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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25
A Pretty Weman's EXPERIMENT.

New York Letter to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
| hold it to be truth constantly
lself-evident, that every man will de-
fend woman against all men except
himself. If you haven't noticed it
already, you have only to look for it
an hour or so in any place of mixture
OF the sexes Clap your eyes on a
pretty woman without male escort,
and two phenomena will become OBJ
vious. Firstly, there will be large
amount of open and covert staring at
her, to all of which her obllvlcusness
is, of course, only assumed. Second
", if one of the starers happens to
realize that others are at the same
game, he will manifest plainly his
disgust at such treatment of an unpro-
tected beauty, utterly ignoring his
own offeuse. a husband and wife
got into a street car. The man was
somewhat dudish ia dress. The wo-
man was under 30, and as pretty as
nature and art are in the habit of com
bining to produce.
They were chatting on the very
subject that have here introd uced
"Percival, dear, said she, II will
prove to you that l am right and take
only ten minutes to do it; If you'll
promise not to get angry about it,
He closed the contract Then she
drew herself up, as though the hus-
band sitting beside her was an entire
stranger, and waited for the car to fill
with passengers at Union Square.
Now, she whispered behind her
fan, "observe how l am ogled when
alone
Within five minutes he saw that
half a dozen masculine passengers,
from hoary age to calI0w youth, eyed
his bride with more or less audacity,
and several manifestly would not
have needed the smallest beginning
of wink on her part to seTzs upon
her then and there That part of the
expedition was a triumph for the
wife. but the most curious feature of
her experiment remained to be tried.
you certainly do seem to attract
great deal of admiration, " said the
husband, supposing that the pretend
| ed strangenesS was at an end she
lifted her eyebrows in stimulated sur
prise, as though and impairment fell
low had nwarrantedly accosted her,
and pointedly turned her face away
4 from him. He understood her
now and did not speak to her
| further Next she drew her
shoulder away from contact with
his By this time the spectators were
1 believing that ne was annoying her
drgadfuHy, and scornful glances We're
aimed at him A man arose from the
opposite side, win you exchange
seats with me2' he very politely
and CALAMITY said, lifting his hat
most deferentially.
Now he had been foremost among
the original oglers veriest simple
ton of them all
Thank you, sir, " she replied, "but
/ prefer to sit beside my husband "
Thus with the same stone she killed
that vulture-bird and the dove mate
whom she had undertook to instruct
as to the philosophy of male gal
/ lantry.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25
whtteflsh in the Great Lakes.
Forest and stream.


Year after year the State Fish Com
missioners of Wisconsin and other
states have freely stocked the. waters
of the lakes with young whitehsh.
Yet year by year the catch Of white
fish dlmishes, until now the exter-
miuation of tbls valuable species of
food is threatened Where do the
whitefsh go9 The answer is not far
to find. Exhaustive experiments have
been made and proved that the artiic-
ial stocking of the lakes through the
madium of state fse -hatcheries is in
itself successful. Healthy young fish
bv the millons-and more whltefish
than fish of other varieties have
been deposited IN Lake Michigan, and
in spite of any adverse natural con
ditions they have lived and thrIven.
But experiments have proved, too,
that whitetish are exceptionally ten
der; and. unlike many other and
harder varieties, they hug close to the
shore, where the water IS shallow and
warm. These shallow reaches of the
lakes from Chicago to Batfalo are al
most literally lined by trap nets, set by
the jewellers along the shore. In such
nets, with Ash of larger size, the par.
tally grown whitetish are caught
When the nets are pulled up, these
latter are taken out and not preserv-
ed for food, but thrown back into the
water dead, being TOO small for use.
Thus thousands upon thousands are
killed every year on almost every mule
Of shore line along the lakes. Here,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25

then, is the reason why the food stock
of delicate whitefsh is not increased
but rather steadily diminished year
after year. There must be law and
the rigid snforeemento of law prohibit
ing the use of trap nets or the fish
supply of the great lakes will be ex-
terminated. The law to be effective
must be law by congress also, for no
state laws by different states adjacent
to the lakes can meet the case.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25
NeM Mer4s ror And lang srne.

