Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-19
FACTS IN A FEW LINES.

In museums the use of formalln asx
preventative for specimens is increas-
Ing
Hamburg added 40 new steamers to
its fleet last year. 1t now numbers
436.
Two years ago the Beers had in their
pay Is German officers, 40 French and
40 Russians.
Out Of 1,54S,G54 votes polled In the
last election In Mexico only 90, 172 were
against Diaz.
The world is calling for American
manufactures at the rate of over ST.
100000 a day.
President Kruger's ultimatum is the
first that has ever been received by
Great Britain.
The car of Russias army is the only
one in Europe that can boast of femi.
nine medical officers.
Merchandise imports into France
during 1899 decreased S51, 100000; ex-
ports increased $79,640,000.
A 40 ton gun. though it can fire only
so full charges, can fire 100 three-quar-
ter charges and 300 half charges.
For the last ten years there has been
an increase OF 1000 annually in the
number Of Great Britain's insane
"Pelleo" Of the Zulu tongue is in gen
eral use in South Africa. 1t is literally
translated into English as dome for"
An Egyptian who has arrived in
New York to join dime museum ex-
hibition is feet II inches tail. He is
only % years old.
The earnings of the Hamburg Amer
lean steamship line for 1899 were 49,
100000 marks, an increase Of 100000
marks over the preceding year.
President Anderson Of the southern
Mormon mission field says that there
are 1900 Mormons in South Carolina
and 10000 in II southern states.
Russians Asiatic possessions are three
times the size of Great Britains, but
hold only 23,o00,0OO inhabitants as
compared with England's 29T.000,000
Subjects
II will cost $4,000 TO put the eXposi-
ton building at Philadelphia in shape
to seat the $4,000 people expected to be
present in the hall during the Repub-
lican convention.
The success of the Germans in the
war of 1870 has been attributed by eX-
perts TO the conveniently carried pre-
pared food supplied by the sausage
makers of Berlin.
About go, 900 Mormons remain in
the Utah region, from Canada to Mex
leo. with about 10000 more elsewhere.
Mormons act together, as directed by
the Mormon priests.
There are over 100 gold mines in the
immediate neighborhood of Johannes
burg. stretching out on all sides of the
city. The monthly output Of the mines
was - tons of gold.
Twenty sets of the Marconi appara-
tus will be installed on our warships.
$500, and an annual rental of $500 per
set will be paid to the company.
We buy each year 100000 sent-
mental valentines Mt an average of 10
cents each and 20000,000 comic valen-
tines costing cent each. This in
turn means an outlay of 100000
\ man in Philadelphia makes a living
by selling foreign hotel, express and
railroad labels to people that paste
them on their baggage to create the
impression that they have been abroad.
The Hindoos, who are largely veg
etarians, have been and are the chief
sufferers from the plague, doubtless
owing to a diminished power of resist
ance rs well as 10 their insantary sur
roundings.
4 Boston cemetery company has de-
cided TO exclude automobiles from its
burying ground lest the horseless vehi-
Giles should cause runaways. which
might create havoc among the tomb
stones and monuments.
A significant sign of the part Japan
hopes TO play in the future in China is
that the japanese government has def
initely offered to establish n military
academy ut Picking to educate Chinese
under Japanese officers. 1t is believed
China is fayorably disposed toward
this proposition.
\ new currency has been introduced
into Austria-Hungary. The Austrian
form has disappeared and with ii also
the kreuzer. of which there were 100
in n form. The new unit is called the
krone CROWN, and it equals bali Il
form One crown contains 100 heller
and the latter therefore equals half
kreuzer.
An agricultural expert ventures TO
prophesy that before the twentieth CEN
fury reaches middle age farming IN
England win be mostly carried on by
syndlcateS His conclusion is that the
labOrcr's dislike 10 the soil is rooted
and permanent and that the only way
to get on will be by cultiyatlng large
areas and making n free use Of machin-
cry.
The Hospital Book and Newspaper
society, which distributes reading mat
ter among hospitals prisons and STINT
lar institutions in many parts OF the
p1rffs+,s,r hos fagY1.1 IFS annual TpUDft-