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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
GOOD LUCK REACHED THEM.
They Invested 81 and Are Now si4''''
Better or

"Come right in and l will tell you an an
about it." said Mrs. Mary sherman OF oO,
Pine street, with happy smile last eNeni"e
to a Herald reporter. IN. ~
The latter had called to learn the lrutu - -
the report that William Carries, WhV .isi.ot
ed there, had held onc-twentieth Oh ueh n
No. 90 5Gl. which won the first capllal pIiA0
of $500 900 in The Louisiana State Lottery ~,
Mr. Carries is not at home, bul Gan w
YOU ALL" said Mrs. Sherman, III a tOlie
which, although quiet, had an eager rinE ~
il. Il am entitled to half, she contlu"vgI'
"for PLAYED with Mr.. Carries and we inaue
that agreement" -..a
This is the fourth time | have lnlesleu
my money in The Louisiana slate Lo'.el Y
said Mrs. Sherman, "but it will not pc tho
iast. | want You To say Tor me tha1 4 az az
thoroughly satisfied that the company i ~
honest one When asked what they Nele
going 10 do with the money Mrs. Sherih"i
said: "Oh, we have that all arrahSeu'
have a boarding house here, bat l am @oIl5
to discharge all my bOarders to-moFro" az"
close up the house. Next "Wednesday morn morn
Ing Mr.. Carries and myself and hGso& ~,
leave for Europe on an extended tour
will visit my birthpls 3, Belgium theh 'll
Carries old home, at Brussels. FROM ny ny,
we go to Germany, where my husDanu
mother lives. At Paris we will remain sum
tnse before returning to Phlladeiphla A.,
When she returns from Europe, ~, az
sherman will again take boarders, anu 'ii /, (,
Carries, although rather excited ana els ,sd
when the news of lis good fortune reae w 4,
him, is not too proud TO work. lie say wa nt
upon his return he intends going INTO oIsf
-Phiiad<lp1aa Pa. Herald, August
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11

A curious outgrowth of the -;vol-:
American cities, IS the nract;"a ,ie !, OF
obtains 50. generally of Offering bor ruas
ara pecuniary inducements to man U%asss
urers to move their plant. After a'a sA
that burned down part of sewipo,. mr. NE
chine factory the other day, the ownera - "a
celved so many proposals frem asn;r;u
cities that want to take them in. that ny
were obliged to publish notice to tbe
feet that only small part of their vi 81
had been burned, and that thew wore M
open to proposals for adoption uoI
factory or established business emnlo+; n!
labor can have its choice. nowadays i. llg
long list of cities, new and old anv -
which will give it a site for factory VI
the expenses of moving and perhans c p%
tribute substantially toward the c6nst III
ton of new building. People who ow NY,
land. or are engaged in business in cities
realize that it pays them to have their,
cities grow, and are willing to hire daSir-
able inhabitants to come to them. Tbav
rely upon getting their money back in tSs
increased value of land, or the general in
crease in business. The result is that tbo
migratory disposition already so pronounc.
ed in these days is intensified, and il has
become familiar thing not merely for
individuals to move, but for great agereoa.
ton of working-men to shift the scene of
their activities from one city to another
sometimes thousands of miles away.
Time was when where the average man
found himself living. there he continued
to live, unless circumstances of exceptional
urgency impelled him to change his resi-.
dence. 1t is different now. Transports.
ton has become so cheap, and travel 50
easy, that the ties of locality sit very light.
ly on Americans, and the fact that Won
find him settled this year in New York or
Pennsylvania, affords you a very uncertain
basis for expecting to find HIM next wear
in the same place When you hear Of
him again, if he hasn't moved to Texas
Tacoma, or southern California, or Maine
or North Dakota, you feel that he must
have had some exceptionally good rea-
sons for staying at home. Men used to
wag their heads, and croak about the in.
ability ofrolling stones to gather moss.
We have changed all that Moss is at a
discount and there is a premium upon
rolling.
When Daudet in his youth was engaged
to become the Secretary of the Duke de
Moiry he was surprised at being received
at his FIST interview with his employer
with a marked degree of GOODNESS and an
abrupt intimation that he might retire
The Duke afterward confessed laughingly
that on beholding the soft-eyed blooming
long haired youth, he fancied that some
one was playing a trick upon him and
substituted a pretty girl to represent his
new Secretary. But the passage of years
as well as Daudets intense suffering from
rheumatism have deprived him of the
delicate bloom and feminine charm Of his
early years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
w SlllNGTON.

