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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-11-18

New Stock Of Boots & Shoes at
Gundry d Grays.
Garfield and Hancock Hats for
Sale at Gandry q Grays.
ALL kinds of fresh bread, buns
cookies, etc, AT the City Bakery.
New glassware very cheap, at c.
Hendra's.
J. A Spratler's prices are as low
as the lowest.
THOSE invisible hair pins at Mrs.
Campbel's are just what the ladie'
have lopg sought.
THE largest and best selected
stock Of Misses and Chillrens' Phila
delphia made shoes ever brought to
Mineral Point at Schneberger's.
CaAs JAMES new supply of Jew
elry is exceedingly fine and the
prices asked for the same very
tempting TO buyers.
Sewing machine needles, oils, and
the various extras kept for sale b,
We'll, opposite Pulfords.
NoTICE.-The attention of breed
ers is called to the fact that the
Hambletonian stallion Stanley is
now owned here aud will make n
tall and winter season at the stable
Of G. NJ. Cox. Win also be on hand
in the spring at the low prices Of
five dollars for single service and ten
dollars to insure. Further part.
iculars given at the blacksmith shop
Of WIN. TGGWEEK,
TIE celebrated Ohio graham and
meal at +. Kiune's.
TIE display If fancy china, glass
and crockery ware at Toay Bros.
is the best this side of Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-11-18

al Sc IL. htc. -, W q SSc Oetu
IN vol, -, page 3l9.
That Joseph Adams be allowed to
redeem tax certificates on ne ii of
ne IA, sec. 33, s, ,, from sales of
1872, 1877 and 1873, at face, fees
and 10 per cent. added.
That Jay Layton be allowed to
redeem certificates on W - of NV
Il sec. l, 4, 3, from sales of 1877,
a, face, fees, and 10 per cent.
That Edward Prideaux, as eyecu-
tor, be allowed to redeem that part
Of lot no. 81, in Vleit's survey of the
village (now city, of Mineral Point,
sold May Sth, 1877, for sl43e, and
May 18th, 1878, for SLID, at face
and feas.
That Francis Baker, as adminis-
traitor, be allowed to redeem all certi-
fcates in county's possession on ne
ar Of sw Or of Sc qr, half of sw
or Of Sc Or, and the NV or of the
Sc Or of sec IL, 5, 4 e. at face, fees
and 10 per cent
That Jacob NanNorman be al
lowed to redeem from sale Of 1877
the half of lots 3 and 4, block >,
village Of Moscow, at face and fees
That Robert Morris be allowed to
re deem from sales Of 1873, 1879 and
1880, lot % and half of lot a,
Black s addition to the village of
Dodgevile at face, fees and 10 per
cent.
That Susan Carey he allowed to
redeem from BALES of 1877 and 1873,
lots nos. . and 3, village of Highland,
at face, fees and 10 per cent. in
terest.
That Andrew Richter be allowed
to redeem certificates of sale lot GO,
village of Highland, at face and fees.
That William Fry be allowed to
redeem tax certificates on lot no.
10, Barnards addition the village of
Highland, at face and fees and 10
per cent. interest.
And that Joseph Webster be per-
United to redeem the following des-
ribed pieces of real estate: Begin
ming at the ne corner Of lot 90, in
the village Of Highland, running
thence W 90 feet, thence s 50 feet
thence 9S feet, thence II 53 feet,
at place OF beginning, Mt face, fees
tad 10 per cent. interest.
That Mrs. Isabella GoodseIl be
aNov,l3 10 redeem Certificates of sale
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

precious relic, but has no choice, and
therefore confides it to newly-made
friend-who thinks it bargain to get
q ring worth eighty pounds sterling for
forty pounds sterling-or else tries his
hand on the more difficult parsonage,
the country pawnbroker, who, seeing
the diamonds to be real, and, having
tested the sapphire, is now and then
taken in by the reduced foreign gentle
man, the exile in temporary straits, or
by his more fashy English confederate.
Tricks of this kind have made timorous
people shy of all precious stones but
diamonds, which not many years ago
were frequently bought as safe and
profitable investment. But since the
influx of African diamonds, some of
which are of such fine size and quality
as to sell for three thousand or four
thousand pounds sterling apiece, the
confidence of investors has received
rude shock, and purchases are not like
ly to be accelerated until the fear of the
last chemical discovery has passed
away. Yet, should even the particles
made by Mr.. McTear prove as good as
he thinks them, the value of fine gems
is not likely to be affected, unless, in
deed, he should succeed in excelling the
experiments of Wohler and Deville, not
only as to quality, but as to size. -Loaa-
don Daily NeGOS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
From Kitchen to Throne.

