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The Republican., 1890-11-21
SOME OF RUNS WORK.
A Good Temperance Sermon Preached by
n Self-Murderer's Letter.

n Self MurdererS Letter.
A few weeks ago a young man COM
mitted suicide at the Osborn House,
Rochester. Upon the table in his room
was found the following letter. 1t
breaches good Temperance sermon:
Rather than have opium and rum
kill me, l prefer to do it myself. l feel
/ am past redemption, and why should
such Il useless thing cucumber the
earth? | have abused and disgusted
my best friends; have lost my position
with my house, have overdrawn my ac-
counts several hundred dollars, and, in
fact, can not see ray of light ahead.
If | thought my friends would put me
in an asylum somewhere, l would not
do the cowardly thing | am about to;
but they have always used me so kind
ly, and have SO invariably abused their
trust, that | neither ask, nor expect,
any more mercy at their hands. You
can notify my house, and they will in
form my friends where l am, and |
think they will give me Christian
burial.
"To my father and my darling sister
a long goodbye. May God forgive me
for all the trouble l have caused you.
May those friends in Springfield who
first induced me to smoke the pipe, and
thereby wrecked my young life, suffer
for it, if there is an avenging God.
young men, for Gods sake never
touch drop of liquor. 1t has killed me
and will just as surely kill you. had
as bright prospect ahead of me as any
young man ever had, had nice posi-
tion and a good salary, but rum and
opium have got the master of me.
And now may the all-merciful God
forgive me. Let this be a warning to
all, for l would like it posted over the
door OF every rum shop and opium den
in the world Goodbye"
The Republican., 1890-11-21
PROGRESS OF REFORM. !

THE Calcutta Medical Record says:
"Society's use of alcohol is the secret
of half the jaundiced, baggard dried
up, premaJurely-aged Europeans we find
in India"
In France from 1927 to 1880 about two
hundred thousand persons committed
suicide. OF these over fifteen thousand
men and eleven hundred women were
inebriates and intoxicated at the time
of death.
DIR. DEsCARTEs, of Paris, writes that
over half the income of all medical
men of France comes directly or indi-
rectly from excessive use of spirits.
This is true of the medical practice in
large cities in this country, especially
in practice among men.
The Lancet remarks that while En-
gland is taking very active and cred.
liable Lart in the attempt to prevent
the importation of alcohol into the in.
terror of Africa, she can not do better
than labor to abate the alcoholism OF
home communities, thriving AMI we'll
employed but kept back by drunkon7
ness.
The Republican., 1890-11-21
MONSTER PAINTINGS.
One That Is Eighty-four Feet Long and
Thirty-four in Width.

The largest painting ever produced
mot including panorama pictures, which
are usually the work of half-dozen or
more artists. was that made by Jacopa
Robusti, a sixteenth century artist,
born in Venice and pupil of Titan.
Paradise" the name given his largest
painting, which is now in the grand
salon of the Doges of Venice, is S4 feet
long and 81 in width. If we include in
this resume wall and ceiling decorations,
that executed by Michael Angelo IN the
Sistine Chapel of the Vatican will take
the palm for magnitude, being 1873 feet
in width. The painting, which was
made at the suggestion of Pope Julius
H., represents the creation of man, his
fall and the early history Of the world
with references to mans final redemp-
ton and salvation. James Thornhill's
fine painting on the ceiling of the great
hall at the Greenwich Hospital, London,
is also reckoned among the titanic
paintings of the world. The hospital
was founded by William III. and Queen
Mary; the painting is a representation
of the two potentates surrounded by
every attribute of national prosperity.
Opposite the entrance of the Sistine
Chapel, mentioned above as holding one
of Michael Angeles largest fresco
paintings, is his Last Judgment" oc-
cupying the whole of the wall, which is
60 feet high at that point, but only so
feet wide. Someone has aptly said that
the Last Judgment" represents over
800 figures ''in the most violent attitude
and most admired disorder"
If we had included panoramas several
monsters could have been enumerated,
such as 1.-The Frost King" 120X260 feet,
and Niagara" now at Westminster,
London, the latter covering over 10000
square feet of canvas.-St. Louis Re-
public
The Republican., 1890-11-21
CULINARY PHRASES.
Definition of Terms not Understood by the
Ordinary Cook.

