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Water Lilies in Tubs.

No one need feel debarred from the
enjoyment of cultivating a few of those
exquisite flowers which we term IVA
ter lilies" simply because they have no
pond or stream. One plant will give
the pleasure and may occupy nothing
greater than nail keg, if it be suffi-
GENTLY water tight or so placed that it
may catch water from a spigOt and re
main well supplied. The writer grew
a few dozen of the pretty Nymphoea
Zanzibarensis and coerulea in such
manner, but. in a half-barrel, and they
were a source of great interest and
pleasure. They were in pots and
plunged three or four inches below the
surface of the water. To make the ap-
pearance the more natural, the whole
thing may be set to the upper rim of.the
barrel in the ground. A water hyacinth
may be added a parrots feather" and
few other water plants, to render the
whole more interesting. The papyrus,
or umbrella plant, does well in such a
place and breaks the fiatness.-Mee
hans Monthly.
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The LEE OE WATCHES.
Influences and Conditions That Aztec
Behavior of All Timepieces.

Influences and Conditions That Affect
Behavior of All Timepieces.
watches" said the jeweler. as he
screwed a little glass into one eye and
squinted into a case of wheels, "are
like human beings in many ways. They
are delicate; they run well only when
in perfect order, and they require atten-
ton once in so often, whether they stop
or not. They become sick, in a way, as
we do, and they get off their balance.
But, unlike US, when their handspring
breaks they are not necessarily done
for, unless in another world. They can
have new mainsprings. We can't.
watches, all jokes aside, are really
almost human sometimes. They take
cold readily. Never lay a watch on a
cold marble table or near an open win
dow all night after you have worn it
next to your warm body all day; it will
contract a sort of pneumonia, and ten
to one it will stop before long if the
practice be continued. The cold con-
tracts the metal pivots, which, small as
they are, must not be smaller, and they
shrink. Thus the wheels cannot move.
watches are magnetized, too, by the
persons who wear them. l have seen
the statement that watches vary in
timekeeping with the health of the
wearer, and that if changed from one
person to another they will also show
slight variations All of that is true.
The static electricity of person may
affect a watch. All of us throw this off;
some more than others. Dark persons
give off more than light ones do, and
dark woman more than any one else.
Dark women should have rubber cases
for their watches if they wish to have
them keep perfect time.
Never lay watch fiat, at night,
after it has been worn in a vertical
position all day. 1t throws it off its
base, so to speak. If the pivots be
worn, the wheels will not run level.
"a sudden jar will often stop watch,
which runs regularly at that; such Il
jar as getting on or off a car suddenly.
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Not long ago some of New York's
clever physicians laid out an array of
cruel looking knives, forceps and saws
and then went to work on Isidor LIE
vine, 13 years old, who had health
and strength and whose brain stopped
in his baby days. He couldn't learn.
His body outstripped his mind. In a
few years would come manhood and q
pitiful object, repulsive because IN
natural. Not many years ago Isidor's
case would have been considered hope
less. Bigoted people would have as
serted that Providence had afflicted
him, and that it was not for human
beings to question the doings of the
power that moves the world. But Sci
ence Is moving. The speed is ire
mendous, and these skilled doctors
discovered that Isidor's skull was very
thick and the brain was in a natural
prison. 1t couldn't grow. They
promptly cut away enough of the skull
on the stunted side to give the brain
room, and left temporary opening, SO
that there can be no pressure on the
gray matter, and later Will close the
hole with a silver patch. The boy is
doing well. 1t is believed that he will
recover and grow up to manhood, fully
equipped mentally for the fight for
bread and butter. This is the age OF
such medical miracles. Country doc
tors cure diseases that were consider
ed deadly a century ago and think lit
tie of it. Every minute Science is do
ing something to make life more GER
tain and health more robust. And be
cause these things are done so quietly
the people scarcely realize the debt
they owe to the men and women who
investigate, experiment and wage I'M
ceasing battle against disease. 1t is
a good age to live in.
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Coal is still the great fuel, and will
always be Indispensable, yet part of
its functions have been usurped by
water. Capital is recognizing the po
tentialities of water as a power pro-
Queer, and there is general trend
backward toward a system which was
once universal. Before the advent of
steam, flowing water was working
away in harness, but its more volatile
rival displaced it for a time The old
order is coming back again, though in
larger development. Take Niagara
Falls, for instance No longer looked
upon merely as a stupendous freak of
nature, the cataract is made the servant
of man, and the enormous power it rep
resents is making the country lying
within sound of its roar an industrial
center of the first Importance. One OF
the places at which natures energies
have been going to waste is the $500"
where Lake Superior's waters tumble
out into the lower lakes through a series
of rapids. The difficulty in the way of
the utilization of this force has been
in transmitting the power over long dis
tances; but that problem is being solved
by the electricians. Already in Califor-
mia they are carrying the current for
nearly 200 miles, against a record of
about seventy miles year or two ago.
Electricity generated from water
courses and from other hidden sources
of energy will probably soon free the
mind of man from fear of coal fam
inc and from coal miners strikes.
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One of the greatest difficulties en-
countered In the management of pub
lie schools for the best interest of the
pupils-the Oncoming generation in
whose behalf and for whose benefit
they should be conducted-is the dis
position on the part of the public to
sacrifice that interest to individual in
terests in the selection of teachers. 1t
must not be forgotten that the public
schools are intended for the education
Of children, not as asylums to furnish
employment for teachers, without re-
gard for fitness, merit and the need of
the pupils.
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VIEW OF THE AMERICAN GIRL
Actress Bernhardt Gives Vent to Her
Impressions.