The secretary of the navy has determin-
ed tomake one more attempt to secure three
new tugs Cor the use of the navy-yard, for
which an appropriation of S35, 600 each
was made nearly three years ago. Adyer-
tiSementS inviting bids for their construc-
ton will be issued in day or two.
A TELEGRAM has been received at the
state department from Minister Miner, at
Guatemala, saving that the forces are
rapidly being disbanded, and that oeate
will be formally declared next week. He
says nothing IN regard to the Barrundia
incident and makes no mention
whatever of the reported attacks upon MINI
self.
The weather crop bulletin says the
weather during the past week in the up
per Mississippi, the lower Missouri and
Ohio valleys ws,s generally favorable to the
growing crops, especially throughout the
principal corn producing states. Con-
siderable damage is reported in North
Dakota from hail and severe local storms.
The president has receiveda cable mes
sage from the widow and children of the late
Gen. Barrundia protesting against his
assassination by the Guatemala authorities
while passenger on an American steam
ship, and calling upon him to exact rep
aration. That the president is taking
personal interest in the case is indicated
by the fact that at today's meeting of the
cabinet he sent for telegram and read it
aloud to the cabinet He stated that the
matter was now being Investigated by the
state department and he expected soon to
be in possession of all the facts in the
I case
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
THE DEVILS DEN.
Queer Stories Told About IA Remarkable
Florida Cavern.


The cave near Joseph Dee in Hamilton
county, Fla, known as the Devils Den
has ever been a mystery. No one now
living has ever explored Its depths, and
many curious tales are told in connection
with it. The editor of of the Jasper News
has gone by it at least half a dozen times,
with the express purpose of exploring It,
bat upon reaching its opening, deep down
in a dark ravine, overShadowed by tail
pines and spreading oaks. feeling the cold
chilly current of air that is peculiar to the
place, listening to the dripping waters
echoing in the cavernous depths, viewing
the overhanging rocks, which seem ready
to give way and fall and the impenetrable
darkness of the cavern, all combined, have
never failed to produce feeling of awe
that would soon ripen into fear, and
cause him to get away from the place fast
er than he went to it.
1t is related that in the early history
of the country old Uncle Billy Bassett
once happened to pass that way at late
hour IN the night. 1t was brilliantly
lighted up, and the sound of music and
revelry were heard therein. He knowing
nothing of the cave, joyfully supposed that
he was approaching some house where he
could obtain rest tor the night. Going
down into the ravine, he followed its
course till upon turning an angle of rock
he came full upon the mouth of the cavern,
on opening some twelve feet high and
twenty wide. He took one look at the
scene within, and incontinently fled fro m
the spot With the speed of a frightened
deer. He said that on high ledge OF
rock four or FIVE uncouth-loOking charact-
ers were clustered, making music on In
struments that he was unacquainted with,
while on the floor any number of naked
yellow devils seven feet high were dancing
with might and main. Ever since that
it has been called the Devils Den.
Another story is that during the war II
was occupied as refuge ard hiding place
for deserters. One of them one day con-
cluded that. to pass away the time which
was hanging so heavily on his hands, he
would explore the cave and see what 1t
contained. Up to this time its occupants
had never gone over thirty or forty yards
into it. SO procuring good torch and
accompanied by companion, he set out
or rather in, ON voyage of discovery
At distance of seventy or eighty yards
thew came across hundreds OF skeletons OF
human beings, which so terrified them
they quit the cave entirely, preterrlng a
life in the army to an abode with the
dead in that lonely cavern.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
FOREIGN.

