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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
Electric Illumination.

Mr.. w. Fl. Preece, the electrician to
the British postotfice, is inclined to
look upon the present activity about the
electric hight as one Of those sensational
spasms which seize the public periodi-
cally at intervals of about ten years.
He has not vet found the ideal electric
light. He went to Paris, and every
where where the electric light could be
seen, but he had laid down three de-
siderata, which he had not found ac-
complished. The first was that the
light must be absolutely steady; sec
ondly, it must be brilliant, giving a
light of 200 candles, or more; thirdly
it must be durable. OF all the lights
the only one he had seen which came
up to his criterion of steadiness was the
| Wendermann; and the only one sufti-
GENTLY durable was the Wallace, 10y
which he meant one which would last
all night, and nights in England some
times lasted eighteen hours. But there
were several which came pretty neal
these criteria.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
Hosts of People are Martyrs

70 SICK headache, that inial4!bie symptom Of a
iisordcred stomach, liver and bowels. Many
suffer from 1t as many as three or Iour times a
week. They &C so peedlessly, for HSstetter's
Stomach Bitters, by ton.ng the digestive organs
and regulating the bowels and liver. removes tn :
cause, and dispels the painful symptom. The in
innate sympathy between The brain and the at
domina region causes the slightest disorder az
fecting the latter 10 be reflected 1t were, in the
organ of thought The reform Instituted by the
5itters when the digestive, secretive and evacua
1--WE functions in a state of chaos, has other
and more beneficial results, viz the complete nn-
TIL ion OF the whole hysical economy the resto'
ration of apptite and repose, and an increase In
the power OF the system 10 resist diseases OF a
malarlal type.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
Ugh! Catarrh!! Stand OFF,!

Keep the breadth OF the room between us
VII lie we ask yuu few questions. Are you a
Christian? Christianity teaches that ''cleanli.
ness is next to godlinesS and certainly you can
1uu no Christian excuse for having that filthy
disease, when Or. Sage's CAtarrh Remedy as n
remedy for IL even in Its worst forms. Are you
a bTaln-worker A general impairment of the
intellectual powers (notahly loss of memory Is
an inyariable sequence Of caarrh. DR.. Sage's
Crtarrh Remedy ia the only reliable remedy for
this disease lii no dry-up" (expelllng the
disease from the nasal passages only 10 send IL 10
the iungs,l nor unpleasant and uuwholeSome
"mnigator.' Il is simple, safe, ana sure Are
you married.; Besides being most dlsagreeaoly
offensive to ycnr better half" do you not know
that the disease liable 10 be entalled upon !uuI
children, IN the same some cther .oImY Or.
Sages Catarrh Remedy has cured thousands OF
cases that had been pronounced incuraole. Are
you unmarried? Be assured son Will remain so
while Won have that lOathsone disease for cupid
will smell 1t afar on Or. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
has cured cases OF catarrh of many years stand
ing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
The Wrath of Jason.

Some few months prior to the unfor-
tunate accident i'll the rolling mill,
whereby Uncle Jason was 50 suddenly
and unexpected launched in the mys-
terious beyond. Spikes was at his desk
in the mill Office, when great noise
and controversy was heard outside, as
follows:
SIS YOU gwin to fill de contrac?'
"Who you call contrap? | done black
de shoe"
~ AK, is you gwin to carry out de
'greemenU You h'ar me?"
Go way, ole man, Is go no time too
fool wild you. IF you hab dat oder
shoe shine up you has to pay extra"
boy, eff you rouse de lion in Jason,
he cotch you by dem years an brush
de groun' wild you"
"Who kim"
OATS me; dat's me who kim
you kim"
Jess h'ar dat W'ginny Simmon talk
to Jason Oh de blue glass. | Ak you,
boy for de las time in dis vale of tears,
is you gwine to shine de shoe?
Il done shine de shoe"
81 AK YOU one mo- eff yOus gwine to
comply with the understanding kase
Jason's pi1en, an eff he lay his han
on you IT waxinate you so dat you mud
der low she's no 'Iation wild you. OATS
my song"
What reply, if any, was made to the
threat and pertoratlon was not audible.
4 scutiling ensued, followed by sound
similar to that produced by street
sweeping machine VIXEN in motion
And when Spikes looked out he saw
Uncle Jason apparently busily engaged
in examining the ventilation beneath a
pile of pine boards, which stood inside
the mill near the door, and heard him
utter:
OFF dat police stan clar fur 70 mint
mo- dat pert boys mudder was wild
derl.ss orphin an de coroner had a
cash job 10 find out what 'ticular misery
spoil de chile, o my name amt Jason
an Iain't no Baptis'. '-Graphic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
The Truth About Ge0rge Eliot.

