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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
IN COLONIAL TINES.

Public fmnctonarics performing
official duties in halcyon days of old
New York when it was a British
colony had a pretty easy time of il.
Their pay waS liberal and was sure.
His majesty the king Of Great Brit.
ain was careful of his servants. ana
there Wer" plenty of holidays. says the
New York sun. \ contrast between
the number of these and the number
legally observed at present shows how
much more time for pleasure ana re-
creation the old-time officials were
permitted 10 enjoy The legal holidays
in the New York departments are
New Years Day, Washingtou's birth
day, decoration day, independence day,
labor day, election day Thanksgiving
day, and Christmas dag eight in all,
exclusive of the Saturday half holiday.
These are the eight days observed in
the city ana in the federal departments
Of New York. Here is list Of The
holidays observed at the New York
custom-houSe in the last year of
English rule:
New Years day, the queens birthday,
anniversary of King Charles execu-
ton Shroye Tuesday Ash Wednesday,
Lady day, Good Friday. Easter Mon.
day, Easter Tuesday. St Georges
day, King Charles restoration. kings
birthday, Whit Monday Whit Tues
day, Prince OF Wales birthday, powder
plot anniversary, Christmas Christmas
holidays three days Fast day.
THANKSGIVING day, election day, col
lcge commencement day,
These We're the stated holidays
Special ones were added from time to
time as occasion seemed to Justify, as
holiday in token of the safe arrival
of packet" holiday in commemora-
ton Of the kings safe return from a
sea voyage holiday in commemoration
Of the opening of Il new street, "
holiday in cOmmem1ration Of the Ie
pulse OF the Indians" ana other
similar occasions Of public ofice-clos
ing, The English officials in New
York believed above all things else in
having a good time They did not re-
gard a public office ms a public trust
They disliked pernicious activity, and.
above all. desired plenty Of time for
recuperation from their arduous
duties Some Of the preteXts for
abandoning work seem, at the present
time, very quaint. A clerk in charge
of one Of the government departments
closed it abruptly one morning, leay-
ing this sign 10 account for his alb
sence:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES PARA
Disc.

Washington Star: In war times lit
tie smithyille, ~ O., was lively town.
In no place in the entire confederacy
save this was specie in any way cur
rent There gold and silver, mainly
the former, We're plentiful and pilots
who received as much as 5000 in gold
for taking out or bringing in a vessel
lived in handsome style. Some Of these
yet live there, but their flush times"
long since ended II was easy come
and easy go' with them. Most enter
tlini1g stories these pilots tell 1t Is
really very remarkable that the block
ade-runners could pass the feet ~ they
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
MAGNETIC MINERAL MUD BATHS
FOR HEALTH AND STRENGTH.

The only place in the world that you
can enjoy the luxury and benefits of Il
Magnetic Mineral Mud Bath is at the
celebrated Indiana Mineral Springs
Warren County, Ind. 1t is natures
own remedy for the treatment Of the
worst forms Of rheumatism, kidney and
liver trouble, skin and blood diseases
A $4,000 hotel and bath-house, steam
heated, elecuic-lighted, al modern i'm
provements, furnish the very best OF
Accommodations In point of cost, you
viii be better and more satisfactorily
taken care of, with the absolute certain.
ty Of deriving greater physical benefit
than you can get elsewhere in this
country. Located on the Chicago *
Eastern Illinois Railroad, 100 miles
south from Chicago Send to II. L.
Kramer, =. O. Box A, General Man.
ager, Indiana Mineral Springs, Warren
County, Ind, for beautifully illustrated
printed natter which viii tell you all
about it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
LONG NECKs OF BIRDS.
Definite Purposes for Which They
We're Designed.

