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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05
IN A NUT SHELL.
There are 203 women in Boston
worth million dollars each.

There are 203 women III Boston
worth a million dollars each.
Tennyson's almost constant compan-
on is now, as it has been for many
years, a clay pipe.
Dom Pedro, of Brazil, has sent some
toys to the two grandchildren of Victor
hugo for the approaching New Year.
Forty-seven ladies have, during the
second year now closing, been connect
ed with the private collegiate classes
for women taught by professors and
other instructors at Harvard college.
Eighteen young ladies who graduated
at the Boston Institute of Technology
last year have, it is said, found lucra-
tive positions as designers in chintz,
calico, wall paper or floor coverings.
Gustave Dore is so years of age, and
looks about 35. He is of medium
stature, and has the frame of al, aero
bat, with the head of poet. He dresses
shabbily, his tailor being master in
getting zap insists
DR.. Talmage has given notice that
the pews and sittings in the Brooklyn
tabernacle are henceforth to be rented
to the highest bidders, the system of
voluntary contributions failing to sup
port the church.
John Mccullough has presented his
picture as Virginius, painted by Pelli-
GRIM, of London, to his friend, John B.
Carson, of Quincy, III. The picture
cost Mccullough $1,000, and is said to
he worth the money.
Mrs. Rachel Conkling died on the
30th inst, in New York, at the resi-
dence of her daughter, after having
lived over century. being born Sept
IA, 1871. Her husband was one of the
soldiers who eerved during the war of
1912.
There are 1000 Indians yet in the
Everglades of Florida. They speak
their own language, but by frequent in
tercourse with white people at the
trading posts on lake Okeechobec. have
become civilized. They are friendly
and honest in their dealings with the
whites.
A Virginia father has eleven chill
dren named in the consecutive Latin
numerals, from "Primu' to "Unde-
cimus;" at the birth of his tenth boy
the latter was named "Decimus Ulti-
mus" or tenth and last, but, somehow,
another son followed, and was nubbed
"Undecimus.
The New York Worlds London cor
respondent writes 'The conduct of
Guiteau's trial continues, am sorry to
say, to disgust everybody here" The
correspondent is probably not alone in
his sorrow. 1t would be sad to think
that there is an intelligent man any
where who is not disguised with the
conduct of this trial.
1t is new the fashion in Eng land for
ladies to appear in two different char
acters at he same fancy ball. The
Countess Beehive recently appeared
first as Mary of Scotland, and later as
a'shower of gold. At tae same ball
Mrs. CORVALLIS West wore first the
dress of the Countess Panada, in "La
Mascotte," and afterward that of the
Princess in the Forty Thieves"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05
4 Hint TO Household Management.

Have you ever observed what dis
like servants have to anything cheap?
They hate saving their masters money.
tried this experiment with great sue
cess the other day. Finding we con-
sumed u great deal of soap, sat down
in my thinking chair, and took the
soap question into consideration, and l
found reason 20 suspect we were using
very expensive article, where much
cheaper one would serve the purpose
better. | ordered half dozen pounds
of both kinds, but took the precaution
of changing the papers on which the
prices were marked, before giving them
into the hands of Betty. "Well, Betty,
which soap do you find washes best %
'Oh, please sir, the dearest, in the blue
paper, it makes the lather as well
again vs. the other" "Well, Betty, you
shall always have 1t them" thus the
unsuspecting Betty saved me some
pounds n year and washed the clothes
better.--Rer Sydney Smith
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05

