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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13
oUAKERIsM On THE wANE.
The Sect Now Forms but Small
Fragment Of Philadelphia Total

1t will surprise many to be Informed
that the quaker element in Philadel-
phia forms an exceedingly small part
Of the community. The friends prefer
the Derby and silk tile with the cut
away coat TO the dress which this sect
so many years affected. 1t is only
when the yearly meeting period ar
rives that there comes flocking from
the surrounding counties friends in
somber grab, and they are as much of
curiosity as are any other distinctive
class Of people. Therefore, the title
the Quaker City as applied to Phila-
delphia is, according to the New York
Advertiser, practically a msnomer.
When Elias Hicks, through his teach
ing, caused a split of the society of
friends in 1927 over the question of the
divinity of Christ it marked the begin
ming of the decrease in the number of
friends, which has been steadily go
preacher wrought a revolution in this
city, and the friends estimated at that
time to be 1900, were equally divided
between the two elements, the orthodox
and Hicksites. In 1880 the orthodox
and Hicksite branches did not have in
the aggregate over 5000 members in
Philadelphia At that time there We're
1870 orthodox and about 3,GO0Hick-
sites, Although the Hickste end Of
the society is more numerous than its
rival, the latter is much more wealthy.
The orthodox friends own a vast
amount of property, and point to the
Wister brothers, who are thought to
be worth anywhere from 100000 to
100000 rs some Of their many
money kings.
While it is true that the followers
Of Elias Hicks have less Of this worlds
goods than their orthodox rivals, they
nevertheless have a large number Of
rich men. In spite Of its accumulated
wealth the orthodox element is gener-
ally admitted to adhere to the forms
and peculiariGeS of the society of
friends more strictly than the Hicks
ties. The reason assigned for this is
that the latter branch is really unde-
nOminatiOnl, although it follows the
general principles laid down by the
society and consequently has come
more into contact with the world. The
idea of the Hicksite branch is to allow
its members great freedom Of views
and a right to consider al religious
doctrines according to their personal
choice 1t will be matter of only a
few years before all the peculianties
of the society will disappear and they
viii he lost in the multitude of other
church people. The influence of the
remnant Of quakerism is felt in the
disposition of its followers to rctard
the march Of Improvement and the
desire to continue the eXclusiveness
characteristic Of the dead generations
Their meeting houses, located in the
most populous parts OF the city, are
surrounded by walls eight feet. giving
a prison aspect to the neighborhoOd.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13
LIZZIE BORDEN ARRAIGNED.
She Pleads Not Guilty to Three
Charges Of Murder Read

New Bedford, Mass, May S.-Lizze
Borden, who has been al inmate OF
Taunton Jail ever since August lasJ
under indictment for the murder o.
her father and step-mother was aI-
raigned this afternoon in the superior
court in this city,
She carried no outward sign OF SUI
tering When the trouble and excite
ment which marked her entrance in'o
the court had subsidized, the district Ut
toney moved that Miss Borden be ~.
raigned and the clerk of the court reaa
slowly and solemnly three indictments
of two counts each Two Of them
charged her with the murder OF lel
father and mother separately and lhs
third charged her with the murder o.
both. At the end Of each indictineN'
she replied clearly, calmly and steaall"
II am not guilty
The court then adjourned ana MIS-
Borden was taken back TO gallllou
where she viii be imprisoned unui As'
trial.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13
HER HERO WAS on HAND.
A Girls Rescue by Her Disheartened
Lover a Strange Example Of Destiny.

