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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19

heart beat fast with joy. Such was
the guileless simplicity Of this un-
tutored child of n, .urel The elaborate
blanket above meniisned is the result
of ka-Ke Kos determination, and It
Is q lovely piece of work, composed
of the brightest colors and woven
with consummate skill. Accompany
ing the gift came letter written in
the Navajo tlar guage upon cactusleaf
parchment. This note is addressed to
Colonel Watson "the hawk-eyed and
silver-voiced psleface of the plains by
the hills" and it sbounds throughout
with the quaint metaphor, wild hyper
boleand strange extravagances of
ABORIGINAL literature. Colonel Watson
is of course highly pleased with the
present, and Will address letter of
thanks to the Princess, accompany
ing it with apackage Of pampum.
some chewing tobacco and other lux
uries priced by the unfettered daugh-
tiers of the red man.-Denver Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
What is a "Dudev?

According to the Now Y ork Evening
Post, q dude is young man not to ex
coed % years of age, dressed in clothes
which are fashionable without being
ostentatious, with very tight trousers,
a clerical collar encircling his neck,
wearing tall, black hat, pointed shoes,
and carrying cane, generally with q
silver handle, under his arm at an
acute angle. The hair is parted in
the middle, and worn in "bangs."
His conversation is implied rather
than expressed, for extreme sedat, ess
and absence Of levity are indespensa-
BILE to being dude He never laughs
aloud or looks gay, as a high. spirited,
hilarious dude would be a contradic-
ton of terms. The mission of the
dude seems to be to crush the cad,
his meekness, silence and refinement
being so much the antlpodes of the
Distinguishing traits of the cad that the
latter is, metsphorically speaking, cast
into outer darkness by the new reguls-
trs OF the frivJlities OF the world.
The dude has one crowning virtue, he
loathes and condemns the "masher."
Let us encourage the dude.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
The star Route Trial.
NEARING THE END.

WASHINGTON, April 12.-It is very
probable that the star-route case
will be given to the jury by the end of
acx. week, as the defense closed to-day
a few minutes before the hour of adj
journment. The last witness called by
Bob Ingersoll Tor his side was a man
named Butts, hut his testimony was
thrown out, which made Ingersoll
blurt out, Well, speaking for Stephen
w. and John w. Dorsey, / am done"
Mr.. Henkle rose to make similar an
nouncement ia behalf of Vale and
Miner, and Jerry Wilson followed suit
for Brady. The question was asked
what was to become of Rerdell.
"Oh, don't trouble yourselves, gen.
tlemen," replied Mr.. Merrick,
" Rsrdell has pleaded guilty." Tho
CLOSE of the defense was unexpected
by the government, and as Mr.. Bliss
expressed it, very suggestive of Sam
Wellers famous valentine. 1t was be-
lieved that the last witnesa in behalf of
the conspirators would be Bosier, the
Pennsylvania capitalist, but, although
he was conspicuous about the city hall
for several days, he was not wanted.
Rebutting testimony by the govern
ment will be the next thing in or9er,
and the special attorneys said this af-
ternoon that it was probable that some
Of their witnesses would not put in an
appearance before Monday, but all
possible dispatch wosld be used.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Peter Cooper.

That eminent millionaire and philan-
thropist of New York, Peter Cooper, is
noted for his plain manners and unas-
more "style" than this old merchant,
whose daily income exceeds the young
mans yearly salary. A correspondent
of the Rochester Democrat gives sever
al "reminiscences of the old gentleman,
which indicate that his quiet ways sx-
press his character:
Forty years ago, when the present
philsnthropist was merely business
man, l used to see the sign upon the
warehouse in Burling Sip, "Peter
Cooper-Glue and Iron Wire"
How little did | then imagine the
distinction this name would hold both
in enterprise and benevolence. The
office was very small, and everything
had quiet look, for it was in fact
merely place for taking orders which
were served from the factories.
The quiet, methodical man who sat
at the chief desk might have been
taken by stranger for retired me-
chanic who had become clerk. He
spoke in a calm and suboued tone. and
resembled one of the more favored
members of the working class.
Such indeed he WAS, and in that light
he has always viewed himself, and
hence he now stands before the public
as one of the most wonderful mechan-
les in the worlds history.
Next door to Cooper, and under the
same roof, was seen the plain and un-
pretending sign, "Cyrus w. Field,
Rags" Here tall young man, with q
Yankee accent, purchased paper stock
for the New England mills, and here
the chifioniers and rag pickers found q
market for their gathering.
Under such circumstances Field and
Cooper became acquainted, and eventu-
ally they united in the cable enter
prise
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Had Thrown Out Hints.

