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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
FOREIGN

MoRE mission buildings are reported to
have been attacked by mobs IN China.
CRors in England have been badly dam
aged by recent storms.
FoRGERIEs amounting to 1905 600 ON
the peutsche hank of Berlin have been
discovered
EiGHT sailors Of the Norwegian scboan-
err Donna were drowned off Dover by tbs
sinking of the vessel,
4THE persecution of the Jews in RUSSIA
has been somewhat relaxed.
SANTIAGO adyices state that Claudio
Vicuni has been elected president Of Chill,
his term commencing Sept. Is
Two Italians and a German were ar
rested at Como Italy, for making plans OF
the fortihcation at that place,
No QUARTER is given or asked by either
side in the Gillian war The insurgents
have decidedly the best of it,
REv. CHARLES II. SruRGEoN is better
than at amy tine since his attack began
and his physicians are very hopeful
the American harCk Curacao has been
seized by the Dutch authorities at the
island of Willemstai for trying 10 land
arms and ammunition II is believed the
contraband articles we're to be smugeed
into Hayti,
Tar Official Gazette of Madrid publish
ed a decree promug eating the new treaty
between the United States and Spam N
regards 60 trade between the United
States and Cuba and Porto Rico.
FIFTEEN inches If rain fell in the prov
ince OF Gujerat, india, within twenty-four
hours, and the country Is flooded Three
hundred persons are known to have been
drowned
rHE st Petersburg police have arrested
tEenty.eight officers and twenty-six nj
hihsts connected with a conspiracy to Kill
the czar and force the young czarowltz 20
establish a constitutional monarchy.
Tux chimney Of the Providence iron
works al Hautmont. Belgium, fell Sunday.
crushing and buryiug eighteen workmeu
in the ruins 1t is believed that very few,
If any, of the unfortunate men viii sur
yive their injuries.
MARsErmEs, France, is having a
visit from Jack the Ripper, \ man Civ
ing an Italian name twice took rooms, ac-
cOmpanied by "a lady, and in each case the
woman WI, afterward found murdered
having been strangled and then mutt
lated.
TuE troopship GRANTEES. conveying &
battalion of the Grenadier guards who
had been in exile Mt Bermuda, an account
of It's mU.inous conduct about a year ago,
reached Spithead in route to Dover, where
the troops diSembarked.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The collapse of building at Franks
town. Pa, caused the death Of three work
men.
THE forest ares are rushing up the
Stanislau, river in California and there Is
no hope Of saving the American camp.
FmF destroyed a number IF business
houses az Utica. n. y, including the
telegraph and telephone offices
LAWS MARTIN, son Of John Martin, Of
Climax, Mich. was drowned in Potter's
Lake Monday night
jams STEVENS, u painter, fell from the
leyee at Pueblo. Colo. and was drowned
in the Arkansas river. lie has been pant
ing the town.
FIVE passengers were seriously injured
IS an accident on the Bellaire GAINESVILLE
and Cincinnati Railroad, near BelIalre,
Ohio, Friday.
IN tile Berwynd mines Portage, Pa.
John Church and William Myers were
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

The appropriation at the disposal Of the
surgeon. generals office at Washington for
artificial limbs, and for communication
where the p'lsioner does not take the
artificial limb supplied by the govern
ment, is already exhausted, and about
1000 pensioners will nav, to wait for
their communication money until after con-
gress meets The appropriation for the
year would have paid all claims under the
law as existed prior to March B. bat an
amendment was passed on that date max
ing the period for the renewal Of artificial
limbs three years instead Of five. All the
claims that would have been spread over
the next years under the old law became
maturcd under the new law upod the date
of its passage, but congress made no pro-
vision to mees the increased expenditure,
and the regular appropriation has covered
Only third Of the cases,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

THERE is nothing IN the latest reports
from abroad to cause the american farmer
10 sacrifice his wheat Such reports place
the shortage at 420, 900, 900 bushee and the
apparent supply to meet this want from
exporting countries at 388, 600, 900 bushels,
or IS. 900, 900 bushels short Of the require
ments. In this estimate the United
States is credited with an exportabe sur
plus of 1872, OOO,0 900, Canada 5000 600 and
the,Argentine Republic with 100000 to-
tai American surplus Of 1865, 100000 bush
els, leaving Russia, India, Hungary Turkey
in Asia, Egypt and northern Africa to
supply the rest. A few more days and
tie great American surplus will be out of
the way Of all danger.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

