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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
TOPICS OF THE TINES.
President Diaz Entering Upon His
Sixth Term.

rhe Springfield Republican argues
that II the mixed and illiterate popula-
ton OF Mexico can govern themsen es
the people Of Luzon can do so also. Il
say,.
Presidential electors previously
chosen by popular vote met in the
various states Of the republic Of Mexico
Monday and cast their ballots for a
president to be chosen to serve for a
term of four years 1t appears, as had
been expected that the great majority
Of the electoral votes cast are for Gen.
Porfirio Diaz, who Is now serving out
his fifth termin this Office and who will
accordingly be sworn in for sixth
term on December / next IF he lives.
The present elections have been order
ly The republic enjoys peace within
and in its external relations. 1t is eX-
periencing great industrial and finan-
cial prosperity and a material progress
which is not exceeded by that Of any
other country The stability of its
government is unquestioned. 1t APP
proaches the beginning OF new CEN
fury under the mos. promising au-
spices.
Nevertheless, the Mexican census
recently taken, whose results are just
coming out, shows a population Of H.,
491, 573, over two-thirds of whom can
not read or write. over so per cent of
the population is of mixed and Indian
races. SiXty-three languages are
spoken among the people. rhe Indian
tribes or races make up more than So
per cent. of the population and are
divided into 50 languages. Very few
Of the people of mixed and Indian
blood can be regarded as civilized The
comparatively small element of whites
in the country is of a nationality sup
posed to be the least fitted of all the
white races of the world for self-goy-
eminent or popular government But.
as a matter of fact, a strong, stable,
popularity elected government is main
tanned and has been for years. The
American people have heard much
from their would-be imperialist lead
ers of the impossible conditions in
Luzon and adjacent Tagalog islands of
the Philippine group for any scheme Of
elf-government and independence.
But can it be said that conditions there
are worse than in Mexico?"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
GAUGE OF COED SCHOLARSHIP.

Miss Mary r.. Woolley, the new
president of Mt Holyoke college is
the daughter of a Congregational min
lister. She was graduated at Wheaton
seminary, Norton, Mass. In 1891 Miss
Woolley went to DR.. T.. A. Andrews,
the president of Brown university and
asked permission to enter that institu-
ton as a special student in history.
This permission was granted. During
her first year in Brown, Miss Woolley
and in the library, where she usually
could be found in the afternoon porting
over some old Latin book or hunting
out some buried historical fact. Her
quiet, steady manner of work was an
inspiration to the men, and many of
them did more faithful work because
OF her presence in the classroom.
Great things were pTophesied of her
Or, Andrews predicted that some day
Miss Woolley would be at the head OF
some Of the large women's colleges.
She was not only interested in the
studies, but in everything else pertain
ing to college life, and was thoroughly
up on the victories of the Brown bah
nine. She was asked what she found
to be the difference between the men
and the women in the college The re-
ply was Enthusiastically frank The
girls study harder; the men think
more Saturday Evening Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
DEADLY roADsrooL SEASON.
lis Now Here Hence Epicures Need
to BE Careful.