Ordinary Cook.
Many cook books, as we'll as cooking
articles in magazines, contain cooking
terms which are not understood by the
ordinary cook, thus rendering the re-
cipes useless. For the benefit of such
we give some of the most common of
these terms, with their meaning:
Au bleu-Fish dressed so as to have a
blue tint.
Aspic-A meat jelly for covering game
pies, serving with boned turkey, etc.
Au jus-in the natural juice or gravy.
Bechammel-A sauce made from
meats, onions and sweet herbs.
Balm marie-A saucepan for boiling
water. into which a smaller pan fits.
Braise--A manner of stewing meat.
Blanquette-A preparation of white
neal.
Bouilli-Beef stowed slowly and
served with sauce.
Bouillon-French soup or broth.
Bisque-A she'll fish soup.
Civet- Wild fowl or game hash.
ompote-Sometime applied to fruit
stewed in syrup, and sometimes to pig
cons and small game.
Consomme-A strong gravy used for
enriching other gravies and soups.
Caramel-Sugar boiled until the
moisture is evaporated, and then USED
for ornamental dishes.
Crouton-A sippet of fried bread.
Entree-Side dish for the first course.
Farce-Force meat.
Gateau-A cake.
Jardinere-A mode Of stewing vege-
tables in their own sauce.
Maigre Dishes made without meat
Meringue-Pastry made of sugar and
white of egg beaten to a snow.
Nougat-A mixture of almonds and
sugar
Pate-A small pie of oysters or meat.
Pot-au-feu-The common bouillon OF
the French peasants.
Quenelles-Force-me balls.
Raux-Thickening for sauses.
Saute-To mix or unite all the parts
of ragout by shaking while frying.
Salmis-Game hashed when half
roasted.
Piece de Resistance-The principal
Joint of the edinner.-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle Telegraph.
The Republican., 1890-11-21

Could all the drinkers be excluded
from the general population the con-
trast would be still more marked. The
foregoing facts in regard to the effects
of the use of narcotic poisons on the
bills of mortality, taken in connection
with the almost universal use of them in
some form, prove beyond the possibili-
ty of question that such use has a very
marked effect in shortening human life
and thus reducing the average of hui
man longevity. Could the whole popu-
lation of the country by education and
training, enforced by philanthropy,
mortality and self interest, be led to
entirely abandon the use of these mar
cotic poisonS, who can doubt that it
would add several decades to the aver
age of life. That such condition of
affairs will be reached in time there
seems scarce room to doubt in view of
the light that modern science is throw
ing on this subject and the very general
interest that is awakening on the ques-
tion. and, more especially, most of our
States have already enacted laws, and
all probably will soon, requiring the
effects of narcotics on the human sys-
The Republican., 1890-11-21
CHILDREN AT PLAY.
Miss Harrison and Her Ideas of Teachin
Little Tots.

Miss Harrison and Her Ideas of Teaching
Little Tots.
sat among the mothers at the Art
Institute the other morning and listened
to Miss Harrison, the high priestess OF
kindergarten doctrines, lecture on play
and the influence it exercises over the
after life of the child. She said:
THE more heartily child plays the
more vigorously the man works. Drudg-
cry is work of any kind in which the
heart takes no part.
"Work heartily done is always success
full financially, intellectually, and
spiritually. Seek We first the kingdom
of Heaven and all things shall be added
unto you The kingdom of Heaven, in
this case, is that harmony which comes
when the hands do what the head and
heart desire. The right kind of quiet,
serene infancy leads into the right kind
of vivid childhood. The mother can aid
her child by holding up to him higher
idea of the play than he has himself
conceived Of The best mother is she
who remembers the play of her own
childhood and thereby becomes a play
mate with her child.
"You can prepare your children for
the right kind of parenthood by helping
them to play with sufficient heartiness
to impress the play upon them. Let the
children do the work of building their
train of cars, but you give them an idea
by waving your handkerchief to the
lady who has gone aboard or by inquir-
ing of the conductor if he is going to
New York. All the great thinkers of
the world-Aristotie Luther, etc.-have
dwelt upon the importance of childish
play, and Schiller says: "A deep mean
ing often lies in childish play but it re-
mained for Froebel to show how educa.
tion begins with play"
To illustrate how easily the mother
can give ideas to the child Miss Harri-
son told tho story of a young Chicago
matron who is tho mother of a four
year-old girl. The child recently visited
her grandmother and heard the story of
Cinderella. On returning home she ex-
claimed "Now, mamma, let us play
You be Cinderella and I'll be the step
mother" Her mother asSentcd, and
seating herself assumed very SORROW
full expression.
You are not going to that ball." said
the child in her harshest tone. "You
must stay homo and clean up your
ashes"
The mothers expression grew sadder
as in a broken voice she replied: "Ah,
if l only could go somewhere, instead OF
having always to work in ashes" The
child caught the idea that she was play
ing cruel part and in an instant re-
marked: 81 don't want to be a step
mother. I'll be the fairy godmother,"
and waving her wand in the air said:
"You shall go to the ball. Here is your
carriage"
After the mothers had joined in
song about the brown leaves of autumn,
tho lecturer took up some autumn leaves
and showed how the child could be in
troduced to the mysteries of science.
The dried brown leaves seem dead, but
nature never dies, only changes for
awhile, and a glance at the twig from
which the brown leaves have fallen will
discover the tiny green buds which will
be the leaves of the coming spring
Chicago News.
The Republican., 1890-11-21
Trade in Cast-oT Teeth.

