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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31

About one month ago my child,
which is fifteen months old, had an
attack of diarrhoea accompanied by
vomiting. ] gave it such remedies
as are usually given in such cases,
but as nothing gave relief, we sent
for physician and it was under his
care for week. At this time the
child had been sick for ten days and
was having about twenty-five oper-
ations of the bowels every twelve
hours, and we were convinced unless
it soon obtained relief it would not
live. Chamberlains Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy was recon-
ended, and decided to give it a
trial | soon noticed change for
the better; by its continued use a
complete cure was brought about
and it is now perfectly healthly.-C.
l.. Boggs, Stumptown, Gilmer Co. w.
Va. For sale by Nivian's Pharmacy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
Advertised Letters.

Letters addressed to the following
named persons remain uncalled for
at the Mineral Point post-ofiice:
Mrs :. f. Heffner Mr. W II. WanRer
Mr. Matthew Kohn Mr.. G Martin
Persons calling for the above
will please say advertised and ri, G
date Of this list, August 81, 1899.
y. II. MARTIN. +. NJ.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31

"A poor man has much to fret
and worry over. The sting of dis
enlargement comes to him in many
ways, but there is one unpleasant
sensation from which he is free, and
that is the fear of being robbed and
murdered for his money. For all
that he is willing to experiment with
Il change of conditions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
Additional Locals.

} ennie-No man can love u girl
with white face and red nose.
Rocky Mountain Tea will make them
change places-then you're all right.
Eastman & Meserole.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31

--HERBINE is well adapted to the
cure of fevers of all kinds, because
it thoroughly cleanses the stomach
and bowels of all bilious humors.
and expels all impure secretions of
the body. Price 80 cts.-Eastman &
Meserole
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
Cottages For Sale.
35il

Three one-story cottages Of fol or
five rooms each, located in the south
part Of the city, will be sold at rea-
sonable prices For particulars see
35ml j. b. REYNOLDS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31

-Fennimore Times: The Mineral
Point fair was a great success last
week. Over ten thousand people
We're in attendance last Thursday.
One of the features of the fair was
the act of the diving horses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
Illinois Central R. R.
OF INTEREST TO
STOCKHOLDERS.
Free Transportation to Attend the Annual
Meeting at Chicago.
OF INTEREST TO

The board of directors of the Illinois Cen
trial Railroad Company, ut meeting held
July q, 1897 adopted the following preamble
and resolution:
10 the end that the stockholders Of the Iii
nois Central Railroad Company may more
readily attend, in person, the annual meetings
of stockholders, which the bylaws require TO
be held in Chicago on the last Wednesday in
September in each year, be il
RESOLVED, That until the further order of
this board, there may be issued to each holder
of onepr more shares Of the capital stock Of
the Illinois Central Railroad Company. a. reg
istered on the books of the Company, "A ticket
enabling him, or her, to travel free over the
Company's lines from the station on the llli-
nois Central Railroad nearest to his or her
registered address. to Chicago and return, for
the purpose of attending in person, the meet
ings of Stockholders. Such ticket to be good
for the journey to Chicago only during the
four days Immediately preceding, and the day
of the meeting. and the return journey from
Chicago only on the day Of meeting. and the
four days Immediately following, when prop.
erly countersigned and stamped in the presi-
dents office. These tickets will now be
@. BRrES, Assistant Secretary, Chicago)
Such ticket may be obtained by any register
ed holder of stock on application, in writing,
TO the president of the company in Chicago
Each application must state The full name and
address of the stakeholder exactly rs given
in his or her certificate of stock, together
with the number and date Of such certificate.
No more than one person will DE carried free
n respect to any one holder of stock a. regis
tered on the books Of the company
BY order Of the board Of directors.
a. q. HAcKsTAFF,
Secretary.
The next annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Illinois Central Railroad Company will
be held at the Office Of the Compaul. in Chica-
90. on Wednesday. September q, 1899, At noon.
For the purpose Of This meeting the Stock
Transfer Books will be closed from the close
Of business on September 18th 10 the morning
II September 18th.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
To Rent For Cash,

A Prairie farm Of 100 acres. Also
a store building on High street. For
see
35ml J. b REYNOLDS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
}. B. REYNOLDS

Reliable Fire & Life Insurance Companies
Looks after the renting and sale of real cs-
tate. Prompt attention given TO collections.
Being u Notary Public. is prepared TO draw all
kinds of legal papers and documents,
Money 20 loan on first-class real estate secu-
rity viii give attention 10 probate business.
ONCE over John r. Toay's store opposite
City Hall
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31

IS only pounds. The tiniest dwarf
living is Russian. born of peasant
parents. Peter is the smallest of all
miigets. and beside him even the re-
nowned Tom Thumb was a very Col
ussUS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
THE SMALLEST MAN.
49,, Nearly 80 Large MS General Tom
Thumb.

