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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25
A BURDEN.

A marshaled host against the sky,
The hills are drawn in silhouette;
And like ghost OF some regret
A noiseless crane goes Tipping by
A bellied sail, the autumn moon
In quarter gliieth slowly west
And insects, by some thought de
pressed,
Faint, mournful madrigals yet Groom.
The world of shadows' and to me
The sounds of nature sweet and dim
Are but the burden Of hymn
That fills Gods church, mtnsity!
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25
MOUNTAIN SICKNESS.

All travellers who have ascendod -
great attitudes have been affected ~,
mountain sickness. This is simplv an
eHect which is the result OF the d,,rtn
utlon OF the atmospheric nraes,,ro
Mlich Is experienced as one goes nm
ward The reduction which takes nlace
AZ great heights is quite sufficient u
account for the disturbance of tho h..
man system. At twenty thousand feet
me pressure is less than half the
amount that 1t is at the level of The
sea- mat is, whereas at the level ~ az
sea the atmospheric pressure il pen-
eraiiy capable Of sustaining a column
= mercury Of thirty inches. Al twenty
thousand feet it will not sustain
column OF fifteen inches. Monsieur
hrohecker has made some obseryatie,ns
On mountain sickness. He found tbot
~ sets IN at various attitudes with az
leient persons. Above three Thousand
metres 1t attacks all persons as soon
q theV indulge In the least musc,lar
enort' but children AMI very old NOE.
p'e are less subject to 1t than Others
4 also varies with the character 81 ~
mountains. being usually less serio,s
W isoiated peaks. Persons in good
neaitn can bear passive tranenort ~
70 about four thousand feet withoa.
inconvenience.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25
ANEcDoTE OF STURGEON
he Told Writer Story Based on III
Habit Of Smoking.

some Years ago | was in a boteI ~
Farls, and TO my great delight found
~ sturgeon one wet afternoon in n
silohihg room. He was attending !
iellglous conference, says the Pealr,
ana was accompanied bv d kind of hod,,
guard OF elders and deacons. one mr. I wo
Vi Wlom constantly watched him NO.,
.uia'eiy ior me, none of them smoked
ana When they mounted their usna,
""'ch ne literally choked them off in q
lew minutes, ! was, therefore his sole
auuience on two or three occasions
nave known most OF the pood conya.
sationalists and RECRUITERS of NV ,,,,,a
n"'' except perhaps Robert T.onis
stevenson, lie was by far the best :
understand that a biography of hin,
mas iately appeared, but have nor seen
~ ana doubt if the author has nra
served the following anecdote which
.enlure TO write down, as nearly as /
can remember it, in his own words
iou wouldn't guess what calling !
wanted to follow. | wanted II ha !
"hinper-in Of hounds. Yes. there MO-
never meet near where | was hrouoht
~ without my attending, and MANY !
ions run had, often crossing plo.abed
iielus, ana many time | was alona 4,
Tue eeath- | could not do il nou, on,
'ileh ne looked at his ample wai,tcoat
ana laughed. | never heard ! NO.
peasant laugh, nor one moro evn,,a
'helic ana infectious. He continued.
1ou wouldn't guess how | came ~
NO smoker. When | was 16 / went -
ny ldlher and told him there was .
vacancy and that | should like IN Oh ~
LOT II. A vacancy for what?, he osl,od
u q Whipper-in to the hounds ana
snouiu De sure to get it, He an.
s"ered, very solemnly, Charles nv
son. you shall be whipper-in of souls :
anu ne sent me down into taa ne
country to preach in the villages yrbaa
came home developed violent cold
WIN good deal OF fever. and soma
lWlnges OF rheumatism. tol3 ~.
iathef all my experiences-bow ha5
leen recelved-how they had crowdas1
in-Dut there was one thing in nortio,,
.ai '4iat l dWeit on. had observed in
every cottage that the old people sat Il
,ne chimney corners, and that the tabIe
peiore me was ornamented with t,yo
loiis pipes crossed between two fare ~
tobacco and two hymn looks A. ona
Of these meetings. just as / was hon
70 speak, an old man took up and elIes
d pipe, and then, drawing hot cinder
iioni 1he IRE, proceeded to offer !, -
me gave him look intended ~
wilmer him up, for allowed no ievitv,
here another laugh. ~ see saia
my father. how you have ACQUIRED that
heaVy cold When | was better :
started on another tour. but before :
,eit nome my father said, in his moss
impressive tones, Charles nv en- -
.hey MI and light pipe for You smota
II; II they don't. fill and light u for
yourself And, in any case. don't leen
mem rom their tobacco. In that
climate and al this time OF the vaar
smoking is your best protection aeains,
feVerish colds"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25
NOT THE HYDRARcHus.
Alleged Prehistoric Monster Much Like
a Whale.

