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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20

A sample Of the first run Of sugar from
beet sugar factory situated mt Grand
knland Neb., which has been received
st this Office shows this new product to
BE- as fine as any sugar sold in the mar
bot It IL Of clear white, sparkling crys-
sals, and sweet and Pleasant TO the taste.
ID cannot be told from the best quality
sx cane sugar A circular accompanying
n says that the factory has a capacity Of
$50 tons Of beets, or 275 barrels Of gran
slated sugar OF the finest quality, over
Apor cent. pure, each twenty hours.
The factory is fitted with machinery
from France, where this industry had its
sxst development Its success has been
rs great that it's capacity win be imme-
Aately doubled, and numerous factories
VIII be erected in tho vicinity TO produce
n~w sugar for the refiners The circular
Further says UNFORTUNATELY our season
proved to be the dryest known for seven.
teen years, and some farmers failed to
raise not only corn and small grains In
paying quantities, but Deets as well
Many, however, have raised crops which
show a profit of from $50 TO $50 per acre,
and it may BIO truthfully asserted that
cur farmers are jubilant and that the in
dustry has como ito stay, Waterfowl
Times
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20

"There are pretty sIaart people travel.
ing nowadays" remarked a Hibernian
driver of a Fourth avenue car a few DAYS
ago, land we carmen now and then meet
some of them. A young fellow with cuffs
on his shoes boarded my car at Twenty
third street He carried agiip, and put
him down as a matter-of-fact business
man. He was in hurry, and saws he.
Lay your whip on those horses; I'm
going to Hartford, and want to get TO
the Grand Central station in five min.
utes. He spoke in such commanding
way that asked him who he was. Tn
the first vice president of this road. Old
man. says he, and want you to obey
my order Without further ceremony
| got my horses into a lively trot, and
people on. the avenue must have thought
that the car had an electric motor as
well as the horses.
In the space of few minutes ! was
at the station, and hoped my passenger
would put a quarter in my hand for nv
obedience. Well. sir, that young man
jumped from the platform, and after he
did so he turned around, made an often
sive gesture with his hand. and said,
Old man, you can now drive to the
devil. was greatly annoyed at the trick,
and would have punished him for his inn
position but for his understanding me.
think he was an actor who was late for
his train.-New York Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20
THE SONG unsuNe.

Oh the singers sing on, and their songs are swoe.,
And We listen their tones 10 hear,
For utcir harmonies oil are es full and complete
Az the days If the dyingyear.
And e fancy there SPEAKS in tho strains so glad
All tbs thrill Of masters tongue
BIZ tbs Gongs that 6g setest the world er lad
Are tac beautiful songs unsung.
There's glow In the words that the lips shape
no,
And q thrill Ia the tones unheard,
As OF tenaeTest memories half forgot,
Or the trttl Of u long lost bird;
And the hopes 81 our being are set in t1rns
With the songs on the winds outhung
But they fade like the glow Of day in juno.
And are lost in the songs unsung.
There ID never a wish or a prayer breatbed ozs
BY the sorrowful ones Of earth
But Is wreathed in o circiet u rhythm about
And Ia melody finds its birth
There is never d deed that Is grand or true
Ora word for the right outrmg,
But T. added up yonder beyond the blue
To the beautiful songs unsung.
Oh tbs air b. all flooded with songs unsung.
That are borne on the wind s soft wing.
And the bougt5 in the woods they nave quiysrhsx
hung
Since the Ire giving breath Of spring.
In tho heart of The flowers they sweeuy wais
TIL the Angel OF Song goes by,
And the angel win tenderiy them translate,
Az the flowers shall fade and die
May the singers sing on, for their songs arc sweet,
Aud the world it is glad TO hear,
And our hearts VIII respond with quickening
beat
And an echo Of gay, good cheer.
But the strains that can move us with mosa con
troll
That have closest our being chung,
Thai are part Of tho LIFE OF our inmost soul
Arc the beautiful songs unsung
-Woman's TribGsne
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20

