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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30
pages of thin, whitey-brown paper, all

pages of thin, whitey-brown paper, all
number ed in Chinese characters, in which
he is beginning to Keep journa! in up and
down lines, Just beyond a group sur
rounds one of the aged cooks, who, with a
! little ledger, made and ruled in China, is
charging to each mans account the shirts
and stockings Charlie has bought for
them in the village, and which they are
/ dividing ia high glee. The writer has a
little tablet or palette with India ink, and
uses fine camels hair brush III place OF a
pen. So elaborate and intricate are the
| characters, it seems u marvel he can FASH
ion them so nicely, and an impossibility
that any one could learn to write rapidly
with such letters, Further on a group Of
eager learners are making beginning in
! English by way OF the primer, with a
couple of bright Berkshire lads glad enough
to act as pedagogues to such odd aud apt
pupils. This fellow last night could only
point and say ga certainly bay" hesitat-
ingy and doubtfully at the next letter.
This afternoon he has gone through the
whole alapbabet without prompting and
with only three mistakes. | doubt If there
were ever such eagerly interested learners
anywhere in the world.
At table on the othe side Of the room
two antagonists are playing some game of
skill with wooden counters, each bearing
different Chinese inscription, and
seeming capable of different moves,
on a board, the squares of which
were also marked to indicate different
properties. 1t seems like chess, like
checkers, like fox and geese; and yet is not
lust like either of them. At any rate 1t is
an exciting game, for the players exult WIS.,
IDLY, though in silence, as they sweep each
others pieces off the board, and they are
surrounded by crowd OF interested spec
tators.
A youth, seated by himself, is moving up
and down the spheres strung on wire
framework, which we already know to be a
sort of counting machine. His manner in
dicates the working ont OF puzzle; but
an inquiry brings an explanation from All
Sing; ale studying arithmetic. When
further curiosity is expressed the foreman
ruthlessly sweeps his subjects sum into
chaos, and shows the working OF the little
apparatus, with which all kinds Of arith-
metical operations NAV be done as etfici.
entity as with slate and pencil, and with
which he adds up sum OF FIVE or six Num-
bers in the thousands with entire correct
ness
A little movement at the upper end of
the room calls our interpreter away; and
presently it appears that slight disagree.
ment having arisen, the two 'counsellors
have been summoned to arbitrate IN the
matter, and DIR. An Sing has been called
upon as the final umpire, retiring with
plaintiff and defendant to the back room,
aud administering justice with a prompt
ness and cheapness from which the courts
of western civilization might take lesson.
We pass up stairs to the shop where the
chosen first students are applying them
selves to their material and machinery,
and where, after all, the great practical
question of this North Adams experiment
IL tn be answered.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

AN EVENT OF Local HISTORY. -Tester-
day was the anniversary ofthe execution OF
the three Thayers, hanged in Buffalo
June II, 1924 With the old settlers that
event forms an epoch in our city's history.
The three brothers, Israel, Nelson and
Isaac, were convicted of the brutal murder
of John Love, an English peddler, in the
town of Boston. This was in the old, prim-
tive times, when Buffalo was but western
village, and before the era of railroads but
such was the interest occasioned and the
wide spread desire to witness the exeeu-
ton, that the people came by stage coaches
and by their own conveyances from dis
tances of hundreds of miles, and an as
semblage of many thousands men, women
and chi -congregated about the scat
fold, which was erected on the site now oc-
cupied by the Court Street arket.-BW-
fdLo Express. 18th.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

