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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13

some are a-wsitin' for lne to Join their
watch. Don't leave me, sir, he SAID
piteously.
| promised | would not. and sat
watching hour after hour listening to
the hard breathing of the sufferer.
who seemed to sin1 into a state Of
stupor, moaning at intervals as he
tossed his head from side to side of the
pillow, and muttered a few words.
broken aud half spoken. The storm
gradually sunk till the wind quite
lulled, and at about 3 o'clock | half
drew the curtain and looked out upon
the sea. which still tossed fearfullv,
though all above was calm and peace
full, a light cloud just drifting slowly
past the pale bright moon.
| stood gazing at the soft, blue sky.
now so placid and serene, almost won
dering that so great a change could
have taken place, when started Tor
! a voice behind me shouted. Morn
ing watch! Draw the curtain and let
that moon shine inl'
| obeyed-turning cold and tremb-
ling rs | did 50 still looking at the
| dying sailor, who sat erect in the bed
Here, y he said; and. as | approach
ed the bed, he seized my hand
"Hark don't you hear that2 It's the
/ boatswain piping for me to keep my
everlasting watch. Ay, ay, sTl There
bark againl There's The waves a-lash
ing upon the further shore. Breakers
ahead breakers ahead look outtsere
The old vessels struck, a. d she's
going to pieces-the old seventy-foul
that's weathered many storm. going
ashore. Farewell, messmate; one
short struggle, one cold plunge and .
hopeful heart--a brave striking out
through the harsh breakers Land
| no land hot on the other side-and
it's land of rest-a land of peace and
hope, Now for i'll The rush of the
dark waters is coming binding
deafening-but a bold heart, mess
mate. God bless youl IA going
| ashore"
For some minutes | sat motionless
The old mans eye had lighted up as
he gazed straight before h m out upon
| the moonllt heavens. His voice seem
ed to peal through the silence of the
night, until shivered as he describ
ed the wreck then taking place. TC
the last word his voice had rung GU
loud and resonant; then he sank bach
motionless upon the pillow, stained
now with his life blood, and | passeC
softly from the room, for / knew tina
his life-bari1 was stranded by the seq
| of death.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13
An Incident of the Floods.
Wheeling Intelligence


The most interesting incident of the
flood in this town was that related by
Mrs. Charles Filters, who resides near
ly opposite Floto's bakery. She said
that a chest lodged in the yard, and
upon opening it she was very mu III
surprised to see in the contents articles
of children S clothing, etc. The chest
was taken into the hoLse, and upon
further examination complete batch
of letters, filed according to date, was
discovered. These letters had been
written while the writer was in the
army, and were addressed to his
sweetheart (now his wife). The writer
had been with Grant and Sherman,
ana the epistles detailed he fights en-
gagged in with remarkable accuracy.
Said an I'D soldier who read the let
tiers: There is a chapter IN the his
tory of the late war that has not been
printed "
Mrs. Filters cleaned all the articles
and got them in first rate shape, and
finding the address of the owner wrote
to him. The letter was almost inn
mediately answered, asking that the
chest be sent to Industry, Pa, to the
owner.
Mrs. Filters was offered some com
pensation for her kindness, bit she
refused to take a cent The chest,
with its con ents, was shipped intact
to its owner few days ago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13
Would See Him Later.
Merchant Traveller.

A swell who had been paying de-
voted attention to rich bankers
daughter finally interviewed the old
gentleman on the subject. After a
few preliminary remarks the young
man said;
II am in love with your daughter,
sir, and want to marry her"
"Ah, is that so2" replied the father,
looking at him sharply over his glass
es. I'm not surprised at all. She is
good girl. 4"
Il know it, sir, and it was her
goodness which won me from the
first"
"Ahem, yes-rve heard you had
sone very extravagant habits, and
some as bad as they were extrava-
giant"
I've not been saint, sir, but
when am married and brought UNI
der the tender influence of wife L
shall reform"
II am glad to hear that; it would
be unpleasant for your wife if yol
didn't Were you aware, sir, that
when / gave you my daughter give
you with her S25, 900 IN United States
bonds?'
Il was not aware of that, sir, but
it would make no difference TO me-
Pecuniary considerations do not en-
ter into my calculations at all, sir
Love is of far more importance, Sir,
and it is a wife, not a bank account
am looking for. Mohey is mere
trash, sir"
Don't give yourself away, young
man; don't give yourself away. l
sad when l gave you my daughter,
I'd give you the money; but you see
| am not going to give you my
daughter and that changes the aspect
of affairs very materially. Good
morning Call around after you have
been reformed about fifteen years.
Au revoir.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13

