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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
There is Death in a Kiss.

The Grand Ducal family at Hesse>
Darmstadt consisted of eight persons
In the course of two weeks every mem.
Der WINS attacked with diphthcrla. Two
Princess Mary, aged four years, and
the Grand Duchess, Princess Alice, of
Great Britain--died. Princess Victoria,
aged sixteen, was first attacked. She was
separated from the rest of the family
Immediately after she had fallen i'll, and
the same caution was observed after the
attack of eacn member of the family.
The disease was of a severe form. The
patches in the throat We're dark -colored
from the start; the fever was high. and
tnere were great swellings at the angles
of the laws The best medical skill was
employed. Drs. Ergenbrodt, Oertal and
Jaeger were in attendance, and Sir
William Jenner was sent by Queen
Victoria.
Let it be noted that, while every mem
Der of the Ducal family was attacked,
every one of the sixty persons comprls-
ing the household escaped. The physi-
clans believe that the disease was not of
a spontaneous origin. Notwithstanding
It's severe character, the precautions used
to prevent its spread through the atmos-
phere were perfectly successful. 1t was
spread by direct infection, doubtless by
kisses.
And this is the way in which it is
spread in numberless instances. Every
body is expected to kiss the baby. The
timid little girl who shrinks from the
proifered OSCILLATION is ordered by the
parents to kiss the visitor. The visitor
has slight or severe sore throat. The
diphtheritic germs are conveyed TO the
lips of the reluctant child and find lodge
ment in the throat A violent attack of
diphtheria results and spreads through
out the family usually by the same di-
rect infection. The heart-broken mother
bows her head at the inscrutable dis
pensations of Providence, and wonders
why her darling should be taker--her
darling whom she had kept at home
safely guarded against all exposure. The
doctor talks learnedly about sewer-gas
ans bad water-and these may be the
vehicle. but never the origin of the con-
tagion-but the fatal disease was i'm
parted through the lips of that thought
less visitor. Many wise mothers Will
not permit strangers or friends TO kiss
the children. Their example should be
followed. Under the motto: God Bless
Our Home" should be suspended an
other: Don't Kiss Our Children" If
indiscriminate kissing were only nasty
il might be tolerated, but as it may be,
and often is, deadly, it should be abol-
ished.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02

\ bit of advice TO young men VINO are
trying to get on in the world. Never
complain that your employers are selfish.
Not that they are otherwise, but it will
not help matters to groWl about 1t.
They are selfish. Their employers,
Then they were young, were no doubt
selfish and from them they learned the
.esson. You. too, learn it. and when
you become employers you'll be selfish
too. 1t is from selfish motives that men
engage in trade, and selfishDess rules
.hefr actions. OF course ii would be bet
Ter, and wiser, and all that, if they
were not selfish, but they are. Now,
what are You going to do about 1t? Why,
make it for their selfish interest to do
better by you. and they will. Respect
yourself and YOU will make them respect
rou. Remember that you are at dis
advantage, that there are a hundred
ready to climb into your place if you do
not I'LL it, and those who employ you
ire fully aware of the fact and ready to
make the most they can out of it. Re-
member that if you are getting $1,000
thic year and want 81 500 next year,
you've got to eaTn 81 800 this year,
iou'vc got to pay for promotion, often
an cNorbitant price, and as you have no
other means to pay with, you have got
to pay in work OF course it is unjust
of course it seems hard that your EN-.
ployer should keep aid spelsl money
that you have justly earned, but eau.
seur's wopl for it, it won't pay to fret OF
growl about it. Never be satisfied With
having earned your money" Earn
more than your money, and then in
manly, straightforward, buslness-lik.
way, ask FIR more pay. Ten chances K
one you will get it. If you don't lo9l
about, and as soCn rs you have found
better place, discharge your employer
IN, hard work that you have done, In,
record of 1t, and the reputation YOU WI
nave established for hard work, vii
make the task Of finding new emp y
men: comparatively easy. Your capac
its for work is your only canita. hives
heavily and you are sure to win.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
4 Boy Manderer.