The Smithsonian scientists have
spotted colossal fossil fraud in Okla
homa. Recently clerk in the pension
office received photographs of a skele-
ton which had been dug up in the Cher
okee strip, and which represented the
fragmentary remains OF an animal Of
such prodigious dimensions as to dwarf
all similar discoveries In this or any
other country.
A letter accompanying the pictures
described the bones as having been
found in such position as to prove
conclusively that the creature must
have been not less than 800 feet long.
The skull was 16 feet around and meas
ured four feet across the eye sockets.
The partly decayed nose of the mon
ster, of which eleven feet remained,
was calculated to have originally been
seven yards in length. The discovery
OF what appeared to be a toe bone, two
feet long, indicated that it might have
been land animal, or possibly an am
phibian. This theory was soon dis
PEELED by the finding OF a fine bone
eleven feet in length; then it was de-
cided that it must have been some
monster OF the ocean. The photographs
were shown TO Mr.. #. A. Lucas, curator
OF the department oil comparative anat-
omy of the Smithsonian institution,
and he at once rendered verdict that
was disastrous to the hopes OF the Cher
okee strip savants. Mr.. Lucas is an
expert in bones.
Why, that is whale, he said, and
a big one, too. Those long bones are
not ribs, but are jawbones, and the
whale was of a modern species. But
how did it get away out there?"
On examining the photographs more
closely Mr.. Lucas detected a square
hole in the skull, which, he said,
showed that it had formerly been
mounted for exhibition.
Some years ago." he continued, the
carcass OF a large whale was carried
around the country on fiat cars and ex-
hibited. It's stay in Washington was
short and it is quite probable that it
had any olfactory organs worth men
tioning, and it became serious burden
to its owners. 1t disappeared. and has
not been heard Of since"
Although Mr.. Lucas did not say as
much the inference connecting The
missing whale with the attenuated
monster OF the Cherokee strip was quite
plain. The fact that joints OF the
spinal column were found at distance
OF 250 feet from the skull aroused no
enthusiasm in him. They might have
been skllltully placed in that position
by the parties who lost that whale
some years ago, with a view TO future
rediseovery and use. there was no evi-
dence, however that the present
owners oil the remains had any but the
most honest Intentions and belief in the
matter.
Mr. Lucas said this reminded him Oh
a clever fraud perpetrated by one Al
bert Koch in this country in 1915. lie
joined the bones OF three whales TO.
gether In such a way as to appear as
the skeleton OF an ocean monster OF the
pre-Adamits world, the skull OF one
whole whale forming the breast lone.
Koch opportunity discovered" the re-
mains OF the strange creature, which he
named the "Hydrarchus, or great water
King. It drew clowds OF slghtseers.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25
Harry NJ. Conrad, OF No, 1T44