The CORAL SNAKE. 1t is in the district
o. Central America that We must look out
for the swiiest death-dealers, Foremost
among them is the coral snake. It is not
large snake, being only about tour feet
long, with thick, blunt, elImpy tail; but
its colors, its rich irid sceAt markings OF
coral and pearl scales that actually seem to
glow and sparkle, make the most beautiful
of reptiles The East India diamond snake
is nothing to it. Unfortunately, also it is
one of the slowest reptiles Of its kind. 1t
can scarcely wriggle. Believers in spas
medical proyidences maintain that nature
made great mistake; for it is fact the t
more fatalities are recorded from bites OF
coral snakes in Central America, than from
the bites of all other snakes put together.
The truth is, that the other deadly reptiles,
the tuboba or la dana blanca, can and do
fly at the rst noise of coming footsteps;
the coral snake literally cannot. He hears
the tootstep coming, but he finds it impos-
sible to get out of their way; he neither
rattles nor Kisses to warn away the APP
preaching victim, and unless the latter can
see the glowing colors OF the reptile on the
grass he is dead man in a few minutes il
his steps stray within three or four feet OF
a coral snake, All the premonitory symp-
toms of dissolution set in almost instantly
after the bite, and death always takes place
within half an hour A. Wood.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30
Newspaper Statistics and GOssip.

In the United States and British Prov.
inces there are 5,3l9 newspapers publish
ed, of which $50 are dailes. In New York
there are, OF all sorts, 800, in Philadelphia
over 200, and Boston publishes the next
largest number. There are 400 papers il
foreign languages, $50 Of them being Ger
man, 10 French, and the remainder il
vasious less known tongues two of them
being in Bohemian. New York state has
the largest number and Delaware the
smallest. San Francisco publishes nearly
all the pspers To- the Pacific coast. For
merely editing, George William Curtis
(who does the editorial work of Harper
Weekly, the Easy Chair OF Marpers
Monthly and does some work upon Har-
per's Bazaar receives SO, 900, the largest
salary paid in this country. The smallest
daily is the Ithaca Daily Leader, the larg-
est the New York journal of Commerce
In the United States there are SOC, 900 900
invested in newspaper property. All sorts
of out of-the-way interests have papers to
advocate them, and all sorts of business.
There are two papers devoted to the inter-
ests OF Matchmaking, and of course every
religious sect has its organ. The receipts
OF the religious press of the United States
in which, of course, 'infdel," ''free.
thinking" and spiritual" papers are in
cluded-amount to S5,000,000 per annum
New York has thirty-two dailies, six of
which are printed in German, two in
French, and one, the Skapdinavisk Post in
Danish and Swedish. If newspapers can
civilize people, We ought soon to rival
France and Germany.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

The MENHADEN FISHERY of LONG Ts,on :
Sound takes rank among the important -
dustries OF Connecticut. Fifty sloeps. l0o
sloop lighters, and many small boa.s ~
sides one or two steamboats, in The L;oL.
OF the season. are empioyedin it. At lEsst
$500, 600 capitalists invested in this jndns'
try There are % factories situated on ,bo
islands and along the shore, engaged ~
pressing ont the oil from the fish and n,a
pairing 1t and the residuum, which is neea
as manure, for the market. II i
calculated that five Hundred saiIors
and as many landsmen ind occn'
patton in connection with this fishery, 7,
has been the case that the manure aIone
paid the cost OF catching the fBh, as if i
almost as valuable as guano, and 10 O0o
tuns per annum is produced The oil
amounting to 500, 900 gallons finds ready
market, and although large proportion Of
it is used in adulterating other oils. i'm.
proved process ses have rendered its honest
use of great value, as it is to some extent a
substitute for whale oil. Boat. builders and
sail-makers of course benefit by this grow.
ing industry, and not less than $50, 900 for
nets and cordage are part of its annual er.
penditure. 1t is proverbial that all fisher.
mems stories are not gospels; but soma
credence may be given to the statement
that million of fish are occasionally
caught in a single haul.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

pRorEssoR yEpzIE, oil Michigan, has
made a report relative to the alleged mag
netic wells. in which he asserts that water
is mot capable of receiving and retaining
that peculiar state OF polarity called mag
netie," but that the magnetic property IS
developed in the iron tubing of the Ven, |ells
and that iron tubes Of the same dimen'
sions. suspended in vertical position III
aartb air or water, would exhibit the same
magnetic phenomena
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

THERE are complaints in the vicinity OF
Franklin, La, OF the prevalence of Span
ish Ai,s. The insect is described as halt
an inch in length, striped, with long legs.
They are not inclined to fly unless there is
an immediate prospect of danger; in fact,
thew prefer the use of their legs to their
wings. They travel in large swarms' and
will eat up the tops of row OF potatoes IN
a nivlt. It is not stated whether they are
If tn sort that will draw hlisters, but they
are quite szillful in drawing the juice out
Of tomatoes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

