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RECEIVED HIS REWARD.
Flow a ltarlxy Made Five Dollars ON TIA
Strength OF a Hlunuer.

Flow a Itarky Made Five Doliars ON tho
Strength OF a Ilunder.
A man with long hair went into q
barber shop AID was shaved. -After
getting out Of the chair he stood as If
waiting For something.
s.Auything moe: the barber asked.
.Yos. l owe you five dollars. Here
yonr money"
you doan owe me no money,
Cap'n.
Yes, I do, Several years ago I
vowed that the barber who shaved me
and failed to ask me if l wanted my
bar cut should receive five dollars.
That was years ago, and although l
have been under many rayoys since (
took the VOW. you are the only one
who failed to ask the question. Take
the mouey. Your strength in with
standing great temptation deserves
yaward.'
The barber took the money, and as
the white man was turning away, the
barber said: Call agi5'. cap' Il Moore"
'.My name is not Moore
"Ain't dis Cap'n MooreP"
''NoN
"W'y, thought it wuz. Neher did
think gwine ter furgit Cap'n Moore,
Pressed hisself on my mine, he did,
luther week W ell he tole me dat eff eber
I asked him ter let me cut his ha'r err
gin he q hit me. Lowed dat I ruint it
de las time cut it. So dis amt Cap n
Moore. Ter tell the truf, boss. yo'
ha'r do need cutti1,. - Arko1soso
TyGgs(ey,
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PERILS OF FIRE ME n.
Some of the Dangers Which 9l.ey j., g
BE allied On to race Any Isay.

Some of the Dangers which gsey o,as
sse allied On to fnce s,,,y Fay.
An occasional k:u9a assd ia SURE 10
'eeeirs applause sEon1 s'n a!SFpfcciasavs
norle. rus how mary # u1s stop 70
think OF the constant heroism required
in the lireman's life? IN undertaking
his duties, he has virtually pledged HIM
self To keep Lis courage always
"screwet} to the sticking place" and
very few ;,re the records Of his fails
urcs, In a. recent: published &C
count Of the New York fire brsadcs
are TO be found the following stories
descriptive Of dangers which tile
boys" may any day be called ON to
face:
Ten or q dozen years ago, during a
fire on Broadway, 81 heavy beam fell
from the roof on eight dremen in such
a way that il prostrttetl without crush
ing them. The wood was on fire from
end to end, ard they could not ossj5ly
rise. They lay close to the floor, which
was smoking and covered with sparks.
and the beam continued to burn over
them within a few ieet Of their hen Is,
threatening to roast them to death.
One Of the pipes had been buried with
them, and when they discovered that,
they turned it against the fumes,
steaming to death now awaited them.
as yhc water vuporized in the heat, and
filled their crib with scalding white
clouds; but the circumstance save!s
them, by enabling them to abate the
fire below, until their comrades out
side had lifteA the BEAM
During the burning Of u building on
Broad way, in 1877, it was agreed be-
tween three hosemen, who were sta-
toned on the roof, and one Of rLe OFF,
GERS below, that when the fal! Of the
roof appeared imminent to linn he
should call to them, and they should
leap to the next building, over an inter-
vening alley five or six feet wide. In
the meanwhile they did not distress
themselves, but worked steadily, pour
ing water down the scuttles. The
Kissing and tapping of the flames, the
fierce pnlsation OF the engines, the
trnmpeted orders Of the chiefs, and the
crash Of falling iron and lumber We're
80 loud and confusing that y voice
might easily have been lost in them
Notwithstanding this fact, Che men
held to their insecure ground until a
gentle rafting indicated that the roof
was about to collapse, and they heard
the officer below CRY: 'Leap!' Every
spectator held his breath while the
brave hosemen sprang from one para
pet to another: They had hardly done
SO when dense volume of smoke and
sparks shot into the air, and only a pit
of flames remained where the men had
stood = Kouth's Companion
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WEALTHY ENGL.'SHMEN.
Some individuals Whose INCOME Excee:ts
a Million g. Year,

