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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

4 VERMONT maple syrup atSpratler,s ;
TIA. the cold weather improved
trade any?
BEN. WINN and wife have been
10 Wlota this week.
WHAT is the matter with the
matrimonial market?
Miss BEULAH JOINER assists Mr.,
; r. Osborne in the music store
HAVE your buggy painted now,
II Ta,plt TO Will Fessenden. 3w2
PRorRAcrED meetings are being
held al the Z. NJ. church this week.
Ia GRIPPE is causing some of onr
business ren to spend a day or two
at home.
RIcu'D UREN has returned from
Patteyille where he has learned the
harness trade.
WM. BREWER, Of Linden, has
tbi, week. been granted a pension.
Serve him right.
InE Economy store is fitting up
a.ba,emeut department--a place for
the cheap counters.
> The good sIeighing the past week
6a. caused the bringing of consid
cradle wood to this market.
JonS lyEY, the genial young shoe
maker, j, now holding down a bench
at i. ] Eayey's shoe store.
A FINE assortment Of bobsleds
and cutters for sale at reduced
price, BY Martin 81 Toay. 3w2
- rCnAs WINN has been attracted
this week to a place which to him
mas more fair attractions than Min
eral Point.
Mis- RICH'D kendall, nee Miss
Clara Harris, has been called here
from Omaha by the sickness of her
sister Mrs. Edison.
NM. FLINT, Of Iowa, is in this
county visiting relatives and old
lesbbor.. The TRIBUNE enjoy ed
aca.ltrom the gentleman.
". II. BLEwIrr had the misfor-
'aae q accidently cut off part of
'ae taHj finger Of one of his hands
%, week while engaged at carpep-
Il WORK.
SUBSCRIBERS get behind on sub
'a'haoa before they are aware Of
slet-et. The several hundreds Of
a'aa, doe rs from this source is
H.a. ol ,he assertion.
@aa.at tbe stare team ran
a.'.rmaking its trip to Dodge
d return on Wednesday
.aat looks 20 for naught,
al..lglJ."
Lt@ Harry Jones. son Of the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23
COUNTY SEAT.
From the Chronicles

From the Chronicle;
The foreman Of the Coker mine,
near Livingston, while digging after
a rabbit found some mineral, aud
following it up discoYered yaIua-
Bile sheet Of lead.
The business men and many other
citizens of DodgeyiIle, have signed
petition asking the Western Union
Telegraph company to connect the
Illinois Central depot and the North
western by wire, which it Is earnest
ly hoped the company will grant, rs
it will not only be profitable to the
company in a financial point Of view,
but will inspire the citizens with the
belief that the company Is mindful
Of their convenience. We need
better telegraph facilities here than
we have at present, and II Is hoped
this move will supply that necessity.
From the sun.
John Lewis, who has been an
efficient clerk at II B. Suffers drug
store for the past three years, has
purchased one-half the store, and an
inventory Of the same will begin
Monday. The firm viii assume the
name OF Slulfer d Lewis after about
Feb. lst, ho was the son Of Wm.
Lewis, late Of Dodgeylile.
Mrs. Kate IIoskins, wife of Prof
w. j. Hoskins, formerly Of Survey,
town of DodgeyilIe, but at present
principal Of the High School at
Waterloo, Wis, died at the Com
mercial House in Waterloo, on Sun
day, Jan. 5th, 1890, after a lingering
illness Of several months duration.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hoskins had been
married but little more than two
years, She had just passed % years
Of age when the fatal summons
came. Mrs Hoskins Was not known
IN this vicinity, her former home
having been IN Maryland, N this
state.
THERE arc advertised letters II
the postotiice, Jan. Sun, 1890, for
Roy NJ. Cady %, Wi.lie Perkins,
Mr.. John A.. Pnutup, Dir. E. Nj.
Reynolds. Persons calling for the
above will please say advertised"
and give date Of notice.
GEo. CRAWFORD, Z. Nj.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23
NUMBER 4.
M'Ginty

