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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14
HOUSES BUILT on PILES.

A Strange and Little Known Village
Located at the Mouth of the Mississ-
ippi.
Among the 65,0O0,OOO people in the
United States there are probably not
50O-outSide of the locality-whO are
aware that at the mouth Of the Miss
issippi there is a little village built
upon wooden piles standing far out in
the water, says Harper's Young PeoI'e.
This village. which is called Balize,
Is reached from the mainland by
canoes or boats, and its inhabitants
have to climb a kind of pole ladder
to get to the dCorways Of their homes,
This is problbIy the only place III the
United States in which ''piIe-dwelling''
occur, but all along the Venezuelan
coast and at the mouths of the OrinOco
and Amazon similar villages are fire.
quently met with, many of them be
ing inhabited by the Indian fishing
tribes Of the Amazon estuary.
These strange inhabitants were first
dlscoy cred by AionZo de Oieda, who
accompanied Columbus on his second
voyage to this continent. In 1899 ne
undertook an independent voyage to-
explore the northern part of South
America, and he took with him Ameri-
20 Fespucci. who wrote a graphic ac-
count Of the expedition. The follow
ing extract from 4 translation of Yes
pucci's work gives the origin Of the
name Venezuela, and tells of their con-
uection between the curious village dis
covered there and the name Venezuela:
Proceeding along the coast they ar
rived at a vast gulf resembling a tran
quill lake, entering which they beheld
on the eastern side a village the con
structiOn Of which filed them with sur
prise. It consisted OF twenty large
houses shaped like bells, and built on
piles driven into the bottom Of the
lake, which in this part was limpid and
of but little depth. Each house vas
provided with a ~drawbridge and noes
From the resemblance Of the italian
city. Oieda gave the bay the name
of the gulf Of Venice Venezia).'T The
country itself was afterward called
Venezuela, or Little Venice, the origi-
nal Indian name being Coquibacoa.
In lake Maracaibo, south Of the bay
of Venezuela, similar pile-buildings are
still erected by the Goajoir Indians.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14

Offend me, dear Nadine Michel,
Most assuredly not. You are all that
is good. Put | am working hard Just
not. 1t does not do for a man to
saunter through life, to be always a
triher. / have a COOL deal to do for
the paper; and l spend an hour % two
every day at the Imperial library"
IF you are getting a learned man
! shall see no more of you" sighed the
widow. You viii not be able TO en-
dure my ignorant 2A after
"Gaiety of heart is delightful ut all
times" said CASTOR.
Il begin to think that monsieur must
be writing verses, he has grown so
grave ana silent, remarked Suzon.
And then they parted, with ceremoni-
~politeness on his side, with keen
scrutiny and suspicion on hers.
MonsieUr was not writing verses. but
he was living a poem. Maman Schu-
bert. the g~501-natured busybody of the
Rue Git lie Coeur, had planned a little
tea-party-un the a rAngliise and had
invited the two O'Hara girls-knowu
in their little circle as the Demoisellcs
Hara, since the O was too much for a
Partisan mouth-Philip Durand,
the clbinet-maker, an honest young
fellow, a thorough workman and artist,
In a very artistic trade, and Il promi-
nent member of the workmen's syndi-
cate; and the cabinet-mukers' syndicate
ranks high among the societies Of
French workmen. So far the party
consisted of old friends. since good
Madame Schubert had been almost as
a mother to the girls whom she had
seen arrive in the Rue Git lie Occur,
dusty and bewildered Hooking. on the
evening Of their entry into Paris, and
Philip had been Roses devoted lover
for the last three years, haunting her
like her shadow as she went to and
from her work, in the early mornings
when PuTis was being swept ana
garnished, in the dusky evenings when
its million lamps were being lighted.
Never was there a more unselfish, IA
more patient woOcr. Rose had been
hard with him; Rose had kept him at
arms length. She never meant to mar
ry. She had her mission in life; and
that mission was to take care Of Kath
leen.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14