Instantly killed by fall Of coal. A third
man, Hungarian, was probably fatally
hurt.
JAMES CoRMELY, agent for the High
Explosive company, Of Bradford Pa, was
drowned in Chautanqual lake.
A WOMAN, her two little daughters and
a cowboy were gored TO death by Texas
steer in the Cherokee strip. The cowboy
was trying to save the Others when at
tackled.
The extensive mercantile establishment
Of Siegel Cooper & Co.. at the southeast
corner Of state and Adams streets Chicago
was destroyed by FIRE Monday morning
The loss on building and stock is estimat-
ed al S540, 600 $500 600 of which is cover
ed by insurance.
FRANK MclRDER of 4674 Ashland
avenue, Chicago, was ascending a ladder
at the stock-yards Thursday morning
carrying his ten month old boy on his
shoulder, when he lost his hold and tell
to the ground, killing the child.
In Chicago a FIRE in the Armory of the
second Regiment damaged the building
and contents to the amount of S35, 600.
Fortunately the flames did not reach the
ammunition stored in the basement.
BIsHop BUDS, Of the Evangelical church,
barely escaped horrible death in Chicago
Friday. He inadvertently stepped from a
cable in front of one coming from the OPP
posite direction The bishop caught hold
of the advancing car and was dragged
some distance He was somewhat bruised,
but not seriously injured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
The Problem for the weather Burea

The Problem for the Weather Bureau.
From Harp1r's Weekly; The principal
problem which the new weather bureau
viii try and solve will be the improvement
of the predictions, IF this can be done
the financial loss due to miscalculations
regarding frosts, rainfall droughts, and
great storms will be much lessened as re-
lated TO agricultural marine and CONNER
cial interests Professor Harrington te-
heyes that the forecasts Of local rain can
be improved by greatly extending the
number Of local stations. and that obser-
vations taken high in the air will greatly
aid tho advdI 9ment of weather science.
He is at pseseu. actively engaged in es-
tabliShing local centres Of weather pre-
dietIon, il being part Of his plan to espe-
cIatiy emphasize the importance of ,JCal
indications. 1t has been discovered
during recent years, while carrying for
ward the signal service work. that the pre-
dIciions at Washington for the country In
general were not equal to the special pre-
dictions made 1t local centres THIS was
SHOWN ia the excellent results achieved by
Sergeant T. 3. Dunn, Of New York. and
J ". Smith, of Boston. The admirable
local predictions made by Mr.. H H Clay
ton, az the Blue Hill Observatory Mr. A .
Lawrence Rotch. director Boston,
Massachusetts, also emphasize the Improt-
ance Of these local stations Washington
IS merely the executive othce. New York
aul Boston are the most important sta
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
CRIME

