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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
INSECTS ARE DRUNKARDS,
How They Extract Intoxicants Prom
Blossoms.

Many plants and shrubs secrete Doll.
en- and nectar that are intoxicating
and the blossoms of such plants are
especially sought out by certain in.
sects who seem to enjoy a debauch on
the natural stimulants as much AZ
does a veritahle human drunkard lkn
to carouse on the artificial potatious
of mankind whose basis is alcohol.
The juices of certain of the compos-
it3e are toxic. and are eagerly de.
voured by some beetles which seem
to have discovered this quality in the
plants, says the Scientific American
But the flower which probably sun.
plies more insect drunkards than any
other is the cosmos, an autumn annual
blossom which blooms luxuriantly in
Kentucky from the middle of Septem.
Der to late in November, unless cut
down by severe frosts. This il a bean
tiful flower, both as to foliage and
blossoms, and is, comparatively speak.
ing, quite hardy.
My attention, says a naturalist, was
first drawn TO the intoxicating proper
ties of this annual one warm bright
day in October, 1897. | was observing
the eagerness with which a large
number of humble bees, small beetles,
butterflies and an innumberable host
of flies of many genera and species
were seeking the blossoms, when
saw a humble bee suddenly fall to the
ground from an open flower and lie
supine, feebly moving its legs in an
aimless and purposeless manner. I
took it up, and after careful examina-
ton concluded that it had been at
tackled by some humble bee i'll that
was beyond my power of diagnosis
Soon, however, | saw another and an
other and another bee succumb to this
mysterious illness These observa-
! tons led me to believe that there was
something toxic in the pollen, or nee
tar probably in both, for the beetle.
could not easily get at the nectariesl
and that these insects were simply in.
toNicated.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
Queer Orders to Drnmpists.

Here are some orders recently re-
ceived by a druggist in a ncighboriug
city:
This child is my little girl send
you cents to buy two sitless powders
for groan up adult who is Sikp"
Dear dochter pies gif bearer !
sense worse of Auntie Toxyn for 70
gargle baby's throat and obleuga."
You will pleas give the lettla hoi
. cents worth of epecac for to tEtv
up in a five months old babe. X g.
The babe has sore StummicE'
81 have cute pain in my chile 1!a-
gram. Please give my son something
to release it."
my little bailey has eat up it's faith
er's parish plasther. Send an aDtrlote
quick as possible by the enclosed
girl"
Il hat a hot time in my incide> and
witch | wood like it to be eXtiuguishpd
What is good for to eXtinguish it? The
inclosed money is for the price Of the
extinguisher. Hurry pleas"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
NEBRASKA'S GOLDEN CORN CROP

| Inter Ocean.
1t is perhaps difficult for thepeople
of crowded city to enter in the
spirit which now auimatos the farm
ers of Nebraska, and, in fact, all the
people of that state For month
the all-absorbIng conversation from
the Kausan to the Dakotan border.
and from the Missouri river to the
Colorado foothills, has been the pros
pcct OF rain.
"Il we have a good rain within two
weeks said a prosperous merchant
90 middle Nebraska early in July,
there won't be enough lumber in
the state TO crib our corn III we
| have a good rain before the first of
| August" said another, Nebraska
will bc the richest aud the happiest
state in the Union next fall" \
good rain fell about ten days ago.
| THE corn crop Is saved, 1t isa crop
that covers 100000 acres, and will
yield 3ooOO0O0o bushels, To say
chat every drop of the rainfall was
worth its weight in gold is an eN-
cu-ablo cNaggeratiou, for every drop
contributed toward iusuring the
safety of the most bouutiful crop the
state has ever known
Nebraska has passed the time when
her people placed their sole depeu-
doucc upon marketing their corn
crop. Ihcy are now consumers as
wrlla~ producers Corn is no long
ar such q weight upon their hands
that they cam afford to use it for fuel
through the winter months. In add
dituu 90 being the greatest corn
state of the country Nebraska is also
one of the greatest cattle states. \
large percentage of her immense
|acrcog, in corn is used 10 produce
terj,uu after sufficient is laid aside
/ for chat purpose She viii still have
|uu immense marketable surplus.
every hushol of which VIII represent
|au,oJy profit to her farmers.
/ What the rainfall meant for Neh-
|ra.ha cam hardly he estimated Ia
figure, X Will hit thousands of
Imougage~, build md improve thou--
aud- ol homes huy furniture, cloth
IlnG, aul farming utensils. educate
fh4n-4Ftge ,F .F.4H.{r.., -..,. ~ ,.l
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

