Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-10-24
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the royal infirmary, e25,000 from Iordw
Strathcona, another Canadian for the
university of Aberdeen, and e25,O00
from C. w. Mitchell of Newcastle. to
apply on university debts.
The archaeological department Of
the university of California has recent
ly been engaged in an exploration ex-
pedition to Shasta county and certain
districts of Oregon. Prof. John C.
Merriam has superintendent the excaya-
lions. His efforts have been we'll r.
warded. The district in Shasta county
has been hitherto but little inyesti-
gated, and rich finds have been made.
Fossils of great ichthyosaurians rhin-
ocerosis, peccaries and jlant horses
and camels have been discovered.
Other remains, probably of new rep
lillian groups, but the exact nature Of
which has not yet been determined,
have been added to the collection at
the university,
The manufacture of cigarettes in the
United States is on the decline aC.
cording to Tobacco. a trade journal
| The high water mark was reached in
1897, when 4,153, 252 40 were made, or
| 600 for each man. woman and child in
| the United States. Within the last
| three years the falling off has been
about /, 500, 100000 cigarettes year.
An exciting scene was witnessed
the Romita ring during a bull-fight on
! bicycles, says the Mexican Herald
Two of the chulos placed the banderil-
los, or short stabbing sticks, into the
neck of the bulls. When the second
bull entered the ring Jose Basurto
maneuvering his bicycle cleverly,
| placed the sticks with great daring
while his comrade cody sat on his
wheel, which was propped to stand up
right in the center of the ring Luckily
the bull paid no attention to him.
Workmen near Braddock, Pa. re-
| Gently unearthed an Indian burial place
of considerable interest. The skeletons
found were surrounded by mussel
shells in such a manner as to indiCat.
that the bodies had been covered by
| the shells when they were buried.
| When the bodies were taken out some
| jade arrow points were found with
! them. The bones We're in such cundt.
ton that they crumbled readily when
handled. and only small portions were
SO hard that they could be carried
away as relics.
On hot summer day Rev Petit,
one of the best known priests in Madi.
son. was preaching in st. RaphaerS
church. while in an adjoining LOT a
| number of boys were playing baseball
| He had taken Heaven and the means
of reaching there" as the subject of his
sermon, and when he came to the end
of passage he paused in a solemn
manner and asked, How then shall
we reach heaven?" Just then came
floating through the church window IN
| = high-kCyed voice, Slide like the devil,
slide" 1t was one of the baseball
players coaching a base-runner.-Tha
| Argonaut.
England is said to be in panic be.
cause of the ravage of the potato
|
there. and caused an ex,
traordinary connection The board Of
| agriculture has caused the ground to
be Quarantined, and all plant and AM.
NAL life upon it was destroyed. The
Ieuvirons We're searched for other speci-
mems and a notice was issued to the
| public, calling attention to the law.
which provides that any person may De-
| fined l. 10 who does not Immediately
notify the police of the discovery of the
bug. The policemen are Obliged I'm,
der heavy penalties to warn the board
of the presence of the bug
The hackneyed American maiden
who said London was a nice place il
you knew the language was not a Bit
| absurd. An American can hardly utter
sentence in English without calling
attention to the difference between his
| speech and that of the people about
him, asserts Julian Ralph in a recent
article in Harper's magazine. II you
ask a guest at your home in England
whether he likes his meat rare, he asks
you what you said, because he does not
understand you. He calls meat under.
done when 1t is not thoroughly cooked
II you tell him you fear the asparagus
is canned. he is at loss again, be
cause he would have said it is timed
To ask him TO pass the powdered sugar
will again set him to wondering, for he
calls it icing sugar, generally, though
he knows it is sometimes called caster
or sifted sugar
In the early Indiana days, when both
judges and attorneys literally rode
the circuit" a newly elected judge
noted for his lack of personal beauty,
was plodding along on horseback be.
tween two county seats one fine sum.
mer day. Suddenly he was con.
fronted by a hunter, who unslung HE
squirrel rife from his shoulder and or
dered the horseman to dismount
Somewhat startled by this peremptory
command, the iurist began to remoR-
Istrate He was quickly cut short, how