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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02
Two SINGULAR shnwsr,

On Saturday, Nov. II, 1882. there -.
. shower of peculiar shaped seeds o.a'
an area Of several square miles in i.
vicinity of Statesburg, S. C. The sbov,.
began about 100 a. M, and was no,.i
for twelve miles in one direction .rs
about seven and half in the other =
the center Of the district over which tbs-
fell the ground was almost covered 4.
noise made Jy them as they 'en on Il.
leaves much resembling that nads /,
fine sleet When examined under n.
microscope these seed, like granules AZ
peared wholly different from any ses5,
known to botanists of that part of souts
Carolina.
In the following month. Decembe,
1889, Huntington, Ind, and vicinity wa,
treated to a shower of strange worms
They were only about the fourth of an
inch in length and about the diameter !,
a small sewing needle. In some place,
they fell in such abundance as to cove,
the snow and ice to the depth of nearly
half an inch.--St Louis Republic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

Durns vary Ia depth, from blister on
the surface to an actual destruction Of q
part Of limb, In addition to pain, the
burned person is in danger from an i'm.
preston made on the nervous system
known as shock This often has to Be
treated, as well as the shock itself If the
clothes are on fire throw the victim down
and wrap blanket around Then add
water and cut the clothing away, not dis
turbing any parts that stick. Cover the
burn with layer Of sweet oil, lard or lin
seed oil, yasellne-any fat not rancid
Then wrap in cloths to keep the air out
For the shock, give teaspoonful Of brandy
every ten minutes.-Interview with Doc
tor
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02
The Kind Word.

Do we ever need reminder in our hurried
lives of the grace chat lies in Inc kindly
spoken word? 1t may he as we pass Q
friend in a crowded shop, or nod to her as
we hasten by her door on our morning
walk 20 the market or the ferry, that We
utter the gentle greeting, leave behind US
Che flash of the happy smile, and brighten
day that was perhaps overcast Kind
ness costs little. Why should we not be
lavish Of it in world where nobody stands
alone, but where rich and poor, sad and
glad, lofty and lowly, are bound in one
bundls Harper Bazaar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02
ANEMONES

II GsythFng b. ike o. Lef
Or unto her may likolcd DO
From al thr too5 Of nature, 'twerv
4 fra8i s.usmone.
Which though IL have 40 secret grsoo
To chirm Its petals, as the rose,
Hath yet, mG.hinks, "A aFectar taco
Than any flower that blows.
la April's rosy palms Il shrinks,
And still while skylarks new y slng
II blooms and fades, and fOndly thinks
That spring 10 ever spring.
And who would ask TO clso It's days
And mar It's Vernal happiness
with hours adroop meath parching rays
Or snow storm pitiless7
Aud would her 1.-THE form should bids
Fur crippled age, her balny breath
Know winters chill IL at 20 hath died
Before thought OF death1
Academy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

After much observation Of the womea
Of many countries, the conclusion y lnes
table tlat the freedom Of early gHl9o-s.
the looking upon men as brothers tf.e..t.
aad honorable gentlemen, tue telN-
thrown ga ones own good sense z. Z
guide, above al being trusted hy tAthst
and mother asd lover. not being suspesLs7I
or watched .by "black mesour, or q 20
suspicious duenna-that ali this has mac
a very noble race 81 American %oIael.
who can be trusted with the future q sSs
ca. inn sac nl.y be slightly in need g :
ie,v aiuts. bui We believe h pretty W.
Ntucy. Mrs Johr Sherwood il HaFI*t
R@zay
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

The scorpion is q bad bedfellow, and
he has mean trick Of hiding In your
boots and singing you when you put
them on. But you can base fan with
him after q fashion Il you want 10
bring out tha best qualities Of q scorpion
build q Little corral If dry leaves 1r
paper around him and set fire 10 it at
ali points. Make the circle about a foot
IL diameter. 50 that the flames VIII not
touch your prisoner when he sees the
ring Of fire the scorpion viii Try to e.
cape first u one place and then - an
other. but the flames viii drive him
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02
Iyomnn's Reauty,

