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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23
This Happened on the wabash.

Il witnessed a curious episode on the
Wabash some time a-o," said Harry
T. AliluAr, at the lacledc, to a st.
Louis Globe Democrat man. AT De-
catur two ladies, evidently mother and
daughter, came aboard and sat down
facing a distinguished-looking fault
lesslv attired stranger, who proceeded
TO stare fyedly at the young lady I'M
ill f0rbearance ceased to be virtue.
The hot blood mounted to het checks
and she plainly showed her aversion
to the strangers attentions Finally
the elder lady spoke to him sharply,
calling him impertinent, but he con-
tinued as before. The young lady
spraug to her feet and struck him
sharply on the check with her fan, re-
marking that she would give him a
lesson in good manners he would re-
member. The stranger half rose,
removed his hat, and said with the ut
most politeness: Ladies. / am truly
sorry / have offended; but IL am
blind Then it was the young lady 5
turn 10 apologize. met the trio at
indianapolis last week and the stranger
was still staring at the Young lady. bur
with more satisfaction. He had recoy-
cred his sight and married her.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23
LORDS OF THE PAmPAs,
Habits OF tho south American Gauchos,
Who Live in the saddle.

Habits OF tho south American Gauchost
Who Live ia the saddle.
There is no being, perhaps, who
leads q wilder life than the herdsman
II the pampas or vast plains ct Argen-
tina, Uruguay aud Paraguay, add the
state of Rio Grand do Sui in Brazil,
saws writer in the Cincinnati Cola-
pi5rriul Gpsete His domain stretches
from the mouth OF the mighty Rio de
Ia Plata to the foot of the snow-capped
Andes, and has been appropriately
ljkened to a vast see of level country.
The gaucho has Spanish blood in his
veins, aud has a splendid physique,
which is displayed to the finest adyan-
tage ON horseback. He is almost free
of allegiance to anyone. BY turns
herdsmau and breeder, he may sell his
land to any one of the states that bor-
der on the pampas. He Is born
lighter and his red pOncho or cloak Is
known To and feared by all.
His hut is built Of the stalks Of giant
thistles which cover the plains at GER
tain seasons of the year. Sometimes
the building is merely a rOofless j..
closure surrounded with hedges Of
cacti. which serve 10 keep out the gau-
cho's fereest enemy, the Penhuenches
or uampas Indians. The usual dress
Of the gauch0 is white shirt, wide
trousers well laced. q rich poncho over
his shoulders. boots of polished leather
with enormous spurs, and "a wide
hrimmed hat with a fantastic band.
IN his hand he invariably carries re-
benque or cattle whip OF cOwhide,
with handle of massive silver to en-
able him TO gain iirmer grip.
This is the weli-to-do gaucho's at
tire. Not all can afford it but al
aspire to IT, Like the Indian, the
paucho seems to live most of the time
5n hoi setback His saddle then is his
pillow aud his poucho is his sole COW
eriug.
His children are left 70 swing from
the r0cs ot his cagd-eucloSed hut In
an odi-lookgg cradle 81 hullock's hide.
The four corners OF the cradle are
drawn together by strips Of the hide.
As soon as the child can walk his
mother gives him a sharp knife, q foot
long. to play with. All through life
the knife figures in the gaucho's exist
euce ILL., wears ii conspicuouSly at
all times and il auick % use it, lis
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23
All in Your Eye.

"There is a strange experiment j.
optics discovered by Purkinja," sale
voung medical student to a Mail and
Frprcss reporter, ain dark room at
night move a candle backward and
forward before the ewes. these being
firmly fixed on the wall beyond. After
a few seconds the air will assume
reddish appearance, and running over
in an directions may be seen The
saias and blood vessels Of your eye II
u'! rolief. while from the center Of
rife figure there rises up a dark trunk
from which the veins branch out on al
Hes
The trunk is visible where the op-
he nerve enters the eve, aud this e1-
pertinent is chiefly interesting 10 the
student Is proving that the parts u
the rat'na which actually receive and
produce the sensation Of light must
lie heniad the blood vessels. since these
cast their shadow onto it, and we are
enabled to see them as we see any
other object eyttruallv.7
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23

