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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-14
CALIFORNIA HAS FIVE REPUBLICAN coNoHEss-

San Francisco Nov. 10 iSpecial Tho Congressional
delegation of California Will stand five Republicans
10 one Democrat Marion Biggs OF the Id District being
tho only Democrat elected De Haven (Rep) In the
Isl District Will have majority Of at least 100, al
thongh at one time it looked as though ne was
heat
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-14
A PARADE IN RsEY-CrTY TONIGHT.

The tubilant Republicans In Jersey City have had
paradcs and Qualifications nearly every night sincs
election and arrangements have been made for 9
monster parade in the lower part Of the city this
evening. On Monday night Colonel John J. Toney,
State Treasurer, gave reception and supper to the
Toey Guards in recognition Of their valuable services
during the campaign. The organization. under the
management Of Captain Charles w. Laws, was one Of
the finest campaign clubs in this part Of the country
and during the campaign received accepted invita-
lions to parade In NewYork, Brooklyn Newark Philae
dclphia and other places. Its fine appearance and
marching attracted attention and ELECTED applause
wherever it went. The reception was given In Colo,
mel Tofeys house and was attended By a number d
prominent Republicans
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-14
prRIIn nEorESrs Or e = CONANr.

Boston, Mass, Nov. he +. Conant, OF Boston,
provided in his will that upon the death Of Helen
r. Granger there shall be paid TO tho town Of Win
chester $4,000 for public library The residue Of
Mr. Conant's estate is to 60 TO the New England Hos
pital for Women and Children
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-14

II 90 but there for It, Accommoda tons
have been made Princeton for 600 people. Walter
G. Camp. Yale. 80, will DO the referee and Eugene Rich
ards Yale 'e5 umpire
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-14
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

TRIBUNE OFFICE Nov. Al m.-Clear weather prevailed
yesterday The temperature ranged between 400 and sac the
a6Ls being 40" on the corresponding
day last year. and ~ higher than on Monday.
In and this city to-day there will probably b.
warmer, fair weather.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
personiacationS of the Rainbow.

The rainbow is one of the atmoS-
pheric phenomena that have been most
generally personitied. Peoples of al
most every part of the world have
made of it living and terrible mon
Ster whose most yeniIe otfense Is that
of drinking up the waters of springs
and ponds. This belief is found
among the Burmese. Zulus, Indians Of
Washington Territory, ancient MeNI-
cans. and Firms. and exists among the
popular faucieS Of the SlaYs and Ger
mans. and some of the French popuIa-
tons. The Zulus and the harens Of
Burmah imagine that the rainbow
spreads sickness and death. The
Karens, when they see one, say to
their children: The rainbow has
come down to drink; do not play, Tor
fear that harm may come 70 YOU
Very singularly, too, the street boys
in Eolhylia run away crying, 'Bun,
it will drink YOU up" In Dahomey,
the rainbow is regarded rs a heavenly
serpent. DAMN, which insures happi-
ness. The modcrs Greeks hold 1t "a he
n benaiiceut but lust and severe nero;
they say that any one who Jumps over
a rainbow will change sex at oneei but
this saving, which is also current IA
Alsace, is only picturesque Wayoi ln-
dicating the impossIbility Of trans
forming a man into woman, q q
woman into mau. The Dehaus
offered cakes 10 the rainbow. and the
Pcruyjans put its image ON the walls
of theiv temples. The Ca-lbs consider
ed its appearance "a the sea % faNnr-
able urtsagc: but uu the earth it- iu-
huence was peruiciuus. anu they ma
from is View 1t WA, persanii.ed uy
.aNtprr ian7t IS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07

