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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
Why ROumelia ReVolted.

4 correspondent Of the New York
Times says that the revolution m
Roumelia was in consequence of the
oppression and mlsrule. Before the
treaty of Berlin, Roumela had a
flourishing trade and agriculture,
"That treaty." says the correspondent,
ruined them. When the powers had
turned their backs, when the phian~
trophlst and distributors OF relief
funds had withdrawn, then the swarm
OF 1.-THE farmers descended upon the
district. All the iniquities of the old
system were revived. Crops were re-
served to the government. farmers
we're narrowed and prosecuted. Our
own agents, sent to buy tobacco in the
most favored regions, have seen the
agriculturalists scamper from their
fields. bar themselves 10 their houses,
conceal their bales Of finer quality in
the cellar, and only consent to make
terms after prolonged parley FROM
the window. A year ago, ia the Pail
Mall Gazette, an account was given
of the terrorism prevailing among the
Rpumelia farmers; but, though 1t at
tracted attention in England, no
active measure Yves taken for their
relief. Is il surprising then, that
these men should be anxious to free
themselves from the oppression Of
their task masters2 In the sardJack OF
Phllippopolis the Christians are twice
as numerous as the Mussulmans. BY
race, as by religion, they have no
sympathy With the Turks They
were bitterly indignant when the
powers unceremoniously delivered
them into the hands Of their hereditary
foes. In all the coh'ee-houses Of the
city. in every circle that gathered
round the hubble bubble, we're utter
ed curses OF the Osmanlis. Every
merchant who has traded with them
has heard the complaint Of the R9u-
melians. Prince Edward, of Bulgaria,
heard it, too, and perhaps it is well
that he needed it. The 'rosewater
revolution which came TO pass may
possibly have prevented rising and
a massacre which would have appall-
the world
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
THE CHINESE QUESTION,
A New Complication $50 Per Head
Charged by Canada tor the Rea d.
IN isstOn OF the Chinese,

A New Complication $50 Per Head
Charged by Canada tor the Rea d.
IN issiOn OF the Chinese,
A Washington special to the New
York Post says: "a now complication
has arisen in connection with the
Chinese question. 1t appears that
the British government refuses to per-
nit its possessions to be made dump
ing ground for the rejected Chinese
of the United States except upon pay
.aeAt OF fee which it Is quite impos
sible for the United States to pay, and
which, perhaps, is an exorpitant meas
ure of the worthiessness Of the Chm
es e. This discovery has been made by
one of the custom officers on the
Northwestern boundary. He report
ed to the department that while
stupendiously endeavoring to carry
out the instructions Of the famous
Chinese circular and put back upon
British soil Chinese who had come
in to the United States in violation of
the provisions of the restriction act,
he las met with a Canadian statute
whether new or old does not appear
which required the payment 10 the
Treasury of the Canadian Government
of $50 for each ChInaman condition
precedent of readmission to British
soil. The officer suggests TO the
Treasury Department that he has no
money at his disposal to pay for such
readmissions and he asks the Treas
ury Department what he is to do about
it. The existence of this Canadian
statute-if, in fact it does exist, and
has been rightly construed-was not
known to our authorities, and they
certainly have no appropriation from
which they can pay $50 per head for
every Chinaman 10 be exported. The
situation is a novel one, and raises an
international question ofEpeculiar per-
plexity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
A VERY EARMY MEMORY.
Why the BABY Screamed and Fright
ened lhe Passengers.
: New York Herald

She was slight and girlish looking
with a comical aft elton of mother
ll4ess which made her dart after her
blue eyed 3 year OLE girl whenever
the little thing came within even ten
feet OF the edge of the deck. He was
evidently not far past his majority,
and divided his time between tightly
twisting slight mustache and proud~
ly watching the frollcs of his child
and his girl wife.
They were on the upper forward
deck of one Of the iron steamboats,
going down the bay to Coney Island
In the afternoon, and the other pass
eugers near them forgot TO read the
afternoons latest papers or the tips
On the races wkile they listened to the
prat.le Of the child.
As the boat was passing Robbin's
Ref the little girl, who had been
dancing around on one foot and call
ing TO the sea gulls that were floating
overhead, suddenly uttered pierce>
ing scream that made her mothers
face grow pale. Then she turned,
buried her head in the maternal lap
and began TO weep as if her heart was
already broken. All the ladies on the
deck gathered around her and helped
the frighteded mother try to find the
wicked pin that must have buried IT.
self to the head somewhere IN the
child's body, while the father forgot
to twist his mustache and looked on
helplessly.
Bat no pin was to be found.
Not for several minutes could the
little one be induced 10 raise her head
but finally she showed her flush ed
and tear streaked countenance.
All the ladies asked at once what
was the matter,
Il was-only thinking" said she
between her sobs, how it hurt mC
when / wac horned aud fell-aIl the
way down-from-from- heaven"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
NOTES OF SILYERSMITHS.
New York Graphic

