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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11

sorrow on the Opequan and at Bunker
Hill and Perryville, Charleston and
Darkesville, and worst OF all at Win
chester, on September 10, 1864. Some
of our cavalry couldn't or wouldn't
amuse him, and he had to charge n
fantry every day or two to keep his
nerves quiet In my judgment he
was the cavalry man of the war, and
worth more TO the Union cause than
all the other cavalry commanders.
We learned to know him and TO know
his ways in the valley of Virginia
even know the whistle of the two in
fernal little pieces of light artillery
he had with his brigade, and we knew
then Drawer man or better soldier
never lived. | wish space allowed
me to say more of him, for feel that
this short notice does not do Justice
to the little nero. After the war
met him mere, and he made practice
OF coming down every year, His
methods in love were the same as in
war, and men and women here liked
him even before the bitter feelings
We're gone, for he was as typical a
Kentuckian as could be found. He
loved a horse, woman and mint
julep was ready for a fight or frolic,
and the fellow that called him on
four aces always found him with a
straight flush or navy pistol in his
hand He lived like a troubadour
and died like a knight Of the round
table, and SO long as heroism is a vir-
tue, and manly courage is commend
able, every American viii be proud
of his achievement Is, be he rebel or
be he Yank.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
ANDY J0HNSON'S HOME.
Description Of the Great Common.
er's Birthplace.

Greeneville is an old town situated
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad, about seventy-five
miles above Knoxville. 1t is the cap
ital of Greene county, has a popula-
ton of about fifteen hundred souls,
and is noted for the morality and in
dustry of its people
! The old town among the noun
tains' has ten churches, seven of
which is used by the white people and
three by the negroes.
The educational interests are being
carefully guarded, a graded school
having been established one year ago
under the principalship of Prof }. \.
Stubblefeld. The present session of
the school opened on the 9Th of the
present month under very encOurag-
ing circumstances.
In Greeneville, as you are aware,
the late President Andrew Johnson
| lived, as tailor, alderman, legislator
and president; and here he is buried.
The shop in which he labored, as tail
or, now stands in the eastern part of
the town. Just over the entrance to
the shop, which is small frame build
ing, and in which a colored family is
now living, is a pine board upon
which is written in letters now almost
erased by rain and storm, the follow
ing; A. Johnson, Tailor. A little
out from the western border of the
town stands the monument Of marble
which marks the resting place Of
ANDREW Johnson, President of the
United States" The shop and the
monument" present a striking con
trast to the eye of the thoughtful OBJ
server, which calls to mind the oft
illustrated truth, that in this land of
republican government and free instl-
tutions the hnmblest citizen may rise
to positions of the greatest eminence
and distinction.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
Asnaragns.
Western (NNis.l Farmer.


This wholesome vegetable should
be the most abundant and cheap of
all edible plants, and instead of being
as it now is, a novelty in most farm
ers gardens, ii should be in liberal
supply in every one, from the city
square rod to the half-acre garden of
the farmer 1t is more cheaply pro
duced, and it comes earlier than any
other. 1t is relished by most people
when nicely served, as are green peas.
and its preparation is as simple. Once
planted, it is everlasting, and we'll
fed it will give annually an increased
product. 1t may be planted in the
fall or spring, but where the planting
can be done in the fall it Will gain
almost a year over spring planting
in growth, for spring planting is gen
orally delayed until late, to prepare
the ground for the plants.
Amy good garden soil IS good
enough for this plant but TO have it
early and abundant the soil should
be dry or well drained, and plowed or
trenched to a good depth. For a small
family bed we would plant a single
row plants one loot apart, TO the
number of fifty to one hundred. For
market purposes we plant the same
distance in the row, put the rows four
feet apart, plant in shallow furrow,
ridge well and mulch with coarse
manure.
This ridge form Of growing, will
give earlier growth in spring, which
is all important for profit An an
nual coat of coarse manure applied in
the fall, as a top dressing, viii keep
up the growth and productiveness in
definitely. The old bed should be
cleansed of the present years growth
as soon as the frost has stopped
growth, and the bed dressed up for
spring as recommended before. One
to five dollars invested in an aspara-
gus bed will pay one hundred per
cent on the investment in any family
garden not fully supplied.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
Let Him BE Heard.
Nm sLreet NeMs.

