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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06

Probably the most superbly beautiful
woman ever married in this country to a
foreign diplomatic was Mrs Bass, of Miss
issippi After having passed several win
tiers in Washington she married the Chew
alier Bernatti, man of rare accomplish
meuts, but in no ways good looking. Her
rare beauty was SO celebrated when she
was the Widow Bass that the mere mention
oft suffces to recall To many throughout
the country the vision of her superb pres
enee. 4 daughter of the gods divinely
tan and most divinity fair The Chealier
Bernatti, after his marriage. went 70 Iur-
key. whero he was the minister Of Italy
for some years. and the sultan presented
Mime. Bernatti with an exquisite necklace
of pearls. He died, and she returned tore
cover from the United States government
a considerable sum of money for cotton de
-troyed ON her Mississippi plantation.
When lastiu Washington she was accom-
panied by her daughter, Miss Bass who
has inherited her mothers fair sunny face,
wealth OF light brown hair, and imperial
person.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
EVERYDAY WORK.

Great deeds are trumpeted loud bells are Iu's'
And men turn round TO see;
The high peaks echo TO the paans suu5
Ger some great victory. ,,,.-. .,
And yet great deeds are few, the IhlshVle9' 'iieA
Find opportunities but now and then
Shall one sit idle through long days OF peace
Waiting for walls 70 scalef
Or lie i'm port until some Golden Fleece
Lures him 10 face the galei ,-,s
There's work enough, why IDLY, then uelay
Ills work counts most who lab1rs every uay
A torrent sweeps down the mountains orc"
with foam and flash and roar,
Anon its strength is spent where - II now
It's one short day Is DER.
But the clear stream that through the meade"
flows
All the loag summer on It's mission goes
Better the steady flow, the torrents dash
Soon leaves It's rent track dry
The light we love Is not lightning hAsh
From out q midI light sky.
But the sweet sunshine, whose unfailing ray
From It's calm throne Of blue lights every day
The sweetest lives are those 10 duty wed,
Whose deeds, both great and small
Are close knit strands Of unbroken thread
Where love enuObles all. q,
The world may sound no trumpets. ring no bells
The Book Of Life tse shining record tells
--.Crilic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
A Wa" Cut of the Difficulty.
Troy Telegraph.

Old DR.. Hewson was distinguished for
philanthrophy. On one occasion the doc
tor had a case of malignant typhoid fever.
He prescribed rest and nourishment for
his patient.
Give Dan plenty of chicken. lie must
have more nourishment"
"Shall | kilt a chicken
Yes, you'd better kill q young rooster;
broil it well and add plenty of butter
Patients with typhoid fever like plenty of
gravy"
Dams wife killed dressed, and cooked a
fine chicken.
That's about right" said the doctor,
who was experimenting the job, as he en-
viously eyed the chicken.
Dan, how're you feeling
"First-rate, doctor
Let me feel Your pulse
Dan extended his arm and hand.
You are more feverish than usual. /
just ordered your wife to broil chicken
but You can't eat it; you are too fever
ish"
what shall we do. doctor:" inquired
the wife.
II see no way ont OF the difficulty but
20 eat the chicken ourselves. l once suf-
feted from typhoid fever myself ma
dam"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06

Il am sorry you two ladies are going all
that distance alone" l said to some
friens going east some time ago If /
see anybody on the train know, III put
you in his charge"
Don't; I'd rather not" one of them
answered.
Why"
Because, you always get more attention
from strangers. We are all right If We
have any chaperon Wen be bored TO death,
and he'll be disagreeable all the way. If
we have none, every man on the train will
be at our service, and he'll only be too
glad to attend to us.
That's queer. | never thought OF
that"
My dear boy, men are always in search
of adventure, and a formal introduction
os an intimate acquaintance makes 1t
duty and duty is always disagreeable,'
well, / suppose you are right"
lido you see that gentleman theret hes
been quietly looking around to see what
pretty women are ON the train. Before
we get TO Port Costa he'll be asking my
sister if he can do anything for her. She's
prettier than l am. But what he is will
ing to do for her he'll do for me to keep
me sweet.
II don't think youn get left yourself
Between you and me and the window
I don't think I will
And | left them with their arrange
ments all made as TO how they were gong
to treat every man in the car.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
MISSING LINKS.