THE deadly toadstool season is upon
us, said well-known botanist yester-
day, "and it might not be out of place
TO repeat warning about the gathering
and eating OF poisonous varieties OF
fungi in mistake for the edible ones.
A case is reported from Illinois OF three
persons killed and four made dan
gerously sick by eating toadstools
which were mistaken for mushrooms.
This recalls the case In Baltimore
early last October, when two children
died after eating deadly toadstools.
The remainder Of their meal was
thrown out and the dog and a hen
died after eating of the dish OF food
In that case the supposed mushrooms
We're gathered without any idea as to
the marks which distinguish edible
ones from the poisonous varieties. An
investigation showed that actually
they were the deadliest variety OF all,
the amanita phaloldes, or dead cup
THE old saying is true that the
proof Of the pudding Is in the eating
and SO the proof OF mushrooms Is In
the eating, II the eater survives they
were mushrooms; II he dies, they were
toadstools. But we do not want to
make that dangerous test II is best
TO have an expert 30 along to point
out the different species by practical
lessons in the field BY committing to
memory the distinguishing marks OF a
few edible species and sticking abb
solutely 70 them the mushroom picker
may be safe IN his selection Some OF
the deadliest Of the poisonous varieties
arc almost exact duplicates Of tue
edible ones, only an expert being able
10 tell them apart A common test Ia
TO boil a silver spoon with the mush-
room II It turns black, indicating the
presence OF sulphur the mushrooms
ara supposed 10 be bad However
fresh egg Will turn a silver spoon black
with it's sulphur, SO that test does not
hold good As for the peollng test, the
edible ones are supposed to hold to-
gether while the poisonous ones are
brittle when the skin is pulled OFF, but
this does not always hold good
The common mushroom Of COM
meree, known as the meadow mush-
room, is pink.guiod undor surface OF
capl when young changing TO a
brownish purple. ana is almost never
found In the woods. being most plent-
fu IN grassy pastures, II has per-
fectly smooth base, which appears to
come directly out Of the ground, and is
free from any suggestion of cup or
wrapper or even bulb-like enlarge
mCi'
Tho death cup variety has o cap
often Of a shiny white. but may vary
from dun yellow TO olive. and when
wet Is uo,o Shiny than the meadow
mushroom Tho gills and stalks are
white the stalk being hollow or filled
with q rot0nous thread The base on
tho stalk rs hulbnous and wrapped
with "a sacl,-like membrane called VIOLA
which at the uppor part is frequently
reduced TO mcmbrlnouy ring As
the death cup 6 underground and
hence may easily escape the notice 10y
careless CATERERS this variety should
De especially guarded against
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16

The watermelon season may now be
said to be fully on and ere long the
TRANSPORTATION Of the small boy viii
be complete He may soon be in his
glory with his face hidden in the
luscious works" of mammoth
melon, They are coming now in car
load lots, and as every car holds about
a thousand melons some idea may be
gained OF the quantity consumed in the
city.
Melon growing on the warm, sandy
soil of the sunny south is an important
industry One may there see melon
fields of five, ten, twenty and even
forty acres in extent, with fruit of the
largest size, ranging in weight from
forty to sixty pounds each. and grow
ing so close together that one can al
most walk across the field stepping
from melon to melon. The melon
fields of Dixie are a sight indeed at
this season of the year, quite unlike
the melon patch one occasionally meets
with in some out of the way corner
on northern farms. A good water
melon yield in the south will give
about carload to the acre and If the
season has been good and the crop
comes on early the grower may realize
as much as 5000 or $3.50 per car for
his product. If his crop is late he may
get half or less than half that amount
Watermelons, until few years ago,
were exclusively an American product.
France and Germany now raise few.
but to most people in the old coun-
tries the watermelon taste Is an ac-
CURED one and they try them much
as we first did the banana, either to
relish or detest them. Although re-
garded as an American fruit, the mel
ons originally came from the wild
tropics of Africa Perhaps that is the
reason why negroes love them so, and
come naturally by their appetite for
"wat'rmal'n" since It is their native
fruit, II is too early in the season
for the price of melons to be in the
reach of many OF the coIored folk but
that does not stop them from asking
/" w much which Is some consolation
to them
The dealers know, when they see a
darkey riyet his eyes on n melon,
show his white teeth smack his lips
and jingle some pennies in his pocket,
that he is dreaming Of the time few
weeks hence when they viii be
nickel a filling" That does not deter
the son Of the sunny south from Civ
ing his private opinion Of It. He
would not wrestle about the price If
he had enough coin.
hluoeatine, Iowa. Is noted for rs
melon growth, as Kalamazoo. Michi- !
gan, is for celery, aud Riverside, Cali
fornia, for oranges. This section Of
Iowa produces the largest and most de-
lcious specimens Of this fruit. The
dry sandy soil is peculiarly suited 10
their production The melon harvest
in Iowa does not begin until late IN
the summer and northorners are now
eating the Texas and Georgia crops
The harvest IN the extreme south Is
already almost completed and we win
Fp'll nave 10 lDbN ~ h'HSpuIi ana ifh"
nessce for them, though the melons
from those states have not such 2 de-
licious favor The white ones are not
traks Of nature as many persons be-
iieye they arc equally as good az Zoe
red ones, but far from being as sale
able, for sight has much TO do
the palato's enjoyment, and purchasers
want the beautiful red color
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
MRS X. H. DAVIS ~ SOUTH
AFRICA.