Great Peter is just - inches high,
rttIe under the height of two-foot
"rIo He is Is years old, and weighs
arIy Ga pounds; with his clothes of It
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
r. r. TIME TABL ES.
The Milwaukee, Mineral Point.

Passengers for Shullsburg make close con
ucctious on either the 10j M freight or the
$3.50 p ~ freight
Passengers for Platteyille mako close con.
ucctions on the $3.50 m freight.
y. II. SNOW, Agent.
Chicago & hOrthWeSttrn-at DOdseHlle
GorSG RAET.
Passenger leave 40 ..-, ~. i0:lSam
Freight leave At ...,. 1904 pm
GOING WEST.
Passenger leave at s.tts 400 p ~
Freight leave ~ .... 1874 am
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-31
Soap! Soap!

Is bars of good laundry soap for 25e
al Gales Cash Store. 80
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17

sides. The stump of the couteau may
be concealed beneath a huge bow,
or stuck through the knot of a double
torsade, while the shape itself may be
trimmed as described above, with bands
OF felt, plated silk braid or lined with
honeycomb arrangement Of soft satin.
AS for wings, they are often placed
symmetrically in front on each side of
a plated comb or crest of velvet, or
half concealed behind the loops of an
Alsace bow or the double coil of tor
sade. Both couteaux and wings are
placed so as to be nearly horizontal,
and add very little height to the shape.
COCKS plumes, on the contrary, run
ABOVE the rest Of the trimming, and
therefore are most applicable for hats,
when they are generally fastened on
the left side, where the brim curves
slightly upward. Fewer models are to
pc seen turned frankly up on one side,
but many of the smaller sized hats are
turned up in front, when torsades, or
folded bands of velvet, pass over the
edge, and decorate the under side of the
brim.
Some few, again-chiefy those hats
with fiat brims-are turned up at the
back and have a cache peigne of three
or nVe large velvet roses.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
WANDERERS.


What might have been! Dear heart, well
put ii by,
We are too brave to murmur-you and 7
Like thoughtless children we have lost
the way;
If we had been less blind we could not
stray
Into a tangled wilderness like this.
Where is the pleasant pathway that we
miss.
We can not all retrace the steps that led
Us from the broad, smooth walks where,
overhead,
The elm boughs arched and birds sang
blithe and clear,
And fitted gayly by. The night falls,
dear;
The stars are softly cleaning in the sky
Their light may tell us where the home
ways lie.
This, path is narrow. We must walk
o love, your strong hands touch upon
my own,
The dauntless trust read in your dear
sorely need. My life's hope-circle lies
Within that fight. But here we must not
stay
Lead on-but call back through the dark,
pray.
can not falter if your voices tone
But reach me-for that very sound alone
Would warm my heart though it were
And stir my blood, and make me catch
my breath
Quivering in balance between JOY and
pain,
Lest chords so tensely sweet sound not
again.
So will follow-on the path o'ergrown,
Through darkness, dear, into the way IN
known;
Unmindful of the thorns that prick and
sting
The rough, uncertain footing-everyth
But of your presence, dear-though never
more
We see the home light through the open
door.
Anon
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
POINT AND PILLOW LAcEs.
Valenciennes Reached Its Height in
Popularity in 1880.


