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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
FRESH FASHION NOTES.

Feathers made entirely OF beads are
worn in the hair.
Perfumed ribbons are among the
accepted novelties.
Rosy dove color is a charming mix
for rose and gray.
In place OF caps ladies are now wear
ing pufs Cf frosted or dew drop
tulle.
As much as forty yards of tuIle are
often used in creating an evening
dress.
The Vatican shepardess style of
dress is pretty in blue, with ponnpa-
dour flowers, for fair young girl.
The handles of most elegant UNI
brellas are made to represent the
heads of ANIMALS impervious TO low
or rain.
Lace braids in various widths and
colors are used on most spring dresses
or costumes in nearly all wooden
goods.
Plain net wells with an inch-wide
hem are worn, and also gold and sill.
NpI efObtCO OnCot WIN &OA0 VI vail
dyked edge.
A new wooden tissue has its edge
bordered with rows of graduated and
shaded bands of plush in soft shades
OF odd colors.
Soft-clinging, gold-embroidered Ar
abian Hindoo tissues are made more
attractive by the addition Of colored
silk pearls and Venetian glass beads
in the work.
Plain bands Of folded tulle IN white
or any other color, thickly sewn with
garnet beads, ruby, gold and silver
drops or small pearls, are used to fin
ish dresses.
Little high collars of velvet and
cuffs TO match are laced in and out
round the edge with a colored silk
lace. They are finished off with
loops falling on to a jabot of lace.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
SAVED BY A BROKEN WIRE.
A RemIniscence of the Assassination
OF Lincoln.

PoUGHKEEPsIE, March 27.-On read
ing an extract going the rounds of
the papers which shows how Jeffer-
son Davis received the news Of the as
sassination of Lincoln and what he
said about e. M. Stanton, the then
Secretary of War, Mr.. Hudson Tay-
Tor who at the time kept book store
in Washington and who was a bosom
friend of Secretary Stanton, said to-
day: 1.-THE morning after the assassin
alton of Lincoln it was stated in news
paper articles that two gentlemen who
were walking leisurely along near
Stanton's house at s o'clock on the
night of the tragedy, the hour fixed
for the attack on Seward and Johnson
saw man with high hat hurry of
Stanton's stoop, and though they re-
marked it as singular gave it only
passing notice. The next morning
when made my usual call on Stan
ton he said, after reading the article
referred to- L was tired out last night
aud went home early, and was in the
back room playing with the children
when those gentleman saw that man
hurry off nay stoop. If the door bell
had been rung it would have been
answered and the man admitted, and
| have no doubt ! would have been
attacked. But the bell wire was brok
on day or two before. and though
we have endangered to have it repair
ed, the bell-hanger had put it off be-
cause of q pressure of orders.
when | went back to my store af-
ter this interview with Mr.. Stanton"
said Mr.. Taylor, II mentioned the
matter to one Of my clerks, who ex-
claimed quickly: That is so, know,
because at z o'clock last night went
to Mr.. Stanton's house with book,
and pulled tie bell-knob, but got no
response. l stepped in the vesubule,
and, looking up, saw the broken bell
wire, and reaching up, pulled it,
when the butler answered and asked =
How did you ring thatP and express
ed surprise, and added: 1t has been
broken a day or two, and has annoyed
us much.' We all agreed, including
Mr. Stanton, that if that bell Nire had
been in working order Mr. Stanton
would have been assassinated, for the
man had evidently pulled on the bell
knob several times and, getting
no response he became frightened and
fled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
A Cheap Dinner.

A colored man walked into a cheap
restaurant IN the western part of the
city the other day and inquired how
cheap ne could get dinner.
Our prices are 10, 20 and 20 cents, w
was the reply.
Cant you do better dan dat2'
How cheap do you want a meal2'
1.-TWO cents.
The restauranter looked at him for
minute and then said;
"All right. Sit down a minute and
we'll fix you a 2-centmeal."
When the negro was invited into
the dining room ne found only glass
of water and bottle OF horse-radish
on the table. He did not make sin
gle complaint, but emptied the con-
tents Of the bottle on his plate and
scooped i. up with his knife inside
side of two minutes and that without
making a wry face. Then.he drank
off the water, pushed back his chair
and walked Oft picking his teeth.
How much are you ahead2' asked
party who had witnessed the transac-
ton.
SAY, replied the restauranter,
that bottle of horse-radish cost me
Just 10 cents.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
Hunting for Grouse .


