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FOR THE LADIES.

The venerable mother of Gen. Lew Wallace.
Mrs. Zarelda Wallace, is stumping the State of
Arkansas in favor of woInen's suffrage. Wherever
she goes she is greeted by large and enthusiastic
audiences. At the little town of Cotton Plant it was
agreed that her arguments should be answered by
the Rev. Joseph Jones q brother of the Rev Sam
with the divine at her side the PLATFORM and TO
the amazement of everybody present when she
had concluded 1T, the Rev Mr. Jones rose and
frankly declared that he had never known the
facts before and should hencefOrth favor the grant
ing of the ballot to women.
There was trouble in New York boarding
house the other day. bosrder asked red
headed waiter girl if she had any white horse
rad1sh. She had heard enough Of the white horse
and the reddish girl, and she hit him with sugar
bowl.-ChicdgO Herald
- Out of IL young ladies in Green Bay who met
on the lst of January a year ago and vowed never
TO marry, nine were married inside of ten months
and two of the others have breach of promise suits
Detroit Free Fress
In the Pine Grove Mines Esmeralda County,
Nevada, there is blind boy emploved TO do
errands, tend cars, and the like. lie has a most
through the intFicacies of the mine but about the
town. He goes to any part OF the mine for TOOLS
and he never goes asray, and on dark nights he
guides the other miners from the town TO the
house where most of them lodge. They can't
easily find the way without him. for the trail is
narrow and crooked, and each side are many
prospect-holes and old cellars.
There is a dog liz Orlando, Fla, with fine
sense of humOr if this story is true told by the
local newspaper: His owner frequently gives him
piece of coin TO carry along to market A day or
two ago he gave him "a dollar, and the dog was
trottlng along when he a colOred man ap-
preaching. He stopped little distance III front of
the darky, dropped the dollar from his mouth to
the sidewalk, and then walked to the edge Of the
pavement, apparently If he cared nothing for
the money. Mr.. Darky walked briskly up, and
was IN the act OF STOPPING to pick up the money,
when the dog flew at him as if to bite, quickly
seized the money, and trotted off with an air of
No, you DON'T" and overlook his owner.
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ieGGs StftHgS.i
''I should like to sell you gimlet," said a
careworn looking man, as he walked into the
Office the other day.
We have no use for one" replied the cashier
"But you should always look into the misty
future" went on the fiend, demurely. Next
Winter you viii want to make holes in your
boot-heels SO you can get your skates on"
" use club skates-no straps required"
"You may want to screw some boards to-
gether some time. The old-fashioned method
OF driving screws in with a hammer is pernici-
Gus, as it deteriorates the tenacity of the fangs
of the screws, as it were"
Nothing to-day, Sir"
The gimlet also acts as q cork-screY-"
81 don't want it."
at may be used as tack hammer a cigar
holder and also as a tooth brush"
81 don't want itn
at has an eraser, a pen, an inkstand, q table
for computing compound interest and lunch
box attachment"
II can't help it; don't want it,"
al know you don't. You're one of those
mean men that won't buy gimlet unless it has
a restaurant, a trip to Europe and an Italian
opera company attached. You're the kind of a
man who would live near an electric light tc
save gas bill"
And the peddler walked out with his mental
plunge on the perpendicular.
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the Chinese find that it is cheaper for them to
thus pay high salaries for honest foreigners than
to let their own people swindle the GoyerR-
ment out of its dues The receipts of the Gus
toms have greatly increased since Sir Robert
Hart took charge of them, and indeed the
Chinese could have no abler officer. met Sir
Robert at dinner the other night. He is one
of the Oldest of the foreign residents in China,
and he is thoroughly posted on the Celestials
and their ways. He told me he considered it
a question as to whether the present civiliza-
tion was not better one for China than the
bustling, unhappy one which the Americans
and English boast of as the best He thought
it might be that the Chinese were happier as a
nation than we are, and that their code Of
morals was in many respects better than ours.
had heard this same theory advanced before
in China, but upon looking at the people COM
pared with u.s. and at their lives compared with
ours, can see no ground for ever wishing that
we should have anything Chinese in any
form at any time. A nation whose Govern
ment is founded upon corruption and whose
officers live by lying and stealing, whose Grim
inal code still includes the slicing of men to
death inch by inch, and which, after thousands
of years of existence as a Nation, seems to be
going to rack and ruin as far as every public i'm
provement is considered, is certainly not to be
compared with the Land of the free and the
home of the brave" FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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No Fire Needed.

