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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16
Mechanical and Scientific.

Humming-hirds were supposed even
10 Bufion's day TO live ON the nectar of
flowers, but 1t has now been proved that
they eat insects also. A gentleman i'm
Jamaica, who kept some, found that they
must have insect food.
A Frenchman has analyzed the dust
and debris Of the streets of Paris and
Florence, and has found that So percent.
OF that collected from the roadway is
IRON given of by horses shoes. and that
rom 80 to 40 per cent. of that Il ken from
the side walks is glue. He proposes 10
uulze both the iron and the glue.
A new coating for the bottom Of iron
ships consists of brown paper attached
by a suitable cement It is the inyen-
ton OF an English sea Captain, and the
substance he proposes to use is prepar-
atlol OF papier maChie. 1t is stated that
weeds and banacles will not adhere to
paper, and that the special cement by
which the paper is in this case secured,
may be applied cold. hardens under
water, is unaffected by comparativelv
high temperature, and possesses great te-
nacity. Experiments made with view
to test this method show that n plate
thus protected ON one side has been inn
mersed for six months, with the result
that the protected side was found clean.
while the unprotected metal was cover
ed with rust and shell-hsh.
According to the germ theory, the
communicable diseases, such as small
poX, cholera, yellow fever measles, scar
let fever typhus and typhoid fevers and
are developed from particles
of organic matter, which, upon intro
duction into the body, grow as grain
grows, when sown in u fertile field. This
analogy to the growth Of grain is insisted
on By I'll opponents of the germ theory.
The seed having been planted, as it were,
in the form of particle of contagium
from without, it multiphes by growth
within the system, and thus occasions
the phenomena belonging to that par
ticular disease of which it is the germ.
The vitality of these infectious particles
is wonderful. Sir Thomas Watson, in
the Nineteenth Century, mentions the
case of several physicians who helped
unfold a mummy at London in the year
1868; they died shortly afterward of u
fever, which was ascribed TO
infection from the body of the ancient
Egyptian.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16
SELECTED MISCELLANY.

Money is well spent in purchasing
Tranquility of mind.
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We may dcsrise the world, but we can
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Life beco...es useless and insipid when
we have no longer either friends or
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

TIE OLD WORLD AND TIE NEw.--AleX
andria is so little of an Eastern city that
it is difficult sometimes to believe that 1t
is one of the capitals of Il Mahomedan
country and one of the chief cities of the
Ottoman Empire. As one walks round
Me great square and notices the broad
aavements, the frequent gas-lamps, the
lofty houses, the spacious shops, the
crowd of carriages, the Frank costumes,
one feels quite Western. But you turn
corner and straightway stumble against
a camel with his noiseless tread and Il
man in a blue gown offers to sell you
sherbet in the name of Allah; and you
see Il narrow little opening in the wall
and men going in and out with their shoes
in their hand, and you pass in and see
a broad space covered with mating,
where people are PROSTATE in prayer, and
up above is a little minaret, whcrc an old
man in white cotton quavers out the in
vitation, 2Fs ellis you there is no God
but ALLAH. anu that prayer is better than
sleep. As you 90 on you see money
changers in the street, letter-writers
doing the correspondence of dozen,
cross legged schoolmasters teaching their
children to recite the Fatwah the chap
ter of the Koran that all must know as
we know the Lords Prayer; you turn
into a police court and listen to IA long
robed Cadi administering justice to half
a dozen screaming men and women; and
then suddenly you come upon big ware
houses full Of goods, stores piled with
cotton, steam presses turning out hun
dreds of bales per day, great market
where English, Italian, and Greek are
almost the only languages you hear, and
a port crowded with shipping : every
nation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

It is folly for n man 70 think Of I've
coming successful breeder Of live stock
unless he takes "A pride in the business
and likes the stock he is raising. To be
srccessful he must become enamourcd
with the business. He must feel nearly
the same interest in his stock that he
does IN the members Of his family. lie
must always have a kind word for them,
and feel a lively interest in their COM
fort and well being. He must provide
.Jr their wants pet them, cultivate an
acquaintance with them. He must be
ambitious TO excel in raising the very
best specimens, and hence must procure
the choicest animals ~ breeders. H.,
must have his business con the BRAIN
rive II his chief attention, study how 70
excel in it, post himself in regard tot
bv taking the best papers devoted to it.
If he will do this his future as a breeder
is bright and promising.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16
Laughter.

