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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20
Drafts Made by Society.

How much does it cost to keep the
swim of society herc?
"Well, said the young man OF whom
asked the question. THAT depends.
The men. especially the Young ones,
can keep in on very little, for the bur
den of entertaining falls on the unfortu-
nate with household and a couple Of
pretty daughters The first requisite
for Young man is membership in Il
club. If hc wants to 20 further he can
have room ut the Brunswick, or
bachelors apartments elsewhere In
that case it costs considerable for enter
tanning his set, who drop in and out
at all hours. But, with the exception
OF q bouquet now and then. that is as
far as he need 90. In fact the expense
can be kept down to cab hire and bout
quets if necessary The married man
with daughter or two has to have an
omen purse though Each girl needs
five bail and reception dresses year at
S20e apiece. His wife will give at least
one bah and say half dozen teas.
He can't get ont OF that at less than
-. 600. His wife's dresses can be set
down at another - 600. while carriages,
flowers and Shippers viii cat mp what is
left Of $4,000 ! ann speaking now Of
people who are forced TO keep their eN-
penscs down. Those in what is called
the "lcading set" here spend all the
WAY from $4,000 to $1,000 / don t
suppose Mrs Aston Mrs. Lorillard or
Mrs Goclct spend penny less than
So. 900 wear in S0Cicty.-N T. Cor
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20

IT certainly looks as though the
cyclone has no intention to conhne
its work to Minnesota and kansas
and other states on the borders OF
civilization, but that it will from
time to time riot in the older states.
There has always been a sense OF
comparative safety in cities, though
for no good reason, but recent freaks
of whirling storms show that the
town man is liable to be lifted from
his bed and hurled to the top of
some convenient building as the
farmer has to be lifted up into the
trees.
The speculative observers try TO
comfort nervous humanNy by affirm
ing that destructive cyclones are not
multiplying in frequency, but only
that the means of communication
have been increased so that we now
hear Of cyclones that woa'd rot
have been reported in former times;
and owing to the multiplication OF
towns, the cyclone is more likely to
strike something now than before.
OF course it is somewhat comfort
ing to think that the cyclone busl-
ness is not a new aud spreading one,
but in spite Of all theories, there
seems to be ground for the belief
that the seyerer form Of windstorm
is more frequent in the older states
now than in the past. The chances
Of being struck by cyclone are re-
mote, but the peculiar destructive
ness of the storms makes them
dreaded beyond almost any other
object Of fear The chances Of be-
ing struck by lightning, we know,
are insignificant, yet most people
are very nervous in q thunderstorm,
while they will readily expose them
selves to the conditions that induce
fatal pneumonia.
Science is so far unable 10 offer
any protection against wind-storms |
and Is incompetent to determine in
advance The conditions that are !
favorable to their deyelopemcut. |
The cyclone drops down to the earth,
sweeps its furious way for a short |
distance usually, and is then dissi-
pated. Cyclone cellars are a good |
in some cases, but they would be
better if they could be carried about /
in one's pocket ready for instant use.
Until we are able to deal with cy-
clones as we do with thunder bolts
and fires, the life of the sailor is in
some respects euyiable and we may /
change our prayers for men who are
menaced by storms at sea to prayers
Cor the unfortunate passengers in
railway cars who are pelted with
trees and rocks by the fendish cy-
.Whcaukee Sentinel
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20
GOOD HOUSE


AND lot FOR SALE.
oder for sale my house and lot on State
street House contains rooms wCl arranged.
Good cistcn and cellar also new barn 6N2i.
his pro- crtA Is ion splendid condition. every
thing Is rev and trst-clHSs. For particulars
enquire ON premises
james PENHAILEGON.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20