A medical statistician estimates that
the citizens of the United. States are
carrying gold to the value of $780, 900 in
the recesses of what ought to be their
teeth. There are no people on the face
of the globe who have such bad teeth
and who spend so much money upon
them as tho Americans. No doubt the
habit of hurried feeding and the whole
sale consumption CT sweet dishes have
assisted much toward this end. But is
It not a mistake to suppose, as says the
medical statistician, that false teeth set
in gold are buried when their owner
shuf1ies off this mortal coil? If this is
so in America, it is not so in England,
or why the numerous advertisements
offering to buy old artificial teeth! The
old teeth are not bought to use again,
as some nervous people fancy, out
simply for the sake OF the gold.--Popu-
lar ftUvlder.
The Republican., 1890-11-21
WOODRUFF FOR PAPER.
Tho Processes Employed in Famous
French Mill,

French Mill.
The manufacture of wood pulp, by
Ekman's process for paper-malling is
carried on at tBonne-Nouvelle. in Diepne
The pulp is sold to paper-mills in
France, and mostly used, together with
rags, for the manufacture of various
kinds of paper.
1t is said that this pulp not only pro-
1uces good printing paper, but also a
high class of writing-paper, and other
superior kinds of paper can be manu-
factured from it without the addition OF
rags The wood from which it is made
is the usual white wood from Sweden
and Norway, or Finland.
Tho first operation is to remove tho
bark and clean the outside of the wood,
which is done by women, who have been
found more suitable for this work than
men. Afterward, the round logs are cut
into fiat pieces of about two and one
half inches in thickness. The knots are
now as far as possible bored ont by ma
chinery, but any that remain are cut
OUT by hand. Great attention is paid to
cleaning the wood in order to obtain a
pup NlSuh OhOuSh ASl SOOu hIhNo VI
paper.
The cleaned wood is fed into cutting
machine, which rapidly cuts it up into
pieces about one-half an inch in
length. A band carries the cut wood to
the top of the boiling-house. The boilers
are of iron, covered on the inside with
lead to protect the iron from the action
Of the sulphurous acids used. The
boilers are filled with wood through an
opening of the top, and then a liquid,
containing bisulphate of magnesia, is
poured in to cover the wood. The boiler
is then closed with cover, and boiling
IS now done with steam, the time vary
ing from ten to twelve hours. When the
boiling process is finished the steam is
blown off, and the pulp forced out
through valve at the bottom of the
boiler into a tank with perforated bst-
tom to allow all the liquid to drain CT.
N. Y. Ledger.
The Republican., 1890-11-21
SWISS TAXATION.
Explanation of the system Known as tho
Progressive Tax Scale.