Semitic American. Dish says that
birds having long legs have a long
neck
"How's that, Bishop
why, you see, if they didn't have n
long neck they couldn't drink without
sitting down"
Wen, Bfsh, some birds have long
necks and short legs. How is that?'
You'll find these things are all calcu-
lated out. The birds having long
.necks have use for them You are
thinking about the swan Wen, he
likes a bit now and then from the bot
tom Of the water and his long neck is to
enable him 10 satisfy this taste; besides,
long-necked birds feed on food Of a
poor quality, 50 that to get any enjoy
mpnt out Of eating they have a long
neck 10 enable them TO taste it long
enough to make it enjoyable.
How about snipes|
"Snipes, well. some Of them haven't
a very long neck, 10 be sure, but they
have what amounts to the same thing
long bill-and they are rugged 50 that
they can tip up 10 make ap for the rest.
Now" said Bish, full Of the long-neck
idea, the ostrich has the longest les
Of any bird know Look at his neck.
1t easily reaches 10 the ground.
Doesn't this prove my position? And
his legs are strong enough to hold up Ar
elephant"
Speaking q the elephant continued
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

Bish, he isn't long-necked bird
mean animal He hasn't any neck AT
all, and he IS so heavy that he can't sit
down every time he wants drink or "a
mothful of hay STE how these thugs
are calculated out Tor him. Could any
thing be handler han his trunk:
How about snakes, BiShT
All neck. They can reach anywhere
Tor food or drink Returning to birds
that roOst can't fall over baclward:'
No indeed How DO you explain
that$r
Well, YOU see their claws lt~r-
around the perch, SO that when they
begin 20 lean over backward their
claws tighten like a pair of pipe tongs
tell YOU said Dish, those things
are all calculated out"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

J. u Garrison and w, J. O'Connau
of the International railway survey have
returned to Washington after an in
terestiug expedition into Central and
South America on the work of the sur
vey. They have been gone since April.
1891, ana have travcrscd the country
from Ecuador north through Colombia.
the iSthmus oc Panama and Costa
Rica to san Jose, with an alternate
route to Clr.h3gena Colombia. Thrl
report the entire line practicable to
build at reasonable expense
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
Come to the Rescue.

As surely as any known effect follows a
cause, just susurely will disease OF the Kid.
news succeed their inactivity, If that iuaclios
be not promptly remedicd. Come to the
rescue with HoStrttcrs Stomach Bitiers.
which gives u healthful inv" ,se to the action
Of both the kidneys and the bladder, without
exciting them, like an uumedicated stimu.
liant Rendered active by this genial diureti,
and tonic, they perform their functions thor.
Oughly and regularly removing from the
system impurities which beget rheumatism.
drOpsy gravel, Bright's disease, diabetes and
catarrh OF the bladder. The contraction of
either one Of these formidable maladics is lie
penalty cXactcd by nature for Indifference to
that plain warning ~ sluggish action Of the
Kidneys. When this exists, not a moment
should be lost in the use of the remedy iudi-
Gated Bear in mind that the Bitters viii
relieve with equal promplitude disorders of
the stomach, liver, bowels and nervous sys
tenn, and cure or prevent malarial complaints
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
SINGING DON'T PAY.
Saengerfest Expenses Exceed Receipts
by Ten Thousand Dollars

Cleveland, O.. July 2O.-Ten thou
sand dollars represents the excess Of
expenses of the Saengcrfest over the re-
ceipts Despite the apparently large
receipts from the sale Of admission
tickets, the sum received from that
source fell far below the expectations
Of the finance committee.
If the hall had been filled, at all
concerts, the gate receipts would have
aggregated nearly $4,000. The esti-
mates were based on box Office re-
ceipts Of pearly $4,000 Had this
sum been realized there would have
been a surplus in the hands Of the
committee, instead Of a deficit to meet
Only $1,000 were taken in at the
seven concerts The committee was
aStonished when the fact was announc-
cd That the receipts should depreciate
$4,000 when their estimates We're so
conservative was keen disappoint.
ment
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
HER MAMMALS JUDGMENT.