woman. The speaker passed on ,
her friend, but left behind ono ,rs
meditated long and thOughtful,v ~.
what She had just heard. II l.
wrinkles are in themselves inc,.st,
sa'- by the gentle process of nar,-
known as ~'fattening up" u-bi,b
often comes ut the age when vrrint,
commence. As long as matter Is
preme wrinkles will be subins,+.i
Blu there is q good deal in 9vot5t.
the telltale lines. Care Of tho ~
and facial repose are the two .t,.
which count. Chewing-gum is resn1,
sible for many wrinkles in Ameri,s-
faces, as is emotion. People who mai.
faces for a living, such as clowns NV
comedians: people who Squlnt and ma,
pie who laugh and chatter -perpen5u-
all have prematurely worn ana bo,
gard faces, Therefore the great n,o
veltive is rest.
As for the eyes, just notice how ,nu,s
earlier in life the weakened WON
wrinkles than does her keen-yision.
sister. Trying TO face the intensity ~
the sunlight or to sew or read bv ,r4
fetal light strains the eyes until tbs
facia. muscles rs well as the o,ti,
nerves are taxed to the utmost. In
winter the refracted sunlight from tbo
snow or ice under foot, and in summer
the binding glare from the SUNSHINE
on the sen and the beach, are inau
enceS as prolific rs the unrelentips
hand Of time. Society women are tba
only class Of weak-eyed people who
take proper care of their faces. They
save their eyes. If they are too vain
to wear glasses they don't try to reld
under trying circumstances. In public
places the fashionables make little usa
Of op~era-glasses and no use of librettoS
programmes. catalogues and PRAYER
books. You viii never catch the 10.
ciety beauty burning holes in her eyes
to study n stage artist. But the staDle
article is a fan, and women who know
Its real value aside from the decor9.
tive eat, sleep, read and live with #
in hand. 1t is this sort Of protection
for the eyes that retards the accumua
ton of wrinkles and preser; q the
sight. The early adoption and contin.
nous use Of broad brimmed hats for
weak-eyed girls is a timely preventive
of untimely crow'S-toes and wrinkles
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14
TO be Confined
CORRESPONDENCE $500 YEARS
AGO.
Certain Important Indications Of Early
Civilization Of Palestine.


We have become possessed Of GER
tain very important indications as to
the early civilization of Palestine by
means Of clay tablets, says the Edin-
| burgh Reyiew. Not that the knowledge
50 attained is altogether new or that
it conflicts with that which has been
deduced fronr yet earlier Egyptian re
cords. II is well known to scholars
that Thothmes Ill, when he defeated
the league of Utilities and PhOcnicians,
az Megiddo. In 1900 Il, G. IA century
before Ameuophis Ill. aoceded) reaped
a spoil which indicates the advanced
civilization of Syria including not only
the precious metals and chariOts paint
cd and plated, but also objects of art
having a high eSthetic value, and that
he found corn, wine and oil abundant
in the country, and many hundreds of
walled towns, in which there was al
ready temples Of the gods.
Such evidence has, however, been
sighted by those who regard the early
Hebrews as savagrs, and who think
that, though placed in the very center
of the ancient civilized world, between
the Egyptians and the A~ssyrians, they
were. nevertheless, un0cqDainted with
any arts and unintiuenced by surround
ing culture. The new discoveries insisS
on quite another understanding Of their
ancient history.
1t is surely a lesson Of hHmility that
the modern student should i'aIn from
such discoveries. Noltairc was no
doubt u writer of great originality and
acumen, though, from Il present
standpoint. wonderfully ignorant Of
antiquity. He finds it haTu to believe
that Homer's poems could have Oeen
written down before $40 L. c., and as
serts that papyruS had not been invent
cd in Egypt in the time of Moses,
though we now possess in the maNimS
of Ptah-hotep q manuscript as old rs
the pyramids.
We find, on the contrary, that not
only in Egypt or in MTesopotamia was
the art of writing known in the time
of Moses. but that the inhabitants of
Palestine also could pen a brick epistle
which, in the space OF a few inches.
contained as much information rs can
now be condensed into a sheet of note
/ paper, Such letters were neither heavy
nor bulky. and could be carried in the
turban or in the folds Of the shirt
| bosom just as easily rs paper letters
are now SO carried. with the additional
advantage that they were imperishable,
rs is witnessed by the fact that they
are now being read, 300 years after
they were written.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14
TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE.

