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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-06

COUNT RUMFoRD's idea Of a kitchen
fire was that it should do all the work
required in a heating way about the
house, and so when his fire was not
needed for cooking purposes it was
providing warm air for the rooms, and
finally after the fire had apparently
fulfilled every other mission the
chimney terminated in a series of hot
air pipes, which ran through a tank
in the upper story and furnished hot
water. A few of Rumfords ideas,
put IN practice the present day, would
be productive of much saving, since
every housekeeper knows that the
kitchen stove is the most wasteful one
about the house, as much fuel being
required to boil a couple Of eggs and
a pot of coffee as would warm the en-
tire building from top to bottom.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-06
WY BOYS.
By EE RANDALL.

Two babes have 1.-TWO darling boys
As ever shared a mothers heart.
One IS my daily source Of joys,
And oneah quick the tear-drops start
One nestles softly in my arms
And one is lying meath the sod;
One here must suffer earth alarms
And one Is sheltered with our God
Two tender feet perhaps must tread
Long years the thorny path of NE,
While two IN flower gemme1 valleys ied
Shall meier know aught Of storm or strife
But when part the sunny bands
Der baby brow with mother love,
ever see tnose hower-hlled hands
Long clasped, the puiseless heart above
O. God, show me in virtues ways
NV boy uncertain steps % guide
oh teach me TO spend nay days
That may meet the boy who died
stockton Kan
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-06

The total vote 81 Virginia for Leg
islatiye members at the late election
was 21l S36, against 1876. 621 for Con
gress mau-at-Iarge in 1SS2. The De
mocratic majority now IS 1881. and
the Readjusters majority last year
was 1857 The total Readjuster in
crease this year is 25,71q and the
Democratic 49, $50.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-06

What's the matter with you, Pat
You lean forward like a man with a
spinal complaint" och, it's nothin',
Yer honor, ownly that | was compel
led TO borroy shurt from me bunch
backed brother, an it's niver a soul
can git the bulge out of it, so they
can't.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-06
Buried Treasure.
LAREDO Times


1t has been tradition IN Lareuo
ever since the occupation Of Mexico by
General Taylor's army that on the ev-
acuation of That country by said army
there was a great amount of old bour-
bon whisky buried somewhere in the
enyirons of New Laredo by General
Taylor before crossing the river. Last
Sunday Tom Gallagher started on foot
TO the outskirts of the town. He ex-
tended his walk some distance. and
soon approached an arroyo that makes
into the Rio Grande Just above town.
He had not proceeded far before he
noticed some rather peculiar mounds
Just to one side of thebed of the creek.
He got a sharp stick and began TO dig,
when he found brown stone Jar He
quickly opened it. and discovered that
he had in his hand two gallons Of the
finest bourbon whisky That ever made
a man drunk lie tasted it so many
times before he got home that he was
rather drunk when he did arrive
After "a few hours sleep he took 9
couple Of men and proceeded to the
arroyo, where they succeeded III un-
earthing ten two-gallon jugs Of that
historical whisky, which is now thirty
seven years old.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-12-06

Representative Cassidy. Of Alabama
will introduce a bill early IN the forth.
coming session, providing for record
Of marriages ia Utah and for the dis
reimbursement of women in TIE Tern
tory
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-11-15

AT the stamp windOw-'Has postage
been reduced to two centsS y es' ~ Fol
letters?' 'Yes'm.' Then a twO-cent
stamp will actually carry letter. 1T
will And there's no need of putting
on three cents?' Not a bit DO you
know Mrs. Blank?' Nom She says
it's two cents in the city, It's two cents
anywhere in the country She says she
sent letter to her husband in Chicago
with 2-cent stamp on it and he never
got it. 4 can't hel p that. ma am Then
two cents is enough p Plenty And
her husband probably got the letter and
didn't answer it?' Probably We'll,
I'll take two-ceht stamp; but if there
is any doubt about the matter I'd as
soon pay more. 1t will go, will it?'
'Yes'm.' Go right out to-day?'' Yes'm.'
well, hope SO; for it's very import
ant letter You know Mrs. D., who
used to live on street?' Nom We'll,
it's for her. She lives in Buffalo now.
She asked me for the best way to pickle
mixed The woman had to stand
aside for two or three minutes. but as
soon as the window was clear she re-
turned to say: I've got the stamp on
'Yes'm.' Two cents 4 Isee' And it'll
go?' 1T will If it DON'T And she
probably didn't sleep wink last night.
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A Belligerent Bird.