The frivolous side Of American
character was never betterillustrated
than in the prevalent run of the SO
called "McGinty racket" II illus
trates how n small and senseless
thing can take hold of q sensible
and civilized people and spread like
an epidemic until every man, woman
aud child is affected with il. The
rise and sweep Of the McGinty
racket is the most curious and un-
accountable thing on record 1t APP
pears to have started in little song,
written and sung by song aud
dance man in New York in which
occurs the line, "Down went Mo
Glnty to the bottom of the sea"
The dudes and flies caught il up.
1t passed from vulgar song aud
dance init TO a by-word on every
tongue. The papers handled and
twisted it into every conceivable
shape. McGlnty became q standing
catch word in every household, Ad-
verusers used IL to catch the eye Of
the public, the girls aud boys caught
it up, and everything was MoGinty,
MoGlnty, until the ear was sick aud
the soul was panied And here are
some specimens of the senseless
trash that comes of it:
"Say, have yoa seen him2'
"Secn who?"
"MeGinty."
Did you 50 to thctuuerI to-dayY"
"Whooe fuueraiph
"McGmty's,n
"Dld YOU hear who the new post
master ls2'
No; who2'
"McGinty"
Aad SO on positively al lntinltum,
until, strange A. it may appear, the
word MuGiuty ends up almost every
bauterng conversatlon or light gos-
sip that is heard ia street, or lane, or
public place, or III parior or scnool
house Thoughtful people may
well marvel at the nonsenslell trait
that lies dormant In the American
makeup, only 70 be aroused aud
quickeaed into cultivation by some
such silly gag as this. IL is this
peculiar trait Of the American char
actcr that enables one now and then
to make Il fortune out OF IL, as did
the man who Invented pigs IN clover,
or Tire 1914 puzzle, or tho BAL with
the rubber string, or several other
tads oi even fess at,ilvy- =. vs..-~
F.. But the MeGlnty racket is absolute
ly The most foolish, hoiIog aud silly
that ever was inflicted on the ooun
try, aud the ume must shortly COME
when the death penalty is Tue only
punishment that can iiJ the CRIME. -
| Oshk0sh North0estera
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23
MINERAL WISCONSIN, THURSDAY. JANUARY %

upon them Aurora county has not
ten families, all told, that are not as
comfortably situated as nine-tenths
of the counties in any of the eastern
states. And what poor we have
Aurora county is able to take care
of. In every community is found
the eroaker. 1t cannot be helped.
They are in the world and it is con
sidered a sin TO put them out of it,
They 90 through life, a thorn in the
side of every right thinking citizen,
but what can We do but grin and
bear it. Aurora county is all right
needs no help from the east, and
we defy any one to suhstantlate any
of the reports sent out by them of
destitution and suffering. Ii is a
shame and a disgrace TO the people
of this county that such reports
have gone forth, and il is hoped the
time will come when the perpetra,
tors Of this outrage will be as
ashamed of themselves as the com
murity is ashamed of them.
THE Boston Ideal Banjo, Maudo-
lin aud Guitar Club are meeting
with the most phenemenal success
at Saratoga. They fairly captivate
the large audiences which listen to
them at every performance, We
hope they will make Saratoga their
headquarters for seasons to come
The SaratogaiaH
At Opera House, Mineral Point,
Monday, Feb. General admission
SOC; no extra charge for reserved
seat; children 35e.
RESOLUTIONS Of respect and
esteem adopted by the Mineral Point
w. c. T. IT,, on the death of our
honorary member, the late Hon.
Francis Little.
WHEREAS, In the providence of Almighty
God He has taken from us our beloved brother,
therefore be it
Resolred, That we, as members Of the Min
eral Point W. G. T. IT,, feel that we have lost a
stauach and uncompromising advocate Of
temperance reform aud one always ready
with purse and hand to help the good cause
onward, and one who had the moral courage of
his convictions and was always ready TO show
to the world on which side nc was.
R.soloea, That we tender our sympathes and
coincidence 70 the wife and family Of tho
deceased, knowing that they have lost kind
aud loving husband and a tender and udulgeut
father.
Resatped, That these resolutions be published
10 the Mineral Point TRIBUNE and Iowa County
Democrat. and that copy be presented TO the
fumily or the deceased.
Mrs. EVANS, President.
NRs. PERRY, Treasurer,
Mrs Nj. X. HUTCHINSON, Sec
Committee
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23
DON'T NEGLECT BUGGlEs.

Now is the Tune to get durable
job Of painting on your buggles.
Don't neglect tnem. We are ready
and viii guarantee good work at
reasonable prices.
3W2 l.. w WElDENFELLER IL SON.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

TnE Mineral Point Orchestra is
prepared 10 make engagements Tor
the season with u fine selection Of
music that viii please the most
fastidlous ear. DO not be eonfounded
by any other orchestra claiming TO
be Mineral Point Orchestra, as
there has been but one original Min
erai Point Orchestra under the
leadership Of X. II. Spratler as when
iuaugurated.
Il. IL. SpRArLER, Sec'y.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

