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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-03-07

SUAKIM, March s.-Hhs Britain troops en-
tered Tokar 1t noon Saturday. A few shots
ware exchanged with the enemy, when 1000
rebels holding the town lled. Osman DIgms
- encamped eight miles blatant from Sua.
kim. ba,tle~ with him 10 expected when
the British troops return 70 Suakim from
Tokar. All reports commend the steadiuess
with which The British moved on Teb. Tho
square In which they we're advanced % bot
tie was never broken. The deeoTmina ION
md bravery of The rebels vas ,houn in the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

THE CRANKY Mining and Smelling
Works, at Oronago, Missouri, Were
destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon.
NEAR White Cloud, Mich, Saturday
morning, McLane's saw-mill, twenty
houses occupied by employees, and mil.
lion feet of lumber were destroyed by
fire.
THE Temple Manufacturing Company
at Muskegon, Mich, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday afternoon, causing a
loss Of $50, 600
A HURRICANE in the Quebec section
Wednesday night unroofed houses,
blew down chimneys and trees, and did
other damage.
THE steamer Dacotah sunk in TIE
Missouri River near Providence Thurs
day morning. She is valued at $24, 000,
and insured for $4,000
i A FIRE on Saturday at McLanes sid
ng, near White Cloud, Mich, con-
sumed McLane's saw-mill, twenty
houses occupied by employees, and
over l, 900, 900 feet of lumber. Loss So >
600.
THE Nova Scotia Cosl Co. s railway
bridge at Bearbrook had over one hun
dred feet burned. The bridge is abou t
400 feet long and 80 feet high. No more
coal can be shipped this way the re-
maindsr Of the season.
FIRE at Detroit Wednesday afternoon
burned two planning mills and number
of stores and one dwelling, the loss
reaching $4,000 The explosion of an
oil tank injured two persons. One
man broke a leg by jumping from a
window, and another had his face badly
burned.
THE main building and number of
smaller structures Of James Irwin q
Co. s vitrol works at Pittsburgh, were
consumed by fire Wednesday night, the
loss reaching $4,000 The Standard
oil works adjoining were threatened,
but heroic efforts by The firemem pre-
vented their ignition.
THREE fatal accidents occurred at
LoganspOrt, Ind, Sunday. Harry Chat
fin, a BRAKEMAN. was crushed beneath
the cars and instantly killed. Barney
Dean, 14-year-old boy, was kicked by
a horse and instantly killed. TiTn Flynn
was struck by a Panhandle engine and
injured so badly that he died soon
after
NEWS comes from Fairfax Store
Grant county, w. Va, that Miss Ella
Sours, daughter of the proprietor of a
boarding house on the new railroad, a
lady of %, met a horrible death near
there a few days ago. Some railroad
men were engaged in Telling trees
around the house, and the young lady
was standing in the door watching them.
A large tree struck a dead pine in fall
ing, and both fell toward the house, a
limb striking the girl and burying her
beneath the mass of brush. When
found, limb t~oinches in diameter had
passed directly through her head from
one cheek to the other Another limb
penetrated the brain through an eye,
and her skull was fractured in several
places
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
Ghe Model Wife.


