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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03

years old, but he does not appear to be
over 30. He is a stoutly-bult man,
w,tll big Scotch head, ruddy COM
pIeX.on, chin whiskers Of a silvery
gray, and a vigorous mustache He
is a tlreless worker in the committee
room. and is looked on as an encyclo-
pedia Of knowledge in financial mat
tiers.
Miss Amelic Rives, the Virginia
authoress, lives in practical seclusion
on her fathers large farm near Cob
nam, in Aibemarle, County, Virginia,
She is % years old, tall, slender, and
graceful, perfect blonde. and pretty.
In addition to her literary talent she is
somewhat of an artist and spends a
Great deal of her time in her studio.
She is passionately fond of horses and
dogs.
Wichita girls stand no fooling. One
Of them was to have been married
day or 40 since, and the girl was all
ready, the minister on hand, and the
feast, was spread, but still no bride
groom. ''l'lI wait for him just ten min
utes, and then Pllopen proposals" Ten
minutes flew like the wind, and little
red-haired fellow, with a paper collar
aud his trousers frayed at the bottom,
stepped up, proposed, was accepted,
married, and scooped in the banquet.
Senator Sherman is a most method
zeal and orderly man. His study at
all times is model of neatness The
papers on the desk arc such as lie is
occupied with at the time, and they are
arranged carefully. If book is lying
on the desk it was not left from its
place on the shelves by accident or
through neglect There are no piles
Of papers lying about or scraps upon
the floor The rugs are straight, and
comfortable chairs OF variety of
styles are placed conveniently about
the room.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03

On the first day Of the tenth moon
OGth of November) the winter
charities are opened in PellIn for the
dispensing of food When the colo
season is further advanced the distri-
button of clothing is made and the
almshouses become filled. Two men,
bers of the staff Of the Chinese Times
recently made q tour of inspection
among the charities in the south city
of Pekin. All the institutions visited
were supported by imperial bounty.
The first one reached was a porridge
kitchen. a little east of the great cen
trail city gate Ch'ien Men. The
.'g,ainary rice was already cooked
and waiting hot in the great wooden
tubs usually found in such places; but
although it was o'clock none OF the
poor people had arrived. The eXpla-
nation of this unusual lateness is that
~ place half mile away they were
drawing the ratons of good millet
pOrridgo first. The granary rice is of
bad quality, and the people much pre-
fer the millet The second place
visited was one where sound millet
porridge was served, and there men.
women, and children to the number of
/ 200 ~ ere waiting in great rooms or
barracoons the distribution of the food.
It soon began. Two files marched out
simultaneously, men on one side, wo-
men on the other, each person carrying
a vessel of some kind into which with
great expedition a dipper of hot
miIlet porridge was ladled. Most of
the recipients returned to their homes
to eat, but many homeless ones found
quiet places in wood-yards and sunny
corners of tie streets to finish up the
millet while hot and then 60 to the
place here the rice already mentioned
was waiting for them. At the third
place visited the dispensing was al
ready over, only 500 applicants having
presented themselves to-day, most OF
them, as usual, being women and
children. There was one of the de-
partments or branches of 4 large and
expensive charity under the title
Hundred Goodncsses." The func-
tionary in charge informed US that
several thousand sometimes we're fed
A few steps farther on we're the free
schools of this same charity, and still
farther to the west at a short distance
the winters lodgings, known as The
Warm Quarters. This is appropriated
for women and children, fifty or sixty
of whom had already arrived. They
receive porridce of millet and granary
rice twice a day, on which they sub
sist during the winter. The Warm
Quarters" number eight in the south
city, and were opened about ten years
ago in addition to the regular official
a,mshouses. The administration of
tue charity leaves little to be desired,
many thousands of poor people being
housed, fed, and clothed during the
winter in perfectly efficient manner.
-ChtReSc Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03
Armenian Women at Home.