New York World:-"Yes, It was one
Of those things one would rather have
left unsaid." confessed the tall girl in
blue. 1T was this way. ] saw Mrs.
Wilmarth looking at the game through
the loveliest lorgnette, and | leaned
over and remarked to her in my impul-
stve way:
oh, Mrs Wilmarth, do lend me
your lornette, won't you? I have al
ways wanted one, and mamma won't
let me have one. She says they're so
impairment
And what did Mrs Wilmarth say|
quired the girl in brown.
"She handed over the lorgnette, and
as I looked through It she said sweet
~ that, really, for the first time she be
lieved mammals Judgment right"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
lie GAVE THEM ADVICE.
The Man Who Was in All Sorts of Pol
iticS.

iticS
Atlanta Constitution. Every one in
the sultIy waiting room at the union
depot felt dull and languid under the
July heat, but over ON one OF the seats
two young men were engaged in a dis
cuSsion of the coming extra session and
the power of congress to improve the
financial situation.
A tall lank man with a long red
beard, stopped in front OF the young
men and listened for several minutes.
Then he touched one of them on the
arm and said
Lemme give you some advice"
The Young men both nodded.
Wal, l see you re a-foo.m' wi
polyticks an sichg"
Yes"
Boys, I've bin here a long time"
III seems 81.
| sometimes most gincraIy knows a
thing when | secs hit"
The young men nodded
Now 7 hev fooled with all sorts O.
polyticks"
They nodded again.
I'm IN old rat in the barn"
Nobody spoke
Yes gents, I've been through the hull
blamed business from fust to last, an
hit don't amount to a blue bean, l tole
yer hit don't"
Indeed 90
'Jes' ~ ] WIS goiu on to say, gents,
] have fooled away the huh O. my life
with this here polyticlls biznus. an hit
haunt never paid me with a cent
Hain't / belonged to the Wings. the
hownuthin's the radicals, an grangers
an greenbacRs, an white caps. an
Yankees, an alliance, an anarchists
an dimmykrtS, an Masons, an Nor
mons an the Lord knows what elst
an marry a red hcZ ever gone into these
here pockets o mine. Now, you BOYS
had better listen to the vice of an old
man what's been through hit all, an
let this here talk financcling polyticle
biZnuS alone
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
August
Flower

I used August Flower for Loss Of
vitality and general debility. After
taking two bottles gained 90 lbs
| have sold more Of your August
Flower since | have leeu in business
than any other medicine ever kept.
Mr.. Peter Zinville says he was made
a new man by the use OF August
Flower, recommended by me. L
have hundreds tell me that August
Flower has done them more good
than any other medicine they ever
took. GEORGE w. DYE, Sardis,
Mason Co.. Ky. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
WITH THE TURNER'S.

Milwaukee July ~ AT the national
funniest today wrestling >wlmminl
and fencing exercises tool, place but
no awards win he made until Tuesday
John c. Meyer won the swimming com
test, 5000 feet in 1890
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

covery y Is known 10 medical science. The
diseases that It cures come from torpid
liver, or from impure blood. For everything
OF this nature, it Il the only guaranteed
remedy. IN Dyspepsia, Blliousness all
Bronchiel Throat and Lung affections; ey-
cry form n Scrofula, even Consumption tor
Lung -scrofulaj in its earlier stages, and in
The most stubborn Skin and Scalp Diseases
If il ever fails to benefit Or cure, you have
your money back.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
TURNER AT MILWAUKEE.
Opening Of the National Fest last Night
10000 There

Milwaukee, July 21.-Ten Thousand
turner's alTiTed in Milwaukee today
TO participate in the exercises Of the
national funniest The best part Of
the day was spent locating FOR the
weeks sport
Tonight the various delegates march
I'd from the parks to the exposition
building where an elaborate program
was carried out.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
YELLOW-HAIRED GIRLS BEST
They Look Cooler in Summer than
Their Dark Haired Sisters.

"Oh, to be blonde during the hot
weather. laments a girl who isn't one
"Bunettes may be nice and sparkling
and pretty in the winter, but as sum
mer girls they are not the unqualified
successes that their fair sisters are.
always thought ! would rather be fair
than dark, but it is only when summer
comes that the thought expands into
a positive conviction. / actually yearn
to be a goldcn-haired, blue-eyed fair
skinned maid in hot weather. A blonde
may feel the heat just Ike other peo-
pie, but she has the happy faculty
Of being able to conceal the face from
the world at large. She can wear a
low-neck dress without fear, because
she knows that no matter how much
she dances her neck and face will still
look as cool and white as lily. Now,
Ia brunette cannot exert herself the
least little bit without looking positive
~ greasy snd If there is any thing
that takes the romance out Of girls
life Ii q shiny nose. And the worst
Of II is that all the powder in the world
viii not help matters any. II you
rub on a little 1t melts like butter be
fore the sun, and If in your desperation
you apply 1t in wholesale quantities,
1t cakes and gives you a complexion
like the clown in circus, and that Is
anything but pleasing-to the girl, but
very amusing to the world at large"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

