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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
OutwitJed by a Dos.

The following incident, given in
"Marvels of Prayer by the Rev.
Hyatt Smith, was first published in a
Scottish journal, and the editor
youched for the truth of the nara
tive There is no connection be.
tween the incident and the title of
the book, but young people will be
interested TO learn how dog outwit>
ted his master "a gentleman m
Glasgow owened a very Intelligent
Newfoundland dog. lie accompani
ed his master wherever he went and
was his inseparable companion in his
visits and to church. One evening
the gentleman went to visit neigh.
Dor The dog attended him. 1t was
quite late when the gentleman started
for hOme, and to his surprise. his dog
could not be found. After the fami.
iy had retired to bed there was a great
noise IN the kitchen. Ii was supgos-
ed that burglars were robbing the
house. Soon There was a crash and q
smash like the breaking of a window,
aEd then all was still. The morning
revealed the mystery. The dog had
fallen asleep under the table. He
was sensible that his master
had gone home, and the noise
heard was the attempt of the dog to
make ms escape. As there was no
other way TO get ont, the sagacious
animal went through the window,
taking the glass and frame with him.
n was long time before his master
visited that house again. When he
d'd, The dog accompanied him. and
TIE animal found his way through
the open door of the kitchen to his
old hiding place under the table II
was late when the master started for
home. But neither his hat nor cane
could be found. After a long search
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
Life's Burden.

A large part of life's burdens are
self imposed and wholly needless.
Fears of calamaties which never hap
pen. q doleful habit OF looking at the
worst, a suspicious disposition, a
jealous turn of mind these are the
tyrants that load US with burdens TOO
heavy TO bear and needless to carry.
II we could honestly examine the
various burdens of our lives, we would
be astonished to find how MANY of
them are of this character. Not only
may we drop them if we will, but
justice to another demands that we
should. A man or woman habitual-
~ unhappy is essentially selfish; and
is always'a thorn in a community.
There are enough crosses and trials
in life which must be borne without
manufacturing artificial and needless
ones; and the more thoroughly we
rid ourselves of the latter, the more
energy and spirit we can bring to
bear upon the former.
Some one wisely says that he who
strives after a long and pleasant term
of life must seek to attain continual
cquanimity, and carefully avoid
everything that too violently shakes
his feelings. Nothing more quickly
consumes the vigor of life than the
violence of the emotions of the mind
We know that anxiety and care can
destroy the healthiest body; we know
that fright and fear, yes, excess of Joy,
becomes deadly. They who are
naturally cool and of quiet turn of
mind, upon whom nothing can make
too powerful am expression, who are
not wont to be excited either by great
sorrow or by great JOY, have he best
chance of living long and happy lives
after their manner. Preserve, there.
for, under all circumstances, q COM
posurC of mind which no happiness,
no mi jfortune, can too much disturb.
Love nothing too violently, hate moth
ing too passiona5ely, fear nothing too
ly.-Dirigo Rural.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
Religion in Rnssia.

''In Russia all creeds are free So
Alexander H. wrote to the Holy
Fathers in 1873. 1t was barefaced
falsehood then let us see whether ii
is true now. In Wolbinia there are
$4,000 colonists from Bohemia.
Roman Catholics to man. Theywant-
ed priests, so theiGovernment got three
from Bohemia. But what priests
Suffice it to say that they were all
married. The colonists did, not like
that sort of thing, so the Government
called together diocesan con
ference" of the districts of Dubn0.
The men who met at the conference
to draw up a constitution of the
Church were worthy of such priests"
as they had. One man proposed that
they should form a Catholic Church
without Pope. Another advised the
adoption of the Lutheran creed, but
this was objected to because Luther
was German, and the Germans were
the born enemies of the Bohemians.
A third held that the tenets of Huss
should be adopted. At last they
agreed to call themselves Bohemian
Brothers, and to reproduce a Greek
liturgy in the native Bohemian
tongue The resolutions of the Con
veGtion were approved by the Russian
Government. Most of the colonlsts
turned with shudder from the new
creed, and declared that they will live
and die Roman Catholics, as their
fathers had done before them, and
they sent for Polish priests to minister
to them. Thereupon the Russian
Government decreea that none of the
coloDists were to be allowed 10
acquire real estate except such as had
joined the Bohemian Brothers. This
decree il still IN force. That's what
they call religious freedom in Rus
clio
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07