AS the newspapers have pretty thor
oughlv explained the women who went
to Cane Town with their husbands,
their DrotneIs. Oh their cousins. or
even without any OF these excuses.
proved = tremendous bother 10 every
one concerned with the serious bnsI-
ness Of carrying on the war They
wanted to inspect everything crlticise
everything. and have an amateur hand
Do everything. and the result was that
the authorities did their Lowell best TO
pack their fair visitors on 10 England
again. IN somewhat humorous con
irasi Is the occupation chosen By Mrs
Richard Harding Davis when SHE came
90 Cape Town Her husband vas AZ
me front ana every ono ABOUT her wag
I'm p state OF hysterical and faverlah
excitement over tha war Meanwhile
Mr5 DAVIS, win a placiIity for which
the American woman So not always
given credit, was going every day 70 a
school ~ art and taking lessons IN
painting and drawing.
Yet when the time came that it was
possible though dangerous for her to
accompany her husband 20 Pretoria,
Mrs Davis made the journey with
equal GOODNESS. SATURDAY Evening
Post
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
BADGER BRIEFS. ;

@ tsalenbrenner Of Green Bay
AZ II'ewild harbor
" .mma Seifert, aged q years,
.., . sueo9ygan. Three children
Ptage County Agricultural
.g will, hold its annual fair at
S -pt ll-l4
Helen N0nhof died at the
aag brother near Grafton, at
25 years.
" DanOr, a Fond du Lac mer-
wing in a critical condition
result of a suHstroke
aeuee of O. NJ. Petit at Ke-
robbed Of several hundred
money and jewelry
-algdon. @ pioneer drayman
"...aaua was Frustrated by the
les in critical condition.
aa end to the excessive hot
which had caused several
and killed several horses
Tired a team from Hodge &
T Ia Crosse, and drove the
hard that one Of them
cad.
ITlisli OK Milwaukee. who
with embezzling 81 500 from
~ Milling company OF Ra-
held for trial
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
ENERGY IN PLANTS

Gccrdiug 10 an article recently pub.
Hshed concerning energy 10 plants, It
is shown that live plants are plants
with their articles in motion building
up the us structure aud known IN
botany as vital energy. The material
out Of which plant structure is formed
is known as protoplasm The forms Of
nowars result from varying degrees
and directions OF vital energy but
what starts the motion 81 protoplasw
and 50 directs the energy that little
cer may develop in one instance 70 an
oal, or In another 10 a buttercup, has
not been der Onstrated.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
A NEW PUNcrURE PROOF TIRE.

A German scientist has patented
what he asserts to be a puncture-proof
tire-flling. III successful" says
Popular Science, 1T viii prove a boon
to bicycle riders, as well as to owners
OF rubbor-tired vehicles Of all kinds,
and aiF-saddles and cushions. The
filling is a jelly made OF glue Glyc-
crime is added TO prevent hardening.
and an antiseptic preparation that
keeps 30 from fermonting The mix
ture IS first heated until 1t liqueaes,
aud g. then beaten TO a stir foam
while n this frothy condition It is in
troducod into the tire or saddle. and
allowed to cool and partly so.idify.
The result is a light, spongy material,
Of cellular formation exceedingly
Ugh, la weight, and proof against
tacks nails, glass and all pJncturing
objects"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
STRENUOUS LIFE or q SENATOR.

A day IN the Ire OF a senator at the
close Of session certainly approaches
the strenuous / was al the home of
prominent senator at $3.50 a m, and
there we're over 30 callers ahead Of me.
At hls committee room were more call
ers, and a mass OF matters 10 be acted
rpon at II a. m. ilo had q speech 70
mako that day, important bills 10
watch, running debate TO attend to he
was called out TO the marble room TO
greet and listen penslyely 10 over a
score Of persons After an hour fOr
dinner at D. m, callers again
streamcd upon him until 1850 o. m.
and then he called his secretary 70
answer 4 large accumulation OF corre-
spondence How long he sleeps no one
knows. National Magazine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
oYsrEREs A FOOT LONG


