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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
WHAT THEY EXCEL IN.

Alabama ranks fourth in cotton
Arizona ranks second in silver.
nm r7rrrr77 first III bITfey, grape
culture sheep, gold and quicksilver.
Colorado ranks first in silver.
Connecticut ranks first in clocks.
Delaware is way up in peaches.
Dakota is the finest wheat growing
state.
Florida ranks third in sugar and mo-
lasses.
Georgia ranks second in rice and sweet
potatoes.
Indiana ranks second in wheat.
Illinois ranks first in corn, wheat.
oats, meat packing, lumber traffic, malt
and distilled liquors and miles of rail-
way.
Iowa ranks first in hogs.
Idaho ranks sixth in gold and silver.
Kansas ranks fifth in cattle, corn and
rye.
Kentucky ranks first in tobacco and has
a world wide reputation for thoroughbred
horses and cattle. Likewise beautiful wo-
men.
Louisiana ranks first in sugar and mo-
lasses.
Main reanks first in ship building, slate
ana granite quarries, numbering and fish
ing.
Maryland ranks fourth in coal.
Massachusetts ranks first in cotton,
WOO len and worsted goods and in cod and
mackerel fisheries.
Michigan ranks first in copper, lumber
and salt.
Minnesota ranks fourth in wheat and
barley.
Mississippi ranks second in cotton.
Missouri ranks first in mules.
Montana ranks fifth in silver and gold.
New Mexico's grazing facilities can t be
beat.
Nebraska has abundant crops of rye,
buckwheat, barley, fax and hemp.
Nevada ranks second in gold @'''"e
New Hampshire ranks third in the
manufacture of cotton goods.
New Jersey ranks first IN fertilizing ma
terial, zinc and silk goods
New York ranks first in value of manu-
features, soap, printing and publishing,
hops, hay, potatoes, buckwheat and mich
cows.
North Carolina ranks first in tar and
terpentine.
Ohio ranks first in agricultural imple-
ments and wool.
Oregon takes the palm in cattle raising
Pennsylvania ranks first in rye, iron
aud steel. petroleum md coal.
Rhode Island, in proportion to its size,
outranks all other states in value of manu-
features.
South Carolina ranks first in phos-
pilates.
Tennessee ranks second in peanuts.
Texas ranks first in cattle and cotton.
Utah ranks third in silver.
Vermont ranks fourth in copper
Virginia ranks first in peanuts
West Virginia ranks fifth in salt and
coal.
Wisconsin ranks second in hops.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27

The tug Alert of San Francisco and a
lighter went ashsre at Catalina island on
the l4th during a gale. Both vessels are
total wrecks. A sailor named William
O'Neil was drowned
Two men have been killed and fifty
more injured by the fall of scaffold at
Lima, O..
FIRE at Evanston, ILL.,, Wednesday de-
stroyed Turner'S livery stable, causing q
loss of $4,000. Seventeen horses were
burned to death
BOILER at the Marblehead pumping
station exploded Wednesday, killing John
Dunn, engineer, and seriously injuring
four others.
DAVID STILES, an old resident of Ire.
mont, died Friday night. Three days ago
he fell on his cane, the cane breaking and
a splinter penetrating his cheek. Lock
jaw resulted, causing death.
BAMFoRD Bros. silk mill at p atterson,
n. j., was burned Saturday morning. The
loss is 100000; insurance 5200,000 Some
of the female employees had narrow
escapes.
WM. ROBINSON, Michigan and South
ern passenger agent of the Grand Trunk
railway, was killed at the Michigan Cen
trail depot in Chicago Tuesday night. He
was on a train bound for Alpena, and
stepped off here at 1910 to inquire for
relatives residing here.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
FOREIGN.