The knife edge bracelets are often
set around with small gems.
The story Of Red Riding Hood told
OF a set OF silver tea spoons IS a nov
city,
Shells and seaweeds in all their
beauty Of of form are copied in silver
for table service.
The Hungarian knot continues to
find plscs on wire bracelets and on
lace and scarf pins.
A very carious parlor clock is made
in gold, enriched with enamel or prsc'
ious stones.
An artistic pin is that OF a lattice
work of gold or silver, through the
openings of which appears blooms of
a wild rose vine.
There is bracelet set round with
rose diamonds, the glittering circlet
terminating with a clover leaf of diff
erent colored pearls.
Ladies and salad forks, with hand.
les of wood decorated with silver
trimmings, are fashionable in the
drawing room of the house beautiful
A huge butterfly Of jewels makes a
popular pin; so does a half moon of
diamonds with colored pearl or ruby
swinging from the center.
A beautiful spray for the hair or
low bodice consists piece OF acacia
dowes, in pink translucent enamel,
with leaf in diamonds set in silver.
A gold spoon with pearl in its
bowl, a gold shovel heaped full OF
small diamonds, a fan on which aps
pears japanese figures, are numbered
with other designs to be founud IN
pins.
zone exquisite ttinket. says a
Paris correspondent, is worth de.
scriptlon, and the watch il contained
is of sufficient size to render some
service 1t is formed in the shape OF
bell,like flower, with a calyx OF
wrought gold, by which it may bt
worn pendant to-the neck ribbon 0
chatelain; the under side IS crysta
bottle or vinaigrette. The outer Is
covered with curved rows of stones
rubies and misunderstanding, as j
were, the edges OF the folded petal
and set upon convex gold casC
which opens in the center on a spring
being touched and 3iscloses a watct
! face to view
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
4 REPORTERS NERVE
The Remarkable Document Left by
VI M. Wood, the Quincy suicide


Oct. Is. M. M Wood, young jour
nal;st OF stesdy habits, committed sui
eide at the Fay house, in Quincy, Ill.
When found the body was in an up
right postum en- chair by table.
ia his hand was a peE al d on the table
lay finely written manuscript, the
most important part Of which read;
Brother reporters; when you come
to Sift this matter and sum it up, your
articles will be about: Shortly after
supper last evening the report Of a
pistol was card 10 issue from a room
at the Fay house, near Fight and
Hampshire streets. Those who heard
tho noise thought little of it at first,
but investigation reyea ed the fact
that Mr.. M M. Wood, boarder at the
above named house had seiz d revolt
yer and deliberately shot himself
through the brain, the ball entering
near the right temple and tearing
away a large portion of the skull (pre-
sunni ID. The pistol was fve>cAam>
bered 80 caliber, and was held 50 close
to the head that the face was much
! burned. The cause for the rash act
is not we'll understood, but IL is sup
posed to bs temporary insanity. The
perpetrator Of such q deed is never
supposed TO be in his right mind, an d
although Mr. Wood never gave any
/ evidence TO the contrary, this must
have been the cause, either directly or
indrecily. The mystery surrounding
the case however, is all the greater
when it is known that up 10 the very
last act OF his life, Mr.. Wood never
gave the first intmation of suicide or
even the first evidence Of having a
diseased mind.
"He spent yesterday with various
friends about the city chatting, laugh
ing and joking rs usual. He spent 9
portion of the afternoon with his
friend, George Stahl. They left th,
Fay house together at noon and drove
in round about way to Mr.. Stahlf
place of bushes on Third street After
putting up the horse they visited the
dime museum. They then separated
Mr. Stahl going to ms store and Mr.
Wood to his boarding hoJse; he speni
the rest OF the afternoon sleeping II
his room Tuesday night Mr. Wood
STAYED with his friend, Bert Woillarc
at the fremont house. They attended
the concert together ut the opera hous'
and upon going to Mr.. WIS. room
spent an hour or so playing cards
but never during all this time did Mr.
Wood give the slightest evidence o
beng little off, as the boys say"
Then the writer continues, givint
his history at some length, relating
that he was born IN 1864, was son o
Charles Wood, OF Ellington township
graduated at the high school in thi
and served as a reporter or local editol
on several papers, including The Her
aid and Journal in this city, and ha
written for The Herald as Ellington
correspondent. He detailed his seryic,
lin this line, and stated that lately h,
accepted the place Of city editor TO
The Optic, the new weekly, but bcinj
placed at soliciting, and finding him
self not made for That business, he re
signed the day before, or on the day o
; his suicide.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
Pocket MONEY for tho Young.