We would rather be poor and merry,
than inherit the wealth of the Indies
witha disconnected spirit 4 merry heart,
aCheerful spirit from viii II laughterWells
up naturally as bubbles in the springs of
Saratoga, are worth all the money bags,
stock and mortgages in the city. The
man who laughs is doctor with n diplO-
ma endorsed by the school Of nGture:
his face does more good in a sick DOM
than a pound of powders or gallon of
bitter draughts. If things go right, he
laughs because he is pleased; if they 90
wrong he laughs because il is cheaper,
and better than crying. People are
always glad to see him, their hands in
stinctiyely go half way out 10 meet his
grasp, while they turn Involuntary from
the clammy touch of the dyspeptic who
speaks on the groaning key. He laughs
you out of your faults, while yon never
dream of being offended with him. 1t
seems rs if sunshine came into the room
with him, and You never know what II
pleasant world you are living in until he
points out the sunny strcakS ON It's path
way Who can help loving the whole
souled, genial laugher2 Not the butloon,
nor the man who classes noise with
mirti-but the CHEEKY, contented man OF
sense and mind A good-humored laugh
is the key to all breasts The truth is,
that people like to be laughed at in II
genial sort of a way. If you are making
yourself ridiculous, you want TO be told
of it in pleasant manner, not sneered
at And it is astonishing how frankly
the laughing population can talk without
treading on the sensitive toes OF Their
neighbors. Why will people put on long
faces, when it is so much easier and more
comfortable to laugh2 Tears come TO us
unsought and unbidden. The wisest art
in life is to cultivate smiles; and to find
the smiles where others shrink away for
fear of thorns.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

A SACRED OLD REIIC.-A colored man
turned auCtlOneer 10 work OIL two old
stoves for a dealer on Gratiot avenue.
One was sold without trouble, but, as the
other held over" on him, ne mounted
barrel and began:
"Gen'lem and women, dis we're stove
was once de property Of George Wash
ington'
Alaughter Of derision greeted his state
ment. Singing out The biggest man IN
the crowd the auctioneer asked:
Doan' you believe that George Wash
lnucn once owned Is yere stOye2'
No, sir"
OATS de same as calm me a liah' sab,
ana you'll hey to chew dem words, sab.
He bumped down and Waited over to
me stranger, but was knocked down in
3rk minute. That was plenty for him,
and after feel n Of his head to see how
much Of it was left, he mounted the bar.
rel and called out.
How much do hear for dis stove,
once lie property of Gin'ral Grant De
stove dat Washington owned was busted
up doorin' de war"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16
Home Conversational Training.

There is no nation more fluent in con-
versation than the American. The
French are more voluble, perhaps, their
language permitting greater rapidity of
pronunciation than English. Our best
cOnversatlOnal-ts are not rapid takers.
One trouble with us is, each one likes to
d. oil the talking, therefore Americans
are not good listeners. But mere talking
is not conversation. In almost all home
circles there IS much talking done during
the day, but we fear there are few who
do not reserve their most brilliant con-
versational powers for other assemblages
than the home group Many a father
comes home tired; he has worked hard
and talked a great deal, told amusing
anecdotes, and displayed much wit. lie
has come home to rest He takes out
his paper, and is soon obliyious to every
thing around him. Wife would like to
tell him many Of the harassing Affections
of the day, and would like to hear some
of his interesting experiences but if he
were a deaf mute ne could not be more
silent, only an occasional grunt answer
ing her many attempts at conversation
and the children, except the goodnight
kiss, and often not even that, are not
noticed Such home, whether the abode
of wealth or otherwise, cannot be
healthy and happy one, As a parallel,
draw around the evening lamp of an
other home circle. The father tells
the anecdotes from the papers as he reads
them mother laughs her sweet, low
laugh, and the children burst into merry
ha! has! To watch them as they ask
questions, and listen to the answers and
patient explanations, the wonderment,
interest, and thought imprinted on their
young faces, is a picture for an artist
This home education is heritage more
valuable than land or money; and one
beautiful re"0mpense in life is, that in
making otis happy we bring happiness
to ourselves Parents who practice self
denial, and endeavor by cheerful CONVEX
sation and playful wit, TO enliven home
life, will reap rich reward in The better
thoughts and nobler actions If their
children, and will experience the truest
and best contf ntment themselves.-BaIh
more IHericG0.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16
Marrying an Editor.

