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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27
THE CARS FAYoRITE BOOKS

IL is, of course, very difficult TO form
any estimate from the preferences or
predictions of scnoolboy as 10
what will be the bent Of the mind q
the monarch. His French tutors de-
elared that he had a marked preference
fer French literature, and that ~ ais
opinion the modern French painters
and seulptors stood first in modern arr.
Like mcst growing lads, Nicholas H.
delighted in Jules Verne and in RoD5Ft
Louis Stevenson. Among English au-
thors he is said to be most partial IN
Scott. Shakespeare, and Dickens Wiie
among the FreLch authors his faYorites
are said to be Victor Hugo AMI Lama
tine. OF his preference in German gu.
thors nothing is recorded. The Des
man tutors id not live In the palassf
and although he was educated withous
any bias against Germany, It Nas HI
tieed by those in his company thaf ti-s
young fellows sense Of humor Waa
much exercised by the stiff, eluhlss
pedantic. and sweeping Germans.
whom he seldom lost opportunity 3
ridiculing when he could do t ~
humoredly. Car Of Russia " 1A14
Review of Reviews.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27

light, Lee-Metford bullet does not stop
fanatical dervish quick enough.
Many OF the mahdis mea though badly
wounded during the late engagement,
managed to enter the ranks of the
Egyptian troops and to kill their man
before they fell.
The largest maritime concern in the
world, the North German Lloyd, evil
IDENTIFY does not believe that the trade
between America and Europe is declin-
ing. This company has ordered two
more fast liners of 1900 tons burden
each and four of 10000 tons each for
its New York line. At present the
company employs 80 steamers with
3O2, 166 tonnage and so barges with a
tonnage of 1890.
Insurance against unemployment
is an accomplished fact in Cologne.
Workingmen who have resided two
years in that city and are over Is years
old can join the society The dues are
cents per week. II no employment
can be procured for a member during
the dull season so cents per day Is paid
to him If married, rs cents If single.
The city has started guaranty fund
for the society, with $4,000, to which
$14,500 have been added by subscrip-
ton among employers. The society
hopes to enroll enough members to
meet all liabilities likely to ocur.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27
FOREIGN NOTES.

One of the funniest letters ever sent
TO a sovereign is probably the follow
ing. received by the queen OF Eng
land; deere Mrs Quean, | lost my doll
in the big whole in the mountain peo-
PIE say YOU own the otLer side of the
world too and wont you plese tell them
to look for it." The queen thought it
rather less trouble to send the petition
er a new doll.
The editor of the Patrie, Paris, re-
Gently interviewed Graf Munster. the
German ambassador on the Alsace-
Lorraine question The German der
MED tint there was such question.
But we had had these countries 200
wears argued the interviewer 50
you have. by Jove. replied the am
bassador. Well, You let us keep them
200 years, too and them come and
speak to me about the matter"
Conan Doyle, who is at present in
Egypt as special correspondent for
some English papers. writes to the
Westminster Gazette that the modern
magazine rife is an inefficient weapon
against fanatieal natives. The small,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27
RUsSIA'S MYSTERY.

The mystery which is embodied in
the spectacle Of the coronation Of
Nicholas II. is twofold 1t includes the
problem OF Russia's internal future,
the battle yet to be finished between
the policy of restraint and the spirit Of
liberty, between the shadows Of mys-
ticism and the light Of practical relig-
ion, and it also includes the future re-
lations Of Russia toward the world,
Russia's ponderous force is not neces-
sarily terrifying, but it is portentous
until We see plainly what will be done
with it. Is she to prove a giant child
playing with the tremendous toys Of
science and statecraft, or will there
emanate from her a genuine purpose Of
progress, slow perhaps. mistaken.
probably, but neither maleyolent nor
reckless.-St. Paul Pioneer-Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27
THE FOOD OF THE POOR

