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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

ing at this place last Saturday
THE following camo too late FOR last week
Mrs. john HsmuilIe, of Rock.
ford, is visiting friends here.
0. p Comfort and JOS. erase. Of
Montfort, spent Sunday with friends
in this village
Miss Annie jenkins, Of Mineral
Point, is the guest of Miss Minnie
Smith
Miss Robinson and Miss Good.
sell, the primary teacher and assist.
ant principal in our public schoo,,
took a drive over To Highland last
Saturday.
A large number of our Young
ladies took advantage of the good
sIeighing, got up a leap year party
and gave the boys sleigh ride.
They called at the residence of Mr..
Grant Batteu, and after spending a
social and pleasant evening returned
to their homes The bows all wish
ing that leap year came every year.
julius Lewis, Of Highland, is
visiting friends here; the guest OF
his uncle, Solomon Lewis. Il.
M,.Nt'g Gr. H.,,,,y,....., t,f,,,... ..,, 4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02
Letter From Elder Clourh.

Letter From Elder C7ough.
wtrERrowN, ptK- Jan. 2l. Isss,
Dear Yrbaae.-rhe blizzard is
the subject of every newspaper
writer. Twill Try TO tell you wbat "a
blizzard is not,
1t is not strong wind blowing
the SNOW like cloud, nor is it g.
terrible, driving snow storm 10
has wind, great wind; it has snow,
but pot ordinary snow. The snow
Is an impalpable powder. Ilis tiuer
than the finest Il lur, aud il Just as
soft II would take hundreds of
these PARTICLES to make snown Ike.
The general direction of the wind
was south-southea,t; but the wind
dld not blow straight ahead, but in
little circles aud away from per
son. Ii brought the sensation of "a
vacuum TO the mouth, drawing the
breath out OF the body and leaving
one too weak for resistance. There
WAS much electric disturbance. In
this city the electric lights would
not work. II It were only driving
snowstorm as We Of the east imag.
ine, it would be of much less serious
consequence. There have been
mauy driving snowstorms, yet they
were no worse than out east OF the
Point or over by Edmund But the
blizzard is as distinct q specie of
storm as is the cyclone. This was
the first real blizzt trd IA Z or 8 years.
Nobody in this county perished.
have not besn much about the
country, owing to blockades. 1t is
much here ~ 10 is on the Dodgeville
aud Moutfort branch Of the Chicago
1 IL Northwestern road. If il SHOWS
The cuts are fall. If the wind blows
they are fuller. As il blows or
SHOWS about all the time, with five
railroads we are practically shut out
from the world.
1t has always seemed to me that
when a man has a comfortable home
in the east, he is foolish to pull up,
sell out for what he can get, aua 60
out unon the nrarip f,r itis y 6Jht
Tor life and 90 dava ou.rantine
thrown in Then in town d,n't
see fhat bnsiness differ. much from
Southwest Wisconsin,, only that here
il u mora d,tti.nlt to colfect. and
nric.a ore pnr much increased ON
st.nles in ever, line There are
f.w ladder 6cri1ns than o.lnv west
noor 10 build up Bm if a man has
money I'M. i. a grapd countrv The
J,he f,m,lv IL doing firly The
name ia. sn,pe asthma occasion
hut nav il her worst time We
have . I,rga church 10 build here
n,vt .,r;n9 winch viii fiji nav time
f,u
r. seems to me that death il very
bn.v caIIing the long roll in the
pm, II vii ba l,9o um. mn
IHe ,. - r,.a.,t - n u C,orag
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

more were stretched out on the
principal thoroUghfares, and that it
was pure alcohol that "paraly zed"
them. About a half dozen of the
party behaved so badly that their
arrest was necessary.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

-n-fE Uo ing vents wood in
photographs Parties deslrous
NMd gail at once,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02
Personal Points.

Willie McSherry has entered
Gundry, Gray & Co.'s as clerk.
Miss Lizzie Staum has been
called home from Milwaukee by the
sickness Of her mother
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Prideaux were
down from Ridgevay on Sunday.
JAS. Coad is back from Iowa
for fe~ months stay.
Mrs G. w. Cobb started to-day
for Waukeegan where she will visit
with her daughter for a consider
able time
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris. Elhugen
and children, Will Prideaux and a
Mr.. Kennedy, all of Dodgeyille,
Sundayed in this city.
A ron B1TIoN conference for the
south half Of Iowa county will bo
held at the City Hall, in this city,
on Tuesday, Feb. 7th. A public
meeting will be held in the evening,
which viii be addressed be Hon. r.
c. Richmond, Of Madison, one OF
the ablcst aud most eloquent speak
ers in the nation. PER Con-.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