Chicago Tribune: In ordering people
to keep off the high places at the eS-
position, the local directors had no il.
tention Of being personal toward con
cessionnaircs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

DoHwNs' new Perfect Soap retnils FOR o.
and is Wgpproarhed in purity quality, and
appearance hy amy be soap made. leut
grocer viii get it. Try at once, If you are
using Dc soap.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

The worse your Catarrh, the more you
need DR.. Sage's CataTh Remedy. Its
proprietors eiTer $500 cash for a case OF
Catarrh in the Head which they cannot
cure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

HALLS CATARRH CURE is liquid and
Is taken internally, and acts directly ON the
blood and mucous surfaces al the system.
Write for testimonials free, Manufactured 10y
F. j. CHENEY q Co, Toledo, q.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

Deputy Coroner Kelly has commenced
inquhlng into the cause and manner
of the death Of cold storage warehouse
victims in Chicago
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

Mrs. Catherine Green, Of he town Of
West Bend died at he home IN that
place, aged 81 years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
TT COVERS A GOOD DEAL or GROUND

DR.. Pitrce's GOlden
, Medical Discovery.
And when you bear
that il cures 20 many
diseases, perhaps you
think it's too good
10 he true"
But it's only rea.
sOnable. As a blood.
cleanser, flesh builder,
and strength sstOrer-
nothing like the " Dis
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

Miss Cora Curtis was married TO John
High at the home Of her parents in
Berlin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

The fifth Biennial convention n the
Danish Sstcrhood Of America is in SEES.
sion at Racine
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

Emil Clausscn, a Sheboygan youth.
was fined $50 and costs on a charge of
larceny.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29
G. q. PERKINS THE MAN.
He VIII Succeed Stanford as L. 5.
senator

Sacramento, Cal, July 22.-Goy.
Markham this evening appointed cE-
governor George c. Perkins United
states senator TO succeed the late Ie
land stanford.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

John VI. Brooks, n well known resi-
dent Of Chippewa Fails, died at the age
Of RI years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

n X. Browns Essence Jamaica Ginger /, "a
huuscholduccee.ity. Nome hctter-try H. 25c.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

fhe family of Robert Schilling, living
near Altoona, is reported to be i'll with
diphtheria.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

Cure for Colds, Feyers and General Debili
ty Small Bile Beans. 25c per bottle
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

The Pennsylvania road Is talking Of
discarding the telegraph entirely and
using instead the long distance tele-
phone.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

SAMPLE PACKAGE MAILED FREE.
Address. SMALL Bile Beans, New York
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-07-29

Constipation cured by Small Bile Beans
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
M'KINLEY'S BOOM.
Nearly All His Congratulatory Tele.
grams Mention the Campaign
of 1896.
Chairman Dick of the Republican
Committee Now Places His Plural
ity at $4,000.
New Jersey Legislature Republican
by Two-thirds Majority-Returns
From Other States.

COLUMBUS, o., Nov. 10.-Chairman
Dick of the Republican state committee
puts McKinley's plurality at $4,000.
OF the 900 kilograms of congratulation
received by Mckinley, more than 400
connect his name with presidential posi-
bilities More than 200 letters of con-
graduation came in his morning mail.
The governor is besieged by mail and
telegraph to speak at ratification meet
ings in this state, but it is said in his
behalf he will not attend any since he
cannot go to all of them.
There is story current here that a
delegation of 500 people are coming
from Indianapolis to congratulate the
governor in person.
Edmund Morton Smith, secretary OF
the Republican state committee of Ala.
bama, writes to Governor Mckinley
that wher the roll is called in the next
national Republican convention, Ala
bama, which leads the roll, will cast the
vote of her delegation solid for McKin
ley.
Hampstead Washburne of Chicago
John p. Eberhardt of Pittsburg, presi
| dent of the Window Glass association, ;
builder in New Orleans and men in al
| parts of the country, are still writin,
and telegraphing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
Not Political prisoners.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. I0.-The five
Russian conyicts who were picked up by
the whaler Morgan in Okhotsk sea, and
brought to this port, prove not to be
political criminals as first reported. One
man was sentenced for passing counter
felt money, one was Sentenced for strik-
ing Russian army officer, two others
murdered soldiers, and the fifth killed a
citizen. One exile is Russian, another
Pole, and three others Tartars. The
refugees landed from the whaler so far
have not been taken into custody. The
whaler Cape Horn Pigeon, bearing five
other refugees, is now due at this port.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
wants Divorce From Josie Mansfield.