The Armenians belong to two classes
the kahn, or coarse and the tHgc,
or refined The former are menu
beers Of the GUegorian, or National,
Armenian church. They are very
conservative, aud, especially in the
interior, adhere rigidly TO their
ancient oriental manners and customs,
hich the jHgf. who belong 10 the
Roman Catholic church aud copy Eu-
ropeun manner, have in a great meas
are set ASIDE
I'm Armenia the women are secluded
to the extent Of dining and sitting
apart from the men. and out of doors
they ARE clnaked and yelled like Turk
ish women, The Armenian ladies OF
Cons.autinople are renowned for their
beauty. which consists cl alv in the
lauzuor of their dark, almond-shapcd
ewes. A. a rule however, the Armen-
an type is course, especially among
the lower classes.
In The capital aadiu Smyrna. where
tins community Is very numerous, the
upper classes of both Gyegorans and
Catholics are we'll educated anal not
much inferior - manners 10 their
npi-u0ars ot other races While re-
siding is tile latter city ] was invited
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03
Keposc in the PuipIt.

The CorHhW Magazine contains
some amusing "reminiscences of a
clergyman. One parson of his youth,
he says, went fast asleep while he was
preaching. He vas always slow and
on this occasion got slower and slower
till he stopped altogether. This woke
up those who nodded, and on looking
towards the pulpit they saw him sleep
ing while he stood He passed from
a sermon INTO "A snore. So did another
preacher in Rutlandshire. as related
on the authority Of "A parsou there. y
The second sleeper had gone to take
the duty of a neighbor a few miles off
in August. He walked TO the church.
and being in good time looked into the
yicarage. A servant said: you seem
tired, sir; won't you have a glass of
ale after your wake" Yes he would.
and be did, and fell refreshed. The
afternoon, however, was very hot and
the rustic congregation who had been
reapiug aud binding all the week most
ly fell asleep. There was anasal muir
muring among the people. The doors,
too, were wide open, and the humble
bees sailed slowly down the aisle adding
TO the mum. Thus when the preacher
went into the pulpit he caught the
sentiment OF the congregation, and
after putting his face reyerent!y be-
tween his hands for q few seconds,
remained in the same attitude fast
asleep.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03
The Interesting Age for Women.

.'The latest fad said n shrewd old
maid. who keeps an eye on all that
roes on in society and has the cutree
everywhere, sis for the young men of
20 or % to liirt with'sOme woman of
IS or 40. l don't think there is any,
thing wrong in these attachments-the
friendship is purely platonic. ! asked
for an explanation from my big BROTH
en-, and he saws n woman is never in
teresuug until she is so. Girls say
YES to everything you say he said,
or else they are SO smart there is no
enduring them. A woman, when she
epts To be Is or 80 finds out that if She
holds her own size must have some
thing beyond n handsome face, SO she
reads and tries to be well informed.
They learn to be tolerant Of others
,..eas, and nos to preface every adj
iective with $.
Young men of 20 to 25 know more
than their seniors i'm literary matters,
and more than they do themselves
later. They are awtully book learned,
tell You. and use less slang bus a
great deal more profanity than we do.
So / suppose that is why they catch
on the old girls. You just talk with a
man of 50. and you find that all he
thinks of is business. q. yes. You
lust talk with "a girI-oue OF our -et-
and 1t Is dress, dress, and nothing else.
Of course. the boys don't marry these
old eir.,. Men seem afraid of q wo-
man vino knows enough to bc an
tuual. bat such woman makes y
p.castn, companion for n tete-a-tgtc. z
-igF.a NtFS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03

to an Armenian fancy-drcss ball, where
was the only European present.
Everything was very well arranged.
Tho stewards were perfect in their
duties, and the costumes were ex-
tremely rich, varied, and picturesque.
One pretty girl in particular-dressed
in the ancient Turkish eostume-made
a great sensation, and was deseryedly
besieged by partners, for she waltzed
most gracefully. Many of the ladies
and gentlemen present spoke English,
nearly all expressed themselves fluent
" in French, and | was indebted to
them for a most enjoyable evening
In the privacy of their homes the
Armenian women of all classes are.
as arule, untidy and slatternly. They
are, however, passionately fond of
finery, and in the towns, having dis
carded the natural costume, they
copy the Partisan fashions But their
want Of taste seldom fails to make
itself evident in toilets of glarng and
lll-assorted colors, while those who
can afford it overload themselves with
iewelry. Out of doors they wear pre-
posterously high-heeled French boots,
on which they totter along the round
ly-Pavcd streets, but on returning
home they exchange these for slippers
down at the heel, and their toilets for
petucoats and jackets, the latter OF
thin calico in summer and fur-lined
stuff in winter. - lhe W0mua'S World.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03

