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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21

ing so quickly that they reach -
full size in five DAYS; hence tba taei
Swedish naturalist Linnaus ss.sss .sa
that dead horse would be devoIt'eecs
by three of these fys as quickly sl'sQ
lion. Each of these larva ra,,sY
in the pupa state about five or sir ~
SO that each parent fly NAV be inosIan
ed ten thousand fold in about 0t ga.
night. Surprising they went IN Wy
creasing at this rate during only II q
months OF Summer, there woulj - 80
one hundred millions Of million.
millions for each fly at the commo..~O
ment of Summer number or.-.S
probably than exists at any one ti1'
in the whole world. And this il o' 4'
one species, while there are tbansse
of other species increasing also al ~
enormous rate; SO that, if thew ma. ~
unchecked the whole atnasnt.o
would be dense with flies. and III @
NAL life would be DESTROYED br tba-'
To prevent this tremendous iparo.--
there must be incessant war aeain..
these insects, in the Larvae as well a.in
the perfect state, by the action az ,ba
elements in the form of rain. hail -
drOuth, and by other unknown cop,s..
yet we see nothing OF this erer.nro,
ent war, though by its means aions
perhaps, we are saved from famine
and pesrience.
So you see the fly. like everytbjr,
else, when made the subject of Scient's.
fic study is very interesting GaIo
nuisance. He has to fight the who'd
world, and the world comes verr near.
ly being beaten sometimes. | thiBk /,
is nip and tuck now, with the 6y !
hiile in advance. Is not the whole
matter strange? Without av wa
might have pestilence and with Ion
much fly, if let alone, we would have
famine. Eat or be eaten is the law a.
nature, and somehow we lust eat
enough not to let anything get an sd.
vantage.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21

will be photograph Of him taken from
miniature in the possession of an
Ohio lady.
A Brooklyn man who has made a
calculation of the sums Of money
which Americans have distributed dur
ing the last ten years to those sudden
ly deprived Of property has estimated
that $40, 900. 900 bave been contributed.
This shows that the Americans are
equally energetic in making money
and in giving IL away.
There is nov, il forbidden circula-
ton on TIA continent book contain
ing the letters Of the crown prince
Rudolph and Marie Yetsera. The cnnsa
and companion Of his death. From
these it is seen that Rudolph was So
much IN love with the girl that be Of
fered to renouuce all his titles and
dignities for the sake Of marrying her.
The marquis Of Queensberry has not
a seat in the house of Lords. He is
not peer of Great Britain, but Of
Scotland only, aud, owing to his broad
principles in regard to religion, the
Scotch peers did not elect him as a re-
preventative of their body in the
British upper house. This privilege
would have been his as matter of
course, as his rank is very high in the
Scotch nobility
Workbench on the Columbus Southern
Road in Georgia, while digging in cuts,
turned up an immense amount OF soil
resembling rock phosphate. The soil
contains skeletons OF very curiously
formed animals totally unknown in
these parts at the present day. Oyster
beds have been discovered, and sharks
teeth and the teeth Of various animals
have been found in abundance. The
most curious discovery OF all was two
live green bulifgogs, taken from an
excavation IN a solid rock.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
A HAIRLESS TOWN.
Every One In Sylvania Has a Clipped Head
and smooth Face.

