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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-06

Lr is not in Keiser Wilnelm's nature to
carry out the plans for battering the con-
dition of Asace and Lorraine which were
so admirably outlined in letter of his
fathers, published upward of month
ago. The bludgeou is to be shaken over
the heads of the unfortunate French in
habitants Of the imperial province. Ii
seems like reading some history of Pc
land IN her extreme misery TO fiud that
the study of the French language in pub
lie and private schools is to be Suppress
ed, and that the probable Intention Of the
German government is 70 deprive the
large land holders of French extraction
of their cstutes, cutting them up into
small holdings for the occupation of
thoroughly T,utonic settlers. The en-
peror aud Bismarck should be sternly re-
minded that compulsory 10y atty has very
rarely been o. striking success.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-06
How People Die by Drowning

New York Telegram
How do persons die from drowning
asked q health doctor of reporter &c
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
NOTES AND GOSSIP.

The Harrison Veteran Guard of Ohio
now numbers 6,113 members.
There are two large vessels at Richmond.
Virginia, loading with -four for Brazil.
Vice. President Frank Thomson of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, has returned from
Europe in excellent health.
1t will cost over S37 ,ooo, ,oOo to run tho
city government of New York this year.
Tho rate Of taxation is S22.20 per 1000
assessed.
One of the members of the intcming class
at tho Rensselaer, Polytecnic Institute,
Troy, New York. Is Dan Rice, jr., son of
tho noted circus star
Duke .MaXimllian, of Bavaria, now 80
years of age, was married to Princess
Louise in 1928, and their diamond wedding
will shortly bo celebrated
A White Mountain stage-coach, on its
way to the Glen House tho other day. was
upset by the wind, and after dumping its
passengers into raVine was blown COM
pletely away.
How may acquire fluency of speech n
asks a young man. He would not ask such
a question If he had ever dipped his mucil-
age brush In an ink-well by mistake
Morning journal.
Thomas Connery, who recently resigned
his position as secretary Of tho American
Legation in Mexico, Will, 1t is said, soon
publish book upon Mexico, which he pre-
pared while In that country.
Many man Will not call in or shoot
his summer hat on September 15 this year.
lie will try to hang out two months longer,
in the hope of getting new one at sUmo
ones expense on the strength of the cleo
ton wager.-Puck.
1t Is the Delaware peach growers, and
not the dealers, who have made money this
ycan The Wilmington Every Evening
says that all the dealers of that city
put together have not realized $780,
profit.
Dr. Tanner, tho famous forty-day faster,
has a theory that man like the bear is
hibernating animal and capable of living
indefinitely without tho use Of his lungs.
The Doctor proposes shortly 10 make
some experiments on himself In this line.
The new Duchess If Marlborough wants
to give big entertainments at Blenheim
next winter, and recently began to mako
repairs She sent foe builder to mend tho
leaky roof, but was startled when the es-
tmated cost of making IL watc.-tight was
placed at 100000
There Is young lady school teacher
in Harlem who writes verbatim reports of
Dr. Howard Crosby's sermons entirely from
memory TEe Cflllc iNeW iJfk) Is so
assWed b. Dr. Closby himself, and adds
that it knows another young lady who can
repeat the 5000 lines of TennysOn's In
MumorIam" without prompting.
DR.. Thos. Il. Broaddus, resident physl-
clan at the Lindell Hotel, ST. Louis, has
gone 30 the yellow fever district of Florida
| 10 tonder his medical services. He Is
| native OF Virginia, and first had experience
| with yellow fcyer at Barcelona, Spain, In
! 1853 lie has since become thoroughly
| famillarlzed with tho disease at New Or
! leans.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
WASHINGTON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1888.

