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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18
Two Kinds Of Girls.

boston courier.
"What we need y said a gentleman
in private conversation, is "A concen-
tration of energy, and application of
it in the right direction The
person who spoke is a manufacturer
Of art furniture, and it was by mere
accident that he took as an illustra-
ton the forewoman in the embroidery
room. "She is a stout German-Amer-
lean girl with q heavy face and a
dumpy figure She always attends
TO business. have known her ever
since she was a young girl doing EN-
broidery for an uptown firm. We
used to send her eXha pieces to do,
and she finally came TO us altogether
because we paid her better. She has
been in demand-personally sought
after by employers ever since she be-
gan, for she spends her whole strength
in her work. Her dress is extremely
plain and she cares not for gaities.
She has no ruinous diversions of in
terest TO prevent her fi0mattending to
the matters Of first importance"
"On the other hand, he continued
eve have off and on in our embroid-
cry room, a pretty girl who will new
er amount 10 anything. Her IDEAS Of
life are misshapen. She il a clever
enough embroideress, but she works
half-heartedly, and only when she
feels inclined. She won't undertake
this piece and she says she can't do
that. Her one ambition is dress
She really is in her way a ladylike
person. She is neat, and clothes her
self in good taste, with no display,
but in a style very far above her con
dition in life Not lady does she
Sc. in the street but she looks at her
dress and manners, and even listens
to her speech TO see what She can pick
up and improve herself. The result
is, the poor girl has cultivated senH-
bIiities which make it unlikely that
she viii ever be contented with any
home that might be offered her, and
She has no strong-minded aspirations
10 independent prosperity. BY devot-
ing her energy 10 unprOductive chan
nels the girl has made herself useless
and unhappy. She is not thinEing
Of how her work appears, but Of how
she herself appears, and tries 10 gain
admiration and ingratiate herself per
sonaIly, when what we want from her
is not pretty manners, but good
piece of embroidery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18
Big Diamonds.
New York Times

\ iewlerm Maiden Lane held up
between his thumb and foreiinger
yesterday afternoon a rough yellow
stone rs large as hickory-nut. THAT
is the biggest diamond ever brought
to this country he said 1t weighs
lbs carats, according TO tne design.
1t is an African stone, Our house
bought it in the Lon kon market The
weight of the famous kohinoor is
1929 carats, Before cutting it weigh
/ 1856 The stone in the jewellers
hand was almost an inch square and
three quarters of an inch through IT
ran up TO a sharp point on one side
and on the other WAS domeshaped
The jewler said the shape wRs perfect
for cutting. There was blue streak
in the centre This was said to be no
imperfection. When the stone was cut.
the iewler added, it would be much
lighter in color. The diamond is bet
ter calculated fora crown than for a
/ personal ornament Ii might be
worn by a lady in the hair. as "a
medallion at the throat, or in "A brace
/ let. Ii viii be sent TO Boston To- be
cut. The art of diamond-cuttng is
said to have been brought to AS great
perfection in this country as in Am
sterdam The stone after cutting will
be worth about 500, 600
| A large house in Maiden Lane q
short time ago sold remarkably
brilliant diamond in the London mar
ket for $50, 600 1t weighed 15i carats.
It's value was in its fneness. It's his
tory was known for 100 years 1t was
said to have belonged to the Khedive
of Egypt. 1t was brought from Lon
don, but the price asked could not be
obtained here, and it was sent back to
| n purchaser there.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18
A Standard Frame.