Fowleryille, Mich, has fifty widows and
three widowers.
St~Petersburg is proved by recent statis-
tics to be the most unhealthy city of
Europe.
The explored coal beds of Ireland CON
tain 209,O00,000 tons of workable coal,
chiefly anthracite.
BY the Montreal food which has now sub
sided, Z, 1922 fanatics, or 10000 people, were
flooded out.
The largest silver producing mine in
the world last year was the Ontario, of
Utah. which yielded t2,313,3S7.
Examination of the bed of the Erie
Canal shows it TO be narrowed and greatly
thickened by accumulations of debris.
The Lick observatory at San francisco
has ordered a set of instruments for
automatically registering earthquake
shocks
An association of young men has been
formed in New York for the promotion
and practice of social purity All BALLOT
except operate are tabooed.
Birmingham, Ala and Chattanooga,
Tenn, owing to an abundance of iron ores
coal and labor, are putting pig iron on
the market cheaper than Pittsburg
can.
A Georgia woman stopped a wedding
because. she was interested to the extent
of having paid for the groom,s clothes,
with the idea that she was to be the
bride.
The BritishGoyernment intends to organ
inn feIn
now no scientific man employed on this
subject in either Great Britain or Ireland
At Griffin, Ga, this week, man who
had been Mayor of the city and one Of its
most prosperous and popular citizens,
died pauper in its poor house. Drink
did it.
The largest coal breaker in the world
is in operation at Edwardsyille colliery
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. 1t pre-
pares for market 1000 mine cars of coal.
every ten hours
Hoboken, n j., has a Mayor who was
first elected upon a Democrat ticket and
mex on an Independent ticket, and now
the Republicans have nominated him for
a third term.
1t used to be, See that my graves kept
green The new and popular version is,
"Oh, keep my ashes bottled, love"
Owners of trout streams in the Catskills
are doing much toward restocking them
for the benefit of summer boarders Con
siderable over 100000 young trout were
put into the waters of Ulster county dur
ing March.
Isaac Jacobs, negro of Philadelphia,
has the honor to be the first of his color
to be appointed to the fire department of
that city. He has been made hoseman
on Engine 20, and is said to be capable
man.
The first American establishment for
the exclusive manufacture of edged tools
was founded by Samuel Collins of Conn,
about 1926, when the product of days
labor was the forging and tempering of
eight broadaxes.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engin-
GERS has 80 divisions in the United States
and Canada, and membership of about
10000. The order is growing very rapid
ly, and already'oyer 30 per cent. of all
the locomotive engineers of America are
members.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
IN THE JURY-R ROOM.
The Twelve Good and True Men Did Not
Agree.



Detroit Free Press
The case was clear enough to a boy 10
years old.
The plaintiff sued the defendant on a
debt. The defendant admitted that he
contracted the debt, and that he had never
paid it, He tried to show, as an Offset,
that he once lent plaintiff some money,
but he failed to even establish the date of
the transaction.
The amount sued for was $500, and the
Judge charged US to return verdict in
favor Of the plaintiff.
When we got settled in the jury-room
and elected a foreman he said;
well, 1 suppose we must return a YER
dict for the full amount"
''Well, | don'tr' replied one of the jur-
ors.
But isn't it plain case?'
mo, sir! The plaintiff had two law
yers, while the defendant had but one.
There was nothing fair about that, was
there?"
But the Judge charged US to return a
verdict for the amoInt," observed another
juror.
"'Sposing he did," exclaimed an old
man on his lert; IF the Judge knows more
about this case than we do then what are
we here for?"
(which of em was the plaintiff, any
how!' solemnly inquired a solemn juror,
whom / had seen asleep during most of the
trial
"The redheaded man, Of course" re-
piled a young man who wore tight panta-
looms and chewed plug tobacco with great
ambition
WAS it, Why, | thought it was the
fat mani" exclaimed Juror No. 6.
The foreman suggested that we mark
on slips of paper the amount each juror
thought the plaintiff entitled to. His sug-
gestion was followed, and the amounts
run from 10 cents TO $500
1T seems to me-" he reflected, chat the
defendant either owes him nothing or
$500"
Il don't believe he owes him nuthin', -
replied one
But you heard the evidence"
Hang the evidence
Some one suggested that we add up the
sums marked and strike an average,
Another suggested that we return a YER
dict for the defendant.
A third offered to flip cent and head
OF tdll IOF tnb ctbb OF nOtnlHR.
A fourth wanted some one to tell him if
the debt hadn't been outlawed.
It was finally discovered that we stood
five for the plaintiff and seven for the de-
PENDANT and the loren an wanted to know
what we should 10.
Well said one of the seven, IF we
agree with you in this case will you agree
with us III the nextY"
He couldn't promise, and the leader of
the dissenters declared that he would re-
main in that room a lifetime before he
would agree with the five.
At the end of an hour there were eight
men who were willing to return a verdict
of $75.
At the end of two hours there were
seven of the jurymeu who didn't care a
cent. and five who were in favor of the de-
PENDANT.
At the end of three hours six men were
in favor of $500, and the other six were
playing poker.
In another hour two of us favored 800
and the other ten had made up their
minds that at least two out of the three
lawyers ought TO be in Jail.
We finally marched in with the an
nouncement that we could not agree,
when the juror who did not know plain
tiff from defendant raised his voice and
protested
Judge, we could have agreed all right
if anybody had told us what the case was
abost! l think we orter be furnished with
diagrams
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06

