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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14
is IT FRAUD OR MARVEL
Strange Find OF Carved Shell by a
Missouri Well Digger.

Philadelphia North American 81
Louis archaelogists are discussing a find
which 81 either an unmi.lgatfd fake o.
an archaeological marvel The find iu
dispute Is shell six inches long con
tanning the reclining nude figure OF a
woman II is the property of Dr Charlie,
Tuckett, who relates that he discovered
II on the mantel-picce of well digger
OF Lexington. Mo. whose wife be vas
attending. and who explained that he
found II in virgin clay 50 feet beneath
tine surface WHOM boring a well.
The well-digRer did not attach any
particular value 10 il. and vas easily in
dured 10 turn II oyer to pr Trckeit
who convinced hat II IN 4 gcniuDe
archaeological relic probably The work
Cf 50 nc ancient American sculptor The
hbti liS common clam shell # fhe
Mississippi rivc' Rw ctarios Barg-
rever n distinguished geolorief ore
81 thC experts who examined t1c find 8
some what uucor uittai bot I'D He N
ino belief that the relic WIS 'Dnd az
d sg-ied re Gays that the figure ~
conn snd of hard cl1y aud has ~ the
appc rance 0f age asd nn'eFs that APP
poafance has been z ven 10 i W. aft e.
cial means it must be quite ~ az the
clay has nos almost turned O Z ne
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

s0Lgs what makes fe'ler think heaven
must q dreary place bat this girl
orered up :. ginger jar uy red hot songs
Ike hot Tamalle sam an T. ,sciila's
On b Strike but What Nyci John WY
Come Back TO Me. SHa iaeart Gee
,sbj7z. that cornered hln when be got
n adj ter 20 ter the field Yesterday she
VA s.rgin that song an he made a
f,.-e. excuses Ter rgn f. on the barn
rfee umthin an finally fold lin TER
81 levin an listen tn 4 81 theu =
if+ ~ ~ to work an NJ be darn ~ (
80 Tn gfeike on 9'e Sbo Vaz
Harp I5il She Ne Ft'M. an Jg5a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14
Hints ON House Plants.

Dry heat, red spiders and plant lice
are the three principal causes of failure
in the raising of house plants. Plants
will always thrive better in kitchen
than in a furnfce heated parlor for the
simple reason that the air in the kitchen
is moistened by the continually boiling
and stewing. Violets. fusias. hyacinths.
carnations. chrysanthemums and mar
cissuses will all do better with north
window light and temperature OF 60
or 90 degrees than they will in a south
window. with sunlight and a tempera-
ture of rs or so degrees. As fine flowers
of these varieties as we have ever raised
never saw the sunlight after they were
DOted
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

A great change is taking place in the
method OF constructing grain elevators,
the bins intended to hold the grain be-
ing built in circular form outside the
power house and constructed wholly of
cement. So absolutely fireproof are
these structures that the companies
building and owning them do not pre-
tend to carry any insurance on them or
their contents
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

The small sum of cent a day Will
feed native Javanese. while $3.50 a
month will keep his whole family, and
yet we know of men who get $50 a
month in this country who are always
behind on their grocery bills and who
are eating up this month what they ex
pect to earn next month. These should
go to Java
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14
movement u Beueltirs BE Nee

4 promising movement has r
started in Virginia for the benefit 81 .a
negro population The iiaa origin
with iir Il r luHes ol 4 l,mOnd
several prominent and wealthy hf.
are seoeiatel With bin The irs
tho proposed settiemeut VIII bo
inbliehed nclf r cbmcnG Plots Of
acres zach will Dc laid uh and rpnu
each win kn Greeted u foer ronmed las
eahin ~ aatiqHe I4lc Three plots vi
be cold on easr installmc'ti plans 10 me-
gfoes auxious ~ better Themselves
They VIII bo eiren practical and SIR
teinatif nstrgeiinn la Turning M glr
peri need exprst sf0m the iastitute ~
Haa.p t0n being ensas J ~ i+strBet@r
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

