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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07
MUTILATED COIN AT BUFFALO.
Visitors at American Exposition
Get Rid of Ragged Money.

New York Times There are more
ragged old bank bills. government
notes and ancient silver coin that have
been put into circulation in Buffalo
during the Pan-American exposition
position than have been seen for a
quarter of century.
searcher after the cause found
many OF the cashiers of shows and 9TH
er places which could give eXplana-
tons One money taker of Midway
performance said: It's simple enough.
Farmers from the interior of New York
state, Pennsylvania and Ohio have been
attracted to the exposition because they
could see a big show cheap. They take
their hoard of old silver coins and
small bills which have been out of cir
culation and in their stocking and tea
pots for years and turn them loose
here. 1t is hard on the city folks, but
the farmers would be insulted If you
refused their old coin
A cashier of a German resort said:
There are thousands Of Germans who
came to this country and worked hard
for years saving their small change
They come here and spend old dimes
and quarters saved on the farm as If
they were So bills"
Another shrewd observer said: ''You
see, there are thousands of people who
come to the exposition who do not fully
know the value of coins Many unseru-
pulous people are making it business
10 collect all the battered coin which
would be refused in New York and send
u here to be palmed off on the hay
seeds and foreigners. Plugged coins
which would be refused in New York
and which would have to be sold for
large discount. find their way here
and pass at face value. Then again,
here are many Canadian people who
have battered United States currency
which they want to get rid of " seems
as If all the old garrets of this state
had been Tansacked to find old bills and
coin TO be put in circulation during the
'Gposition"
The custom is established at the eX-
position not TO refuse battered coin.
because it is easy to pass il through
Tue cash drawer to the next unsuspect-
ing visitor
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07
THE BELLE OF LONG AGO.

| watch her sitting. rocking there,
And gazing dreamily away:
Her hands are wrinkled now that were
So plump and smooth and soft one day
Her hair that once in ring!ets hung
Forms one wee coil as white as snow
once she was free from cares, and young
Perhaps she ilrted long ago.
Her nose droops down. her lips are drawn
She signs for loved ones gone before;
The luStcr from her eyes is gone,
Her once round checks are round n,
more
Yet once. perhaps her glance was coy
Perhaps il made her smile to know
That for her cruelty some boy
Was broken-hearted long ago.
She rises slowly, bent and small
And moves with feeble, careful tread;
She wears somber garb and all
The craccS from her form are fled
But once. perhaps, she tripped along
In airy robcs-thc note of woe
in some forgotten poets song
She may have given, long ago.
All Time. thou rogue, ] see her now
In an her youthful grace and charms
Behold the riuglets on her brow
The rounded Wilderness of her arms;
] hear her merry laugh she skips
Down liuwcry ways. her checks aglow
with pleasure at sweet words from lips
That ioll to dust long, long ago.
Chicago Record Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

good TO every one except themselves. II
is plain that his wife does not think SO,
as sho smiles at him across the snowy
cloth, while the morning wind soft as
an infants kiss, pours through the win
dow. Ii is plain that Jocosa does not
think so, glancing in now and then
from hammock swung on the balcony.
Jocosa is busily endeavoring to absorb
more of the reading. With laugh
of enjoyment he reads from a letter,
brought by the small Mexican boy on
the small Mexican pony from the rail-
way station just after daylight.
BALCONIES Rancho, Texas, L. S. A.,
March 20, IS
My Dear Weston and My Dear Lois:
i sold a COW yesterday and, being pro-
yided with means. | will be with you
almost as soon as you get this. The
rancho is here yet and is unchanged.
You may have seen in the papers an ac-
count of Maude's death. He was killed
in a gambling den in San Antonio three
months back. His had been hard life,
poor devil. and | am not one to judge
him. Nayara, captured not long ago
by the Mexican authorities and being
promptly tried has returned as a con-
yict to the army in which he was, |
think, an officer If ever you see him
buy him pair of shoes and package
of cigaritos for old sakes sake. The
English are still endeavoring to make
money playing polo, | am tired of this
place For why? We have a new gov
erness from place she calls Moo
Yawk She has said that she loves me
as a sister Bob Harding has been here
three times within a fortnight and has
had no mind to do anything, except
spoon | remember with wonder that
there was time when liked Harding.
Mr.. Glynn is we'll and "Palomita' is
much stronger Teddy" ! regret to
say, has returned to his evil courses
and we looked for thirty-siX hours re-
Gently before we found 'Miggs' curled
under a cactus with a RATHER, also
asleep. within yard of him This is
erness From the time of your fitting
until last night Mrs. Glynn has not
mentioned your names. AT dinner,
however she laid down her knife and
fork, looked at each of us in turn and
said deliberately. 1T MAS a charm
ingly romantic affair, don't you know.
] shall write a novel about it." We
who was always an ill-mannered pig
choked himself with bread to keep from
shouting. Until | see you again, At
fectionately, ALLYN"
(The End
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07
NEWS OF WISCONSIN.
ENGLISH GIRL MARRIES MAN
THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT.
General News of the State Prepared
in Readable Form for Busy
People.

