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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
Foresight.

Do farmers look ahead as much
as their interest demands Manufac
tuTers make a close estimate of all
the stock their business will require
during the year, and lay in their sup
plies when the market is the lowest.
They study carefully the run of the
market for the raw material they
must have and buy at the lowest in
stead of the highest p int But IN
watching the operations Of farmers,
it has often seemed that they bought
at the highest and sold at the lowest
poiIt.
Let us instance the needs of a large
class of dalryman. Their herds must
have extra feed in the fall, aud again
before grass in the spring This feed
consists of different kinds of bran,
middhngs, malt sprouts, and, perhaps,
little OIL meal When pastures are
best, then the miller's stocks of feed
accumulate, and they would accept
low figures for feed, but dairymen
then have plenty of grass, and their
future wants are left to take care of
themselves Hundreds of these far
mers have money to lend, and yet will
wait til a large class want all these
feeds at the same time, the price has
risen from So to So per ton, and the
extra price they pay would make a
! good interest on the sum for two
or more years Yet this unwise prac.
tice goes on year after year, and these
/ farmers regard themselves as thrifty,
close calcHlators in their business.
But their practice can hardly be call
ed an evidence of foresight. Such
| foresight would rum many a close
margined manufacturing business
1t is only the profitable business,
agriculture, that can stand it.
Let as take the dairyman, again,
who think COWS should get their
whola living in pasture during the
whole season, whether the grass is
! plentiful or scaut, and who do not
see the economy of providing extra
green food or grain for them in this
period of want, that they may have
full raiions, and produce fun yield
of milk
This want of full rations often re
duce the yield Of the herds, one-third
to one-half, a loss which a proper
study of their business would prevent
With a little foresight they would
provide for this in season. The losses
of this class are much greater than
the other and we may well ask what
other business would stand such want
i Of foresight. The farmer must use
his brains as well as his hands. His
profits are measured by his foresight.
National Live Stock Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
Peter Lambs Bet.

Some time ago in the town of X,
during a religious controversy between
Peter Lamb and some of his friends,
one of the latter asserted that Peter
didn't know who was the mother-in-
law of Moses, and that he couldn't
ascertain. Peter offered to bet that
he could find out, and the wager was
accepted After searching in vain
through the scriptures, Mr.. Lamb
concluded to go round and interview
the Rev. DIR. Potts about it. When
he called at the parsonage the doctor
came down into the parlor IT is the
doctors misfortune that he is very
deaf, and there was little misunder-
standing when Peter said
81 called, doctor, to ascertain if YOU
could tell me who was the motherin-
law of Moses.
"Well, really" said the doctor,
there isn't much preference. Some
like some kinds of roses and some like
another. A very good variety of the
pink rose is the Duke of Cambridge;
grows large, bears early, and has very
fine perfume The Hercules is also
excellent, but you must manure it well
and water it oftes.n
81 didn't ask about roses, but
Moses. You made mistake, shouted
Peter.
ooh, of course, by all means. Train
them up to stake if you want to.
The wind don't blow them about so,
and they send out more shoots"
you misunderstood me !" yelled
Mr.. Lamb. | asked about Moses, not
roses. / want to know who was the
mother in law of Moses2'
"Oh, yes, certainly. Excuse me. l
thought you were inquiring about
roses. Moses was the foundation of
the religion of the Jews. You can
find il in full in the Pentateuch. 1t
is admirable, very admirable for the
purpose for which it was ordained
We, of course, have outlived that dis
pensation, but it still contains many
things that are useful to US, as for in
stance, the
WAS Moses married2" shrieked Mr..
Lamb.
Married. Oh, yes, the name of
his fatherin-law, you know, was
Jethro, and
"Who was his wife2"
"Why, she was the daughter of
Jethro, of course. said Jethro was
his father-in-law."
No; Jethros wife, l mean. / want
to know to settle bet. "
"No, that isn't her name. Bet is a
corrupt on of Elizabeth, and that
name, l believe, is not found in the
Old Testament. | don't remember
what the name of Moses wife was, E"
81 want to know what was the name
of the mother-in-law of Moses, to set
tie bet"
young man, said the old doctor,
sternly, you are triaing with serious
subject. What do you mean by want
ing Moses to settle a bet2'
Then Mr. Lamb rolled up a sheet of
music that lay ON the piano, and,
putting it TO the doctors ear, he shout
ed
II made-a- bet-that-I- could
find - out 49, what -the-name-of-
Moses'-mother in-law-was. Can
you-tell. -mel'
tine Bible don't say responded
the doctor land unless you can get q
spiritualist to put you in communica-
ton with Moses, l think you will
lose.
Then Peter went away and handed
over the stakes. Hereafter he will
gamble on other than Biblical games.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

