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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15

hostess through dance, during which,
being de&rdit, he had the misfortune to
trample upon and tear her train; she
then playf1lly ordered him to lead her
to the cloak-room, where an attendant
waited to repair the damage.
Anxious to get away from the bali
room, he readily complied, and led her
into the dimly-lighted cloak room.
Just as they were on the threshold
she said, gaily tapping him with her
fan:
you will meet an old friend Now,
for PHYS sake, don't again turn her sill
ly head by renewal of last years fir
tation. Of course she was very prop
erly repaid for her presumption, as /
have often told her, and you did no
more than any other man would have
done had girl SO thrown herself at his
head. Not a word. All say is, keep
her in her place"
Sir Jasper was silent, and the poor
girl behind the heavy curtains prayed
for any means of escape, for she thought
her dream was ended. Another mo-
ment, and her imperious employer
desired her to kneel down and remedy
the torn fnery.
Maggie felt that for her life's sake she
could not obey the order so proudly Civ
en- before the man she loved, so stood
erect and silent till the command was
repeated more sharply. Then stern
voice answered for her, saying:
Pardon me, madam, | believe our
long friendship warrants the request
that you will relieve this young lady
from her duties at once, so that she
may Immediately take up her rightful
position as my future wife,"
The lady was too astonished to speak,
she could but look her rage as she
heard one of the best parts of the sea-
son say humbly to Maggie:
81 received your letter at last, my
love. do not know what caused the
delay, but you see came to answer it
at once, eager to claim my darling as
my wife. Sweet, will it not be a happy
escape from servitude?'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
DOGS AT THE SEA.SHORE.
The Little REutes That FashiOnabl e
Women Carry About With Them.

Dogs are abhorred by seaside hotel
managers. To keep the little brutes
out of the Stockton house, at Cape
May, the directors decided to Charge
board for dogs at the rate of SO q
week. 1t was thought this would be
an ef1ectual bar to all noisy pet poodles
and skye terriers, but the fact that six
dogs are now on the hotel list of board
ers shows that the managerial scheme
has been delusion and snare.
Among the boarders there is pug
whose ugiiness is his charm two rival lap
dogs, and three skye terriers that vie
with each other in the size of ribbon
bows they wear On their necks. One
animal last week had a bright orange
ribbon around him that spread out in
to bow SO large as to hide the little
fellows head and body. All the dogs
are recognized as special-rate guests
and are entitled to the courtesies of
that class. Four of the six dogs have
special attendants, each of whom in
wolves $40 a week more upon "my
lady" Include the wages of the care
taker with these items, and it will be
figured out that each dog costs $25 a
week-rather heavy keep for five
pounds Of dog-hesh.
1t is the proper thing in the cool of the
evening at Cape May to ride along the
beach past the prominent cottages, re-
turning in about an hour When ''my
lady" appears ppon the porch, arrayed
for her daily ride, the little pug struts
proudly by her side, now wagging his
tail and looking up for some mark of
recognition, now struggling at the
string by which the attendant holds
him in check. Like country band in
a new uniform, this novel company
passes along the porch and over the
sidewalk in full marching order ready
for review. With regal air, "my lady"
takes her seat in an elegant turnout;
the pug paws the ground, but, alas! he
is restrained by the cruel cord. The
dowager rolls off up the broad avenue,
and the pug retires from the scene un-
til the carriage is seen on the return
stretch, when the dog again appears,
wagging his tail and leaping in the air
to greet his mistress. This is part of
the daily routine, varied only when the
aiiiiiiai 10 dloWeu tllc 6ktTd llDeTty Oh
perch on the carriage seat.
Another routine of dog-life at the
sea-shore is the bath. The mistress,
like all fashionable folks, goes to the
beach at the appointed hour of noon,
and, with the pug in her lap, patiently
watches the bathers. Soon the attend
ant presents himself in bathing garb,
and gently nesting the pet under his
arm he dashes into the surf. The
great SAX ocean washes not man alone,
but the dogs also, and the little brute
gets a good sousing. Then the animal
is taken out tenderly, is rubbed with
heavy Turkish towel, and delivered
again into his mistress lap to receive a
kiss and embrace. Oh, to be wo-
mans pet!-Cape Nay Letter
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
PeculiaritieS Of Lake Tahoe.