A FRESH expulsion of anarchists from
Switzerland is imminent.
REV. DIR. ADAM, leader of the free
church of Scotland, Is dead.
The financial panic which prevailed at
Montevideo has subsidized.
- AN English syndicate will invest $40,
600, 900 in phosphate lands in South Caro-
lima.
AUSTRIA and Germany have agreed up
on the conditions of the tariffs OF the res
pective countries.
lr is thought IN London that Dillon will
be asked to succeed Parnell as the leader of
the Irish party.
THREE hundred and fifty shipwrights
employed at Harvey ship yards at Hayle
have struck for change in their hours OF
labor.
LADY RosEBERY, wife of Lord Rose
berry, The wel-known liberal statesman.
died at 6 o'clock on the 10TH She had
been ill for some time.
Mr.. HENNEssEY has been selected to
succeed to the late Edward Marum as
member of parliament for the northern
division of Kilkenny.
RUSSIA has established government
factory with u capacity to produce $50, 900
pools of sulphuric acid per year. The acid
is for the use in military operations, par
ticularly in the manufacture Of SmokeleSs
powder.
A TERRIBLE tragedy has come to light in
a town in ElSasS. 4 woman, fearing that
she and her family would starve to death,
cut the rhroatS of her five children and
then killed herself
THE Seamen 5 and Firemen's union has
resolved to boycott the boarding houses
in Cardiff and other places where the mas
tiers are engaged in organizing free labor
associations,
THE British steamer Lhudatf City,
Captain Fit, for Bristol, passed Browhead
Nov Is, She had ON board the crew of
the bark Charger, Captain Brown, for
Belfast, from DalhouSie, Oct Is. The
Charger had been abandoned
b. NJ. WARNER Il Co., the sewing ma
chine manufactures, with headquarters at
Hamilton, Ontario, have called a meeting
Of their creditors. Their liabilities are
estimated Mt S2O0,0OO
GEN. SELEvERSTROFF, formerly chief
of the Russian gendarmery and head of
the department of political police, who
The evidence of the O'Shea trial has
been brought to the attention of the pope
by churchmen near the vatican who are
opposed to the Irish party II is not
thought probable that amy action will be
taken by the holy see, as Parnell being Il
outside the jurisdiction of the
church.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
CRIME.

MAYOR A. f. STEELE, of Marion, Ind,
is short in his accounts 81, 300 and has left
the city.
The ST. Louis grand jury has indicted
George w. Harris, of Chicago, charged
with robbing registered mail pouches on
the Chicago q Alton railroad.
TAB Pryor, an ex-policeman, is arrest
ed for alleged completely in the mysterious
murder of Mead the Waupaca wis bank
er, in 1882.
JoHN McNAB, a prominent hotel pro-
prietor and horseman, of Scranton, Pa,
has been arrested for shocking criminal
assault upon a young girl. When he
was lodged in the Jail here he wept like a
child.
A GANG of would-be lynchers undertook
to take murderer out of the Huntington
Tenn. Jail last Friday night. The pris-
oner somehow got hold of revolver and
drove them away after wounding two of
the leaders.
Congdon, the missing La Porte physician,
saying that he is en- route for Europe. 1t
is limited that there is some irregularity
in the management of an estate lntrusted
to his care.
FERDINAND TRoTz, a Milwaukee shoe
maker has confessed that he deliberately
tried to burn little Friede Hunger and her
mother, with whom he had been intimate,
in order to cover up a previous crime.
DR.. HERMAN, an expert on insanity,
was assaulted with a rotten egg by John
Feeney while trying to testify as to The
latter's mental condition in Chicago
Thursday.
john KELLER, the millionaire and real
estate dealer of Chicago, was robbed
Thursday morning of tin box, contain
ing notes, deeds, etc, amounting to
over 100000
john T. DAVIS, a lunatic. shot Miss
Gladys Price, organist at the Mariner S
temple, New York, and said he had in
tended to kill ex-President Cleveland.
HENRY G. MEREDITH, aged %, employ
ed in the registry department of the post
'UrfTrT III UT11UdgIyO, HIS Deem arrested for
rifing registered letters. He was detected
by Inspector W. C. Baird, of CHATTANOOGA,
and confessed his guilt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27

being inlaid with rubies and precious
stones. The outer case is decorated with
many gold ornaments and jewels, which
have been offered to the idol and decorate
Its shrine.
On small table in front the people lay
their offerings, and having seen the tooth,
they PROSTATE themselves and depart.
Buildings, called zayats, are placed over
some images. Some of these are mere
sheds, open on all sides, but in most cases
they are built in far moro costly manner
than their clearinghouse Those near
great cities are truly beautiful and very
costly The ceiling and pillars are not
only finely carved, but completely gilded
and the stucco floors are harder and more
polished than marble.
The doors or gateways of these religious
houses are generally guarded by huge balus
and lions, as they call them. Theb alu is an
evil genus personifed as hideous man,
armed with great club. Sometimes other
images are added, as crocodles, turtles and
dogs.
The country is full of images and zayats
going to ruin. They are seldom repaired,
as the merit of making small one il
greater than repairing large one. They
are, therefore, allowed to go to ruin,
though small sum might prolong its ex-
istence for years. In going through these
buildings, if one wishes an idol as a me-
mento of the visit, the natives never OBJ
ject to the stranger selecting one and tax
ing it away.
ANNA M BARKJy
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
AN EDUCATED TARANTULA.
The Strange Pet Trained by HaIf-Breed
Mexican Boy.