Some Ind;yilua1s Whose INCOME Exceets
~ Million g. Year.
The biggest income of any single
man in England is said to BE- that Of the
Duke of Westminster, whip has miles
Of tenement~houses and many square
miles of agricultural land He is said
to receive $50 minute the year round,
OF $4,000 an hour, or &72, o0o a DAY.
Queen Victoria has also nice income,
and it is estimated that she has reeeiy-
cd nearly one hundred millions of dol
lars since she assembled the throne. The
Dukes of Devenshire aud Norfolk
and the Marquis Of Butte have each
rents amounting. to $4,000, 900 per
year, and the Duke Of Portland. after
extravagnnces like those Of Monte
Cristo, accumulated $40. 000.0o0 of I'M
entalee property during his life.
The tax Of England is largely an ill.,
come tax and it is possible to tell some
thing Of the fortunes Of her citizens
from the amount of income returned.
OF course this is always less than the
real amount received. Still it makes
ones eyes open to know that Lord
Durham owns $19, 100000 of personal
property, that the Duke of Portland
gets million q year from his real es-
tate alone and that the two largest re-
turns of personal property were made
by men who do not belong to the no.
bjiity. Mr.. Grassy, a railroad contrac-
tor, acknowledge to having $50, 000,-
900 personally, and Mr.. Morrison, a
dry goods man, $50. 100000 Lord Dud-
ley, one of the large owners of Eng
lands coal mines. had for years an i,l-
come of over 100000 from this
source alone, and the Duke Of Buc~
cleuch gets 81, $50, 600 q year from his
lands. IN 1872 there were more than
1900 men in England who had incomes
of over $50, 600 year, and there were
857 men who had incomes ranging be-
tween $50. 900 and $3.50. 600 yearly. 1t
is said that there are more large for
tunes in the United States than in Eng
land and that the English millionaires
spend their incomes more freely than
do the Americans. This may be true,
but I doubtit. - Washington Pest
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SLAVES IN TURKEY.
WHIST They Are WORTH and How they Ala
Treated by Thesf Owners.

AKEGCGi2 by NnCtr ONHSF@'
According to MI Cox, "there is
scarcely family in Turkey, which
has the means, that does not possess
q number of women and girl slaves,
black and white. The black are from
Central Africa and Nub;a; the white
are Circassans sold by their parents, y
The price Of the female slaves varies
with their pretensions to good looks,
the comedy ones being to some extent
educated ard taught to sing, dance
and make themselves agreeable. We
learn that a ''girI under 10 will briug
800, a maiden between IL and Is. il
she he attractive and can play upon
the either, from $5, 500 to $4,000. II
the young woman be blonde, with
black eyes and otherwise Of rare beau
ty. she may bring from $4,000 to &c.
600. An amateur will pay double that
for choice specimen, we'll educated
in French and other graces. " But MIR.
Cox adds that ''this tariff by no means
applies to the slaves from Africa,
the depots for whom are in Scutari
and in the villages on the Bos-
porus The black male slave will
bring 500, the black maiden S75, and
eunuch perhaps $500" We are as
sured by the author that "the slave has
not a hard lot The child of the slave
has part of the inheritance OF the
father More than half the marriages
in Turkey are with slaves. Each So
called wife of the Sultan, for instance,
is slave. his rank being too exalted
to permit Of his entering into any mar
riage proper. ''1he fact is, thus Mr..
Cox sums up his observations on the
subject, slavery in Turkey is but
name. The slaves have nothing to
complain OF: The white slaves rush to
slavery as an alternative to some thing
else and worse; only the black slaves
who are brought from Africa have Gin
the course of transiD undergone the
horrors of the traditional slave trade.
Once received, however, the house
slave, though perhaps looked down
upon as one of under condition, is
nevertheless. from infancy to old age,
treated as one of the family. After
female slave has worked faithfully for
while, say seven years, she is nearly
always freed by the mistress or master
of the household. IN z. Sua,.
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a DEVELOPING MIND.
Practical Illustration of the Unfolding Of
the Juvenile Brain.

