Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-05-13
VARIETY AND HUMOR.

AS you cannot avoid your own COM
pany make 1T as good as you possibly
can.
Many men are blessed with the most
uncommon sense, and do not seem to
know it.
There are only $1,000 real estate
holders in New York city, in popula-
ton of 100000.
-Four per cent. of the people of En-
gland die violent death. So says the
British Medical Journal
The Helena (Mont) Herald says the
recent cold winters are fOrerunners of the
return OF the glacial period.
Female doctors are officially recog-
nized in France, and take their degrees
as regularly as those of the ruling sex
The aggregate force of all boards
and societies in Japan is but one Or
dained missionary for each 100000 of
people,
Why is doctor better taken care Of
than his patients? Because, when he
goes to bed, somebody is sure to rap him
up.
"A little man observed that he had
two negative qualities: he never lay
long in bed and he never wanted great
coat.
An old lady, on Long Island, says
that " if folks want their boys to make a
mark in the world, the surest way is to
give 'em piece of chalk"
Mr.. Van Trogstein, a Russian resi-
dent of St. Louis, was mangled by mas
tits, and, on bringing suit against their
owners, recovered $500 so.
They propose to move the sarcopha-
gus containing the bones of Washington
TO Philadelphia, for exhibition at the
Centennial. This is the worst yet. He
could not lie while he iived-and now
they won't let him lie.
Fine sensibilities are like wood
bines-delightfu luxurics Of beauty to
Irvine around a solid, upright stem of
understanding; but very poor things if,
unsustained by strength, they are left to
creep along the ground
A candidate for office in Mississippi
made known his determination to run by
the following card: % At the earnest
solicitation of my wife and children |
have consented to become candidate
for County Treasurer"
-" Now, John, don't you think
woman writes more satisfactory letters
than MANI" Certainly, my dear. 1t
is far more satisfactory to receive let
ter from a woman than man." The
fond wife muses., and concludes that it is
her mission to watch the mail
A Connecticut man has made a
complaint in court that he is kept awake
by the constant neighing of horse in
an adjoining stable. In such a case as
this we should judge it were impossible
for man to live in peace with neigh
bore.-Neao York Commercial Adpertiser.
Prof. Baird will have a whole
building in the Centennial devoted to an
exhibition Of fish and fish culture, and
models of every boat, vessel and seine
used in capturing the fish. The Swedish
Government has appropriated 500, 900
for similar object.
-"AnG now, Mrs. Sullivan" said the
counsel, twill you be kind enough to tell
the jury whether your husband was in
the habit of striking you with impunity"
" Wild what, sir?" With impunity"
He wuz, sir, now and thin but he
sthruck me ofthener wild his fisht"
-Spilkins had the moral hardihood to
go home the other evening without full
filling his wife's orders to bring her home
the latest fashion paper. The sentence
is that he be condemned to take down
the hall stove and stow away the pipes
in the garnet without assistance. He
talks of SCOT for damages.
On Saturday night two men got into
a wordy controversy, which waxed quite |
hot, and finally one of them challenged |
the other to square fight. The challenged |
party filibustered around and endeavored |
TO avoid committing himself on this is
sue, but finally, pressed by the other, he |
positively refused to fight. Not that |
I'm any coward" he said, "or that Pm |
afraid of you, but | was alters an I'M |
lucky man in fight. "-Detroit Free |
Press.
The following appeared in Pulaski !
IN. - paper the other day:
the
April - 1865.
10
forbid Eny One Marrying
Henry Smith
for | Was Engaged to him March the II |
1874 for if he gifts married he Will hafto |
Suffer the Pently of the law
! remain as ever his intended wife.
Sophia Baker.
of all work that produces results
nine-tenths must be drudgery. There is
no work from the highest to the lowest
which can be done well by any man who
is unwilling to make that sacrifice. Part
of the nobility of the devotion of the
true workman to his work consists in the
fact that a man is not daunted by find
ing that drudgery must be done; and no
man can readily succeed in any work OF
life without good deal of what in plain
English is called pluck.