Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
VARIETY AND HgMOR.

Now the female with thin shoes
maketh music on the sweet catarrh. Gin
ciandts Times
-Thirty-five peac counterfeits have
been detected in this country within the
last fortnight.
"A vein of petroleum has just broken
through the bluff on the bank of the river
at Shelbyville, Ky.
Farmers are tarring their fences, in
anticipation of raids on their premises by
city sportsmen, now that the cunning sea
son has set in.
That Mexican baby eater seems TO
have fully demonstrated the truth Of the
saying that the child is fodder to the man.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
1t is a popularity of human nature
that, just as he thinks he could run news
paper, every man thinks he knows Just
how an election is going.
The summer has past and gone and
not word about the Asiatic cholera, and
winter is coming on and there's no one to
raise hue and cry about smallpox
epidemic.
"A flock of 100 swallows, more or less,
thirsting for knowledge or hungry for
book-worms, lately entered the State Lii
brary at Richmond, Va, and were with
difficulty expelled.
The fashionable summer resorts now
remind one of ballroom at early
morning, after all the tiddlers and the
dancers have gone home and nothing re-
mains but the dust they kicked up.
1t is given for solemn fact that hired
girl in Savannah tainted dead away be-
cause she broke a tea-cup. 1t may be
true. 1t may be that she hadn't chance
to hide the pieces.-DetrOH Free Press.
Prof. Tice has got loose again and
he says that on the 25th and Goth of De
cember the wind will just fairly howl.
There is time enough to brace your fence
posts and get the children into the house.
TO prevent horse from paving,
hitch a trace chain around the ankle or
fetlock Of the foot most used, and let the
other end of the chain lay loose on the
floor of the stall, and all will be right
Exchange.
"A grocer on the Ohio River had to
make an ass ignment because some villain
stole eighteen pounds of sugar and
whole cheese from his stock. You can
get an idea from this how sensitive capital
sometimes is.
When you see Detroit girl come out
of store with hop, skip, jump and
pleased expression, you may know that
her old summer hat over into twenty
dollar winter style.-Free Press.
Each had long viewed the other as a
rival, and when they met at picnic the
| other day Jane took occasion to say very
frankly: Mary, Harry told me last week
that he didn't really love you" In
deed, Jane" replied Mary, with great
dignity land he also told me that the
most you could expect If you ever married
| would be to make some man a comforta-
bic widower." Women are only a little
lower than the gels.-Broohyn Argus.
In the San Francisco jail Is girl
only sixteen years old. She is excessive
ly shy and demure, bushes when looked
at by visitors, and faints when drunk
ards are brought bleeding and yelling
into the prison. Her face is delicate and
expressive of retiring modesty and gen.
tleness. Her name is Annette Gillard,
and she is awaiting trial tor stabbing
man four times with big butcher
knife, and then smashing his skull with n
brick.
The manner in which William j.
Sharkey, the murderer, has been disposed
of reminds us ofthe way in which Missis-
sippl steamboat waiter gave passenger
his choice of table beverages. "Tay or
coffee 2" was the query. "I'll take COT
fee" Waiter-having no coffee on his
tray" Say tay, or, be jabers, III scald
you" The Spanish authorities say To
Sharkey Join the army aud get shot,
or we'll shoot you anyhow" and he joins.
World.