Occasionally mighty Nimrod
from the city comes out for hunt in
my neighborhood," says Greenfield
farmer yesterday. "a few days ago
I saw a swell of a chap edging up
through ray sugar bush to the wheat
field He had on long-legged boots,
and was toggled and belted and strap
ped out 10 regular hunter fashion.
He looked just to purity for anything.
He carried a darling OF gun, and he
went lodging around as if he expect
ed to start up a Bengal tiger from be-
hind every stump. | looks short cut to
the barn and turned The old peacock
loose. The old bird understood what
was wanted of him. He pulled down
his eye at me and started for the back
lots. l followed down along the fierce
and pretty soon | saw that swell hun
ter break cover from the woods. He
was after quail, and he soon sighted
my peacock. The bird had his tail
famed cut and his head up, and could
be seen half mile away. Nlmrod
got his gun off his shoulder and began
to creep up and by and by he blazed
away. saw the whole charge of shot
tear into my ground yards away from
the old bird, but he knew his business.
Down he fell, wings and legs Tipping,
and pretty soon he expired. The
young man reached him about the
same time ! did.
Beautiful shot" says he.
81 reckon" says l, "but what are
you huntine9'
Grouse" " says he, land this is the
finest one / ever saw"
"Grouse, you numbskull; you have
killed my peacock y
"WelI, the usual results followed.
His chin began to culver, and the cold
sweat started out, and he wanted to
know how much / would take to let
him off. | sent him to the house to
see the old woman. She has got a
way of wiping her eyes and choking
her voice over the death OF that pea
cock which always brings in IS extra.
She let this young swell off for $40
which is the usual price, and as he
started down the highway for Detroit
the old bird got up and marched back
to the barn, with a chuckle that set
every hen laughing. That's five times
we've played it on the swell Nimrods
within six months, and expect more
fun this summer than a horse can
draw"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
The Same Sad Story,
New York Sun

The New York police justices intro
duce their annual report with these
remarks:
1T ffers little from proceeding re-
ports and contains no feature OF nov
eltv or of unusual interest. Unfor-
tunately it is mere continuation OF
the history of crime and its progress
in the community, unrelleved by any
sign of improvement so far as indi'
Gated by the numbers. or by the gray
Itv of the reported otfenses. 1t is the
same sad story, again repeated, OF
misery and suffering which ever at
tends crime, and emphasized by the
aggregation of figures suggestive OF
its extent. Tire conditions governing
the commission and punishment OF
crimo remain unchanged. While the
passions exercise a controlling lnhu'
ence upon human actions, and temp
tations can swerve the weak, crime
will be possible, and will be IN some
measure proportioned to the oppor'
tunities for its commission.
During the year the number OF ar
rests amounted to 75,032, o. Which
number "a, $50 represented males and
20. 6O2 females. The per ce1tage OF
females is about %, which is the usuaI
proportion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
Punctuation In the Oil Market.


A yerdaut house wife, fresh from
her home, came to the city to pur-
chase various household necessities.
She glanced timidly about her and
was evidently confused by the count.
less shops which took the place of the
village accommodation store. There
was bucket shop near by, with the
usual sign over the door. Stocks,
Grain, and Oil" She read the words
and entered the place. Il want to
buy some oil, she said. The proprie-
tor gave her a l per cent. margin smile
and winked at the telegraph operator
to get some Oil City quotations. 4
want to buy great deal. The
bucket-shop man wondered if his safe
would hold all the margin money. Il
can buy fifty thousand barrels for you
madam" he said. 81 don't want to
buv as much as that" COR ten thous-
and barrels 81 don't want as
much as that" "Or even one thous-
and barrels. The charges for carry.
ing it will be- "Oh," she ex
claimed. "Yoa see I don't live very
far from here. and the train stops just
beyond oar farm; so if you'll put me
up gallon, I'll carry it myself" She
was shown the corner grocery with
out unnecessary courtesy or delibera
tim
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
TWILIGHT.


