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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09

Down at the Empire stores tba.,
day / met a tall, thin, bronzed o'ls
Lutheran missionary who had igss,
turned from Liberia, and he ba.s ~, ~. =
strange things to tell, SAYS writ.
the Brooklyn Eagle. He describa5 y
IBERIA as a ''sort Of republic M
tive Africans there, wild and ipdsr.
ent tribes of Golas and Gueab. ~
Veys and Pezzas and half d,.'
others, have no idea that white icy
claim sovereignty over them. IT.
are powerful enough to Wipe ont n
the white men among them i'm sir,
night They don't do it becapss
existence of the whites is a m,ttar
comparative Indifference, and Il
imagine that it is hardly worth w6
to exert themselves, as the white r-'
will die anyhow if left alone. Mos
the colored people who went to Libo,s'
from the southern states ara AL.
tolerablv well on the little planta6o-o
of casSaya and coffee and rice and
forth. Only in very exceptional os,.'
do they cast off civilization and its osr
ments and return to barOarism An,
of the most interesting of those eyo..
tional cases was that of pretty vopa,
colored woman from South Carolfn9a
who had not been three weeks in NJ
country before she got proposal FINN
a savage chief with a dozen otbs,
wives. She dropped everything bm
waist cloth and went with him.
The missionary gave an interestiD,
description of visit he paid to a IA.
tive king. The king heard he wa,
coming and sent an officer TO meet him
bearing the kings sword as eydeDos
of peace. He was to keep the sword
till the king came and then restore /,
with white cloth. After the Office,
came sixteen of the kings wives IA
cook and prepare camp and make tbe
stranger comfortable. The king him.
self came few days later with retinus
and an Interpreter. There was NOT
ten yards of cloth among the who's
party except what the missionary wore
They had banquet at which boiled
dog was tabooed by request The king
was gracious and patronizing andyery
liberal in his views, tolerating nj,
Christian friends crank Lectures
against murder, polygamy, intempor.
ance aud theft with the easy good na.
ture of an elderly philosopher who ha,
a very young and inexperienced person
to deal with and who prefers to leave
the work of correction to time and
travel. The climate of Liberia is yerv
uniform - the thermometer rarely
sinking lower than 70 or going higher
than 50, which makes it a glorious
place for microbes of all kinds. The
largest town of civilized people con.
taius about three thousand inhabitants,
and the principal reereations are ague,
intermittent fever and rheumatism.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
Some Curious Divorce Figures.

At the annual meeting Of the Ma.
tional Divorce League, held lately in
Boston, the beliefwas expressed thatthe
forthcoming volume on divorce in the
United States from 1867 to 1927, which
has been compiled By Colonel Carol
ID. Wright. and is to be issued by the
government, will furnish data Of great
value to the social student. Undoubt
eddy the book will justify the confidence
The data it will contain will cover the
causes of divorce by states as well as
years; and will show the proportion Of
aggrieved husbands and wives. A
digest of the divorce laws of the Union
will be very valuable feature Of the
volume, which will also contain Stats
ties enabling a comparison of the fire.
quency of divorce in Europe and the
United States. 1t was stated at the
meeting yesterday that the average
duration of married life in the United
States is twenty-five years The aver
age welded life of those seeking de
yorce IS from eight to twelve years,
The league is working at a time par
ticularly favorable to the success OF its
work in securing reform of our TOO lax
divorce laws. In many states the leg
islatureS are considering amendments
of the divorce laws. Even in llino;
it is proposed to amend the law in such
way as to give judges more power
to prevent collision between libeIGltl
and libellee, and to authorize them lo|
fix the time within which the party
securing the divorce may remarry
Several of the judges who have been
before the judiciary committee OF the|
Illinois Legislature have confessed that
the facility for remarriage is the cause
of many scaudalous scenes, which cam
not but weaken popular respect for the|
marital tie. One Judge said he hal
seen man walking mp and down. M
patient for his divorce to be granted
who was married within an hour alteI
the decree was giyen.-Aew lo'
Graphic
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
Gompromising Letters.