At the meeting of the Old School
,oys Association in Boston the othe
lay the following ode, written b,
Rev. S. +. Smith, the author o
3 America, was sung:
Live FOR one hour our youth again.
Give back our Childbood's TOYS
Renew, old Time, my early reign,
For these few gray haired boys
For auld lang syue, my dear,
For aud lang syne;
Welltake "A cup o. kindness yet.
For aud lang syne.
Give back the fright and sunny brow
We knew and loved 80 well;
The careless laugh, the wild nalloo-
Young lite's delicious spell
For aud lang syne, etc,
Give back the smooth, bare face gone
The good, the o ne, the brave,
Their lights, alas, went out too soon
They slumber in the grave.
For aud lang syne, etc
But dear the days, the scenes ge shared,
Aud dear our childhood's JOYS;
Thanks that old Time has kindly spared
These few gray headed boys
For aud lang syne, etc
And although our early ranks grow dim,
Like moving sails that set.
Successive meath the horizons rim,
The boys viii neer forget
For auId lang svne. etc
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25

Csn

ThlIapepla IaII
Proud Mother-Do you know, dear,
I believe our baby viii be a sing
err, perhaps a great tenor like Brignoli
or Campaninii Tired Father He
strikes high G mighty often, If that's
what you mean. Yes, the tones are
so sweet and shrill | hope we will
be able to have his voice cultivated in
Europe " by Joye good idea. Send
hun now.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25
Christmas Time.

The forms of Observing Christmas
very greatly among different peoples,
according to custom and their ideas
how TO impress the child's mind most
effectively. While to one Santa Claus
fills the stockings from bis boundless
bag, TO another Kriss Kringle, with
his swift RENDERS speeding over
forests and house tops, bringing his
treasured gifts, and to another tAe
lovely Christ Child makes present
of brilliantly lighted and adorned
Pine-tree, laden with gifts, America
is gradually developing Christmas
observance of its own.
We have already adopted some of
the most beautiful customs and obser-
vances of several European nations,
and amalgamated them with the all
peryading spirit of Christianity, max
ing it day of heart -gladdening, of
charity, of love for all; for the rich to
be made joyful and charitable by Civ
ing, for the poor to be made happy and
thankful by receiving. On this day
differences of rank and position, of
wealth and poverty, are made to give
way to our better selves, to fellow
feeling for all mankind, that lifts us
above our every day routine of life
into purer and better realms. To all
alike the Christmas bells announce
that the world is far better, far more
beautiful, than moments of gloom
may have made us believe; aud while
the carols may be old and familiar
so sublimely beautifully expressed in
Longfellow'sE immortal lines the
kindly feeling, the charity, the love,
the life they bring with them are al
ways young and joyous to all who
will open their hearts to their sweet,
harmonious sounds
II heard the bells on Christmas day,
Their old, familisr carols play,
And wild and sweet
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25
81 heard the bells on Christmas day,
Their old, familisr carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
If peace on earth, good win q men.

Christmas is prominently the chill
dren's holiday. What glorious mem
cries cluster around that hsllowed
day that transport childhood to fairy
land And while to the young it is
freighted with the most delightful
visions their imaginative minds can
conceive, in those of maturer years it
it revives youthful joys and pleasure,
makes the whole world buoyant,
young, and bright again. American
Garden. f
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1884-12-25

It has been decided to hold the
French Exposition of 1889 on Camps
de Mars, the same site as The proceed
ing one, and to use the Esplaaade des
Invalldes adjoining ID addition. The
Trocadero Palace will be enlarged.
The total AREA of the site will be $50.
600 metres.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03