Up to last evening the total number
of cases of yellow fovcr reported at jack
sonvillc was 1,203, and the number of
deaths 1913, the proportion of one death
to eight cases having been pretty even
lv sustained from the outset. 1t is
more than likely that quite n number
both of cases and deaths have gone unre-
ported but maybe not enough to mater
tally change the proportion.
The situation, however, is rapidly
becoming worse, the number of cases
increasing with the decrease of popula-
tion, and where or when the epidemic
will stay its ravagcs it is, of course,
impossible to predict. The condition of
affairs is all the more deplorable because
of the difficulty of obtaining experienced
and acclimatcd physicians to aid in the
work of relief, and there seems to be
more or less difficulty also in securing
the services of enough trained and re-
liable nurses.
There arc thousands of people who
would willingly go to Florida to render
assistance in any capacity, but their
presence in the fever-stricben districts
''Nh 60 iiiillotNllIA5 Nh5NlOs NOuib puO
make bad matter worse, the chances
being that the most of them would
soon themselves become q burden on
the community, requiring the same aid
that they came to give.
In the meantime, however, the peo-
pie can do, and are already doing, much
towards relieving the tremendous re-
sponsibility imposed upon the sanitary
and municipal authorities of Jackson
vile by their generous contributions.
Business being almost wholly suspended
there is great general destitution, and
the city that but two or three months
ago was rejoicing in its prosperity and
promise, is now literally dependent on
the charity of the country.
That the country will do its full duty
in the premises is not for moment to
be questioned.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
THE OLD FARMHOUSE.

Boast not of Queen Anne cottages,
Nor of summer villas gay,
Nor yet OF stately palaces
Where marble fountains play;
The archlrect ne'or yet Designed
And design he never will
A pl hat can compare with the
Old farmhouse ON the hill.
The millionaire in mansion grand
owns pictures old and rare,
And all tho luXurles of wealth
Has gathered round hun there;
In spite Of all his bricabrao
And store Of wealth, he still
OFT thinks OF the low, gabed-roof
Ola farmhouse on the hill.
He backward glances and he sees
His mother a. She sits
Near by the hearth and croons TO him,
And deftly mends or lnits.
again he hears OF Snbad bold,
And rafting Jack and Gil,
The while the shnll wind whistles round
The farmhouse on the hill.
he sees his father, fraye and stern,
but ever good and Just,
Again ms taY'rlte maxim hears;
IN heaYen put your trust"
And e,en old Rover seems TO hear
Awning az the sill
Tlat nc may Join the group within
Inc farmhouse on tho hill.
-lAnkansaw Traveller.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

The Democratic Caucus has met and
adjourned, and the Oates adjournment
resolution was voted down as intmated
in the Critic that it would be.
MIR. Oates made an able argument
from his standpoint, but the majority
of the members present said it would
be bad politics, in view of the fact that
the Senate had announced its intention
TO bring forth and pass a tariff bill this
session, to attempt TO force adjourn
ment on the Senate.
Mr. Springer thought it would be q
good iaca TO close up all business by
the 27th instant, and after that date
tho House could adjourn for three DAYS
at a time until the Senate should signify
its intentions of adiourning by passing
the usual concurrent resolution.
This proposition met with more favor
than the enc offered by Mr. Oates, but
without acting ON it the caucus adjourned
sine die, The prevailing opinion, and
the policy that viii probably be pursued
by the Democrats is that after the ap-
preparation bills arc finally disposed Of,
the House will then adjourn day by day,
until called upon by the Senate to act
on their Tariff bill, or to concur in a
resolution Of final Adjournment.
The Republican members are not at all
well pleased with the action of the caucus
but about all to be said of the matter
now, is that the prospect of an early
adjournment has vanished.
There should be time then for tho
House to look after some of its uniin-
ished, and very important business.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

Hon. CHAUNoEY NJ. DEPEw no longer
enjoys the exclusive distinction of being
"The Granger's Friend" and Wage
earner's Advocate The New York
Press now trots General Warner Miller
to the front as "The Typical American
Laborer.D
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

Secretary Whitney has written card
denying that he is n naval aristocrat,"
or words to that effect, as charged by
newspaper correspondent. The Secrc-
tary need not have troubled himself;
we all know he hasn't enough navy to
be aristocratic about, although he is
doing the very best he can to make the
country proud of IL.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

WE PRESUME it is not a campaign lie,
for we find it in the orthodox Republi'
can columns Of the New York Press,
that Mr. Blaine received 81, 500 for his
recent article in the American Maya
zine on "The Presidents Error"
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

