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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

woman, atured in gowns whose sElrts
look simply wrapped around them, with
a mass Of useless graceless, Tapping fat
folds huIdled all in a heap at the ex-
IRENE back These are 'uncompliment-
airy" 10 tall, slim women, and they ont
line and emphasize the adipose contours
Of short, stout ones. Also, few taste
full women take kindly to the gored or
bell skirt, with wide lace or other
founce at the hem, among them our New
England correspondent.
We therefore advise q gracefully gored
foundation skirt. with simply no other
arrangement above this than fat, deep
kits Of the goods shaped TO lap each
other at the top, so as to give the fashion
able bell appearance to the skirt when
finished. Panels may be added when
the kits stop at the back, which tend to
diminish the size of too broad hips. or
the kits may simply end in fan plated
drapery at the back, finished with deep
hem. Plaits and kits are still fashion
able, and the majority Of the seasons
dress fabrics are, to our mind, far better
adapted to killings than to the cuts,
slashings, points, tabs and other varie-
ties Of wasteful, meaningless styles Of
gingerbread work.-New York Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
LIFE IN CALIFORNIA IN '49.

state of Society In Which Women Had
Little or No Part for Time.
Life IN California was at that time
wild romance. No words of mine can
describe the scenes that were enacted
during that chaotic period. Thousands
of men, organized in bands or wholly
disorganized, were constantly arriving
from every part Of the world and leav-
ing for the diggings Outlaws and pro-
fessional gamblers opened saloons by
the score at every point where men con-
gregated. Money was scattered every
where as il by the wind. Miners who
had realized fortunes in a few days
came down to Stockton Sacramento
and San Francisco to squander them in
q night. Scarcely a woman was any
where to be seen. All restraining infu-
ences of society were absent, and can
not find an expression better suited to
the case than "Pandemonium on a
frolic."
As there were no wives there could be
no homes or families. A few stores had
been hastily put up along the shore,
made of rough boards or canvas, and all
Of them were doing an enormous bust
ness. The rest of the village consisted
Of shauties or tents used for restaurants
and saloons. Human life was moving
panorama. The whole place was alive
with a mass of unkempt men clad in
flannel shirts and heavy boots, who were
inspired with the one desire to hurry on
to the mines.
This rough life was not without its
touches of sentiment. One day the town
was electrified by the rumor that an in
voice of women's bonnets had arrived
and could be seen at one of the stores.
The excitement was intense, aud there
was a rush from every direction to get a
realistic view of even so insignificant q
substitute for female society. do not
overstate the truth in saying that the
! thoughts Of home that were awakened
in the breasts Of the rude looking men
at the sight Of those bonnets started
tears from eyes which the worst forms
Of privation and hardship had failed to
moisten.
| / he Christian missionary was already
/ on the ground, and good Parson Will
Jams had managed to find place where
he could preach on Sunday. one Of the
/ first men who arrived with his family
/ came to one Of these meetings attended
I by his wife and baby. During the ser
mon it CHANGED that thebaby cried, and
the mother was about to withdraw,
when the preacher addressed her thus:
My good woman, | beg you to re-
main; the innocent sound Of that in
fant's voice is more eloquent than any
1 words | can command 1t speaks to the
hearts Of men whose wives and children
/ are far away, looking and praying for a
safe return to their own loved ones at
home. Never snail forget the sobs
and tears which those words evoked
throughout that rough assembly. That
/ infants cry seemed to them the music OF
/ angels.-John G. Fremont in Century.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
nasa Tor ,II.. carellns na.tlns.l

At recent meeting of the school boarl
Miss Caroline Hastings offered &u or =
thar all documents, records, ere. Of the
school board giving tine names Of teach
ers. their haptismal names shall be given
without abbreyiauou or dimjnguve, lii
support ot her order Miss Hastings said
it was q shame to use such names as
Nellie, Susjg. Carrie, Hattie and Mamie
in tile official records ut the board.
Teachers should assume tae dignity
which The rlaces That they ara called
upan 10 ill demand They so1la at
least a.ye uama THAT il lii accordance
with .he calling they havo chosen III
taev gy.ra Sd unfortunate as g have heen
uapazad Susie. Netlle, etc. Miss HAST
iugs han.l raa next generation would be
more tarsaae,.
When I-s Hastings WINS glgl herself
uar Guus ui intimate friends cgllsl
hes Caaag Atone time size was about
to a.va -e.ae cards printed With the
uarus Carrie. ba. wise brother saved
bae Fa order wss PASSED. Boston
Record
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