Ia SllPpe VIII nave no terror Tor
the average person of sound con
stitution.
Rev. HORROR has been sufficient
ly sick the past week to keep him
from fulfilling his duties as pastor
of the NJ. + church. We hope for
a speedy and complete restoration
of health to the reverend gentleman.
AFTER reading the reports of
storms, blockades and cold being
experienced in various sections of
the country, citizens of Southern
Wisconsin can readily discern that
they are in fair weather belt this
winter
WE now read of new style
clothes line which is 80 made that
no pins are required, and the heavier
the garment the tighter it holds. 1t
is said to be very neat in design and
easily taken down when not in use.
Its cost is only cents foot.
The Wren Comedy Co. which
will appear in this city Feb. 18th
under the auspices of Raven Lodge,
X. of p, is highly complimented
from every quarter for its dramatic
ability and morality. Attend by all
means. Admission 25c. and 35.
THE ice gatherers' spirits have
been very much revived this week.
The cold snap of Tuesday and
Wednesday was just what they
were praying for. 1t is thought
that the ice is sufficiently thi k now
to provide for all the demands of
next summer.
The Rockford Quartette had the
nerve while on the stage in the city
hall to inquire, "Who built dis ark ?"
We don't know whether the build
er's name was Noah or not, but will
give him credit for doing a sub
stantial job. For all that, however,
Mineral Point needs a new Opera
House.
:. THE following matrimonial event
was made known to the TRIBUNE by
card since our.last publications. Mar
ried, Wednesday, Jan. 18th, 1890, at
Denver, Colo, Mr.. John p. Cobb
and Miss Minnie b. Thomason. The
groom was formerly of.Mineral PIT,
a son Of the. late g. w. Cobb. He
is stirring, intelligent young bust
ness man, and we predict for the
happy couple prosperous life.
The butchers of Lancaster, Pa,
and the farmers round about have
never known a season more prolific
Of big porkers than the present.
Though 800 pounds is a very hand
some dressed weight, dozens of hogs
have been slaughtered within a few
weeks that tipped the beam at 400
pounds. Nearly as many more
were over 500 and many exceeded
600 pounds. Seven hundred pound
ers are scarce, but half dozen Of
them have met the common fate of
all hogs, The biggest one reported
is 800 FOUNDER
BE careful how you speak of a
woman's character Think now
many years she has been in building
it, Of the privations endured, Of the
wounds received, and let no sas-
picion follow her action. The purity
of women is the salvation Of the
race, the hope Of future greatness,
and redemption Of man. Wipe out
their purity and man sinks beneath
The wave Of despair with no star to
guide his life into a channel Of
safety. Think then, before you
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

TnE Boston Ideal Banjo, Mando-
lin and Guitar Club did some ex-
ceIIent WORK, arouslng great enthu-
siasm AZ times aad displayed the
utmost skill IN handling their sweet
toned Instruments .-- Boston Herak9.
AT Opera House, Mineral Point,
Monday, Feb. n. General admission
soc; no extra charge for reserved
seats, children 35c.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23
RanericfaI Department.

,.,f.l,s8 fnr the accommodation of those VINO
tsIs,int ,5,nt IN any way, those who have lost
sTe u, .f W. I,aitabie property. aud tor those VINO
2 ~. s,U or exchange. Limit, twenty-five
sDr3. First Insertion FhEE, ana Ior eicti III
'.rt5,r, tbt reatter twenty-five cents
T-aR s4LE.-Four young Poland China boar
/ YIN 2AA''' WM. BERRY.
| pigs, --
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

HgNDRA's is the place to secure
pure maple syrup.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

REMEMBER We receive fresh oya
ters three times 4 week, asui Inc
best a. Snratler
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

liz you want q cheap ogercoat,
nice oycrcoat, or any kind of an
oyercoat, cali ou 6uudry, Gray - Go.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

Every one using a buggy should
see N. Cassidy patent vehicle
shafts that vii permit the horse TO
travel on the side TRACK 1t the road,
whie the wheels run ~ the original
wayOn tracks and leaves the driver
anob.Jrueted view ot inc road.
~ information furnished upon
dressing
lnl* NJ. CASSIDY, Calamiue, Wis.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

BRISG Oh your buggies and have
them painted up in fine style BY
Will Fessenden. 3w2
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

FrEsI quality mixed paints, all
ready for uoe, at Prideaux's
D~p Store
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

j a. opRArLEE las the finest dis.
play OF canned goods IN the city.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

Flannel for dresses, etc, largest
STOCK aud lowest prices In the city
ay tuudry cray ~ Co.'S
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-23

THE Dubuque Telegraph very
uuthfuuy say. that "tbe general
principle tna. the newspaper Of a
locality is what the business COM
nunity makes it, holds good. The
more generous the support Of il the
better it becomes. II is guage by
which the industrial and CONNER
cial activity and the enterprise Of q
community are measured. II it
bears upon its face the evidences Of
prosperity in the way Of teeming
advertising and nea columns, The
~4d,. regard this - Is 80 .aa
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PRoULIAR 1k;kAruArIoN.
Different sieshs,as sr FIsllo~ins the Inja.o-
tion "Lovc On{s Aneeher.''