Mexican Boy.
A half-breed boy Of Mexican and Indian
blood recently attracted much attention at
Winslow, Ari., by TIE performances of an
educated tarantula he owns. He carries
the big, formidable looking insect in a
large wooden box slung about his neck,
which, when exhibiting his pet he places
on the ground as sort of stage. At the
command of its master the tarantula
mounted small ladder, rung a bell, and
performed on miniature trapeze. Then,
to the humping of a tambOurine in the
hands of the boy it proceeded to revolve
slowly about, as if waltzing, and when it
had finished saluted the crowd by lifting
one leg three times.
After the performance was over it
crawled to its master S shoulder where it
sat, occasionally running around his neck
or down into his bosom. The boys say he
tanned the spider when it was young, first
by feeding it every day until it grew ac-
customed to him. then gradually taught it
the tricks it knows He declares that it is
much more intelligent than any dog, and
very tractable, though uncompromising in
its enmity to any one but himself. 1t is
as large as a silver dollar when curled up,
though its legs are two or three inches
long.
The body is an ugly dull brown, covered
with short, coarse. black hair, which also
covers the limbs, but is very sparse and
bristly. The eyes are small and CLEAN
like diamond points, while the mouth is
furnished with slender, overlapping fangs.
The power of spring in these creatures is
said to be something incredible, a leap of
ten feet being no tremendous exertion
The boy, who owns the only one which
has ever made friends with any other iv-
ing creature, is from the Mogoll0n noun
tains, lying south of Winslow, Ari., six
miles
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
MARRIED MANY TIMES.

A clever swindling game was worked IN
Middleton, Conn, recently. Last TUESDAY
a dapper-looking, well-dressed young man
evidently about twenty-six years of age
and handsome NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
lady presented themselves al, the town
clerks office in Old Lyme, asking Tor
marriage license. They gave their names
as Andrew J. Hartwell and Lillian sum
mers. The license was granted, and then
the couple called ona minister VINO m . !,
ed them. Hartwell handed the minister q
new $40 bill, remarking that ne wonlo
like to pay a fee of s.. The minister re-
turned the SIS in change. The same day
the same couple went through the m TT.
age form in Saybrook, Old Saybrooks' Vest
brook and Clinton, paying IN each case .
new $40 bin and receiving SIS IN return.
All of the ministers soon aseertalned VA
the $50 bills were excellent eoupteriells,
and each of them was out sl5. No Taee
of Eartwell and his much married VIE
can be found. 1t is supposed they re-
turned to New York that evening
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
Regulating the Quantity of Food.

The arithmetic of the hen business as
applied to her expense account, by the
Farm and Fireside:
A hen is said to consume five pecks OF
grain food in one year, or forty quarts,
Hence, if one hen eats forty quarts OF tood
in 365 days, the 365 hens should eat forty
quarts in one day, or about one quarts to
nine hens. 1t has always been the, rule
that one quart of corn is the proper allow
ance for ten hens in one day, giving a pint
in the morning and pint at night. inns
however, is the estimate of the quantity
of food required. If green food or meat Is
given, the amount of corn must be reeduc'
ed proportionately. How can this be done
as it requires very nice calculation 70
eauaize the difference between pint OF
corn and a head of cabbage, there being
no standard by which the two foods can
be compared, to say nothing of the tact
that in some hocks one hen will eat more
than another, and one will eat largely OF
one kind of food while another hen wiz
prefer some other kind. It's wise poq1l-
trvman who can estimate in advance the
exact quantity to give, as the hen may eau
more today and less tomorrow
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
LATEST NEWS CONDENSED.
GENERAL NOTES.

