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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-09

which every station can boast
which in the average post-station :.
the only one at the disposal of tran
elers He viii lind the apartml..
thoroughly and characteristicallv D.
sian OF the rustic variety. The roor.
may be large. but it is never lofty. ana
he will find it singularly bare OF evorr
thing which in any other part Of -.
world is associated with ideas of CON-
fort. Clean and bare, with few saa,,
OF any kind, and, those OF the plaipest
its principal feature the huge ovan7
like stove in the center. and its onl,
attempts at ornament the Icon - a,
image Of the Virgin, with its lit,l.
lamp or candle burning before it. in
one corner, and the equally omnipres-
ent portraits of the royal family scat.
tered here and there about the walls
In this room the traveller waits ana
usually eats, during the delay occa.
stoned by getting a change of horses,
and should he be unfortunate enougb
to be compelled to wait over a nigh,
before he a procure them, he sleens
here also, finding his own bedding ana
wraps as a matter CT course. Here
and there, indeed, a more extensive
establishment may be met with whera
there are three or four guest-chambers
but even in such cases they are no
more than repetitions of the one de-.
scribed. These large establishments
generally boast separate accommoda-
ton for the ~yemschiks, who otherwise
have to find accommodation with the
family of the station-keeper, not un-
frequently in a single apartment. The
posting yemschik, or driver, it must he
understood, is, like the relays Of
ponies, attached to his own particular
station, and passes away with his
horses on receiving his drink money
of ten kopecs-a little more than five
cents-to be relieved by a new one
belonging to the next stage. He re-
fleets the various tribes and national
tiles hal inhabit the country, and may
be a Russian, a Cossack, a member Of
almost any Of the eastern tribes, or
even, on occasion, a Manchu or n Mon
gol. 1t matters little, however, what
his nationality may be; in appearance
this mummylike figure is very much
the same.-Harper's Weekly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-09
SEEDLESS FRUITS.

More important probably than elimi-
mating the thorns on trees and bushes
is the determination of Objectionable
seeds. The seeds of oranges, grapes,
apples, pears, and similar fruits are
no longer absolutely necessary for the
production of plants and trees. Nature
slowly and g%rudgingly relinquishes her
right to mature seeds-the secret that
she has guarded so carefully for per-
petuating many of her choicest species.
Before horticulture was reduced to a
science, most plants depended upon
the seeds for their existence, but in
these modern days, when budded and
grated stock give more satisfaction
than seedlings, they are superlluous
to a degree. We might not be able to
get along without any seeds, for seed
ling stock must continue to be raised
so long as fruit-trees are in demand,
but. as all choice stock is budded or
grated, the seeds of Il leading yarie-
ties of oranges, lemons, grapes and
apples could be easily dispensed with.
George E. Walsh in L]ippincott's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-09
REINDEER IN ALASKA.

The experiment begun by Or. Shell
don Jackson, an American missionary,
of introducing into Alaska herds Of
reindeer from Siberia, has proved a
moderate success and the indications
are favorable for a steady growth
among the herds already dcmiciled in
their new home. Experts figure that,
| growing out Of this experiment, 1t is
only a question of time when there
will be a sufficient number of reindeer
IN Alaska to meet the needs of a
million or more of population, If des-
tiny has such an influx in store.
Importing and herding reindeer IN
til they are accustomed to their new
surroundings is by no means an easy
task. DIR. Jackson's plan Of bringing
a colony of Lapps along with the first
importations from Siberia was carried
cut successfully and subsequent events
showed the wisdom of the plan. The
Laps fulfilled their mission well, and
the slow and tedious process of break
ing in the young deer for transporta-
btplI pun ppStS tOhlN Hi1 Wy hdNN bVO4
accomplished without their patience
and skill. 1t is now probable that ma
tive herders will supplant the foreign
ers and that by the time the population
OF Alaska reaches material figures the
natural increase in the herds will prove
an inestimable blessing.
Differing from other animals capable
of supporting human life, the reindeer
forages for his own food and never
fails to get it even amid the intensest
rigors OF the arctic climate. He digs
through several feet of snow with
horns and hoofs and makes a luxurious
meal of the superintendent moss which
literally covers the soil. The reindeer
can stand any degree C cold and after
being trained is more valuable for
transportation purposes than dogs, as
the latter's food has to be carried along
on pack trains. The reindeer's flesa
is considered an epicureaE article of
food by arctic travellers, which still
further increases his value in times Of
extra privation when it becomes a
question whether man or beast shall
he sacrificed. The RENDERS skin is
valuable for clothing and for shoes and
the milk Of the doe is said to equal in
nourishing power the finest dairy pro-
duce OF more civilized lands. There
is thus a combination of utilities hat
makes this docile creature of the far
north a friend indeed to mankind
II reindeer had been native to Alaska
or If their importation had been begun
a generation ago the food problem now
confronting several thousand advent
urous miners in the Klondyke region
would be more easy OF solution. Few
kinds of game Mt for human food are
indigenous TO the region within the
arctic circle and the ice-locked ST. ears
are useless as fisheries except during
certain months of the year, Doubtless
another year will see a vast improve
ment in the facilities for forwarding
supplies to Alaska, but meanwhile the
spirit OF adventure and quest for gola
has taken appalling risks. In the set
Element OF that far-off land the rein
deer will probably in time supplant the
dog trains and other primitive methods
Of transportation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-09
DOESN'T HURT TO BE SHOT.
DR.. Harry Danforth on the Mauser
Bullet.

