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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-14

G. G. HORNOR,
A TTORNEY AT Law and u. 8. Commits
n sioHer. Once In DroveTs and Farmers
Bank building.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-14
PHYSICIANS.
DIR. E. A. MCFADDEN,

DIX. Z. A. MCFADDEN,
DHYslCIAN AND SURGEO>, Is again
u ready TO practice medicine after recuperat-
ing his health. ONCE at residence corner Of
Neosho and Lincoln streets
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-02-14
FhS Atlantic Laid Rare.

Figuratively speaking, the bed Of the
Atlantic Ocean has at last been Laid
bare. English, American, German and
French sounding expeditions have
mapped every section Of the oose that
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
HuooEp BY A BEAR.
Ben Hurd. a Philadelphia woodsman has
Narrow Escape.

IA Narrow Escape.
A party OF gentlemen who have just
returned from a fishing excursion up
Kettle Greek, Penn, tell of the start
ling adventure Of Ben Hurd, a woods
man living in the Black Forest says
the Baltimore American.
Tho region close to whore Hurd
lives escaped the ravages OF the forest
fires last spring, and for that reason
the neighborhood IS now infested with
wild animals who sought refuge from
the fires
One morning. as Hurd and his
daughter we're some distance from
home looking after the prospects OF
the huckleberry crop, they came upon
bear aud her three cubs. She AZ once
assumed the offensive and made for
Hurd. who was unarmed. The girl
frightened nearly out OF her wits.
started for ark peelers' camp further
up the mountain for help.
When she reached The camp nearly
eNh0uscd by her fearful run, she could
scarcely tell the location OF the tight
that was going on between the man
and bear, James Callihan understood
enough of the disconnected story, ana
Immediately fastened 10 the rescue
lie grabbed a bark-peeler's AK and
ran, As he neared the spot he gave a
loud cry which Hurd family answered.
Callihan was just in time for when
he came upon them the bear had Hurd
In her deadly embrace with every bit
OF clothing torn from his body. CALI
han dashed at the bear with his up
lifted AK. The blow caught the mon
ster in the back, and the bear was
dead IN a fow minutes, Hurd was so
weakened with the loss Of blood and
from his desperate fight that he fell in
swoou.
Several others came from the camp,
and Hurd was fixed out with enough
wearing apparel 10 sat home. The old
bear and the cubs were subsequently
carried into camp. Hurd has almost
recovered from the effect Of the fright
but the narrow escape is wildly i'm
pressed upon his mind,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
IN THE Ell ISLANDS.
Cannibalism and ther Barharities Rave
Welded to Christian InHurpce&

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
AMBER.
Thrown On the Sands Of Jutlard by
Every storm.

Thrown On the Sands Of Jutlard by
Every storm.
The masses of amber thrown by
every storm on the strands OF Jutland
and Scania, although neglected by the
first settlers upon them, attracted the
eager attention of their sepulchre-
building successors. The submarine
product east at their feet by the waves
served not only for the adornment of
their persons, living and dead but for
their protection against supposed
malelic influences and, gradually be-
coming known to distant peoples was
barteyed, in the growing trade center5
of the south, for objects fraught with
the significance Of a new era The
traffic assumed large proportions, To
the diffusion OF the fossil gum Of Jut-
land from Liguria to Thrace corre-
spends an equally surprising plenty of
bronze and gold in Scandinavia, where
too, finds OF wrought amber and of
the objects purchased with it suggest
reciprocal relation, scarcity of the
first attending on plentifulness Of the
SBIbhhr ANOb ENFu III bHb0b ItLuDGc
times was it possible at once to have q
cake and to eat it, About the sixth
century b. G. the Etruscans entered
the market Amber occurs in the oldest
tombs at Cervetri, and its exchange
for bronze wares explains the stamp of
Etruscan design impressed upon many
objects now in the Copenhagen muse
um. Although the materials for their
construction were imported, the dis
covery Of the molds in which they
were cast proves conclusively the wea-
pons and implements Of the bronze age
in the North TO have been of home
manufacture. Their remarkable beauty
and elaboration tell Of an advance in
taste ensuing upon the development of
commerce they sprang from, while the
system of ornament adopted in them
betrays an oriental origin. Its ele-
ments were probably rooted in relig-
ious symbolsm-Gre for example
being denoted by the zag-z the sun,
by the double spiral characteristic of
Danish bronze work. although found
as well on the pottery of the beehive
tombs OF Mycene. -Ediuburg Review.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
SAVED HIS LIFE.
A Majors Presence of Mind and a sub
altern's Nerve.