DELLER has a good stock of bIan-
kets on hand, and at reasonable
prices. A very good thing to have
this cold weather.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

I4 braasr-plu. near tlowney's
. taeowaer can OBTAIN oy lnquiI-
IWEE office.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

SPECIAL.-I nave Two good second
hand sewing machines which | VIII
sell cheap for cash, or viii trade for
wood Machines can bc seen At my
rooms, over Pndeaux's drug store.
J. Il. HosKING, Photographer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

They must go--we arc determ-
ined they shall go-if giving low
prices count for anything. We
mean. the bulk Of our present stock
of first class boots aud shoes must
be gotten rid Of before long, y
make room for the rush u new
goods being daily received at
PEsHALLEGoS's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

Cuorcr spices and confectionery
n a r
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

MEN'S fine Congress buttoned and
laced shoes from SL75 up, at PEN
hallegon's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

LADIES who have not yet supplied
themselves with a cloak or wrap will
do well TO call at DelIers aud get
one at the reduced price.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

Highland, now teaching near Ljv-
ingston, attended the teachers meet
ing at this place last Saturday.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-02-02

B1cHILoR, formerly Of thls
Ia ait the county asylum on
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
PecuIiarities Of the Law.

The law is supposed to be an engine
to administer justice, but il seems
sometimes TO defeat its enG. A peculiar
case in point is that of a Massachusetts,
woman who married a man in good
faith nineteen years ago and lived with
him as his wife until his death, in 1885.
She then learned that her supposed
husband was already married when he
married her; that his wife is still liv-
ing, and that no decree Of separation
has ever been entered. Learning that
she had no legal right TO his property,
she sued TO recover for services as his
housekeeper.
Here the law stepped in and in.
formed her that as she lived with the
late lamented as his wife she had no
claim on him for services rs a servant
and that as she was no wife in law,
though undeniably so in fact, no
dover right can be maintained. She
seems TO be just enough wife TO defeat
her claim for recompense as a servant,
but not enough TO establish her claim
10 share in his estate. This may be
law a yard wide, but il is scant justice.
New York Graphic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02

There are many ways to travel, but II
you desire to travel for pleasure and rest,
let me commend to you q sailing yacht
as a pleasant means Of locomotion; and
il you want to get away from the worlds
giddy unrest, from cares Of business and
from all the worries and petty annoy
ances that make life in the city a daily
round of wearying toll, l say to you go
and do as we are doing.
Cannot spare the time" you sayt
Alb, well, then 60 on, my friend, and
worry and toll, and get worn and weary
and exhausted, and one day you will
''spare the time;'' ay, a far as this
worlds work is concerned, you will spare
not only time, but eternity, too, and by
the time you should have died, If you had
lived a natural life. temperate in labor and
indulgent in rest, the world will be whirl-
ing around as smoothly as II you had
never been, and you will, long before,
have been in your grave and forgotten.
When the Lord made men he did not in
tend that they should be gray haired,
physical wrecks at 40, as SO many are.
He doubtless intended that they should
not only work, but rest. u. Annoy
Knox.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
-. Pad. r,pos,,,op Of 1889.

The preparations for the great OF.
hibition of the industries Of all nations
TO be held next year at Paris are going
on apace. The Eiffel tower has passed
the 200 meter mark, and now exceeds
in height the Washington monument.
All the scraps and waste from its con
struction are being saved to be made
into paper weights and similar mem.
orials. Other buildings are completed
or in process Of erection. Applications
for space are pouring in, and Great
Britain has already requested an ex.
tension of room, a good indication OF
her interest in the affair. The United
States commission have issued a circu-
lar calling the attention Of the public
TO the fact that the space allotted
to this country is rapidly filling
IN. The commissioners undertake to
forward and return, free Of freight, all
articles sent for exhibition. The al
lotment Of space is set for Nov. Is, and
shipments begin in January. Abso-
lutte impartiality is TO be exercised in
the distribution. The cost will be met
out of the appropriation of $780, 900
made by the United States govern
ment, to be expended under the direc-
ton of the secretary OF state to defray
all expenses. All communications
should be addressed to the commits.
sioner, Gen. William B. Franklin,
or Assistant Commissioner Gen.
Somerville P. Tuck, Washington
building, No. l Broadway, New York.
The French commission will not cor
respond with exhibitors. All indica-
tons point in the direction of a great
success, and it is to be hoped that
America will occupy as honorable a
station among the family of nations
as she has hitherto held in such COM
petitions. Scientific American.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02

