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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
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INhsprATK RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE and la>e
Resident Physician and Surgeon Ia Prcsby.
terrain Hospital. Chicago.
Especial attention given to Chronic Suryioal
diseases Asthma, Bronchitis, Consum ptios,
Rheumatism. Diabetes aud Brights dises e.
chronic diseases q: the Liver Kidneys Lungs
Nerves aud skin, chronic diseases OF Women
and children. Indigestion aud diseases OF the
stomach ard ntesiincs n specially
Practice lipiitcd TO office practice aud chrou
diseases. No night calls tours. Ia To II A n.
excerpt sundays; also from > TO 4. N. saturdays
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
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physician AND URGEON-Special at.
l tcntion given To diseases of women and
children. Office al Stephenson St. Froepott
Illinois
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04

Practice confined exclusively to
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And Diseases Of the Eye, Far, Nose and Throat.
Cancers. rumors and Piles removed without
the knife.
once AMI residence over Ruokes 4 Coaas
drug store, Mineral Point, Wis,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
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convention every "a and ith THURSDAYS in
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visiting In city are welcome.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-02-04
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The Press., 1897-05-27
A Partisan Discoverv.

All Paris just now, according to The Journal, is f1ocking to 28 Rue Ravi- gnan, Montmartre, where, a few days ago, 8 most remarkable discovery was made. In this neighborhood are the ruins of the ancient monastery of the Benedictines and other old buildings used by the brothers, most of which are also giving way to the ravages of time. At 28 Rue Ravignan Mime. Berthelot keeps a grocery store. She sleeps in a small chamber in the rear, that at one time was probably used as an oratory. Mme Berthelot, noticing that the tiles on the floor of the cham Der gave forth 8 hollow sound as she stepped upon them, and thinking that 8 cellar there would be very convenient for her business, sent for a mason and had the tiles removed A flight of stone steps was revealed, leading into 8 labyrinth of passages. The authorities have now taken posses sion of the place, and systematic in- vestigation is being conducted. Many relics have been found, and it is believ- ed that much light is likely to be thrown upon the history of Paris dur ing the fourteenth century.
The Press., 1897-05-27
Primitive Surgery.

It is difficult at this day to realize the horrors of a surgical operation before the discovery of an8sthesia. The sur geon's knife was necessarily pitiless, and the victim could only writhe and scream under the torture. The horror of an operation, even to a hero, may be better understood by a story of Nelson, included in a paper by Dr. John Ash hurst on Surgery Before the Days of Anesthetics, published in the Phila- delphia Record:
 No braver or more gallant gentleman ever lived than Admiral Viscount Nel- son, and after his right elbow had been shattered by French bullet in the as- sault at Tenerife he manifested the ut most courage, refusing to be taken to the nearest ship lest the sight of his in- jury should alarm the wife of a fellow officer whose own fate was uncertain. When his own ship was reached, he climbed up its side without assistance, saying:
 "TeI1 the surgeon to make haste and | get his instruments. I know must lose my right arm, so the sooner it is off the better.
 "He underwent the amputation," so says private letter of one of his mid shipmen, with the same firmness and courage that have always marked his | character. ''
 And yet so painfully was Nelson affected by the coldness of the operator s knife that when next going into action at the famous battle of the Nile he gave standing orders to his surgeons that hot water should always be kept in readi- ness during an engagement, so that if another operation should be required he might at least have the poor comfort of being cut with warm instruments.
The Press., 1897-05-27
Organ and Dog In Sympathy.