Point lace is so called from its gauze-
like needle-ground fond gaze, com
prised Of very fine, round meshes, with
needle-made flowers, made simultane-
ously with the ground, by means of the
same thread as in the old Brussels 1t
was made in small pieces, the Joining
concealed by sprigs or leaves like the
old point, the same lace-worker MAX
Zig the whole strip from beginning to
end. Point gaze is now brought to the
highest perfection, and is remarkable
Tor the precision of the work, the va
flety and richness of the jours, and the
ciearness of the ground, says Home
NeecleWork Magazine. 1t somewhat
resembles point d'Alencon. but the
work is less elaborate and less solid.
Alencon lace, 1t is said could not com
pete with Brussels in it's designs, which
are not copied from nature, while the
roses and honeysuckles of the Brus-
sels lace are worthy of a Dutch paint
er.
When flowers of both pillow and
hcedle lace are marked upon the fond
gaze 1t is enormously called Point de
Vehlse: Lace-making was at one time
me chief source of national wealth in
Belglum. 1t formed a part Of female
education, and in 1876 one-fortieth of
the entire population of one hundred
and fifty thousand women were said ia
be engaged upon it.
But some of the pillow laces. as well
as those of the needle, have had i'm
hlense popularity. This kind of lace
was frst made in the city of Valencien-
les' ana the manufacture reached IFS
helght in that town about 1880 when
thefe We're some four thousand lice
makers employed upon it; but fashion
chahged, nghter laces came into vogue.
ana IN 1890 the lace workers had dinoin-
ished to two hundred and fifty. Napo-
IeoIl Hade an unsuccessful attempt to
revive the manufacture, and in 1871
only two lace makers remained and
they were over eighty years old.
AT one time this manufacture was so
peculiar to the place that it was said
Ii piece of lace We're begun at VAL
enclennes and finished outside the walls
the part not made at Valenciennes
would be visibly less beautiful and less
perfect than the other, though done nv
| the same lace-maker with the same
thread and pillow"
Inc city-mada lace was remarkable
Tor It's richness of design, evenness, and
| NY ~ was hHOWn as the beautiful
! ana everlasting Valenciennes. and was
bequeathed from mother to daughter
IKE jewels and furs. 1t was made bv
young girls in underground rooms, and
many of these workers are said to have
| become almost blind before they were
tnlrty years of age. When the whole
piece was done by the same hand the
lace was thought much more valuable.
| Nalenciernes lace was made in other
towns of the province, but "vraie Valen-
| clennes' only at Valenciennes. The Lille
makers, for instance, would make from
three to five ellis day ian ell is FORTY
eight inches), While those of Valencien-
mes would make not more than an inch
and one-half in the same time. Some
lace-makers made only twenty-four in
ches year; hence the costliness of the
lace. Modern Valenoiennes is far infer
Tor in quality to that made in 1880.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
FOR scoLDs.

lnnumerable are the epitaphs sacred IN
the memory of overtalkatiVe and scold-
ing women. On a tallSative old maid. 1880:
beneath this silent stone is laid
A noisy, Anticipated maid.
VINO from her cradle talked till death.
ana neer before was out of breath
Here lies, returned to clay,
Miss Arabella Young,
VINO on the LIST of May
Began to hold her tongue.
Against scolding wives:
Here lies my wife; here let her lie;
She now at rest-and so am 1
Here lies my wife, and heaven knows
Not less for mine than her repose.
Here Here snug in grave my wife doth lie;
NOW shes at rest and so am l.
AT Old Grey Friars, Edinburgh
Here rests my spouse; no pair through
So equal lived as we did;
Alike we shared perpetual strife
Nor knew l rest till she did.
BY Burns, on henpecked country squire;
AS father Adam first was fooled,
A case that's still too common,
Here lies man woman ruled,
The devil ruled the woman.
In Essex:
Here lies the man Richard,
And Mary, his wife;
Their surname was Pritchard,
They lived without strife:
And the reason was plain
They abounded in riches,
They had no care or pain
And his wife wore the "breeches."
Good Words.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17

tendant and beloved friend of Queen
Victoria" was born at Crathienard,
Dec. s, 1896 died at Windsor castle,
March q, 1883. That friend on whose
i1delity you count, that friend given to
you by circumstances over which you
nave no control, was Gods own gift.
Wen done, good and faithful SER
want d"
The queen had eected a large house
Tor her faithful servant, who, however,
was destined to rest in it but one
night, and that night he was in his cof-
nm, for on the morrow he was carried
to the qraet churchyard; and it is a re-
markable coincidence that John
Browns successor, his cousin, Francis
clark, who also was honored by the
queen with the gift of a house, was in
1t for only one night and he, too, was
m his coffin, preparatory to burial in
Braemar churchyard on the following
day.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
SOMETHING NEWIN BATHS
Dry Salt Is Said to Tone Up the Sys-
tenn and Improve the Complexion.