The sale of tickets for the concert
to be given at the Congregational Church
this evening for the benefit of the yell
low fever sufferers is something unprc-
cedcnted in the annals of charity bene-
fits. Everybody can't go, but every
body wants to buy.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

Mr. CALVIN S, BRIcE is very hope
full sort of man to have in campaign.
He thinks Iowa will 60 Democratic Now
if he will proceed to think that Kentucky
will go Republican, he will strike very
fair average on which to base few more
estimates.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

SUCH SUNSET splendor as irradiated the
western heavens last evening was never
surpassed by the soft effulgent skies of
Italy. 1t was scene of beauty long to
be remembered. Even the facile pencil
of Sunset" Cox would be overtasked to
depict it.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

Now that Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, has
left town there is no House Committee
on Rules left. The oligarchy is tempo
rarily bursted up and scattered. Mr..
O'NciI, of Missouri, evidently under
stands the situation, and if members
generally had the same lively apprecia-
tion of it, the House of Representatives
might wrcstlc through with a good deal
of business vet.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

1t is said that az least n million pco-
pie arc now studying Volapuk. Docs
this mean that they intend to throw
up their original languages?
President Diaz recommends the for
nation of II new extradition treaty with
the United States. Knowing the rough
usage TO which treaty negotiations with
other countries nrc usually subjected in
the United States, Mr.. Diaz must be q
bold man
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

JUDGE THURMAN is coming to Wash.
ington about October on legal business,
but if he doesn't have some political
whooping to do it will be rather
strange.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

ously exhibited than thcv are at this
time, the weight Of sixty-fve years sit
ting lightly on both head and shoulders
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

IT is THE proper thing now for poh-
ticians to call Trust conspiracy. 1t
sounds well, don't you know, with the
suffering and oppressive voters
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

The Mills bill is free trade measure
That is, it measures off little free
trade and proposes to send it out as
sample for the people to try.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

Emperor William, of Germany, has
inhibited French bills of fare. We
need an Emperor William in this country.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

THE star-eyed goddess of Free Trade
knocks the spots out of the star-eyed
goddess of Reform in the Louisville
Courier-J Journal.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

The object of the proposed Veterans
Memorial is clearly set forth in another
column by Major Mills. The more it is
understood the better is the project
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
Commissioners of the DistriC
NOTICEl

WASHINGTON sCHUETZEN vEREIN.
The AUTUMNAL FESTIVAL of the 18th and
18th nstants has been postponed to MONDAY
and TUESDAY Sept. "a and % next on ac-
count of the inclemency of the weather.
BY order of the Executive Committee.
REINHOLD SPRINGSGUTH
Secretary.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

If the surplus campaign talk could
he reduced the country might worry
along with the other surplus
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
A teamster is sometimes a geo-nius.

First Lady; understand Miss De We're has
gone on the stage.
Second Lady Oh yes, she has been before
the public ayear
First Lady Has she made any reputation
Second Lady Some l persume, but not
nearly as much as she has lost
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
SPECIAL NOTICES.
s. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER

ISoFFIG1E uS1 OF n,InI,. THE ooMMIssIoNER on IN!
August %, 1883.
The Commissioners Of the District OF Column
bia having heretofore given notice of a pro-
posed widening OF Columbia road from Nine
teenth street extended to Boundary street, ac-
cording TO a plat or map thereof prepared by
the surveyor and filed In this Office and the trus-
tees of the estate of George Baty Bake de
ceased, having objected to said route, and sug-
gested another In lieu thereof and five discreet,
disnterested men having been appointed in ao-
cordance with section 254 of the Revised Stat
utes of the United States relating to the District
of Columbia to examine all proposed routes and
report such one as they should deem most feas-
ible and advantageous to the District; and the
said five persons having reported to
the said Commissioners route in
conformity to the plat thereof prepared
and filed In this office, notice Is hereby given
that said aforesaid highway will be wdened ac-
cording to said plats aforesaid, and all persons
who have objections thereto and intend
to claim damages, are called upon to attend
at this Office at 1:30 O'Clock p. N. on the
20TH OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, at which time
the Commissioners will give hearing to all per-
sons in interest.
WILLIAM B. WEBB,
SAMUEL e. WHEATLEY,
CHARLES w. RAYMOND,
Commissioners of the District of Columbia.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
THE wAsurNaToN n. n. @.