It is a story Of very clever actress,
whose husband is an actor and a great
fayorite with the ladies. She was
Jealous, but hewas rather afraid of her,
and she could always revenge herself
with her tongue. One evening at a
little supper they had been chatting
one another, and the husband said:
ats an very well, my dear; I don't
mind your bullying me aud pitching
into me. hut it was a mean trick to DO
To- 20 through my pockets and read my
letters. draw the line at that.
don't think YOU ought to DO that.
She looked Al him calmly ard in a
drawing tone replied:
My dear, why don't you destroy
vour compromising letters always
destroy mine. san FreHriSco ChJ0HI-
cle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
Kitchen Counsel.

Use charcoal to boil with; the flames
close the pores quickly and make the
meat very tender.
Cake is baked when fine splinter
of wood will pass through without
any of the cake adheriug, and not I'M
Ill then.
Salt viii curdle new milk; hence, in
preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc,
the salt should not be added until the
dish is prepared.
Many cake and batcl of bread are
ruined by slamming the oven door. A
maker of celebrated sponge cake will
not allow anyone to touch the stove or
walk heavily across the kitchen floor
while the sensitive compound is bak-
ing.
For spiced beef get about three
pounds of beef off the round and boil
until very tender Then take out of
the water chop fine, and season to
taste. Put in a tablespoonful each Of
ground cloves, allspice, and cinnamon.
Mix we'll and pack in a square tin.
Take the water it has been boiled in
and let it boil down to about two-thirds
of cupful, salt and pepper a little and
pour over the meal. Let it get cold.
The Italian cooks have a way of us
ing up bits of liver, pork, ham, or
bacon by cooking them with a smooth
mush made of sailed water and Indian
meal, putting in a layer of mush and
then the meat. and covering again with
mush and baking all for half an hour.
1t is served hot with a rich gravy made
from the stock pot and thickened with
-four. This disA is called "polenta,n
and is considered a very epicurean
side dish,
In making fish cakes take two
pounds of salt Goldfish and put on the
back of the stove with enough water
to well cover it, and let it soak for at
least three or four hours. Then take
the fish aud pick 1t up fine. Peel two
quarts of potatoes and put on to cook
in boiling water, and sprinkle the fish
over the potatoes and boil for half an
hour. When done take up in a pan
and break two eggs over it and mix
and mash thoroughly. Make up in
flat cakes and fry in hot lard until very
brown.
Tea biscuit may be made of one quart
-four. three teaspoonfuls baking pow
der, one teaspoonful salt, one table,
spoonful butter, one pint milk. Sift
the flour and baking powder together
in mixing bowl; add salt, butter. and
lastly the milk; mix thoroughly and
quickly with the hands into a soft
dough. The more quickly this is done
the lighter the biscuit will be. Flour
the hands, break of bits of the dough
the size you wish, end quickly roll in
to any shape. Bake in quick oven
twenty minutes.
If YOU have never tried broiled rash
ers Of salt pork not bacon-do so
now. Cut some very thin slices and
soak them in cold milk over night
Next morning wipe them dry, lay on a
hot gridWon, and broil on both sides.
Serve with sJewed potatoes and corn
dodgers. 1t may also be fried, rolling
the slices in flour and frying in little
hot fat made bv trying ont one on two
slices of the pork Make a cream
gravy rs follows: Pour out from the
pan all except about gill of the gra-
w; stir i'm hcapiug tablespoonful of
flour, and when it is smoothly mixed,
stir in gradually "A pint of hot milk
that in which the pork was soaked
season with pepper and minced pars-
lev. and serve with baked potators.-
Alice ChiteHasH ip Country lfW.lmah
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
A Heavy Bride.

Miss Alice Hogaboom of Vermont
who was married to Alfred Thompson
in Boston the other day, weighed oo0
pounds She is a blonde with an ar
ray of handsome but colossal charms
The husband. on the other hand, Is !
little fellow weighing only nlne9
pounds. The clergyman said the nap
DIV couple had evidently been brou5"
together by "the divine law OF couua,
ries, which made opposites seek esvu
other. He said he was pleased TO oiu1..
ate at the ceremony, but did not h1o"
what he should have done If IN M
capacity as Baptist clergyman ne 9a4
been called upon to bapuze MS,
Hogaboom. He advised her Simply y
.'sit down. on her husband if be e'gi
got hayward or fractions, ana lo-1
Albert not to attempt TO dandie AZ
on his knee He said Alice was sA..a'
fed with very little, but Albert evlaeH'
Nv wanted the earth, and ne
Just on the point Of getting IT, IL We
liftv-six Yards Of white satin TO h'no
tine bridal dress. and the gaHalult.i'9-
worn by the bride we're the legs % ~,
stockings. She had on No, il 'a'.-
slippers and her silk stockings "'.'
the biggest ever made in Boston
ing SIS. He husband bought htt H l..,
ing presents costing 5000, lutl'"'...7
a 81. 600 pair of diamond earrings
might Is well invest my money =
diamonds as anything else, he
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
Remarkable Restoration.