young babies, preferring 10 walt a Coz
tain length OF time, 1t Is equally
fatal to allow the infant TO look In O
mirror until it is a year old. 1t is al
legged that il will never see things
rightly, if permitted to do 50.
The Swedish mother puts a book
under the head of the new born in
FAINT, that it may be quick at reading,
and puts money into the first bath, to
guarantee its possession in the future.
Part of the fathers dress is laid upon
a female child, part of the mothers
upon a male, TO insure favor with the
opposite sex.
There is a curious notion among the
peasantry of one of the departments of
France that it is fortunate for a child
to have lice, as this is n sign of health.
II none are found ON its head, they
have penetrated the skin, and will eat
to the heart.
In Morhihan France, a new born
child must not be left in bed with its
mother, or il will die. II the mother
hears it cry, as if from u distance, 1t
has disappeared and will eve be seen
again.
In Germany the first child chris
tened at a new font receives the power
of diyining future events, seeing
spirits, etc, until some one shall tread
on its left foot and look over its right
shoulder.
A widespread notion exists that the
child must be carried up before it is
carried down. Where there are no
stairs the nurse must mount a chair
with the child in her arms.
The child's nails must not be pared
until it is q year old. 1t is preferable
for the mother to bite them off. Nor
should its hair be cut, Or it will never
prosper.
If there are boys and girls to be bap,
TIED the same day, the boys must have
the first turn, rs it would be unfortu'
nate for the girls to precede them.
Two babies must not, according to
mothers in many lands, be allowed "a
embrace, as one or both will become
mute.
Moving an empty cradle is a thing
carefully avoided in many places, as
it will bring i'll fortune to the family.
Scotch mothers say if the child takes
q spoon in the left hand first il will
always be unlucky.-F. 5. BasSett in
Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
Herring In Japanese Water.

In May and June this fish appears
in incredible numbers. The straits,
bays and creeks are alive with her
rings. They are in such numbers that
those nearest the beach are pushed out
Of the water, and the shore for miles
is thus kept constantly ~replenished
with fresh fish; countless numbers Of
sea gulls, eagles, crows, besides foxes,
wolves and bears, find an ever ready
meal, and the way the sea gulls just
picked the tidbit from the back Of the
neck and left the remainder of the
fish showed how well they knew the
supply was constant.
The japanese simply run q net
straight out from the shore, $50 or 200
yards along a line Of stakes. AT the
end OF the net is bag, into which the
fish, on striking the net and working
along IL soon find their way. When
required the fisherman only have to
go off, haul the bag up, and, opening
the end, let the fish fall into the boat.
This species Of herring is both larger
and coarser than our own. The tenn
perature of the water in which they
appear 10 flourish 10 such an extraor.
binary extent averages 80 degs., where
as that in which our own fish Is found
averages 81 10 So degs. -"Notes and
Sketches"
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
An Incident Of Foryetfulness.

A great many people are troubled
with what may be called "habitual
forgetfulness' in regard TO some of the
minor points Of daily life, manifested,
perhaps, in their inability to recall the
names of those with whose faces they
are perfectly familiar, or the number
of their house, or the street upon which
they reside; while others are seized at
times with a temporary amnesic apha-
sia, scientifically speaking, upon
endeavoring TO state some fact which
they literally have at the tongues
end" but it is seldom the latter trouble
is manifested in such a peculiar direc-
ton as in a ease which came under my
observation a few days since. While
propounding the usual preliminary
questions to a woman who had pre-
scented her 2-year-old daughter for
treatment, when inquired the name
of the child, she hesitated, and then,
20 my surprise, she admitted that she
was unable 10 remember il. She then
stated the child's age and the number
of her residence correctly, but could
not recall that name until, after the
lapse Of several minutes, in endeavor-
ing TO soothe the child, the name
sprang naturally TO her lips. This
mothers forgetfulness upon such a
matter as the name Of her own child
is as astonishing as the absence Of
mind exhibited by a prominent ply
stefan Of tins city, who, upon meeting
MS own daughter on the street,
solitely inquired after the health Of
both herself and her parents. Ply
Sician in Globe Democrat.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
Bloodhounds.