PKlM MErHODiST. s.. w. J. G. BOND. Pastor
Sunday services at 1880. A. NJ and 1900, p. NJ
sunday school at2:00, p. ~ Prayer meetings
ON Mondays and Thursdays at 1900, z. NJ.
PRES BYTERIAN Amen. DURRIE, Pastor
sunday services at 1880, A. NJ. and 1850, p, N
sunday School at 200. p. NJ. Prayer meeting
ou Wednesday ut 80, p. N.
TRINITY. .......... I'm. CHASE. Pastor
sunday services at l0;30, a. NJ. and 1900 7. NJ
sunday school at 2.30, =. NJ. Services on Fri
day evenings MT 1850 o'clock.
Sr. PAUL'S ,Irshl .........J. O'KEEFE. Pastor
Sunday services. High Mass at 1890, A. NJ.
ST. MARY's tGerman)...F. X. wEINHARr
Pastor. Sunday services: First Mass at 500
4. BE-; High Mass at 1000 A. NJ; Nespers at
3:O0,r.M.
cirIC SOCIETIES.
IOWA LODGE. No.l.I.O o. F.; meets every
Z Wednesday night i'm tn 'ir hall opposite Clty
Hall. Visiting brethren invited TO attend.
FRED VIVIAN, n. q. GEO. KELLER, Sec.
IIU DSON ENCAMPMENT. No. 30 TO. OF;
! meets the ~ aud 4th Tuesdays OF each
month Patrerchs visiting me cty s are invited
Scribe Chief pntriurch
PROTECTION LODGE, NO. Z, a, -. it " q
/ meets "a and 4th Mondays in the month lh
Coed Tcmplars hail, ~ W. I'M good standing
are cordially invited 20 visit with us.
NM. STRAUSS, T.. w.
j. =. UANKINs, Recorder
T. merry LODGE, No. 3l1, /. o. G. r.; meets
. every Friday evening, nc their hall, on tIsh
street. AN members Of the Order inNitco
$50. ALLEN, VS.. SrANs,0HE VIVIAN, Wet
DAND or HOPE TEMPLE. NO. II, ], @. CT.
ID moct- every Tuesday evening
JAS. q. kEMFREY, l.. l.. WRIGHT T.
Chief Tcmplar Supcriutoudcnt.
1T. JOSEPHS BENEVOLENT SOCIETY
= meets every Sunday afternoon after inc
18th day of each month. NJ st. Mary S DGefLiahl
Catholic church.
MINERAL POINT LODGE, No. I, I. AN,
vi meets lst and 3d Tuesdays OF each nlohth'
NVn. I1trWEfE. s. j. WRIGHT,
" NJ Secretary.
IOWA CHAPTER. No. g, a. NJ; meets every
| second and fourth Mondays of each month.
s. j.. WRIGHT, II. p. j. A. SrRATLEi'' sec
MINERAL POINT CONIMANDERI. No, f,
81 H. ~: meets the "a Thursday each month.
j THuS pRvoR, L. G. WM. II. CURRY. See.
4 MEXICAN LEGION or HONOR, 30. 8e;
\ meets go ana sd IhurSdays OF aach month.
CuAs. HURNUNG, see. JAS. brewer @i+ N'-A
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20
10 Good family -four for sl.4o
per 100 lbs. ID. JAcKo.
IsuckIcn's Arnicn saiYe

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cnte
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required 1t is guaran.
teed to give perfect satisfaction, or money re.
funded. Price % cents per box. For Sale By
G.. Il. MOfirtt 37-lv
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20

OF Dodgeville, has opened a den.
tai office in Mineral Point in con.
nection with his Dodgeville office.
and will spend Monday and Tues
day of each week in that city in the
rooms formerly occupied by Dir.
Hales. The balance Of the time he
will be found in his dental rooms
at Dodgeville.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20
G.. A. r.

qhe hest on earth can truly be said ot
Grirg's GIycerine Salve, which is SURE, safe
and speedy cure for cuts, bruises, sealds, uaius.
wounds and all other sores. VIII positively
cure piles, letter and an skin eruption. Try
This wonder healer. satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded Only p cents Sod BY
druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20

Ar JAcKA " HoLMAN's you can
get homemade work at the follow
ing prices; Heavy kip $500; do
nestle calf $3.50, French kip $3.50;
French calf $3.50, mems button
shoes hand scwed $3.50. Othvr
styles IN proportion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20
DENTIST'RI
CHURCH SOCIETIES.

PKlM. METHODIST. w }. c. BOND. Pastor.
Sunday services at 1880. A. NJ and 1900, r NJ.
sunday school at2;00, p. ~. Prayer meetings
ON Mondays and Thursdays mt 100, r. NJ.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20

Thy j. 4. Sprajer's roasted cof-
fee. Teas from 25cts. TO scots. per
pound, all pure aud guaranteed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20

Dir. FENNEE's imported cough
honey relieves any cough in one
hour or less. 4Oly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-20

SEAMLESS jackets, Just the thing.
at the Nimble Nickel Store.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
The Value of Timely Action.

