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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
Uncle Asa, Umbrella Render.

In New Orleans, in the old days, when
freedom was something OF a novelty To-
the negro, and while he still preserved
that quaintness which responsive and
regular labor ia fast destroying, one Of
the oddest of the many little shops was
kept by an umbrella mender who had 6
stock of what be asserted were new UNI
brellas, but which were darby suspected
OF being the property of former Gus
toners. The foundation for this belief
lay in the difficulty attending the recoy-
cry of an umbrella when once It had
passed into Uncle Asa's possession; ne re-
ceived 1t with many smiles and bows; he
was very quick at perceiving what was
needed TO restore it to usefulness, and he
toak his patrons name with an immense
show of care and system; but when lS
owner sent for il the first messenger IN
variably returned in terror with Uncle
Asa's fiat and violent denial that he had
anv sBch umbrella or had ever seen one
like IL. A sesond attempt would usaallJ
end in the precipitate retirement Of 'hs
messenger amid a storm Of threats end
tbirf was seldom more fortunate ana
Wnen ne dhSEJ b"htA hpAN ga 49,,
he usually found his property mafAs9
with another mans name, and woaia
be forged to obtain il by snatching u
from Uncle Asa, and TIN 7qteniug a.u
with legal pains and penalties Hl' ies
was always moderate, bnt loss Of nme
and vexation of his victim always msle
it seem extortionate, and gradually aH
patrous deserted him and he haJ mO,s
leisure than was profitable for HIM
was after he entered upon this sage y
his career that a northern clers5 man F's ,,
inc is Neq Orleans left his umbrella via
him 70 have a broken rib mendea' alu
consequently went through the Tegu'a,
VACATIONS program mp 70 the poi.nltt y
having Uncle Asa's fee. Sorely irrl'H.5o
the good man had called his torueI,..o W
a fool, and his conscience pflcAsu ~
sore. Il am sorry to have lost my ,e~
per.n he said as he counted out the cna.s-
'but really, my man your ways are . M.
Irritating. | ought not to have eal5.
Won a fool" "Lor', masss," sala IVY
Asa oontantedly, "dat's muffin. MADE NY
feel as if I was young again 10 heA5
Whv. befoh de wah used 20 dePeIuD ~
being sworn at by at least 20 GEM. s. .-s-
every mawnin'. And the ladies. az
lv they did no. swear" Xxi y" w. ~, ~,
didn't Anow how 70 'spress deiTsei'- F. - ~
II was wuf hundred Fwears u ~.
'eu try to say somefn' wuY7y u
oasiOn.'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
Criminal.

ANOTHER 10 ail-bag, with valuable money
contents, is reported missing between
New Yors and Chicago. The robbery
occurred last week.
Soorr MoVEIdH, assistant for the Meth
odist Book Cucern at Toronto, is alleged
to be defaulter to the amount of $1,000.
EXPERTS blew open a safe and stole ten
ballot boxes from the ofii3e of the county
clerk ut Little Rock Arkansas. A spe-
cial election will have to be held in the
county.
RICHMOND, Va.-Early Friday morning
Archer Cook, colored, was lynchsd in
Farmville for an assault on a young and
res pectable German girl. The lynohing
party was composed of a large band OF
masked and armed men.
CHARLEs l.. DEBAUM, the Ascending
snd assistant cashier of the New York
Park National Bank has been arrested in
Caaade. He seems 10 come under the
extrsditiou treaty
P1rrsBUEB- Mcclure and Frank
| Freyvosle, late proprietors of a faro
room mere, were sentenced to two years
! prlsonment aud a fine of $4,000. The
| gamblers are terror striker.
ONE OF the most daring bands o. out
laws that has existed in the west for
years was wiped out of yistence recently,
near Paloduro, Armstrong county, Tex
| by baud of vig.lautes IL pitched bat
tie, IN which seventeen desperedoes and
three vigilautes were killed. The outlaws
had been stealing horses, and the farmers
organized and went in search Of them,
and on finding their camp dsmande d
their surrender. The demand Fss met
Uy yCllt from tine thieves. The vigil
antics then opened Gre aud when theJr
ammunition w4a exhausted it was found
laat sll lhe outlaws bad been killed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
Tea Drinking in Britain.