Progressive Tax Scale.
Almost the first difficulty that besets
people trying to govern for themselves
is the question of revenue. Whore is
tho money to come from? Taxes, the
bugbear of all nations, also puzzle the
Swiss His method of raising them in
some of the cantons is alike interesting
and novel No official assessment IS
made of property. Blanks are distrib-
uted to every house, to be filled in by
its occupants. The system is known as
the progressive" tax scale.
A, who owns 81, 900 worth Of property,
pays taxes only on half of it; B, who
owns $25, 900 worth, pays taxes on eight"
tenths of it; while c, with his S10O,
worth of property, pays taxes on the
whole. The result is that pays not
the proportional twenty-five times the
amount of AS taxes, but fifty times as
much. The income-tax is managed aftor
O similar fashion. The rich pay out of
all proportion to the poorer classes
They probably would not change places
with the poor, however, even to save
what they decry as unjust taxation.
The plan is not always a popular one.
Leaving every man to assess himself
has The disadvantage that the rich,
with stocks and bonds, sometimes do
not make return of them. When rich
Swiss dies, however, the government
control of his estate quickly makes
amends for all his past misdeeds in tho
WaV of assessments, and every penny OF
taxes held back is now deducted, to.
gether with compound interestand fines.
IS. Ii. NJ. Byers, in Harper's Magazine.
The Republican., 1890-11-21

I'm st. Louis there are no easements
used as stores, restaurants or saloons
The Republican., 1890-11-21

'Itis yours, George, dear. IN. Y. Sun.
The Republican., 1890-11-21

If one hundred thousand incorporate
persons and q like number of the gem
'eral population be taken at the age of
twenty yeacs, there will be living at
successive periods the following num-
The Republican., 1890-11-21

marie, / have come tonight to ask
you for your handel"
"You ask for great deal, Mr.. Smith
ers."
''0n the contrary it is such very lit
tie one that
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20

Ia"rr is no doubt, however, that
Jerusalem is improving. The most OF
lis streets are now wen paved and the
sanitary condition Of the city has been
E'ei.. y improved. There is still room,
A'"e'er. tor further advance in this di-
Is..''H and the side streets are filed
W Hoage and slops, and you now
a'3 l4eu Ind dead dog or cat in a
gaze ot putrid decomposition. The
o.-H.'m outside the walls is now al
Z I..'-. rs large as the city within, and
! am told that land has arisen to
S'.A an extent that the holy city may
. ga 10 have a real estate boom. In
". mediterranean hotel, where | am
= .n- there is a card advertising a
TOR sale Observation-Disclosures and
.m learn that along the Jaffa
i'.1 just outside Of the gate, property
ae up within year or 50 several
i-...''a per cent. One piece which
u q charitable institution was
snort time ago for 5000. II
. " worth $4,000 and cannot be
for that amount A telegraph
-. w" runs from here to the sea-
railroad company has been
h.l.I To build "a line from Jaffa ia
'..en-fr aHt O. Carpenters let
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20

In Latin the meaning of Save is
"Hail God Save You!" used as a
greeting when the eastern plague
scourged the cities of Europe. BY
promptly using safe and reliable
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many plaguiny discomforts, itchings
and irritations from all causes, insect
bites, plant poisonirgs, catarrh, in
famed aud sore eyes, salt rheum,
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corns, letter, chapping, chafing,
ring-worm, burns, scalds, chilbIains,
frost bites, cuts and bruises which
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by Coles CarboIisalve, the only
infallible healing preparation ever
devised. Small boxes % cents;
large boxes so cents. /
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20
Why Use Patent Cough Remedies

When you can get Wrights Cough Syrup,
preparation that never fails 10 cure IL used ac-
corlng 10 dlrccti0nsY This syrup contains
eight OF the best drugs known for coughs,
colds throat and lung troubles. II looscns the
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who have tried ID say II i the best cough syrup
they ever used. Prepared By G. ". Wright <
SON. chemists, plHttevile Wis. Ir.i bottles
ten cents For sale 49, AF. II. PRIDEtUN MINI
eIal Point, Wis. DeCjmi
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The Greatest Discovery Of the Age.
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FOR EAR-TRUNfPETs. TRIUMPH AT LAST.

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No occasional hacking cough with
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For further information write for
circulars. Address
+. WoRrz q Co.,
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Mason & Hamlin PianO-FOrtS and OrganS

5. Il. Osborne has secured the
agency for Iowa, Grant and LaFay-
cite counties to sell these celebrated
instruments. None better. Head
quarters, Mineral Point. lSly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20
Good as Far as He Had Coma

Young Simkins u went to see the
lovely Clara last night, and do YOU
know she asked me to sit beside her ON
the divanP What do YOU say to thatP9
Charley-"l should say sofa 50 GOOD. ~
-AeuHey Enterprise.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20

FLANNEL for dresses, etc, largest
stock and lowest prices in the city
at Gundry, Gray " Co.'s.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20

The fnlt value OF res. estate in New
ofk >''te Is ~ pre>ep, iJH5. GS4. So.
The assessed ...ue al r,a.. ..t.,te ~
hade 'h loss "a, s.,-.a =. ifi.2Ol.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
cay Officers
county omcers.