DR. Foote's Hell.b Monthly

Dr. Eoote S HeiIh monthly
DR. PoOre, of London, IN contrast
ing coffee and tea, says the former
contains more alkaloidal stimulant
aud the latter more taunin. Tea calls
for less gestive effort than coffee,
but the tannin Of tea Injuries digestion
after a time. Out of ninety samples
of ground coffee purchased in London
shops only five we're found to be
wholly genuine. 1t is often remarked
that two wrongs don't make a right,
but here is an illustration showing
how oneevil adulteration with harm
less grains, may counteract another,
an excessive use of coffee Tor what is
thought to be coffeel is beverage.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13
A Touch story.


S. D. Edwards, a justice of the
peace in Oxford has long claimed
the power of reading any letter which
can be placed on his head, not seeing
the letter. Monday this was put to a
practical test G II Jones, George
Walker aud A. 5, Fuller went into
a separate room. Each wrote letter,
which they carefully sealed in en-
velopes and shook in hat. Then one
was put ON top of Mr. Edwards head
Mr.. Edwards had not seen the envel-
ope, still he read it quickly and cor
rectly. He was tested IN many ways,
but came out successful each time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13
as.Golng to Get Out of the WAY
PHILADELPHIA Call

"Why are we running at such a
rapid rate9n asked a frightened pas
senger of conductor on a Missouri
railroad. Are we behind time =
mo" he replied, imperturbably,
looking at his watch, 1--WE are ahead
of time. got an order to keep out OF
the way of train following, US, but
| forgot all about it, and now she is
too close to give me time to take a
side track. We've got a good engine,
though" he said proudly, as he
swayed forward
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13
Boston Transcript

"If you don't marry me-" he ex-
claimed, I'll take myself out Of this
hated world, and III haunt YOU as
long as you live Said she: 1t
will be more respectable than your
present haunts Please stand little
farther off | never could bear the
smell Of alcohol so soon after tea.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13
COMEDY IN coURTsHIP

Watch each other through the room,
Hate the gas'ight love the gloom,
Give the bon bon men a Dom:
just engaged.
Speak Of Angels without wings
Watch the styl OF wedding rings
DO thousand foolish things:
just engaged.
II.
Fawns around her brother Mike,
Brings her Dreams by Marvel Ike
Which the maid assumes 70 hke'
He's engaged
Leaves of smoke and beer from date'
Goes tn church 10 sit with Kate,
Puta two dollars IN the plate:
He's engaged.
Ill
Haetens on her friends 10 call,
.. Rlithp aud CAV renounces all
Schemes for keeping odd Maids Hall
She's engaged.
Chooses bridesmaids ten or eight,
Loads them with an h.nor IT at
Buving gowns To decl; h.r feet.
She's engaged
".
Go 10 plays and opera.
Sing the "gobble'' and the baa,
Have a fight about "ROchat.'
Disengaged.
Maiden weeps the long night through,
Love beautifully blue
Lies q tragedy to two:
Ndt engaged
V.
Deep The chasm tween the twuin
' Morning has t come in vains
But 30 arouse Despair againY
Not engaged.
'Harki a ringing at the door.
And the voice. Miss kttie Moret'
KISSES bridge the chasm DER;
Be-eusaLed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13

A schoolboy "a London committed
suicide tke other day. He had failed
to pass an examination, and fer many
months before had been over worked
and cruelty punished in school. His
teacher states that he was bright
lad, " and it was no doubt the absence
of his brightness that caused him
to lag in the educational race that was
set before him. The wise Coroner's
jury brought in a simple verdict of
suicide" Perhaps verdict o. kill
ed by a false and vicious system of
education would have been truer to
the facts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13