Actress Bernhard Gives Vent to Her
Impressions.
My study of the American girl has
been two-fold; first, in Paris, and after
ward at her home. At first 1 considered
her simply a refreshing change from
the sterotyped English girl, good to
look at and good to talk with. 1t was
apparent, even then, that American
girls would become famous in Paris
for their unusual gifts of conversation
and their general good looks. 1 soon
was able to drive down any of the
great avenues at home and pick them
out as 1 saw them pass. They had
more distinction in their looks and man
ner than the girls of any other coun-
try; a freedom in their walk, and a
conscious pride in their expression.
They never have had difficulty in max
ing places for themselves in the life Of
Paris.
But, though 1 knew something of
them abroad, it was not until my pres
ent tour of this country that began to
know them as they are, according to an
al llCle III IOuCCGSS. u0y nave
qualities for which 1 look in vain
among the bellies of France, and they
can rival my countrywomen now in
beauty and dress. Firdst of all, l
think they have more general culture
and are better educated. 1 have been
astounded, in going about the country,
to observe the number of large and
fourishing colleges for women which
everywhere exist. One can hardly be-
lieve that there are so many women
seeking higher education" as you call
it here. And the young women 1 have
met showed the results of this educa-
ton. They were able to discuss in
Vulnerable subjects intelligently.
could hardly mention any branch of art
of which they were ignorant, and usual
ly they could talk well on the drama,
poetry and art.
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History will smile hereafter at the
decision of the Supreme Court in Ten
nessee, which decides that women
cannot practice law in that State. The
logic of the decision is that lawyers
are officers of the court and the con-
stitution forbids women to hold Office.
Two judges dissented from the judg-
ment of three. 1t will be worth while
to watch the length of time required
to make the minority opinion the judg-
ment of the future majority.
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Discussions in the British Parlia-
ment have recently brought out most
strikingly the backwardness of Eng
land, as compared with the rest of the
civilized world, in providing free pub
lie school education. In Germany, tax
ing the average of the different prov
inces, child must attend school until
he Is 16 years old; In America he goes
until he is 10. and in many States still
longer; but in England only until he
Is II. The English child is released
from school earlier. and, at best, is
educated fewer years at the expense
OF the State than are the children of
any other nation of the first class ex-
cept Russia. The discussions in Par
lament have been directed toward find
Ing remedy for this backkardness.
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rosa. Mr.. Keith started out to elevate
the variety stage and it is to his efforts.
or at least to his initiative, that the
great reform in vaudeville has been
due. Mr.. Keith now owns theaters in
Providence, New York, Philadelphia
and Boston. His playhouse in the last
named city is one of the sights of the
town. Like many successful managers
he is a native of New England. Reared
on a farm in Massachusetts, he early
drifted away from the prosaic life of
the country into the travelling "show
business 1t is said that he is now a
factor in the theatrical Industries of
forty American cities.
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There can be no doubt that the re-
sponsibility of great wealth is more
acutely felt in this country than ever
before. Larger gifts are made in a
larger way, as fortunes increase in
size and number. And we are glad to
think that it is not pressure from with
out so much as humane impulse from
within which stimulates to generosity.
Wealth sees poverty and need and
stunted lives and unrelieved misery
about it, and yearns to be a rescuer,
a creator Of opportunity, and by vol
untary distribution to undo excess.
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The famous Mason and Dixon line
Is being relocated. The eastern part
was originally marked by stone monu-
ments at equal distances of one mile
Many of these stones have been re-
moved or destroyed. The western por-
ton, owing to the great difficulty in
traversing the region was marked by
wooden posts, cut on the spot and Sc
cured in place by mounds of earth or
stone piled around them. These posts
have disappeared, but some of the
monuments remain. 1t is believed that
enough of them can be recovered to
enable a relocation of the boundary
with ease. The Pennsylvania legisla-
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temple in Philadelphia. For three
years he was the potentate of the tenn
pie, and he was elected to the office of
the deputy imperial potentate at the
last meeting of the Shriners. Mr.. Slraf
fer, as may be imagined, is.one of the
most enthusiastic of the Shriners in the
purpose of this order, and few men
have more mystic friends than he has
in his home city and throughout the
country. 1t was believed from the be-
ginning that he would be promoted
from the second highest to the highest
Office in the order Mr.. Shaffer is promi-
nent in the furniture trade of the city
of Philadelphia.
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"But you look rather up