Different bieshcds or FlslIowine the Iniu.o.
tion ssLovc ONO Anoeher.''
Do men ever fall In l19ve with each others
Women do. Not lond ago q young woman
In New Jersey was marril ltd to a youthful la
borer on her father fs-, Sometime after
wsrd ssi1 4 was I'D sdisSSvsred the husband was
though earnestly entreatdd by her friends, to
give up her chosan consdFt The strancest
part OF tho discovery was ,khe fact that the
bride knew her husband w Is woman before
she was1e to the altar.
Bmen do NOT exhibit this strange infatua-
ton for one Of their own psx they at least
love one another. There are many instances
on record whore one pH1 Saa given HIS life
for another. ThexeEsSl@sshym more instancea
were mon have gixsSI Lie to SadtheF.
II Is q proud possessiont the knowledge
that one has saved a precious human life.
Meriden, Conn Is the home OF such a happy
man. John Il. Preston, of that city, July
11th, 1890, writes; 'tFive years ago I was
taken very SICK, had several OF the best doc
tors and one and all called it q complication
Of diseases. l was sick four years, taking
prescriptions prescribed by these same doc
tors, and truthfully state never expected
to get any better. At this time, COM
my back: One day an .old friend of mine,
Mr.. r. T. Cook of fthe firm Of Curtis & Cook,
advised me to try Warmers Safe Cure, as he
had been troubled the same way and it had
effected a cure for him. thought six bottles,
took the medicine as directed and am to-day
q well man. am sure no one ever had a
worse case of kidney and liver trouble than
had. Before this was always against pro
prietary medicines but not now, oh, non
Friendship expresses itself in very peculiar
ways sometimes; but the true friend is the
friend In need.
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HOW Cetywayo Became King.

Umbande was desirous to see his eld-
est son Umbulazi placed at the head of
the Zulu nation; but Cetywayo, a
younger and moro ambitious prince, was
determined to dispute the succession,
and the father, seeing no sign of having
his own way, said to his sons, "You
may fight it out" The nation was i'm
mediately thpown into intense excite
ment. Swords were sharpened, OK hides
converted into shields and n day fixed on
which the two parties of Zulus under
their respective chiefs were to settle the
matter Of sovereignty. A moro bloody
LATHE was perhaps never fought in Zulu
AID. No mercy was shown to either
ser. The infant was speared on its
m ,ther's breast, old and young alike
were butchered. Umbulezi was proba-
bly, assegaid, a. he was never seen af-
terward; and It was reported that nearly
or quite 10000 zulus were either killed
in battle or drowned in the river Tugela'
which forms the northern boundary of
this colony. In time Cetywayo' became
king.-Neso York Observer.
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Measuring the Flow Of Tides.

A young scientist connected with the
United States steamer Fish Hawk, which
n Is used in sxp5esi'gss 5s ~ G 5as9y AZ the saupd
measuring the t1ow-df the tides. It is
made OF sheet copper in the shape some
what Of fish, and ID about four feet
long. 1t is, when ir} use, suspended
from the end of twenty foot spar rugged
to the side of the steamer, aud extending
at right angles with her, to make the
action of the machine entirely indspepd-
ent of currents that might be caused by
the steamer. The head of this mechan-
ical.fish consists of delicately made re-
volving screw or whell, not unlike lin
construction and shape the propelling
screw of the steamer. When this fish Is
lowered into the.water, it turns its head
toward the current, and is held in that
position by the tail, which serves the pur-
pose Of rudder, Within the body of
the fish is placed delicate machinery,
which registers its revolutions made by
the revolving screw, and the rapidity of
the revolutions Is transmitted to the
laboratory on tho steamer by an ingeni-
fssoIdg s2s 81 eRs
rent. An interesting fact ascertained by
the Government observers on this vessel
IS that at the extremities of the sound
the tide begins to flow inward near the
bottom one and one-half hours before it
begins to flow in the same direction. at
tho surface of the water.-Nep Yorz
Telegram.
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Living by Rule.