Something Entirely New Ia the Cnlin-
airy Line
II reports are to be believed, we are
soon 10 have something entirely new
i'm the culinary line. The Yezo oysters
Of Japan, which have as much OF o
reputation in Japan as blue points
have on this side Of the globe. are 10
DO trausplanted TO America. These
oysters grow TO a foot i'm length, and
they will work @ revolution i'm the
culinary departments Of American
households. For some time, good
coks have been IN the condition OF the
small prince who, having everything
that mortal could possibly need had
only one wish something TO Uy FOR.
That is the way it has been with the
hougekeeper who has ruug tht changes
on familiar dishes until there seemed
nothing new Though it sounds some
what impossible. the serving of twelve
inch oysters on the half shell-yet IL
is probable that the Japanese them
selves eat them raw, for they eat q
ere { deal Of their FISH IN that way.
Ii is not q long step from raw oysters
10 fish. and but for the prejudice
other people might agree with them.
But we are not TO get the big oysters
In this part Of the country 50 soon
tbat we need speculate upon what we
viii do with them They are to be
PLANTED IN the tidewaters Of washing
ton and oregon, and Il will be some
time before We shall have Yezo oysters
shipped 1ilh our California fruits
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
DOGS MAY LEGALLY BITE.
That Ia. II They Are Disturbed While
Eating.

Dogs all over the country wear
happy expression ~ their faces these
days. Their right 10 eat their meals
without interference has at last been
recognized by the courts and the dogs
arc feeling happy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
WHICH WOULD BE NECESSARY.

Herbert-she refused me, although |
asked her to marry me the second time
Harry-Perhaps she doesn't believe
in divorce-phlladelph Bulletin.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
PRICE or TEA GOES UP

An article in the Philadelphia Led
ger Of July II SAID that the situation
in China threatened the purse 81 al
most every family IN the United
States, becsu5e importers had ar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16

Soil was brought up from a depth OF
32g feet from q coal mine In Belgium,
and from i sprouted weeds Of a species
unknown % Notanists
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
ron THE SAKE or KILLING.

Competent judges have estimated
the number OF deer slain by sportsmen
In Maine ia one season % be 10000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
FORTY FEET OF SAND.

It IL supposed that the average depth
OF sand IN the deserts In Africa Is
from thirty TO forty feet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16

Mexicos purchases ~ lumber 10
September were over 800. 000-three
times what they were in. September.
1897.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
HASTEN THE RELIEF
DEMONSTRATION SAYS ONE
THING IS .-PERATIVE.
opess FORWARD TO PEKlN

c,rqer Dispatch Justifies rhis-Safety
NJ Besieged Allows no Other Course
Government WIN Not Urge Min
lister to Leave Pekin-Eyident Chi
nese Double-Dealing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16

For finger nall to reach It's fun
length. an average OF seven-tweltths OF
an inch, from 121 to 1873 lays OF growth
are necessary
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-16
Dr.. WATERMELON
NOW ON AND FRUIT WILL SOON
BE PLENTIFUL.
GREAT SOUTHERN CROP

Grows to Perfection in Warm, Sandy
Soil of Gulf States--Large Ship
ments Also Come From Tennessee.
Missouri and lowa-Fruit Originally
Came From Central Africa.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-14
"A MONUMENT ON The MOVE.
Daughters OF Confedcracy and Lynch
burg Citizens Cannot Agree

Daughters OF Confcderacy and Lynch
burg Citizens Cannot Agree.
LYNcKRCRG, VA. April ls-Speoial.
Bone thme ago a movement was started
hero to erect a monument 20 the memory
. OF Lynuhburg's Confederate dead. The
United Daughters Of the Confederacy took
charge OF the ma tier and by giving enter.
tainments and tn many other ways,
1aieed quite large sum OF money. The
City Council contributed fifteen hundred
dollars and agreed to give a suitable
site.
The 18TH OF this month was the date
selected for laying the cornerstone. but
when the Daughters of the Confederacy
came to choos a site they met With marked
opposition. The place originally chosen
vas spot at the foot Of Courthouse
I HI1li. on which stands a large fountain
erected TO ri.e memory Of four fireman
who host their lives in a fire here many.
years ago. There was such a howl over
rse proposition to move the fountain that
the Idea had to be abandoned The top
OF the hill In the center OF Court Street
was neur chosen. but the residents OF
that nesgasbbraiood Through retrg1 lon,
compelled the Council to refuse the appli-
cation OF the Daughters
The Couspcil. however. granted them
i leave TO put THE sntnument at the corner
I OF Aaaar. and Ninth Streets. but here too
the owners OF property a1ose,. and again
4 the Council retired frorn their position
md decitned ts give Nfe siie. Once more
n me Daughters 1neA. 2ad Yesterday Otter.
sSnsn reelected - s5seS on CnslStfsou.e I'M,
4 - 1istan0e .UallaoYed from Court 6treak
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-14
RA1LROADS
Richmond, fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad.