Woman TO tramp)-Want something to eat
chr My fire is out, and 1 have no kindling to
light it. Can't cook, or even warm things
without fire, you know.
Tramp-NO, mum.
Woman-There is wood and a batehet out in
the shed.
Tramp-Yes, mum; see it. Have you any
pie?
Woman-T have mince and pumpkin.
Tramp-Pumpkin will do. mum. That's
good cold
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Catering for His wife.

Couutryman ITO grocer Mister, do you keep
this-what dye cali it-Sweitzer cheese2 It's
all holes and smell.
Grocer-0h, yes.
Countryman-Well, gimme a pound chunk
of it; it's for my wife; she's very fond of it,
but as for me, by gum, can't eYen eat the holes
Grocer-Tell your wife to cut the holes out
an throw them away.
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A Husbands FIattery.
IN u. Tfrf.y7

Wife (who wants tailOr-made suit, but has
only limited at it)-Did you notice Mrs. De
Pink's figure?
Husband (who smells a rat)-Yes, poor
woman; she has no figure at all, and, like other
women of that Sort has to depend on tailor
made suits. Now you, my love, are a Hebe in
anything
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31

The enterprising seed firm of w. Atlee Bur-
pee & Co., AS North Fifth ST., Philadelphia.
has gotten out a very attractive and valuable
catalog, embellished with artistic chromos of
fruits and flowers. With this is included De-
partment of Thoroughbred Stock and Fancy
Poultry, which has heretofore been published
in q separate book.
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The calendar issued by n. w. Aver & Son,
Newspaper Advertising Agents, Philadelphia
is one that each succeeding year brings an in
creasing demand for Combining beauty of col
or aud finsh il is also so plain that the various
dates can be read with comfort. For counting
house or home it has not been surpassed, if
equaled. Occupying the leading place in the
newspaper advertising world, it is not strange
that IN practice as well ss theory II. w. Aver g.
Son DO well all they undertake. On receipt of
25 cents they will forward their calendar Sc
curely inclosed and postpaid to any address
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WRITE this letter
within 80 miles of
Peking. / am in
one of the big cities
of the great plain
of North China, and
my position on the
globe is such th a t
schoolboys are taught
that they would break
the earth's crust about
here if they could dive
from America straight
through the interior of
the globe. lam some
where between 10000
and IL, 900 miles from
New York by ordinary
travel, and about 5000
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A FInrida Exnnsifinn.

The Florida international mi-TropicaI
Exposition, in which are interested a large
number of the comrades who have migrated to
Florida and are building up the material in
terests of that State, will open at O1ala Jan 30,
and promises to be grand affair. The BIZ
ennial session of the American Pathological
Society will be held at Okala Feb. 20, 21 and %.
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Dreams of the Past.
JeapeLers' Weekly. !

There is nothing in this world that so takes
starch out of newl married man as to be led
into jewelry store. where there is young
lady clerk with whom he used to walk in the
cleaning, for the purpose of looking at some
gold shoulder-pins engraved with the word
Baby"
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Pecks Pat Improved Tubular Ear Cushions PERFECTLY
CURE DEAFNESS and noises head Unseen comfortable,
selfadjusLing Whispers heard SccsssuI lCe al RIM
edes Jd Sold only by f. HISCOX S53 Broad gay, Cor.
14th ST., n. Y. Send for illustrated byok FREE.
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MODERN CHINA
The Wonderful Land of the MOngO-
lianS, and Its Possibilities as a
Railroad and Manufacturing Center.

