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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
WASHINGTON.

President HARRISON has sent to tHe
Senate the name of payiG j. Brewer, OF
Kansas, 10 be Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
UNITED STATES Senators Pierce and
Casey drew lots ON Wednesday for the long
and short terms. Casey drew the longand
Pierce the short straw.
EDWARD SuCoTr cashier of the Ser
geaut-at- Arms of the House of Representa-
tives mt Washington has absconded, carry
ing with him about s72 600 of the money
with which he was entrusted
LAKE Mus. Wis. Mrs John VOL
lin. living two miles northeast of
here lost her life Wednesday IN attempting
To stop runaway team on her farm.
Her son had his colar-hone broken. The
deceased was Il widow and operated the
farm.
WASHINGTON, u. c. Edward Me
Pherson. the new clerk OF the house, to-
day appointed Charles 5 Martin, of Kan
sas. reading clerk of the house IN place of
Neal Brown. of Tennessee, who was killed
in railroad accident during the recess,
Mr.. Martin was reading clerk of the Kan.
sas legislature for number of years and
read also in the Chicago convention of
1888
WASHINGTON. n. c. Secretary Vim
dom has appointed special agents Spauld-
ing, Montgomery and Chance, COM
mission To investigate the charges made
low Boston merchants against Or. Edward
Sherer. chemist OF the sugar labatatory at
the New York custom house. The charges
AGAINST Sherer affect his integrity and
also his competency.
TuE annual report Of Gen. Hepburn
solicitor of the treasury, shows that the
sum of S35. 600 600, principal and interest
is due the government evidenced Toy ludg-
ments of the circuit and district courts.
but that no reliable estimate is given OF
the value of these judgments, The soilu-
ter asks for an appropriation of SlO,OOu to
Toe expended In hunting up these debtors
and their property in order that collec-
ton of these Judgments he made.
SOME of the Washington debutantes Of
the present season Will be Miss Hattie
Blaine the youngest daughter of the Ser
retary of the Interior. and the beauty on
the kfamily; Miss Florence Window, the
second daughter of the Secretary OF the
Treasury: Miss Nmamaker, the eldest
daughter of the Postmaster General; Mass
A,my. the daughter Of Admiral Amy Miss
Bainbridge Holt, the daughter OF tommo-
dore and Mrs Hotf, in honor of whose de-
hat several teas are announced; Miss
Mildred Fuller. the fourth daughter OF
the Chief Justice, an exceedingly pretty
gir 81 the blonde type and Miss Harlan,
the youngest daughter Of Justice Harlan.
Tins Investigation shows that no less
than forty-siX congressman are sufferers
hy the forgeries committed by the missing
cashier. Sleott. revealed 10y Fridays in
yeshgatiou Of his defalcation IN the house.
/ Silcott presented notes ostensibIy signed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
THE DREAD or DEATH.
Remarkable Facts showing That Men "A
Rule DO Not Fear to Die.

Rule DO Not Fear to Die.
Sir Lyon Playfair in letter to Junius
Henri Browne, author of q paper with the
above title, says: Having represented a
large constituency Cthe L University of Edin-
burgh) for seventeen years as a member of
Parliament, | naturally came III contact
with the most eminent medical men in
England. ] have put the question to most
of them Did you, in your extensive
practice, ever know a patient who was
afraid to die?' With two exceptions they
answered No
Zone Of these exceptions was Sir BEN
jamin Crodie, VINO said he had seen one
case The other was Sir Robert Christian
who had seen one case. that of a girl of
bad character who had a sudden accident
| have known three friends who were
partially devoured by wild bessts under
apparently hopeless circumstances Of
escape The first was Livingstone, the
great African traveller, who was knocked
on his back by a lion, which began to
munich his arm. He assured me that he felt
no fear or pain and that his only feeling
was one of intense curiosity as to which
part of the body the lion would take next
The next was Rustem Pasha, now Turk
ish Ambassador in London. A bear at
tackled him and tore off part Of his hand
and part Of his arm and shoulder. He
also assured me that he had neither pain
nor fear. but that he felt excessively angry
because the bear grunted with so much
satisfaction in munching him.
The third case is that of Sir Edward
Bradford an Indian officer now occupy
ing a high position in the Indian Office
He was seized in solitary place by a
tiger, which held him firmly behind the
shoulder with one paw, and then deliber-
ately devoured the whole of his arm, be-
ginning at the end and ending at the
shoulder. He was positive that he had no
sensation of fear, and thinks that he felt
little pain when the fangs went through
his hand, but is certain that he felt none
during the munching of his arm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
CONGRESSIONAL.
WEDNESDAY,, De- 4