Some day the senate committee on
labor will have Russell Sage before il
in the witness box, and the examina-
Will lead off with.
Lets see-ah Mr.. Sage, YOU were
the poor son of a poor farmer up in
New Hampshires'
Il was.
Had to study ycm books by the
light of a corn-cob fire."
4 did. 50
went barefooted in winter and
ragged in summer, and up to your
18th year never had 80 cents to your
Nance
Correct. sir. -
AT the age of 19you began To specu-
late You traded a So watch for $50
colt, and in course of time worked up
the colt into fifty sheep-pelts and a
brindle steer?"
Exactly, sir.
And yom are now worth mil
lionsl'
Yes, a few.
"All made by selling tinware from
a peddler's wagon, and removing
corns and warts at 10 cents "a remover
Every dollar, sir. =
That will do Mr.. Sage. You and
Mr.. Gould and the other boys have
thrown a heap of light ON this labor
question, and our gratitude is m.
bounded, y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
the Champion Drunkard of the World.

Saws an English exchange: Jane
johnson, the champion drunkard IF
the world, was brought before the
Leeds Magistrates on Monday. The
defendant, who is 81 wears of age, has
been convicted of drunkenness in
Leeds and other towns in Yorkshire
over two hundred times. Twelve
months ago Size joined the ranks Of
the Salvation Army, and caused no
small stir by the thrilling stories she
told of her remarkable career She
addressed large meetings of the Army
at Exeter Hall and other places in
London. as well as the Provinces. For
some time past She has been under the
care of Miss Booth, who, however, at
last found it impossible to overcome
her anxiety to return 10 Leeds, Last
week some members of the Salvation
Arr paid her fare to Leeds, where
She arrived on Friday night. Her ar
rival was soon noised abroad On
Saturday night, surrounded by large
crowd She began 70 raise disturb
ance. and her conduct was such that
a policeman had to lock her up. The
Bench ordered her to enter into her
own rec0gnizances and to find sure
tr to be Of good behavior for three
months "a sentence which practical
lv means that she Will have 70 spend
that period IN prison, where She says
she has sent many aappy hours.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
4 TEXAN ROMANCE.
4 German, kidnapped ON His w edding
Day. Searches Sever Years for His
Wife.
Dallas Special in New York World.

Dallas Special in New York World
\ weary and low.spirited German
named Morris Mostels, who reached
here few days ago in search of
his wife, tells an exceedingly sad
story.
Seven years ago he arrived in New
Orleans and soon afterward married
Miss Margaret Weber. The day fol-
lowing this event he was drugged,
robbed and carried aboard a German
vessel bound for Cardiff England.
The vessel was eleven months reach
ing that port He,went to the German
Consul at Cardiff, who sent for the
captain of the vessel and compelled
him to deliver Mortel to the German
authorities. He was pressed into the
army at Berlin to serve three years
and nine months AT the expiration
of three years and SIX months he de
serted and returned to New Orleans
to find that his bride had left the city
soon after his mysterious disappear
ance and gone. no one knew whittier.
He started out to search for her.
After wandering over the%the greater
part ofthe United States and Canada,
and writing hundreds ofletters, while
in San Antonio Wednesday he re-
ceived letter from her at Dallas.
She told him that she had given him
up for lost, and had married Edward
Kronan, but that she would leave
kronan and live with him. He took
the next train for this city. Here he
met with another disappointment for
Kronan a few days ago removed TO
Abilene. The indefatigable Mostels
took the train to Abilene at once, and
it is expected that there will be a
scene in Kronan's house when the
long-lost husband reaches his destiua-
ton.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
4 Negro nnde.

| have but thus far seen but three
dudes at Saratoga, writes a cores
pondent, and the greatest of these is
negro. He is still here He is as
guady as a circus wagon, and twice
as handsome. He acts as waiter at
one of the large hotels each day, but
during the large leisure of that class,
and while his fellows are playing
base ball ON South Broadway, or pitch
ing quoits ON back stree IS, he clothes
himself in all his wardrobe's glory
and promenadeS Broadway. No pains
and but little expense are spared in
his get-up. His natural color is as
brilliant as new rubber shoe His
mouth is as handsome as a cash in an
over-ripe watermelon, his necStie
the reddest red, his gloves arc white
kid, and the tops of his CATERS are
doyecolored During his triumphant
march the hackmen cease from troub-
ling and the 'busmen are at rest; the
little dogs laugh to see such sport and
the tally-ho coach guard hath no
where TO blow his horn,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
The Naphtha Burning Engine.