The use OF the wedding ring is first
noted in Egypt, when the ring was
the emblem of eternity.
-Four rings were used in the marriage
ceremony Of Mary Stuart to the I'M
fortunate Darnley.
Among the New Zealand natives the
most important part OF the ceremony
is a terrific mock scutIfe,
In Morocco the face of the bride is
painted white and red and her hands
and feet are dyed yellow with henna.
Marriage by capture prevailed among
the Turcomans until a very recent
date, ana the FORM is still kept up.
The Arpoaian bride dons n long veil
ana the artist Of the village paints
bouquets Of flowers on her neck and
shoulders.
In the middle ages the betrothal
was as public as the marriage and
either, when secretly done, was a pun
ishable offense.
IN China all arrangements for a
wedding are made by a g~o-between,
who also does the counting and makes
the proposal.
When Princess Anne, afterward
queen &c England, was married she
wore a head-dresS > yards high and 3
yards in circumference
We1ding-ings engraved with the de-
vice o. q heart and two clasped hands
have been found in Egyptian tombs
dating r c. 2DOO.
In most Chu hes Of England a ring
is kept so that embarrassment may be
spared in case Of forgetfulness Of the
parties concerned.
The European museums contain
wedding rings Of wood, bone, ivory;
of brass, lead, tin, stone, iron, silver,
gold and other substances
When Queen Elizabeth of Austria
entered Paris in 1851 she dragged af-
ter a train 20 feet in length 1t was
borne by thirty-tve pages
The brides veil is a relic of the care
cloth a canopy held over the virgin
bride by u Saxon forefathers to CON
ceal her embarrassment
Among the ancient Jews, if the bride
were 4 maiden, her robes were white
and her hair was allowed 20 flow down
over her shoulders; a widow might
dress in any color and arrange her
hair in any style she pleased
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14
WHEN WIND MEETS WIND.
Then Comes the Tornado and the
Deadly Cloud of Funnel Shape.

IIFeU ZONES lit A1AV HNA AAC
Deadly Cloud of Funnel Shape.
From the gulf Of Mexico to the North
pole and from the lakes to the Rocky
mountains is a vast extent Of country
crossed by no mountain chains to In
tercept or retard the velocity Of air
current. The extent of this country
is equalei BY none on earth. Cold
air being heavier to the square inch
than warm air, the cold air, when
coming in contact with a warm cur
rent from the south, always predomi-
mates, forcing the warm air into the
upper currents. The aus Of cyclones,
saws the Minneapolis Tribune, is the
melting Of a head-wind from the north
with a head-wind from the south.
They met like two vast armies Of men,
The pressure at the point Of meeting
is 50 great that the air, by compression,
becomes heavier 70 the square inch
than wood or the human body, hence
either one viii float in the same man.
per that wood win float in water-it
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14

Emile Zola continues 10 advocate -
pet theory that work, constant ana ~
orouS, is mans chief aim. to-sy
however, has written a review a...
attacking the French reallst's pos.l'-
He declares that work only maA's
man Ike an ant, hard and cruel N.
that the greatest criminals ara
busiest If wan. Most people VIII
inc'.ua "A to side with the Russian
difficulty Is ia getting enough
10 take the Zola side Of the conH h.
prsy and, incidentally, to do AT
necessary work in the world
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14
sOLHoQUY or A SELFISH MAN.
His Reasons More or Less Sufficiently
Set Forth for Remaining a Bachelor.

