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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

The Michigan legislature has re-
solved to adjourn June II,
Thomas f. Bayard, j., will take
Yale examination this month.
Admiral Porter and family will
spend the summ er at Narragansett
President Caldwell, of Vassar col
lege, will deliver the commencement
GRAFTON at Michigan university On
June %.
Senator Tabor refused to allow
Mgr Clpel to lecture in his opera
house at Denver, Sunday night.
The celebrated English author and
divine, Thomas Patrick Hughes. is
the guest of Bishop Potter, Of New
York.
Miss Kate Gleason, Of Rochester, ~
Y, is studying practical mechanics Mt
Cornell college She is the only lady
in that department.
Odlum, the late distinguished jump.
err, once saved the life of q son OF
Schuyler Colfax az Fortress Monroe,
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and her
charming daughter are highly praised
by the New Orleans papers for their
efficient work done at the exposition.
Miss Kate Fields new drama emit
tied "Forty TO Twenty" is not the
st.ry Of bachelor marrying a maid,
en-. 1t is a suggestion OF q man who
bets on a sure thing.
The ordinary duration OF human
life rates at forty years in England,
twenty eight in Germany, and thirty
SIX in France, falls in different parts
OF Russia as low as twenty-five,
twenty, and even fifteen years
A Toronto judge has refused the
application of certain petitioners for
the incorporation Of club for rowing,
sailing, yachting and other social
sports on the ground that the petition
ers were too old for such exercises.
A mountain explorer, just returned
from ASIA, states that, during four
months residence at a height of To-
600 feet above the sea, his pulse, nor
mally only 63 beats per minute, sell
dom fell below 100 beats per minute,
and his respirations were often
twice as numerous as at ordinary
levels.
A Hebrew manuscript Of great age
has been found in the Sulro Library
in San Francisco. Copies OF it will ba
submitted TO scholars in Europe and
this country in order TO esta dish any
importance that it may possess.
The pay Of Chief Librarians ia Ger
many begins at 81, 250 per annum and
rises to 81, 500 That of the assistants
begins below $3.50. Persons employ
ed temporarily for cataloguing begin
with only $3.50.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars is
said to have been tie price paid by the
English publishers for the copyright
of General Gordon's diary. II will
not fiji more than one ordinary vol
ume.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
Lincoln's Economy.

President Lincoln, reared in the lap
OF poverty, was very economical,
When he came to Washington he had
saved from his professional earnings
$50, 600, and he did not owe dime.
during his presidential term he saved
from his salary Of $25, 600 per year
$50, 600, which Henry D. Cook in
vested for hid in government securiS
ties. He was not slovenly man,
but he bought cheap clothes, and
cared little whether they etied him or
not After he came TO Washington,
Mrs Lincoln used to see that he was
always presentable, but he often re-
belled, and regarded white kid gloves
as an unmitigated nuisance.
While clothes were TO Mr.. Lincoln
only something TO cover him up, he
only ate because il was duty, and
did not know what was good TO eat
any more than he did what was good
to wear. He never drank intoxicating
liquors or used tobacco in any form
Neither did he know how to play any
game respectfully well. His Illinois
friends said that il was as good as .
circus to see him play game Of bill
lizards. While he occasionally told
stories which were "oif color" no one
ever charged him with an immoral
act, and the most accomplished sirens
Of the capital failed in their attempts
to beguile him
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
COLORADO RESOURCES.
A growing Region That Possesses
Many Advantages, Climate and Ag-
ricuituraI.
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Chicago Inter. Ocean.
II. II. Marsh, of Henry, Col, who
is now visiting Chicago, speaks very
encouragingly of the agricultural re-
sources Of that section He says that
the San Luis Park is valley more
level than the prairie portion of III
lnois. It's $50 miles IN length and so
in width. 1t is ia Southwestern Col
orado at an altitude of about 1000
feet and surrounded by mouAtains
from 1900 to 1000 feet high. Its
soil, he says, is of rich sandy loan,
and il is one of the best stock regions
of the Rocky Mountain plateau. Mr..
Marsh says that in winter the nights
are cold, the mercury ordinarily fall
iug to zero at daylight, while nearly
every day is warm enough 10 make
out door exercise or riding pleasure
able, Every day is one of sunshine,
winter winds are extremely rare, the
air has less than half the saturation of
that of the Atlantic or Pacific States,
all of which in combination rer ders
the cold 20 per cent. less appreciable.
Notwithstanding the high altitude of
the valley good crops of all the small
grains are raised, barley sometimes
yielding rs bushels per acre and over.
Wheat, rye, and oats yield from 20 to
40 bushels per acre, peas IS 10 so, po-
tatoes from 100 to 800, which is unex-
celled in quality. Hay yields from 1
to tons per acre and is SO per cent.
richer than that of the rainy States.
All the hardy vegetables do extremely
well. Mr.. Marsh says that year ago
tue land was nearly all vacant up to
the town site; now il is entered from
six to ten miles out, but beyond this
limit are tens of thousands OF acres
awaiting homesteaders and pre- emp
tors, There are many good chances
for business. A dry goods store is
now much needed in Henry. One
railroad is already built, and others are
chartered,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11