Seven years ago, Neil Rogers. then
boy, caused considera bic anxiety anc
search on account of his mysterious dis
appearance. Recently he returned tt
his home in Cincinnati, with the follow
ing account of his adventures:
On Oct. IL, 1871, he ran away frcn
his home, and since then has Travelled
very nearly all over the world. He frs
followed Robnson's circus, and by thi
means made his way to New Orleans
when he shipped as cabin boy in cattle
ship bound for England. He describe!
this voyage as being very rough one
and as he was very cruelty treated u
the officers and men he had reason tC
long remember it, On arriving at Londor
he wandered from the ship, and after
staying in the city for several days, fell
in with party Of American seamen, and
with them embarked in an old ship
called the Seagull bound for New York
The voyage was prosperous one, and
they soon arrived at their destination.
where, after a short stay of three days,
he again shipped in a steamer bound for
the Barbados. On arriving at the island
he left the ship intending to enjoy
days fun on land, when, by some mis-
take of the captain, who shortened the
time the ship was to stay, he was left be.
hind. Imagine his situation, a young lad
but II years of age, thousands of miles
from home, without friend to guide OF
protect him. After wandering aimlessly
for several weeks through the island, he
at length received employment at the
plantation of wealthy French planter,
VINO listened to his pitiful story and
kindly aided him. After remaining here
for upward of year and half, his old
taste for the sea came back, ana return
ing to the coast, he embarked in a ship
bound for California. When but few
days at sea he fell sick of fever, which
he had contracted during his stay at the
island, and but for the assistance of an
old negro doctor he would have died
He arrived in San Francisco in the
spring of 1875, and joined parry of
miners who We're starting for the newly
discovered gold fields in the Black Hills.
After prospecting about with but little
success, he got employment as bartender
n neadwood city. This position he held
until about year ago, when he again
started prospecting, with better success
than before, for soon he, in company
with six others, struck "paying dirt" as
it called, staked all their claims and
returned to Deadwood city, and there
sold the mine 10 a Jewish capitalist
named Wolf, his share of the proceeds
being $500. Desiring to see the old
folks at home, whom he had not heard
of during all his wanderings, he started
and soon was in the arms Of his poor old
mother, who was almost distracted to
see her long-lost son, whom she had
thought dead. During his absence his
father died, and he now intends to re-
main and become the support and COM
fort of his mother in her old age, and
,hus atone for his want Of attention ip
the past.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
Paul Before Nero.

Nero, with his thick neck, full round
chin, and cruel lips, had lost already the
beauty of his early youth. His curling
hair was bound by wreath of myrtle
leaves, and his whole expression, as he
presided on the judgement seat, was
that of man driven nearly out OF his
mind with prosperity and boundless
power.
Before him stood Paul of Tarsus worn
with long watchings and waitings for
trial, although he had received every
indulgence which Roman law could per-
nit. On his wrists were the marks OF
the chains which he had worn for two
years, the scars which must have hurt
so much whilst they were being made.
There were also scars about him Of those
aIful scourges in which he gloried;
nd there were traces of perlls by sea
and by land, which do not leave a man
as they find him.
There he stood with undaunted self
possession, facing the emperor, as he
had faced many a lesser ruler. He had
longed to see Caesar, and now he had
his wish?
He was at last face to face with the
man who had murdered his mother, des-
tTOgeu MS uiSb Vic anu tuoplt VI o'hNij
and whose heart was full of every mag
Unable wickedness. He was face to face
with man hose blood-stained mind
was,ever bent on praise, and who so far
forgot his dignity that, in spite OF the
tears of his servants and counsellors, he
publicly performed on the stage as
musician and as charioteer in the cir
Gus. 1t was impossible even for the
most devoted adherent to the Roman law
to feel the least respect for this emperor;
and the awful attribute which was given
to him of "power equal TO the gods" was
incapable Of raising him in the minds Of
his subjects.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
His Heart was Bad.