country wedding, there was curious
performances. After dinner a lady
entertained the guests assembled on
the lawn with music from an accoy-
dian. A flock of geese were feeding
in the road just below tho house, and,
with outsmetched necks, answered
back with loud mates of satisfaction.
Soon a white -gander commenced
dancing a lively jig, keeping good
time to the music. For several min
utes he kept up the performance, u
the great delight of the company.
The experiment was tried several
times for week or more. and the
tones of the accordion never failed to
set the old gander into a lively dance.
A bobolink, placed in a cage with
some canaries, exhibited great delight
at their songs. He did not sing him.
self, but with q peculiar cluck could
always set the canaries singing. After
a while he began to learn their songs
note by note, and in the course Of a
few weeks mastered the entire song.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
Home and Health.

Natures provision against the
consequences of a Chill, and for the
prevention of cold, are sneezing
and shivering. A violent fit of sneez-
ing often saves a chilled body the
consequence of the nerve depression
or "shock" to which it has been subs
jeeted, and this shock may in its FIRST
impression be very limited in its area
for example, the small extent covered
by a draught OF cold air rushing
through the crevice of a door or win
dow. The nerve centers are reused
from their collapse" by the commo.
tor or explosive influence of the
sheeze. If sneezing fails, nature will
try a shiver, which acts mechanically
in this way. If this fails, the effects
are likely to be very serious ana bad
consequence may ensue. The cold is
slight when sneezing sullices to re-
cover the nervous system quickly
from its depression, and grave when
even strong shiverlBg fails to do so.
When nervous wakcfulness en-
sues at night time, when there is a
desire TO sleep, but, on account of a
peculiar state Of mind and body, rest
Will not come, inhalation of pure air
is . safe and efficient soporific. 1t is
observed in these conditions that a
person only breathes half way, and
that the oxygen in the lungs is kept
exhausted, A physician recommends
a few full Inspirations as the best
remedy for this kind of wakefulness,
which is produced frequently by the
condition Of the atmosphere as well
as state of the mind.
The good wife has to plan, as we'll
as execute, about eleven hundred
meals each year. Fresh small fruits,
and fresh vegetables, in full variety,
and great abundance, will help her
wonderfully in this. If not already
provided, set about supplying the
want as soon as departing winter
makes it possible.
a correspondent who has had a
quarter of a century's experience in
travelling in hot countries writes to
the LONDON Globe: "a man should
always try to do as long as ever he can
in the early part of the day without
drinking; if he once tastes water he
becomes thirsty again in half an hour.
| have often ridden hard, under a bla-
ing sun, ia clouds OF dust, from day
light until II O'Clock, but once tempt
ed to take drink have not been able to
abstain for an hour at time
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
Climate of the Soudan.
Pail Mall Gazette.

We published few days ago an
interview with Sir Henry Green on
the subject of the employment of In
dian sepoys in the Soudan. The fol
lowing remarks by Sir Henry upon
the climatic influences, which we had
not space to print then, may be of
interest now:
And what about the climate. Sir
HenryV said our representative.
well, those who have been in Scinde
are not likely to be scared by the
Soudan. As l spent most of nv life
in those baking deserts, can not
share the alarm expressed by many
concerning the prospects Of a summer
IN the Soudan. Ia Scind we have
,heat SO terrible that sometimes you
may see horses roll over with sun
stroke in all directions, but l have
very seldom seen any European down
vita sunstroke. Tho cause is
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
The AfllIctiOn Of Money.
Gath in Boston Globe