A stranger visiting here now, saws
Sylvania (Ga.) letter to the Atlanta
Constitution, would be amusinglv i'm.
pressed with the similarity in appear.
ance of all its male inhabitants, aud he
would have been much more amused
had he witnessed the process by mean,
of which they all reached this state Of
common brotherhood.
1t was so dull the first part Of tho
week that even the honorable and
time-honored "Sylvania Gas COMPANY
began to show signs of falling into in.
nocuous disuse, and ceased to furnish
its members with the usual euIiyenng
elixir of mirth. Of course something
had to be done; so few of the mem.
bers decided that they would shave I'D
clean and have their heads clipped
Our barber, II. r. Kemp, did the work
up in rare and rapid style, and the
boys were So we'll pleased with their
new selves that they magnanimOusly
resolved to .'do" tie town up likewise;
so out they started on a "clippingn ez.
petition.
The first victim that walked into the
hands of the spoilers was young man
with curly hair and quite long beard
of which he was very proud lie
"kicked' and swore, but it was no use
He was escorted up stairs, and in a
few minutes, by virtue of his white
head and shining face, was a member
of the Mystic Circle of the Slick.
Then the fun commenced in real earn.
est.
Young men, old men, aud boys
just AS they happened to come along
were gathered into the fold. Some
submitted meekly to the inevitable
pleaded piteously or threatened prose
cution; some protested and struggled
violently; but the same fate awaited
them all alike-each came out witha
slick face and a hairless head When
the Subject" became too obslrcperOus
one of the committee took the clippers
and moved furrow down the center
of his head. This always had a very
quieting effect, and the operation was
then performed without any further
trouble. One Of our lawyers escaped
several times by fast running, but
nnally came out and gracefully sur
rendered, and he, too, now wears
white head. Another lawyer outran
an official of the county and managed
to save his scalp for while,
The only man in the town who did
escape-if escape it can be called
was a young clerk, who, when the
canvassing committee was out on the
warpath, slipped upstairs and was
quickly clipped, thus taking fate By
the forelock. as it were. Everybody
is alike down here now and it is a rare
sight to see a citizen with hair on his
head. One man IN this condition came
into town yesterday and from sle way
he was stared at aud followed around
one would have thought he was John
l.. Sullivan himself. Our barber was
into the clique and did all the WORK
for nothing. OF course, he will no'
do anything more in the hair-cuttns
line for several months to come, but
probably he didn't think Of that Of
was willing to submit to the sacrines
for the fun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
He Couldn't Read.

A Portland man tells a good stor
on Gen, Gih5on, tie gallant comman-
der Of the department of the Column
bia. The story runs, SAYS the San
Francisco CuY, that Gen. Gibbou and
a party Of friends were fishing IN the
Tualatin, about eight miles from Gas
ton. The general was standing on a
rock in midstream when a farmer APP
peared on the scene, rake in hand, and,
addressing him. said:
"Mister, you know that we don't
allow trespassing here AS he spoke
the farmer pointed to a placard read
ing that trespassing was prohibited.
"Yery sorry, but did not know ii, -"
responded Gen. Gibbin, trying to
maintain his equilibrium.
The cool answer fired the farmer.
Cant you readP Don't you see the
signsPn he roared.
Il can see the signs, but | can't
read. had an idea that they went to
show that the farm was for sale"
This retort knocked the farmer
speechless aud he retired from the
field. His wife then came to see what she
could do with the hero of Gettysburg.
She began by giving him a scowl that
came near transhxing him to the rock
upon which he stood. Then she bawl-
ed out:
"You had better 60 to school and
learn to read.
"Madame,n replied the general very
politely, 81 am most too old to learn
to read. -"
Gen. Gibbon never finished his sem
tence, If he did the remainder was
drowned in the roaring waters Of the
Tualatin. He unfortunately lost his
balance and plunged head-foremost
into the cold stream. When he came
to the surface the first thing he saw
was a woman breaking her heart for
Joy and dancing a Comancue war
dance.
That's good for you" she exclaim-
ed exultautIy. "Next time YOU will
learn to read. Hurrab!'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
Aaron's Wedding Suit.

Parents are sometimes loath to re-
linquish their parental authority, even
when their sons and daughters are
men and women. and ought to be learn
ing to think and act for themselves,
says the Youths Companion. A tall,
awkward, and painfully diflident
young man of u OF p years went into
a clothing store, accompanied by a
short, active, and keen-eyed little wo-
man, whose self-possession was per-
feet
Let us see some black suits of some
kind, something not too high, not yit
so cheap as to be good for nothing
said the woman to the clerk.
Yes, ma'am. Is the suit for this
young manP'
Yes, it's for him. We you any idea
bout what you want in the way of a
suit, AaronP"
"pd like one of them shiny black
suits, replied Aaron meekly.
"Well, | don't know" said the
mother, with a shake of her head.
I'm doubtful bout them wearin' well,
an | believe i'd better git you a good
cashmere"
The clerk had led the way to a couu-
ter piled high with inexpensive black
suits, and the mother began: How
do you like this, Aaron?n
~ don't know"
well, look at it, boy, and see
whether you think you'd like it,"
Il guess so.'
"Do you like this one any betterP"
Don't know as | do.
"WelI, | want you to make upyour
mind now, and not 20 to wishin' you'd
got something else as soon as YOU git
home
The amusement of the clerk was in
creased when, after carefully eXamia-
ing suit after suit without coming to a
decision, the old lady said: ''You may
show me something leelle mite bet
tern any OF these. wouldn't be 80
pertickcr, but it's his weddu' suit I'm
gettin an | feel as though I'd ike him
To look little halfway decent on
such an occasion. D'vou think you'd
be satisfied to stand up in this one.
Aaron?n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
The Huskin' Bee.