mirers bend beneath the music NJ H.
voice or the lightning glance of his ava
An old friend Of mine. recently daad
who had often heard him and rafpa,-
bered him perfectly, assured me nor
ever, that he was great power fir
years ago, and he believed thar i.
oratorical triumphs hardly received fpn
credit in those days
Macaulay himself Sid that one ~ H.
chief defects as public speaker was 4;
extraordinary rapidry Of utterapra
which spoiled the eject nf his wrra.
His speeches resembled carefully ma
pared essays delivered with incre7ih1s
rapidity and sulc want of impressive
ness. rather tuau the SPONTANEOUS ann
OursJ Oh tne urH.u mi heart ri +.
and great faC,iisv in iaaiug tn. rig54
words are not au rlmiycd gain 10 tbs
speaker Appropriate pa1ses and en-.
phasis are even more important. other.
wise a torrent of words lacks impress.
iveness
Then the management Of the voics
counts for very much. A speech that
flows on like a rope unwound from cvl.
inder is not a good one. Again, to liz
successful d speech must be enliyeped
with anecdotes or humor People can
always read for solid instruction, but a
platform speaker must amuse and please
rather than teach. -Gentleman's Mao
qZine
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20
send Him to a Museum.

Valley City has a curiosity in horse
flesh that is simply astonishing. H. J.
Hamlin, one Of our horse dealers, ship
ped in from Montana a car of horses, or
broncos, as they are better known. In
this lot was one that he could not sell,
owing to the fact that he had none to
mate him. He is a sorrel, stands fully
10 hands, or 6 fit. in, from floor to
withers his legs are it, in before
touching the body, and a small bronco
can easily walk under him A man
feet in height can't see over his back,
even when standing on tiptoe. In length
he is fully thirteen feet, or seventeen
feet FROM tip Of nose to tip of tail. When
standing with his head as ordinarily
checked up a six foot man by standing
on tiptoe can just touch the base Of the
ear 'Hamlns Elephant" is the cogno-
men he is known by.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20

In the works Of the Manhesmann Tube
company, IN England there is heavy
fly wheel ingeniously designed to be alb
solutely free from any danger Of burst.
ing AS tbis wheel is about twenty feet
In diameter, weighs over seventy tons
and runs Mt 2i0 turns per minute. it was
feared that a cast iron wheel would be
unable TO stand such centrifugal force
The wheel consists of cast iron hab 10
which are securely bolted two circular
plates or disks Of steel about twenty feet
in diameter. Round the periphery of
the wheel thus formed about seventy
tons of No 3 wire was tightly wound
thus binding the mole securely togeth-
Ell aud making q wheel that is practical
~ beyond possibility Of breakage by
centrifugal power The circumference
of this great wheel travels at the rate Of
8. SO miles per minute, about three times
As fast as the most speedy express trains
Philadelphia Record,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20

Mr.. Cox, the borough surveyor Of
Bradford, England. having been deputed
by that city to make Investigations with
a t,ew of uscertaiuiug the best system
Of street car traction has made yalu.
able repor; on the subject He speaks
in the highest terms of the work Of the
sceumulators ON the Birmingham cleo
trio line and states that the receipts
there are twopouce per ear mile as
sgaiust tcupeuco with horse traction a
difference which is likely to have con.
siderable weight with the corporation
Of the city 81 Bradford. 10 which his re-
port has been submitted. London Let
ter
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20
Costly buildings Ia no.ton.

The following VIII give I'm idea o.
what Boston b spending upon some Of
IT. principal buildings The new court
house Will cost perhaps from $1,000. 06a
70 5000 eco the state house est nsion.
5000 ,eo9, the public library. s., hoo. GOO.
the syndicate building, on State street,
f. goo ,149 or sd 000, 600, the Ames build
Ing II the foat II Court street. 500, 900,
and the sears building repairs and alter
atom, 500, 60 Boston Letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20