I'm China, whore moon worship largely
prevails during the festival of Nue-Plug,
which is held annually during the elEhsh
month, incense Is burned in the temples"
cakes are made like the moon, and at full
moon the people spread out oblations and
make prostrations TO the planet. These
cakes are moon cakes and yeritable offer
iugs to the Queen of heaven, who repre-
SCENTS the female principle in Chinese the
ology. IL We turn now TO jeremiah VII.
lis. and rcud there The woman knead
dough TO make cakes TO the Queen Of heav-
en-. and to pour out drink-otferlngs unto
other Gods. ap4tl remember that according
to Rashi, these cakes of the Hebrews had
the image OF the god or goddess stamp
ed upon them. we are in view of tact ot
much interest. Theinterest becomes great
er when we learn that III parts of LaneaSh-
ire there EXISTS a precisely similar custom
OF making cakes in honor Of the Que ~
heaven, From those facts, the discovery
of two buns, each marked with cross, In
Herculuneum. and Other evidences, We are
driven 10 the conclusion that the "hot-eross
buns of Christian England are N reality
huj q relic of moon worship.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
Didn't stop 10 Think.
Harper's Bazar.

Al Enhein cattle merchant, on arri7-
ing home late, found he had lost the door
key The chimney being wide, he de-
cided to enter that way. When he was
nine feet down. the chimney became sud
denly narrow. The unfortunate man re-
NAMED in that position till mornings his
moaning were overheard, mason was
procured to take down the chimney and
extract the dealer, who expired three
hours later And all that TO escape
curtain-lecture,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06

on lady as long as she thought it was
proper"
"A young fellow may sometimes be pre-
sumed to have other and more important
duties, | suppose" said the elderly lady.
rather satirically. lin this case the vopne,
man certainly had. He was TO meet a
young sister who was due on the train al
IL Ia under the care OF friends who were
going farther. She would have been left
alone and unprotected at the station a
stranger here"
"Why didn't he tell US that, said Mar
ian.
Il believe he did try to, Marian" adj
mitted Emily.
Il do not quite see that it was essen tia
that he should explain his private bust
ness to you" said her aunt. "You forced
him through the obligation under which
it Is assumed gentleman is placed in es-
corting ladies, into position which can
only be called cruel. He is young. If he
had been older and had more experience
in such mattershe might have been more
decided and less abrupt in leaving Won.
but for so young person he certainly
in haste and perplexity, did the very best
he could. The man who followed Won
was some one well known to Mr.. Brand
whose promise he obtained not TO lose
sight of you until you were safe at home. =
Aunt Emily then left the room looking
as if she might have said a great deal
more
Dear mel" said Marian dolefulIy, Il
don't believe seen ever ask US to visit her
again"
And Amt Emily never did
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
Her Idea of It,
It'd bits

