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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

Misrepresentation or for committing
his shareholders to the maddest en-
terPrises. If he succeeds he is CON
sldered great man, and if he fails he
IS pltied, and sometimes presented
with great sums To live on. Even the
/ president OF bank is not held Grim
lnally liable for loans to his own rcla-
uves without security, if only his
friends, when he has failed, will pay
up his defaults The manager of a
deposit bank who uses deposits to
buy blocks of shares is, if the
shares rise, considered clever; and if
they fall and he fails, Is, after the
first twenty four hours, neither con.
sidered nor treated as a mere thief.
Ii he is well connected, or popular
or sheltered by friends, his ruin is
regarded as sufficient penalty, and
after a year or two of retirement he
usually begins again The effect of
this is, that any one who can obtain
control of large funds is tempted to
make himself rich at once, and that
the market is always at the mercy of
men who are playing game in which
they take temporary Inconvenience
and desrepute against fortune The
temptation is too great for race of
men VINO care more to gain money in
large sums than any people in the
world, and at the same tine fear
poverty less than any other people.
MIllionaires in America make cor
nersn as if they had nothing to lose.
or let their sons amuse themselves
with financing" as lift were only an
expensive game. An Englishman.
however speculative he may be, fears
poverty excessively, and a French
man shoots himself to avoid it; but
an American with a million will
speculate to win ten, and if he loses
take a clerkship without thinking
much about it. There is a good SIDE,
a very good side, to the detachment
noticeable in all American business
men, freedom from sordidness and
from petty grasping; but the pecul-
iarity makes them the most dangerous
business gamesters in the world You
know in dealing with Frenchman
that he will not voluntarily risk
pecuniary ruin, but to an American
that risk rather adds to the excitement
of his pursuit. What, indeed is
ruin, in the exhilerating air, with no
body caring, and thirty-six States
around you offering to the skillful
1000 ways of making money? An
attack of dyspepsia is far worse; and,
in fact, when a prominent American
is ruined, we generally hear that he
is sick, " and that his friends upon
that account are full of anxiety fol
his future.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
SHE SH00ED 1T AWAY.
She Had Heard That Bears Never Hurt
Dead Persons, so She shut Her


Dead Persons, SO She Shnt Her
Eyes.
There was party of four couples
Gaming over on the steamboat Sau-
celtic last Sunday, says the San
Francisco Post, and the prettiest girl
of the gushers looked up at Mount
Tamalpais and sail
"Oh, that horrid, horrid mountain
had the most frightful adventure up
there last summer you ever heard of.
It's wonderful my hair didn't turn
white.
What on earth was itl" chorused
the rest.
well YOU see, / was up there with
private picnic party, and l wander
ed off by myself about a mile, picking
flowers. After awhile l sat down 10
rest in a lonely canon, and before
long | heard peculiar rustling sound
in some bushes right behind me |
knew at once, somehow, that it was a
grizzly"
And you all aloner shuddered
her escort.
Not a soul within a mile of me.
was Just paralyzed with terror; /
didn't dare to stir, bat in a minute !
heard the beast coming toward me
through .he thicket"
ooh, if | had only been there ~
said Il young man, breathing very
hard
Il knew it was no use to try and
run. | had heard somewhere that
bears never touched dead people, so
just shut my eyes and held my
breath
Gracious
Pretty soon the great brute walked
up close and began shutting me all
over Oh, it was terriblew
Should have thought you would
have tainted
ooh, l didn't dare to, said the
heroine.
Just then, l suppose the party
rushed up and rescued you, said the
appalled, audience.
"No, they didn't Pretty soon !
felt the great beast pulling at the
flowers in my hat, SO / just got vi
and shooed the horrid thing away"
what, the grizzly3"
ooh, it wasn't a grizzly. 1t was 6
nasty old COW. But just suppose il
had been a grizzly
But the audience refused to sup
pose, and the party looked like {
quaker's funeral until the boat touched
the wharf.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
A Complete Wreck.
Boston Transcript

"Is Mr.. Tilden inl" asked the inter
viewer. Hardly had he got the words
out of his mouth before Mr.. Tilden,
in full suit of chain armor, leaped
from the second floor landing with
the remark in voice like thunder
Here | am, young mani What's
wantedl' The reporter managed to
murmur something about 'candi-
dacy" and Convention but, before
he could proceed further, the sage
turned double back somerset ard in
formed the interviewer that he was
out Of politics. May ask you who
is your first choices" asked the inter
viewer timidly. MY first choicel'
shouted Mr.. Tllden, in his excitement
wrenching three or four uprights
from the stair-railing, Il have no first
choice. The country, however, wants
strong man. And he struck
the heavy oaken front door a
tremendous blow, knocking it com
pletely off the hinges. However, .
ne added with a wink, you under
standm The reporter understood, and
he returned to the Office and informed
the world through the columns of his
newspaper that Mr. T.lden was
complete wreck
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
Irrigation in California.
Alta California