When a Vermont father found out
that his son John had been sparkling a
certain farmers daughter for year
without settling any question, he took
the boy out behlI d the barn and said
to him:
"John, do you love Susan Tinker ?"
IL guess do, dad
"And does she love your
"Thats what dunno, and I'm 'iraid
to ask her.
"Well, you'd better throw out few
hints tonight and find out. It's no
use wearing cut boot leather unless
you're going 10 marry her"
That night at ten O'Clock John came
home a wreck. His face was all
scratched up, his ear was bleeding, his
hat gone and his back vas covered
with mud.
"Johnl Johnl what on airth is the
matter p exclaimed the old man, lay
ing down his paper.
BIN ever to Tinkers," was the re-
ply.
"And-and-"
"And threw out a few hints to SUI
san"
"What kind o. hints p
"Why, | told her I'd been hoofing il
two miles four nights out of week for
the last year TO sot up with her while
she chawed gum sung through hei
nose. and now reckoned it was time
for her to brush her teeth and darn up
her stockings, cure the bile on her
chin and let the old folks know that
we're engaged"
"And her father bounced your"
"No, dad, no, that's where I'm con-
soled. It took the whole gasted fami.
ly, including Susan, two hired men
ana three dogs, and then wasn't
more'n half licked; | guess we moved
on 'em too soon, dad guess it wasn'I
quite time to throw out hints"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19

garden, and whether housekeeper, wri-
ter or artist, she needs daily houls OF
florists work to take her into the open
air, and give her the refreshment of the
bloom aud scent of plants. There is so
! little about florists w.rk that Is hard on
the strength, and so much that is CHEEKY
and inspiring that it would be, if known,
the favorite pursuit Of women. The
reason why so few attempt 1t is, be-
cause, like most desir able work, il
needs training and insight, and the girl
who feels perfectly competent to write
| for a newspaper or take charge OF
fifty children, would not know how to
start pot plant or rid rose bush OF
red spiders.
IF you have delicate girl Of fourteen
whose health you Wish to establish, buy
her dCzsn plants, and two or three
books, give her bay window in the
sunshine and a garden border to be-
gin with aud let her learn step by
step, how to raise plants. Let her go
afternoons twice week to the nearest
florists greenhouse and learn the pro-
cess by actually helping to put cut lngs
mix earth and remove plants. You
mad better pay for florists lessons than
TOR doctors bills or German classes, If
you ~ant to do her good. By the time
she is old enough to take primary
school at 5000 year, she will know
how to manage a greenhouse and gar
den, which will give her in few years
more than any teacher makes. B ter
sell the lilies and carnations raised
from her own garden than the roses
from her cheeks, in wasting toll or love
less marriage.
The constant care, the minute super
vision, the gentle, cesseless eff )rts
called for by greenhouse or garden
are good training fol character, and
the florist who reads French and BEL
gian journals, corresponds with foreign
cultivators, and studies earth aud air
for the processes of horticulture, ranks
any profession alive. By the memoir
les of John Bertram Eyely, of the
"Sylya," S Thomas More, who loved
his garden more dearly than the royal
palace, and by such names in our own
time as Downing and Arnold and Dr.
John A. Warder, and that genle, alert
and studious president OF the Pomo-
logical SJciety, Marshall P. Wilder,
florists and horticulturists should
learn to revere their calling as the first
and finest of all in the world.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
LATER.
Shocking Tragedy.

DUBUQUE, April lS.-Charles Smith,
a well-to-do farmer living four miles
north of E4rIville, Ia, went to his barn
this morning, where bis two sons were
engaged st work and killed them with
an axe; then returning to his house
with the same weapon he killed his
wife as she stood by the stove
preparing breakfast. He then at
tempted to slay his TIVE daughters,
only remaining members of the family,
but they succeeded ing reaching 8
neighbours house safely and gave the
alarm. When they returned 1t was
found that Smith had killed himself by
cutting his throat with butcher knife.
These meagre details are only known,
and no cause is assigned for the deed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
A State Tresurer's Conquest OF An In
dian Girl.