LEE HUGHEs, a convicted wife murder
er, escaped from Jail at Houston, Tex.
ANDY FARRELL, "A saloonkeeper shot
and killed Chris Harris Big Four
freight conductor in Springfield Ohio.
FoUR prominent labor leaders have been
arrested at Butte. Mont. charged with
the murder of Editor w J, Penrose on
June 10.
GERTRUDE WHITE, aged thirteen, was
fatally stabbed with carpenter chisel
in Johnston, r, l., Wednesday, by an
unknown man,
DR. REED, an inmate OF the northern
Indiana Hospital for the Insane, was so
badly beaten by another patient that
he died Wednesday.
SYLVESTER YOUNG, cashier for the
Chesapeake K Ohio road at Louisville is
missing, together with $50 900 of the cor
poration's money.
An unknown tramp threw himself in
front of a train at Beaucoup, Ill.,, and was
cut TO pieces. A bag of silver coins was
found on his body.
AT dance in Colorado a tough kills a
cowboy, and boy shoots at the tough aud
kills a woman.
BURGLARS entered the boot and shoe
store of Bott Bros, in Dubuque, Iowa,
blew open the safe and secured 5000 No
arrests.
CHARLES Z. GOODWIN, of Goodwin
Official Turf Guide, was mortally wounded
by Bertram G. Webster of New York,
sunday night. Jealousy was the cause.
THE homes of T. ]. Bryant, Charles
Towne, and Grandham Bradley at De-
catar, Ill.,, were broken into and IA consid-
cradle amount of money and jewelry
stolen,
WORD has been received that the safe
in NJ H. Wells store at Huntsville,
Wash, was blown open Friday night and
money and accounts to the amount Of SIS
600 taken. The sheriff and posse are
looking for the safe crackers.
REPORT is current that S75 600 was
taken from the express office at kountize,
Tex. big saw mill center. Officials are
making an investigation, but are very re-
ticent
JoHN CANDRETH a well-known farmer
living about two miles south of Patoka,
Ind, committed suicide by blowing the
top of his head of with d shotgun.
MOB broke INTO the jan at DIXON, NY,
and took out Jim King and Bill Weeds,
wife heaters, with the intention of lynch
ing them, but the luen escaped and have
not yet heen found.
MRs. MoLLIE CAVE, of St. Louis, who
was shot by her husband last Saturday be-
cause she refused to longer live with him,
has died of her wounds, The husband
died at the city hospital Monday from
pistol shot wound selfinhicted after shoot
his wife
THE Twenty-sixth Ward bank Of Balt-
more, Md, has lately had hard luck Last
October it WIS robbed, and now its
cashier, Benjamin r. SpelIman, Jr, has
disappeared, leaving a shortage of 81 800.
Spelmau will probably not be prosecuted,
wealthy relatives having made up the de-
felt. High living led to his downfall
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
Personal CuIT-CuAT.

Prof, Ludwig Kumlien, lately in The
employ of the Smithsonian Institution of
Washington, D. c., has accerted the posi-
tion Of professor of natural history in Mil
ton college
The estate of the late Senator Hearst
has been officially appraised at $4,000
600,
Judge Blodgett, of the United States
court at Chicago, has accepted the position
Of dean of the law school Of Northwestern
university This place has been held 10y
Judge Henry Booth for over 30 years,
The duchess Of File is attracting ad-
miration from all England and SCOTLAND
by her conduct as a model mother, Fol
lowing the example of Queer Victoria md
the Empress Frederick, she is nursing her
own baby, and may frequently tie seen
walking tho streets Of Brighton with her
osby in her arms.
Prof. Koch has not resigned his official
positions ON account of the failure oftuber-
euliue or Koehism. but because he is upon
the point Of accepting new Office, that Of
director Of the institute Of infectious dis
eases, which has been organized 10y the
German government
London gossip has it that Emperor
William was particularly struck with the
appearance of Miss Green, a New York
beauty, and made no secret Of showing
how much he was impressed
John Blair. of Boirsviue, Nj. who
sreported seriously IN at Kansas City. is
yer 20 years Of age and is reported to be
worth all the way FROM 100000 to
Sl00O0O0O0 lie has never sold a stare
Of stock in any enterprise with which he
has been associated, ana has money in
vested in scores Of railroads, some Of which
te absolutely controls.
Rev. William Walter Webb Of Phila-
delphia, has declined TO accept the chair
Of Hebrew at Nashotah seminary MIR.
Webbs reason for refusing the vacant pre-
Censorship was poor health.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

lions for observation, owing to tbo;.
marine and commercial interests :, = lt .;'t
widely diffased suburban popBlat sl1 'ae
fected by the local weather - -.-''ign a.
these cities. The investigation - = llt
storms by the New England Meteor,iioo,aa
cal Society-Professor William N iD9'os'
dlrectoI-has shown that q iDe ot = i,'s,
few miles in width but MANY bn l,,l z
miles in length may steadily adyaHS5asaIl1s0
an immense extent Of terri ory II o'sf
clear that when the weather hue e
increased the number of local cen ,,,e "a; !,
weather prediction the approach az = -. y
will be announced with such an j, N IAN
ment In the verifcations that the r T.yls
will be of great value. ''S
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
IOWA WEATHER
II uas Beer Good for Harvesting and
ThreshinE.