You have observed the suicide of a
broker named Kane, / believe. The
only Importance of Kane's life or
death to me is the revival it brings up
of his father-in-law. Several years
ago, in Washington City, | saw p.
keen little man who made shoes at
POughkeepsie, n. Y, and had sccu~
mulated considerable amount of
money in that business. lie was
nominally democrat, but his money
obtained him the republican supper.
While at Washington he was gen
orally against the democratic party
on the sly. | knew him a little and
studied@.him with moderate interest,
and il was appareHt to me that he
was designing to have me write a
speech for him, something which /
never did for any congressman, and
my bashfulness and the old fellows
bashfulness, as studied by an outsider
would have matched almost any
courtship in comedy. / think he
never made his big speech,
though he perhaps got permission
to have it printed. He would take
his creature comforts, and yet was
exceedingly particular about the
purity of those nearest to HIM. On
one occasion the old man came in
from a Scotchy kiud of spree, which
he sometimes INDUCED in, and point
ing with his thumb to the next door
to him, he said: Gentlemen, now be
particular; / have offspring in there. "
l had forgotten all about this poor old
man, with his several hundred thou
sand dollars, until | saw the other
day that his son-in-law mad banished
his wife from his presence, and then
cut his throat with a carving knife;
so it occurred to me that nothing had
saved myself and nay friends except
our failure to make the same amount
OF money. To q fool money is a great
affection. The fool Is sure to do some
thing wrong with money. He viii
either so and gamble, or go and make
another family, on break somebody s
family or keep a fast horse and break
his neck. You eudow a fool and you
equip FIRE balloon to go where it
/ ple8ses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
A Pleasing Prospect.

The oldest inhabitants says that
this year shows strange similitude to
the season of 1916. The year 1916
was principally conspicuous for the
total destruction of vegetable life by
the action of the frost, and for the des.
cent of snow in the month of June
and the formation of ice every month
of the twelve.
The medium temperature for June
was Ga. Every green herb was killed
All kinds of fruit had been previously
destroyed. From six to ten inches of
snow fell in various parts of Vermont,
three inches in central New York, and
several inches ia New Hampshire and
Maine. On the morning of the 4th Of
July there was ice as thick as a win
dow-glass in Pennsylvania, New
York, and through New England.
August, according to Mr.. Pierce,
was daisy. The medium tempera-
ture was &C, land, says the writer,
such a cherries, Responding, melan>
choly summer month the oldest in
habitant never, perhaps, experienced.
This poor month froze the Indian corn,
which was in the milk, so hard that
it rotted upon the stalks, and the farm
ers moved it down and dried it for
cattle fodder. Every green thing was
destrOy ed, not only in this country,
but in Europe"
The medium temperature of 1915
was 511; that of 1884, 56.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07

the excessive dryness of TIA baa.
When the air is so dry you persn;ra
lprofnsely, and the perspIration sag -e
your life. When the atmosphera
damp, the perspiration is cbeeked
and after sunset men die like rotter
sheep of heat apoplexy In the Pew
l'sian campaign we camped out from
October to October near Pesbawns
one of the hottest places in all Asio
and our sick was only 2 per cent
while on board the ships in the roads
it was almost impossible to live. Drv
neat can be borne to almost auv er
tent with comparative impunity
have seen Fgench regiments come IN
from the deselt with nothing on Their
heads but kepis, under a blszing snn
which would have decimated the ranLs
had there been the least humidity in
the atmosphere.
''As regards the making of the
railway between Suakim and Berber
that railway would probably have
been made long ago but for Lord
Granville. Everything was arrano,
ed; the Duke of Teck was to be tbe
chairman we had a very powerful
and influential directorate. A finan~
cial house had agreed to raise all fbe
money that was needed, the Egyptian
government was to guarantee 4 ner
cent. the whole work was completed
on paper, when it was suddenlv
brought to nothing by the antinatby
of, the Pashas of Cairo TO any scheme
which diverted the Soudan traffic
from the Nile to the Red Sea. You
have taken away half our trade bv
making the canal, they said, and
now you want to take away the rest
by railway The scheme was stifle d !.
but one word from the government
would have secured its execution.
That word Lord Granville emphatic.
ally refused to say. The
Soudan lay altogether beyond
the sphere of our interests, they SAID.
SO the railway was never commenced.
with results which you know only
too well. | naturally disbelieve the
the stories as TO the necessity for runs
ming through the tubular tunnels on
account of the sand storms and NOV
ing sand hills. The sand hills of the
desert do not move about like huge
snow>balls sixty feet high. They
drift in Africa as they do in India, a
little at time, and if the rails
are kept swept and the more
exposed places protected by wall
there need be nc fear as to the safety
of the railway. Ia one place, while
making a railway in Scinde, we ran
ninety miles without one drop of wat
en-; and in all ScInde we have not
one single tubular tunnel to protect
the track from being silled up -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07