Mrs Ellen Bliss Hooker in Good Housekeeping
Teach your children the proper use
Of money. Begin with a smal allow
ance Of pocket>m oney, which they
shall, feel is their own, and let an ac-
count Of its expenditure be made TO
you Carefully guard against any
udlcuie If there have been foolish pur.
chases, for that will soon beget dis
trust, then follows deceit, ard very
soon you will never know what has
become OF the money, Kindly advise,
so that il your boy IS tempted to spend
his money in way he knows is
wrong, be wlll freely come to you
and tell you of it. Until you feel
positively compelled 10 it. do not
withdraw your allowance. 1t may be
that you will find no other way to
stop career Of wasteful and sinful
extravance, but let al forts be made
in other ways first Teach your boys
to earn little for themselves. Many
little ways Will suggest themselves.
II is 50 much more helpful tc them as
well as an enjoyable pride, that it's
always well 10 encourage all such
eudeavor. We know a mother who
prizes, above all her other possessions,
a pair of gold sleeve buttons purchas-
ed with the first money her boy ever
earned, and though he is in business
for himself, we fancy be never invest.
cd any money more cheerfully than
thft.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
Costly Calves.

\ Waterloo, Iowa, telegram says:
A law suit known as the Jones county
calf case was concluded in the circuit
court in the city to-day. II was an
action brought by Robert johnson
against L. V. Miller and six other de-
PENDANTS for $4,000 for malicious
prosecution. Eleven years ago John
Foreman Of Jones county had four
calves stolen, and about the same
time Robert Johnson, a neighboring
farmer, bought some. calves for s. ID.
Potter OF Green county. These calves
proved to be the ones stolen from
Foreman. and johnson gave his note
for S45 in payment for them. Soon
after johnson was prosecuted by the
aati-horse thief association Of Jones
county for the theft of the calves.
He was tried twice and acquitted, and
ia 1877 brought suit against seven
members Of the association for NAL
icious prosecution alleging that
they did not have probable cause
for commencing sction. The case
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15

Do you know old WiRgings Of our
towns That's he sitting across the
aisle there"
VERY stingy, isn't her
"Stingy is no name for it, He keeps
coffin with a false bottom, and
whenever he buries a wife TIE coffin
is pulled out and saved for the next
one In that way he has made one
coflin do for four wives, and It's good
coffin yet"
THE characterization disturbances
have ceased at Montreal, owing to the
fact that the priests have taken hold
OF the matter and advised their peope
as to the efficacy Of BORNE Uirus.
Had they done this when the first
storm of opposition arose among the
stupidity ignorant Preach Canadians,
serious trouble would have been avoid
ed.
Crime, according to the statistics
recently published, is Increasing IN
this country with remarkable speed,
as there was but one criminal in every
3.432 inhabitants IN 1850, while in
1870 there was one in every $50; mean
while crime is decreasing Ia Great
Britain.
Said Bloomington police judge TO
a darkey witness, DO YOU know the
nature Of an oath9" you mean cuss
word. sahp NO said the justice,
"Do you understand what you are to
swear here in court3s Eyes sab, our
lawyer told NE what to swear to,
sab.
Mrs. George Dawson Coleman, OF
Lebanon, Pa, as a current item says,
towns portrait painted on cobweb.
The colors are beautifully laid on and
simply perfect as to harmony. 1t is
said to have cost IS, 000."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
wULL,Ns, THE AGNosTic.
As TOLD BY DEACON SALTWATER.