While not necessarily posing as an alarm
ist it would perhaps be as well in drawing
attention to an article npon the subject OF
dphtheria, to be found elsewhere in these
columns, to refer also to the epidemic raging
at present at Logansport, Indiana, and
throughout Wabash County. 1t will be no.
ticed that the fatality is greatest among
children-school children.
"For several weeks a malignant and fatal
type of dlphtheria has been raging in Logans-
port, and the mortality has been fearful.
Fnlly one hundred children, many of promi-
nent families, have died. The authorities
are cleaning up and the mortality isdecreas-
ing The disease has also broken out in
Rochester, Fulton county, and is travelling
up the valley, having just entered this coun-
ty. The schools at Rich Valley, five miles
west of Wabash, have been closed owing tc
its appearance, and one death has already
/ Detu lutlo 10 GOuslutIhDl6 hldIu
over the spread of the malady, and strenuou,
efforts are being made to check it.'
Prevention is always better than cure.
We can get ahead of the Logansport anc
Rochester people by 1.-THE authorizes clean
ing up" before We are threatened with an,
trouble.
This season of atmospheric heavinesl
dampness ahd dullness is always a critica
one. The neighboring State of Maryland
has some very stringent and judicious law,
upon the subject o! contagious diseases anc
their prevention which might with great ad
vantage be introduced here in Delaware.
The suggestions contained ia the articl
referred to are timely and invaluable,
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
Drawing in the Schools.

The subject OF drawing in the schools is
again up for an airing.
The letter addressed by "Tractor" to the
Erery Ersning opens however a now phase
of that question. The writer, as well as we
can gather from his letter, which we repro
duce below, takes up the question of free.
hand drawing in the public schools. Wepre-
sumo his suggestions apply to the needed ac-
quirement of drawing at sight, in a fairly
cIeditablc manner, any common object that
may be presented for that purpose.
We agree with Tractor" thai not only
would such ability be of great advantage to
its possessor but in its more comprehensive
| senSe that requirement is the key which
would unlock the door of what is now
closed and difficult grade of varied life.em-
ployment and would free other branches from
the over-pressure and competition which is
the usual sight at the present day.
The following is the letter referred to =
Editor Euery Euening Referring to your
issue of the 9th, will ask you if you would
not consider it an advantage to the three
fourths of the school population who leave
school at the end of the primary course il
they could be taught during that course to
draw any objects rapidly at sight? We ere
not taught such things in our early daysand
nave blamed our educators ever since for the
omission. II by or through the 1862 teachers
of the city this could be done would it not be
worth whileP The city of Wilmington did not
furnish instruction in object-drawing to its
apprentices teachers. The progress of the
age requires this study for the hand training
and those who served faithfully their ap-
premiership are now lacking in this aud the
lack should perhaps pc made up by the mas
ter (city) under whom they served appren-
tice terms. Is this not so Does the city OF
Wilmington furnish with all its education
any hand training is it not all brain And
ls this lack of manual training not reason
or the large amount of crime committed by
those children, whose wits have been sharp
ened and brains developed without making
industrious hands, who skilled employment
would make the brain work more healthy Z
Pray think of this, Mr.. Editor, in whose
hands so much of the thought of the people
is moulded and fixed, TRACTOR.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
A Slap in Cleveland's Face.

HIS BENTON LETTER UNMERCIFULLY DIS
sEcTED AND RIDIcULED.
louisville Courier-Journal (Dem.)
The Boston episode is neither exhilarating
nor agreeable. Whichever way we take it,
the attitude of the President is more or less
offensive and altogether untenable. If he
were right in suspending the accused official
he is wrong in reinstating him. but, whether
right Or wrong in either case, his letter OF
explanation for the removal and the rein
statement is inconsistent and Illogical, and
has the odious tone and ring Of task-mast-
er. The phrase "pernicious activity"
seems to have csptivated the Presidents
fancy, is demurrable alike for its inceltitude
and its repugnancy. 1t is mere childishucss
to say that a public tficer may make
speech to his ne'ghbors ard friends, provid-
ed it be decent, but must not make habit
2f qaking speeches, The real question al
stake is not the detail, but the principle in
volved. One district attorney might go into
court and try cases every day in the year and
make political speeches every night in the
year and yet prove an efficient public officer,
speech at all and set prove poor one, The
workings of the district attorneys Office, as
shown in its relation to the Department OF
Justice and the court records, and not the
caprice of the President, is to determine
this. After the President has appointed and
the Senate has confirmed an official, the
President has no power over that official ex-
cept to suspend or remove him "for cause"
This "cause" must be specific and legal, land
the President himself admits that the MAX
ing of political speech is not, per Sc, a
cause" 1t is the making of "many
speeches" Well, how manyP
But the tone of the Presidents letter is
un- Democratic, un-Republican, and un-
American. He talks like benevolent over
seer to nigger in corntield, or lenient
schoolmaster to a boy who has gone astray
but has shown such nice temper about it
that he must be forgiven. We protest in
the name of the people against this. 1t is
unworthy the office of chief magistrate and
the character and dignity of a citizen Of the
United States.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
Herr Liebknecht.