There is nothing more attractive /, /
early spring than pausy bed. In M
to secure blossoms early the plants M
have attained a proper size under ., ],
1t is necessary, therefore, to sow M,
seed early. Any long wooden box stt
into sunny window in modera,.
cold room, but where it does not FREE,
will do for a seedbox. BE surs /
earth is rich, well fortified with IN
oughly rotted compost and wooind
and that it is fine and friable 50
tiny seed can easily thrust down IA
slender roots in it. Keep the earth "a.
erately moist after sowing the seed d
in a short time the little plants will
up and growing.
1t requires some resolution to thin
the greater portion Of them in order
give those that are left sufficient ia
to grow, but this must be done witho
sparing or all the plants will be vea
lings. Very pretty effects can ben
duced by raising a box of white or ne
ly white pansies for a border, and ab
of mixed, dark, velvety ones for The
ter Of the bed. These quaint, b0tca.
lovely flowers seem more like Eya
things than any other blossom. 70
ladies" is the German name for taa
but the English name Of pansy f,
"our thoughts" has a touch Of fl
fancy.-New York Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

heartily anG wrote on the ma.
have no need Of such a bles,ir.s -
then dismissed the matter from 4
Tie document, however. with ~.
rial annexation, found its way -
the holy synod, and produced a,psa-
members Of that body tie grea,.-.
prise and CONSERVATION. Witbo,. i
ping to investigate the matter ~.
siastics who We're responsible far - /
olution jumped to the conclusio. Z
they had in some way or other rs
the cars displeasure, and that N. :
esty's comment was an inrins4,-
them that they were expected m
ately to resign.
"They accordingly went in a h,5,
the imperial palace and humbly tend.
their joint and several designations
was now the turn of the car to Ia -
whelmed with amazement. and /, I"
only after a good deal Of embarrasrn.
and reciprocal explanations tia,
matter was set right. The inter-.
terminated with a mild hint on tba !,
Of his majesty that, even in the rem.
of religious bodies, verbal accuraev !,
very desirable quality"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

Nine Pauline Lucca is now forty-eight
years old and has decided TO retire per.
manently from the stage She IS said to
be the most approachable Of all the great
artists. Scores Of young singers besiega
her home every week, who beg to be al.
lowed to sing to her for an opinion. The
lovely Lucca listens on these conditions
'that scales or an exercise be selected =
preference to a solo, "and that silence
be interpreted as an expression Of lily
dislike" If the singer has a voice she is
praised and encouraged, but to the many
whose vocal powers do not Justify the
expense Of study she has Acknowledgment
ing to say. If she talks, it is about
weather or the scenery or the world in
general. London Letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

Mrs. Margaret Larkius who was in
TERED in st. Joacaim's cemetery, Frank
ford, a few days ago, at the age Of nine
ty-two years, came Of an Irish family re-
markable for physical strength and lon
geyity. Mrs Larkins' maiden name was
Scauneu, and her father was a well to-
do raiser of horses in the village Of Lu-
rig, County Cork A descendant living
IN PHILADELPHIA who has visited the old
Scannell homestead, says that the viii
layers still point with a sort of Clanuish
pride to a huge capstoue which he re
moved from the archway Of a limeRiln
aud placed Ia the position it at present
occupies i'm what was to be his future
home After his marriage at the age Of
forty Mr. Scanneu settled down to farm
ing
The next farm To his was owned by a
cousin, whose descendants, three strap
PING daughters, now manage the dairy,
pillow the fields and re9p the harvest and
do whatever diUhing and draining the
soil requires The Philalelphian who
ia these three ladies AYERS that their
occupation Inns uat tended to unsex
Them au5 ta8cua THE way TO church on
sunday neither Inv dress nor lemeanor
arr they disdugasaaala from the most
blue hiaalel 1T their couutrywomen
Ths SeauHa.i fam.lE has been prolific ia
giants One at lie brothers of tine de-
ceased lady sslu lives in Ireland and is of
extraordinary ststGre. 4 cousin residing
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