and politely assisted her in opening a
rate. As she was comparative
stranger in town he said: You don't
know, perhaps that, | am Mr.. .
Haven'tyou heard me preachgn ''lhayc
beard thee try was the quick re-
ioiuder. Rare Bits.
yagrant-. Beg pardon mum, but
could We have the kindness to lend me
"A box Of sardines to open with this
can-opener9" Mrs. Oatcake-' Sorry
/ can't poor fellow; but here's a dip
per Of water and tract. | kinder
hate to send the poor away empty
handed. -Judg'.
Invalid %, Annabel, I'm so glad
you've come; / had the most horrible
dream last night; ! dreamt / died and
that met that horrid Susan Dingley
with the angels, and her halo fitted
her ever so much better than mine did
me, and her wings were too beautiful
for auything.-LVc.
Mrs. AnglayS Ito recently-imported
butle) Simpkins. | am going to give
dance Tuesday, and l would like you
to assist in the supper-room. Simp-
kins Sorry, mum; impossible, mum;
we ave harranged to ave swamy
dansanty in the servants all on that
very hevening. -IOUH Topics.
Schomann (cordially)-I'm the adj
vance agent for the great and only
show on earth. We strike your town
next week. Here's a couple Of passes;
take it in. Hotel clerk (coldly)-any
baggage? Schomann obviously -
No. Hotel clerk (briehy)-Two dol
lars, please. Philadelphia call.
Landlady (swell boarding-house)-
"Have you any children. madame
Applicant (meekk) -" Only one, a
little boy. and he is sickly.' Land
lady (dub;onsly- Il hardly know
what TO say, madam. Some of these
sickly children linger long time you
know, and don't like to take any
chances @ ~. FYr. SIM
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
Expressions rabooed.

Our clever friend. "The Listened
Of the Boston Transcript, caught 4
wigging the other day from byPS
critical Boston person for using /
expression, at goes without saving 4
The correspondent said in effect tat
he could have no respect for or d
ing with a writer who could be gu l
of using that dreadful imponedphr'
The Listener pleaded guilty, aud |!
SO crushed by the sudden attack 90
he promised never to use the cNpr I
sion again. Another correspond 4
not relishing this meek submission 4
the arrogant remark of number WFi''
that if we arc too rigid in our censo
ship of expressive phrases Of one
or another, we shall have to part eoIl
pany with a good many idioal'
savings which we are now lnhoee
enough to think are expressive ~
useful. There is, for instance u
very contradictory phrase. 81 am n1
taken" We don't all mean thal Y
are mistaken when we say that' p"
mean that we mistake. But we cog
tinue to say 1--WE are mistaken aaI
may with perfect propriety say u
because usage has TRANSFORMED 1l
crvstallized the sentence into me
posite meaning. Then there i y
begging the question. " EyerioogII
knows what it means, but what =
when one examines the phrase p
question: For the sake OF Ia5
gumentn is an intrinsically o9'nyl
some phrase. but a very usefai y-l
Poor health is term tabooea ',
good many liberal people, who q u
that they either have health Or az N
have it. and that if they have hy4,i ,
it is good. OF words, there i 2 III
list Of contradictory ones. If you I'9 =
in the dictionary for the deilnilg! Z. !
the word ''rayel, you will ma j. ~ !;
down as meaning "to unraleA i. a." a.,
YOU look for "unrayel, You WI! HG
it means ito rayel." Madness l's' .
the direction of verbal scrupuloousl,,55
or sorupulosity as Charles sum
would have it.-Bu8alo Adger''se''
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
The Direction of sounds.

The average child, returning from
school. ON entering the house calls,
"Mammam The mother, perhaps, re-
plies, 'Nesw where are Iou? is
tho next question. and the reply IN
forms the child not onlyas 10 the floor,
but as TO the roomin which the mother
can be found. The child can not de-
termiuo it's mothers location by the
sound Of her voice. This exaggerated
instance may be owiugto the reflection
of the sound, moi only from the walls,
but from the strata OF air differing in
temperature and humidity.
How many of us going to the next
street. running at right angles 20 the
car-tracks, can tell, from hearing the
ben of the approaching Strcct-ear be-
fore the car comes in sight. whether
that car is going north or south? 1t
does not seem that animals can deter
mine the direction of sound much bet,
ter than man. The sleeping dog
reused by his masters call. is at
abroad as to his masters location, and
determines it 10y sight or scent, or
both. frequently running in several
dilloroRt directions before hitting the
right one. The deer on being startled
by the unseen hunters uead. is not al
WAYS right in his selection Of the route
to ret out of harms way. \ flock OF
geese, ducks. or other birds. on hear
ug gun. is rs likely to fly toward as
from SAC sportsman. II he has kept en-
tirely out Of sight. and the flash of his
piece HAS not been seou.-Atn0'a bHytS
Jo3uSat. Ia Popular Science NoHt&y.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07

There ia story Of two Rochester
men who lately were in New York on
legal business 1t occurred to them to
consult Mr. Conkling, and they did SO
st some length and much to their salts
faction As they rose 10 80 the spokeS-
man said, Mr. Conkling we thank you
for Your advice, which is valuable 70
is. When We Get home we will send
l5u 4 check for 500. 20, ne. gentle
men. said the ex-senator. don't do
tAar | am only loo happy - be 81
service to YOU. and make no charge.
You are quite welcome. but when ! do
charge my fee is 5000. Rochester ti'-
loa.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
Good Company.