In the days Of my early youth there
lived peddler called Uncle Fedia
What his real name might be. whence
he came, whether be had ever had a
family, or a more pretentious occupa-
ton, no one knew. There are many
such beings in cur land, who wander
about as if belonging nowhere, and as
If the Almighty had sowu and then for
gotten them They seem Ike the sea
gulls-uselesj birds-that roam about
without ever resting,
Uncle Fedia went from one village to
another, appearing among US four or
Eve times a year with plump pack on
his thin liJtl1 horse. He wore a fiat
cap and a long, ragged foxsldn pelisse
and had the cowed expression Of
whipped dog; in fact, ho looked more
like Il highway yagaboud than an honest
Russian peasant. for the latter always
has q frank face and smiling lips, and
wears u sheepslzin touloupe.
Mono Of the villagers liked Uncle Fe-
dia, for they suspected him of being in
the habit Of casting spells 1t was not
for nothing, they said, that he kept, at
the very bottom Of his pack, all sorts Of
books pens and ink, besides mysterious
glasses through which he could see
man three versts awayl He wandered
everywhere, often arriving at a hamlet
after nightfan and going away before
dawn, What wonder, then. that chill
dren and even cattle looked at him
aslancel
In the homes Of tho sick he was ac-
cused Of more serious misdemean0rs.
Those who rashly gave him nights
shelter often missed various objects
when he had gone on his way-silyer
spoons, articles of clothing, etc, and
ehe servants always agreed in laying
the thefts to his charge, He was also
known to be a confirmed drunkard,
having moro than once been found I'M
conscious lying between tho wheels of
his cart On I've high road, Other men
had been known to fall thus through
fatigue or cold. but il was very easy 10
declare that the homeless peddler had
been drinking.
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49, ~ s''s IN U.s., 't f. ~
eV''7e' ',i'g " ,ues9 i"etS ,ne peuuLeF
T. - '''' $50 .'''. 1891 "' - 'Ae
$50, .'''" !" uSu wy Gnu1ieH l'elIeu
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20


Brother Tom-For heavens sake. Lii
lend me a dime
Sister Lii was just going to ask yon
Tor two dimes Where's your money!
Brother Tmn-In that Internal patent
safe. and ii won't open until I've put in
another ten cent piece.
Sister Lil-Same here. Mine won't
deliver for less than two dimes
Both get ont and walk Pitssburg
Bulletin
Tie largest yawl on the Atlantic coast
i said to be the Nhiteeap, eight, three
feet over all, owned by ID. J. & Roth
rock, st Philadelphia. The Wh7tecap j.
well known in Massachusetts, bay, hav-
lng been formerly owned by d. II. Rice,
ct the Hull Yacht club She was butt
II Essex. and rigged first a. j schooner.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20
similarity Of Quail and Barnyard Fowl

Similarity of Quail and Barnyard Fowl
The quail is in some respects the most
interesting Of the galhnaceous family.
as all rooster and hen birds are called.
The young are very much like the grouse
chicks, eTcer. in size, and indeed the
Eduit quail is only about as large as the
average 3-weeks-old chick Of the barn
yard Their seeming trustfuln IS in
man aud their inclination at times 70
mingle with their big cousins near farm
houses, make them universal favorites
-Pttsburg Dispatch
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-06-20
HOW THE MONEY Is SPENT.

The Indian with large family draws
a goodly sum each month Even the
amount to which the single Indians are
entitled is large-for an Indian. 1t has
been the policy for the secretary Of the
interior, acting for the president, who,
under the new law. is the trustee for the
Indians, TO pay to the Usage tribe only
part Of the money to which it is entitled.
The amount paid annually was for a
long time S250,000 Two years ago the
payment was increased, at the request
of the Indians, to $500, 600 a year.
That is less than rs per cent. of the
amount due the Indians, and the other
25 per cent goes toward swelling the
amount with which the tribe is credited
on the treasury books What will 30
done With this slowly increasing capital
and the correspoudingly increasing in
terest on II Is "a question with which the
government mas not yet troubled itself
Occasionally some Of the interest
money which is due to the Osages is ex-
pended for their benefit by the secretary
Of the interior, within his discretion.
The Indian office has on hand now plans
for $4,000 building 10 be used as a
dormitory and school in connection with
the education of the Usage children.
The council If the tribe requested the
secretary to make this expenditure. The
government looks after the education of
the Osages, ana special fund > set
aside for educational purposes.
The government supplies them Kitl
agricultural Implements and great
many osher things which the Indians
coull very well afford to ouy for them
selves They 40 buy a great many lux
uries Very few of them save any Of
the money which is paid to them by the
The trader at the agency
gets q greater part If it within an hour
after the payment has been distributed. /.
Tie Usage leadership Is regarded a. the /
most valuable ID tile United States. !.
Other traders have mere Inaiaus to deal /
with. but not 50 much money. Wash .
ngtcn Cor New York sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-01
THE MERIT SYSTEM
Extended to the Larger Post Onices in the
Country.

