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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
Langtry's Silver Bath.

A curious story is told as to the ORR
gin OF Mrs. Langtry's silver bath.
Bathmakers believe there is only one
silver bath IN the world. This was
made some years ago for an Indian
prince by a London bathmaker, and he
supposes that the owner having died,
the silver bath came into the market
and was bought by Mrs. Langtry. A
silver bath Is tremendous affair.
Some few wealthy people have copper
baths plated with silver, but the 90
Is but a triile compared with the gcnu-
inc article. Some wealthy people, who
20 IN for luxurious bathing, fill their
bathrooms with statuary, have painted
the walls and the bath is fitted into a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
With Head to the North.

The superstitious belief that human
beings should sleep with their heads
towards the north is now believed TO be
based upon a scientific principle. The
French Academr of Sciences has made
experiments upon the body of a gull
lotined man which 20 to prove that
each human body is in itself an electric
battery one eiectrode being represent
ed by the mead and the other bv the
feet The body Of the subject upon
which experiments were made was
taken immediately after death and
placed upon pivot free to move in
any direction. After some vacillation
the head portion turned towards the
north, the pivot-board remaining sta
tonary One of the professors turned
1t half way around but it soon re-
gained position with she head-piece
TO the north aud the same results were
repeatedly obtained until organic
movement ceased.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
Bumblethorpe and the Run

Gen. Bumblethorpe is car,.i.,-
very big man-big ia statue aS3 8
ger still IN his own conceit brin,;s'
over, as he constantly is. with b;s
Importance, says the Boston TN
Gen. Bumblethorpe was never 4 "
army; ne never was even in the n;1;..
But he was suryeyor-general onc .,''~
good while ago, aud has of conrss ~ ~ !
the title of general ever since a15 ia
always insisted upon it. He ba. - aN
a shade more overbearing since h - II
came general in this wav. tbonSs =
was sufficiently oyerbeariug bssio e
that. H
One fine afternoon last summer r.
Bumbethorpe was taking ny
through the outskirts of the conn eA
town which he had honored bv cb".i
ing as his place Of summer soioprn y
the course Of his wauderings he can :.
upon a pair of bars LEADING jnto
grassy and inviting meadow. ~
bars he let down and walked i,.'
the meadow He had but half cro.sa5
the meadow when he saw. IN 4,
horror, great black and wbi.'
Holstein bull emerge from the ds-s
shade of an apple tree and adygT.,
toward him. Gen BumbIetbor9.
is not an active man, but the s,es{-
advance of the enormous animal ,r,,
ulated him for the moment to ors-.
activity, And his own rapid diee,
also served to stimulate the bu9 T6,
lowered his head and charged fer,
couSly believing the while.
1t was a mad chase, but Gen. Bnn.
bIethorpe had some good rods Of al
vantage in the start aud the oppo,if,
fence of the field was not far avon
The general ran rapidly and succeeded
in turning a somersault over the isse.
just in time to escape the infuriatej
animal.
And then it was Gen. Bumblethrop.
was infuriated From the safe s5s
of the fence he stormed and RACED
at the bull, and, seeing a farm-booa
not far away, he stalked over to il
The farmer was choriug around t5s
barn when the general rushed up to
him.
us that your bull over there, sirY
exclaimed Gen. Bumblethorpe
wal, | guess It's, - said the farmer
"Well, sir, do you know what it,
been doiug?"
"Chasiu We, mebbe."
yes. sir, chasing me; and it is an
outrage | will not tolerate-an out.
rage, tell you that | should be pur.
sued and Inundated in this way?''
wal, says the farmer, Its thing
that bulls will do; We can't help it. 70
know"
Help itm said the general, black
with Indignation; do you know who
am?"
mo, | don't"
We'll, sir, I am Gen. Bundle.
thorpe
that-so?" said the farmer, with
a great deliberation; "is-that-so'
Why in thunder didn't We the the bull
gen'ral?"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20