An exchange gays: Since the death of
George Henry Lewes, many the news
papers have been clumsily discussing
his relation to George Eliot, whose gen
nus and literary labors have entirely
over-shadowed his fame and his works,
deserving as they are. The press gen.
orally speak of her as his wife, which
,he was, spiritually, though not legally,
owing to circumstances that could not
be controlled, The wife of the author
eloped from him many years ago; but,
having repenled Of her folly, and wish
ing to return 10 him, he very generously
restored her to his heart and Ms nome.
she proved 70 be incur4hly incon,tant.
she eft him a second time, and he soon
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
DAVID AND ANASTASiAtDREW.
Marrying Her Because She Was HUI.
CRY, After an Acquaintance of Only a
Day.
New York San

New York San.
/ Married only two months, and your
wife already applying for warrant for
abandonment" Justice Wandel ex-
claimed, as he put on his spectacles and
read the mournful complaint of Ana
stata Drew, of 100 Canal street. who
alleged that her husband, David, had
| deserted her one week after their mar.
rage. "Why," his honor continued,
with his eyes still on the woman. ever
since | was little boy, | have been
taught that the honeymoon lasted at
least six months, but you do not seem
to have enjoyed it even for a week.
Don't you love each other.'
Mrs. Anastasia Drew, who is hardly
IS years of age and is pretty looking
! little matron, raised her young face and
answered: Love? Why do you want
to talk so, Judge? Love me? No,
Judge, ne does not love ne. | thought
he did, and if | had not would have
been far happier"
David Drew is pleasant faced youth.
He is in the employ of Robert c..
Brown, the contractor and plumber of
Harlem and East Broadway. - love
her, Judge" he said, land if | had
not thought | could live with her, /
would not have married her"
How long were you acquainted
with her, David" the judge asked. q"
know Mr.. Brown well, and | am sure he
will do something for you if you act
like Il man. The little girl there looks
as if she would make neat, tidy
WIFE"
David hung down his head as he re.
piled, "Only one day ludge!"
"Only one day! Married but one
week, and then you desert her, and a
month afterward she has you arrested
for Abandonment Now, what is the
matter? ?" his honor continued.
Your honor" David Drew replied
plucking up some courage, and his eyes
filling with tears, "Anastasia's folks
were very poor, and when | first met
her she told me she did not have enough
to eat. | thought she was too good
for that, so | made love to her, and the
first thing | knew she asked me if
would 90 to church with her and tel
the priest so. | agreed, and together
we called on the priest, and the first
thing | knew | was married. Now, your
honor, after | came to my senses
found had no money. only earn
SD week, and | told her if she would
remain at home | would come and
claim her in few months. Ever since
she and her folks have been prosecuting
me, and ! am determined to stand
my own ground. Judge, ! am willing
TO do what is right by Anastasia, if she
will give me a chance.
Como into my room," Justice Wan
dell said, rising. The little couple, coy
and fearful, followed as directed.
Ten minutes afterward they emerged
arm in arm, with smiling faces, and
Justice Wandell, resumed his seat il
just rs happy a mood.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

