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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-04

Rev Benjamin Griffith, y. D., general
1 secretary Of the American Baptist
Publication society died suddenly In
Philadelphia of heart disease. while
on the way % bis office
Dick Tate, The dcfautIng ex-state
treasurer u Kentucky. Is again reported
10 have been captured this time IN Ali-
zoua The fct ,uat Joe Mulhatton is
in Arizona leads some persons 70 dUuf,
| the report
President Rodriguez u Costa Rica.
has refused To- recognize the application
for writ " habeas corpus on behalf
Of Embezzier Weeks. and arrangements
have been nj lde 10 return tie criminal
70 New York 40 once
The Berlin oqncial Gazette chronicle,
the appointment Of Ernest Won Hessc
Wartegg, one of the worlds fair com
'missiouers from Germany. to the knight,
hooG Of the FohenzOlleIn house
Al Clayton the county seat Of St
Louis county, No. two Of the gang who
held up the Frisco train near Pacific
No. some time ago. entered pleas Of
guilty and We're each sentenced TO
fourteen years Imprisonment
Colonel H. T. Folsom and his father
Charles Fol~Ou. both OF Lyndonyille.
VI. have Offered tp make an assign
mcut Of an their property for the bene-
tit Of their creditors Liabilities about
$4,000.
Mr. Stockdale. ~ NIssi~~ippi. offered
in the houes bill amending the civil
service law 80 as tp provide for am
equal div sion OF offices among the
states ANA their congressional districts.
Thieves effected au entrance to The
post office It Grafton. W. Va blew
open the safe and rihcd it Of It's con
tents. securing >4l371 n stamps. 500
in money and fwcuty-four registered
packages.
Mr. IAcas of South Dakota. inuoduc
cd in the house a dn appropriating
SlOOVu for tbp establishment control.
operation and maintenance Of a hospI-
tai for disabled volunteer soldiers at
ot Springs. S. d.
While repairing an elevator on the
tenth floor the Wainwright building,
In 81 Louis. Assistant Engineer Oryillc
T. j. Go,lghuy's head was crushed b,-
tween The elevator and the roof of Me
shaft.
Mr. Robinson Of Pennsylvania intro
duced In The house bin fixing the pay
of ARMY veterinarians ut >l25 p,r
month. and giving them the allowances
pensions and tenure Of office Of a first
Lieutenant Of cavalry
Officer, have located the thieves who
between Longyicy and LOugyiew June
ton, Texas. entered the sleeping chr
ana secured S1GWD from james r
DarE1u. OF the iran of Tresevant a.
Dargan, Dallas
Arthur DoWnou Young man 81
Pueblo Col was fortunate i'm report
Ing the condition of bridge on the
Santa l'e railroad in ime to sve
wreck, and waS rewarded by "trip TO
Chicago ami the fair and 800 He
returned home very I'D and died OF
typhoid ever
Frcdc'ico Guilhermc de IDreua has
been proclaimed provisional president
of Brazil by Admiral Mello, command
or ol the iusurZcut tleet ut Rio jane
70 Lorena is captain of one of the
rebel ships Inc provisional govern
mcut has been established at DeSterro,
Santo Ca,hann
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-04

were on the lookout for the murderer
Every possible effort was made to
secure medical attendance Tor Mr. Har-
risOn- but when DIT Lyman. the first
physician to arrive, reached the may
oF's side he WAS dead.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-04
A DIFFERENT THING ENTIRELY

II hear you are to be married, Sue
Sadi an Allegheny Hrl 10 another
THAT Is news ~ me-"
Some one surely told me you We're
engaged"
That's different Pttsbwg Chroni
Gle
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-04
CONBENSED NEWS.

States circuit court died at Baltimore.
Banker oscar Bills. Of Adriln- Mich.
hes been acquitted Of the charge ot
embczzicmcHt
Charlie, J. Fair and hi. bride are
said to have sailed for Europe
An Illinois couple was married in The
Ferris wheel al the fair
Five hundi u aud.home rule delegates
attended The Ulster parliament in Bel
fart
Nine bottles ~ Those who lost their
lives al Baule Creek are stI unclain.-
Cd.
Boston j. contemplating tine plans Of
new S3OOoOOO city hall IN Beacon
Hill
Bcrt Beppcr was rrmaudel 70 jail
bg san Francisco Judge ~ be- r.
mTued % New York for bigamy
mimic battle between British ma
rines and sailors at Halifax s. S. was
witnessed by 1000 persons.
Two negroes. notorious hog thieves,
were lyucheI az Knox Point Ia, by 2
mob composed Of black ana whirea
Judge Fields oyerruled motions 10 dis
miss the prisoner in the Hardin ketch-
um case ~ Louisville
f. A Merrill Superintendent OF the
Eastern Minnesota railway was para
lyzed at West Superior yesterday.
Horace Hill. arrested for the murder
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-11-04

Secretary Carlisle estimate. n so.
90 600 deficit for the current year
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
AIDS TO HOUSEKEEPING.
Many Handy Appliances Which Our Grand
mothers Had to Do without.