The Indiana Farmer gives the fol
lowing on the subject of the general
adoption of a standard frame.
While in ut tendance at the State
fair, we made it point to inquire OF
our many Bookkeeping friends and Wis
itors, their opinions as to the different
sizes and styles of frames, and what
was likely to become the standard
frame for the bee keeper in America
With but very few exceptions the de-
cisiOns were in favor of the Langstroth,
size 9Bx17s. Some were inclined to
the belief that deeper frame was bet
ter to winter in for careless bee-keep-
ers who never made any pretentions
to preparing their bees for winter.
One gentleman from near Bloom
ington, H., said che worked about rs
colonies, in two apiaries, had tried
both styles of frames extensively and
was decidedly in favor of the Langs-
troth frame, and proposed to change
all his remaining colonies TO that
style of frame in the spring. for said
he, II work my bees exclusively for
honey. | have watched the matter
closely and am satisfied that the
broad space directly over the brood is
the place TO secure the most surplus, .
and said he, honey brings money;
it is a matter with me of dollars and
cents, l do not keep bees for the fun
of the thing, and if / can only raise
them simply to see them come
through the winter all right, do not
care to bother with them. | do not
raise bees to sell, am no dealer in
bee-keeper's supplies, neither have ]
any government bonds to clip. |
mast work for my living and if | can
not make the bees pay, ! must give
them up for something else. But
am candid TO say, on an average OF
seven years my bees have paid me
well, as well as anything else on my
place, and l have quite a large farm
and rely on mixed farming altogeth
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18
The Little Widow Briggs.
Detroit Free Pres.

A span of ponies attached to an
emlgrant wagon containing women
and three children and various house
hold goods halted ON Grand River
avenue yesterday to have a black
smith set shoe for one of the horses.
AS the woman seemed to be alone. or
at least had no man in sight. the
smith asked:
"Old man sickiN
No, sir | buried him up the coun-
try year ago.
Then are you widow
Il reckon | am, and my name Is
Briggs"
Which way are you Jogging
Going south-west-may be INTO
Indiana
Got sick of Michigen" continued
the smith as he pared away at the
hoof
well, the state is good enough, -
she slowly answered. Some mighty
tineer and, good Schools'and tolerable
weather, but l had to get oudof where
l was. lost a pound a week right
along for the last three weeks.
'Aguei'
'Humph! Id like to see the ague
upset us No, sir My husband
wasn't cold before | had an offer of
marriage 1t wasn't month before |
had three of en- Why, it wasn't
six months before their tracks were
as thick around my house as cat trails
ON the snow
Had your pick, chr
Pick / could have married any
body from my hired man up TO chap
who owned section of land and
four sawmills. They came singly and
in droyes, They came by day and by
night
And you YOU
Say. youll she exclaimed as she
drew herself up, do I look like an
idiot"
No, ma 'am
We'll, when fling my three chill
dren at the head oil a second husband
and give up the $500 in cash in my
pocket you can call me an IDIOT NJ
sir ! repealed EN-"
And they gotl'
lley nhu 10. CuSdU manu- I'M
/ that second husband repeller III
4 in the back end of the wagon.
The girl hunted around and 6she,
up hickory club four feet long, anC
the woman held it out for inspection
and said
There's hairs of six different color
sticking in the splinters, and thes
bloodstains are the pure quill. You
can judge whether they sat there anC
made love, or tore down the from
fence in their hurry to reach TIN
woods
"By George" whispered tn
smith, after a long inspection. 'Well
| guess you don't want TO marry"
''K'rect, sir. If you have any Ole
widowers in this town, or if you know
any one between here and Indiana
who wants a headache that will las
all winter without any letting up
just put EN- up to began to ask mo j
my heart don't yearn for love, and m.
soul rattle around for some one t
! call me darlingm
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18
How Did IICome There !

While party of hunters were scour-
ing the woods along Painter Creek,
near Yazoo City, Miss, tEey started a
big buck and succeeded in capturing
it after two hours chase Firmly i'm
paled on one of the prongs of his right
horn was found human skull, sup
posed TO be that Of a negro. The prong
had entered the cavity occupied in
life by the eye, and had grown up
around the bone showing the skull
had not been put on recently There
are various conjectures as to how il
got there, but the most prevalent opin-
ION is that the animal was wounded
and brought to bay by the negro, and
had killed the latter in a conflict
which ensued, the prong entering the
eye and piercing the brain, The body
Of the deer showed signs Of old
wounds lie was about as large as a
two year-old calf. The antlers, with
the skull on them, were hung up in "a
country store. where they are daily
examined by hundreds of curious Wis
itorg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18
BASEBALL.
The Championship Record.