The Tahoe IattIer Gays that there are
great many erroneous ideas extant
relative to this lake, and announces
that 1t will make it a special part as its
business to correct them and give the
real facts concerning it regarding eli
matolosy, geology, boating, etc. 1t is
situated 6,220 feet above the sea, is %
miles long from north to south, and
129 miles wide, the general contour
being parellelogram. The greatest
measure depth that we have good au-
thority for is SOC feet. The tempera-
ture never goes below 80 degrees Fab
renheit, and in the summer never
above 60 degrees, unless it be near the
shore in some sheltered cove or where
a stream of sun-warmed water runs
into it. At a depth of 500 feet the
temperature never changes, being 1874
degrees. This fact accounts for an
other-that of drowned persons never
rlslng-the water being so cold that no
gases are generated, hence the body in
time simply goes to pieces from the
acton of the water. 1t is as buoyant
as any pure water at the same altitude,
there being no appreciable difference
in the readings Of the hydrometer,
hence the statement that wood does
not float for any time, persons cannot
swim, and the like, are iallacies. The
air being very light at this elevation
above the level Of the sea. exercise Of
any kind, either on land or water, can
not be so long continued as in lower
and heavier atmospheres.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
Milwaukee, Market.

MILWAUKEE, Sept. Il. = Flour-Scarce and
firm. Wheat-EXcited and advancing; No. .
hard, nominal; No. 2, l.29; l.29 for seller Sep,
TENDER; 20 for seller October; 1872 for
seller November; LA for seller December; LBS
for seller January; No B. llgk; No, 4, nom
inal, rejected, nominal. Corn-Inactive; No
q SO. 0ats-Inactve and firm. No. 2, 40.
Rye-Steady and firm No. l, l.03k. Bar
ley Higher; No. 2 cash September, SO; October
80. Provisions-H Mess Pork-l965 tor
seller cash and September 1870 for seller 0cto.
ber Lard-Prime steam, l2.l3 for seller cash
and September; 1925 for seller October. Live
Hogs-Higher; 6.3O96.Sj. Freights-Wheat to
Buffalo, 3Ac. Receipts-Four, 5,245; wheat, .
595; barley, $4,000. Shipments--F Flour, Sass,
wheat, so 200; barley, IA 200.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
Chicago Market.

CHIcAeo, Sept IL. FlourIn good demand
at full prices Wheat Active, firm and higher
strong and unsettled No red winter, l,Sl;
No. Chicago spring, l.26Aal.21 for seller
cash; 1864 for seller September; 1905 for
seller October; 1925 for seller November; 1916.
for seller December; l.2SA for seller the year;
sales were made at l.2SJ1.29la for seller October
1.2iH4 1864 for seller the year; No. 3 Chica-
go spring, LIS; rejected, S0a90 Corn Strong
and higher active and unsettled; CAS- for seller
cash and September; G6'G for seller October
GA. for seller November; 6-5s for seller year,
70 for seller May! sales were made at SAX G66 /,
for seller October; rejected, 500. Oats-Aetive
firm and higher; worry scarce; 29h a34 for sell
Ter cash; 39a for seller September; 40's for
seller October; n for seller November; 42'4
for seller December; AZ for seller May. Rye
Firm at 1881 Barley-Srong and higher at
LOS. Flax Seed-Firrher at l34 a 1885, Pork
Moderately active and higher l2.15 for seller
cash; 13.259l2.271l or seller October. Shout
ders, 7.75 short rib, 1885; do clear, HOO
freights, corn to Buffalo, 34c. Whcat-Actiye
and prices advanced l.27 for seller September
yember l.34z, for seller December. l.271s for
seller year. Moderately active and higher,
66ss for seller cash; 67a. for seller November.
Oats Advanced ac. Pork-Aetive, firm and
higher; 1870 for seller October; 1872 for sell
Ter November; 10. SIS for seller the year. Lard
Strong; 1920 for seller September; l2.27a for
seller October; 12.45 for seller November;
1925 fer seller year. Reeeipts-Flour, 10000;
wheat, $4,000; rye, $4,000, barley Is 600. Ship
ments-Flour, $4,000; wheat, lI3 900; corn, 5l0,-
600; oats $4,000; hurley, $4,000. The "Drovers
Journal reports: Hogs - Receipts, 10000
shipments, $4,000; strong and higher; mixed
packing, 6.4O96.65; light or bacon, 6.5oa6.S5;
choice heavy, 6.75a7 80; culls and grassers, 10
$50. Cattle--Receipts, $780, shipments, 1000;
strong and frner; exports, 620a6.4O; good to
choice shipping, 5.6oG5.9O, common to me-
dunn, 4 5Oa5.25; COWS, 2.j0Q3.60; stockers and
feeders, 2.9Oa4.00; range cattle, generally firm
err, Zoe higher, Texans 3 00a4. 90; half breeds
and natives, 4,0Ja4.5O. Sheep-Receipts, 500 ;
firm; common to medium, 5.70a4.20: good to
choice 4.A3aA 60
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15

