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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-06-07

The eclipse OF the sun was oDseI ven
under ideal conditions at many places
The Michigan republican convention
viii be held at Grand Rapids June u
Robert Goelet Jr, Of New YORK
was seriously injured in steeple-
chase
Mrs. John A. Logan will live in
Chicago with her daughter, Mrs
Tucker.
Secretary Hay will do all in his
power to aid the pan-Amerlcan con
gress.
German nearly failed to prevent his
own county from instructing for
Bryan.
colorado wolves are being extermi-
mated by incubation with virus OF
rabies
Statutes Of Lincoln Grant, Sher-
man, and Farragut were unveiled at
Muskegon,
The New York democratic conven-
ton is practically certain to instruct
for Bryan.
An explosion Of nitrUglycerIne killed
Six and fatally wounded four people
near Marietta.
Julian b. Arnold, son Of Sir Edwin
viii fight extradition on an embezzle-
ment charge,
St.. Louis street car was blown up
by dynamite and two policemen were
badly hurt
The school census Of Indiana shows
population of 1888 83, decrease Of
. 497 from 1899.
Mrs. Sarah f Sampson Of Chicago
left $4,000 in her Will to various re
ligiOns societies
Twenty-six lumber firms in the Lake
Superior region organized a mutual
benefit association
NeeIy's printing plant at Muncie
Ind. was attached and closed by a
United States marshal
Increasing surplus due TO war taxes
and decreasing expenditures furnish a
prnDlcm for republicans.
Crops in the northwest, most of the
lake region, Ohio valley and middle
Atlantic states need rain.
Fifty thousand visitors attended the
first day of the confederate veterans
reunion at Louisville Ky.
It is reported greater New York is
made into one Roman Catholic diocese
under Archbishop Corrigan
A mob in Pueblo lynched a negro
by dragging him through the street
with a rope around his neck
Benjamin +. Shiyely of South Bend,
Ind, will accept the democratic nomi-
nation for governor ii rendered
Mrs LONE is not candidate for re-
election as president of the General
Federation of Women's clubs.
rhe German meat bill VIII not take
effect till Oct g. In the meantime
packers hope for a change in It.
Francis Murphy, temperance lectur-
or, said better conditions prevail al
army posts whore canteens exist
Under the new meat BIN Just pass d
by the German reichstag Chicago
packers Will lose millions Of trade
1t Is reported that former Senator
David g. Hin will exert every inlu-
ence to turn New York against Bryan.
Il is probable the state department
viii accept the result Of the arbitra-
ton In the Delagod bay railroad case
Bishop John Moore of the Catholic
diocese of St. Augustine, Fla, was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
Local Affairs in Hundreds Of Iowa Towns Of
Interest to the General Reader.

pletion and will soon be ready for Oc-
tcupancy The cellar walls are laid for
William Hazlett's new residence and
by the time the Record is out the frame
work will be up. This is.to be model
residence and an ornament to that rap
idly growing portion OF town. NJ. e..
Buffers house in Stelpfug's addition is
nearly ready for occupancy, as are the
houses belonging to Clarence and Dick
Fountain. r. L. Thomas has neat
two story residence in the hands of the
|plasterers. II
In Bissell's addition the residence of
Hiram Bisscll is beginning to show up
In fine shape and will be quite a hand
some, roomy dwelling when completed.
Jay Murray has neat cottage nearly
ready for occupancy. j. p. Kruel has
sand and stone on the ground for a res
idence between Sheriff Mitchell,s and
Port G. BarrOn's property on Williams
street. There are probably other
buildings which have escaped our eagle
eye. for 1t would keep man on tho
jump to keep track of them all.
Besides the many new houses being
erected there are new families coming
to town all the time. Among the recent
additions are the families of G. S. Rob
inson, w. Il. Mitchell. j. j. AIcGrath,
Fred Jensen. H. B. McGhee. Charles
Redick and n. Townsend. Mr.; Town
send will put a stock OF general mer-
chandise in Jay Murray's new building,
which is now receiving the finishing
touches from the workmen's hands.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
'nug lurduesdap smr Is 1900


Guiding the lensthening of nearly all
the side tracks It would not seem either
to the casual observer Of the Improve
lments referred to or those who are in
the habit OF divining the motive and
seeking the reason for large expendi-
lures of money by individuals or corr
porations that there Is any probability
of the company building what the Clin-
ton. Davenport and Muscatine papers
are pleased to call a short line be-
tween some point on the main lire near
the Mississippi and Ottumwa. AT least
this is the way the Register looks at it.
The Milwaukee is making good money
but 1t has never yet announced or given
the people to understand,e either by word
or act that 1T has money to burn" and
it is not doing so in the improvements
Preferred to.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13

sTRAYED-FROM THE REsIDENCNOP
&C. Milhiser on the night Of June 9. 1860.
mare about five years old and one bay colt
one year old. &C. Milhiser.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
TOO MANY CANDIDATES.