New YORK, Nov. 10. Robert l..
Reade,, the New York lawyer who has
been living at Paris for several years,
has returned to this country and is MAX
ing arrangements for a legal separation
from his wife, who will remain abroad.
She is Josie Mansfield, who, 20 years
ago, was the subject of so much gossip
in connection with the shooting of James
Fiske, Jr., by Edward S. Stokes. Miss
Mansfield went abroad soon after the
tragedy, and has lived in Paris ever
since.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
WEEKS rs ATWORK
The Noted Embezzler Taken Frosr
the TO0mbs to Sing Sing
Prison.
His Determination Not to BE Int.
viewed Adhered to to the
End.
CHASTITY Relic of an Ancient TRACED
Unearthed Near Centralia
Illinois.

NEW York, Nov. 10-Lawyer Francis
III. Weeks, the self confessed embezzler
whose extradition from Costa Rica ex-
cited SO much talk, was taken to Sing
Sing to serve out his sentence of 10 years
imprisonment. Weeks rested uneasily
during the night, and in reply to ques-
ton of one of his keepers if he felt ill, he
answered fiippantly:
..Well, I've got to Sing Sing and can
see no good to myself or any one else by
worrying over it,"
Then after pause he exclaimed: 81
wish this was all over. / am only too
anxious to begin my term of imprison-
ment and am satisfied to taste the bitter
at once
At $3.50 a. IN. he started i'm charge of q
deputy sheriff for the prison, where he
will spend the next 10 years of his life
He refused absolutely to be interviewed
before his departure, reiterating his
statement that he had nothing to say
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
REVISED NEW YORK RETURNS.
The Republican state Ticket Elected b.
$4,000 Majority.

The Republican State Ticket Elected by
$4,000 Majority.
New YORK, Nov. 10.- Interest is prac-
tically at an end in regardto the election.
New York has ELECTED the Republican
state ticket by probably $4,000 majority.
The state senate is Republican by IS to
IA ON the latest returns, but this may be
changed to 10 to Ia, and the assembly
stands 10 Republicans, TO SO Democrats.
Schieren, Rep, for mayor, has 10000
plurality in Brooklyn, and the machine
has gone all to smash. TamInany holds
it's grip on the city and elects all of its
local candidates by pluralities averaging
$4,000. Ten Democratic civil justices,
senators and 81 assemblymen are also
elected.
| Pennsylvania has gone Republican by
a majority that may reach 125, 900. This
is the greatest Republican victory since
the 1876, 900 plurality for Grant against
Greeley, in 1872.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
Excursions 10 Sam Franciscn.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10.-An offer has
been made by the excursion managers
who have offices in San Francisco, to
combine with admissions the midwinter
fair excursions for Eastern people to the
Yosemite valley and the big trees. These
managers suggest combination with
overland railways SO that Eastern peo-
pie may buy excursion tickets to Cali
fornia, including special trips to tbs
Yos mite and the big tree groves.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-11-10
CUBAN REVOLUTION.

Report That the Long Anticipated Revolt
Has Begun LIN Earnest.
KEY WEST, Fla, Nov 10. The rumor
has started here that the long expected
revolution in Cuba has begun in real
earnest and that fight between Cuban
and Spanish forces had taken place at
Gienfuegos.
II created no great excitement among
the Cubans here.
News by the steamer Mascotte from
Havana, liz anxiously awaited.