We read of peculiar things happen
ing in life, and wise man should be
surprised at nothing. In like manner a
comely and modest woman has often a
fortune in her face if she knows how
beauty should become her. To wit:
During the troubles in the reign of
King Charles l., country girl came
up to London in search of u place as
servant maid; but not succeeding, she
applied herself to carrying out beer
from brewhouse, and was one of
those then called tub-women. The
brewer, observing a well-looking girl
in this low occupation, took her into
his family as servant, and after a
while, she behaving with so much pru-
dence and decorum, he married her;
he died when she was yet a young
woman and left her a large fortune.
The business of the brewery was
dropped, and the young woman was
recommended to Mr.. Hyde as a gentle
man of skill in the law to settle her af-
fairs. Hyde (who was afterwards the
great Earl of Clarendon), finding the
widows fortune very considerable,
married her. Of this marriage there
was no other issue than daughter,
who was afterwards the wife of James
H., and mother of Mary and Anne,
Queens of ngland.-L0,ad and Water.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
Brother Gardner,s Lime.KiIn Club.

I" Las night l was toastin' my heels
an gwine to sleep by de cook-stove,"
began the old man as the notes of the
triangle died away, "de ole woman
axed me if l didn't fink dis world was
CROWN awful wicked. Dat put me in
mind of de fack dat almos' ebery day 1
hear people sayin' dat dey can't believe
nobody any more, an dat it am harder
to find an honest man dan it IS to dis
kiver water runnin' up hill. Gem'len,
lie been pokin' round dis world about
sixty y ars, an it am my experience:
81. Dat de man who groans ober de
general wickedness of de world will
steal wheelbarrow cherry time he gifts
a chance.
"2. Dat de man who goes round la
mentin' dat he can't trust nobody is the
very chap who'll gin you away cherry
time.
80. Dat depusson who fnks de world
am full O. cheats an liars will trade
you blind boss an den sneak into de
barn at midnight an steal all de shoes
off his feet.
"Dar's wicked folks on y'arth, of
course, but de man who does de suuar'
thing will nebber run amisS of squar'
people. lie got along so fur as well as
could be spected, an de look ahead am
all serene. De only man shell look
out fur am de man who was bon fur
an angel, but growed up to var pants
an butes. "-DetrOSt Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
COngratulating the Aged in Japan.

In Japan, it would seem, they honor
the aged with the same congratulations
as we offer on their attaining remark
able number of years, though in some
what different way. Mrs. Iva Kura,
mother of one of the dignitaries of the
Empire, has just arrived at the sum of
four-score years. In order that she
might understand how great was the
joy of her friends, eighty of them came
to an understanding each to write her q
short poem. Among the authors were
included some of the greatest person
ages of state, and from what Japanese
paper says on the subject it NAV be in
ferred that the lines were of highly
hgurative and ornate character. The
verses, for instance, written by Her
Majesty the Queen delicately treated of
the great age to which the stork at
tains, and contrasting Mrs. Iva Kura
with this favored bird, drew differences
OF the most hattering character. 1t is
not said that the old lady read all the
poems, but it is noted that she took
pains to conserve them by having every
one pasted on pair of screens and rel
egated to distinguished place in her
dwelling. Whether the authors will
take this as compliment or not the
writer who records the fact seems as
yet unable to decide.-London Tele-
graph.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
The Fire Laws OF Japan