When tempted to buy largely of
any highly praised and highly priced
novelty in flowers, fruits or vegeta-
bles get some plant, seed or nursery
catalogue printed dozen years ago
and figure out what percentage of the
new introductions for that year have
fulfilled the fair promise made by their
disseminators.
NJ For the extension and completion
of the network Of German railroads
grants to the extent of 60, 700, 600
marks have been asked for. or this
sum &c, 484, 600 marks are required for
the construction of fourteen new lines
of total length of sos miles and the
balance is needed for the completion
of existing railroads.
a woman of Middletown. Conn,
who had become exasperated at an
eagle that had stolen her chickens and
pigeons saw HIM taking a siesta the
other day after lunching on a spring
chicken. She got down double-bar
relied shotgun, pointed it at the eagle,
shut both eyes fred both barrels. She
brought down the bird which is to be
stuffed as trophy,
An ancient custom was observed
recently at London church where,
in accordance with the viii of Peter
ISymonds, which dates as far back as
the year 1886, sixty of the younger
boys OF CGrist's Hospital attended
divine services in the morning, and
afterward received new penny and
bag of raisins 1t was stated that
this was the two hundred and ninet-
first celebration of this quaint cere-
mony.
The report Of the superintendent of
public schools in Boston discusses the
experiment of manual training for
boys. Two hundred boys, from ten
different grammar schools, have been
under instruction in carpentry two
hours week since September. They
were selected by the masters frola
among those fourteen years Of age or
older who had the permission of their
parents to take the instruction. 1.-THE
experiment has already gone far
enough TO prove that work of this
kind can be Joined to the ordinary
grammar school work with good eff
feet, says toe superintendent. and he
advocates the making of provisions
for industrial training for girls as well
as for boys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
Dad BIC on NeMs and Gossin.

Camols sometimes live 10 the age
of 100 gears.
At Buda,Pasth, Hungary, there is
well s 200 feet deep.
81 1t is stated that Queen Victoria has
arranged 10 visit ireland next au'
tumn.
The Pre- sdent shook hands with 1870
preachers al .ne standing, the other
day.
A cousin Of President Arthur Is In
Oconom0woc selling musical ns.ru-
ments.
The altar is a thing Of Yesterday.
the cradle of TO day, and the grave Of
tomb'horror.
Isman PacFl. ex-Khedive. las sui
scribed $500 to the Gordon Memorial
'und
A Boston company last month
Skipped to Liverpool for the London
market 5000 Florid. oranges.
Lords DuGeru Wellesley and
Mayo, each Of wAon has been COVER
general Of Iudia, were born i'm
Ireland.
1t has been discovered that if a
fiddle be played near a flock OF geese,
TIE birds will arise and galk around
in a circle
The portrait of Grant, which is IN
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07

the Red Room of the White House,
is regarded by many as one Of the
best in existence.
A resident Of SlocSton, Cal, died
last week of lockjaW, being the last
OF four brothers, all of v HON died Of
the same affection.
It is said that in 1884 there were a
sufficient number OF miles of railroad
in existence to reach 80, 600 miles be-
yond the moon.
The largest prune orchard in the
world contains 10000 trees, 1t is
situated one mile from Saratoga,
Gal, and was recently sold for SIS,
coo.
James Garfield, the eldest son OF
the late President is tall, blonde, and
athletic. Harry, his brother, is short,
dark, and wears brown side whiskers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
lie Was Born in 4 Carrot.

