Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-08-12


Yes one the trst--the lat The hest
The CmCiphatus Of the West
Whom envy dared not hate;
Re0cath the name of Washington,
TO make man blush there was but
One"
From Loud Byrou's Ode to Napoleon
Ronapartc, April 10, 1914
y pet flea has been known to live
sin years
Nv Europe there are $4,000 INSANE;
il the United States 10000.
Since the year 1850 the Paris poli,e
Lave arrested rs many rs 10000 child
rem who were being trained for beg
giug and vice.
General Wallop is the name OF the
secretary of the British National
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Children,
| Nearly 20 round towers, from 80 To
| 1875 IT, high, are found in vartous parts
OF Ireland They are believed to nave
been used in the ceremonies of Are
Worship,
New Bedford Mass, has twenty
moro liquor saloons than the law al
lows and the police are In Quandry
to know which of them belong to the
| Illegal excess
The largest carpet In the world Is
in Windsor Castle. II is 40 leet in
breadth and contains 5S,SlO0oo
stitches, The weaving of /, occupied
Is men fourteen months
a Kansas City barber has put up
blackboard on which he daily bull
lctins the fresh local and general news
brought in by customers and caught
ever the telephone.
More persons were killed in the city
Of London In 1926 by falling from
| buildings or out of windows than were
! destroyed during the same period by
all the railroads in Europe
| A new Geographic instrument that
transmits 5000 words minute has
been invented 1t is designed for send
ing news from women's congresses
and whist club meetings. Chicago
! News.
| Tho impossibility of introducing
universal postage stamp because of the
fluctuations in currency Is one more
argument for an international none
tary agreement. -Providence Journal.
| An exchange, In Il generous effort to
help the dairymen on, explains that
whales milk ia palatable and whole
some?" Who will go out to sea and
milk the whale? That is the question.
Kansas City Star.
The lucania puts mp new ocean
record of days II hours and ia mil
! utes during which over the distanced
steamed, 1888 knots, she made the
best time on record, 21.S0 knots per
hour, for that distance.
| The tower Of Babel at Babylon was
composed of eight square towers, one
upon the other the pile being GEO feet
high. Babylon was a square, 10 miles
on each side, the walls being 81 feet
thick and $40 feet high.
The grand triumphal orch in Paris,
begun by Napoleon Is l4i feet by Is
feet at its base. and lG2 feet high. The
central arcl way is IS feet high and
as feet wide. The inner walls are in
scribed with the names Of 1884 generals
and 90 victories.
| Live tees arc sometimes shipped on
ice so as to keep them dormant during
the journey. This is particularly the
case with bumbebees, which have
leen taken to New ZealDnd, whore
/ they are useful In fertilizing the red
clover that has been introduced into
| the colony.
! A record In courtship and proposals
has occurred in Lubec, Germany,
where resides n hotel proprietor with
! a family Of six children sons and
/ two daughters who were all betrothed
in one day The half dozen happy
couples were also married on the same
day and one wedding breakfast served
| for them all
| Machinery Of every conceivable sort
has been introduced irto the shoe
making industry, and yet 1t would be
folly to say that Is has proved detri
mental to the laborer. In New Eng
land, according 10 the census Of 1890,
there were 900 people engaged In
| ehoemaking, against $4,000 in 1860
while the average wages per capita
have risen from 24G year to 1863
A certain collection Of pictures In the
South Kensington museum In Chicago
is yelled on Sunday out Of respect
tc the religious scruples Of the donor.
he result is that visitors to the gal
ler-' think the pictures must be tough.
and are so anxious 70 see them that
t1ey don't enjoy the others This
simply illustrates how good inten-
ton may be defeated
The Swiss government has sanction
cd the manufacture and use Of weights
made OF glass They are OF slightly
e meal shape, with round bottom edge
and provided on top with knob To
facilitate handling. The designation
Is moulded into the knob. The glass
used for these weights Is Of special