Slowly slowly falls nights curtain
over all the Widespread land;
And the angels Of the twilight
At the gates Of heaven stand
10 they come a band Of angels,
Clad in robes of tender gray;
And before their gracious presence
Fades the suns last lingering ray.
Tn the West a blaze Of glory
Turns the sky to molten gold.
Ia the east the faint gray shadows
or The coming night unfold.
Twilight brings us loving, tender
Thoughts Of Gear ones passed away,
Who have gone from out earths twilight
Into everlasting day.
Twilight memories are saddest,
Twilight hopes are grand and strong,
And the ships we long have waited
Come 10 shore at even sOngt
In the aniet hush Of twilight
We NAV rest both heart and hand,
We may dream Of gorgeous castles,
Raised in SPANS far distant land.
Life has much Of sunlight glory,
DAYS whose splendOr blinds our sight,
It ma, much Of sorrows darkness,
When ali seems the blacklist night.
So with loving hearts and trusting,
should we prize the twilight time,
When the stars IN slivery beauty
In the heights Of heaven climb.
10 r. Charles, In New Orleans Plcayun'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
The Tiger and the Peasant.
Detroit free Press

A tiger who was out for a walk
came to the cabin of a Peasant and
knocked on the door.
"Who is there?n demanded the
peasant.
1T is l, the tiger.
A gun was poked out of - window
and the tiger received a mortal hurt
AS he rolled on the ground in his dy-
ing agonies he gssped:
"Ungrateful man / was intending
simply to pay you q friendly CALI
All yesln sighed the peasant;
''but the difficulty Of distinguishing
good tiger from bad one IS so
great, l make it rale to fire upon
all.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
A Sad Scene in Court.
New York Times


Uncle Rastus Ito magistrate) 70
mustn't be too had on er poo ole man,
sab. is orphan.
Magistrate How old are you, Uncle
Rastusl
Uncle Rastus-'Bout sebbenty, sab.
Magistrate-It's hard lines to be an
orphan at your age.
Uncle Rastus-'Deed It's sab. My
poo ole mudder died two months oe-
TO l was BON.
Magistrate-Dont YOU mean your
father9
Uncle Rastus - P'rAps / does, 20
honah. l specs Is not in my right
min or l wouldn't tempt ter steal
chickens from a man what keeps q
waller dawg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
His Education.
Arkansaw Traveller

AEhhnSdW Traveller
what is your namel' asked the
young lady school teacher, addressing
a boy whom she had called up.
Dave Black"
"Well, Davsy, have you ever been
to school very much2'
Nome
"Do you know your lettersl'
"Reckon so.
"Can you spell2'
"Kaint spell COW, but ken spell
boss.
"You must say horse, not boss.
That's whut pap says,
"Well, he's wrong"
BLAINE eff he is"
"You must not say that,
What must l say, daml'
Gracious, no.
Pap says it. "
well, but you must not. Are you
the only child at homer
Nome, / amt at home.
Il mean are you the only one When
you are theref'
Not eff any the rest Nv EN- ar
thar
"You have brothers and sisters then
I SUPPOSE
"Yas, got a brother an sister, but
sister married fool. y
Married whol'
Fool.
us that his manner
81 reckon 50, fur I heard pap say
that Sal had dun run away with tna1
fool.
THAT will do. Go over there and
sit down.
Tired a settiu; wanter go out ana
slosh round er little. Wall, er gooo'
by
Davey's education was complete.
A new census shows the population
of the old City by the Tiber to Dc
345 csc, of whom 11,1Q5 are SOL
dlsrs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
No Blood Without Beer

First Syracuse Socialist lin whis
per- Be sure and come TO the Arbelt
ermassenversamlung tonight.
Second Syracuse Socialist--Have
not sworn 10 do the bidding Of oui
honorable orderl suppose we have
beer and red flags as usual2
First Syracuse Socishst-No, only,
red flags.
Second Syracuse Socialist-Then
blank the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
I've got to stay at home and lick the
children to,njgh,.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-01
An Uneonquerable Rival
Lrashinrton CanItal

I heard a good story the other day
of two ladies who, II is said. once NV,
ed in Chicago and who were soelai
rivals. Taey were on visiting terms,
but devoted much of their time 10
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06
RAISED HIM FROM 1IIED DEAD
And After Many Years Married Her

'pl ~TArEC G toNI;LE. ]

