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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
A Notable Character.

An esteemed contemporary. the
Shasta (Cai) Courier. announces the
death not long since of Mr.. John r.
Ridge. for some time editor of the Mary
Vile Democrat and author Of 1.-the most
glorious poem ever written in California
that on Mount Shasta 1t is evil
dent that Mr. Ridge did not receive that
attention and appreciation during life
70 which his ability as editor and poet
entitled him. He died in Grass Valley,
and we suspect that nothing save the
grass marks his grave.
There were some facts in the career
of Mr.. Ridge that must have prevented
his becoming the ornament to society
and the light in literary circles which
several California writer's have become.
He was, in the first place, an Indian,
the son of Mai. Ridge once Chief of the
Cherokee Nation One of his earliest
memorie, is seeing deputation of the
Ross party in the nation visit his home
and deliberately murder his father,
while he (the future poeD was conceal
ed in the weeds hard by. John Ross
then became Chief of the Chcrokees.
and the boy swore vengeance on his
fathers murdercrS. As soon as he be-
came a man. therefore, he went on n
still hunt, and in the course OF time sue
ceeded in killing thirty-two opposition
Indians Young Ridge was then driven
out of the region and fled TO California,
where he began his editorial and literary
career.
Most men would have been satisfied
with the vengeance he had worked but
not SO with Ridge While publishing
his paper he heard one night that a
party of Ross Cherokees were at a town
300 miles distant, and that one of them
had boosted of participating in themur-
der OF his father He Immediately
mounted and started for the place, bent
on further vengeance. But when he
arrived the Cherokces had left and
could not be heard from anywhere. SO
he returned to his scissors, and paste
pot and poetry. But he was never en-
tirelv happy. ''IIe would sometimes
sit, his eulogist says, upon point of
rocks in the high Sierras for hours gaz-
ing down upon the valleys, the huge
pines and the trmbling canyons, drink
ing in and enjoying the beauties of ma
ture, so absorbed in thought as to hard
" move a hand or foot; yet arouse the
Indian within him, and he was man Of
steel His Indian name was yellow
Bird
There are we venture to say. few
such men in the literary line of bust
ness. Perhaps it is fortunate. If there
were many editors whose vengeance
would not be satisfied with killing thirty
two enemies the mortality in this coun-
try would be much greater than it is.
But California cannot afford to let the
Yellow Birds memory perish. Neither
can Joaquin Miller, nor Bret Harte.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31

AT Moffetts Drug Store, they are
selling a large amount of Smith,
Stearns q Co.'S mixed paints at ten
per cent. less than pure white lead
and oil can be mixed, and which
they warrant to last tcice as long.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
window shades

Nothing ever before shown here
to equal the present stock for style
and attractiveness.
u. HANscoM IL Co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31
PAST EEsE.

Having leased Mr.. Joseph Gun
dry's well-known pasture of about
goo acres and containing two living
springs, | am now ready to pasture
stock of all kinds. For information
INQUIRE of ROBERT JULIAN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-05-31

a NEW lot of dried California
plums, apricots, plums and peaches
at j. =. SPRATLER's.
ALL kinds of fish at J. A. SPRAT-
LER's.
a NEW lot of dried beef Clipped
to order at j. A. SPRATLER's.
ALL kinds of Garden Seeds at j,
A. 5pratler's.
A NEW lot of Ohio Oatmeal at j.
A. Spratler's.
A NEW lot of the choicest Teas at
all prices direct from New York,
Just received at J. A. Spratler's.
GRAHAM flour and St Louis corn
meal at J. A. Sprattler's.
NAVY and Lima Beans at J. a.
Spratler's.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
Flte Funny Men.