Yes, I'm Mrs. Snow, an editors wife
[ well remember the day when Mr.. Snow
asked me to become his wife. ! confess
| liked Mr.. Snow, and, thinking it would
be a fine thing To- be the wife of an editor,
| said yes" as pretty rs knew how,
and | became Mrs. SNOW. / have seen
ten years Of married life, and find my
husband to be mn amiabc good natured
man. He always spends his evenings
at home, and is in that respect a model
man; but he always brings Il pile of ex-
changes which is only limited bv the
length Of his arms, and reads while
patch the knees and elbows of his pan
falcons and coat After we had OF akcC
meeting of an hours length, / broke the
stiffness by asking:
"Mr, Stow, did you order that coal !
spoke - YOU about"
What did you say, nay dear?' he ask
after a minute 5 silence.
" Did you order that coal spoke to You
about"
"Indeed, my dear, | am sorry, but
forgot all about it, 1t shall come
tomorrow
Another hours silence, which is IL
lieved by the hahy's cr5ng, and rattle
iikingu noise of that sort made no effort
to quiet him.
"My dear" says Mr.. Snow, after he
has cried minute or so, you had better
give the baby some catnip tea to quiet
him; he troubles me"
The baby is still Another hour passes
without a breath Of noise Becoming
tired | take a lamp and retire for the
night leaving Mr.. Snow, SO engaged with
his papers that he does not see me leave
the room. Toward midnight he comes
to bed, and just as he has fallen asleep
the baby takes Il notion TO cry again. !
rise as quietly as possible and try to stiG
HIM. Then another baby begins TO
scream at the top of his lungs There is
no other course but TO awake Mr.. Snow,
SO ! say:
MIR. Snow Mr.. Snow!
The third time he starts up and cries,
"What, Tom, more copyg'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16
Noted Mems Recreation.