Appleton Post: There is no limit
to the fees which lawyer may
charge his client, except his con-
science aud that is very elastic
quantity, as rule. So far out of the
reach of poor men has legal service,
often needed, become that the neces-
sity has been recognized by some
members of the profession Of proifer
ing their advice in such eases and
their services. to some extent, gratis.
This proposition, although doubtless
we'll meant, may be variously re-
garded. For our part, we are in
clired to look upon it somewhat like
the creation of Il social condition
which makes the distribution of free
soup necessary TO avert starvation.
The influences which have contribu-
ted to this condition are certainly
entitled to sCant credit Oh the score
Of charity, however free they make
soup 10 the needy. Having regard
for the causes nc work, free legal adj
vice to the poor has about as little
to commend it rs free soup. The
causes themselves are what should
be dcult with, and this brings out the
point we have been driving at. In
Ireland, aud we believe throughout
Great Britain, If not in the other
European countries, the fees which
20 lawyer may charge forall ordinary
services, even down to the writing
ola letter, are regulated by statute.
He must render an itemi2ed account
60 his client, and any attempt at eN-
cessive or fictitious charges renders
him liable to punishment, as the
Insurer is punished The fees allow
cd are, of course reasonable enough
for the work performed. Ifthis limi-
tation is iustitiable in the Old World
as it is-why not in the new? The
arrangement would make little If
any difference with the conscieuti-
Gus lawyer, but it would keep the
sharks within bounds,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17


Il shall have 70 ask you for a ticket
for that ma'am.'
II guess not"
Hes too old to travel Free He oc'
cupies q whole seat, and the cars
crowded There are people standing
up"
That's all right"
81 haven't time 10 argue the matter
ma'am You'n have TO pay for thar
hoy"
I've never paid for him yet, and
am uat going To begin now"
You have got to begin some time
II YOU haven't had to put up fare Tor
him you're nightly lucky or else ron
don't IN much travelling
That's an right
NouT pay for that boy. ma'am Or
Iu stop the train and put him en-
THAT, mn right. You put him OF
Il you thnk that's the way - ger any
thing ONT IF me"
You ought 10 know what the rui,s
81 This road are, ma'am. How Oh :
that bow"
III don't know / never saw him ,e
fore II YOU want a ticket Tor hlln
you'd better ask that old geniie .lian
down the aisle lie &c on Win hi'''
Philadelphia Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
THE WISCONSIN, THURSDAY AUGUST H. 1899

with Spain. He held off until ne
knew public opinion was behind
him, invigorated upon the subject
by the destruction of the Maine.
There were those who would nave
dragged him into premature con-
dict with Aguinaldo. He waited
until facts compelled the Americans
to see that war with that chief was
necessary, and until Europe had
recognized the Justice Of that con-
flct. There were those who would
have had Lincoln abolish slavery
at the very outbreak of the civil war.
But he waited until public opinion
forced him to the emancipation
proclamation. As Lincoln never
moved before he was sure OF the
feelings Of the people, so Mckinley
has only moved as the current OF
public sentiment drifted him. These
men are not timid men, These are
the strongest kind of men. Their
strength lies in their ability to check
rashness; to hold in service impetu-
olity, and to make bolduess play the
servant of common sense. Lincoln
was reelected. Mckinley will be-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

more of the horse sense" than horse
or even a mule, and that is why the
burro in the accompanying picture
wears pants fore ana aft in addition
to a thick blanket \ Chicago shoe
maker has amply provided protection
from the cold for the sturdy burro that
he drives in his delivery cart The
strange appearing animal seems very
happy and totally ignores the imper-
tinent wags who poke fun at the cut
and quality OF his clothes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

TIE popularity of our u. ;. Sena-
tor, John c. Spooner, is evinced by
the fact that the leading papers
of the country have been announcing
fully ten days ahead the time of his
arrival home from his European
trip--Aug. 25th.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

Ir having been reported that Bry-
an spoke morning, noon ana night
in a small town out west, "A brighter
paragrapher has suggested that his
work will soon take on the features
of a continuous performance"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

Or the inistake Is oftho var itseems
to be generally considered that Mr.
Alger was not responsible for the
sinking Of the Mcrrinac at the en-
trance to Santiago de Cuba, which
is now claimed by naval experts to
have been blundcr by someone.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
THE PLANTATION HOUSE
MILWAUKEE,.