A RESULT OF THE WAR. The following
wait, which we clip from southern paper,
will interest our readers: "One of the
most singular sights growing out OF the
war is continuous line of peach trees Of
nearly fifty miles in length, around Peters,
burg and extending toward Richmond.
They are growing from the breastworks
thrown up by the Confederate Amy, and
are the only legacy left by the poor fellows
who were on the advance line, within 100
yards of the Federal force. Having eaten
of the fruit while on picket duty, they cast
the seed aside, and now they appear in one
continuous line of torty-five miles of beauti-
full trees, which yielded an abundant crop
last year"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

DIsINFEcTANTs.- Many mistake IN con-
founding this class OF medical appliances
with deodorizers. The Technologist, which
is a new monthly OF a very high character,
calls attention in an able article to the i'm
portant difference. A sick or infected cham
Der may have offensive odors masked by
perfumes, as in the use Of pasties, ETC.,
but such practice does lot destroy poison.
Gus effluyia and gases. The burning OF
coffee, by virtue of it's empyreumatic oils,
is far more effective, and so with rags and
paper when burnt 1t wisely gives the pre-
ference, however, to carbonic acid well d.
luted and copiously sprinkled whenever an
infectious or bad air is found. This IS q
true aud powerful disinfectant of the volia'
tile kind which, as it evaporates, will 90
its work effectuallv.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

How THEY ACT AT EUROPEAN BALLS On
Saturday night the Ministre de la Guerre
gave a grand ball. there were stars and or
ders, and diamonds, and jewels Of all
kinds, and the toilets were most brilliant
before the ladies went into action; but
alas. five minutes after they had got on
the floor, the ground was covered with
shreds and patches, and lace and blonde
and tule lay about in little heaps. Mad
anne Olivier was there, with her Gordon
of Maria Louisa; but she still wore her
high.necked dress, and really the con.
trast of the broad ribbon and the book
muslin was ridiculous, and the poor little
woman-she is pretty, but stoops, and is
insignificant looked Ill at her ease. Emile
would not allow her to put on the tawu-
colored satin, and did not wear his star;
but neither of them can stand the pressure
long, for there is no weapon so deadly TO a
Frenchman as ridicule, and the fashionable
world keeps an unfailing stock on hand al
WAYS ready for USE Monday the Empress
gave a ball. and as there was no hall In the
TulleriCs large enough to accommodate all
the guests at supper, temporary refresh
ment room was erected IL the private gar
dens OF the palace for the accommodation
Of the two thousand persons who were
hidden to the bali. To describe
this would be impossible. The crowd,
az may be imagined, was ten Vie,
the atmosphere was about that of Sierra
Leone, and nobody could dance, first from
want Of room, secondly, because of the
plunging of the French military men, and
the kicking ofthe deputation from Albion,
each of these representative elements en-
deayoring to Guido the other in rudeness
and ill.breeding. There were number OF
pretty and wel.dre5sed American gi!ls
present. bet to put these graceful creatures
into circle OF dancing Frenchmen is cru
elt,; to give them to them as partners Is
pretty much like throwing pearls to.
Let the imagination of my readers I'LL up
the quotation, Cor. N I. Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

A CELEBRATED divine, who was remarha'
BILE in the irst period OF his ministry ior d
boisterous mode of preaching, suddenly
changed his whole mannar in the pulpit
and adopted mild dispassionate ll'de u
delivery. One OF his brethren observing
it, inquired o; him what had induced nun
to make the change. He answered, w hen
was young l thought it was the tnunuer
that killed the people, but when | grew
wiser, discovered it was the lightning 81
| determined in future to thunder less anu
lightning more.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