From William the Conquerer down.
wards. the chief delight of British soyer-
eigns has been in the hunting field.
though some have varied it with other
more peaceful pursuits. Charles III. for
instance spent a good deal Of time in a
chemical laboratory. Prince Rupert was
devoted to mechanical pursuits, and in
the discovery of mezzotinto conferred a
solid benefit on mankind. Godolphin's
life was divided between the Council
Chamber and the cockpit. 1t is curious
to observe how men who have been
noted for their polish and culture as
writer's or converSatiOnaliSts have, in their
leisure moments, found a strange pleasure
inassociating themselves with sordid vul-
garity. Prior, one Of the most elegant
of our minor poets constantly spent
whole evenings in chatting with sol
der and his slattem wife in a low public
house in Longacre. Thomas Warton,
the historian of English poetry and
singularly refined writer, was often to
he found, like Prior, in a low public
house, joking and being ioked. Turner,
the painter, had similar tastes Leon
ardo lie Ninci felt intense pleasure, or
perhaps, an inexplicable facination, in
contemplating filth and garbage. He
would gaze for hours ON the Shiny streams
that crawl ont of the slums of Florence.
But to turn to less reprchensible amuse-
mentS. The Lord Chief Justice Saunders,
whose character has been So admirably
sketched by Roger North, devoted his
leisure time to practicing on an old Nir-
ginal. Milton selected the more dignitied
companionship Of an organ. Innocent
lie, probably the greatest man who
ever sat on the throne Of st. Peter, re-
HeYed his graver amusements of playing
nine-pins with the potentates of Europe,
by gossping Familiarity with an old monk
on a seat at a fountain ii the Vatican.
He would listen for hours to the stories
and pointlesS anecdotes with which his
humble companion, who had travelled a
good deal, RECALLED him. Petayius, one
of the most learned of the Jesuits, when
engaged on one Of his principal works,
ased, ut the end of every two hours, to
rise rapidly, twirl his chair about for
veminuteS. Bacon, COwley. SirWilliam
Tensile, Evelyn, Button and Addison
were accustomed to interrupt their liter
airy studies by seeking the stimulation
Of Il walk round their garden, and have
all of them recorded their delight in
Adams principal pursuit. Stephenson,
the inventor of the locomotive, when q
child, used to sit in bog modelling clay
engines and constructing miniature wind
mills. Towards the close of his eyentful
life, his leisure was amused by his farm
and gardens. TWAS in these occupations
that the great engineer spent the few
years that were left TO him after quitting
the career of high-minded industry in
which ne won fame for himself, and con-
ferred lasting boon to mankind. DIR.
Johnson, according to Boswell found
amusementin treasuring scraps of orange
peel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts, in his
annual message, states that the school
statistics show that many thousand
children in the State are not awaiting
themselves Of the advantages which the
schools afford. He recommends that
the Compulsory law ard the laws relat-
ing to habitual truants should be thor
oughly enforced by local authorities, so
that every child of school age, whose
physical constitution will permit, shall
be required to attend school regularly.
At a recent dedication of a Baptist
church the ceremony of immersion was
performed for the first time in that church
by a well-known Baptist minister When
he entered the water and while waiting
for the candidate, the minister suggested
that somebody should sing an appr"prl-
ate hymn One of the deacons who
stood near heard the suggestion, add
without thinking struck mp the familiar
hymn. "Pull for the Shore The hymn
proved to be so suggestive, II IS stated,
that neither the ministe" nor the con-
gregation could refrain from an audible
smile for some time, and the ceremony
had to be postponed until the preacher
could recover his gravity.
President Bascom, Of Wisconsin Uni
gersity, comes out strongly in favor Of the
co-education of the sexes. He says the
young women not only learn more easily
than the young men and hold their own
with them in scholarship but do tins ut
less expense - their health, and with
only one-third az many absences from
college duties. His theory is that the
girls have the advantage Of being accus-
toned to confinement while their
brothers are less able to endure the tran
stion Or Bascom believes that the
health Of the young woman who pursues
industriouSly and prudentIy course Of
education IS far safer than when she
remains in society, INDUCING without
restraint in us fashionable but cneryatlng
friyolities.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16
the Kind of Religion we Want.

We want a religion that. softens the
step, and tunes the voice to melody, and
fills the eye with sunshine and checks
the impatient exclamation and harsh re-
buke; a religion that is polite, deferential
to superors, courteous to interiors, and
considerate to friends, a religion that
goes into the family, and keeps the hus-
band from being cross when dinner is
late, and keeps his wife from fretting
when the husband tracks the newly
washed floor with his muddy boots an3
makes the husband mindful of the scrap
er and the door mat; keeps the mother
patient when the baby is cross, and
amuses the children as well as instTacts
them; cares for the servants besides pay
ing them promptly, projects the honey
moon into the haryest-moon, and makes
the happy home like the eastern tig-tree,
bearing in its bosom at once the beauty
of the tender blossom and the glory Of
the ripened fruit We want q religion
that shall interpose between the ruts and
gullies and rocks of the highway of life
and the sensitive souls that are travelling
over them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16
Blunt but True.

There IL said to be II young man in the
Missouri penitcntiary, whose parents at
death, left him fortune of 100000.
There is where his parents made n fatal
mistake. If they had taken the pre-
caution to invest the sum III small dog,
and shot him, and then simply left the
young man jack-plane or II wood-saw,
with printed directions how To use them,
the chances are that instead of being IN
the penitcntiay, he would to-day
have been gradually but surely working
up 10 n handsome competency, an
honorable and an old age. But ever
since We day of Adam and Eve, parents
have M lde 1t q point 10 toll and struggle
all THEN lives IN order 10 realize SUI
iicicnt sum of money TO purchase, when
they are dead and gone, their sons each
u first class through ticket TO the devil;
and ii is not much to be wondered at that
so many of their sons, reared in vice
and idcucss, az too many of them often
are, have no higher ambition than To in
vest their inheritance III just that sort OF
transportation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