The improvements in the plsnkinton
house sre now complete. We have now
the most complete, comfortable and
homclike hotel in the state. On the
American plan our rates are $3.50 per
day and upward. and on the European
plan 81 per day and upward. The cafe
which we hSve added 20 meet the new
requirements is open from 8 a m. 20 mid
night on every day of the year. Il has
an independent staff. including first
class chez BY special arrangement
we win spread a Spgcia, cloth with
Fixed menu i1r four or more people nj
any hour There Is separate room in
the cafe FOR ladies' We have also astah
Nshrd a lunch room in the West Water
street side which is open from . a. IN. 70
80 y. IN, where meals win he served
quickly az popular prices Tables are re
served FOR ladies' There Is also a first
class Turkish hath establishment in con
necton with the house
w. C. KING, Manager
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
The other Side of the story.

on. the snow. the beautiful snow!
It's au old, sad story which well we know.
IL covers the sidewalk, IL covers the trees,
II watts for q thaw and invite a freeze.
Ii gives YOU the shivers IL gives you the
grip.
II you step outdoors sou are sure TO slip;
SCootiuE Swimming, skipping away,
II frolics along on its ruthless play.
on. the snow. the beautiful snow!
Nou take yOur shovel and moekly go
To clean the walk, us YOU ought TO DO.
You uck}r the drift and YEN pillow 1t
through
Little los Nttc. stroke boy stroke,
You toll til your back IS nearly broke;
pggug. >erapiuG tin an rs Ger.
Then the ~kv clouds up and 90 SHOWS some
More.
Washington star.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
BURRO'S FORE-AND-AFT PANTS

To keep warm during cold weather
the human biped, but by the quadrl-
ped as we'll
A man is given credit for possessing
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

According to Atty. Gen. Hicks
the anti-pass law enacted by our leg
islature last winter is hard one to
dodge. This viii be cheering to all
advocates Of the measure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17


or old the MUSES. sat on high.
And heard and judged the songs Of men
on one they smiled who loitcred by;
or tOiliug ten. then sighted ten.
"Thpy lightly serve who serve us best
Nor know they how the task was done;
We MUSES. love soul AT rest,
But violence and toll we shun."
II men say true the Muses. now
Have changed their ancient habitude,
And would be served with knitted brow,
And stress and toll each day renewed
So each one with the other yies,
or those who Weave romance or song;
ION Ms, o Muse, bcstow thy prize,
For we have striven welt and long!'
And yet methiuks hear the hest
Come murmurluc down from Hclcon:
They lightly serve who serve Us best,
Nor know they how the task was done"
Edith NJ. Thomas In the Dial.
The Dying Christian TO His Soul.
vital spark Of heavenly flame!
Quit, oh quit this mortal frame;
Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying
oh, the pain, the bliss OF dying;
Cease. fond nature cease thy strife
And let me anguish into life
Hark, they whisper: angels say,
sister spirit, come away.
what Is This absorhs me quite.
Steals my senses, shuts my sight,
browns my spirits, draws my BREATH
Tell me. my SOUL can this be death?
The world rccedes: It disappears!
Heaven opens on my eyes! MY ears
with sounds scraphic ring;
Lend. lend your wings | mount! / fly!
ON, Grave! where is THY victory?
oh, Death where is thy sting2
Alexander Pope.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

S0ap' Soap'
- bars ot good laundry soap for 25e
at Gales Cash Store 80
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17

BRYAN is the only candidate Tor
Office who ever made money instead
of being compelled to spend 1t in
running for office. AT the rate he
has been rakiug il gate receipts for
the last three years, it would pay
him to carry on his clmpaigu for the
next twenty years, This is about
tn, best trade he bias ever struck.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
"Reminiscences.