Practical Illustration of the Unfolding Of
the Juvenile Brain.
''TherR is nothing more beautiful
and interesting than to watch the grad
ual development and unfolding of the
Juvenile mind,'' said Mr.. Bixhy the
other day, as he sat talking with a
friend on railroad train
II Think he added, that we make
g mistake in discouraging these little
Inquiries after knowledge by refusing
to answer their childish questions. I
believe in giving an intelligent reply
to every question child asks, and
4. youth of ten years sitting in the
seat in front of Bixby turned around at
this moment
t'What ti,na is it, please, mister?' be
asked.
'1Vhat time, NY little man, said
Bixby cit is ten minutes after one, +"
'Your watch right?"
"Whv, yes, [ think SO. ="
"What kind Of watch is it2'
"a Walthanl."
elbow much did it co.t?"
"Why-I--I--it was q present
and
''1Vho gave ii to youP''
ooh, q society CT which I am menu
Der.
'tStcm-winder?'
"Yes-as l was saying" he went on
70 his friend, y Think
'.Let me see the inside Of It, put in
the inquiring mind
am afraid rll get dust in it, my
boy. Yes as was sayng-''
''What serciety give it to COUP
"1'he Phil Kearney branch OF the G.
A. E.. Of which 'a1la''
:'What's G. A. T. lnean29'
"Grand Army of the Republic. Now
sit down, my little man, and"
'<Dil they give you the chain, too9'
''Oh, yes. Now
IFS it real gold or only plated?''
"Gol.'
<:Let TIE feel it.
81 can't yery we'll for
"Whcre'd yon get that big rjngP"
"That was 8 present, too. Now, if J
were YOU I'D
"Who give it to your
ooh, friend, You see :ao", Smith,
as I waS sayn 60
'.Wl,,c kind Of set is there i'll that
ring?'
"lt's moss agate; now turn around
and
you going far?"
"Only to Buffalo"
'Wlat yon going there for?"
"On business; now you mast turn:
around and sit down. little fellow, for.
e.
sHVhat kind of husncss?'
''Co,ne, come; sit down now and
s'Dc yen livs in Bu.faio?'
"No; i--''
"WIere do you live?"
Sin Utica; sit down now and keep
s1i,l.
"What you going to DC in ButfalaE"
s:You ask too many questions.
"Xou gen knife?'
ayes but H."
How'll you trade sight unseenP'
II never trade that way. Now
yob--'
"'Fraid you get best, eh?''
"Sit down."
''[4et's gee your knife. +"
You ayssn asour.A .are."
't's 1t & i>a1r~ h!&s. : azss.,'"
"aes k.225n be::: ga earn around
szB ,s7sa 81: dogs 6 49, yeu orsn
vE G1,zsGs' q :::;2S HI y % <sAsnAs! Teu
+ xas,zx s;asa tsSssse:.:::: 2sah sa'o talking
machines cc,1l>l answer Now YOU
shut up!'~-Ze9aas Dane. i,s Detroit Free
Press.
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The Proper Size.

Customer Ito coal dsaler)-~I Want
to get ton Of coal,
Dealer--Yes, sir: what sizeP
Customer (timidly)-Weli, if it isn't
asking too much, sir, 1 would like a
two-thousand-pound TOM T. San.
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Wanted 1t for His Wife.

An agent who was selling a humor-
Gus book made speech to a crowd of
men in Tennessee town.
Wy. gentlemen, said he, this is
the funniest book ever printed. Over
here at Winchester ] sold one to a lady
and she laughed until she died-actu-
ally laughed herself to death y
Here said a man, II want {; copy
of that book. y
1..ss....AYes, sir, you shall have it, Judge.
Shall / send it to your Officer"
.'No, send it to the house. [ want
it for my wife. -Arkansas0 4ravc!e1:
Kentucky has more than 100000
assn,le,nple who can neither read nor write.
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"A physician of a Maryland Loard
of health has concluded that two hours
in the forenoon and one hour in the af-
ternoon is as long a time as children
can be pro6tably employed in school.
He advocates eighteen hours a week as
the limit for school children under
twelve, and says that it would be better,
from purely hygenic point, to make
Wednesday the weekly holiday rather
than Saturday, and to have examina-
tons to occur at the beginning Of q
school term rather than at tho end.
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-"Coddling'' is little Goldfish, while
''codlin'' is a little apple. Let writer's
mind tseir p's and q's as Franklin used
10 sar.
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"A neat de7ice for robbing the mail

A neat deyice for robbing the mail
has been discovered at Hartford. A
sheet Of stiff paper was passed by the
thieves through the opening of the
street lamp boxes with both ends fold
ed and gummed, SO that one end adj
hered to the box, and all letters drop
ped in thereafter were caught on the
other end and held, AT night the paper
with it's contents was withdrawn and
the letters distracted, opened and
rihed. The department is trying to
trace the thieves. The Indications are
that many letters have been thus stolen.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26
WASHING TON LETTER.
From our regular correspondent,