DIS MONIES, Iowa. Aug. 4.-lhlS
week 5 bulletin Of the weather service re-
ports the daily average Of temperature SIX
decree, below the normal, with less than
me usual rainfall, except in few To-
ca6ties. The weather has generally been
favorable for harye. ting and threshIng
and the yield If small grain Is very good.
The hay crop is heavy and the prospects
Hattering for aax and potatoes Corn i
doing as well as could be expected Inc
full record Of the month shows Il to have
Seen the coolest July without exception
for % years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
PURE ENGLISH.
By whom is the Standard TO be
Determined

Determined9
When a LONDON apprentice laughs ~
the ScOtticisms of the North Brlt0n, anu
when the Lonl on A herpum is depressed
by the Language Of cultured Americans
there is to be discovered behind the laugh
and the seoff an assumption that any de-
parture from the usage which obtains ID
London is most deporable. The laugh
and the scott are the outward and ylslOle
signs of an inward and spiritual oeheI
that the Londoner Is the sole guardian ana
trustee of the English language but tlls
is a belief for which there Is re founda'
ton whatever. The English language Is
not bankrupt that it needs TO have Il re,
ceiver appointed; it is quite capable OF
minding its own business without the ar
Of committee of Englishmel. II inae5u
a guardian were necessary, what English
man would it be who would best pre>er't
our pure English-the shepherd OF l'orses
or the miner of Northnmberland' lue
Yorkshire man or the c)ckney? II u I
net the London apprentice who Is 70 ses
the standard, but the Engllshman y
breeding, it IL hard to discover the grouu1
whereon this Englishman can claim NJ
periority OF taste or knowledge over w
other educated men to whom EnglsA =
the mother tongue. whether they were
born IN Scotland, Ireland, OF America, ~
Australia, India. or Canada IL
Criticisms and Amaicanisms. W
Brander Matthews, in Harper Magazine
for July.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

A RATHER good illustration Of the cir
cumsc- bed vision of the eastern man is
fount IN the statement by the Pnlladel-
phia Times that the wheat crop Of this
country has been almost wholly harvested.
As a matter of fact, the cutting Of spring
wheat has hardly commenced in the
greatest wheat producing section of the
snion Millions upon millions Of bushels
Of this grain are yet standing in the
fields Of the Dakotas and Minnesota, and
four week. set will scarcely more than
witness the end of the harvest Philadel
phians apparently see only the compare.
lively limited agricultural area in which
they are located, overlooking entirely the
almost illimitable acres stretching far away
20 the north yest.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

IN connection with Lord Salisbury s
proposition to confer suffrage on the
women it is interesting to note that the
late census returns show that there are
about million more females than males
in England
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08
WASHING 1ON

THE Chinese minister at Washington
has been obliged to invoke the aid of the
police to protect his babe from curious
peOplg
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

IHE money tide is now beginning to
flow America ward. Russia being out OF
wheat, is compelled to buy, and last week
had to send SO 5000 in gold TO the bank
Of England. The westward current will
Gov faster as the season advances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

Judge jenkins, Of Milwaukee, has
started for Europe for atwo months vaca-
ton.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

DIVINE rights are going cheap
in the market France has bought those
Of the king of Tahiti in job lot TO
10000
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

Jinks-.H Have you selected trade Fl
profession for your boy2
Winks-"I shall make a plumoer %
him.
links Has he a bend that way
Winks-" He's born for il. len az
do a thing Immediately and ne WI
think Of it again for a week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-08-08

sal. water. borax. and carbolic acid afs
aids in the battle with vermln.
Try keeping cranberries fresh ey 49,
ting them in cold water containlns
piece Of charcoal Change the "A's'
occasionally
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-02
Where Kissing Came From.

The mutual kiss of affection or passion
by the lips between persons of opposite
sex is generally considered to be instinct
I've. Reichenbach sought to explain it on
the theory that the mouth was the focus
of his " odioforce," and that the two fool of
opposite sexes possessed natural attrac-
| ton to each other
The fact that the mutual kiss between
| opposite sexes is not general among the
tribes of men is abundantly shown by the
| observations Of travellers in the lands
where savagery and barbarism still exist
Where it is now practised it is not probably
of great antiquity. In some languages
notably the Japanese, there Is no word for
kiss.
When, however, the kiss was introduced
| 70 include women, its vogue, like that OF
other new inventions, was carried to'excess
| According to the chronicle of Winsenius, 1t
was unknown in England until the Prin-
cess Rowena, the daughter of King Hen
gist Of Friesland, instructed tho insular
Votigern in the imported salute.
Though the Saxon statistics are not
probably exact, 1t Is historical that in
England, not many years ago, it would
have been the imperative duty of a visitor
to have kissed all the ladies Of the house
hold even without previous acquaintance
Such was the experience of many surprised
literary foreigners, notably Erasmus. The
contemporary drama shows the usage to
have lasted into the Georgian era, and it lie
to be noticed that the performance was
generally called Salute" sometimes
the salute"
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-02

