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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22
CORPORATIONS WITH SOULS.

The Wisconsin Central railroad
company was solicited by hundreds
of people i'm St. Paul, Minneapolis
Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire and
other places to run excursion trains
last Sunday to the stricken little
CITY Of New Richmond. There
would have been thousands OF
dollars in it for the company, but
the management promptly and posi-
lively refused. The road officials
took the high ground that such
movement Of trains would be plac-
ing a premium upon misfortune, and
that it would result in taking thou
sands Of curious people into the
desolate city who would be in the
way and who would not be there to
assist in the relief work now going
on. When the Omaha road heard
Of the prompt decision of the Cen
trial il also Declined 10 ruti ahy f&-
cursion trains or to give any special
rates
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22
HEALTH AND BEAUTY,
A Number of Very Useful and sen.l.
BILE Hints.

In using gloves TO sleep in, to whiten
the hands, care should be taken to cut
the tips of the fingers off, or the hand
will get over heated and much redder
in consequence.
Never use pure glycerin on the skin;
it is too strong alone, as it absorbs the
moisture of the hands or face, and
quickly burns and roughens the skin.
1t should be mixed with rose water
and then it can be used freely; but
even then it is better to use It for the
hands alone.
Vegetarians and those who believe IN
the alth-giying properties of fruit
and nowadays who does not?-will he
delighted to hear that cider is the lat
cst discovered remedy for typhoid fe~
yer. a learned French doctor, who re.
Gently tried some interesting expert
mcntS with the bacillus of that terrible
disease, has made the highly important
discovery that it is impossible for them
to live more than very short time
when placed in the juice of the apple.
and he strongly advises those who
have the misfortune to live in places
where the water is not above suspicion.
20 mix little cider" with it before
drinking it-certainly most agreeable
way of avoiding danger.
An occasional day in bed, with the
world shut out is better than bottles
of tonics. The young are benefited by
this day OFF" while the middle-aged
and the old imperatively need it. Wo.
men are accustomed to think little OF
their own physical needs, says the
Ledger. They are too often satisfied
TO be grossly ignorant of the laws
which control their physical well-being.
Is it SO much easier to dose and drug?
They haven't time" they didn't
think" or lit is too much trouble"
Whereas, time expended now may add
many years to life. Thought taken at
the present moment may give ability
to think nobler thoughts in the future
"Take the trouble" which means make
the effort. to keep whatever charm you
have been muniticently endowed with.
Not only so. but develop latent capahil.
tiles; it means for you broader, fuller,
happier life in every way.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22
UnNAma Cow Mnst Go.

The sanitary authorities at Havana
have commenced a crusade against
the housing of cattle in dwelling places
throughout the city. Several hundred
head of milk COWS were driven FROM
residences along the Prado, the fnest|
section of the city. and the majority OIL
these were sold by their owners. Thel
lowest price paid was $50 per head,
and the highest 500. These figures
will seem enormous to American daryl
men and farmers, who are able TO pur'|
chase good milk cows for $40 each. butt
when the cost Of good beef is y cenisI
per pound, and the price Of milk Sl'ol
per gallon the prices here are takenl
into consideration, the rate Is not cy'
ceSsive Americans who have heenI
obliged to pay - centav0s per glass torI
milk here are still wondering how tbe|
poor live The latter do not drink
sweet milk. that is certain The pur'|
chaSers of the cows removed from res
licences intend TO take them into theI
country. where there is abundant pas
ture. The fodder formerly supplied
them was the coarSeSt kind Of grass
more like young cornstalks than any
thing else. and this fodder was fed TO
the cattle in stalls They We're not|
given beds to lie upon, and from stand
ing and lying on the cold stone fioorsI
of their stables the majority contracr.
ed ~r"a> on hoof ana body and could
sean .y walk when taken by the atl
PENDANTS to the drinking place, gener
ally at the rear OF the stable Ihel
American authorities have the blessing
of the Cuban cattle. II they haven
that of the CuhAn senOr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22
Monona Lake Assembly.