\ Madison dispatch says: Miss Ell
len Harshorne. a bonnie English lass
Of &c, arrived here in response to the
advertisement of William II. Wilson,
widower of "a. for wife Wilson met
her at the depot and each identified the
other by the photographs that had been
exchanged They spent most of the
afternoon together and then agreed to
weo. Wilson is a foreman at the Fuller
Johnson manufacturing plant He is
q widower. lbs vile having died year
and half age. He found no JOY in
single blessedness and advertised for a
wife ahou, -four months ago. William
Hartshorne, railway engineer living
in Chicago, saw the advertisement and
forwarded a marked copy of the paper
10 his sister in South Staffordshire,
England. In response to it she came to
America five weeks ago. and has spent
the intervening time in visit at her
brothers home. She came on TO Mad
ison and met her long distance lover.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07
CHAPTER XVII.
3Y THE WAVES OF THE MEXICAN
GULF.

An hour after sunset that night fat
Mexican priest in the old town Of Pie
iras Negras dispensed with all publica-
ion Of banns and mace John Britton
Weston and Lois English man and wife.
The Alcaide of the town, also fat and
GOOD humored, first read the civil con-
ract and then gave the bride away in
lis capacity as father to all that part
If the republic. ocosa cried happily
md softly Three days later they were
ar in the interior, borne on one of the
-ushing Central trains, tearing across
abysmal gorgeS, whiZzing through
mountains, rolling over vast and fertile
mesas, flying southwark, ever south
ward
They found, when they paused be-
yono the Mexican capital, country
where every natural gift has been pour
ID out with lavish hand-a country just
waking to the demands of the modern
and calling loudly for men-a country
wherein pluck and skill and industry
and honesty were at high premium,
Weston was man of force and of great
natural aptitude. He was upborne,
moreover. sustained and soothed by a
NIlt nhttd W Hill. w III Hlc luOuNoN
capital he became a contractor on a
railway then being driven through the
granite heart of the land southwest
ward His knowledge of the language
and of the people aided him With in
creased resources. he settled to coffee
planting. Still in the first flush of his
good fortune he had not known a mo-
ment OF regret
Upon a plateau which, from height
Of five hundred feet overlooks the
waves of the Gulf, he built his home.
Tall tres surround it and about it brill
liant tropic flowers blom ever, alive the
day long with birds not less gorgeous
than themselves. Swept by the breezes
of the sea that sing murmurously
through the foliage, it knows not ex-
tremes of heat or cold. 1t is so far
away that scarcely an echo OF the
worlds turmoil reaches it, yet mile
distant. runs the railway he assisted to
build and the morning paper is laid up
on his table If people knew of his sim
gle lapse from strict morality, they
would be apt to say that fortune has
been too good to him. for people in gen.
eral distinctly lack charity and are
blessed by the belief that fortune is too
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07
FUTURE DOES NOT ALARM.
Kaiser's Threat to Smash Things
of No Consequence.

Washington dispatch II am not
alarmed by the German emperor
threat to smash things if certain com
mercial treaties in which his country is
directly interested fail to go into eff
feet" said Senator Cullon. the pros
pective chairman of the senate com
mite on foreign relations. II infer
from his utterances that the EN-
peror means that unless we reduce our
tariff laws or adopt reciprocal meas
ures which wlh give Germany better
opportunities to get into our markets.
ne will resort to retaliatory methods 10
keep our products out Of Germany We
have heard great deal about German
retaliation in connection with sugar
and other American products, and We
also know that Germany IS making
rapid strikes in the commercial world,
and is broadening her markets in every
direction Threats Of retaliation Will
not have any influence on the govern
ment Of the United states in endcav-
oring 10 protect It's own interests, both
at home and abroad. Sa far as sugar
is concerned We anticipate that before
great while we viii be in position
to supply nearly all the markets in
the world with sugar in addition to
producing all that we can use at home.
If our calculations come out all right
We will grow enough sugar in Cuba.
Porto Rico the Philippines, Hawaii
and even here in our own country to
ignore German sugar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07
One on Mr.. Boerum.