rotten bridge, madam. half a MN.
ahead and we want to get over II r;.t
as little strain as possible Brootl,1
Life. ="
This is angel cake" said the you,,
husband to the young wife as he ate g,
the first cake she had made for bir,
"No, she said, lit is common raiss-
cake" u know better" he Returned
lit is angel cake" "What makes IN
so positiye?o Because an angel r,ag1
it."-N T. Press.
Country Drug Store Clerk(to skoDti
cal customer) You need not be afra;d
that | shall make any mistake. am
too careful to do so. If find thai !
do not understand a prescription. in.
variably put up little mixture of nv
own of plain soda, chalk, and leD,o,,
juice - which is harmless.-HqrDer',
Bazar.
An Englishman travelling in Cali.
fornia was much impressed by a speoi.
men Of American humor. He was co-
ing down dangerous mountain road
in coach, when he saw these ominous
words, branded in black letters unon
a white board nailed to a wayside tree.
How would you like to have a brokep
neck and dirty shirt on? Go to thu
Pioneer laundry YOUTHS COMPANION
A bishop was travelling in mipino
country and encountered an old Irish.
man turning a windlass which hauled
up ore out of shaft. 1t was his work
to do this all day long. His hat was
off and the sun poured down on hi,
unprotected head. Don't YOU Know
the sun will injure your brain if YOU
expose it in that manner" said the
good man. The Irishman wiped the
sweat off his forehead and looked at
the clergyman. DO YOU think I'd be
dom this all day if l had any brains?o
said he and then he gave The handle
another turn. MlWQUkee Sentinel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23
Gettin' Home Agen.

0ett'n' back TO home ogen, after all tho
strife
The rattin' an the Iaarin Of the busy city
life;
Gettiu' back 10 home ag'n-heart a-beatln'
high =
Greener grow the meadows an bluer grows
the sky;
World seems all dressed up for it-smilin'
sweet. an them
Car wheels keep It a!ngn': "Gettin home
agent
Don't u please a felleT when he's travelin'
through the land,
That home comes out to meet him So an takes
him by Inc haudl
ATLANTA Constitution
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23
CAPITAL OF THE HERMIT KINGDOM.
The Grand LIama's PaIace-Halls, Stored
Temples and Monster Tombs.

Potala, precipitous in many places
rises within the confines of the outer
city of Lhasa,in the Northwest quarter.
1t is heaped up in the most fantastic
style with halls and storied temples
and monster tombs; but on looking up
from the foot of these heights the
whole series seems conioined into one
vast structure, surmounted by five
gold-plated rectangular domes of great
size. The chief erection is the P'o-dapg
Marpo or RED Palace" a building
carried up to the height of eleven
stories, and which is assembled from
story to story by means of wooden lad.
ders with broad but difficult steps. This
is the central editice around which the
others climb and cluster. The lower
stories are built against the sheer face
of the activity.
After passing up steep path
svenued by trees you arrive at the
principal OF eastern doorway of the
whole esta bishment Here, first, is a
long hall, Up which you may ride on
pony back if you choose. The hall is
garnished on either hand by long rows
of massive prayer cylinders, which,
placed like barrels on end on well-oiled
pivots, can be easily made to revolye
with touch as you pass along. Each
barrel has within it, wound cOmpactly
on the iron axle passing from top to
bottom, innumerable lengths of paper,
on which has been stamped many
thousands of times the well-known
formula, "Om Mani Padme Hum"-the
IN no Cd ign fpun
Chenraisi. and, therefore, to the Grand
Llama, who yisibly impersonates him.
At the end of the hall are broad stone
steps which mount to a paved landing,
where stands an Obelisk. You are now
again in the open air, and by two long
flights of steps, hemmed in by the outer
walls Of other buildings, ascend up the
face of the hill to the ground floor Of
the Red Palace.
Thence the ladder climbing com
mences. Five long ladders, one after
the other have to be scaled, passing up
and up through dark and mysterious
vaults-really yestibules to the neigh
boring buildings-some with weird
looking passages conducting who shall
know whittier. At the top of the fifth
lduuGL luiuAo SCgll III llltl1 clAhO t3"
you enter the more habitable portion
of the palace, comprising suites Of
rooms. set above set. On this floor in
an adjoining apartment, are the lower
limbs of an eephantiue image Of Jham-
pa, the Buddha-to-come. He is seated
on a platform in this room, and his
figure is of such colossal proportions
that it passes up through the floors Of
the other two stories above this one.
Altogether the image is said to be
about seventy feet high. When you
have reached the third floor Of the up
per portion Of the palace you may
walk around and gaze upon the mon
ster head and shoulders of this gilded
Buddha All orthodox visitors on
their way up perform solemn cir
standardization round the legs, the
body, aud IT, shoulders, respectively
once on each Of the three floors through
which the enity has been reared
HTruy's Ha9uaRg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23
Telling a Southerner.

