Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-10-07

His second daughter Is with him on the
Pacific slope
Says the Philadelphia Times: "The
sooner girl selects which course she
will take, the better il will re for her.
| She may 60 to school and learn, or she
may take an exclusive course Of party and
grow up beautiful Ounce. The season
advances, snd the girl should make her
choice carly"
CLARA MORRIS says that different
cities have widely different estimates of
plays. "St. Louis people," she particular
ICES, "will go to see Article Al just as
long as woman can drag herself on the
stage to play 1t, and just as long as they
have legs to get into the theatre with.
Night after night they will pack the
house, and as il there never was such an
other play III the world. Change the bill,
and perhaps you may have house, but
the chances are that they will resent the
alteration Of the programme by letting
you severely alone. Put on Article AZ
again, and they will come, might say,
like hungry rats after piece of cheese.
Then there is Camille, no matter how
many times it has been acted, and no mat
ter how badly, 1t is sure card in Brook
Ign and Chicago. In San Francisco the
people cannot be hired to go and sit
through it."
The widow of President Polk Is liv-
ing at the old homestead in Nashville and
is remarkably vivacious for her years.
She likes to talk about the career OF her
husband, and recently said: "Why should
/ not love to dwell upon the memory of
the being with whom my days vera spent
in such supreme happiness My life has
been singularly free from sorrow and dis
appointment. The administration of my
husband was a success, and he retired
from Office enjoying the respect and conf
dence of his countrymen. 1t is natural,
therefore, for ne to dwell with fondness
upon every incident or circumstance that
recalls the happy past"
The Duchess of Connaught one of
Queen VIcToRIA's dsughte -s.in law, be-
came, says the London Truth, a great ad-
mirer at Oberammergau of JOSEPH MAYR,
who represents Christ st the Passion
pel" He is more than six feet high, has
large, dark eyee, a foe complexion and
long, brown hair, falling over his shout
ders in curls. English ladies generally
throng his cottage, where he lets the
spare rooms, and sometimes call at four
O'Clock in the morning to take leave of
him. He is married to rather plsin
woman, good housewife, and the mother
of his four children, who fears, however,
that some English duchess will elope
with her husband.
The Continental officer who had
charge OF Major ANDRE after he WAS
brought to South Salem, near the Con-
uecticut line, by an adjutant and two
militiamen, described the prisoners sp-
pesrance IS follows in 8 letter written In
1917: "He looked somewhat ike re.
duced gentleman. His small clothes
were nankeen, with long white top boots,
IN part his undress military suit. His
coat, purple with gold lace, worn some
what thresdbare, with d small brimmed
furnished besver on his head. He wore
his hair in queue, with long blsck band
and his clothes somewhat dirty. In this
garb, | took charge of him. After break.
fast my bari Der came in 10 shave me, after
which l requested him to undergo the
same operation, which he did. When the
ribbon WAS taken from the hair observed
it WAS full of powder. This circumstance
with others that occurred induced me to
believe that had no ordinary person in
charge. He requested permission to take
the bed while his shirt and small Clothes
could be washed. | told him that was
needless, for change was 81 his service,
which he accepted"
HANCOCK's letter on rebel claims was