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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
The Aged Mother

Honor the dear aged mother. Time
has scattered the snowilakes on her
brow, pillowed deep burrows on her
cheeks, but she is sweet and beautiful
nowl The lips are Thin and sunken
but those are the lips that have kissed
many a hot tear from childish cheeks.
and those are the sweetest lips in all
the world. The eye is dim, yet it
ever glows with the soft radiance of
holy love which can never fade. All.
yes, she is a dear old mother. The
sands of life are nearly run out, but
feeble as she is she will 90 further
and reach down lower for you than
all others upon earth. You cannot
walk into midnight, where she can
not see you; you cannot enter prison
whose bars will keep her out; you
cannot mount scaffold too high for
her to reach, that she may kiss and
bless you in evidence of her deathless
love. When the world despis;s and
fol sakes, when 1t leaves you by the
wayside TO die unnoticed, the dear,
good mother will gather you in her
feeble arms and carry you home and
tell you all your virtues until you
almost forget your soul is disdgured
by voice. Love her tcnderly, and
cheer her declining years with holy
devotion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01

dat he's gwine to git it ez easy ez he
ken, he'dbetter practice how to act
when he gets fore de gran jury, fur
he's gwine dar sho'.
1t hab been said dat it am j st as
well fur a man to be a thief ez liar,
but doan agree wild Gle man whut
says it, A man sometimes tell lie
to make hissell more potant and ter
gain yer respeck, but de thief is
airter gain an doan kere chen fur his
own reSpeck
De man whut tries ter do right les
because ne is Altered o de, debil, may
airler awhile think dat de debil ain
in no great hurry ter punish him, an
den do wrong, ! amt got no respeck
fur forced region. De fruit wAut am
raised ia a hot house amt nigh so
sweet as de fruit whet yer gifts cutter de
orchard.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
How Sic Prnnosed.

Il don't believe in this tomfoolery
about leap year, said a Someryille
rsaiden to her lover; 1T is all non
sense. No girl could be 50 immodost
as to make downright proposal OF
marriage to her beau"
You are undoubtedly right, as
scented the young man; the young
ladies are not near so anxious to get
married as the young men.
"Oh, as TO that rejoined the
maiden, II think you're mistaken.
The girls are anxious enough to get
married Few of them would refuse
an offer. Iwould jump at the chance
myself"
Would you reallyl'
"Try me and see. -
lie did try her, and there is another
added to the list Of marriages to take
place soon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
Editorial Paw in England

Newspaper work, says the Wash
ington Capital is much better paid for
in England than in America. When
Mr. Delane undertook the editorial
charge Of the L@ndon Times he was
paid $4,000, about 90 600 of our dol
lars Mr.. Buckle, the new editor of
that journal, a young man of thirty,
withoutany previous experience, com
mences his official term on al annual
stipend of 5000, $25 600 Mr. Ed
ward Lowson, the editor of the Lon
don Telegraph, is its owner, and SO is
not on a salary, but the two senior
editors of that journal, Mr.. Edwin
Arnold and Mr.. j M. lie Sage, receive
each a salary of $l7, 500 in our money.
The Standard, which is next in circu
lation of the great London dailies to
the Telegraph, does not pay as we'll
as its mighty rival, for its editor, Mr.
Medford, gets only SIS, 600 per annum
The Daily News, the organ of English
Liberals and the third in circulation
of the English metropolitan journals
pays to its editor the extremely com
Portable yearly snlary of $50 600 The
6IltbF Oh LuG NldUCucSleF Gudfnldu,
easily the most powerful and in1uen-
tial country newspaper (meaning out
side of London) in England, pays its
chief editor SIS, 600 and two members
of its staff, who each write only four
articles a week, 81, 500 Mr. Stead,
the editor Of the Pail Mall Gazette,
gets so 600, and the leading writer of
that journal, Mr.. Miner is paid at
the rate of IS 600 yearly. He is a
young man. and amuses him. elf with
literary work, which he need not do
if he does not care TO, as he possesses
an independent income from a very
large fortune. Some Of the weeklies
of London pay very handsomely Mr..
Hutton, who is at the head of the
Spectator, gets $4,000 Mr. Pollock,
of the Saturday Review, receives the
same sum as his confrere Of the Spec
tator, and Mr.. Frederick Green wood,
who steers the st. James Gazette
through the tortuous mazes of English
politics, gets for going it 50, 600, while
Mr.. f. @. Burnard, who not only edits
Punch but writes It's sharp parliamen.
tary criticisms, receives SIS, 600 year
for his double duty.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
Giving Him Information
Pittsburg Chronicle