Cedar Rapids Republican,
The invitation to the republicans Of
the Fifth district IL still to get togeth-
er on the judgeship. With united dis
trict, we believe, that Fifth district
man can be nominated. There are.
other districts which have two candi-
dates, but the Fifth is unique in the
fact tkat it has two candidates for the
same Office. To have two candidates is
bad enough. but to have two candi-
dates for the same Office liz allsbut fatal.
1t Is useless TO drift on as this district
gis Eow doing. The Republican has been
hoping that something would happen
TO resolve the dual situation. but 1t
doesn't seem to be happening. Col.
8Clark's friends are determined. and so
are Judge Remley's friends determined
They are in the fight to stay. I. Is a.
fight now. butt may be a joke after a
while. just as there was joke on this
district last year. Col. Clark is a man
4 OF superior abilities az a lawyer, and
Judge Remley is man with good
record on the district bench. Both are
reasonable men, and their friends are
in poss.essfon of ordinary political sense.
The Fifth district ought to 60 to tie
state convention with one candidate for
Judge. or It ought not to go to the state
convention with any candidate. To go
with two will mean defeat at Des
Moines. contentious at home and humil-
iation all around. Who will get togeth-
I err and resolve common sense out Of the
. situation? The invitation IL to all rea-
sonAble men who have the harmony Of
the district at heart and the success Of,
the republican party.
4 :
PocAHONTAsi GROWS RAPIDLY.
lPocahontas Record.l
It would be ruinous TO the voices Of
newsboys were they expected to am
nounce to the public the daily prog
resa that 10 being made in our town.
Their necks would crack from constant
stretching II they attempted to keep
track OF all the new buildings. Visitors
are continually expressing surprise at
the appearance OF Pocahontas which
20 long has borne the reputation of be-
Ing the only county seat in Iowa with
{ out, railroad and which a few enyious
people have said consisted only Of a
Z court house and a few shanties. Each
I Gay some new structure IS commenced
AND carpenters and builders are at a
4 premium. Doxens OF neat residences
have sprung up already this season and
dosens more Will be built before the
snow files. The oldest inhabitants oc-5
casionaily nave to rub their eyes to iind;
otitsswhere they are at SSH
Allen's addition is q very lively place
{ ut present and II literally covered with
! piles OF lumber and stone. Four pretty
cottae ~ bel0nging TO a. .. Frecloye,.
'sChA4lee Reddick w. n Gardner and
ls1As Merton 80 AZ lesrtag CO.'S
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13

alumni and the graduates of q tadax
rally to make his place good. ma Ut
the fundamental Lesson OF the believed
president and OF the historic ajaia
mater be learned.
"All the world viii know that lovs q
fate:
That somehow he is greater dan
heaven;
That in the cosmic council he y Ged...ls
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
GOVERNOR SHAW TALKS.
frN.. NE<ts,ar fS,rt%oJ ff<l, I

[Des Moines Capital. 11th.]
Governor Shaw said today that the
vice presidency is open to but one Iowa
man, and that man ia Dolliver The
governors name has been mentioned In
connection with this honor, and he has
been frequently asked whether or not
he is candidate. To this question he
this morning gave the following reply:
1t would be- in. bad form for a man to
be declining an honor that there was
absolutely no probability would be tens
dered to him. believe that II any man
from Iowa secures the honor 1t will fall
3 to Dolliver and 1, together with the
Iowa delegation, am for him. 1t Is not
question what ] might do were the
situation different. but certainly I do
not wish to appear presumptuous at the
present time by permitting it to go out
that would decline the Office.
COLORED REPUBLICAN WORK
Frs.
[Albia Union.l
Sixty colored men. who are em-
ployed at the ballast works at Selec-
ton, were in Abba on Saturday even
ing and departed over the Wabash that
night 10 spend Sunday al their homes
In Missouri. They are supplied with
passes to and from their homes every
two weeks. They have boarding cars
and two cooks who do the cooking for
the crowd. They receive s1.25 per day
for ten hours, work. Messrs. Lewis &
1 McAllister supply them with edibles
and receive their pay at each pay day.
deducted from the wages. The sixty
men load eighty cars of the top earth
each day. and the earth is put along
side the Wabash track. We were
creditably informed that there is but
one democrat in the crowd ard he is
vibrating between the fusionists and
the middle OF the readers, with the
chances largely in favor of his fiocking
with the latter crowd.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
Dixie TowNsITE sALE.
lBelle PLANE Union.l