How Chinese Cheap Labor May Compete on It's Own
Soil with American WOrk-GOSsip About LII Hung
Chang and His MethOds-HiS First Railroad Ride,
and His C0nfisGatiOn OF the Car Furniture-The
Chinese Race-Their Strength and Their
POssibilities-An Empire Gone TO Seed-Chinese
improvements, and How the Peking Doodle Gov
ernment Squeezed 100000 Out Of Philan-
tIropist-A Word About Sir Robert Hart and the
Imperial Customs.
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They were packing Mr.. Billus's trunk for
journey. There's just room in that corner
for this Bible, John,p said Mrs. Billas I'D
like 10 take it, he replied, as he put the book
regretfuily aside, but can't conscientiously
do it and leave that box of cigars Maria. They
would be a temptation to Tommy. w. Chicago
Tribune.
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Uncle Berkshire-He much be that watch I?
Jeweller-FOrty dollars.
Uncle Berkshire-En that smaller oneP
Jeweller-Fifty dollars.
Uncle Berkshire-En the smallest one2
Jeweller-Seventy-f dollars.
Uncle Berkshire-Gosh. mister How much
s no watch ?-JelgetleFs' Weekly.
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augur bores Still, modern invention and
fast steamboat travel will enable you to get
this letter within seven weeks, and / can
send it to you at about three times the postage
/ would have to pay at home. The old Empire
of China is being slowly opened by the wedge
of Christian civilization. The first railroad of
any extent which has yet been built in the En-
pire now runs from here to the coast on the
Yellow Sea, and about 5000 miles of telegraph
wire keep the Chinese Government officials
posted on what is going on in different parts of
their Empire. This railroad has been put in
operation within the past two or three months.
Ii Hung Chang, the man who acted as thechief
mover for China in the great Mitkiewicz syndi-
cate, which was to establish bank here with
S50,000000 of American capital, but which,
through Mitkiewicz's indiscretion, failed, is at
the head of it, and he tells me that China must
have railways as war measure, aud that when
she gets them she will compete with our labor
ing men as manufacturing nation in the
markets of the world.
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"a So Washing Machine Free.'-To introduce
them we will give away 900 self-operating wash
ing machines. No washboard or rubbing required.
If YOU want one send your name to The Monarch
Laundry Works, 420 Wabash Ave, Chicago, Ill.
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inventions of others, and their initiative pow
ers which are equaled by those of no other
race, will make them formidable competitors
in turning into material form the inventions of
American and European minds.
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This man Ii Hung Chang is looked upon as
the greatest man in China, and he has for years
been the leading Celestial in al of the progress
i've movements Of the race. He is a strange char
acter and one who greatly impressed Gen.
Grant when he was in China. Grant and LII
had their photographs taken together, and they
chatted long about war and craftsmanship. Ii
Hung Chang has here the rank of Earl, and his
wife is called by the foreigners the Countess
Ii. Ii Hung Chang is said to be worth about
12,000,000 of taels, or more than S16,000000.
He is allowed millions a year by the Govern
ment to run this great Province of Chi Ii, which
contains more than half as many people as the
United States, and in which the great cities of
Peking and Tientsin are located. He held the
position of tutor to the Emperor, which is q
very high place in China, and he is now the
Guardian of the Throne and the Secretary of
State. The fact that such man wants China
to have railroads is greatly in their favor and
the day may yet come when American capital
will be operating railroads here. Russia is
building great road through Siberia, which win
give China entirely into its power if it does not
build roads so that it can bring troops to defend
its northern boundaries at days notice. 1t is
believed here that within five years we shall be
able to go by cars from Berlin or st. Petersburg
to Peking. The trip will take about 15 days,
and it will bring London aud the Chinese Capt.
tai about seven weeks nearer to one another
than they are now.
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No Safer Remedy can be had for Coughs and
Colds, or any trouble of the Throat than Bro1Dns
Bronchial Troehesn Price 25 cts. Sold only in bo1es
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Special Correspondence NATIONAL TRIBUNE.

loOpyR1eHTED By FRANK G. CARPENTER. 1851
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-31
Pure Blood

