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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Snrinp and the Heart.

Nature, 1T This season or the year, IL
full Of poetry II seems as If the very
buds would sing for JOY as they burst
from their prison-house into the full
ness of Gods free sunshine and pure
air, while the sweet birds contribute
their Offering in the rich warbliugs to
which we listen with such delight. The
soul expands with the unfolding of the
lea YES, and at this time, more than at
any other season, do we realize the alb
soluto inconvenience Of language, its
incspacity to express the deepest and
sublimeat feelings which fill the soul
even to oveih1wing. Tnen, too. do we
recognize the unlimited power and wis
dom of Him who governs and directs
the beautiful and silent unfolding. That
soul must be Impressed within a very
narrow compass which does not, by
faith, see the almighty Hand working
grsndlY and Systematically through
out the boundless universe. Even the
armament reflects the glory and ma
ie ty aud power of Divine Being.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Lost United States Bond, and Notes.

From thu New York Commercial Advertiser.
OF the $40 SIS 600 past due debt Of
the United States upon which interest
has long ceased, and which had been
presented for payment down to the
April schedule, less than one half the
amount, or 81 $40 800, consists Of the
81 per cent. bonds called in By Secre-
tary Folger since last September The
further sum Of So 943. 500 in bonds, Of
various issues, have been outstanding
from one to five years. and the remain
der $l,751 900 (part old interestbeariug
Treasury bo.es, war i.suesj from five
to ten years and over. The loss Of the
Treasury notes during and soon after
the war is not surprising, but that such
large sums OF overdue called bonds
should have been privately hoar3ss 80
many years after the interest had ceas-
ed Is not a litlls remarkable. II is
possible that many of these bonds
have been lost or misplaced or acci-
dentslly destroyed, and may never be
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Japanese WreStlers,

There are At Tomioka several small
temples, but Of only local interest.
One there is dedicated to the god of
strength, and is venerated by the
mothers of weakly children or children
suffering from sickness. OAdzuma
Sauna is the strong god. On this feast
the celebrate wrestle-s congregate
day, and contest the championship.
They are almost entirely without Goth
ing, Offering there bare bodies only to
the grasp OF their opponents. Il is a
sight that would delight the fancy
wrestlers Of the western world to
witness these chaps tug at each other
for the mastery. Az they take their
place preparatory to the trial of
strength and skill they, place them
selvs in a partially squatting position,
thsir limbs wide apart, and slap first
one leg and then the other, at the
same time raisiag the foot and leg, and
then bringing it 1.-THE foot) down again
with an energy and force that portends
determination that their feet shall
not be tripped from under them. they
then squat facing each other, and, upon
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19

Naturalists have given us much
about the uncommon freaks OF animals
and birds and their associations, and
there co mes TO us true account Of
the unsatursl behavior of q crow,
which, during the entire winter, has
foraker its feathered companions and
taken up its winter quarters with a
flock Of sheep on Lorin WIlcox's farm,
about two miles this side eff Oxford. A
great intimacy has sprung up between
the crow and the lambs, and the crow
hops about the backs OF the flock with
a deal Of familiarity. So great is tn
attachment tina. the lambs exhil
much uneasiness If his crowship is not
perched upon one Of their backs. Dur-
iBp storm or at night when the flock
il driven to the fold the bird hops upon
the back Of one OF the sheep and goes
with them into shelter, and is seen in
tue same position next morning ready
to 20 out with the flock. The bird is fat
and sleek and his plumage IL bright,
glossy and black az jet. Mr.. Wilcox
SAYS his sheep never did better than
they have this winter, and they are
perfectly free from tricks. -Noroich
telegraph.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19

at Minnesota valued at 5000. In
1850 piece of gold quartz was found
In French Ravine which weighed 26S
ounces of gold, worth $4,S93 AT
Smiths Flat, in 1856. a piece of gold
was taken from claim which was
worth $27l6, and weighed IA ounces.
At Smiths Flat in 1858, nugget was
found weighing 40 ounces and worth
y sos. AT Little Grizzly. digsings iu
1869, a nugget worth - 600 was found.
A nugget weighing nlnety-four ounces
and valued at 81 40, WAS found at the
Hope claim, four miles below the
Mountain House. AT French R,vine
IN 1860, q nugget WAS found worth
81 757 and weighing thirty4hree
ounces. At Smiths Flat, in 1861. 8
nugget was found which weighed
eighty ounces and was valued at
81 500 From 1854 to 1862 twelve
gold nuggets, ranging from thirty to
AZ ounces, were taken from the Live
Yankee claim at Forrest City. From
1856 to 1862 number of gold nuggets,
varying from thirty 10 100 ounces,
we're found in the Oregon claim at
Forest City. A specimen worth S. 600
was taken from the Oriental Golden
Gate) quartz mine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
A New statue of Eve,