Speaking of the record for the sea
son, American Sports says Boston S
total Of games won is placed at SO,
which includes the game Of Aug. i at
Cleveland. AS that game has not
been declared a drawn game by any
competent authority, it must stand as
won by the Bostons until otherwise
decided by the League Directors
Bostons total Of G3 games won has
been equaled but once since the for
nation Of the league in 1876, that be
ing by Chicago in 1850, when 81
games were won out of total of 332
by all the clubs. in 1876, with eight
clubs contesting. Chicago won with
a total Of SO in 1877, five clubs, Bos-
ton won with 30; IN 1878, six clubs,
Boston won with 81; in 1879, eight
clubs, Providence won with So; in
1880, eight clubs, Chicago won with
g.; in 1851, eight clubs Chicago won
with IS in 1882, eight clubs, Chicago
won with So; in 1853, eight clubs
Boston won with 60; SiEce the es.
adjustment Of the championship
Chicago lost the smallest number Of
games 90 in 1876 and won the great
est number go in 1880. Chicago and
Boston are the only clubs that have
maintained their membership in the
league since its formation in 1876,
and are the only clubs that have won
the championship excepting Proyl-
dence. which won it in 1879 Boston
standing second and Chicago third.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18
Human Monstr0sities.
Indianapolis News

Perhaps the greatest living curiosi-
ties now in existence in this country
win pass through this city on their
way to Cincinnati and Louisville.
About two years ago Charles Lewis
discovered, about fifteen miles below
ST Augustine, a family of white per
sons. consisting of John Mcdonald,
his wife and five children. Two OF
the children he found to be half hu-
man and half alligator
These children are now nine years
of age and have never been known to
exceed ten miles from their home, and
consequently have never been placed
on exhibition. Their bodies, arms
and heads from the hips up. are per
fectly formed, while from the hips
down they present the appearance of
an alligator, having a perfectly form
ed tail about five feet in length, to-
gether with the hind feet and legs Of
the gator. They crawl around ON
their hands and feet, converse lntelli-
gently and seem TO enjoy life very
much. They live part Of the time in
the water which they enjoy very
much. using their tails while swim
ming the same as the alligator TO pro
pel their bodies. They are healthy,
rood-looking and well-developed chill
dren. and outside Of their-love for the
water their general mode Of living IS
the same as that Of any other human
being.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18


There is no work on the farm that
it pays to do well any more than
blowing. The burrows should be Of
even depth and width from begin.
ming to end and be Of such width as
the plow will easily turn over, not cut
and cover. When a plow strikes a
stone, back the team up and start the
pillow as near the stone as possible, not
las ! have seen done let il run along
without stopping the team until II
runs into the ground again, leaving
an unplowed strip, which makes hole
ia the field that win not be by any
subsequent work filled up satlsfactor-
liz. Land that wateris liable to stand
on should be plowed in narrow strips
running from the lowland TO the
highland, with. clean dead burrows,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18

newport hy.l JpUTIai
There's man in town whose right
leg is about an inch longer than his
left one. 1t came from his sitting SC
much with the right leg thrown over
the left, which stretched the right one
aud shortened the left. He is now
trying to stretch the left leg AID
shorten the right one by trying to
wear the left over the right, but he
cant do ii, as in less than minute
after he throws the left one over the
right, the former slides off aud the
latter crawls up on to IL again. lie
will doubtless b. a cripple for life.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18
The Next Question.

In Scotland they have narrow, open
bitches, which they call sheep-drains
A man was riding donkey one day
across a sheep pasture, but when the
animal came TO the sheep-drain he
would not go over it, So the man
rode him back q short distance,
turned him around and applied the
whip thinking, of course, that the
donkey, when going at the top Of his
speed, would jump the drain before
he knew t. But not so. When the
donkey got to the drain he stopped
al of a sudden, and the man went over
Mr.. Neddys mead. No sooner had
he touched the ground than he got
up. and. looking his beast straight in
tile face said, Vera weel pitched
but then hoo are ye going to get ever
yourselfl'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-18

This is preferred creditorship: We
fan for $500. 900 a. IS the preferred
creditor for $3.50. 900 Between A and
ourselves j. a private understanding.
Bstwpen ourselves and the other
creditors ii Is only q public under
standing.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
Will Somebody Explain.