We expected somebody would get
hurt in specializing in potatoes at SLIPS
per bushel. and it proves to be largo
number Of the country merchants OF the
north country in Minnesota, North Da-
kota and Wisconsin, who paid the farm.
ers big price for their potatoes with
the expectation that the tubers could be
unloaded at a profit on southern buyers
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

A law recently put into effect in Nor
way compels the young lady before she
marries to present certificate to the
authorities showing that she can cook
sew, knit and embroider. This ought
to insure the getting Of good house
keeper when a fellow marres in that
country. but it is an unfair arrangement
in that nothing is required in the man.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

The Wealthy apple, a fall fruit in the
latitude of Iowa, when grown in
northern Minnesota becomes a very
good winter apple with just little care,
illustrating the truth that the farther
rorth an apple is grown the better the
quality and the longer it will keep.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

some people are worried because the
Aleu states has no official national
.o"eT. While England has the rose
scotland the thistle. Ireland the sham
.'.i France the lily and Holland the
'Nlp. there seems to be no unity OF
'pnion as to what flower should con-
,'ule America's floral insignia. One
our western congressman once un-
.,'' aoh TO get the pansy so named. bur
only succeeded in getting 'pansy
...'Ied on TO his name ine.ead OF the
.rAlIF The -four which has made
''u'I iea more famous than any other
made at Minneapolis mostly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

II has been clearly demonstrated at
the experiment stations that the spray
ing Of fruit -rees when in bloom great
ly binders the work of fertilization
and in many cases absolutely prevents
it. Then, spraying just as this time
kills the bees, when the bees and the
bloom should be permitted to carry on
their perfect work.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

a.-. 6lQther Minnesota item well
-H. 5'Auon At the late state fair
On exhibition in the fruit
e. ny -.564 plates oil apples. SIS
r-e- p.ums and "a plates CT
presenting over 200 varieties
"Aa lHV Of plnms and all this
'af north, outside TIE sap-
f- he.t and in a season when
.'oa las 5eea VERY light.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

II VIII be recalled that Longfellow in
his delightful romance of The Court
sap OF Miles Standish" has Priscilla
Tide a snow white bull in the bridal pro-
.eSsion when she is married to John Al
"eh and it is worthy of remark that the
ioet very wisely puts 2 ring iu that
"hile bulls nose, by which he is led
proving that bulls. whether snow white
obi coal black. have not changed in dis
position very much in 200 or 300 years
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

Taking the prevailing price of farm
produce in the central West today, the
quality of the soil and the average yield
of crops, every acre of good farm land is
worth 500.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

We note that farmer in Missouri
lately sold two carloads of hogs fatted
hy him on his farm for as much as his
farm was worth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

The year 1901 gave us the biggest
wheat and peach crop on record and a
yioespread and savage drouth in be-
tween to growl about
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

lsnlficant shipment was made re-
".'t-a shipload of iron ore from
pam was delivered at an American
ana the vessel took to Spain a re-
largo OF steel rails. II this sort
ming goes on, there is no question
roe continued prosperity Of the
n farmer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

\ hen will lay all told, about 400
eggs. If we'll cared for she will lay
$50 of these by the time she is Is months
old This explains why it does not pay
10 keep old hens.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14
Correspondence Solicited.

Apples raised in the South Australian
orchards sell for 5. 10 and ID cents each
in the markets of Germany.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

If yon want to put root of English
OF California violet in a five-inch pot
half dozen. say-and set them in the
window of the north parlor and dip
Them once week in water Of tenn
perature of ITO degrees. submerging
The whole plant, you may pick these
.oyely flowers in abundance all winter
We know that this may be done, for we
do it, n
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

to explain the marked advance IN the
price of good farm land all over the
country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

.sha on earth produces so great a
ana variety of good things
America Nearly every state
r speelalty and when the years
5000 things is ali secured the
PM OF fare for the average
something the finest which
..-... mere Is no question about the
Oh properly Observing Thanks
if 10 America.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