Nr. Boerum (severely)-William. 1t
If o'clock. thought you were 10 come
nome and stay in the house If ! wrote
}ou that excuse today
Willie Boerum-I know ! was. But
Won spelt two words wrong and each
IF thought | wrote it myself and made
me stay after school Brooklyn Eagle
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

The Roy. Charles Campbell Pierce
the Episcopal missionary bishop-elect
of North Dakota is at present chaplain
OF the Twenty infantry. United
States army He went to the Philip
pines soon after tho opening of hostili-
ties there and for time was post chap
lain AZ Manila.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

The first FIVE cadets in order o. merit
an West Point are all Southern b0ys.
They hail from Mississippi. North Car
DINA. South Carolina and Maryland.
Mississippi bears off the palm with two
of her sons. one OF whom is the head
OF the class
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

Joseph Fielding Smith. president of
the ~ apostles. becomes the next pres
ident Of the Mormon church He Is IN
his G3d year and IN 500 was ordained
as an apostle by President Brigham
Young and set apart as one o. the II
apostles on oct. s. 1867. The new pres
ident has three wives.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

During an address at a recent meet
.Es of the Fleet society in Hanover
dptain Won Weltheim of the German
navy Is represented to have said Ger
a.anf interests in the five republics
central America. in view OF Ameri :
20 eoTapetition. can only be main
'taed when We have fleet strong
Iigh TO say to the Americans Hands
This declaration was received
With stormy applause.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

Three women arc At present engaged
AZ Swiss high schools as instructors.
AT Bern nr Anna Tumarkin. Of Rus
STA. lectures on history Of philosophy
and aesthetic ~ Geneva lectures on
botany are delis cred by Or. a. Rod
rigue while Germ an literature and Ian
gusge are the subjects OF Nine Ibrows-
XII at the keurenburger academy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

Georges Berry announced thai 2 res
pIution win be moved in the French
chamber OF deputies urging the Euro
pean powers to stop by force the Brit
ieh method OF reconcentrado camps IN
South Africa
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

In spite Of his devotion TO politics
Herbert Gladstone gives much time to
outdoor exercises and Is president Of
the National Recreation society lie
ia besides enthusiastic on Music and
mas often assisted the Kyrle society as
a vocalist
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

81. Petersburg Is preparing 70 role.
brate lts 200th birthday in 1903. The
fsrt 4. RECALLED that when Peter the
Great built fort In 1903 on the shore
Of the NeTa he had no inteatioa &.
founding q city. +
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

Well-informed Russians assert that
in matters of religion remarkable
change IL now taking place. Millions
Of peasants now calmly profess athe-
ism or the most nonchalant agnostl-
ciSm
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

Friday. Oct II, was the hottest day
Of the year in San Francisco. the Their
mometer marking 81 degrees at 4.45 p.
m. rusuaily the hottest part Of the day
In the afternoon. Then the temperature
Il lessened by cooling western breezes.
But on that Friday this cooling western
breeze failed 10 come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

The question OF adding sugar 10 the
daily rations Of the Russian soldier is
at present occupying the attention OF
the army eoHmissar,at department
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-07

Maid of the West Fergy the Guide 'The Herfons
Dance" Etc.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-08-23
To the Consumers Of our
Pure PreDdred Paints

Any building that S not satisfactorily paint
ed with our Pure Prepared Paint, or upon
which its use has not cost less than II other
paint had been used, will be RE-PAINTED
AT OUR EXPENSE.
This guarantee of satisfactory result, as
surfing the highest degree Of excellence in the
finished work, aud at less cost than if done
with inferior paint, is an agreement which we
authorize every dealer who has the sale Of
our paint to fulfill, and to use for such pur-
pose the funds which he has belonging TO our
firm.
NAV Lift LONGMAN 4 MARTINEZ.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1901-08-23
New Firm, New Goods,
NEW PRICES !