Senate. The credentials Of Messrs.
Pierce and Casey, as senator's from North
Dakota we're presented. read and placed ON
file. The two senators then advanced to
the desk and took the oath Of office. Sen.
Hoar.from the committee on privileges and
elections reported back the resolutions
offered by him Monday, providing for a
mode for ascertaiuiug by lot the classes 70
which the senators from tie three new
states shall be assigned as to their respec-
tive terms of service. Sen. Cullom there
upon presented certificates from the two
houses of the North Dakota Legislature deS-
irnatinr Sen. Pierce as the senator Tor the
long term. The result Of long discussion
was that Of the two senators from Wash
ington. SQUIRE was assigned TO the class
whose term expired March ), le9I, ana
Allen To the class expiring March ). lo|5.
OF the South Dakota senator's, Moody
term expires March 3, 1891 and Feth-
prev March b 1898 Or the North Ia
kata senator's. Pierce term expires March
3. 1891. and Casey March 3. ls95 HE
FIRST bin introduced this session came
from Mr.. sherman and is aimed Al trusts.
II i identical with the antitrust bill re-
ported by him last year from the commit
tee an finance 1t declares All u~sss un-
lawful: gives persons the power 70 recover
in courts when, or articles are advanced
In value by tn combinations, and de-
elares the officer Of trusts guilty ct nus.
dpmpanors. y a senate devoted most OF
today's session 70 the introduction 81 bills,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
\ MISSING FAMILY.
John Morris wife and Little Ones Fail t.
Reach the End of a Journey.

LITTLE Rock. Ark The mysterious
disappearance of an entire family is re-
ported from Yellville John Morris, liv-
ing near SummerviIle, Mo, sent his wife
and three children, aged 10, 7 and years,
respectively, under the care of John
Graves, to Jasper, Ark. The party trav-
eled overland in a wagon, and Graves re-
turned to Summervile and reported that
he had left Mrs Morris and the children
at Jasper. When Morris himself reached
the town he found that his family had
never reached there. Murder and robbery
are suspected,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
CRIME.

Mrs. ELLA c. WHITE, alias Mrs. Ella
c. Worth, has been arrested in Chicago
for forgery and taken to Elmira, N. Y,
for trial She is charged with having
raised S25. 900 there on fraudulent notes,
and spent the money in speculation.
ELLSWORTH, Wis. - Wednesday even
ing. while James Marien was coming out
Of his fathers barn, in the town Of Trim
belle, he was wayaid by some unknown
party and robbed of about 300 The rob
Der shot Marden through the arm shatter-
ing the member badly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

why grown men and woman with matured re-
sec,lys powers should neglect their small ailments
h. really puzzle. Hosts Of otherwise sensible
people thus bewilder conjecture. It IL one Of
tba thing, which, a. the late lAnsnted Lord Dun
5-s.rv exclaimed. uno fsllah can nnd out" Dis
~ ses rrow faster than weeds, and moreover,
hayet one another Incipient indigestion, tous1
of biliousness, slight irregulsrtty in the habit q
snce not local but general, do these not beget II
disrerartiedf Battle and drive of the foe II the
srsf onset with Hostetter's stomach buiers, SOW
80 a circulation enriched brain and stomach
trsnauiized by this national medicine becomes
reu nigh invnlnerable The Bitters coanieFast
malaria rheumatism and kidney complaint,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
THOUSANDS ARE STARVING.
Terrible Destitution Reported in Dakota
Immediate Relief Needed.