Stock feeders in the beet sugar dis
triCts of Germany are finding valuable
stock food in the molasses by-product
Of the factories, mixed with mea, from
the heterogeneous cereals. In Louisiana
The molasses has been used for road
making and fuel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

here Is something strangely incon-
lstent about the universal prejudice
against the flesh of the horse as food.
Inc horse being the most Sleanly of ami
mails and eating only the most clearly
81 food, and the greediness with which
the hog is eaten, a common product of
dnspeakable offal and filth. This is
spmethng which we have never seen
Explained.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

1t is claimed that cut flowers, If placed
in salt water. will keep fresh much
longer time than if the water is fresh
and that faded bouquets can be restored
by placing them in brine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

We find that the purple branching
aster is much better able to resist the
effect of frost than are the other varie-
ties of this flower, the purple asters,
oct. u, carrying lot of handsome
bloom and apparently uninjured by the
frost which killed all the others.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

Minnesota is claiming the right to be
called the bread and butter" state. and
not without good reason, for its wheat
fields and wonderfully developing dairy
interests are attracting the attention
o' the whole country When to these
$50 interests are added those of its
mines and forests, the North Star State
.''omes no small part of the Union.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

In olden times the husking bee was a
much priced farm frolic. When the
boys found red ear they were given
The privilege of kissing the girls and so
it came about that the boys were more
particular than they are now about fix
ing the seed corn in the spring of the
wear.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-11-14

The Gamma roots may be removed at
any time before the ground freezes up,
with a good ball of earth and placed on
the cellar floor and covered with sand.
which should be kept moist.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-22

Annual Statement.
Annual report of d. l.. Wertheimer
Company of De La Mar, Nevada, for the
year 1890:
January /, 1900, Capital stock $4,000 90
Janurry l, 1901, Merchandise $ 964S CO
Buildings e tiXtUre~ 5000 0
Book accOuntS----- 4,7l5 co
Cash on hand--- ca GO
Cash loans----- 10000 GO
Treasury stock 10000 90
$4,000 90
%. l.. WERTHEIMER,
Secretary
Dated August 4, 1901.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-22
VEST ON FREE COINAGE.

The report has been industriously
circulated !by the Republican press
that Senator Vest of Missouri has
changed his views upon the financial
question and ad. COATES the abandon
1ueut of the double standard as one of
the issue, present or future, Of the
Democratic party. This would viz
tually commit him to the god stand
ard but tor its untruth. The Senators
views have not changed upon the
principle or practicablllty of bimeta
lisnl, as will be manifested by the
following from his own lips.
LAS to the free coinage of silver,
have always been an earnest bimeta
list and have not changed my Opin.
ions in the slightest. do not believe
that there is enough gold and silver
in the world for the Just and tail
transaction of business, and I lool
upon the single standard Of eithe
gold and silver as doubling the powe
Of oppression. by the rich at the ex
pense of the middle and poorer classes
do not think the question OF thu
free coinage of silver is dead, l be
lieve that the time will again com'
when bimetalism will become tn
paramount issue, but it is not nov
question with which the Democra
tic party can GO into the contest il
1904,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-22
ORDINANCE NO l0e.

An Ordinance to regulate Licenses or
Telephone and Telegraph Companies,
in Carson City, Nevada, and to repeal
all ordinances and parts Of ordinances
in conflict Herewith. Approved July
13, 1901.
The Board Of City Trustees do ordain:
SECTION oNE-Every Telephone Com
pany and every Telegraph Company
keeping an office and doing business in
said City, shall pay for and obtain quart
erly license to carry on such business,
and shall pay for the same Ten dollars
per quarter.
A Company as meant by this section, is
any corporation or any one or more per-
sons having an Office and carrying on
either or both of the branches of bust
ness specified in this section.
SECTION Two-An ordinances and
parts of ordinances heretofore passed SO
far as they are in conflict with the pro-
visions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Approved,
WILL U. MACKEY,
Preside II of the Board of City Turs-
tees, of Carson City. Nevada.
latest, GRO. ". CowINa, Clerk.
Dated July -, 1901.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-22
COMMENCING
nonday, Aug
10,
Are You Going East This
Summer?