the sick person until the clothing and
hands are properly warmed. A person
whois greatly Frustrated, often has the
senses highly sensitive. The sense of
Smell, for example, is sometimes so
exalted and scute as to notice odors
that are not susceptible to the we'll.
One of the important things for an
intending watcher Is lf his daily occu.
patton Is one that is likely to give n
marked odor to the clothing) to change
throughout. Those who smoke should
observe the same precaution, as the
odor of stale tobacco smoke is most
distressing to an invalid, even if he
smokes himself when we'll. IN taking
possession of the sick person for the
might, learn the hours for administer
ing medicine and food, and write them
down. 1t is seldom he case that a
sick person should be reused from
sleep to take medicine: but be sure
and ascertain what directions have
been given by the physician in this re.
spect. If the patient is very i'll, never
whisper in his presence; if anything is
to be asked of member of the fam
lily, do 1t cut of the room. Avoid all
unnecessary moving about, and all
noise. If in winter, and the coal fire
Is to be replenished, prepare before
hand for this by taking some old news
papers and doing up the coal in par
cels-do this outside of the room, of
coure. A parcel of coal thus done
up can be placed in a stove or CRATE
without making any noise. SO where
ice Is to be given to the patient; let it
be broken up beforehand, and then, if
ice is scarce and care must be taken
to preserve it, put it in soup plate
and cover it with another, then place
the plates between two feather pillows,
and it may be kept for long time.
See that the heat from the fire does
not fall unpleasantly upon the patient,
and take care that the lamp is proper
ly shaded. In warm weather, when
the windows are open, be careful of
sudden change during the night. and
see that no drafts fall upon the sick
person. When the medicine is to be
given, always measure and prepare it
out of the sight of the patient, so that
he may not be thinking of it before
hand. When the watcher is friend,
the sick person is often tempted to
talk, and thus induce fatigue. If the
of the room allows it, the
attendant should sit out Of sight, but
where he can hear the least whisper.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05
The Little Model.

Little Trot Wood sat in the grass,
with her hands clasped about her
knees, and thought, and thought, and
thought until her head began to ache
and the great tears rose slowly to her
eyes. A lady who was passing, with a
big tist book under her arm, paused a
m oment to look at the sweet, childish
face, and heard her say: "'d do any.
thing in this world to set twenty i've
cents"
~ will give you twenty-five cents if
you will pose for me-" said the lady.
Trot had been so buried in her own
thought that she had not noticed the
stranger. Now she looked up in puz-
zed surprise at this magnificent offer.
and said: "Maam?"
eff you will sit for me Just rs you
were sitting when | came by, and let
me make picture of you, | will give
you twenty-five cents" explained the
lady.
''All right" said Trot, overjoyed at
what she thought was such an easy
way of earning money.
But o dearl she had not the least
idea what hard work ii was to sit still
for so long time. She could not even
move her leg or her arm, or wink her
eyes, and at first every time the little
chatterbox began to talk the lady
would say: 90 my dear ,,lease keep
still"
At last, however, she saw how very
tired her little model was and began to
talk to her. She told Tot her name was
Miss Lonsdale; and asked what her
name was, and, finally, why she was so
anxious Tor twenty-five cents.
The question made Trot's lip culver.
SISTER Jenny is so drefful sick" she
said, 'and perhaps she won't get well
any more unless she has lots of nice
things to eat. | want the money to
buy her ever so many white grapes,
and pears, and peaches, and oranges -
cause she's thirsty-and bananas, and
OH everything. Twenty five cents
would buy whole basketful, wouldn't
it?' she added, peeping up into the ar
lists face.
The artist smiled little, but did not
answer, and in few minutes more the
picture was done. Then Miss Lonsdale
told the little girl she had been as still
as mouse, said good-by, and went
away without word about the promised
reward Trot gazed her after in dumb
disappointment, then, burying her head
in her hands, burst out crying.
Ten minutes later she was standing
sadly by the gate, with her hat over her
face and the big tears streaming down
her cheeks, when the sound of horses
hoofs came up the lane. Trot looked
up and saw man on a beautiful black
horse. The man was dressed in dark
green, with ever and ever SO many brass
buttons, and in Trot's eyes he looked
like a prince from fairy land, except
that he carried a big basket, and Trot
could think of no fairy tales where the
prince did that
Much to her surprise he stopped be-
fore the gate, jumped off bis horse, and
made low bow.
as this Miss Trot Wood % he asked.
'I-I-guess So" said Trot, hai
frightened.
'There is something for you from
Miss Lonsdale," sid the man, with an
other low bow, az he put the basket
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05

than IN the Southdown, and the NUT
ton ranking second only to the same
breed. The Shrops are very prolific,
fully 30 per cent. of the ewes casting
twins. They are also hardy, and stand
transplantation better than the South
dawns do. Their bodies are broad,
level, and thick, and the proportion of
lean to fat meat is satisfactorily large.
AT about IA months old the Shropshire
can easily be turned out at eighteen
pounds a quarter. They will clip
about six and half pounds of wool.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05

down before her. Then he mounted
his horse and rode away
What do you suppose was in that
basket which smelt so good when Trot
lifted the cover?
Why, white grapes, and big, luscious
California pears, and great, juicy Flo
rlda oranges. There never was such n
happy girl as Trot Wood when she
tugged, and lusso5, and dragged the
basket into Jennie's room, and when
Jennie got well, which she did soon
after, Trot declare6fit was that basket
of fruit which cured herb. y. Vat
son. iR ladies' Elorni LtIhiilft
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05
The Old Home Flowers