THE WASHINGTON y. n. @.
Something has dropped on this strange club of
ours;
Tired of gathering the thorns, not the
flowers,
Tired OF lingering where no runs are made,
Where on each game defeat must be laid;
Weary with minging life's bitter and sweet,
Weary with playing and never to beat,
Some one has called the turn on their fame,
Ring the bell softly our club won game
"Daniel," remarked the President last even
ing, as he sat on the verandah at Oak View
aud gazed out into tho distant dark-blue fields
Of the sky, where the flowers of the night
budded and blossomed and faded as the hours
came and went.
eyes, sire" responded Daniel in the rapture
Of the time.
"Have you observed that the great comet Of
1888, recently discovered, has been named the
Cleveland Comet? ?n
"Yes, SIRE" murmured Daniel, soft and
low.
"And, Daniel, it attains its greatest briliance
November g."
$50 have observed, sire, by the papers"
''But, Daniel"-and the President modestly
hung his head-"I am not the head Of the
only ticket In the field. Why do they call it
the Cleveland Comet ?"
"Sire,n responded Daniel in dreamy
thoughtlessness, ''don't you know how much
more tail there is to comet than there Is
comet to tail ?"
"Theu twilight let her curtain fall and
pinned 1t with a star"
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

"Knot ready" said the sheriff at a hang
ing.
"Not ready" echoed the criminal, and down
he went
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
CRITICULAR.

II the Comet is bound to visit the earth,
wouldn't 1t be good idea to appoint Re-
ception Cometee TO take care of IL.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

The more we read the contributions
of Senator sherman TO the Congressional
Record, the more are we convinced that
II the Chicago Republican convention
nude any mistake at all it was in not
nominating the Ohio Senator for Presi-
dent. le is certainly the foremost
statesman OF his party and his abilities
were never more effectively and vigor-
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

"A NT'DONALD-ELLIS' SCHOOL, CORNER MASS.
Nl ave and 18th st, Washington, d. G.
Second session. Feb. 1, 1888.
Miss Cutcheon's Evening Travel Glass will
begin Feb. 20, 1888.
The first lecture on American Literature by
Prof. Lincoln, Feb ID, 1888.
For information address the principal,
MISS ANNA ELLIS.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

RoUGH ON VICTIMS; When yellow fever
patients get caught in New York they
don't die in the house.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

Senatorial caIds Lcstifying TO Senator
ial morality read very much like pat
ent medicine testimonials,
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

II is rumorcd that an English COM
bine has captured the two largest
brewer es in New York, and is now ex-
tending its deadly tentaclcs about SIM
ilar establishments in other cities We
cnre not who makes our laws, so long
as we can make our own lager. Down
with Anglo-American beer
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19
SpENCER|AN BUSINESS COLLEGE

Inree entlre 0OOrS. NatlOnal Bank OF une
Republic Building. corner 7th and ID SITS. H. W
lay and evening sessions. Young men ard
women practically trained for self support, and
useful lives. Five courses The Practical Busi
ness Course Stenography, Type-Writing and
Graphophone Pitman Shorthand Practical
English Branches, .Delsarte School OF Express
sion. Scholastic year begins Monday, Septem
tember g. College opens for arrangements on
and after Monuay, August 27. Send for new IL
lustrated announcement
HENRY G. SPENCER, LIB, Principal,
MRS. SARA A. SPENCER, Vice Principal.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

1t isn't necessary to say TO the visit
ing doctors Physician, heal thysclf."
They are already wcll-hceled,7 and
they look as If they deserved it.
The Washington critic., 1888-09-19