WHILE thirty people were watching the
food from bridge at Prague, Austro-
Hungary, the bridge was washed away
and all were drowned.
THE Local Anzeiger of Berlin
says a medical examination showed the
presence of cholera bacillariae In the body
of person who recently died in that city
with symptoms of cholera
A PAINFUL impression has been created
at Rome by the fact that the officers of the
Austrian man-of-war Minerva sought an
audience with the Pope before officially
calling upon the Minister. The news
papers of this city denounce the action OF
the officers, and declare that it was a sig
nifcant act of discourtesy to the Italian
Minister
The British steames Portuense, Captain
Hews. from New York August II, for Para
and Macelo was foundered near Anegada
Island, British West Indies. Nineteen of
her crew are known to have been saved.
The captain, first and third officers, chief
engineer, two stewards, boatswain, car
penter and fireman and seaman are
missing.
A REPORT is current that Spanish line
of steamers is to be established by the
Compania Trans Atlantic Espanola to
compete with the American steamers for
Central America trade. The new steamers
will run to points at which the american
vessels do not touch
THE Figaro says that England has
made II proposition to the powers that they
agree upon federation of the Balkan
states, including Roumania, Bulgaria,
Servia, Montenegro and part of Albania.
In regard to Armenia the paper says,
Eng and will undertake an active inter
ference until order is restored.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
REsPON OF RAILROAD
EMPLOYEES.

EMpIOi EES.
1.-The legislature exhausts only half its
power and performs only half its duty
ihen, in making appropriate legislations
for the protection of the lives of persons
and transportation of property upon rail-
roads, it stops with their application to
the corporations and their officers These
words occur in Il report made by the New
York state board of meditation and ar
bitration in 1887 Further on tho same
document says that the operatives of a
railroad, from engineers down to
trackmen, are. IN the practical rela-
tionS of their services TO persons and prop
erty transported, far more important as
factors than officers of the corporation, and
should be held to due responsibility.
The relations which railway employees
bear to the public have never found strong
err and clearer expression than was given
them in the document from which these
words are taken. The men who formulate
ed them could not be accused either of
ignorance of the subject or of unfrienineSs
to the persons to whom they referred,
They had studied the question in its prac-
teal as we'll as its theoretic bearing.
With both the workers and their employ
ers they had been brought in contact
They spoke as honest, intelligent and fear
less servants of the state, who had been
selected 10y the people to discharge deli.
cate and needed duty, and, 10y their works
justified the confidence reposed in them
Nor is the justice of their position IN
any way affected 10y the fact that the
law making body to whom they report
ed paid not the slightest attention tC
their recommendations There is moi
the smallest room for doubt that
the most direct, practical and etfeC
tive remedy for the abuses inherent il
railroad strikes under present condition,
lies in the direction indicated. Law mus
be made to bear upon the employee MS wei
rs the employer. The employee must b,
made to understand that when he obtain.
service ON a railroad he becomes in som,
degree at least, public officer and that /
he sbandons his post voluntarily and de
signedly, and thus imperils the publi
either IN person or property, he render
himself liable to punishment by the law
The interest of the public which comprise
a cla.s more numerous and important THAI
either the stockholders or railroads o
their employees. and who suffer seriousl,
in all contest, Of this sort under exist,
conditions, must be efended TIN
remedy here proposed may entirel
remove the evil aimed at. but moth
ing else which has been suggested prom
ises to be nearly SO readily applied or q
adequate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
disagreement of Cities.

From Topic of the Time with the
above title in The Century for September,
we quote as follows: at cannot be
denied that our unrestricted suffrage
makes the problem more difficult here than
it is abroad; but the difficulty is not in
surmountable, and it is not as it is often
claimed to be, the chief cause of our
troubles. We are in the habit of charging
all our worst evils to be combined ignor
ant corrupt vote, but there is not city in
the land in which that vote is not many
thousands less than the combined intelll-
gent and honest vote The trouble is
that the latter vote, misled by party names
and party issues which have no bearing
upon questions of municipal rule, is about
evenly divided in most municipal cleo
tions, ami is thus deprived of nearly all its
influence When the happy day shall
come that the respectable voters Of our
cities join hands and say that henceforth
they will know no politics in the admins
tration of city affairs, and will only aid a
candidate whether or no he is, bit and
honest, then there will no longer be any
danger to apprehend from the combined
ignorant and vicious vote. 1t will make
very little difference what kind of sys-
tenn we have upon which to govern the
city when this spirit shall have entered
into the election of its officials, but until
we can secure that spirit in the election 1t
will be useless to hope for reform under
the most perfect system which the hui
man mind can devise, for an ideal system
administered by ignorant and corrupt men
cannot produce intelligent and honest
government without performing mir
ncle y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
A Story of Josh Billings.

