Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-11-19

You shall take the place of Wallace Mr.
Cox;
nv familiar name shall call us, Mr.. Cox
we will have our fun together,
And we'll never mind the weather,
For wen have a hack to haul us, MI. Cox;
Please accept this Jewel casket, Mr.. Cox;
For |. Abdul Hamed, ask 1t, Mr. Cox;
The bills unpaid, | know, sir
But the head OF him owe, sir.
Is NOW rolling i'm the basket, Mr. Gov
Columbus lOhio) Dispatch.
NOTES or FASHIONABLE SOCIETY
Mr. Charles Tuif'boy got his oyercoat
out of hook last Wednesday.
Mr. James Hightiyer is again wearing
his watch and chain. Congratulations.
Miss Yseult McMurtry gave a soree
dansante last evening at the residence
of her present employer, Mrs. lie
Smythe.
Miss Petite Mooney is seeking rest
and recreation at q West Side intcli
cence office May she soon return.
Mr. II. Clay Caycndsh Of the Cutie
Cavendishes is seriously ill with brain
fever Where he caught the brain is
not stated - The Ramblcr.
A Chicago man has been arrested for
being too fond of his mother-in-law.
This we consider by all odds the finest
Joke of the season. -Peorta transcript.
Thirteen is an unluckv number. 1t
is for this reason that when shop
keeper halves a 25-ceut piece he in
varlably gives YOU l. cents. The shop
keeper is unseliish. and rs somebody
must run the risk Of bad luck he freely
takes it himself boston Transcript
II was never exactly buried alive :"
said an old clerk, recounting his eXpe-
riences, "but | once worked week in
store that did not advertise When /
came out my head was almost rs white
as YOU now see it. Solitary confine-
ment did it. - CtHctaaau Gazette
Miss Boston Go baseball ptcher} =
was present at the game this after
noon, Mr.. Homerun, and | admired
your pitching so much Your curves
reminded me of Hogarth's line of
beauty.
Pitcher college club Indeed! What
nine does Hogarth pitch tor?-N J.
sun.
Au Italian scientist says that 'wrink-
les depend mainly on the JaSc cait
which form the reticular part of the
dermis. We always supposed that
age had more to do with it than the
fuScicHi. Persons who would escape
wrinkles, it would seem, must first get
rid OF that itulic thing AorrtStot0n
Herald.
Mrs Pendergast-''l'ye been in luck
again. bought Rembrandt ycster-
day for $4,000"
Mrs Van Dusen (illiterato and
slightly deaO-- "Threc thousand dol
lars tor u remnant! Why, bless my
soul, what sort OF goods was it? You
should have bought the whole piece for
i2taQclphta CdG
These are the days when the young
man puts on knee-b breaches and stock
ings, and mounting a bicycle, starts on
a long tour feeling perfectly happy
till lG-year-old country girl with blue
eyes as Dig rs saucers, shouts: Hey,
mister, come here and I'll lend yer
money enough ter buy legs for them
pants. "-fhslddetPhi0 Aei0S.
Speaking of civilization an old lady
who had travelled much says it is very
hard to describe the civilization of
other races. The Chinese are civilized
enough in some things. They make
many pretty things, chinaware and
silks, which latter they embroider
beautifuiIy-yet they throw their child
rem to the pigs and cat nice and pup
py-dogs. / never for breakfast could
even get my hard toast and buttcred
mulliusr
What is it that keeps you busy writ
ing so late in your study every nightP"
asked Mrs. Yerger of her husband. 81
am writing the history of my life. 81
suppose you mention me in itP ooh.
yes; | call YOU the sunshine of my ex-
lstence " do really throw so much
sunshine into your daily life?" 81 refer
TO You as the sunshine of my existence
because you make it hot for me-. a
rise IN the thermometer occurred inn
mediately after the foregoing CONVEX
satjon.- Ic1aS SJ5pgS.
A Kentucky hen, while being driven
Out Of neighbor's garden, let fall an
egg which the woman who drove her
Out picked up and utilized. a suit was
brought IN court to recover the price
OF the egg, when it was decided that
1.-THE egg being laid on the premises Of
Inc defendant it was her egg" An
appeal was taken to higher court
"hen the decision was reversed on ac-
count OF the word ''laycd' having
been used. 1.-The hen did not lay the
egg bat dropped it.
Lieut. Preston lugelow, who is a
prominent staff officer Of the Travis
4 b'ies, was in>tructing q recruit as to
ms duties towards his ranking officer.
II N hat does the private soldier owe his
superior otlicer@ asked Lieut.. Inge-
4 ~" Nothing at all, | reckon. l
a know d be scared TO try and borrow
N any money from my superior officers.
81 bes'des, don't believe they have got
81 any money to lend. | notice they al
II ways tell the barkeeper to hang 'em
n "P - ie1as SiilWgs.
a The grocer's son, a good, dutiful
% BOY had never been away from home
al lAuen. bat stuck close to the shop al
II Lis .ic' His father was going to put
al 'p new house, and one day the youth
zS8 went son how tho xsv,ri- rao .f ts+ftrl,