+ssssssress--esrtsssh
creation OF woman, according to HeSod,
was that Zeus. as a cruel Jest, ordered
Vulcan to make women out of clay,
and then induced the various gods and
goddesses TO invest the clay doh with
all their worst qualities, the result be-
ing a lovely thing, with a witchery OF
men. refined craft, eager passiaH. love
of dress treacherous manners. and
shameful mind The Scandinayians
sayithat as Odin Viii, and We, the three
sons of Bor, were walking along the
sea beach they found two sticks Of
wood. one OF ash and one of elm Sit
ting down, the gods shaped man and
woman out OF these sticks, whiting
the woman from the elm and calling
her Emia.
One of the strangest of stories touch
ing the origin Of women is told by the
Madagascarenes. In so far as the Gre
ton OF man goes the legend is not I'M
like that related By Moses, only that
the fall came before Eve arrived. Al
ter the man bad eaten the forbidden
fruit he became afflicted with boil on
the leg, out of which, when it burst,
came a beautiful girl The mans first
thought was 10 throw her to the pigs;
but he was commanded by a voice
from heaven to let her play among the
diggings until she was Of maruageDle
age, then to make her his wife He
did so, called her Baboura. and she
became the mother Of all the races of
men. The American Indian myths
relative to Adam ahd Eve are numer-
Gus and entertaining. Some traditions
trace back our parents to white and
red maize; another is that man. search
ing a wife, was given he daughter of
the king Of muskrats who, being dip
ped into the waters of a neighboring
lake, became d woman.-L0Ha0H Tub
lei.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
CLIFF JEWELLERS.
Marvellous Discoveries In Southern Colo
RADIO by Two Hartford Explorers.

Messrs. Frederick H. Chaplin and
Charles P. Howard of this city, saws the
Hartford Courant, have recently re-
turned from a most interesting and
frgitful exploring expedition in south
ern Colorado. They made a special
search for and among the various cliff
dwellings in the Mancos canyon. They
are experienced climbers. Mr.. Chaplin
is member of the Appalachian club;
hes climbed Mount Blanc and the ex-
tremely difficult Rothhorn at ZerDlatt,
and has published numerous articles in
the ADpa}qchiaH and other magazines.
Mr.. Howard climbed Mount Blanc with
Mr.. Chaplin and made the ascent of
the Matterhorn by himself.
They went out to the Mancos can
yon mainly to take photographs of the
Interesting objects there, but they also
made many discoveries themselves.
The pictures Mr.. Chaplin makes are
perfect, and he has brought from this
trip a collection that are simply mar
velous and that show us more bout
the curious cliff dwellings than can be
told in words, though the story accom-
panying the picture, as he tells IT,
makes the scenes complete.
These dwellings in the Mancos can
yon were discovered last December,
and very few people have seen any of
them. They are scattered all along
the lofty walls of the canyon and its
tributaries You find them in count
less abundance, yet they are almost alb
solutely inaccessible save as the steps
to them are found. They are far up
the side Of the gorge, that can not be
scaled from below. And they are down
below the top so far as to be out of
sight or reach from above. and are
generally tucked away under an over
hanging ledge. They are not easily
noticed, and the only way to reach
them is by the steps cut in the stone.
The buildings are not adobe; they
are mortar and mason-wOrk structures.
The largest that they have explored is
425 feet long-a palace or a fortress.
1t was at least eighty feet high and
would have held 600 people. On the
ground floor 12i rooms were traced.
The object of these explorers was not
relics but photographs, and so they
took pictures instead of gathering ma
teTlals, but they saw a great many
curious things. Corn and beans are
still to be found in the ruins; indeed,
corn-cob was found imhedded in the
original mortar. showing it was as old
as the structure. Skeletons can be
found by upheaying the debris. Who
ever goes there to dig will come away
loaded.
And so, too, on the plains about the
ranch where the travellers stopped the
fields yield pottery and other relics,
and the loose stones prove to be parts
of the ruined buildings. 1t is coun-
try whose people have gone. Why
they went, why they lived as they did
while there-these things and nearly
all else about them are matters for
speculation Richard Wethcrill, a
ranchmau of Mancos was the discover
er of the first OF these dwellings in that
locality and found them last December.
1t is assumed tn at they are at least GOO
years old.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
Joking With Sea-Gulls.