The Cuban war is furnishing daily
a demonstration of some of the ad-
vantages and disadvantages OF use of
the Mauser rifle, with which the Span
iards and many of the insurgents are
armed, says The New York Sun. 1t is
this rifle. according to the reports of
men returned from the island, which
Is responsible for the comparatively
small number of soldiers killed in bat
tie or in skirmishes on each side, as
well as for the inaccuracies in the es-
Inmates of the number of the wounded.
Some striking stories of the operation
OF the Mauser bullet, which might al
most be described as beneticent in
scme of its effects among the Cuban
fighting men, form a part of the testi-
mony taken by the subcommittee Of
the senate Committee on Foreign Rela-
tons last month and in June in their
quest for information as to the state
of affairs in Cuba.
When Capt. William II. Smith. a
former United States army officer, who
served in the Cuban army from the
spring of 1896 until last spring, was
asked by the senators how many men
had been wounded in a two days bat
tie at La Reforma, he replied:
We never knew the exact number
wounded, because so many are wound
cd VINO do not pay any attention to
II EDur. nr,A NOR, yrnthN laI vx-hp 4ra1
shot with a Mauser bullet. which
passed right through him, and we
never knew anything about it for two
Gays.
That seems almost miraculous, but
It is true, | suppose you have seen the
Mauser bullet. The lead is covered
with some metal. | can show you a
wound that you would have said, If
it he'd happened with any other cart
ridge, would have necessitated amputa-
ton, A bullet went right though my
ankle, and was in the hospital only
two hours-long enough to have the
wound dressed. The bullet does not
make any fracture. | have never seen
a case of am%putation since have been
on the island. And it does not cause
septicaemia,"
Capt. Smith showed his wound.
pointing out where the bullet had en-
tered his ankle and where it had left
Il.
II was never laid up a minute" he
said; the doctor in camp simply
dressed the wound with iodoform and
n little antiseptic, That is why | say
1t is almost impossible to give an
exact account OF the wounded"
Dr. II. W. Danforth of Milwaukee,
who passed a year in Cuba as ply
stefan to President Salvador Cisneros,
astonished the senators by telling how
one night he crossed the Moron trocha,
saying that although there was no
attack on his party while they were
crossing, they were fired Pm, and a
cook got 2 bullet through the back in
his right lung. but it never bothered
him at all,
He kept right on his horse. and
kept right on with his business Of
cooking" the doctor added, at never
bothered him, as | could see" The
senator asked how Or. Danforth ac-
counted for that, and he replied As
l account for all wounds made by the
Mauser rife bullet, II is the most
harmless and most humane rifle, and
| am intensely surprised at SPANS
using It; the most barbarous nation in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-09
BY SLEDGE ACROSS SIBERIA.