1t was in India. Dinner was just
finished in the mess room, ana several
English officers were sitting about the
table Their bronzed faces had the
set but not unkindly look common
among military men. The couversa-
ton, at best, had not been animated,
and Just now there was lull. as the
night was too hot for small talk. The
major OF the regiment a clean cut
man OF 80, turned toward his next
neighbor at the table, a young sub
altern, who was leaning back in his
chair, with his hands clasped behind
his head, staring through the cigar
smoke az the ceiling.
The major was slowly looking the
man over, from his handsome face
down, when, with sudden alertness,
and in a quiet steady voice he said;
Don't move, please Mr. Caruthers.
/ wan TO try an experiment with you.
Don't move a muscle.
"All right major, replied the sub
alteru. without even turning his eyes.
"Hadn't the least idea of moving.
What the game?"
BY this time all the others we're
listening IN lazy, expectant way.
DO you think, continued the ma
IA and his voice trembed just little,
you think you can keep absolute
II still for say two minutes-to save
your lifeP"
ARE you joking?"
"On the contrary, move a muscle
and you are a dead man. Can you
stand The strain'
The subaltern barely whispered,
yes, and his face paled slightly.
Burke, said the MAJOR, addressing
an officer across the table, pour some
Of that milk into a saucer and set it
on the floor here Just back of ne.
Gently, man Quietw
Not a word was spoken as the officer
quietly filed the saucer walked with
1t carefully around the table, and set
II down where the major had indicated
on tho Noor
Like a marble statue sat the young
subaltern in his white linen clothes,
while a cobra di capello, which had
been crawling up the leg Of his trous-
ers. slowly raised its head, then
turned, descended TO. the loor, and
glided toward the milk
Suddenly the silence was broken by
the report of the ma ior's revolver, and
the snake lay dead on the floor
Thank you, MAJOR, " said the sub
altern, as the Two men shook hands
warmly. you have saved my life"
'You're welcome, my boy. replied
the senior. But you did your share. +"
Youths Companion.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
A CURIOUS sEcr.
They Believe in All Prophets and Are
Morothe SITS.

The Levant Herald states that the
official paper Of Bassorah gives some
particulars on the subject of the tribe
of Saihi, established in that province
Of Asiatic Turkey The Saibis." IL
says, ''are monotheists: thsir faith is
that of Yahya (St john and they be-
lieve in all the prophets, who, accord
ing to them. have come into this
world each for his own chosen people.
The Saibis make their own devotions
at morn and even kneeling on the
ground. On Sundays and az Bairam
the number of prescribed prayers is
eight; these tho dev0,ees make turn
ing their f~ces to the nor6h. Their
books are written in the @yriGu dia-
lect They fast only durin the first
ten days OF Jama7an from Il apcar-
ance OF the moon to the setting of the
sun. In the way OF meat they only
est mutton, which must be previously
washed in the river. The flesh of all
other animals including birds. is not
touched b. thcn. They also avoid
eating any food prepared by persons
nol belonging TO their sect. When by
any tortuitous circumstances they con-
slider themselves soied they wash
themselves in the river The women,
too, purify themselves in the waters
OF the Fver, and there, also the aRr-
riage ceremony Is celebrated The
Saibis declare that after death the
soul lives and viii be rewarded and
punished according to its deserts
Sunday is day Of rest among them.
1t is thoir habit to allow their beard
and whisEors to grow A Saibi can,
If he so wishes marry four women,
but not more, and divorce is also
recognized institution among them.
Cousins may marry each other. On
Sundays, at Bairam and on returning
from a Journey it is obligatory upon
the Saibis to take a plunge into the
river after saying the prescribed
prayers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
HIS BEST TRICK.
Ta~ ConJurer's Unriveled Trick which !
Is Yet Unexplained.

Is Yet Unexplained.
must tell the family Of the curious
OF remarkable coniurinr trick | saw
performed while on voyage from
London 10 Calcutta The conjuror
was a Parsee, whom you might have
taken for a respectable servant out Of
place but who actually was land
owner travelling for pleasure, who had
taken up coujuriHg as IN amusement
Spreading white cloth on the deck Of
the steamer, he sat down with his
back against the companinn hatch
As soon as he had settled himself, he
turned 20 one OF our fellow voyagers
and asked for the loan of a rupee
which be requested should be given TO
one Of ;ae ladies pre- ent The lady
took d. aud, at the request Of the con-
juror looked at ID and declared it to
be real rupee. The performer then
told 'he lady to hand it back TO the
gentleman OF whom he had borrowed
it. Tic gentleman took it and then
the following dialogue ensued:
Couurer; Are you sure that is
rupea3
Fcllow-yoyager Yes.
Conurcr: Close your hand upon II
and hold it tight Now think OF some
country in Europe but do not tell nae
yOdr thoughts
after a moments pause The gentle
man who held the coin said that he
had thought Of country
Then open your hand said the
juggler; "seo what you have and tell
me IL IL is not a coin Of the country you
thought Of"
StrmEely enough IL was 5-franc
piece and our iro0d admitted that no
had thought OF France. He was on
the ONT Of handing the coin TO the
coujuger for inspection, when the lat
ter said: mo pass IL to another"
AZ / happened 10 he the nearest, the
5-franc piece was handed to nc. /
looked closely at 10, carefully eyamin-
Ing hoth sides, until / was satisfied
that IL was a coin OF the realm OF
France, even though 1t had been "a ru-
pee bat few minutes before. Then,
tightly clutchiug 70 in my hand, /
thought Of America When had re-
Taxed my grasp ! found that / had q
Mexican dollar In my hand. This |
handed to a gentleman on my right
who. In turn thought Of Russia, and
opening his hand. found Russian sill
yer piece in place of the Mexican dol
lar
The juggler performed several other
tricks during the voyage but they
were of a commonplace kind and in
no way comparable to the coin trick,
which ! have never seen rivai.ed or
explained. St Louis Republic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
Did All EEe CouId.