Sea birds are always interesting on
jects to voyagers, says a writer ii
Oce1n. They follow vessel some
times ali the way across, ever restless
and untiring. The gulls parilcuaTis
with their long, swift wings reallze I,s
highest powers of endurance, ana D!
with ease against the seyerest storms
Some say that these birds never Fl'A
the earth except TO deposit then e7sa
otherwise they live constantly between
the sea and the sky. In fine weather
they fly high in the air, desceh.u..1s
with great rapidity to seize the hsaai
on the water. The symmetry aa1
strength of the gulls are remarhia,1ie
showing how nature has adapted 'A5L
in every particular for the purpose .
long flight. Their pectoral or Dlsas
muscles are one solid mass Of HLI
hard muscle, and their bones
hollow, having no marrow IN l1V--
Sleep is not necessary to tneh' "a
rather, they rest upon their Wings ~ u,
allow themselves to be Graded y -
breezes. whose violence neither Woll.s.
nor frightens them. On inc g. s.
hand, they seem to feel fierce uel,--
in the fury of the storm, which IA IA
vulsing the waves, brings up the U'--
fishes and mollusks. .H.
Sailors are very fond Of playing ~
JOKE upon the gulls, which are ave-.
lowering about the ships. Ihey s ~
three or four pieces Of sail twias =, 20 :.
six feet in length. These are ag1 4
gether in the middle and to the en- y. !
each a small piece of blubber Of = is,s
attached tightly and then thrown III
the sea. A gull comes along ~. Il
swallows one piece. Another .rs.
sees there is plenty to spare ana NJ, bri
lows the next. Perhaps a thru !
takes possession of another. .rr,
they are all attached to the san +
whenever they try to fly away ol' i.
the other is compelled to disso ~ ,as.
share.~and this is continued to tas I'd
TALKING suspense of the poor gu..5 ss5
the great fun of the passe15s''
sailors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
Worms That Eat steel Rails.

For the last two years the GerEan
Government has been making inquiries
into the life, history, and rayages of
one of the most remarkable worms
known TO exist. This wonderful
creature, whose gluttonous appetite is
only satisfied after feed on common
steel, was first brought into public
notice By an article in the Cologne
gazette in June 1887
For some time preceding the publi-
cation of the account mentioned the
greatest CONSERVATION existed among
the engineers employed on the railway
at Hagen by accidents which always
occurred no the same place, proving
that some terrible defect must exist
either in the material or the eoustruc-
ton of the rails.
The Government became interested
and sent commission 20 the spot for
the purpose OF maintaining "a constant
watch at the place where the accidents
one of them attended with loss of life
had occurred TWAS not, however
until after six months had elapsed that
the surface of the rail appeared to be
corroded, rs if by acid, to the extent Of
100 yards.
The rail was taken up and broken
whereupou it was found TO be literally
honeycomhcd 10y a thin, thread-like
gray worm. The worm is said 10 be two
ceuJimetres in length and of about the
bignesS Of common knitting needle
1t is OF q light gray color, and on the
head It carries two little sacs or glands
filled with a most powerful corrosive
secretion, which is elected every ten
minutes when the little demon is lying
undisturbed. The liquid when squirted
upon iron renders that metal soft and
spougy and of the color of rust, when
il is easily and greedily deyoured by
the little insect. There is no ex-
aggeration, says the official report
in the assertion that this creature is
enc of the most voracious. for II has
deyoured thirty-six Kilograms Of rails
in a fortnight.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
one word Told the story.

Here is one of the stories that a. NJ.
Palmer brought back from his SUM
mer's trip to Europe. He overheard
an animated discussion in the Victoria
Hotel. London, between an English
man and Yankee" as all citizens
of the United States are called on the
other side The dispute, OF course.
was relative to the merits Of the dis
putant- respective countries. II hap
pened that the American was bit the
readier with his tongue and maintain
ell his ground SO stubbornly that the
Britou 1T last gave it up with the re-
mark
Well, YOU Yankees are getting so
bumplious that We shall have 70 send
over au army pretty soon 10 take some
of the couceit out of You.
The Americans reply was one word;
"Again?'-N T. sun
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20

ia been away from her three yoars-about
And now returned to End my Mag true:
And though questioned her dd not doubt
that
It WIS unnecessary so todo,
Twas by the chimney corner we were sittlrr.
"Mury" said ]. 'haye yOu been always tfuef
Frankly" said She just pau-ing 10 her knit
u don think I've uulalthtui been 20 you.
But for three years past IN tell you what
I've done. then say n I've been true or not;
when first you left my grief was uncon'roiia-
Alone rnourned my miserable lot;
And "a. who saw NE thought me unconsola'
TIL capt, Clifford came from Aldershot,
To hirt with him amused me while twas new,
] don't count that unfuithfulness, DO your
"The next most loyable was Franklin PhIpps;
] met him at my uucIe- ChrstWAst'de,
And meath the mistictoe, where lips met
lips,
He gave me bis Arst kiss. " and here she sighed.
"He staid six weeks 90 uuelc's-how time flew
] don't count Chat unfM,hiuness. do your
sent me his horse Oh. how WcrOde and
We secured the downs, we rode to hounds
such fun
And often was hfs arm about my whist
That was to l.ft me up and down; but who
Would count that uufalthfulues5-d your
do you know Reggy Vcrc2 Oh. how he sings.
We mct-'tWas at q picnic all such weather.
He gave me, look the FIRST OF these two rings
when we were lost n CheltOn woods together,
All what happy Ume we spent we two;
don't count That unfaithtulucss, DO your
I've yet another ring tiom I'm. d'yOu see
This plain gold circlct that IS shining here.
! took hCr hand, "Oh, Mary, can DO be
That YOU" Quoth she: THAT ] am Mrs,
Verc?
don count that uufatHfulucss do your"
mo, replied. for J am MARI o, too
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
He Was Cut out for a Lawyer.

