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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-09
Can't BIake's Home Coming.

IT'S you that's cruel, reddie
Blakei"
Cruel, Nellie dear Nellie. you lit
tie demon! Why, ] wouldn't touch a
hair Of your head barring the bit
want TO cut OFF 10 carry with me to
India, and you're teasing the life out
Of me with your contrariuess, ana
making IL much harder for me to go
than ever you dream Of,
And what do you want TO go for?
Leaving your home and your regi-
mcnt that you were so proud Of and
the people that know you, and the
girl here Miss Nellie breaks down
with a little sob, ana 1t is all Teddie
can do to remember his promise TO
her father, and keep his two arms
from going around her.
And the girl what?' he says
husldly; for the life Of him be can't
resist that much.
"That was brought up with you and
has been o sister to you all your life %
ch1kes Nellie OMally.
"Tu tell you what it is, Nellie" the
poor young soldier says. qulling him
SELF Together aud speaking much
more severely than Doe really feels
"you must try "a understand my POI
sidon. and then wen say NO more
about 10, IL vow please once and for
an My uylo's dead lheavon rest his
soulD and he's left the OLD place TO
me. but It's NO to the chimney pots In
debt. and unless JEFF 70 Co This English
fellow nm newer boz able 10 clear it all
my ifo Then II ] don't exchange FOR
India, ! can Keep my place IN the
service al am, and besidcs Nellie with
the OLE rcg'meut quarrorod at Thomas
town. IL would be- mighty hard for me
20 see another man fishing my salmon
and shooting my birds and sitting i'm
my chimney corner every day of the
week. with his great ugly face looking
over the pew ut YOU on Sundays /
couldn't do 10, Nellie, not even TO- re-
main near near the friends I've
known ever since / was q baby So
that's ul about II. and you mustn't
make 1t harder for me than / com bear
do You see9"
% was "a good thing that Aunt Ellen
called them in Go supper at this mo-
mcut Nellie had one of her teasing
cts ON her trying by th0s means to
hide her heart break al TpldIps de
parture and her perycrsly tried poor
young lakr slrely he had promised
her father the rtgtor That be would
not by word or act rryoal his feelings
toward her They bad been children
together almost brother and sister
for uourIy twenty years. since Teddy
first came to MoyUsgalIau. and this
state of things must Doc maintained
Mr. OMalley decided tN redlies
fortunes should bear closer aud more
satisfactory inspection Perhaps d
few years 90 Indian soldering, while
the old castle was let 10 rich English
tenant might pul the said fortunes
ON tholr feet meanwhile lingering
In the old rcetory garden was a dan
gerous occupation and Aunt ellen aid
wisely TO ring the supper bcl ont OF
the window
Presently the parting came Ii was
Sunday evening ana the rcDtory kept
early hours Stopper was over. and the
ONoucys we're makug their farewell
To Ieddie the almost SON of the house.
Tor he had 90 get back 90 rhomastoWn
that night ANA start for EuE)oud next
morning
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-09
TEMPER As AN INFLUE.NCE.

Temper. says an authority has inn
mcuse influence on The tone of the
singing voice Am ill-natured or
aaeuloUs person viii Invariably have
atike quality in the voice, which
IS pergepdh'e in singing quite as
much as in speaking.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-09