YANKToN, S. D.-Six hundred families,
or nearly 5000 persons, living in Minor
county are starving to death. Gov. Mel
ette arrived here after having made a
thorough investigation of the cases of al
legged restitution, and he says the reports
are not in the least exaggerated If relief
is not extended at once many must die
Gov Mallette is now making a tour of the
counties ON the Missouri river slope, where
crops are good, soliciting aid for the desti-
tute
MITCHELL, S. D.-Gov. Mellette was in
Mitchell Thursday from the scene of che
suffering from crop failure in Minor coun-
ty. Practically no crop was raised in that
section this year and he found $50 families
whoneeded or would need aid OF these
families 20 are now absolutely starving
and must be provided for at once. GOV.
Mellette said he had hoped that the state
would be able to provide for all the needy
in her borders, but after visiting Minor
county he was convinced that ii would be
necessary TO ask outside aid.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

the total number presendid being sos,
against Dos on the first bill day two years
ago. Most Of the measures proposed were
bills that failed to become laws during the
last congress.
THURSDAY, Dec 5.
Senafe.-Among the number Of memori-
ais and petitions presented in the senate
today was one asking that the nation 5
title be changed to that of the United
States of Columbia SEN Moody South
Dakota) introduced a bill to prohibit the
officers and agents of the government from
requiring the payment of special taxes I'M
der the internal revenue laws for the manu-
facture or sale of intoxicating liquors IN
states where such manufacture or sale Is
prohibited by the state constitution. Re-
ferred
House Today the speaker of the house
appointed the following committees
Rules Mckinley, Cannon, Carlisle and
Randall Accounts - Spooner, Booth,
Kelly (Kas,) McCord, Hansbrough, Hayes
Grimes, Lee and Keer PA. Enrolled bills
Kinney, Townscld Pa, Moore n. II. },
Kigore and Williams Tn house at 1925,
adjourned until Monday
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

journey for $4,000 years before If 49,,
us When we look at these E,.L lN'-el
night we are actually viewing them '7 "
were lS,OO0 wears ago In fact those st'.
might have totally vanished 1900 va.
ago, though we and our descendant -, -
still see them glittering fo1 another ,t ,'.A'
sand years. At the moment of evt;-- '.!1-
there was a column of light on H. .'', .-.
and until the whole Of that columr ~
reached our system we receive no ir.. Ia
ton of the fact that the star from Viii
came has ceased to twinkle
We shall realize little more fpJly al.
this reasoning involves if we supn6so IA.
astronomers dwelt on such = star an5 s sIa,
they bad eyes and telescopes su4Fo;,' ,'.a'
keen not only to discern our little a,-g
but even to scrutinlze Its surface with ~
tentlon. Let US suppose that the staie.
astronomers looked at England. an -,
think they would see network of W.
joining mighty and populous elite. e..
nshed with immense manufactorios ana
with countless institutions such vorl5 ~
the England of to-day? But from tba AZ
lance at which these astronomers ara LIZ,
ated light takes eighteen thousand -
for its journey, and. therefore wbat ,Eas
would see would be England as II W.,
eighteen thousand years ago. To tbar
England would even now appear y. !
country mainly covered with forests IN
habited by bears and wolves and totajIy
free from any trace of civilization Tbi,
illustration will at all events serve to CON-
vey some conception of the distance at
which the outskirts Of our visible uniyerss
are plunged in the depths of space.
ROBERT BALL
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
DECLARED A HERETIC.
Rev u. II. smith, of Oshkosh. Denied
Further Congregational Fellowship.

KAUKAuNA, Wisconsin - The Win
nebago District convention of Congrega-
tional churches which has been in session
here has finally settled the case of the Rev.
T.. II. Smith, of Oshkosh, charged with
heresy, and has thrust him into outer
darkness, or rather outside its communion.
The charges against Mr.. Sm;jh We're that
his belief and teaching were not in har-
mony with those of the church, but rather
those held by Universalists or Unitarians,
Mr. Smith frankly admitted the charges
to be substantially true, and submitted
the question of his fellowship to the con-
vention A resolution that he be no longer
continued in fellowship was adopted 10y
tie vote Of to r. but p churches of the
district were not represented This action
i likely TO make future trouble and pos
sibly a split in the convention.
Three young ministers who asked to be
admitted, LOOMS, Miller and Reed, as
scented TO the creed, tut denied the right Of
the convention to require such an assent
before admitting them. Two Of them
were admitted, but Reed who is from
Sheboygan, was rejected by a vote of II
to | L.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