Many HsndJ Appliances Which Our Grand.
mothers Had to Do Without.
There is something so marvellous in
the way life is made agreeable to US
in household matters, in comparison
with the way our grandmothers had
to take their duties, that one feels as
If it were really intended to help our
great ends, says Harpcr's Bazaar. Not
to speak CT the obsolete arts Of spin
ming and weaving at home, of the
cheese-making, the sausage-making,
the frying out of lard, the running
Of tallow candles, tie stringin1 of ap'
pies to dry, the preparation OF savory
herbs, and all that followed in such
train and made the housewives life a
long labor. which had Teen take q
from the household and given into
the hands of associated labor outside
the gates-not TO speak of these, in
yet other things has the way Teen
made smooth tor US in almost mir
aculous manner, things OF which We
never dreamed of complaining. TheIe
are the various grains. Tor instance,
that used TO require SO many hours
boiling and then were not especially
palatable. Now they are prepared in
most appetizing fashion and already
more than two-thlrdS cooked, 50 that
a few minutes over the fire finds Il
breakfast dish ready that is tit-not,
let Us say. for gods, but for men.
Then who does not know the con-
sternation OF the housekeeper Of old,
with heart set on some elegance,
who saw company at the door and
knew she had no soup for dinner?
Now dozen firms stand ready to
obviate any such calamity with their
soups of every decription, needing
only two or three minutes GU tho
range. While as for the other canned
preparations, fruit and meats and
vegetables and Jellies. they are only
limited to the number of things to
he canned. and they give one mid
summers dinner in midwinter, and
save the hOusekeeper. anxious to vary
her table, from world of anxiety.
The hOusekeepcr in the south, too,
has reason to be grateful for the way
in which she can now procure that
once unprocurable luxury of ice: and
she, more than any other, can thank
the inventor OF the gas stove, of the
oil and spirit arrangements for cook.
cry. where nothing is heated but the
food, not even the cooks temper,
and where all the gases and odors OF
cookery that once filed the house and
surrounded it with a mephitic odor
that might warn off strangers, like
the black atmosphere surrounding en-
chanted castles in fable land, are
burned with the gas or the oil. Per-
haps, after all, this is the greatest
application of science to comfort that
has been made.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09

LIEUT.. PEARY and his gallant COM
panions have now said gOod-by for
yelrs to civilization and are heading
for the Arctic seas. Two years or
more will pass ere much is heard from
them, and it will be fortunate al
most beyond hope If there is not
some tale of disaster to sadden the
chronicle of adventures. The expe-
ditiOn is certain to find out more
about Greenland. to fill up with de-
tails the conjectural trend of the
land and to make known a little
more about the glaciers and such
physical story as can be extracted
from rocks and the life of wintry
seas. AS to anything further it is a
toss whether all is not frustrated
labor and the chagrin of disappoint-
mCnt
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
How Fast a Horses Feet Move.

Did you ever think how fast horse
in a 2:2O gait moves his feet? When
horse is trotting 2:2O gait his
feet move a little faster than a mile
in ITO. AS his body is moving at
2:2O, and as each Of his feet when in
contact with the ground is station.
AIRY, and then is picked up and moved
forward to take the next step. the
foot must move as much faster than
the body as to make the step, which
is over twice as fast Now, the action
is: The foot is at rest upon the
ground and is raised one or two feet
high. then forced forward nearly the
full length Of the leg. then low
cred to the ground, and is at rest
for nearly two-thirds of the time that
the next step is being taken. The
time, nearly two-thirds, think, is
too long. but it is from one-half to
two-thirds Of the next step Rural
World
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
THEY are averaging three victims