A remarkable story comes from Car
diff. Wales. A collier named David
of Treherbert was a sufferer by a
great explosion that occurred in 1880
For four wears after ne was confined
to his bed. He then gradually got
about but remained deaf and dumb
from the shock. 4 doctor advised him
to try shock somewhat similarto that
which caused his intirmity. A little
while ago he placed himself near whore
six shots were 70 be fired in the Butte
Pit, and strange To sal@ ut the sixth
shot his hearing returned to linn. Still
ne was dgmh. but on subsequent
SUNDAY the Rnv Z. Rowland, missions
airy to the deaf mute said something
to Davies which put him in a passion,
and he inyeluntariiy or instiuctiyelv
made an attempt % express his anger.
10 Ills amazement the power Of speech
came back and he now talks freely.
He, however SAYS that speaking makes
his throat sore, aud his tongue Is made
sore by his teeth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
A Matter OF business.

Farmer / didn't have any money
for the paper, SO | thought l would
bring YOU in a load of turuipS.
Editor Yes; that's as good TO me as
money. Err before You 80, Mr.. Hay
seed. there's "a little matter I'D like to
speak to You about
Farmer-Weu, what is it?
Edtor-You don't want TO buy a
load of uruips, do you2-j,igc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09

One morning my cousin Hllda came
10 me and said:
I'VE are going to be married
Richard and ~
Richard GaleP You are to marry
Richard Gale?n ! asked.
1--WE love each other" she answered.
Now, / had introduced those two,
and Richard had called Hilda a statue,
and spoken Of her as 'cold." ] never
dreamt be would come to be her lover,
and ] confess ! was not glad to hear
It. / could not say | rejoiced, but l
Kissed her and, as time went on,
| began to fancy that all would be well
and they happy.
/ was sewing ON some white muslin
one day not long before that Of the
wedding. when Richard came up the
steps of the voraudah and sat down
near me, lingering my work:
"Do you think lIllda is really fond
Of me, Georgctte?" he said after space
of silence.
laughed.
Women always laugh said he.
"She is SO calm; she has no passion in
her eyes. have tried to make her
Jealous, and cauno; do il"
81 won't laugh this time. said +;
"but I'll tell you one thing: you might
enjoy having "a jealous sweetheart, but
you will be very glad that your wife
has confidence in you"
81 have my doubts said Richard.
ooh, I'm an idiot, | knowl Hilda is
perfection only / like a spice Of evil
r. II,
know Stella RiyersP'
81 have met Mrs Rivers, said I
can ugly woman with temper.
"No man ever called Stella ugly"
said he. "Shc makes more conquests
in n day then other women make in "A
year She always puts me in mind of
a neutrality-suspicious. fairly quiyers.
And such chic dresses rs she wearsl"
"Iow French we are" said !.
81 cannot help it when talk Of
Stella, said he. "She is Parisienue at
heart; she lived there for years, you
know There is very little of the frozen
Puritan about Stcll.'
"Scl?' said l.
s'Woll, old Rivers calls her Stcll, said
he
Her husband" asked l.
You have sarcastic tone TO your
voice Tonight, said Richard, land it
does not improve you, Mis-, Georgetta.
Her husband Yes and her greatest
admircr,
"Wcll, SO long as he is pleased no
one need find amy fault said J.
"That stupid Mr. Alsopp asked her
s.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09
The sIang-User's Fearful End.

Mother Johnnie, do wish YOU
would quit using slang. "Why2 Its
as ba! rs profanity. What do Yea
think will become Of the profiue ana
slaugy man when he dic,2 Hen be
in the soup. Lincoln J9ar7tI..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-05-09

Bull fghdnE is increasing in p2Pr
lar favor In Spain More new ..I HI
have been built during the last W..
years than during the previous ~"
and the pas If The performers mas
creased.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
The Republic of Colombia rs an III Dor
ado.
Harper's Magazine.