In number of democratic precincts
in Ohio the prohibitionists have ma
Jority. HOadley has a majority OF
about u 200, and prohibitions defeated
by 10000 votes. Is the democratic
party whisky party? An esteemed
contemporary says that the result In
Ohio and Iowa should teach the re-
publicans to stop monkeying." Said
esteemed contemporary strongly 'favors
prohibition as republican measure.
Does its classic phrase mean that re-
publicans must drop prohibition ard
thereby let it go to the ''demnition bow
wows?" Such is the inevitable infer
ence. If prohibition is a principle to
our republican friends, it should be
able to stand defeat should be purified
by the burning. But if it is party
measure, then the republicans are hypo-
critics. How about it?
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
Base Ball In Boston.
Springfield Republican.

The popular interest in base ball has
not yet given way to that in politics.
This has been a marvelOusly prosperous
season, especially toward its end, and
base ball stock will be high next spring.
The Bostons had an enormous crowd at
their benefit at the south end, and
reaped substantial profit from it. Sto-
ries are told of it's members receiving
all sorts of gifts from admiring hackers.
One gentleman gave, it is said, each
player watch and a suit of clothes,
and one enthusiast presented each man
with $500 cash in accordance with a
promise made early in the season. The
receipts for admissions to the grounds,
have been huge, larger than in any other
city, and the grounds are to be enlarged.
The champions are the pets of the
town. They go to the theatre and the
audience rises en- maSse and cheers
them. Invitations are shOwered upon
them from all quarters. This is not at
all to be deprecated, for the boys
won the pennant on their merits by
sheer good playing, and it was long
uphill struggle for them. Not game
was played here in September but was
watched with keen interest by many OF
the elite, who filled the grand stand day
after day,
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
The Biggest Fall on Record.
S. S. Cox, at Newark, Ohio.

The republican party, as l said be-
fore, had an awful big fall last year.
There never was such fall in politics
since 1 can remember. 1t was not ex-
ceeded in 1910, when the wings beat
the democrats. l can only remember
one story to illustrate it. Laughter
And that is about cOlOred man over
in Virginia. He got religion, and
Joined the Baptist church, and they said
to him: Jim, we want you to give IN
your experience before you are bap-
tied And Jim got up, with the sis
tiers around him and all the brethren OF
the clutch. and said: Brethren, | will
tell you why l got 'ligiOn. Last night
l was sleepin' and had a vision, and
dreamed l saw the ladder OF Jacob let
down from hebben. 1t came right down
from de clouds, and it looked awful
beautiful, and a voice was heard say
ing: Come up de ladder, jim, climb
up de ladder, Jim, climb up and L
clum. and | clum faster, and clum up
to de clouds, and de voice came say
ing: Cline, jim, clime,' and L clum
up trough de rosy clouds, and de voice
came down saying: CLINE, jim, cline,
and clum until l could see into the
gates of hebben, where l could see the
gates of pearl and alabaster, and every
thing was radient with glory, but de
ladder was too short; and saw an an
gel standing dar at the gates, who said:
Cline. Jim, Cline and l clum until
| got to de top of de ladder, and den de
angel said: Jump, Jim, jump and
| jumped, and dis niger got de damd-
est fall dat ever any Niger got" Great
laughter and applause Gentlemen,
let's give them another fall this fall.
IA voice: ''Give them big fall."]
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
Union Pacific Not Satisfied.

The annual election of directors for
the Central Branch of the Union Pa
cific Railroad was held at AtchiSOn last
week. The Beloit decision of the Com
missiOners was severely denounced, and
it is intimated that retaliatOry meas
nres will be inaugurated, the idea be-
ing to make the law onerous and dis
Hateful to the people. The surrender,
by the Union Pacific Central, of
the Solomon Branch was but the be-
ginning of a resistance which will be
kept up.
But in fighting the law and the re-
cent decision, the Union Pacific is reck-
oning without its host. The people are
back Of the law, and they are determ-
ined to bring the railroads into some
thing like a reasonable position.
The American people, as rule, are
patient under abuse and slow to move,
but when they do move it is with an
irresistible impulse. The freight tar
iff, as reduced, is yet too high, and in
precipitating fight the railroad COM
pany is but fastening result which is
sure to come. And this result is moth
ing less than a reasonable and equita-
BILE table of freight and passenger rates.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
Board of Health Needed.

