Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-02-18

People who sell Newspapers in the
stress o( Moscow are compelled to APP
pear in uniform.
Paris policemen have been supplied
with electric dark lanterns. by means
OF which they can see loo feet away.
frank woman in a divorce in Chi
eago said that she couldn't live with
or love her husband after his money
was gone
Two churches OF Jasper county, Mo,
nave been visited by thieves. who stole
even The carpets Of the aiSleS and pulpit
platform
single hee with all its industry.
energy and the inEumrrahle Journeys
II has TO perform, will NOT collect much
more than teaspoonful Of honey in u
single season
II takes thirty seven specially con-
strurted and equipped steamers to keep
the submarine telegraph cables OF the
world in repair.
SlNty thousand dollars a year, a sal
AIRY drawn by the French ambassador
III London, is the largest sum paid TO
any diplomatist in the world
Without the love of books the rich
est man is poor; but, endowed with this
treasure Of treasures, the poorest man
is rich j, \. Longtord
The farmers in Western Kansas are
using corn for fuel again, II is worth
only eight cents n bushcl there. Vet in
India millions are starving,
The aboriginal population Of New
South Wales, SO far as can be ascer-
tanned, consists Of $500 full bloods and
S,SS6 half castles, or 7,Oi6 in all the
numbers decreasing annually.
Owing to Increased sanitary pre-
cautions the death rate OF Milan in Dc
tohcr was 500 below that of the proceed
ing October although the population
had increased by nearly 1000
Lord Downshirc, young nohlrman
with strong taste for mechanics, has
had complete railway, mile and n
half in length. laid down in his grounds
at lillSboruugh, county Down, Ireland
The authorities at one time were so
firmly convinced that Europeans could
not live in India without alcoholic
StimIants that they discouraged the
formation of temperance societies
among the soldiers Opinion is now
altogether changed, and the English
soldiers in India include no fewer than
10000 total abstaincrs.
Mr.. McKinley's mother concludes an
account of the raising OF her boy
with this sensible utterance: After
all, don't believe did raise a boy TO
be President. tried to bring up a
boy to be good man, and that's the
best that any mother can do The first
thing | knew, my son turned around
and began to raise me, to be the mother
of President.
The Philadelphia free libraries claim
they have the greatest circulation in
the world. FrCm October 20, 1898. to
september 80, 1896, 1898 ,O0i volumes
were circulated, exclusive of the refer
cnce books consulted in the library
buildings. These figures, If correct,
exceed those of Manchester, England,
Chicago and Boston, hitherto con
sidered as the largest in the world,
There Is in the strong roome Of one
Of the Oldest private banks in London
large quantiay of jewels, plate and
other valuables which were deposited
for safe custody by French refugees
shortly before the outbreak Of the re-
yolutiOn Several of the depOsitors
claimed their belongings after the
coupe d'etat, but the present deposits
are still awaiting claimants and pro.
badly always will
The University Medical College Ol
New Orleans has determined to eajab-
lish a training school for negro women
as nurses. The object is to supply
well-trained nurses who will serve fol
moderate pay. The trained nurses who
are now in New Orleans are not numer.
Gus enough to meet the demand, ant
they are paid for their services at q
/ rate which many people who need then
cannot afford
The two widowed sisters, Mrs Lewis
and Mrs. Gibson, Of Cambridge, Eng
land, who are celebrated for the dis
coyery Of Biblical manuscripts or
Mount Sinai have gwen a site and f20
900 for the Presbyterian college 10 be
removed to Bloomsbury. London, tc
/ Cambridge. 1t Is this Mrs. Lcwls
whose article entitled What Ian
guage Did Christ Speak," Is one OF the
most important contributions to the
Christmas Century
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