Extended to the Larger Post Onices in the
Country.
By an order just issued Postmaster General
Wanamaker has extended the merit system of
promotions which was established July
in the department proper to all post offices
where there are fifty or more employees.
These embrace fifty OF the largest cities in the
country. The order provides for the
establishment of local board in each
of these Offices to conduct examinations of
the clerks for promotion and these ex-
amnations are to be strictly COMPETE
tive. They will include topics relating
to the practical work of the Office
and the actual handling of the mails. The
scheme includes a daily record of each clerk on
each Of six subjects designed to bring out
his general efficiency. 1t is to this part Of the
examination that the greatest weight is
attached. All the clerks in the
lower grade will now have the
right to compete every time vacancy occurs
in higher grade, and the daily records will be
reviewed once quarter to see whether reduc-
tions or promotions ought to be made. Each
Of the fifty postmasters is directed to at once
notify all his clerks Of the terms of this order
which is to go into effect December 81, and
will affect several thousand post Office clerks.
The Washington Office is included in this order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-01
HE TALKS FOR MILLS.
Representative Grain Says Why He Thinks
the Texan Should BE Chosen.

Mr.. Grain, who is Mr.. Mills most active man.
ager in the Texas delegation, arrived in Wash
ington today. Mr.. Mills ought to win," said
Mr. Grain to a STAR reporter, ''and judging
from what seems to be the general sentiment of
the democratic party he will win. II the Sc
lection OF the Speaker we're left to popular
vote he would distance all competitors"
Mr.. Grain said he supported Mr.. Mills be-
cause he believed his name is SO identified with
the issue of tariff reform, upon which the
democrats swept the country in the last con-
gressionsl election. that his choice would be a
proclamation to the country that their wishes
as represented at the polls had been recognized.
Mr.. Mills, Mr.. Grain declared. would be chosen,
and occupy the Speakers chair unembarrassed
by any promises or pledges.
What do you think. asked The STAR re-
porter. about the objection to the election of
d southern man?'
Il am surprised to learn that this question
should be rnised in democratic contest
Ever since the war We have been condemnin..
the republicans for waving the bloody shirt
and have denounced their party as a party of
sectlonalism. Shall We initiate their example
in this contest? 1t matters not whence "A man
comes If he possesses the necessary quaiifca-
tlons Tor the speakership.
THE men who raise the cry of sectionalism
certainly do not fully realize the position which
they occupy. How can we stand upon the plat
form that the war is over and at the same
time admitting the qualifications of several of
the candidates urge their defeat because they
happen to live in the south. This plea is un-
worthy Of true democrats and will have no
weight in my opinion. Tho southern mem
beers eligible 10 seats in the House. Why,
then, ought they to be regarded as disqualified
to I'LL the Speakers chairI
Their loyalty cannot be questioned A
southern Representative introduced the bill to
retire Gen. Pleasanton and another southern
representative engineered the bill through the
House.
why, one of the candidates for the speaker
ship, am told. moved suspension Of the rules
Sheridan was made general while he was
OIL his deathbed. No. the people of this
country are tired of the sectional cry and won t
tolerate it in this race.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-01
Baltimore Markets.
Eek. dividend.

