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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
why Women Have Dyspepsia,

A medical journal, in a learned discus
sion of the alleged causes of dyspepsia in
women, declares that they are mainly
lack of exercise and eating indigestible
food at unholy hours To this a cele
brated woman physician takes exception,
and asserts that laziness and self indulg
ence are not the main causes of dyspep-
ia in women
81 have found, she says, that WON.
en- are usually victims of the atomic va
riety Of dyspepsia--tha variety which
comes from lack of tone in the stom-
ach rather than from any disarra1ge-
ment of its functions 1t is sometimes
caused by generally enfeehled condl-
ton of the system, but is oftener the re
suit Of their getting Nvertired and then
attempting to rest nselves by eating
n hearty meal
women are so reckless in theexpendi-
ture of their strength-they 90 shopping
for a whole afternoon, or they call or
entertain, or are entertained, without a
thought of their bodies, until suddenly
they find themselves utterly wearied ont
When this exhaustion occurs, instead Of
lying down for 9n hours complete rest
before eating anything at all, they will
sit down to a hearty meal in order to
rest themselves, as they think; and the
tired stomach is too weak to care for tine
load of food that is thrust upon it, BY
and by dyspeptic condition is induced,
and the poor souls wonder what they
have eaten that has brought on dyspep-
sin. Detroit Free Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

Virgins was harassed By the possession
Of expensive tastes and the non possession
of means to crafty them-a combination
of circumstances which, being known,
made it extremely difficult for him to ne
gotiate even a loan of ten shillings from his
associates. Parkin, in particular, used to
congratulate himself on the fact that Wig
gins had never been in his books for ever
so small an amount, and sJeadfastly pur-
posed that he never would be. Unfortu-
nately for Parkin, however, he was fond Of
q practical joke, and 1t was this fact that
interfered with the success Of his prudent
determination.
A number Of them were sitting in the
club reading room one day, when Virgins
whispered to Parkin:
let me have a 6ver for few minutes,
til put up joke on one Of the fellows"
Parbin, ready for some fun, and suspect
ing nothing, handed him five pound
note, and was surprised a few minutes
afterwnrd to see Virgins using 1t to pay
sundry little losses at cards, including a.
sovereign to Dlggins. evidently borrowed.
81 say, Wiggins," he cried in amaze
meut. II thought You were going to raise
a laugh on one of the fellows with that five
pound notea"
so l am, explained Virgins; you are
the fellow. London Tit-Bits
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

conserves after the Seryian fashion, aud
CONCLUDED with Turkish coffee and
cigarettes, and a more than Persian
etiquette prevails throughout. On cross
ing over into these countries one is i'm
mediately forced to the conclusion that
Oscar Wilde's lament "over the decay
IL the art Of lying" is at least prema-
ture: and in conversation with the eX
K1ug You, II you never nave before, are
Immediately caught, and participate in
the eccentric poets admiration and en-
rhusiasm for the able and unblushing
Story teller who never gives way TO
philosophic doubt, and who is aware
that the criterion Of truth is huctuating.
King Milan falls quite naturally into
bombastic blank verse, and when warm
ing to his work even scars to rhythmic
rhyme. Your Servian cannot help this,
1t is inherent in his language and innate
in his blood The minister of finance,
whose name / would not venture to
spell, made his budget report to the
Skoupstchina three years ago in well ar
ranged quatrains. But the budget did
not balance as well as the quatrains,
and while his report was received as a
markable production in literary circles,
in the world of finance it excited dis
trust and suspicion, aud Seryian bonds
would have taken a tumble had they not
been already deeply embedded in the
bottom rock of Bourse quotations.-Ste-
phen Bonsal in Harper's Weekly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
IT, TURNPIKE ROAD.