There are number VI distinct races
of Zea mays, L., the corn plant, which
receives popular recognition by COM
mon names. Such are the Pops. Flints,
Dents, Sweets, Tuscarora or Softs, and
the curious variety known as the husk
or podded corn. These differ from
each other more or less, in the struct-
ure of the kernel, and in the habit of
ripening and growth. The flint corn
kernel, when split open, is found to
show three structures. the chit, or germ,
lying in starchy substance, which is
surrounded by a corneous envelope.
This corn ripens from outward inward.
The dent corn has the chit, the starch,
and the corneous envelope, but the
corneous portion occupies the sides,
while at the terminal portion the starch
comes to the surface. This kind of corn
ripens from within outward. The Tus-
carora or soft corn is composed OF the
chit, and starchy portion, the corneous
portion being absent. This ripens from
the outside inward. The sweet corn
shows the chit and the corneous portion
without visible starch. To these four
types we can at present refer all the
kinds that we know of, and these types
preserve a constancy which is truly
remarkable.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03
Raisins Better than Wine.

According to Sir William Gull,
Queen Victoria's physician, and of
course eminent in his profession, it is
better in case of fatigue from overwork
to eat raisins than to resort to alcohol.
In his testimony before the lords COM
mission in London, few months ago,
he affirmed "that instead of flying to
alcohol, as many people do when ex-
hausted, they might very well drink
water. or they might very well take
food; and they would be very much
better without the alcohol He
added. as to the form of food he himself
resorts to, sin case of fatigue from
overwork, would say that if | am thus
fatigued my food is very simple-1 eat
the raisins instead of taking the wine.
For thirty years l have had large ex-
perience in this practice. | have
recommended it to my personal friends.
1t is limited experience, but / believe
it is very good and true experience
This is valuable testimony; we know of
none better from medical sources; and
we commend it to the thoughtful con-
sideration of all those who are i'll the
habit of resorting to "a little wine for
thy stomach's sake"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03
Woes Of an Inventors Wife,

''It is all very we'll to talk about
working for the heathen," said one, as
the ladies put up their sewing, "but I'd
like to have some one tell me what l am
to do with my husband?" "What is
the matter with him?' asked SYM
pathetic lady. William is a good
man. continued the first, waving her
glasses in an argumentative way, but
William will invent. He goes inventing
around from morning till night, and l
have no peace or comfort. l didn't
object when he invented fire-escape,
but did demonstrate when he wanted
me to crawl out of the window one
night last winter to see how it worked.
Then ke originated lock for the door
that wouldn't open from midnight until
morning, so as to keep burglars out.
The first time he tried it he caught his
coat-tail in it, and had to walk around
him with pan of hot Goals all night to
keep him from freezing" why didn't
he take his coat OFF," Il wanted him
to, but he stood around till the thing
opened itself, trying to invent some
way of christening it.
That's Williams trouble. He will
invent. A little while ago he got up q
cabinet bedstead that would shut and
open without handling. 1t went by
clockwork William got into it and
up it went. Bless your heart, he
stayed in there from Saturday after
noon till Sunday night, when it flew
open and disclosed William with the
plans and specifications of a patent
washbowl that would tip over when it
got just so full. The result was that 1
lost all my rings and breastpin down
the waste-pipe. Then he got up a
crutch for a man that could be used as
an opera glass. Whenever the man
leaned ON it up it went, and when he
put it to his eye to find W liam it flew
out into crutch and almost broke the
top of his head off The other day L
saw him going up the street with a
model of grain elevator sticking out
of his hip pocket, and he is fixing up
an improved shot tower in our bed
room"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03
COuraueous Princess Louise.

