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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02

matter 8 4G7 $50 900 impressions. Or
again. take of one-third of the inns
for sleep, and we still find 63Il
500 900. This would give 3. l55.-
100 900 separate waking impressions
on the man who lives TO The age of hltv
years.
A cOnsiderate generous c0hhler in
Delaware gave his vile u certain sum
OF money each week for her personal
use. lie never inquired what she ,liI
with il, hut after tnirly-nine wears NJ
wedde,l life died aud in the drawer Of
an antique table the husband found n
bag containing gold alsn Il roll If
grceDbackS. amounting ia all Ia $40
600 Aud now -! me crhhlrrs in
Boston will Try the experiment.
Algol. the variable star in Perens
has long been mystery. It, light re.
mains constant for ;wo and half DAYS.
1t then begins 10 fade, and in less tuan
four hours dimiUishes To nm insignin-
cant star remaining thu, for nbOm
twenty minutes when il rrgans ls
former brillianry. 1t has long been
suspected that dark body rrvolved
about Alg0l, and which, coming he.
tween Us and that star, Intercepted
more or less OF It's light.
Germany is not making any prolita.
bic use OF HAT portion of The island Of
New Guinea which She Appropriated five
years ago, She is not getting along well
with The natives of that part of eastern
Africa which has fallen under her con.
troll. Yet she is DESTROYS of getting
hold of some of the islands ut he
samoan arnup and the Marshall group
m.the Pacific Ocean, and the marquis
OF Lore aus proposed hat she shall es-
tabistra pruteelOrale over the Argen-
tine L pnblc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
Portable Powder PuTs.

A certain Young woman has an in
genious pocket tnce-powder puiLwhlch
makes this performance the dcltest,
simplest thing i'm all the world.
q can be carried ON right under the
eyes of mankind without his being a
bit the wiser, unless he is shrewder
than he has any business to be- Il IS
a pocket bag made Of bit Of thin
chamois eight inches long and three
and half broad The first thing she
did after she cut it out was to fold it
TO the length into four equal parts,
Then size took n tiny hodkn and
pierced the lowest fourth part full OF
iittlc holes. On the second fourth she
laid thin biz Of cotton wool ami dust
ed face powder thickly all over it; then
another LAYER II wool just as thin as
she could handle it and more powder
duStcd over that.
Then she folded upthe pierced fourth
over Fac wool and powder making a
small pocket, and sowed il tightly cv-
crywherc.
Then she bound the whole piece
about with narrow blue ribbon and
folded the upper half quite aronud The
lower, and sewcd the blue ribbon ties
70 hold 10 together.
There was the whole toilet appliance,
small enough when uurolled TO 90 into
the palm of the hand a compact pun
and powder box all in one, no fear OF
splitting powder, no after busting TO get
the surface layer oil, no bother OF amy
kind. Aud she rose up and called her
.uLf Eln...l MnaLnn Ignn.L.r
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
Exploring the ventriIoquial Laryn1.

Mr.. Il. H. Mohr, the ventriloquist,
went through strange experience the
other day I'm one of the laboratories
of the Harvard Medical School he sub
mitted to an examination of his throat
and chest by number of physiological
experts, to determine what special for
nations gave his peculiar powers.
The experts are uncommunicative
concerning the results of the cNami-
nation, and Mr. Mohr. who is not
Psychologist at all, did not learn much
about himself
"rhey put mirrors down my throat"
he said They led me by narrow pass
ages into n dark chamber, and what
they did there | don't know. After it
was all over they told me that my
arynx was ilatter than that of other
men, and shaped something like a
womun's. and also that one of the stops
in my throat was drawn downward in
stead of upward by the connecting
muscles.
81 can't make much out OF that cN-
planation but | can make q living out
Of my peculiar throat Just the same
Then ne threw his voice under the
table and laughed hoarscly.-BoStoR
Hcraid.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02

semble a TOAD. AT the Top VI the neau
there is a hole which seems to have
served purpose, probably that of fast
ening headdress to the figure. The
image would hardly be catalogued with
the works Of art but it is nevertheless
an interesting relic.
The race whose diety was represent
ed by this clumsy bit Of clay inhabited
the Mississippi Valley from the great
lakes 10 the gulf at a time to which the
traditions of man runneth not. Who
they were, where they came from,
what their manner Of life was is all a
mystery. True, many mounds, eXca-
vations and bHrying grounds OF this
lost people have been discovered, but
80 far they have given but little of
their history. That they lived and
died before the race of American In
dams existed is proved by the fact that
the traditions of the latter race con-
tain no reference to this lost people,
although their mounds and relics are
mentioned. Many mounds of this kind
are found in Missouri, Illinois, Ken
lucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Indiana,
and a few have been discovered in
nearly all of the states of the Mississip-
pi Valley.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
LORE ABOUT HORNS.
Facts About the APPENDICES Which Some
Animals Carry on Their Heads.