From the Hartford totfhht
The naphtha burning locomotive
made a trip to Saybrook and return
Yesterday that proved very satisfac
tory to the railroad officers who have
been testing it. Steam was made and
carried to a pressure Of lac pounds in
thirty-six minutes. starting with a
boiler full Of cold water The coal
burning engines require an hour and
half and sometimes more. The en-.
CINE took the $3.50 a. m train on tina
Valley Road. and made the run in
less than the schedule running time.
On the return trip there was delay
of nineteen minutes at Saybrook
Junction to wait for the trains on the
Shore Line. Of the time thus lost
fifteen minutes was made up on the
run TO Hartford, the engine making
steaE well all tho way and running
into the city with rs pounds. A slight
change has been made IN the arrange
meut for supplying the air used in the
fire-box, and the engine makes steam
much faster IN consequence.
The proportion Of naphtha used is
much smaller than has been common
liz understood. About seven-ninths OF
the effective heat isproduced from the
water gas, only the remaining two.
ninths being due to the n4phtha. The
engine is practically a water-gas en-
gine. the chief use Of the nephtha be-
ing to help in the decomposition OF
the water. In an experiment made
some time AFRO the inventor arranged
for a regular feed Of water and naph-
tina in certain proportions, and for a
uniform supply Of water to the boiler
so as to keep the conditions uniform.
For two hours the pressure remained
al 1910 pounds. The amount Of water
thrown into the retort was then in
creased, that naphtha remaining the
same, and tie pressure went up 70 lag
pounds, indicating the production and
combustion Of hydrogen from the
water IN proportion to the amount
added
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
Tho Indians.

4 Washington paper says: The
rules recently formulated by Mr..
Price, the commissioner of Indian
Affairs, for the government of In
dams has given rise to some adverse
criticism, in relation particularly to
the provisions which prohibit the
sun-dance, the scalp-dance, and plural
marriages. The Interpretation given
TO the latter rule, in some quarters,
forms the basis of tse hostile criti-
cism. and 1t is taken for granted that
it has a retroactive force. The rule
itself, however, prohibits any plural
marriage hereafter contracted and
does not propose TO abolish such rela-
tons already existing Its believed
that the dances above referred to
demoralize the young Of the tribe
and incite them TO warlike measures,
and in other respects, their influence
is preiudicial TO good order. The Gus
tom of having more than Que wife
was not so general, when the IN
dian was dependent upon the chase
for his living. but since they have
been receiving government rations
the more numerous the family the
greater the number of rations allowed.
These rules have been IN operation
since March last, and 1t IS stated at
the indian Bureau that not a single
complaint has been received from the
Indians in regard to the enforcement
Of the rules.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
Two and Third Rails Per Minute

From tbe Hausburg pa Patriot
The largest run ever made at the
Pennsylvania Steel Company Works,
Harrisburg, was that of Thursday,
and it is pretty safe to say it has never
been equaled in any part of the world
The run was of twenty-four hours, or
one day. and under the Superinten-
dency of William Hitler. During it
three turns were put to work, each
being employed for eight hours. The
first turn, known as &C John
Grove in charge, started on Wednes-
day at o'clock in the afternoon, and
quit at 10 at night. In that time 50
heats We're made and 654 rails turned
out. The "A, turn, James Bathy IN
charge, relieved the &C" men, and
continued until o'clock the next
morning. Fifty-foW heats were made
and 972 rails. The last turn, b
knownas William q. Smith, eclipsed
each of the Others by making 81
heats and ,026 rails. During the en-
tire twenty four hours t6l heats were
made and 2,952 rails turned out, il
being an average of two and one
| third rails perminute.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
Immigration.