Extinction of the Buffalo.

That the American bison, or buffalo,
as it is more familiarly termed, Is
doomed to extinction in time Is evil
dent; but that this result will be a
necessary evil' is generally acknowl-
edged among settlers IN the far west.
The vast herds of bison that only a few
wears since roamed over the western
plains afforded wild sport and large
income to the hide-hunters; but as an
offset to this it should be remembered
that the buffalo is one Of the chief
sinews of war with the Indian tribes
Deprive the red man of buffalo, and he
cannot, during midwlnter especially,
carry on successful raid. From the
bison he obtains his provision, robes
and covering. Nothing so harassed
and weakened Sitting Bull and his
band, when driven over the Canada
border, as the absence of buffalo in
that region. When the last herds be-
come finally annihDated, nothing re-
mains for the Indian but semi civil.
lied and agricultural life. Holding
this in view, the extinction of this huge
nomad of the plains may be looked
forward to, if not with satisfaction, at
least with resignation by the sportsman
of the land, and especially by the
frontiersmen who have suffered so
much at the hands of the Sioux and
other warlike tribes. At best the
bison as game animal possesses mere
ly the qualities of endurance, size and
MISUNDERSTANDING no more COM
parison to the elk and moose than does
the mule to the thoroughbred. - Ttrf,
Field and Farm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
A Remedy for Scarlet Fever.

DR.. Z. Woodruff, for nineteen years
a practicing physician at Grand Rapids,
Michigan, furnishes the Springfield
(Ill.) Journal the following: "Wasb .,Ie
child from head to foot with strong
sal-soda water, warm, then wipe dry.
Then Immediately battle freely with oil
from beef marrow, or oil from butter,
applied freely, Then give freely catnip
tea, or some good sweating article,
pennyroyal, etc. Repeat every half
hour, or as often as they get worrisome
or wakeful, and in one or two days they
will be entirely cured. | have been
called to cases where they have been
fully broken out, and in this way en-
tirely cured them in twenty-four hours.
| have had thirty cases on hand at one
time, and never lost a case in my life.
But now | am old and about to give up
my business, and seeing from the pa
pers that your town Is infested with the
epidemic, | wish to do all the good |
can. 1t is so simple. You do not need
to call doctor. A good nurse can at
tend to them. If by opening the pores
of the skin and sweating you can let oil
the poison, which is animalcula or
animals in the blood, The cure is com
plete. The same is equally good in fe-
vers of all kinds, hard colds and coughs.
| take the ground that all such dis
eases are caused by a stoppsge of the
pores of the skin, retaining the poison
or living animals in the blood. and all
you have to do at first is to open the
doors of the system and let them out
or drive them out. All people know a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
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A Condemned Mans Last Words,

"The Americans are outdone," tri-
umphantly declares French editor,
and to prove it he relates this singular
story: Lately at Calcutta dangerous
criminal was arrested and condemned
to death. On the eve of the execution,
when the jailer was about to prepare
the condemned man for the supreme
moment, an English gentleman arrived
hurrledly and presented an order from
the governor of the city authorizing
him to hold private interview with
the prisoner They were left alone for
quarter Of an hour, and when they
separated the condemned man was
heard to say, at is distinctly under.
stood that you will give 100000 ster-
ling to my heirs" II swear it upon
the Bible" replied the mysterious Eng
lishman. The prisoner was then pre-
pared and led to the scaffold, where he
claimed the exercise of the right al
ways awarded to those about to suffer
execution-the right before dying Of
saying farewell word Advancing to
the front of the scaffold he at once won
the attention of those present, and
then exclaimed in a stentorian voice:
"The best chocolate in the world is that
of the firm of So-and-So. Picadilly
London" Then be calmly yielded
himself up to the xecutioner.-Er-
cbanOp
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
JOY SHALL COME.