The kingfsher is not regarded as a
dangerous bird, but an artist friend OF
mine once had most remarkable ad.
venture with one. While sketchiDg on
the shore of riuer, he saw one of these
birds flying across the water toward
him. He watched its approach, expect
ing every moment to see it change its
course, but, to his astonishment, the
bird, swervlng neither to the right OF
left, came straight at his face. His
hands we're filed with palette and brush
es. He raised his foot to shield himself
"Thudw came the bird against it, falling
to the ground stunned by the shock but,
recovering quickly, it again took wing
and disappeared around bend in the
shore. Now, the snowy owl is said to
alight at times upon the head of sports
men while they are cIouching quietly
among the reeds watching for wild
geese and ducks, probably mistaking
them for stnmps or something of that
sort. But to suppose that she kingfsh-
er may have taken my friend for a
stump would not be plimentary to
either the bird or the artist.-St. Nicho-
| las,
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Curing a Bad Memory.

Yoar memory is bad, perhaps, but ]
can tell you two secrets that will cure
the worst memory. One-tO read SUBJ
ject when strongly interested. The 9th,
er is to not only read but think. When
you have read "a paragraph or a page
stop, close the book, and try to remem-
Der the ideas on that page, and not only
recall them vaguely in your mind, but
put them into words and speak them
out. Faithfully follow these two rules,
and you have the golden keys of knowl-
edge. Besides inattentive reading, there
are other things Injurious to the memo
ry. One is the habit of skinming over
newspapers, all in confused tumble
never to be thought of again, thus dill
gently culliVating "A habit of careless
reading hard to break. Another is the
reading of trashy novels. Nothing is so
fatal to reading with profit as the habit
of running through story after story,
and forgetting them as soon as read. /
know a gray-haired woman, lifelong
lover of books, who sadly declares that
her mind has been ruined by such read
ing.-St. Nicholas.
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Gems of Thought.


The pleasure of doing good is the only
one that never wears out.
When faith led David to God, she SET
him singing at onee.-SpurgeOn.
There was good prescription given
by physician to patient: DO some,
thing for somebody"
When you receive favor you ought
never to forget it; when you do one you
ought never to remember it.
A religion that can fill the heart with
JOY, even in the midst of prosecutions, is
beyond all price.
As soon as we divorce love from the
occupations of lfe, we find that labor de-
generates into drudgery.-Whipple.
Kind words produce their own image
in mems souls. and beautiful image IL
is. They sooth and comfort the hearer
am more afraid of my own heart
than of the Pope and all his cardinals.
have within me the great Pope-self.-
Luther.
Beautiful lives have grown upsfrom
the darkest places, as pure white lilies,
full of fragrance, have blosSOmed on
Siluy, SIdSndnI waters.
Consider how much more you often
suffer fir, m your anger and grief. than
from those very things for which you
are angry and grieved.-Marcus AntO-
MUS.
As the magnetic needle points always
toward the pole, so does pure love ever
more point its possessOr toward that
God whose nature and whose name is
Love.
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SOLITUDE.

Laugh and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone,
For the sad old earth must borrow it!
mirth.
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air:
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn to go;
They want full measure of. all youI
pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are merry;
Be sad, and you lose them all;
There are none to decline your nectared
wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by;
Succeed and give and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a large and lovely train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
Ella Wheeler. in The Minnehahan.
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AYERS
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er. One day while preparing Johns
simple supper of rice and milk, she fell
dead. All night long the desolate boy
held her cold hand in his; then, in that
Christian city, she was put in pine
box, and, without shroud or prayers,
carried in cart, her two children walk
ing behind it, and was buried in the
Potter's Field
For three days afterwards John and
his sister never tasted food. Probably
the world said Poor things~ but it is
certain nobody offered to help them
(Sarah X. Bolton in November Wide
Awake
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l
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Solomon Eversole. resident for half
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celebrated his hundredth birthday. His
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POETRY.
LEAVE 1T WITH HIM.

Yes, leave it with Him.
The lilies all do,
And they grow;
They grow in the rain,
And they grow in the dew
Yes, they grow;
They grow in the darkness, all hid In the
night.
They grow in the sunshine. revealed by
the light
Still. they grow.
They ask not your planting,
They heed not your care
As they grow.
Dropped down in the valley,
The field, anywhere
There they grow;
They grow in their beauty, arrayed in
pure white.
They grow, clothed in glory. by heavens
own light
Sweetly grow.
The grasses are clothed
And the rayens are fed
From His store;
But you, who are loved,
And guarded and led,
How much more
Will He clothe you, and feed you and
give you His carel
Then leave it with Him; He has, every
where.
Ample store.
Yes, leave it with Him;
'Tis more to His heart,
You will know,
Than the lilies that bloom,
Or the flowers that start
Meath the snow.
Whatever you need, if you ask it in
prayer,
You can leave it with Him, for you are
His care.
You, you know.
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