"You can tell southern man in
New York by watching him across the
street." said Capt. j. c. Stuart Of Vir-
ginia at the Southern Society club
house Yesterday, ~ am in New York
so often that am Gothamized and 90
lodging between coupes, carriages,
street cars, carts. delivery wagons,
omnihuses and other vehicles at a
street-crossiug with great facility. The
average southcrner new TO New York
eau be positively known by his action
in hating on the curb and waiting for
street carriages TO pass before masking
break for the other side He has an
iudeljbla idea In his head that he is
doomed to be crushed to death on the
crowded streets Of this great metropo-
lis and that vehicles drawn by horses
are 20 be the medium OF his diss1,u-
tion by violence He becomes 50 tim-
idly cautious thar you can mark him
In a minute. The average southeruer
is naturally chivalrous aud brave but
he is more lethargic in blood than
northern men. moves slower and more
deliberately and is SO seldom in a hur-
~ that he rarely or never rushes
across a street crowded with flying We
hicles. ~. u Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23
IL Was All Right.

Hotel Clerk-"Is this thousand dol
laa b.l the smallest thing you have
about yaua7
Departing Guest 4 am afraid 1t IS
Glgs 90 bell boy Here, take
this aid ca one 81 the walters and ask
MIN " change it,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-23

During the last year I,S1l girls were
graduated from the Boston Cooking
school
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-15
A FEW CHOICE MEATS.

SPRING LAMB Cuops.-Thc chop
should be taken from II loin of lamb;
they ahould be an inch and half thick;
dip them into egg and bread crumbs,
fry and serve with parsley.-Old Home
stead
JELLIED VEAL.-Boil veal until very
tender, pick it up fine, place in n mold,
add IN" water it was boiled in and set
in cold place; add salt and pepper if
you choose. Serve with q layer Of hard
boiled cgg.-N. Y. World
PICKI.ED ToNGUE.-Rub q beef's
tongue with pound of fine salt, ono
ounce of ealtpcter and onc-half pound
coarse salt; rub it we'll, and turn it in
the pickle every day for two weeks.
Thi' pickle will do for several tongues
by adding more fine salt-Houschold
Monthly.
HAMBURG SrEAKs.-Mince the beef
aid an onion; season rather highly
with salt and pepper, and moisten with
enough gravy to shape it into fiat cakes.
DIP each into beaten egg, and fry
brown on each side Serve with a
brown gravy, seasoned with Worcester
shire sauce.-Good Housekeeping.
CHICKEN TERRArIN. = One cup cold
chicken chopped moderately fine.
Make one cup of rich cream sauce, with
zone cup of hot cream, q quarter of q
up OF butter and two tablespoonfuls of
flour. Then put in the chicken, salt
and pepper to taste. Let it heat over
hot water fifteen minutes. Just be-
fore serving add the yollss of two eggs,
well beaten, and one wineglass of
sherry wine-Old Homestead.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-15

the back. She had q high stiff collar
banded with a row of dark blue, and
her Russian sleeves were adorned after
the same manner.
She played without eny trace of dis
comfort, but how she managed I am at
q loss to say. EVA A. SCHUBERT.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-15
FOREIGNERS WORTH KNOWING.


MR. GLADsToNE's rate of speech aver
ages one hundred and fifty words per
minute.
THE Chinese minister Is the most ex-
pensively dressed man in Washington.
He never appears more than once in the
same costume, and it is supposed that
he has S15o,ooo worth of dry goods dedi-
Gated to his personal adornment
QUEEN VIcToRA graciously sent her
autograph, written on parchment, with
the royal seal of Great Britain and Ire
land, and handsomely framed and
mounted, to the committee of tho ac-
tors fund fair. recently held in New
York.
IT is related of Sir Isaac Newton that
when he was getting up in the morning
he would often sit with one leg in his
breeches and would remain for hours
bordering over some mathematical con-
undrun without ever thinking of the
other leg.
JOHN Ii. PARNELL, the brother of the
dead Irish leader, has immense peach
orchards in Georgia and Alabama. lie
divides his time between these planta-
tions and his home in Ireland. He is
said to be the wealthiest peach-grower
in this country.
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CLIPPED FROM EXCHANGES