His Reasons More or Less Sufficiently
Set Forth for Remaining a Bachelor.
l do not marry for many reasons,
says a writer in CaSSelI's Magazine.
One reason is that / am of a very
atfectionate temperament. l feel quite
sure that it is better for me to love
all women, as / do now, than to have
10 profess TO love but one woman-mJ
wife. Let me think of some more rea-
sons.
As a bachelor | get a great many
Invitation cards and pleasant atten-
tons wherever l 90. My married
friends don't have anything like as
much luck, and their wives make them
angry by wondering why it is 50. It
is exceedingly nice when / dine out
to be paired off with an unmarried
girE My married friends look across
the table at me enyiously. Any sort
OF married trump Is good enough for
them. As a am I can do exactly rs I
like; go to bed at 0 or 3, at my own
HNNtNN NlAA~ anu lflhilN III bttlt va w
at any hour. Most husbands can by no
means do as they please, even in 50
small a matter as this. They are eX-
pected to BE at home by 10 or II
o'clock or face cold coffee, cold eggs,
cold toast ana Geld looks next morn.
ing.
Every married man marries for him,
seIf-for his pleasures and comfort
Am | to blame if | choose to remain
single for che same purpose? There is
no more absurd cant than the talk
about it being a mans duty TO the
race to Eake a wife. OF course, too,
there is the dreadful possibility Of the
marriage turning out i'll. 1t is next to
Impossible for a man To say definitely
4 a be- happy with such a woman
for my wife" l know sweet young
girls who five years from their wed
ding day were untidy, coarse neg
ligent o en-, either openly loving their
children to the neglect Of their huS-
bands, or openly Indifferent to bota
husbands and Children This sort Of
thing is frightful to think of. Married
men in some cases seem to get used 10
it, but it worries and kills the brighter
part Of them.
I do not write altogether as a novice
in matters of the heart, I have been
in love Ove and over again. Some
how, though, l have always put Oh
popping the question until some other
fellow had done 1t on his own account
OF all these girls whom I might have
married, only one now, as a married
woman. seems TO answer the eNpecJa,
tons I had formed Of her. The real
ization OF this makes me more ana
more fond Of my bachelor freedom
and irTesp0Gsibilty. Besides. I have
a gray hair or two and my habits are
getting fixed. An astonishing nlnile.
Of men like myself remain single IoT
reasons much like those I have men.
toned Unmarried, we have one oTu
in the hand-contentment. How can
we tell that we may not get hold OF lAa'
gay, long-tailel paroquet in the pusu'
married felicity, If we suddenly chang
our statef
There is an ideal woman l should IAs
to marry. Some day / may meet WIN
some one who is t~olerably like Der.
Then, il am not too old, I will W.
her.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1893-10-14
WISE WORDS ABOUT WRINKLES

Don't try 10 cure wrinkleS-avoid
them" was the practical bit q ad-
vice that dropped from the lips OF a
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-19
Marriage In vacation Time.

A young man came in from the coun-
try the other day with pretty girl
fhey came to get married, and they
wanted to be married by well known
clergyman. That was notion of the
girls. They took a cab to the house Of
the Rev. Dr. Macarthur at 1853 West
Fifty-seventh street. The house was
closed Then they drove to the house Of
DR.. w. H. p Faunce of the Fifth Ave
nue. Baptist church. It is at 2 West
Forty-sixth street and was closed. DR..
John R. Paxton's residence is down the
same street, across the way, at 81. They
went there. 1t was closed. Next they
tried 1923 Madison avenue. where DR.. E.
Walpole Warren lives. Blinds were
down and doors locked tight. They next
drove to 342 ON the same avenue. David
H. Greer, the famous rector of st. Bar
tholomew's, lives there when he Is at
home, but he is not at home. His house
was boarded up tight.
Then they tried DR.. Halls beautiful
residence at 712 Fifth avenue. They
thanked heaven, for it was evidently in
habited. But the maid disappointed
them by saying that DR.. Hall had gone
to Europe for three weeks. Then the
young man looked up is more well
known clergymen in the directory and
drove to each one of their houses. Every
one, without exception, was out of town.
Then the couple went home and were
married by a justice Of the peace. The
Young man thinks New York clergymen
ought not to complain of lack of vaca-
tions.-New York Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-19
CIairxovance In Boston.

Clairvoyance is the midsummer mad
ness in Boston. This view is not adj
mitted. A Boston woman says that in
hot weather the next thing to taking off
the flesh and sitting in ones bones is to
have dealings with the occult. What
ever phase may be put upon it, in large
circle of people in Boston whose doings
are regarded as Of consequence, each
has his or her clairvoyant, and women
exchange and recommend mediums as
they do books or patterns. 1t is needless
to say that although this new diversion
is not discussed publicly the very high
est view is taken of it. Under the shadow
of Harvard and Professor James it has a
scientific aspect.
A woman who would describe herself
as earnest says that in her opinion the
medium gets into communication with
her higher self-not the medium who
most likely lives up back stairs in di-
sheveled Mother Hubbard and does not
necessarily have a higher self. This
communion with the visitors subcon-
seriousness ra-Ncends all mind reading.
These mediuie5 are consulted in the
grayest matters of business and affairs.
In one case a rich man had died, and his
will could not be found. A clairvoyant
was consulted, who said he had gone
into his grave with the will in his coat
tail pocket. The body was exhumed,
and sure enough the man had his will
with him.-New York Evening Sun.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-19