t5,s name was William Mullins, and
IL had a sDeering way
~ turnin' his PROPOSES up
Al everything you'd say.
avail. now, how DO ye know says ne;
..tI,,rnph. now how do ye know
ri, Way it closed an argument
II wasn't by no means SLOW.
va, might be talking social-like
with feliers at the store
ri war and politics and sich,
Gpd vou might have the floor
and be a gittin' things down fine
proVin' that things was SO,
WAN Mullins would stick his long nose IN
win .'Humph, now how do ye know"
seen that critter set in church
And take a sermon in,
t,d t1ru his nose up in sheer
Ar death and grace and sin
win no regard for time and place
or realms Of endless woe,
nod rise ard bust the whole thingup
XVith "Humph, now how do ye know
rga. ont his grass Wherever IL raiued,
~ shocked his wheat up green,
fJc cut his corn behind the frost,
mis- hogs we're allus lean,
H. biliIt his stacks the big end up,
His corn cribs big end down;
s.CrOOked as Mullins FOddslue renee
was q proverb in our town.
THE older he got tine wlss he grew,
Aud crookeder day by day;
ma soujnt Of his eyes would wind a clock,
His toes turned out each way;
II ! boots and shoes were both of EN- lefts,
The rheumatic twisted so;
Bnr If You said he didn'l look well
Hs'd gfowl Now, how do ye know
And that darned grit led to his death
he was on the railroad track
Crossin' a bridge; / heard the train
Aud yelled. Mullins, come back,
The train is round the curve in sight.
Saws he, "aumph, how do We know
/ helped to gather him up in pail
The engine scattered hin so.
/ think it's best to have more faith
Ia everyday concerns,
And not be allus a snoopin' round
To cit behind the returns.
A plain statement will do for me,
A hint instead Of a blow;
A coroners jury may fetch out facts,
But it's rather late to know
"A T. Worden.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
THE ENEMY OF THE BE.
Little birds that Help the African
Honcy-Eunter.

In Africa, says the October number
Of 81 Nicholas, the bees nave a very
hard time; for there man has a sharn-
eyed, active little friend 10 help him
fad The carefully hidden honey. This
little friend is bird -arascally shift.
less fellow, dat not only fails TO build
q home for i's little ones. but even
goes SO far as to make .ther birds
have all the trouble ard worry of
bringing up and feeding them. Like
the cuckoo, 1t puts lis, eggs in the nests
Of other birds.
TRe honey guide, as it is called.
Is exceedingly fond of honey or, il il
can not have tbat, is very well salts
fed with young bees, It's only about
the size OF q | ark, and so is not es-
pecislly fitted for eucountering a
swarm of bees fighting in defense of
their hens. OEce in a while, it tries
to rob nest, but il is usually well
punished for doing SO. The little bees
seem 70 know that their stings can
not ipjure the feather covered Eodv of
the bird, and accordingly they direct
their attacks at the eyes OF the robber.
and ii the bird does not escape ia time.
it will be blinded, and so perish of
starvation.
However, the honey guide is seldom
so foolish as to run any such risk. Ii
prefers 10 have some one else steal the
honey, and is content with a small
portion Tor Its share 1t is said some
times 70 guide the ratel, an animal of
the weasel family, to the nest; and 1t
certainly often does waig near hy.
while the ratel, which is very fond of
both bees and honey, rifles the nest.
Before the honey is all gone TIE little
honey guide usually contrives to have
taste.
Whether the bird guides the ratel
or not, IL questionably does guide
men to the bees nests When IL has
iovnd nest, 1t darts away in search
of a man. As soon as it sees one, it
b0vers over him, flies about his head,
perches near him, or flutters here and
there in front OF him, all the time
chatterlng vigorously. The natives
| know IN moment what the little bird
means; and as he loves honey as a
child does candy; only something
that is very important will prevent
his accepting the honey guides in
vitation. When he is ready 10 follow
he whistles and the bird seems to I'M
derstaud the signal, for il at once flies
on for a short distance and waits till
the man is near and then flies on a
few yards father. In this way tho
bird leads the man until the nest is
reached. Then II suddenly changes
lis twitter for "a peculiar nole, and
either hoves over The nest for mo-
msnt or ccmplacently sits down, aud
let's the man find the nest as best he
can
When If is found, the bees are
smoked out with a torch or with fire
OF leaves, according to the height OF
the nest from the ground, A small
portion Of the honey is given to the
bird as its share or the plumber il
the little fellow has had honey enough
II disappears, but it, as is usually the
case, il receives only enough to whe
lis appetite, 1t will lead 10 another
nest, and sometimes even TO third.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15

has been before the courts ever since
and has been tried dre times -opce at
Clinton, twice at Vlnton and twice at
Watcrloo--aud such time except one
the plaintiff received verdict run
ming from IS 600 to s., 800, but each
time the verdict has been set aside
The jury to day awarded him Sc coo.
The costs. attorneys fees and expens-
es entailed upon all parties 10 the lit
igatiop growing out OF the theft OF
the calve sis estimated at over 500, 0O0.
and several prosperous farmers have
been rendered bankrupt, while the
calves in the first place were not
worth over $50.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15