4 few DAYS ago Mr. John G. Gore, q
highly respectable and prominent citizen
of Gainesboro. being informed Of his ap-
preaching dissolution, ut his request q
messenger was sent after his atrianced
bride, Miss Eta Dycus, who resides with
her father and mother seven miles be-
yond Ga.Lesboro. The bravery and de-
votion of tins young lady Is matter Of
admiration and universal commentator
where the facts are known, She crossed
Cumberland river, which was very high,
in canoe. after dark and rode on horse
back TO Gainesboro, much Of the way
through woods surrounding the waters,
ut one place swimming her horse across
a channel Of backwater,
When She aud her guide arrived death
had already claimed his own, and this
noble and devoted young woman was
given up TO the most poignant grief
They were to have been married in a
very short time. At the funeral in the
presence Of a crowded house, in accord
unce with his dying request, his Masonic
pin was presented to the young lady by
the acting master Of the lodge in APP
propriate language with the benedicuous
Of the Masonic fraternity, There wern
no dry cyesiu the vast assembly.-Cooks-
Vile lrenu} Press
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
A Bit OF a Woman.

Louise Lawson, the sculptor whose
statue Of Sunset Cox is occasioning con
siderable discussion Just now, is a
hit Of @ woman with golden brown
hair. gray eyes, lisp and viva
Cious manner. She wears, when work
ing in clay, a dark blu. blouse and
trousers, and her studio costume is al
ways OF white linen--skirt and coat-the
latter finished with an extraordinary
collar OF coarse embroidery, tied with the
traditional knot Of baby blue ribbon.
With this costume yellow shoes are worn,
The whole effect is rather more bizarre
than attractive, Whatever the critics
say, the letter carriers swear by Louise
and her uine-foot image Exchange
The First Home Dinner.
A bride Of the midwinnr became
about a week ago the mistress of coy
little apartment up town, all screens and
divans and rugs, after the most APP
proved fashion She tells an amusing
story Of the first dinner in their new
home:
Ours is a one servant establishment,
so / saw to everything, as we housekeep-
ers say"-this with a grimace--"my myself.
II would have been better possibly, if
had not. We sat down to dinner, de-
lighted to be in our own suuggery, and
Harry unfolded his napkin with an air
Of complete satisfaction, Soup was first
lit was dreadfully weak and tasteless.
| Then we had a bit of salmon with a
white sauce. | made the sauce and il
looked all right but when it was served
it turned out sort of gluey paste-sim-
ply UNBEATABLE,
Harry behaved beautifully, however,
and made no comment. When he be
gan to carve an UNDERGONE duck he
asked quickly if l took care to look uT
my cooks reference. We had a lettuce
salad, which was undeniably good, Har,
~ dressing it on the table. am trying
/ to live on am allowance, so dessert was
| preserved ginger, with cheese, waters
/ and coffee. Jane made the coffee and
! it was excellent. But l got up from the
table hungry, of course. When we got
into the other room | noticed Harry did
not light his cigar, which he always
/ likes after dinner. He walked up and
/ down two or three times and then he
said,
How soon, Puss, ought a dinner in.
/ vitation to he returnedY
Without an idea of what he meant
] / replied, Oh, quite promptly, I sup
pose.
/ "In that case. he went on. las | have
Just dined with you won't you be good
/ enough to come aud dine with me?
"Aud though was wretchedly morti
/ fed was too starved to decline with
dignity, as | felt l ought. And we went
\ off and had a cream soup, a steak with
4 mushrooms aud a meringue glace. Her
/ Point of View in New York Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
LOVE CANNOT FAIL"

Love cannot fail. +" when Joy grows pale,
And Hopes blithe heart f0ri0rn;
When Sin makes black the shining track
Below the hills Of morn.
When Faith Is weak, and dare not seek
The Souls abiding place;
When Doubt doth lift from Times dark DRIFT
A wan, bewiidered face;
When PAINS keen blade deep wounds ha.
made
From which we vainly shrink;
When Life burns low, with pickering glow,
Above Deaths soTnber brink;
When Earths last light fades into night,
And all is said and done
Love cannot fail and must prevail,
For God and Love are one.
w. II. Hayne in Sunday School Times
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