No garden is complete without fine
collection of old-fashioned apnuals, and
they should be grown in such profusion
that we could gather them by the
hands full: for what greenhouse bou-
quet can compare with a bowl full of
Sweet Peas, Pansies, Mignonette,
Bachelor Buttons, or pure Forget-me-
nots? But we are often put to our
wits ends to know just how to grow
them successfully, for the seasons are
apt to be too wet or dry, too cold or
hot, to give us the desired success, and
after few unsu ccessful attempts we
give up in despair, where our grand
mothers and German friends would
have succeeded in catching the rarest
beauties of bloom during the season.
/ believe the most successful growers
of flowers grow them in the old way,
which is to have the soil carefully pre-
pared in the autumn and stirred quite
deeply in the spring again then the
hardy seeds are put in the ground as
soon AS the frost disappears. This
gives the plants time to start before the
spring winds begin.
"a
for the tender ANIMALS, but they can be
grown well in shallow boxes, pans, or
pots in sunny window. Plant in rows,
but do not bury them too deep and
cover them with thin cloth or mosquito
netting when watering them.
The very delicate seeds, like Petunia,
Portulacca, and Lobeha, require to be
laid simply upon the ground and lit
tie sand sifted over them, then gently
pressed down with the hand. When
the tiny plants appear they resembl
fine green mist. Great care and dis
cretion must be exercised in working
among them and transplanting them,
for fear the delicate leaves and fine
fibrous roots will be injured.
The first seeds to be selected for a
good old-fashioned hower-bed is the
Migncpette, Candytuft, Sweet Alyssum,
Bachelor Button, Morning Glory, To-
bella, Lupine or Quaker bonnet, Four
O'Clock, Forget-me-not, Pansy, Petunia,
Phlox, Portulacca, Balsam, Ve-bena,
Marigold, and Zinna Aster. The seeds
of the varieties specified can be pur-
chased for a small amount, and a
world of enjoyment realized from
them, if they are successfully grown
Many other valuable and beautiful Va
rieties can be added if desired.
Give the Verbena and Portulacca
sunny places and plenty of sand.
Give Mignonette, Pansies, Lobelia,
and Forget shade, sand, and
plenty of water, and they will be sure
to thrive.
Many persons who saw no beauty IN
the flowers of long ago now discover
rare beauties in them-even the Holly
hook and Sunhower are fast becoming
popularized, for young ladies adorn
bonnets, dresses, and drawing-rooms
with them, and embroider them on
every thing, and no parlor is consider
ed complete without painting of
them in oil or water colors; for the
rage for old-fashioned flowers is coming
back agaiu, and how delightful it is, for
it brings With it dear old associations
and memories of the past that are ever
fresh and sweet for there is no flower.
no song, no friend, no day like the old
one.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05

Beecher says of the great number of
free sittings reserved in Plymouth
Church: They give an opportunity
for hundreds of persons to her the gos-
pei preached all the year round with
ont paying q cent for ii or getting one
cents worth of benefit from it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1882-01-05

The price of confederate bonds at
Selma. Ala, has dropped from - TO 75
cents per 81 ,0OO.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09