[1dontreal Cor Scranton (Pa) Republican,
Her royal highness is very fond of
sunshine, and the early morning VISITORS
welcomed by tinging back the curtains
the first thing of the day" Every
morning before breakfast the princess
takes a walk of three miles over the
estate of the government house and the
road beyond, walking brisilly over the
snow in winter, aided by cane and ac-
companied by favorite dog. She Is
more fond OF sketching and painting
than other accomplishments. but she IS
what the Germans call notable house
wife, and goes into the kitchen every
morning to give orders for the day.
The Canadian servants did not at all
like this and rebelled, so her ladyship
got out servants from 'home" who were
more used to the expression OF supreme
wills.
Like many energetic people. the
princess is hot tempered, and the SER
wants were disposed to think her as
peremptory as the queen in the story
of alice in Wonderland" who ordered
heads off" at every moment. She sets
an example of industry, and certainly
considers life quite worth living, as she
sets apart for her work or recreation
specified regular hours. She has music
playing in some part of the house nearly
all the time, though the early morning
strains are those most grateful to her
husbands Scotch ear-the bag-pipe.
Lord Lorne has his own favorite piper
with him. The princess is good cook,
and takes pride in this accomplishment.
At her dinners en- famille some one
pretty, delicious dish is sure to have
been cooked under her own supervision
or prepared by her own hands:
Some time ago young woman and
her babe who were visiting the princess,
were taken i'll of scarlet fever, caused
by defective drainage, they say. None
of the servants would go the SICK
woman's room, being afraid of the IN
lection. The princess herself cooked
all the food and carried it with her own
hands to the sick visitor. She made
the bed, smoothed the pillows, read and
talked to her patient, and nursed the
mother back to life, though the little
one died and was buried in the ceme-
terry near the hall.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03

Pretzels are maze Of the best yeast
dough, such as is used in bread. The
dough is rolled into wide plastic ex-
panse, piece is cut of and rolled into
a long cylinder about the diameter of
bologna sausage. Then the strips are
cut into sections about three inches
long, tapering off at each end. Selling
each end of this section of dough with
the thumb and forefingers the pretzel
baker crosses his hands. presses the
ends OF this section into the middle of
the mass, and 10 the pretZel Is shaped.
Then it, with a dozen or more Of its
fellows, is dropped into kettle of boil
ing I've, from which they are fished in
less than half minute. That half a
minute, however. suffces to give them
that brown cast of countenance and
crisp texture which makes them SO
agreeable, while just enough OF the I've
clings to them to improve their flavor.
Pretzels are said to be aids to diges-
ton, the I've that remains on them stim-
ulatlng the gastric juices. As soon rs
the pretzel is taken from the I've it is
sprinkled with salt and baked rapidly
in a very hot oven. The steam pretzel
differs from the regulation German
cracknel for the word pretzel means
cracknelD, in that it is made of cracker
dough, and after being boiled in I've,
backed and placed in box. is dried by
steam. The soft pretzel 8 not a dur
able commodity. Indeed, 1t becomes
inedible after two or three days, while
the hard steam pretzel is as imperish-
able as bareback, and is delicacy
even at the mature age of six months.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03
JeT Davis Capture.


A son of Gen. Albert Sidney John
ston, who was captured along with
Jefferson Davis, gives the following
version of the affair in an interview with
Gath" published in The Cincinnati
Enquirer:
Now did not see the capture of
Mr.. Davis. The first thing | saw of
Mr.. Davis he was sitting in his tent.
There were tents pitched there. He
was under guard, and was in a fearful
state of mind l said to him something
to the effect that at last we had been
seized. Yes said he, and if l had
not been pinioned by Mrs. Davis l
would have thrown the scoundrel from
his horse Mr.. Davis had long before
that told me how to throw man from
a horse. He said that if you would
take the horse by the bride and give
him jerk, and at the same time apply
ever so light movement under the
foot of the rider, that the jerk and the
upward push together would undoubt-
edly throw him on his head SO / sup
pose that his remark meant that he
would have tried that trick on the
countryman who seized him."
Did Mr.. Davis have any disguise
on?"
Il believe that Mrs Davis did throw
waterproof over him. Several of us
had these waterproofs. Mine was a
sort of brown color. understand that
when the attack was made on the camp
Mrs. Davis threw her waterproof over
her husband. That is. l believe. the
extent of the story of his disguise. l
had hardly spoken to Mr.. Davis, when
one OF these officers, l think it was
Pritchard, came up and addressed him
in insolent language, something like
this: Well, old Jsf, we have
got you at last Mr.. Davis re-
piled: The worst OF all is that
1 should be captured by band
of thieves and scoundrels.' oh, ex-
claimed this officer, we have had plenty
of that kind of talk. You're captured,
that is the long and short of it, and are
our prisoner With this another officer,
who seemed to have more decency
came forward and said to the first man
1t is not worth while to talk like that.
and he led his friend away. The Ian
guage they addressed to Mr.. Davis was
entirely unbecoming man of character
and the dignity of the prisoner.
somewhat regretted that Mr.. Davis had
lost his temper. He was in very ex,
cited state of mind
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03