COME early and be convinced that
g., G q Co.'S is the best place to
buy your fall and winter dry goods.
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only so Cente a year.
address BRODIX PUB. co., Washington, D, C

We viii furnish Che Eome Magazine and
Mineral Point Trirz1e one year fer isr Sl,55
II advance, only. :. J. BENNETT.
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FIRST quality mixed paints, all
shades, ready for use, at Prideaux's
Drug Store.
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OUR teas, cotfees, and dried fruits
can't be beat. A. Spratler.
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APPLEs-A few barrels of choice
varieties Hendra Bros.
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j. A. SPRATLER has the finest dis.
play of canned goods in the city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20

SEE the fine display of gold and
silver watches at CHURCH d Co.'s.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20

( RAnVATE 81 the Pennsylvania College ~ Dental
Surgery, philadelphia Cold fittings aud crown
work speciality. Nitrous Oxide Gas and Fther ad.
m'nisirred for the painless extraction Of teeth. Of
nee ln Coad's corner block over J Deller's store
Mineral Point Via
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John a. Zones,

4 rroRNtY AND COUNSELLOR, Dodgeville. via.
WIZ practice to all the courts Of this State. ex-
cepi HE Iowa County (probate) Court,
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Preparatory to making change in some of our depart
ments have decided to withdraw from the boot and shoe
trade entirely and will close out the at and below cost
What have in stock consists of AriCs and Rubbers
for Men, Women and Children.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-20

For new, fresh and pure drugs go
to Prideaux's Drug Store.
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y
The Editor will contribute in addition TO editor
tal matter, sketches, "reminiscences, personal Ie-
collections of public men and women, etc
WILL CARLETON
VIII contribute poems, which will be handsomely
illustrated. (See December number)
MARGARET SIDNEY
VIII contribute short stories aud sketches
JOSIAH ALIENS WIFE
VIII contribute storce a bright, fresh story
from her pen" Little tom Mooney lin Deoem-
Der number)
EMILY HUNTINGTON MILLER
VIII conduct Department ON Home Topics.
JAMES WHITCoMB RILEY
VIII entertain the readers with charming dialect
poems.
MARY LOWE DICKINSON,
Secretary of Kings Daughters, will talk Of that
Society
Besides many other well-known writer's
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ITTOR NFTS
WV ''''r''' WAS W. NC iLh"N.
SPENSEEN & rIcsIRoN.

\ TruRNEfS AND CnUNSgLoRs. Mineral
. \ Point, Wisconsin Odicc IN First National
BANK building VII practice IN an State and q \.
Courts lly
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DuYStCIAN AND SURGEON. -otice IN Len.
ahan's block up stairs, arst door TO len Resi-.
denee afsi door west from X. church Mineral
Point Wis.
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The Tribune Dil'ectOr9.
PHYSICIANS.


PHYSICIAN & SURGEON -once over MauFer's
| Jewelry Store High Street Residence on Doty
street, north Of VIM Treweek 5 blacksmith shep
calls promptly responded to, day or night 2in
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Sons OF veterans.

( p, FORGE H. LEGATE RELIEF CORPS NO.
y 70. HcRular meetings the first and third
Friday afternoons OF each month Visiting
members always welcome.
Mrs. CHARLo1-rA PRIDrAUx. Pres.
ELLA VIVIAN, Secretary.
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MAN, MI PHILLIP RgifLY. ,
InIlnRn & iseiIlY,

physicians AND SURGEONn. Graduates o
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, OF New York
CITY, ohccs Ia Dr. railmsu's building four doors
ahov tFulford's drug store, Hish street
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Our Select Stock Of Coa and Ocercoa and Al OTTER Winter
Goods are offered at Greatly Raiucd Prices.
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VIVIAN, NJ n. srASssoRg VIVIAN. Nh.
vivian Il son,
w Ensinann. VI. ID.

DHYS1CIANS AND SURGEONS. Mineral Pr. "
l once IN Nivsn's Drug store