BLACksNAKE eleven feet four inches
long was killed few days ago in the
neighborhood of Aliens Mill, O.
SNAKES appeared through the broken
plastering i'll the school of Chestnut
Hill, Montvillc. Conn, and the pupils
fled in terror.
A LARGE block of asphaltum which
weighed two and one-half tons was re-
Gently cut from the mine of the Santa
Barbara Asphalt Company of La Peters,
Cal.
A BILL of accounts eighty-three feet
long, and containing over one thousand
items, was lately presented for judicial
investigation, before Judge HolbroolS,
in the probate court of Norwich, Conn.
A DEPOSIT of $50 made in the New
buryport institute for savings in 1920
now calls for interest amounting to
SS0S. No one has ever claimed tlfe orig
ina1 deposit and no addition has ever
been made to it.
KANSAS CITY, Kan, has band of
youthful terrors called "stonc- throw
era" Their unique mode of attack con-
sists in throwing stones against the
windows of houses to ascertain if the
folks are at home. Then, if the road is
clear, they enter the place and steal
what they can
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-15

gloves on when she goes sailing. Her
hands are put through a careful renova-
ton every night that restores their
wilderness completely, and so she dis
ports at her own sweet will under the
suns rays with apparent recklessness
The waist of her dress is made in
pretty soft folds that are gathered in
to a full bodice laced in front-all of
the same blue material, which Is not
very heavy The high collar stands off
considerably in front; disclosing more
of the white throat than the yachts-
man usually does The skirt is trifie
full, and the breeze catches it in de-
lightful way and plays with it glee-
fully.
On gay yachting party that started
forth this morning one could see many
more colors besides blue. White, and
white and rcd, and white and yellow
seemed to be the favorites. One dainty
white costume had a fine blue and white
braid at the bottom of the skirt, and
all around the blazer, which was lined
with delicate white figured silk; the
loose white silk front looked very cool
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-15
GOOD GENERAL ITEMS.

THE Navajo Indians shun q habita-
ton where n death has occurred. In
their territory are numerous abandoned
hutS-
THE largest farm in the world is in
Louisiana 1t is 100 by % miles and
embraces 100000 acres. 1t cost $50, 900
to fence it.
SEVEN ballots were had in the national
republican convention in 1876, thirty-six
in 1850, four in 1884 and eight in 1888,
one in 1902.
IN California It has been ascertained
that peach stones burn rs we'll as
the best coal, and give out more heat in
proportion to weight They bring
about fifteen dollars ton
THE largest horse in the world was
that owned by 7. E. Ridgway, of Fort
Worth. Texas. The animal died few
days ago in that city. He was % hands
high, and weighed 1000 pounds.
LIGHTHOUSES are classified by orders
depending on the height and diameter
of the lighting apparatus. There are
four orders. The ii rst three are used for
sea or coast lights and the fourth for
harbor purposes.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-15
ROCKL.EDC

HOTEL AND OBSERVATORY, on
the summit of Mill Mountain, 2}S miles
from, 900 feet above, N. and w. station
at Roanoke, Va. The FINEST SUM.
MER RESORT in Virginia-G Grand and
extensive scenery-capacious porches,
neatly furnished rooms, beautifully laid
out grounds.
The observatory commands view Of
the surrounding country for many miles,
including the Peaks of Otter Guests
of the hotel admitted to the observatory
free. Board by the day, week or month.
Good stabling. Special menus to
parties.
E. A. LEWIS, Manager.
p. o. Box 166, Roanoke, Va. o2 I'm
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SUMMER RESORTS.
OCEAN VIEW HOTEL,
OCEAN UIEXN VA

Surf Bathing, Fishing. Boating, sc.
Eight miles by rail from Norfolk.
Close connection with all trains. Leave
Norfolk 7:30. 1870 q. m 12:45, $3.50, 500,
$3.50 and 900 p. m. Address
JAS l.. WILLIAMS,
u I'm Manager.
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EVER THE SAME