WHITE SUITS. AT the summer hotels
short suits OF pique, Victoria lawn, or Irish
linen, will be donned for breakfast, and
worn until late IN the afternoon, indoors
and out, in the parlor and on the croquet
ground. Imported pique suits are ottenest
made with short dashed basque, and long
tunie draped high on the sides. The
basque is without side 6odlces, having
merely seam doWn me center OF the
back. There are two darts in front, the
neck is usually pointed in heart.shape,
aud very snall buttons, not fiat, but round
lie a pea, are used White embroidered
qnipure insertion is set in, not on, the
material and the edge IS finished with
soalloped embroidery OF a corresponding
pattern. Again, other suits are trimmed
with Hat pleatings like those already De-
seribsd. Gathered and huted rgtles on
pique IRE no longef stylish.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

MISS GIVEN EVANS, late of Wales, nowoi
Montana, received naturalization pap.is
took l60 acres of public land, and now na0
COW and yoke OF oxen, and IS iainulne
success fuly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

BoNNErs.- Bonnets are worn little lar.
ger, standing Higherupon the head, afford
ing more opportunity for ornament. Fine
straw chip or Milan trimmed with the
beautiful Grape de chine in delicate colors.
Pea-green and lilac is very genteel. 1t is
generally arranged with lappets edged with
fringe or lace. There is less display in
flowers than formerly. Roses in two shades
are invariably worn without foliage.
The Charlotte Corday is a very tasty bon.
net in black lace. 1t has high round cap
crown OF sprigged white tulle or lace, laid
on white foundation net. There is deep
border, consisting of two rows of lace, one
black and the other white, the black deep
ening into a fall at the back; bows of black
ribbon, no ends; and cluster of half-open
roses worn at the side.
Very pretty dress bonnets are made Of a
single high puff of tulle, over Grape, the
puff divided in the center into sort otfan-
shape by compact cluster of small how-
ers, with leaves which stretch of into a
Gordon over the chignon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

A PARTISAN widower, who greatly regret.
ted his wife, had her buried in the cemetery
of Mont Parnasse. He put up no monu.
ment of marble or stone only small gar.
den and very small inscription marked
the spot where his lost partner lay. First
some nasturtiums were planted over the
grave-the deceased was fond of nasturti.
ums. These were gathered on SUNDAYS,
and eaten as a salad. This attempt hay.
ing been successful, holder measures were
adopted, and some little pink radishes
grew there as if by chance The official
in charge of the cemetery said nothing
until last autumn, when he became
aware of the presence of two enormous
melons in the little enclosure. This time
police regulations were put In force, and
this new form of market gardening was
brought to close by the bereaved husband
being requested to withdraw from the Gem.
etery which be did, complaining bitterly
of the cruelty, am saying that he had so
particularly valued the vegetables grown
upon the grave, and eaten them with par.
ticular satisfaction, because he felt they
were offered to him by his Zoe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30
Yalue of a File of Pa erS.

A New York correspondent of the Roch-
ester Democrat says on this subject:
"a complete file of the London Times is
quoted at E3, 900 sterling, and probably
would bring double that price ii itwere de-
manded. This is small sum compared
with American prices. A complete file of
any important journal bears value which
is hardly to be computedin money. Thirty.
three years ago the Herald started. Had
any one laid by few copies of each issue,
he would have had rich reward. A COM
pete file of tina paper would cost with in
terest at a compound rate $500. 1t would
now readily bring $4,000. The sum OF
50, 500 was recently voted by the Common
Council OF this city for the purpose of pur-
chasing set which commenced with 1912,
and which of course was deficient the first
seven volumes, The librarian of the City
Hall informed me that they were frequent
" consulted, and also said that they conld
be sold at large advance. The only COM
plete file of the Herald of which have any
knowledge are those in Benefits hands,
and these are kept from the public eye. He
is not willing to expose the character of his
paper. Another complete file. was in the
hands of the paper merchants, Persee *
Brooks, who supplied him with material,
but this was lost when their warehouse was
burned several years ago There are state
ments in the early issues of the Herald
which can throw light upon important
questions now about to be brought into our
courts. Lawyers have gone to the Herald
establishment and solicited the privilege Of
a reference, but the reply is unchanged in
character. One man foolshly spoke of
legal compulsion, and was politely told to
'tryit The only way for those who wish
to possess such archives is to subscribe for
tue papers, and then to keep the file uu-
bro en- until time gives it value
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