A negro was recently seated on a
rail fence in Arkansas intently look
ing at the telegraph wires. A gentle
man passing said:
Watching the wire ~
ayes, sab.
watching to see a message go by,
hev2n
The negro smiled and said, eyes,
sab.
The gentleman kindly told him
that messages were invisible. aud ex
planned the working Of the electric
current to him at length. Conclud-
ing he SAID
Now you know something about
it."
eyes, sab.
''What do YOU work atl'
"Im telegraph operator at the
Hazel Switch Station, sab.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
Ancient md Modern nenmark.

The growth Of population ia Europe
IN face Of so large emigration IS some
thing remarkable. During this cen
fury the population Of Denmark has
almost doubled from about 900, 900
To nearly 1900, 600 although the in
crease for the past twenty years 1880
so mas been smaller than in the
decade Of 1850 CO. on account Of the
greater emigration. La the eight
eenth century the growth was very
small. 1t is supposed that H. olden
times. the country was, at several
periods. relatively well peopled, and
authority states that in the tenth cen
fury in contained as many people as
il does now.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01

Switzerland ppss. s-s at this time
102 hotels with 6S 1877 beds. The
value If the buildings is estimated a.
So 900. 600, the furniture at $l4 roo y
ON. aud the working capital At 81 200,
600. making Total Of $63 91C QUO en-
gagged in the branch Of industry TIE
grn,s revenue Of the 10n2 establish
ments is put down at 80 $50 00i, a
sum which repr. sents the expendltUr
Of foreign tourists within year OF
this sum 81 5000 is paid for meat
and drink which, assuming the sea
son 10 be Of nurmsl length makes the
cost Of each guest at from 81 to 81 Is
per diem.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
Wanted TO See the Bears.

MA, did the wicked children say,
Go up old bald head, to good Eli.
jah2"
Yes, dear.
"And did the bears come out and
eat theme"
ut is told to us, my SON"
"And would they come up and eat
me if l should say, 80 up old bald
head to pa2"
Possibly"
would they you1'
Probably not"
"Then, you say it to him and | will
give you five cents to see the bears.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
Not That Kind ora Man.
San Francisco Post

81 don't think a sep'usgenarian is
the proper mtn TO elect President"
said republican. who are you
talking about2" asked democrat.
"Whv. Tlden. Of course Now,
look here, said the dem 'crat, you
republicans are always eating up
stories about TDlden Of course,
every man has his faults and has
committed some slips ia life, but II
be doggoned if you can cram it down
me that Tllden was ever septu-
what d you ctll it}' a septuagen.
arian. "Y-s, "A eptuazenarian No
sir. Won can't stuff that down me
Mr.. Tlden, sir, is not that kisd Of
man.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
EXPERT ACCOUNTANTS.
WHO Enter Int Conspiraeies TO Ruin
Men.


The increase in the nu'nber Of de-
falcations and irregularities among
clerks, book keepers and bank CASH
iers which from time u time startle
the mercantile community, has given
rise to class of individuals known as
expert accountants, whose sole occu-
cupationis TO examine books and
detect fraud. Some years ago t.is
work. was performed by book
keepers who had won repu-
tation in their calling, and who
were lent By their employers to diff
ferent firms whose accounts had be-
come complicated But il these times
Of expensive living, when a young
man eudeavors to support a $40 600
establishment on 81 900 salary. the
tendency to violate the eighth com
mandment is increasing To an alarm
ing extent so the fraternity II
mathematical detectives CAM in
vogue, and the fifty or more account
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
Miss Rosebud and Friend Talk Books
Arllansaw Traveller.

Two young ladies of literary tastes
in Clifton, were discussing their read
ing, when one of them remarked:
81 have ben engaged in a delight
full work for a week past.
Indeed, what is it3"
Anthony Trollope's Autobio
graphy."
who is the author2'
Really, l don't know. have look
ed over the title page ana through
the preface but can't find any refer
ence to the author at all. Whoever
1t is, is charming writer, and seems
to have known the novelist very in
timately."
IN get it and read it, but it is toe
provoking, isn't it, that so many de
lightful authors of late are writing
anonymouslyW
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
dow TO Make Home Happy.