There is an old adage that music hath charms to soothe savage breast, |" but this is not always the case. At the corner of Beacon and Mount Vernon streets in Boston may be found almost every evening just at dusk an old lady bundled up in shawls and wraps turn ing the crank of little paper hand or gan. The sounds issuing from the in- strument cannot be termed sweet, and to Representative ear they are painful
 The other evening, as the observer of the Boston Post was passing the musi- clan, a Gordon setter came running along He had evidently lost his master, for there was an anxious expression on his handsome face. When in front of the organ grinder he stopped. The ab- sence of his owner was trying enough, but that music was the last straw. Throwing back his head, he gave howl that sounded like the vail of lost soul. Not once, but time and again the ami nal poured forth his sorrow. Had the observer been theosophist in belief, he would have declared that the dog con- tained the spirit of musical critic. Yet the old lady was oblivious to it all, and the organ played on.
The Press., 1897-05-27
Japanese Competition.

MT. George c. Perkins is uneasy be- cause of the competition of Japan and gives his reasons ill The Overland Monthly:
 Japan has an unlimited supply of cheap coal and cheap labor. It has all ready demonstrated its ability to con- pete with Europe and America by in- vading the home markets of those coun- tries. It has the best machinery which the world has up to this time produced and can manufacture as much more as it needs. The initiative faculty of the race is unquestioned and unrivaled, and its originality is becoming acknowl- edged. It recognizes such educational defects as it possesses and with charao- teristic energy and conscientiousness is setting about to gain such knowledge as is necessary to bring its people to the highest state of industrial efficiency. Chemistry was formerly practically an unknown science in Japan. Now the Japanese export chemicals to America. Physics and mathematics will be studied with similar practical results, and most Americans now living will undoubtedly see Japan with a modern civilization, as far as it's industries are concerned, but with a people still Japanese in char aoter and tastes, who manufacture goods for foreign markets, as do the English, and who no more desire to supply their needs with English, French or American productions than we do to supply ours with those of China, Japan or India.
The Press., 1897-05-27
RothsohiId,s Rroken Cornice.

One of the features of the magnificent London mansion of Lord Rothschild, which adjoins Aspley House, the resi- dence of the Duke of Wellington, is the unfinished piece of superb cornice in the great marble hall This is ill accordance with the Hebrew precept which forbids any devout believer ill the Talmud to regard his home on earth as anything but temporary and therefore incomplete. Lord ROthschild's particular hobby is the Jews free school ill the Whitechapel district of London, which has all aver age daily attendance of 4,000 children, probably the largest roster of any school in the world This institution is main tained entirely by the peer, and it is probably the only school of the kind where each child is provided free of cost with a good breakfast of hot milk and bread and butter before beginning the day s studies. Each pupil receives a new suit of clothes once year, and Lord Rothschild encourages thrift among the pupils by paying them an interest of 10 per cent per annum on whatever money they are able to save or earn and to put by.-Chicago Record.
The Press., 1897-05-27
The Great Eastern as a Show Ship

The last days of the Great Eastern were certainly sad, considering the pur- pose for which she was designed a nd the great work she did in cable laying. For some time before she was broken up on the mud of the River Mersey, near Liverpool, she was on view as a show ship. One firm of Liverpool cloth iers hired her for a season, and in addi- ton to using her for its advertising purposes made use of her for catch pen ny shows. In the large cable tank cir GUS was fitted up, aud performances given at so much a head, while other exhibitions of the Coney Island type were spread all over her deck.-New York Sun.
The Press., 1897-05-27
Chicago n Literary Center.

You told Inc yesterday that Chicago wasn't literary center, didn't yOu?'' demanded the Chicago man of his friend from Boston
 "Yes, that is what I said,' replied the Boston man.
 You told me that we might have a few fair newspaper writers and a few Cheap John authors but hat couldn t find the name of crackerjack, bang up poet like Oliver Wendell Holmes, for instance, or Longfellow, or some of those other guys, in the whole city di- rectory, didn't you?" continued the Chi cago man.
 "Yes, I said something like that, '' was the reply.
 Well, you're way off, cully." went on the Chicago man, pulling paper out of his inside pocket. 70. W. Holmes lives over here on the West Side, ill the swell part of it, too-Ashland avenue. We've got three or four Longfellows, a score of Lowells and a column or more of Emersons. But that ain't all. You'll find in the directory a dozen Walter Scotts, a few Tennysons, about a page of Spencers, two Charles Dickcnses, one Thackeray and one Shakespeare. Now, what have you to say about Chicago's not being literary center?' Well, it's better than thought, '' acknowledged the Boston man. "Ou1 directory wouldn't show such list of | illustriOus names. "--ChicagO Times Herald.
The Press., 1897-05-27
The Ideal National Flower.