The country for the most part, owing to
the inequalities of It's surface presents TO
the ewes magnificent and beautiful pauo-
unaa Here are steep mountains, there
deep and extensive valleys, and further on
broad plateus. the inhabitants of Coom-
bia thus enjoying in the tlopic every varl-
etv of temperature: FOR AS the savaut Call
das saws in speaking Of the different eli
mates of this region; 1T is only neces-
sarv 10 descenda distance of from ten to
fourteen leagues in order TO pass from
polar SHOWS to the heat of Senegal.
The forests of Colombia abound in trees
which are used for building purposes for
dyemg. and for cdbinet-work; and balSamlc
plants and gums. medicinal and otherwise
useful to man. are mo- less abundant. In
the exhibition OF natural products which
took place in the capital of there public in
1870 there were more than seven kinds of
the above mentioned woods
The country abondS i'm the rich mines
of gold and silver. in iron. copper, lead,
emeralds. amethysts, ruhies, rock-crystal,
marble, porphyry, jasper jet, salt coal,
sulpher. lime, gypsum, and other mineral
products On the coast especially on the
coasts Of the Isthmus of Panama andof the
bav of Rio Hacba are found pearls and
coral Notwithstanding the abundance
OF these natural riches, however. the de-
velopment of the material resources of the
country has been hitherto completely
neglected. and it may bee affirmed that,
with the exception of Ecuador and Bolivia,
Colombia of All the political divisions q
Spanish America supplies the smallf- 81
contingent 10 the traffic Of the world.
Various causes have contributed TO pro-
dute So deplorahle q state of baekwudne>s
continual political di>sens.Ons and the
revolutions that have been their result.
without either party having found 1t pos
sihe thus far 10 solve satisfactorily the
problem ST combining order and liberty
and thus best0wug on the country the
blessing OF prosperous and lasting peace
the instructed system 0f education adopt
"a hv the state, which tends 20 aver-sumu
late the imaginative faculties of the race.
and 10 maintain the system 81 bureaucracy.
which Is one IF the greatest seaurges Of
those countries: the little attention given
Ia scientific agriculture and to engineer
ING in its diverse applications and finally.
the diversified character Of the surface Of
the country. crossed as it Is by three Of the
chief ranges of the Andes presenting un~
usual difficulties to transportation This
state Of things must continue until for
eign capital shall facilitate eommnmea-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

The Pennsylvania supreme court affirm
ed the decision Of the lower courts in the
case OF David and Joseph Nicely, convicted
and sentenced to be hanged for the muir
der and robbery Of Farmer Umberger, Of
Somerset county.
SECRErAR OF STATE LEsUEuR, of Mis-
souri,, has notified all corporations which
have failed to make aftidavits under the
antitrust law, that unless they comply
with the law by November IA, steps will
be taken to revoke their charters.
HARRISBURG. Pa.-The official returns
Of the vote for state treasurer have been
received at the state department The total
vote was: Boyer (rep.) 24l pa; Bigler
ldem. 2s03 l8; Johnson (pro), ~, 40l ;
Boyer plurality, 6O.926.
THE soul, says In 4. A. Stevens, Of
Philadelphia is located IN the corpus cali
losum, a little pongy body situated at the
base OF the BRAIN which has defod thc eff
forts of physicians in their endeay0rs 20
ascertain It's uses in the human anatomy.
The corpus calIosum said the doctor,
the seat Of the imperishable mind, and
is the seat Of the great reservoir and store
house of electricity. which is abstracted
from the blood in the arteries and convey
ed through the nerves mp the spinal cord
to the corpus coliseum
ASHLAND. Wisconsin. A resolu-
ton was introduced at the meeting Of the
county board tuesday afternoon ordering
District Attorney Rossmm TO dismiss the
cases Of the prize fighters and the nine
persons held on the charge Of aiding and
abettiuR it, Pending a decision on the
legality of such action, the matter was
laid over A sensation was caused by the
Introduction of this resolution. District
Attorney Rosman will not follow out the
Instructions. knowing that he would be
liable todismissa by Gov Hoard
SALT LAKE Cry. Utah. The investiga-
ton into the character Of the oaths admin
istered Id the Mormon ceremonies IN the
endowment house has been continued.
Levi AEtcI swore that the penalty for div
ulgiug secrets was death lie understood
that the setting ap Of the kirgdom Of God
on the ruins of the United States meant
that mormon church was to rule Counsel
read extracts from the discolrse- Of Brig
ham Young 10 support the testimony of hos
hlity TO the United States government and
the dominion Of the Lords chosen people
through the kingdom Of God on earth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
Anguish Improbable

