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, 1890-07-19
Maine Girl. Break Up a Game.

A story comes from Bangor of a joke
played by two or three mischievous young
ladies who used a great modern con-
venience to demoralize a great modern
diversion. Their victims were four young
men who meet nee a week for a gander
game of whist. Their last session was
completely broken up by the ~singularly
persistent calls of the telephone bell and
a remarkable series of perple1ing con-
versations over the wire. ASS 500 as the
young bachelors had dealt a hand ''ting-
a-ling" the bell would go and up one Of
them would have to jump. This was
kept up till the players abandoned the
game and devoted their energies to an
unsuccessful attempt to find out who
their tormentors were. We advise them
to adopt the co-educational Whist plan.
IL Is in vogue in Lewiston and Auburn
whist rcles.-Lewiston Journal.
, 1890-07-19
WOMANS WORLD.
DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING THE
POPULAR STAR QUILT.

An Ancestral Petticoat-women TranPs.
Don't Like Female Lawyers-sensibIe
Summer ~Food-womcn Of Ready wit.
Proper Washing Of an Infant.
The most popular quilt at present is
the star quilt. For materials get two
yards good quality domestic linen, quite
heavy, with a smooth surface-a quality
worth about thirty-fve cents a yard will
do nicely-three lunches wash twist, one
bunch etching silk, two gross smallest
size brass rings, one five pointed star,
perforated pattern, to stamp with. Place
the linen on a smooth surface and stamp
your star pattern over the surface Tor
you can get it done, being careful to
economize space, and yet leave room for
working.
After the stamping is done cut ont the
star Oh the square; that is, do not cut
the point out, but cut a square with the
star in the center, leaving about one
inch margin from the end of point of
star; this is for convenience in working.
When the stars are all stamped and the
squares cut u proceed with the fancy
work. With the wash twist work a
heavy buttonhole stitch around all the
points of the star, then with the same
silk fill each point with one of the filling
stitches, either fish net, brick, cross or
crows feet, or any other that is pre-
ferred; each star may have the same
filling stitch, or every star may be filled
differently.
Now for the center part of the star;
crochet a sufficient number of the brass
rings over with the etching silk and sew
them in a circle to the linen. After the
embroidery is done cut ont all the linen
from the points of the star with n pair
of sharp scissors. This will leave You a
five pointed star. T~hirty-six stars will
make a quilt large enough, and they are
to be set together by points. This will
make the edges formed of the points
which finish with n small silk tassel. If
preferred, bolton sheeting and linen
dosses may be used.
The colors used are gold and white,
old rose and white, green and white, and
all white. The number of stars depends
on the size you make your stars, but
from t~hirty-six to sixty-four are enough.
Exchange.
, 1890-07-19

L remember hearing at first hand a
story Of the famous Mrs. Fletcher, of
Lancrigg, whose beautiful face the read
BITS of her autobiography will remember
as immortalized at the age of so by the
elder Richmond.
She had been very i'll, but was recov-
ering, when she heard that Mazzini was
in London, and against the counsel of
her friends, who feared the journey and
excitement for her, she determined to go
up to London and t. be present at a
public breakfast TO be given in his honor.
''But you have no bonnet; You cannot
appear in that hoodr they urged. 81
will have n bonnet for the occasion" was
her reioinder, and straightway word
was lisnntrhed TO n millinor in London
, 1890-07-19

A marvellous example of old time
needlework has found its way into ono
of the exchanges for women's work in
this city through the impecuniousness
of the family in which it has long beer
cherished as an heirloom.
1t is n piece of the quilted work which
has become one Of the lost arts in these
days, and was the border of u petticoat
worn by some richly clad German dame
$50 years ago. The strip is half n yard
in width and about three yards inlength.
1t consists of two thiclnesses of fine
white cotton with n soft interlining. 1t
is quilted all over with an exquisite
medley Of flowers, foliage and ara
besques, into which is wrought every va
riety of "stitch" known to expert needle
craft. In those days there were no other
ornaments nor any devices for stamping.
The patient fingers that fashioned such
work also made their own designs, drew
them with a needle, free hand, MS they
went along, and so this petticoat border
was the work of an artist ms well ms n
clever needle woman. The fabric is
stiff with stitches-there are billions of
them-and the surface puts n in mind
of a piece of fine repousse work in white
silver.
The woman who is now compelled to
part with it has n pitiful story. She
and her husband in their advanced age
were forced by reverses to emigrate to
the far west, where in an unsettled oun
try, three days ride from n human habi-
tation, they ''took up a claim" The
wife, unused to hardship, finally lost her
health, and in the hope of regaining it
came east last autumn, leaving her hus-
band alone. The severity of the winter
killed all their stock, and the old men
Gpallv mat El-----.asI-- eH"V haiu
tftf up with both legs broken. He is
helpless and penniless and alone, and his
wife is helpless and penniless here,
unable to reach him. She had sold
everything available before she had made
up her mind to part with her ancestral
petticoat. 1t is a rare and interesting
piece of work and ought to be in n
museum.-New York World.
, 1890-07-19