A writer IN the National Stockman
says about colts and calves.
Having been watching the mar
kets for some time, and seeing that
the prices for the former are increas-
ing while the latter are steadily de
creasing, / have thought that it
would be good way for farmers to
keep for their own use on the farm
none but good sized draft mares. 1t
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

to good account when they made alb
stinence from meat on Friday part
of their religious duty. Fresh FISH
contains much of the material which
renovates nerve matter and assists to
prevent its decay, while an interval Of
rest from strong meat enables the brain
to aecome clearer for its Sunday work
by giving time to the blood to be puri-
fed FROM excess of heterogeneous food
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
The BenefIt of Fasting.

a sanitary practice Intimately con
necte1 with religious tenet is that Of
fasting Those were clear-headed,
obseryant men who Instituted fish
dinner ON Friday. The daily use Of
meat has its Disadvantages, and sets
up evils of serious kind connected
with gluttony, which the fathers Of
the Roman Catholic Church turned
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20
Nothing IN the Safe.


"You are suspected of robbing our
safe, said the senior member of the
firm to a trusted employee.
There's nothing whatever IN It,
sir, | assure you.
No; that's what we discovered this
morning
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

Some of the Florida hotels are go
ing to put in the electric light, and
dispense with the clerks stud.
This is cold snap, said the bur
glar as he broke optn a refrigera-
tor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-11-20

Would YOU like this bound in tur-
keyl' asked the gentlemanly book
agent of his rural customer for
Scratcher's Universal History of the
World. " "Oh, no, was the reply,
mo use sending on it clear out there /,
bind it in New York"
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
MRS. BLAND REGIarERs

Az n Regular Female SawbOnes to
Engage I'm business ia Washing
ton,
"This lady wants to DO registered" re-.
marked tall, elderly gentleman as he
stepped into the Health Office Saturday
afternoon, as no introduced middle-agod
matronly lady to the clerk. In very
matter-of-fact way the clerk pulled out a
large book from the safe and asked the lady
her name. When being informed of the
name of his visitor he opened tho book Mt
the proper letter under which to register
tho lady.
A CRITIC reporter, who was In tho Office
at the time getting some statistics on the
mortality of the District, asked the clerk
why she was putting herself on the records
of the office.
The recorder Of deaths regarded tho scribe
with look bordering OH contempt, and
then replied that she was female physi-
clan and was being registered, so that she
could 90 into active practice. She made
the following entry in the register IN. O..
Bland, Philadelphia University Of Medi-
cine and Surgery"
Then she can saw leg of as we'll as ad-
minister drugs2' suggested tho reporter.
"Oh, yes" was the brief reply:
An examination of the register by tho
reporter showed that thoro arc no less than
sixteen active female physicians in this
city. AS the lady was leaving tho clerk
detained her moment and furnished her
with one of the requisites Of her profess
sion, a large bundle of death certificates.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
AND THE MuLLIGAN BAND
Plays Again ON the same String ana
the Same Tune.

the Same tune.
Warren Fisher and James Mulligan, Of
Boston, believing it their duty" to-day,
through the columns of the New York Sun,
Times and Herald, lay before the public GER
tain letters which they think will compro-
mise Mr., Blaine.
These letters and their genuineness is not
csiablished-have evidently been brought
out by the Democratic Committee to the
material emolument Of Messrs. Fisher and
Mulligan.
They attempt to show Mr.. Blaines in
nuence as exerted among the departments
in favor Of tho Little Rock Railroad, and
Mr.. Blaine's personal efforts in securing
among his friends subscription to the stock
of the company.
They refer to Mr.. Blsine's trying to get
the late Thomas A. Scott TO take stock in
the road.
There are purported letters to Mr.. Fisher
and to Mr. Caldwell. They note declina-
tions by Fisher to honor Mr.. Blaine's draft
for money which he had expended in the
enterprise.
Some of the letters Of Mr.. Caldwell point
to the Importance Of Mr.. Blaine to the
people Immediately concerned In the road.
One letter Of Mr.. Blaine's to Fisher in
April, 1876, Is purported to contain an
Enclosure exonerating Blaine from all con-
nection with the Little Rock & Arkansas
Railroad. the Enclosure to be signed and
sent back by Fisher to be used as an OIL
set to the charges then being made to
hurt Blaine at the Cincinnati Convention.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
PERSONAL POINTS.