o'C 81 =: In Eb,FECr JAN. 70, 1900
1--we LAVE BfRD-STIsEET STATION
points NOTIFY is Sc an1y i; M M.liold
srs to New York -.s3
$40 a. " Sunday oniJ. for Washington
ana points North. Stops Ut Etba.
Gien Alien. Ashland. Iayiorsviiis-
Dosweii, Ruther Glen, penola, MiI-
ford; Moodsiane. Guinea. summit.
fredericksburg, Brooke, and Wide
water. Pullman car.
$40 A. n. Daily. except Sunday Tor
Mas sl1h ana points North Stops
lorsville, boswell, Ruther Glen. PEE
Eoia, Milford. Woodslane. Guinea.
summit; Fredericksburg. Brooke
aud Whitewater. Pullman car.
12:0O NJ. Daily. except SunGay. for wash
instou and points North. Stops as
Elba. Glen Allen; Ashland. boswell.
car. Connects with Congressional
Limited at Washington.
7:45 z. NJ. Daily. for Washington and
land. Boswell, Milford. F'reaericRs-
burg, Brooke and Whitewater Stops
K.eSshond to New s" 2erk Sleeper Sleeper
s ARE !! e H 15i2 -sF I;Is sTAT1oN
nosws.i As s. Hand s ana t;isa. Stops
New York to Richmond.
at t,rsdsrteksbuvs. Milford; boswell.
Ashland. Glen Allen and Eliza. par
Tor car frem Washington.
6:cS =. NJ Daily. Stops only at Fred
ericksburg. boswell. Ashland and
Elba. Pullman cars from New York
$40 =. II Daily. Stops at Whitewater
Brooke. Fredericksburg. Summit.
C;ui:-sa Woods1ane, MILFORD. Penola,
Ruther Glen. boswell. Taylorsvfl,e,
Ashland. Glen Allen ard Elba.
Sleeping car.
ACCOMMODATION TRAINS
daily, except Sunday)
100 A. ~. Leaves Eliza for Quantico
4:oe p. VI Leaves Eyri-Street Station
fo- Fredericksburg.
C:2O +. NJ. Leaves Elba for Ashland
$40 A. NJ. Arrives Elba from Ashland
$50 A. II. Arrives Byrd-Street street
from Fredericksburg.
sos z. r. Arrives Elba from Ashland.
w. P. TAYLOR
Traffic Manager
e. T. D. MYERS
President
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-04-14
AN OLD LOVER FOOLED,
"A Widow Under Promise TO Marry
Rura AWAY OH the Marriage Day.

Runs Away Oh the Marriage Day.
DURHAM, N C.. April 13.-Special.-An
old lover was badly fooled last night.
NC. w. Britt, of Raleigh. obtained license
yesterday from Register of Deeds John
L. Smith to marry Mrs. G. n. Parker;
sent invitations to his acquaintance to
be present at the marriage. which was to
have come off at . o'clock last night.
Air. Britt also gave the woman 500 and
a gold watch yesterday morning, but
when he and his friends went to the
residence the bride to be failed to put in
1er appearance. She had skipped Dur
ham In company with cigarmaker. who
passed here under the name of McEickers.
Mrs. Parker was tried for her life a few
s'ears ago upon the charge of having
poisoned her husband. Her two daugh-
sers nearly grown. are left now by them
selves and without means.
Mr.. Britt. who has been supporting the
camily for several years. returned to
tations and much invectiye against his
lady love.
People from this section who attended
the State Democratic Convention this
week are much enthused and determined
80 carry the constitutional amendments,
and think there will be no difficulty in
doing SO. Cooler heads recognize the
fact, however. that to accomplish this a
vast amount OF good campaigning will
have to be done.
Owing to the strike Of telegraph opera
tors on the Southern Railway. a good
snany trains passing here have been be-
hind schedule the past twenty-four hours.