Mr. John Bell, the veteran sculptor,
has just finished for Lord Truro mar
BILE statue of "Tne Hesitation of Eve,
which, We are sorry to say, is not to be
exhibited. Eve rests against the stump
OF an apple tree, around which "the
hooded worm" has twined itself she
holds the fruit in her right hand, with
the wrist pressed against her bosom, in
an attitude which is as pleasing as il is
novel. Her feet are Eighty drawn to
gether; her hair falls down her shoulders
and back like mantle. GA the hood
of the cobra deaths head is carved /;
but this Eve cannot see, as the creature
lifts itself toward her. EYES whole at,i-
tude expresses the fact that she is "shis
way and that dividing the swift mind.
The statue is one of unusual grace and
beauty, an is notable for the success
with which the sculptor has treated all
sides of the composition. There is no
view from which the lines are not COM
pact and harmonious. When we con.
slider that more than fifty years have
elapsed since Mr.. Bell first, in 1882
made bis remark in the exhibition Of
the royal academy, it is no little matter
for surprise that his hand is still as SIX ILL.,.
full and his eye as sure as they ever
were. There seems te be something in
the manly practice of sculpture which
preserves the yitality.-PaH Mall Ga
-affg
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
TWIAkLINGS

Texas expects to have population
Of 100000 in 1890
st Louis lawyers say "dirty pupevn
to each other ia court.
A boy in Vermont swallowed hand
tul OF birdshot to cure boils. The boy
died; but the effect of the dose on the
bolls is not stated.
The proposed country park in Mon
tana VIII have an area of 10 600 square
mlet nearly ten times that of the whole
Of Rooee Island.
Many Jews in Germany are in favor
OF adopting the Christian Sabbath, ow-
ing to the ipconven encs in business
matters under ;he present system.
Glass shingles are now being manu-
tao.ured at Pittsburg, Pa, which are
SAID to be more durable and impe1-
vious to rain than slate or any other
material.
Emperor William has ordered four
special comm emorative performances
IN honor of Wagner at the royal thea
res of Berlin, Hanover. C.ssel and
" Ell, baden.
A man who visited the Signal Ser
vice Department while in Washington
says 1t reminded him of social party.
All the people were talking about the
weather.
A factory for making Internal machin-
es 10 thought to exist near Cork, Ireland
several new TASKS having been discov-
cred in the possession of N party of
tourists.
For studying the new arrears law"
William Nj. Evars charges the City of
Brooklyn $1,000. NJ i. Evsrts will eoub.-
Iess be added TO the Star route prose
cution at once.
spain produced in 1881 90,672 tons Of
lead, BAYS tons of copper,.7 .U32 tons of
spelter, an increase of nearly three
fourihs over 1880, and 1872 tons of
quicksilver.
An Illinois man with shot gun
wounded five oy-tnieves in his melon
patch, and the youngsters have since
been fined So each, Illinois will eventu-
ally raise melons.
Mr.. John II. Bryant, the last surviy-
ing brother OF the poet Bryant, is re-
covering from mis- recent fall, and hop
es 10 live to celebrate his golden wed.
ding in the summer.
The State House bel in Philadelphia
Is the twenty first in the list OF large
bells, weighing $4,000 pounds. Tue
biggest IN the world, ut Moscow, weighs
44S 772 pounds.
Colonel n. D. Preston and dozen
old Army officers Of Bradford, Pa,
have gone to Virginia to make n tour
OF the battleiielas. They will start from
Washington on horseback.
Fra cis Murphy sou, Thoma Edward
Murphy, has beco ne temp, tnce ora
tor and worker He is with bis father
10 England, and is winning fame in the
same way.
There are still TO be seen on the door
of the Chapel of the Pyx, at Westmin-
ster Abby, traces of the skin of msl 2
factor who wac hayod alive for trying
TO rob the Kings treasury.
During the sessions of Congress il ia
said that the five-cent cigars at the Con-
gresslonal restaurants are bought by
the members, while ten and fifteen
cent cigars are taken by the committee
clerks and other subordinates.
An Indiana State Senator writes to an
lndiauapo is paper that during the re-
cent sess Oh, on enc occasion, one third
of the Senate were too drunk 10 under
stand what was going on, and an add
IjoHinme wa found necessary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
A Pszzled student.