one case he rejected the application
for pension by soldier who deserts
ed from his second term of service and
again enlisted, during which enlist
ment, the soldier alleges, he was dis
abled The claimant, General Black
says, must seek relief through the
War Department or through Con
gress. The other case was that OF a
soldier who entered the service as a
substitute, deserted ON his way to his
regiment, and having been captured
and tried by court martial, was SEN
fenced, among other things, to make
good the time lost by desertion. 1t
was during his service under sentence
that the disease attacked him, and the
disability followed for which he
claimed pension. This applicants
claim was also rejected.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
Strong as Sampson.

A matter of taste-strong butter
A boarding house mistress calls her
butter 'contagion, because everybody
takes it.
"Butter is weak, says a financial ex.
change Is itl We had not noticed
itln our boarding house.
Gossip is plentiful 10 boarding
houses, About the only thing that
will not spread we'll is the butter
Toe Graphic says that Joy is like
butter" Then, verify, grief must be
somewhat like oleomargarine.
A man never appreciates how strong
Sampson was until be had an intro
duction to Chicago boarding house
butter
"W1l you pass the butter, Mr..
Forgg asked Brown.
Every time, replied Fogg.
The landlady says it was the way
Fogg said it that made her mad.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
What lie Paid.
Merchant Traveller

Jenlink went from an Ohio town
leaving several outstanding accounts,
which be did not appear to be in any
hurry about settling. In the course
OF a year he came back to see the folks,
and couple Of his creditors met on
the street the day after his arrival.
$50 Jenlink is back, remarked one
Of them
Yes, was the reply; have you
seen him2"
"Of course. lie came TO see me,
bat he didnt settle Did he pay you
anything"
"You bet he did "
"Well dang his miserable carcass.
He told me be hadn't a dollar to his
name, and got me to extend MS time.
He didn't pay you in fall did her.
mot hardly"
what did he payi"
He paid mc a visit ~
ooh! Abr
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11

pocket your cash. You may think
you are sharp enough to beat him at
his own game, but you need only TO
try it to see your mistake, and con
vince yourself and all your friends
that you are one of the. bigges! and
blankest fools in seven states
Come 10 the circus, buy your tick
ct, see the show and have a good time.
But keep clear of this outside gentry
who do business ON street corners. If
you patronize them, lose your money
and self respect, you will be in
frame of mind to appreciate the great
Biblical truth (new version) that 'All
is vanity and striving after wind,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
A Timely Warming

Whenever circus comes TO this
city there is usually an ample lllustra-
ton Of the old saying, "the fools are
not all dead yet" il is well known
to everyjobserying man that these tim
Grant shows are followed from place to
place by gang of fakirs, mounte.
backs aud petty swindlers, whose sole
mission is to beat every man out of
his money who is green enough TO in
vest it in their little game. They
have nothing to do with the show,
and the managers are in no way re-
sponsble for their acts. In fact, pro-
prietors Of great travelling menageries
would be glad to rid themselves Of
these rnying rascals II they had the
power to do 50. The persons really
responsible for tbe presence Of these
sharps are the IDIOTS who patronizs
them. II the crop Of fools and green
horns were not so large and so ripe
there would be no reapers in that
field. II is possibly waste Of words
to warn such people, but we feel it
our duty TO do it, though it pass un-
needed. Bea, this in mind: Don't
bet nickel on another mans game. F"
You may gain in experience by bet
ting, but the sharper is certain to
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11

hood will be eternally safe. We
need murmur at nothing. All things
are ours. We need but to determine,
for our own sake no less than for the
sake Of others, that in so far as we can
influence humanity, humanity shall
be true. And SO, as we travel toward
the great mystery, from which at the
beginning we emerged. light viii
more and more irradiate our path,
and whatsoever death may bring, we
may without any fear embrace.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11