WHEN John Bardsley made his con-
fession in the Philadelphia courts the
other day, he narrowed the feelings of his
audience by telling them how the house
in which he lived, and of which he had
now been ruthlessly deprived, was
bought for $4,000, which sum repre-
sented his wife's savings of her ten cent
years ago. And now comes the report
of the experts who have been overhaul
ing Mr. Bardsley's books, and who show
beyond doubt that the house was paid
for with a check drawn against the pub
lie money. John Bardsley seems to be
an accomplished prevaricator, as well as
an able robber.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-02
Pathology of a "Broken Heart"

That severe mental distress or fright
sometimes produces physical disease, and
occasionally even death, Is an admitted
fact, although the way in which 1t acts has
hitherto been but little studied. In order
In some measure to supply the deficiency
In our knowledge regarding this matter
DR.. G. Bassi has recently made a number
| OF observations on animals which appar-
emily died in consequence OF capture
Birds, moles and dog which had sue
cumbed to conditions believed by Dr. Bassi
to resemble those known among human
beings as acute nostalgia and "a broken
heart were examined post mortem. Gen
orally there was hyper@mia, sometimes
associated with capillary hemorrhages Of
the abdominal organs, more especially of
the liver, also fatty and granular degen-
GRAFTON OF their elements, and sometimes
bile was found in the stomach with or with
out catarrhal condition. The clinical
symptoms were at first those of excit g.
ment, especially in the birds, these being
| followed by depression and persistent
anOrexia.
The theory suggested by DR.. Bassi is that
the nervous disturbance interferes with the
due nutritution of the tissues in such way
| as to give rise to the formation of toxic sub
| stances-probably ptomaines-which then
| set up acute degeneration of the parenchy-
| matous elements similar to that which 90.
ours in consequence of the action Of certain
poisonous substances such as phosphorus,
or to that met with in some infectious dis
eases. In support Of this view he points
out that Schulz has found parenchymatous
degeneration in persons dead from acute
delirum, and that Zenker found hem
orrhages in the pancreas in persons who
have died suddenly; he refers also to some
Well-known facts concerning negros in q
state Of slavery and to the occasional oc-
| currence of jaundice after fright He hopes
that these hints may induce medical off,
GERS of prisons and others to study both
clinically and anatomically this by no
means uninteresting or unimportant sub
ioot
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-02
Dispatches to the Nations.

All dispatches Of international impor-
lance are written by Mr.. Blaine with his
own hand. Each communication of the
sort he indites in the shape of a rough
draft, which is apt to be full Of corrections
and interlineations. This goes to copy
list, who reproduces it in fair and beauti-
full script on big sheets Of fine linen paper.
Next 1t Is copied into the record books,
after the Secretary Of State has signed it
but II it is to be sent by telegraph, the
pretty copy on linen paper Is omitted, the
record book only preserving a transcript
OF 1t for future reference If needed.
A single wire connects the office wit h
the Western Union, and an operator is
always at hand to receive and transmit
messages to all parts Of the world at cut
Government rates. When dispatches ar
rive they are handed over by the chief
officials for whom they are properly in
tended, and such of them as require trans
lation are given for that purpose to Mr..
Thomas, the polyglot official translator
for the department There are others
who assist him in this work. but he is re-
sponSible for it all.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-07-02

MEN who growlingly dole out a five
or ten dollar bill once in a great while to
their wives to buy necessary articles of
clothing, should think of the feelings of
Uncle Sam, who was by recent court
decision presented with a bill of
0,000,0 900 fort hat trimmings alone.
The decision was made on a construc-
ton of section of the tariff law that
existed between 1888 and 1890, and if
the United States supreme court, to
which an appeal has been taken, shall
confirm the decision of the lower court,
the bill will have to be paid, notwith-
standing it will be giving the importers
something for nothing, as they admit
having added the duty to the selling
price of the goods at the time they were
imported.