There are a good many queer things
~ be told about horns" said Osteol-
ogist Lucas TO a Washington star re-
porter. Take the horn Of the rhin-
ocerous, for example II is nothing
more than q protubersnce composed
Of agglutinatcd hair. You cut il in
two, and, examining its structure
under the microscope, YOU find that it
is made up entirely of little tubes re-
sembling hair tubes. OF cou Sc tubes
are not themselves hairs but the
structure is the same The horns Of
the African rhinoceros sometimes
grow tc the length Of four feet. From
them thc Dutch Beers make ramrods
and other articles. You may remem-
Der that the handle of the AK used by
Umslopogaas in Allan Quatermain'
was a rhinoceros horn. In old times
rhinocerOus horns were employed for
drinking cups by royal persOnages,
the notion being that poison put into
them would show itself by bubbling
There may have been some truth in
the idea, inasmuch as many Of the
ancient poisOns were acids and they
would decompOse the horny material
very quickly.
Several species Of rhinoccros, now
extinct and only found in fossil state,
used TO exist which had no horns at all.
The name, meaning MS it does horned
nose, is rather u misnOmcr in their
case Several kinds of rhinOcerOs
in Africa have two horns. one behind
the other, but the extinct rhinoccros,
known as the dyccratherium, had q
pair of horns on its nose side by side.
Many of the giant reptiles Of long ago
had enormous horns. The great
lizard known MS the triceratops had a
big horn over each eye and little one
on its nose The dnocerns and the
tinoceras, gigantic mammals Of the
tertiary epoch. had three pairs of
promiuences on their heads which are
believed to have supported horns.
However, the material of which horn
is composed quickly decays, being
largely composed of gelatine and other
animal matter, so that these appen-
dages are apt to be found absent when
the fossil bones of beasts which had
them are found,
"Some fishes have horns which are
actually outgrowths Of bone on their
heads. The box-lish which inhabits
the warm waters of the globe "A little
fellow six or eight inches long has
horns an inch in length. Birds have
horns also sometimes. The horned
screamer, which is related to the duck,
has a single horn attached to its skull,
springing from a cartiIaginous base and
curving upward. 1t is really a modi-
tied feather, though a true horn
PLENTY of reptiles have horns.
Liza~es are very commonly provided
with Jnem There are chameleons with
three horns, like the ancient tricera-
tops. Horned toads have sort of
crest of four horns on the back Of
their heads There is small African
snake which has two horns No horn
ed tortoises now exist, but a fossil
specimen was found awhile ago on Lord
| Howe's island in the southern Pacific,
which had four horns on its crest and
resemblcd cross between q horned
toad and a swapping turtle Doubtless
YOU have have often heard of human
beings with horns. Such appendices
in their case are abnormal develop
ments of bone"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
Her Mania for Bargains.

There was a curious instance Of the
extremes to which bargain iieud may
be carried revealed 10y the death Of a
woman in one OF the suburbs a few
DAYS ago. Among her belongings
were found fifty pieces of dress goods
that had never been made up-some of
them. Judging from their styles, a
score Of years old. OF calico and other
wrappers there were nearly three
times as many, and huge aceumula-
ton Of wearing apparel Of all sorts was
also found. still greater surprise to
the family was the discovery of not
less than SD pairs OF old stockings, all
carefully darued and put away. All
the hosiery that the household lad
had. and, as they supposed, worn out
wears AFRO, were there, rs carefully
meuded and packed away rs thoEgh
they had belonged TO a saint. The eli
max was the uuearthiug OF 70 great pile
of empty tomato cans; which the con-
scicntious old soul had slowed away
for some purpose known only TO her
self Her family knew that she had a
mania for bargains and would buy
ANYTHING andeyerything ifshe Thought
+. was cheap, but the inventory Of her
purchases was genuine revelation
even TO them - Boston Hgr9Id
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02

