Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-07-16
NOTES or THE DAY.

IHOTltleS.
In Australia horses and cattle ara
now being branded by electricity nm
storage batteries The temperature s
Uniform and the brand safe and nftis-
! tic.
Paris streets are losing their replta.
ton for safety at nights, crimes Of yjo.
lence having become more freaoent
even in the neighborhood Of the inner
bouleva1ds.
+ a. Q. 5affrey Of New York wrote "a !
newspaper that he intended to drown
i himself. 1t was believed 10 be a hoax
a day later his body was fished out 81
East river.
Among the 1900 people residing
within the limits of the Oregon school
district in Missouri there are seventy
eight persons who nave reached a.
passed the age of 10.
Jerusalem is now competing with
| Spain, Mexico, Florida and California
for the orange trade of the world The
fruit is grown in the district between
| Jerusalem and Jaffa.
In the best houses carpets are no
longer planned to the room. A Persian
rug or bordered carpet covers the cen.
ter, leaving bare all around about two
feet of the oak flooring, in the French
| fashion.
Liverpool has a city ordinance for
bidding the use of streets to vehicles
displaying advertisements. A man who
undertook to show an advertisement Oh
a bicycle was fined under this law.
Bangkok, the capital of Siam, has
had free public library since last No
vember, which is used by 1000 readers
weekly Once a week lectures are
given, which are well attended BY at
tentive audiences.
The word "cockney" should in strict
and born within the sound of Bow
Bells but nowadays the term is ap-
piled to Londoners generally as opposed
to country people.
| Clement Younger of Marinette, Wis,
was about year ago scratched Dy
hen he was trying to catch. Partial
paralysis from blood poisoning fol
/ lowed. A few days ago he slightly
hurt the paralyzed arm and died.
Since trees have been extensively
planted in southern California the rain
fall of the region has become much
more uniform and favorable to agrl-
culture. But there are ether parts Of
the state in which the saw mills are
wiping out the forests.
The brother of James Judge of Boise,
Idaho, came to visit him, bringing three
children and scarlet fever. Two Of the
little ones have since died and four OF
the members of the united families are
stricken with the dread disease.
Public resentment over the fine OF
an editor in Sacramento, Cal, for his
utterances rejecting on tile judge q q
local court at the close OF trial aas
led to the reformation Of large So
ciety, cnce powerful, in the defense Of
free press
There is no part Of the world Whlca
has such a black record for wrecks a.
the narrow Baltic seas. The NUMBER
| in some years has averaged more tnaa
enc q day, the greatest number p
wrecks recorded in one year being f-o
end the smallest ISL.
The Canadian fisheries department
has received returns of the spring
catch Of seals by the Canaaian
schooners, taken off the coast Of WASH
ington and British Columbia, when
show a falling off of nearly loco SKINS
the figures being S,92S this year g
against 9,S53 last spring,
! France Is gradually ADOPTING an -
glo-Saxon code of morality II mas ~
ready purity society anu soil y
Anthony Comstock in Senator pr.al
ger. Now the increase Of drunkenness
| Las led to the establishment OF ineu
temperance association in Paris oh w.
model Of the English society
Bass & Co. or Burton. on-Trent, Eng.
land Bass alel, got up an excursion IT
10 900 Of their employees the othef las'
taking them to Blackpool N sefs4'ssa
trains. They had hired every sho" =
The place and opened them Tree Y .ne
excurs,onists. besides proyl.i.a5
steamers for sea trip, Tree faiis s is.
/ tickets, and enough money 81
the incidentals.
The difference between counsel -
queens counselor, in the even,
king being en- the throne, n
that the latter is supposed % oe ~ :
appear ais the sovereign's apsoeAs
10th are entitled 10 wear wv ~ =
gown; but the gown Of the ia.es III
silk, and the former is Of stun .ne
queens counsel can take only VIZ
termed leading business,
/ Earthquake experts propose b s
ltahlish d number Of stations fof s
h,ological observations arouha
earth, Starting from japan, Wnels Il
lthe most complete system for stalsl H.
earthquakes III the world, the sta1,9ss
Will be Shanghai, Hong kong, Galeaa.a ,
sydney. Rome, Tacubaya II 49,
Port Natal. Cape II Good Hope ss
tiage in chilli. and RI de lanef'. 81
communicating with central ST.
at Strasshurg.