From the Philadelphia Times.
Scripture and history and poetry
vie with one another sounding the
praises of the model wife. The man
who is blessed with a companion
worthy of she name of model wife
can snap his fingers ia the faces of all
the old bachelors that ever breathed,
and give them points each day in ev-
cry exalted pleasure that makes life
worth living. There is no danger of
his applying for divorce.
Unfortunately for the married men
of this generation the model wives
are most all dead. The struggle for
existence was too much for them.
The ceaseless, silent, self-sacri6ce
neeoed to build up a model domestic
character could only be met and
borne as long as there was a living
appreciation Of the personal laws of
duty that underlie all sorts of ideal
existence. The men who appreciated
model wives and were in return will
ing TO be model husbands, were so
few that the good wives-that is, the
model wives-grew discouraged and
took to their graves. or some more
congenial occupation.
The few model wives that are left
are cherished by their husbands be-
.yond even their cigars or their horses.
The model wife of the workingman,
clerk or business man has some APP.
probation of the 10000 little labors,
petty cares and annoyances that her
husband has to go through with each
day in his workshop or office. She
considers that such worrying cares
are part of the duties by which her
husband makes living for hinself
for her and for the children, if there
are any. And when the husband
comes home from his work, tired,
perhaps cross and hungry and out of
sorts, she is always ready to meet
him with some quiet and gentle good
cheer. Her own person is attractive
and restful to him. She always has
some pleasant scheme in mind to
make his home hours delightful to
him, and so make herself indispensa-
bic and constant JOY.
The model wife does not see how
many poor and silly and exacting
things she can say to her tired hus-
band. If she has anything to ask she
waits until he is rested and fed. She
invites pleasant people to her home,
not to show how many rich things
she has, but to make her husbands
home hours pass cheerfully. She
knows that if she is half woman no
other can displace her in her hus-
bands affections. She is always more
attractive IN her manners to her hus-
band than to other men, She is the
genius of the household. But, I'M
fortunately, the most of them are
dead.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
"Eod RIess The Baby ,

TIE Cheyenne wyoming Sun re-.
lates the following beautiful and
touching incident; A big man and
little one went INTO Mr.. Harrington's
store a few nights ago and asked ia
ton himself waited upon the visitors
and was showing them various lines
of goods when the door leading TO his
residence in the rear of the store OPEN
ed and in came ON the run a babv
daughter of the Harrington family.
The little one came hurry ing to escape
her mother, and fell over a box. MIR
Harrington left the customer and
went to the rescue of the baby. After
the little one was quoted and placed
on the floor he resumed his business.
but in another minute she fell over
another box and apparently hurt her
self. He left the customer and again
looked after the child
At this the man turned to his com
pauion and said; Let's go out of
here. / amt looking for nursery"
The proprietor heard the remark
and was not slow TO respond. He
Salu tnat ne Ada lVeu % year and
done 20 years of business, and had
1900 customers but he had never had
but two Harrington babies, and this
was the only one left. He could get
along without the customer and the
sale of suit of clothes to him, but he
couldn't get along without the Har-
rington baby, and he didn't care how
soon the customer skipped.
Tie man who was looking at the
proprietor with mild astonlshment
at first, when the story was finished
had his handkerchief out, was wip-
ing his eyes, and reached his hand out
to Mr. Harrington, exclaimed: Part
ner, God bless the baby" He couldn't
do too much, and it is needless to say
they parted as friends.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

tackled and routed the Chinese forces.
which suffered heavy losses.
THE Car of Russia has pardoned
forty-two NihilistS who had been SEN
fenced to exile in Siberia, and com
muted the sentence of 70 others.
KING HUMBERT arrived at Rome
Sunday from Naples, and was received
with great enthusiasm by the people.
FIFTEEN thousand persons attended
the funeral of Fenian Duggan at Dublin
Sunday. Among the throng were
O'Brien and Davitt.
KING LEOPOLD, of Belgium, has signed
the educational bills recently passed by
the chambers.
AT Naples, Wednesday, there were
463 fresh cases of cholera and 265
deaths
A BERLIN correspondent intimates
that Herbert Bismarck will soon be APP
pointed German ambassador at Lon.
don.
THE German government is negotia-
ting with the Spanish government for
the purchase of the Island of Fernando
Pc.
THE war party in China has succeed.
ed in obtaining the appointment of a
colleague for Ii Hung Chang, the Chi
nese foreign minister. LII Hung Chang
is for peace. His colleague is expected
to counterfeit his efforts.
FROM Rome advices of the 81 it is
learned that there is a sudden and re-
nsarkable increase of cholera yesterday;
AZ cases reported, and half of which
were fatal. The increase is attributed
to excuses on Sun day fete day. A veri-
table panic prevails, and disturbances
among the populace are frequent Hun
dreds are fleeing to Rome. Reports show
100 new cases of cholera and 40 deaths
in Italy the past "a hours
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
How the Bedouins Conquer Thirst