Harry NJ Conrad, Of No, 1T44
Twelfth street, Washington, D. O.,
says: Il can speak In the highest
praise OF Rinans Tabules. have
been for y0rs troubled with night
mare tan erroneous expression, but
one that thousands are familiar
with, aud have suffered a thousand
deaths, being caused directly by
a torpid liver, thence stagnatlou
Of the blood 4 short while after
retiring would experience the
most terrible sensation that human
can fall heir to, such rs having
heavy weights upon YOU seeing
horrible animals burglars, etc,
and being unable to get out of
their reach. have tried every thing
on The market that could think
would be Of any benefit but never
struck the right remedy until
died liipans Tabules, and since
that time nightmare with me Is q
thing az the past. | am fully con
vinced that Rlpans Tabules are a
good thing for suffering humanity.
and ! feel that could not exist
without them, And will further
say for the benefit OF others know
ing th'ee are thousands suffering
In the same mannerl, profit by my
experience and try them; you will
never regret It,"
Ripans fahules are sold by druggsls or by mail 1
he price go cents h0x Is sent 10 The Npana Cheml
al Company, No. 10 Spruce Street, New York Sample
al 10 cents
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25
Rome wasn't nnllt in a DAY.

Neither are the obstinate maladies, TO the re.
moyalIof which the great corrective, Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters, is adapted-curable in an
hour. To persist in the use Of this standard
remedy is no more than just Biliousness, con.
stipation. malaria, rheumatism, kidney com.
plants and nervousness are among the com.
plants. which II eradicates.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Buy 81 worth Dobhins Floating Borax
Soap Of your grocer, send wrappers to
Dcbbins Soap Mfg. Co., Philadelphia,
Pa, They will send you, free Of charge,
postpaid, Worcester Pocket Diction.
airy, 29S pages, clothbound; profusely
illustrated Offer good till Aug. only.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

feflHtt NbIlA ~ AlNtlC QuutISlOO1
by physicians.
All womb and ovarian troubles,
Irregularities. whites, bearing-down
pains displacements, tendency to eau.
Ger and tumor are cured permanently
feel as if owed my life to your
Vegetable Compound. After the birth
Of babe was very misera BILE.
h. drawing pain in the lower part
d bowels, no strength, and terri
! lekaehe. Every day failed. MY
HI nd said if would try bottle OF
yo Vegetable Compound, he would
a. IL for me. The change was won
dersul After | had taken the first
hi nottle began to have great faith
In When had taken three bottles,
Iva, well and growing stout. 1t is
plea are for me to write this to you.
Ioniy ask women in any way afflicted
with female troubles to try it."-MRs.
ANNA IpoB, Pittsford Mills, Rutland
Co., vt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

DIR. Francis M. Baker and Miss Ros-
ina Buerger, both Of Lomira. were
married. A special train from Milwan-
kee brought out about 100 guests.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Mr. 9 {. Baker, Of Scranton. Iowa
= n .he city visiting his father Mr.
x s. Baker and greeting countless IA
scnoolmates and friends "osa was
raised IN Madison and knows every
body here.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

FITS. Fits stopped free by Dr.. kiine's
Great Nerve Restorer, No Fits after the hrSt
day 5 use. Marvellous cures Treatise aud g. 10
trial bottle freeto Fit cases. Send to- DIR, khae,
a3l Arch ST., phila. Pa,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Plso's Cure for Consumption has been a
God-scnd to me-. VIM B. Mcclellan.
Chester, Florida, Sept II, 1895.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Cardinal Gibbons preached at the
celebration OF Archbishop Elders
golden jubilee in Cincinnati.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Mrs. Winslow's SooTHtNa SYRur FOR children
teething softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allays pain, cures wind collie CSC. & bottle
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

George Bartelme. aged 10, was
drowned at Two Rivers. NIicha while
bathing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Plso's Cure for Consumption has been
6odsend to me. WIN D. Mcclellan,
chester, Florida. Sept Il, 1885
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Mrs. X. r. Blacker, wife Of the mayor
y Manistee. Mich, was killed in run
way accident.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Patrick Shannon, an alleged bicycle
thief. was arrested In Peru. ILL.,, and
taken to Galesburg.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Mrs. r. r. Blacker, wife Of the mayor
u Manistee, Mich, was killed In run.
away accident.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

A Vigo, Ohio, nan hung Grape on his
door. dressed himself in his best clothes
and then hung himself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Halls Catarrh Cure
lis constitutional cure Price rs cents.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-06-25

Col. Thomas Wilson and Capt. Doug
las NJ. Scott have been placed on the re-
tired list OF the army.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-12
BAKER OF KANSAS.