A writer in the Boston Economist on the
subject Of go!dit derives good deal of sat
fatcion in comparing the present produc-
ton of the precious metal with the produc-
ton of former periods. The amount Of
gold at tho beginning of the Christian era
the writer snys, is estimated at 1927 ,000, 900
When America was discovered this sum
had dwindled to S58. .00O, 900; in 1000 it had
grown to $1O5, ,OGC 600; at the beginning Of
the next century it was 81, 1925, ,00o, 600; in
1863, SO, 900, 600, 600. aud now the grand to-
tai is believed.to be 81 .S95, 600, 900. The val
ue Of the gold and silver of the world is
named at $13, ,276, 100000. The magnitude
of the value of the sum is almost beyond
human conception, and yet if this grand to-
tai OF precious metals were melted togeth-
or q cubic block could be formed the di-
mensions of which would not lie much over
one hundred and fifty feet. The annual
production of gold about 1902 was but
100000. The subsequent discoveries in
Mexico and Peru swelled this comparative
bagatelle into the millions, until in 1900 the
annual production amounted to $l7. .900,-
900, and in 1868, after the California discov-
cries, to $23e, 200, 900. This production
was the maximum. 1t is now only about
half what it was twenty seven years ago.
The total amount of precious metals OBJ
tained from the earliest date down to the
present time is estimated at $25, 1873, ,374,- :
900. The difference between this total and
the 913, ,276, 900 900 is put down as the
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09
FNrence'S First Letter,

From tho Boston Saturday Evening Ga zetta.
Here is the best specimen of precocity
We have known. The letter was received
by prominent gentleman of Boston, and
the handwriting, though in printing, was
strongly suggestive of his SON in-law:
January 20, 1881.
DEAREST GRANDPA: was week old
yesterday afternoon, and pa said if was a
good girl last night that might write q let
ter to my own grandpapa to-day. I was
good last night, and mamma had Q good
night. and she and are both doing we'll. I"
Papa is doing we'll, too. I like NV two
grandmammes quite too utterly much.
want to see my grandpapa, and see if be is
really and truly an "elderly gentleman" ~
mammals mamma says he is. I like your
picture ever so much, dear gran1pera, and
don't think you look elderly at all. Mamma
says you are coming to see NE soon, and
am so glad. want you to come as soon as
you can. and stay long time and you and
can Talk over old times together. Won't
that be previously precious? They haven't
tod you anything about mo in their letters
TO you, so am just going to tell you about
myself. l have blue eyes, and hair Of all
burn hue. am perfect in al. respects,
physically and intellectually (papa taug ght nae
those two big words this morning]. eat
/: great deal, and nurse says am little
pig. sleep some, but don't cry at all, ex-
cept whom very hungry. I have one Q>
nose. two (2) eyes, two (2) ears. one ~
mouth, ten (lV fingers and ten Q0) toes.
take an inventory every morning to sec
that they are all right. Now, want TO
send my love to oil my nice relations, and
must stop, because 1 am tired. l shall
be so glad when you come. We are all
we'll and happy. Ihope you will love nee,
dear grandpapa, as much as Hove you, and
that you will aoon answer this first letter
from your loving granddaughter,
FLoHENCE.
p. Saint you glad I'm girl2
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09

TIE mad rush for Office in Washington
is represented as something extraordinary.
The passage of resolution in the senate
Tor half dozen additional messengers,
brought out hosts OF women, who beseiged
senators in behalf Of their brothers, sons
or husbands, as the case might be, and also
for themselves. These women were will
ling to take almost any position, however
humble, and pleaded with tears in their
eyes. David Davis, president pro tenn of
the senate, though he has no offices in his
gift, was bored until late hour with their
piteous solicitations. and to group Of
three he said. in substance: Why do you
permit yourselves to be placed in the igno-
minous position of coming here, begging
favors OF the government, where there are
thousands ready to crowd you to the wall
and fight you for every favor that you ask?
You all look intelligent. why do you not
60 out and learn to become cooks, house
keepers, chambermaids. il you please, and
then you will be certain of good home
and independence. People will then be
running after you, instead Of you running
after them, and the position of arespecta-
bic servant in good family is one infinite
ly to be preferred to that Of hanging to
some beggarly Office, dependent Oh the
whim or will of some buleaucrat."
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09

ROW Temperance Meeting Saved Him.
The Lewiston journal is responsible for
the following: At one of the local tenn
perance meetings Sunday, q speaker in
dwelling upon tho degradation caused by
the appetite for liquor, said he knew man
who drank to such an extent that his whole
person seemed impregnated with alcohol;
his lungs. even, became so charged with it
that in blowing out candle one day his
breath took fire as if it were naphtha. At
tho conclusion Of these remarks blear-
eyed and ragged man staggered forward
from the rear of the hall. Tho audi
ence room was packed. People standing
in the aisles made passage way for the
cropping inebriate. All present thought an
other reformation was to come, and that the
trembling old topper was on his way forward
to sign the iron clad pledge. The people
on the stage stood ready to welcome him
gladly. The besotted and rum poisoned
Appearance Of the old fellow made sad and
quie:ing appearance on the crowd, and the
utmost siience prevailed. He pushed bis
way along to the place where the last speak
er cat. With trembling voice and q sway
ing body he said: My fren' (hic) I want to
shake hands with you. You've saved me
(hic). Applause from the audience.] I'll
sw ar to ye, (hic) stranger that I'll never blow
out another candle as long as I live." The
benches could not help exploding in roars
of laughter at this quaint and unexpected
eli AK, although the scene furnished an
other terrible warning of the dangers of in
temperance.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09