A few years ago, riding up town IN a
Madison Avenue car. wa seatd opposite
the gentleman who is best remembered as
Josh Billings. The rear platform was
somewhat crowded, and in the course OF
our ride one of the passengers stepped
off and on several times, in order to assist ASST
The lady passengers. Finally; when, Tue tae
car was Just comfortably, filed and the
courteous gentleman had taken his seat
inside, Josh Billings, seeing an oppor,
tunity for joke, heconed to the conductor
and pointing to tie stranger, sad; ~.
Don't you charge for every ride on tnlS
carp"
"Yes, sir, answered he; ~.
Well. I've seen that fellow get on TINS
car six times, and you have collected only
one fare from him. From the Elitor
Drawer of Harpers Magazine for Septem'
her
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

FIVE persons were drowned in San
Diego bay on Monday. Among the NUM-
Der were the wife and two children of j.
W Collins, cashier of the California Ma
tional bank,
HoxIE & MrLuoR, heavy lumber and
general merchants of Amigo and Iron
wood, Mich, were attached at the latter
place, Monday night, for $4,000 on a
claim of the First National Bank, Of 0sh.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11

The canny Scots are receiving Mr.. Car
neg1e with almost royal Donors as he tray
els from town to town. The magnates
turn out in all the glory of red gowns and
gold chains to bid him formal welcome,
and offer the most liberal hospitality. Oh
course they are proud of felow-country'
man who has made his way in the world
shrewdly. But that is not all He has habit
of giving away Libraries and founding all
sorts of public institutions, and there is al
WAYS the chance-at least the hope-that
he may have one about his person ready to
bestow in case he should be especially pleas
ed in any place And so they seek to
please him especially.
In funeral sermon Sunday, over the re-
mains of three of the victims OF the Presi-
dents bridge railroad disaster Rev. e. W.
Gallagher blamed the railroad for the quail
ity of its laborers, declaring that great
CORPORATION, in the rush for supremacy,
forgot what was at stake, and that:-"lf
the railroad had trained and competent
men, conscientious in the discharge OF
their duty, this accident would not have
happened. There should be men in the
employ of the railroads. men who
thoroughly appreciate their several duties
and if they are not to be had at the pres
ent pay per day, not able to demand better
pay from their employers, the state and
church should take hand in this matter
and protect its citizens" This is very fine
as AN ideal, but how is it to become practi'
cd? If the conditions of supply were
equal to it, how could they be maintained
against the labor unions, which have nc
standard of capacity or conscience, but In
sist on making the worthless laborer as i'm
portant as the faithful man, and which de-
clare strike when men are discharged for
the very faults of incompetency and neg
lee VI duty?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
Safety from a Presidential Scourge.

Protection from the disease, not a medicinal
agent which merely checks the paroxysms is the
grand desideratum wherever the endemic scourge
of malaria prevails. Quinine does not afford this
protection The chief reason why Hostetter' :
stomach Bilters has won such immense popular
ity is that il prepares the system 10 resist the
malaral pest This it does by bracing aud tonin
the physical organism; regulating and promotions
an equal flow and distribution of the animal iluil~
and establishing digestion on a sound basis Not
only Is fever and ague prevented, but the worst
types of the disease are conquered by it. snch Is
the only conclusion to be drawn itom the over
whelming evidence in its favor. II is equally
lficacious in dyspepsia, constipation, liver com
hlant general debility aud rheumatic complaint
apd il a reliable diuretic anP ~eryine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11