A Girls Rescue by Her Disheartened
Lover a Strange Example Of Destiny.
In real life it is unfortunately rare
for lovers to have the opportunity Of
proving their heroism 10y rescuing their
swec thearts from imminent death, NJ
though this sort of thing is the veIiest
commonplace among writer's of fiction,
says the London Telegraph. What,
however, is still more uncommon is that
every event should occur remotely re-
SemblnC the very picturesque tale Of
Miss Jessie Colder, of Kingston ana MIR.
Cobb. the lighterman, and il is there
fore. well to chronicle them when des
tiny is good enough to send them in
our way. Mr. Cobb, it seems, had been
keepink company with Miss Colder, a
Young woman of II summers. One
day they had a quarrel, and the gen
tlemau in his wrath threatened to give
her up" Such remarks are well known
to reflect "A merely passing phase of
amorous feeling, but, uuhappily for
herself. Miss Colder took them quite
seriously. In consequence she suffered
so much mental anguish that late one
evening she rushed ont of friends
house to the bank of the river and
threw herself in the water 1t hap
pcped, 10y an extraordinary coincidence,
that Cobb and his tug were near at
hand: he was. indeed, sitting in his cab
in. when he heard some one screaming
for help. Without any hesitation he
rushed along the bank to the spot, and
was the means of saving the life Of
the drowning girl, when she was going
down for the third time Not till
then did he discover that the woman
he had so pluckly rescued was his own
ladylOve.
Arrdgned at the police court for
attempted suicide, Jessie Colder mad the
supreme pleasure Of seeing her rescuer
come forward and express his willing
ness to 20 through the marriage cere-
mony. And. as it is clearly against
public magistrates to interfere with con
templated matrimonial arrangements,
the too precipitate but now overjoyed
Miss Colder was dismissed with a eau
tion-and with Mr. Cobb. As an eN-
ample Of fate'S eccentHciuas the tale
deserves to take rank as a leading
case" The chances agains- the lover
being at that part Of the river just at
the right moment for the rescue was
simply enormous In order to bring
about the happy ending his tug had to
be anchored Just at that one spot in
the whole river; he himself had to be
in his cabin. instead of on shore; Miss
Colder had TO select exactly the right
part Of the bank and To scream just
loud enough and nobody else near at
hand was to hear that scream and
plunge in to the rescue before Mr. Cobb
arrived. Yet all these seeming unikeli-
hoods took place, and now, instead of
4 medal for saving Of life, Mr. Cobb
has sdned something which he no
doubt ralues considerably more. When
~,tnv makes match in this way
who will dare step in and forbid the
banns?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13
SECORD IN A Bon.

Charge Of Bigamy Against the t''N
waulzee Man.
Portage. Wis, May 5.-H@ber. /
Secord. whose varied matrimonla fN
perlences have been aired in the l''s-
from time TO time within the past ! 'l
or two. was arrested on eIiil -
bigamy at his home in Pach"'l'ln,s
and is now in this city awaiting az ~
limiuary examination
Rubini continued to sing WIN II.
en- clavicle until the termination o. -'-
engagement.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13

Farm work in the vicinity OF Plain.
field Is very backward this spring ow-
ing to the continued unfavorable wealth.
er The snow has not all melted away
vet The farmers are waiting for more
favorable weather before sowing their
crops.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13
FIVE FIRMS FAIL
EXCITING DAY on THE NEW
YORK STOCK EXCHANGE.
PANIC FOLLOWS ANNOUNCE
MENTS OF CRASHES.

Bottom Drops Clear Out Of Corddge-
Opening Yesterday at Is 1t Quickly
Drops TO pa Decline Of 30 Points
Since Last Friday Scored -Pande-
mCnium Reigns.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13
FUN. PURE AND SIMPLE.
That Is the Object Of a Novel Sort Of
Girls Club.

we girls were tired Of hearing Of
clubs which had been formed for mu-
tual improvement or for the improve
ment Of other people. and determined
that our club should he for fun, pure
and simple. says a writer in Harper's
Bazaar.
There We're sixteen Of ue. au more or
less busy with music, French, German
or art. and any number Of social en-
gagements. for all are society girls
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-05-13

Charles l.. Gale, city treasiLt' ,5
Laramie. Wye, has disappe.'feu' r
his accounts are short Sl6'oU
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-22
LET ksE k ASK.