whatever may be said about the con
sumption OF alcoholic liquors IN Great
Britain, there Gun be no duuot that we
are becoming tea drinkers on an extra
ordinary scale of absorption. ia 1910,
- pounds OF tea was the annual allow
ance of each dweler within these reams;
IN 1887 the quantity was stated at %
pouude. itl peculi4r feet that coffee
has ste dly declined in public favor
during the period mentioned. Ia 1910,
LOS pounds of coffee was the quantity
consumed per head of the population {;
but in 1887 the allowance fell to 81; q
material decrease, and one not easily &C
counted for when il is considered that
coffee is much cheaper than tea.
in tue days of the Protector, tea was re
garded as sort of specific which might
with great property have been included
among other uostrums PharmBcopOeia.
An advertisement in 1858 announces
That excellent, and by all physicians ap
proved, China drink, called by the Chinese
Tehn, by other nations Tay, alias Tee
Is sold at the Sultaness Heed Cophee
House, in Sweeting's Rents, by the Royal
exchange. London Therefore it ap-
pears that "the cup that cheers but not
iuebri8' =" commended itself 10 the
medical faculty of that period, as its
udicious use does to the G2lens Of our
day.
ave yeI It the pirade, Tint" "Oi
have that" "Phwat fur?' "Ofye just
been toxld as st. PAtricks FrinohmaB
an the ideo of traiPsin' ROM the straits
an oarryin' the Americau flag fur fur
reuer is not 10 me taste, at all at ALL
HsrPer's Weekly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13

The order of United States Surgeon
General Hamilton, directing ths Savan-
nah, Florida and Western railroad not to
carry passengers from Jacksonville, Fla
on account of the spread of yellow fever
there, is deeply resented by the people OF
that city. The Times Union, which is
very bitter, says GAN who desire to
leave, and all who can, should depart at
once, but they are required to pass a
weary period, in crowded and rude
quarantine camp, subject TO contact with
the worst classes and with the certainty,
if they develop fever, of being hustled on
the train and hauled back TO Jackson
Vile before they can have the attention
that 10 so vitality important in the early
stages Of the disease. Much will be for
given the panio-stricken people of Jack
sonville, but the United States health au-
thorities would be held to stern reckon
ing if they allowed these refugees to cir
culate at will through the country. As it
is the epidemic has spread over an
area OF fifty miles. So long as
the plague was limited to small
sections OF the city under quarantine,
travel was not interrupted, and, as 1t is,
the surgeon general has arranged for the
guard, so that persons who submit TO the
sanitary regulations may be conveyed TO
places Of safety DR.. Hamilton, in let
ter answering personal attacks upon him,
well says; "The dreadful record OF the
ravages OF yellow fever i'll the towns
along the railroad lines leading out Of
New Orleans in 1878, where there we're
over $4,000 persons affected with yellow
fever, of whom nearly 1000 ID, is too
fresh in the memory 30 risk it's repeti-
ton along the Atlantic sea-board. The
extension OF the disease TO Memphia in
1873, where nearly 5000 persons died of
yellow fever, might have been prevented
had there been any authority TO restrict
railroad travels by proper quarantine. 1t
may be "A fearful Alternative, TO compel per-
sons from Jacksonville to remain within
a camp of refuge for a period of 10 days
before being allowed to go at will, bat
that alternative is humane in comparison
with the results, which would follow the
admission of the contagiou into all the
sea-ports and southern cities, each of
which in a short time would itself become
new center Of Infection
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13