Cal Brice. who was a young lawyer
in Lima, Ohio, Ave years ago, with
out a cent in the world, is now worth
S.. coo, zoo, and has made and lost as
much more. He made his money
building railroads out west. He now
lives in New York City in a palatial
residence in the aristocratic hurry
hin district for which he paid $780,
600, and which contains furniture,
pictures and brio a brac worth small
fortune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11

"Balky horses, you say I" remarked
a laxative passenger; Eyes, I've had
a little experience with them. They
are not easy things 10 handle. 1t Is
mighty hard work for man TO drive
a balky horse and be christian at
the same time. I tried it years ago,
and gave both up as bad job. But
say, did you ever hear of a man hav-
ing q horse balll on him in such way
as to make him laugh-to please him
all over and make him feel downright
happy2 Well sir, did, and am the
man. He was horse that 1 had trad
ed forgot rid of a spawned, blind
stagger nag that swap-and he was
an awful baker. There wasn't no
use of doing anything with him
there was nothing to do but just SIT
down and wait for him to come arc
.uud II generally took two hours.
"Oae day was driving him along,
and just as we got onto the railroad
track he baked. Here's a go, says
10 myself; what if a train should como
along AT first / was afraid train
would come, then after awhile l didn't
care a cuss whether one came or not,
and in about seventy minutes l was
afraid one wouldn't come. / just
ached to have train come along
prayed for one. Sure enough pretty
soon | saw one coming. 1t made me
smile. When the engineer whistled
for me to get off the track l laughed.
And when she gota little closer ]
climbed out the hind end of the buggy
leaned up against the fence and
prepared to enjoy the picnic. Oh.
but it was sportl That balky horse
had sworn he wouldn't go, but ht
went that time. He was distributed
all along the track for about twenty
rod. And the old buggy and harness
1t looked too comical Never haG
such fun since l was a boy"
Rather expensive fun wasn't it2'
eyes, for the railroad company.
sued 'em for 500, and the jury o.
farmers gave mo $637.50 Oh, but i
was fun -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
Personal and ImpersenaI.
New York Morning journal.

New York Morning journal.
President Cleveland never mods in
church.
Miss Kate Field would rather lee
ture than write love letters.
Minister Pendleton has not yet
begun to talk American pork to Bis
marck.
Hungry Joe" will steer his bunk
to states prison, for PRISON IS his
home.
Patti will not sing in London this
summer should the cholera prevail
there.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
Then the Clerk Smiled
Boston Record

A distinguished Boston divine Of
unusually solemn and impressive APP
pearance went to q country town not
long ago to lecture. He arrived early
in The afternoon, and all of the town
of course spotted" him within five
minutes, as very great and sanity
man.
He went into q drug store, and, in
tones that frozs the young blood of
the clerk behind the counter, then
said:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. smoke"
Yves, sir, said the trembling
clerk; I'm sorry, but / learned the
habit young, and haven't been able to
quit it yet.
Then, y said the great divine, with
out the movement OF muscle or the
abatement of q shade of the awful
solemnity of his voice, "can you tell
me where can get good clgar9"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
ASKING roo Much.
TexAs Strings

A man applied at a house ia San
Antonio for aid. you should go to
work and earn living" was the In
dignant reply. "Gs 10 work 1t isn't
bad enough that / am so poor that!I
have to beg, but here you come and
want me to work besi9es.o
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11

other day for a copy of Ovid's "Meta>
merphosis." which once belonged to
Henry VII, Of England. Ii is printed
on vollum in Black letter and is mag
niiicently illuminated in gold and
colors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11
Homemade Mueilage and Gum Drop,
Samuel MINER, 10 Rural World

