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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-22
COUNTY NEWS.
DoDGEvILLE.
From the Chronicle.

respected citizen Of Union NILS, died
very suddenly Of heart disease on
Thursday morning Of last week.
on Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
dry. If this week. during the fair,
all the business houses of Dodgeville
will be closed in the afternoon Of
each day.
The steam pump for testing the
aaantity Of water III the different
wells If the city for supply for the
water works, i looked for each day
he the committee having charge Of
tue work.
An effort Is being made by The
citizens along the line Of the North
wsstcrn railroad between Madison
aud Lancaster, 10 secure the running
osfhc early train between Milwaukee
aad Madison 80 n to extend to
Nontrort aud connect there with the
early train from Caienu. We hope
tie c'Ioft viii be successful, as i
would give Dodgeslc and all the
towns between Madison and Lancas-
tar their eastern mail several hours
III advance Of the present arrange
ment.
Reports Of the prevalence Of diph-
L eria al Mineral Point appear to
luvt been greatly exaggerated. We
understand from reliable authority
taat there have been but four eases
81 the disease IN the city, one Of
which resulted fatally and the other
4 rec being Of very mild type. The
f4milics we're the disease exists are
srictly qualantined, and rs there
lave been no new eases for several
days, the apprehension If the disease
spreading Is pretty we'll quictcd.
We ara not ready to fully credit
tie report that the reason SOME of
the ladies of the city were anxious to
haye the seats removed from in front
OF the court house. j., that they con-
template adopting the bloomer COS
tune, and they wrre DESTROYS Of hav-
ing all the advantageous points Of
observation removed, at least until
they become familiar with the drill
ia their new uniform. The ladies are
Is be congratulated Ell their success
IN having the seats removed, and
now lot them bloom,
Married In the city OF Dodgeyille.
August I I, 1883, BY Rev. W. @. Nuzum
OF Tomah. Wis, brother-iu-law Of the
bride, Mr.. \. H. Sanford, of Platte
VILE, and Miss Lulu Roberts If this
clty, Thu bride Is professional
teacher, being 4 graduate ot the high
school ana also "A graduate of the
state normal school, AT platteville,
and the groom j. i graduate 81 the
Plattcville state normal school, also
81 the Wisconsin state university,
and at present Is professor Of history
~ the state normal ,choolat stevens
POINT.
Fiom the sun.
10Y Gordcr, whil, playing with i
dog on the l5th, wa- quite severely
MI u-,t.. 4, -, Will
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-22

ME. A. A. SSSpKR, supt. Poor Farm, Whine
sheik Co, Ia. says:--Iast winter Mr.. Robert
Leach used Two boxes of Dewitt's Witch Hazel
salre and cured large running sore On his leg.
Had been under care of physician for months
with out obtaining relief. Sure cure for Piles.
". h. PEIDEAVx
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-22
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Express except sunday. 590 ~
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Express, except sunday. S:l5 On
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NJ. J. Burns. Agent, cGalens M
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-08-22

STOMACH and Bowel Complaints are best re-
lieved by the timely use Of Dewitt's Collie and
Cholera Cure Insist on having this preparation.
Don't take any other. W. II. PRtDEAux
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
II
Mothers
Only
Knew


She came into the drawing room
(there were visitors presently and said
IF you please, William Hughes has
come He says he has no head and has
sold his tongue. This extraordinary
information startled me for "a moment
until | remembered that had ordered
Calls head and an OK tongue Of
Hughes, the local butcher. Another
Welsh maiden in South Wales sent in a
singular message one evening by NY
English maid She brought Mrs.
Griffith's love, and she hoped my
strange people We're Well after Their
journey. Mrs. Griffith, near neigh
Dor, had called i'll the morning and
been told 10y me that | expected rela-
tives, whom she had met, from Wands
worth that afternoon, so she had son.
polite inquiries, and as visitors are, ia
the Welsh language, designated stran-
gers the Welsh servant had, for the bene-
fit Of the English one, translated it into
"strange people London Spectator.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17