On the evening OF Jan. 30, while
the family Of Edward T. Hatch. of
Farmiugdale. Ne, were at prayer,
the clothes Of Mrs. Hatch took fire
from the open CRATE beside which she
was kneeling. Before the flames were
extiuguished she was shockingly
burned. She died, after four we Is
of intense agony.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-03-13
Telephone Cigars.
Wall Street News

Give me a telephone cigar, said
Hon Thomas Warner yesterday, as
he stepped up to the stand at Pat
Murphys.
What kind of cigar is that2" in
quired the unsuspicious Pat
"One of the kind that you smoke
in New York aud they can smell in
Brooklyn" was the answer.
Hon. Thomas was carried out Of
New street in an ambulance.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
A Judge on, a TreadmiH.

The fact has been solmnly telegraphed to
London that one of the judges has been on
the treadmill (experimentally, of course), and
the incident has been made the subject of
several editorial comments and not few
ponderous jokes. Mr.. Justice Day was the
experimentalist, but the reporters do not say
how his lordship liked the task of going up
stairs and never getting to the top. 1t is to
be hoped his experience was not so bad as
that of one of the English judges few years
ago, of whom the following ludicrous story
is told: His lordship, while visiting model
show prison in the provinces, noticed atread-
mill, and his curiosity being excited, he de-
termined to try the labor to which in his
time he had sentenced so many prisoners.
He was not to be persuaded out of the no
ton, and stepping out to the machine, told a
warder to set it going. The man did so, and
after one and half minutes experience his
lordships curiosity was quite satisfied, and
he ordered the mill to be stopped. But it
turned out that, although the mill was set to
do the shortest possible SPELL it could not be
stopped until that time was finished, so the
judge had to go on grinding until twenty
minutes had expired. His lordship after
wards remarked that there was only one man
in the world he would like to sentence again
to hard labor on the treadmin. Need 1 say
that that one individual was the stupid ward
er who had neglected to explain the s!spell"
principle before his lordship took his 'sturn. !"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
POLITICAL POINTS.

Prohibition reduces the revenue of Bur-
lington by 100000, the amount received
from saloon licenses
The Louisville Courier Journal says 'sCarter
Harrison's mouth is still going. Win some
body please send Mr.. Harrison pie?''
A bill has passed the Rhode Island House
providing that no action shall be maintained
IN court for value of liquor drank on the
premises.
Whitelaw Reid says Edmund is great and
good, but che is not man you can warm up
to-" What the country needs is a President
who will warm Reid.
The colored people of Indianapolis have
blood in their eyes because Ernest Kitz,
school trustee, tnrned out fifty negro chill
dren from one of the white schools.
Boston Transcript: ssUntil death carries
him over to the silent majority Samuel J..
Tilden will apparently always remain among
the possibilities as a Democratic candidate
for the Presidency"
On the liquor question the Sioux City Tri-
6ane says the Democrats" must neither take
the prohibition side nor the free whisky side,
but the course which lies between. The ma
jority of voters will give their adhesion to
such a party
Although the prohibition law shuts up the
breweries and pulls the vineyards up by the
roots, the Burlington Gazette claims that the
distilleries will still run, not for Iowa, of
course, for no Iowa man will now drink, but
for outside consumption.
The Boston Post Dem is very savage
toward Mr.. Randall. It declares that he is
''no longer patriot,'' is Sin especially nasty
temper just now,'' sis acting in contempti-
bic spirit" and is dictatorial, unfaithful,
tricky and mean.''
Democrats assert that the passage of the
prohibition bill through the Iowa legislature
will defeat several Republican candidates for
congress this fall. Some Republicans are in
clined to believe that this will be the result,
but the great majority of the party think
otherwise.
Mr.. Foster, Ex-Governor of Ohio, to a re-
porter in New York the other day: ''The
strongest candidates with the Ohio Republi-
cans are Blaine, Logan and Sherman. OF
course the Republicans OF our state would
prefer the nomination of Sherman. Ed
munds is not much talked about except with
the real thinkers. Mr.. Payne" he added,
sis the strongest Democrat in the state. -
Gov. Click, it is said, will be renominated
by the Kansas Democrats, and will go into
the campaign as an advocate of high license
and local option, upon platform calling for
resubmission of the prohibition amendment
to the people and for more radical and
stringent railroad law.
Lille Devereux Blake told the Woman's
Suffrage Convention, now in session at
Washington, that if Fowler was nominated
at Chicago the women would smile on him,
but that in her opinion Joseph F. Mcdonald
of Indiana was the man to whom women
owed most. Blaine, Edmunds and Conk-
ing would not do anyhow.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16