The studies Of the foods Of nao,,
OF the poorer classes, especially in tbo
large cities, are full of interest W.
nave peen wont to say "the destructios
OF the poor is their poverty" but hara
IL is rather their improvidence TINA.
suffer less from lack of money tboS
from lack of economy in its use ofts-
this bad economy is due to pride MI
unwiliingness to economize. and of.on
it is due only to ignorance.
A large number of the investigat,,,
just referred to were made bv . Ion''
physician, who has practiced for
number of years among the poorest
people in New York. She lafel. -
marked: Il think know personall,-
at least four hundred families II III
worst congested region of this city 7
nave practiced my profession amonv
them, am familiar with their wave
their family histories, and many of
their family tragedies. have seem :,
great deal Of the mission work do,e
among them by religious organizations
and can bear most emphatic TESTIMONY
to its usefulness. But if | were 10 AZ
where the philanthropist must begin
Il he Will improve their physical and
hence their intellectual and their
moral condition, it would be at The
table. There is no one respect in
which there is SO great need Of reform
among them-no one way in which ~
mucn good can be done-as IN the in.
proyement of their food and their nu-
triton. Review of Reviews.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27
TRAPPED KITTENS.
How They Were Tended and Fed by
Their Mother Cat.

In the warehouse of George ]. Appold
d Sons, on Water street. are several
cats which have passed through
strange adventure.
Some time age the old cat became
the mother of two kittens. which grew
to be fayorites with everyone il Tho
building. One cay the kittens were
missing, and all efforts to find them
failed
About month after their disap.
pearance a part of the platform in the
front of the building had to be removed
in order to permit coal to be taken in.
There, to the surprise OF the porter he
saw the mother cat crouchsd beside a
rat trap, inside OF which were the two
lost kittens receiving nourishmeat
from her through the wires of the trap.
The secret was out. The misehieyous
kittens had c.awled into the rap,
which had long been out of use, ana it
had caught" them. Their plight be-
ing seen by their mother, she sustained
them in the manner which instinct
suggested.
The kittens had grown SO large il
the time they had been missed that
they filled the narrow precincts of
their prison Baltimore Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27

A miss is as good as a mile nm =.
front seat of tandem.
You can't teach an old bicycle ria,
new tricks.
II wishes were bicycles, begs,rs
would scorch.
A fool may make more breaks +, -
hour than a wise man can repair n
seven years. =
Beware of the fore part of a cbaou
horse, the hind part of cheap mus
and all parts of a cheap bicycle
Experience is the best spoke IN Won.
wheel. Fo9f
Bikes don't laugh at locksmiths
A reckless rider makes fat obnrob
yard. Chicago Times Herald
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27
THE NEW SWISS WHEEL.

The bicycle face and the bicycle back
will disappear If the new wheel in
vented by Charles Chaland, professor
Of mathematics at Geneva, Switzer-
land is generally adopted Benjamin
II Ridgely, the United States consul at
Geneva, has sent to the secretary CT
state sketch of the wheel, with let
ter describing it, The bicycle differs
from the modern safety in this respect
only; The pedals are placed over the
forward wheel and the rider sits in a
natural posture and has Il support be-
hind him like the back Of chair. The
bicycle has pneumatic tires. diamond
frame, sprocket wheels and chain, and
all other features of modern machine
The rider, instead OF pedaling up anu
down, and leaning forward SO that his
back resembles an interrogation point,
pedals forward and backward and sits
back comfortably, like a man III a re-
Ginning chair The clerks in the state
department who ride wheels have eX-
amined the sketch, which arrived from
Switzerland yesterday, and say hat
the professor In Geneva won't have to
follow figures for q living much longer
There is a wheel quite similar to the
Swiss machine which has been in use
in this country for some time, but it is
claimed that the American wheel does
not promise the speed and other adyan
tages of the imported article
II is claimed for the Swiss machine
that the position which the rider oocu-
pies Is not only infinitely easier, but
that by means of the support for the
back, his forces are FAR more effec-
lively utilized and with considerably
less fatigue. His position is held TO
the normal position Of man sitting,
and the bicycle is, therefore, called La
Bicyclette Normale,
The inventor says that the priacipe
of his machine is the utilization of he
force very little known, which is FUR
nished by a point OF support for the
back. Without this support the only
force a man mas Is his own weight On
the other hand, IL his back be well
supported, he has in each leg { force
mere than treble his own weight, and
which is, IN fact, equal to the weight
he is capGble of carrying combined
with that Of his own body The con.
struction Of the normal bicycle is in
tended to make Use OF this considerable
amount Of wasted force. The point of
support is the back Of the seat, by
means Of which the riders body Is
thrown back and his legs lifted up, CIV
Ing to the position of the pedals. The
body is thus placed in a normal pos
tute, hence the name OF the machin \;
the body is upright or leaning slightly
backward, The normal bicycle. the
inventor SAYS, presents the advantages
Of greater safety perfect comfort,
4ealthful position, a greater power over
the machine. greater speed, both uphill
and on 4 leyol ground. aud less fatigue,
Il IL also claimed for this bicycle THAI,
being mucA lower than the ordinary
safety bicycle It Is much easter to
mount
Consul Ridgely concludes his letter
hy saying that the hieycle has made a
favorable impression Id Geneva and
that the ease with which II is driven
uphill is particularly noticeable
4 museum In Re, lin has secured pos
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27