Dry Salt Is Said to Tone Up the Sys-
tenn and Improve the Complexion.
A dry salt bath is said to tone up the
general system and renovate the com
pleXion as if by magic.
Il never had anything do me so
much good said a lady who has tried
it. Il get that feeling of fatigue which
Expresses me nearly every summer. NV
physician advised me to avoid tonics
and to try dry salt baths instead.
Il NIL large earthen jar with the
coarsest salt can get, and add enough
water to this to make a sort of thick
salt paste, but not enough to dissolve
the mineral. Every morning when I
get up l take this up in handfuls and
rub it briskly over my body. Next I
Jump into a tub of clear, cold water
and take thorough but quick dous-
ing. This being done,I take a brisk
rub down with a Turkish towel.
The effect is delicious. It gives one
sense of exhilaration. But the hest
part of the dry salt bath is not the
feeling of freshness and renewed life
that it imparts. but the soft, satinv
texture of the skin"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
EURoPE's QUEENS.
Physical Measurements of the Leadinn
Ladies in and Out of the European
Concert


Ladies in and Out of the European
Concert
Remarkable details of the physical
measurements of the various queens of
Europe have been collected by an Eng
fish paper
The tallest queen in Europe is the
young Wilhemina of Holland. She is
only nineteen years old, bat her height
Is no less than feet 51a inches. She
is lightly built with a weight of only
$50 pounds, but has the bust measure
ment of Juno-42 inches. Her waist
measures only 2115 inches, and her hips
40 inches. Her majesty of Holland is.
IN other words, so iu-advised as to lace
herself most cruelty The young SOW
ereign's bust measurement, despite her
youth, is surpassed by that of none
OF the queens except Margherita Of
italy and Queen Victoria
The heaviest queen of Europe is Mar
gherita of Italy, the Pearl of SAVOY"
She turns the scales at 176 pounds. but
her height, 5 feet inches, enables her
TO carry off" her stoutness and to pre-
serve the carriage of a fine woman
her waist measurement of % inches
and her bust measure of 40 inches show
wears. she
still retains queenly figure. Her hips
measure As inches. Her noble profile
still gives evidence of the beauty which
she possessed as a girl
A shade taller than Margherita is the
more Wlllowy queen regent of Spain.
She is feet 5 and rs inches in
height, with weight of lat pounds.
Her bust and hips measure 36 inches
and 40 inches respectively, and her
waist is about q inches.
| One of the most superb figures among
| European royalties is that of Natalie
the romantic queen of Servia. she
! is b feet AZ inches high, with a. bust
measure of 80 inches and a waist meas
ure of y inches. Her hips are 40
inches around, and she weighs 100
pounds.
Queen Sophia of Sweden and Queen
| Marie Henrietta of Belgium are each
/ I'VE rect TOUR inches in height and their
| Dust measure is thirty-six inches. Queen
Sophia weighs 140 pounds and Queen
Marie three pounds more. The Swedish
| queen possesses, on the whole. however
| the more stylish, if less natural, figure
| with waist measure of twenty-four
lnches and hip measure of thirty
eight inches, while the queen of the
! Belglans measures twenty seven inches
| around the waist and forty inches
around the hips.
| The queen of Portugal and the car
ma Of Russia are closely paired in the
| matter of size. Queen Amelia is Older
and has a fuller and more matronlv
figure. She had a bust measure of 35
inches and a waist measure of %
inches but some time ago she gave up
! WeaSng corsets, and the increase of
her waist measurement has not been
| recorded.
The czarina is only go inches around
the IN, pust and " inches around the waist.
| Their hip measures are or were tha
same-3S inches. The czarina is 3 feet
~ inches tall and weighs 100 pounds,
while Queen Amelia weighs 1913 pounds
and is half an inch taller.
Queen Victoria is the shortest adult
sovereign in the world. Her majesty is
only feet II inches high, and tips the
beam at III pounds.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
HOLIDAY FOR THE CIRCUS
Once Year Employees Make a Fflqrim.
age to Charlotte Cemetery.