BALTIMORE, Dec. Flour quiet, unchanged
receipts, ,,0I+ barrels; shipments. 1919 barrels
sales, 1850 barrels. Wheat steady-NO. red,
spot, Le2h ll.o2E; December, I.osh .V2h; Janu-
ary, i.0ssal.U4a,: February. l.O6k alV6%z; MAY,
ilo's allo-s; steamer, No. 2. red. 9.-recepts, l06
o,2 bushels: stock l,s.j52i bushels; 3jl go
bushels Southern wheat weak-Fultz, gal. ~;
L0ngberry, l.UJal-p5. Corn nrm-miXcd. spot, 81
asked; year, &c. ;r56& January, 5ll asa febru-
arr. -.aj37E; May. 5S4-recepts. 22,s,0 bush
els stock. ll3-629 bushels; sales, 3l,.0o0 bushels
southern corn steady-white 5Oa5,; yellow, 51a5..
Oats >trOng-No. white western, ~ asked; No. =
mixed western as1s oid-receIpts, 1900 bushels:
stock, I5O,USj bushels. Rye llnei and easy-No. =.
I.Uial-oz-rece'pts, la, bushels; stock. .cs.3i4
bushels. Hay ifm-good 10 choice timothy 1890
al4.Uo. Grain freights very quiet--teanier to
Liverpool, per bushe Cd. Cotton nOminal-nid-
ding, Ia. Provisions active, unchanged. Butter
urn, unchanged Eggs sIeady--2.azs. Coffee
hrm-Rio cargoes fair, l.; No. :, l3E. Sugar
steady-lrInula;ed. / 3-id Copper. s;eady-re-
rned, lot.aii. Whisky frIn, unchanged. Pea
nuts unchanged.
BALTIMORE. Dec. l. - Baltimore and OHIO
Southwestern nrsts, 1898. bid: do. first incomes,
IL bid; do. second incomes, 29.,32S. do third in
comes. y1.ail; Consoatctf bonds, ll3 asked;
do. STOCKS +zha454; Baltimore anu ONO stock,
>4a>6., eX-dy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-01
RAILROADS At WAR.
The Right Of Way Through a Pass the Cause
of Conflict.

CHICAGO, Dee IA special dispatch from
Deadwood, s d, says: There is War on be-
tween the Burlington and Missouri River
road and the Fremont, Elkhorn and
Valley railroad over right of way
through a narrow pass at the head Of
Nevada gu.ch. IN the Bald mountain mining
district. where both roads are row grading for
SPURS and extensions of their SYSTEMS. The
Burlington purchased the right of way from
owners Of the mining claims. The Elkhorn
was unable to agree upon price with them,
and Friday and Saturday rushed in n large
force OF graders. intending to get posses
sion OF the ground, build grade across
tt Sunday, and pay what damages n jury
might award after the matter had been deter
mined IN the courts, the company having beSun
proceedings to condemn The Burlington
found out the intentions Of its rival and had a
gang Of men at work TO hold the pass at day
light Sunday morning. The E!khorn men were
also on hand, the grade of he latter being only
three feet above that of the former. number
Of wordy battles tool place during the day,
and 50 warlike did affairs become that the
sheriff tcok posse from Deadwood and went
mp ~ preserve The peace. Both forces worked
all night. armed deputy sherIffs standing aboui
20 prevent collision Yesterday She Burling-
ton served an injunction on he ElkEorn, and
the latter has been compelled TO Withdraw from
the ground until tine case is heard Saturday
next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-12-01
For wood and iron ships still available. :.

TOTAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1875
Under the system Of enlistments for three
years a portion VI the force allowed 10 not
available for manning the feet; it Is. there
fore, recommended that the number Of men Of
all ratings allowed for the navy, including APP
that the term of enlistment for general service
be extended by law to four years.
Commodore Ramsay makes a number of inn
portant recommendations in regard to the
Naval Academy. He says:
Your attention is invited to the large num-
Der of candidates for admission to the Naval
Academy that fail to pass the required mental
examination. 1t is believed thar this
is chiefly due to want of proper
therefore recommended that section 1914 of
the Revised Statutes be 30 amended that APP
pointments to the academy shall be made one
year in advance Of the time Of admission, as is
now provided in section 1917 for appointments
to the Military Academy"
Further changes in existing statutes relating
to the Naval Academy, SO as to conform to the
laws governing the Military Academy, are re-
commended as follows:
The act Of August 5, 1882, should be so
amended that the selection for the several corps
specified snail be made upon the completion Of
the four years course and that all surplus
graduates shall be then discharged. The two
years cruise is a waste of time for young men
who will not receive commissions in the navy
ana involves unnecessary expense to the gov
eminent
amended that the age for admission shall be be-
tween fourteen and eighteen. !
The records of the academy show that the per-
centage of successful mental examinations Of
candidates was highest between the ages Of
fourteen and seventeen. -