The blackberry crop Of Marlne. ',..
county is the largest in years Lal NJ,
areas az old slashings are covered N'
bushes which are now in full nut
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27

4 museum in Bel lin has secured pos
session Of I.uthers bible which lie used
Ii his study Its margins are covered
With notes in the reformer's handwrit-
Ing. L was printed in Basic in 1909,
and Is in an excellent state Of preser-
vation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-08-27

Captain s. B. Robertson, 74-At
Springfield, H., ex-Mayor Frank
Kramer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19

ST., was the clcctor of the union re
puhltcamS for New Castle county He
was also elector tor the regular re
puhltcans, but when the latter had
their ballots printed by an oversight,
they omitted the sutlix ST." leaving
his name plain James G Shaw. The
result WAS that two republican electors
representing New Castle were voted
viz, James G, Shaw and James g
Shaw ST, The official count showed
that James G. Shaw pollcd l0lS2
votes, James G.. Shaw. ST.. lO,2S6 and
John II Rodney, 1851. 1t IL now
inumated that the matter viii be re-
fcrred to Coy, Watson, dem. for his
decision. On the face of the returns
the governor has hut one course, and
that is to declare Rodney elected. The
republicans say that they will throw
the matter into court.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19
INVITATION TO MRS. BRYAN.
Denver Women Long to Greet He. in
Their City.

Denver, Colo. Nov l3 Denver
women representing various social and
political organizations have sent Il
pressing invitation to Mrs, William
j. Bryan to accompany her husband
to Denver on the nth inst. The let
ter Of invitation says:
Never before mas the wife of any
presidential candidate been SO init
matoly associated with him in the
minds of the people. Colorado women
have read of your faithful companions
ship, of your wise counsels, of your
intelligent comprehension of the Quos-
tions of the day. They know YOU as
the devoted wife and mother, the in
telligeut and advanced club woman,
the able representative Of their sex, of
whom they are ali proud. They
long to greet You in their own beauti-
full city Of the plains, and they beg
that you Will reconsider your unfaVor-
able decision telegraphed to ncnver.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19

when l open it" sad Gleason, and
then wait for me.
Puetz aSsented, but no sooner had
the gates opened ere lie put the whip
on the horse and went down the road
in a cloud of snow, Puetz drove TIE
horse at top speed for seven miles. then
abandoned the horse, striking OUT
across the country on foot
At John Woods farm, TWO miles
from where the horse was left. Puet2
dashed into the house and seized
Woods baby, which NaS asleep in its
cradle Mrs. Wood screamed for help,
and when her husband came he saw
Puetz bolt out of the house with the
child and roll it in a Snowbamk tie
said he was Hpti2ing it. Wood and
his three hired men then overpowered
Puetz and brought him to Janesvll!e,
where he was locked up.
PuetZ said he left Chicago on Dc
tober Is He had been walking about
the country ever since, but did not
know where he had been. He eN
pressed himself as anxious 70 get back
to Chicago and was willing to start
at once. barcfootcd and in the snow,
Relatives are expected To come here
for him.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19
SHE WEBS AN ENGISHMAN,
Miss Howard Of New Orleans First
Transfers to Him Her Wealth.