by them at the Metropolitan bank and got
them discounted. They were each for the
amount of a Congressman S salary To
protect himself Silcott drew money for
salaries of these members a few days be-
fore leaving and paid notes, which he de-
stroyed after getting them into his posses
sion. Thus absolute evidence of forgery
is missing. The house investigation has
been going on. Secrecyis being observed
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

THE Italian military engineers are build
ing Notifications on the top Of Mount
Cents and the Alps near Nice in order to
prepare against French invasion Of Italy
at those points: the works are being
pressed forward, as the military authori-
ties consider them urgent in view of sud
den changes liable 10 occur in France at
any time
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
KILLED A PATIENT.
A victim of the Faith Cure Die. while
waiting for Health.

KANSAS CRY, No, Dec Mrs James
Iythe. wife Of a wealthy farmer of Living
ston county. died at her home, yesterday,
from lack of medical attention. Mrs.
Lythe was a believer in Christian science
and relied for her recovery upon faith
cure. Her sister Mrs. White, a wealth.
widow is dying and she, too, will allow
no physician to see her, trusting, ike her
sister to the faith cure. Both Of the ladies
belonged to the holiness settlement
here, the leaders Of which attended them
in their illdess The holiness doctors
will be prosecuted for malpractice
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

On the outskirts of the universe lie those
fainteSt and dimmest objects which we can
Just perceive through our greatest teles-
copes. We know that many of the stars
around us would still remain visable in
great instruments even though they were
removed a thousand times as far off
Among the myriads Of faint stars which
we see from our own ObservatOr'es there
may be many indeed there must be many
which are a thousand times as distant as
the bright stars which twinkle in our com
paratiye mel ghborhord We thus obtain
some conception of the stupendeus dis
lance at which the outskirts of the uni
verse are situated. There are different
ways Of Illustrating this point but | think
the simplest as well as the most striking
is that which is founded on the velocity of
light 1t Is remarkable fact that the
beautiful star known as Vega has a dis
tauee from Us So tremendous that its light
must have taken somewhere about eight
cen years to travel hither from thither.
Notwithstanding that the light dashes
along with such lnConcelvable speed that ii
will cover 10000 miles in every second.
Notwithstanding that a journey at tins
pace Will complete the entire circuit Of the
globe seven or eight times between two
successive ticks of a clock. the light viii
nevertheless take eighteen years 70 reach
our eve from the time it leaves Vega. We
donot, therefore. see the star as it is at
present; we see it as it was eighteen wears
ago For the light which this evening
enters our eyes has been all that time on
Its journey. indeed, is Vega were actually
Z 4
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

The account of the Forth bridge given
at the workingmen' s meeting Of the British
Association recently is very striking. In
effect, the engineers have stretched six
horizontal Eitfel towers, at a height of go
feet above high-water mark, across the
estuary and have made their structure
capable of supporting not only its own
weight, but that of five of the largest iron
clads, were they to be hung from its girders
The problem presented to the builders of the
bridge was the spanning Of a space a mile
and a half broad The water was too deep
to allow of the sinking of piers, and so the
only plan possible was to utilize a rocky
island in the mindle Of the Forth Two
cantileyers 700 feet long. were pushed out
from each side of the space to be spanned
and then connected by a steel girder $50
feet long The weight of the metal EN-
ployed is sc, 900 tons, and yet the structure
may be depended upon to carry an addi-
tional weight OF $4,000 tons, while three
times the fury of the worst storm ever re-
corded can break upon the bridge without
the slightest danger The work is un
doubleday one of the greatest feats Of en-
gineering ever performed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

THERE is no possible objection 10 Cana
dams having a flag if they want it, but the
wise man secures horse before he buys
saddle. Better first get a government Of
their own
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