When a flower is found which can arouse widespread and genuine patriotic enthusiasm or has become associated closely with some great and universally beloved man or woman, it will become the national emblem without the neces- sity of legislative action, except as a formal ratification of a universal senti- ment. Under such circumstances only will people relegate their personal floral favorites to q second place. It will not matter, when this event hap pens, whether it is a plant useful to man or a weed. It will become the na- tional flower just the same. It was this sentiment which made the thistle the national flower of Scotland and the cornhower the national flower of the German empire, and it must be simi- lar chain of circumstances which gives us national fower.- Ledger
The Press., 1897-05-27
Roasting a Goose.

To roast a goose properly is by nc means an easy task. These directions, carefully followed, are said to be COT rect:
 Having drawn and thoroughly cleaned and dried the bird, stuff it with mashed potatoes highly seasoned with onion, sage, salt and pepper or with equal parts of bread crumbs, chopped apples and boiled onions, seasoned with salt, sage and pepper. Sew and truss, put on rack in a pan and cover the breast with slices of fat salt pork.
 Place in the oven for three-quarters of an hour. The pork fat is quickly drawn out by the heat, flows over the goose and aids in drawing out the oil When considerable oil is extracted, take the pan from the oven and pour off al the oil Remove the pork and dredge the goose with flour and place again il the oven. When the flour is browned add little hot water and haste often Dredge with flour after basting. Cool until brown and tender. Garnish witI water cress. Serve with apple sauce. e.- Chicago Record.
The Press., 1897-05-27
FAITH IN HUMAN NATURE.
A New York Cafe That Reposes Implicit
 Confidence In Its Customers.

New York Cafe That Reposes Implicit
 Confidence In Its Customers.
 It is rather surprising to find right on Park row a cafe that trusts its custom CTS perfectly. This place has probably 800 regular callers. It is open day and night, and is run on a system of inn pIicit faith in the honesty of man. While not place strictly high class, it offers what might be called very "comfortable'' meal, with trimmings before or after. Altogether, it is simply a plain place for an everyday man, with occasionally little something extra on the bill of fare equaling anything ill the city.
 This, of course can be said of hum dreds of similar places, but the system of payment is something novel. The proprietor, d stout German, boasts no cashier, as there is very little cash to take in. On the cigar counter is day book. The customer comes ill, goes to the ice chest in the corner if he wishes and takes quiet nip out of black bottle. Then he orders what he wants on the bill of fare It is served quickly and neatly. He then counts up his own indebtedness and puts it opposite his
 
 name in the book, including the 'nip, ]" or cigar, if he prefers that. He then walks sclcAcly out, knowing no proprie- tor is glaring at him and no cashier yelling for him to come back and make the cash register good.
 This sort of childlike simplicity in running a business in the very heart of a city filled with bunkoers, green goods mon and gold bricks without number is said to be winning venture. Gus toners invariably settle weekly. Friday and Saturday being pay days, and the proprietor says be has as yet to lose 8 bill through deliberate fraud. A little experience with d man like that is all most enough to renew ones confidence in human nature. New York Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Press., 1897-05-27
UndOne.

In the center of desolate expanse ot plowed land stood an aged man, gazing earnestly at the last rays of the setting sun. His face was set, and in his eyes was a mingled look of rage and pain. AS the fast dying light shone upon his ashen countenance his lips moved, but whether in prayer or malediction none could say. Again his lips moved.
 "Alas!" he sighed.
 His face grew sterner.
 "Alas," he said again, "I am un- donei''
 And, so saying, the farmer mended his suspenders with horseshoe nail and went home to supper.-New York Jour mol
The Press., 1897-05-27
A ROMANCE OF WALES.
The. Two Ladies of Llangollen Who Live,
 Q Strange Life ToEether.