Is absolutely necessary in order to have perfect health
Hoods sarsapara is the great blood purifier. quickly
conquerng serOfua salt rheum and all other insidieUs
enemies which attack the blood and undermine the
health 1t also builds up the whole system dys
pepsa and sick headache and oyercomes that tired feel
ing.
81 have been troubled by scrofulous affection all my
life It is of the marked recollections my boy
hood DAYS and for several years has rendered unable
10 labor much 1 think Hoods sarsaparila, which
have been using at intervals for years is the best
thing have ever taken. 60. and my general
health seems better than ever" Il. D. ABBOTT Warren
NH.
have taken two bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla for
salt rheum and dyspepsia, with which troubled
very much. After taking this medicine feeling
we'll ever in my life" G. W. ROSE, POttsvie, Pa.
n. B. Ii you want good medicine, get
Hoods SarsaparilIa
Sold by all druggists 81 for So Prepared only by
C. L HOOD & CO., Apotheearies, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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The eImIet Man made no Impression.

Ayers Cherry PeCtoral cures colds and
coughs an unequaied anodyne expectorant.
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thought Of
in a dform,v
only from great Encyclopedias
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oE0DrTo FOR LOyERSI A book ter private
OEUnE . perusal, only 10 cents ESFERN
PJ E. CO., NJ. louis so.
Mention The National IrtOuna
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29

was larger, and the work done for
the cause of christianity readily bore
good fruit, there being from thirty
to forty conversions. Forty-fve
tents were pitched, and occupied to
their fullest extent. Three hundred
dollars were raised for the improve
ment of grounds and to meet gen
eral expenses.
The long drouth is becoming
serious. Springs and wells never
known to be dry before are dry now.
A steady rain of two or three days
duration would scarcely suffice.
Most pastures are scorched to state
Of worthlessness for feeding pur-
poses.
The trotting horses, Mambrino
Swigert and Victory, performed
with great credit to themselves at
Sparta last week. Swigert won the
free-for-all in straight heats without
being crowded; time 2:324. Victory
captured his race with like ease;
time $50.
SUNDAY there arrived in this city
new Captain and Cadet-both
ladies-to take command Of the
Salvation Army here. 1t is the
general verdict of those who have
heard the new Captain that she is
an intelligent and convincing talker.
Both ladies are good singers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
SCISSORS SAUCE.

DR.. Cutler went TO Mineral Point
on Monday; while there he bought
dainty team of bay steppers. -
Graat To. DeBocrat.
Rev. Marcelus was recently pre-
sented with a gold watch by those
who have enjoyed his church work
at Hurricane. twenty-five members
were added to his charge there. r
Lancaster 7eller.
Mrs. A. Forsman, of Chicago,
who has been visiting at her
brothers, A. Howell, for some time,
left for her home Monday morning.
She was accompanied by Miss Nellie
Tenant who expects to visit relatives
and friends in Chicago for a few
weeks.-GraHt Go. Heratd.
A well at the farm Of Timothy
Hallett, in East Galena, had nearly
gone dry, and Mr. llallett was hay
ing it deepened, employing Mr..
Rodewig on the work. Friday
morning Mr.. Rodewig was let down
into the well, Mr. IiaIlett himself
being at the windlass. A minute
after Rodewig reached the bottom,
Mr.. lIallett spoke 70 him, but re-
ceived no answer. Suspectlng the
truth, that Rodewig had been over
come by foul air, Edgar Hallett
fastened down, and found him
lying limp at the bottom Of the
well unable to move. George Clark
next went down, and succeeded in
getting rope around Rodewig's
body, when he was taken 70 the sur
face with barely the breath of life
remaining. .--Gaieaa Gazette.
III. Arthur and G. II. Basford
traded houses two or three weeks
ago. Both had handsome places,
among the best and handsomest in
the city. The one bUilt by Mr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
MINERAL WISCONSIN, THURSDAY AUGUST % 1889