THEY are averaging three victims
a day now-the grade crossings. AS
the weather grows warmer and as the
conditions become more favorable,
the number will probably increase.
But even three persons killed or
MANNED each day is good average.
1t means 1905 people year, or the
population of good-siZed country
town. An occasional street car or
omnibus smashed will run the figures
at haywood, an unknown man cut to
pieces at Mont Clair, near Center
street, and William Blunt mangled
by train at 22d street, make up
Wednesdays record. There is no
prospect that the average will be re-
duced. On the contrary, as more
trains are put on and as the popula-
ton of the city increases the death
roll will steadily swell. Meantime
certain diamond-decked individuals,
alleged to tie the representatives of
! the people, continue to attend prize
i fights, bet on horse races and manip-
ulate ward politics with contempt
uous disregard of the public demand
for the elevation of the tracks. This
is delightful state of affairs, but il
the people can stand it the railroads
will not complain. As for the per
who are killed at the crossings, they
are quickly hustled under ground
and forgotten save by some foolish
relatives, who go about talking o.
murder and other unpleasant things
Chicago Herald. .s..
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09

KALAMAZOO has evidently not yet
reached the metropolitan stage Of
development so far as her police de-
partment is concerned. An officer
who arrested respectable young
couple the other night, and locked
them up without Investigating the
case, has been compelled to resign,
and he considers himself lucky that
he was not dishonorably discharged
from the force and prosecuted into
the bargain. Imagine such an Incl
dent in Chicago Conceive of a po-
lice officer resigning because he had
made an outrageous and illegal ar
rest. If such precedent were fol-
lowed the vacancies on the force
would be numerous enough to satisfy
even the aldermen who are on the
lookout for places for their constitu-
ents. Resign? Not much. On the
contrary the efforts of the depart
ment would be devoted not to making
reparation for the outrage but to
blackening the character of the per-
sons arrested with view to vindicat-
ing the officer who made the arrest.
That is where the Kalamazoo copper"
showed his provincialism.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
Wby 1t DIDN'T Run.

''Of course folks that's been raised
in the city hev heaps of advantages
an so on" remarked MIR. Jubal
Pitcher, the Scrubtown tinker, "but
l reckon they amt got all the sense
ther' is distriberted amongst the i'll.
habitants O. this uthly globe, when
all's SAID an done" "What's hap
pened father?" asked his son, who
was at work in the little shop with
MIR. Pitcher, and noticed an under
tone of amusement in his parents dry
tones
"Why l went over yest'day fore
noon, whilst you was in the Centre
Village, to kerry over that kitchen
clock that I've been settin' to rights
for them Wallace folks. An when I
was jest comm away, old Mis- Wal
lace she says to me:
ooh, Mr. Pitcher. they say you
have sech luck with clocks, do W ish
you'd take look at the one I've got
up in my ROOM
"Well, l went up stairs with her
an she r'lated the hull hist'ry O. that
clock t. me whilst we was maountin'
the stairs.
folks an when she come to live with
her son daown blow, she fetched it
with eer. Twas boxed keerful by a
man to her old home, she said. an
didn't seem to be hurt mite, but
they hadn't ever been able to make
it go sence the day she got t. her
sons haouse in Boston.
''She said they'd set it everywhere's
an had everythin' done TO it. Folks
that knew pile had looked at it, an
had shook it, an so on, but t'wa'n't
mite of use, 'twouldn't bulge a
minute
"Well, had some curiosity t see
sech timepiece. I'll allow. Twas
far-sized, pooty-lookn' clock
enough.
"'lt seems t. be waound up as fur
as it'll go, says lookin' at it.
"'Oh, yes she said, shakin' her
head kind O. diskerridged, that's
what everybody's said.'
"Well, somethin' come over me
Jest then, an l run my hand c!ear'n
JPN, into that clock. an what d. ye
s'pose?"
Young Pitcher promptly expires ed
his inability to suppose anything.
"Well." said his father with a
chuckle OF delight, "them weights
was nailed fun an fast, so they
couldn't move, jes the way it had
ben packed fust off fer its journey!
Their want another nameable thing
the matter with it. l Onnailed 'em,
an set it a-goin', an l reckon the,
won't have another mite ~ trOuhle
with that clock, not another mite.''
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
When there is vacancy on the Su-
preme bench of Kentucky the Har-
rodsburg solon should be remembered.