No woman need be ugly. II there is a
soul in her body it has but TO begin betimes
to show through. From her earliest girl
hood the thoughts she thinks, the feelings
to which she gives way, the ones she
utters, the wishes she INDUCES, are sculpt
uriug lines in her face that are capable OF
making beauty all their own-lines whose
writing will remain when bloom fades and
sparkle falls Harriet Prescott Spofford
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

The Guernsey and Jersey breeds Of
cattle como from different islands in the
British channel. On each island care is
taken to preserve its favorite strain in
It's purity, AMI the two are more alike in
their general appearance than the cows
Of any other breed, although the Guern-
sey is the larger Of the two by from $50
to eco pounds. Both are noted for TIE
richness Of their milk, and for that r5A-
son are highly esteemed H. fsu5v cows.
In this country the Jerseys are much the
moro numerous, but the Gucrnssys are
increasing In number, and there are
many notable herds Of tuem that ate
esteemed by their owners and admirers
as at least equally, If not even moe
desirable i'm all respects than the JET
seys. The milk Of the two breeds, when
tested for butter Fat, has been found 50
neatly alike that no preference can ifa
given one over the otae~ in that re
specr
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

A Caribou physician recently took aU
exciting rIla that illustrates the extent
If Main gaser.'e3 domain .hs north
The doctor was called to d lumber camp
above The Aliegash, enc day, & l.i
2 surgical operation upon Lutler Eea-
derson. a lumheruan, He started ar I
o'clock a. Ina ani beyond Grand Isle
there were relays It s.eishs al four d}f-
ferent points awaiting him. lie arrived
ar his destination at midnight having
made the distance IF lQ2 miles ia four-
teen hours. Bangor CoIauerciaL
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

back every time, and when no ra,..
that he is completely surrounded bs -
retreat to the center Of the ring ana
hberatcly commit suicide By car'.n'.
tail over and singing himself IN :. s.
back So you see that nature sancto.
suicide under some circulnst8noag
spite of What the preachers say abon, !
The scorpion caches a lesson that a ~
had better remember if be finds him ~ :
in the cente- Of gang Of Apsches g.
Francisco Examiner.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

4 young lady Of Seattle, who has been
forwarding very interesting accounts Of
her travels in Europe to her friends at
home, sent her last letter from Paris
She was enthusiastic over the French
capital, and after saying everything else
that she could in its favor, rapturously
dec'ared, "To my Ialnd it is the Seattle
OF Europe"-Albauy Argus
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02
. Swa1i.h erelnaer - Irventt- a

A Swedish engineer has lrventt- q
novel mathsi of blasting by electricity.
He employs q volta are produced be-
tween two carbon rods placed parallel.
When the alc is moved close - the SPOT
where blasting is % be effected an in
tense Local heat Is created, followed by
EXPANSION, which Us tee eject OF split
trZ TIE rock
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

Perhaps the most remarkable duel ever
fought took place In 1903, Ia France. Nj
de Grandpre and NJ. L. Pique had quar-
rel over lady. They agreed TO settle thes'
respective claims by lighting a duel In mid
mir. from two balloons Two balloons were
constructed precisely alike, and on the mp
pointed day the two duelsts and their sec
onds entered the chr OF their respective
balloons THY assembled from the garden
OF the Tuileries amid an immense CON
course of spectators. The gentlemen were
TO Gre not at each other, but at each others
balloons, in order to bring them down by
escape Of goa Zach duelist took with
him not a pistol but "A gun.
At a given signal the ropes that retained
the cars were cut, and the balloons ascend
ed The wind was moderate and left the
balloons 40 their required distance 81
eighty yards apart When about half a
mile above the earth a proconcertcd signal
was given. ~. lie Piquc fired, but missed;
then Nl do Gvnndpre fired, and sent a bah
through his opponents balloon The bal
loon collapsed, the car descended with
frightful rapidity. and Io Pique aLi his
second were dashed TO pieces. De Grundpre
continued his ascent triumpAautly and
terminated his aerial voyage successfully
at distance OF seven leagues from Paris
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02
Be cnreful OF the chIIa,. Ear..