A student of the University of Yer
mont, ia somewhat perplexed aggrava-
ton, writes; biennial means once in
two years, tri-ennisl means once in
three years, bi-weekly means once in
two weeks; therefore, tri- weekly ought,
etymologically and in the name OF
common sense, to mean once in three
weeks. 1t ought to, but it doesn't, in
common psrlance, and l suppose that
is enough to forbid its ever being used
in its legitimate sense. The word is
not given at all in the older dictionar-
les, and the question might be raised
as TO whether it has even yet acquired
a fixed mesning"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
An Historical March Snow storm.

bDFAAH JuuIudls
The 31st day of March, 1899 is, re-
membered by many old people as the
day when most terrific snow-etorm
prevailed throughout New England, the
storm being especially severe in this
locality. On the day preceding the
weather was so warm that the people
sat at open windows. There was sud
den change in the temperature during
the night, and the next day the moot
intense cold prevailed, accompanied by
the heaviest fall of snow that had been
known for years. DR.. Thomson, a well.
known physician of Charleston at that
time, IN order to go from the foot of
Green street TO High street, very short
distance, was obliged to go Oh horse.
back, the horse with great difficulty
and danger stumbling through the
drifts. A dressmaker who was at work
ri house on Charlestown Neck, start
ed early in the afternoon TO walk
through Main street to her home on
Bow street, lost her way in the drifts
near Guilds tanneries, and would have
perished from cold and exhaustion if q
man coming along most opportunity
had not extucated her from her
perilous position. A C1arlest IN
boy of twelve years had start
ed out the day before to drive
q COW TO Stow, was overt2ken by the
storm and obliged to stay three days at
a tavern in Sudbery until the roads
could be broken out 80 that he could
return home.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Mistakes in Newspapers.

The Poughkeepsie Eagle in an arti.
Gle on "How Mistakes Happen in
Newspapers, figures up the number
of type used in newspaper the sizo
Of The Eagle at 100000; that is, the
actual number of bits OF metal ar
ranged for each newspaper in prepar-
ing a newspaper of that size for the
press. We suppose few people think
of the printing trade as one of the
most exact and particular handicrafts,
but il Is. In making type, variations
that might be allowed in the finest ma
chintry, would render type useless. 1t
is very rarely that type furnished by
two separate foundries can be used TO
gether without great deal Of trouble,
even though they should try TO make
ii after the standard. We read once in
a while of a wonderful piece Of cabioet
or mosaic work containing 10, 20 or
80 coo pieces, the maker of which has
spent months or even years OF labor in
producing it; and the people go 20 see
il rs a curiosity. Bat the more elabor-
ate and carefully fitted piece of work
Of this kind ever made, does not com
pare for minuteness of detail, and &C.
curscY Of fitting, with that which the
printer does every day. The man who
does the first is looked upon as mar
vel Of skill, and il 100 OF his pieces are
put in wrong side up or turned around
it is not noticed in the general effect;
but il printer, in fitting ten times as
many pieces together in single day,
puts one the wrong way, everybody
sees it and is amazed at the stupid
carelessness of those printers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19

q signal, spring upon one another as
they rise, catching such hold as they
are able. Such wrestling never came
under our observation elsewhere. The
style is peculiar to Japan, and appears
to be more demonstration of power
than skill, as they make heavy work Of
it, sweating aud steaming as men only
do when putting forth their utmost
strength. Some aesvy falls are sustain
ed, which it can hardly be seen how
the thing is accomplished.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Big told Nuggets.
sierra G unty Cd Ttiba1e.

On the 18Th OF August, 1880, large
piece of gold was taken from the Mon
umetal quartz mine, Sierra Buttes,
which weighed 500 ounces troy, the
valve Of which WAS estimated at from
81, 900 to $50 600. The nugget vas
sold to n. B. Woodward, OF San Fran
cisco, for $21 500 81. It was taken
from a depth Of 200 feet. Later it was
shipped to London and worked there.
It yielded $40 900. In 1856 nugget
was found at French RAvine that
weighed 532 ounces and was worth
$4,000. II contained considerable
quailz, which is not calculated in it,
weight. In 1851 at French Ravlne. =
nugget was fodnd which weighed 426
ounces and was valued at 5000. A
nugget il reported to have been found
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
A Lighthouse Keeper,s Life.