"What a bore jenkins isf' exclaimed
Connery; "just met him and he talked
about that COMPOUNDED horse of his fot
half an hour, and | couldn't geta word
in edgeways about my new dog"
Unfortunate little Levi: "Why SO
gloomy this morning, jacob" "Ah, my
door leetle PenjAmin Levine is teadv'
"Dead? You surprise me. How did it
happen?". "Vell, you see, my leetle
Penjamin tie vas at der synagogue to cay
his prayers, and a poy put in bis net at
der toor and CRIES: Job lotF and leetIe
Penjamin-he vas"gilt in der gr;lsh.
Life.
A practical suggestions: Said self
satisfied young man: "Really, ! don't
know What 1 shall do, with all the girls
after me; me so. A fellow can't be absolute
ly rude to them, you know, even they
do follow him up and constantly force
opportunities to propose, you know. !
reallv can't marry them all, you know,
and what can do, old boy?'' easy
enough; skip out to Utah and telegraph
for the whole gang" answered his prac-
tical friend.
Disconsolate: "You must cheer up
Remember that everything is for the
hest. You must not grieve. just re-
member that your wife is in heaven.
where there is everlasting peace" said
Reverend Miggles to Colonel Snowter
who had recently lost his wife. The
colonel shook his head and replied, sad
~: II wish l could think so. but can't
There may have been peace IN heaven
before she got there. You don't know
what eort Of q woman she was. AS soon
as she gets to q place all peace stops
then and there."-Texas Siltings.
Ina New York boudoir--"Of course
YOU was at the Vanderbilt ball?" On
YES. of course were." weren't them
people horrid?" "Just too horrid fol
anythine. never did see no such 60
mos on In our set afore, and I were or:
fufly ashamed, wasn't you?" You bet
was, but we must be charltaDie; A.
folks amt had I'D such edlcatoriol az,
vantages like we had, you Know
CHATS so. Ia, ta."
Why he made the mistake: lie came
home late the other night, and his wife
| woke up and found him with 8
burning match trying to light the colo
water tap over, the marble basin IN hls
| blessing room. "James," she said, 'tha'
is not the gas-burner." "know 1t now
nv love-" he replied, unsteadily; fact
is. Eve been overworked, and that's the
reason I made the mistake" Eyes, YOU
look as if you had been lifting a GOOD
DEAL" she answered quietly as she re-
turned to her pillow.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
81 Order it Paid"

In order to guard against fraud or er'
ror. banks enforce the rule which for
bids the payment Of check
drawn to order, unless the par
ty presenting it is known to the cashier
or teller. A few weeks ago the rule was
the occasion of an amusing scene in a
Providence bank.
An uncompromising-looking man
walked into the bank and presenter a
check 1T the cashiers counter. The
cashier, said to him, as politely as posi-
bls,- w., not oot
Chats my name thar" replied the
stranger. CURLY. Jonathan Window.
eyes, but don't know yon."
'sNo L didn't suppose You did, young
man: never was introduced 70 you:
But IL I have come from: the country:
haint goin' to be sassed by any such 1T
tie teller as you" :, 800. !,
The cashier, restraining smile q SAD
Qravely, Z on must prove your IDENTITY
sir, before can cash this check 3. !,
But, z lthis il > tone Of trlumph) ~
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
"A Long Bridge,

On Sunday, a party composed mainly
of railroad officials and contractors in
terested in the building of the New Or
leans and Northeastern railroad, took a
trip across Lake Ponchertrain for the
purpose Of examining the trestlework
How In coitrse Of .cUnstrdttioi1: Tile EN-
tire length of the tfes!leW0fk when
completed will be twenty-one and a half
miles. The distance composes thirteen
and a halt miles from Peoples avenue
Canal to the Point, five and three quar-
ter miles across the lake, and two and
four tenths miles from the north eho-e.
All Of the piling along the southern
bh9te; with the exception Of ab9iit one
mile, has been driven and this, division
will lie completed by July l. Of the pi-
ling in the lake, two and quarter miles
have been driven and mile ofthe work is
tQmbletAdi. ,:Tfs trest!e on the north
the rails are laid three miles Oil the
Pearl River. The trestlework is all con-
structed after the same plan, except
that the cross-ties are further. apart in
the approaches thaniin the bridge proper
and that the timber used on the latter il
all tteus9ted. The, description of the
bridge will answer for the othet work;
AIlS structure, Nfnctl kIODADiy VIII Ue
the longest Of tbs kind iii the United
States, will also be one OF The t,,ust sub:
stantial. Experts in railroad building
pronounce the sections already finished
the ,ittost perfect specimen of trestle
constr fiction they hays sset., The piles
average. sixty feet ii length aitd afe
driven about forty feet. III each bent
there are four piles, and the bents, are
fifteen feet apart. The caps of the piles
are twelve by fourteen inches, and the
stringers are six by sixteen inches, and
three of them on each side laid OIL edge
The ctoss:t,es Are ou1y four inches apart,
did OH them IRE b5lted strineets, which
s5s lii e''ard fails,. .Tbk ties form d Sc
cure decking to the trestlaHotk, Upon
which the wheels Of a car would run
without dan ger of leaving the bridge on
account OF the guard rails.
The trcstleWork, from beginning to
end, is one of the grandest undertakings
eonneete | with railroad building i'll the
South. Some idea Of It's magnitude may
be formed from the statement that. the
liiaHtit3 e lumbet required, outside OF
the piles, is oVef 10000 1000 feet: There
will be 8, isl bents, of foijr piles each, OK
1854 piles.-NeW Orleans Plcayilile.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
Burning Of a Vast Amount OF Oil at
Jersey City.
~ r.. 80

