Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
NOTES OF The DAY.

derstand them. Even in the poorest
quarters of the city the streets are
paved with asphalt and are kept fault
lessly clean.
common salt that is used daily in
our food is needed in the body. Ii aids
digestion and the assimilation of
many OF the tissues,
Bristol, which for many years was
consolidated with Gloucester, has been
ofhcially declared a separate bishoprie,
money enough to pay Il bishops salary
having been raised.
For making a con mon, ordinary
Mother Hubbard wrapper, the only
dlessmaker in the Klondyke region
charged IS. and in thirty working
hours she netted 500 from her sewing.
The best way to ascertain whether
coffee has been adulterated is to pour
cold water on 1t. If pure il will color
the water very slightly; if mixed with
chlcory the water will take a brownish
hue.
In France it is a punishable ofrense
for anyone to give infants under one
year any form of solid food unless
such be ordered by written prescrip-
ton signed by a legally qualified med
ical man.
~Toothache, as an excuse for absence
from duty, is not recognized in the
p~ostotlice of Geneva, Switzerland.
When an employee |complaine of an
aching tooth a government doctor
pulls it out.
a unique organization, called the
Autumnal Straw Hat association, has
been formed in Boston. Its object is
to persuade men to wear straw hats
after Sept. Is, provided the tempera-
ture makes 1t justifable.
1t almost exceeds belief that last
year SOC, 900 visitors paid for admis-
sion to the house In which Shakes
peare lived 300 years ago. Among the
vast throng of people forty ~nationali-
ties We're represented.
Lion-tamers, as a rule, prefer lions
to ~lionesses, and dislike a troupe of
both eXe mixed, In such cases the
danger of entering the den is quad
rupled, and mischief is pretty sure to
result sooner or later
When a man loses an ear. by paying
from 500 to s125, he can procure
another made of specially prepared
rubber that can be crumpled without
injury, and is carefully painted to
resemble the natural organ.
In Queen Anne county, Maryland,
the two editors Of the Centerville OBJ
server, William J., Price, Jr.. and
William w. Busted, contested for a
nomination for the house OF delegates
on the democratic ticket. Mr.. Price
won.
A committee of the Episcopal church
of Georgia is investigating the finan-
Gal condition of the church, with the
intention of dividing the diocese If the
funds Will permit. The church has
grown so rapidly in II at section thai
two bishops and two dioceses are now
needed.
Some OF the private camps in the
Adirondacks are as costly as n cottage
at Newport, II. Mex. Twombly owns
a camp in st, Regis region, which Is
said to have cost not less than 800, 900.
Coils =. Huntington fitted up a camp
in the same neighborhood a few sea-
sons ago. which cost $4,000.
The mayor to be elected in Greater
New York next November will be a
~rotentate. The lord mayor Of
London is not n circum-
stance TO him. lie will have a patro-
mage almost as large as that of the
president OF the United States, with a
pay roll bigger than II at OF any other
city IN the world.
An evangelist named Y. w San
ford has established an institution in
Durham. Me, TO which he has given
the queer name cf "Tho U~tv
Ghost and us Bible School" His fol-
lowers believe that all other Chris
tians except themselves are on the
wrong road. Sanford casts out devils
every dav. and claims 10 be In personal
communication with God.
Government ownership Of railroads
mas DpHN n IdllHTH III Dit/ll, anu tn'
government has offered TO lease its
entire system OF $4,000 miles Of track
to any responsible company that will
| pay n bonus Of $40, 900. 900 rs rental of
the tracks. rolling stock. and other
property for a term Of fifty years. and
guarantee 10 restore them In good
order M the end Of that period
Many Of the fruits end vegetables
now eaten in England were almost IN
known 10 our forefathers. Not until
Henry Wills time were either rasp-
berries. or strawberries. or cherries
grown IN England. and we do ont read
Of the turnip. c%aulinower and ounce
being cultivated before the sixteenth
century, or the carrot before the seven
teenth century.
Many Of the more careful barkeepers
In Yuma and Phoenix, Ariz., refuse TO
sell any whiskey or brandy TO hard
drinkers when the mercury Is ranging
from 10 TO 115 degrees In the shade.