In a beautiful cemetery in the quaint
city Of Charlotte, N. c., there is a grave
covered with velvety sod like hundreds
of other graves in the cemetery. bu-
distinguished from them all by the
unique monument which adorns il The
marble shaft has carved upon it the
name Of the dead man and the time of
MS death, but upon it also is engraved
huge elephant sculptured with strik
ing hdelity. To the casual passerby the
ola sexton sometimes relates the story
OIL the marble elephant, and tells of the
touchlpS ceremonies which take place
once a year at this grave.
Every Cincinnatian remembers old
Chief, the pride and terror of Robin-
sons circus, says the Cincinnati En-
qulrer, Chief had long career. in
winch he was responsible for the kill
ing and manning of many men. but a
Wen deserved Nemesis overlook him
ana his bones are now Inferred beneath
the grassy slopes of the Geological gar
den. Many years ago Robinson's cir
Gus was paying its annual visit 10 Char
lotte. The railroad journey or some
other cause had stirred up Chiefs fiend-
ism temper, and when the sullen brute
was let out of his car, the lust of slav-
ING was upon him. King, his Keeper.
was laying against the side of the cor
Chlei little eyes CLEANED fiendishly as
ne saw him, but with almost human IN
telligence he displayed no other sign or
rage. Slowly and carelessly he saun-
tered over until he was alongside Tho
unsuspecting keeper, and then, with ono
vac Nus lunge, he crushed him to a ielly
against the car. Then the enrsoad
monster cast off all restraint and start
eu Tor the town, trumpeting fllriousI,.
ana leaving rack and ruin in his na+b
Ihey picked up the crushed form of
poor King, and as he heard the sbrin
trumpeting of Chief, he gasped: "Turn
mary loose" and died Mary was tba
mother of the heard, and knew instant
~ what was required Of her. When her
chains We're cast off, she started in mr.
sun OF Chief, and caught up with him
III III tIe court mousse square. Wrapping
ner trunk around the handle of tbe
oo"h pump, she tore 1t out and with II
as q weapon belabored the now frigb :
ened Chief back to the tents.
About this time of the wear 4bo po,,
lnson circus is turned toward the eu ,VD
south When they reach Charlotta ~
neau OF the show will call all HID snh
ordlnates together and Announce a
holiday. Every one fixes up in bie r. a
and ana, with the band playing Cbopin' I.
funeral march, and the herd Of 0p aIo >
phants shutting along in front M ne-
Slowly Wend their way to the cetnetar,s
, their companion sleeps the Ia . /,
i ,ong sleep that knows no waking P 5er
i il1Ps the ci sculptured image Of the man
nm n,i,tii g. Chiet and the simple services
e 20 t, ate performed impress the dnngers
or their calling on them. bnt te ', ~
IS only evanescent for show neoni a. II
VIGOROUSLY optimistic. Al aii o -, are
me monument and the annual nro Si.s'
ing things. anu touch
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
ST. FRANCIS CAT.
Created to Save Good Monk from q
Plague of Mice.

Plague of Mice.
One of the most interesting and plau-
sible tales of the first cat is a legend
that comes from the old Italian tales
According to Antonio De Nino, who has
carefully collected cat legends and sto-
ries for years, and who is soon to pub
lish a volume Of the tales. the first cat
was created to rid the world of mice,
most useful purpose, indeed, and the
story goes thus
Long years ago there lived in Italy
Jovial saint, Francis de Paula. who was
such an adept at doing all sorts of won
derful tricks that even the devil was
jealous OF him. Now, when the devil
takes 1t into his head to get the advan-
tage Of saint, there is sure to be
trouble Many were the temptations
that were placed in st. Francis way
wealth and power next ito that OF the
devll himself, but each time the good
SAINT made the sign of the cross and
lhe troubles vanished. At length the
deVll nit upon plan of affecting the
santana the plan was none other
tnan that OF creating mice by wink OF
ms wicked eye. The mice multiplied by
the thousand and filled the cell of the
SAINT TO overlooking. ST. Francis drove
them out of the door, but they came
pack IN through the window, through
chlnks in the wall and little holes In
the ceiling. They ran about the room,
eating the provisions and making beds
IN the mattresses. Then st. Francis
mace a fervent prayer and smiled as ne
rose and the mice prepared to attack
MN in thousands, because in his tunic
q beautiful little cat was created for
MS delivery. 81 beg of you to stop ana
20 your way he cried out to the mice
put their answer was to begin an active
attack on the good man. At once 81.
FRANCIS released the cat. whose hunger
TOT mice was as miraculous as Its cree
atlQn for 1t ate the mice two and three
ana four at a time. The saint, wishing
that all might be destroyed, hurrledly
smut the door and window of his cen
ana stopped up as many of the cracks
ana holes as he could. The mice, how
ever becoming thoroughly frightened.
scampered about the room, and two OF
them managed to make their escape:
free from the cat, the mice multiplied
rapidly and because of this first expert
ehce with tabby. they keep out of the
way OF cats. Thus 1t is that we have
mice IN the world now st. Francis was
50 grateful for his quick delivery that
ne made another prayer and his lonely
cat was granted companion. the
cats also multiplied and became great
laVorites of old ladies', because they
els.