Three men Of Chill icothe, Ohio. are
about to begin the manufacture Of a
novel scale for which they hold pat
ents Instead Of weighing in pounds
and ounces it indicates the value of
articles weighed Foe example, if O
man buys butter at 80 cents a poand
an Indicator is placed at 3D. This SO
adjusts the scale that the lower indi-
cater shows tile value Of any weig Of
butter 1t that price tina. Is pat Oh the
scales. The machines on this prn-
ciple VIII be manufactured to weigh
up - tons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03
Plowing by Man Power

An amusing sight was wines i-,
Mr.. Watson's neighbors ~.
MIR. Watson cultivates a lI,l''
around the section house AMI .-,.
duties require most OF ms . i, '-s
road, he puts in an hours "O''
ever he can get a chance b,.
Last Monday he ba o.. seca1 IA
Of for the afternoon on 49, -
heavy rain, bat when i sloI n,
inr he thougat he wouId ~.
hour or so blowing up ms - ' +,
After trying in VAN 10 g.
or hire a horse, aud dese.
let such a good opp,or.0a"
hitchcd up "old Joe, one .....-s
Han hands. and did tie "39
styIe. The old darsy h.@s ...,.
erably about this noEe'
but broke no traces "h..'
beipg done. Fl0rlal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03

Cyrus Sturtevant, livery !
keeper of Ware, has the dearesI
in town. He bought him from 4
Coulon for 800, and he has so'
fused $500 for him. He is a %
setter, and is 3 years OLD, veg
sixty-Gve pounds. He vii, ride 4
carriage and hold the rcIns VIZ
two fore paws, and sit on tie sea-
a man. He will jump out Of
riage going at full! speed ana
back a whip or handkerchief
master. He is a great cara'ia1
horses. and knows the name Of
horse owned by his master
master wants to water any I
horse in the stable all he has 10
to tell the dog to bring gu. I
horse, calling the horse by naIl'I
Immediately the dog goes TO q
loosens the horse, and bring y.
water. and will do this with
horse in the stable, He Will a''
out the horses to be harnes'151'.
is a quiet, gentle, aliectiona'' !. !.
of liver color, and is well proP5'ia.
according to his weight r T
Globe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03

Thc wild hogs Of Missouri being well
nigh extermnuted, that state can no
longer supply the eastern market with
"bear' meat.
Denison Tex, sports, have their dog
fights on the main street Of the town.
and some Of the unappeciatiye citizens
have yeutured to complain.
Tramps from this country have be-
come 50 numerous in the City Of
Mexico, it is said that they have be-
come great nuisance to Americans
residing there,
Gov Buckncr of Kentucky is
veteran smoker who finds more solace
in pipe ,han i'm cigar He is
garcIy seen without cob-pipe in his
mouth.
James II. Beard has just completed
striking three-quarter portrait OF
Gen. sherman which gives great salts
faction to the grzzled veteran and bis
friends.
The Prince Of Monaco, who is now
20 years old, is blind. SGH he
manages to rake in an income Of
5000 600 a year. and is economical in
his expenditures to the verge Of ponuri-
BUSINESS,
Mr.. G. II. Andrews, who has just re-
tired from the head of the Boston
Heraid, was a worker who stuck close
to his desk. He is said not to have had
vacation of more than two weeks in
thrty-liyo years.
John Spring, an Englishmau 20
wears Of age, who lives at jamestown,
N. Y, boasts of being tie father OF
thrty-two children lie has also ac-
cumulatcl considerable property, and
still works every day
Aunt Hannah Cary, negro woman
living at Monteyallo, Ala, is 10 years
Old, as is proven bv the slave records
of her former master. She gained her
second sight some time ago, aud is nov
cutting new set of teeth
Daniel Dougherty recently said that
"in every respect Philadelphia is small
as compared with New York" And
the New York papers, wlth the Grant
monumental Disgrace constantly be-
fore their eyes, have the cheek to
ehuckle over the remark.
A hotel in Ness City, Kas., it is re-
ported, displays this sign in its Office:
"Any tonderloot calls suit Of rooms
sweet, or a spit-boX cuspIdor, or
lookiu' glass q mirror, cannot stop in
this house. and VIII find the climate
healthier farther east.
Mime Melba is the Singer who win
probably be chosen to I'LL the part of
Juliet when Gouuod Romeo and
juliet is brought out at tie Grand
Opera in Paris tn spring She is an
Australian, is pretty, and is regarded
as possible rival and successor of
Natt
Valentine Winter, a banker of Day
ton o., at n family dinner recently
distributed 100000 of his estate
among six children and the heirs of
two others. He had previously given
them 100000 This is not the Winter
of discomfort among the lucky re-
Gspients.
Edward Brown, brother Of John
Brown Of Harper's Ferry, is still living
at Columbus, o. He much resembles
his dead brother, and has the same
earnest and ut times almost fierce way
Of speaking. He recently declared he
was glad John Brown was killed just
when he vas and as he was,
Lord Comtonay, who is heir to the
Elrldom of Devon, made his third APP
pearunce in the Bankruptcy Court last
month, ~ hen it was found tpat he
owed $229 235, and had no assets what
over. In the twenty years of his
J.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03
Daniel Webster's Fin.