This popular summer gathering
for 1899 will open July 18th and con.
tinue two full weeks. Speakers anc
entertainers engaged are:
DR.. VIM. Cunningham, July 10. 20. q. a. 25.
Dccca Opera Co., July 10, D
lgnatius Donnely, July 20.
Rev. Josiah Strong d. D.. July q.
Miss Jane Adams, July %
Rev. Thos. Dixon, Jr., u. D., July q, "a
Bishop G. II. Fowler, d. D., July %, q.
Ensign J. Tracy Edison, July "A.
Hon. j. T. Deliver. July 25.
Hon. Murat Halstead, July 26.
Prof. VIM Armstrong, July 20, p. 2s
Rev. Geo. NJ Brown, y. D., July p.
John Temple Graves July y.
Rev. f. A. Strough. July Is. 30
Rev. Frank Dewitt Tamage July 20, 30
Hon VIM. J. Bryan. July 81
Robinson's ProjcctoScope, July 20 81
Mrs. Isabel Garghil Beecher, July 20-29
Inles Levy, July 20-20.
Madam Costa-Levy, july aJ-Zj.
Clauders Band IS men, July 2O-29
FOR THE SEASON.
Rev. j. 4. Wordeu, d, D..
Mrs. WILDER +. Crafts,
Mis-, Marie G. Brehm
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22
Masonic Parade at podgeville

10 accommodate the patrinrchS of
The Ordgr tine line Of march for the
Masonic parade at podgcvillo toe
morrow, the 23d. has been shortened
and wJ'Ihya> follows.
c"umu forms at n a. mn. SHARP. la
lrontut bookings Rink and move
West en- Division st. to Iowa
Northou Iowa to Diagonal
Northwest ON Diagonal To- Main.
~nuthon Matnt 10 Chapel
Weston Chapel On Level
South ou Level 90 Division.
Eustou Division to Iowa.
\urth ON Iowa to Court House.
nENllIF STRONG, ,t,r.t.l.
W N. kl NnrII.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22

1t is said two Frenchmen have con
structed new machine SURPRISING '"'
cinematograph IN important paFi..'
lars. Combined with sharpness o. li!'
age. the inventors have succeeded VI
vastly increasing the number OF ~
posures per unit Of time. Inc Ni'e,O
Of the cinematoGraph may he taken y
- exposures per second. This i s',''
to be too slow for photosraph'hs = =.
movements. But it is professed 'ha'
the alethorama viii take -"
graphs per second TO do ms ,he '.',.
chine must use 10 meters or MIN r.
second or not FAR short q Two h-.'''
per minute.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22
MOkE BONO
THE 18th AT MINERAL POINT.
Great Program Patriotic, Edifying
and Amusing.

OON-BEGTNNING AT9.
procession--City Hall 10 Fair Grounds.
Invocation Chaplain.
Reading Dcclaration-Mis Natalie Smoker
Oration-lion G. ]. Smith, Of Yiroqua.
Band Music and Singing interspersed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22
Advertised Letters.

Letters addressed to the following
named persons remain uncalied for
at the Mineral Point post-office
s. T. Bunch, Fred Lutke.
Persons calling for the above will
please say advertised" and give
date of this list, June 10, 1899.
y. T. MARTIN, p. NJ.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22

representative could transact their
business without being surrounded
nv swarm of button-holers. In
commenting on the law the Times
further says:
If the anti-pass law is what did it-and no
doubt il is-the politicians have builded better
than they knew in enacting it, How much
pleasanter and better it will be to have only
those on hand at political meetings who must
he there for the transaction Of the specific
busiuess in hand. Gangs Of strikers and
heelcrs who buttun-hole statesmen, push them
M against the wall and remind them Of prom
ised pIums are always a nuisance, and poll
ticiaus who find il difficult 10 deliver all the
goods promised I'm campaign times will vote
the law a blessing. II ~ estimated by
those who do not like the law that il will cost
the state about $4,000 a year in transporta-
ton charges. but a. officers always put in bills
for railroad fare when they are travelling on
business. and pocket the proceeds rs perqui-
sites. il il hard 70 see where it will make any
difference to the state. Mileage and railroad
fare will simply cease 10 be among the
gratis" Of statesmen. If the law reduces the
amount Of official travelling the state will be
the gamer Thu, far the Wisconsin law is
working nicely. and some day the people of
Minnesota may elect legislature sufficiently
honest and enlightened to do away with the
little card board brides.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22

AN exchange hits the nail on the
head when it says: Much of the
talk about taxation is done through
the hat crowns Of people who pay no
taxes at all, or who are the worst
Kind of tax dodgers themselves. We
know Of people who have made the
loudest kind of roar about unjust
taxation and who even refused to
pay their poll tax
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-06-22

THE finding Of the germs Of tuber-
culosis in every COW of herd Of
niuety-two receiyed at the stock
yards at Chicago, Monday, is alarm
ing, to say the least Something will
have to be done to fight the disease
wherever its existence is suspected.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-11-11
United States Senator Roach.