The Chinese farm house is a curious
looking abode. Usually it is sheltered
with groves Of feathery bamboo and
thick spreading bsnyans The walls
are Of clay or wood, and the interior
of the house consists of one main
room, extending from the floor to the
tiled roof. with closet-looking apart
ments IN the corners for sleeping
rooms. There is a sliding window in
the roof, made Of cut oyster shells ar
ranged in rows, while the side win
dows are mere wooden shutters. The
floor is the bare earth, where at night
fall there often gather together mis-
cellaneous family of dirty children,
fowls, ducks, pigeons, and litter Of
pigs, all living together in delightful
harmony.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
Seventy Years OF Married Life.

Mr.. and Mrs. Aron + Randall cele-
brated the SEVENTEEN anniversary Of
their wedding at their home in Mon
roe, Wisconsin, last Monday, having
lived continuously with each other as
man and wife for three score years
and ten. A large number of children
grand children we're present. Mr..
Randall was native Of Rhode Island
and was married in 1915 His wife
was Miss Sutherland, aud was re-
siding in Western New York, where
she became acquainted with her hus
band. They have both passed their
9Oth year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15

FRosTs IN August in Manitoba and
the British Northwest territories,
when wheat was IN the milk, so lnjur-
ed the crop that but little was saved.
The settler in those regions is very
fortunate if he can get one crop IN
FIVE. The winter season commences
the first OF November and closes the
first OF June, with snow from three to
ten feet deep all the time, and the
thermometer ranging from TO- below
to so below. What inducements
there are for any person to remain IN
Manitoba and the Northwest terri
tories, is a mystery, IT is certain,
despite that the most strenuous efforts
OF the Canadian government and the
Canadian Pacific railway, settlements
there are not rapid, and is not endur-
ing, for every year there is consider
able southern exodus across the Dor
der into Montana, Dakota and other
United States border territories. The
climate is altogether too rigorous for
farming, and cattle raising meets
with many practical difficulties
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15

The authorities of the Federal Gov
ernment and of the States immediate
" interested have established q thor
ough inspection service n Vermont
and Northern New York to guard
against smallpox, and Surgeon Cen
eral Hamilton thinks the disease will
be kept from spreading in New Eng
land and New York. This inspection
service viii be continued during the
Winter. or as long asthe disease ex-
lists in Montreal. Smallpox spreads
rapidly in Winter, when people are
confined to heated rooms and closed
rail Tay cars.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15

Colonel Charles C. Jones, Jr., of
Augusta, Ga, having investigated the
SUBJECT. is convinced that neither
Major General Nathaniel Greene nor
Major General Count Pulaski sleeps
beneath the respective monument
VII cn a grateful and patriotic people
have reared in their honor
A Pennsylvania woman was run
ov.rbv locomotive ON her Tooth
birthday.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-10-15
A Strange Cattle Disease in Dubuque
County, Iowa.
Dubuque Telegraph.

Mr.. John Garrigan recently V sited
hisited his brother Matt, who resides
on Q farm two miles from Farley.
He learned that during the previous
week Matt had lost six head of cattle
from new and strange disease, anG
that one, which took sick in the
morning was hopelessly afflicted.
The symptoms are first a hiccough,
followed by frothing at the mouth.
Next the nose becomes itchy, and the
itch spreads all over the face, stopping
al the neck. Then the forward legs
are attacked. This itching is intense,
aud causes the animal TO scratch its
hide off IN an effort to obtain relief.
The disease proves fatal in twelve
hours, and during that time the ami
NAL acts exactly as horse acts when
siil.cted with the collie. With two
exceptions all the cattle were attacked
in the same way. In the exceptional
cases the itching affected the hind
quarters, and was equally severe and
fatal as in the other cases AIR. Gar
riean's herd is one of the finest IN the
country.