The keepers OF the lighthouses lead,
as rule, very monotonous lives. Their
duties are to see that the lights are
carefully trimmed and cleaned every
day, and to repeat this operation rs
many times during the day as the case
may require. In stormy weather the
lights must be trimmed more frequent
ly than in fiEe weather. Some OF the
smaller lights have but one keeper
each. He is expected TO sit up till II
o'clock at night, in which case, if the
weather is good and the light is work
ing properly, he ia allowed to lie down
for three or four hours rest. After ex-
aiming the light at about o'clo * IN
the morning he must be up and exiin-
guish the light. AT 10 o'clock he is
expec'ed to begin cleaning up the light
and putting things in order for the en-
suing night. In some of the large
lighthouses four keepers are employ
ed. When there is more than one
keeper the men divide into watches,
and at least one of them is always on
duly during the night. When the
light house is on some reef, surrounded
by deep water, the lonely keepers are
often worried with fancy that the
foundations are crumbIing beneath
them. This is more apt to be the
case during the prevalence of heavy
storm, when the furious gusts of wind
make the tower seem to rock on its
foundations. The men can occasional
ly obtain few days leave of absence.
rhe keepers are paid in proportion to
the importance OF their lights and the
amount of labor required. Their wages
range from S25 per month upward, and
they are alse supplied with food.-NetO
York Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
In Love with Edwin Booth.
From the zoe York star.

Speaking Of the prosecutions of ac-
tors reminds me Of a very pretty story
regarding Edwin Booth. 1T was while
he WAS playing at the Winter Garden
that yong miss in her teens fell des.
perately in love with him. She was
the only daughter Of wealthy parents,
and night after night she would make
some excuse 10 leave home and 90 to
the theatre. She deluged Booth with
love letters, apd finally he wrote to her
telling her to meet him at the stage
door at the end of the performance on
a certain evening. She was there &C
cording TO appointment. Booth handed
her into his carriage and gave some
whispered instructions to the driver
The horses were driven rapidly and IN
a few moments the young glrl found
herself in front OF her own home. The
carriage stopped and Booth assisted
ner 10 &light. Taking her arm in his
ne walked With her up the stoop ard
rang the bell. IL was late and the girls
father, who had become very anxious
about her whereabouts, opened the
door. When he saw her in the com
pany Of the actor, he started back in
mir. -, said Booth very quietly,
~ nave brought your daughter nome.
She has been very foolish, but she has
uromised never 10 be 30 again, and 1
would advise you to take better care Of
her" With these words he turned and
lsft. That young girl 10 happy wife
and mother nov, Du1 she nevtr tires VI
telling the lesson ehe received from the
great actor.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-10-03
Definition of Settlement.

The Secretary of the Interior has re-
Gently given the following definition of
the word settlement as used i'll the
pre- emption act:
Residing is not necessary for q pre-
emption settlement. A settler Is one
who does some act on the land indica-
tive of an intention to claim benefits of
the law. Although the erection OF a
house and residence thereon may mani
fest such parpose in connection with
other acts, yet there may be valid set
Element without residence To fell
trees, to pillow or fence the land, on lay
the foundation for house. or to do any
other act which manifests the purpose
to convert the land into a home will, if
followed by a residence, give the party q
pre- emption right which dates back to
the first act No definite time within
which residence shall commence is fixed
by law. 1t must, however, be within
such time as to manifest purpose to
comply with the requirements Of the
law, and to retain and not abandon the
tract. In such case is right will not be
forfeited
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-10-03
A Terrible Death.