30 strange II seems, So strange and sweet
That here LIES busy tide once fOwed;
That bruyely trOd our grl.saire's feet,
with light heart OF with heavy load,
Through this fnrsakcn turnpike road.
As walking Ia some holy nave
We tread the grass grown -uts today:
As n they marked some ancient grave,
We search upon the mile8toues gray
Their numbers almost worn away
Beyond the wood and winding stream
Beat the worlds pulses, strong and clear,
With roar aud rush Of steel and steam,
But, changeless through the changing year,
sacred silence reignetb here.
Yet vfolets and the windhower sweet
In fairy hosts here greet the spring
And following Summers hasting feet,
Blue Gentian shy and winsome thing
Comes forth to hear the last bird sing
And Fancy weayes a mystic spell
Around this nook In Natures bowers;
PerchAnco the smiles and tears that fell.
The conquesta and defeats as well
That made life in those bygoue hours
Have here found root and bloom in flowers.
And could il be. on every tomb
LAS to our toilwon goal we speed,
That somesweet flower should live and bloom
Harvest Of brave or holy deed
All. who could AK 2 richer meed7
God rest their souls In bywBys fair,
Who heavenly seed on earth have sowed.
While we who still life's burdens bear
Patiently M our loads Of care.
Renewing for our last abode
Such bloom rs fills the turnpike road.
Annie Louise Breckenridge In Springfield
Homestead
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
SLAUGHTER OF GIRL BAe,ro
Two Hundred Thousand of the Inno..
Killed Every Year in Chfpa

Killed Every Year In China
In China tens OF thousands Of roo...,
born girls among lhe poorer Glass;
thrown out TO perish, and at Sharr.l,.t1
saw tower formerly used to facilit,fe-Ii.
infantcide, says Dr. Joseph Simms vrEs
has recently returned from an extendaS
trip of the Flowery Empire. It il Dractioes
in every part Of China, but especially IL ~
interior and in the Loess district * So
as we get many miles from the coast Il IL
quite usual to see near a Joss hous,, or rlaes
of worship - small stone tower from fen -
thirty feet high, With no door, but bolei1
one side, reaching into pit in the center
The children that parents wish To he ri,
of are thrown into this hole, and uuicklim
soon consumes the little forms. II i
said that the priests take charge ~
this cruel work. 1t has been estimated
that every year nearly 100000 female
babies are brutally slaughtered in the EN-
pire One Chinaman being interrorated
about the destruction of his recently born
girl said, THE wife cry and cry, but kill
alice same"
In every large city in China there are
asyIums for the care of orphans, supported
and conductc by foreigners, who save
yearly from slaughter tens of thousands OF
female infants At Han-Kow, which is
COO miles inland, visited a Roman Cath
Ole orphanage for children that have thus
been cast out to perish. Mother Paula
Vismara, the lady superior OF this institu-
ton, informed me that sFs had received
seven that day, and o1s day thirty were
brought in.
OF course these had never been consigned
to a baby tower. Sometimes they are
found wrapped in paper and left at the
edge of the river. Sometimes they are
buried alive by the father, but while yet
living are dug up by some one else and
brought to this institution. Several WON
en- are employed by the mother superior in
looking about for the little victims. Up
ward of a thousand are received every
year. Many of them, OF course. die soon
after from the exposure and neglect they
have suffered through being abandoned,
and'many are boarded out by the institu-
ton in the town.
Those who accept the charges nave to
bring the children once a week for inspec-
ton, and then, all being right, they receive
the pay for maintaining them This is an
Italian charity, and one of the most estim-
able in China. During the twenty-three
years of its existence it has saved the lives
of, say, $4,000 to 10000 children, of whom a
fair proportion have grown to womanhood.
1t received considerable support from the
European residents at Han-Kow. OF whom
there are about 100
Those children who remain within the
premises of the institution are fed and
clothed, and when old enough, taught to
sew, make lace, knit stockings, and do
other useful work. They never know where
they came from or who their parents were,
/ When they are four years of age their feet
are bandaged, according to the general
custom of all classes in China, to keep them
small, as that increases their chances OF
marriage. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

snatched from my eager grasp on the
threshold Of viatory Wild with bafle1
rage threw myself upon him, and with
hellish fury tried to tear his throat " til
my teeth
'As we struggled the room resounded
with an internal din Of gasping means
and oaths strangled in their utterance.
For time / lost all sense Of direction
and was only intent on crushing out his
viperous life.
"We had neared the middle when, by
what crafty trick | know not, he broke
away and with miraculous speed, now
leaping half erect and now writing like
a serpent he again approached the disk.
! watched him with fascinated eye as he
drew nearer and nearer. My tongue
Glove to the roof of my mouth, every
drop Of blood turned to ice, and | felt
the bony hand of death clutcbing that
heart which in a second would shrivel
at the lightning's touch
He reached it; up went his head,
higher and higher Ny Godl why does
he prolong this living death? A thud as
it touched the iron plate; horrible
gurglipg noise cut off in its infancy; one
long, convulsiye shudder Of the body,
and be lay dead before me, killed by his
own wire. He had mistaken the plate!
Hours afterward was carried from
the house, my reason almost gone and
the dread terror Of the scene still before
me. How his body was disposed Of do
not know. Probably it was buried IN
der false name His death was not at
my hands, but the horror of it rests upon
me and it is more than can bear. -
Enrique II. Lewis in Romance
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