provides that where child has with
the knowledge or consent OF the par
ent, been taken under year OF age
and kept years without inquiry
from the parents, it may then be
adopted without further notice to the
parents. The opposition was led by
Mr.. Germer, democrat OF Wood, who
was supported by Messrs. Sturdevant
Hall and Eline, who argued that it
was special legislation intended to
cover a special case in Milwaukee and,
further, that the existing law on
adoption was sufficient The present
law requires notice to the parents un-
der all circumstances or in lieu there.
Of the facts in the case must be
spread upon the court records in let
ters OF burning shame, as Judge Or
ton put it, The latter said the BIZ.
was calculated to cover no special
case, but to operate in the interest es-
pecially Of the waits whom angels OF
mercy SO often reclaim from the lying
in hospitals of the cities lie declared
that, simply because a woman had In
her youth lapsed from virtue, she
should not forever thereafter be OBJ
liged to wear a scarlet letter branded
on her person. For his part he
thought the record of her shame
should be obliterated. The bin was
killed by vote of 81 to 30, after
Messrs McGrath, Vandercook and
Keene had spoken for it,
The Dahl bill for a commission TO
Investigate the Torrens. land system
was, Mr. Hall said one OF the impor-
tant matters before the legislature,
The bill had been adversely recon-
mended by the committee on claims
because of the appropriation of $1,000
which it carried, He asked for q ref
erence of the bill to Mr.. Dahl, its au-
thor, for an amendment eliminating
the appropriation. Mr. Dahl eX-
planned the measure, and said that the
attorney general was willing to devote
himself to the preparation of proper
bill TO submit two years hence. Then
he went into the merits of the law,
showing it was prodigious success
wherever tried; that IS per cent, Of
the realty of Van Couver's island was
now under The Torrens system; that
Illinois counties were adopting it free
ly; that it cost only s24 to get a land
registration under it; that the abstract
Offices only opposed it and that one
abstract ONCE alone in Chicago got
$27l,000 annually out Of the people by
the Old method Mr. Frost said that
in Australia 90 per cent of the lands
advertised for sale had their titles
guaranteed by a clause in the adver-
tisement, thus showing that such
guaranty was regarded as valuable
Mr. Catlin favored the bill, yet Mr.
Halls motion prevailed, and Mr.. Dahl
Is thus given a chance to recast his
measure The bin making the Even
ing wisconsin the official state paper
was passed vlve yoce. Tt now goes to
the house. The State Journal now is
official paper and makes about $1,000
year out Of the honor, chiefly from
Insurance companies for publishing
their annual statements Assembly
bills were passed; No. 113 CHartung)
permitting town board meetings to be
held in any village or city within or
adjoining the town, and No 1870 (Mc-
Leod), empowering county boards 10
provide salaries for deputy county
clerks
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-03-09
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE.

Madison, Feb. 27.-Both houses of
the legislature reconyened. The fea
ture OF the assembly session was the
swearing in of David Evans, Jr., Of
Waushara county as the successor OF
the late Assemblyman w II. Hughes.
In the lower house Assembly bills
were passed as follows: No 80
CThomas), relating TO sale of land for
taxes, amended by Mr.. Hall; So IVAN
derccok), appropriating $500 for the
purchase OF state stationary; So VAN
dercook), appropriating $4,000 for re-
novating the closets OF the capitol
Sc Germany, for the Organization Of
bicycle insurance companies; IS
(KeeneJ, regulating the loaning Of
money on chattel security; 50 liar
yey), increasing the punishment for
mayhem; l07 (Anderson), relating to
meetings OF church insurance com
panies los (Anderson) relating to
church insurance companies; 100
Gavin, relating to punishment for
stealing bicycles; 154 (Orton), amend
ing statutes relating to soldiers re-
lief fund No. Is Senate (Eaton, 10 give
control OF state fair grounds to state
board of agriculture, was passed as
was Mr.. Mosher's memorial to con
gress for legislation in favor of
American shipping. The Whitehead
bill providing a reporter for Rock
county court, was passed under sus-
pension OF the rules on motion of Mr.
Wheeler.
In the senate the following senate or
assembly bills were passed or con
Cured in: Nos. As, (Whitehead), re-
lating TO publishing notices In county
courts; Ais, (Mills), TO compel county
officers receiving fees to file verified
statements; 65s, tDennetD, relating
to bicycles; 69s, (Mailer), providing a
contingent fund of $4,000 for the pre-
yention of cholira; ga, (Rusk), pro-
yiding for conveyance of lands, pur-
suant to contract held by deceased
persons; asa, (More), making the
burning of farm machinery arson; 50a,
(Bryant, providing for filing vacan-
cies in Office of county judge the same
as in the higher judicial Offices.
The following bills were killed Nos.
49s, (Weed), providing salary for
registers Of deeds sheriffs and clerks
Of court; 1925, (Mills), providing lor
the payment Of poll tax and 147s,
(Mills), relating to qualifications to
vote,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
CHINESE COURT HISTORIANS
They May Write tho Truth, For Their
Work Is Secret.