Miss Rulifson Poor Julia! I under
stand they have been having lots OF
trouble at her house
Miss Jacobs Indeed
Miss Rulifson Yes, sickness ~ tAe
family and the like,
Miss Jacobs All, yes. Julia's mother
ari aunt have been sent TO the insane
ASYLUM. and her father fell down stars
and broke his leg, but beyond thAt I
don't think they've had any trouble.
wyoming cattle kings have purchased
AZ poo acres in Hillsboro and danatee
counties. Florida, for q cattle range. Inc
price paid was $4,000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
4 Aunt Emily never did.
Too Long to Wait.
DetrOit Free Press

There was man at the Central vege-
table market, yesterday, with a small and
sickly-looking century plant in cheap
pot, and he was mad.
''Look-a-here!" he said to the owner of
each flower stand in succession; didn't
you sell me this ere plant five years agog'
Each one answered in the negative.
Then he made such row that police
man came up and told him to hush.
"Havn't | got right to talk" demand
ed the man in high dudgeon. "When l
have been swindled, cheated, robbed, and
made a fool of must | keep silence in this
free land:"
''What is the cause of your woe?n
Il bought this plant of somebody here
about five years ago. They told me that
it was 80 years old, and that it would
bloom this spring. I've fooled enough
time on the thing to build house. I've
sat up nights to nurse it and I've gone
home days to keep it from freezing
'Well, what's the matter?"
"They lied TO me! I've had two bota-
nists examine it, and they tell me the
plant isn't ten years old! Think of my
fooling around for ninety years to see the
Internal thing flower out!n
But what can you do?"
Il want to find the hyena who put up
the job ON me. I'll make him eat the
whole outfit of break his neck"
Don't get excited. Take your plant
and 90 home"
Never
He lifted the pot high in the air and
dashed the life out of the poor plant, and
then sat stihy down on bench, folded
his arms and said;
Ring for your old patrol wagon if you
want to. I'm going to sit right here till l
get eyes ON the man who who put up a %
year Job on a confding citizen
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
The 0minouS Robin.
Erie Pa Dispatch

In front Of a dwelling on West Fltth
street YESTERDAYS afternoon an elderly
woman stood talking excitedly with
neighbor and wriuging her hands dis
tractedly. Both appeared to hetFery
much agitated, apparently over the pres
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06
TWO VERY GIDDY GIRLS.

home before train time, SAID Horace
"No," said his mother, lit will not be
worth while to attempt to come home be-
tween that hour and IL. SO you Will not
fail to be there in good time"
Half an hour later he entered brllll-
antly lighted hall, and was soon listening
TO the selections which made up the pro
gramme Of a promenade concert, ana gaA-
ing with lively interest upon the people
about him. 10 was an era in his life. lie
had recently entered college, and ms
mother had come TO this fashionable col
lepe town to live. that she might be with
her only SON They had hitherto lived
very quietly in country village, and
Horace felt a boyish delight in his new
surroundings.
There were plenty of bright, intelligent
looking young people at the concerts boys
who might be his mates, aud young girls
whose acquaintance ne might hope to
make. He had loyal respect and admlra-
ton for women, and in his very heart be
lieved that everything sweet, lovely, mod
est gentle, dignifed. and beautiful be-
longed by rightful inheritance TO young
girhood. Alas that any one should ever
have cause not to believe as he did.
During an interval in the music, near
the close of the concert, young man, one
of the few present whom he knew, came
to him.
I'm in u bit of fix, Horace he said,
"and / wish you would help me out
II shall be glad if can Jack
Well, 1 brought two young ladies here
city girls, very lively and pleasant you'll
find them and " just received delayed
telegram TO the effect that my mother OK
poets me to meet her over at Sugarloaf
Junction and 1 can only make il by start
ing at once. Now, will you see the girls
homer I've told them how II is, and 1t
will be all right with them if find an es-
cOrt to take my place.
81 shall bo delighted with certain linn
its" said Horace. IL can be at their ser
vice until II, but after that have an en-
gagcmcnt that must fulfill
"Ihat will do exactly. You see there
are only two more numbers ON the pro
gramme. You'l be out of here by 10 and
it will not take you more than half an
hour to escort the ladies home
"Iben," said Horace, DESTROYS of guard
ing carefully against any possible misun
Outstanding, you will explain to the
young ladies that | am their humble ser
want until H."
The young man went away, and, return
ing, conducted Horace TO the other side
OF tho hail and introduced him.
mir. Horace Brand Miss willard Miss
Paxton"
Horace was charmed with the lovely
faces, tho light, pleasant chat and the
ripping laughter of the young ladies',
though he wished they would pay more
heed to the music, for 1t did not quite
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06

