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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07
LINDEN.


From the Southwest.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fitzsimons of Min.
eral Poin: spent Sunday in this vii
lage with Mrs, Fitzsimons' mother
Mrs. Annie stephens.
Mr.. J. w. Pollard has sold his bar
beriug outfit to Mr.. Knapp of Miner
al Point.
Mrs, J, j. Rule arrived home from
Proctor Knot on Tuesday. She re-
ports that her son-in-law, NJ. Henry
Jewell, is recovering.
Mrs Joseph Pollard and daughter
Mrs. John Cowling, left here last
week for the West, to visit her other
daughters.
The iorepart of next week Mr. w.
Gardner aud family, Mr.. J. n. Vial
and family of Linden, and Mr.. Paul
Ashel and family of Edmund, are to
80 to Cumberland, this state. We
don't like to see them go,
DR.. Grimes has formed partner
ship with DR.. Phuger of Rewey, and
viii move there this week.
Mr., J. w. Pollard's health is so
that he will soon go to Colorado by
advice of his physicians.
DR.. Scott and family are soon to
move to Springfield, Mo. Their GO
ing will be greatly regretted by the
people of this village.
Up at the Hazel Dell mine on the
Carrow place steam engine and n
pump are being installed this week.
We hope TO hear of foot sheet of
jack being struck there in the next
80 days.
II is currently reported that some
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07

- There Is no remedy so generally
useful as Coles Carbolisalve, aud
thousands of mothers know it. 1t in
stantly stops the pain OF burns and
cuts and heals without scars. insect
bites, plant poisoning, catarrh, in
famed eyes, boils, ulcers and all
itching and torturing diseases are
quickly relieved and permanently
cured by it. Your money back II 1t
fails to satisfy. % and SOC by all
druggists
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07

of the young fellows belonging 70
the Good Templar lodge OF this place
occasionally drop out and take a
bracer' or two during recess. That,
with chasing tho goat and climbing
the greasy pole, they get tired and
need what Uncle Billie" Liddicote
used to call "a drop of ard"
We have observed that the Tribune
had something to say about the way
the Mineral Point high school ball
club was used in Linden few days
ago. Too bad The truth 10, Mr.
Tribune that your boys are all OF the
kind that sit down and cry when
they stub their toe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07

foRGoT HIS BoTTI L, A relapse
which terminates fatally is often
caused by missing one dose of medi-
cine, DR.. Gossom's oxygen Tonic
Tablets are convenient to take, may
be carried in the pocket, and taken
according to direction they cure lack
aches and general debility. They
have cured many of your neighbors.
You can get free sample and book
let at Niviau's Pharmacy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07
HIGHLAND AND VICINITY

From the Press.
Miss Anna Cody, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Cody, and Peter
Burns were married Wednesday,. A
reception was given at the brides
home.
DR.. James McGOvern has returned
to Potos to resume his practice, hls
mother having nearly recovered from
her recent serious illness.
owen Wall is only content with
the best horses and cattle money can
buy. A recent purchase is II l6.mo.-
old Red Polled bull weighing l,lOO
pounds. This animal, with two fine
heifers of the same breed, gives Mr..
Wall quite a start and in few years
he will have the finest herd of dual
purpose cows in the land.
VIII Sengpiel arrived home Satur-
day from his dental duties at Chica-
go. He looks hale and hearty aud
as if Chicago life was all right for
him.
The high school nine rather went
up against a tough proposition from
a consideration Of the score of II to
t. They promise a like beating to
the Point highs when the return
game is played here at Il later date.
The Highland high school base
ball club wish to thank the mem
bers of the Mineral Point club for
their cordial treatment to them
while in their city last Saturday.
They would like to be able to return
the compliment.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07
INVESTMENTS
SOUTHERN LANDS

Such investments are not speculative. The
South is NOT new country Market and ship
ping facilities are adequate and tirst-class
The climate is mild and favorable. Notwith-
standing these and other advantages. southern
lands are selling for prices far below their
real value, and pre- sent prices net larger re
turns ON the investment. For free set of cir
culars, Nos, to 10 inclusive, concerning the
possibilities of lands in Kentucky, West Tenn.
esSee, Mississippi and Louisiana. on and near
the Illinois Central railroad, for homeseekers
and investors, address the undersigned.
j. F. MERRY,
Asst. Gen'l. Pass'r Ag't |. c. r. r.,
Dubuque. Iowa.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07
Card of Thanks.