New Orleans, Nov. ia private
cabegram received in this city an
nounces that Miss Annie Howard was
married in London yesterday to Wal
ter Parrot, an Engishman. Miss
Howard is the daughter of the late
Charles Howard the noted lottery
king She is the richest woman in
New Orleans. the donor of the splen-
did Howard memorial library as a
gift to the city, the owner of an ele-
giant mansion on ST. Charles avenue,
in this city, and another magnificent
residence on the Hudson. Miss How
ard was the afIanced bride of Mayor
Garter Harrison of Chicago at the
time when he was assassinated by
Patrick e. J. Pendergast. The mar
riage was to have taken place on a
date shortly after the killing of Mr..
Harrison The shock to Miss Howard
was so great that for long time she
lived in comparative retirement in this
city. Miss Howard has been in Eu-
rope some little time and it was eX-
pected that she would return 10 this
city for the celebration of her mar
riage with Mr.. Parrot, but it is UNI
derstood that she has transferred most
of her immense fortune to her future
English husband and it is said the
settlement of the estate was cabled
vest erday
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19

year on governor is S0,950 larger than
The vote for governor in 1892. The
republican vote has increased GO ,32I
and the democratic 34,252. The com
bined vote Of the two prohibition fac
lions this year is 7,47l less than the
prohibition vote in 1892, The popu-
list vote has fallen off l3457, which
is supposed to represent the strength
of the populists who joined in The dem
ocratic fusion. The official returns on
president are not due at the Office of
the secretary of state until the third
Monday of this month. The unofficial
returns collected by the newspapers
show McKinley's plurality to be about
10000. About 1000 populists voted
lor Bryan electors and for their own
candidate for governor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19

indianapolis Ind, Nov. l&.-The
FARMERS. congress a0JourrNd yesterday
afternoon. President Clayton and the
other officers hold over until the ST.
raul meeting mex; year, \ resolution
endorsing 5 w. AIlerton for secre-
tarN OF agriculture was not passed on
account OF strong opposition to him
because OF interests behind him. The
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19

to light buggy, and the vehicle upset
AZ "A turn. The mare made a bolt
across the ring, dragging the upturned
buggy after her. nc combined ef-
forts OF SIX erooms did net stop her
career for some time.
Iona Barrison az in tried to enter
her white horse and ride astridc in
divided skirts. She vas excluded.
For the lovers o. fine horsencsh
here has never been better exhibit
ton than this one. The splendid ex-
edition Of trottcrs %nlch has taken
the place formerly held by the hackney
mas added interest 10 the show
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19
FOR ASSAULTlNG CARLISLE
James Fagin of Covington Fined $50
and Costs.

Coyington, Ky, Nov, 10, When
Secretary Carlisle addressed political
meeting here last month, eggs were
thrown at him, and after the meeting
was over insults were shown to the
secretary as he went from the Odd
Fellows hall to the residence Of Nj
Helm Among these insults was one
by James Fagin, who threw a lighted
cigar into the secretary's face. Fagin
has been arraigned for trial several
times since his arrest for this act, but
the case was continued at each hear
ing until yesterday. when he was fined
500 and costs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19


Failures In tho United Statos for tho
week were 276 against 2S3 last year.
Hradstroets weekly report says that
tho volume of business improves
slowly ia nearly all lines. Tho most
active demand rs among lobbors In
dryEnods, clothing. millinery, shoes,
leather and hardware and In leading
industrial lines, nearly 200 mills fac
tories AMI foundrl2s having started up
this week one half OF them in iron,
steel machinery, tools carriages.
lumber, glass, woulen aud cotton
goods lines About i30 other indus
trial establishments, among them 10
iron and steel establishments and 10
glass works have Increased wording
forces or working hours or both Four
factories, each making lamps clocks.
wooden and cotton goods have done
likewise. partial record of the num-
Der Of men given employment In In
dustrial lines since November shows
am aggregate OF nearly 10000. Tho
demand for iron and stee! has not
ipcrHsed after the activity OF week
ago, but prices are iirm--ln some cases
advanced and trade continues con-
hdCn, Of II large business during tho
coming year, Cotton and cotton
goods continue firm and unchanged;
print cloths have an upward tendency.
Wool Is higher on u more active de-
mand but manufacturers are not sup
plying in excess Of wants Other adj
vnnces I'm prices are for leather, shoes.
white pine lumber, petroleum, lard,
sugar and for wool. corn and oats.
Conspicuous decreases In prices IRE
chose for coffee, pork aud turpentinc.
Western jobbcrs report am Increase in
mail orders. Mercantile collections
throughout the General western and
southern states are Ca9,er but com
plants IRE still heard iIon tho west.
Exports or wheat flour included) from
both coasts Of the United Statos ind
Montreal amount TO 1855 100 bushels
This week, the heaviest weeks tLtal
since the second week OF Sep .smber,
1893. This ig an Increase OF more
than 300 900 bushels over the cor
responding week a year ago. Exports
OF Indian corn have also incfels9i
heavily, amounting To 37S2,G 900 bu5asls
this week, compared with i,92l0e0 Tor
like week last year.
The total bank cearings IN the
principal cities Of the United States
foi the week were 81 1871 ,ll7.l47. an
Increase OF IL per Nent conpa. I'd
with the corresponding week of last
year.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19
ACCIDENTS AT HORSE SHOW
Nobody Seriously Hurt Miss harrison
Wants 10 Ride Astndc.