ITaylorsville, Ca, Special
The belled buzzard whose fight over
western counties of Georgia has aroused so
much superstitions fear among the ignorant
whites and blacks, passed over a field to-day
where four men were blowing. One of
them, negro, quit work at once, and said
the bird was warning the people of another
cyclone to which hundreds of people would
be killed.
The story of the celebrated bird is an in
teresting one. Nearly two years ago it was a
pet in a barnyard of a farmer named Free
man in Paulding County. One of his chill
dren one day attached a sheep bell to the
birds foot and the tinkling sound SO scared
it that it Immediately flew away The first
night out it alighted on the roof of negro
cabin in Heard County. One of the inmates
went out to ascertain the cause of the bell
ringing, and Immediately the buZzard rose
from its perch and flew away. The night
was clear and cold, and as the inmates rush
ed out and beheld great black object and
heard the tinkling of the bell hundreds of
feet in the air, great fear seized them. They
all took to their knees under the impression
that the end of the world was at hand. Ever
since then the bird has pursued its migra-
tions way through the State, arousing the
fears of the superstitions, who regard its Wis
its as omens of evil. The negroes and
many whites too, along the track of the late
storm insist that they heard the fateful bell
before the terrible wrath of the wind had
come upon them.
In 1867 buzzard was similarly belled in
Putnam County, and up until 1880, when his
presence was last reported in Greene County,
he was vouched for as having visited points
as far West as Meridian, Miss, and several
northern counties of Tennessee.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
Il Story Of the Sea.

A young lieutenant of the navy and a
Russian merchant went in October last to the
Gulf of St. Olga, in Eastern Asia, to visit
the lead and silver mines which are worked
by the Mantchu Tartars. Returning from
the mines, they learned with dismay that the
last steamer had left. To return on horse
back to Vladiyostock meant twenty days of
hardship in rugged, roadless country,
where tigers abound and rivers are numer-
ous The two young men, therefore, decided
to return by barge; twelve Mantchu oarsmen
were hired and they set out. For few days
all went well, but an autumn storm swept
down upon them, and for more than week
they were at the mercy of the waves. All
their provisions, except one box of biscuits,
were swept overheard, the oars and the rud-
der broken, and the sail torn to shreds,
The Mantchus fell down in despair, weep
ing, crying and praying. The gallant young
lieutenant alone was left to undertake the
direction of the boat, and although one of
his legs was frozen, and his companions
were slowly dying of starvation, he never de-
SPARED. By superhuman efforts he succeed
ed after a voyage of thirteen days in reach
ing little japanese port, where they were
received with great kindness by the natives.
A few days later they were picked up by a
Russian steamer, which took them back to
Vladiyostock.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
A BEAUTIFUL WITNESS WINS A HUS
BAND,
4 Young Jurors Fascination FoLloUed 6y
q Wedding.
Baltimore Letter


Public announcement was made March 10,
of the wedding of Mr.. F. Barreda Turner, a
young, handsome grain broker, to Miss
Maud Caldwell, daughter of DR.. John j.
the elimination of courtship which began
under peculiar circumstances during the
celebrated John John will case in the spring
of 1882. DR.. Caldwell was one of the dis
carded relatives anxious to break the will and
brought his lovely daughter to court to testify
to Johns eccentricities. Mr.. Turner was on
the jury at the time, and became so fascin
ated with Miss Maud that he spent all his
time in gazing at his charmer.
The lady noticed finally the handsome
young jurors attentions, and desiring to
make as favorable an impression as possible
on the jury, smiled in return. This COM
pletely carried Turner away, and he began to
continually talk to the other jurors of his
charmer, and went so far as to boldly say
during the trial that it would be very mean
to give verdict against such a handsome
girl. When the case was given to the jury
it was chiefly through Turner's efforts that
the will was set aside and Miss Caldwell's
fortune was made. The defendants tried to
get new trial on the strength of Turner's
public attentions to Miss Caldwell during the
trial, but the Supreme Bench overruled the
petition. This little favor of Turner's was
so appreciated by Miss Caldwell that after a
reasonable courtship she consented to be-
come the wife of the young broker Johns
contested estate is valued at nearly 500, 600.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
Tree Pla,,ting.
oliver Wendell Holmes