Samuel Miller, IN Rural World
AS the war in Egypt las already
made gum arabic scarce and high in
price. those who have peach or plum
trees can make their own mucllage.
Lumps Of gum will be found on every
tree, which, VIXEN dissolved in water,
makes a most excellent substitute.
have been using it ali Summer, and
find it to answer the purpose Grstrate.
If this sam juice we're clarified, and
while n the soft state sweeteDed with
pure sugar and little spice, it would
be- better to eat than the pernicious
stuffs that are sold by confectioners
as gum drops, and which are, no
doubt. made Of some animal oifal,
and doctored up with chemicals, and
which should have gone to the glue
pot at the start. There have been
times here, after rainy weather, that
pounds could have been numbered.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-11

The rebellion Of Rel will cost Can
ada SO 600, 600. 1t has been an ex>
oensive war, for short one. In fact,
1t has been more expensive than
glorious.
Senator Edmunds will be the guest
Of Minister Phelps while he is in Lon
don.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-08-27
The Attorney-Generalship.

1t was a source OF deep regret t"
The host OF friends of the Hon. Il.
Ii. Thompson who are familiar with
his exalted personal worth and his
tran>cendent abilities as a LAWYER,
that lie was not chosen 10y the party
in convention last week, as its stand
ard-hcarer for the responsible office
OF Attorney General; but their dis
appointment is AT the same time
greatly modified Ivy the seriousness
that his failure 10 succeed was due
altogether to q peculiar comhina-
ton OF circumstances, and in no
way to a lack of individual pop
ularily or fitness. He entered the
contest with strong following, and
there is no doubt was the second
choice of q greater number than
any other aspirant, but East MisSis-
Warren county another, all Of whom,
a. the 54lh and last ballot showed,
were resolved to remain in the field
to the bitter end. Realizing this. and
not wishing to appear "ver-conten-
tious or to d. anything that would
have tendency to je"pardize the
harmony If the party, Mr. Thomp
son voluntarily withdrew from the
ace on the 39th ballot when he was
3 votes ahead OF his leading. com
pctitor. The nomination Of Major
Govan from an adjoining county
WAS also to the prejudice OF MI
Thompson, but this would have
been overcome but for the reasons
already mentioned.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-08-27
MISSISSIPPI DEMOCRATIC
PLATFORM.
The Platform of 1877 and 1851
Reaffirmed.

Rcs0lred, That We rcatiirm the follow
ing. adopted by the Democratic State
Convention which assembled in this city
on the second day of August, 1877, and
un the fourth day of August, lSol:
The Democratic party Of Mississippi
grateful for the success of its past efforts
IN the cause of reform and of just gov.
crnment, and invoking the blessing of
heaven Oh its future cndcayOrs in the
same cause, does adopt and proclaim the
following platform OF principles
|. Fidelity to the Constitution of the
United States.
=. Home rule government, with all
their reserved and guaranteed rights I'M
impaired.
8. No nterf, renee Ivy the military pow
q with the freedom of elections and with
The civil and political rights of citizens of
the United States.
4. The protection of equal rights of all
classes, and the prompt and vigorous and
impartial administration of the criminal
laws, and to this end, we cNhort judges
and y, ace officers and jurors, grand and
petit, to vigilance, fidelity and prompt
hess.
5. No determination on account OF
race, color or previous condition of herv-
jtude or birth place, aud no special legis-
latiOn for the hcnciit OF the few, at the
expense of the many.
6. y strict adherence to the time hon
cred JcfferSOnau standard-"is he hon
est, is he capable, Is he true to the Con
stitutiOn ="
Z. A continuation OF the policy of re-
trcnchmeut ami reform 50 slgually iuaug-
urated by tie Democratic panty.
8. Reduction OF the burden of taxation
to the Invest point compatible with an
efficient execution of the law.
Q. Corporations OF every dcscript ion
eupcr> isablc within constitutional limits
by State authority aud subordinate to
State legislation in the interest aud for
the protection of the people.
10. AS the lcrrctniiy of free Gov
"rnment depends upon the virtue and in
1clligrncc of tie people, We pledge our
selves 10 the maintenance Cf our State
system of free schools.
IL. We favor the granting of such aid
as may Lc extended without violation of
the Constitution of the United States or
departing from the established uSaSc> OF
the Government to the rebuilding and
keeping i'll repair of Tie lcNces Of the
Mississippi river.
II. That upon this platform of princi-
pies and public policy we invite cu-cpcla-
tion of all citizens without regard to past
ditfeIricss III sup art of the candidates
nominated ky thu convention.
Is. That We declare il to be the policy
Of the Dr bI0crulic Conservative party TO
encourage the flow of Immigration to this
state, aud recommend the passage OF
nccdtul laws and the making at all nee
rssary appropriations to this eud.
= II. That We invite the inNt Simtnt of
caiiiia! an'l assure TO II all necessary legal
nrUtCt lion.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-08-27
EDITORIAL NOTES.