The works of the standard Oil company
the most extensive in this country, were
nearly destroyed by fire last Thursday
morning. One of the large tanks was struck
and exploded by lightning. The buinihs;
oil poured out ike an Angry river, and
flowed down the avenues between the rows
of enormous tanks towards the river. In a
short time the flames communicated With
simultaneously with terrific force. Fras-
ments of iron were hurled a distance of halt
a mile. The. Burning oil was scattered in all
directions. The.entire fire DEPARTMENT were
summoned but their Services were almost
useless, es Burning streams of oil poured
through the yard, firing tank otter tank on
the east side, and licking up the buildings
in its way. The storehouse, solid struc-
ture where barreled oil was kept, was at
tackled by the flames and burned. The en-
CINE house went next, and oil and water
pump houses. the sunken tank and ma
chine shop quickly followed and tho whols
easter]y side 9f the VOLTS became a seeth-
ing mass of flames. Despite the tremend-
GUS heat aud binding SMOKE the
flremen. worked valiantly in the
hopes of checking the progress of the flames,
but it appeared at one time that the east
works would be destroyed, and it vas feared
the flames would reach out and consume
other property in the neighborhood. Peo-
pie deserted their homes and moved out
their effects. II is estimated there were
10000 gallons of oil IN the tanks, and the
loss OF property will reach over 81, SOC, goo.
The following members oil. the fire depart.
pent are missing, supposed to be lost in the
flames; l., John Herbert, superintendent;
Joseph jenkins, foreman; George Davis, en-
gineer; Henry Kegler, laborer; Dick Corklin;
laborer; William Curry, boiler maker.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
The Boy on the Chain-Gang.

They were working right in front of
the hute! 4 little hamlet i'll Alabama
the chain.g nng There we're nine viii
Misunderstanding men; each wearing
shackles and having no shame rs they
looked into the faces of the strangers on
the veranda. A chain-gang is Ill every
.day sight in the South, and few people
waste sympathy upon the justly punish
ed wretches, but all of 4 sudden some
thing happened in this gang never to be
forgotten. A boy not yet II years old
came up with pail.of water, and we saw
that he belonged to the chain-gang.
Larceny had sent him to associate with
those Villains for three long years. He
looked pale ond broken down, and his
shame compelled him 10 avert his face
as lie came up. It was sad sight to see
tot Of hoy like him brought out and
dAeraded and disgtaced; and lie felt the
situation so keenly that ut the first kind
word from the platform tile tears wtlIed
up and blinded his yes.
There was a woman there. from In
diana who walked straight down to the
bow and put her hand on his head and
shed tears with him. There must have
been something i'll his look TO remind
her of some one-perhaps son at home
or one under the sod. Her heart was
full of sorrow and sympathy and her
words broke the lad down. This lasted
four or FIVE minutes, to the great aston.
jshment and annoyance of the armed
guard in charge. The lightning express
coming down the road had just whistled
and the iron rails were Quivering undei
the approaching thunder, when the
guard called out:
Come, you young thief, get back af-
The woman started back at the words,
dragging the child with her, but in an
instant he broke away, wheeled and
clasped her hand and kissed it, and
thell-what? Not hand could have
been lifted to prevent. The express was
laundering up at forty miles an hour.
not intending to make stop here, and
the lad turned from the woman whose
kind words had opened the well.spring ,
of his heart, anI at the same time horritici
him at his situation, and with one spring
he alighted in front of the locomotive
Next instant his crushed and mangled
body was flung into the roadside ditch
and he had served bis sentence. We
T! picked him up tenderly, ard the womer
| wept over him as they washed the pale
face and folded the boy-hands over the
crushed and broken breast, but the lac
was beyond the need Of earthly friends
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
John Browns Friends.