finishing them, my husband left me in
order to keep business engagement.
and we agreed 10 meet again in ono
hour at TiiTany's. lie paid my bill and
left me eating slowly at the little table,
which was near the door, so near that
when / passed out into the street / did
not 90 near the clerk.
AS turned into Broadwaw alone
| noticed that several people whom /
passed stared at me curiouslY | re-
scnted this from men, thinking 1t i'm
pertinence. but when some women tit
tered looked down ut my hands, my
skirts, my shoes, etc. but could see
nothing out OF place, and | knew That
even if my clothes were somewhat
couutriiied in cut they were nos far
enough behind the fashion to warrant
such rudcness, even IN New York. Still
the people stared at me ana some
turned to look after me. One woman
made a motion as ii TO stop me and
speek TO me, | tossed my head indig-
nantly and almost ran.
"As ] reacl cd Titfany's painting and
angry, | saw my husband afar off, and
as he approa, he'd me ! noticed him
stare also then grin and then burst
out laughing.
"What do you meanF said ] angrily.
whats that tucked under your
chimp he spIuttercd as we'll rs he could
for laughing.
81 put my hand up to my throat and
pulled away a horrid little table nap
Kim not particularly clean, with val
gar red border around it and with the
name Centennial Restaurant stamped
on it in big black tters."-M T.
IliLMnc
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
A Landlords BLUM.

"Proprietors of country hotels some
rmes ring in desperate bluffs to make
their houses appear little higher
toned than they really are, p remarked
a travelling man at the Nicolct the
other dav to a Minneapolis iritaHe
writer, and then he went on TO illus
trgte. at was at little station in the
southern part of the state, said he.
81 had run in there just before noon
and, of course, was booked for dinner
at the only hotel in the place. was
shown into the diuiug-room somewhat
lato by tho proprietor, a hurry lrish-
man, who after seating me, started
in TO do the grand thing by waiting
On me himself What have you got5'
asked breakfast bacon and roast
dool,' he replied with flourish.
Roast duck that isn't So bad
Thought and SO | told him ! would
take some of that. Hcwas very much
Disconnected for minute, then he
pulled himself together, laid his hand
ON MY boulder aud said very conti-
dcutially; All, you'd bether have tn
ha-aeon. AN the byes do be Jakin' it,
And SO | made meal ON greasy bacon
and ,'ggy potatoes. As b., matter of
fact there wasn't n roast duck within
iiNe mics of The house. had simply
called his blum
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
LocUsTS IN kLClERS.
An Army with Front ~ Three Mixes
aud "a Depth or Twenty.

The flight Of which they originally
formed members had a front OF about
three miles CIRCULATED by the width OF
the Valley, says the CorHhH MdGd-
zinc. They travelled fairly fast sprint
ing myself along the level path for lOJ
yards IN the direction Of the- passage,
| must confess to having been out
paced by them The main body was
nearly five hours in passing n given
point. Almost the greater number Of
them flew at considerable height in
the air but did not perceptibly darken
the sky. That night, in the little
country aubcrge where / stayed two
team drivers one q Spaniard, the other
q Sicilian, we're comparing notes. One
said that in the midst OF the swarm he
could not see the sun; the other that
he could not drive his team against
them, as the horses refused to face
them (Which was probably true), and
that they were three inches deep on
the road (Which probably WASN'T
AT about o'clock the locusts perch
cd down for the night, finding lodg-
ing on the hot, hot ground, in vine
Yards, cornieds, and wood or two.
The frantic proprictors did all in Their
power to prevent such calamityi but
one can not fight n snowstorm, nor a
fight Of locusts, either. In the vine
yards the acridians were everywhere;
In the corniiclds they pcrchcd, head
upward, one above the other, four or
five on each stalk; in the woods they
masscd themselves upon the tree
trunks, facing the declining sun. Thus
do they like 10 take an afternoon nap
after the fatigues of their days jour
ney, summing themselves TO the last
moment az evening draws on, Espe-
ciaIly do they love to find sandy banks,
or a good dry road. facing the sunset
and so they rest, motiOnloss. for the
night
Next morning they ought TO have
got up. and. after a hasty toilet and
breakfast. they ought to have winged
their way onward again northward;
they generally start 50 soon as the sun
has dried the air and their wings. But
10 the evaporation of the pr0pretors
Of the land, they stayed two days,
mating and cgg-laying, before NOV
ing In this interim many of them
died on were put TO death, and here
we are arrived at q few Of the graves.
Before this present year most people
believed that after mating and egg
LAYING the locusts would die n natural
death. 1t isn't true. No doubt vast
quantities do die, bat these are hardly
an apprcciable fraction Of the whole
number.
So, after two days, on went the SIR
yiyors They had eaten nothing! This
is on the principle of the cabbage but
tcrily, who leaves her eggs exactly
where the young caterpillar can find
plenty of food so soon as he is born.
The locusts had left the vineyards and
the cornGclds for their sons and daugh-
ters, the crickcts, to make meal of SO
soon as they should be hatched. For
here We are arrived at the cradles,
The female locusts had laid their eggs
an inch or so underground, and in
from ten TO twenty-five days time, ac-
cordiug to the heat and character OF
the soil. the eclosion the Matching
would Tcur And what were the eN-
asperated proprietors to do mean
WhilCp
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
The Lonscst-Haired Woman.