IT is a curious coincidence, If not
the result Of design, that the naval
vessels selected to visit the harbor of
Valparaiso as an evidence of the
friendliness of the United States to-
ward Chill should be the Charleston
and the Yorktown. 1t was the
Charleston which chased and cap
tured the Itata, and it was the York
town which menaced Valparaiso with
its guns after the assault upon our
sailors. The selection of these cruis-
ers ought to make the demonstration
of friendship all the more emphatic,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
FlightY.

There is something perenniallv
funny in the estimate of young poets
by their personal friends. Some at
fectionate partizans, to be sure, find
a nightingale in every bush, and ap-
plaud genius in any versified produc-
ton, but the majority of sensible
fathers and mothers wait for larger
and maturer results before expressing
their delight A brilliant young es.
sayist furnishes a case In point, from
his own experience. He was appar-
emily becoming famous at a rapid
rate, and some one congratulated his
father on the fact
II wish, Tom would stick to his
law study" said the old gentleman,
testify sometimes l think he's q
born fool"
A writer in the Critic says of the
father of James Russell Lowell:
II was in Rome and Florence at
one time with Doctor and Mrs.
Lowell He was under deep depres-
sion, and sensitive to small vexatiOns.
l received ore day quite a number of
letters from Boston and the doctor,
grieving that he had none, insisted
upon my reading him some of mine.
''AmOng them was one from my
brother, giving an account of Com
mencement and containing some ex-
tracts from Lowell's manuscript class
poem, which he had lent to my
brother. My thought naturally was
as l read it:
'''This will delight the DOCTOR
'Quite otherwise. The doctor said
sadly:
81 am very sorry and disappointed.
James promised me when left home
that he would give up poetry and
stick to his books. 1 hoped he had
become less tightly"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
WAS QUICK WITH HIS GUN.
Dick Tod, on Whom No Man Ever Sue
ceeded In Getting the Drop.

Dick Tod, on Whom No Man Ever Sue
ceeded In Getting the Drop.
Dick Tod was one of the characters
in a Western town, says the Detroit
Free Press. lie was active in poll
who, while not quick to provoke a
row, was quick to end it his way
when once it started. Everybody in
town was afraid Of him and his
prowess was held to be invincible.
On one occasion new editor, d.s-
pleased with Mr.. Tod's methods an
nounced in his paper that the gentle
man was liar. Two hours after the
paper appeared a man rushed into
the editors Office perspiring like a
porpoise.
Il hope you'll excuse me-" he said
to the astonished editor. taking
tape line from his pocket "but l
didn't see the paper until few min.
utes ago."
"WbaU do YOU want?" exclaimed
the editor.
"Want to take your measure, OF
course" he said, as If the editor
ought to know what he was there
for
'But l don't want any Clothes"
urged the editor
':Clothes nothing: Pm no tailor"
swell, what in thunder are you:"
"I'm the undertaken. Didn't you
call Dick Tod Iiar?'
That night the editor got out of
town and Dick was paciiicd before he
came back.
At another time political OppO-
nent got into a difficulty with Mr..
Tod and pub ished card Of a very
personal character.
Hello" said a friend meeting him
shortly after the card appeared, ''have
you seen Dick Tod?"
No" was the short answer.
"Of course you haven't" apollo.
gized the friend. "Im blamed foo.
to be asking live man a question
like that"
Once again Mr.. Tod had some
trouble over a race
Flows this?" said friend to him
the next morning. Il heard Blinker
say in a crowd last night that you
had sold the race"
'Oh, that's all right" laughed
Tod. "Blinker's funeral won't take
place until Sunday afternoon, as we
couldn't POSTPONE the races"
But Mr.. Tod went the way of
others Of his kind. In a saloon one
night when he was not expecting it
a woman whipped out a revolver and
shot him through the body He lived
about ten minutes and his last words
were:
"Well, boys good bye, and remem-
Der that no man ever got the drop on
Dick Tod"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
Curious Mode of Identification.

The science of modern antnropog-
raphy is constantly increasing it's
resources by introducing new meas
urements of various parts of the body,
particularly among the criminal class.
The measurement of the hand and
fingers is now considered of vast i'm
portance in establishing personal
identity. 1t is certainly curious. in
view Of this fact, to know that a
similar process has been in vogue
among savage tribes, who thus recog-
nize their friends and foes. Capt.
Cupet reports that the inhabitants of
Southern Anam place thin bamboo
rod between the middle finger and
the ring finger of strangers, who in
wade their territory on which they
mark by notches the distance from
nail to the first phalanx and all sue
ceeding ones This bamboo rod is
preserved. Every stranger is COM
PEELED to submit to this measure
ment When they return after a
protracted absence the rod is applied
as mentioned, and their identity es-
tabl1shed as friend, newcomer or
foe. Capt. Cu'pet on his return to
Anam was always remeasured. He
says that similar method is prac-
ticed in the Laos provinces. st.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
A Traitor to Texas.