Poor soul that knows but doubt and grief,
And deems we live in vain,
Nor thinks the future world relief
For those who now have pain.
o do not sigh,
Nor let hope die,
Nor should your faith be dumb
For God declares
Your grief lie shares
And fadeless joy may come.
Worn with the conflicts of our lot,
All thoughtful mortals sigh,
For Care and Wrong bring mournful thought
And cloud the weary eye.
Bliss seems to be
fantasy,
And grief kingdontwidei
But God has said
The worthy dead
Shall in his joy abide,
Truth is a martyr men forsake
And Fraud builds stately halls,
And hearts Of trusting thousands break,
And Ignorance enthralls
Tho none may know
Why life il 80,
Our faith shall not be dumb;
For Gods own might
Shall bless the right,
And endless triumph come.
How often by untimely tombs
We've knelt in hopeless woe
How often where no joy illumes
Seen brilliant mortals 60
thousand snares
Unite with cares
To make temptations strong;
But Gods own might
L. llaso ba rtubt
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
The scissors Grinder's Story
Boston Herald.

Daniel Woods, an Indianapolis scis-
sors grinder, 104 years old, but hale
and hearty still, loves to tell how he
went from Nova Scotia, where he was
born, to England, to serve under the
duke of Wellington in all his great
campaigns. He took part in forty
battles and skirmishes, including Wa
terloo During his long services he re-
ceived 132 sword cuts, a sabre stab in
the eye and eleven pistol or gun shot
wopncf. Since his return to America
he has lived in Montreal, st, Adams,
Boston, New York, Philadelphia and
Indianapolis. He has had seventeen
children, of whom the eldest survivor
is eighty nine, and the youngest, by
second WIFE twenty-three years old.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15

The following table is one that is
used by London assurance companies,
showing the length of life at various
ages. 1t has been the result of careful
calculation, and seldom proves mis-
leading, OF course, sudden and pre-
mature deaths, rs well as lives unusu-
ally extended, occasionally occur, but
this is table of average expectancy OF
life of an ordinary man or woman;
A person one year old may expect to
live thirty-nine years longer; OF ten
years, fifty-one; of twenty years, forty
one; thirty years, thirty-four; forty
years, twenty eight; fifty years, twenty
one; of sixty years, fourteen; OF sew
enty years, nine of eighty years, four
Our readers will easily gather from the
above tabulated statement, the number
of years to which their lives, according
to the law of averages, may reasonably
be expected to extend.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
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The Hog Market.

The Chicago Tones, summarizing re-
ports from most of the western states,
says the indications are chat fat hogs
viii be scarce and high at the season
when they are generally marketed.
There is not the usual number of pigs
in the country, and there is deficiency
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15

wasm bath is good. But you apply the
oil to the skin, and it keeps the pores
open for long time and gives the
enemy chance to get out. hope all
will try it. and they will soon be con-
WINGED.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15

A curious divorce case has just been
decided in New Brunswick, whereby
the marriage of David Pugh and Char
lotte Emma Pugh is declared void.
She was the sister Of his first wife.
After the la.ter's death the two wished
70 marry, but the law of New Bruins
wick foIbids such marriage. SO the
two went to blaine and were married,
and then returned to New Brunswick,
where they lived as man and wife for
eleven years, Recently Mrs. Pugh's
conscience began to upbraid her for
her unlawful act, and she left her hus-
band He sued for divorce on the
ground of abandon nent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-09-15
Chinese Funeral Rites Interrupted
San Francisco (Cal.) Post,

Yesterday was one of the days in the
Chinese calende, set apart for the per
forUance of certain rites Mt the burial
places of their dead. A procession of
express wagons, laden with Monaghan
mourners, roasted pigs, punk, and per-
fumed paper, consequently wendell its
way toward the Chinese Cemetery. The
ceremony consists of laying the roasted
pigs on the graves of the dead, and
burning punk and scented paper on
the same. After the wagons had been
unloaded, and had left the cemetery
the Chinese mourners prepared for the
burned offerings, when police officer
appeared on the scene and forbade the
proceedings. The Cinnamon took the
injunction philosophically and, should
eling the roasted pigs, started off. On
reaching Point Lobos road they rested
until the guardian of the peace went
out of sight, when they returned to the
cemetery and went through the per
Torrance without further interruption.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-05-26