"If had my way, | would smash ev
cry woman S thermometer ! exclaimed
an irate physician who had been reused
from his slumbers in the dead of night
by nervous lady. She had found that
her little instrument registered fever
heat, and although she felt only slight
indisposition she fancied herself serious
ly i'll and sent post haste for the doctor.
I'm my opinion, the ldity have no
business with professional implements :;
they are too ignorant aud too panicky.
Many time thermometer, for in
stance, viii register heat from some To-
cal cause when there Is little or no fe
yer. Another time when | WAS sent for
at night after ! was comfortably asleep
by frightened mother, | found the
child had only canker spot in the
mouth, which, Of course, produced irri
tation and heat. and consequently affect
ed the thermometer Another one of my
patients bought Il now fever thermom-
eter the other day, and it was delivered
at the house Just as the children were
starting for Il matinee. While they were
put the tube III the mouth of one of the
little girls, to test it, To her conster-
nation, it registered 1921. You are
i'll, Maud = she exclaimed. 'You cannot
possibly 60 to the play.
The child, who apparently was per
fectly we'll, protested, and then began to
howl with disappointment but it was
of no use; the mother was convinced
that there was some incipient malady,
so the party was broken up, the poor lit
tie martyr was put to bed and | was
sent for When | arrived, found no
traces of fever whatever, only the hys
terical remains Of a crying fit, brought
on by disappointment. What caused the
rise in temperature? | can't say. Per-
haps the excitement after eating, for
they had just had their luncheon and
were wild about the theater. New
York Tribune
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17

Ex-Judge William Riley of Virginia
tells funny story on himself con-
corning an experience he had in the
senate at Washington. As everybody
who has anything to do with the senate
knows, the marble baths there are very
fine. They are for the use of the mem
bers of the senate and their friends. A
card from senator will admit any one.
When Mr.. Riley was in Washington, he
used frequently to make use of these
baths, going to n friend of his in the
senate for card. He would then go
down in the baths, where Georgia
darky attended to the rooms. He used to
berate the colored attendant in pure
southern style. The senator heard one OF
these TRADES and he put up joke ON
the ex- judge. The next time he came
for card he got it as usual Then he
went down stairs and uisrobeds When
he had finished undressing, the colored
attendant came up and said, Boss, you
kyant hab no bath heah.
What that, you black rascal?'
4 dun said, boss, dat you kyant hab
no bath heah. -
Why said the startled bather.
Read dis yeah kyard, boss, y said
the darby, as he handed ii out. The
card read
Keeper Potomac River-Please give
bearer one bath. --.'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
Lonsdale Has outdone Scott.

Sir Walter Scott rendered himself
ridiculous by once Selling on al glass out
of which that respected monarch, George
", had drunk, and retaining it as an
inestimable relic. Lord LOnsdale has
outdone him. The German emperor was
good enough to pay him a visit, and
subsequently to invite him toreturn the
visit. Says Lord Lonsdale of his i'm
perial friend: He is doubtless one of
the greatest men that ever lived | can
not imagine that Bismarck is greater
man; but, il must make comparison,
| would place your monarch at the side
of Moltke. His imperial majesty Is, l
gather, the equal of Moltke because he
defeated one of his own generals Clever
general > at Il sham fight, and he Is the
greatest man that ever lived because he
was able II tell Lord L0nsdale the
names Of all the sculptors whose works
were III the imperial palace and the
pedigree If all the horses in the imperial
stables Ill = incomprehensible, OBJ
serves his l@dship, when dwelling on
these & dcntcs Of genius. Simple youth !
london Truth.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
a,IaI.tnns ann DInraeII.