Keep away from it as much as pos
sble.
Always act in a hurry TO get out
of 1t when you happen to be ia it,
Lunch away from home most Of the
time and fud a great deal of fault
with the menu when you do cat at
home
Never on any consideration spend
an evening at home. 1t is bad
form" and might spread abroad that
your tastes are domestic Every
body dislkes domestic man, you
know
or course there are a great many
other things that naturally suggest
themselves in this connection. Fol.
low them all up, and after a few
years you VIII discover that home is
a fool Of place wherever you may
happen 10 be.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
Laying His Pipes for a Boom.
ouCiy Blizzard

Prominent Statesman-Send out re-
ports that am very i'll aud have be-
come a physical wreck
Private Secretary But you weigh
200 pounds if you weigh AN ounce,
and you look as though you hadn't
been sick ouce for quarter Of . Ger
fury.
Prominent Statesmau--Yes, | know
that, but am thinking Of entering
the race for the presidency, ana popu-
lar fancy seems to drift toward total
wrecks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
Plantation Philosophy.
Arkansas Traveller.


De soberest man IN de worl' is de
Teller what hab jest got over spree,
an he knows dat de adv ce whut he
gibs yer is good, case he didn I follow
It hi>sef
When boy takes it inter his head
lat the WORT owes him libln, an
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01

retirement near New York. His
deeds are part of our history it should
not become history that in his old
age Congress disregarded an appeal
for just recognition of his services.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
For Her Sake.

pittsburg Courer-Journal
walter, said his fond wife, will
you not learn to play poker for my
sakel"
LEAN to play poker" he exclainn1
ed in astonisbment. aF
yes, dear, for my sake.
"Why, ahem, why, the truth is do
know something about the game, IL
have played it. "
yes, dear, but you don't know
enough. thoughtif you would only
learn how TO play it you might not
lose so much money, you know.
d. r. McGrcgor,a rich old bachelor
died at Alburg Va, Sunday He re-
fused all through his illness to part
with an old vest, saying heshould get
well If he wore it. When he died
$50 900 in bonds and certificates were
found in the vest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
How tho Bride FIanked Her husband
RlNer Herald.

How do you like the squash pie,
Alfred2" asked a young wife of her
husband few days after their mar
riage,
1T is pretty good, but
"But what2 | suppose you started
to say that it isn't as good as your
mother makes9'
"Well, yes l did intend to say that,
but
well, Alfred, your mother made
that very pie and sent 1T to me, "
The Malay styje of feeding ele-
plants has certainly the merit of sim
phcity. When the days work on the
farm is done they are turned out into
the Jungle to find their own food and
so they go rambling about all night,
pulling and tearing away at any tree
or shrub they fancy. When morning
comes the drivers, tracing them by
their own apparent marks, put the
driving hooks over their ears and lead
them off to work. Elephants seem to
Craze in forest quite as contentedly
as cattle in a pasture Their ability
TO scramble up aud down apparently
impossible places is wonderful, and a
recent traveller through that land says
that he has seen them break the
branches off coffee trees IN order to
IAN away the flies.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01
A Little Lass Decked out in Lilies.
chat Wlth q New York Florist.


"a little girl whois going to speak
an Easter poem at a party on Easter
Monday is to have odd conceits in
flowers" said the florist. She IS
ooipg to wear little white dress EN-
Broidered in Gala lilies and about
the edge are to be TIM white satin
eggs. filled with bluetells, lilies OF
t6e valley, daisies and plnsies. On
her head will be wreath of Gala
lilies. and tiny white satin eggs;
filled with pink roses. will depend
from her boot-tops. ike tassels.
The statistlcian, Mulhall, shows
that the average factory operative 10
the United States produce 81, per
anum Of value in manufactured pro,
ducts. In England the average OF
production per capita is 40 per cent.
more The average in France IS II le0
in Germany, s515; in Austria, s6Oo
in Spain and Portugal, 1895, and IN
Italy, $500.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-05-01

well, Alfred, your mother made
that very pie and sent it TO me,
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-07
A One Sided Prize Fight.