I heard the other day an absurd story
concerning a parrot which, think, mer-
its recording The Baron de Rothschild
of Paris, so runs the tale, was DESTROYS of
sending to his kinsman at Frankfort
whose birthday was at hand, some accept
able token of remembrance. | should
fancy that member of that family would
be an exceedingly difficult person for
whom to choose gift, and so the baron
found. After much cogitation and many
Investigations he decided upon wonder
fully trained and talkahve parrot, whose
facility in learning any phrase that he had
been told a few times was particularly
noted.
One of the clerks of the Paris house was
deputed to convey the precious fowl to
Frankfort Now the weather was cold,
the young man disliked travelling and,
above all, til parrot, with the usual per
versity of his race, screamed and screecbed
all night, so that none of the occupants Of
the sleeping car in which he and his guar
dian were installed could get any rest,
"Shut up, you COMPOUNDED Jewp exclaimed
his protector, in passion more than once,
moved to ant Semitic feelings by the dis
agreeable journey and the parrots bad be
havior.
At last the bird and its Disguised pro
tector arrived safe in Frankfort, and the
parrot was formally presented to its new
owner, who at once began trying to coax it
to talk Polly listened to NJ. de Roths-
child's discourse for a few minutes, and
then in reply enunciated with startling
distinctness the latest phrase he had
learned, "Shut up, you COMPOUNDED JewP'
Paris Letter
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

Much is said of the luxury Of the Old
World, but people who have had oppor-
tuuities for comparison testify that the
average Of comfort in living is much
higher in the United States than in Eng
land and Europe Even the homes Of
the wealthiest are entirely lacking in
comforts and conveniences that are re-
garded rs Indispensable among the mid
die class ana even the poorer homes Of
the United States. Many English houses
occupied by families of means are not
supplied with steam or water, and the
general method Of heating is by open
ireplaccs fed with smoky soft coal.
Hot air furnaces are almost unknown
Set bowls with hot and cold water
faucets nre regarded as non-permissible
extravaganza even by the wealthiest.
and only the very wealthicst sometimes
indulge IN the luxury of bathroom A
hotel having one adyertises it as a spe-
cial and unusual attraction Candles
are still much relied on for illumination
A hundred ether couveniences regarded
AZ ueCgssarles in American homes are
unknown In English households Good
Housekeeping.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

The dead Of a graveyard sat in their
tombs, for now it was the feast Of the
Melad, when the dead are as alive and may,
walk the earth for a night, and neither the
angel Moonldr questions nor the angel
Nekeer forbids.
But many missed their bones, and walled
with vain rattle Of speech, till one, which
was a miser. with dry laughter spake:
what need have 70 walk Here he bones
to sell" Then woman gave for leg
bone q ring, and another a fllet Of gold for
hand. and thus there was soon left Of
him only a skull, and to that skull some
treasures. These others stumbled away
rejoicing, and as the apezzin sounded the
first sunrise call 70 prayer clattered into
their graves. But at morning came down
from the palms monkeys, and took the
uiiser's skull for football The gold and
jewels q beEgar found, and the faklr and
Suii speaker Of verse, Ferishtah, who saw
ali this wonder. said. ''As THE living, 40
are the dead. - Century
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
Bill Posting in Large Cities.