They May Write tho Truth, For Thetr
Work Is Secret.
There are court historians in China,
as there are In other countries, but
there is one striking difference, and 1t
lies In the fact that the work of the
Chinese court historians does not see
the light until the reigning dynasty
comes to an end.
In this way these Celestial historians
have an opportunity to describe most
truthfully the virtues and vices of tho
yalorous rulers and the real signifi-
canoe of the events which take place
what they please without fear of CEN
sure, for they know that their work
will not be published rs long as tho
relgning dynasty lasts.
This has been the rule for more than
1000 years, the first court historian
having been appointed by the impe
rial house OF Han, which reigned from
206 b. c. until % A. ID.
The duty OF these historians Is to
write plain accounts Of all the events
that occur during their tenure Of Of
flee. At regular intervals their COM
pleted work Is taken from them and Is
locked up in an iron safe or vault.
There 1t remains until the first member
of new dynasty ascends the throne.
1t is then given with all the other
histories In the vault to the court
historian, who is then living, and from
the mass of documents he Is expected
to prepare n truthful history of the
dynasty which has just expired. The
present dynasty has been reigning
since 1640 and consequently no court
history has been published since that
date.-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
Route NV Pronounced.

There are numerous excuses for the
pronunciation of the word route, and
man may hardly so nmiss to choose
his own style. Down south they say
always rowt. In the north. among the
educated classes, we hear root. Here
also we hear. lower down, especially
among the hyphenated Americans, rut.
The Irish. even big folk. say rut. The
original Webster gives the pronuncia-
ton as rowt, with an admission of
root. We have adopted root because
of French leaning. The word rut,
meaning n deep track in roadway,
cut by the rim of a wheel, is simply q
contraction of route and rout. The
Century dictionary says root or rowt.
preference for root. We also say
rootine for routine; why not, therefore.
root for route? Rowtine would sound
funny.-New York Press.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
THE DOORBELL.
1t Tells what Manner of Man You
Are by Your Ring.

Arc by Your Ring.
Doorbells are pretty fair Indicators
of character. Probably you have not
been conscious of It, but every t.
you pull doorbell you register VI :
manner OF man you are Your ring VII
not tell everything about you. ffam
the color of your eyes to your taste IN
flowers, but to those who know the
signs the doorbell is as good MS tile
page. Any one who has had occasion
to answer bell pulls knows how much
difference there is In them. One per-
sons method varies little from time to
that method and somebody else's,
while slight. will be sufficiently well
marked. 1t Is seldom that two rings
are exactly alike.
The housewife recognizes each, the
impatient man, who pulls the bell
twice in quick succession and does not
walt long before trying 1t again; the
ono of more phlegmatlc temperament,
whose ring is slower and more sub
stantial: the hesitating woman, who
draws the knob out In a succession Of
nervous jerks; the seedy individual
with matches to sell. who stretches
the wire carefully to its full length
and then allows 1t to relax with a
faint, apologize tinkle, and the jolly
friend, who knows he is welcome, and
therefore grasps the knob with hear
ty swing that is fairly eloquent with
good nature, and sets the bell to shak-
ing its sides with such peals of echo
ing laughter that it positively cannot
stop at once, but subsidies gradually
with a merry, irrepressible little litter.
A doorbell has as many voices as WIS.,
itors.-Berlin (Md) Herald.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
THE GREEDY CATFISH.
His Eating Capacity ms Wonderful
ns His Hold ON Life.

The catfish belongs to an ancient
type not yet fully made into n fish, and
hence those whose paired fins are all
properly fastened to the head, as his
are not, hold him In we'll merited
scorn. He has no scales and no bright
colors. His fins are small and his head
and mouth are large. Around his
mouth are eight long "smellers,"
fleshy feelers, that he pushes out as
he crawls along the bottom in search
of anything that he may eat. AS he
may eat anything, he always finds 1t.
His appetite is as impartial as that of
n goat. Anything from dead lam
prey or bunch of suntlsh eggs to
piece of tomato can, is grateful to
him.
In each of the fins, which represent
his arms, Is n long, sharp bone, with
q Shiny surface and serrated edge.
These are fastened by ball and sock
ct joint, and whenever the fish Is
alarmed the bone Is whlrled over and
set in place; then 1t sticks out stlllly
on each side. There Is another such
bone In the fin on the back, and when
all of these are set there Is no fish
that can swallow him.
When he takes the hook, which he
surely will do II there is any hook to
be taken. he viii swallow 1t greedily.
AS he is drawn out of the water he
sets his three splnes and laughs to
himself as the boy prlcks his fingers
trying to get the hook from his stom-
ach. This the boy Is sure to do, and
because the boy OF the Mississippi
valley is always fishing for catfish is
the reason why his fingers are always
sore. The catfish Is careless of the
present and sure of the future. After
he Is strung on birch branch and
dried In the sun and sprinkled with
dust and has had his stomach dug Out
to recover the hook, If he falls into the
brook he will swim away. He holds
no malice and Is ready to bite again
at the first thing In slght.-Popular
Science Monthly.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13