Irrigation is a matter of such conse-
quence IN California that a State Con
vention has just been held to consider
the subject Irrigation is only in its
infancy in the State, and yet there
are from 200, 600 to $50, 600 acres of
irrigated lands in the San joaquin
valley alone, and there is no part of
the State, except in the extreme
northern counties, in which irriga-
ton is not live question. Califor-
MIA is more in need of the fertilizing
agency of artificial irrigation than
most of the counties in which the art
has been practiced since the beginn-
ing of historical times, but the matter
of accomplishing is difficult one,
owing to conflicting interests.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
The Bluegrass COUNTY Not Blue.

sportsman.
gThe term Bluegrass region of Ken
lucky is quite extensive in its appli.
cation, but IN its popular sense it
applies only to the remarkable body
of land in the centre of the state,
which comprises six or eight counties
surrounding Lexington. This favor
ed district. which scientific authority
has styled "the very heart of the Unit
ed States, = is uHdcrlaid by a decom-
possible limestone, which imparts to
the soil an unsurpassed fertility, and
gives to our grass, known to botanists
as Fec Pretensis, a rich and perman-
ent luxuriance which it attains no
where else. Hence the term "the
Bluegrass region, a synonym for the
acme of fertility of a district which
also bears the proud distinction Of
"the garden spot of the world. But
why our grass is called "blue, " when
it never is blue, is one of the Hnsolved
problen-s 1t is always green except
when in bloom, when the heads have
a brownish purple tint. If, however,
the term blue grass" is meant for an
abbreviation of blue limestone grass,
then t will do, for certainly ii only
reaches lis highest perfection on our
wonderful limestone soil. Propagat
cd without cultivation it cones up
chick and juicy early in the spring,
and ripens IN June, renews its growth
ia autumn, and retains its verdure in
spite of snow and ice, furnishing
abundant and unequaled pasture au-
ring the winter. II is believed TO be
Indigenous.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
A VISION OF DELIGHT.
A fRepOrter who Learned That
Dreams 60 by Contrari les.

wv ny tOhht AtNs
A Memphis newspaper man had a
queer dream few nights ago. OF
course a dream that is simply queer
would not leave very distinct inn
preston, but this one was so very
queer, so utterly unlike anthing met
with in the daily walks of life, that
when the dreamer awoke he felt as if
he had returned from the continesj of
another and better world.
In the silent watches of the night
there came 10 him vision. Before
him stood a man for whom he had
written a glowing local notice con
corning chewinggum factory. The
man treated the dreamer kindly, told
him that the notice had been written
nicely, that it covered all the points,
and that he felt more than gratilied.
Tde heart of the dreamer went out to-
ward that man, and when he woke
his spirit was filed with ineffable de-
light.
During the day, feeling certain that
he would have a credit sufficiently
extensive to cover a quarter section
of natural leaf tobacco, the dreamer
called on the man in the vision, who
also conducts merchandising bust
ness on Main street, near Monroe.
This is what he got:
Nice old local, wasn't it2 Never
read such bosh IN my life And your
foremen must have tried to hide it,
too. couldn't find it. If l couldn't
write better notice than that I'd go
out on the railroad and hoe cotton.
You want 10 cents worth of tobacco2
Go soak your head. You don't get
it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
Birds Killed by an Electric Light

Birds Killed by an Electric Light.
Wnosa (Minn) Special Dispatch to the Boston
Herald
Every night last week thousands of
migratory birds have gathered about
the electric light on the standpipe in
this city. Between the hours of l and
2 o'clock the birds were seen in
swarms about the light, and hundreds
fell TO the ground A few we're caught
alive, but the larger part were dead.
Professor Holzinger, of the normal
school, reports the following species
among those collected during the past
two nights at the water works: Cat
birds, gross-beak IL variety, scarlet
tanagers, g0lden-crowned thrushes,
water thrushes, chestnut sided warb-
lers, blackburnian warblers. Tennes-
see warblers, magnolia warblers, Car
DINA rails, yellow-throated vlreoes,
black and white creepers, traels, fly
catchers, green crested hycatchers,
Savannah sparrows. white throated
sParrows, Maryland yellow-thrOats,
black billed cuckoos, dell-divers, indi-
90 birds and yellow b:llied woodpeck-
ers. On Tuesday night the gross
beaks predomiaated, and on Wednes-
day night the rails Catbirds were
numerous on both nights. The birds
which breed in this locality were no
ticeably absent. Valuable additions
from these birds are being made to
the museum of the Society of Arts and
Sciences, and set of duplicates OF
most of the varieties have been fur
nlshed by Professor Holzinger to the
high school collections. Many OF the
birds which were caught alive may be
seen in cages at the englne-house OF
the water works.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