New York. NOV, IA Rawlins
lowndcs was hurt at the horse show
by his hores falling, He was gallop-
ing around the ring when the pair in
front of him stopped suddenly. 70
avoid a collision, he quickly rclucd in
his horse, which reared ana losing his
balance, fell, Mr. lowndes was
but quickly recovered his
senses and was able to walk from tho
ring unassistcd Another accident
occurred when the trottcrs in class II
Charles NJ. Hustled of
Goshen, n. y, was driving Crystabel
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19
KING OSCAR WILLING.


Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 10. a
representative Of the associated press
yesterday sought to interview King
Oscar as TO his majestys willingness
10 act as the fifth member of the court
of arbitration in the Venezuelan dis
pute. rho reporter was received
with the greatest courtesy by the
highest cour officials. His request
az TO whether the king would act az
arbitrator vas conveyed 10 his majesty
who sent the correspondent the fol
lowing reply:
The king. not having received an
official communication regarding the
arbitration. he is unable at present 10
make any statement on the subject
1t was explained that while his ma
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19

New York, Nov. IA X. G. Dun "
no doubt n brighter day Ia dawnlng
and 1t Is a common remark that never
before has business SHOWN 40 great
a change for the better within SIN
gle week. Dispatches telling about
500 establishments which have opened
or have materially enlarged their
force, though they fiji many columns,
give only part of tho facts. for
throughout the country the gain has
been surprising even to the most
hopeful. 1t is not mere speculation
or hope which lights the fires and
starts the wheels, for orders which
have been accommodating for months
with the necessary replenishment of
dealers stocks now greatly reduced,
would employ the whole producing
force for time and the increase Of
the number OF hands ut work means
an increase In purchases for consump-
ton. Foreign need Of American
wheat continues an important factor
and prices have advanced to SS cents.
gaining cents for The week, 10 cents
in two weeks and "A cents since early
in September. Tho price IL the
highest since June, 1892. Western
receipts are only 4.i94,0 900 bushels
against S,2O3 900 for last year. but
days in which these receipts started
TO the market. Atlantic exports In
spite OF scanty freight room, were In
two weeks 2,7l7 900 bushels flour in
cludedl against 1850 900 last year. and
Pacific shipments are also heavy 10
India South Africa and Australia.
Many textile works have been starting
or increasing their force mostly ON
orders booked weeks ago, but there
has not been much Of a gain IN the
demands AZ yet. In wool prices are
strong and some grader are ! cent
higher, and even a greater advance Is
demanded in the west. Foreign mar
lsets are also higher. There is u
slightly better demand for light
weight mems goods ami for dress
most Of cne waiting mills The Out
put Of the iron furnaces In blast No
yembcr was l2i Cr0 tom wceklr.
having been increased II ,295 tons, or
100 per cent IN tn after rart OF Gr-
tobcr by confidence in the future. All
markets ar" stronger, although ener-
nous purchases Of pig iron in advance
Of needs causes comparative inactivity
present Plate a s'ecl bars are
from 81 to 50 per ton higher and
sheets are In better demand. Am
thracite and bcssamer pig has adj
yanceI shade. The Billet pool Is IN
protracted meeting here 70 decide
On It's course The beam. bar rail and
wire nail association met this week
and the underselling of wire nails by
outsiders has gone 20 far that a decline
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1896-11-19

have received several kilograms from
the eastern press requesting an an
swer to that same question: the sem
ator continued, but have refrained
from making definite reply. Speak
ing for myself, | can say frankly that
have not as yet made up my mind
regarding the comparative strength
of the parties in the senate. When
the silver forces meet at the convenlng
of congress | anticipate that caucus
will develop a plan.