Especial con STATE c ,;oNI5LE.I
>Ev YORK. July 20 It IS out Gf
the run Of such news lailv goes to
tie making a ncWo, ner But when
dId you ever hear q p. story than
this, | am going to toll
In German village there was a boy and
a girl who fell III love with each other, as
boys and girls in all villages will and ought
And their affection grew with their growth
They had reached the time of life and he had
got to such degree of prosperity that they
were forming their plans to get married
But the day Of their wedding had to be put
off indefinitely because the young man was
ordered into the Kaisers army to fight the
French. The girl went into the war too.
She volunteered as a nurse IN one OF the
Orders Of Sisters who followed the army
and cared for the wounded; and she kept
close behind the regiment in which her
lover marched. One day there was great
slaughter of the Germans; and after the
battle was over the dead We're thrown into
ditch and covered up a foot or too deep,
as many Il reader of the CHRONICLE has
seen men covered in bitches III Virginia.
She soon found out that he was among the
dead and she discovered where he was
buried. Determined to see his face once
more and to convey his body to the grave
ward at home. she eXhumed it. 1t showed
some signs of life The surgeons took the
body in charge and they soon discovered
that it was not dead. \ shell had struck
the mans head and stunned him. There
was dangerous wound, but a chance for
life. While he lay in the hospital, the girl
was his nurse, hoping every day that the
day would soon come when he would re
cognize her He became strong enough to
leave his bed, and to 60 home to his friends
md fol ha ln 70 # m a nv
more years of life. But the wound bad
affected his brain, and he was an idiot.
He did not recognize his sweetheart, and
he remembered nothing Of his past life.
She reconcied herself TO this disappoint
ment as best she could, and was glad to
start life again in the New World. She
came to America with her parents and
they made their home in Brooklyn.
Not long ago, a surgeon who became in
terested III the peculiar case OF man made
indiOtic by wound on the head, made Il
special study of it and came to the conclu-
son that he could restore his brain to its
normal condition. He made the expert
ment and by a surgical operation restored
the man to reason. When he thus again
got possession of himself, he recalled his
previous life and was as heartily in love as
before. But he did not know whether the
girl had married or not. He set out across
the ocean in search of her, and having
found out where she was and that she had
not married, he presented himself at her
fathers house.
Two or three days later, on last Satur-
day, they walked TO the office of the Mayor
of Brooklyn and asked him to perform the
marriage ceremony. Then the groom told
this story; the bride smiled her confirma-
ton of it, and the old folks seemed very
proud that their daughter was the only
person they knew who had raised a man
from the dead and married him.
W II p
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06
Among Our Factors Nm.

The tHRoNiCLE r reprsselIt.it tl.c .yI.l
into the Strouach Warehousc bu4.,lu-. i
few days ago and found Mr Hu.
auda dozen others busy a. h., 5stuIu..
wrapping aud packing tobacco 800 ~,
we're great piles ~ the bright Rudr t,. i
waiting to be coined into pluer anI et
on trading journey I" 'he dIneou' lHt
~ The state. Mr. Harvey b an .sI~
cuccI tobaccouist IL know Iu#t
class ~ tobacco will suit the c3u~aupH
hc -uperintcnds every box he nal
best brands are Capital Chew .Illr
Best, and Zip Van "lnslc I
brands he stake. his reputation GIFT
viii stand by thcm fll afcu
found ~ way to the eGu#4u8gf f
make. medium grade for .ba
"A good sound chea f0r tfl
medium brands aFt O5a I4.f
oliua Dude. and
these brands heaTsr
anteeing the qgalsl t4aata
Dealer u p.es ts'a
advantage - comm .5s. 9l'1 Sir
yey and 80 tho r4a = 81 r.ad
prces.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06
I'd Like to be an Indian and With the
Indians Stand!
From Statesville Landmark. |

Ex-Leut Gov. J. l.. Robinson, now an
Indian agent, writes to the Franklin (Ma-
con county, Press, of recent observations
of his among the Osages, in Indian Terri
tory, reciting, among other things, that
on the very day that he wrote he had seen
an Indian, next door to the agency office,
in his shirt tail, drinking iced lemonade.
1t were JOY enough, such weather as this,
if white men could wear this costume
without offending against the laws of their
country, even if they had to drink at the
branch; but to picture condition where
the people lead lives of elegant leisure,
wear only one garment and have iced lem
onade on the bill of fare, is to suggest to
the average white man the better country
to which he hopes to go when he dies
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06
Wishes Every Democrat Could Read 1t.
Extract from Private Letter

Extract from a Private Letter.
The date of the CHRONICLE this week
and the date on the label are the same;
this means, of course, that unless | send
a check before next Thursday | get some
thing for which | have not paid. Oh,
that | came within a thousandth part of
getting the worth of my money in every
article purchased, | should want but little
of "Uncle Sans" greenbacks, and nay
bank account might dwindle to nothing
If l followed my inclinations, | should
congratulate you by every Fridays mail
upon your timely editorials. Your 'Pro-
hbition in Politics." few weeks ago, is
more than good, and am satisfied that it
VIII DO good, numbers of men honest
and after a manner, thinking men will see
more clearly 10 what the third party move
ment leads-surely, inevitably. l wish
every Democrat in North Carolina could
read if
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06