Inferior to mans "a fact which nobody
doubted, but a hundred lady wranglers
will never prove that woman's mission
In the world is the same as mans. In
the animal kingdom, starting from the
lowest organisms, where you find the
difference between the male and female
hardly perceptible, the further you go
up the scale the more accentuated be-
comes the difference between the sexes.
In man and woman the dissimilarity is
most marked.
The more women seek to resemble
man the further will they remove them
selves from him. Electric fluids of the
same name repel n another; electric
fluids of opposite kinds attract each
other. Most of the women who have
made n great name for themselves by
their BRAIN work have been so many
good wives and mothers lost to the
world, and in these days of cheap and
noisy notoriety especially sweet are the
words of the poet of antiquity who said
that "the best women were those the
world heard least Of ."-Max O'Rel.
, 1890-07-19

Many public philanthropies are at
work in this great city, but none, L
think, have been of greater benefit to a
large class than the cheap lodging
houses. Many unfortunate girls have
been saved from dishonor and many
women from despair by the temporary
protection of the cheap lodging house in
time of need. 1t is a haven of rest and
shelter for the woman out of employ
ment, for the shop girl struggling to
keep body and soul together on a starv-
ing pittance, and for hundreds of home
less women adrift in New York.-Amy
Robesart in New York World.
, 1890-07-19
AusREY,S FAMOUS RIDE.

A Feat That Has Few Parallels In Phys
Teal Endurance and Bravery.
"The greatest physical achievement
ever accomplished in this country" said
John F. Graham, twas the ride of F. x.
Aubrey from the plaza of Santa Fe, N.
M, to the public square at Independence,
Mo-, a distance of nearly eight hundred
miles. through a'country inhabited by
warlike Indians. a large part of which
was her a sandy desert"
Being urged to give an account Of the
great ride Graham proceeded:
at was about the year 1851 that Au-
brey gave his wonderful test of human
endurance, before which all other at
tempts of the kind pale into insignifi-
canoe. He was a short, heavy set man
3S years of age, in the prime of man
hood and strength. His business for ten
years as a Santa Fe trader had made
him perfectly familiar with the trail
and all the stopping places. He was a
perfect horseman, and although there
were great riders in those days, none of
them cared to dispute tho palm with
Aubrey. On q wager of 81 900 he un-
dertook to ride alone from Santa Fe to
Independence inside of six days. 1t was
thirty-nine years ago that he undertook
the terrible feat. 1t was to be the su-
preme effort of his life, and he sent a
half dozen of the swiftest horses ahead
to be stationed at different points for
use in the ride.
He left SAINTS Fe in a sweeping gallop
and that was the pace he kept up during
nearly every hour of the time until he
fell fainting from his foam covered horse
in the square at Independence. No man
could keep with the rider and he would
have killed every horse in the west rather
than to have failed in the undertaking.
It took him just fiv days and nineteen
hours to perform the feat and 1t cost the
lives of several Of his best horses. After
being carried into a room at the old
hotel at Independence Aubrey lay for
forty-eight hours in a dead stupor before
he came to his senses. He would never
nave recovered from the shock had it
not been for his wonderful constitution.
The feat was unanimously regarded by
western men as the greatest exhibition
of strength and endurance ever known
on the plains"
"What became of Aubrey afterwardT'
was asked.
AFTER his ride he became the lion OF
the west and was dined and feted at st.
Louis as though he had been a conquer
ing hero. He finally met his death at
the hand of n friend. One day in 1854,
in an alteration with Maj. Richard a.
Weightman, the great rider was stabbed
to the heart and dropped dead in Santa
Fe. He was buried in an unknown
grave and all that is remembered of Au-
brey is his remarkable ride. Weightman
was tried upon the charge of murder,
but vas acquitted, and joining the Con
federate army was shot at Wilson's
Creek while leading his brigade into
battle. Denver News.
, 1890-07-19

1t is better to haven no artificial light in
sleeping rooms, but as such light is often
a necessity it should be so shielded as
not to fall directly upon the eyes of the
sleeper. Neither should sunlight be al
lowed to shine through a window upon
the bed, either directly or by reflection.
Where it ID a necessity to sleep during
the daylight hours, as is so often the
case In the multifold diversities of labor
in a city, the room should not be made
dark. Closing the shutters and drawing
the shades so as to shut out direct light
will usually be sufficient, and on waking
the change to the strong midday light
will be less trying to the eyes.-Hall's
journal of Health.
, 1890-07-19
A scrap or Paper saves Her Lire.