A peculiar chain OF events was re-
Gently brought 80 light in a Kansas
divorce case in which man petit
toned for separation on the ground
OF his wife's insanity. 1t developed
that The Judge who granted the divorce
issued the marriage license TO the pc
titioner performed the ceremony. pre-
sided at the trial go establish the in
sanity Of the wife. and. finally acting
as the judge pro tom. of the district
court issued the decree of divorce,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
metaI Allow and Re.nlt..

Copper and tin make bath metali
copper and zinc, bell metal; tin and
copper bronze; tin, anthony, copper
and bismuth. britannia ware; tiu aud
copper common metal; copper and
zine Dutch gold; copper nickel zinc
and little iron. German silver; gold
and copper standard gold; tin and
copper gun metal; copper and zinc,
mosaic gold; tin and lead, pewter;
lead and little arsenic. sheet metal;
silver and copper standard silver; tin
and lead solder, lead and anthony
type metal, copper and arsenic white
copper. Lowell Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
COUNTRY GIRLS IN THE CITY.
They Look FOR Social l. 70 Which They
Can Rest J.. Joy at Home.

fh'J Look Tor so''n' / 10 "h''h ihsy
"a" h''t Roy "' h'"'"
al have heard country girls talk OF
coming to the city for employment
BAYS a lady writer in the Cincinnati
Commorcial-GaEette land they have
81 -an as one reason that they wanted
more social life Wolf that ts just
ghat they will not get The woman
OF business Is not tho woman OF lets-
are and She has no time for society.
She Will find more social life in her
own home even II she be a worker
than aho could over have in the city
and there is no consequences more alb
solUtc than tho loneliness OF @ stranger
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
GREELEY AND LINCOLN.
The Great Editors Visit TO Lincoln after
The lnnuPuraiIon.


In most characteristic address by
Horace Greeley, on Lincoln. which
was written about 1868, and is now
published for the first time in the Cen
tury the great editor says:
i saw him for a short hour about a
fortnight after bis inauguration; and
though the tiding, OF General Twiggs's
treacherous surrender Of the larger
powlon OF our little army hitherto en-
p.oyed IN guarding our Mexican from
ter mad been some days at hand |
go" and heard nothing that indicated
or threatened belligerancy on ouf part
On The contrary the President sat list
ening 20 the endless whine Of Office
seeHers and doing out village post
Offices t0 importuawe or lucky part.-
Tars just a8 though wo were sailing be-
fore land breezes on % smiling, Sumner
sea aad 70 mg inquiry sir President,
do you know that yo9 viii aagc 90
Lsil i1f the place ia which sou slip
ae answered plea anjiy ! viii not ay
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
LIKE TO BE HUMBUGGED,


What Woman physician Says About
the Wants OF Patient
A woman physician of New York
ted "a most remarkable thing q day or
two ago to an Evening Sun reporter.
at takes a deal Of couscientiou4ness to
keep a physician from becoming a
ouack. She said "Its such an easy
thing to quack when you know your
patient wants you to, and that because
the patients wants it il would perhaps
be beneficial in the end. BY ouaching
l mean resorting to clap-trap and UNI
scientific methods such as the faith
cure and its like, No one but ply
stefan has any idea how great q
demand there is for this among intelli-
gent people.
They don't want the honest,
straightforward exhibition o. the
action Of drugs on the body They
want a mystery about it. an exhibition
of healing as a divine force some
thing that appeals to the imagination.
And because it's a subject for the i'm
agination the demand comes not from
the ignorant and unthinking, but from
the most intelligent and best informed
people.
II have known some Of the most
logical and clear-headed people in
this city to offer such a resistance to
scientific rational measures IN medical
treataent and insist so strongly upon
some illegitmate and inadequate course
as to put the honest physicians pa
thence to its last resort.
ut isn't quite that they like o be
humb3gged They don't know it by
that though the physician does. They
want something for the Imagination to
work on. And that's the stronghold
of the quac1 practitioner. 1t takes an
honest man or woman to practice med
icine honestly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
CITY OF THE UNKNOWN.
Aztec Metropolis which No white Man
Has Ever Seen,