Il Is said that Mercedes Lopez, n
Mexican woman who lives ON the Rio
Grande, is perhaps the longcsthaired
woman In the world She is some five
feet in height. and when She stands
erect her hair trails on the ground
four feet and eight inches Her hair
Is Is thicl, that Size can draw it around
her so rs to completely hide herself.
Her present suit Of hair Is only five
years Old Ii grows 50 heavy a. to
cause her headaches and she is COM
PEELED to cut il frequently, and she
sells large tresSes @ hair-deatels every
month. She i an iguogant woman.
the wife Of n sheep-herder, aud Is OF
Castilian blood
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
The Jews I'm New York.

Judging by police reports there has
been less of the deceitfulness, c.dcan-
cry, and fraud that are popularity and
unjustly held to be distinctive Of the
poorer Jews in the acquisition of this
amazing wealth and influence than
among an equal number of nominal
Christians of similar class. 1t is GER
tain that the homely virtues of which
King Solomon, Franklin, and Smiles
are the apostles have been the princi-
pal creators of Jewish aflluence and
power. The prudence which confines
expenditure within ,he limits of in
come, the diligence which rejoices in
improving opportunity, the far sight
edness which deposits money where ii
will do the most good, and the promise
which is held to be as binding as the
legal contract are the chief factors OF
fortune with them rs with all men.
The Lest proof of the moral standing
of the Hebrews is to be found in the
relatively low percentage of their num-
Der in prisons and refolmatories. Only
two murderers, it is said, have sprung
from their ranks in 25) years. Drunk
enness is not q Jewish vice. Neither
is anaTchism n Jewish insanity. It's
subjects disayow and even reyilo Juda-
ism. - Century.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
The Average Woman.

How many who use the term "2ver.
agc woman" know what it impics'
Physically it means that she weighs
about III pounds, and that, if an
American, she is somewhat taller than
5 feet ! inch. Observations taken by
the French academy relative to the
average height of 1.lJ7 Frenchwomen,
without shoes, show it to be that
much. Dr. Sergeant, from 1885 OBJ
servations, concludes that the Amcri-
can woman is nearly two inches taller
than the average daughter Of France
and DR.. Cation, an Englishman in ~
measurements. found that the women
of Great Britain are the tallcst Of The
three. they exceeding Miss Columbia
by fully half an inch In the matter
OF weight though. American feminin'
ity is slightly ahead, though the ug'
ures are not given.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
Not So Bad as His Reprtation.

Two retined-looking ladies sat in the
members gallery of the house Of rep
resentatiyes picking out the Wagons
statesmen ON the floor with the All Of
the chart in the congressional direc-
tory, says the Washington Post. A
rather yociferously autirei young lady
sauntered in and took a seat beside
them. DO tell me where jerry Simp-
son isl" exclaimed the newcomer; u
have heard SO much about him" One
Of the ladies pointed out the alliance
kansan in the arena beneath. "Ob,
no, that isn't Jerry Simpson, protest
ed the loud young lady confidently,
Il would know him because ] have
seen his pictures. And -. have known
Mr.. Simpson for some time myself"
replied the lady. Well he does not
seem to be such a bad-looking man
after all, the vociferous young lady
commented after careful scrutiny.
u wonder if he brought his wife with
him2" Il believe she is i'm the city,"
the quiet lady asserted Il would like
to see her too They do say she isn't
so very awful. How do you suppose
she likes all the things the papers say
about him2" Aud the fashionable
maiden ratified away several coniect-
urcs in regard to Mrs Simpson. "She
doesn't mind it, responded the elder
lady do you know Mrs. Simpson
too?n inquired the sightsecr. Very
we'll" remarked the other serenely
Il am Mrs Simpson
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
where the nTajor Laughed.