/. One cne, Of the interesting tbfon
graphs left by the Ia 'v1- 4, q
g il Is a note Of Rufus C '' v
dorsed by Daniel Webster ),
wanted 500 and applied ~ /. |
Tor 1t. Webster said. INA
that amount, butt Mn a wv a
Choaie. Choate hayi5gs' q. IL. 'afI
ms pleasure Mt such , e1p-a
Webster said, DRAW Tod r.o \
sign it and bring Won III II. loie
Then, while Choate Was ' ".l 4'II
the note, a new idea SEEM 'Ia
to Webster, and he said ,.Jr % 4
are about it, Choate. mako I. ~
sand. III take the other fv. T,
myself. . SO the note va. .li
$1,000. Webster took b,s o'l I
ws'klng to Corcoran & R
ing house, entered and 5.'.
Corcoran. Good morping r'l \.
retary.P Mr.. Corcoran ~. ~
~ hat can [ do foryou m.
"a little favor for my friend he c', ',
said Webster. lie then nr,I,.-l
note, and Mr.. Corcoran re9J.',. \
to cash it, Webster had N, 4
out in two equal parts. AMI T..
the parts into separate noe, =
turned to Mr.. Choate ID d.r'i
proceeds of this succes,fp. ~.
operation Washington Star
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03

ii Is said there are not more than
aga hundred negroes ia ALI Paris,
.nd throughout France very few
PERSONS of African blood are to te
taHnl.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-05-03

operation. - lld3hiHQtgn Star
Many of Colorado's mo.t /
enced sheep-owuers have wv
that tlocks Of wethers, until +
mails are 6 or Z years, are fnpr
profitable to hold than II
breeding ewes, the winter de,,
IS so much less with male than Il
sheei
There are fourteen Thousand
of vineyards along the Hudson
valley, and the average yiell i
tors to the acre. AT 5 Cen
pound this means $2lO per acre
grover. Some grow larger
than this average, aud realize
acre in sales.
The black-top Spanish merlin
being bred extensively in Vs.
ginia and Pennsylvania. T.e
delane wool, and the carca,,
about 100 pounds. Breeders vi
stuck to the Spanish merino for
are now going peIl-mell into 4
ing black-tops.
The practice Of covering cl1,.l
grapes by placing paper bags
them commenced some five yearJ
and resulted in producing fruit
out spot or blemish. Recently !!
gardeners have bagged tomatoes
the pears produced Gin dwarf
with equally good result.
SCOT is a very valuable ierI
but it is much better to apply TOD
cool land tuan to that which id
warm. 1t absorbs heat and appI
ates moisture from the soil. A
quantity OF SCOT placed in bid
melons, squashes, and pumpkins
cause them to grow rapidly. ID
kills many insects.
A COW that has been made to u
calf is seldom as good as it was
vious to being allowed to keep tht
as it becomes addicted to vices d
them being that of "holding u5
milk. The calf should be rem
from the dam as early as possible
taught to drink from . pail or
artificial contriyance.
The report is published inanei
paper that Il woman who raised
sweet-potato vines in pot for
ornaments planted them in the s
and raised a good crop OF y
The planting was done by maxi
ridge, forming a trench in the
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-06-28
AFTER whole week of bitter