Endicott. "But you look rather up
set"
'"That impertinent little mink just
bowed to me as l was entering your
gate, Mrs. Endicott."
''The idear' 'Impudentr' ''Horriblew
came from the different parts of the
room.
"But 1 glared at her." added Mrs.
Hemenway, triumphantly.
81 saw her talking with the minister
last night and 1 shouldn't wonder but
that she will sing in the choir" said
one.
eff she joins the choir, then leave.
1 won't sit in the same bench with a
singer of French songs" said another,
the leader of the choir.
"And the way she runs after the
men," spoke up Mrs. Endicott. my
husband declares she is the brightest
little woman in town."
"Oh, man always falls in love with
a woman when she is French, a widow
and a little mysterious. Mr.. Endicott
is not the only man who admireS Mrs.
Sartoris," ventured Mandy with look
in Mrs Hemenway's direction. Unfor-
tunately that woman intercepted the
look and her whole figure set in stiff,
rigid lines. And in short time the
circle broke up.
Helen Sartoris was a young widow,
who, with her 4-years-old child and two
maids, had taken up her residence in
HuXbridge some two months since. The
good people of the town called upon
her and their calls were dutifully re-
turned, and the widow seemed charm
ing until it was discovered that the
men of the town were raving about her
Then the women froZe in their manner
towards her, and after a few wretched
DAYS, filled with snubs and cold glares
from her erstwhile friends, the little
widow laughed at her prosecutors and
their snubs and became deeply gracious
, to the male relatives of these same
women. OF course, this was the worst
possible course for her to pursue-but
she was woman.
The grounds of Mrs. Hemenway adj
Joined those of Mrs. Sartoris, SO that it
was not wonderful that Guy Hemen-
way should see the widow in her gar
den and fall in love with her pretty
little self. And Helen, her short mar
ried live having been loveIess and cold,
welcomed the new tender feeling in her
heart for Guy Hemenway.
When Mrs. HemenWay reached home
that afternoon she was much excited
over the hint she received from Mandy.
81 hear Mrs Sartoris is joining the
choir" she said.
"WelI, she ought to. She has a de-
lightful voice"
"Have you heard her sing?" inquired
his mother, sharply.
Guy recovered himself. Eyes, often,
to her little girl in the garden here"
"Ah, you do not know all about that
woman Her poor child! She neglects
her, leaves her to the care Of the ser
wants while she reads French novels
and bleaches her hair. They say she
actually beats the child. One might
expect cruelty from a person with
green eyes"
"Motherr' broke in the young man.
ooh, men do not believe 1t. OF course
not. But to think of woman ill-treat.
| ing little child but her son had
left her and the old woman returned to
the house.
On the other side of the bushes a
] woman knelt with white. sad face, heI
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Small Beginnings, Big Results.