ancient opinion peopled il. MosS ePide-
mics are due TO these unseen enemies.
To be sure it is probable that the earth
and not the air generets them. They are
taken up rs dust, and being liste heavier
than air long suspended in IT,
They are known by the general name
% microscopic forms OF life.
Only few OF the many classes of microbes
are harmful, jost as only e few of the
millions of species OF larger vegetable
growth arc poisonous.
In 1888 an epidemic fever, character
izsd by great depression, inflammation
OF the bronchial tubes and lungs, and by
au inoeseaBt cough, swept over the world
from east to west. It's advent was sudden.
aud in most cases the person WIS we'll
again ia tless than fortnight It5Nas
quite fatal, however, to the eyed and the
weak. This was the famous lnfuenza
This same maiady has repeated its raw
ages sometimes over extensive tracts
of country, sometimes only locally many
times since the Middle Ages. 1t is of
microblc origin, as is probable, what in
conceivable sgarms Of microbes must
have SLED the air! o. course no pre-
caution cooid avail except the hapitual
maintenance Of high beatty and good
hygioNic u6itions.
Malaria Is doe to microbes which reach
their victims either from the air, from
inhalation, o from drinking water which
has obsorbtd them. Boil the water, avoid
The night air, sleep in the higher rooms
Of the house and guard against all ex-
ce6ses.
Typhoid fever Is caused by microbes
from the discharges of previous patient,
whish have found access of drinking
water, OF have been taken up dried into
the air. Microbes flourish in all kinds of
moist 9Th. The chief safeguard is gen
ersl cleanliness, tho boiling of all suspec-
ted water, and ample ventilation and sun
shine.
Diphtheria, scarlet fever, whooping
cough and measles are due to microbes
from the shin or breath of the patient.
They either float in the air or in the room
or become attached TO the furniture, walls
and bedding. Avoid infected roomes and
persons. Attendants should, keen their
stom acn in an active condition with di-
gestibIe food, but should not overload
them. Most microbes are digested and
rendered harmless bya vigorous stomach.
The surest prophy lactics-as pre-
ventiyes are ealled-are high health, clean
illness, abundance of air and sunshine,
the boiling Of water and milk, aad tho
avoidance Of whatever depresses the
pbysic al system-loss of sheep, protract-
ed Watching and all excuses, and cheerful
courage.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
ELECTRIC SPARKS
Fires And Casualties.