Due appreciation Of the liberal pat,
ronage extended the firm of Gorger
x Pitt is hereby acknowledged, anc
rs successor to the firm / hope, by
fair and courteous treatment, to mer.
it continuance of the same.
Respectfully,
JOHN b. PITTZ.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07
Sass TO California.

TIC San Francisco, to Los Angeles,
or to most any of the principal points
in California.
Every day until June 10, 1903.
Via til. Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway.
Also low rates to hundreds of 9TH
err points, West and Northwest.
Ask nearest agent of the Chicago.
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway for
additional infoI NATION. Colonist fol-
der free on request.
F. A. MILLER, Gen'l Pass. Agent
Chicago, MI. & st. Paul R'y.
Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07
When In Need.

OF II first class Carriage, Buggy OF
Harness it will pay you to write tc
Fitzgibbons Bros. Monroe, Wis, fol
1903 CATALOGUES. They have no agents
but sell direct at Wholesale prices.
lIm3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07

Health is a strong body nour-
ishcd by pure blood. This will result
from tax ing u few bottles of Coles
BludbuillGr, the pure vegetable
blood purifier and nerve tonic. 1t is
all its name implies and it's guaran-
teed. $l00 by all druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07
L AU NJ DRY
YEP MUM. Prnnrietor.

All kinds of laundry done in first
class manner at re sonable prices.
Work called for and delivered
Patronage solicited Laundry on
Fountain street, two doors west Of
Commerce. Phone 60. YEP NUM-.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1903-05-07
Ell Banecia, 1929
Race record 2l74 only
six weeks out of the stud.

FL Banecia is the strongest and best
Wilkes stallion in the state of Wis
consin and he has more speed than
any other stallion that ever stood for
service in Iowa county.
FL Bauecia is the only stallion
standing in Iowa county that has 4 in
the list.
FL Banecia can transmit % per cent.
of the blood of George Wilkes to his
offspring while all other stations
that have stood for service in Iowa
county claiming to be we'll bred can
only transmit III per cent.
Breed where you get the blood and
speed that is what makes the dollars
Terms-For the season, SIS: 10 in
sure approved mares, $50.
Will be at Jos. Graber's barn in
Mineral Point, Mondays aud Tues
days; the balance of the time at
Dodgeville
HENRY pENGELLY.
Proprietor.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
Crack in Famous Bell.

An ominous crack has just been dis
covered in one of the most famous
bells in the world, the so-caled La
Clemence," in the Cathedral of St.
Peter at Geneva. 1t is the bell which
was sounded at the +'Escalade' of the
dark night of st. Thomas Day, Dec.
81, 1902, when the 5000 Savoyards
made their attack upon the Rome of
Professionalism The assailants had
crept close to the Notifications unob-
served, and had planted their ladders,
the Jesuit missioners exhorting them
in whispers, Climb, climb Every
rung of the ladder is a step toward
heaven." when the loud changing of
La Clemence was heard, calling the
citizens to arms, and Geneva was res
cued. The Savoyards were driven
back. and the aged Theodore Beza
called the people into the cathedral,
where they sang the one hundred and
twenty-fourth psalm. From 1902 to
1901, on every December 21. the now
silenced bell has been rung in mem
DRY of the ..eScalade."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
IN FAVOR OF ARTISTIC SIGNS.
Travellers, Tired of Gaudy Advertise
ments, Demands Others.