Leave Lambertylle for Manunka Chunk s.3s
1920 IN. i.S7 e Il Saturdays only. SGT and 1928
Easton only 6.2s m weekdays.
Leave Frenchtown 905, l0.47 m, 2 90. $50 and
$40 m weekdays, 49 m Sundays. For Phil
lipsburg and East0n only, 1902 m.
Arrive at Phillipsburg Q 40 and II % a. M, 242
day $50 p.m
tSo2 saturdays only, 6.04 and s.25 m. Sun
day, 9.25 IN.
Arrive Belvldere 7.5s, 1922 and li5s m, s.ls
6.32, 95i p m. Sunday, 9.5I pm.
Arrive Manunka Chunk sos, 10. 80 and II SO m.
S25 q IS Saturdays only, 6.3s and 9,5s m. Sun
day, 9.5s M.
Additional trains leave Belvidere for Manunks
chunk 100 and $50 I'm, and 2.20 IN. sunday.
100 m. Returning, leave Manunka Chunk for
belyidere s.25, 10.4S m, T. 20, $40 and 1000 D. M
Sunday, 1000 pm.
freight or mixed trains leaving Manunka
Chunk at 500 m, Belvidere 6.l5 m, Martins
creek gre, 6So m arriving Lehigh Junction $50 m,
WIN carry passengers and make stops at flag sta
tions north of Philipsburg
Passengers for Broad Street Station. Philadel-
phla, by trains leaving Manunka Chunk 7.22 a m
ddsily $50 Mondays only) 1927, $50 M week
l9l5 Mondays onlyl 100 and 5.55 p m week
days go through without change at Tren-
Ton; through car for Manunka Chunk is at
tached to trains leaving Broad Street Station at
o;9s, 200 m, 1900 noon, LOS and 1852. pm. By
all other trains passengers to or from Broad ST.
station change cars at Trenton.
Connection is made at Manunka Chunr vii,
Delaware, Lackawanna a Western Railrosd . i.
high junction with Lehigh Valley .Lshish 4 Gas.
snehanna Morris EsseI, and New erssy Centrr
Railroads: At Lsmbertville with FleninEssn RaR
rosd At Trenton with trains 10 and ffea Nss
York, Camden, &c.
Forfurther information see time-taASss, VIVA
sAp b attained Att the ticket o1cAs.
]. r. WOOD,
j. b. HUTCHINSON,
General Manager
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
A Tough bantam.

4 letter IN Glasgow paper records
a phenomenon much too remarkable
to be reserved for Scottish consump-
ton. The writer says: "An acquaint-
ance of mine, who lives up north, has
among others of the feathered tribe a
little bantam cock. A few weeks ago
he noticed that 1t was looking the
worse for slight difference of opinion
with a canine friend, but did not ex-
anime 1t closely till his mothers and
sisters vociferations brought him in
a hurry. There was the bantam pick
ing away at corn, but the corn was
dropping from n rent in the birds
chest just as fast as it was lifted. Not
wanting to kill the bird, my friend got
a needle and some horsehair and
stitched up the tear. with the result
that the bird now is as good as new"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
A HARD WON BET.
Carrying Four Bricks Half n Mile Is
Not IN Ensy Tnsls.