81 5.1l-7 -.
The townsite sale at Dixie, the new
town on the 1. & NJ. division in the
northeast corner of Grundy county, on
last Tuesday was a great success. and
the town promises to be one of the best
towns on the line. There were over IL
900 people present at the sale and over
$4,000 were realized. Lots sold all the
way from $50 to $500. several selling
above $500. The prospects are that in a
short time the town will have a ma
2tional bank. three lumber yards. a ho-
tel and a large number OF stores.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13
a Wealth Of Beauty.

AWOalth OF 60a0ty.
Is often hidden by unsightly pimples,
eczema, letter. erysipelas. salt rheun.
etc. Bucklens Arnica Salve will glori-
fy the face by curing all skin ernptions.
also cute, bruises, burns. boils, felons,
ulcers and worst forms Of piles Only
rs cents q box. Cure guaranteed. 0old
by Geo. p. Powers, druggist.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-13

To Cure . Cold While You sIssp$
Take Weeks Breakup Cold Tab
let's" No cure, no pay. Price. Is oents.
Peter Mayer. sole agent.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18

ION sicond thought suppose tn inimy
shud hand II back TO me-" he saya.
'Twud be comfortable he says. so.
he says, III JUS move me music back
a mile he says, an peg away an tn
longest gun takes tn persimmons.' he
says. IT'S this way: II ye an I fall
out an take rifles to each other It's
tin to wan noyther Nv us gets clost
enough to hit II we take pistols Ia
odds is rayjooced. II we take swords
| may get hack at We, but II we take
a half-nelson lock It's even money l
have ye'er back broke befure tn polls
comes.
can see in me mind tn day whin
explosives II be so explosive an guns
il shoot so far that on'y tn folks that
stays at home1l be kilt an life insur-
ance agents II be adyisin' people to go
into tn ARMY. / can so. IT'S thrus
what Hogan says about IT,"
What's that" Mr.. Hennessy asked
9TH nation" said Mr.. Dooley, that
fights with a couplin pin extinds ito
bordhers at tn cost iv tn nation that
fights with clothes pole"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18

on young Johnny Hardup, who had
the reputation Of being a sad dog,
in consideration of which fact she de-
cided that she must make herself look
as fetching" as possible. which she
did with results that even the fas-
tidious Johnny was bound to admit
were highly satisfactory. But when
she explained the nature Of her err
rand, Johnny made 1t clear to her that
he did not care a continental cuss
what sort of skirts the Fiji islanders
wore, or, indeed, whether they wore
any at all
Moreover" he explained, Il have
only got IS in the whole wide world,
and that has got to go to buy pres
emit for my best girl"
and what will she give you in ex-
changer" inquired the artless young
thing.
1.-The dear girl will give me a sweet
kiss" he replied.
"Oh, Mr. Hardup," she pleaded. do
give me those S. for the mission!"
WELL he said, slowly. "of course,
If you are prepared to-
ITO give you the kiss? Oh, yes, OF
course, AS it's for a charity"
And she has confided to her dearest
friend that collecting Is rather fun.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18

miss, why dca't they get the ducks 20
teach them
A little fellow of SIX was reproached by
his teacher for his slowness. When I was
your age" said the teacher, II was at
least year further advnced than you
are" Perhaps you had q better teaches
than + have replied the incorrigibls
youth.
MY boy" said gentleman to youngs-
ter who was eating some green fruit,
You should not eat those apples; they are
not good for YOU" Guess you don't know
much about It MISTER replied the urchin.
s.Why three of these apples will keep me
out of school for a whole week.
e.swhat lesson do you learn from the
story Of Jonah and the whale?' asked the
Sunday school teacher of small pupil.
THAT its always safest to remain on dry
land replied the little fellow.
Johnny, aged s. was a guest at church
wedding 'Im never going to get mar
ried," he exclaimed. after watching the
happy couple pass down the aisle why
not, dear?'' asked his mother. Because,
replied the youthful observer. she's cry
Ing and he looks sorry already"
Small Willie after eating two pieces OF
raa AZ dinner asked for q third why
willie- said his father. You must noe
cas- SO much or people will call you pig.
You know what a pig IS, don't your
Eyes. SIR replied tho precocious young
ster. "A pig is e hogs little boy
Tommy looked UP from his arithmetic
with a long-drawn-out sigh and said: oh,
papa. I wish I was rabbit 'Indeedr
exclaimed the astonjsfed father, "and why
would you like to be a raboit?' Because,
replied Tommy, 81 was reading in a book
the other day that rabbits multiply with
astonishing rapidly
what was the minister's text to-day
Mabel?' asked the father of A-year-old
miss who had just returned nom church.
II can't think of the words" she replied,
..hut If was somewhere In the third chapter
Of st. Paul" 'tAre you sure? queried the
father. well. I may be mistaken" an
swered Mabel, 'sbut know 1t was either
st. Paul or Minneapolis"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18
--------------------------'- - =
wflheImina's Model.