A singular story was once related hv
Mr. Gladstone with reference to the late
Hen. Mrs. Francis Stonor. Nj Glad
stone was asked during the seventies
how he was able to bear without irrita-
ton the fierce political attacks of Lord
Beaconsfield, th,a Nh. Disraeli. He re-
pisd that Mr.. u .atll : onSlaeghts had
but little effec upon him, for he re-
membered tie following incident: When
Disrach was nssaillng Sir Robert Peel,
he was invited to dinner party, at
which Mrs Stonor, then Miss Eliza
Peel, was also guest. Mr.. Disraeli
happened to SIT near her at dinner and
endeavored 10 enter into conversation
with her. She met him with marked
coldness and replied to his observations
in monosy Tables and with averted face.
Mr. Disrael persisted in his attentions,
whereupon Mrs. stonor turned angrily
upon him and asked him what he meant
hY prosecuting her with his distasteful
society, having regard 10 his conduct to
her father Mr.. Disrael replied with
the greatest nenchalance Really, Miss
Peel, | am surprised that you misunder
stand me. am "A man of the world. !
mean no unkindness TO Sir Robert. |
am only thinking of myself. Yes, -
said Mr.. Gladstone, II bear in mind
that Mr.. Disraeli is only thinking of
himself; the knowledge is an antidote
to irritation. Westminster Gazette.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17

If man il butter maker and stands
behind chuin he cannot he too well
posted in regard to handling the milk
from the time II is drawn from the I'D
der until il Is creamed. Churned. salted,
worked and packed and as long as it
remains in the creamery II is under his
care and he is responsible for any de
fects IL may have. Should either thn
milk or cream come to the plant with
an of flavor il is his duty 10 report it
to his employer, who should back him
in refusing to take tainted or off Favored
milk or cream, which flavor can never
be improved and is an injury to what
ever il is mixed with. A butter maker
to takp such milk or cream only standa
in his own light and will lose his repu-
tation as IA good butter maker if he ever
was such. | have Just been compelled to
resign my position as butter maker
where the parties lacked stamina enough
to get good cream | tried nearly every
method befme giving up the plant
advised them To depreciate the price Of
.he poor cream to s cents Der gauge if
they must take it, while they H.te pay
ing 10 cents a gauge for il all, good or
bad, and had they done this 1t would
have helped in "A measure to improve
their whole amount Of cream. About
four years ago managed and made the
butter myself in a southwestern Iowa
creamery. where we paid prices as the
cream graded and took the coil test
system of measuring, and il did not
take us long to get good grade of
cream from the majority of ourpatrons
They at once began to clean ont the
smoked meat, decaying vegetables and
other impurities from the cellar. caves
milkhouses. etc, and gave such places
thorough renovation with whitewash
and lime From some of our routes we
get some fair cream but it is gathered
every other day, and some of il comes
in only two days Of the Neok.-Cer.
Creamery Journal
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
Found Fault With Hamlet.

There is an old very old, tale tolG
of venerable lady, who, after seeing
the play If Hamlet - for the first time
said, 1T l. very good play, as play,
go, but IT il made up of quotations. >
This good dame, although She was
probably unaware of it, was acknowl
the Indebtedness Of our language TO oul
national bard phrases, sentences and
sometimes whole lines from his wit.
ings have been crystallized, as it We're
into eolloquial English, and there are
probably more quotations drawn from
the works Of Shakespeare than from
those Of any other author, ancient on
modern. -Chambers' Journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
An Indian Trick,

a good story. is told by jim Quinlan
Ct Isaac d. Smith, who was post trader
of Casa Blanca. ON the ella river, %
years ago. 1t was after harvest, and as
the Indians had been blessed with "a
large crop of grain the post trader was
kept busy taking in wheat and dealing
out such merchandise as poor Lo fan
cied At short distance from the store
was a large adobe building, in which
the purchased grain had been dumped
loose from the sacks, and it was almost
full TO the ceiling. One day Smith was
unusually busy, the Indians standing III
row waiting to dispose of - cir wheat,
and il was not till later that he learned
he had bought l6, 600 pounds Of his own
grain. The Indians had tapped his store
house i'll the rear, and as the grain
rushed out it was caught in sacks and
again marketed. Arizona Citizen.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
A Vermont Curiosity.