One Of Col. Bob Ingersolls stories
is that he found himself alone in tie
Office one day while as a young man 10
was studying law with a firm out West
He was interrupted by the entrance Of
a raw-boned sharp-featured country.
woman, who ambled into the room.
leading a freckled-faced, watery-eyed
10-year-old boy by the hand Air
you the lawyer" she began On be.
ing answered in the affirmative she
went on to say that she had brought
her boy Jim to town for the purpose Of
binding him out at the "lawyeril'
trade. > She was morally certain she
averred, that Jim was a born lawyer
and that all he needed was chance
But, madam" objected the Colonel,
'he is entirely too young to begin the
study of law.' "Too young, indeed
shifted the fond mother contemptu0us.
~; you don't know Jim. He was jest
born for a lawyer Much amused the
Colonel asked her on what grounds she
based her hopes of future greatness at
the bar for her darling child. "WbE'
said she, "when he was only 7 years
old he struck work and sw0re ne
wouldn't do another lick if he got
killed for it. When he was he got
sassy and put on more airs than
prize horse at the country fair and
now, Law bless me, he Jest freezes onto
everything he can lay his hands on. =
a. \. STIR.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20

ports of two or three rifles series or
crashes which blend into one. and the
camp has been blotted out. As the
great wave itself hurls into the bed Of
the Loup and beyond there is no sight
of the wagons nothing to tell of the
thirty human beings alive and well and
full Of hope only two minutes before.
All have been wiped out-blotted off
the face of the earth.-Detrot Free
Press,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
whence Women Came.

Woman's first appearance has been
q fruitful subject for the legend-mon-
gers. The Phpniciau myth Of crea-
ton is found in the story of Pygmalion
aud Galat a. There the first woman
was carved by the first man cut Of
ivory and then endowed with life by
Aphrodite. The Greek theory Of the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20

A LOST LOVE-
Out in the November twilight, with
the elms and oaks making a crimson
canopy of autumnaI foliage above her
fair young forehead, Gcrty Deane would
have made n pretty subject for an
artists sketch as she stood in her pale
pink muslin dress, and her jetty, silken
hair all blown about in the riOtous au-
tumn breeze.
"Oh, Robert'' she cried her dimpled
face Frightening as q tall figure strobe
up over the slope Of the hin, Il thought
you would never comet!
Mr.. Clare surveyed his pretty daucee
critically
Don't do that, little one" said he,
~ -hn tried to relieve him of one of his
travelling wraps. How you are sum
burned! And think you sloop % little.
/ wish they would look after YOU lite
tie more.
The sunshine faded out of GcIty's
face i'm % second, Ii was hard that he
should begin to find fault with her in
this first moment OF their reunion.
I'm sorry ! don't suit YOU said
she, in trembling voice. You useJ
to like me before You got that horrid
Office in the custom house aud left Iel-
low Valley"
"a man is not fossil child" said
Mr. Clare carelessly. we grow D. M
ally rs we'll as physically And no
&c can help his tastes changing
Gcrty peane stopped short at the
gate, where the houeysuclllcs made q
natural arch.and the two great columns
OF yclvct-greeu box kept their century
old vigil
Robert. said she. your letters
have puzzled me OF late. and your
words and manner now puzzle me still
more. DO YOU mean that you-are
tired of me2'
How You do catechisc one" said
Glare. jmpatieutN. Did say that |
wa, tired of you2 You are "a dear,
svect-ualurcd little pus>, aud.ot COURSE
man can't expect To have everything
at once. But the truth is that ! have
been mixing ia rather intellectual
sucict, Of late. and after taste of
champagne it's hard 90 come down to
cold water again. %
Gcrty looked vi~tiully at him,
II don't venture TO call myself i'm
tellccual." She Said But / read a
great deal, and trJ 20 keep up with
the age. Robert do, indeed for your
sake
lie looked with % sort of patroniziug
good humor down NJ Ger earnest face.
t.NF ! . / D
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-03-20
The FAITHFUL LOVERS.