The Sultan Is 100000 out by the visit
Of Emperor William. But the Sultan
doesn't mind little thing like this; his
subjects have to pay in the end.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

Thus we finally learn that the amplitude
of our vision is augmented to one thousand
million times its original extent by the use
of our greatest telescopes 1t need there
fore, be no matter for surprise that the
number of stars visible through our great
telescopes or recorded on the sensitive
films of Photographic plates should num-
Der scores of millions. In fact, it would
sometimes seem surprising that the num-
Der of telescope stars is not even greater
than it actually appears to be- If we
are able to explore one thousand million
times as much space we might expect
that the number of objects disclosed would
be also increased about thousand million
fold, but this is certainly not the case.
The truth seems to be that our sun is but
one star of a mighty cluster of stars; we
happen to lie near the middle Of the clus-
ter, and the rest of the stars belonging to il
form what we know as the MILKY Way
There are. of course, other clusters scat
tered through the heavens, some of them
perhaps as great as that body of stars
which form the Milky Way. Owing to
our residence in this cluster we see the
neighboring suns in multitudes, and thus
we receive the impression that the solar
system lies in an exceptionally rich part of
the universe in as far the distribution
Of stars is concerned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

The society for the Prevention OF Cruelty
10 Animals IN Switzerland has resolved to
Danish cats from the republic on the
ground that they are killing off all the
birds
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12
THE DEPTHS OF SPACE
How Our Conceptions Are Enlarged by
the Great Telescopes.
The Sphere We Search.
Our Vision Augmented a Thousand
Million Times by Our Latest
Lenses.

In discussing the extent of the visible
universe, it must always be borne in mind
that the farther source Of light is from us
the fainter is the illumination which we re-
ceive from IT. Suppose that a star which
lics within the limit of naked-eye visibility
were somehow to be transposed TO
distance twice as great, then the ustre of
the star would be reduced to one-fOurth Of
its original amount. 1t would. therefore,
be of course invisible to the unaided eye,
but it could be easily perceived by teles-
cope. Indeed, the very word telescope
means an instrument for looking at objects
a long way off, and the effect of the teles-
cope is to reduce the apparent distance of
the object Thus the binocular glass that
the mariner uses at sea has the seeming
effect of reducing distances to about one
third of their amount, so that if star were
carried off to three times its actual distance
from us it would still be shown as clearly
in binocular glass as it would
be seenby the unaided eve
when PLACED at its original
distance A star Just on the verge of max
ed-eye visibility would still remain within
the grasp of such an instrument even were
1t three times as far away The instru-
ment the astronomer uses must however,
be much more powerful than that which
sutiices fo' mariner A telescope small
enough to be held in the,hands would only
be competent to retain star within its ken
though the star was removed to distance
of ten miles as great as when il was Just
visible with the unaided eve. The large
instruments would be sufficiently powerful
to follow a star even though it was remoy-
.a1 fp a Il tuta ~
great as that at which it could be Just
glimpsed by an unaided eye, while the
victories can boast would still hold every
lucid star in the heavens within view even
were those stars waited off one thousand
times as far as they are at present.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

These facts give us some notion of the
extraordinary extent to which great tele-
scopes increase the range of our vision.
We are permitted by their aid to sound a
depth in space of one thousand tunes as
great as that to which the unaided eve
would enable us to penetrate Above and
on each side and around us in every direc-
ton the range of our vision is increased a
thousand fold At first it might appear
that the extent of space accessible to our
telescopes would also be increased to one
thousand times the extent of naked eve
vision. This would, however, give a very
inadequate conception of the truth With
our unaided eyes we are able to see all the
objects around us which lie within a GER
tain mighty globe Of which our earth is a
centre. When we employ great telescopes
we can explore a globe of which the radius
has been enlarged one thousand fold,
therefore the quantity of space that we
can examine in the two cases must be rep
resented by two globes, one which has a
diameter thousand times as great as the
other.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-12-12

a lighted cigar in the hands Of Fe'7i
The. while asleep at Canton. Ohio. =
fire 20 some paper and before he aW4A
ened his little ten-year-old son died tr9A
sutfOcatlon.