Just once we met,
II seems so long ago
So long and yet
Men would not think II so
Who count their time by years.
Just once we met
And now we never meet
Is II regret
II lost q friend Sa sHcet}
That stings my heart 10 tearsf
] claspcd your hand,
But scarcely said a word!
We stood as children strand
Whose souls are stirred
To great shy love they can not comprehend.
] casped your hand
And looked into your eyes,
My spirit spanncd
Your spirits mysteries,
But feared to call you friend"
Oliver Custance IN Pail Mall Ma9lzine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-08-17
SELECTED POETRY.


He looked upon her photograph,
Her beauty made him glad;
No maid that he had ever seen
Had eyes like those she had.
Her cheeks were dlmpled and her neck
Was rounded pleasantly.
And not a wrinkle not a line
or mole was there TO see.
His heart went out unto her then,
He vowed that he would ne'er
Sit down content till he had found
And won that maiden fair.
He journed far In search Of her,
He found her. too. one day:
For he that perseveres must win,
And love will show the way.
But. oh. alack; her face was scanned,
Her neck was scrawny, too
The skilled retouchers had retouched,
As skilled retouchers do!
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23
NO FEES FOR JURORS.
Cannot Be Collected in This City Un-
der the Statutes.


An important decision relative to the
payment Of fees for the attendance Of
jurors upon the Superior Court was rem
dered yesterday by the Supreme Court
In 1897 Samuel H. Hilton served twenty
days as a juror and demanded of County
Clerk Curry certificate stating that he
was entitled to $40. computed at the rate
of $2 per day. The demand was refused
and mandamus proceedings were begun,
resulting in a judgment for Hilton.
Curry appealed and the judgment was
In the first place, so the Supreme Court
says, it was not alleged that there is any
statute directing the County Clerk to is
sue such a certificate, although it was
shown that this was necessary as the
Board Of. Supervisors refused to recognize
the demand unless accompanied by such
a certificate. The main point, however,
is the right of a juror to compensation
for such service. The court holds that
such a right would be purely statutory
and that the amount of compensation and
the mode of payment rests with the
Legislature.
The court says: There has never been
any statute in this State authorizing the
payment of any portion of a jurors fees
in San Francisco out of the public treas
ury. We hold. therefore, that the
provisions in the act of February 81
1856, for the mode in which jurors fees
shall be paid were not repealed by the act
Of 1885, and that as there are no pro-
ment Of jurors fees in San Francisco a
charge upon the public treasury the petit
toner was NOT entitled to the certificate
asked for"
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23
WORK ON THE
GAP is NOW
BEING RUSHED
Men and Materials to
the Front.
BENEFIT TO SANTA BARBARA
WILL BE REACHED IN TWELVE
HOURS.
Curves Being Eliminated, Grades
Modified and Heavier Rails Be-
ing Laid on the Coast
Division Line.
BENEFIT TO SANTA BARBARA
WILL BE REACHED IN TWELVE
HOURS.

Every energy is being exercised by the
Southern Pacific Company to close the
b5-miIe gap on the coast division line be-
tween Surf and Elwood, and to get this
route in operation as part Of one of its
through overland lines.
To make this line available in the high
est degree for this purpose much remains
10 be done Right Of way must be Sc
cured for the proposed short bay shore
line between this city and San Mateo,
by means of which the steep grade by
way of Valencia street will be avoided.
Most of this right of way has been Sc
cured, but d few connecting links must
vet be obtained. Then the grading and
rail laying must be done. but this is ex-
pected to be done in a short time, once
he right of way question is settled.
Large forces of men have been and are
low at work along the line between Sole
dad and Santa Margarita Strengthening
out numerous curves, modifying grades,
and laying S0-pOund rails IN place or the
lighter ones used when the road was
originally built. But all this is merely pre-
liminary TO the great task of bridging the
Stone & McMurtrie. the contractors
who have in hand the last mentioned
piece Of work, are rushing all the men
they can obtain TO the front and within
a few weeks gangs of them will be strung
along the proposed line grading, putting
up bridges, viaducts and trestles and lay
Surf, the present terminus of the road,
a big bridge is TO be placed. The mate
rials for il are nearly all on the scene.
Two long and expensive viaducts are also
to be built between Honda and Elwood
and the material for these will be avail
able as soon as construction trains are
running to the points where they are to
be erected.
The ten-mile spur that is being built
from Surf to Lompoc is progressing rap
idly, and the railroad officials expect ii
10 be in active operation within sixty
days. AS soon as this branch Is turned
over TO the operating department the men
now. employed on it will be transferred
TO the gap.
With the completion of the coast line
as a through route no town on 1t will
probably benefit more than Santa Bar
bara. It now takes from twenty-seven
TO twenty-seven and one-half hours to
reach there by rail from San Francisco,
including a four to five hour lay-over at
Saugus, the distance by way Of Saugus
being $50 miles. BY the direct line by way
OF the present gap" the distance will be
reduced to $40 miles, and the running
time will be twelve hours. This great
difference in time will be made possible
not alone by the shortening of the dis
tance, but by the great difference in the
grades over the Tehachapi and over the
Santa Lucia Mountains in favor of the
latter
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23