The Rutland division of the Central
Vermont railroad crosses the mountains
at Mount Helly, Summit Station hcjrl
| ,440 feet above sea level. Near thae
station, when the railroad was building,
the tusks Of a large American elephant
We're dug up. These are considered the
greatest curiositIes ever found i'll Yer
mont and are today, or We're very re-
Gently, preserved IN the state capital
building In the same collection of
wonders may be seen the skeleton Of an
immense prehistoric whale which was
found in the town Of Charlotte III 1873
while some excavations We're being
made. The skeleton is that of whale
at least 100 feet III length. The place
where it was found is exactly $50 fees
above the present level of the sea. TX,
change
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17

The theory is advanced by Bayard
Taylor that animals remember and rec
ognize the speech of their native land.
Once, noticing in Barnum S museum a
hippopotamus which wore an unmistak-
able look of detection, he spoke to it in
English The beast did not move, Going
to another corner of the cage, he said in
Arabic
Il know you. Come here to me,
The animal at once turned its head,
and when Taylor repeated the words it
came to him, rubbed its head against
the bars and looked up at him with evi
dent delight.
Calls for the same species of animals
differ in different parts of the world,
but each individual will undoubtedly
get used to his habtual call. Cab horses
have often been known to pay no atten-
ton to gentle coaxing, but to start off
promptly at the usual flow of explosives.
Chicago News
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
is MORPHEUS 6ASHFUli
Then Here Is a Pussy Cat Charm with
Which to Woo Him.

discussion has recently been carried
on in The Vegetarian on the subject of
the magnetic power of the cat. One gen
! tleman writes:
ALLOW me, as one who often has
sleepless nights and has tried every
thing you suggest, 10 mention remedy
which | have found above them all, and
which you do not notice. 1t is simply to
take a pet cat to sleep with one Cats
are the very best magnetizers and hyp-
notists and the safest. To obtain the
remedy it will not do to take cat into
your bed and as soon as you have found
relief neglect her You must be kind to
the cat before and after and make her
your friend. She will give you precious
sleep, when all other remedies fail, and
better than all put together. The cat Is
the truest friend of man, were man in
teliigent enough to know it. The Egyp-
tians knew what we seem not to know
Do not force your cat TO lie this way or
that let her take her OWN way. Do not
even force her TO come to you If she does
not wish il, but let her be in the room,
will come in and nurse you as no other
animal can Even to look into the eyes
or even the face of a cat will often pro-
duce feeling of drowsiness, leading to
sleep, Cultivate the friendship of pussy,
and you will never regret it.
Asa pendant to the above, | may give
the following incident which happened
in my own family, and which shows
how powerfully magnetic is the cat 5
influence on its prey. One morning my
daughter Uhen quite child), on going
into the garden early, was surprised at
seeing the favorite cat crouching on the
ground perfectly motionless, with its
eyes fixed on a rat which maintained
the same position opposite to her. So en-
tirely was the latter transtixed by the
gaze of its enemy that it never moved
when the child went quietly forward,
and gently taking up the rat by the neck
carried it into the adjoining yard. 1t re-
manned quiet in her hand, but on being
placed ON the ground, and a man stupid
ly taking hold Of 1t by the tail, 1t i'm
mediately turned and bit him. being by
that time aroused from its stupor. That
the ancient Egyptians held 1.-THE harm
less, necessary cat in great yeneration
may be known from the mummied re-
mains of the animal preserved i'll the
British museum and elsewhere. They
were even i'll the habit of expressing
their SORROW and respect by adopting
outward signs of mourning when the
family possessing cat was deprived of
it by dpalh london light.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17

Sir W Fowler tells the story Of Hulk
ley IS cour;sAip When the Rattlesnake
was in Sydney harbor, the officers were
invited TO ball, and young Huxley
among tho number There for the first
time he met his future wife, whose par
ents resided at Sydney. A few days aft
er they We're engaged, and the ship sailed
for the Torres straits to complete the
survey of the north coast of Australia,
all communication being cut off for
months at a time, and then she returned
direct to England. After that brief ac-
quaintance (not longer than fortniRht)
it was seven years before the lovers saw
one another. At the end of this time,
on Huxleys appointment to the School
of Mines, he was in position to claim
his bride and welcome her to their first
home in st. John S Wood. Huxley love
at first sight and consistency during those
seven long years Of separation were
richly rewarded, for it is impossible to
imagine pair more thoroughly suited
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
Rock Drilling.