Children often put peas. beans, coffee
grains, etc, into their ears, and in tryin- 70
remove it friends arc apt to only push the
substance farther into the orifice. No in
strument should ever be used, except by
an aurist, in removing anything from the
ear; the only thing that can be safely EN-
ploycd By the unskiiled home practitoner
Is a small syringe Detroit Free Press
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-02

0liactory sensations are probably re-
coiyed troT material emauatIons from The
o3arifercus substance. the emau4Jiou~ bee
ink absorbed by the auid in which the r1
croseopic ends az tha olfacJory nerves ale
constantly blthed This moisture is So es-
sen,ial TO Che proper action OF tAe nerves
tuat its absence, as In certain stages Of "a
coid may Tor thc time qviJe destroy the
sense ot smeli
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10
Rebuke the Bosses.

Those Republicans of Carroll who believe
that the Protective system is blessing will
not have full opportunity to vote to sustain
the Mckinley law this year. Two United
States Senators are to be chosen by the next
Legislature, and they will be for or against
this measure as the Legislature is Republican
or Democratic The State Senator from Car
roll will have vote in the selection of each
United States Senator. In voting for State
Senator the people vote indirectly for United
States Senators, and thus express their
sentiments on national politics. The Repub-
lican bosses failed to get any Of those solicited
to accept a nomination, and would not let the
party put up candidate. They had deter
mined upon this action before the delegates
came to Westminster, for THE RESOLUTIONS OF
THE CONVENTION HAD BEEN PREPARED AND
AGREED UPoN BY THE BOSSES IN ADVANCE.
There was opposition to the resolutions, but
the bosses were too powerful, and they were
passed without explanation or discussion. ST.
lence reigned, and the affirmative vote was
weak
This action deserves the severest rebuke.
1t is bad enough to deny the party the privi-
lage of selecting their own candidates, but it
is intolerable to deny people the right o vote
their sentiments, and Republicans should
show their resentment by voting solidy for
Senator Bennett and the Democratic nomi
nees for the House of Delegates and cutting
from their ticket every machine nominee.
Such action would teach the bosses a lesson,
and be deserved rebuke.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10

institutions and necessary to the convenient
use thereof as the same have been hereto,
fore exempted by law in this State; and all
other property in this State not so declared
exempt may be taxed, and the General As
sembly may. by general law, provide for a
tax on the incomes of citizens of this State;
vet fines, duties, licenses or taxes may
properly and justly be imposed or laid with a
political view for good government and the
benefit of the community.
SECTION l. Ind be ii enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
article fifteen of the Declaration of Rights OF
the Constitution shall be, at the next general
election held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection in pursuance the OF
directions contained in article fourteen OF the
Constitution of this State, and at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words, ''ior the con-
stitutional amendment or against the con.
stitutional amendment as the voter shall
elect, and Immediately after said election,
due return shall be made to the Governor o.
the vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said fourteenth arti
Gle of the Constitution.
Approved April Sd, 1890.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10
NUMBER 4.
CHAPTER 255.

AN ACT to amend section one of article
seven of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted By the General
Assembly Of Maryland, Three fths of all
the members of the two Houses concurring,
That the following section be and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof as here
in provided shall supersede and stand in the
place and instead of section one of article
seven of the said constitution.
SECTION l. County Commissioners shall be
elected on general ticket of each county by the
qualified voters of the several counties of the
State on the Tuesday next after the first
Monday in the month of November, com
mencing in the year eighteen hundred and
ninety one; their number in each county, their
compensation, powers and duties shall be
such as now or may be hereafter prescribed
by law; they shall be elected at such times, in
such numbers and for such periods, not ex-
ceeding six years, as may be prescribed by
law.
SECTION . And be it enacted by the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the Constitution shall be, at the next general
election held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof, for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance of the
directions contained in article fourteen of the
Constitution of this State; and at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the Constitution shall be
by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words "for the con-
stitutional amendment; or against the con
stitutional amendment as the voter shall
elect, and Immediately after said election due
return shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and against said proposed amend =
ment, as directed by said fourteenth article
of the constitution.
Approved April Sd, 1890
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10
NUMBER 2.
Der :.
CHAPTER 1876.
OF the CONSTITUTION.
Approved March 9th, lS9