Jne car, ana ne more than lit into me.
Say, I've been sworn at In 10 different
languages, but the way the colonel sailed
into me was art. sat there and groaned,
and for about 20 miles the train left
streak of blue behind.
1--WE rode on the tail Of that car for
30 miles, and the colonel swore all the
way. Every time we came to station
we got off and hid. And after every sta
ton the colonel was worse than ever.
Finally it got so bad that / got des-
perate and went into the car. The con-
stable was gone. 1 asked red nosed
man in the back seat where the consta-
BILE was, and he told me that the consta-
BILE had left the train an hour before.
And there we two blooming chumps sat
on that platform all that time.
II let the colonel sit there for about
an hour more before went out and told
him. And then you should have heard
him curse. 1t was awful, and I had to
leave him. haven't seen him since"
Just then limp figure came SLOUGH
ing around the corner. When it saw the
major, there was start of surprise. It
made vain attempt to escape discovery.
The major saw, and with dash he Sc
cured the cringing form. 1t was the
colonel.
Colonel" said the major, 'let by
cones be bygones."
''They are" said the colonel, Lets
take drink"
And they did.-New York World
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-19
A Quaint Custom.

A unique proceeding in connection
with the distribution of the White Bread
Meadow charity takes place annually
during the first week in April at Bourne,
Lincolnshire. By the will Of Richard
Clay, gentleman, dated July 2, ITO,
some land was allotted to the inhabit-
ants for the time being residing in the
east portion Of the town, the rent being
every year laid out in bread and dis
tributed to the householders and COM
moners. The letting of the meadow is
attended by large concourse Of people,
the bidding being regulated by the run
ming of boys.
The auctioneer starts the boys to run
fixed distance, whereupon he requests
bids for renting the property one year.
If bid is made during the time the
boys are running, they are Immediately
started off again and again until no bid
shall have been made during the time
the boys are running, when the last bid
der is declared the lessee. The public
afterward adjourn to an inn, where g
spread of spring onions, cheese and beer
are supplied ad lib. to all who wish to
partake, after which a committee for
managing the charity for the following
year is appointed.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-19

A man named Conn went hunting for
bear near Creede, Colo, the other day.
He wanted to do little killing just for
fun. Presently he stirred up she bear
with two cubs, and he banged away at
the cubs, wounding both. The mother
resented this boisterous humor and
chased Mr. Conn up tree and dallied
with him awhile herself. Mr.. Conn was
buried by his friends next day, victim
of his own superexuberant lust for fun.
The bear is a peaceable, inofensive
creature. 1t seeks home remote from
the haunts of humanity. 1t certainly
seems to have some rights which man
kind should respect. We have no sym
pathy with people who make practice
Of going about slaughtering game In cold
blood merely 'for the fun of the thing"
If man is SO inhuman as not to enact
and conserve laws for the protection of
the bear, we certainly shall applaud the
bear for protecting elf.-Chicago Rec
nrd
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-09-19
Rights of BICYCLE Riders.

When the bicycle first made its ap-
pearance upon our highways, it was nat
nral, we suppose, for drivers Of horses
who were themselves put to fright and
danger by the fright of their horses to
bear for the time being no good will for
the novel vehicle, but now that horses
pretty generally have become accustom-
ed to the noiseless wheel there would ap-
pear to be no longer any reason why
drivers should prosecute riders Of the
wheel But there are always few
cross grained people who never revise
their opinions and never forget their
Spite.
A few weeks ago one of these i'll bred
BELLOWS followed trio of wheelmen rid
ing in the suburbs of Newark, drove
them off the road and otherwise NAL
treated them, for which he has been ar
rested and held to bail to answer at the
county court. And now we notice that
two suits have been brought in the SUI
preme court for damages-one against
person who carelessly left some plank IN
the roadway opposite his premises,
hSdinob winch q NhOOAh1"n SOAAAe'ON -
the dark and was badly injured, and an
other by gentleman who while riding
on the streets of Bloomfield was run
down by vehicle and seriously injured.
In both these cases damages were laid at
Sc, 900, and the suits are &ought as well
to test the rights of the bicycle rider to
the common use of the highway as to
redress their own private injuries.
These are said to be the first bicycle
cases ever begun in the supreme court
of our state, and their decision will
probably mark new era in the history
of this remarkable invention.-M
mouth On. J.) Democrat.