The huskin bee wuz over, ez the sun wuz go
in down
In the yaller blaze o glory fist behind the
The gals was glttn' ready n tho boys WI,
stHndin by,
To hitch on where they wanted to or know
the reason why.
OF all the gals that set arouu' the pile OF corn
tbet day,
A-twlsiin' OF the rustlin' husks ez If twas
The peaftest one OF all the lot--'n they wu7
poorly too
wuz Jury Hess. whose laGln' eyes cud look
ye through ana through.
Now # happenedlittlo zury found a red ear
in the pile,
Afore we idisbed huskin', n ye orter see her
smile,
Fur, o course, she he'd the prlverlege, Of she
would only dare
To choose the fcller she liked best n kiss him
then ~ there.
Ny how we puckered up our lips n tried to
Each fcllor wished he'd be the one picked ont
Till zury, arter hangiu' back leeue spell
or so.
Got up u walked right over to the last one in
the row.
She jist rcnchel down a techcd her lips onto
the Oi white bend
o. Peter Sims, who's eighty year II he's Gay,
It's suid
She looked So sweet OF Peter tho't an angel
cum tu sHy,
AS how lbs narp wuz ready in the land o
tarnal day.
Nad2 Wen should say was; n toll her
pou' hum
As how the WY she Sighted me he'd made me
sOrter gum,
N that DIDN'T think she shake me right
right aforc the crowd
] wu2n't gUiutcr stand tn said so poorly
loud.
Then zury drappcd her lafnn'eyes n whispered
u me low,
81 didn't hiss yc fore the crowd-'oauso-
'causr-l love ye 80
N thought yr wulnt mind It eff / kissed OF
Pete stead,
Because the grave Is closin Just above his
pore Oh head"
-wimmin's ways Is queer,somctimes, and
we don't nllu- know,
JiHt what's H-thrObbln in their hearts when
they act thus ~ sO-
All know D., that when / bid good night to
Zury Hess
loved her more n ever, n IN never love her
less.
II. p. Ryder, in New York Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
Hat FlirJatiUns.

Wearing the hat squarely on the
head love you madly.
Tipping it over the right ear-My
little brother has the measles.
Pulling it over the eyes-You must
not recognize me.
Wearing it over the back of the head
Ia, Ia; awfully awful.
Taking it off and brushing it the
wrong way-My heart is busted.
Holding it out in the right hand =
Lend me quarter.
Leaving it with your uncle-Have
been to a church fair.
Throwing it to a policeman love
your sister.
Using it as a fan-Come and see my
aunt.
Carrying a brick in it-Your cruelty
is killing me.
Kicking it up-stairs-Is the old man
around?
Kicking it downstairs Where is
your motherP
Kicking it across tie street, am
engaged.
Hanging it on the right elbow-Win
call Tonight
Hanging it on the left elbow-Am
badly left
Putting it on the ground and sitting
on it-Farewell forever. -Bo2t0H Globe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
The Young King of Seryia.

King Alexander of Servia, says :
London Times writer, is not yet 10
years old; bat he is precociousiy ag'
yeloped and looks as English boys y
at Is or l6 II seems but short WING
ago that he vas being photograph
IN a sailors dress and knickerooche,,''
but now, in his colonial uniform, Nv
stands as tall as the three RegenMyE
aud mas acquired a good deal OF ser
possession. lie has bright features
but not an intellectual face. lis ioLr
head is low, and little of it would "
seen if he did not wear his hair COSY
cropped. He has large, soft eyes ~.
a quick, pleasing smile; but h5slos
nomist would say that the mouth A.'
nose showed iudecislon Of charac.s'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
Beating the Slot.