PLYMOUTH, Wis, Sept. 1.-The Rev.
Or. Gardner, the new president Of Ma
shotah college, preached his farewell ser
MON here yesterday.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11

A Belfast. Me-, lawyer does consider
able marrying and was heard to say to a
Young couple whom he had just married
married lie in the best regulated fami-
lies has its troubles and should either of
you come to the conclusion that you have
made mistake don't forget to call on me
and I'll get you a divorce cheaper than
any other lawyer in town. That balance
of IS cents YOU owe me for marrying you,
YOU can hand in at any time.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11

The attempt now being made to take
negroes in large numbers from the planta-
lions and turn them adrift upon the West
ern and Northern States, Is not IN the IN
terest of the colored man, and IS only cal
culated to increase the prmy OF tramps.
The South is the place. and the only SUIT
able place in the country, for the bulk of
the colored people. Their work is most ef-
fectiye in that region, the climate suits
them. and whatever race traditions they
possess are more binding there than else
where. When the Federal Government
renders the black man secure in his polltl-
cal rights he will have no desire to be a
tramp.
WILLIAM Of Germany, as father OF his
seople, has started fresh air fund. He has
lss,.ed an order to the medical staff of the
army to visit every place where the govern
ment controls factories, carefully examine
all the children and youth therein, and
whe nthey fail ofa certain standard of health
dispatch them to the shores of the North
sea for fortnight's rest for all, to be pro
longed in the case of the very feeble until
they shall be restored to health, and all at
the expense of The government. This is
the result of an incognito visit to factories
and tenements at Berlin. Frederick the
Noble would not frown at such deeds on
the part of his son.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11

Wire .creens in the stable windows to
keep out insects will snabie tired horses to
rest better at night.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-09-11
THURSDAY. Sept. 4.

Senate.-The tariff bin was taken
up in the senate under an agreement
limiting the discussion of each subject
to FIVE minutes for each senator.
Mr.. Gibson withdrew the amendment
offered by him last Tuesday to the sugar
schedule, there having been a mistake in
il, and be offered another amendment
striking out that schedule and SUBSTITUTE
ing for it the sugar provisions of the
Mills bill. Mr. Butler presented a
communication received by him from
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-15

THE republican denunciations of
the Mckinley bill, emanating from
interviews with prominent republic
cans, and reported by the democratic
press, may be accepted as made out
of whole lie. The republican leaders
are not lying for the sake of making
democratic capital, and these pre-
tended interviews am cunt t. moth
ing. They are bogus aud manufact.
ured to scare timid republicans.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-15
Merit Wins.
9-29-tf.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
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Kings Tew Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric BitterS, and have
never handled remedies that sell as we'll
o" that have given such universal salts
faction. We do not hesitate to guarantee
hem every time, and we stand ready to
refund the purchase price, if satisfactory
results do not follow their use. These
remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. For sale by
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-15
Dallas Fair.

PALESTINE, Texas, October Con ac-
count of the Texas State Fair and Dallas
exposition, the International & Great
Northern r. r. will sell excursion tickets
10 Dallas, October 18th. to 31st. exclusive,
good until November 14th. For return at
rate of one fare with maximum of $500
from principal stations north of San An
tonic. ID. j. PRICE,
Asst. Gen. Pas. e Tkt Agt.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-15
PnhIic Notice

Notice is hereby given that all per-
sons having claims against the estate
of Peter Overend diseased must pre-
sent same within one year from Sep
TENDER Goth 1890, to the undersigned
administrator at San Antonio, Texas.
ALEX JOSKE.
9-29-tf. Administrator.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-15

THE republican majority in Kansas
is estimated at 10000. Texas dem
ocrats will go little higher than
that, but then Texas is bigger state.
Kansas and corn are safe. Score one
for a state that is always in line with
the republican party.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-15
BuckIen's Arnica SaIye.

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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-15

AFTER making the negro a citizen
and for a full quarter of a century
maintaining his political rights, it is
too late for the republican party to
reverse that action. Let honest lead
ers direct themovement of the party
and there will be no trouble with the
colored voter.