"A man from city in another state
was IN town last week soliciting orders
for bill and letter heads and other
printing. He got few. Lately sew
eral merchants and others have insist
Ell that the Press should show up
parties who come here soliciting Or
ders for suits of clothing, carpets, ETC.,
without first obtalning a license from
the city. There is no question that
our business men who pay their Ii
cense ought to be protected against
these men, but how can our friends
ask this of us when they themselves,
in many instances, patronize these
paper peddlers? There ought to be
some mutuality of interest in this
matter.-Louisiana Press.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-05-26

SIS that yacht?" was inquired of
long, gaunt colder who was loung-
ing about the wharf, and we pointed
to small steam vessel coming in.
"No," was the reply. els that a
yacht?" we inquired again, pointing
to another sort of craft that we thought
might be yacht. ''No, that amt no
yot, nuther," was the next answer.
"Well, what is yacht?" was our
next inquiry. 'Wot's yot?" said
the fisherman. "Well, you gets any
sort of craft you d-n please, and fill
her up with liquor and seeg-yars and
git yer frens on board and have q
yell of time and that's yot!''
We thanked him with fervor, for We
had long been trying to find out wha,
yacht really was.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-05-26

We, the members Of ''The Ladies
Sabbath Reform Society,"" feel it nee
essary to make the following state
ment regarding our aims and the
nature of our work:
l. We feel that the Sabbath, OR
Lords day, is sadly neglected in our
community.
2. Our object is to secure better
observance of the Sabbath. First, on
the part of all christians second, on
the part of the community at large.
3. We would emphasize the state
ment that we have given no grounds
for suspicion or belief that we are
believers in, or wanting enforced
either the Jewish ceremonial or Puri-
tanlcal aspects Of the Sabbath.
4. We hold that no christian is
freed from the commandments which
are termed moral. Paul in Rom. 8:
81, confirms this: "Do we then make
void the law through faith?" To
which he answers; ''God forbid ;
yea, we establish the law" The
gospel, therefore, establishing the
moral law (Rom. I'D leaves it now
in force; hence, he who denies the
obligation of the Sabbath, denies the
obligation of the whole decalogue.
5. We enter our solemn protest
against gambling houses being allow
ed in our city, or other willful viola
tons of statute or city laws, which
look to better observance of the
Sabbath, or Lords day.
6. While we earnestly solicit and
expect the hearty cooperation of all
christians, we also most respectfully
ask for the enforcement of the statute
and city laws, in respect to the above
named things, by the county and city
officers whose duty it is to see the
same enforced.
Mrs. W. o. FORREST, Pres't.
Mrs. L. NJ. PEAsE, Sec'y pro TEN.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-05-26

From the Howard County Advertiser.
H. Martin Williams and the Indi-
ana Greenbaeker with French name,
spoke in Boonyille one day last week.
According to the Boonville papers
their audience was very slim, and
made up principally of democrats,
radicals and corner loafers. Their
speeches are spoken of as coarse,
boisterous and disgusting. This ap-
pears to be the tactics of most all
speakers and the press of this party.
They appear to have an idea that
they can intimidate by blaster and
braggadocio, and force their theories
upon the people, right or wrong.
They will find out their mistake per-
haps when it is too late.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-05-26

The great invention known as the
railroad cattle guard, which consists
of a number of sticks arranged in the
form of grid iron over pit, is
proving an admirable success. Its
inestimable value was we'll illustrated
by an accident on the Cleveland road
a few days ago. In trying to cross
one of these contrlvances two horses
naturally fell in and a freight train
coming along was, as a matter of
course, wrecked on them. The en-
gineer and fireman were hurt and
considerable amount of property de-
stroyed. II the beautiful invention
had not been there the animals would,
in all probability, have walked off the
track. Even if they had not, the
cow-catcher would have thrown them
out of the way and the train passed
on in safety. However, the magnifi-
cent and effective guard prevented
anything Of that kind. 1t caught the
horses and held them just where they
would do the most harm. 1t is really
an excellent thing.