IT is impossible to sell the best article
of any kind as low as the poorest can
be afforded. But the prices of Mason
& Hamlin cabinet organs are not much
more than those of very inferior organs
while the difference in quality, and es-
ueciallv in durability. Is very great.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

Of the maiden--a heart worthy to be
the lifetime treasure of man.
If all signs do not fail, the rest OF the
story will be told by the CONNIE, ciaI in
few weeks. Meantime a few stub
born facts are beginning to penetrate
the whisky-addled brains OF the girls
first gushing admirers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

DURING the year, 1851 buildings
have been erected in Philadelphia, n
falling off of 1884 from 1877. There
were 1888 two-story dwellings, 1867 Of
three-stories, and eight of four-stories.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

THE Hartford Comm Times says that
Mr.. z. T. Barnum " is not only can
didate for the United States senatorShip,
but is at work and in earnest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

Richmond (Va.) Wig: The schools
of the commonwealth are suspended in
half the counties, and the people who
have paid the school tax see their chill
dren growing up in ignorance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

The total amount Of taxable property
assessed for taxes for 1873 in Texas is
S31S, 935,707. The total amount of
state taxes, including poll tax, is So
00O, APO. So,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

HONESTY Is THE Best PoLIJY,-Ihis
Did adage has proven true in the case OF
d. B. DeLand & Co.. Bea Chemicd. Sal
erdtus, being always .jtl4 pea9ht and per-
feet goods. Try it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

WOMEN in England did not acquire
the right of choosing husbands for
themselves until the tenth century, and,
in other European countries much
later.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

THERE is now 70 legal state treasurer
in Virginia, the treasurer-elect, Mr..
Hunter, having forgotten to qualify
within the appointed time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

The Fenian skirmishing fund" beat
the servant girls out of S57 last week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

original cheerfulness and strength, weaLues
All in the traa- ment OF seminal ,sI'sJ il To
or Nervous Exhaustion cannot w W
nenIin. Art sN-Crcuiars sent tree'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08

SAN ANTONIO has shipped thirty-three
hundred ami thirty.three tons Of bones
since JANUARY, ls1r, valued at S76. 500.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
ESTABLISHED 1851.
Electro Medical Institute

N.rvou, sad Rheumatic sa :.
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I build up the nervous y', y hi
.,ore the sexual powers % !, ~ /,
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
MASON 4 HAML!N CABINET ORGANS

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-01-08
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The Newtown bee., 1879-01-28
Cushing and Choate,

The late Caleb Cushing and Choate, at trial where they represented differ ent sides, were both anxious for an ad- journment. As this was an unusual thingsfor either, after the adjournment, MT. Gerrish, friend, asked Choate the reason This is his account: Said l, "How is it that you were ready for a continuance to-day? It is little odd of you" Choate replied, "Oh, l am a little pressed with business, and can afford to let this case stand over." Said I, "Choate. this is sheer nonsense. I'll tell you what the matter is. You are afraid of Cushing" "So I am" was the reply, ''and I am not ashamed to own 1t either" "Well, well," said I; 'sthis is pretty good. The idea of Rufus Choate being frightenedl What on earth do you fear in Gushing ?" "Mr. Gerrish, will tell you. I am afraid of his overwhelming knowledge of the law" In: the afternoon Gushing came into the office. I went for him at once. "Caleb, what was the matter to- day? Why didn't you insist on trying that case ?" "Oh," he replied; "the weather is warm, and we have much to attend to, snd I didn't care to hurry matters" "Now, Cushing, be honest; were you not little afraid of Choate ? s.Well, Gerrish, to be candid about it, 1 was. Are you satisfied now?" I then | inauired what he feared Choate for. "Do you think" said ], "that he knows any more law than you do?' "No, sir, I don't," was the answer
 "but I'm afraid of the mans influence with jury. right or wrong. ."-Albdns 1 y17D Journal
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-28
NEwTowN CONN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2s, 1s7e