Tie London papers continue to tell
stories Of the late John Browns arro-
gance. He remembered his fellow
townslnen, and at the weddings of the
dukes OF Connausht and Albany many
of the best places in HE pave Of st.
Georges we're filled with publi,ssns an't
trades people, who were seated on the:
chairs in front, while peers and peeress~
es were standing behind. When Princess
Alice died, the .guee:, staye'! at Windsor
through the Christmas holidays, to the,
greet discomfort Of :i:e inha pitants OF
Tie "royal borough" wi'o did not like
to lose tt.eir Boxing Dav benefit by the,
closing Of the state n'*'tme s;n One th OF
subject, whereupon Brown declared
that he would speak TO the queen. ane.
surely enough, although the court was:
lin residence" the state aranm aen.s,
passed through. them, to the great dam
age of carpets and furniture.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
FAMOUssONG WRITER'S.
An Old Negro Minstrel Tells of Eos
- ter aid Melson Kneass. ~.

ter afiA Nelson Kneass. ,5.@s
Samuel s. Sanford, who; Is known, as
the father Of negro minstrelsy, "a brim.
full of recollections of Foster and other
song writer's of this country. The old
end man was met the other day by
Philadelphia reporter, who found him
lust in the mood for talking. "One
thing I've got to say Is this" said lie, as
he tilted back Ills silk hat, placed bis
thumbs III lfi6 Vest ar1nh olss-="I think
that too much is thought Of Foster. and
too little of Nelson Kneass. Why
shouldn't the author of music that sinks
into the heart of people be thought of
Just as much as the writer Of the words
to which that music is attached? Hen
ty Russell knew what he was about
when lie gave promine to the music
Of his songs and kept back the name of
the authors Of the words. ]. don't be-
2,S s liz $bgs Fs g RRtsf Ksx n
foundland Dog" his *Maniac;". hia
written by somebody else than himself.
The last mentioned was written, as you
know, by Morris, one of our good old
American sentimental writer's. 70 come
back to Foster and Nelson Kneass-by
the way, although, Nelson has been dead
these MANY years; poor fellow, his wife
{ L still ovn! si's s"' t sS;''sI iatGS
aactien 10 the public to Nelson's gener-
osity. Nelson had written lot of songs
that are now more sung Dy minstrels
than Fosters. There's Jane O. Malley,"
quartet founded on the death O: a poor
young woman who was found in the
Hudson. Ben Bolt, one Of the most
popular in the minstrel repertoire, The
lake.; Nellie Vas 4 i,ady,', 'Juniata
Johnsoh,' aid. Besf.le these; liz wrots
any number Of burles4ies or 6pefas and
sentimental songs. Away about 1886 il
used to be one of the attractions of min
strel troupes to otter prizes for conun-
drums and songs. In Pittsburg our COM
pany, in which Nelson was the musi al
director, offered a cup for the best song,
and Nelson wrote sev eral himself, be-
CAUSE he was afraid there would not be
enough sent in to make il good phblje
contest. FUstet sent illa sobg-I don't
remember now What it Was--))ut the
Judges didn't pick it out for hon0rs, bMt
pitched upon one or Nelson hneass.
Nelson went to them privately and told
them that lie had only entered in order
to make good show, and that, in his
opinion, the cup ought to be given to
Foster. This was done. Foster got the
cup, and after that plenty Of minstrel
troupes came along and asked him to
| write them songs. bought the manu-
script of three from him for $50, and it
was my company that, in the fall Of 1854
in Pittsburg, brought out Come Where
My Love Lies Dreaming .lIar1 Times,
COME Again No Ndre,' "The Old Ken;
tucky Home and, 'Glei!u5 ;Burke;' |
have the original manuscript yet. !
and l think Nelson was the better man."
Delivering this opinion with the air of q
man who was determined, to do justice ,
tie Veteran went into a long recital o.
| his experiences.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
The Three Greatest Americans

The Three Greatest Americans.
Gath: The great intellectual trio of
our history are not Clay, Calhoun and
Webster, popular though they were but
Hamilton, Marshall and Webster. These
are three immortals, Intellectually
greatest, and, judged by that standard
no other American statesman is worthy
to be placed in the same rank. Hainil-
ton, as the writer of the military cores
pondence Of Washington, of the FEEDER.
alist, of the great report ali finance, oil
many of Wasfington's state papers, in
Guiding the farewell address, proved
himself to be a statesman, constitutional
LAWYER, ard tinancier Of consummate
powers and extraordinary genius. John
Marshall, as the founder of American
Jurisprudence, earned the title of the
great chief justice, and as a jurist proved
himself 80 peer at least of Eldon, Mans
field, and Holt. Webster who sat lat the
feet of Hamilton and Marshall as rever-
ent worshipper, while lacking the leara-
ing and versatility of the former and the
legal lore and marvellous intellectual
acuteness of the latter, in a certain
meuntain-like massiveness of intellect
surpassed perhaps all modern men. II
is safe to predict that the future student
of American history will honor still
more his country's greatest statesman
greatest jurist and grandest orator.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17