WAsHINGTON, April 20, 1883.
"Tbe greatest effort Of his life" is
the universal verdict upon the
speeoh delivered by Representative
Kelley, of PENNSYLVANIA, on Tues
dav in the House, in reply to the
sneecb Of Chairman Mills of the
Wavs and Means Committee, on the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26

tected equally; the manufacturer to
the extent of the difference in the
cost of manufacturing in Europe as
compared with that of America, and
the wool-growers to the extent of
the difference in the cost of rails
ing wool in other counties and
that of raising it in the United
States, where land, labor and living
are so much higher.
Competent judges claim that the
estimates of loss given above might
be increased one hundred million
dollars without exaggerating the
facts.
Respectfully Submitted,
WASHINGTON BELT.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26

Total loss to the wool industry, s355, so0, 900
If wool be placed on the free list,
our woollen manufacturers will OBJ
tain their raw material twenty-five
million dollars less than they now
do under protection. Will the peo-
pie of the United States get the full
benefit Of this sum in the cheaper
ing Of their woollen goods? We
think not,' but at least one-half Of
this amount will 90 to the manufae-
turers and merchants in the way of
increased profits, and this small sum
Of twenty-five million dollars is all
the saving which the manufacturers
and people can possibly make to off
set the enormous shrinkage enum-
Grated above.
Very few carpet woods are grown
in the United States, and as their
low value makes it rather unproft-
able to raise them, no great harm
would be done if they were placed
on the free list
We are now growing in the Unit
ed States nearly full supply of the
finer sorts of wool, and only require
to import about thirty-three million
pounds to give us q full supply.
Continue protection for a few years
and we shall raise all the wool we
require, carpet woods excepted. The
importation of worsted goods at the
present low and Must rate Of duty
has inflicted a very serious loss on
manufacturers Of this class Of goods.
This should be corrected, and worst
ed should be made to pay the same
duty rs woollens.
The admission Of ring, thread
rowing and slubbiug waste under q
duty of ten cents per pound, has
caused o most serious loss TO the
owners Of woods, for every pound Of
this so-called waste takes the place
of q pound Of fue secured wool, and
the extensive use of it is the princi-
pal cause of the large quantity Of
Territory, California and Texas
wool now remaining unsoId on the
markets. I, should have a duty
laid upon # The same as secured
wool (Which I'll virtually isl Of 500
cents per pound.
These two great companion indus
tries, the growing IF Wool and tile
manufacturing of Wo0le1 Goods,
.. "a .fg
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Third Congressional District Con
ventiOn,

by direction of the Republican national eK-
ecutiye committee, convention of the cleo
tors Of tho 30 congressional district is called to
meet ut Dodgcvllle Iowa county, Wednesday,
the 10Th day of MAY, 1883, ~ y o'clock, noon,
for the purpose Of eectng two delegates and
two alterUates to represent said district in the
Republican national convention. TO be held IN
Chicago, H., June 10th ncxt. In said congress
sional district convention each assembly dis
trict will b" entitled to two Delegates the 18th
senatorial district composed of the counties OF
Green and Lafayette, viii be entitled to four
deeEatee; The county Of Dane, -four delegates;
the county Of Grant three delegates, and the
county of Iowa, two delegates.
Gro. y. BRYANT,
A. C. MARTIN,
}. ". T.. RANDALL.
" A. JONES,
GEO. W. PARKER,
District Committee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26

20, 1871. This is a complete sur
render to the Republicans, who have
claimed right along that the Secre-
tary of the Treasury possessed this
authority. The claim has been de-
MED by Cleveland, but now that he
has carried the contraction of the
currency as far as he dares to, he
has to officially acknowledge his
error. Fine Statesmen are these
Democrats who have accidentally
got control of the Government.
The dearh of ex-senator Conkling
is deeply regretted here where he
had many personal friends, having
served in the House or Senate con
tinuously, with the exception of two
years, from the time he was first
elected to the House in 1858, until
he resigned from the Senate in 1891.
The Fisheries Treaty will be re-
jected by the Senate. The com
mittee on Foreign Relations have
already agreed to report it adversely
and there is no doubt that every
Republican and possibly some of
the Democratic Senators will vote
to reject it.
The House has passed the bill to
establish Department of Labor,
also the bill providing for arbitra-
tion between railroads and their
employees.
The idea originated by Mr.. Blame
some years ago of holding a Congress
Of the American nations in this city
has been finally adopted by Con
gress and the President has been
requested and authorized to invite
the several governments of the re-
publics of Mexico, Central and
South America, Hayti, San Domingo
and the Empire of Brazil to join
the United States in a conference to
be held here in or near the month
of April 1899. This conference
cannot fail of producing great good
to all the countries concerned, but
particularly to the United States.
In a little tilt with Senator Ed
munds on Tuesday, Senator Vest, of
Missouri asserted that the Electoral
Commission bill by which Hayes
acquired the Presidency was Re
publican measure. On the following
day Senator Sherman in his remarks
on the bill to admit south Dakota TO
the Union, took occasion TO prove
by the vote in the Senate that it was
a Democratic measure. Twenty-six
Democrats voted for it and only
'wenty-one Republicans, while four
teen Republicans and one Democrat
voted against it. Mr.. Sherman stated
that in view Of these facts he thought
Democrats were precluded from
assailing the bill as a partisan
measure.
Ex-Governor Routt, of Colorado,
who has been spoken of as candi.
date for the United State Senate
from that State, is in this city. He
emphatically denies that he has any
desire to come to the Senate. He
says, "Colorado does not favor the
Mills tariff bill. It's wool interest is
too big. 1t does not favor the pres
ent administration at all; it wants
free silver, to which the present
authorities are opposed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26