Some time ago Lady Dunlo. who has
never got over her taste for theatrical
apparel, took to wearing big masculine
box coat Of white Melton cloth. 1t was
intended TO be worn as Il coaching coat,
but Lady Dunlo wore iteverywhere with
the collar turned mp about her ears and
her hands thrust into her pockets. IT
wasn't long before these white Melton
box coats appeared conspicuously every.
where in London, and now the Ameri-
can girls are bringing them over here foi
their coaching trips. i Y have many
recommendation to the American fash.
ionable mind They are neither pretty
nor suitable, nor becoming, nor cheap, =
New York Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

time eno1srl In this cnangeanie climate
TO let the winter fire down By May, and
there are many cold days in May when
a fire is needed. The spring, when the
stoves are taken down, and not the fall
when they are put up again, is the
proper time to see that stove fues and
chimneys and all p.93 Of the parapher-
MALTA Of the heating apparatus Of the
house are cleaned. 1t is an easy matter
for the man to attend TO this cleaning in
the spring, before the general house
cleaning is done If everything is done
now, at one time, instead Of putting
dirty stoves away to stand for six
months to be cleaned when they are
needed, great deal Of trouble viii be
saved.-New York Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

An invention recently patented con-
sists in making any article of hosiery,
for either under or outside wear, in sucn
a manner as to render it perfectly self
fitting, without being narrowed d
stitches reduced or widened, or the
stitches increased in any way by trans
forming the fabric at intervals and so as
to give the required shapes. This con,
s.sts OF two kinds Of fabrics, termed one
and-oae rib and two-and-two rib. These
two kuds Of fabrics are made and Joined
ia the knitting at one operation without
changing, transferring or in any way
narrowing any stitch or stitches durin-
the process of manufacture. This causes
by the increased elasticity Of the two
and-two rib over the one-and-one rib
the decrease in size to the necessary
shape, and when changed again to one
and-one rib the fabric Is again Of itl
original width. These changes are eff
fected without any scanning, linking
sewing or any other device hitherto USED
for this purpose. Textile Mercury.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16

1t is only recently that The manicure
industry has invaded London. 1t is now
in that city an established trade, as it
has been for some time over here. An
English paper, however, is still sufii-
GENTLY impressed with its furnishing to
announce a8 rather curious piece Of
information that some women who have
plenty Of leisure and money 90 as often
as once q week to the manicure court, "
which viii not strike an American read
err as remarkably frequent, Many New
York women seud their maids TO learn
the trade Of the manicure, and thus Sc
cure daily trained care of their hands,
1t is fact, by the way, tested by ex-
pert observation, that pretty women
rarely have pretty hands. And it was a
wise woman who said: "Give me pair
Of fine eyes, good carriage and a pretty
hand and | will marry the king So
high an authority as Disraeli, too, ex-
tolled the charm of n beautiful hand in
woman, and ascribed to it means Of
fascination which never disappears.
women" he says, carry beautiful
hand with them to the grave, when a
beautiful face has long ago vanished or
ceased to enchant, When other charms
have all disappeared the hand, immortal
hand, defying alike time and care, still
vanquishes and still triumph@ and
small, soft and fair, by an airy attitude,
a gentle pressure, or new ring, renews
with untiring grace the spell that bound
our onamored and adoring youth, ~
New York Letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
Antiquity Of Fishing.

Probably no branch of industry can
lay claim to greater antiquity than that
Of fishing. Its origin would seem to be
coeval with the earliest efforts of human
iu- acity for the oldest monuments Of
antiquity snow the fisherman in full pos
session Ut the implements Of his calling,
and even those tribes Of sayages which
have learned neither to keep tiocks nor
totiil the fields are skilled in the fabri-
cation Of the hook, the fish spear and the
net The earliest civilization of the
eastern Mediterranean was begun with
fishing ~ldon. which means 1.-THE fish
cry, was originally a fishing village,
and its gnterprising inhabitants devoted
their attention lAa4uly to the collection
Of uggrtaiu kind of mollusks, from which
they prepared the famous Iyrian pur.
pie, priced more highly for the richness
and variety Of its hues than any other
dye known to the ancients. w ashing-
ton Star
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
Giving New york children a yncnti,

Those who apply for a chance 70 g
their children to the country are
structed that they must be poor q
needy, without any infections dises
clean and free from vermin. a plyi
clan then inspects each child. Dr. ~
Yinton was the examining physics
last year, and he examined nearly 10y
children, of whom about 5000 weras'
into the country. Each day the Ooa
OF health furnished list of the nous
where there was any contagious dlse.'
which was Of immense help. With %
list before him it was easy for the E
aminer to stop any child who came P
an infected house, The majority We
refused on account of their hopeless"
dition as to vermin. 1t is heicl7
task to get the average tenement lo-
child in suitable condition 70 3
ceived into country families. Rev "
lard Parsons in Scribner's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
woman snnrago In nassachusett..