DESTRUCTIVE floods are again reported
in Mexico.
TIE village Of Jennings, La, has lost
nearly all of its business places by fire.
HEAVY rains are still doing great dam
age throughout Georgia.
One man was killed and two fatally in
iured at Seymour, Indiane, By the ex-
plosion of stoam thresher.
HEAVY damage was done throughout
New England Wednesday night by a kill
ing frost.
FIVE men were killed by the explosion
Of the boiler in the Perry stove works, at
South Pittsburg, Tenn.
By the burning OF the American House
at West Superior on Sunday morning, six
persons perised.
Tue furniture house of Chas. Holton,
Of Chicago has failed. Liabilities, $685.
900; assets, $4,000.
SEVENTEEN new cases of yellow fever,
but no deaths were reported up to Tues
day noon.
3 A DISTINCTIVE hurricane ia reported on
the island Of La0a, touching southern
Florida.
THIRrEES buildings in the business
part of the village of Cattaraugus, n. T.,
were destroyed by fire Wednesday morn
ing.
TIE house OF J.. p. Bennett, extensive
wholesale dealer IN teas and coffees, Now
York, has failed, with liabilities of from
$4,000 to 100000.
LESTER WALLAoK, the veteran actor,
died Thursday morning at Stamford,
Connecticut, of sppoplexy after an i'll
ness of one day.
BIZ the destruction by fire of Klaubin a.
Lewis wholesale grocery and supply store
at San Diego, S245,000 worth of property
WIS consumed.
a TANK containing 10000 barrels of oil
exploded at Cygnet, Oaio. Two work
men we're burned to death and several
Others badly injured.
By oloud-burst at hot Springs, Ark,
which occurred in the dead OF night,
thirteen lives were lost and q vast
amount OF property destroyed. The
streets were turned into rivers.
SMALL boy named Evans accidentally
set fire TO fourteen grain stacks at Frank
Vile, near Racine, Wis. Two hundred
and fifty farmers turned ont and fought
the flames for seven hours, saving thous-
ands of dollars worth of property.
BALrIMoRE.--A destructive fire occurred
in this city Monday morning burning out
seven firms and destroying one of the
finest rows OF buildings n the city. the
buildings we're mostly new. Two terrific
ex plosions occurred by which eight men
were burned in the falling deribs and
we're cremated. The total loss viii prob
ably reach Sl,l50,000.
A DISPATCH from Bismarck, ID. L. says:
prairie fires have been raging in this
vicinity for several nights, and Sunday
night farmers southeast of Bismarck
fought the flames until midnight. At
Happen the fire burned the Northern Pa
ci1c depot Owing to the great growth
of grass in the Territory this year, If a
prairie fire should start during high wind,
il would sweep everything before 1t for
hundreds. of miles.
THOMAS MoNAUGHr, prominent
Scotchmau, has arrived in this county
to eudeayor to secure the 60 operation OF
his countrymen in America in support of
the political contest now in progress
among the people of Scotland "to regain
their ancient right of making their own
lava and expendiug thier own money"
Ii is Il home rule movement similar to
that in Ireland.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
ALL EUROPE IN ARMS.

tourist just returned from trip
through the continent reports the fol-
lowing, as result of his observation:
The material example set by the young
German emperor has caused oil the war
Offices of Europe TO take on Il feverish
activity. More orders are Issued
more inspections held, more isvestiga-
tions taken, than ever before. Drilling
everywhere is iucessaut. Great bodies OF
troops march ont Of fortified cities every
morning and spend the day Il military
exercises in the field. Never was such
hard work done before. To the
traveller the copunent ha- the
aspect of q fortified camp. Wherever
troops are stationed, and they are every
where, they are kept in motion, from
morning until nighs. an over France
the sound of the buS!e is hoard and the
drll-master is busy instruciug recruits.
Large masses OF troops are continually
moving from point 10 point, on the from
tiers. Changes are made TO railroads 60
increase their strategic advantage In
the interior, troops are being constantly
exercised, stores inspected, transporJa
t;ons tested, and experiments at mobii-
cation made. may almost be said
that France is mobih2ad; she is ready for
action and will not be takeu by surprise
again. Ihe maneuyers nov going on in
the R1msgua have grown on. OF the
military spirit now prevailing through
out Europe. There are 10000 thoroughly
equipped and well-drilled troops, going
through the movement OF an active cam
paigu under the eye of King Hum6ert
who has formed regular mill
tary establishment ut Forli There
the general staff seriously plot opera.
tions on large seal, and the army
execute them from day TO day. Italy
has witnessed no such since Solteriuo,
Little Bulgaria, armed TO the teeth, hiss
caught the infection" and under ths spir
tied lead Of Prince Ferdinand "a march
ing ner httIe army 20 and fro aud
Strengthening her toTdhcation- and
frontier posts. Austria, stimulated by
Germany is gradually bringing her
military forces Up 10 chat degree 81
efficiency which is good in tie eyes Of
her German critics Her troops are con
Usually on the move. Those on the
frontier are relieved by fresh forces FROM
the interior. The Huugariaas, with their
usual impetuosity, c.y for action ana &C.
q { they were preparing for immediate
war. A. the same time from ell thu
chanoeuerie- Of the continent comes tue
announcement The peace Of Europe
lie maintained. !"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
THEIR FIRST RAILROAD
A Train Makes Its Appearance in p.,
Exeites General Dismay. 81
Harper's Magazine