Sunday night, shortly after eleven
o'clock, James M. Bacon, miner en-
ployed in the Bullin mine, met with
horrible death. He had just gone to
work, and was busy with an uplift from
one level to another He stopped mo-
ment to rest, and was looking up, when
q mass of rock from above, without any
warning, fell directly upon him. A
comrade, near by, heard the noise of
the caving earth, and the voice of poor
Bacon exclaiming, in stifed way, two
or three times, so, Godw Then moth
ing couldsbe heard for short time but
the labored breathing and dying gasps
of the unfortunate man. 1t seems that
he died from suffocation rather than the
weight of the rock upon him. Every eff
fort was made to rescue him, but in vain.
His face was suffused with blood, on be-
ing taken out, which is an evidence of
shffocation.
Mr.. Bacon was not member of the
Miners Union, but had some time be-
fore presented his application, which
was not acted upon at the time Of his
death. He leaves a wife and two or
three children. The funeral services
will take place at one o'clock this after
noon in Bullion.
The Salt Lake papers are requested to
notice Nh. Bacons death, as he rel
atives and many friends in that city
News Miner
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-10-03
Sensible Girls.

A number of Maine girls have formed
protective union and adopted series
Of resolutions for their government.
The following extract from the constitu-
ton and bylaws gives a very fair idea
Of the nature, aims ami objects of the
society:
fSThat we receive the attention of no
self styled young. gentleman who has
not learned some business or engaged
i'll some steady employment; for it is APP
pretended that after the bird is caught
it may starve in the cage. That We Will
promise marriage to no young man who
is in the habit Of tipping, for we are as
sured that his children will come to
want. That we will marry no young
man if he is not a patron of his neigh
borhood's newspaper, for it is not only
n strong evidence OF his want of intel
ligence, but that he will prove too stingy
to provide for family, to educate his
children, or encourage institutions of
learning in his community :
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-10-03

In paper lately read before the Irish
Academy OF Sciences, some very inter-
esting facts were given regard to the va
rious materials used as full, with some of
which or readers are probably not IA
miliar. Fossil resin, which has the APP
pearance of yellow amber, is obtained
from auriferous alluvium OF New Ora
NADIA Egyptian asphalt leaves, after be-
ing burned, red ash, which is oxide of
iron. Judea pitch is found floating in
the Dead Sea. Samples OF pitch from
China are obtained from bore holes
which the Chinese put down for the
purpose of finding salt. These holes,
which are usually three hundred fathoms
deep and three quarters Of an inch in
diameter and bored with wire rope,
and the salt water is raised with bam-
boo rod with valve at the bottom.
When the bore hole is put down to q
still greater depth considerable guam
tity of infammable matter in the shape
of gas issues from it, and the gas is util-
lied in lighting up the works and also
for firing the steam boiler, the Chinese
being as practiced in this and wide
awake in this as in many other things.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-10-03
Last Trip.

Nick Johnson's train unpacked at Bay
horse Tuesday its fifth load of ore from
the Mountain King mine, Sheep Noun
tain district, which makes in all 10000
pounds shipped this season. This is
tho last trip, and the train loaded at o..
E. Penwell's with hay for Bayhorse,
from which point they will go direct to
Boise City and go into winter quarters
Mr.. Johson purchased one-eighth of the
above named mine some three weeks
ago for two thousand dollars, and seems
pleased with his bargain. There are
about one hundred tons of ore on the
dnmp, and, as near as can be calculated,
the same amount in sight in the mine.
This ore, that is the first class, has a
value not far from two hundred dollars
per ton in silver and lead. Challis
Messenger.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-10-03
4 Car Load.

Nominally a carload is 10000 pounds.
It is also seventy barrels Of salt; seventy
Of lime; ninety of flour; sixty of whisky;
200 sacks Of -four; six cords soft wood;
eighteen or twenty head of cattle; fifty
or sixty head Of hogs; ninety or one
hundred head of sheep; nine thousand
feet of solid boards; seventeen thousand
feet of siding; thirteen thousand feet of
flooring; forty thousand shingles; one
half less of green lumber, and one-tenth
less Of joint scantling and other large
timpers; three hundred and forty bush
els of wheat; four hundred of barley;
four hundred of corn, six hundred and
eighty Of oats, three hundred of flax
seed, three hundred aud sixty-six of
apples, three hundred and forty Of Irish
potatoes, eight hundred of sweet pota-
toes and one thousand bushels Of bran.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-10-03

Married. At the residence of the
brides parents, in Boise City, septem-
Der Esd, 1853, by Judge I. ). Curtis, Mr..
Jafe Thurman and Miss Ollie Lindsey.
This happy young couple have grown
to manhood and womanhood in Idaho,
the fair bride having been born in this
city. May their future be filled with
happiness as it is now with promise.
Linseed oil, $3.50 per gallon, at
Wright's drug store. June 10