fHE hat factories at Danbury, Conn,
shut down Monday throwing 5000 people
out of work.
GEN. MILLS says the greatest danger
from Indians is at Pine Ridge, S. D., and
troops will be sent thither
MAYOR PECK, of Milwaukee, has resign
ed, preparatory to assuming the office OF
governor. A special election to choose
his successor will be called Dec. 2.
THE largest iron furnace IN the world,
with capacity of 200 tons in twenty-four
hours, was put in operation Nov. 18th at
Etna, Pa.
The Rockefellers have secured control of
the Northern Pacific railroad, which will
result in the ousting of Henry Willard
OVER two thousand miners are now idle
In the Brazil, Ind, district, and general
shutdown is feared.
ANOTHER attempt is being made TO
break the will of A. T. Stewart by the
Irish relatives.
BENJAMIN P. SHILLABAR ("Mrs. Part
ington''), the humorous writer, is dan
gerously i'll at Boston.
MARIA L. PERRY, who for twenty years
lived with Lucy A. LobdeIl as man and
wife, died Friday at Boston.
r. F. ToBIN, national vice commander
Of the grand army of the republic, died at
Boston, Saturday of Bright's disease.
Con. BEVERLY KENNoN, inventor of the
circular fort recently adopted by the
United States, died Saturday at New York.
Mrs. Potter PALMER has been unan-
imouslv elected president of the board Of
women managers of the worlds fair
The financial panic has reached the
working people in New York and several
savings banks have been compelled to
stand severe run.
THE steamer Normandle, which reached
New York Monday, is detained at quar-
antine, owing to the prevalence of small
pox among the $50 Storage passengers she
brought over.
THE new cruiser Maine was launched at
New York Tuesday, In the presence of
Secretary Tracy and many invited guests.
Miss Wilmerdirg, niece Of the secretary,
christened the big ship as she slid into
the waves to accompanying thunder of
cannon.
Gov. STEELs of Oklahoma vetoed the
Kingfisher capital bill, which action
leaves the capital at Guthrie.
r. NJ. KING of Obion, Tenn, a seventh
day adventist, who was sent to jail for
blowing Sunday, has appealed to the
federal courts.
JosEpH T. BECKER, dealer in teas and
coffees, who has stores on Eighth avenue,
Fulton and Front streets. Chicago, has
made an assignment to John &. Quinlan,
without preferences.
CHARLES JACOB, JR., Il Co., pork and
beef packers. of Cincinnati, made an as
signment Thursday morning, with esti-
mated liabilities of $50 900; assets, S40,-
900.
Four Pittsburg young men who believe
that Stanley has maginied the hardships of
his journey through Africa will start Nov
oath, to 90 over the ground covered by the
explorer. They also expect to find evidence
that Stanley has misstated the Bdrttelot
matter.
EX-PosTMAsTER THOMAS JONES, JR,,
died on the 18th of injuries received Mon
new building. He was brother to
United States Senator Jones, of Nevada,
and had for many years been prominent in
local politics.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

A WINNIPEG alderman and his wife are
drowned
In a FIRE at Charlottesville, Va. Edwin
OHara an agent Of John Wanamaker
was burned to death
THE large -four mill and elevator Of VIII
liam Peter at Columbiaville were burned
Wednesday night. Loss, $4,000,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
WASHINGT0

TIE war department has received a
telegram from Gen. Miles saying that he
has dispatched troops to the Pine Ridge
and Rosebud agencies to restore order
among the Indians.
The navy department is considering the
ACCESSIBILITY of adding to its list of small
swift vessels for chasing work. Bids are
to be opened in February for a 750-ton
torpedo cruiser.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
Laborites Ado urn.

DENVER. Nov. 2l-The knights Of Labor
general assembly adjourned this morning,
The next place of meeting will be decided
upon by mailed vote thirty days before
the meeting.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
Japanese Curios.

Over $3.50, 900 worth of curios, mostly
bronze. porcelain, and lacquered goods,
were sold by Osaka Japan merchants d.
rectlv to foreigners last year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27
Mans Idea of Perfect Woman.

Here is a mans idea of what the perfect
woman should be, for some sweet girl TO
cut out and paste IN her scrapbook:
First of all, because he is a man, he in
sists that the perfect woman shall always be
well dressed, in as much taste as the silly
fashion of the day will allow, and in such
a way as ito set off her beauty when she is
young, to make her seem still beautiful
when she is past her youth, and to hide the
ravages of time when she is old.
Next, she must know something about
art of all kinds-art in painting, sculpture,
poetry, literature, music, and must have
trained her eve so that she knows good
work, and is not carried away with shams
and humbugs.
Above all, she must be sympathetic, and
not talk SO as to show how clever she is,
but to bring out the best points to the man
she is talking to.
She must be intelligent and gracious, as
well as sympathetic, and always a wo-
mans woman, of whom other women
think and speak well,
She must love everything that is heauti-
full and good, and hate everything that is
coarse and ugly.
And the man who has set forth this COM
prehevsive little gospel of womanhood,
which every girl, would do well to read,
mark and inwardly digest, is no other than
Walter Besant.
Ruskin gives dressing, also, as one of
the cardinal virtues which every young
Womanly woman must possess, and says
every woman should dress beautifully,
not finely, unless ON occasion, and then
very finely and beautifully too. 1t
would appear that, in consideration of re-
fined men, true women are queens of the
realm by right divine, and lose something
of their high prerogative when their robes
of state are shabby and crumpled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27