Bill posting for places of amusement
in this city has become quite large
business. A theatrical manager who
has spent a good many thousands Of
dollars in this form Of advertising says
about it: mo theater in tAis city spends
less than 500 per week in this way.
Some of them go much higher. Many
people get all of their amusement
news from the billboards. Barnum had
great faith in this kind of display. For
years it cost him $500 per week for every
season in this city. Reckon it up, and
it can easily be figured that more money
is paid to bill posters in New York than
the president of the United States gets.
"The charges for posting are from
three to five cents per sheet per week.
When the weather keeps clear sheets
last two or three weeks. In rainy
weather they need frequent renewal.
The poster pays rent for space, SO that
the advertisers expense is simply for
posting and keeping posters in good con-
ditiyn. After paying all expenses some
posters net a better income ont of the
business than the average good profess
sional man or merchant can make, ~
New York Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
A Mad soulptor's Wonderful Work.

When the young sculptor, John B.
Leoni, during fit Of temporary insani-
ty, was held in waiting at the Burling-
ton IN. j. Jail, pending the results of
inquiries as to his identity, he obtained
possession Of a common bar of washing
soap and proceeded to astonish the jail
ers. With the nail of his index finger
he began to dexterously carve the soap
into the shape Of the "human form di-
vine, ana within an incredible short
time, considering the magnitude of the
undertaking and the unbalanced condi-
ton of his mind, had produced won
derful model of an Alpine hunter.
The figure, which is now carefully
treasured, is said to be equal to anything
ever executed by either Maroon or
Vidouquet It represents a man with
his right arm outstretched, the fingers of
the hand encirchng the neck Of a duck,
which is as carefully reproduced and as
true to nature as the figure of the hunt
er. The left hand hangs by the hunters
side, holding shotgun, while at his feet
lies the figure Of dog wistfully gazing
at the game his master holds aloft.
Taken all in all it is "a most remarkable
work Of art.-St. Louis Republic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
Two Rahies.

Mrs. Newma-Oh, l wish you could
see Mrs. Winkler's baby. It's perfectly
lovely! Such a delicate, sweet little
creature as 1t is! It's perfect little
cherub, with the lovehest eyes, the
sweetest hJrle mouth, the cunuingest
little nose, and eyes Of heavenly blue. 1t
looks as if it just dropped from heaven,
and every tiny feature had been fash
toned by the angels.
Mr.. Newma-Is it as nice as our baby2
Mrs. NewIna-Mercyl no, not half
New York Weekly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
A Poets Advice.

a pervish, lazy and hungry, met a
Stuff poet, and he begged of him aims,
but the son Of songs and the father Of
sayings said, II have only the wisdom
of God, the advice Of the dead and the
songs Of men,"
"Wina song fill my paunch?" cried the
other, To whom made answer the poet;
Sing a song Of sixpence, and that
will fill your pocket with rye, and scat
ter the rye, and that will fetch silly
blackbirds to make for you pie-and
any girl will cook it.
Thanks, said the man. Century.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
NO. Is now q strong demanl for llve

There is now a strong demand for live
Holsters The restaurants, boarding
houses and many Of the families that
used to demand boiled Holsters now or
der them alive, because il is the whim
If the moment to eat them after they
have been broiled alive The idea is
that the flesh is half dozen times more
sueculent then than if they are killed
first Hnmanitarians need hot shudder.
There never was any human M thod az
killing a lobster he used to be boiled
alive and now be Is broiled 1t is doubt
fal whether, if each lobster could be ques-
toned. many Of them would care which
way they were treated New York 60.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18
A Knr uho Avojd, the Truth.

4 talk with King Milan is noh mental
pabaluu G5r the traveller who is aweary
and agbirst in tine dreHy conversational
wastes OF tae Balkans L is an IN
mixed delight. ont should u partaken
of with tie alinixture af much salt 1t
ia delightful causeue set going by
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

For soft corns, dip a piece of linen
cloth in turpentine, and wrap it around
the toe on which the corn is situated
every night and morning. 1t will prove
an immediate relief to the pain or sore
ness and the corn VIII disappear after
few days.-Good Housekeeping.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

Little Albert had been allowed to
amusa himself by turning over the
leaves of the biz illustrated dictionary.
The picture Of tine skeleton impressed
hun particularly and ut the breakfast
table the next morning he surprised his
father by asking suddenly, Papa, can
that bony fellow in the dictionary wiz
gle his tingers2' Youths Companion,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

Ethel-Tve been engaged six times.
and now I'm going to marry Charlie
Simpson How many times have you
been engaged?
Maude tdemurelyl-Only twice-to
Charlie Simpson. New York Epoch.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