Siberian posting-stations. it must be
understood, are not way-side inns, and
make few ~pretensions TO providing &C.
commoiation for travellers As the
sledges drive up to the bare-and to
the foreign eye, at least, uninviting-
log building. the traveller can form a
fair estimate OF the probable accom-
modation he may expect from the size
and surroundings Of the desolate-look-
ing spot. On dismounting he viii be
ushered at once into the guest-room.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-09
PHOTOGRAPHER

The photogravure is not printed
or blocks as in the case with All
forms. but from films, his
process Is expensive. but II produces a
picture equal or superior 70 the plat
i~uum-fnished photograph, and OF
about the same character, In this case
the printing must be done by ne
company making the photograVuFe'
Advertising Experience, Chicago
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-09
DOMESTIC

Bardglee at Honolulu Aug. u.
Harry Mills Cole of Chicago was
found lead in his room, in smith q
McNell's hotel, New York.
Erastus Corning died Of apoplexy,
aged 70 years at Albany, y. T. ms
charities were numerous,
Ten saloons IN Kansas City, KAN
were raided by the police and S5,ooo
worth of liquor seized.
The August receipts OF the govern
ment were s1S.943, POS; expenditures
.3S. 2s5 900; deficit, $14, 3o1 ,795.
The Harris mills in Providence, H.
I started after a shutdown OF TWO
weeks. The mills employ 300 hands
Walter Wellman is in Christiania
comforting with DR.. hansen with rel
erence to a proposed expedition to The
north pole.
William Sergent, who founded the
great school book trust, died at his
home near Mount Lookout, ONO,
aged So.
David H. Ryder, Jr., of Accord, III
ster county, N. Y, was stung by honey
bees so badly while trying 10 hiye
them that he dropped dead.
A fierce forest fire Is raging west OF
Anaconda, Mont, and spreading with
alarming rapidity, over 10000 acres
of timber are already burned.
At the st. Paul farmers congress a
paper was read on Farming from a
Business Standpoint, by James J. Hill,
president Of the Great Northern rail-
way.
The cC mptroller of currency Is ad-
y,sed OF the failure Of the First Ma
tgcnal bank ut Greensburg, Ind. 1t
had a capital Of 500, 600; deposits, July
25, SS4,O 600.
At Hoopeston, H., the State Bank OF
AmLia, a town just over the Indiana
state line. is short between $4,000 n
$4,000. Cashier Fred Mcconnell is
missing.
The most prominent Italian society
In Cincinnati has cabled to the count
of Turin a letter congratulating him
for his recent duel with Prince Henri
OF Orleans.
Mrs. NJ Elizabeth Green, n of the
best known newspaper m of
Massachusetts and associate editor of
the Quincy Advertiser, is dead, at the
age of " years.
Robert s. Straine. president and di-
rector of the United Telegraph ON
pany OF Boston, was arrested by an
Inspector from police headquarters on
a charge of embezzling S73, 500,
Two deputy United states marshals
are dead, two are seriously injured and
two more missing as a result of an at
tack on n posse Of officers by a band
of moonshiners in Pope county, Ark.
The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
sent to Chicago from Galesburg, ILL.,,
thirty-seyeu trains, containing 1920
cars of freight, which is the largest
nights work in the history of the road.
A physician has invented a combina-
ton of the yitascore and the miscro-
scope thai reveals the presence OF
deadly microbes or hacilli In the bloot
and will assist the prevention of dis
case,
Tho Texas fever, which has for some ,
time alarmed the cattlemen of south
western Iowa, is reported to be spread
ing, Up to this time the disease has
been confined to Page and Montgomery
counties.
Governor tombstone Of Alabama
notified state Examiner Puffy that ne
had qu4upulp1 STATE and r,,,t. v,,y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
This Lddu Knew What to Do
And So She Gave some Valuable Adj
vice to Her Friend.

A lady who recently happened to visit a
nelghbor. found her in a terrible state of
misery. Her head was tightly bound with
a handkerchief, and there were dark
circles around her eyes.
why, whatever is the matter?" in
quired the visitor, with some alarm.
"Oh. 1 don't know, but for days I
have been feeling so weak, tired and I'M
strung. 1 have no appetite, feel bilious
and dyspeptic, and now have a racking
headache.
"Ah, now. 1 can plainly see what the
matter IS" was the reply. for 1 have been
through the very same experience myself.
was feeling precisely as you are when a
friend advised me to try a pure medicinal
stimulant, and / derived wonderful benefit
from doing so. Take my advice and try a
little pure malt whiskey.
But, you know never touch spirits of
any kind"
Neither do except as remedy. When
l was feeling as you are l took Duffy S
pure malt whiskey and it made me strong
and well. am convinced 1t will do the
same for you.'
The experience of this lady, has been
verified in thousands of other cases, and
vas. numbers of women are kept in health
oy the regular use of this great remedy.
All grocers and druggitts keep Duffy
pure malt, but in purchasing, care should
DC taken to secure only the genuine.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
CONGRESS NEARING ITS CLOSE
ONLY NINE WORKING DAYS LEFT
IN ITS CAREER.