That Is, one Was Just a. ? .hfui IS
the other.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-07-10

Editor James W. White. of the
Era is away this week visiting his
brother-in-law aud sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. Il. Shaffcr, Of Mckee
! port, Pa.
Col. Il. W. Monroe arrived in
town last Thursday from Romncy
and will remain for some time.
He says it is much cooler here than
at Romney.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Pcu. Of Bridg-
port, Harrison county. were here TO
attend the funeral of Mr.. Carroll
and arc now Visiting NJ. +. Pcll, Of
Pleasant Dale.
Miss Lon Bishop, Of Fcllowsvillc,
and Miss Gertic Fields, of Al
Fayetteville. were here visiting Miss
Nora Rayenscraft during the fcs-
tivitics ot the Reunion.
Mrs. Humphreys, of Wisconsin,
sister of Charles T.. Nickcry. is Wis
iting him here. She came ON here
from New Brunsick. New Jersey.
where she had been visiting for
some time.
Percy Mcdonald, son of Col. Me
Donald, of Florida. is here visiting
at ". G. Browns. He came on
here from Chicago, where he has
been for some time.
II. f. loar and Misses jennie
and Belle Loar, Of Rcedsvllle, were
here Monday. They drove down
with Mcssrs. George Woodland and
Arthur White, OF Grafton, who had
been visiting their place and w.o
were returning home.
Rev. w. J. stone, of Ncw6urg,
Elder Of the Adventist Church, or
Seventh Day Baptist, MS they are
commonly called, was i'm town to-
day. lie informs us that his church
is arranging to hold Il camp meet
ing at Newburg about the middle
Of next month.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-07-10
GLADESVGLLE
icrco uf the ARGUS.

N'tl' l'iN'i.'N ga 'ilt ALbiN.
Farmers arc about done cutting
wheat and IL has proven very poor
crop ON account Of thcru Grass,
corn and potators are looking well
but fruit is thing almost entirely
unhcard Of There will be large
acreage of buckwheat sown.
The many friends OF j. i. Jack
son were glad to see him at Sabbath
school last Sunday. He has been
confined to his room since last fall.
Abraham Gordon had a paraly tic
stroke the 18th OF June and is still
very poorly at this writing. Mr..
Gordon is quite an old man, near
85 years Of age and his friends have
little hopes Of his recovery.
Mrs. William Kelly has bcon suf-
fcring severely from a catarrh on
her hand.
Gainesville is to have n select
school taught by Miss Jennie Car
ter. She is a graduate Of Adrain
College, Adrain, Michigan, and is q
fine teacher.
Miss Florence Smaller j. visiting
her aunt in Washington county
Pennsylvania.
ArIic Smith, the popular mcr.
chant and postmaster, at Blaine
was in our midst last week.
Mrs VIII Knight is very sick
DR.. Cox is the attending physician
Our farmers are drilling Then
buckwhcat in with fertilizers anC
if the season is favorable, will cx
poet better yield than by the ole
method Of sowing broadcast.
Ebbcrt Boyco and S. u. Roger.
have taken an agency to sell higl
/ grade fertilizers for y. D. Hess
Sons, Of Philadelphia.
Wen, Tho New Era last wee,
said Preston county viii bc repre-
soutcd iu The Legislature next tern
by two old soldiers. How abou
the two clerkships, arc they OF,
soldiers.
UTcLG SAN.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-07-10

Best stogles in Kingwood at ). F..
Murdock's.
WE WANT AGENTS at every
post Office IN the county to canvas
for the ARGUS. We will furnish
sample copies, circulars, blank re-
ceipts and all necessary supplies
and pay a VERY LIBERAL COM
MISSION. Write to us for terms
or call at our Office when you come
to town.
Call at Gutherie's during the Re
union and see how cheap he sells
pot flowers.
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Stiles Sprains and Swoolen Threats,
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~ The ARGUS till after the
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j. IL. Rodeheaycr, Of Terra Alta.
Is making the carpet business
speciality this year. About 1900 yds
now in stock, just received, and he
has the stock of the lates wcavers.
The variety and the quality from
the cheapest hemp to brussels, also
large variety of imported velvet
rugs. He has the trade, and don't
You forget it. he carries the largest
stock OF furniture and at
ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.