Ia hundreds of instances where Hot Springs
and other treatment failed 70 cure scr0fula and
syphilitc disorders, the sufferer has sought and
found q cure IN DR.. Guys0tts Yellow Dock HSd
Sarsaparilla. 10 enriches the blOsd, strengthens
the urinary and digestive organs and quickly re-
moves all indications Of W health and blood dis
ease, from a pmple 70 a running sore, frsm a
headache 10 "a rheumatic pain. It's superiority
over all other blood purifiers and strengthening
medicines is admitted by all who test It's curative
effect and ilfluence
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

The Luke Voorhees, cattle ranch IN
Wyoming comprises 1000, 600 acres
of land, 40, 600 Of which are inclosed
bv one barbed wire fence. The ranch
has water frontage of thirty miles,
and will easily accommodate rs, 900
head Of cattle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

A,et bilious have heavy headaches, mouth foul
yellow eyes &c, all the direct result of Impure
blood which can be- thoroughly clean5ed renewed
and enriched with Kidney Wort II acts at the
same time on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels and
has more real virtue in q package than can be
found in any other remedy for the same class OF
ffs-a.re
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

When you visit 0r leave New York city, save
baggage, eXpressage agd carriage hire, and stop
at the GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite Grand
Central depot; 459 elegant rooms, fitted up at a
cost Of one million dollars reduced to 81 and up.
ward per day. European plan Elevator Res
stages and elevated railroads to all depots Fam.
lilies can live better for less money at the Grand
Union Hotel than at any other flrstelass hotel In
the CITY
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
A Daughter's Miserv

Eleven years our daughter suffered on
a bed of misery,
"From a complication Of kidney liver
rheumatic trouble and Nervous debility
Under the care of the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various names,
"But no relief,
"And now she is restored to us in GOOD
health by as simple remedy as Hop Bit
tiers, that we had summed for years before
using 1.-THE PARENTS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

At Madison, Ky, Thomas Gentry's
dog caught twelve-poun nd pike in
the river and broaght it ashore in his
teeth. II was alive and thrashing as
he came wagging TO Mr. Gentry with
his prlEe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
At school.

Teacher" What is a mount
Glass THAT which stands for any
person or thing.
Teacher" Give an illustration. y
Small boy, whose father isn't = tenn
perance mana lamp.posL.
Teacher" Explain "
Small boy Cause he can't climb
a tree.
Recess declared and small boy
spanked for precoclous levity.
Fly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

The question WHISTLER young women shall
pursue he same line of studies as their brothers
seems to find its chief objection in their differ
ent physical G. institution, Arguments on this
subject are finely handled on both sides; but the
perfect adaptation of Mrs Pinkhsms Vegetable
Compound TO the cure of ailments attending the
feminine organism needs no argument; its works
are its proof
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
Virility of the COntagion of Scarle
Fever.


In 1862 a case occurred in New
York clearinghouse. AS soon as
the child was able to be moved it was
taken away, and the rooms occupied
by the family were thoroughly cleans
ed. In three days afterward another
family moved into the same apart
ments. and in two days a child be-
longing to the latter was taken with
the disease. DIR. Flint then related
the case of Miss g., the daughter of
a deceased New York physician, who
had been well known and highly es-
teemed in the community. Having
entered the Protestant Sisterho0d of
st. BaInabas, she had finished her at
tendance on the child, she hung up
her clothing to air for several weeks
She then gave away the waist of the
dress she had worn, and put the skirt
away in a trunk. 1t was in February,
1870, that she nursed the Scarlet-fever
patient, being at the attendance for
ten days. In January. 1871 she
wore the skirt for the first time, and
one week afterward was herself at
tackled with acute diffused nephrtis
pulmonary osdema, which proved
fatal. The lesson of these cases,
therefore. was the necessity for eff
fective disinfection in all cases of
scarlet fever
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

What is meant by the Watch on
the RhineY" asks correspondent
The watch on the Rhine, my dear sir,
is the skipper ON the outside of cheese.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
Father is G. ting Well.