It ia suggested that the next right which
should be openly claimed and exercised by
Womsn is to ask Man to "have her" in
stead of waiting for Man to ask her to
"have him"
1t is a good idea Nothing could do
more to bring about real equality of the
sexes than its adoption. Hitherto the
theory has been that lovely and willing
Woman should wait patiently and in
silence and secretiveness until chumplike
Man could overcome his natural diffidence
enough to ask her to be "his'n." The
theory haen't worked very we'll. Man is
stupid enough anyway, but when in love,
or anxious to be in love, his stupidity is
marvellous. Therefore he is found asking
the wrong woman to marry him, when the
right one is 'just dying" to have him ask
her. He is found asking at the wrong
time, in the wrong way, and in the wrong
place. Such a blunderer ia he that it is
surprising that he succeeds ia getting mar
ried at ell. He wouldn't, were it not for
the gracious tolerance and the sweet
benevolence of Woman, who overlooks his
stupidity WHEN 1t appears to her that she
can make proper use of 1t.
But If woman could tell q man right
out that she wanted to marry him what a
change for the better there would be
Woman has tact. She knows when she is
in love and she know the kind of man che
wants when she sees him. She wouldn't
make the mistak q men do. She wouldn't
fall over her feet when on the edge of pro-
posal she walked toward the man of her
choice. She wouldn't pick out an awk-
ward time to propose in. She wouldn't
tackle her beloved when he felt particular
ly ugly and irritable. She wouldn't forget
how to talk at the most important time for
talking. She wouldn't kiss man on the
ear when she meant to kiss him on the
mouth She wouldn't tear his clothes
words which would make him forever
sher'n" Her proposal would, in short,
be made to the right man, In the right
way, at the right time and in the right
place.
Therefore we do not see why Woman
should not have an equal right with Man
in this very important matter. She has
been working toward it ever since Eve
proposed to Adam that he should take q
bite with her, and, to tell the truth, she
leads and guides Man toward marriage
much more than she brsgs of or is gener-
ally credited with. But there ia 10 need
of further subterfuge. She ia emsncipsted
now, and is openly asking for most of
what she wants And If she wants Man
We don't see the slightest objection to her
openly asking for him.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-22
AN tRNOKnAL AKCUmENT

The Bridgeport argument against the es
this city shows what a shock the Bridge
port intellect received when that thriving
village ceased to be railroad center. /"
Full grown men from Bridgeport, with
heads that look as if they might once have
held healthy and useful brains, are walking
about the corridors of the Capitol urging
that the Normal School should not be given
to New Haven because some of the young
men OF this city are 30 fascinating that the
young women who would attend the school
might fall In love with them and thus de-
feat the real object of the school
Go to, ye men from Bridgeport. You
are talking through your stylish hsts.
Your tribute to the young mn Of New
Haven is a merited one, but you do not
allow for the quality OF the young women
for whose peace of mind you are sppar-
emily go deeply concerned. They will be
just as safe in New Haven as they would
be in Bridgeport, and much more happy
and conteuted. 1t may not be known to
you. but hundreds of young women walk
to and from their schools in this city
every day, and most of them, if they look
at the young men at all, do 30 with great
prcpriety and discretion. They know
how to conduct themselves as we'll and as
carefully as even the young women of
Bridgeport do And as for the young men
who ara considered go fascinating by the
men from Bridgeport, they are really no
mere dangerous than the young men of
Bridgeport Kissing goes by favor, and
we believe that some of Bridgeport's fasci
mating young men find favor in this city.
A cause that appears to need sueh 9
puerile argument ss that put forward in
this case by Bridgeport Is q weak one.
Love sEd education are no more likely to
be dangerously mixed up iu New Haven
than in Bridgeport Indeed, not so much
60. for this is a big city, end there is more
for tha young men and young women to
sensibly busy Themselves with than there
is in Bridgeport.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-22
9uur1raI and Courier.
The Oldest Daily Paper Pub
lished in Connecticut.
TEMPTING TO YOUNG MEN.
l. kkoS he of fhf

TEMPTING TO YOUNG MEN.
1t is rumored that the managers of the
Yale Law school are about to provide for 6
great increase in the number of students
at the school. They have noticed the billf
put in by the Republican and Democratic
ssteering committees for the work done
and the work prevented during the late
unpleasantness in this State. They expect
that these bills will be allowed, and
they know what the effect will be.
Ten thousand dollars apiece for six
distinguished lawyers, and seventy-fve
thousand for the whole job, Is what
is asked for. The young men of the State
who are grubbing away on farms for three
hundred dollars a year, or less, will be
made ambitious by this exhibition of the
value of the services of good lawyer, and
they will soon be focking to the Law
School. OF course they will not expect to
get ten thousand dollars for every case, but
they will hope that they can manage to
pick up at least thousand dollars year.
And thousand dollars year looks big to
them and their fathers.
We suppose 1t was necessary to make
these ''bills for services" public, but the
ne cessity was an unfortunate one. 1t will
tend to increase competition in a pro-
fessIon whose members are never, we be-
lieve, paid what their services are really
worth In this case it would be impossi-
be to overestimste the value of the work
done. There might have been revolu-
tion if the lawyers hadn't taken hold and
msnsged so as to keep Governor Bulkeley
in Office until people could get cool and
have chance to vote again
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-22
OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
No. As