The determination of the proportion
of water is accomplished in this way; Out
of the center of the loaf of bread
piece is cut in a vertical direction, and
this is divided into equal parts. A fourth
part of these, from which the crust has
been separated and the crumb of which
is weighed, is devoted to the water-test.
The crumbs to be dried should weigh NJ
least 80 grams, and it is better to take 100
grams. The weighed bits of bread are
placed in the air bath on a floor raised
about five centimeters from the floor of
the bath, with paper underneath, and
the thermometer is so suspended among
the crumbs of bread. If the bulb of
the thermometer were placed higher TIA an
the crumbs, the instrument would show
a lower temperature than that surround
ing the crumbs. Then the lamp Is light
ed ana placed under the bath, and the
flame is SO regulated that the thermome-
ter rises slowly and after a few hours
registers only 100 degrees Celsius. A little
practice will enable the investigator to SO
regulate the flame that the temperature
shall remain between 100 and 40 degrees
Celsius. in order to perfectly vaporize the
water in the bread. When it appears
that the water has been expelled, the
bread should be taken frOR the box and
weighed after cooling. Then il should be
again placed in the box and subjected for
a half hour to a temperature of 100 to 40
degrees, and this operation should be re-
peated so long as dimintiye of weight Is
perCeptible, The loss Of weight ans
wers to the water contained in the bread
and may be easily reckoned in per cent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-06

woman in a remote Maine village.
crazed by excessive Bible reading and re-
vivai excitement, endeavored 70 gouge
her eve out and afterward cut of an arm
with an Ak, in order TO obey the injunc-
ton, If an eye offend thee, pluck II out,
etc. She il recovering, but Is still in
sane
4 sir gle black in the vicinity of Castle
Garden. which is about rs by 500 feet.
contains no less than 80 places where IL
ouOrs can be obtained
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
CRIME.

NORMAN BRucE, alias Sullivan, the Chi
cage and Milwaukee horse-thief, pleaded
guilty at Racine, Wis, Monday, and was
relegated to the WauPun penitentiary for
10 years,
MISS BUcNMEyER, of Geneva, of Illinois,
53 yenrs of age, living 10y herself, was dur
ing Monday night strangled by robbers,
who set fire TO her house and escaped In
the ruins of the building was found gold
coin to the amount ofsS2t6.
G.. l.. PuwEEs, agent and operatar of
the Nandalia Line at Marshall Crossing.
near Terre Haute, Ind, was robbed and
murdered in his office Sunday morning.
The crimee were committed by tramps, it
is supposed, They shot at him through a
window. The murderers only got watch
ana $40.
DAVID DoOMrrLE was indicated for
murder IN Logansport, Ind, twelve years
ago. He escaped from jail, and not be-
ing captured he and his crime were for
gotten. A tramp was arrested at Logans.
port Tuesday night and when in prison
was found to be Doohttle. He made no
attempt to conceal his identity but boast
ed OF the crime. He will be tried in the
present term of the court
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-09-23
GENERAL NOTES.

THE yield of wheat in Michigan will
be about 26,5O0,OO0 bushels. This is near
ly 100000 in excess of the August esti-
mate.
Ar Manistee, Mich, Saturday, II. H..
Peters struck oil at depth of 1920 feet.
Three or four thousand barrels flowed out
in short time.
PNK-EYE has made its appearance in
Shelby county, H., and many horses
have died of the malady. Il is rapidly
spreading, and nothing can be done to
stop its progress
LEWIS APPLE, editor of "A weekly paper
at Panora, Iowa, bought flowers at the
state fair to decorate his grave, and on
reaching home killed himself with a re-
volver.
EXPERTS sent out by the Louisiana
board of health investigated the sickness
prevailing at Biloxi, Mississippi, and pro-
nounced it yellow fever Two persons
died on Sunday, and seven patients are
conyalescent.
Tux Taylor brothers, rival candidates
for goyener of Tennessee. occupied the
same room in a hotel at Chattanooga,
where they entertained their friends, on
Sunday evening, with familiar melodie
ON viOlns.