1t takes two 10 make bargain but
sometimes it takes only one to make "a
conversation II is wonderful, too,
how very interesting such a converSa-
ton often is-to the one.
Ex-Governor Begiah Magotiiu. Of
Kentucky rot into the train one day at
Frankfort 10 20 to Lexington. He sat
down lbs the side Of very handsome,
mtelligent-looking young man The
governor, who was great talker. at
once began a. chat
Ihe Young man listened well, APP
pareutly, uodding his head from time
% time, o. il he agreed with the gov
eruor' S views hut it seemed that he
could uaJ nnd time to put ia q word.
This continued until they reached Lex
ington. when cordial hand-shake and
am exchange of cards took place.
subsequently. iu the corridor Of the
Phoenix hotel the governor was telling
g party "a friends about the meeting.
saying The young imam was one If the
Masr a- ea az fellows he ever en-
cauutrrej
perhaps some Of YOU know him.
sl.a he. "he ha one brown ana one
-ray te bu, stop, have his card L"
Nv .lt Governor said one II the
pan1 via. Bob King he's deaf
ANA aara Every body know tim
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
Germany's Bold Young Prince.

Picture to yourself young man in
his 30th year feet in height, straight
az an ash sapling, with finely formed,
slender limbs, narrow hips, swelling
chest, and square broad shoulders,
with a smallish head on long, fun
throated neck, held proudly upright,
and an Oval face, with an aquiline
effect of profile, clear cut, strong chin,
Bonded nose, prominent though not
high cheek bones, and good open fore
head all as regular in ensemble as a
Greek triumphal arch, with clear,
sharp, cold gray-blue eyes, light-brown
hair, close-cut behind, but longer on
the crown, and rising from the temples
to form a sort of ridge from the part
ing across the brow, and "A yellowish
mustache curled up at the ends-and
you have such portrait as words can
paint of William, crown prince of
Prussia and coming German emperor.
All Europe, with a thousand sons Of
royal houses, does not present another
such regal figure. The kaiser who ia
dead and the kaiser who is dying have
by their photographs familiarized all
the civilized world with two striking
and splendid physical ideaso a soldier
who looked every inch king. But
each gained much by the effects of
beard, of lines of care in the face, and
of imposing corporeal bulk. They
were impressive in the sense OF a
noble old mastif, or of a huge, honest,
deep-chestod boal-hound. This young
man suggests instead the notion of u
perfectly sleuth-hound, under
whose smooth, delicate soft coat lie
muscles of steel, ana in whose mouth
sinister legacy of nhtre-is the in
hcrent taste of human blood. Not that
his face is sullen or savage in its eX-
preston. Its habitual cast in repose
is calm, self-possessed, somewhat mcdi-
tative, without wrinkles either on the
brow or at the ends of the mouth. The
eyes, too, are grave, intent, without
being severe And ! saw this face
light up the other night, when William,
after bidding the English princes
goodbye az the station, turned and
walked down the space cleared through
the cheering crowds to his carriage
with very sweet and winning smile.
Nothing could have been more gra-
cious or kindly than his bloude counter
ance, as William glanced along the
rows of faces as he walked and lifted
his finger to his cap in easy, pleased
recognition of the cheers.-NcW York
Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
The Graphaphone.