At the City of Mexico there has
been found in the archives of the
government an old document dated
Austin, Texas, 1886, and signed by
General Santa Anna and Almonte.
by which it is discovered that Santa
Anna pledged himself to preserve the
independence Of Texas and to use his
influence with Congress toward hav-
ing Texas recognized as an indie
pendent country. This document
shows that the war against Texas as
conducted by Santa Anna was treas
enable OF his part, as he had pledged
his support to the movement for in.
dependence and afterward fought
against it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
UtcS and NaYaiOs.

No one has ever been known to get
the better of a Navajo Indian in
trade. NavaJos are as superstitious
as they are shrewd, and have a mortal
fear Of camera. Nothing will! in
duce them to pose for their pictures.
The Utes are equally difficult to photo
graph.
what are you going to do with
that?" asked handsome Ute on the
San Juan River of a Salt Lake 1rib-
une correspondent.
1--WE want some Ute pictures for
the Wo,ld's Fair to Put with the
white mans and the NavajOs."
'sThat's we'll enough for the white
man and Navajos," replied the Ute,
'.but it's bad medicine for us. AS soon
as Ute has his picture taken he gets
sick and dies. We do not want that
tool in our country. 1t is bad medi-
cine. !"
Nothing will induce a Navajo to
touch fish, much less eat it. Swing
fish In the face of Navajo and the
bravest will run. Who will explains
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
Satan q Landlord.

There is but one spot on the earth's
surface, as far as 1.-The curious man"
knows, that has been really and truly
willed, decided, and bequeathed to his
satanic majesty. This spot lies four
and half mile south of Helsin.
fors, Finland. A few years ago Lars
Huolarinen died in the little town of
Pielisjarvi in the above-named coun-
try, leaving considerable property in
the shape OF real estate. How he
had come in possession of so much
land no one seemed to know, but as
he was very bad citizen, it was gem
orally admitted that he was in league
with Wihtahausu (Satan), and that
they had had many business deals
with each other.
This somewhat startling opinion
was verified when old Huolarinen
died, for, upon opening his will, the
magistrate found q certified ranty
deed enclosed therein which decided
to Satan all of his (Huolarinen's)
earthly possessions.
The will was to the same effect
The family have repeatedly tried to
break the will, but, so far, have been
unsuccessful; thus the records plainly
show that his sulphuric majesty has
a legal right and title to some excel.
lent grounds in the near vicinity of
Hclsingfors.
The simple people in the neighbor-
hood have changed the course of the
road which formerly skirted the Huo-
larinen homestead, and declared that
they would not enter the possession
OF Satan & Co. for all the money
that three such estates would bring.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
An Ancient Phrase.

The phrase, ITO pour oil on the
troubled waters" is so obscure as to
battle all attempts to trace out its
origin. The Venerable Bede in his
Ecclesiastical History" C73l A. d. J
tells OF IA priest called Vita who was
sent into Kent to fetch Eanflede, King
Edwine's daughter, who was to be
married to King Oswirra He was to
go by land but return by water. Be-
fore his departure Vita visited
Bishop Aidan, who had the reputa-
uion of performing miracles. and be-
sought his prayers for prosperous
journey. The bishop blessed him.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-09
Blast Furnaces Thousands of Years
Ago.

AT recent meeting OF the Pales-
tine Exploration Fund in London
Mr.. Bliss declared that the discovery
of the mound of Tel Hesy, in South
ern Palestine, would enable the ex-
plorers to dig up the sources of the
Book of Genesis" Amid all the evil
dence discovered by Mr.. Bliss Of the
civilization Of that remote age-wine
presses, treacle presses, alkali burn
ings and innumerable others-by far
the most curious is the disclosure of
an iron blast furnace, SO arranged as
to give strong evidence of being in
tended to heat. in its descent, blast
of outside air forced through passages.
before entering the chamber at the
level where tuyeres are usually found.
If this theory be correct" says Mr..
Bliss 1--WE find 400 years before
Christ the use of the hOt-air blast in
stead OF cold air, which is called a
modern improvement in iron manu-
facture due to Nelson and patented
in 1888