Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-09-03

tobacco can be made to pay the duty
which the law intends it shall pay,
the Wisconsin crop Of 1885 would
advance in price from 8 to 10 cents
per pound. The Sumatra question
demands careful and patient iuves-
tigation, and interests, directly or
indirectly, every man in Rock and
Dane counties. -JaaeSvWe Gazette.
DELLER has cot the exclusive
sale of Reeds celebrated LADIES'
Shoes and offers fine quality Of
kid and goat at the unusually low
price of $3.50 a pair. 35w2
TINS on Iowa, which is taken
from an exchange published just
this side the Mississippi river, is
rather severe: "Iowa is the para
disc of druggists, Every little ham
let in that state has from one to a
half-dozen gaudy drug stores; and
to be a drug-man is better than to
own brewery. Iowa has grown to
be very "unhealthy," favorite 10
cation for druggists since the Pro
hibition Amendment was adopted.
The saloon-men have had to give
way to tie doctor and his Dispen-
satory" Under the Iowa law, liquor
is sold for medicinal purposes.
A LADY dentist, Robertson by
name, has been travelling through
the state of late, extracting teeth by
the wholesale without pain. Her
practice is to collect a crowd to-
gether by marching through the
streets with brass band and then
commence operations on some va
cant lot. she wears a necklace Of
teeth as trophies of her past tri-
umphs She is woman whose APP
pearance attracts great attention
wherever she goes. Her plan Of
plying the forceps is not in accord
ance with dental etiqu ette.
WISCONSIN never had a better
governor than honest Jerry Rusk
whose practical mind is stored with
hard facts ready for instant use. A
gentleman recently described visit
Of a couple Of hours to his office,
during which time not less than a
dozen very able men came to him
with difficult questions for informa-
ton or instructions; said the gentle
man, 81 was astonished at the read
mess and clearness of every answer.
Every man got--Just what he wished
to know and that without any hesi-
fancy.
A SINGULAR apparatus used either
by a change-snatcher or gambler was
picked up at the Chicago, Milwaukee
81 St. Paul Railway depot in DEbu-
que. 1t is made Of brass and SO
arranged that it can be strapped to
the forearm and hidden from view
by the coatsleeve There is lever
attachment to it, and by placing the
arm on the counter or table and
pressing on the lever, a spring about
ten inches long is forced out so it
cannot be seen. In the end of the
spring is a sort Of clamp which goes
into the palm of the hand, and may
be held there. The moment, how
ever, that the arm is raised the spring
disappears up the coatsleeve.-Du-
5uQue Times.
WHILE here at the fair and accom-
panied by young woman he had
married he stepped into a photog-
rapher's and drew the artist aside.
He wanted their "picturs" taken, but
had special favor to ask. "Her
folks" he exclaimed, "go a good
deal on style. They never saw me,
and if | send them my face they'll
be dead agin me. I'm sight better
than l look, and when people come
to know me they vote me a brick.
Now, then, what do you say? VIII
you stand in? She's willing. Those
big whiskers Of yours'll take them
at once and create harmony. You
look like solid capitalist, and they'd
take me for a petty larceny thief"
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