HNHIS advertisement merits attention. ",
Il want your trade and we intend TO hay t
ii il lowest prices, fair dealing and hghe..
quality will get il,
Below we quote some of our special bar
gains.
Vsa- As we are sole agents for celebrate d
Columbus Buggy Company Vehicles we cap
sell you their best hand buff LeAther-TOp
Buggies for OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. viz 90
Canopy-TOp Surreys, from..... CD 90 W
Side Open Traps.........".......... 60 90
Dayton Wagons ......."............ al 30 =
Spindle Bugges ........"......" ~ 30
Top Buggies.."..... ........"...... 30 90 -
We also keep large assortment Of Single
and Double Harness OF all kinds aud descrip-
ton, Saddles, Collars, Lap-Robes, Spreads,
Whips, etc, which We will sell lower than
any other establishment.
II will pay you to call and examine the
quality OF our goods and get our prices be
tore you purchase elsewhere.
JACOB POSS 4 SON.
NA- The firm of Jacob Poss h Son will
continue at the old stand the Livery and Sale
Stables which have been conducted by Jacob
Poss for quarter Of a century.
Stylish Saddle Horses and fine single and
double Buggies and Carriages for hire at the
lowest prices.
We make a specially OF furnishing Car
riages, in charge Of skillful, sober and polite
drivers, for weddings receptions and iuner-
ais.
Every department Of the business has been
extended and improved, and charges for al
classes of service reduced by the new firm.
JACOB POSS Il son,
mar LIT ROCKVILLE, MD.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
IN FOREIGN CITIES.

The city of Peking has only one
street lamp.
The mints at Sydney and Melbourne
coin gold only.
London's $50 common lodging houses
have nearly 10000 inhabitants.
1t is proposed to organize pigeon
post at Queenstown to facilitate the
reporting of liners off that port.
The gross rental of London's build
ings is s43,OOO,OOO, while that of all
the agricultural land in England and
Wales is under a27,000,000.
Viennese hair dressers have held a
mass meeting to protest against the
prevailing masculine fashion of wear
ing the hair cut short, as being mar
tistic and unnatural.
Glasgow spends 100000 year on
new buildings. The value of house
property in London increases by s a.
100000 a year, of which 80 per cent.
represents new buildings.
A passenger on street railway in
Vienna claimed damages, which were
awarded him, for q shock to his
nerves, caused by the conductor shout
ing out to the passengers to jump on
the car, as he feared q collision.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
An Absurd Rivalry.

"When started out in life I didn't
have dollar to my name,' said the
man who boasts.
"That's nothing" answered the sa-
tirical friend, when I started out I
didn't even have all of my name. It
was several weeks before was chris
tened" d."-Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

Tommy (studying his lesson)-l
say, pa, where does the Merrimac rise
and into what sea does it empty?
Pal don't know, my son.
Tommy-You don't know, eh? And
Tomorrow the teacher will lick me on
account OF your ignorance.-Harlem
Life.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Blessed Sleep.

How bless'd the priceless boon OF sleep.
From care rest benign and deep;
When nature lulls to sweet repose
And cures each Ill that mortal knows.
Sleep, priceless Jewel that the eye
OF poor may wear, though none can ouy!
But oft, alas! man wakes to find
His wife has learned his inner mind.
For secrets he preferred to keep
Escaped while talking in his sleep.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Enough to XIII.

Doctnr-I see what the matter is
rs dyspepsia. All you have to do is to
.1anoh heartily before and after each
meal.
Mrs. Binks-Impossihle. get them
myself, and wash the dishes l.
Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Willinr to Chance II.

He was obviously anxious, and she
seemed almost willing.
II shall refer you to papa" said
she, with a becoming blush, "before
giving you a final answer"
"But am perfectly willing to take
you without any reference" said he,
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
An Unpatriotic suxre.tion.

what I want to do is to purify the
politics of my community"
''Don't let any of the mercantile
agents hear you say that" responded
the friend.
II don't see what difference it can
make in my credit"
"They are as likely as not to take it
for granted that business isn't good,
and that you want fice."-Washing-
ton Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Where Charity Begins.