MOI I'm Chs3 ihsh.
1.-THE hardest won bet l ever made"
remarked the travelling man as he
shook the ashes of his cigar, "was to
carry four bricks half mile. That
sounds like simple thing to do,
doesn't 1t? Well you try it and you
will find out whether it is or not. OF
course the manner of carrying the
bricks Is important. A man bet me
that l couldn't carry two bricks In each
hand from where we were back to the
hotel and put them up on the bar The
bricks were to be put side by side and
grasped, two in each hand, between
the thumb and fingers the fingers
pointing down. | was not allowed to
stop and rest, nor 10 put the bricks
down.
"Well, thought /, that's 50 easily
earned, so 1 took the bet and started.
For quarter of the distance 1t was
easy and l already felt those two sill
yer dollars in my pocket. But then my
fingers began to grow tired. The mus
cles between my foretingers and
thumbs were soon aching terribly. My
arms began to pain me and to throb
like mad. | found myself setting my
teeth together and the cords in my
neck We're In n high state of tension.
When l came within n hundred yards
of the hotel there was scarcely an inch
In my whole body that was not aching
as If had been stuck full of pins.
II don't know how l managed to go
that last little distance. | could no
longer stand erect. and was trembling
like leaf, and yet the other fellow
was alongside, laughing as If to split his
sides. And when I got Into the bar
room, 1t was all | could do to raise first
one hand and then the other and put
the bricks on the counter. know that
l couldn't have gone 30 feet farther
l got the 81, but the next day | could
scarcely move, and | didn't get over
the soreness for n week 1t looks easy,
but just you try it."-Detroit Free
| Press
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
Did she Keep Her Temper

Mr.. Biles is n very hasty tempered
man, but he is also one who keeps his
promises to the very letter. Therefore
Mrs. Il. has trained him to believe that
second thoughts are best and, even in n
moment of his weakness, extracted
from him promise always to count 20
before he speaks If he feels rage com
Ing upon him. Last Sunday he rushed
into the back drawing room spluttering
with fury and red In the face. Mrs.
Biles rose and laid gentle hand on his
stammering lips.
"M-mary, LII
Hush. dear" said the sweet woman.
Count 20 and conquer yourself, and l
shall be more proud of you than IL you
had conquered the world"
Eighteen. nineteen, twenty
'Now tell me, dear"
Its that new hat of yours that you
paid $50 for and the new servants
gone out In. and it's raining hard
that's all"-Pick Me Up.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
A SNOW Hurricane

The Duran. or snow hurricane of the
Pamirs Is meteorological phenome-
non of great interest. Even In mid
summer the temperature during a
snow Duran frequently falls to IA de-
grees f.. while In the winter Of 1892
1t dropped to As degrees below zero at
the end OF january. The Duran comes
with startling suddenness, the atmos-
phere growing dark with whirling
snowtlakes where scarcely a minute
before the sky was perfectly clear
Ut. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
Wood Tar.

1t is curious to note that wood tar Is
prepared just as 1t was in the fourth
century, b. G. A bark is chosen and a
hole dug, into which the wood is plac-
ed, covered with turf. A fire is light
ed underneath. and the tar slowly
drips into the barrels placed to re-
ceiye 1t.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
Prevalence of the Lying Hab,,.

Did you ever count up how many
times In the course of day you tell
lie even though you consider your
self q truthful person? You tell n lie
when friend asks IL new hat is be-
coming, when you praise something
your hostess cooks and when you say
you had good time in bidding her
goodby. You must lie or offend a hun
dred day, and you naturally prefer to
lie. Its effects may be as bad as those
Of giving offense, but they are not so
Apparent.-Atchlson Globe.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
A Chinese Custom.

On the accession of the new emperor
Of China. he goes in solemn state to
the Temple of Heaven" In Picking,
and formally announces TO his I'M
perial predecessors the new titles and
signities which he has assumed.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13
At the Bottom.

What happens when a mans tenn
perature goes down as far as 1t can
go?"
Smart Scholar-He has cold feet.
ma'am.-Sydney Town and Country
Journal.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13

Mrs. IIigsley--C Clara. must insist
that you send young Mr.. Granley away
earlier. 1t was long after IL o'clock
last night when you closed the front
door after him.
Clara~l know. mamma, and | have
made up my mind dozen different
times TO make him leave early, but he
has Il way. somehow. of always giving
the impression long after the shank
of the evening has passed that he is
just about TO say something one has
been waiting for It's awful exas-
perating.-St Louis Republic.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13

The smallest known Insect. n mar
Asite Of the lizard, is but one-nlnetietb
Of an inch In length.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13

The cemeteries around London cover
1000 acres, and the land they occupy
represents capital of 100000, 900.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-09-13

Leave Lambertvile for Pennington $40 m, 9 OF
and s 90 m, week days.
Arrive Pennington 9I5 M, 2.52 and 5.S3 p m,
weekdays.