MIR. VIM. e. WILLIAMS, the assistant
clerk OF tho Supreme Court of the District,
after month spent at Asbury Park and other
resorts, has returned homo looking brown and
handsome.
-DR. o. f. STCLEAR, chief of the con-
sular bureau, Department OF State, who has
been absent for some time in Canada on OH
cial business, has returned TO the city aud re-
sumed the duties OF his ONCE.
-MRs. GEORGE WRIGHT and her charm
Ing daughter, Miss Maizy, accompanied by
Mrs. L. Rollings, left last week for two
months trip through tho west and South. Miss
Maizys return home will be eagerly looked for
by her large circle Of friends.
MIR. j. w. BABsoN chief of the Issue
and Gazette Division, Patent once, has re-
turned from Maine, where no went to cast his
vote. Judging from the result OF the election
In that State It ts believed he did vote once II
not oftener up among the tom Gods.
MIR. @. L. HALL. of the
Interior Department Printing once,
has returned from Maine. He says
that some of the Republican Maine.iacs 10
the backwoods OF Molechunkemunk aud Pas.
sadumheag were still voting when he left, and
the Lord only knows when they will stop.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
How Great Orators Feel when
About TO Speak.

Every Other Saturday.
Great orators are almost invariably nervous
with apprehension whom about to make an
important speech. Luther, to his last years,
trembled when he entered the pulpit. The
same is true OF Robert Hall. Mr.. Couch con-
fesses that he is always In tremor wh6ntom-
ing before an audience. Many OF tho leaders
OF the House OF Commons have glven similar
testimony. Canning said he could always tell
in advance when he was about to make one of
the best speeches by a chill running through
father OF the present Earl, when n young man,
was one OF the best speakers In Parliament.
He was known as tho "Prince Rupert OF de-
bate" and seemed so selt-possessed as to be
incapable OF embarrassment. But he said,
"When am going 10 speak, my throat and
lips are as dry as those OF man who Is going
TO be hanged" He also told tho late Sir A.
Allison that "he never rose TO speak, even In
an afternoon dinner assembly, without expert
encing certain degree OF nervous tremor,
which did not go of till he warmed to the sub.
ject." II is recorded OF Cicero that "he shud-
dered visibly over his whole body when he
first began to speak" In the "Life OF Lord
Lyndhurst," by Sir Theodore Martin, wo are
told that he did not prepare his speeches.
"Though, like oil great orators. he never rose
TO speak without nervous emotion, this In no
wGy interfered with his power OF thinking as
he spoke, and calling Into play the nttest Ian.
guage to express what he thought. The In.
tensity with which his intellect worked be.
came contagious. Hegot his hearers minds
within his grasp, no made them think with
him, see things with the same clearness as he
himself saw thcm, and 80 led them insensibly
up TO his own conclusions" Tierney, who IN
Lord Macauley calls one OF tho most fluent
debatcrs ever known, said he mover roee In
Parliament without feeling his knees knock
together. II Is one OF the componsations of
nature that the nervous temperament which
occasions the trembling is also one OF tho
causes OF oratorical success. In fact, IL may al
most be saio that no one can be great orator,
or really effective speaker, who does not ex.
Renee the feeling.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
REAL ESTATE.

TIM ,o,torr,,,, ,rovasor. =, $50, os,o,o ,,o.,
ine loIloWlns transfers oI teai estn'e Wero
HE'D forrecord September / 3 with tho Recorder
OF Deeds, as reported exclusively to THE CRITIC
by j, +, Olmatead. 1d10 New Yorl, avenue.
r., ,,..-,,1, -, '.., ~. n ~
, Lass NupltVl bIeel, soulheast corner SIX
Seehtn street soulheast, square 1850 suDlDts
uto 70, potn inclusive, lO1 feet by 30 rect,
sI na Moli 20 Julius Lansbutghi nominal;
r nuinv property next nbovo described, Juliu5
h1rn ns1 I 70 Lhne .. harti Sl,01O. 80.
Nehai s,re ~ n0r,neast corner second street
s sUutthWost 20 " iOO loot 'front.' (2,3I3 square
i i.S, square o1S, iot 10; also street, south
WesI, lois ~ ana ~, 1OxlOO, VIM. H. stewart
u SaInuei u. stewarti 4Z,uUO' -.- -,
he ~ on u sroet, south slde, Detween seVonu
anu Ihird streets southwest, on lO-f0ot alloy,
ssqqnare oSl, part OF LOT 4, lox2o, susan oohtee
10 fs.rlck powneyi SlIo,
nnd sixth' street noribaast s1uara aGG a,iblot
20, 17lax77 07.10O, Charles w. King TO Maria
Bacon Page; $500.
street, north eide, between Vermont ave-
nue. and Ninth street northwest, square 500,
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
The Proposed Canal Across Ireland.