HOW the BedOulns Conquer IhlrSt.
In an article on 1.-THE Rescue of
Chiuese Gordon, to be found in
"Open Letters of the September
Century, Gen. r f. Colston, late of
the Egyptian general staff, says: SIN
the 'Waterless Land water is the
paramount question. If it be asked
how large body of Bedouins like the
ten thousand who nearly destroyed
the British squares at Tamai manage
to subsist the reason is plain. In the
first place, they do not need the enor-
nous trains required for a European
army. They are the most abstemlous
of men. Each man carries a skin Of
water and small bag Of grain, pro
cured by purchase or barter from car
avans. Their camels and goats move
with them, supplying them with milk
and meat, and subsisting upon the
scanty heritage and foliage of thorny
mimosa, growing in secluded wadies
These people could live upon the
increase of their flocks alone, which
they exchange readily for other com
modities; but being the exclusive car
rers and guides for all the travel and
commerce that crosses their deserts,
they realize yearly large amounts of
money. AS to water, they know every
nook and hollow in the mountains,
away from tho trails, where a few
barrels of water collect in some shady
ravine, and they can scatter, every
man for himself to fill their water
skins. On my first expedition, near
the close of the three years drought,
l reached some wells upon which |
was depending, and found them en-
tirely dry. But my Bedouin guides
knew some natural reservoirs in the
hills about six miles off. So they
took the water camels at night-fall
and came back before daylight with
the waterskins filled. An invad-
ing army would find it hard to obtain
guides, and even if they did, they
must keep together, and could not
leave the line of march to look for
water. Besides, the Bedoins, accus-
toned from infancy to regard water
as most precious and rare, use it with
wonderful economy. Neither men
nor animals drink more than once in
forty-eight hours. AS to washing,
they never indulge in such wasteful
nonsense. When Bedouins came to
camp water was always offered them.
Their answer woIld frequently be
mo, thanks; l drank yesterday"
They know too well the Importance
Of keeping up the habit of abstinence.
No wonder they can subsist where
invaders would surely perish.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
"How far were the Benders from
their home when they were murder

"How far were the Benders from
their home when they were murder
edYn
About forty-fve miles"
"What time were they killed."
"About 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
They were on the prairie on the out
skirts of the woods
How long did the killing last2'
"Only few moments"
WHO was killed first2n
ct was all done SO quickly do not
know who was killed first
did any one of them jump out of
the wagonl"
mo"
How far were you off the wagon
at the time2'
"Thirty-fve or forty steps"
What did you do after the bodies
were buried"
II started off 10 deliver the news,
but after l had gone fifteen miles L
was overtaken and told not to say a
word about the killing. All right, |
replied. NUNS the word. We
solemnly agreed not to give the thing
away, and the first time it was told to
public, except as a suspicion, was
about a year ago, when | gave some
of the facts to Senator Wear for pub
LEGATION in The Republican, but you
have fuller details now than have ever
been published.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

MRS. HERRIcK, wife Of the rector Of
the pretty Episcopal church at Fort
ress Monroe, has dressed 5000 dolls
within the last two years, which she
sold at 81 each for various ecclesiasti-
cal and charitable purposes. The baby
doll, the colored curse and the planta-
ton colored woman are the three
styles, and nearly every child who
visits Old Point Comfort comes away
possessed of one Of these unique dolls
dressed by dainty hands and guided
by love and christian goodness.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
New York Star

New York Star.
Say, Jim, whatre you dom these
daysl"
"Me9 rn'worl1in' on the section p
What Diggin'2"
Yep"
IN tell you where you can make a
million dollars.
Don't want to make million dol
lars"
"Dont2"
mo, | don't"
''Why2"
WAL, eff I should make a million
dollars I'd want to keep a coach,
wouldn't ~
"Of course
can a coachman2"
"Cert'nly."
"An' mebby my darter'd fall in
loye'th my coachman, mightn't she2"
"P'raps."
WAL, dye think want to be dis
graced by having a darter o mine
marry a coachman."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
The Cattle Trade.
Kingman kan Republican