AFTER a whole week of bitter
wrangling the Chicago Convention
has done It's work, and of course the
Republican party will accept it as
good whether they like the ticket or
not. Gen. Benz. Harrison, of Indi-
ana, was nominated for President on
the eighth ballot Monday, and Levi
P. Morton, of New York, was nomina-
ted for Vice-President. Blaine's
friends caused dead lock and Sher-
man was unable to break it-for him
self. He was in the lead at first and
for a while it looked as if the arch en-
envy of the South would get the Presi-
dental plum if the Plumed knight
did not-but to the credit of the wis
dom of the party leaders be it said
both of these worthless got left. The
ticket is considered tolerably strong
one. But the issue this year will be
measures and not men, and the Dem
ocrats have the odds in their favor.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-06-28
WILLIAM LII.

Germany's new Emperor is hardly
calculated to 60 down into history
crowned with the glory and renown
| of his illustrious grand father and
father, or as deeply enshrined in the
hearts and affections of his subjects as
either of those monarchs. He is said
to be naughty and ambitious and
seeks fame upon the field of battle
rather than in the maintenance of
peaceful relations with foreign powers
and the guidance and fostering care of
his subjects. For the sake of the Ger
man and Frusslan people though it is
to be hoped that the young man who
assumes the reins of government over
these two great nations and holds the
destinies ofsuch people in his hands,
has been misrepresented. But in the
light of the following cablegram it
will be hard to believe that William
II. is not filled with a good deal of the
fire and spirit that he is credited with.
The cablegram is as follows:
PoTsDAM, June 18.-The new king,
Emperor William II, insisted on an
autopsy before burial. 1t was found
that the disease which resulted in
Frederick'si death was cancer, which
is acknowledged to be incurable.
There is German law making a per-
son afflicted with an incurable disease
Ineligible to the German throne. 1t
is said that Emperor William had the
post mortem held, hoping that it
would prove that his father held the
throne Illegally, and that now, as
things have turned out as he desired,
he will declare some of the official
acts of Frederick to be invalid. 1t is
even said that his we'll known hatred
of his mother viii lead him to declare
that she is not legally dowager en-
press, and deprive her of the title and
incomes resulting from it.
1t will be we'll for Emperor William
II, if at the close of bis reign he will
have made as brilliant record as his
distinguished father, and win live as
long in the hearts of his loyal and
afectionate subjects as I" Frederick the
Peaceful. Shame upon him for de-
string to blot out one single act of
that good mans official career, and
doubly shameful is the reputed treat
naent Of his mother.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-06-28
THE PUBLIC LANDS.

The platform adopted by the Re-
publican convention in Chicago makes
a great flourish of being specially broad
and liberal in some things, but the
intelligent reader will detect in it but a
repetition of the same &c old story
promises made time and again before,
but never fulfilled. The reference to
the restoration of government lands is
too palpable piece of -hypocricy to
be allowed to pass unnoticed. Why
did not tie Republicans reclaim these
lands when they had an opportunity to
do so? Under whose administrations
were they squandered? Certainly
not the Democrats. But the Repub-
llcans see that the work inaugurated
by the Democrats and carried forward
by President Cleveland strikes pop
ular cord, and now they step in and
"declare in their platform that they
are in favor of the very thing that
the party Of tAe feqble, and not the
railroad corporations and mon0b0Hsts,
are doing. But the Republicans will
catch no votes by such a bait as that
1t will not be forgotten that it was
Allen G.. Thurman, the Democratic
nominee for the Vice Presidency, who,
as Senator of the United States, in
augurated the great struggle which,
continued under the Administration of
President Cleveland, has resulted in
the recovery and restoration to the
people of SO many millions of acres Of
public lands, unjustly and unright-
eously held by thieving railroad cor
porations. This alone, if there were
not ample justification beside, entities
Mr.. Thurman to the proud and hon
orable distinction he bears of being
+" tic Loblest Roman Of them ALL"