IN Indian agent from Rosebud told
reporter III Omaha the following:
An Indian lost his sister recently by
leath, and he wrapped the corpse in a
blanket and took it up on hill. The
borrowing brother then stationed him.
self within one hundred yards of the
body, and with his rifle he determined
t, shoot the first white man he could see'
81 that white spirit could accompany
lis sister to the happy hunting ground.
fortunately day was extremely eoiu,
md there were but few white men VINO
cared about going out. The Indian, how
ever, remained at his post from ~ O'Clock
N the morning till o'clock in the alter
noon, during which time he fired seven
hots. one Of which hit white man
lear tn. heart, but fortunately the bail
struck ri and glanced and came out
near thu back bone, and did not Kill hln.
He vas a man who had lived among the
Indians for many years, and had maze
himself solid with them by marrying
squaN. During the period of grief an
Indian says that CHS heart is bad" and
If not safe for any one TO approach
i'm when he is thus feeling little oil.
An Id chief offered to 60 out and arrest
the Indian, but the agent would not al
.ow him 10 risk his life in the attempt.
and therefore the griefstrieken redskin
was permitted to blaze away until he be-
came tired of the business. After he
had shot the man aforementioned he
became satisfied and ended his perform.
ance. The affair was fixed up, ACCORDING
to Indian custom, by him and his friends
presenting to the wounded man, neSs
morning, thirteen horses, forty blankets,
and other articles, and the apology was
accepted.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
The Workshop.

Glue is made from the clippings OF
hides, horns and hoofs, washed in lime
water, boiled, skinned, strained, evap-
grated, cooled in molds, cut into slices
and dried upon nets.
Tumbler locks have one or more piv-
otcd pieces, called tumblers, provided
with lug or dog fitting notch in the
be-, from which the dog must be &C.
lease, before the bolt can be thrown.
lumber can be seasoned more quickly
if 1t be steamed, but excess IN steaMng
kills the elasticity of the timber. Too
rapid l-iln-drying evaporates the surface
moisture too rapidly and causes the tim
Der to check.
Leather belts used with the grain
tide to the pulley will never crack, as
strain in the passing is thrown on
flesh side, which is not liable to
..ck or break the grain not being
ruined any more than other portions
of the belt.
Hemp is laid up right-handed into
yarns; warns are laid up left-handed in
to strands; three strands are laid up
.ight-handed to form hawser; three
hawsers are laid up left-handed to form
l cable. The terms signifying the re-
spective forms are single-laid, hawser-
laid, cable-laid.
The ordinary life of locomotive en-
CINE is stated at thirty years. Some of
the small parts require renewal every
tx months. The boiler tubes last five
years and the crank-axles six years !;
ire boilers and tire-boxes, seven to ten
,,ears. The side frames, axles and other
arts, thirty years.
Plate-glass is made by pouring the
molten material upon table which has
y marginal edge of height equal TO
vat designed for the thickness Of the
glass. A roller travels over the table,
resting on the lodges and flattening out
the GLASS, which is thus made of equal
thickness throughout.
What is known as cut glass is glass
with missions and ornaments with
Tooth surfaces. appearing as if cut by
a sharp instrument. The cutting of the
glass consists entirely in grinding away
successive portions by holding them up
on the surface of wheel of stone, metal
and wood, which are made to revolve
ap.dly. The hrst or rough cutting is
sometimes given by wheels of stone, re-
sembling grindstone. Afterwards wheels
of iron are used, having their edges
covered with sharp sand or with emery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
Relies Of Benedict Arnold.

"reminiscences of Benedict Arnol,
have been going the rounds since thes,
cent death of Mrs. Ann Human Kelloom
ii Fairfield town, whose mother, ia
SAID, aimed musket at Arnold
the time of the burning of New Lon
don, IN l1Sl, and would have killeI
him except that the piece missed FIRE
The proposition to build monument ia
Maj. Andre at Tarrytown has also led r.
the recalling of incidents in Arnold
career. There Is one Renaissance NJ
that character which has not been men,
toned. Several years ago a gentleman
of Brooklyn, who has long been noted
for his love of rare books, manuscripts
pamphlets and engravings, came into
the possession of a document signed NV
Arnold and a friend, which he has care.
fully treasured until the present dav.
The paper is written pledge that the
man who should be manned first should
receive from the other the gift of a silver
teapot, of the value of Gl5. The paper
was dated before the Revolutionary war.
and was signed by gentleman by the
name of Adams, as witness. The paper
is now worn and stained with time, Sut
the writing is as black and legible as the
day it was written. Not long ago man
came into the office of the owner of ths
precious document, and said, II under.
stand you are gatherer of old things
Here is something | want to show You.
5. Nj. l.. Barlow wants it and has Offered
to pay so much for it, but you can have
it if you will give "a certain other sum
naming it," well" was the reply, "lets
see it," The man began unfolding care
fully an ancient, time-stained document,
upon which, as he was opening it, there
appeared the striking signature of Bene.
dict Arnold. The signature was recog.
nized the moment it was seen, although
1t was upside-dOwn, and the bargain was
closed without moments delay. The
Arnold and Adams. The witness of the
document referred to above in reference
to which of the two men would probably
be married first, and it contained pfedye
that the one which was first married
should receive gift of silver plate worth
Els from the other. The paper was wit
messed by the man who made the first
bet with Arnold. The two documents
bore the same date, and had evidently
been written at the same time. They
had been separated for over hundred
years, and had finally come together
again in the ownership of the same
gentleman. The discovery of this sec
ond docGment is considered one of the
best "finds" OF the day among antigua.
rians of the city, and the fortunate
owner Of the two papers is greatly
envied.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
a poor rels,@on-A story badly told.