State Treasurer Watson, of Colorado,
has been presented with beautiful
Indian blanket, which Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Meyer brought up from San
Luis. There is touching bit Of
romance connected with this exquisite
work of art. Last Fall, while Colonel
Watson was making a canvass of the
State, he had occasion to deliver
several speeches in Costilla county.
One o his most eloquent address ess was
made in San Luis before large, in
telllgent and fashionable audience,
composed of Mexicans, Indians ami
Americans. Among those present
WAS TIE beautiful Navajo princess,
Ka Ke Ko, which beiag interpreted
means White Heller with red Spots.
This fair daughter of the forest was
deeply impressed by Colonel Walson's
fine appearance, his handsome face,
manly voice, and eloquent words,
and subse quently seeking m introduc
ton she was delighted to observe that
at parting be squeezed her tiny hand.
At once she determined to present
him with some token of her admira-
ton, not knowing he vas man OF
family, and fondly imagining, forsooth,
that her thoughtful courtesy might
lead to consequences that made ner
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Women Florists.
From YickF Magazine.

FROM Nlch Magdalnes
Every other woman one meets is
anxious to make money, and vet
women cOntrive toavoid the most con-
genial profitable and healthful occu.
patton of all, raising fruits and flowers.
Young women, destitute of glove and
dress money, report dull sermons for
the papers at fifty cents a column, run
round IN snow and wet TO the fashion
openings Of superciious milliners, or
so shaobygenteel to ricl WON MS
parties, who treat them with the polite
ness of waiting maids, earning ess
than the average school teacher, nd
being Of less consideration in The
world than the compositor who cts
their type.
The end Of their ambition is to teach
in ii-yeutilated buildings, where they
grow old and sharp with the worry OF
children and the exsctions OF school
boards and partial parents, when they
might be independent and bhssfu az
Eve, living, like her, in garden, and
gaining strength, stamina and freshness
from the elixir OF sun and sweet air
and roses as the years go by. The ideal
life for woman lies between house snd
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
W0rkman's War.
A rRAogDY AT SPRINGFIELD.

Il
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April ia serious
trouble has grown out of the rolling
mill strike in this city, resulting in the
death OF several men. About four
hundred union men joined the strike,
and were on their oars. The rolling
mill company have been supplied by
union men. This resulted in
bad blood, and eliminated in serious
outbreak to-day. The members of the
Amalgamsted Association seem to be
GETTING DESPERATE.
Assaults on the men who have taken
the place of the strikers are OF daily
occurrence, and several of them have
been badly beaten. To-day a party of
two or three left the mill for walk
into the country. They were followed
by a gang Of the strikers, and when
about two miles distant were
BEATEN AND THROWN OFF
Of bridge. Two of the number have
not returned; and they are said to be
very seriously Injured. Two or three
physicians left the mill tonight to at
tend to them, but became alarmed and
returned before reaching the spot.
THE GROWING INFAMY
in the series of outrases that has been
heaped upon the workingmen was per-
petrated tonight. ) 3arty of them
were leaving the mill about 7 80 o'clock.
Soon after getting outside of the enclo-
sure gang Of the strikers opened fire
upon them with
RIFLES, sHoTGUNs AND PISTOLS.
1t is said that scarcely less than fifty
shots we're fired. John Waldron, q
young man recently arrived from Pitts
burg, fell dead in his tracks, and 1t after
ward appeared that thirty-four buck
shot entered his side, breast, throat
and face. Brainsrd Mulkurn, Scotch
man, was shot in the chest and the
arm. His wounds are serious, bat it is
thought he will survive. Sam Britton
received slight wound on the lip.
Great excitement prevails.
NO ARRESTS
have rs yet been made, and the muir
deIers are unknown, as they fred from
ambush. The workingmen are uu-
awed, and express determination to
run the mill.
LATER.
SPRNGDALE, ILL.,, April 13,-There
has been no trouble at tbs rolling
mills since that of last night, reported
in former dispatches. The men re-
main firm in their determination to
remain at their posts, and many think
the assault of last night will have an
effect directly contrary to waere it
was anticipated. The firing party
has not as yet been identified and no
arrests have been made. Mulkern,
the most seriously injured man of the
several who were wounded last night,
is alive and will prob bly, recover.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
FANNY DnrsCoLLs LAST POEM.