The bel-boys in the hotel Abe
marie in Pittsburg got hold Of the s'9 y.
and-nick.e cigar machine, and "
turning il upside down they got Z.
the nickeIs out Then they fed tae'.
to the slot till they got all the eIsa.,
out, after whic ey proceeded = =
it Of all the nickels, as before. ID u
night they filled the hotel with ~,
feet orgy Of cigar smoke. TIE o"ns. Y
the machine has chained it e II,
floor and is seeking to discover ~
culprits.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
PROLIFIC LITTLE FLY.
Alfred Russell Wallace Tells some Curl
Gus Facts About the Insect.

Mr.. Alfred Russell Wallace has re-
Gently published book on Darwin.
As Mr. Wallace is Spiri,ualist and a
thorough Darwinian, il seems that the
monkey scare about ones ancestry is
not so alarming after all This is
side remark. To the point in which
the fly figures. Mr.. Wallace points
ont some facts. or a great many,raiher,
TO show there is a continual competi-
ton, struggle aud war going on in
nature. This struggle is every acting
over the whole field of nature. and no
single species Of plant or animal can
escape from it. Saws Mr. Wallace:
This results from the fact of the
rapid increase, in a geomerical ratio,
of all the species of animals aud plants.
In the lower orders this increase is es-
pecialIy rapid. single flesh fly pro-
ducing 10000 lary@, and these grow
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
Distributing His Favors.

Young Mrs. Greene; Henry, dear.
do you think so much bread and mo-
lasses is good for Harry?" Young Mr..
Greene Certainly its good for himl
Don't you know bread is the staff If
life?'n Young Mrs Greene: "Y-e-e.s
but 50 much molasses, YOU known
Young Mir Greene, well. what Of
its He doesn't eat the moiasses; he
leaves that ON the ioor-kuob. -PucA.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
A SUMNER SHOW Err.


$50 you will not forgive me, CosyP"
George Wharton asked, rs he stood in
the garden path below, looking up at
her as she learned out of the old Ii
brary window of Ashley Manor
house
mo. | will not
"Aud we are TO part for everP"
81 have told you So"
The unforglying maiden, whose soft,
clear voice was in itself a contradiction
of the very words it gave utteranCe to.
was looking away with her fearful
blue eyes TO the distant hills which
were already enveloped in the evening
misis, and trying not to look where
her lover stood auXiously waiting and
watching for sign Of forgiveness.
The window almost reached the
ground and was shrouded in blossom
ing roses. suddenly Cosy turned and
broke of large spray, and directed
all her attention 10 the task of smooth
ing ont every leaf aud peering mys-
teriously under every petal, warm
flush gathering on her face
Darling. forgive mel I'll never
veX you again. swear III And.
Cosy, / was so awfully cut up too"
The spray was thrown down at his
feet, the blue eyes regarded him with
IA scorniul, flashing anger in their
troubled depths, and the rose-bloom
dcepeucd into passionate crimson.
You mean YOU sat for AN hour and
halt smoking, for Daisy saw you
smoking those hateful cigars while
WAS waiting for you. and wondering
why YOU did not come, and frctting
myself % death about YOU. And YOU
were enjoying yourself all the time,
and never thinking or caring what
had become Of me; and You call that
being aUtully cut up. -
Cosy with Que hand laid up
on the ledge of the window.
Don't call me that name again, sir.
am no longer Cosy to you, Our
engagement is at an end and the
sooner that is known the hetter.N
She drew herself away from the
caressing hand tuat sought to touch
her, and stood passive and silent by
the curtain,
George Wharton stepped back from
the window and threw away the end
If a cigar he had held concealed all
this time i'm his hand. Tie looked per-
picked aud angry. although he lifted
his straw hat with "a profound bow,
md said pleasantly and carelessly
noughl
al have the honor OF bidding you q
very good-cyeung, Miss MiddletonP'
There was no answer; Cosy had
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
The Comfortable Hanson Cab.

women all like hanson cabs,
writes correspondent of the Press.
81 saw one pretty thing driving
through Paramount Park with her
beau the other day, and they both
Thought tho hanson SO nice. She
stared right over the apron and SO did
he. Ii You hadn't been in hanson
once OF twice Yourself you wouldn't
have known that they had hold of
hands 40 ail She wore a white bar
muslin dress, cut Mother Hubbard
fashion Around her waist (besides
his army was eream-cojored ribbon.
Her hands were entased In his aud a
pair of yellow silk mitts About her
neck was string of pearls All me,
youth aud poverty! And two wheel
ers aud nyrt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-02