tions concerning the killing of Epper-
son as willingly as he does on any
other topic.
Twice yesterday Gilligan manifest
ed a trace of interest in his surround
ings. Once was when he asked when
the inquest on Epperson would be
held, and being told that it would
probably be this evening, followed 1t
with another query as to when his
examination would take place. The
second time was when The Call artist
had finished a sketch of him, for
which Gilligan readily consented to
pose. The prisoner expressed a curl
osity to see what he looked like. but
made no sign Of approval or disap
provai of the work.
This man, who bears the reputation
of being one Of the quietest of the
race track hangers-on. is one of the
army that has been transplanted to
Emeryville through the agency of the
racing game, and one Of the army
that fourished at Ingleside prior to
the prohibition of the disreputable
methods that prevailed there. It IS
his kind that maintains such deadfalls
as the Office saloon, where the trag-
edy occurred 1t is not surprising
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23

" HE latest tragedy due to the per
nicious influence of the race
track has aroused the residents
= of Emeryville, and, in fact, of
the entire eastern shore of the bay
from Oakland to Berkeley to full
realization of the plague-spot in their
midst. Three murders in two years,
to say nothing of the ruined fortunes
and blighted hopes attributable to the
evil. seems to have awakened the re-
spectacle element, for yesterday there
was practically a unanimity of sentt-
ment that steps should be taken to
abolish the evil.
James ]. GiIligan, the young slayer
of Jockey Epperson, was removed to
Oakland yesterday and is now con-
fined in the Alameda County Jail. In
appearance Gilligan is a typical prod
uct of the race course. Born and
reared in this city, about his earliest
recoTections are of the old Bay Dis
trict track It might, with propriety,
be said that he grew up in the stable
and paddock. He is inoffensive in
manner, dull of wit, without ambition
to become anything better than
stable boy. Entirely self-possessed.
he nanifests little regret for the past
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23
Merchants Grateful for Rain.

There was a large attendance of bust
ness men in the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday at the noon hour The object
of their presence was the third days
Lenten devotion which is being conducted
at this hour daily by the Brotherhood Of
st. Andrew. The exercises were conduct
ed by Frank Southack a young business
man of the city, who read from the
scriptures and led the merchants in pray
er and song. An address on the ten com
mandments was delivered by John w
Wood, general secretary Of the st. An
conclusion of the address Major w. H
Hooper said: Now that there are repre-
sentatves here from every parish in the
city, including the head Of the church.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23
Alameda News Notes.

ALAMEDA, March 22.-Assemblyman
Joseph r. Knowland and w. F. Chapman
have been elected delegates to the grand
parlor Of Native Sons by Halcyon Parlor
No 146.
The Current Events section of the Adel-
lowing subjects will be discussed 'In-
vention of Paper by the Chinese" 'The
Maguey Plant and the Paper 1t Pro-
duces," Manufacture of Paper Collars;
Pulp" Paper From Corn Stalks and Po-
tato Stalks" undergraduate Course at
Vassar" and Colonel George E. Waring
and His Death
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-23
Oakland News Notes.

OAKLAND, March 22.-During the past
twenty-four hours two inches of rain
have fallen in this city. Should no more
would be thoroughly satisfied The rhu-
barb market of Chicago is drawing more
carloads from San Leandro than any pre-
vious year. The season shipment will rep
resent $4,000.
The business of the Oakland Postoffice
is rapidly increasing and Postmaster
Friend says that If Oaklanders would do
flee this territory would merit more car
riers.