During the past two months Ohio has
developed a most miserable climate.
Prior to October the 9th our esteemed
friend, Governor-elect Hoadley, was af-
fiicted with malaria" and his republi-
can watchers and sympathizers predict
ed his death. But the above date had
scarcely disappeared behind the calen-
dar's face before Mr.. Hoadley began to
improve, and he is saved by $4,000 ma
jority. And now Mr.. Foraker is COM
planning of chills, and Mr.. Foster is
suffering from a great depression OF
spirits. There seems to be a peculiari-
ty about the Ohio climate which battles
a reliable and philosophical explanation
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
Newspaper Enterprise.

The Kansas City Times, the metro
politan daily of the entire west, gave a
surprising evidence of its great enter
prise last Thursday morning. A I'm
ion Pacific train, the Times special, ar
rived at Leavenworth at six o'clock,
Thursday morning, with 10000 copies
of the Times on board, containing full
and elaborate report of the reunion
proceedings of the day before. The
papers were on the streets before Leav-
enworth's own daily, and veterans read
the news while slipping their coffee at
breakfast. 1t was ''big SCOOP fol-
the Times, and Phineas Fogg was out
done.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
A Mistake.

1t is with a deprecating pencil that
we write the rumor which states that
Capt. Mcclure will this week announce
himself as an independent candidate for
Judge of the 9th Judicial District. Mr..
Mcclure has a reputation for honor and
ability, and he has a large number of
warm, personal friends in this county,
but we believe that he has made mis-
take in announcing himself as an indie
pendent candidate. Nor do we believe
that he was cOunSeled to this move by
the leading democrats of the county or
district. We do not personally know
Mr.. Mcclure, butreports had prejudiced
us in his favor. And because we have
a passive liking for the man, we shall
be sorry to see him take the step noted
above. Whether by permission or not,
the Capt. S name was voted ON several
times by the Convention, and it was in
the last ballot. The Convention was
oStenSibly anOn-partisan one. That it
was not conducted in the spirit of the
call, however, is familiar to all. But
its nomination should be final. If the
nomination was made in spite-it is a
good one; if it was made in malice
is good one; if it was made in anger
it is good one, and the people who
submitted to non-partisan convention,
should submit to the nominee of that
convention.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
The Seasons Event.

1t is a pleasure to the REFLECTOR to
speak few words in recommendation
of the Chapman Fair, which begins on
next Tuesday. 1t would seem that our
Catholic friends have put forth gigantic
efforts to make the Fair an unparalleled
success, and the results cannot help be-
ing abundantly gratifying. We do not
hesitate to urge our readers to attend
the Fair, because. we are sure that they
will enjoy themselves. For interesting
particulars our columns should be care
fully peruSed.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1883-10-18
M. B. Nicholson.

The EmpOria daily Republican, in a
recent issue, says that Mr.. Nicholson
lis an able and successful lawyer, and
a gentleman of strict integrity and eX-
'cellent reputation. Although demo-
'crat, Mr.. Nicholson is not a narrow
minded partisan. He has as often
voted for republicans as for democratic
candidates, especially for judicial pO-
'sitiOns, which he believes should be
'abOve partisan views. His well known
integrity and ability are assurances
that as Judge he will interpret the law
without regard to party or personal
ends The Council Grove Cosmos
further says: HE is in the prime of a
symmetrical and well-Ordered manhood,
"a ripe scholar, studious and profound
lawyer, and a gentleman in every sense
of the word"
Do our people need any further assur-
ance as to Mr.. NichOlsOn's ability?
Those who know him best are certainly
the ones to 60 to for information. The
objection that he lives at the extreme
end Of the district is not logical nor in
good taste. Morris county is in the dis
trict and deserves recognition. Might
never makes right, and it is not honor
able to say to Morris: "YOu shall not
furnish the Judge because it would be
too much trouble for us to go to you.
You are the weaker, and you must
come to u.s. ''What is sauce for the
goose, is sauce for the gander," and
the REFLECTOR will support the NOM
inee of the Convention, although there
is much fault to be found with the
motives and actions of the members of
it.