The cattle trade seems to be looking
up. At Dodge City upward of 1000
cattle have changed hands within the
past week. Shanklln u higgins sold
s, 600 heads, 500 yearlings and the
balance , year-olds Ito Billy Wilson,
of Denver; price paid 313 for year
lings and S17 for 2year-olds. At
Hodgeman 2year-old steers are in
great demand and very few 3's are TO
be had. The excellent condition of
cattle is remarkable, and the prices
at Hodgemau especially are better
titan for many months Fndlay
Bros, Bill x Barton and Osborn Bros.
sold an their 2vear Odds for $50 per
head, and Gross Longendvke raised
on this to S34 and got IL These were
I'LL sold to Steve Jones, of Chase coun-
ty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

CLEyrLAND's $4,000 900 fire which
burned many acres in the heart
OF the business quarter OF the city, is
about the greatest calamity that has
ever bcfallen it. Only contrary winds
saved the entire city from the flames,
which crossed the river as il was. The
origin of the fire has not yet been
definitely determined, but it is con
ceded that the Fire Department was
ON naud as promptly as possible, and
showed great skill and bravery in
subduiug the coufagratiou. Ii all
goes to show how helpless great
city is when a promising fire get,
fairly started, and WHAT precautions
should be taken to sound an alarm as
quickly as possible. Cleveland S fire
men were we'll selected and trained
and their apparatus was Of the most
modern and improved pattern. Some
of the companies there are famous for
getting ont &c their houses iu the
shortest possible time. Vet only by
desperate efforts, aided by tile wind,
could they confua the DANES with
in ANY limits. Thc occurrence
may well make large cities thought
full.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

a benevolent woman in Cincinnati
has undertaken to supply poor lonely
bachelors in the west with wives. For
81 she will send an applicant a list of
names of farmers daughters with
whom he can correspond with matri-
monial intent. If he can not, with
this advantage, capture a companion,
he ought to be doomed to everlasting
loneliness. Several able works on the
art of letter writing contain some
effective ammunition for this pur-
pose Having the girls name to be
gin with, he has only to fire it at the
mark.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
WASHINGTON.

IT is rumored in Washington that tho
president has decided TO appoint Genera
Geoge II. Sharpe secretary Of the treas
ury.
SUPERINTENDENT THOMPSON, of the
Railway Mail Bureau, has arranged to
have San Francisco letter mail on the
Ogden and San Francisco Railway post
office separated for carriers, stations,
and box delivery on the cars. This ar
rangement will, it is expected, greatly
facilitate the delivery of mails in San
Francisco.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
Field nrIIn1trshnrr

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
The land on which the battle of
Gettysburg was fought is to be pur-
chased and driveway opened alon~
the line of battle, from Devils Den. at
the foot of Round Top, through the
wheat field to the peach orchard, to
afford an opportunity for monuments
to be erected to mark the positions Of
troops. Veterans of the various mill
tary organizations that took part ia
the battle are invited to assemble at
Gettysburg on the evening of Septem-
Der 30, to aid in laying ont the ave
nue. to indicate the positions occupied
by their respective commands. OctO-
Der / and 2 will be devoted to that
work, followed by general review Of
the field. The matter will be under
the direction of Colonel BatcheldeG,
the government historian of the bat
tie, and superintendent of tablets and
legends The Pennsylvania railroad
has issued tickets at excursion rates
from all its principal termini, good
until October 81.
Bishop Coke. of Western New York.
says that during his twenty years OF
observation in that field there have
been some improvements in religion
and morality, but the increase IN I'M
piely and infdelity is, on the whole.
appalling The most blasphemous
publications are circulated, trlghttul
atheism is uttered, and gross iicentl-
BUSINESS abounds.
Two little sisters, aged III aud
years, pechvely, arrived IN New
York recently, having crossed the
ocean alone. The little girls wore
large card board breastplates, on
which were written their names and
destination ia large letters. They are
on their way to join their parents,
who settled some months ago at
Urbana. Ohio. They were placed on
a west bound emigrant train.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