The Two Ladies of Llangollen Who Lived
 Strange Life Together.
 Helen Marshall North contributes to The Century an account of Lady Eleanor Charlotte Butler and the Hon. Sara Ponsonby, who, more than & century ago, ran away from their homes and settled in the picturesque little town of Llangollen. They dressed in a strange costume that was partly made up of masculine garments. They were visited by many distinguished people and cor responded with most of the notables of their times. The writer says:
 Among their visitors the ladies also counted a certain Sir Alured, hand some and interesting but venerable man at this period. Here is romance within 8 romance, for of this gallant gentleman it is said that one of the princesses fell desperately in love with him, and her father, poor old George III, sent the too fascinating young man away to India, where there was war at the time, and whence, therefore. there was some like lihood that he would not return. But at 80 he came back, still handsome and fascinating, and was received with dis tinguished favor by the new king, who made him a field marshal. Of the princess and her affection nothing more is learned.
 Sir Alured had long known Lady Eleanor-indeed, for aught I know to the contrary, he may have been one of the five despairing swains mentioned in that lady's obituary-and once 8 year, usually in October, he came down to Llangollen to pay his respects to the two ladies, to whom the visit was all ways an occasion of consequence.
 The death of Lady Eleanor was a grievous blow to the old man. He came the year following, however, but was less gay than usual, and it is even said that he neglected to bestow tLe usual parting kiss on his fair entC rtainer. The Hon. Sara promptly reminded him of the oversight, for which he at once made atonement.
 Mary Carryl, the faithful servant, had died in 1909, making the first change that had occurred ill the inn ates of the household.
 Each of the friends wished picture of the other, but neither was willing to sit for her portrait. By some stratagem of friend pictures of the two together were secured when the ladies wero un- aware.
 In June. 1899, at the age of 90, Lady Eleanor passed away, and, although her friends surrounded Miss Ponsonby with every possible kindness, she refused to be comforted. She was seldom seen ex- cept by her domestics and survived in her loneliness only IS months.
The Press., 1897-05-27
A Lucky Diagnosis.

The patients symptoms indicated cardiac troubles, and the doctor got out his stethoscope and applied it to his chest to test the action of the heart.
 The patient flushed angrily, unbut. toned his vest and took from his inside pocket $5 bill wrapped in a piece of old paper.
 "I think is's carrying things little too far, hs said, "when you doctors go to looking through man with an X ray to see how much money he has, ''-De- troit Free Press.
The Press., 1897-05-27
pr. Nicol1 on American Newspapers.

Dr. Nicoll, who came to this country with MT. Barrie, read the American newspapers while he was here and au- daciously admits that he liked them. He has confessed to The Westminster Budget that in his opinion no American institution is more misunderstood abroad than the press. He thinks our newspa- pers less sensational than they seem to be and says, very truly, that you may look in vain in them for such matter as the divorce reports which the most prop CT English papers publish. Undoubted- ly we Americans like the newspapers we have better, on the whole, than any others in the market, but we are so con- tinually advised that our passion for them is guilty, that while we satisfy it with prodigality we seldom attempt to justify or even to excuse it, so that to hear our journals praised by visitor excites emotions of considerable novel ty. After all, liking for newspapers is, like liking for one's fellow crea- lures, apt to concentrate itself on indi- viduals. If Dr. Nico1l had been impoli- tic enough to say which American pa pers he liked, his comments would have gained in interest all that they lost in discretion. n.-Harper's Weekly.
The Press., 1897-05-27
ONLY ONE WORD.