Tho project for constructing n ship canal
across Ireland has been warmly espoused by
Influential people In England. Elaborate
plans and surveys Have been made at con
siderable expense, and have been submitted
by Captain Eads, the American engineer. The
plans were prepared by Mr.. It. A. Walker OF
Great George street, Westminster. The pro.
posed canal would be 1877 miles in length, and
would contain thirty locks. For ships OF
1900 tons the cost would be S,000000; for
ships OF 1900 tons, 12,000,000, ana for ships
of 1000 and upward, 20,000,000 sterling.
II built on this scale, the canal would be 200
feet wide on the surface and 100 feet at the
bottom. The passage through the canal
would be effected by system OF towage, and
It is estimated that the passage Of a ship from
Galway bay to Kingston would occupy be-
tween twenty.four and thirty-six hours. An
alternative scheme OF ship railway, IN
which the ships would be carried In cradles,
which could DO constructed for 10,O0O,0OD, Is
proposed, by which the duration OF the pas
sage through the island would be reduced ~
twelve hours. An immense 'aqueduct would
have TO be constructed to carry the canal over
the Shannon at Banogue, and would DO over
three miles In length, being one OF the most
difficult and costly works IN connection with
tho undertaking.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
A Fish Story as Told In Nevada

II Is asserted on tho authority OF persons who
have recently visited Marietta Lake that the
prodigious increase OF trout In Its waters has
oyetstocked tho lake. AT times they can be
seen massing themselves in small streams
which arc tributary to the lake, and on these
occasions they have been crowded out on the
grass growing on the borders OF the streams.
Thousands could bo thrown out with pitch
fork. piece OF bark thrown into the lake Will
cause dozen or more trout to leap for It.
and sit by tho shore watching for leaves 10
fall into the water. Tho instant a leaf touches
the water the fish rise, and like fash the CO.
yoto bounds into the thick OF the fish, and Is
certain TO bring out one or two In his mouth.
Tho coyotes are shot whenever any OF the
lumbermen see them, but by stealing up In the
underbrush they manage TO osca pc obserya.
tiOn,
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
Campnien HUmor.

In Buffalo, N. y, Monday evening, ten thou.
sand enthusiastic Democrats attended the nag
dedication and summer night festival. under
tho auspices OF the Independent Cleveland
Guards, in Jefferson Park. look around the
grounds disclosed some amusing features. To
tho left OF the entrance was the "Blalno and
Logan" bar, over which hung a card inscribed
"W(h)ater you want" and at which we'll
water Niagara water aud ice-water were the
staples. They were ticketed respectively lyo,
ten and fifteen cents. Other novelties wore
the "st John and Daniel bar" where behiud
screen were sold whisky straight, whisky
sour and whisky cocktails. At tho "Butler aud
West bar" was placard "No stealing here"
and drinks were sold "by tho SPOON" the latter
being OF large si2e tied 10 the counter 70
guard against kleptomania.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
A DANGEROUS THEE,
who Goes About Seeking Employ
rnanf

ment.
Minnie Jones is a dusky female who
hires herself out as servant. Hor last
"service-place" was at Mrs. Barnes, on @
street, between Third and Four-and .a-half
streets. She was discharged about threo
weeks ago and Mrs. Barnes discovered that
she had got away with pockotbook con-
tanning several dollars belonging TO her.
Mrs. Barnes thereupon refused to let Min
ME have her trunk until she handed back
the money. This Minnie did not do. Last
Saturday night Mrs. Barnes house was
broken into and the trunk was taken away.
This morning the Jones woman was ar
rested, and acknowledged that she stole
Mrs. Barnes pocketbook, and also said that
her "friend," a Mr.. jackson, broke in and
stole her trunk. Jackson will be arrested,
and the charge of HOUSEKEEPING In the
night will be brought against him.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
Cheering Him Up.

san FrnncIsc0 Post,
"What's tho matter, dear?" asked the Wife OF
an enterprising city editor as he returned
heme with gloomy brow tho other day.
"Matter enough" growled tho journalist.
"Why, to-days issue is going to DO as Hat as n
pancake. Telegraph wires are all down on
the overland and not n single case OF man.
slaughter up TO the hour OF going 10 press.
Absolutely nothing but snide suicide up in
Chiratown-ohinese opium nend, or some
thing"
"Poison case, eh2" she asked soothingly.
"oh, no; pistol, b'liove, and throat cut after
ward"
"why, that's 'slckenlng tragedy item, Isn't
II, darling? Shot and cut himself, did no?
-Come, now, that's petter than nothing"
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
THE GALE ON fHE CHESAPEAKE.
what MIR. Samuel Normont Says
About IL.