''My good little man." said the visit
ing pastor, II am afraid you've been
fighting! A black eye! Don't you
want<me to pray with you?"
''Naw," said the good little man.
"Run home and pray with your own
kid. He's got two black eyes. Phil
adelphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
reninine Charity

Maude-Young De Auber was mar.
r;ed to that rich Gotrox girl iast
week. ,..a
Clara-why, I thought he claimed
to be welded to his art.
.Well, she's mostly art."-Ch'caeo
Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

A mans struggle with his hair doesn't
begin until he gets bald; woman's begins
as soon AZ she is old enough to handle 4
curling iron.-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
The Wrong Thing.

professor" said Mrs. Lyon-Hunt-
er, II want to present Mr.. Bull. This
is Prof. Dumproser, Mr.. Bull. He is
the author of that learned treatise on
Genius: A Species of Insanity"
"Ah!" exclaimed Mr.. Bull, charmed!
Always delighted to meet genius like
you, r.'-Philadelphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Social OBLIGATION,

Little Elmer-Papa, why is it more
blessed to give than to receive?
Prof. Broadhead-Because, my son,
il you permit yourself to receive you
are compelled to give about three
times as much in return in order to
properly express your gratitude.-.-
Smart Set.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Sentiment.

I love the fiag-the noble nag,
Fair emblem of the free;
And next to that the cold-Wave nag
Is the flag long to see.
Wa ShinrtOn Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
whv She Was Sure.

George see nothing but for us to
elope. Do you think your father
would forgive us?
Ethel am sure he would.
George-How can you be sure?
: Ethel felt little nervous on that
score, and-and I asked him.-Tit
Bits,
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
A News Agency.

Mr.. House-It doesn't seem to me
+hat nur new cook is great success.
Mrs. House-Not as cook, grant
hut she has lived in nearly hall
the families in town and ner converse
ton is so entertaining!-bos'on
Transcript.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
rhouxhtful.

"Charley," said the affectionate ut
+le wife. .didn't you tell me those blue
chips cost dollar apiece?"
eyes,
"Well, here's whole box 1ull OF al
colors that I bought at the bargain
.ounter for IS cents" Harlem Life.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
The Charges.

willie-Pa, teacher told us to be pre-
pared tomorrow to tell what meter the
''Charge Of the Light Brigade is in.
Pa-That's easy. Gas-meter, OF course
Philadelphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
u, p.,~ht Prospects.

Mr Mokeby-Yo' want 70 MAJ az,
nah daughtah? Well, what am 70
prospects? 1oft;ly)
Use brought suit glns1 ue "a,
cab comp'ny fos $1,000 damages =
al loss oh TO- toes.-Puck.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Very AiriAh.

"1 would like to see some OF the latest
airs" said the customer in the music de-
partment.
''Then just step over to the dudish floor
walker" responded the saleslady. he 10
lust full of them. Chicago Daily News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
A Doubtful Compliment.

Miss Mudd-Afr. Freshleigh paid me Z
very pretty compliment about my hair.
s "Yes; h he asked me il it was mine. Ohio
State journal.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Inst What He said.

Master-What is the feminine of
friar?
First Boy-Please, sir, it hasn't got
one.
Master-Next?
Second Boy-Nun.
First Boy (indignantly)-That's
iust what said!-Tit Bits.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

If there's anything that will make fel-
heat but the humidity.-1ndiarapolis News
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
Better Luck.

The small boy who is stepped IN Sin
soon learns he catches more IN schooi,
Thanks to his little bended PIN,
Than when he fishes IN the poor.
Ladies' Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10
r-..~ ,Ir Crimsonbeak.

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Has MIS- ieas'
called on you lately?
Mrs. Crimsonbeak-WeH' sne w.
passing, to-day, and she just pus ~
nose in at the door. !, v,..~.
.sort Of bugle call. eh ?'-1 onAe's :
0%a oSmar
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

Any place with just the right pair in il
is as much of paradise as was the Garden
of Eden--Good Cheer.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

If you cannot keep cool you can keep
your temper--Town Topics
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

A square deal-The sale Of :ity block
Philadelphia Bulletin.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

The hypocrite prays cream and acts skim
milk.-Chicago Daily New
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

The prudent man considers well before
telling a lie. It may not be believed.-Ihe
Public
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

Don't you know that by too much zeal
for cause you may drive away good many
reasonable people. le.-Washington (Ia.) Dem.
ocrat.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

A man is never SO wretched that he for.
gets his bad habits.-Atchison Globe.
St. Tammany farmer., 1901-08-10

The merit that leads great souls to emula-
ton leads little ones to envy.-Ram's 3 Horn.