The Paris Bulletin des Arts, which
has taken up the cudgels in favor of
the proposed tax on all advertising
signs placed along railway lines in
France, prints in its latest number
letters for and against the scheme.
One of the writer's, presumably the
agent of some large advertiser, re-
ports the New York Post, says that il
is better to allow placards and paint
ed signs on neat board fences than to
permit, as in America, the rocks and
trees to be defaced; to which the ed;-
tor replies that the American practice
is simply the final degradation to
which neat fence signs may be the
first step. But, if nothing can be done
to prevent patent medicine and corset
makers from putting up signs by the
mile, the editor hopes that the size
of the placards and their color may
be kept within bounds. Unbridled
competition in fence advertisements
may in time result in so hemming in
the railway lines that the traveller will
see nothing else. Another advertiser
remarks that scenery is apt to become
monotonous, because it is always the
same, whereas, if his firm is allowed
full swing, there will always be some
thing novel and attractive for the
weary traveller to look at.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
Undying Domestic Fires.

There are domestic fires burning in
Yorkshire to-day which have never
been out for hundreds upon hundreds
of years, says a writer in Pearson's
Weekly.
At the old-fashioned farm houses in
the dales of Yorkshire peat is still
burned. The fuel is obtained from the
moors, and stacks of it are kept by
the farmers in their stack-garths.
The country round about is noted
for its ''gridle cakes which are made
from dough baked in quaint pans sus-
pended over the peat fires.
These fires are kept glowing from
generation to generation, and the son
warns himself at the fire which
warmed his sire, and his grandsire,
and his grandsire's sire, and which
will warm his son, and his sons son.
There is a fire at Castleton, in the
Whitby district, which has been burn
ing for over 200 years. The record,
probably, is held by a farm house at
Osmetherby, in the same district. This
fire has been burning for 500 years,
and there are records to show that it
has not been out during the last 800
years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
HOW THE LAWYER PAID.
Creditor Accepted Renewed Note as
Ready Cash.

Creditor Accepted Renewed Note as
Ready Cash.
Highhyer, the lawyer, was always
hard up. He lived much beyond his
income. 1t was a case of living a
sealskin life on muskrat salary To
keep things going he used his clinets'
money and borrowed wherever he
could.
He had loan of 5000 from Sandy
Leslie, which had been running for
several years without even the inter
est being paid. He promised over and
over again to pay on a certain date,
but always had an excuse. The time
slipped by without any preparation
for payment, and, on the day of reck-
oning, the lawyer was unprepared with
money.
Sandy came in to see him in an
ugly mood, determined no longer to
be put off by promises, and accused
Highf1yer of the intention of evading
payment.
The lawyer sprang up indignant~.
1.-The very ideal" he shouted Il
had not the slightest intention of de-
frauding you. Why didn't you say
you wanted the money? Had known
you wished it 1 could have given it
to you any time, and 1 will give it to
you this very moment, and show you
under what Misrepresentation you are
| laboring."
Sitting down, the lawyer drew up
a note for the amount of the principal
and the accrued interest, and, signing
| it, handed it to Sandy with the chal-
| 1enge: There it is. Now, what more
| do you want?"
| Sandy was dazed, and departed gaz-
| ing absent-mindedly at the piece of
| paper. AS the door closed the lawyer
sank back into a chair with a sigh
/ of relief.
Il thank Heaven that's paid!" he
| exclaimed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
Humorous Incident of Warfare.

At the bombardment of Alexandria
by the British, July IL, 1882, Lord
Kitchener, then a young soldier, was
on board one of the warships. Toward
5 o'clock in the afternoon white flags
had been run up on all the Alexan-
dria forts, one after the other, and
from the Helicon Admiral Seymour
flashed the general signal to cease fire.
1t so CHANGED that the big gun in the
battery in which Lord Kitchener was
standing was loaded and laid, and
the gunnery lieutenant in charge
wired back to the admiraPs ship for
permission to fire. Assent was given,
and the whole fleet having seen the
signal, every glass on each vessel was
fixed on the ship. The gun was laid
straight and true and was fired. The
great shell sped to the center of the
fort buildings. A huge cloud of smoke.
dust and rubble filled the air, and
then, says Lord Kitchener, who tells
the story with much amusement, an
old woman hobbled out of an out
house and drove in some chickens
lest they should be hurt
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
whv His Stay Was Brief.