William Lebknecht, member of tine Ger
man Parliament addressed the citizeus OF
Wilmington Monday night last upon the
subject of socialism.
Herr Liebkneoht came to this county up
on the mission of defining or setting Alright
before.the American pubic the German pos
ition upon that question.
He is no idle pamphleteer or libr, ttist. He
is man of marked prominence at home.
Necessarily any individual who would stand
up in the Rechstag and boldly confront the
Iron Chancellor-wculd beard the lion in his
denis one of no small consequence men.
tally or morally.
But what will most probably be revela-
tion to our citizens is the "Herr's" mild def.
milton of socialism.
He said he was invited to come to the
United States because the Social party il
this country is in bad situation. The
riots in Chicago had caused the American
people to think everything that was evil o.
the socialists. 1t was his mission to remov,
this feeling, and teach the people Of thil
country just what the Social party is ant
what Its principles are. If the Americaa peo
pie knew just what the Socialists held a
their principles, just what was their aim
they would receive them with open arms.
The rioters in Chicago wee but the scum
the riff-raff of the city, and their action ha,
nothing whatever to do with Socialism ex
cept to bring it into bad repute thruugl
misunderstanding Of the facts.
All that the Socialists wanted was to &c
rid of political bosses and corrupt politics
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
PRICETWOCENTS.

was filed in every par, and many were turn
ed away as there was standing room only
The version OF the play makes Nancy Sykes
the principal character and it is needless to
say that Miss Crowel is equal to the occas-
ion and displayed her talent and versatility
in that as she has in all the other characters
she has taken. Tie play as presented would
be a great change to those who have seen it
with the Artful Dodger or other male parts
as the principal character. 1t is an improve
ment. Miss Mortimer as Oliver Twist is en-
titled to great praise,ag and experience con
sdered. C. Bd. Dudley is AN excellent Fa-
gin, and Mr. Chester as Bill Sykes is very
realistic and can be said to be as effective as
in the other parts he has taken during the
week Il Lowell Times, Sept. 13 1856.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
Anlusenents.

At the Grand Opera House there will be
no matinee this afternoon, In the evening
Augustin Days great Dramatic success "a
Night on" will be presented. The New
York press speaks highly Of the play as one
of ''the strongest and best on the road y
full of spirit and causing roars Of laughter,
For the whole of next week, with matt
nees Wednesday and Saturday Miss F!oy
Crowell, supported by S. X. Chester and an
excellent company will again appear before
our citizens. The brilliant little artste is
already favoraby know tous. NJ IS Crow
ell has selected an attractive list from her
repertoire. ''Sentenced 10 Death is to be
played Monday night. On Tuesday "Guilty
or Not Guilty" Wednesday matinee "Fan-
chon," and in the evening Married for
Spite" concluding with the farce "The
Bounccr." For I, u,sday night Gilbert &
Sullivau's Engaged" "FIau Frau" ON
Friday. "IIer Sacrifice will be played as the
Saturday matinee performance, and in The
evening justin Adams adaptation Of DcS
ems ''Oliver Twist"
Miss Floy Cruwell had big audience a
the matinee Saturday hen she appeared i,
Fanchon the Cricket, and her artistic actin.
was considered to bear out the assertion tina
she equals Maggie Mitchell in many parts 0
the play The support was as it has been al
the week, very good.
In the evening when Justin Adams ncy
version of Oliver Twist written especial.
for Miss Crowell was presented, tbe lUus
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
DUPONT Post No. ..