The legislature win soon reach the dis
cussion of tho bill for municipal suffrage
for women. Perseverance, ia the strong
hold Of the woman suffrage cause, and
this measure will he urged with the
force and earnestness and eloquence that
springs from belief iu just cause If it
fails, the battle will be Gully adjourned
to another session The knight errants
of the cause Of womans rights know no
such word as defeat Little by little the
strong walls Of prejudice and custom
and inherited injustice have yielded, and
the position of women, legally and in al
most every other way, is vastly different
from what it was when the agitators be-
gan this crusade, though political equal
ity is still withheld.
AT first ostracised, then ignored, then
laughed at, their cause has Of late reach
ed point where its opponents find it
needful 10 drop sarcasm cease sueeriug
and train all their zig guns Of argument
and influence against the once despised
and unpopular measure. Younger states
have passed and surpassed Massachusetts
in the granting Of rights to women, and
some Of the old ones are yet in the rear
Municipal suffrage is the next step here.
1t is the measure for which the strongest
arguments can be made, appealing for
the voice Of women in the legislation
that nearest affects their own homes.
OF course There are many women who
don't want suffrage As not proposed
that they shall be compelled o. vote. OF
course, too, there are some unable 70 APP
preciatc that they have gained anything
in that their sex mo longer doomed 10
infcriority and branded with ignorance.
Springfield Homestead
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
WOMAN'S WORLD,
GOOD MRS. DARLINGTON BOOTH OF
THE SALVATION ARMY.

woman Suffrage in Massachusetts,.
Drawing Room Furnishings-Th story
of Beckie BROWN woman's Hand.
How One Coat Was Started.
The most impressive affair Of the past
few weeks was when the postmaster
generals wife opened their house to a
fashionable company asked to "a talk"
by Mrs. Ballington Booth Of the Saliva
ton Army 1t was a womans audience
all prominent women, from the pres
idents wife down through the senatorial
circle They had come prepared for
well, certainly not what they saw and
heard. Their faces, full Of intent interest,
and much Of the time wet with tears, were
as great study az the woman with the
Madonna expression and inspired voice
who stood before them. If any one had
come prepared for cant aud sensational
effects, the very thought must have
vanished before the beautiful face,
young, pure and strong; tones so sweet
and firm and manner SO modest and
womanly,
AS this young English woman stepped
forward to be introduced by the Rev.
DR.. Hamlin, Of the Church If the Gov
enant, there was nothing in the simple
well fitting black gown and quaint black
bonnet to mark her calling, It was only
now and then that a turn Of the head
showed the little narrow band half
around the bonnet crown, with the words
in red letters, Salvation Army" Though
English by birth and education, and I'M
til three years ago by residence, Mrs.
Booth is not. save for a very slight ac-
cent, In the least like an English woman.
IN type she is purely American, and
would not, except for the little accent,
even suggest English associations.
Mrs. Booth is the daughter Of a Lon
don clergyman, reared in orthodox faith,
and, az is plainly evident, Is thoroughly
educated She began work in the Saliva
ton Army eight years ago, when but
seventeen, aud with sister workers doing
"rescue work. in the lowest quarters Of
London. Not long after her marriage to
General Booths son, Ballington Booth,
she came with her husband to this conu,
try, where he has become a citizen, and
where their child, now two and halt
years old. was born, ga boy" us the
mother proudly says, "who will be a
citizen Of the United States"
The love for her own baby has made
this young mothers heart even larger
aud more tender, and in one Of the low
est neighborhoods in New York city she
has established day nursery, where ba.
bies of the poorest, most wretched, and
often deprayod mothers are taken care
of. Seventeen hundred babies were re
ceived there last year Not only are the
little unfortunates cared for day by day
but in this way, as in no other possible
the mothers are reached and helped tC
better lives.
Another method of "rcscue work" il
donning the tatters Of poverty, COINS
into the very slums, where church worl
with Bibles and tracts would be power
less. and living the practical religion o.
caring for the sick, and for the time get
ti's down to the level of the lowest. =
Washington Cor Springfield Republican