Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-05
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

served in May.
NJ T. Agache a London scientist.
gave a dinner recently in which liquid
air was used at the table to keep the
champagne cool.
Indiana, with a smaller population
than Massachusetts, expends in poor
relief more than three times the
amount paid in Massachusetts.
One Of the objects of the recently
formed photographers club of Chi
cago is to make accessible, if possible.
the many valuable collections of rare
and scarce books In that city.
Taxation of corporations in Paris has
led to the transfer Of many main Of
fees to Brussels, French societies be-
Ing incorporated there under the laws
OF Belgium to avoid the French income
tax
The average annual production of
small grain in this country for some
years past has been 1890, 900 900 bush
els, and with the constant growth Of
the country this product will constant
ly increase.
Eastwood lath are being manufac-
tured in Minnesota to take the place of
pine lath that went out of sight long
time ago. These are selling at about
two-t thirds the price Of pine lath and
give good satisfaction.
The immigration of laborers to the
Hawaiian Islands during the year 1899
was 81 81 men, 50TT women and 794
children, making a total Of 27,442. OF
these 20,561 were under contract and
6,SSl We're not under contract.
There is the very closest connection
between local political affairs and na-
! tlonal politics in the Argentine Repub-
| lie. The local administrations are, in
| fact, party strongholds and used as
such in securing political influence.
The demand for patent leather boots
! in London was never SO small as now.
| OF the men who habitually wore pat
| entS' year ago ii is estimated by the
| bootmakerS that more than half go in
today for the ordinary "blacking boot"
! The weight of the 100000 volumes
| which have been in the doges' palace
at Venice since 1912 Is endangerng
that old building wherefore the gov
eminent has voted 10000 francs for
! their transference to the Iecca build
! Ing.
The houses in Guam are built on
posts four to six feet above the ground
to keep them from dampness in the
rainy season but are entirely comfort
less and furnished in the most primi-
tive manner Their utensils are simple
and homemade
The native commissioner at Sebung-
| we. Africa, reports that the white
Ihiuoceros is still to be seen on the
veldt in the districts between the
| Sanyati and XambeZi rivers. 1t was
generally thought that the gigantic ami
NAL was extinct.
Californlans are beginning to cult
waite the tomato tree, which bears clus-
tiers of a delicious fruit, thousands OF
boxes of which are sent yearly from
| Ceylon to London and sor which it Is
believed good market could be found
| In our eastern states.
| Arsenic has been proved by Armand
| Gautier To be normal constituent of
| the thyroid gland and probably other
! organs in the herbivora, the Carnivora
and man. This seems To explain the
| successful use of arsenic in certain dis
eases, such as anGlnia.
| The multiplication of new compounds
| in organic chemistry is something ap-
| palling In 1883 the total number OF
| carbon compounds recorded was 1G,-
! 600, but newly revised list by Or. NJ
| NJ. Richter enumcrates not less than
| G7,0O0 And the end seems yet far off
In 1890 there were only four insur-
| ancc companies in Japan, with CAPT
tai of 81 ,434 900. In 1898 there were
| 10 registered companies. with a capt.
| tai Of $50, 900. 500 At the same period
80 companies alone showed an issue of
100000 policies Of the value of $780,
100000.
one of the most important cpochs in
the history of German Jurisprudence
began on Jan. /, 1900, when the new
German law went into effect. Under
the new system Germany has uni
form legal procedure applicable to the
various states comprising the German
empire.
Pomeranian spaniels are becoming
the rage in New York as well as in
London and Paris. and there is a pos
sibility that even the popular smooth
fox terrier will be compelled TO lower
his crest to the pretty little long hair
ed animals presumably imported from
romerania.
One Of the reasons why Paris is SO
pleasant a city TO live IN is that there
are nany modes" there Whether
you are literary or musical or artistic
or, indeed. anything whatsoever else
you are sure TO find a little congenial
world and society devoted to your ia
yorite form of art.