The severity with which persons in
Japan are punished who have the mis-
fortune to be burned out is stated as
follows: If the house is unoccupied
and is accidentally set on fire, the per-
son through whose carelessness the fire
is started receives ten days imprison-
ment with hard labor; if it is inhabited
and the fire be produced by the pro-
prietor, then he is punished with twenty
days; if the fire spreads to other houses
the sentence is forty days, and when
anybody is killed thereby, one degree
heavier; but if the person killed is a
relative of the first degree, the punish
ment is one hundred DAYS: if the house
belongs to the Government, one hun
dred days; if temple, from sixty days
to one year, but ten years are inflicted
if it happens to be one of the great
temples of Isle, or in the precincts of
the Imperial Palace. If a robber sets
fire unintentionally to a house, he is
punished with, at least, three years
imprisonment with hard labor. Decap-
itation awaits incendiaries, ten years.
penal servitude an attempt at arson;
the punishment being mitigated if the
would-be incendiary is servant who
has just received a sharp rebuke, or if
the attempt be made on an uninhabited
dwelling. If man sets fire to his own
house, ninety days, but if the fire
spreads to houses in the neighborhood,
two years and a half and penal servi-
tude for life is inflicted if the offender
profits by the opportunity of the fire to
purloin goods or property. Scientific
american.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
American Goods in China.

Mr.. Shepard, United States Consul at
Hankow, China, in dispatch to the
Department of State, transmits the an
nual report of the trade of his district.
A notable feature is the increase in the
Importation of American sheetings-
43,901 pieces in 1879 against 1875 in
1878, or more than 1872 per cent. in
crease. Other cotton fabrics have in
creased, but not in so large ratio.
One great cause of increase is the in
tegrity of the quality of the American
goods. Excepting cotton goods and
kerosene, the Consul gives no encourage
ment to the introduction of other wares.
Provisions, machinery, tools, ETC., stand
no chance. The present China will
foster no foreign industry, and coun-
tenance the introduction of no foreign
product that she can in any way pre-
vent.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
THE SLL YER WEDDING.

COME, wife, sit here, and we IL rest awhile
Till the merry dance is o'er
Our silver wedding has made me feel
As If youth were mine once more.
I've quite forgotten my fifty years:
Dear wife, can it be true
That twenty-five years have come and gone
Since loved and welded you?
Our daughter there-God bless the child:
For she carries her mothers face:
just SO you looked when you won my heart
With your innocent girlish grace.
How fair she is-What? bless my soul
Wife, what is that you say?
Our little girl has given her heart
10 that rascar'-young John Grey?
Coaxed mother to tell me, did she, eh?
Well, wife, 1T never can be;
Ill never consent-you hear me, wife,
just tell her that from me.
What is it you ask?- If long ago
Your father had answered nay.
What would have done?" HIM well, think
I'd have-married you anyway!
Judge John by myself" you say? Alb, well,
The boys good fellow enough;
But don t encourage this falling in love,
Ano this counting, and all such stuff.
What is 1t you ask me?-" Have enjoyed
~, This silver wedding?" There, there
When woman attacks the weak side of man
The game-is hardly fair,
Well, because of our silver wedding, wife
Dear, dear how fast time FLESH
can't say no to the child we love,
The girl with her nother's eyes.
So here's kiss for the bride you were,
And for the wife you are,
And another to crown this happy night,
Of which you are the brightest star
-Hdrper'S Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