Oliver Wendell Holmes thinks that he,
owes his good Salths sad $he retentionI
-5f- his mentarEigor, in Els efghs 6rstil
year, to the extreme care he has long
taken of himself. Never robust, he was
still wiry in his earlier and maturer life,
but since he reached eighty his hygienic
vigilance is unceasing. The rooms that
he daily occupies are equipped with bar
ometers, thermometers, aerometers, every
kind of Instruments, in short, to prevent
his mourning the slightest risk of taking
cold. He knows that pneumonia is the
most formidable foe of old age, and he is
determined to keep it at distance If
possible. He never gets up until he
knows the exact temperature, during
winter, or takes his bath without having
the water accurately tested. He liyes by
rule, and the rule is inflexible. His time
is scrupulously divided, so much allotted
to reading, 80 much to writing, SO much
to exercise, so much to recreation. His
meals are studies of prudence and diges-
ton, He understands the specific quail
ties Of all ordinary foods, and never
departs from the s7N6rcst discretion in
eating. ~
One might think that it wJGl6 be a
serious infraction to keep up exercise by
such precise methods. But the little
doctor enjoys them, having settled firmly
in these habits years ago. Philosophic as
he is about death, he has an eager curl
osity to see how long he can live by fol.
lowing the laws he has vigorously pre-
scribed for himself. He has long had
various theories on the subject of health
and longevity, and he relishes expert
menting upon himself. He thinks some
time that no may attain one hundred,
which he would dearly like, if he could
retain, as he has retained thus far, the
full possession of all his faculties Obi
ca10 MdiI
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A Wig for Every Day.

$50 you do not believe that Mr.. Il
wears wig3" he asked
"Certainly not"
"Where's your proof2"
"Look at his hair-smooth, glossy
and natural"
every good wigs are made nowadays"
"Wcll, did you ever see wig grove"
"Not exactly"
ellis does, if it's wig"
"Are you sure of it2"
'Of course am-that is. sure that his
hair is his own, for have seen him on
the day when he has had his hair cut.
have seen it grow day by day until it
needed cutting. In fact his hair is won
derfuliy vigorous. Hardly q asaHy passes
that do not SEQ H and once 1 re-
marked to him how rapidly his hair
grew.
"'Do you think it's too long2' he said.
"'Well, yes, do, little,' I an
swcrcd.
"'I'n get it cut this afternoon he
said. -
"The next morning met him and his
hair was cut and trimmed almost too
closely. Where in the world did you
get tho idea that he wore wig?"
:'My dear young Innocent" was tho
reply, "wigs are 80 skilfulIy made now
thatrone can't detect them. H has
a wig for every day in tho month.
When he wants to have his hair cut no
puts on his shortest wig. The next day
he puts on longer one and so on step
by step, as his hair grows. Finally his
hair gets too long and he has it cut,
that is, he goes back to the short wig
and begins oil over again. Seeing is not
believin9."---NeD Fork Tribune.
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Secret History. Of a Great Battle.

A strange story has just been pub
lished in Germany on the strength of o
letter from an eye witness, now dead, to
the effect that General Adel Douay, who
fell at the battle Of Worth, was really
shot By an officer in Turco regiment,
who was furious at Dauay,s order Of re-
treat before the advance of the Bavarian
bayonet charge. This tale has confrma.
ton IN tho fact that when the Crown
Prince. Frederick rode over the battle.
fi6ld and found the body of Douay he
publicly marveled that the general had
been Killed at a spot beyond the reach of
German rife fire.-NeW Yorb Times.
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Opera by Phone.

A novel method Of hearing opera,
which the readers of Edward Bellamy's
''Looking Backward" will recollect as
the one in vogue in the year of grace
1000, has just been instituted at the
Castle Of Rhonstock.
The Royal Opera House at Berlin was
connected by telephone with the music
loom in tho castis at RhoastoSk. In
the evening the Emperors of Germany
and Austria, the King of Saxony and
tho rest OF the royal party assembled in
that room aud bed a -the. Representatives.
Huguenots," which was performed in
Berlin. .--Neto York Journal.
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When Eating Fish.

"When you eat fish," said distin,
gnished physician to me, '.don't eat aar
thing with 1t. Bones are apt to slip intt
the bread or the cracker or the potatoes
or anything else you take with tho fish
and thus become lodged in the throat. J
---Epoch. yg y "
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n PlensinR Beueo

vi health and strength renewed and of ease
and comfort follows the use Of Syrup of Figs,
rs n acts I'm harmony with nature to efreotus,.
~ cleanse the system when costiye or bilious.
For sale In Zoo. and 81 bottles by all leading
druggists.