Harper's Magazine
When the railway was first onsr.l,
tween Moscow and St. Petersbur, :, "
an object of great terror to tbs vas
stitions pessantry Of Northern P 1Pe'
who thought there must certeinl, -, -'-''is
witchcratt or magic in au invention NM,
could make train of heavy oers -el
along without horses atthe rate az -. ,'u
miles an hour, when the sneed - NJ
wagons to which they were ac,r..,.' us
was only three miles an hour.yor Gam. -
the very outside. ''
Some OF them would not even 20 mich
in sight of train and made the si.,
the cross whenever they heard one ra.g.
past. Others peeped timidly over a.
palisade OF the railway station 10 catch
glimpse of the fearful, smoke-breat5ir,,
creature, which they believed to be- 4 Ill.,
ing monster, and when the steam wb;st,o
sounded they cried out: "Hear him
screaming! He's hungry and wants ~
eat somebody" and took 10 their hssls
at once.
But little by little this terror began to
wear away. The village priests weTesesn
to go TO aid fro by train, and the simpto
country folk thought what they ala en6'3
not be wrong. BY degrees the peasant,
themselves began TO try the "snoke.
wagons" too, and one day an old man
named Ivan Petrovitoh Masloff. who had
never been out of his own village till tber
made up his mind to go and have look AZ
"Mother Moscow which all Russian peas.
ants reverence rs the finest city Ia the
world and the real capital Of Rus-s.
Now it happened that the down az
press and the up express met each other
al the station of Boogoe, midway be.
tween Moscow aud S.. Petersburg, where
/ the pass ngers OF both trains stopped
half an hour to take supper, Among the
crowd OF people that got cut OF the other
train Ivan suddenly recognized an old
friend The two went into the refresh.
ment room together, had a chat over
their steamiug tumblers of Tea and lemon
juice, and then Ivan without thnEiu. Of
what be was doing got into his frimd's
tram instead of his own and WIS soon
travelling back toward the spOt whence
he had started.
Their talk went OF merrily for awhile
for VANS friend never thought of asking
the old man where he was going. Bat
presently Ivan began to grow silent auJ
grove, as if bordering something which
puzzled him very much, and at length
after sitting for nearly five minutes with
out saying word, he suddenly broke
ont:
Sab, Pavel Yurivitch,'. paul, son Of
George) "what wonderful things thest
railroads are TO be sure Here am 60
ing to Moscow, and here you are going to
St. Petersburg, and yet are travelling II
the same carp
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
GREAT BRITAIN.
The Beauties of Coersion.

The Beauties OF C0ersiOn
Workmeu are engaged on the Clanri-
osrde es.ates in ieyeling the houses from
which the tenants have been eyicted. The
tenants had hoped to make some arrange
rneats enabling them to return to the
dwellings, and the destruction o. the
structures is causing very bitter feel
ing. One OF the houses which have been
leveled was that occupied by farmer
named fully. Tully built the house him
self, and spent 81, OCO in its construction.
Archbishop WALSH has forwarded 70 the
headquarters of the National League the
sum of GlG32, which he had received
from America, Australia and New Zsal1nd
in aid of evicted tenants,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST

A shio canal between bl'efPo''
Birmingham is proposed ...1., 4,
Herr knapp hss subscribed $50
the Emin BY relief exposition. i.
The -four output Of the Mn MINI. E ne
mills last week va la2 100 na'f''7
market is strong aud bealiFs' ii.
The cotton.basging trust IhuI5 .r5t5gr
vanced the prices Of jate bagslI.s .51 III
/ of cent. making the fahs
etpts to 1885, cents pound. az. he
The latest nsEs from CAM al,oS ~ coz
Chinese government has Po'
alteration Of the treaty s., ni-st
Heavy frosts occurred me- .- ~ S.ss
i aestern New Yo:k and paF5,s, gGs,-ess
Il Fo eJa1g The mercury fell 20 z 'ss
above. or Stationary
Fngineers. ia session st eAA-..ssi5sai
adP u smith. OF New Yotk' =. .siansti,
ara Jobn F. En.enbates, q
vice president.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
in GENERAL.
FOUND GOLD IN TIE STREETS