Mr. ! T Bagweu utI ..
lotte and fraellrr Law s,f
pr.f g u ~
hncn been elected pr.,ii',',f ,f.'' - -
Graded school
The Senate has rejected fI.. i,.5...,...
Of J & Matthew To H.. Er,.I.l.rafr r,.f.
in the District of Cal1,,i... V.tt..
Wa from AiI,,n, ,,,,,l,.
NJ, y wtl.a,
:, =
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06
4 North Carolina Sam Jones.

The Statesville Landmark gives half
column of the sayings" of Rev. 10. Nun
day, native of Statesville and a noted
Baptist evangelist who is conducting an
arbor meeting in that place. ''His dis
courses" says the Landmark, care modelled
after those Of Sam Jones'" Among other
similar things he said: 1.-TWO men were
on the cars and they were swearing and
cursing in the worst way. A minister
seated behind them asked where they were
going. ''To Boston," was the reply. "No,
You are not; you are going to hell at break
neck speed'' s'Didn't l tell you," said
one to the other, ''that conductor checked
us to the wrong place.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06
The Democratic is the Only Working
mans Party.
[FrOm New York Star. |

The Stars advice to the workingmen is
simple and easily followed. The Demo
cratic party has always been sneered at by
its enemies as a dirty shirt party. The
laborer and the mechanic have been at
home III its ranks. 1t is not quite all that
it should be, and perhaps some workmen
are prejudiced against it. 1t is, neverthe-
less, a party Of the common people, not
dependent on the money of monopolies for
its existence, and the workingmcn can
make it the instrument to secure their
ends much more readily than they can
create new party. If they want to ac-
complish something, this is the course to
Ike
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-08-06

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which 10 reward r. fayar,f,.- - ,..x IL
debts jnciirr,1 ~ ~e.,so.,. ,1,f h,,,n. t..f,r..
elected , ,erso,, -. :, ht,h ,,3 r.-,,,,,,.;,,l.,
Office II seem, 10 me fb,t tho one aud +.
half millions Of persons whose lives Eh
critics and properties are labl. =, j.. tratly
passed upon by our Slnrame Conrt shonid
be the primary ohiect of solicitnd,. ,,itb
the Democratic parfy when in comes IN dis
charge the imDortant duty of SAVING who
shall constitute that court Nv sympathy
and affection for Judge Ashe are exceeded
by that of few men in The State and if had
it in my power, i would retire upon a salary
of 81 600 per annum him and all other
Judges who have served in that capacity
until they reach the age 20 and have not
an income of one thousand dollars per
annum Give us a strong able vigorous
Supreme Court and Will do as mucb and
90 as far as any man in the state to see
that Judge Ashe is provided with a place
satisfactory to him.
| take il, Mr.. Editor that no argument
is needed to convince any imnartial mind
that prima facic a man who has reached
his 18th wear is lncapacitated 10 DISCHARGE
properly the duties of a Justice of our m.
preme Court. 1t is unusual for human
strength and power to last so long This
fact is recOpnized both nv the Divine and
Statutory law. Does Judge Smith or Jndge
Ashe either possess any extraordinary va,
or of mind or body which marks him a.
an exception to this general rule2 Tno,,es-
ti1nahIv not II is we'll known that Ina,,a
Ashes nhvsical movers are not az strong
AZ they have been As for Judga smith
he has been kent alive for wears nv ,nadi
cal skill which he has declared nv his ac
tious could nht bn had in North f9aroI,n.,
He has an organic trouhle which males
him an intirm man and makes him liahIe
AT any time to he nrostrated Other states
Of ,he Irnion ond ftbn ITn;,ad ST., h'',.a
made provisions to onard against Tho in.
terruption of the admjnistrafion of instce
bv the infirmities of ACE Tnfortnnatalv
we have NOT Rnt tho Jo,,,ar -,
us at a time when the remedy * in The
hands of the Democratic party If il fails
to use if, if will cease TO deserve the conf,
dcnce the neonIe Of North Caro,na ina have
imnosed in if
In vour editorial of tho oend va, v;r,,.
ally, if not in so many words admit that
the physical strength of Judges smith and
Ashe will not last as long as their term of
office in case of re-eleotion Tban Won