NTEDICAL AND DENTAL DEPARTMENT, MA
INA tional University. The filth annual
course OF lectures will begin MONDAY, october
j, SSS, and terminate April 30, 1850.
For announcement and Information apply TO
IL. IL. BARKER, NJ. D., Dean,
1ll6 III st N W.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-27

editor style. AS rule, your country
editor is snappy, independent fellow,
who doesn't care a continental whether
school keeps or not. He is typical
American, who wears his clothes to
suit his own taste, and is tarnatiOn
thankful when he has clothes to wear.
He is always man of good horse sense,
and more or less local influence. If he
werenOt, he couldn't run country news
paper three weeks in succession. He
is as honest as the day is long, and
loves to work. He is the most even
tempered man in the world. He never
gets mad; or. if he does, he will not let
the sun go down upon his wrath. Take
him all in all. the country editor is the
highest type of an American citizen.
And when the HARRISON administra-
ton comes to be written up for history.
our word for it. the wisest act that will
be recorded will be the first of the adj
ministration-th the appointment of
country editor as the presidents private
secretary
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-27

Queen Victoria, with the inconsistency of
her Sex opposes yiviseetion, but encourages
fox hunting.
Benjamin Harrisons favorite exercise is
walking There are no flies on his ability as
a runner, either.
new novel by Rider Haggard has ap-
peared. Its readers complain that the liter
airy style which he has recently adopted in
his attire does not appear in his writings.
The sultan of Turkey has decorated Sir
Arthur Sullivan with the Order of the Med
iiteh. This honor is the outcome of the de-
light afforded the sultan by selections from
Sullivan's operas, which were recently played
to him.
The emperor of Russia exhibits at Copen-
hagen an immense dinner service of Dresden
china which was manufactured for him
few years ago at cost of 10000. There
is different scene of Russian life Oh every
piece, and every variety of Russian uniform
and costume is represented.
Edwin Booth and Lawrence Barrett are to
be entertained at Tuxedo Park by Pierre Lor-
Hard and other members of the Tuxedo club
This would seem to emphasize Mr.. Loril-
lard's declaration that K. Bellew was not
excluded because of his profession. Mr.. B.
will probably admit that the other two BIS
are actors to some extent.
Mrs. Harriet Lane johnson, President Bu-
chanan's niece, and one of the most distin-
guished women who ever graced the White
house, win probably make Washington her
permanent home. She will not take part in
society though, as the loss of her husband
and her two children has extinguished the
last spark of ambition and gayety in Mrs.
johnson.
Citizen George Francis Train holds that
fesh-eating is shortening human life. He
has only contempt for people who dine upon
the carcasses of ANIMALS and birds He con-
fines his diet to oatmeal and baked beans,
and this, together with abundant fresh air.
promises to carry him through 200 years of
pleasant existence.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-27
A HURTFUL BOOM.

The price of wheat is some is or 20
cents lower than the figures prevalent
in the speculative period melted by the
corner in Chicago, and foreign ship
ments have nearly ceased. In the
meantime, Western Europe is receiving
greatly increased shipments from Rus
STA and India. while the production of
flour in this country is in excess Of the
demand to such an extent that some of
the mills propose to shut down to avert
decentralization of the market. The
shortage in the worlds production JUS
titled a considerable increase i'll the
price of wheat: but the wild, sudden
speculative jump above legitimate fig
ureS has done injury to commerce. and
by stimulating larger shipments from
other countries, and inducing class of
consumers to substitute cheaper grain
for wheat, it will prevent the continu-
ance of prices that might otherwise
have been had.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-27
THE COUNTRY EDITOR.

An over-sensitive Republican Eastern
paper objects to Gen. HARRIsoN's Sc
lection of private secretary because
he is newspaper man and dresses like
a country editor. Our Eastern contem-
porary has an idea that the president
ought to have no one in the official fam
lily who cannot impress visitors with
the elegance of his bearing. We
haven't the pleasure of knowing Editor
HALFoRD, who is to occupy the most
confidential relations to the next presi-
dent, but the fact that he was news
paper man rather warmed our heart
towards him. Remembering what a
brilliant success DAN LAMONT made
as a private secretary, we were
inclined to commend Gen. HARRISoN's
wisdom for initiating Mr.. CLEvELAND's
example in going to the journalistic
profession for private secretary. 1t
will be the means of giving him many
a ''scoop" that he otherwise wouldn't
get But if it is true that Private Sec
rotary HALFoRD dresses like country
editor. then we are his partisan from
this time out. What Washington So
ciety has been needing for 10, these
many years, is little OF the country