Walsh with seduction. assault, and tion-
sued. sue hivipe S' alleges that It is i case
of blackmail, but the girl says he furnished
rooms over his Office and visited her regu-
larly, agreeing to Ray her $20a week. A
few days, ago he assaulted her, she says:
threatened her with an uplifted Ak and
elected her. Strong efforts are being made
to keep the affair from tho public.
Archbishop Croke of Ireland has sent a
communication to Cardinal Jacobini main
tanning that his conduct in relation to the
agitation in Ireland has been perfectly reg
ular, and that his object is not to stimulate
revolt, but to obtain for the people right
end Justice. The explanation Of the arah
bishop is not deemed satisfactory at the
Vit:csn
The prince Ct Wales formally opened q
schco. o. music at Kensington on the 7th'
Ii Ais address he announced that Sullivan.
me coml oser, and Grove, the editor and
writer mad been knighted. He also stated
that George A. McFaren, music doctor, had
neen crested knight The duke and Ouch.
ess f. Edinburgh and Gladstone were pres
ent a, She Cermenys
AStanse.nsnts Arc rapidly protecting in
ION lon o, obening the Universal fisheries
Exhibition. The American department has
o. taine: 100 additional feet space from
Denmark. A prominent feature of thu
American department will be 500 crayOn
drawings, illustrating the whole process o.
fish culture.
Lord Torrington. is known in the London
clubs as John Brown the second" because
at the funeral Of the gillie the NueSn, over
co}pe with emotion; PIT her. hand kindly
on Lord rorrtpgton's shoulder, and, to thu
Gnspeakable disgust ofthat peer observed
"You are now my oldest personal attend
ant"
NJ. Washington tsays the 5000 appro
priated by the French government for hi
attendance at the cEar's coronation Is In
sufficient to pay his expenses on that ucea
sion.
lords Woizsisy. and Aicesitieeir and Admira
eeymour will be given a lump sum of money
instead of a pension. This change of cours
is due to popular outcry against entailec
pensions.
A young nun in the Hochelaga convent
Montreal, who was anxious to be teleaset
from her VOWS, has had her prayer granted
by the pope, and has returned to her family
Cathsni Bey, the Jewish millionaire, die;
recently in Cairo, aged seeenty-thtee. ;. Hi
property i estimated at over SIS, COO, 90
He had two wives and numerous progeny
A fight has OCCURRED between the forces o
the sheer of Afghanistan and shinwarris
resulting in the defeat of the latter will
200 killed.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-17
Manners.

Manners" says Lord Chesterfield;
"should adorn knowledge and smooth
its way through tbs world" Young
men ambitious to become leaders, will
end It helpful to heed this maxim OF the
worldly wise nob!eman. Not only
knowledge but eloouence, statesman
ship, executive ability srsi, j., fact every
Gift tf.at fits Il man for psfbfic life is en-
danced wien adorned will, manners.
Not few PHhiic men whose talents
are far from being first class have at
tanned unto prominence by the exercise
of the manners which arc as attractive
in men as beauty in women. !
Henry Clay was greater statesman.
For a third of century he was the
politicsil idol Of thousands of his coun-
try1nen. To-Day there are scores OF
old men whose eyes Will glow with
pleasure as they speak the name OF the
man Hhose leadership once swayed their
political action.
Great as wetc Mr.. Clay's eloquence
and craftsmanship, they will mot &C
count wholly for such devotion. Mucls
of it must be credited to the fascination
,of address which charmed all who ap-
preached within its circle.
4 scene witnessed in the Supreme
Court of the United States illustrates the:
power ~ his wonderful! address. While
Mr.. Clay WIS speaker OF the House OF
Representatives, he argued u case before
the court in which Kentucky and Vir-'
ginia were antagonists.
While the court WAS listening to the ar
gument. Judge Washington, e man OF
aristccsatic bearing, who was noted for
never ll0l.liBg conversation upon the
bench. took OFT his .snutf-box that he
might tltillate ii5pssesf with pinch OK
snuff.
Or observing the box, Mr.. Clay stop
ped speaking, and advancing gracefully
to the hencii and with a courteous bow,
held out his hand. The box was hand
ed him, and as he tool: a pinch be re-
marked, u see that your honor sticks
to tie Scotch" and then resszmlng DIS.
stand he proceeded with his argument,
without tie least embarrassment.
II do not believe, said an eyewitness
awrre' of the barrier which then separ-
ated tjisi court and the bar, 'that there
is man in tsSe United states who could
have done thai l"st Henry Clay"
1t was The cliarin 81 the mans manner
that made the action sgs1n a graceful
episode.