Malyolio says IN Shakespearss Comedy of
Twelfth Night, "Some are born great some achieve
greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon
them" SO it is with nervousness. Some are
born nervous, some achieve nervousness by their
own imprudeuce and neglect, and some have
nervousness thrust upon them by disease, The
basic starting point OF this ailment, which grows
raplds and assumes alarming proportions when
t reaches the stage Of hypoehondirS ard chronic
sleeplessue>s, is weakness the child OF indges-
ton parent Of many evils For the incapacity
of the stomach 10 digest food, and Of tile system
10 assimiate it after digestion, Hosetter's Stom-
ach Bitters has ever proved sovereign remedy,
Sleep becomes tranquil, appetite improves, Sb-
normal sensitlyeuess of the nerves Is succeeded
hy sieaduess and vtgor in those delicate tissues,
bodily substances increases when that signal re-
storaive of digestion is Systematically used. Con-
Quer also with it malaria, rheumatism, kidney in
activity, liver complaint and constipation.
In is said that pension claim agents will
,.,.,,, -, ~ IS0 lll hr tina naSatra Of the do
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27

In is said that pension claim agents will
secure Sc. 4S0. 600 by the passage of the de-
pendent pension bill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-11-27

ELECTRICITY will yet illumine ali the
recesses of civilization Some one has in
vented mode of inclosing All electric light
in canes and umbrella handles. Unscrew-
ing lid on the end reveals an incandesc-
emit light operated by tiny battery in
the stick. twill burn good many hours
without renewal 1t will be very conven-
lent for the man who has trouble to dis
tlnguish his own house as he comes HON
late from the club or lodge
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05
MILITIA NOTES.
A Large nciach imenc OF United
States SOIdiers 20 Esc Present at
lTrAalygVluc Springs.


States Soldiers 10 Csc Present at
Brandy IVlne Springs.
The nilitiA euCampnent OF Brandy
wine Springs this year Will in several re-
npects be the most important yet held in
the state. II is understood that there
will be detail of $50 United States reg
alsrs present throughout the whole time
CT the sncampment. This OF course will
add aomewts! 10 the military features Of
the occasion. II is not announced yet
whether the visitoss will be artillery, in
fantry or cavalry, whether they will be
made up OF detaehments from those vsri-
Gus arms of service, or from what regi-
msnts they will be detailed.
Colonel dershali is visiting various
neiehboring eueampment grounds and
will return 10 Delaware fGlly posted with
new ideas for the grsstel camping-out
comfort and military advancement OF his
regiment.
II ia now fully expected that Troop B
will appear at camp in their legitimate
role Of cavalrymen, that is TO say the5
will be mounted. Should this be 80 the
troopers will enoamp separate from the
First Regiment and form IN independent
command directly under the Jurisdiction
of General Kenrey.
The Wilmington companies are gener-
ally we'll pleased over the selection o!
BgEndywine aprings as an encsmpmen,
grounds. II is very healthy plscs. II
is acceptable to the ofiioers and extremely
advantageous to the qustternsster and
oonpisaary departments. Besides this
expenditures through this selection are
greatly reduced. II would cost much les:
for the transfer of Eve compaaies AMI
stores from Wilmington TO Milford thar
to bring three or four compsuies from
down State to Brandywine Springs.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-06-05
DEATH OF JOHN II. DAVIS,


General Superintendent OF the DIa-
nsOMd state aron Works Yesterday.
John T. Davis, general superintendent
of the Diamond State IIon Company,
died at his residence, Nc. 502 West Eiev-
enth street. yesterday vnek. Tha deceased
was born in Bristol, England, iu 1926.
He was patternmaker by trade, and
came to this country in IS4O. He worked
as journeyman ia Philsdelphia for sew
eral years. He came to Wilmington in
| 1864, and connected himself with the
Diamond State Iron Company. lie re-
turned to England in 1867, andcame back
| to this city sud in 1899 was again in the
employ of the Diamond State Iron Com
pany. His aptitude for business and re-
markable energy opened the road for
| quick advancement, when he became
general superintendent OF the works.
Under his incessaut csre the establish
ment increased into one OF the largest
and most successful iron industries of
the city.
The deceased was an ardent Republican
but never held any public position. He
was y member Of Hanover Presbyterian
Church. Mrs. Davis, and one son, DR..
s. I. Davis, OF Plainfeld, N. j., survive
him
Funeral services were held at the sesi.
denoe on Saturday at y. M, and inter.
msnt at the Wilmington sno Brandywint
cemetery.