Persuaded by friend have used
Pe-ru-na as a tonic, and am glad to
testify that it has greatly helped me in
strength, vigor and appetite. / have
been advised by friends that it is re-
markably efficacious as cure for the
almost universal complaint of catarrh.
Nv. N. Roach, Larimore, North Da-
kota."
A free book on catarrh sent to any
address by The Pe-ru-na Drug Mfg
Co., Columbus, Ohio.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The art of starching linen waA
brought into England in 1853 by Flem-
ish woman.
The hghtest tubing ever made is of
nickel aluminium. Three thousand feet
of this tubing weighs only one pound.
Chill is going to fit up vessel with
the products of the country, to be taken
to the principal ports on the Pacific for
exhibition.
The English walnut is said to be the
most profitable of all nut-bearing trees.
When in full bearing they will yield
about 800 pounds of nuts to the tree.
The nuts sell on an average at about
four pence per pound. If only % trees
are planted on an acre the income
would be about C 1876 per acre.
The manufacture of carbons for cleo
tric light is very interesting. The
plastic mass is driven out through a
small aperture with the aid of by
draulic press. They are then baked in
furnaces and are automatically electro
plated with copper. The plating oper-
alton is particularly interesting.
All the Paris exposition special effort
will be made to make striking exhibit
ton of Indian corn and its food prod
ucts. 1t is intended to establish in con-
nection with the American agricultural
exhibits corn Kitchen" in order that
the visitors may be furnished with all
kinds of maize foods. 1t is hoped that
this will increase the market for Amer
lean corn.
According to the Papier Zeitung.
where it is desired to avoid black specks
in paper made in the smoke-laden at
mosphere of a manufacturing district
the only effective remedy is the filtra-
tion of the air through woven fabric
of fine texture. AT Schering's works in
Berlin, where Photographic sensitized
paper and plates are made, circula-
tion of air is maintained by drawing
IN air through cloth filters and expell-
ing the same through powerful venti-
lators in the roof.
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PROGRESS IN METALLURGY.
of Great Brifain-Many New
Metals.

OF the achievements in metalluryy
which have either been-actually effect
ed or are in immediate prospect, Prof.
Sir w. Roberts-Austen recently gave
the following collective statement in
his presidential address to the Iron and
Steel institute of Great Britain. There
are, he said, blast furnaces which will
produce 600 tons of pig iron in "a hours,
with a consumption of little over 1874
hundredweight of coke per ton of iron,
and the gases from blast furnaces are
used not only as sources of heat, but
directly in gas engines. There are Bes-
semer converters which can hold so
tons of metal, and open hearth fur
naces which will also take so tons, while
1oo-ton furnaces are projected. The
open hearth furnaces are fed with one
ton of material in a minute, by the aid
of large spoon worked by an electro
motor. There are gigantic mixers"
capable of holding 200 tons of pig iron,
in which. moreover, a certain amount of
preliminary publication is effected.
Steel plates are rolled of over 300 feet
in area and two inches thick, and there
are girders which justify the belief of
Sir Benjamin Baker, that bridge con-
meeting England and France could be
built over the channel in half-milc
spans. There are ship-plates which
buckle up during collision, but re-
main water-tight. There are steel ar
mor-piercing shot which will penetrate
thickness of steel equivalent to over
81 inches of wrought iron. The points
of the shot remain intact, although the
striking yelocities are nearly $500 feet
second. There are wires which will
sustain a load of no tons per square
inch without fracture. Hadfeld, whose
labors he hoped to see continued far
into the twentieth century, has given us
manganese steel that will not soften
by annealing; while Guillaume has
studied the properties of certain nickel
steels that will not expand by heat.
and others that contract when heated
and expand when cooled. Nickel. cro-
MUM, titanium and tungsten are free
ly used alloyed with iron, and the use
of vanadium. uranium, molybdenum,
and even glucinium, is suggested.
Huge ingots are placed in soaking pits
and forged direct by 120-ton hammers,
o. pressed into shape by 14,000-ton
pressers, and there are steel castings
for parts of ships that weigh over 35
tons.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1899-11-11
RAISES CANDIDATES
Where Aspiring Politicians
Flourish.