Senator Lucien Baker Of Kansas. for
a SiX-weeks old member of that august
body, is undoubtedly progressing most
Swimmingly. He is for the unadulter-
ated stamp Of Republicanism learned
Of the state he represents. a state
wherein the Republican party was
born. In addition TO several protest
ing speeches against compromising
with the Cleveland administration and
its Wall street combine and contingent.
he offered and supported a resolution
defining what the United States under
stand the Monroe doctrine 10 mean, its
declarations and demands. That our
new senator has the courage Of his
convictions and that his convictions
are in full accord with the best senti-
mentS of Kansas there can be no ques-
ton. Caucus unity is all right. but he
does not seem TO yield so readily to
caucus pressure AZ the average new
member. The bills embodying the
panicy demands of the president and
rushed so unceremoniouSly through the
house, do not meet with the approba-
ton Of the new senator from Kansas.
and he showed no heSitancy in saying
50. Wall Street. Cleveland and Car
Isle combined were not enough 10 make
him forget his convictions on the silver
question nor coerce him into the sup
port of a bastard tariff measure which
is neither Republican or Democratic.
Aud he said so. 4 Washington cor
respondent says that in his speech Mr..
Baker denounced the bond bill As il
passed the house; declared he did not
understand il as Republican doctrine
10 issue bonds. and that he would not
favor approving such action 10y any
president, much les making any ar
rangement for him TO do so. lie also
characterized as un-Republican the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-12
PopuIIsT PATRIOTISM.

The Populist party wherever It falls
of swallowing the Democratic party.
will be found hanging on 10 the tail 81
that organization. Why this is 80 IS
difficult to elucidate. There is moth
ing in common between the TWO par
ties. But their utilization IS neverthe-
less true. The PopuliSt party claim
ing TO be more progressive than the
Republican party, is ever eating
crumbs from the board OF the party
not only dead in its conservatism. but
hide-bound in all those tenets which
the PopuliSt party seeks 10 annuL So
the Populist national committee has
called a meeting in ST Louis, January
17th. one day after the meeting Of the
national Democratic central commit
tee. Upon the action Of the latter viii
depend The action Of the former. It's
thumbs up or thumbs down The Dem
ocraric leaders assume 81 Indifference
ID anything the Pop contingent may do
Their organs are already calling 81
Louis the h0odoo town. not knowing
but that Their own convention may he
held al that point A few Of the more
radical PcpuEsts who affect 10 believe
rhat the country is ripe and ready 10
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-12
THAT STATE HOUSE CROWD

The Wlchira Eagle grows facet1ous over
the political situation at the state house.
and in is Hilarious way pictures all the
STATE officers n great trep,dation. This
viii do very well for editorial fun, but II
meant seriously, VIII hardly bear investi-
CATION. Suppose II be admitted, merely
for the sake of argument, Of course, that
Colonel Murdock's esteemed friend, the
governor, : IN Official jeopardy. what has
chat TO do with the other fellows? What
have they done OF left undo1e 70 leopard
ize their Official tenure? True, a lot Of
fellows with 6fScred9ted bills deep down
IN their pockets nay have il in for Audi
tor Cole, but gracious, how the rest OF
1lhe folks IN the state love that man, and
IN the rush 10 renon1>nate and re-elect him
the voucher.ess fellows are likely 70 get
run right over and seriously hurt. Isn't
rre attorney general al right, except his
voice? Isn't the morey in the treasury
safe ard sound? What's the matter with
Stanley? He's all right" And isn't
Billy Edwards making a good secretary
of state, and tn a Million ways serving
the state satisfactorily? OF course he Is.
Upon reflection Colonel Mur1Ock VIII re-
call the fact that OTIS and lots of lines
his wife has kept him home to shake
carpets and take down sEove-pipeS, and
hep clean. not the whole house at any
one time, but just a few rooms. And
sometimes NOT so many as that, even
Marion Record.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-12