If you are going to the Pan Ameri
can Exposition at Buffalo or to Cincin-
natl, Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee, or
any point in the East, write or call
upon Mr. D. w. Hitchcock, Gen. Agt.,
Union Pacific r. r. Co., No. l Mont
gomery St, San Francisco, in regard
to reduced round trip rates to these
points. Three trains via. this route
leave California daily. The tim e of
the "Overland Limited" to Chicago is
less than 3 days and 20 Buffalo 81 days,
which is nearly f"y quicker than any
| other line
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-22

The Republican papers of Nebraska
were full of talk about opposition to
fusion, but when the Democratic and
Populist committees met it was found
that the sentiment in favor of con-
tinued cooperation was practically
unanimouS.-Com
1t will be the same in Nevada with
the Democratic Silver party and all
other anti-Republican elemel :. AS
in Nebraska, the Nevada Republicans
oppose fusion of the opposition forces
while some of them denounce it as {
matter of general principle. which
they can we'll afford to do as there i:
no material in the State that would
fuse with them.-Journal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-22
IRRIGATION POSSIBILITIES

There are 1oo, 900, 900 acres Of irri-
gable public lands.
They need storage reservoirs to
make them available as homes,
Let the government build the great
reservoirs and main line canals ne
cessary to make water available for
these irrigable pubic lands
Let the cost of such work be added
to the cost of the lands, to be repaid
to the goverrm mt by the settlers in
ten or twenty annual instal,ment,
without interest.
Give the settlers at least two years
time in which to get started before he
is called upon to make any payment.
Reserve the land for which watr is
thus made available for actual Set
tiers only, who will 60 on the land
and cultivate it and build their per-
manent homes there
1t is necessary that the government
should build the works requiring
capital; it can leave the settlers to
construct and dig the smaller canals,
which they can do without capital.
Whenever the settlers who goes
upon the public land today, or in the
future, can set his plow in the ground
and have the water follow the furrow
tim the opportunities will have beer
created which will be seized upon by
the millions OF industrious men te
create prosperous homes in what i:
today an arid wilderness. -George Il
Maxwell in National Irrig alton TO
August.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-22
Notice..

The first installment on the Della
ware Mining and Milling Co., is now
due and payable at the Bullion and
Exchange Bank
GEO. II. MEYERS. Pres.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-08-22

Remember that the Ozark can supply
the best in the line of mixed drinks,
cold beer.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-08-23
A Lucky Imitation.

Marshal Gourko, the famous Russian
general was terrible autocrat. On
one occasion an impersonator Of cele-
brated men was performing at a thea
ter in Odessa. One evening he received
mysterious message, which read:
STUDY General Gourko" In Russia 1t
is better not to inquire into matters
that one does not understand, and so
the artist spent an hour In privately
impersonating the autocratic Russian.
Just as the evening performance was
about TO commence an order Of arrest
signed by Gourko was presented to the
impersonator, and without explanation
he was led through the streets TO the
marshal's palace and into an apartment
where the terrible man was seated.
"They tell me that you impersonate Gel
ebrated men," he rOared. 'Imperson-
ate mew
Giving a hasty look at Gourko, the
performer turned to the mirror to
"make up" 1t was an anxious time,
for if the marshal should take eXcep-
ton to the representation he had I'M
limited power to inflict punishment.
The impersonatOr dragged himself to-
gether and turned TO the marshal copy
If his own face and Overbearing man
ner. Gourko burst into a roar of laugh
ter, and the dangerous moment was
over
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-08-23