1t was just IN ordinary scrap of wrap
ping paper, but it saved her life. She
was in the last stages of consumption, told
by physicians that she was incurable and
could live only a short time; she weighed
less than seventy pounds. On a piece OF
wrapping paper she read Of DR.. Kings
New Discovery, and got a sample bottle;
it helped her; she bought a large bottle, it
helped her more, bought another, and
grew better fast, continued its use, and Is
now strong, healthy. rosy, plump, weigh
ing l40 pounds. For fuller particulars
send stamp to w. ii. Cole, Druggist, Fort
discovery free at b. b. David's drug
store.
, 1890-07-19

A Boston girl has two pairs of plaster
hands nodded of the size and shape of
her w hands. If her riding gloves or
her wash leather walking gloves get
rained on by any chance she stretches
them over the little plaster hands, dries
them in shape and finds them good as
new. She freshens up her shopping
gloves, too, once in n while, and has a
way of cleansing them so that they do
not forever afterward smell of the cleans
ing fluid. OF course there are violet
glove sachets cheaply made to keep any
n from that annoyance.-Exchange.
, 1890-07-19

There is an ingenious device for keep
ing oysters good in the shell for several
weeks after they have been taken from
the water. Hitherto this has been done
unsatisfactorily by boring holes through
the edges of the shells and locking In the
oysters with bits of twisted wire. BY
the new scheme the edges of the shells
are dipped into plaster of paris mixed
with certain chemicals that make it
harden quickly. In a few minutes the
oyster is Theoretically sealed. and 30
strong is the cement that not aver the
most muscular mollusk can manage to
get a breath of fresh air after having
been subjected to this process.-Ex-
change.
, 1890-07-19

Two years ago George Croft, of Osh-
kosh, Wis, loaned a friend $40. to be re-
turned by mail. Soon after he got a let
ter asking if he had received the money.
Croft replied no. A short time after
he received a letter with the $40 in it,
and the friend declared he had once be-
fore sent the money. Not long since
Croft received the first letter containing
$40, which was sent Aug. II, 1888, to
Ashland. and had lain there two wears
, 1890-07-19
BurxIen.s ArnIca snIve.

The best salve in the world tor cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains,
sorns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or no pay required. 1t is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by b. B. David, Druggist.
, 1890-07-19

Woman recommends to women who
take a 'cold tub" in hemorning to pour
into the same about a wineglassful of
ordinary ammonia, which, combined
with the water, has all the cleansing
properties of soap and is deliciously re-
freshing. In the warm weather this hint
will be found invaluable.
, 1890-07-19
My stock Ladies Para
S0tS at cost.
s5:.H. .M Y.ERS.
STORAGE

For household goods or
sserchanStise Of any de-
Terms reason
able and Insurance eHecfed
sUhen desired. " arehONses
on Cheyenne " Northern
track. Call and get esfi-
mates. Cheyenne Conn
1sserctHI company.
, 1890-07-19

Ever since n or two Norridgewock
girls went to Waltham, Mass, to work
In the watch factory and got married
the Waltham people have had many ap-
plications for work from that part of
Maine, and there is now quite a colony
of Norridgewock young women in the
city of watches .-Exchange.
, 1890-07-19

An odd conception for n table bell is
one which represents a silver wire mouse
trap. the interior of which contains the
bell. A gilt cat, which s%urInounts t.e
ornament, acts as the lever by which the
bell is struck.
, 1890-07-19