L'Evenenment says that the death
Of Louis GODDARD lends present in
terest to the following anecdote, In
1864 Theophile Gautier wrote to God
ard 81 dreamt that I had wings, and
my first thought on waking was to
write to you. win you be so good as
to take nue. with you on your next
ascent2 I've lot of STORIES the ladies
won't listen to, and ia like to tell
them to the birds" GODDARD consent
ed. The day was fixed. When it
arrived, Gautier failed to appear.
GODDARD went sp without him. On
his descent, he received this second
note: 4 have thought it over NJ
Scribe would accuse me of wishing to
place myself above him. Excuse me. 81
By some. indiscretion, Scribe heard of
Gauher's pleasantly. He took it i'll
of him, and sighed rather bitterly
IN. Gautier has always been above
me. He was born in a garnet, and is
not the man to come down.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07

Eighteen years ago, while in good
health, which has still not failed him.
Joseph Lilly, a wealthy farmer of
Dayiess comfy, Missouri, went 70 bed
where he has since renamed under
the hypochondyiacal delusion that
should he get out Of his bed he would
die During all this time neither
ridicule nor entreaty could prevail
upon him to leave tho bed for single
moment. Before the development
of this singular idiosyncrasy he was
very active and ambitious to succeed
in life. He still conducted his farm
ing while lying in bed, his wife seeing
TO the execution of his orders. Once
his house took fire, but even the peril
Of being burned alive did not shake
his faith in his delusion. He passes
bis time in conversiBg vita friends
and in reading the papers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07

the dog was discovered fast asleep
under the table; one paw was on his
masters hat, the other resting on his
masters cane How he obtained
possession Of these articles no Que
could tell He remembered his last
visit to the place, and how scurvily
he was treated. The sagacious crea-
ture resolved not to be left behind the
next time. lie knew that his master
could not get home without his hat
and cane, and that he would be quite
likely to be awakened when mis- owner
got ready to walk. His plans were
acutely laid, and if he mad possessed
reason he could not have done bet
ter.p
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
Farmers' Sons.

The grandest products Of the farm
are the boys and girls. In every
case where thrift, capacity and ener-
gy are required the man who pushes
10 the front IS the son of farmer.
He has the intelligence. There is a
sort Of broad common sense running
through his acts. He has a consti-
tuition that can endure labors. 1t is
notable fact that in the colleges of
our country the best students are the
boys from the farm. In the works
shop, in the halls of legislation, at
the bar in the pulpit, ninety-aine
handredths of men who stand upon
the summit were once b VS. on the
farm. They went baref )ted, wore
patched clothes, and worked for
their bread. Almost half of the people
ia this country reside in towns
Where are the town boys in the race
of life2 Pooling, curling their hair,
polishing their boots, while the rough
country boy is plunging along to
fame. With book under one arm
and few extra clothes in his hand,
he passes the elegant home of the
town boy, and he looks ID on ease and
luxury almost for the first time. He
may be called a tramp, and be refused
a crust of bread; one day he will re-
turn and buy the mortgage-covered
house. Where did that boy get his
noble purpose and unfalterng cour>
age2 They were born ia him on the
farm, they were woven into his fibre
by early years of toll; the warp and
wool of his life were threads of gold.
Farmer and Dairvman.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-07
How Dr. Beeeher Paid bis BilIs.

DIR. Lyman Beecher was sometimes
absent-minded and forgetful, as men
who think very earnestly are apt to
be-, Lane Seminary was then poor,
and found difficulty IN adequately
supporting its faculty, so that Mrs.
Beecher was often sadly Strengthened
pecuniarily. AT one time when she
received a sum Of money it was the
occasion Of much rejoicing that it
would enable them to pay bill for a
carpet which had been too long stand.
ing. So she committed the money to
her husband, charging him to atteAd
to the payment Immediately. In the
evening the Doctor returned from the
city in high spirits, and described a
missionary meeting he had attended,
in which was much enthusiasm, very
eloquently reporting the addresses
which had been made.
doctor, interrupted Mrs. Beecher,
did you go and pay for that carpet
to>day2n
"Carpet2 what carpet2" responded
the Doctor.
why, the one I gave you to pay
for tins morning."
"Therel" said the Doctor, feeling
feebly in his vest pocket; chat ac-
counts for it. At the missionary meet
ing they took up a contribution.
When they came to me / said / had
no money TO give them wished I had
at the same time feeling in my poe
ket, where, to my surprise, found a
roll of bills; so | pulled it out aud put
it in the box, wondering where it had
come from, but thinking the Lord had
somehow provided