goes upon quite q different tack. BE set.
out with the apparent intention of being
anything but funny, and, of course, IN
some cases he succeeds. BE tells his yarn
In an Indifferent, of hand, careless fssh-
ion-ss though he would very much rather
be doing something else-snd usually en-
ploys the most commonplace and colo
quial expressions he never laughs, but
assumes thoroughly lugubrious and de-
pressed demeanor, and when Others laugh
he seems at q loss to know Whist on earth
they are laughing at. Two more opposite
styles of humor could not well be con-
ceived, and yet both have this one inpor-
tant element In common-ihsy are both
based mainly upon the principle Of eIAg-
gerstion. The only difference would seem
to be that the English school glories in Its
obvious extravaganza, while The American
humorist exagserstes with the air of
man who lie, If anything, rather under-
stating his cssa
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-22

All the great humorists have delighted.
more or less, in the use of hyperbole, but
there is a striking d ference bstween the
various modes in which the exsgserstio.s
has bsen employed Shakespeare, who
avsiled himself, az one time or another, of
almost every conceivable style of thought
and expression, frequently had recourse
to this sovereign device for exciting merri-
meut, as when Ito cite but ons instanc.l he
made Faistaff remark that he thought the
devil would not have him damned, lest the
oil that was in him should set hell on FIRE.
In Charles Lambs extravsgances the ex-
aggera:ion was perhaps somewhat more
delicstely handled, but it was none the
less exaggerstion. Take for example the
occasion when, In ft of exhilaratipg low
spirits, he declared, II am fistter than a
denial or q pancake; am emptier than
Judge IS wig when the head is in it,n
or when. with genial outburst of accom-.
modaiing good fellowship, he announced
his Willingness to sit with any one, "ex-
cept a tailor or q hen"
Bat If We were asked 10 draw q broad
lHe OF d-Diarcation b-tgeen the two prin
cipsl sch .Jis of humorous exsygeration we
could not psrhap. fnd more exact and
drfnite boundary l:'.e than that which
separates thH cid soEi from the new. 1t
would seero a. If the d 'ffrrrDcs= of climate
on either ,ids IF lie Atl.n.ic had resulted
in The production OF tso Gislirc. classes
of vintage-b tn delightful in their way
the ore remarkable for its suestnsss and
effersescer ce, tn ether sbuv- ell things
dry What gr ater contrast. indeed,
could there b. tbsn that which exists be-
tween the daring. unrestraiDsd. irresisti-
BILE fun of s1ch writers as Dickens, Mar
ryat and T.sv-r. snd tie cold. phlegmatic.
unemo,i nal humnr of the modern Amsri-
can SCHOOL, The former seems TO be the
natural outcome of a sheer superfiuity of
animsl spirit, snd the author appears to
derive at I.ast as much enjoyment from
the process of writing as the resder does
from resdipg. he tells his story with a
relish-as II he loved it-aud with a wild
prodigality of verbal Embellishments; he
laughs all through the telling and does NOT
seek to conceal the fact; and, what Is more
the laughter Is almost always eontaaious'
| The Yankee humorist, on the other hand,
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-22
About the Late Campaign