have a big presentation speech and
have it reported in all the newspapers.
or if school ma'am gets married, or a
Sabbath school teacher happens to have
a birthday, or married couple cele-
brate wedding anniversary, Heaven
and earth must be moved to raise
money to get them silver plated gim-
crack of some sort! Even the children
are infected with the mania; Clara and
Kitty each must have a quarter at the
end of every school term to help buv
the teacher a brass napkin ring or cheap
pickle castor. And to think of Mrs. Jones
asking me for five dollars! Iwonder if
that woman thinks Pm made of goldp
ought just to have been indie
pendent and told her frankly
that l couldn't give her anything.
and let her think what she pleased; and
if the facts were known, III warrant
that, with the exception of Mrs. Rich
ards, not one of those ladies on that
list but gave her money reluctantly.
Pm ashamed to tell John about It.
Men have just such trials, however, as
well as women, for I've heard John say
a score of times that he is often forced
to contribute to objects that he knows
he really cannot without defrauding
himself or his creditors, and that he has
TO do it or be considered mean spirited.
Dear me, if the secret history of many
of the gold watch and silver tea set pre-
sensations that sound so imposing in
the papers were written up too, I'm
thinking that the background of how.
the money was raised would tarnish q
good deal of their lustre." =
Mothers eyes are as red as if she'd
been crying" whispered Kitty to Clara
that evening at supper, while little
Ralph in childish pity, feeling that
something was wrong, slipped his hand
caressingly into that of Mrs. Waters
and said:
81 won't make speck of noise to-
night, mamma, if your head aches"
dear childr' thought she; L" head
ache is easier to endure than heart
ache"
The night appointed for the giving
of the water set duly arrived. The resi-
dence of the Wilcox's was surrounded,
surprised and taken possession of by
laughing party of ladies and gentle
men; cake and creams were ordered
from neighboring restaurant by the
gallant Colonel; the presentation speech
was made in his most happy style by
Judge Jones, and the whole affair pro-
nounced ga perfect success" One
person alone seemed sad and diStrGtte.
Between herself and all the gaiety and
laughter, the shallow jokes and real
witticisms, there came to Mrs. Waters
the constantly recurring vision of a pa
tent, pale-faced needle-woman, whose
outstretched hand seemed to ask, not
charity, but for that which was right
fully hers, and whose white lips seemed
to say, "You have sinned. Country
Gentleman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06
Artificial Diamonds.

1t is not of the experiments of scien-
tific chemists that the public need be-
ware in the matter of artificial gems,
but of the cunning workmen of Paris,
Brussels and the purlieus of Soho,
London. 1t is not pretended that any
serious frauds are perpetrated by the
aid OF the well-knOwn "strass" or
paste" diamonds, recognized arti-
Gle of commerce in this as in the last
century, and worn, even by day, by
many vain persons in apparent uncon-
seriousness that their harmless de-
ception is easily detected in sunlight
by the naked eye. Sham rubies and
emeralds made of strass," colored
with purple of cassius or oxide of cop
per. and sapphires owing their hue to
oxide of cobalt, are also not apt to de-
ceive any but the most Impractical
eye; so the lapidary who works with
intent to deceive" makes him a
"doublet " or a 'ttriplet," the latter
being considered the highest form of
his peculiar art. The "trip let" is, in
fact, sandwich stone, of which the
outer slices are made of rock crystal
and the middle piece of colored glass
or composition. The emerald or
sapphire thus constructed is of fine
color, and, when mounted, likely to
impose on all but experts. In mount
ing his sham sapphire, which may be
worth from thirty to fifty shillings. the
workman conceals the double Joint at
the "girdle" of the stone, and thus
presents two surfaces, both of which
resist the file-the common test of pre-
cious stones among those least &C
quainted with them. When the sap
phire is set in the middle of ring the
too cunning operator sets a real dia-
mond worth four or five pounds ster-
ling on either side of it. Having now
laid out twelve or fourteen pounds ster-
ling upon his venture, he betakes him
self to the seaside, if it be summer time,
or to a country townin winter, and, find
ing himself suddenly short of money,
essays to dispose of his ring, which. it
is unnecessary to say, was given him by
his mother. He undergoes great grief
at being compelled to part with such
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

from the cultivation of those grains
upon which they chiefly subsist.
DIR. Thomas suggests burning over
the infested fields in the winter as the
best means of destroying them. Roll
ing he also suggests.
DR.. Thomas concludes by saying that
clean farming is the best under all cir
cumstances, and if adopted as rule
will tend largely toward preventing the
increase, not only of chinch-bugs, but
of all other injurious insects. He also
believes in diversified farming. Mass
ing crops in immense bodies and cult
waiting the same thing year after year
tend to increase the insects that feed on
these crops.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

man to bed would not keep woman
in doors. A toothacne which would
make man half crazy would not pre-
vent woman going down town. A
bunion which would make man limp
would be danced on all night by wo-
man. Married men know that these
statements are true, and doctors prove
them so every day. This being so, let
us place our sympathy and gallantry
where it belongs-with our fellow-men;
women can more than take care of
themselves. Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