The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute for colored students started
in a little shanty with one teacher and
thirty students. At present there are
about LOO students and eighty-two in
structors. Starting with no property
the institution now owns property val
ued at S350,000, including more than
1000 acres of land and forty eight
buildings. Practically all of the build
ings have been erected by the labor of
the students themselves.-Coilie
Weekly.
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CHASING AFTER FIRES.
A New Wrinkle in the Insurance BUS
uess Said to Pay Well.

A New Wrinkle in the Insurance Busi-
uess Said to Pay Well.
The latest thing for fire insurance
agents to do is to be on the spot look
is burning up. One of the canvassers
of a New England company began to
make money so rapidly a few months
ago that some of his competitors tried
to find out how he did it.
They learned that he made special
ty of following the fire engines, and if
the fire happened to be in tenement
house or fiat, he waited until the flames
were subdued and reaped harvest by
insuring the other tenants and neigh
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to visit Paris.
Ranavalona has
been happier in
Algeria than she
was in Madagas-
car, where she was
a virtual prisoner
in her palace.
Since her exile she
has been living in
a fine villa pro-
vided by the
French govern
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and one of the best
known men in that
city. He has just
entered upon his
fifty-first year and
for more than one
half of his life has
been a Mason. Up
wards of seventeen
years ago he joined
the Shriners, and
for twelve years he
offciated In the
post of Oriental
Guide of In In
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1t is alleged that the German en-
peror has been trying to work up a
Irritation with a pretty woman by pa
rading a regiment before her. Queer
ways these monarchs have. What is
parading a regiment before a pretty
woman as compared with holding her
hand on a dark stairway?
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A fourth recently having been added
to his family recalls that the Gar OF
Russia's children are all girls. This
also incidentally suggests how many
young fathers not monarchs have had
a royal time with the boys.
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ison streets, Chica-
go, began his career
as a theatrical man.
ager in Boston nine
teen years ago. At
that time the vaude-
vile, or variety"
theater, as it was
then called, was Sc
verely reprobated
socially, so much so
that ladies or chill
dren never attended
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trolley of
in to
O
is
Of
vehicle
From the omnibus the vehicle will be-
reaches his destination The lighted
strength the driving wheels enable each omnibus
trailer Eachw steering
vehicles will
o OF
HUI Company ncorporaed for S1OO0OOO
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Gen. Miles has long advocated a
standing army which should consist of
one man for every thousand of our to-
tai population, and that is substantial
ly the size of the present establish
ment. The police force of our largest
cities consists of one officer to a popu-
lation of about 400.
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A young man in Indiana has been
sent to jail on an indeterminate SEN
tence of from one to two years for
stealing an umbrella. A get-rich-quick
CRATER of New York who swindled
the public out of 100000 was sent to
prison for six months.
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G. P. HuntingtOn's estate has made
so much money since his death that
Russell Sage must be tempted to die
and save expenses while his fortune
keeps on piling up.
Holbrook argus., 1901-09-28

That newly found African plant,
woandsu, which is said to furnish
practically ideal food, ought to be pop
ular in Boston, since it is in the ma
ture of q bean.
Holbrook argus., 1901-09-28

A Texas man succumbed to heart
failure when they told him oil had
been found on his farm and he was
rich. Well, he died happy anyway.
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ture has appropriated $1,000 and the
Maryland legislature $1,000 for this
work of relocation. The new markers
will be of iron instead of stone
Holbrook argus., 1901-09-28

There are mean men in this world
who willingly pay what it costs to
keep hired girls just to see their wives
bOssed around.
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AN ExILED QUEEN.

A Madagascar Representative to Visit
Paris.
According to cable dispatch, Queen
Ranavalona of Madagascar, who was
exiled from her country by the French
four years ago, and taken to Algeria,
is to be granted her long expressed wish
Holbrook argus., 1901-09-28

Somehow we never like the looks Of
it when a woman with powder on her
face stands waiting for a street car.
Holbrook argus., 1901-09-28
Cents and NickeIs i'm Demand

According to United States Treasurer
Roberts, cents and nickels are now be-
ing used to much greater extent than
ever before.
Holbrook argus., 1901-09-28

Beauty may be able to draw with a
single hair, but it never adds to the
attractiveness of the butter.
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The law is no respecter of persons
IN England; King Edward will pay his
income tax just like any commoner.
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PHILIP G. SHAFFER.