I have written many verses, but the best
poems I have produced are the trees plant
ed on the hillside which overlooked the broad
meadows, scaIloped and rounded at their
edges by loops of the sinuous Housatonic.
Nature finds rhymes for them in the recur-
ring measures of the seasons. Winter strips
them of their ornaments and gives them, as
it were, in prose translation, and summer
reclothes them in all the splendid phrases of
their leafy, language. What are these naples
and beeches and birches but odes and idyls
and madrigalss What are these pines -and
frs and spruces but holy hymnsg
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
School Buildings, separately:
Neill School, Rice School, Harri-
son School, Addition to the
Adams School, and Addi-
ton to the Humboldt
School.

There being two distinct plans with accompa-
nying specifications for the Neill school and bids
may be made on either or both separately.
Plans and specifications of the above buildings
can be seen at the Office of the architects, d. H.
Willard and A. F. Guager, Esqs.
All bids must be accompanied by bond with
two responsible sureties of at least go per cent.
of the gross amount of each bid, conditioned that
in case the bid is accepted by the Board of Edu-
cation, the bidder will enter into a contract with
said Board to perform the work in accordance
with the plans and specifications and for the price
mentioned in his bid. -..-+-.,
The Board of Education reserves the right to
reject any all bids.
By order of the Board of Education
r, SCHIFFMANN,
Secretary, pro TEN.
NOTE: A further bond with responsible sureties
to be approved by the said board, will be required
of the successful bidder upon contracting in the
full amount of his contract, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his contract, in accord
ance with the plans and specification, and for the
amount of his bid and for the payment of all just
claims for all the labor work performed and
materials furnished for or on account of said con-
tract. Fifteen per cent. of all preliminary esti-
mates will be retained by said Board until the
completion of said contract
X. SCHIFFMANN,
GO-73 .... Secretary, pro TEN.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
FANTASTIC EFFECTS OF MUSIC.

She twankled tune on her light guitar,
A low sweet jangle of tangled sounds,
AS blurred as the voices of fairies are,
Dancing in the noondawn dales and downs;
And the tinkling dip of the strange refrain
Ran DER the rim of my soul like rain.
The great blonde moon in the midnight skies
Paused and poised DER the trellis caves,
And the stars in the light of her upturned eyes
Sifted their love through the rifted leaves
Glinted and splintered in crystal mist
Down the glittering string that her finger
kissed.
of the ecstasy of the exquisite thingl
The red rose dropped from the window-sill
And lay in long swoon quivering;
While the dying notes of the strain divine
Rippled in glee up my spell-bound spine
j. W. RILEY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
A SEVILLE LOVE-SoNG.

Look down from your window, dearest,
The mists of night are fed,
Venus, Of stars the clearest,
Burns just above your head.
am not at your sweet eyes level,
Nor above, where the jasmies blow
Round the golden tower of Seville
l am here, at your feet, below!
Send me a flower, dearest,
a word from that common speech
To all mankind the dearest,
Which peasant, like king, may reach.
am here, as it were, in December,
And you are in May, up above
Oh, send me bud to remember
The springs first promise of love
HAMILTON AIDE.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-16
Fooled Agafn.

Temperance voters in the state of New
York who put faith in the promises of the
Republican politicians at the election last fall
have been fooled again. Of course an at
tempt to stop the sale and manufacture Of
liquor in state like New York, through a
clause in the constitution is absurd, but a
promise made by the Republicans, in case
they carried the legislature, to give people a
chance to vote upon it, should have been
kept. The temperance voters are always de-
ceived when they trust the Republican party.