The cost Of hand and machine drill
ing Is made the subject of some instruct
i've comparisons in The Wormlandska
Annaler 1t appears that at Danemora,
Sweden, mechanical rock drilling costs
80 cents per yard while hand drilling
is only half that amount, so that the
single advantage possessed by the for
mtr would seem TO consist in the greater
depth to which the holes may be drilled.
AT the place named the mean depth of
holes with hand drilling is 2 feet 1
inches in Slopes and feet in conyersed
steps or overhead Slopes, while with
machine drilling the depths are 5 feet
and 3 feet inches, respectively. In the
year 1890, with hand drilling, a meter
shothole brought down 81 tons of
rock; in 1892, with machine drilling
four tons, or 3. 20 tons if the subdivision
of the rock masses by hand drilling be
taken into consideration. Doubling the
depth Of the hole therefore, loosened
nearly double the quantity Of rock or
increased by more than some 80 per
cent the mass of subdiyided rock. The
price paid for hand drilling in Dane
mora is al the rate of p cents per meter.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
Bennett and Stanley.

1t is "a treat to hear Henry NJ. Stanley
tell Of the way III which he was started
III his work Of exploring Africa. He
was then writing for James Gordon
Bennett on the New York Herald. One
day Mr.. Bennett sent for him. He went
to his rooms and found the proprietor of
The Herald in bed. Mr.. Stanley made
himself known, and a conversation like
this ensued:
Stanley, want you to go to Africa
and find Livingstone With that Mr.
Bennett rolled over III bed and thought
that the matter was settled.
But, Mr.. Bennett, - said Stanley,
who was struck dumb by the gigantic
task outlined, that will take time,
money, preparation, and, in fact, many
things must be settled v
Draw on the office for & 600 and go
and find Livingstone. Keep drawing
until you find him. That is all. j
Stanley left the room in whirl, but
he followed orders.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17
STOCK GAMBLrho LOoIo.

They Know brokerage Cor,umes Their
Capital, Yet Persist In Playing.
Two tape traders We're sitting in II Wall
street office as had been their wont day
after day. week after week for three
long years. The stock ticker, which re
cords quotations that bring either JOY
or sorrow to Spectators, was momenta-
rily silent. The market at the opening
had had a sensational break Int at
O'Clock the bulls had rallied to It's sup
port and had bid up the prices to TIM
former level. The usl lull after sharp
breaks and quick rallies prevailed, and
operators We're trying to gather Their
thoughts either to guess the direction If
the next move or to mediate ON what
profits they III. ght have made in the last
changes had they followed the move III
each direction.
George, " remarked one of the trad
ers, you re n bear, aren / you
Yes -
Been bear nine days out of ten,
/ haven you;'
Yes | believe have. What Of it,
well, George, have you made any
money in the marketY' continued tho
speaker in sorrowful tones.
no, Jack, I'm behind many thou.
sands, but, by the way, you We been a
bull nine days out of every ten, and
how much money have you mades''
was the taunting reply.
A detected look mixed up witha sick
ly smile came to the traders face as he
was asked this question, and after a few
moments hesitation he said, Ito tell
the truth, George, l. too, am heavy
loser -
well, then, Jack, who got all the
Zone hundred Paul at ~ Sugar is
e-eighths, shouted the office boy, as
the sharp click of the ticker printed the
quotations.
Buy me 100 Paul at the market, -
was one traders order.
Sell me 200 Sugar at three-quar.
ters, was the others.
The broker soon telephoned from the
floor of the exchange that the orders
had been executed, and his bookkeeper
made a credit to brokerage account of
$75 of the traders money. Thus it is
that in playing stocks as in all gambling,
the house slowly but surely gets the
players "pile. New York Press.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-12-17

OF Mr.. Arthur Coventry, the English
race track official, this story is told. On
his way to the milepost one day the
official was accosted by broken down
but gentlemanly looking man
"You don't know me, Mr.. C. ;" said
the man, "and | don't wonder at it.
I've come down in the world But I was
at Oxford with you, My names Tom
linson. "
mo, l don't know you, said Mr..
G.. but what do you want?'
"Well, things have gone all wrong.
I'm broke, and want you to give me a
fresh start "
Certainly Come along here a bit. "
They went on down the course, and
presently at the end of the "straight"
Mr. G. stopped short, raised his flag for
a moment, let it fall and cried "Gol"