premium lists and give them careful
study. Enter in every class you can
show in.
Don't imagine you have the best
in all the country because they be-
long to you. Others may have just
as good or better.
Secure good assistants while at the
fair. If there is one place above
another where poor help is worse
than no help at all, it is at such a
place as this.
Inform the managers Of the fair
in regard to the number of animals
you expect to show, in order to
secure enough stalls. The number
of entries do not always indicate
the number of animals shown.
Do not try to hide any blemishes
if there happen to be any on your
stock. a good committee will be
sure to find them, and trying to hide
them will operate against you.
a committee will not give any
credit for supertluous flesh. 1t is
best, therefore, not to have horses
too fat. A good, thriving condition
is always the best for showing
horses. Were you showing beef
cattle or hogs, it might be well to
put on fat.
Every breeder should have a large
card placed in conspicuous place
on his stalls and pens, giving name
and address, and name of the breed
of stock. 1t will save answering
many questions, besides showing an
enterprising spirit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
Get Ready for the Fair.

A fair is looked upon as an annual
exponent Of the resources and &C,
tiyities, and the growth and pros
pgrity Of the people who live within
patronisiug distance Of it. 1t is a
reflex Of the sentiment and thrift Of
the community where it is located,
and every individual who is mindful
of his own reputation, will never
allow a fair season to approach with
out preparing something to exhibit,
nor permit the fair to go by without
giving it substantial support A
few pointers to intending exhibitors
may not be out of place now:
Make up your mind to keep your
temper and hold your tongue if you
are beaten. 1t never pays to "kick."
Make your entries early. Get the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-08-29
COUNTY, SEAT

From the Chronicle:
The Long Valley band will here
after be called the Hollandale band.
The boys will soon have a new uni
form and then Hollandale will have
a band that they need not be
ashamed of, and just as good q band
as can be scared up Of its age
HoiiUadale Cor,
Oryille Perkins, the young man
who was SO severely injured last
week by being run over by a wagon
loaded with grain, is slowly recov.
eriug, and at present there seems to
be no reason why he should not be
able to be about again. 1t was a
very narrow escape from death, as
the hind wheel of the wagon passed
directly over his bowels,
Milton Persons, Jr,, who left his
nome near this city suddenly ON
Tuesday Of last week and was gone
several days, creating much anxiety
in the minds of his family aud
friends, returned late on Thursday
evening and was unable to give any
rational account of his absence. He
appears at present to be in the full
possession of his reasoning faculties,
bat at the time of his departure was
undoubtedly laboring under a slight
a ibprratiou nf mind
Isaac Martin, a young man living
about one mile from here, was riding
one horse TO the field aud leading
another, when the team became
frightened aud threw him off, and
he was knocked down and trampled
on in bad shape, there being a cut
in his left side four inches long, ana
a bad cut over the eye. 1t is feared
that he will not recover, as the cut
on his side is very deep and right
over the heart. H0landaie Cor.
The races which took place on the
fair ground IL Dodgeville last Sat.
urday, were very fully attended,,
almost every town in the county
being represented. The first was a
rotting race between Starry's, Of
this city, and Keys, Of Cobb, 2-in.S
half mile. The first heat was won
by Starry, time 3:2l, and the second
heat was also won by Starry in 3;l7.
This race was very interesting on
account of the interest lasting so
long. The next was a running race
2.in-3 half mile, between Jones' and
Jewell's. Jones got first heat in
/ :06, and some complaints being
made the judges put their horses on
their mettle, and the next two heats
were won by Jewell's in So and 9
seconds.
From the sun.
Mrs. j. IIalyerson, Of Cobb, the
aged wife Of Kanute Ilalverson, an
old citizen Of Iowa county, died on
last Saturday morning, having been
stricken with paralysis on the Tues
day previous. Deceased was 78
years old and an old citizen of this
county.
Sheriff PengilIy arrested Bartle
Spellman, a hotel keeper at lIollan.
dale, and brought him to this city
for trial on Tuesday last, on com
plant of Ole Stensland, chairman
Of the town Of Moscow Mr.. Spell
man knew he was caught and 80
declined to stand a trial He plead
guilty and was fined $G5.G5, includ-
ing cost.