tariff bill as it came from the house.
He insisted that the Republicans Of
Kansas did not want such bill and
he would not support it. Mr.. Baker
also stated that he would support the
senate substitute for the house bill If
a provision was added providing free
coinage Of the American product Of
silver. but he would not support it with
a free coinage of silver amendfent that
took in the whole world. At the prop
er time he would offer an amendment
for the free coinage of American pro-
duct of silver, and if it was not &C
cepted he would oppose the senate bond
substitute. As TO the tariff bill, all
admitted that it was a botch and that
it violates every principle Of Republi-
can tariff doctrine, and that it would
have to be so amended as to provide
protection TO the wool industry and re-
store the duty on certain agricultural
products, or he would not support it
all. He insisted that it should be so
changed as to embody some of the
principles of protection and eradicate
some Of the fallacies that found their
way into the last tariff bill before ne
could support it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-12
AN EXTRA SESSION.

If the legislature Of Kansas does not
meet at Topeka, day after tomorrow,
and regularly proceed to business, or
to adjourn from day to day until a
quorum appears, then there will be no
session this winter, no constitutional
apporti0nment, and the Eagles pre-
diction that the legislature would meet
any failure Of Governor Morrill, to the
contrary Notwithstanding at which so
much cotempOrary fun was poked,
will fall to the ground. While the
Eagle fails in very few of its political
predictions. and while the laugh, in
good earnest, would be on US, we were,
nevertheless, perfectly sincere in our
prediction. The conclusion, was ar
rived at several months ago and was
based on our personal knowledge of the
characteristics Of the average Kan
sas legislator in part, and partly on
the plain provision of a very badly
mutilated and numerOuSly amended
state constitution, and not from any
pointer or talks with the members OF
that body. OF course the governor Is
resolved against any session. But
with him it is partly politics and partly
self-preservatiOn. But the convenlng
does not depend upon him. 1t would
not be an extra session in fact but a
regular one. for which no proclama-
ton is necessary. AS for anything
else, while the legislature is but
coordinate branch of the state govern
ment, it is the higher and the more
powerful. "When it hollerS, it is law
The chief executive may veto, and The
supreme court annul, its acts, but 1T can
impeach and remove either or both for
cause, as it can any other state Of
ficer In the refusal of presiding Of
ficers to be present it can elect speak
er and a president pro TEN. In fact
these officers already exist. The time
left in which for members TO commun-
icate with each other is well nigh
passed, and while Speaker LObdell,
after a conference with the governor,
ON day before yesterday, announced
that there would be no session, and
that the stare must go unapportioned,
still, if the Topeka papers do not by
Monday announce the presence OF
large number of members, we shall be
surprised though in no since disap-
pointed. The presence of any con-
siderable number would be the signal
for a general gathering, and within
tMenfy-fnnr hours thereafter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-12
GRESHAM'S LAUREL.

1T will surprise the country to learn
that to him who was supposed to have
died of disappointment and Of nOn-ap-
l.preciation, Walter Q. Gresham, belongs
the honor of setting the ball in motion
which has bumped up so hard against
! the British ministry. The announce
ment is now authoritatively published,
| that the present attitude of the United
States towards the Venezuela dispute,
not only, but the stand taken by the
German emperor in South Africa as
well, date back 10 GreSham'S control
of the state department, to this sup
posed aggressive and now dead
statesman. He had figured it all out,
foreshadowing the present dispute with
all its complications, and the necessity
of applying the Monroe doctrine there
to. Not only that, but in addition he
had secured the assurances of Ger
many. Russia and France that these
powers would regard with disfavor
any further British extensions In
either America, Africa or Asia. This
is a great and important fact, and
there seems no doubt of its positive
correctness. The prompt open action
Of the German emperor in the Trans
vaal matter no less than the evident
assent Of France and Russia, warrants
the correctness of the information now
given out. In view of it all one is
disposed to overlook the Hawaii cpl
sode. or at least TO consider that seem
ing negligence something which might
have Leo to complications and the de-
feat of the more important after mat
ter. This development is an unex-
pected tribute TO the late secretary's
craftsmanship. and is likely TO affect
materially the historians estimate
of his character and talents.