The Thanksgiving jabilation Of welcome
given Winfield Scott, Posi- No ia, of rPhila-
delphia has alecaly been fully described
Still a rew words may be added in regard to
their Wiimingtoni.u hosts, Dap Mt Post
No2
Nothing looks better than .h's picture Of
puspt.blc esprit ii cops as exhibited by tho
Whining touians II speaks volumes for the
heroes Of the war, living aud dead Of our
city and yiciuity.
80 institution in this country deserves
more thorough popular and lasting recog.
milton than the various posts Of the Grand
Army OF the Republic.
Long May they be held IN the honorable
esteem OF tbc hearts nr the people Of this
land,
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
The Point of Death.
WHEN DISSOLUTION OCCURS MATTER Oh
GRAVE UNCERTAINTY

WHEN DISSOLUTION OCCURS A MATTER Oh
| GRAVE UNCERTAINTY.
Although usually it is easy to tell when
| dissolution has occurred, yet there are cases
which occur from time to time rendering
the matter one Of very grave uncertainty.
The point at which the soul relinquishes the
body is among the most difficult things to
establish. Perhaps this uncertainty is one
of the reasons why there is suoh curiosity as
to desth-beds and last words. We are an
xious to know how affairs appear to those
who are passing away. They are undergo
ing the great change through which every
one must pass.
How does it look to themP Very little
more is to be gathered from the dying than
from the dead. Certain inferences may be
drawn from the surroundings--the depart
ing color, the cold, deepening stare, the
groan, the rattle in the throat the stiffening
limbs; but these are as likely to mislead as
not. And the same may be said of the death
sayings. They are as enigmatic as the de-
clarations of the oracles. We may take some
times half dozen mednings from them, as
for instance, Goethes ''more light !" Was
It the sense of earthly darkness growing
around him, or was it the breaking of the
eternal light upon his vision, or was there
vet some deeper significance in the exclama-
tion?
Medical works show that people have been
resusoitated, fifteen, twenty and even thirty
minttes after apparent death. Htldon, tn,
highwayman, is said to have been dead three
quarters of an hour His body was cut
down after hanging that length of time, and
was handed over to his friends after thor
ough examination. That night he seemed
as well as ever except for stiffness of the
ueck. Pryce, the Norwich miser, was dead
as Caesar, according to those about him, and
until some thoughtful person, distrusting
the warmth of his hands, administered a
stimulant. He arose and lived. years after
ward. Cases of mere trance a,e almost in
Vulnerable.
Supposed deaths from drowning show that
resuscitation may take place thirty or forty
minutes after life has apparently left the
body, The question as to what becomes of
the soul in this long interval is the one which
puzzles many. But the chief points of the
matter is that the physician and friends
should not too readily accept appearances in
the critical hour. There may, as in the
! Fraser instance, be yet some spark of life re-
naming. As DR.. Lackerstein claims, there
is absolutely no reason why, with the resour-
ces he employed at hand, any one should die
of an overdose of chloroform or from shock
while undergoing a surgical operation.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-11-27
The result is :

What terrible retributon
The grave-banishment-i y-impris-
onment-State's evidence-the prisoners
dock
AS terrible a retributive lash as the harsh
est justice could coDjure up.
1t takes the people a long time to get
worked up to a realization Of the extent to
which they have been sinned against, but it
seems when they do see that there is not
much pity in popular judgment.
There is a long distance, if we reckon by
time, between the Tweedian braggadocio
"what are you going to do about it, and a
States Attorney MARITIME, but it gradually
contracts and draws near, The thief may
wriggle and dodge and hide but the end,
Nemesis-like, is sure What grim forbid
irg picture, that of Inspector Byrnes, all
through this cause celebre! What sleuth
hound, and how inconuptl5le
Probably in all the history of public prose-
cutions in this country no more graphic story
than this of the Gotham aldermen exists.
1t is valuable lesson to public men in
every city, town, and village in our land.
But a very important note may be made
in regard to the whole story, 1t is in regard
to the part taken by the press in the matter
1t may be truly said that it was the New
York press that incepted the investigation
that first suspected aud discovered guilt that
reused public indignation that aided the
law, that stood in the way of a whoesal,
hegira of the thirteen to Canada, that Sc
scared some of them that States evidence
was obtained, that maintained public iuter
est in the case, that nailed the indictment il
bold roman type over the vestibule of tn,
City Hall that all might plainly read. 1
was the press that unflinchingly held up th'
hands of the States Attorney, that enliveneC
the prosecutors flagaing steps, that, by
creating live public interest ma'le it i'm
possible for uis-step ip any direction, AnC