1t is whispered around town that there
are bills cutstsn ling Of from 81 goo to
81 200, more CT lrss, which were contracted
In the late camraign by ths republican
town ccnmsttse, and which the committee
reports no money to pay. Some of the
creditcra, sn gees the same story, are in
thst state If rtstl-rsness which psople fall
into when money is due them and they
can't get it. And IL IL understood that the
hat is soon TO he passed around
Perhaps This is the not unsuitable ending
to campaign that Wss in some respects as
discrsdi,ab!s as in sll respects It was disss.
trous to the republican party management.
Hartford town sas showed under with
democratic ballots The governorship was
Let, the 'tate s-nst@ was lost, the congress
slonsi delegation Was lost, and Senator
Hawley was returned-the machine a fail
use ~ sll points.
Yet /: cannot b. said that the alleged
shortsge in Hartford is due 10 ,xces.iye
expenditure 10 the senator's behalf There's
sharp distinction bstween .psndipg
money of e man and Spending money for a
man, aud that this was very closely ob-
o~Afeu "ouiu uo uonD+ app ar IT the audi
tors should rep'r: how much tbs town
COMMITTEES received from the senstor and
how much they spent for him.
Many people remember that when the
great wide awake rally was held in the
opera house. the largs ct and most enthusI-
astic meeting Of the campaign here, a m.et-
ing announced q week or ten days in ad
vance, 10 be addressed by Senator Hswley,
the town committee proceeded to call the
republican caucus for that same hour and
evening Great Indignation Was ex-
pret sed, but the caucus was held Just the
eame and chuckled over, too, as "smsrt. ~
Some persons have supposed that that was
as far as the insult went But, as a mat
ter OF history, we may add, that Ii did 90
further. The bill for the uss of the opera
house at the wide awake meeting was
sent to Senator Hawley's office The
committees, willing enough TO receive
his money. did not pay the bill with
1t or any other funds. Il happened that
one of the lesdlng republicans of the state,
gentleman living not far north of Hart
ford, heard of this, and, blushing for the
management of the party that he has be-
longed to ever since 1t was organized, re-
quested the privilege cf paying the bill
hfmself, and he did 1t on the spot.
AS this is positive fact, the Coursnt is
able to stste without fear OF contradiction
that the outlsys In behalf of Senator Hsw-
ley are not accountable for any shortage
that may exist In Hartford.
Possibly when the hat begins to circu-
late there will be some to ask what money
came in, where 1t went, and what there is
to show for 1t.
Morning journal and courier., 1893-02-22
NATURAL.

Everybody admires n-ture except "a he
sees 1t In boy.-Atchison Globe.
An icy pavement Is a sure sign of au
early fall and late spring.-Teras Sift
ings.
The mad dog has great deal of snap.
but it is never eet down to his credit
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
One reason why some people belong to a
church is because they haven't been put
out yet.-Ram's Horn
quently his neighbors and friends are very
glad of it.-Cleveland Plsin Dealer.
A New York waiter Gays his work re-.
minds him of very large eagle. II Is 90
long from tip to tip.-Texas Siftings.
Now and then you hear of charitable
coal dealer, but he Is not likely to 90 very
much out of his weigh to be so.-Siftings.
Beware of intempersncel Many q para
chute jumper would be living to day il be
had never taken a drop.-Bipghamton
Leader.
"Whst do you think will be the biggest
thing you will see at the worlds fsirf'
said Mrs. Fucash. fMy hotel bill,n re-
piled her husband, gloomily.
Star.
SIS this angel cakei" asked Grumbles of
his wife the other night at supper. "Yes,
dear" "Huhl Well, now know how II
was that Satan revolted "-Philsdelphis
Record
81 know why bees never sit down, " said
Walter. why, my desri" asked bis
mother. "'Csuse they has pins in their
coat tails. and they's afraid to."-Hsrper's
Young People.
Ths question of department is not an un-
important one A man slwsys looks better
who carries himself well than when two or
more friends are trying tocarry him.-Phil-
sdelphis Times
st. Peier-Who's tberei Voice-A news.
paper humorist. st. Peter-Did you ever
write anything about mel Voice-No, sir.
st Peter-You're no newspaper hsmorist
Come in.-Judge.
why did you arrest this msnf' asked
the judge, sternly. "For practice" ra
turned the policeman. "Tn new on the
force, aud wanted TO learn how, your
honor. ."-Harper's BsEsr.
Observation-Disclosures what ia
the prisoner charged with Officer Lafferty
your honor, I'm not much of a
judge, but 1t smslls a coed deal like
whiskey.-Lifs's Calendar.
II wish / were an ostrich" said Hicks.
srgrily, as he tried 70 eat one Of bis wife's
biscuits, but couldn't. al wish you were"
returned Mrs. Hicks. I'D set a few
feathers for my hst. Truth.
did You sver see ghost"
"Once"
"Were you scaredi"
WAS 1 rcare'l Was II Ny false teeth
were in glass on 8 table { rec feet away
from the bed, and they actually ratified so
loud that they wuk the neighbors. lin.
dianspolia Journal
A Little Mixed. xed.-Tescher-Who WIGS
AtlRsl
Boy-ooo! He was the biggest high
wayman there ever was. He ro5bei / eyeIy.
body.
Teacher-Sonsense!
Boy-Well, the book says he held up the
earth, snyhow.-Good News.