The arrivals of immigrants at Castle
Garden, New York, during the month
of September just ended numbered 30,
500, against SO, 531 for the same month
last year--a decrease of 631. Thus far
this year 3l7, 500 immigrants have ar
rived, against 377, 049 for the same
period last year The report of the
Labor Bureau for the past month
shows that 1907 nales and 765 fe-
males have been supplied with employ
ment
The number of cabin passengers " no
arrived during the past month WAS
greater than ever known before IN one
month, the total number, including
those whJ arrived on the LIST instant,
being 11,2lS, an increase of $50 over
the same month last year, which was
an unusually heavy month in this
respect.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11

DETROIT. Oct. 5. The residence of
VIM. Dutton, a retired capitalist, at
Adrian was entered, last evening,
through a down stairs WINDOW and
eighty thousand dollars worth of
bonds and mortgages, besides small
sums of money, articles Of the family
and iewelry carried off. The safe
from which the securities were taken
was in buttons bed room, and was I'm
locked, thus affording therobbers easy
access to the plumber. The bonds were
principally United States registered
and obligations Of the cities of Monroe
and Sheridan. Mich. Measures have
been taken to prevent the robbers
realizing on the securities.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
\ krnpp Steel SHIFT

Among Interpretations of IRON and
steel made at this port last week, was
a large crucible steel shaft, which ar
rived on the steamer Main from Bre-
men, Germany. 1t was forged at
Krupp'l steel works, at Essen, Ger
many, and was sold by Messrs. Thorn
as Prosser q Son, the New York
agents of those works, to Mr.. James
Rees. of Pittsburg, for use ON the
steamboat Boaz This steamboat is a
stern wheel towboat of the type used
ON the Ohio river. The shaft is thirty
two feet seven inches long, and varies
in diameter from thirteen and one
half to thirteen and one-eghth inches.
It's weight is 1876 pounds AS spec
linen of the class OF forgings turned
out by the famous Fried Krupp it is
worthy of inspection, though II does
not rank among the largest shafts
made.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11

THE cost, Inconvenience, and diff
Guilty OF procuring a patent in Eng
land has long been a source Of dis
couragement to inventors Hitherto
the applicant has been compelled to
visit the Patent Office seven times,
and pay 1915 for three years protection
and 1875 fer protection for fourteen
years. As inventors are proverbially
poor men these expenses and annoy
ances either ruled them entirely, or
placed them at the mercy of the mon
led men who could be induced to as
sist them. An act passed at the late
session Of Parliament changes all this.
1t is somewhat similar TO the Ameri-
can patent law, permits applications
to be made by mail, and involves an
outlay not to exceed $50. a feature
of the English law IS that the merit
of a patent is not examined into, and
no invention can be rejected for want
of novelty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
The Central Pacific snow.sheds.

On the topmost height of Red
Mountain a slight prominence, that
looks no larger than a bushel basket,
can be seen, which Is a telephone sta
ton established by the Central Pacific
Railroad Company. This is a house
occupied by two watchnen, who are
on the lockout for fires in the snow
sheds. They can take IN the whole
line of snow-sheds with their natural
sight and BY the aid Of glasses. II
they observe frein or near the sheds
on any part Of the line, they immedi-
atelv notify the station at Cisco by
their telephone line, and forthwith
the information is sent by telegraph
to the railroad station at Sacramento,
and Id a minute q two the order is
sent up the line 10 Blue Canon and
the Summit. Wire ire trains are cons
stantly on duty. TO proceed 10 the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11

point where the fire is prevailing.
The fire train consists of locomo-
tive, with two tank cars filed with
water, which is thrown with hose by
a steam force pump When the fire
trains are sent out they have the road.
all other trains near the point OF
danger being stopped. The service of
these fire trains are frequently called
upon, but they are so promptin action
that they generally subdue the fges
before much damage is done. The
system is as near perfection as can
well be made, SO that any great de
struction of the sheds is now nearly
impossible.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11