The final rupture between q block
and its ancient bed is an interesting
process. Let us suppose the two cuts
to be made, one nearly vertical, and the
other, or horizontal one, at right angles
to it, and both one or two feet deep. A
series of wedges is then inserted into
the openings, and man with heavy
hammer goes along tapping them
lightly one after another. As they are
driven in, the men listen sharply for the
effect. the crack gradually widens, the
great mass of stone begins to heave and
swell under the strain, the quick ear Of
the experts detect the critical moment,
and simultaneous blow on all the
wedges throws the monster loose. Now
and then, of course. failure is made,
and block splits in two. But the
Judgment of the workmen is singularly
correct, and the block is generally
thrown out in its full integrity.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03
DUEL WITH A SHARK.
A kanaka Kills a shark in n Hand
tO-Hand EncOun

Every soul ON board crowded TO the
sides to witness the duel. 1t was bound
to be war to the death. One or both of
the combatants must die. The brute
was what is known as q right shark,
and was about thirteen feet long. His
black and shining back set with sharp
fins, made me shudder and grow deathly
sick.
Ubukia met the first rush of the
monster by darting aside and letting
the huge hulk go by him. He made
lunge with his sword at the tail as it
whisked past, and thin line of blood
on the clear water told that his aim had
been good one. While the shark was
near he swan with half his body out of
the water, taking good care that his
legs were never much below the sur
face; but when it went by he dropped
to the neck and looked UP ut us with o
grin on his coffee -colored face.
''Me kill UNI" he shouted.
The next rush was similar to the first,
but this time, when the white belly
showed itself, Ubukia was beside it..
We saw the point of his sword-blade
enter its right eye, and then the native
dived, coming up thirty yards away.
l began to breathe easier now. The
fellow carried himself in the water with
as much ease as the fish itself, and his
sword gave him m advantage, while
the sharks inability to use its jaws
without turning over was another point
in his favor
The fish seemed to be fairly mad
dened by the last wound, and we could
see its dorsal I'm ripping through the
water for a second, and then it cent
down out of sight. leaving nothing but
the Kanaka visible on the wide stretch
of water. If the sight of the monster
was horrible, how much worse was its
disappearance! We did not know upon
what side of the devoted swimmer it
would come up, and we held our breath,
waiting as one waits when diver has
been under water for long time, and
every minute seems an hour.
The grin had lett the natives face,
and he kept whirling about like tee
to-tum, ready to meet the attack at any
point.
After the lapse of few minutes the
familiar fin came into sight again, and
Ubukia's body rested with his eyes on
the enemy. There was no rushing on
the sharks part now. II advanced
slowly, ready to swerve with the slight
est motion OF the native. 1t seemed de-
termined to approach him so slowly
that its momentum could not possibly
carry it past him. He waited until its
muzzle was not ten feet from him, and
then, assuming the aggressive, he darted
forward, buried his blade to the hilt in
its eye, and then swan leisurely to the
ship.
For ten minutes the water within a
radius of 500 yards was dashed into a
white foam by the dying struggles of
the monster. At times he would throw
himself completely out of the water,
showing US the whole of his round,
tapering body and ugly mouth. Finally,
however, he rested belly upward with
out a motion, and Ubukia's face glis-
tened with pride.
"Go,d," said he, climbing into his
canoe, me kill I'M"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03
AT A BAD TIME.

Commander j. b. Coghlan, U. S. n,
writes to us from the Navy Yard at Mare
Island, Cal.--An enforced residence of two
years in California made me the subject of
most painful attacks of rheumatism. Con-
sultation upon my case by eminent naval
and other surgeons failed to afford me the
slightest relief. DR.. Hoyle recommended
to me st. Jacobs Oil, the happy result of
which was my complete and wonderful
cure.-Washington ID. c. Army and Navy
Register.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1884-01-03

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