4My daughters say;
"How much better father is since he used Hop
BtterB"
HE Is getting well after his long suffering from
disease declared incurabe,'
"And We are so glad that he used your Bitters"
A LADY Of Utica. n Y.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

London milkmen, we are told, use
tricycles in their daily rounds. The
pumps must be very far apart in the
British metropolist
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

Mamie was playing very roughly
with her kitten, carrying it by the
tail. Her mother told her she would
hurt pussy. "Why, no, l won't. I'm
CARRYING it by the handle
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

An agricultural exchange in an
article on How 10 Feed Horses, =
mentions feeding corn in the ear as
one way. This may be an economical
way, but it must be excessively pain
jul to the horse -Graphia.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
English View Of American "fisance.
Lon don Spectator.

The intolerasle tolerance OF Amerl-
can feeling towards specu lstjrs great
liz increases the risk in investing IN
Am erican bonss. No president OF a
railroad is ever punished either Tor
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

At the Stock Exchange My dear
boy, the business world is divided in-
to camps, the gamblers and the specu-
lators u don't exact see the diff
ference It's very simple. The
Spectator is one who gains. When
man loses he is only a gambler"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

u DO Il YOURSELF. Win Diamond Dyes
any lady can get as good results as the best prac-
teal dyer Every dye warranted trne 10 name
and sample Zoe, at druggists. Wells, Richard
son & Co., Burlingto n, VI.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

The London Caterer says that bills
of fare in American hotels are too
bloated 1t thinks that if the dishes
were fewer in number and better
served and cooked il would DO an ad-
vantage.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

Potato-bNgs are more numerous
than for years in New jersey, and are
destroying potatoes and tomatoes,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

could scarcely speak; il was almost i'm
possible 60 breatse through my noslris Using
Ely's Cream Balm a short time | was entirely
relieved. Nv head has NOT been SO clear nor
voice SO strong IN years | recommend this adj.
mirahle remedy TO all afflicted with Catarrh OF
Cold in the head u @. TICHEN0R Shoe Mer-
chant Elizabeth, y. J. Price so cents)
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

A proposition Is being considered IN
Boston TO make Monday school hol-
ida instead of Saturday.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

A Delaware farmer has plowed un
der 40, 000 behring's as fertilizer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

For Saie--A ten ton Fairbanks Scale com
plete for half price Address T.. T. BARRY, 2i3
FRANKLIN st. Chicago, M
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

ut has become so common TO write the
beginning of an article, in an elegant, in-
terestlng manner,
"Then run it into some advertisement
that we avoid all such.
And simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters in as plain, honest terms
as possible,
ITO induce people
ITO give them one trial, which soproves
their value that they never will use any
thing else"
THE REMEDY SO favorably noticed in
all the papers,
Religious and secular, is
Having large sale, and is supplanting
all other medicines.
There is no denying the virtues Of the
Hop plant, and the proprietors of Hop
Bitters have shown great shrewdness
"And ability
"ln compounding q medicine whose
virtues are so palpable to every ones
observation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

New Mexico embraces ~. $50, SAC
acres of land, on which about 1000,
900 head Of cattle
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

Aliens Iron Tonic Iitters create "A
healthy appetite. An genuine bear The signature
of }. r. Allen Druggist st Paul. MINI
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

The medical properties Of petroleum have long
been known TO the ahorigines, and since Carbolne
has become as well known AS "a hair restorvr and
dressing, petroleum takes front rank among the
new remedies
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

Lon don has greater population
than the entire Dominion of Canada.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12

As Cure for Sore Throat aud
Cough. BfUwn'S Br0nchjUi TrochfS' have been
thoroughly tested, and maintain their good repu
tatiOn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-06-12
Did She Die P


"She fingered and suffered along, pin.
ing away all the time for years."
The doctors doing her no good;"
"And at last was cured by this Hop
I'itters the papers say SO much about"
"Indeedl Indeedw
"How thankful we should DO for that
medicine
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-29
Naked Bits for Horses.

IAN Experienced Horseman," in the
Kentucky Lire Stock Record, reminds
those who have the handling of horses
of the cruelty of which they may be
carelessly guilty:
''Let any one who has the care Of
horses these cold, frosty mornings de-
liberately grasp in his hand piece of
iron; indeed, let him touch it to the tip
of his tongue, and then let him thrust
the bit into the mouth of the horse if he
has the heart to do it. The horse is an
animal of nervous organization. His
mouth is formed of delicate glands and
tissues. The temperature of the blood
is the same as in the human being, and.
as in man, the mouth is the warmest
part of the body. Imagine, we repeat,
the irritation that it would be to the
human, and. If not to same degree, still
the suffering to the animal is very great.
And it is not momentary pain. Food
is eaten with difficulty, and the irrita-
ton repeated day after day causes loss
of appetite and strength. Many horse
has become worthless from no other
cause than this. Before india-rubber
bits were to be had l myself used bit
covered with leather, and on no account
would have dispensed with it in freez-
ing weather"