SOME one has discovered that white
cats are generally deaf, and that black
cats are not. But black cats might just
as well be. When they are holding q
conversazione on the back fence at
night and using awful language in 1
very loud voice, you talk to them with
Tears In your eyes and they will not
mind word you say. A cat might as
Well be deaf as headless. NorrtStoUs
Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-06

Damaged corn is exceedingly iniu-
rlous as food for horses, because it
brings on inflammation of the bowels
and skin diseases. Stagnant and i'm
pure water which cows drink while at
pasturage is one of the most prominent
causes of bad odor in milk.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-05

Then the doctor brought to
the bedside the hat, opened UP
the sweat leather and showed
the dying man what it was that
smelled so, and told him he was
as we'll as any man in the city.
The patient pinched himself to
see if he was alive, and jumped
out of bed and called for his re-
volver, a, d the doctor couldn't
keep up with him on the way
down tOwH. The last we saw
of the odoriferous citizen he
vas trying to bribe the bar-ten-
der to tell him which one OF
those pelicans l. was that put
that slice of cheese in his hat
lining.-Exchange.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-05
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Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-05
THE roll BENGOL TAGGER. !"

These are Little Jol,nny's observations
on the ..Roil Bengol Tagger, as commu
nicated to the San Francisco Arghhant:
Zone time there was a man who had a
tagger, and the tagger it was sho, ana
the man he luke the money for t" got in.
The man lie had big paper nailed ont"
the tagger's den, and the paper 1t sand,
the paper did: ''The Roll BenS"l Tag
ger. sometimes called the Monnerk of the
Jungle. Hands If. No Techin the Tag
pcrw The monnerk of the jungle 1t was
always layin down with its nose tween
its poz, and the foxes " ich had paid tor
to get in they was mad cos 1t wudeht
wock, and rore like dissent thunder.
But the sho man he said: ''Ilats oil rite
when I git the. new cage done, but this Is
the same age which the oftle Teller broke
out of in Oregon, time he ct up the seven
teen men and their fauiii's." Then the
foxes they would al stand back and took
in wispers while the taggar slep Bur
Que day Teller which was drunk he luke
to punching the tagger with the masthead
of his umbreller, wich stampeded the Cd
dience wild, and the wi,nmin foxes stud
onto chairs and followed like it Was Il
mouse, but the drunk chap he KEEP job
bin the mon-erk of the jingle cTewel.
Pretty snne the monnerk it bel'esed ottie
and riggled, but the Teller. KEEP petln
like he was firemen to n steam engln.
Bimeby the monnerk it jumped onto Its
hine feets and shucken itself out of its
81. S,,f n
it's hands and spoke up and sed: IL be-
dam if I cant jest whollip the pea-sreen
stuf1in ont o. the gnm-dasted ga'oot wich
has ben bro,ldn this ere tagger" And
tt audinence they was a stOnlsh!'
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-05
Bayou Sara.

~ STOP ORGANS Sub Bass q on
l. pier, boxed and spipped, only So
10 New Planes, Sl9o to 81 600. 20 Mid
summed offer IIIust'd free. Address ID.
f. Beatty, Washington. N. j 4w
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-05

VNTANTED-Two live men to canvass
w Il the celebrated Improved Sill
ger Sewing Machines. G, cd pay guar
antced and outfit lurni shed. Apply 10
II. RuDKlN,
Bayou Sara. Manager.
Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1880-06-05
LEES STEAM w MILL
9 NILES NORTH OF JACKSON, ON
THE WOoDVILLE AND JACk-
SON ROAD.

r WOULD RESP. .CTFUl.L1 inform
l. the public that my mill ~ now run,
ming at its full capacity, ana ma; m..; ~
low figures: e,,oO
Heart Lumber "a ~
Merchantable Lumber-- -..------ .@'o on
Common Lumber ----------.--' Ao' 90
Rough Edge Lumber ..--,--. ~
NV terms are positively cash az the
mill before the removal ot the l'imoer'
may .3.'79-1y IHoS. .. AEC'