Nh. William Buchanan. writing TO
The London Times, says: Just now.
perhaps, my own personal experience
Of what bloodhounds can do in the
way Of tracking criminals may be Of
interest. Here, then, is an incident 10
which | was an eye witness. In 1861
or 1862 my memory does mol enable
me TO give a more exact date. | was
in Dieppe when a little boy was found
doubled up in a horse bin with his
throat cut from ear TO ear. A couple
of bloodhounds were at once put on
the scent. Away they dashed after for
a moment or two smiling the ground,
hundreds of people, including the
keeper and myself, following in their
wake; nor did the highly trained ami.
mails slacken in their pace in the least
till they had arrived at the other end
Of the town, when they made a dead
stop at the door OF a low lodging
house, and, throwing up their noble
heads, gave a deep bay. On the place
being entered, the culprit-an old
woman-was discovered hiding under
a bed. Let me add that the instinct Of
a bloodhound, when properly trained
for tracking by scent, is so marvellous
that no one al say positively what
difficulties in following a trail it can.
not surmount."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
A Novel Dinner,

Miss Gertrude Gilbert, Of New York,
gave a unique entertainment at her
Newport home the other night. AT IL
o'clock the guests were ushered into
the servants hall, which was hung
with pumpkins made into Jack-o.lan.
terms, and dressed with ears Of dried
corn, wheat, red peppers and other
products of the fall season, The guests
were seated at tables, and at each place
was a common tin plate, a coarse nap.
kin, a bottle Of beer and a big mug.
Roasted oysters were served hot from
the Goals, and those who had the bad
taste not 10 care for this delectable dish
were given salads and such fancy stuff.
After the roast there was dancing
until the party broke up.-Harpers
Bazar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
Our Alphahet in JaDan.

There is movement going on Ill
Japan for the throwing away Of Chi
nese characters and the adoption of the
same alphabet that we use. There are
two societies in Toxic in favor of some
reform in this direction, and one of
them wants to adopt the japanese al
phabet proper, which consists of forty
seven letters. There will probably be q
change TO one system or the other, and
/ have heard it predicted that English
will eventually be the language of
Japan.
/ saw a short hand writer in one of
the offices here take down japanese
conversation, and l could not see that
his pot hooks looked any different from
those Of the reporters Of congress. 1t
will be impossible, however, for Japan
ever to use the typewriter while she
sticks to the Chinese characters. In
the NEAR time q large part of the en-
pire is learning English, and Japan
has the best educational system of any
of the oriental nations. School attend
ance is compulsory, and there are
5000, 900 children in the public schools.
More than a million OF these are fe-
males, and Japan has 142 high schools.
II has sixty-ive normal schools, and
there are about l,SO0 pupils in the I'm
perial university here. There are 1903
technical schools, containing 5000
students, and 1853 schools are main.
tanned by private funds. The future
Of Japan it is impossible to predict,
save that with this system of educa'
ton it cannot but continue TO advance.
Frank g. Carpenter in n. Y. World.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
FOLK LORE or INFANCY.
superstitions Of Many Lsnds-curious but
Widespread Beliefs.

widespread Beliefs.
Il is thought unsafe, in Sweden, for
any one TO pass between the fire and
the nursing babe. No water should
be brought into the room late in the
day, without fire thrown into !, No
one that enters should be alljV ed TO
touch the infant without first touching
fire. II is not permissible 10 feed
bread 10 the new born, as il will never
have a good memory. II should first
touch the dog, and not the cat, on any
account. II is dangerous TO allow it
TO play with the fire, nor should it be
allowed TO creep through a window.
Perhaps the most widespread belief
concerning children is that about the
empty cradle. which must on no ac-
count be rocked. Various reasons are
urged against this by mothers from all
the civilized countries Of the world.
Some say il will bring some ailment
10 the absent child. The Dutch es-
teen IL ominous Of the speedy death Of
the child, and a similar notion pre-.
walls in our western states. In Scot
land IL is said that 10 rock the empty
cradle will insure the coming Of other
occupants for IL.
Charms and amulets are frequently
suspended from the necks Of children.
Romans used coral beads to prevent
epilepsy and the evil eye. Amber
beads will help IL 10 cut its teeth, a silk
cord or ribbon isa sufficient proven.
tive OF Group, and money suspended
m a bag will make it fortunate dnan-
cially. A thousand queer remedies
are recorded for Group, whooping
cough, measles and the like.
IL Is unlucky 10 weigh an infant be-
fore baptism, or 10 give it a name, In
many countries. In our own land
mothers e careful about weighing
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-02
AduIteration of Pepper,

The microscopic of the department
Of agriculture, Professor Thomas Tay-
Tor, has a%scertained that the substance
used in adulterating pepper is the seed
or stone of the olive. These are OBJ
tanned in large quantities from the
olive oil factories, and ground up
with the pepper corns, the extent Of
the adulteration being in some cases
as great as 30 per cent. No method of
popularity detecting adulteration Of
pepper has yet been found. In bulk
the pure pepper is darker in color than
that 10 which olive seeds have been
added, but the difference is so slight
that no person, unless possessed Of a
sample 10 compare with, would he
able TO discover any difference
Science,