senate Forced 10 Hustle 20 Make Tn
For the Time Lost in Trying to
Pass the Arbitration Treaty-OnIy
Four Appropriation Bills APP
proved by the President Up to
Dntc-PrOtracted Debate Threaten
ed on Several Items of the Appro-
prfatIOn Bills Yet Unpassed.
Washington. Feb. 21.-Only nine more
working days remain TO the
fifty-fourth congress and the
condition of the appropriation bills
will compel the Senate to make up for
the time lost in futile effort to ratify the
arbitration treaty, which now appears to
have been shelved.
The pending sundry civil and the naval
bills will probably cause some debate.
The President has so far approved the
legislative, the consular and diplomatic,
the military academy and the pension
bills.
agricultural bill was agreed to in confer
ence yesterday.
The Indian bill is now in the Senate and
will probably not be passed before to-mor-
row night
calendar. and will be called up as soon as
the Indian bill is out Of the way. This
bill may lead to protraeted debate owing
to a ncht between contending electric light
companies.
The appropriations committee OF the
Senate Is still considering the postoffice,
the sundry civil and the fortifeation bills,
three days. OF the remaining appropri-
alton measures, the naval bill and the
general deficiency bill are still in the
House.
The House will also occupy the remain
err of its time in a clearing up of neces-
sary business. Three hours debate on
the Pacific railroad paragraph of the gen.
eral deficiency appropriation bill will take
place Monday in committee of the whole,
then probably another day will be spent
in going over the measure in open house.
The passage of bills under suspension of
the rules comes in order during the clos
ing days of the session, but the House
leaders seem determined to shut down
upon all measures asking further appro-
priatiOnS of money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
PULITZER Ar JEIxYL.
Has to Take His own Newspaper at
Secondhand.


brunswick, Ca, Feb. 21.-The arrival of
Editor Joseph Pulitzer at Jekyl means a
daily increase of $50 in revenue at the local
telegraph office. The schedule of his ex-
pense for tolls average that amount He
will remain possibly three weeks, posi-
bly, ten, or he may return in twenty-four
hours. When a man sets foot on Jekyl
there is no telling what he may do. With
few exceptions the guests of the club are
men of many millions. Their interests are
always kept in touch with them by wire
one minute they may be luxuriating In The
warm sunshine and balmy breeZes Of the
South Atlantic, while the next they will
have to peruse a telegram calling them
thousands of miles northward. The Co
sair Club of Millionaires, with William
Rockefeller, j. Pierpont Morgan and
examples of this class of men. They count
their gold by the millions, but are pre-
vented by that very quantity of the sub
stance from enjoying the ordinary vaca-
ton of working man. Time is more val
liable than small sums of money with them
and after fifty-six hours onoJekyl they Will
be whirling through the everglades of Flor
ida, viewing it's scenery from an observa-
tory car window and figuring on how their
interests at home are being cared for.
Editor Pulitzer is of still another type
of the millionaire Jekyl islander. Rend-
cred unable to read by providential mis-
fortune, he travels accompanied by a sec
rotary, physician and six attendants. The
secretarys duties involve daily reading of
his employers paper and the commitment
to telegraph blanks of orders to its editors.
Every item of more than ordinary import
ance is briefly transmitted to the proprie-
tor for information and he in turn nstructs
it's handling.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
LEGAL SALES.
RECEIVERS SALE.