NEW YORK, March GA holly contest
ed prize fight took place early this morn
ing in the dining-room of one of the best
known hostelries on Long Island. So
well had the plans Of the Dacey- Demsey
contest been laid that not policeman
knew where the mill would be held
About three hundred spectators were
present to witness the fight. At 2:45
q. IN. Dacey stepped into the ring and
sat half hour waiting for Demsey
Jimmy Glidden was chosen referee. After
Instructions from the referee and time.
keeper the men stood up ready for the
first rounds, which followed in quick sue
cesslon the exchanges falling thick and
heavy. At the end of the third round
Dacey certainly had the best of the fight,
but at the close of the fifth il was evi.
dent that Dacey had received heavy pun.
ishmont. In the seventh round Dacey
lookedto be the winner when he gave Dem.
sey heavy one on the mouth and one in
the stomach. Just before the eighth round
the spectators platform fell with fifty
people; mo one hurt The round ended
with Dacey badly ratified. In the ninth
and last round Demsey's left-hander
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-07
He Warned the President That the
Star-Route Investigations
Would Strike Near
Home.
The Ex-Attorney-General Tells How
Much He Did to Bring the Guilty
to Punishment,
And Takes Occasion to Slur President
Arthur by Uncalled-for Re-
marks.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 6.-The
House Committee on Expenditures con-
tinued the examination of EX-Attorney-
General McVeagh. Witness was asked to
explain the talk he had with the President
on the political effect of the prosecution
Of the Star-routcrs, and stated that he
warned the President it would
strike some of his high political friends
and men prominent in his election, who
held letters which the President wouldn't
desire to have made public. Witness ex-
planned the great gravity of the step pro-
posed. As there was at the time a
division of the Republican party, he
thought it would hazard its future.
Among those high in political position
referred to were Dorsey, Brady and
Kellogg. Witness told Dorsey's
attorney that papers had been
found in the Department which, how
ever unfortunate for the Sena-
tor, must be explained. He
also told Dorsey there must be an inves-
tigatiOn before the Grand Jury. Itcouldn't
inJure him if he was innocent He stated
that the matter was one of great distress
to Garfield. He consented on being made
aware Of all the steps taken in the inves-
tigation to the issuance of the warrants
proposed, etc. Witness spoke Of having
words with Dorsey The latter stated
that it wasn't Garhcld's desire for the
matter to be settled by judicial inyesti-
CATION. Witness dwelt upon the efforts
of Dorsey to have him turned out of the
Cabinet, and the use of Rerdell's afiida-
wits referred to. The grounds upon
which Dorsey demanded the re-
moyal of the witness were that
he was generally aa bad man.
The witness entered into an account of
the circumstances leading to his de-
parture from the Cabinet, which was at
tributable to the Presidents sympathy
with the Shareholders. Witness cited the
intimate relations existing between Hugh
Hastings, George c. Gorham and other
sympathiZers with the Star-routers. They
supported Arthur before the assassina-
tion and were cordially received after
wards. He thought these gentlemen had
did not desire to remain in the Cabinet.
He suggested to tie President that it
would be better to have another Attorney
General, as the citizens of the District of
Columbia believed that if he remained it
was merely administering a dead mans
estate.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-07
WHY CASH II NOT ARR ESTED.
The Sheriff Unwilling or Afraid to Do
His Duty.

his
COLUMBIA, S. c., March $50 little
has been done to effect the arrest of W.
b. Cash since his brutal assault upon
Marshal Richards, and especially since
the latter's death, that the press and the
people are complaining of the non-per-
Torrance of duty on the part of the off,
cials. The Governor telegraphed several
times to the scene of the Cash outrage,
but could receive no positive information
of what was being done to enforce the
law The Sheriff of Chesterfield County
sent word that he was sick, but it
has transpired that he was not
competent to the task. Informa-
ton received here shows that pre-
vious to the death of Richards the Sher-
if implored posse of citizens, who
had organized to arrest Cash, not to
attempt so rash an act, and he
succeeded in persuading them from the
effort. From that moment the citizens
seem to have become hopelessly intim-
dated. The next day Sheriff Sheltered
went to the Cash residence in company
WIN ucpuLl, anu lut lOTlntT enleTtu
the house, while the latter remained at
the gate Colonel Cash cordially received
the Sheriff, and soon after called to
the deputy to come in. The trio then
made the recent shooting the subject
of conversation. 1t is said that Colonel
Cash expressed but one regret about the
affair, which was that his son
had done poor shooting, and that if
Richards did not die from his wound
he Colonel CASH would kill him.
He stated that his son did not intend to
be arrested until he saw fit to surrender
The Sheriff and the whole community
have been so terrorized by the Cash FAM
lily that any attempt to arrest them is met
with the declaration that it would be q
suicidal act. The Sheriff returned to
Cheraw without making an arrest, since
which time Richards has died, and the
Sheriff enters the plea of illness to avoid
the performance of his duty 1t is said
that two-thirds of the people of Chester
field are in sympathy with the Cashes and
that they are kept constantly informed as
to the status of affairs. The Governor
has taken the matter in hand, and the
arrest of Cash will probably soon follow.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-07
The Deadly Agent Which Fills All
Hearts With Dread of Sud-
den Calamity.
Discovery of Three Large Laboratories
for It's Manufacture in the City
of Vienna.
Foreign Governments to Combine in De-
handing Ant-Dynamite Enactments
by the United States.
Austria.
DYNAMITE DISCOVERY.