The report Of the state school superin-
tendent of New York shows that for ten
years the average attendance Of children
upon the public schools has been pretty
steadily falling off relatively to the increase
OF the state population. In 1875 the at
tendance averaged 81, 900 over q million:
in 1877, $4,000; in 1878, 1000; in 1870
10000; in 1850, $1,000, and in 1881 only
24.OoO. The falling OF is attributed to two
causes; general pres 3erity, which leads
people to take their children from the
schools and set them to work, and the in
creased number: of private schools; hut
neither OF these alleged causes are general.
y accepted. 1t is asserted that dissatisfuc-
ton with public schools, especially in rural
communities, is largely duo to the persis
tent efforts Of peoplc to use the schools for
the propagation Of isms and ideas whiob
are foreign to their object.
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09
The Late Chinese Professor at Harvard,

The Late Chinese Professor at Harvard.
Mr.. Benjamin r. Curtis writes Of the late
Chinese professor at Harvard college:
"On one occasion ssked him to accompany
me to meeting Of the Papyrus club. I
sent him an invitation through the mail.
By return Of post received q reply envel-
oped in the Chinese style, and written in
his own hand on Chinese letter paper. At
the appointed time he called at my house,
and We walked together to the rooms of the
club. He met the members without the
slightest embarrassment, and took his seat
at the head of the table with dignity. At
the conclusion Of the dinner the president
introduced him to tho club and he rose 10
reply. How many Americans would like to
stand up at dinner In China before fifty OF
its literary and professional men2 Prof.
10 first made ashort speech Of introduction
in good English; he was hardly at loss for .
word. He then read q poem in Chinese
from manuscript and then sat down. The
whole performance was deliberate, quiet,
and easy. So much did Re please the com.
pany, that they urged him, by hearty ap-
plause to address them again. He rose
again, and recited from memory one of his
own poems. Then, bowling his farewell to
, the club, and taking leave OF the president,
he retired"
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09
she Probably Did Not Say This.
rom the Vicksburc Miss. Herald.

The papers have said SO much about
Mary Anderson's limbs being attenuated
that she told an interviewer her opinion OF
her own defects. She says: II am aware
of the fact that would not appear to ad'
vantage in the ballet, but God gave me
alent, and expected nature to do the bal
ance, and if nature made failure OF her
part, am I to blame for it? Is it just TO
criticise faults over which I have no con-
troll? Criticise my acting, my voice, my
gestures. anything you will, only please
advised newspaper men TO keep their hands
off this subject, and to attend strictly to
Marys voice and gestures. We do not care
It her legs are like corrugated copper light
ming rods, and bowed like rarenthesis.
her art is what touches us. Her soulful
eyes, and mouth full Of gum, are enough e
make man strike his parenA~
The Worthington advance., 1882-03-09

OLEOMARGAR1SE cannot be easily sup
pressed while butter maintains high
price, and there is no prospect of material
reduction. The skill which manufacturers
of oleomargarine hayo attained
is remarkable and the dairy
interests ask congress to COM
pei them to stamp every package they put
upon the-market in order that the people
may not be deceived. The St. Louis
Globe Democrat recently published an ar
ticle III which it was asserted in the most
positive terms that what il known as
creamery" butter is largely adulterated with
oleomargarine. The statement seems H.
credible, and will be received with many
doubts. 1t states that creamerles where
this quality Of butter is made are often To-
Gated near oleomargarine factories. In
these the tallow and grease are made into
an oil, which is mixed with the c, eam a
the creameries, and made into the finest ap-
pearing crea merry butter. It is further
stated that this oil is shipped in barrels to
distant parts of the country