NUMBER 2.
CHAPTER 1876.
AN ACT to amend section forty-eight, OF
article three, of the Constitution of this
State.
SECTION /. Be ii enacted by the General
assembly Of Maryland, Three fifths of all the
members of the two Houses concurring, that
the following section be, and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to the
Constitution of this State, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof as
herein provided, it shall supercede and stand
in the place and instead of section forty eight
of article three of said Constitution.
SECTION 49, Corporations may be formed
under general laws, but shall not be created
by special act, except for municipal purposes
and except in cases where no general laws
exist, providing for the creation of corpora
tons of the same general character as the
corporations proposed to be created. and any
act of incorporation passed in violation OF
this section shall be void, all charters granted
or adopted in pursuance of this section, and
all charters heretofore granted and created
subject to repeal or modification, may be
altered from time to time, or be repealed !;
provided nothing herein contained shall be
construed to extend to banks, or the incorpo-
ration thereof; the General Assembly shall
not alter or amend the charter of any corpo-
ration existing at the time of the adoption OF
this article, or pass any other general or
special law for the benefit of such corporation,
except upon the condition that such corpora.
ton shall surrender all claim to exemption
from taxation or from the repeal or modifca-
ton of its charter, and that such corporation
shall thereafter hold its charter subject to the
provisions of this constitutions; and any cor
poration chartered by this State which shall
accept, use, enjoy, or in any wise avail itself
of any rights, privileges or advantages that
may hereafter be granted or conferred by
any general or special act, shall be conclu-
sively presumed to have thereby surrendered
any exemption from taxation to which il may
be entitled under its charter, and shall be
thereafter subject TO taxation as if no such
exemption has been granted by its charter.
SECTION . And be ii further enacted 6y the
authority aforesaid, That the said foregoing
section hereby proposed as an amendment to
the constitution shall be, at the next general
election held in this State, submitted to the
legal and qualified voters thereof for their
adoption or rejection, in pursuance Of the di-
rections contained in article fourteen of the
Constitution of this State, and at the said
general election the vote on said proposed
amendment to the constitution shall be by
ballot, and upon each ballot there shall be
written or printed the words for the consti-
tutional amendment or against the con
stitutional amendment as the voter shall
elect, and Immediately after said election due
return shall be made to the Governor of the
vote for and aga INST said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said fourteenth
article of the constitution.
Approved March 9th, 1890.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10
NUMBER :.
CHAPTER 3G2.

AN ACT to amend section three of article
twelve of the Constitution of this State.
SECTION !. Be ii enacted by the General
assembly Of Maryland, Three-fifths of all the
members of the two Houses concurring, that
the following section be and the same is here
by proposed as an amendment TO the Consti-
tuition of this State, and if adopted by the
legal and qualified voters thereof as herein
provided, it shall supersede and stand in the
place and instead of section three of article
twelve of said Constitution.
SEC. 8. The Board of Public Works is
hereby authorized, subject to such regula-
tons and conditions as the General Assem-
bly, may from time to time prescribe, to sell
the States interest in all works of Internal
improvement, whether as a stakeholder or
a creditor, and also the State interest in any
banking corporation, receiving in payment
the bonds and registered debt now owing by
the State, equal in amount to the price OBJ
tanned for the States said interest.
SECTION .. And be 1t further enacted by
tile authority aforesaid, That the said fore
going section hereby proposed as an amend
ment to the Constitution shall be, at the next
general election held in this State, submitted
to the legal and qualified voters thereof for
their adoption or rejection, in pursuance of
the directions contained in article fourteen
of the Constitution of this State; and at the
said general election the vote on sand pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution shall
be by ballot, and upon each ballot there shall
be written or printed the words "for the con-
stitutiOnal amendment" or against the con-
stitutional amendment as the voter shall
elect, and Immediately after said election
due return shall be made to the Governor of
the vote for and against said proposed amend
ment, as directed by the said fourteenth arti-
Gle of the Constitution.
Approved April Sd, 1890.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10
The Tin-Plate swindle.