Few people away from Washington
are aware Of the fact that every word
uttered upon the floor Of either House
or Senate, when addressed TO either
Speaker or President, is taken down
and appears in the Congressional Record.
1t is true that much time, money, pa
per, and printers ink are wasted by
this, but nevertheless ii is fact. But
80 do this. of course, requires the en-
ployment of the most rapid and eX-
perienced stonographers. Five Of
these are employed upon the floor Of
the House simply to take down tho
speeches, debates, etc. The chief of
the corps receives salary of $4,000,
while the other four are paid 81 900
less. These men Simply take down the
words in shorthand, working for fifteen
minutes each in succession. When
each ones fifteen minutes expire he re-
pairs to the official reporters room,
where ten more stenographors arc en-
ployed-two to each man--to whom
are read the reports taken on the floor,
and who take u copy in shorthand,
using typewriter TO prepare the copy
for the printer. These man are paid by
space, getting 81 per column in tho
Record. The same is also gone through
with in the Senate daily.
The stenographers have in the last
few days secured machine to tacili-
tats vSrk which has already proven of
iH~stimable value. It is ono of Edi-
sons inventions, and is calcd the
graphaphone. The machine much re-
sembles a lady's sewing machine and
is worked in the same manner-by 4
pedal. The instrument is used in this
wise: When one Of the principal
stonographers concludes his floor re-
port he goes to this machine, reads his
report into a funnel connecting with
the main cylinder, which is gutta-por-
cha coated and revolveS while the point
of needle connecting with the tube
from the funnel mouthpieee rests
against 1t. The cylinder envclops a
screw which prevents the needle trac-
ING a former line When the steno-
grapher finishes reading his report an
other operator attaches tubes to the
cylinder, connecting with his ears,
works the machine, and the words of
the Stenographer are repeated to him
in the same tone of voice as the pre-
vious tau5cr The rapidity Of the talk
can be regulated, and the operator can
thus with ease take down the exact
words by the use Of a typewriter or an
ordinary pen. Themachinc is certain
ly wonderful and enables person with
the assistance of typewriter to do the
work of two ordinary stenographers,
who first have to take the report in
shorthand and then translate it,
These gGtta-percha cylinders, l neg
lccted to mention above. can be stored
away, and years after, if placed upon
the machine, the same words used to-
day will be repeated in the exact tone
of the speaker Of to-day. Thus should
any record be destroyed these eylin-
ders may be resorted TO.
Another thing about this machine is
that u person here can talk for an
hour into one, mail the cylinder to At
lanta, where toy the use of machine
the exact words used here will be re-
peatcd, thus saving the labor of writ
inc long communications. 49, .itla,ua
Constellation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
The Hot-N arer Cure'

4 Knoxville lawyer, after % !
various remedies for Bright u
without being at all hencllted' wa m
yjsed to try hot water. lie ~
r,,ke n lone story short, ! Wy
J,iuliup it. / felt sure that d cos
do mo- harm. and It cost no'h'H-
drank % glass Of hot water 'A.. IA
before retiring. ! drank ano'ns'
next morning before breaNi'lI' An "a
l,efnre dinner. before supper. ana ~
ti,.n. remained in the town Nu.
T.v.ls for 4 little more than = wv
Tie third dav after beginning ~
OF the water | felt more com, .,,.
tbau / had for months. l 'ilt0' Ii
~, ein and morphine. At ins .-S
tgr week | could walk with ins III
srect ! Was sleeping well AZ ~
and ENJOYING nv meals. I ~ sni "a
timed Tie use of the hot Nate.' ND
aav / am a stronger man thau - .gs
evar been. | have never ehlo' A.,
.-sua,.al GOOD health, and coma.
.aIf so,ind man. Do YOU |oae-
~, baiieyinr I'm the .hot-waieF ~
i ten y0u that it has Vg 5,ra
privbtS disease. ] haze ~ Fv
4i-,i eascs 81 dyspepsia cuif1.
rnre ratarrh. 1t will cure '
,-bi.b 4 eapsed tit bad ea.A
w., = ','s No., !, ~ well A. tlt dls
.iver. constipation, OF
those who do not believe -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
The Chironbo.

Mg.iEtroduction to in,
the borders of Lake Shirwa , ~ 'eo 4
smaller aud less known Of G
African lakes-and ! Shall ro
incident exactly as i find i.ie..,..'1
! had stopped one day 2roa
t'll' airy grass to mark a rs@ sa
the ancrold, when one AZ
shouted "Chirombor' "cb;. II
means an inedible beast of on -oi ~.
and | turned round to seq ~, -! ava
animal was. The native ~
straight atmyself. Icould see ,a, ~,
but he approached, and pointjrr -'.,I
to wish of hay which had fsla7s W
my coat, repeated. "ChiromL1 d
lieving it must be some ipsec,
hay, | took it in my fingers. joot
over 1t, and told him poi6todl, -V n /
was no "Chirombo" there HI s,, Gy
and. pointing again TO tbe bar
claimed: "Moio" cts aliyerS" II
hay itself was the chirombo IA.
eHaggerate when I say that fiat
OF hay was no more like an jnser, =. !!
my aneroid barometer Ihadmar,
resolved never to be taken in Lr j
of these mimetic frauds wa. II
credulOuS enough to SUSPECT tbo, i
descriptions of Wallace and oA
were somewhat highly colored Inn,
confess to have been completeh, snl
he'd and beaten by the verv nrsr ro,,J
etic form ! met. 1t was one ~ ~
very remarkable family, the phasmij
but surely nowhere else IN ratn,
could there be such another cragtra
Take two inches of dried yellow gral
stalk, such as one might pluck Ia r.,
through the stem of pipe: then "a,
six other pieces nearly as long anal
quarter as thick; bend each in n
middle ut any angle you ike "a
them in three opposite pains, and ao,,
at any angle you like, upon the N
grass stalk and you have my cbnomi'
When you catch him his limb, 4,
twisted about at every angle as if n
whole were made of one long stalk
the most delicate grass, hinged in
dozen places, and then gently cu,fl
up into q disheyeled heap. H,v;1
once assumed a position, by woDda \
full instinct, he never moves, or varil
one of his many angles by half n
gree. The way this instinct keel
up the delusion is indeed almost
wonderful as the mimicry itself yt
may turn him about, and over AZ
over, but he is mere dried grass. ar
nothingwill induce him to acknowled.
the animal kingdom by the iaintc
suspicion of spontaneous moyemer
All the members of this family hs
this power of shamming death; but ho
such emaciated and juiceless skeleto
should ever presume to be alive is 4
real mystery. These phasmida lo
more like ghosts than living creatur,
and so slim are they that, in trying
kill them for the collecting box i
strongest squeeze between finger al
thumb makes no more impression up
them than it would upon fine st,
wire, and one has to half-guiloti
them against some hard substance /
fore any little life they have is sac
foed to science, - Good Words.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07
NInravian uNmns.

