Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-02-09

Among the antique articles recently
exnumed in Phoenicia and described
in the Revue Bibliotheque Information
ale, were some eggs with Greek in
scriptions.
A number Of women's clubs in
Germany are collecting funds for pres
ents to be sent TO the soldiers en-
gagged in the war with the African
Hereros
In 1890, Germany's part in the ship
ping of China was less than 6 per
cent. In 1901 it had reached 16 per
cent, and today the German flag mas
taken second place in Chinese waters.
The latest estimates of Supan make
the population of the globe about
/ SOB 100000 of whom 92,300,000 are
in Europe 819,000,000 in Asia, 140,-
! 100000 in Africa, 144,200,000 in
America.
At the end of last year Berlin had
population of 1,955,283 females.
Only 1853 children were born in
1903 as against 81, 1876 in the preceding
year.
The police of Warsaw, Poland, re-
Gently got hold of some men who
made a specially Of robbing the mails
from America in order to get hold OF
the cash often sent In letters to rela-
tives.
A paragraph in the code of Korea
ordains that fifteen years OF
priosn with hard labor is to be
the punishment for not shutting the
door on entering the imperial palace.
A German chemist named Blau has
invented a process Of manufacturing
from the residum of petroleum
fluid gas which can be easily trans
ported and which makes a cheap and
bright light for streets and detached
buildings.
A cock-crowing contest was recent
ly held In Paris. Two dozen ROSTERS,
having been kept for long time in
dark cages, were exposed to the light,
wnereupon they all began to crow lus-
tily. The time limit was half an
hour during which the winner crowed
thirty-two times.
Italian journalists are soothing at
catalogue prepared by the government.
This catalogue was to contain specifi-
cations of the valuable art objects
that 1t will not be permissible to sell
to foreigners without the govern
ments consent. The printed list,
gives, however, only 140 such art
treasures for all Italy!
The belief that pigeons possess a
distinct sense, which man has not, for
finding their way, Is strengthened by
recent experiments in France. 1t had
been previously shown that they can
not see any better than we can in the
dark; yet carrier pigeons released at
Cerenes promptly found their way
home, distance of thirty klometers,
on a pitch-dark night.
Electricity has been successfully
used as substitute for chloroform by
DR.. Leduc of Paris, who claims that 1t
has the advantage Of leaving the pa
tient refreshed instead Of nauseated.
Cactus spines have been studied by
DR.. Darbishire, who expresses the
opinion, in the Annals Of Botany, that
they act as screen against excess OF
sunlight.
One of the indirect results Of the
war in Manchuria has been to en-
courage the study of medicine by
women in Russia, to take the places
of the physicians that have gone to
the seat Of war The government
has, Notwithstanding the great drain
on rs resources raised its contribu.
ton for the medical college for wom-
en- in St. Petersburg to $4,000 rubles
for next year, as against $4,000 this
year
Fifteen scholarships worth $4,000
each were given to the University of
Paris few years ago by Albert Kahn,
with the stipulation that they should
be bestowed on as many young men,
who were to spend year in foreign
countries and acquire knowledge that
might prove beneficial to France on
their return. Most of the men are
now teachers, and they have just
brought out book describing their ex-
periences in all parts of the world.
The Russian Professor Homalaeya
has been lecturing in Baku and Sara
toff on the necessity of maintaining
the struggle against the probably hid
den forces of CHOLERA all through the
winter, warning his hearers that the
bacteria OF cholera have the quality
OF retaining their vitality during long
periods OF cold weather, and of initial
ing an epidemic in the spring without
the assistance of infection from dis
tant districts.
1t has been SHOWN that hard physi-
cal labor is very important factor
in inducing precocious senility, due to
degeneration Of the arteries
Servian newspapers tell of man
who was III years old. He has never
smoked or performed regular work,
but he has always been hard
drinker, and even now takes pint
/ 4. 80 H.