Ia endured by tho victims Of ndammstory rhen
matisrl, and any form of the disease may reach
that 9gonizing phase or attack the heart and
cause death Unhappily they who feel ~ ,.teiim-
mary twinges seldom realize this. Like other
possibly dangerous malsdies, rheumatism Is often
dlsregarded 81 the outset. Well Will t oe tuF nm
a thfs bt,ef notice shall serve as q warning ot
future peril vr pain 20 reader troubled win la
yipieut rheumatism. The proper sequel VIII De
an instantaneous resort 20 the great preventative
depurrnt Hostetter's stomach BiUers, whose
breyet Of professional Commendatton popular eN
perieuce has confirmed There Is no FINER or more
renial antidote 10 the virus of rheumatism tn the
system Botanic In its origip &c T. free from the
objections attaching 20 depureut potsous hAb4e ~
he taken In more than the inhuitesimal dose. y he
Biuers couquers malaria, indigestion, lt'eF Anc
kidney trDuhlas
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FlRr mt Denopois. Ala. DESTROYED the
Deuopoi> oil mill Loss, $4,000; insur-
nce, $4,000.
Tup james A. Smith a. Sons Ice and
FueI Componv. If Fasf st. Louis. mn.
have made nm assignment The liabilities
ara estimated IN s9i 600
NJ. p,......., \ r;u, 4, II.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
rnrr ron rmRrEEN YEARS.
\ German Exile Returns to His Country to
Marry His Early Love.

KANSAS CITY. Mo. - A romance in
real life. and one of unusual interest de
veloped here today. when Maurice Scholl
announced his intention Of returning to
Germany to marry Fauein Marguerite
Miller. daughter Of the burgomaster of q
town rear Stuttein II was thirteen years
ago tine couple were betrothed. One
evening when they We're returning from
an opera, Edmund Won Wandel, an army
officer, iusulted the prospective bride
Scholl challenged him To a duel. The com
bat occurred the next morning, pistols be-
ing used and Won Wandel was shot
through the heart and instantly killed.
Scholl was badly wounded but managed to
escape. Since that time he has been in
exile from his native land He made a
fortune in Kansas City and now when the
statute limitation prevents his being prose
cuted for his crime he has arranged to
return to his home and complete the ro-
nance 10y marriage
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-11-21
charge d affairs. at Tangiers.

charge d affairs, at Tangiers
LoNDox. The Liverpool chamber Of
commerce has petitioned Lord Salisbury TO
endeavor to procure the resembling Of the
action Of the collector at Norfolk. Va, re-
garding the employment Of English CLASH
Tiers Of cotton in violation Of the alien con-
tract labor act
LONDON. The Brazilian government
has issued a manifesto announcing that
monarchy has been abolished. Various
provinces have sent assurances of sup
port to the new regime. The former prime
minister will be arrested The emperor
will be treated with the greatest consider
alton.
A PARIS newspaper says an Italian feet
is on the way to Morocco and that Tan
ger will be bombarded tomorrow unless
the Sultan gives satisfaction for the recent
outrage on the office Of the Italian Char
&c d Affairs.
LONDON, Eng. A blue book on the
lretau troubles INST published. shows that
Greece, early in August. vas preparing to
send an expedition TO Crete, and that the
powers restrained her Lord Salisbury.
IN one dispatch said that England would
consult with her allies As the prime
minister has heretofore averred that Eng
land had no allies, the phrase is likely to
cause a sensation
VIENNA At Wadowice on Thursday
the trial opened Of sixty-fve persons
who are charged with swindliug a large
number of Gallician peasants by inducing
them to emigrate to America, by false
statements. and then obtaining commits
sion on their passage money Among the
persons implicated are a c0mmissary Of
police, comptroller of customs "a Hunga-
rian Judge and a number of custom
guards
Cry or MEXICO Gen. Corona ex-
Minister to Spain and governor of the
state of Jalisco. while on his way to q
theatre in Guadalajara, was stabbed four
times by mailman and died at eigh-
O'Clock Tuesday morning. The wife of the
general, who Is an American, also received
a stab wound, which is, however not
dangerous. The assassin Immediately
killed himself He was a luuatic who had
just been discharged from the police
force.