PRESSURE on the ears is to be avoid
ed by persons VINO wish to preserve
their sense Of hearing. Narrowing Of
the auditory canal by the pressure of
a handkerchief worn over the head
and tied under the claim, as it is com
mouly adjusted by the pheasant
women of Europe, often causes deaf
ness; and the cornette Of the nuns,
pressing tightly against the pavilion
Of the ear, frequently produces the
same effect.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
10 over S3G 000 600. 600.

THE American association for the
advancement of science, which last
week held its annual session IN the
city of Philadelphia, dates its origin
back to April 1910, when seventeen
prominent scientists of that day met
at the Franklin Institute in Philadel-
phia, and organized themselves as the
American Biologists. Seven years
later, in Boston, the present name was
adopted The membership now mum
bers nearly 1900, and includes repre-
seMtatives Of every branch Of science,
and from all sections of the country,
although the largest membership is
naturally from the east, where an old
er, more settled and more advanced
civilization is more productive Of, as
more favorable to scientific research
than is the newer west. 1t is expected
that 500 or more members of the
British association, lately in session in
Montreal, will be in attendance al
Philadelphia.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

THE German soldiers are the proud
est in Europe. The army is consider
ed a school for its 800, 600 young men.
They are never compelled to do
mental work. A Prussian officer
who would compel a soldier to do the
work of a servant would be cashiered.
Some of the rich German private
soldiers keep servants of their own.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25
Absent Minded.

Now, SIR" observed the Judge in
the divorce suit, what have you
to say for yourself9 Your wife
said she caught you kissing her
maid "
Il am very absent minded, replied
the man. II thought she was my
wife"
And the maid-what did she
think2n
Il suppose she thought so. too
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

Mr.. MULHALL the eminent English
statistician, has been studying the
national debts Of the world since the
treaty of Utrecht in 1913 lie says
that the total national debt of the
world, not estimating local debts Of
any kind, in 1918 was 1895, 600, 600; in
1853 it had risen TO 81, 415, 600, 600; in
1898 to $2,Sl5,0O 900; in 1916 to 81, 2
1856 600, 600; in 1913 to $S,2l5, 600, coo;
in 1870 to $40 1876, 900, 600, and in 1884
10 $21 155, OgO,O00 From the treaty
of Utrecht untl the French revolu-
ton, eighty years, national debts in
creased at the approximate rate Of
S30, 600, coo a year; then until the bat
tie Of Waterloo, twenty-five years, at
the rate Of nearly $2O0,000,000, and
since st the rate of almost $500, 600,
OO0 Al this rate theywill amount in
1890 to over $50 000, 100000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

THE oyster interest in New York
employs $50, O0O,0 600 capital and about
16. 600 men in the wholesale trade
alone. Gotham's average daily con
sumption OF the bivalve is 80, 200
bushels.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-09-25

LARGE beds OF gold ore have been
found near Ouro Preto, Brazil. Its
average richness is $40 per ton. Near
~ all of the territory has been covered
by concessions" which correspond
to recorded mining claims, but are far
broader
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-09-23

THE North American, of Philadel.
phia, the oldest daily paper in the
United States, celebrated its one hun
dredth anniversary on Saturday by
completely remodeling itself and com.
ing out in the newspaper world by cur.
failing its size, without lessening the
number of its columns, and by printing
as much matter as when it was larger,
and all for the astonishingly low price OF
one cent. AS one cent paper il
stands unrivaled in newspaper enter
prise. With eommendable thought
the American published a fac-simile
of its first issue, one hundred years
before, enabling its readers to form some
conception of newspaper progress by
comparing it with the first twelve page
daily issued at this end of the century
Our valued contemporary we hope and
believe will receive that support it.
pluck and enterprise merits.