Queen Wilhelmina has great Idea
of modelling her life on that of Queen
Victoria, whom she much admires
and reverencea She is anxiously
looking for the second Albert the
Good and finds that the suitors who
have so far presented themselves
hardly reach her ideal. Prince Will
liam of Wied is physically fine speci-
men of young manhood, but he is GER
tainly not renowned for Intellectual
brilliance.
The young queen has a systematic
routine for each day; she rises punc-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18

to punish folks fur gittin sumthin tt
eat even on Sundays"
".Zeb," says she, as 1 was turnir
away, IF you've got coon up tree
mebbe it wouldn't be so awful-y wick
ed to chop him down, but if l was you
I'd kinder smooth it over with Prov
idence first. Bein as you left the
dawg on watch you kin read me that
chapter befo' yo' go. I've sorter
forgotten how clus Phario was to 'em
when the waters rolled back and xiv
cred him up
IT don't believe it ever happened
says I, feeling new streak OF can
righteousness comm over me.
"'What! Do you deny that?"
Reckon I do. and heaps of other
things besides"
Z ""Then, Zeb White, jest yo' get
ready fur a calamitous calamity! It's
denyin the Lawd and the Lawd ain t
gwine to stand it. Go arter your
coon, but I'm sayin good bye to you.
1 shall be a wilder befo' the clock
strikes 12.'
81 wasn't troubled bit in my mind"
said Zeb, "but was sorter astonished
when l got back to the coon tree. Bits
of ha'r was lynn around on the ground.
NIJ cror 'ppo rod
to me that thar had bin fout around
thar, but l didn't fgger fur long, and
away up in the top could see the coon
hidin' away in a crotch of limb. 1t
took me but half an hour to cut the
tree down, and all the time / was chop
pin l was sayin' to myself that the
children of Israel never passed through
the Red Sea dry shod. Just befo' the
tree fell l heard yeowlin' and snarl-
in from the warmth in the top, but
took it that the coon had got shaky
The tree went down with a crash anG
knock on the head. 1 hadn't reached
| the fust limbs when he cum out tt
meet me, and all the hairs on my heat
riz up to once 1t wasn't no coon tall
but one of the biggest wildcasts l evel
laid eyes on. He hadn't bin hurt b!
the fall, but he was mad huff to ca
nails. l had skeercely made out wha
the varmit was when he lit on me anC
got to work I don't reckon you eve
met up with a 20-pound wildcat witt
teeth and claws in good trim, but i
you ever do you'll find that buzz saw
! amt in it with him. The varmi
| knocked me down at the fust jump
! and he had torn off half my clothes be
TO- l could git up. Then he went at i
hammer and tongs. 1 had denied tn,
! children of Israel, and so l had to de
| pend upon the club. 1t wasn't mucl
of a weapon to fight wildcat with
The critter lodged half the blows an,
the other half didn't seem to hurt any
l yelled fur my dawg, but he didn'
cum. l yelled fur the old woman, ant
bout the time l yelled / cotched sigh
of her two rods off, lookin' on. Sh,
had my rifle, in her hands, and l hol
! Tered fur her to cum closer and shoe
| the cat
"'Zeb White, SEE she, it amt fur me
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18
read a chapter in the Bible
What fur?' saws T.

!
Fur to show the world that yo' re-
spect the day., says she.
1 reckon the world don't keer
whether l read the Bible or take a.
walk
But the Lawd does. Can't nobody
keep on Dustin up the Sabbath as you
do without somethin happenin to 'em.
My eyes are leetle weak this mawnin,
and if you'd sit down and read me that
chapter bout the children of Israel
crossin the Red sea I'd be powerful
glad
That's what I orter hev done, of
! co'se," explained the old man, "but
| when critter is feelin cantankerous
he amt himself. He's mad at his wife,
his dawg, his gun and everything else,
and he won't git decent ag'in till some
| thin has happened. I whistled to my
dawg and went off up the hillside, and
the old woman didn't call arter me.
Mebbe I'd got half a mile from the
| house when the dawg took arter
varmint and run it up tree. l jest
got glimpse of the thing and took it
fur coon, but | orter hev known bet
ter. Every ha'r on that dawg's back
was standin up and his eyes as big as
sassers, and if hadn't bin cantanker
Gus I'd hev figgered it out that no coon
could excite him in that way. The
thing to do was to tie the dawg to the
tree and go home fur an ak. The dawg
didn't want to be tied, but managed
1t and went back.
"Hev you cum back to read to me
bout them children of Israel?' asks
the old woman as arrove.
"'No; I've cum fur that axe to cut
down a coon tree
"'Are you gwine to risk your soul
! fur the sake of a coon?"
Don't be silly. Coonskins Is
with 60 cents apiece, and we are out
OF 'lasses. and the Lawd amt gwine
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18