pink, Dutch pink (which is really yell low), cate6hu, chromate of lead, sulphate of iron, Venetian red, carbonate of cop- per, chromate of potash, indigo, carbon ate of lime and carbonate of magnesia. Scented teas, black gniipowdef and orange pekoe are colored with graphite and plumbago, or black lead.
 One trick of the trade is now having a great success in Philadelphia. An oolong tea is mixed with small propor- tion of green tea, so that the taste of the compound is different from either of it's constituents. This is then packed in one pound packages with wrappers apparent ly of Chinese origin, and it is sold as the genuine tfncolored natural leaf, such as the Chinese themselves use. A circular is given with each package setting forth the dangers of using artiicially colored tea, and thousands of pounds are thus sold to confding public. The success of this trick might encourage one to hope that genuine uncolored tea would sell well if any one would import it. Un- fortunately every effort to sell this tea has been failure. The natural leaf tea has kind of bilious yellow color, re- minding one of dried willow leaves, and no one will buy it. The public like the nice green color, and little Prussian blue has no terrors for the inveterate -dfinkef. .-NeD York EUeniflg Post.
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-28
uAfter the American Fashion. ,,

A young student at ball at Pesth, Hungary, resented the attentions of one of his fellow guests paid to young lady whom he chose to esteem his par ticular sweetheart, and took advantage of the first opportunity that offered to tread on his rivals toes. Next day the latter called on him.
 You have insulted me grossly" he said, and I demand satisfaction. Be- ing the insulted party 1 have the right to choose the means of justifying my. self. suggest duel after the Ameri- can fashion.
 ssWhat the deuce is that ?' demanded the insulter.
 "Himply to put white and black bean in hat and draw without look ing."
 "And then ?"
 "Well, then, the. one who draws the black bean is bound in honor to blow his brains out within ten days"
 The student lost. Nine days later he burst into the room of friend in great agitation.
 "For the love of heaven lend me five forins, old boyl 1" he exclaimed.
 Five forins r was the response; "why, haven't got the ghost of brass penny"
 ss Then" cried the duelist after the Am erican fashion, "I am a doomed man !''
 "Doomed Howl"
 {" Read"
 And he handed him note, while he drew revolver and fourished 1t with melodramatic desperation.
 "Sir," meanwhile read the friend, !" nine days ago challenged you to a duel after the American fashion, and you lost. To morrow it is your duty as a man of honor to blow your brains out. As am hard up at present, I will, how ever, sell you your life for five 6orins. You will find me waiting at the door. :"
 "And is it for this you want the five forins? ?" asked the reader.
 C It is. l must have them, or kill myself"
 With what ?"
 With this 1"
 And he exhibited the revolver.
 "Old boy" said the mentor, eagerly, 'sthere is gunsmith shop next door. He will give you five forins for that. !"
 "Happy thought p exclaims the duelist. I'll book it p
 And ten minutes later he had ran- somed himself.
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-28
John Mangero.

A Japanese boy named John Mangero was wrecked off the island of NiphOn in 1840. He was rescued by Capt. White field, of a New Bedford ship. and car ried to Honolulu, from thence to the United States. Capt. Whitefeld placed him in school in Fair Haven. Mass.
 He made great proficiency in the lan- guages and other branches of study. After leaving school, his enterprising spirit led him to California, thence to the Sandwich islands; here he sought the aid of the seaman's chaplain. the Rev. Mir. Damon, by which he secured passage to Japan.
 After suffering various embarrass- ments through suspicion of those in au. thority in his native land. he came to be respected for his intelligence and in- tegrity.
 He was sought for especially on ac- coant of his knowledge of American affairs. When Commodore Perry visited Japan with his fee5, and made his fa- nous treaty by which the ports Of the country were oponed to the world, John Mangero was the medium Of communica- tion.
 He translated the communications from the Japanese 10 HinglISn Tor the commodore, and his reply into Japanese for the Japar ese government. In various ways, by his influence in no small de- gree, Japan has emerged from { condi- tion of medieval sta8nation to that oi tho magnificent enterprise she nov ex- hibits.
 John Mangero is a1oH a mn of Ien{I- ing nduanoe inf public Fl Jn11a1,.
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-28
They Killed Him.