Two women have been appointed as
sistant superintendent of the Chicago
public schools. Now the Illinois Wom-
ans alliance is working theoretically to
have Mayor Cregier put women on the
board of education. The candidate is
Mrs. Ella f. Young, now assistant super
intendent, and the brightest member, re-
gardless of sex, connected with the edu-
cational system of Chicago.
, 1890-07-19

nsthma, eruptions, paralysis, dyspepsia, indigest-
ion. piles, fever. neuralgia, costiveness, all ner-
vous diseases, heart disease, consumption. bron-
chitis, sore eyes, urinary troubles, chest and lungs,
pulmonary troubles, and all diseases of the gener-
ative organs, no matter of how long standing.
fyou have failed to get cured elsewhere do not
despair. but give Lee Wing a call and have a chat with
him, which Is strictly confidential, as he needs no inter
prefer, but speaks English FOR himself. and II costs you
nothing for consultation. as he only sells the remedies.
His motto is. "A Cure Guaranteed II directions
arc carefully followed, or Money Refunded.-
Persons living outside Of Denver can write to Lee
Wing. enclosing &c stamp, and explain their symp-
toms. when he will be pleased to send them advice -
10 which Of his remedies Will be beneficial
All correspondence strictly confidential.
LIZ VINO, 1914 Larimev st., Denver, ooIo-
, 1890-07-19

drat. express or registered letter. Anne rican
money. Collections can be made by express
companies or banks. Tickets sent direct to
management will be paid by drafts on New
York, Montreal, st. Paul, Chicago, San Fran
cisco or City of Mexico. For further iniorma-
ton address JUAA - Manager,
Apartado4 3. ZacAfeca-. n extro.
, 1890-07-19

Miss A. and Miss l.. Thornton. sisters,
of Butte City, Mont, have zach 81 ,000,-
900, and yet they are attending college
in philadelphia.
, 1890-07-19
0f PRIZE. ~Sl5O,OOO.OO
IOO, 900 Tickets Mt SO; Halves SIS;
Tenths, 81: American Currency.
AGENTS WANTED !
OF PRIZES:

Club RATES; O Tickets Tor 1000.
Special rates arranged with agents..
AGENTS Tn Iows sy snS
city In the United States and British America.
The payment Of prizes is guaranteed by a
special deposit OF i've hundre thousand
dollars $500 1000 with the state government
and approved by Jesus Arechiga, governor.
Drawings under the personal supervision OF
Lie. Arteaga, who Is appointed by
the government as Intervention.
~ CKRTIYY that with the state treasurer all
necessary guarantees are deposited, assuring
full payment Of all prizes of this drawing.
HERMINIo ARTEAGA, Intervention"
, 1890-07-19
x ARCHITECTUREl
" BU1LDLNG9
PAINZTKGI

Decorating. etc. Ny 1oo-pags Illustrated
Catalogue sent free. Address: WIN. T.
COMsTOCBs rs Warren st., New York.
, 1890-07-19

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Girl 10 chair car,
Railroad train,
Going eastward,
Home again.
Ill.
Little schoolm' am,
Been out west,
Teaching. hard work.
Wants a rest.
III.
Dashing drummer,
Gross the aisle.
Awtully horrid, but
Has to smile.
w.
Mutual mash,
Found it out,
Travelling on,
Wabash route.
, 1890-07-19

Ladies' and Chudress's
biOHses from 6fsy cents vp.
N YERA.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
Hon. Francis Little Dead.

On Monday evening, after a pro-
longed illness from general debility,
Hon. Francis Little joined the silent
majority; aged 81 years, 10 months,
Is days.
Mr.. Little was a native of Ireland.
He came to America in 1912, and
remained one year with his brothers
in Illinois. In "A he came to Wis
consin and settled at New Diggiugs
where he remained for eight years,
when he bought $50 acres of land
of some of Henry Dodge's relatives,
on which was located the old Fort
w ashington, of Black Hawk war
time. Since, Mr.. Little increased
his land possessions to $50 acres,
and died leaving one Of the most
desirable and best equipped farms
in the state. He was chairman of
the Linden town board for years,
and hence member of the county
board; was Supt, of the poor for six
years; member of the Assembly in
lS64-5; and represented this dis
trict in the State Senate in lo70-72-
70 and II. The high esteem and
confidence in which he was held
never abated up to The hour of his
death. This community, the county
the state and country have lost a
noble citizen; would that there were
more such. The surviving wife aud
children GALL grown have experienced
a loss that is beyond replacing, aud
in their great sorrow have the sym
pathy of all friends near and far.
He was devout aud consistent
membef of the p. Nj. church, at
which funeral services will be held
this afternoon, in this city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
PERSONAL POINTS.