to mix in this fout. You went out in
defiance of the Lawd to cotch coon
and if you've cotched wildcat in
stead it's a proper punishment
Her words made me mad and
teched my pride, and l determined
to kill that cat without. her help or be
clawed to death a-tryin. l got in two
or three good blows and sorter evened
up things, but it was nip and tuck.
| Bimeby, when / begun to weaken,
] says to the old woman:
Il amt akin you to shoot the var
mnit, but you might shoot off paw
or two and gimme fair show
How about Sundays? she asks,
never movin a foot.
"It's purity good day.
els it the Lawd's day or coon's
day?'
"'The Lawd's day, 1 reckon. Gwine
to stand thar till the meat is clawed
off my bones?'
"'Can't tell yit. When the Lawd
brings about a calamitous calamity to
punish a man fur denyin him it's fur
folks to be keerful how they mix in
Nobody has axed you to mix in
says l, and then l went fur that cat
like a hawk fur a chicken. Fur the
next five minutes l had the advantage
and was beginnin to feel peart, but the
loss of blood began to tell, and |
found myself CROWN weak. The old
woman noticed it and called out:
"Zeb, how about the Bible?'
"'Im believin in it, says I, as
makes an awful blow at the cat.
And how about the children of
Israeli
I'm a-believin in them too.
"Did they cross the Red sea dry
shod?
"'Ill bet they did,
"Was Phario overwhelmed?'
"He was, and I'll lick any man
who denies it,
"'Jest one mo- question, Zeb,' says
the old woman as she Gums forward
Are thar gwine to be any mo- coon
huntin on Sundays
"'Not if we never hev another pint
of 'lasses in the cabin,' says l as the
cat rakes me- across the shoulders.
THAT ended the fight. The old wo'
man mixed in and shot the cat through
the head, and tumbled down and lay
thar fur half an hour befo' she could
help me hobble home. Bout all the
cloths I had left on me was one boot
and shirt collar, and it was TO weeks
befo' the bites and scratches let me gil
around ag'in. On the fust Sunday
could sit out | saw a bar up the noun
ting and started fur my gun, but the
old woman held up her hand and
said:
"'Zeb White, take a cheer and sol
down. Yes; know it's a bar, and we
are powerful short of meat, but we've
got somethin else to do. AS soon as
git my hands out of this dishwateI
I'll fill my pipe and sot down, and
| you'll read to me bout them children
| and the Red sea. If you read slow
and don't skip anything, mebbe you'll
find somethin bout wildcats too.'
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-03-18
NvfIlST
A LITTLE INCIDENT IN WHICH SHE
SILENTLY STOLE AWAY-THE
VALUE OF TACT-FORCING A Los
ING TRUMP AT THE PROPER
TIME-CURRENT WHIST GOSSIP.
She silently stole Away.

She Silently Stole Away.
The following short story from
sWhist" will be appreciated by lovers
of the game hereabouts:-
The City of Brotherly Love boasts
a whist club which maintains an ex-
cellent standard of the great game,
but, unfortunately, the fair devotees
know not the word harmony" and
thereby hangs-not a tale, but the
point of tale.
The treasurer had been instructed to
provide a blackboard for club use, and
selected one at shop which is run on
a very generous basis. Knowing that
clubs were often favored, she mildly
asked for discount and was referred
to the head of the department He,
vested with little brief authority
looked fiercely over his glasses and
growled out:
eve give discount only to Sunday
schools. Are you a Sunday school?"
Remembering the gentle spirit pre-
yailing in the club, the purchaser for
bore to reply, but meekly handed the
irate gentleman slip of paper on
which was written the name OF the
club. He read it. 60 Whist Club"
Awful pause! and then:
lord, no; you're no Sunday
school"
Words failed the buyer at this just
condemnation, but, remembering that
there is a time for disappearing, she
took an early opportunity to ebb
noiselessly away.