The other night, as old Blinks sat lis- tening to the various opinions expressed about our Indian troubles, he felt con- strained to relate some Of his own ex- periences with the Indians, prefacing his remarks with the assertion that not one man in ten thousand knows anything about the subject. Said he: ss You give me one hundred men as brave as myself, who would rely on me for strategy, and follow where I would lead, and we'd whip all the tribes between here and Alaska 1"
 Blinks proceeded to state that in the early days of Texas he commenced the snbjugation of an Indian tribe all on his own hook. He was both infantry and cavalry, and his courage and willy tactics appalled, the Indians more than an ordin- ary army corps would have done. He maintained his uneven warfare for several months, until one day he found himself some three hundred miles within the Indian Territory, where no white man had ever been before. As he was pass ing through detile in the mountains, fifteen hundred Indians surrounded him. They had closed every avenue of escape; abrupt mountains lowered on either hand, their sides lined with sav- ages; several hundred guarded the pass ahead of him, while an equal number had closed in upon his rear. To escape was impossible, the odds were too great to give battle, so he maiestically surren- dered and defiantly told them to deal with him as they pleased. The delight of the Indians at capturing such an im- portant and dreaded enemy prevented them from killing him at once, and they were two days in council trying to invent some more horrible torture and manner of death than they had ever practiced before.
 By this time Old Blinks had got him. self hopelessly entangled, and the crowd, seeing his dilemma, demanded at once to know how he got out of such 8 fix. Blinks coughed and asparred for time, J hoping to invent some way to wind up the story, but his imagination "f fell down " on him and the boys kept press ing him. He told of his thirst and de- scribed his thoughts, trusting that some idea would come to his rescue. The crowd, becoming more and more aware of his predicament, interrupted, dis tracted and confused him so much he could think of no way out, so bringing his fist down on the table with thump, and with look of earnest sincerity, said: "By George, boys, they killed me. - Carson (NeU.) Appeal.
The Newtown bee., 1879-01-28
Snow in Norway.

It is always with a slight fee ofling anxiety that we read about heavy snow storms in this country, for we know that they mean, or may mean, the stop ping of traffic at this point or that. So much the more curious it is, when open ing a Norwegian newspaper, to meet with passages like this: Fortunate ly, we have had much snow in this part of the country, and there is good hope that it now will remain solid on the ground for the season" But in Nor way the snow is itself a means of traffic, and that an important one. When the snow fails, the lumber trade, for in- stance, one of the most important branches of the industry of the country, is seriously embarrassed. The trees are felled during fall and winter, and those huge, giant trunks which it would be next to impossible to transport in the summer time over the steep, rugged ground, where horses cannoG be em- ployed, are in winter time drawn easily along on the smooth, solid surface of the frozen snow. Tied together in im- mense bundles, they are thrown down in the dry river-bed, and when spring comes and the snow melts, the bundles are carried down by the stream to the very gates of the lumber-yard. Thus the snow, which to us is an impediment, is to the Norwegians an aid, and it is even something much more, for it is, indeed, one of the great national poets of the country. It makes the houses so walm and so cozy; it makes the land scape so soft and so mild ]; and it makes people so merry and full of new plans and new ideas, for it brings them to- gether. Neighbors who, in summer time, cannot visit each other because the journey along the bad roads-which creep in zigzags through the glens, along the clefts, over the peaks two ol three days, can now reach each other in few hours, setting out on theil enowshoes or in the light sledges drawn by reindeer, in straight line,
 across the glens, the clefts, the peaks
 everything being buried under tho
 snow cr bridged over byi