New Imperial Potentate of the Mystic
Shriners.
Philip G. Shaffer, the new imperial
potentate of the Mobiles of the Mystic
Shrine, is a native of Philadelphia.
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BENJAMIN F. KEITH.

A Manager of Theatrica1s of World
Wide Fame.
Benjamin f. Keith, who, it is said,
will build one of the most magnificent
theaters in the world at State and Mad
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-09
In Memorism.

Whereas. in view Of the less we have sns
tanned by the death of our sister, Elizabeth
Short. and of the still heavier loss sustained
by those who were nearest to her, therefore be
it
Resolved. That we sincerely condole with the
family of the deceased on the dispensation
with which Divine Providence has afflicted
them. and commend them for consolation to
Him who orders all things for the best. and
whose chastisements are meant in mercy.
Resolved That in memory of Sister Short,
our charter be draped in mourning for thirty
days. that these resolutions be spread upon
the records of this lodge, and a copy be sent to
the bereaved family
Mrs. Cora kuELrLNG
Mrs. SARAH bUTEY,
MRs. NJ. j. ksLiNGBURY,
Committee.
Mineral Point Rebekah Lodge No, l47.
One mild case of small pox cost
this city about $500.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-09

81, Highland town and village 2g7
Linden town and village 35, Mifflin
3S, Pulaski l29, Ridgeway 1856, Wy
oming 1852, Eden 4, Clyde Is. The
largest per cent Of gain is in Wyom-
ing. In all other towns there is a loss
of population since 1890. The graf
est per cent OF loss is in Mineral
Point town and Waldwick, about II
nac-cant in each,
There was a report on Mineral
Point streets last Monday that Il. j.
Laughlin, the popular landlord Of
the Hotel Higbee at Dodgeville, had
been seriously hurt in runaway,
but our Dodgeviile reporter failing
to mention anything of the kind, it
is probably not true.
Last Saturday evening merry
time was spent by the Senior Glass
of the High School at the home of
Miss Nettie Wallis. The rooms We're
decorated with the chosen colors of
the class, red, white and blue. Pro-
gressive games and music were the
order of the evening with refresh
ments served between.
Married at the Willow Springs
parsonage, Tuesday, May 7, by Rev.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-09

Count living sire of roes % OF
1873 records
Foos the prooo
having records better than 2: sae the grand
being the
than 2 and the granddam OF uze
seven than $780,
Count proven quality and speed and the fact
ldemon that he quality.
this locality he has sired more speed rom
offered In TINS
eli the period of time
make the of 1901 John Francis stables IN Min
'''' i''"'' -. GUYP. COBB, Owner.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-09
MINERAL P0INT-DODCEvlLlE
Stage Line.
FRANK LYNCH, Proprietor,

Stage runs daily, except Sunday, leaving
Mineral Point at 7;l5 H. M, and Dodgeville be
tween / and 2p. M
Connects at Dodgsyiiie with lraiu on e & n
w. R'y for Madison, Milwaukee. etc, and AZ
Mineral Point with $50 y. IN. train on e. NJ a
p ersl la- nerlSn gion -Sbnlls
burg. Monroe and GAINESVILLE.
Calls left AT the Hotels. Mineral Point,
will receive prompt attention, sSFARE SOC.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-09
Advertised Letters.

Below is u list OF letters remaining
uncalled for at the Mineral Point
post-office:
n. II. Bates, Mrs. Holoster Elmer johnson.
L. Schoendorff
Those calling for the above please
say advertised" and give the date.
May q, 1901. y. Il. MARTIN, y. NJ.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-05-09

w. Croft, Mr.. VIII f. Plank Of Min
eral Point town and Miss Eta May
Heath of Waldwick. The bride was
attended by her sister and the groom
by Mr.. Will Holmes. The young
couple Will reside on the Wni. H..
Phillips farm on the Dodgeville road,
which they have rented.