AMONG the Cossacks of the Ukraine
leap-year is eternal. When a young wo-
man feels tender passion for young
man she eks him at the residence of bis
parents, and addresses him as follows;
"The goodness see written in your coun-
tenance is sufficient assurance to me that
you are capable of ruling and loving q
wife, and your excellent qualities encour,
age me to hope that You will make good
husband. II is in this belief that have
taken the resolution TO come, and to beg
you, with all due humility, to accept me
for your spouse She then addresses the
IL her and mother. and solicits their con-
sent to the marriage If she meets with a
refusal, she declines to leave the house, and
such conduct is usually crowned with SIC.
cess The parents of the young man never
put the young maidens away, If they stu
persist in their stay, believing that by sc
doing they would bring down the vengeance
of heaven upon their heads.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

THE real and personal property Of Cali
tornla is returned by the Assessors al
an aggregate not exceeding $40 100000
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

W. d. GENTRY, of Nashville says: las
a telegraph operator and type-Sett,er, l
would say to the public that, il in making
the letter (capitaD writers would put IN
doe it the telegraph character representing
that letter, which is two dots, thus oPe'
rltors and many type-setters would be en-,
abIed to distinguish | from J, and avon
many annoying errors; and il the pnoI,Gj
generally, especially school teachers, woulH
adopt the suggestion the misfortune sur
fered byall who write the English language
would be removed"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

TOUCHING Tribute. Tho New York
Commercial closes touching tribute to
the memory OF Charles Dickens, thus;
How much the Tiny Tins, and Little
Nols the poor Joes, the Warehouses;
and Smikes that still go rowing unbetriend-
ed through life have suffered through this
calamity they will perchance never know -
but those whose hearts bleed for their
Indebtedness, and whose tears flow freely
over their wrongs, may one day point them
to the grave of Charles Dickens as spot
sanctited as the resting place of one who
4 ught their fight, aud gave up his lie on
/ the battlefield He has moved on 10
take his place beside the simple lad of Tom
All Aoue's, though no miuistering Snags-
, by cheered lis shadowy retreat with the
old mgns Offering Of an uuselish affection,
rne blow was too sudden, or world
. might have hung upon his parting accounts
and implored the mercy Of the destroying
angel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-06-30

SAYS Northern Farmer in the Marx
Lane Express In giving carrots TO milch
COWS the only recommendation they have
is the absence of all unpleasant taste IN
the butter, as the milk is neither SO aoun-
dant in quantity nor so rich in quality as
that obtained from turnip-feeding. Some
years ago we instituted a series OF expert
meuts with different roots, the whole ex,
tending over period of four months ana
the conclusion We came to after such
Enlightened trial was exactly that which We
have here recorded
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-08-25
WARMERS
PILE REMEDY.

(not even in easel to the very worst cases
of Blind, Itching or Bleeding Piles. Those who
are afflicted should Immediately call their drug
gfst and get WARMERS PILE REMEpY. It is eS.
pressly for the Piles, and is not recommended to
cure any other disease. 1t has cured many cases
Of over thirty years standing. Price One Dollar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-08-25

BLEEDING CALyEs.-It would seem
from recent reports and observations, thai
The old, absurd, foolish, and cruel practice
of bleeding calves to exhaustion before
Strengthening them, is still pursued in
this neighborhood And what is still
more abominable- calyes are kept with
out food or drink for successive days.
while they are bled repeatedly-all to
make veal whittier. 1t is utterly incom-
prehensible how men can be found so ig-
norant and cruel, as to pursue this course
of treatment toward these poor animals,
when all intelligent and competent
Judges assure them that this process of
bleeding animals removes from the meat
important elements of nourishment, aud
renders the meat dry, hard, and difficult
of digestion. Bled veal may be known
by its whiteness. Let every merciful
man refuse to buy bit of white veal.
We are glad to learn that the Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Dumb Ami
mails is moving again in order to stop this
nefarious practice. We wis., them God
speed in their work.-B0stO1 IrG0eler.