The Norayians have no confession If
fnith. a. such; but the doctrines which
they uphold are embodied ia cate
chism and special litany. called TIE
easter morning ljtsuy ihe ritual ID dc
cidedlv jiturgipsl in jts character. a
litany i rccit.3 every sunday morning,
and special services distinguish tae
,-celesisstjcsl year The hymuology j.
rich, aud church maSjc of q high class
ical standard fuliy developed. Love
fDa>ts in imitation Of the 4spae =
apostolic times. ara celebrated. har-
pes hsss4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-06-07

plorer, Livingstone, on one Of his most
notable exploring expeditions. She
spoke huently many of the native
languages.
An interesting legal question is like
" TO arise over the finding of a jar con
tanning $500 at Holman station, Ind,
by Smith Stewart, on a farm which he
had rented. The landlord claims the
money on the ground that it had been
buried by his sister, now deceased.
The collection includes some coins over
200 years old.
Mrs. Theresa Fair, who obtained a
divorce from ex-United States Senator
Fair several years ago with her free
dom received $4,500,0O0 in cash and
property, has started East from San
Francisco with her two daughters for
visit in Eastern watering places. She
travels in style in palace-car. 1t has
a steward and cook and is one of the
best equipped cars in the country.
Marcus A. Root, the first American
daguerreotyper, died in Philadelphia
recently at the age of 80. In 1S43 his
attention was called to the daguerpo-
type. He had orders from all over the
world, and founded establishments in
New York, Boston, st Louis and Wash
ington. The first daguereotype he
ever took was taken on solid silver, and
was view from one of the windows of
the Philadelphia Mint.
Alfred Jackson, John Smith and John
Vice, all of Owingsville KY, receive
S72 a month apiece from the Govern
ment. Their pensions are granted on
the score of total blindness contracted
during the late war They were MEM
bers of the same company of the same
regiment wenty-fourth Kentucky IN
fantry. Vices claim has Just been
granted, and he obtains over $4,000 in
back pension. He has been a mendi-
cant for years, and his helpless family
has endured the most abject poverty.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-31
MISCHIEF THE WINNER.
A Dog Fight Yesterday Morning
Near Minneapolis.

A dog fight occurred yesterday morn
ing at 4:30 about five miles from Mime
apolis, which was witnessed by $50
sports, who put up good sum for re-
served seats. The dogs are known as
Mischief and Jackson. and are owned
by Minneapolis men. The fight
had been talked of for long
time, and considerable interest
was manifested in the result, in
the way of small wagers. Mischief, the
winner, was the favorite, and odds were
quickly taken by the hackers of jack
son, which lost in forty-seven minutes.
The rounds were four minutes, with
one minute rests, and in case the dogs
could not be separated, they were
to continue four minutes longer.
The time was called several times, but
Mischief had such grip on jackson
that they were only separated twice
during the whole battle. After fighting
forty-seven minutes the referee decided
the fight in favor of Mischief, who was
as fresh as when he started. Jackson
was hardly able to stand and cried like
a baby from the severe punishment he
received. Mischief weighed fifty and
jackson fOrty-eight pounds.