The Portage Register strongly
favors Governor J. NJ. Rqsk, for
President, and closes an able article
as follows:
Wisconsin will offer a name, a
man and record that will challenge
and defy hostile criticism. Not a
weak spot anywhere to be found.
Neither explanation, apology nor
defense needed. Strong with the
laboring men, to whom, when they
reyolted against defrauding railroad
contractors, he sent "bread, not
bullets. Strong with the business
men and manufacturers, whose all
he protected from the fury of auar-
chy. Strong with the masses, from
whose ranks he has risen by their
ten-fold repeated endorsement.
Strong with the poor, whose friend
he has always been. Strong with
the rich, whose rights he has always
preserved inviolate. Strong with
all the people, whose servant and
ruler he has SO long been. /. the
convention desires a "sure enough
winner of the great presidential
race of l6ss, let it take the advice
Of Wisconsin,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26
one hundred and Fifty thousand 9TH
or farmars wha keen small num-

one hundred and nifty thousand oth-
er farmers who keep small num-
Der of sheep, but these could not be
fairly classed as growers of wool.
These seven hundred thousand
farmers will average to own or pos
sess at least ono hundred and sixty
acres Of land each making a total
of one hundred and twelve million
res;-devoting the more desirable
parts of their farms to the raising of
grain, hay, etc, ia good share Of
which is re quired for the feeding of
their horses, cattle, hogs and sheep
during the winter season. and select
ing the poor, rough and billy por-
tions for the pasturing of their sheep;
thus putting to profitable use their
entire farms.
The number of sheep in the Unit
ed States is now estimated at fifty
million head, and the crop of wool
at about three hundred and fifty
million pounds, and worth on the
average of last years prices about
twenty-five cents; making the total
value Of wool crop of the country
seventy-seyen million dollars.
There are sold annually for export
and home consumption from thir-
teen to fifteen million sheep for
their mutton, bringing on the aver
age about three dollars per head |;
making the total value of wool and
mutton sold each season about one
hundred and twenty-five million
dollars.
If you remove the duty from wool,
and SO make the growing Of it an
improbable business, it would rem
der almost valueless the portions of
these farms devoted to sheep rails
ing, aud thereby would decrease the
average price of the whole farm at
least two dollars and half an acre,
making loss from this source alone
of two hundred eighty million dol
lars.
Sheep would also decrease in value
fully fifty cents per head, making
another shrinkage of twenty five
million dollars.
Wool would decline from seven
to eight cents per pound from the
average price of the last fifteen
years, adding another loss of TWEEN
ty-fve million dollars, and the farm
ers would be SO impoverished by the
low prices obtaiuablc for their wool
that out of actual necessity they
would be compelled to reduce the
wages Of these FIVE hundred thou
sand persons employed to assist in
the caring of their focks and the
doing Of other farm labor to the ex-
tent of at least fifteen cents per day
or about fifty dollars per year; max
ing still further loss of twenty-five
million dollars from this source
alone.
Now, for the sake of reducing our
revenue between five and six million
dollars, we must virtually impover.
ish one-ffteenth of the entire popu.
lation of the United States, and so
force this large body of people TO
follow a business that will yield no
profit, and compel them to raise
wool in competition with all the
poor and poverty stricken nations
on the earth, where land and labor
are fully one-half less than in this
country; and in doing this, we in
tlict upon this most honorable and
respected American industry the
following losses, viz;
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-04-26

But for the interference of the Dem
ocratic free-traders, who got into
power by accident and do not know
how to act now they are there,
further Republican tariff Legislation
of beneficial character would hay e
been perfected.