a poor rels.,ion-A story badly told.
The ROSTERS spur is more penetrating
than the cats purr.
Never put up" your umbrella unless
1t rains or you are broke.
For cold feet a brick in the bed is bet
ter than two bricks in the hat.
None but the brave deserve the hair,
is the way the aborigine puts it.
Never play euchre with one armed
man. He always holds "lone hand"
you know.
ooh, come, come, hay weigh !" as the
impatient farmer said to the man at the
hay-scales.'
A Bangor dog eats hard soap. That's
the story, but it is hard to decide wheth-
er or not the I've is all in the soap.
An Edinburgh student asked, "Why
s Prof w. the best revivalist of the age|
and on all giving it up" said: Because
at the end of every sermon there is a
great awakening"
"Baptiste, told you to go and buy me
al almanac; what on earth have you
bought two Of them forY' "Why, you
see, madame, it's such long way to the
stationer's-I thought I'd buy enough
6r two years"
The man who waits to get three cats in
row before he shoots will some day
find the poor house waiting for him. 1t
IS the man who peppers away at cats
whenever chance offers who viii lay up
ducats for old age.
NJ. b. who is trife cynical, replied
the other day to somebody who wanted
to swear eternal friendshipto him: "Ah,
yes, friends are like cabs, plenty enough
VIII n the weather is tine nut nowhere
to be found when it rains"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02

with the chain and the two swan-shot
first, and fired steadily at the left side Of
his head, which wa7 exposed to me for
a moment between the clouds of white
mist. His grows were terrific, yet he
stirred not; and it was nearly an hour
before ! could get shot at him with the
steel pencil case and seal. BY this time,
however, the mist had SO far cleared off
that ! had fair and steady shot behind
his left shoulder. 1t was a fatal one, for
in two minutes his death struggles were
over. The penciI-case had penetrated
his heart, and by the time my servant
and the guide arrived with my pony, |
had half skinned him. The Chain had
iearfully mutilated the brain. Ny first
shot had gone quite through his flank
without injtring any vital part. | was
recalled shortly afterwards, and my first
task in England was to get the frag-
ments Of my chain made into a ring
which always wear. The tigers skin
is now OH my library hearth, and | am
often reminded, as / look at it, Of the
joke of my American friend, who used
to declare that | am the only man he
ever knew who had been "treed by a
tiger. 49, Septuagenarian, i'll " Land and
Waterp
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02
THE SECOND WIFE.

A melancholy woman lay
In sickness on her bed.
And IN a faint and broken Voice
To her sad husband said:
"Dear David. when my earthly form
Has turned to lifeless clay,
Oh, wait and weep a little while,
Nor throw yourself away.
know a woman kind and true,
On whom you may depend,
Oh, marry Arabelia jones'
She is my dearest friend"
.'Yes Hattie. have much desired
To talk of this before
For Arabella Jones and
Have thought the matter DER
~Then you and Arabella Jones
Have been too smart and sly
tell you David Wilkinson,
I'm not goin' to die"
Her dark eyes flashed, her strength rehrnei.
She left her bed Of pain
A week had barely prssed away
When she was well again.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02