GOLDEN MoMENS.-llow sorry one
would be for man who, starting out
upon a journey, had his pockets full of
golden coin which, one by one, had slip
ped through SOME nnmcnded hole or
rent, so that when he came to the end
of his trip, he had not one left, but lay
down upon his bod beggar How
strictly we would look at our own pockets
after hearing the tale, and make very
sure that what coin we had should DO
", spent, or boarded carefully, and not
scattered in the roadside dust YET, we
start upon our lives, each one of us, with
store Of golden moments, Of which we
keep little account, Rapidly they slip
away through tho rents of sl"'" and
ignorance.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

II is, believe, Addison, who remarks
thatif all the thoughts Mich pass through
mems minds were t. De made public, the
difference which seems to exist between
the thinking of the wise and the unwise
would be good deal reduced seeing
that if is q difference which does nos
consist in their not having the same weak
thoughts in common, but merely in the
prudence through which the wise sup
press the foolish ones. ! still possess
notes Of the cogitatiors Of those solitary
evenings, ample enough to show that
they were extraordinary combinations
Of The false and the true; but ! at the
sataG time hold them sufficiently in
memory to remember that ! scarce, if at
all, distinguished between what was false
md true iii them atthe time. The liter
allure Of almost every people has q cor
responding early stage in which fresl
thinking is mingled with little couceits
and IN which the taste is usually false,
but the feeling ue,-Hpgh Miller.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

It is not gold ror goods, Therefore, that
makes men really wealthy. The best
wealth is of the heart, an enlightened
mind, a loyal conscience, pure affections
He Is wtaIthic4t who has the largest
stock Of wisdom, virtue and love, whose
heart beats with warm sympthlts l9r
his fellOw-men-who finds good IN an
seasons. all providence, and all men
Thcgener0us man who pltie7 the lmlor,,
tnnate; the poor man who orders wen
his life the loving man who cIlng7 closely
to his family and friends the studlous
man who seeks instruction in all things
are the truly wealthy men.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

ECoNoMY TIE TAsHIoN.-One Of tho
greatest changes in the times is ,hat it ia
no longer fashionable TO live at undue
expense. Fashionable people now parade
their economy as much as q few years
ago they paraded their wealth. We think,
too, that a greater respect il constantly
Icing manifested for industry. Idlencss
is held in contempt, and idle people have
no place in society. These are encourng-
ing signs Under such "A state Of things
the depression in business can hardly
continue much longer, And when VIC do
enter upon a new career Of prosperity,
it viii be founded on Il more solid and
enduring basis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

An elderly gentleman, say about sew
enty winters, was taking his noon cup
Of coffee at Mrs lIarrington's few days
since. when a much younger friend sug-
ge9ted that coffee drinking was very in
iurions. "Is that scr inquired the. vet
eran; well, now, you SIT down and tell
me aboat it. not that ! ana much inter
ested on my own account, but | should
like otell my father, who is about ninety
years Of age, and who persists in drink
ing coffee. "-Boa0n Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

A "shopiiftcr" was arrested the ot'er
day in Paris, who bore under ms arm
very innocent looking box, seemingly
done up in paper aud tied with cord,
bat this box had a false bottom, opening
and closing with n spring its owner
would set il down on two or three small
articles while pretending to examine
something else, and when he took mp the
box again the articles that had been UNI
der it were inside il
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-16

A curious headstone stands in the Oh
bu~ying-gror nd at Newport, X. !, ,"hIr,h
chronicles the death Of q son and daQgh-
ter Of William and Desire Trip also
his wife's arm. amputated Feb. ~, 80.
A representation Of the severed member
Is cut upon the stone.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1880-06-11

mated that the party ought to declare in
favor of civil service reform. No wonder
Mr.. Flanagan sat down on that Nassa-
chusetts man, and 50. on him hard. Civil
service reform indeed The true and only
object and purpose Of the seven hundred
and fifty-six delegates who swetered and
swore and fought and yelled through a
whole weary week in that convention was
Office, and to have a resolution declaring
thst the party was in favor of dividing with
the Democrats was insulting in the ex-
IRENE and filed Mr. Flanagan with wrath.
His little speech on the occasion was gem.
Mr.. Conkling might have said it more ele.
gaatly, but no man could have presented
the time principles Of the party better than
did Mr.. Flanagan, OF Texas.