In 1881 General Harrison entered the Senate
OF the United States, and Mrs. Harrison became
a member Of that distinguished circle, the
wives of the Senators. In her Washington resi-
dence of six years Mrs. Harrison extended her
sphere of usefulness. Her name was associated
with noble charities and church work. The
Garfield hospital owes its present success in
large degree to her active interest as one of its
first directors.
In appearance Mrs. Harrison is a type of
matronly beauty. In figure she shows the
generosity of nature in a well-rounded form
and in mind natures equal beneficence, ex-
banded by training in the requirements of
liberal education, drawn from the broadcast OPP
portunities. lavish growth of hair, silvered
with the threads of little over half century of
life, and floating in curly waves over a we'll
shaped head and ending in graceful coil, her
regular features and dark, expressive eyes
form picture of ripened womanhood She
has voice softened by the instincts of a
gentle nature and gift of conversation which,
while animated, is still thoughtful.
The tastes of Mrs. Harrison lie in the direc-
ton of art. Her works in water colors are the
evidences of her gifts and application to her
favOrite recreation.
American womanhood may feel honored that
it will have at the head of the domestic and
social environments of the new executive
household one so fair and gifted as Mrs. Harri-
son.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-02
That New-Fangled Ring.

To the Editor of THE EVENING STAR:
The new-fangled wedding ring described in
the New York Sun and copied in The STAR, con-
sisting of two tiny hoops of gold fastened to-
gether sos as to appear as one ring,
is far from being the conceit Of
the jeweler of the present day. The two
rings linked into one is the old French wedding
ring and has been worn in this country for
more than seventy years as the highest Of the
insignia of their Office by the ladies of the
Sacred Heart, religious order founded in
Paris toward the close of the eighteenth CEN
fury and established here about 1917. This So
ciety, which was formed during troublous
times for the care and education Of the chill
dren Of the nobility, adopted as a safeguard
against the religious persecution of the day
the costume of. the widow of the period Of
which the ring formed part; and, although
the habit has since been somewhat modified,
the ring has been retained and worn as pledge
of final vows, devotion to their order,
symbolized by the inseparable union Of the
two rings. Very many of the pupils OF the
pensionnats Of the Sacred Heart abroad and in
this country have selected this quaint ring for
their wedding, hardly through love of old as
sociations, but more on account of the beauty
of its significance, the indissoluble union,
and I have never seen inscribed upon the
fattened disks more than the initials and date.
The concealment of these when the links close
together is surety against the wear that is
consequent upon the exposed surface Of the
ordinary band Of gold. Xxx
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-02
Complaint of the Commuters.
BAD TREATMENT OF THEM BY THE BALTIMORE
AND OHIO ROAD.
To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:

BAD TREATMENT OF THEM BY THE BALTIMORE
AND OHIO ROAD.
To the Editor of The EVENING STAR:
LINDEN, Nd, Feb. 90, 1889.
On the 4th of March the manager of the
Baltimore and Ohio propose to put off all pas
sengers at the boundary, which forces them to
take the electric road as far as the Seventh
street line, then changing cars at the Seventh
street line for the Avenue. You will readily see
that this is an imposition, since man of family
will be forced to incur an additional expense of
20 cents per head on the round trip from the
boundary to the Avenue and back. This is
paying for service which the commuters have
already paid to the Baltimore and Ohio. Our
tickets call for Washington. which means the
depot at New Jersey avenue and LIST street
Have they right to put US off before we reach
the depot? There is another obstacle also that
renders this transaction very unpleasant. After
the procession and fire works are over, naturally
every one will rush for the Seventh-street cars
in order to reach the electric line, and with the
citizens of Washington striving to get home at
the same time, naturally the country people
will have poor opportunities to make the
boundary on schedule time, and consequently
a great many of them will be left, forcing
another expense of returning to some hotel for
the night and if they are too crowded country
ladies will have to walk the streets. AS the
''STAR" is ever ready to correct any abuse, l
trust it will not overlook this one.
HCoMMTroR