Underand by virtue OF an order from the
Hon. Marcus w. Beck, judge of the supe-
rlor court, Flint circuit, Will sell at In-
dan Springs In Butts county Georgia, be-
tween the hours of 10 a. m. and p. m. ON
Tuesday, March 16. 1887, the following des-
The Wigwam hotel with 40 rooms, all
furnished, bed rooms and parlors all carr
peted and containing all furniture. fix
lures and appliances adequate to the ac-
commodatiOn OF guests to the fun capacity
OF the hotel situated on the Indian SPRING
reserve In said county. the bath house.,
bowling alley, water works, engine, gas
works and all the carpets, furniture, fix
lures, safe, crockery, cutlery, glassware
s Leg e stSysf sn abe snS os sSGdps ne
of the Indian Spring reserve upon which
the said buildings and property is situat-
ed, and az the property, both real and per.
Company, complete inventory of which
can be seen at the office. of the receiver
al the store of Beck Il Gregg Hardware
Company, in Atlanta, Ca, al the ofice ID
the clerk of the superior court of Butta
county, at the Wigwam hotel, and at the
Office of the Brown house, Macon, Ca.
This property will be sold together i'm
bulk free from all membranes, whether
by contract, mortgage or judgment, and
the liens and rights of the respective par
ties TO follow the funds arising from the
sale.
mediate payment of 5000 in cash II ths
bid shall amount to that sum. II the bid
amounts 10 that sum or less IL shall be-
paid In cash. II the bid exceeds 5000, a.
note will be taken for the excess, payables
in ninety days from the day of sale ANY
Of the first mortgage bonds Of the Wigwanl
Hotel Company mentioned In the plead
inRs will be accepted as cash In payment
OF the note 10 the extent that such bonds
viii share In a distribution arising from
the sale
/ will withhold making a title. and Will
give a bond for title on the payment OF
said balance, and on the payment Of the
full purchase price am authorized and re-
quired to make 20 the purchaser a deed
IN as full and ample a manner as the same
was held and owned by the said Wigwam
Hotel Company, free from all liens
whether by contract or judgments obtains
ed against said Wigwam Hotel Company.
The sale rs subject TO the approval ou
disapproval Of the Judge OF the Flint cir
cult w. M. CRUMLEY
Receiver.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
THEY DESIRE PRIVILEGES.
Athens Girls Want to Ride Their
Wheels on the Sidewalks.

Athens, Ca. Feb. 21.-The mayor and
council of Athens will have a unique petit
ton before them in few days. over 200
little girls who ride bicycles are asking
council to amend the ordinance against
riding bicycles on the sidewalks, so as to
allow them that privilege. They will APP
point a delegation 10 appear before coun-
ell to argue in behalf of their petition.
Prof. A. H. Patterson of the university
gave an exhibition a few nights since of
the x-ray experiments for the benefit of
a number of the ladies of the city, who
wished to see the workings of this new
Photographic process.
The Young Mems Christian Association
at the annual meeting last night elected
as directors, G. G. Bond f. NJ Harper, d.
L. Earnest and w. p. Vonderon.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Lawton, Sr.. was accepted by DR.. Tai
mage. The afternoon and night were
For S1stS bara iSaVT w ms Dfhips
night.
After the sermon yesterday DR.. Tai
porter that the pulpit of the Independent
Presbyterian church was different in de-
sign from any he had ever seen, and he
The people OF Savannah may never
have the opportunity of hearing DR.. Tai
mage again, and those who heard him
will never have any reason TO regret hav-
ing done so.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22
MERcrER's FATIURE TO MARRY.
The Colonel Prepared to Prove the
Suit without Merit.

Augusta, Ca, Feb. 2l.-Judge II. c.
Roney and Hon. Boykin Wright have
been retained as counsel for Col. w. N
MERCER in the suit filed by Miss Hatha-
way against Col. MERCER. for breech of
promise. Tonight Judge Roney and Mr.
Wright assert that their client has full
and complete defense, which will be made
at the proper time in the courts. They
simply ask in behalf Of their client
suspension Of judgment untif that defense
is made in the only forum competent to
pass upon such matters. They do not
desire to present their defense in the pub
lie prints at this time, but claim they
will be able to show to a jury that the
complaint Is without merit. Col Mercier
denies most positively any promise of
marriage, and insists that the suit is en-
tirely sensational and speculative.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-22

Sylvania, Ca, Feb 2.--Julius Arnett, a
young man of this place. was shot through
the leg by unknown party this morning
arf, az hose fgis 70 nls gate
though not dangerous, may prove serious,
Arnett Is the man who went with Detec-
tive Aderholt sometime ago 70 arrest
Jake Zeigler when the latter two were
kfl1pd