Excitement in a Dakota Town over PrOmis-
ING Discovery of the Metal
Howard Great excitement exists
among all classes here, brought about by
the finding of gold dust thickly mixed
with sand thrown from an excavation
which workmen we're digging for well
purposes, Old miners were soon on the
spot and pronounce the fad a very
promising one. From the quantity OBJ
tanned an assay was made, valuing the
quality at SIS an ounce. The only trou-
bic, If vein is found, will be the near
ness of water TO the surface, as excava-
tions of $50 feet quickly fill wi h water
to the depth of 100 feet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13

considerable Improbable talk r..
ate adjourned until Monday. 'uo sen
HoGse.- The house, TO-DAY. r.
consideration Of the retaliat;or ',eslmsd
was 1nally agreed that a yots -. oil'' Ii
should be taken at four o'cloct = 'ns oill
morrow, and the house took r u to-
til evening. The evening se.s tecess III
10; the consideration of private 80. 70 Dc
Ollie The hoose at It's evening gel'lon
passed ~ private pension bfis s,.a !.
1880 adjourned until to.mor,o,. 1lu at
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-13
CONGRESSIONAL
SATURDAY, Aug. 81.

House On motion of Mr.. Breckea-
ridge, of Kentucky, Mr.. Blount,
of Georgia, WIS elected speaker pro tenn.
to act during the absence of the speaker.
The committee on foreign affairs re-
ported back the retaliation bill, and it was
made tho order for Tuesday next.
Mr.. Breck enridge, of Ky, moved to
concur IN the senate amendment ap-
propriating $25O,O00 for investigating
the extent for which the arid region of
the United states can be redeemed by ir
rigAtiou, which amendment requiring
the director Of the geological survey TO
make an animal report to congress as to
the result OF his investig and pro-
vidiuy that the reclaimed land shall be
reserved for sale aad shall not be subj ecI
to entry, settlement and occupation until
further provided by Law. After
discussion Of the amendment
aud without action the house adjourned.
MoaDAT, Sept. 3.
Senate-The house bill, exclud
INK Chinese absolutely having come
over from the house, was taken up
for action. At hrst Mr.. George moved
is reference to the committee on foreign
,
Messrs. Stewart, Mitchell aud Dolph, and
Vest declared himself prepared TO vote
for the bill Immediately. Under these
circumstances Mr.. George withdrew his
motion 20 refer. Mr.. Sherman made
statements as to the course of the COM
mittee on foreign relations on the sub
ject and advocated the passing of the bill
on the ground that every nation had the
right to provide for its own preservation
even in the contravention OF existing trea-
ties. The2debate was continued at much
length by Senator Gray, who deprecated
the action Of the senate in putting IN
necessary amendments On the treaty
which would have fully accomplished the
purpose of the pending bill; and by Sen
ators Stewart, Vest, Dolph, Mitchell aud
George. The latter made a long argu
ment to prove that the republicans were
responsible for the Burlingeme treaty
for the rejection of the various measures
to restrict Chinese immigration. Tine
bill went over till tomorrow.
House.-Ths house to-day passed q
bill sup elementary to the act 10 exc
cute certain treaty stipulations lelating
to the Chinese, approved May 9th, 1882.
The following bills were then intro
duced and referred: Placing cotton bag
giug on the free list; to punish persons
connected with trusts, and fixing day
for the consideration of the postal tele-
graph bill. The bill to punish persons
connected with trusts proposes to subject
such persons to q fine ranging from
$1,000 to $4,000 or imprisonment of
from one TO five years.