). ID. James, former business
man of this city, but now of Storm
Lake, Ia, accompanied the body OF
his brother, JOS. H., here for burial
last week. "Jimmie" looks we'll
and reports his better half and little
daughter enjoying good health,
which their numerous friends in
Mineral Point are pleased to learn
Miss Susie Thompson, one Of
our fashionable milIiners, is visiting
at Platteyille.
Geo. Curry, son-in-law of our
citizen David Brown, has, with his
wife and family been here spending
the holidays. Their place Of resi-.
dence is Ellsworth, Mimi, to which
they returned last Monday. The
TRIBUsB appreciated a call from
Mr.. Curry while here.
-Thos. Paynter, the Highland
barber, made his many friends hap.
py by bis presence the first Of the
week.
Mrs. Edw Deylin, of EngIe
wood, who has been among rela
tiyes and friends in our midst foI
two weeks, returned home yesterday
Geo. Bennett left on Monday
for Madison to resume his studies
of civil engineering at the State
University.
The Misses Matte and Lou
Hutchison returned Saturday tc
their respective duties. The former
to her school at Necedah, Wis, and
the latter to the North western Uni
versity at Evanston, H., where she
Is taking a course OF elocutlon
under Prof. Cumnock.
John Weckler, who was com.
PEELED to return to his home IN this
city from Rock Rapids, Iowa, on
account of sickness, is we'll enough
now, we are pleased TO note, to get
out and call on his many old friend
Miss Nellie Eastman is home
again after about years absence
in Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs Henry Dunstan,
and their son, John, Of Wyoming,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
COUNTY SEA T.


From the Chronicle.
A daily mail route has been ca
tablished between Spring Green aud
Wyoming. Service on the new
route will commence January lst. A
postofice will be established at the
Hillside, with John l.. Jones as
postmaster
Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Smoker,
father aud mother Of Mr.. ]. p.
Smoker, Of this city, and very early
settlers Of PlatteyiIle, celebrated
the hftieth anniversary Of their mar.
riage at their home in that city on
Saturday last Their three sons and
their families were present, it being
the first reunion in seventeen years.
The Russian influenza has arrived
in Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and
Freeport, and established a plant in
each Of those cities. This is auOth-
er instance Of the investment Of
European capital in this country.
The tariff reformers will be glad 70
learn that there is no duty on this
luxury, and they can obtain il At
manufacturers prices.
From the sun.
Mrs. Otto Schubert met with a
decidedly bad accident on New
Years day, by which she had the
same leg rebroken that was broken
last summer. The break is a new
fracture and has no connection with
the old one.
J. +. Davis, principal Of the sec
ond ward school Of Mineral Point,
spent several days the past week
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
Amerlcan Legion "a HonoL

NKwToWN, y. j. May IL, 1883.
70 ,choAt II Dtqy cJacorn
The Wren Comedy Company gave
their unique entertainment at Libra
ry Hall IN this town this evening,
under the auspices Of Sussex Coun-
Gil, No. 1901, A. l.. Of IL. The
oompany rendered "Sweethearts'
and "Outwitted," aud also Lights
and Shades Of Life"
We take sincere pleasure IN bear
ing our testimony that the perform
ance was frst-class IN every respect;
we eheerfully recommend it as a
perfectly clean and wholesome en-
tertainment sparkling with wit, aud
one that cannot fail to delight all
lovers of fine plays aud good acting.
The Wrens are IN fine feather aud
with tuneful voices.
Respectfully,
HENRY HUsroN, Commander,
WM. II NICHOLS, Sec'y.
At the Opera House, Mineral
Point, Feb 7th, 1890.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09

establishment put tnfe less into
the railroad money drawer in 1889
than it did in 1883. This WAS owing
to the works using much more home
raised ore. Its shipments were
about the same for the two years.
With these facts before us what is
the conclusion? Simply that the
railroad traffic in connection with
Mineral Point increased the last
year over the previous one about
$4,OOO.OO.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
MRs. 9. j. Crow,
Pres. w. &. I. II.

Monday the 2:lu passenger train
came very near killing James Nee
han, Sr., of Willow Springs, an
elderly gentleman who for many
years has been deaf Not hearing
the approaching train Mr. NJ at
tempted to cross the track nj the
intersection OF Main and Ann
streets, and had it not been that the
engineer reversed his engine, tho
old gentleman would doubtless have
met an awful death DdrtbgtoA
Repnbkican.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
DE Voc. =. D., Jan. 3. 100

MRs. llurcHIsoN- Dear Sister. In
behalf of our Union, and can
safely say in behalf of those who
were recipients of your generosity,
! wish to extend TO the donors and
all who in auywise aided in sending
us the clothing, etc, our heartfelt
gratitude, and for you ladies to
,now that everything WAS carefully
distributed aud gratefully received.
Our people are mostly in quite
needy circumstances, aud nothing
that can be utilized goes amiss.
"Who giveth to the poor leudelh to
the Lord" Again thanking you,
remain yours for God aud Home
aud Nauve Land.
MRs. 9. j. Crow,
Pres. w. G. T. II.