The gray waves sarge between noe apd the shore
Ofmy I'D world: ihrougA heavy falling tears
I see tie land slip from N eyermo'e-
The laLd Of sunny years.
Oh summer sliesi so tlua, and bright and fair,
oh va. de- song haunted drowsJ plashng str cd ms
Oh land where Love held roses, red and rare
Oh land Of happy dreams
Farewell. o dear Ola world 10 more nv feet
Shall tftsd Thy paths 10 sunshine or IN ram
Who leaves thy golden shores, SO safe 50 sweet,
May not return again.
d strange new world near so fwiftly now
What harbor dss' thou Offer me and mine
A hungry bay with q e Of frOwnIng broEl
OF isles divinel
/ u ep my level eyes aero's the waste
OF heavi waters vita a nea-s grown calm;
IL 81 hfe's riteous sscridce aud haste
Love holds a balm
o dear lost love, new love, yt. TOO strange
For lawful kiss walk With me wrath aud form
Sons whore NAV define in this sal change
Stars in The storm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-19
Made Them Even

ARRESTED for carrying pistol. was
he?' asked a magistrate of an officer,
referring to gentleman who had just
been arraigned. "Lets see the pistol. "
The weapon was produced and handed
to the judge, who examined it and
asked.
where did you get i,?"
Bought it at hardware store.
"What did it cost?'
Fifteen dollars"
Fine implement How'll you
swap and the Judge drew out apistol
and handed il to the prisoner.
Take $40 to boot 3"
"All right. I'll fine you $40. That
makes US even"
Now tell me candidly are you
guilty?" asked a lawyer of his client.
why, do you suppose I'D be fool
enough to hire you if was Innocent"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-01
FOREST FIRES.
Mount Desert. Me-, TerroriZed by a Fire
which Swept Over Green Mountrin-
Fires still Raging I'm the yicinity-A
Large Tract Burned Near Milford Mass.

BAR HARBoR, Me-, August 23.-A
burning mountain has been the admira-
ton and the terror of the people of
Mount Desert since Tuesday. The
whole southern half of the island has
been completely enveloped in smoke,
which hangs like a dense fog over Bar
Harbor and vicinity. At II o'clock
Tuesday forenoon flames suddenly broke
out Oh the side of Green Mountain near
by the railroad leading to
the summit. The fire spread
with startling rapidity, and soon the
whole mountain side was a sea of roar
ing fame The top of the mountain was
entirely obscured by the dense clouds
of rolling smoke, and from the village it
looked as though the new Mountain
House and the steep trestlework railway
which has just been completed
we're doomed to sure destruc-
ton. At 10 o'clock another fire
broke suddenly ont in the gorge on the
mountain-side, and from there quickly
spread up the northern face of the
mountain. All night long the roaring
flames were eagerly wat ehed by the peo-
pie of the island, who feared that they
ulSul epI6du uOWu lu0 mOuutdlu anu
destroy the village at its foot. All night
long a gang of men. with buckets of
water, strenuously resisted the advance
of the flames toward the destruction
OF the trestle- work, ties, and
the Mountain House; and now, although
the ffe IS still raging, there is no fur
ther immediate danger, unless the wind
should change. The first fire caught
from a locomotive spark, and the second
fire IN the gorge was probably caused
by some picnickers' carelessness. Be-
sides the fires on Green Mountain, the
Eagle, the Lake, the Beech, Western
and Dog Mountain fires are still raging,
and several had broken out on the ad-
joining mainland.
MILFORD, Mass, August 23.-A fire
iu the woods south Of Milford burned
over hundred acres. Dwellings aienow
threatened. The drouth has been very
serious ir this section.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-01

CHICAGO, August 22.-The reading of
the report of the committee appointed
to investigate the charges of adulterat-
ing lard made against the Fowler Bros.
on the floor on change this morning,
verified the statement made in these
dispatches last night. The particular
charge against the firm of rendering a
quantity of adulterated lard to Nc
Geoch, Everingham & Co., was not ver-
flied, and the committee exonerated
the firm on that point. The
report proceeds, however, and takes
the stand that Fowler Bros.
deserve unqualified disapproval and
censure for the methods they have OBJ
served IL manufacturing ''prime steam
lard. Tie employment of secret pipes
and other appliances, the report de-
clareg, lays the firm open to suspicion
of using cotton seed oil and other con-
traband articles in making lard and
unless the opportunity for even this
suspicion is removed the board of trade
should be relieved from all responsibility
in the matter. The report con-
ciudes by expressing qualification
at the results obtained by the
investigation and declares that as a
result of,tbe scientific research provoked
by the trial the detection of impurities
in lard by the employment of the micro
scope can be easily accomplished and
that the placing OF an impure arGicle
upon the market could be made practi-
cally impossible If proper inspection
takes ploca
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-01
An Act of HerOism.