Mr.. Samuel Norment, who was one Of
the passengers on the Lady OF the Lake
Saturday evening bound for Norfolk, but
who returned here ON the Moseley last
night, was met by CRITIC reporter this
morning. Mr. Normept did not look like
man who had passed through "torrible
ordeal" but on the contrary he wore his
usual complacont smile, Speaking of the
gale encountered by the Lake, he said:
II have crossed the English channel, tho
st. Lawrence, and other waters which are
liable to turbulency, but don't know that
ever saw fercer gale than that of Satur-
day night"
Il am quoted with others by q morning
paper continued Mr.. Normont, "of woar-
ing sick look, &c. SO far as 1 am con-
cerned was at no time alarmed for our
safety. Tho ladies', however, were some-
what frightened. was never sick in my
life on shipboard, and believe 1 am proof
against seasickness."
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
THE OLD FEMALE vAGs
Gradually wearing Out and DIsap.
pearlng.

Rose McDcvitt, an aged white vagraut,
who has aspired to the dignity Of Oldest
vag since the death of Agnes White in the
workhouse recently, was behind the bars
at the Police Court this morning on the
old familiar charge of vagrancy. She was
charged in conjunction with colorel
woman named Julia Banks.
Rose, who used to make things lively in
court, is losing her vim like her old
friend, Agnes, and instead Of beginning
with TRADE of abuse and curses on the
policeman who took her in, she shrank
behind her colored sister aud contented
herself with putting in plea of not guilty,
and claiming to have homo at Providence
Hospital.
Three months in the workhouse was
their sentence.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
Remarkable GencaIOSY of an ALLIE
Eheny Family.



few days ago there was born In tho family
of Charles NJ, Pine, manager OF the Allegheny
laundry, a girl baby. There Is nothing ro-
markable In that until ono knows that Ia
three generations this Is the only female
child born In this branch OF tho Pine family.
Tho greatgrandfaIher OF the little solitary
was tho father OF a son and daughter who Is
now over DO years OF age, and the only other
female In the family. Tho third generation
were all males, as were also the fourth until
the late ACQUISITION.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
He Had Inquired, Too.


"Sir," said young man, entering the onlce
OF a prominent citizen who was somewhat noted
for his ''nearnees," ~ hear that you have
house to lot, and would like to look at It with
O view TO hiring"
SWELL" said the prominent citizen, 81 will
mako inquiries about your character, and you
may call in a day or two and will, perhaps,
let you have the Key"
A day or two later the young man called
again.
SWELL" said the citizen, 81 have made inquir
les about your character and am satisfied 10
let you have the key"
ooh, never mind" said the young maui 81
have been making Inquiries about your charac:
ter, and don't think want IT, .assts
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15

In Baltimore, Saturday, Edward Red
berg was committed for assaultlng and shoot
ing william Friedel. Friedel was sitting on
his doorstep talking 70 his wife, when Rcd
berg came along nolsily and profanely drunk.
Frledel told him that ho ought 20 be ashamed
TO be 30 vulgar and blasphemous, Redberg
became very angry at this and drew q revolver
ana shot him In the left breast, the ball pene'
rhtlng the lung, The doctor says that tho
wound Will eventually result In death.
The Evening critic., 1884-09-15
A New Author.

Boston Globe.
~ would like 10 take ono OF Dart's works."
remarked lady TO tho custodian OF circu-
lating library.
"Bart2 am not familiar with tho author.
! do not think that We have any or his works
In our library"
ooh yes, indeed YOU have. have seen the
name In the catalogue"
"Do you remember the titles OF any OF his
worksT'
"Yes, remember one"
sand that wasp
"That was 'The Last Days of Pompell,' By
L, Bulw0r Lytton, Bart" SeSs'
HAY-FEvER. wNalRnliGtedsf6r twenty
years with Hay.Feyert tIsHs6d Ely's Cream
Balm with favorAAlgs}b Hts, and can recon.
May sdsffZabeth, Nj.