Aztec Metropolis which No white Man
Has Ever Seen.
During the frequent visits | have
made to Mexico, said a mining engi-
neer of Philadelphia to an Inquirer re-
porter Il have come in contact with
many of the Indians resident there and
have heard some very singular stories.
One, which all the Indians unite in
telling, is that far in tRe interior ex-
lists an enormous city. never vet WIS.,
tied by white men. 1t is described as
peopled by a race similar to the an
cient Aztscs. who are sun worshipers
and offer human sacrifices to their
deity.
The race Is said to be in a high
state of civilization, and the Indians
say that the city is full of huge struc-
lures which are miracles OF quaint but
beautiful architecture, and are situated
on broad. paved streets far surprising
those Of the City OF Mexico.
Zone Indian, | recollect assured me
that he had seen the city and its in
habitant5 with his own eyes but had
been afraid OF being captured and had
fed. OF course, [ did not believe him,
but all the same it is not little
strange that the accounts of the Mex
lean Indians relative to the mysterious
and magnificent interior city agree
Derfectly.n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01

An Alaskan explorer says Of his yoy..
aye down the Yukon river. ut was
the grandest river journey ever made
and doubt whether there is river
in the world that can equal il for mag
nifceut scenery For miles we located
down between huge rocky banks that
lowered fully 5000 feet above cur
heads The sky looked like "a blue
slit and the echoes between these stony
ramparts were something that would
have driven q solitary man crazy. The
same sound was there hurled back At
You dozen times coming from far
and near at the same time Chicago
Times
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
nalIrond RaIlassea WIN salt

There is a vast bed OF pure rock san
In the Colorado Desert and the >ol1I.
ern Pacific railway, in laying men
tracks to the salt mines, crossed q POM
where for over three thousand les1
they were obliged to make ii.i aI-
ballast the track with beautiful iliAr
Of pure salt crystals. This i peFnar,
the first instance in the history y
raiIroading where a track has been ia-.
in and ballasted with salt. Miil.Vl,
Of grasshoppers and legions oil glaI 4,
centipedes fell into this salt whea !.
was in liquid state, and now - =
having reposed th"e for THOUSANDS !
years, they are found perfectly Pr
served
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01
THE BIG'S ARCADIA.


In Sicily, 1t Enjoys Great Social Die
tnct on.
A Sicilian pig has a good time OtA
II one may Judge of the condition OF ia
life from what is said in a recent con-
sular report on the agricultural con
dition of the Island of Sicily The
animal, says the report enjoys as
much social distinction as in ireland, "
sharing its masters tenement along
with poultry and at times other
animals, and accompanying its owner
to and fro on his daily work in me
fields Thus much in the country dis
tricts; but in towns tho swiCe overrlh
the streets, acting the part Of scaveng'
ers, and are enticed to deyour the
flthicst food by sprinkling Of bran
over it. In the mountainous regions
again, life becomes pleasant. In ths
oak forests the pigs are allowed %
range at will on a payment by thei
owners during the acorn season o.
sometimes as much as 10 shiLlngsA
head. The herds are superintenaea "
boys and are housed at night, SONS
cas- Is as many as 500 in one 1ou'a
and under conditions which insaH
scrupulous cleanliness Of the covered
pig styes. Disease is thus avoided
The only value of the pigs consists -
their sale as fresh pork and for ~
making Of sausages. Ham and oaaop
are unknown in Sicily. Perhaps porn
Is more commonly eaten than SA'
other kind Of meat in the island.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01

Mr. Edison has ONE singular ideas
regarding dress. He says, Il wear the
same thickness of outer garments the
year round. | never wear an over
coat II is big heavy, clumsy and OF
little value rs protector against cold.
The air can get iu under it in a NUM-
Der o places I increase or decrease
the number Of my undergarments ac-
oording 20 the temperature Every
morning when / get out Of bed / open
the windows Of my room and try the
air II it is warm or mild put on my
undershirt If cold put on two and II
very cold put on three
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-01

A unmber OF technical colleges in
and about London have am electrical
department where every thing possible
connected with tais 1auet of science
Il taught mud ( Is noticed taut the in
creased number Of students have been
in this department Notw "a landing
ahe largo number oi graduates aking
shls course Il IS reported that So Jar all
have obtained immediate employment
upon The termination Of thoir period Of
study.