Everything bearing on the subject
of heredity possesses special interest.
a writer in Popular Science News
speakingof parasitic diseases in plants,
etc. claims that 1T is a curious fact
that there is no such thing about
plants as inherited disease. Trees that
NAV have acquired disease to a very
considerable extent produce seedlings
that show no trace Of the parental de
fects. This fact, If it really be a fact,
in a measure supports the theory Prof.
X. A. Gum presented before one of
the hereditv conventions, that dis
eases are not hereditary This is il
opposition to our OVID views, but we
want facts wherever We can gather
them and are quite as ready to publish
those which assail any fayorite posi-
ton IS those which sustain rs. What
we want Is truth Let us have i
wherever we can ind it-Dr Foote s
Health Monthly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
a Wisconsin Failure.

MILWAUKEE, oct. 5.-A Fond du
Lac dispatch says Word has been
received here Of the collapse Of the
Merrill Manufacturing company,
of Merrill, Wis, Of which Col G. X.
Pier and Senator Coleman are man
ayers. Mrs Marie II. Galloway, pres
ident Of the Savings bank here OBJ
tanned a Judgment Of S25, 600 against
the company and to-day an attach
meat was issued. The liabilities are
said 10 be from SO, 900 to 500, 600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11

The rayages of the yellow fever in
some Of the Mexican cities are fright
full. AT Hermosillo |, 500 people are
down with it, and they are dying at the
rate of ten and twenty day. Half
the population has fled to the interior
Of Mexico and to Arizona, not more
than 1000 remaining behind, and
they are the class who cannot get
away. Nearly every citizen of Quay
mas has had the fever, and 400 have
died All the business houses are
closed. Twenty-three American en-
ployes Of the Sonora Limited Railway
have died. Governor Tritle, Of
Arizona, advises strict quarantine at
Tucson
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
Aimee and Her Daughters.


! wander what Aimee has done with
her two little daughters. She had them
here with her on her last visit They
were respectively five and eight years
old. and She boarded them ats school,
and afterward in a private French
family on Staten Island They were
only at the school about ten days, but
she came to see them several times,
and seemed to be very fond Of them.
a teacher in whose class they were
in, tells me that they were pretty little
things, and bright without being pre-
cious. "a more quiet-looking mother
than Mile. Aimee never visited the
school. said she. she was always
plainly, though handsomely dressed,
and there was never the slightest sign
of paint about her cheeks or black
about her eyes. She seemed just like
any other mother interested in her
children. 1t was hard for me to i'm
agine her as | had seen her on the
stage.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11
Perplexing Illness Among Children
Prom the Wheeling Cw. vs1) Register

The town Of Mount Pleasant, O., is
ia great tribulation over an epidemic
among the children, which has only
recently broken out The singular
part of it is that none of the doctors
can either name or control it, and a
few have pronounced il entirely diff
ferent from anything,they ever knew.
1t confines itself to children, and
seems to resemble scarlet fever, but
battles all remedies. Children take it
and die within forty-eight hours, and
it seems to be contagious Since it
made its appearance four have died
and fifteen are now down with the dis
ease, while one physician has declar-
ed he will not attend a case, as it is
entirely beyond his knowledge and
power. Our informant says the town
is in quite an excitement over it, and
the people are anxiously awaiting the
arrival Of physicians summoned from
other places.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-10-11

RUFUS HATCH's life for the last few
months can hardly be termed a happy
one. No sooner had he gotten rid Of
his English dudes than he came to
grsef out at Rockford, H., his old
home, through the wiles of an exceed
ly oily gentleman III the clothing line,
whose superior knowledge as to the
location of the button at a given in
slant, tricked Uncle Rufus out of a
IS bill and exposed him to the scorn of
the bystanders. After this a writer
on Mr.. Dana's paper said some
naughty things about the old gentle
mans financial dealings, and now an
adverse court and stern fate at Al
bany, n. Y, have poured salt on his
wounds, 50 to speak, and even rubbed
it in by unfolding the Western Tn
ions scheme Of consolidating with
the American Union and Atlantic &
Pacific, and throwing Uncle Rufus
and his case out Of court. Jay Gould
continues TO hold a winning hand.