Indianapolis, Ind, boasts of the finest
climate in the United States in respect
to political salubrity. A few years in its
atmosphere will convert farmer boy
into president or vice president, while
its output of ambassadors, consuls gen.
.ral and the like is merely regarded as
an incident to the more important work
In hand of turning out national presid-
ing officers. At present Indianapolis
holds many important European consul
lar posts. One is minister to Austria.
Just now the postmasters at Havana,
Ponce and San Juan, the three impor-
tant cities of our new acquisitions, are
all from Indianapolis. But the city has
more unique record than this. 1t has
had representation on national tickets
for the longest unbroken period of any
city in the country. In period of 20
years, beginning with 1872, there was
not national election when the city
was without representation on one of
the tickets. If Schuyler Colfax. whose
home was at South Bend, but who spent
much of his time in indianapolis, is con-
sidered an Indianapolitan, this period
is extended another four years; and on
top OF this an Indianapolitan was ma
tional candidate for vice president in
the days before the war. The unbroken
stretch of 20 years, when bona fide resi-
dents of the city were on the national
tickets, is as follows: In 1872 five cleo
toral votes were east for George w.
Julian for vice president and AZ votes
for Thomas A. Hendricks for president:
1876. Hendricks was the democratic
nominee for vice president; 1880, VIII
liam Ii. English was the democratic
nominee for vice president; 1884. Hen
bricks was the successful candidate for
vice president; 1883, Benjamin Harrison
was the successful nominee for presi-
dent; 1892, Harrison was the defeated
republican nominee for president. In
1868 Colfax was elected vice president.
In 1852 Julian was the nominee for vice
president on the free soil democratic
tcket.-Chicago Tribune.
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THEY ARE SMALL.
Some Insects That Cause More
Trouble Than Many of the
Larger Anfmals.


More trains are stopped by insects
n India than brigahds. Locusts have
a fancy for sitting on the railway lines.
When the engine wheel touches them
they are crushed. leaving the rail so
oily that the wheel slips. When this oc-
ours as the train is climbing a steep
gradient ii is serious.
Oysters, paradoxical as il may seem,
have now joined the ranks of the enc
mics of enterprise. Some gourmand
suggested the Indian harbor of Tuti-
CORN, on the Madras coast, as suit able
place for oyster beds. and the Madras
government, doubtless approaching the
value of oysters either for eating or for
pearls. turned a deaf ear to conserva-
tive remonstrance. Time has. however.
justified the remonstrants, for. though
the projectors have got an abundant
supply of oysters, the harbor of Tut
CORN is now said TO be in danger of total
destruction by the growth of the beds.
The Madras coast is so ill-fayored that
harbors are more valuable than oysters.
and campaign will be directed against
the latter, although the authorities
banker after the taxes on the pesrl
fishery.
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sardine. and Cucumb,r.