from tne New 1OIR NOIIu
The St. Louis Republic has confirmed, by
an analysis of one Of the Mckinley tin med
ais the story of the fraud as told by the
Worlds correspondent in Ohio. Regis,
Chauvenet & Brother, the leading analytical
chemists of St. Louis, at the request of the
editor of the Republic, made an analysis of
one of these medals, and this is their report.
We have made qualitative analysis of the
medal sent us and find results as follows :
The medal is circular piece of metal, with
the inscription, mckinley and Protection.
Made of Ohio steel and California tin. Piqua,
1891
The composition of the medal is wrought
iron plate of rather inferior grade, covered
with very thin coating of tin and lead alloy,
in which the lead largely predominates.
There is certainly no steel in its composition,
and we doubt very much the source claimed
for the tin.
Another chemist, Prof. Charles Ludeking,
who fills the chair of chemistry at Washington
University, condemned the medal upon its
face. at has blush cast, F" he said, where
as tin is invariably of pure white" When
told of the result of the analysis, the professor
declared that there was danger of lead poi
soning in using the stuff.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10

in the Circuit Courts, if the offence be COM
Of Baltimore. if the offence be committed IN
Baltimore: and on conviction, shall be fined
not less than fifty no more than five hundred
dollars, to be paid to the State for the use OF
the School Fund. :.
As. Every deposit of money in any part OF
the State as a wager or bet upon elections IN
ibis state or elsewhere shall be forfeited and
maid over TO the County Commissioners OF
the county where deposited for the use OF the
county; and if deposited in the city OF Baln-
more. to the Mayor and City Council;
S. CARR WICKERT,
oc 10 te Sheriff of Carroll county.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10

Democrats, if a Republican candidate
should approach you to ask your vote, ask
him he is in favor of the revolutionary Force
Bill, that convulsed Congress and the country
last winter. Ask him if he is in favor of the
Mckinley Bill, passed by the Republicans of
the last Congress, known as the robber tariff,
and that so Expresses the farming interest.
Tell him that he and his party favor these
obnoxious measures, and that you will not
vote for him under any circumstances. Tell
him that you are Democrat, and as such
that you despse and condemn these obnox-
ious Republican measures which he upholds.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10
NUMBER 8
CHAPTER 242.


AN ACT to amend article fifteen of the
Declaration of Rights of the Constitution of
this State.
SECTION l. Be enacted by the General
assembly Of Maryland, three ffths of all the
members of the two Houses concurring, that
the following article be, and the same is
hereby proposed as an amendment to article
fifteen Of the Declaration of Rights of the
Constitution of this State, and if adopted by
the legal and qualified voters thereof as
herein provided, it shall srpersede and stand
in the place and stead of article fifteen of the
Declaration of Rights of said Constitution.
ARTICLE Is. All taxes ought to be uni
form upon the same kinds of property or
class of subjects, and should be levied and
collected under general laws, but the General
Assembly may by general laws exempt from
taxation all public property used for public
purposes, all churches or buildings used ex-
clusiyely for public worship and the furniture
contained therein and the parsonages con-
nected Herewith, burying grounds not used
for private or corporate profit, all purely
charitable or benevolent institutions, literary
or educational institutions, with the furniture
and equipment contained in such charitable,
benevolent, literary or educational institu-
tons, and the grounds appurtenant to such
churches, houses of public worship, chart
table or benevolent, literary or educational