Bob Burdette Tells About the Flushing
Bride.
a bride of sixty sweet summers would
still be q bride She declares herself
by her DISCUSSES. When she would shun
the soft, dovelike "bridey' effects in
colors and wears q travelling dress de-
signed by the Hottest fight of woman
ly genius TO declare the wearer an .'old
married woman" she might as we'll
have embroidered across the shoulders
thereof in letters Of glaring contrast
four inches long: Bride" Because
every button on that suit is a mouth
shouting in trumpet tones to every
glancing eye: Bride! Bride. Bride!'
The baggageman looks up as he re-
ceives their trunks, which are unlike
any other baggage on the train; he
grins at the abject man who is waiting
for the checks, and says to his assist
ant as he turns away: Third lot this
morning, BILL"
The brakeman assumes an expression
OF supernatural respect and bows low
as he touches her elbow with his
fingers, by which light and airy gesture
it is a pleasant action of the brake
mana female passenger is at once
lifted bodily from the platform and de-
posted inside the car. The porter
knows her on sight. albeit he never
saw her before, and his face shines like
the Naulahka as he hovers about the
pair. brushing invisible dust from dust
less things; for he knows in his heart
that the young man is good for dollar
or nothing, and he is going to play
strong game for the dollar.
The conductor. with the anxious
frown of responsibility deepening ON
his face with the hurry of the first col
lection, feels his face relax into smiles
that break through all the clouds OF
his care as he reaches for their tickets.
He ignores-as does everybody else
the young man and bends down to the
bride with a fatherly air that is most
becoming to him as he gives reassuring
and confident answers to her amazing
questions about urhcard-of connections
at utterly impossible functions thou
sand miles beyond the end Of his rum
Ladies' Home journal.
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silk fronts on the thinnest and coolest
OF linen, we can wear our blazers with
out any feeling of discomfort Another
advantage is the economy we can cxer-
else in making them And what is
dearcr to woman's heart than the
thought that she has actually been
economical for once in the making of
some garment? AL one needs is yard
and half of fine linen, and couple of
yards of white or other colorcd silk.
This makes the two silk fronts,
and leaves enos for full, narrow
plating down the front, and with a
blazer that flies open one can keep
cool under the most trying circurn-
stances. The blazers with narrow
cross straps are n little ncater. however,
as they keep the blazer fronts in place.
white serge with deep fancy lines of
red for border makes very effective
suit. Stripes arc not SO popular at
present. White, with pale yellow silk
front, pale yellow tie, yellow sleeves,
gloves and hat, is wonderfully effective,
if one has complexion without blcm-
ish and yellow hair
Although the tennis girl, as l re-
marked in n former letter, is growing less
and less lenient with herself and gowns
herself of late in garments so tight that
one wonders how she can WELD her
racquet with any case, once in awhile
she relents and dons looser dress. At
game that / watched the other day
there were two girls strikingly opposite
in attire
One wore dull light blue, combined
with dull dark blue, and she looked at
perfect ease clad in n plain skirt and in
waist that had nothing tight about it
save the dark yoke embroidered in
racqucts. The loose blouse was but
toned down the side and hung only
slightly over the dark belt. She had
thrown off her hat in the excitement of
the game, and with her flushed checks
and flying hair looked the very opposite
of the calm and collected young lady
who stood beside her, clad in the tight
est of bodiccs. Her skirt was plain, TOO,
and tight, and so was the broad plain
sash that went over the bodice en-
broidercd, like her companions, in
crossed racquets and balls. The short
blazer didn't reach even to the edge Of
the sash that fell down to her feet in
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THE WOMAN OF FASHION o
And the Yachting Costumes That
She VIII Don.
Dark Blue stin Popular, Although White
Bids Fair to Rival It-IIow the
Gowns Arc Mado Women
Who Make Good Sailors.
lCoPYRIGur, 1921

ICUPfKIGHT, I6V2.
The yachting girl is abroad again.
The minute the cool air dies away from
the city streets and betakes itself to
country lanes and sandy beaches she
follows speedily in its footsteps, clad in
garments that the summer breezes love
to sport with, and that the dancing
waves approach without fear. For the
yachting girls favorite color is still
blue, albeit the color has been so ruth
lessly dealt with. 1t is pity that blue
has not been left to its proper realm
the sea. 1t belongs SO naturally and