Henry Fawcett, the political econ
omist, delighted in walking, and even
during the years Of his life when he was
totally blind bis inherent love of the
fields impelled him to seek the haunts Of
his pleasant youthful sauuterings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

A simple remedy for neuralgia is to
apply grated horse raJish TO the temple,
when the face or head is affected, or to
the wrist, when the pain is in the arm
or shoulder. Prepare the horse radisL in
the same manner rs for table use.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

ConHecueuys constitution was adopted
in 1918. Before that the state was gov
Cned under the charter Of 1862, WHICH
was continued by the constitution Of f7Iay
The amendments have bsAG puu-rous !
Three cent fares rreya'lo q t1usbprs
railway and papers in Spriugtis ,d Mas.
ana Buffalo, are enieaveriuE to induce
their reads TO follow tbe laudable cS-
SIMPLE
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

II is estimated that the wealth of the
United States now exceeds the wealth
of the whole world a any period prior
Is tie middle 81 the Eighteenth century
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

The Chin csc have a saying that is
ut once amusing and sarcastic. Refer
ring 10 the smalluess Of the feet Of the
Chinese women, they say: What the
wuuea uayA los; in their feet they have
siieJ ,9 their tongues
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-07-18

There are no cats within the limits Of
.rEa, Cole the thin atmosphere at
....allula $4,000 feeD being fatal 10
Iwg They are, however. not required,
tac town being free from rats and mics
tr.m the same cause
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-20
FRANIsEI,S ITIsaEs.
IL. E. PHANr.l

No sickness i'll this neighborhood
at present.
WHAT'S Ed. Welsh and Shirdy
Cornelius doing .itat they allow Fred
Lessen to buggy-ride with two school
ma ms?
We are glab to see Uncle Dan
Weese around again. He looks much
better than at any time within the
past year.
An alliance exhibition in the near
future is looked to as the event of the
season; as Pleasant ValIsy alliance
never does anything by halves.
The FelIsburs Horse Shoe Club
meets every day at a. m, at the
store. Ira Tam and Jake Zerby me
now contenGing for the champion
ship.
Last ThursdzN while the more
peaceful citizens were pursuing the
even tenor of their way. two of Fells-
burg's SiouXs strayed from the reser-
vation and held Il ghost dance in which
pitchfoTks and axes played promi-
nent part. No blond shed, however.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-20
JACKSON TOWNSHIP.
[DY JAKE.

Mead Cox is busy this week sink
ng a well for Dan Weyric.
-WOgan Jensen is talking of ship
ping a car load of wheat next week.
"A double wedding will las, .ceIe-
brated in Jackson soon after Easter.
Frank LAUDER lost fine horse
last week. The cause of its death is
not known.
e-Char'e ; FinckIe is going to buy a
sulky Plow and do farmiag on a larger
seals this year.
Several of JacksOn's farmars are
digging wells in their gardens, and in
tend to irrigate this summer.
William FoIan returned home
from the 7hetian Territory last week,
latter an absence Of eighteen months.
What has become Of all the cor
respondents of late? They act aa. if
they were ground -hogs on a sunny
day.
William Hoover celebrated his
fftieth birthday the 27th of january.
That is the reason the president par
duucd those convicts Mr.. Hebron
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-02-20
HERE Arn rHERE.

Fifteen burglaries have been com
mited at Sedalia, Missouri, in the past
week.
A second ice factory is about to be
erected at Paris, Ky. The tswn propos-
es to furnish fridgidity to all its neigh
bors and become headquarters for
GOODNESS as well as for fat turkeys and
bIooded jacks.
President Harrison commuted to
fouysmonths the sentence of two years
imprisonment imposed in the case of
james II. Jenkins, convicted in Utah
of adultery. Jenkius is q mormon,
and praeticed polygamy.
Seymour, Indiana, is enthused over
the discovery of what is supposed to
be a very large and valuable deposit
o6:authracite coal in the hills six miles
south of that city. The ''fad'' will
be investigated and developed
Early Tuesday morning, the, Office
of the CoIdwater Adgocats Was enuered
by ulsknown parties, who, AFTER doing
all the damage possible. carted of the
press and type. The press has not
been discovered, but the type was
scattered -Ower tka country cut side
OF town, AN UNSUCCESSFUL attempt