VIENNA, March 6.-Much excitement
has been caused by the discovery by the
police of three large dynamite laboratories
in the heart of the city, all of which show
signs of having recently been occupied.
EVERYTHING indicated that dynamite was
then being manufactured and that the
occupants had made haSty exit. The
activity of the Terrorist party causes
greatest uneasiness among the wealthiest
classes, and general feeling of insecur-
ity prevails on account of the number of
dynamite bombs being scattered broad
cast over the city. Bombs are found in
the street almost daily. AS yetno serious
explosion has taken place. The detective
force has been doubled, and is continu-
ally securing the city and suburbs for dy-
Mantle. Last evening man dressed in
the garb of a workman was arrested
while attempting to smuggle number of
small bombs into the city. He made a
desperate resistance, and attempted to
explode one of the bombs. He was finally
oNclpoWtIeu anu tdhcu W lnc police SUI
ton. He refused to reveal the place
where he procured the bombs. From in
formation received by the police and from
other sources it is believed that dynamite
is being manufactured in the suburbs
A number of detectives are actively
searching the suspected places. A care
full examination Of some of the dynamite
discovered has led TO the belief that
large quantities of the stuff are received
by Terrorists from friends in America,
and that it is shipped from America via
Switzerland. The Swiss authorities have
been asked to keep a sharp lookout for
dynamite intended for shipment to Aus
tria. The Austrian Government has Sc
cured the services of number of Swiss
detectives to aid in the search for explo-
siyes.
The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-07
MARKET REPORTS,
Grain and Provisions.
ST, LOUIS

THURSDAY, MARCH q.
ST. LOUIS.
COTTON-Steady; middling l0asc.
FLouR-Steady; NIX to Choice, S3,50GL75;
patents, So. 75l9j50.
WHEAT--Dull and lower;No. cred, $l09ii
Wl;lOs No. . Red. Sl.OOls
CoRN-Active but lower No. mixed,
SOSac; No. 2, white mixed, 5O050Ic.
OArs-Quet; No. =, 3iGDj4lc.
RYE-Weaker; No. z, 5SIac.
ToBACCo--F Firm; Jugs, common TO choice.
$3.50 1000; leaf, common red leaf, SIS. 600
10 90; medium to good sR.5 0l750
QHY-Choice timothy, SlOUJ0l500; prime,
SLWOlOOO; prairie prime to choice SS.5OlD
1850.
BUTTER - Firm; choice creamery, 500
BE; fancy, 34G35c; dairy, good to choice, 25 q
&c; low grades nominal.
EGGS-in demand at l9c.
PorATOEs-ln good demand; choice North
ern, Gla@+0c; common. 25(l32 &C.
PORk-Dull; standard mess, SlIS1n; hard
side, Sl7.f2H.
LARD-Dull; prime steam, nominal at 9isc.
BACON-Longs, 9Sc; shorts, IOac; clear rib
Zoe.
WooL-Tub-washed choice, 33034c; common,
2SlJ3Uc; unwashed, medium, 2iQ125c; low and
coarse grades, ljDlgc.
HIDES steady; dry flint lie; damaged, 1ic;
bulls or stays Zoe; dry sailed, He: dry sailed,
damaged, loo; kip and Gulf, salted SIC; dam
aged Sac bulls and stays, 5nc; green Jun
cured, 6hc; damaged 5D6c.
SHEEP PELTs-Steady; green, 7019Oc dry
do, 4O05Oc, as to amount and quality Of wool;
green shearings, 2p13Oc; dry do, 10000.