How no yuu like The Iick,tf
Major ia. Il. Bel, Sheriff oil
LowLdcs COUNTY, died On The "l,t
inst
Tue LrApEn didn't get is first
choice il every instance, but YOU
viii have " pass the crow 10 some
Que else.
There is big strike among the
Railroad employees at Meridian be
cause their employers are holding
back their wages.
Gov. Lowry has committed the
death senteuce of VIM. B. Martin fol
The murder OF negro boy in Jones
county, to Imprisonment for lille.
Hon. Geo. IIoadley has been re-
nominated by the Democrats for
Gu,ernor Of Ohio. Hosdly beat
Foraker . years ago and he will do
81 again.
tn the contest between the Vicks-
burg Southrons and West Point
Rides for The championship of the
State and $1,000 purse, the Rifles
carried off the blue ribbon.
Tom Dickson thought the dele
gate from Attala shouldn't adver
;ise his gin in a Democratic Con-
,e",ion, but in the newspapers. and
Is" President considered the point
MI aksn
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-08-27
Lea Female College.
Committee.

We direct the attention of parents,
guardians and other interested par
ties To the advertisement Of Lea Fe-
male College. OF summit, Miss
This college is one of the first seats
of learning in the State. The
writer knows whereof he speaks.
having q personal acquaintance
with the distinguished President,
and It's thorough courses Of study,
as well as number of its graduates,
among the most accomplished ladies
in the STATE. The location is per,
haps without Il parallel in adj
van'ages in Mississippi. : tuaIrd
in the high pine region Of south
Mississippi where malaria never
comes, in a quiet and n'derIv vii
lagc, far from the contamination uf
city lite. The buildings are com
modiOuS, while the cuisine Is EXCEL
LENT. The matron in charge Mrs.
e. II. Olken), one Of the most az
complishcd ladies' in the South, is
the mother and friend of the pupils
that come within her charge. The
water, both mineral and free stone,
is an especial attraction. Read the
advertisement. This school is high
ly endorsed Ivy some of the most
learned gentlemen in the State
TickSburg Post.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-08-27

The Democratic State Convention
was called to order last week on
Wednesday at l so p. NJ, and ad
journed sine die on Saturday at 1920
Pm. There were three dead locks
one on nomination for Auditor, for
Attorney General and for Supcrin-
tendent Of Education. The longest
sitting of the convention with
out an intermission or recess was
from 1920 Friday morning to 4:3O
Saturday morning. The spirit of
the Convention was fine and the
hest of humor prevailed throughout
its deliberations, if we may except
the "family quarrels" of the delega-
lions from Lee, Union and Carroll.
The Brookhaven leader., 1885-08-27

When the Stale Convention had
slaughtered one after another of the
candidates from the Mighty last,
and tie office of Superintendent of
Education was at last reached and
Dr. LipscOmh, of Columbus, left as
the lone remaining representative
from that great section, Private
John Allen, of Lee, rose in his seat
with a serio- comic air upon his face,
and declared to the President and
the Convention in stentorian voice
that the intirmary corps from the
Mighty East was overworked, the
ambulances were already overcrowd-
ed with the dead and wounded, and
that LipscOmb, of necessity, must be
nominated. Nevertheless, he was
sacrificed, and Private John and
his comrades had to make loom for
one more of the slain. His last re-
quest was TO ask the President TO
appoint 20 ablc-hodied pall-bearels
To assist in tie obscquies.