A. S. l. Shields said that some of
the testimony in the recent Salter
trial reminded him of a case of an
old negro who had been called as a
witness, and whom the lawyer for
the defense tried to discredit by such
questions as:
so your name is Sam Miller, is
ft?" Are you the Sam Miller who
was arrested and sent to prison for
stealing?"
mo, sah," replied the darkey.
mo? Well, then you are the Sam
Miller, aren't you, who smashed lot
of store-windows once when drunk
and disorderly?"
mo, sab. Ise not dat Sam Miller,
neither"
But you've been in Jail, haven't
your"
"Yes'ir-once''
-'A-h-h-h-hi For how long?"
Bout an hour, sir
AN hour? Be careful! I'm very
particular-very particular-to get
the truth. Now. what-d you mean
by saying you were in Jail for only
an hour?"
Use went there, sir, to whitewash
a cell for a lawyer who, like yo'self,
sir, was very particular-very particu-
lar.'-Philadelphia Times
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
HOW The FOX ESCAPED.
intelligent Brute Jumped on Back of
Fast-Running Hog.

intelligent Brute Jumped on Back OF
Fast-Running Hog.
A good story is related at the ex-
pense of a well-known business man
Of Little Rock His hunting procliv-
tiles are well known, and he has the
reputation of being SO skillful in this
line that seldom, if ever, does any
thing escape when he gets on its trail
Last Saturday, however, he was de-
feated in a most provoking fashion
He saddIed up his steed and took up
rail that led to the southwest from
The city. A short distance away he
started a handsome fox Away the
animal flew, with Martin in close pur-
suit He seemed to be unlucky, for
no matter how fast he rode the fox
always kept just out of reach The
race lasted some hours, during which
the sly little animal doubled and re-
doubled his track. At last the fox
showed signs of fatigue, and Martin
began to smile at thought of the salts
ton he would get. But, alas, they
struck a herd of hogs, and just as
Martin was preparing to "close IN,
the fox sprang on the back OF long
. legged porker-one of the kind that
can outrun a race horse. The hog
raised his snout, gave frightened
grunt and away he flew Martin
stopped, completely spellbound with
amazement- The fox held his seat
like a circus rider. while the farther
the hog got away the faster ne
seemed to go. Martin watched the
strange pair till they disappeared in
a brush patch and then returned to
Little Rock He related the strange
occurrence to a number of intimate
friends" and from them it became
known through the city.-Our Dumt
Animals.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
Another chance for kipIino.

The Absent-Minded Beggars' Hospi-
tai, which was built at Alton, England,
out of the fund collected by the Daily
Mail from the sale of Mr.. Rudyard
kipling's poem, has been handed over
to the war Office, and is to be con-
verified partly into consumption hos
pital and partly into a general hospital
for soldiers. The building together
with the freehold on which it stands
cost about 100000. Mr. Kipling should
how write a poem lauding peace in
order to maintain this admirable mill
tary structure. This would be COW
cred by some Ell, 500 per annum-re-
quiring therefor a capital of e 10000
to meet it e., half as much as his
first effort produced.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
A Successful Angler.

"He was beauty, plump three
pounds, and as handsome a fish as
ever came cut of Long Island
Where did you find him.
''In my own brook
81 thought as much. In these days
one does not catch three-pound trout
in Long Island waters unless he owns
a stream or knows somebody else who
does, and will let him in for an hour
or two. 1t is a condition of things
which has made an entirely new def
milton of the successful angler
Yes? What do you call success
full angler?"
"A successful angler is one who sue
cessfully fishes for an invitation to go
fishing in a preserved stream"
DO you call yourself successful?''
That is for you to say
Well, come down next Wednesday.
1 guess there is another three-pounder
where 1 got that one.''-Forest and
Stream.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
As One Sees 1t at Forty.

The chief distinction between 20
and 40 seems to be that the youth
is buoyed with the wisdom of con-
ceit, whereas the man is burdened
with the conceit of wisdom
1t is very silly thing to generalize
from ones personal experience Near
ly all the men 1 know are liars, yet
doubtless l touch elbows with truth
every day.
At 20 you blush when a man praises
you; at 80 you think him a clever
fellow; At 40 you wonder what he
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
A Curious Motor.car Feat.