An appetizing luncheon or supper
dish is made of sardines and cucrm-
bers. Peel the cucumber, leaving a
strip Of the rind about quarter inch In
width down one side. Slice very thin
on plate, cover, and put on ice. An
hour before serving pour a French
dressing over, and replace on ice. When
required for the table, arrange on fat
dish with sardines, from which the
backbone has been removed, laid in
lines converging to the center.--N. Y.
Tribune.
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MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There are nearly 5000 distinct pieces
[. a locomotive.
New York consumption of cham
payne during the past year was the
greatest ever known.
No more than one couple in 10000
live to celebrate their diamond wedding
the sixtieth anniversary.
The screw of an Atlantic liner re-
wolves something like 100000 times be-
tween Liverpool and New York.
There are 100000 goats in the United
States, 25s, 900 in the West Indies (where
goat mutton is extensively used), 49,.
900 in England and 100000 in Spain.
1t is said that room may be quickly
freed from the smell of tobacco smoke
by placing in it a pail of water con-
tanning handful of hay, which will
absorb all the odor of the tobacco.
A philosophical statistician calculates
that in the year 1000 there will be 1.70o,-
100000 people who speak English, and
that the other European languages will
be spoken by only 5oo,ooo,ooo people.
In England and America new words
are constantly being made to fill the
needs of modern inventions. To give
some idea of this tremendous growth
of the language, the words and phrases
under The letter A have increased in
SO years from 1000 to nearly $4,000.
About 100000 of false teeth are man
ufactured in the United States every
year, and it has been calculated that the
dentists in this country pack away
about ton of gold and three times that
weight of silver and platinum into the
teeth of their patients, the value of the
metal being estimated at G 100000.
DIR. Edward Everett Hale conducted
an open-air wedding near Boston, Mass,
recently. The wedding party, to the
number of 100, assembled in a wood
under an immense oak tree, from q
branch of which hung a marriage bell
of field daisies. The wedding breakfast
was afterwards served in picnic fashion
On the ground.
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upon one, and only by the quick action
C the pilot were they saved from cap
sizing.
'Pull in your oar, Terry, and let me
have it, commanded Mitchell. San
oars enough sight better than "a rud-
der at such a pass as this"
Almost instantly, it seemed, the yawl
was in the midst of the ice pack. The
snow swept down with fury upon them.
They could scarcely see the water for
the white-capped cakes. Terry sat
amidships without speech or motion,
and finally the pilots vexation turned
against him and he cursed him roundIy.
Suddenly there was shout from the
bow, and almost instantly the yawI
crashed into large cake and was driv
en- back by the force of the collision.
As though it was signal for gem
eral attack, the ice advanced upon the
boat upon either side. She was crushe I
between two grinding, shouldering
walls of driving cakes and the sea be-
gan to squirt between the strained
seams.
eve vas lost!" cried Carl, leaping o.
The shock which followed threw him
upon the ice pack.
Overheard with you'll" sang out
Mitchell. She'll sink in a minute. Get
on big cake, boys!"
"But only Terry heard him. Carl had
disappeared. The pilot and stroke of
the wrecked yawl found themselves
clinging side by side upon huge cake
of ice.
''Where is he? Where is hep" gasped
the sailor, at last aroused.
Poor Carl! Poor boy!" groaned ths
pilot.
"He mustn't drown!" cried Terry,
standing upright upon the lettering ice.
''He must be saved! Nina
The yawl disappeared, sucked under
by the tide. In the swirl of gray water
where it went down was mans up
raised arm. The hand chung an instant
to the ragged edge of the ice.
Terry swooped down upon it instant
ly. He caught the rough coat sleeve just
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as the hand slipped, and, with might Y
fheave, brought Carts head and shoul-
ders out of the icy water. In a breath
they had dragged their comrade out of
the jaws of death.
Carts teeth began to chatter and
Terry and Mitchell Rugged him up be-
tween them, that the warmth of their
bodies might in some measure counter
act the chill he had received. The
snow, which still fell, was packed around
and over them until they might have
been part of the ice cake to which
they clung. Mitchell raised his hea 1
occasionally, the better to listen.
Cant hear single horn" he de-
ciared. "We might as well be in the
middle of the Atlantic instid o. mile
O. so off shore. dunno but we'd bet
ter shout"
"What for?" grumbled Carl.
ITO keep you from going to sleep,
younker," returned the pilot, sharply.
"Are you cold?''
"N-not very,' chartered the Swede.
Il won't let him go to sleep, sir"
said Terry.
You're very goot- both of you," de-
clared Carl. Then he added in his
mates ear: ''She don't care nothipr
bout me, Terry"
"Who?' exclaimed the other, with q
nervous start.
"Why, Nina. We vas joost teasin'
you. 1t vas her sister l lofe-not her.
Her sister in the faderland. She viii
be Offer here in a mont an we will be
marry"
Suddenly Mitchell commanded ST.
lence.
Il hear something yonder,'' he said.
After several minutes the dull bark.
ing of foot-power horn reached their
ears.
"The old Halcyon, for dollar." cried
the pilot. Lets shout!"
A quavering, long-dyawn "Aho-o-y!"
arose from the crew of yawl ). Again
and again it was repeated.
Then a hail through a trumpet
reached them in the very teeth Of the
storm.
iHe loSnorn kept SnOrtlng to cheer
them; but they soon heard something
else-the rattle of oars approaching.
OF sudden the bow of four-oared
boat pushed into view. A man stood
upright in the boat, coil Of rope in
his hand. Instantly the rope was flung
them, and by its aid all three were
drawn into the lifeboat.
so this is the way you 90 ashore
for provisions, is it?" growled She cap
tain of the Halcyon, as the yawI's
crew scrambled in.
We'll, cap. you came darn near los
ia us as well as the yawl and the store
truck remarked Mitchell, calmly TAX
ing the tilIer and steering unerringly
for the pilot boat, whose foghorn
growled at intervals to guide them.
But Terry put his lips close TO the
Swede's ear and asked:
rs il true?-
"0f course it iss. An if you chump
don't be you viii marry her when I
marry Sophie next mont'-eh?'-Bos-
ton Globe.