The Washington correspondent Ct
the y. \. 1ducrtiser has uncarthed one
shining exception in Congressional life
TO the rule that 5000 a year doesn't
make both ends meet This example
Is Mai Martin Of Texas, who blew out
the gas the fist night of his arrival in
Washington The Majors living eX-
penses in Texas had ranged from 500 to
$50 per annum. He resolved, when
thrust into Congress by his neighbors,
that he would not permit the cXtrava-
gances of fashionable life TO daily with
him To the extent of more than $2)) in
Nccss of that sum. In short society
or no society, $1,000 per annum was
his limit He stuck to this resolution
through four years of his service. Up
on the expiration Of his term he walked
right into the Office of the Sergeant-at-
Arms, threw down a huge roll Of bills,
and asked for exchange on New York.
He strokcd his goatee compacently
and remarked to tho cashiea They
say the old man blew out the gas, but
! guess none of them fellers that wear
patent-leather shoes and drink that
iiZziu' Kind Of wine will tote home any
wad like that" The "wad" contained
$500, saved in four years out of an
aggregate salary Of $2J,O)) and mile
age. This is where the Major has his
laugh.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
AN ANCIENT IDOL,
The Modest Clay Deity of the Early
American Heather,

The state Historical Society was en-
richcd Yesterday 10y an image Of pot
tcry supposed to lie an idol of some
prehistoric race. probably the mouHd
builders. SAYS the Topeka Capital The
idol was found near Aron, lndepend-
cucc County. Arkansas, and was dug
from a mound by relic hunters along
with a number Of dccayci human
bones. copper arrow heads and broken
domestic utensils. Il is the property
.ofG. W. Hume, OF Strasburg, Mo,
The idol is seven inches iii height by
five inches i'm diameter II Is rudely
constructed. having evidently been
formed by hand or 1T best very crude
tools. from common clay. and after
ward hardened by being dried in The
sun.
The idol represents a human figure
in knee,ing posture. the arms eN-
tending at the side The features are
rudeb formed, yet Notwithstanding
this, are not altogether repulsive. The
nose being gracefully nquillne and ne
lips we'll formed. The ears are MISS
inr. but the remnants show that they
we're adorned with r..gs- The body
is "squatty," and might be said TO r.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
\ Good One on Papa.

There is q story told Of veteran
night editor, who. for some reason. haa
a couple Of days of For years he had
reached his home ut about 6 o'clock 70
the morning, slept until late in the
afternoon and been obliged to rush on
to his work. His children naturally
saw but little Of him On this orca.
sion he found it necessary TO correct
his youngest daughter for some "a,
grant breach Of discipline. The emu
rushed 70 her mother, flushed with ln'
diunati1n.
Mamma she exclaimed, "that man
wiz whiskers that sleeps here daytllIes
paukel me. brakes Magazine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
Gcnernl nn.lcr,. shrewdncss.

II is said that the veteran lawyer,
General Butler, formerly owned a
large mastiT. who became famous for
continued depcaadons on various
butcher carts as they passed through
the streets If Lowell on their morning
rounds. The dog was so icrocious that
none dare attack it, So for a time he
was quite master Of tic situation.
Fmalie one victim decided to approach
the general on the subject SO one
morning. accostiug him ON the street,
he said: General Butler if mans
dog steals meat from NY butcher cart
what would YOU doa" WHY said the
lawyer, Il should make him pay for
it," Very we'll. continued the
butcher. Your dog has stolen 500
worth of meat from my cart and want
You 10 pay for IT," Certainly" said
General Butler. "but ! shall have 90
charge YOU IS fer professional advice.
1t is said the case was not pressed
N. /. IJlJaHe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-04-02
HUNG TO THE STEPS.
How Man Rode from Rochester to Buff
fdlO at Lightning Sped.

Tho sneed Of the Emnire State ex.
,rcss il resnonsibIa for r5anv incidents
which yonIJ nrobnbly nGt como IN
iirbt in The case If otber trains Tbe
iaf1ast ia the oyciting ride If a roscn,e
oiaI tra,,eIe,, fron, 7Pocbcster s. Rnf.
faIo
Tho Gentleman in ouestion arrival
Of thc gtotion inst in timo N nnrcL,se
t;clyet and gnsb ~ The trsin room,
Joarto SOC tbc Loa,,v troin NH ont
TIo ron onross tho tr,cLs ond snccecd-
aJ IN catr6inT Tho rcor nI,tfor,n If