Little Johnny says: Once big elefant
came TO ? river to drink, and lie was so
dry he put bis trunk way down deep as
he Guide, and was waglin it around in
the water dlited. And there was two
ollie big fishes And one fish said to the
othern, one did:
Now. there's werm witch is fit for to
set before a king
And the other fish it said:
'sYes, and You had better let it lone,
or YOU be set before one your own sellef,
COS bet its got hook in it like the
anker of three decker"
Johnv's moral is; Don't grab at nice
bate befo Won see VINO filings it, or you
mite cit took in out . the wet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02

The Deutsthe Fi4cnerei-Zei.ung" re-
cords an incident which confirms in II
remarkable manner the opinion often
expressed, and frequently corroborated,
that otters do not hesitate To attack fish
of very large size when in search of the
wherewithal TO break their fast. A corr
respondent, resident in Norway, say he
recently found on the banks of the iaer-
dalselo, near Se,tun, the fresh remains
of an offers breakfast or dinner, in the
form of the head and tail of salmon,
which wighcd eighteen pounds and five
and and half pounds respectively,
The marks Of the otter's fore paw were
plainly visible on the tail end. Judging
from the ascertained weight of the REM
aants, the fish must have weighed about
fifty pounds, and if all the missing por-
ton had been deyoured, it follows that
m otter is capable of gorging ut least
twenty pounds of fish ut meal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-02

CrRr ron WARTs.--A correspondent
saws. had no less than twenty large
warts on my hands, aud several small
ones / applied common Irish potato,
cutting it in two. and APPLYING the juice
sver each wart two or three times day.
Mine have all disappeared, and ! thought
the remedy worthy Of publishing.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-05-20
Osape River.

There Is cses; diversity Of opinion among
practical men familiar With the Usage river,
in regard 10 the proper mode OF iwproYIpg it.
Messrs. James CLARK and Frank Hale are
among those who believe neitbsE in locks
nor dams. They consider that the dams %
struct psvIgation BY RATS and oeYes TAIL 10
make new shoals worse than the originals;
and with the money now spent on q single
sboal they gay they could inprove three or
ioHr. The wator is 40. sufficiently concen
traied according to their idea. They claim,
Ia short, that the river is now worse thun
ever aud desire a dredge boat placed 90
the river which will raise banks along the
true channel and deepen 1t by concentrating
the water.
On the other hand, there Is Cspt. VIM.
Towns, who has been a reliable pilot on The
Usage river ever since 1923 years. He
authorizes the Eclipse TO say that previous
t. these recent improvements. except when
there vas a good rise In the river, no steamer
drawing two-and-a half fee, OF water could
20 higher up than Bolton Shoals. Now
above Bolton Shoals tiers is good nRyigs-
ton for boats drawing only Jwo-And-A-bali
feet 10 Tuscambia-st all seasons. And on
ly to Tuscumbia has this government work
been extended II p his opinion, teundsd
long observation and experiences, that a
continuation Of the present syslem OF inn
provement, above Tutcumbls, win giye,s
good depth Of water INST 80 far as Il Is ex-
The desire Of iho Ecnpss b simply to give
the views Of prAe AeAl men on both sldes Of
this 9esstion. The river must be properly
improved. AL Of us are Interested in that;
and the best system should by " means b.
adopted, jefferson City Eclipse.
Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1880-05-20

The appointment al the P0stmAsler-Gen
erSl 10 = iadg,hip will leave a Key.hCls IN
the Cabinet.
A city m Will pick up a clothes prop
IL feet long 10 drive q sworounce chicken aE@
Of the yard.
Two South CarolIrans, who have been al
law four years for She possession Of a bull,
ago stil! 1t il. Tue costs exceed 81 0CA en-
elusive OF council fees, and / be bull. 10 dead,
ls hide has been stu9d aud 1t Is ~ BE- pr
duced In ine court.
Two Cheyenne men made q wager as to
which could hold q wasp loI get in his band.
oLs privately rubbed his hand with ehloto
torn; bot be lost, alter oil. Tor the drug soon
evSp ratt d, snd the wasp stung yiclou,Iy on
recovering tie l0nP+ while tho other had
selected = .msle wasp, knowing that such do
not sling.