than
twice as large as a typewriter and that
the distributing machine will not be
II great deal larger than the typesetter.
Both are operated on the typewriter
principle. and the inventor says they
can be manufactured cheap enough to
allow the two machines to be sold for
$500.