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

Your original theory was pronounced a
quarter OF century since. and proba-
Oily not for the first time. ,. 1t has
oeen reiuted over and over, and proved
logically unsound and physiologically
impossible. 3, We have no room for II.
Matters must have come to pretty
pass IN Boston. when the Herald talks
out in this strain; Between garroters
on the streets and bald-headed Old
Washers in the horse cars making
themselves disagreeable to ladies. Bos-
ton is not improving her reputation. A
few straight shots or long sentences for
the foo;pads, and 4 woman or two with
spirit enough 10 grind the corns or slap
the faces OF the salacious old wretches.
Will help 10 restore good order and de
cency.
The magnificent fleet of Ironclads
Which the Italian Government COM
pleted few years ago, at an immense
cost, proved TO be much less formidable
than was anticipated. ltseems that their
draught OF water was miscalculated,
and that they cannot carry their heavy
guns with turrets without sinking too
deeply. Their armament will there
fore have to be changed and the tur-
rets be replaced by lighter ones. This
will expose them considerable more to
the fire of the enemy and greatly lessen
their capacity for attack of resistance.
A searcher for truth writes from
Portland. Ore, that the great north
west is not the place for men without
some money. He adds that, if men
who are down nj the heel and PLAYED
out everywhere else continue to push
forward into Oregon that great State
will be fools paradise by another
year, with more tramps than there
we're in New England Just after the
collapse in 1873. Clerks and mechan-
les may as well stay where they are,
and. indeed, the farmer who has from
$500 to 5000 will do better to stay at
home than to spend it all in travelling
to an unexplored country.
Fame and fortune await the dis
coverer of an efficient method of so
consuming coal that none of its con
stituent and combustible particles can
escape into the atmosphere of large
cities, with the two-fold result of pre-
venting pecuniary loss and sanitary
degradation of the air 1t is estimated
by competent experts that London
alone loses every winter $2j, 100, 900
through imperfectly burned coal, not
to speak Of the damage done to build
ings and the injury done to the public
health through the breathing of pol
luted atmosphere.
Robert Harris. the new president of
the Northern Pacific Railroad, 5 one
of the ahlest railroad men in this coun-
try. lie first made his mark upon the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy as
manager OF that property, and Il man
of quick insight and penetration of the
problems of railroad management He
was thence taken to be vice-president
of the Erie Railroad. As 4 director of
the Northern Pacific, he accompanied
Mr. Willard upon the grand excursion
last September to drive the last spike.
In personal appearance he is in strong
contrast to Mr. Willard, who is stout,
we'll proportional, and placid in de-
meanor, with tribe of German phlegm
IN his bearing. Harris is tall Yankee
Of the Lincoln type, with black beard,
brows. and abundant stock of black
hair, keyed up 10 the highest pitch of
ne vous intensity, aLl putting chain
lightning into all be does, whether he
is telling stories and having a good
time or running railroads.