A rather curious performance has
just been made with an automobile at
Copenhagen. The town possesses a
circular tower 100 feet in height,
which was formerly used for astro-
nomical purposes Its top is only
reached by ascending spiral passage
twelve feet broad, which winds be-
tween the outer wall of the tower and
an inner circular wall. An automobile
of five-horse power, weighing 200
pounds and carry three persons, as
cended the tower recently by this
passage, taking one minute to do the
journey, and afterwards making the
much more dangerous descent with
equal success 1t is of interest to
recall that the Car Peter the Great,
on visiting Copenhagen in 1716, made
the same ascent and descent in a car
riage drawn by four horses.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
Maintained His Dignity.

Woe be to the English sheriff who
fails to maintain a proper state. Once.
in the west of England, a young sher
Tiff met a certain judge at the station
The sheriff, county. squire, was
dressed in a neat shooting suit, with
CATERS and cloth cap. "Mr. Justice
Dash, believe said he politely. Eyes.
sir; and who are your" Il am the
sheriff of Blankshire." The little
judge eyed him from top to toe, from
cap to CATERS. Then he rasped out:
DO you think 1 am a rabbit?" The
squire stood astounded. He was still
more astounded when the irate repre-.
sentative of the law observed: you
are fined G100. Escort me to my car.
rage Then go, clothe yourself in
proper attire. How dare you, sir!"-
New Penny Magazine.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
This Is Fiction.

The man closed the bathroom door
and locked it. He looked with fierce
determination at the bathtub. half
filed, and, setting his jaw, Kissed:
"I1l do it or break a legi"
Picking up a couple of dumbbells
weighing ten pounds apiece, he sprang
into the air and landed on the water
Then he stepped out again, unInind.
full of the pain the jar had given him.
Bending over the tub once more,
he laughed triumphantly-
q have accomplished it at last" he
cried. II have put a three-inch dent
in that water
But of course this is fiction He
lived in Cincinnati, and the water. at
present writing, is far too muddy ia
be denied
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
Fatalities on RAILROADS.

A report recently issued by the In
ternational Commerce Commission
gives statistics relating to collisions
and derailment of trains and casualties
to persons for the three months end
ing March 81. 1902. The number of
persons killed in train accidents was
212, and of injured 2,111. Accidents
of other kind, including those sus-
tanned by employees while at work,
and by passengers in getting on or off
cars, bring the total number up to 1873
killed and 9,95S injured.
During this period there were l.
22O collisions and S38 derailments, of
which 221 collisions and "a derail-
ments affected passenger trains, re-
resulting in Al fatal accidents to pas
sengers and S26 injured From other
accidents there were IL passengers
killed and ABB injured, making a total
of So passengers killed and 1859 in
jured- The damage |, cars, engines
and roadway by these accidents
amounted to 81 ,914,258
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
Pray Without ceasinq.

There is one spot in the United
States where the voice of prayer is
never still. For more than twenty
months the s'turret of prayer" that
surrounds the Temple of Truth, near
Lisbon Falls, Me-, has never for an
instant been without the sound of a
human voice in supplication- 1t is
the intention of the people who at
tend to this remarkable form of wor-
ship that prayer in the turret shall
never cease SO long as the building
shall stand Those who take part in
the service compose the Holy Ghost
and Us Society. The society affiliates
with no denomination, and tries to
conform strictly to the teachings of
the Bible. Starting without a penny,
it has in a few years achieved such
success that it has built four build
ings, the Temple of Truth among
them, which form rectangle capable
of seating 10000 peoole.-Methodist
Magazine
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-11-07
On Sure Ground.

A well-known artist overheard a
countryman and his wife ridiculing his
picture, which represented a farm
scene He was SO indignant that he
at last interposed with the remark:
THAT painting is valued at a hun
dred pounds Allow me to ask If you
are familiar with works of art?"
mot very familiar with art re-
piled the farmer, but 1 know some
thing about Nature, young man. When
you make a COW that gets up from the
ground by putting her fore feet first,
you do something that Nature never
did"