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

that the ''nux vomican stop is just
lovely.
A Young colorcd man of Illinois is
sand TO have made fortune of $3.50
600 within a year. We suspect he ser
we'd a few months as porter on Pull
man palace car.
The Egyptians drank beer 1900
wears before the Christian era. But
because they started it so early is no
reason why the American people
should keep it up until o'clock in
the morning.
A Cincinnati street car company
has given each of its conductors a
present of 800 for one years faithful
services. These conductors must
have packed in the passengers with
street PAYERS hammers.
Sweet Mary Ann had musical tongue;
BY day and by night forever She s0ngue,
And oft on her notes her many friends hongue;
But one day alas she ruptured Tongue.
Her music away to the winds was soon tongue,
And in JOY her near neighbor had all the bells
rongue
mo, said the High School girl, i
don't think Miss Adolphie is very
pretty; her barbigerous upper lip de-
tracts from her beauty" And then
the rest of the girls scattered to hunt
dictionary.
Are you going to play the piccolo
to-nlght2' asked one member of the
orchestra to another. Yes Then
hope you'll piccolo note to begin
with. - The piccolo player was carried
out on a shutter
did you give Johnny the medi-
cine, Mrs. Brown2' asked the doctor
ooh, yes, doctor, replied the loving
mother; and then she added, limo
Gently, "and it don't seem to have
done him the least harm"
Miss Alice Freeman, President of
Wellesley College is described as
Slight and girlsh in figure, with a
youthful face. She is a doctor of phil
osophy.
The Crown Prince of Germany,
who is now visiting Madrid, will
probably visit Lisbon, the Portuguese
capital. and then return home by way
of France.
During the coming session of Con
gyess, Senator Don Cameron, of Pen
sylvania, who will spend the winter
in Europe, will be paired with Sen
ator Butler, of South Carolina, on all
questions of political character
The health of the Princess Of Wales
is not good. She contracted cold at
Denmark by dancing at birthday
ball Her deafness has so increased
that her companions talking to her in
a theater can be heard all over the
house.
A lawyer was summoned as a wit
tess in a certain case. The Judge,
finding that the witness was lying
badly, interrupted him, saying; Il
beg of you to forget your profession
for a moment and tell us the truth.
A New York man who had been out
of employment for several months, OBJ
tanned a job, and the next day he
killed himself while in fit of tempo
rary insanity. If you want to drive
New York man crazy set him to
work.
Foot ball has been dropped from the
curriculum of studies at Harvard, and
the students have been forbidden to
play it. The new order creates a great
deal of excitement and Indignation
but will save any number of legs.
A Girl called at a lawyers Office and
wanted salt entered for breach of
promise. Says she, He promised to
marry me four times My affections
have been blighted.o Says the polite
lawyer How much damage do you
estimates" "Well, ! was blighted
four times, and l think 500 blight
is none too much SO it was entered
up $500 damage for four blights.
"What arc you crying about2' ask
ed a kind-hearted stranger Of a lad who
was standing in front of a newspaper
office weeping as if his heart would
break. 30, dads gone upstairs to
lick the editor. well, has he come
down vet?" pursued the gentle Samar-
itan. Pieces OF him have, explain
ed the boy, indulging in a fresh out
burst Of tears, and I'm expecting the
rest every minute.
A Connecticut man claims to have
cat that eats cucumbers. This IS
something that ought TO be encoura-
ged in the cat family as much as pos
sible
I've got The thing down fine, now,
Mildred.h said Amy to the High
School girl. Don't say got it down
fine, Amy, there's dear; say 'reduc-
ed it to extreme tenuity."
What has become of Bill Jones
and the short-tailed sorrel horse"
which chased Guiteau He shot
bad enough to bepunished. But then
he scared his man which counted for
something.
EDWARD r. BUCKLAND, who visited
General Sherman house in st. Louis
Tuesday and requested the hand of
one Of his daughters in marriage, but
was driven off by the General, was
locked up Wednesday as lunatic,
having attempted to enter a school
house by force, using butchers
cleayer to batter down the door.
DR.. J. II. MACCREARY, Of Lancas-
ter, Pa, suggests that each public
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