Leomlnster, Mass, telegram to the
Boston Globe says: An act of heroism
to which these parts are strangers was
Performed at North Leominster recently
Dout o'clock in the evening. At that
tine two brothers named Mahan, about
ID to II years of age, went in bathing in
the Nashua River, near the furniture fac
bry of Merriam & Hall. The bathers
getting beyond their depth, their CON-
ranions on the shore set up a cry for
lelp, which called to the second-story
window of the factory Frank H. Rowley,
young man of courageous instinct, who
aw boy frantically struggling in the
'ater. Rowley Immediately jumped
rom the window to the ground, dis
tance of about twenty feet, and rushing
to the river bank plunged In without re-
moving so much of his personal effects
as shoes or shop apron. He swan to
the drowning youth, who wound his
arms around the neck of Rowley, who
struggled travely with his burden and
was pulled down under water several
times before he reached, Ia an exhausted
condition, the ourstretched hands of
those on the bank. Not until the shore
was gained was the rescuer aware that
two persons were freighted to him. 1t
appears that the unseen boy was under
the water clasping with drowning per-
sons tenacity the legs of his brother.
One of the boys soon recovered from
the effects of his narrow escape, but the
other was worked upon several hours
before be was brought to. Rowley, in
his impetuous leap from a second-story
window struck on some hard substance,
severely bruising his ankle He is nov
the local hero of the hour.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-01
SPORTING.

RICHFELD SPRINGS offers a purse OF
81 ,0O0 for a boat race there in Septem-
Der between HanIan ard Courtney.
FRED WARD, the champion bicyclst
of England at ten, twenty and twenty
five miles, offers to ride any man living
for 81, 900 side.
HoLBERT, the catcher of the Metro
politan nine, was presented with hand
some gold watch aud chain by the
Metropolitan Exhibition Company on
the 10th.
THE court tennis match at Newport,
r. l., for the championship of America
and purse. between Thomas Petit, of
Boston, and Henry Boakes, of Canada,
was won by Petit, three setts to one.
ARRANGEMENTS are being made for q
grand regatta at Pittsburg, to be held
about a month hence, which will proba-
bly, be participated in by Hanlap, Lee,
Courtney, Rosmer, Teemer, Plaisted,
Ross, Kennedy and Weisgerber.
Miss J. CHOICE of the South London
(England) Tricycle. Club recently rode
from London to Brighton and return. a
distance of 1l3 miles, in one day. Her
actual riding time was 15h. 37s, which
is by far the best performance for lady
on record.
JOSH WARD, of Oswego, n. Y, an
nounces his desire to row race with
Charles Courtney, mile and half and
turn, the match to come off at Cornwall
six weeks from date for $500 side.
Ward writes: Il retired from rowing
some time ago, as / am 45 years of age,
but would like to have one trial with
Courtney"
COURTNEY did not have chance to
row Haulan at Watkins, n. Y, on the
10Th. He was defeated in the trial race
the day previous, much to the disap-
pointment of those in attendance. Han
Ian won the race easily, defeating Hos
mer, Teemer and Ten Eycke, who
passed the home stake in the order
named. Hanlan's time was II minutes
and 80 seconds. The distance was one
and one-half miles, straight-away.
THERE appears to be no doubt that
Leonatus has broken down. AT Mon
mouth few weeks ago he pulled up
lame after running away in his exercise
and has been missed from his work ever
since. A few days ago Ieonatus was
valued at 100000 as Iacehorse, and to-
day he is probably not worth dollar for
turf purposes. As a stock horse, how
ever, his fine breeding, powerful con-
formation and magnificent record will
still make him highly valuable.
The following table shows the stand
ing of the league clubs at the close of the
games on the 18th inst.