Only one word, dear, to say to you
 Before the throng thrusts us apart: Only one moment to pray to you,
 Goddess enshrineI in my heart. Only one life, dear, t0 vn for you.
 Win you spurn itH Il l. $ at your feet. Only one hearts lovh T. Givo for you. Win you reign in that heart, my sweetP Only one song, dear, to sing with you, Singer anu song of yHI blust. Only one treasure to b .t.% with you Your heart. What matters tho rest? Only one word to iInploro of you
 Word that isl Couldn't you guessp Only one whisper-no lnoro-of you.
 Say-shall that whisper bc-"Yesr'
 J. l.. Heaton in "The Quilting Bee"
The Press., 1897-05-27

GLAD TDINGs.- specific for Dys- pepsla, Liver Complaint, Rheumatism, C Cos- tiveness, General Debility ,etc. Is Bacons' Celery King for the Nerves. This great herbal tonic stimulates the digestive or gaIls, regulates the Liver and restores the system to vigorous health and energies. Sample free. Large packages soc and 25c. Sold only by E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs, W. P. Fuller, Somers, Odell & Jones, Staffordville.
The Press., 1897-05-27
The Clever Unknown.

There must be many clever people ill the world among the workers whose names are never known, though thei1 productions sell we'll. Take the wonder. full things now on view in shop win. dows, their beautiful designs and elabo- rate finish, from the cheap ornaments, which are often prettier than real jew. elry, to the dolls, bonbon boxes wood carvings, glass and china objects and general bric- a-brac of all nations. Who knows and who cares how the gifted and patient makers of these novelties live and die or if their toll receives any thing like an adequate reward?-Phila delphia Press
The Press., 1897-05-27
Peanuts In Europe.

Peanuts grow ill large quantities on the northwest coast of Africa, but are known there as ground nuts. They are dug up by the natives and bartered with the European traders for merchandise, tobacco, etc., at many places on the Gambia river and afterward shipped in steamer loads to European ports, princi- pally to Marseilles. The nuts are not roasted for retail sale, as in this coun- try, but crushed and fine oil extracted, which is valuable commercially New York Sun
The Press., 1897-05-27
SHELBY ANDTHE PRESIDENT
How He CIinched His Appointment a
 United States Marshal.

How He CIinched His Appointment as
 United States Marshal.
 .'One of General Shelby s saving traits was his ability to say exactly the right thing to the right man in the right place. A heavy fight was made on him when he was a candidate for the mar shalship. His opponents had told Presi- dent Cleveland that Shelby had been concerned in the assassination of the of ficers of Cass county who had issued some railway bonds against the wishes of the people. Shelby prepared himself with affidavits from leading citizens and went to Washington. Disdaining assist ance, he obtained personal interview with MT Cleveland When he entered the executive office, Representative Dockery, the banker at Gallatin, one of his bitterest opponents, was present.
 have been accused of assassina- tion, MT. President, said General Shel- by, and have been informed that the appointment to the United States mar shalship for the western district of Mis- souri hinges upon that charge. In jus tice to a Democrat I want you to exam inc these papers at your leisure.
 "'You have been correctly informed, General Shelby said the president. That charge has been made. will look at your papers.
 Congressman Cookery interjected a remark. I will bid you good morning, MT. President, said the general There is nothing that man'-pointing to Dock ery-'can say to me in this office or in your presence. There are many places | in which he can meet me if he desires. , ''There was distinct challenge in his mal:ner and glance, but it never came to anything, Within an hour MT | Cleveland caused General Shelby to be informed that he would be given the appointment The entire business was settled ill less than half a day. It was the guiding principle of General Shel- by's life to go straight for any thing that he wanted and straight against anything that he didn't like ''-Detroit Free
The Press., 1897-05-27
Buffers Flag.

Feb. 21, 1866, General Benjamin F. Butler presented to congress the first genuine American flag, made of Amer ican materials by American labor, ever constructed ill this country.
 Prior to that time all American gov ernment flags had been made of English bunting. Since then all our official flags have been the product exclusively of American material and labor. There were 26 stars in the flag at that time.- New York Press