the room. passed to the bedside and
with folded arms stood for several
moments quietly regarding the silent
sleeper. Bending low, Isle touched
her lips against the cold. dead face,
then went out from the room. moving
like one who walks In a dream.
Fifteen minutes later. beneath the
spreading boughs Of the pines. Lisle
and Erna stood facing each other.
what will you do now. Lisler' ask
ed Erna. You cannot remain here
without your father"
"Why. yes. | will remain. There is
nothing else for me 10 do. ! am famil-
lar with every detail connected with
the operation of the ranch. 1t is the
only thing that | do know. There is
no place else for me 10 go. l know
nothing of the world your world.
Mine is here; its boundaries are there"
waving her right hand-"to the ex-
tent of my vision; no farther. l think
ii was my fathers desire that ! should
remain here always after he was gone"
1T could not have been so. Lisle. You
did not know what your father knew
concerning you. You do not know
what know. There is a secret which
your father kept from you all your life.
Why. | do not know: nobody knew
nobody but himself-and now he can
not tell IL 10 you. | am sure, Isle.
that he did not mean to die without
telling IT,"
"A secret! My father never had
secret from me-never"
HE had one secret. Lisle."
How can you know that he had a
secret from me? He scarcely spoke TO
you"
IL discovered IL myself. Lisle."
How When? Wherel What is
the secretY'
81 discovered II last night when you
kissed meat least | believed | did.
After you tainted away. while work
ed over you, became convinced Of its
truth. 1t will startle you when l tell
IL. Lisle; II will shock you almost as
much as the sudden death Of your ia
tber. | am afraid that il will pain you.
Ii concerns you: II is about you. Have
you ever thought. Lisle. that you are
not like other menW
Yes, often" Lisle spoke dreamily.
81 have talked II over with my father.
Only asst evening, just before you
came, we were discussing il. / know
that am different from other men, but
do tot know how or why. Is that
the secret?"
Yes. LiSle; that is the secret You
are not like other men; you are not
like men at all. Lisle, dear Lisle, you
are not a man; you never were a man.;
you never can be a man; you are a wo-
man, Lisle-a woman like me-"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-08-23

Because you would not be safe here
II they knew that you are a woman"
"Why? Do all men hate women so?
Would they seek TO kill meT"
xii your No; but you would not be
safe"
bah! l do not fear them"
"Of course not. That isn't the ques-
ton. | do not exactly know what is
the question. only that 1t would not be
just the thing 10 do now. When Craig
Thompson comes. we will take him in
to our confidence. He shall tell you
what to do; papa shall tell you what
to do"
"You are sure, very sure. that am a
woman, Erna?"
Goodness gracious. yes! | hope so.
Heavens, you almost brighten me!
Don't you see that, as small as l am,
my instruments of torture needed but
very little letting out In order to reach
around you? Don't you see how they
bring out your shape, so that ii is like
mine. only little more so? Don't you
see that we are alike in a lot of other
waysY
yes"
well, don't that settle itP'
Eyes, suppose that settles It," said
Lisle slowly. She stood for moment
as though turned TO stone, but her eyes
became fierce and her lips drew togeth-
er ominously.
Yes, i am woman. one Of the out
casts Of the world-the cursed of all
mankind! Oh, God. how | hate my
self; how loath myself: how l despise
everything about me that makes me a
woman My father is dead. So be it.
! am glad that be is dead. He knew,
and he deceived me. | asked him, and
he lied TO me. IL he were not dead,
would kill him, | would kill him,
say, as | killed Jim Cummings-as
would have killed others had they dared
10 call me a woman. IL, Isle Max
well. am that despicable thing called a
woman. My God! You. Erna. do not
know the horror Of 1t. You have never
known what II Is not 10 be a woman.
You have done me a service. and
thank you. for ! would not live a lie
any more than | would tell one. Rich
ard Maxwell is dead. | will never think
of him as my father again. Perhaps
he also lied to me about that; perhaps
his whole life was a lie, like the one
that he made me live. II may be that
my name is not Lisle Maxwell. / do
not know who l am. l only know what
/ am not. You thought because l was
calm that my heart was not breaking.
only waited for proof, for ! suspected
before you spoke. Now | know! Take
off these garments or | shall tear them
off and ruin them. Quick. | am going
mad, l think! OFF with them. | will
not live TO walk forevermore hand in
hand with my own shame. ! will kill
myself. as yesterday | would have
killed n man who bad dared 10 tell me
what now know 10 be the truth! Of
with them"