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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
It's Rendipg Room and the Thousa nds
of Books IL Contnins

In the reading room Of the British
dents all dag long and tn addition to
the books Of reference, some 10000
In number, which ill the open shelves
Of the room, from three to four thou
sand volumes are gwen out every day.
Theology IN Il wide sense, Including the
tory and works on the religious rites
and ceremonies of MI races and crecds,
Is easily at the head OF the list. with
about 300 volumes. Topography come;
next, with about twenty fewer, and Of
these books on London amount to a
quarter, books on English topography
TO another quarter. the other half he
ing for the rest OF the world. His
tory and biography come next, Eng
fish history being mostly i'll demand,
and books on France and the French
provinces second. Essays, criticism
and miscellaneous literature take the
fourth place and are followed by tic-
tion-not less than five years old
mo;al philosophy, poetry and the fine
arts. the drama, law and philology.
political economy and so on down to
politics, mathematics and chemistry,
which have about forty volumes apiece.
and. lastly, works on naval and mill
tary subjects, which seldom have more
than three or four volumes each. 1t
is curious list and throws n useful
light on tie sort Of studies taken up
by the readers in the museum. London
Globe
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
VICE PRESIDENT KING.
He Took the Oath of ONCE Abroad
but Did Not Live to Serve.

but Did Not Live to Serve.
William Rufus King. born April g.
1856, died April IS. 1853. was a vice
president of the United States who
never served in that capacity and one
who took the oath of office on foreign
soil, something which can be said OF
no other executive officer who has ever
been elected by the people of this coun-
try. King was IN invalid. but his
friends urged him to take second place
on the ticket with Pierce in 1852.
Both We're elected, but Mr.. Kings
health failed so rapidly that be was
forced to go to Cuba some two months
before Inauguration day. Not having
returned to the United States by
March 4. congress passed special act
authorizing the United States consul
Mt Matanzas, Cuba, TO swear him in
as vice president ut about the hour
when Pierce was taking the oath of
office at Washington.
This arrangement was carried out to
a dot, and on the day appointed, at
a plantation on one of the highest hills
In the vicinity of Matanzas, Mr.. King
was made vice president of the United
States amid the solemn "Vaya vol con
Dios" God will be with YOU Of the
creoles who had assembled to witness
the unique spectacle Vice President
King returned to his home ut Cahaw
ba. Ala, arriving at th;.t place April
II, 1858, and died the following day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
j. b. Reynolds has several small
cottages and other property for sale
in different parts of city. 81
H0LLANDALE AND VICINITY.

From the Review
A. Francis, who has been in charge
of the tin shop at Highland 4 Lewis's
for several months, left Friday for
Heron Lake, MINI, TO investigate a
hardware business he contemplates
buying
Now you can kick yourself for Civ
ing Barney Olson lift to secure an
artificial foot. That most of the
aims went for liquor is evident, and
that he was on high old toot ut Mt
Horob is no secret, He was asked to
leave the place
Miss Susie Whitford of Mineral
Point is visiting at Waldwick with
Mrs. ID. 0. Williams.
Chas, Harker was in Hollandale
Monday aud took home about forty
head o! cattle that he had bought
from parties in town of Brigham.
stephen Dowd has resumed his
studies at the st. Paul seminary.
b. Holland returned Friday from a
weeks visit with his brother-in. law
John q. Johnson, in Dunn county.
Thos. Hendrickson is laid up with
"A lame hand, caused by a cash from
n band knife while threshing one
day las week.
Andrew Chautland and wife from
Iowa visited relatives here this
week. Mr.. G, was formerly n resident
of this town, but for the past thirty
years has lived in the West.
Between thirty and forty Of the
younger people of the community
spent Sunday picnicking on the Adj
amsville branch of the Pecatonica.
They claim to have caught 100 fish
and to have eaten them at the din
ner aud supper meals in addition to
the abundance of good things they
took with them, and yet they all as
sert that this is not fish story"
Alfred league and wife Cf VALID
wick were in town Wednesday. MIR.
Il. called at this Office. He has Just
recovered from an illness lasting
eight weeks, and this was his first
trip out.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
OLD SWISS LAWS.
Queer statutes That Governed We'd
dfngs and Wearing Apparel.

Switzerland had law that no we'd
ding party should have mo than
twenty guests-ten men friends of TIA
bridegroom and ten women friends OF
the bride. No wedding procession was
permitted TO have more than two sing
e-s, two fiddlers and two trumpeters.
Married women We're forbidden to
wear silk or decorated hoods. though
maidens might. No woman, whether
married or unmarried, was allowed to
wear any dire 8 in which the opening
for the neck was so large that 1t did
not lie at least two inches wide upon
the shoulders and the gown must not
be buttoned or laced up In front or at
the side. To restrain the fashion OF
long pointed shoes it was enacted that
no person of either sex should wear
shoe with point extending beyond the
foot enough to allow anything to he in
serted in it, nor was any woman or
girl permitted to wear laced shoes. No
man or boy should wear a coat that
did not reach to the knee. Garments
were forbidden to be slashed SC as to
show different colors or kinds of mate
rial, and trousers were required to be
made without stripes and both legs Of
the same color. In 1470 one Swiss can
ton in council assembled enacted that
hereafter no one shall make points OF
shoes or boots longer than one joint of
the fingeh and If any shoemaker shall
make them longer he shall be fined FL,
as also the person wearing them.-Lon-
don Express.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05

We have the richest language that
eyer people has accreted and we use
il as if ii were the poorest, We hoard
up our INFINITE wealth of words be-
tween the boards OF dictionaries and in
speech dole out the worn bronze coin
age OF oar vocabulary. We are the
mlserS of pathological history, and
when we can save our pennies and
pass the counterfeit coin of slang we
are rs happy as il we heard Il blind
beggar thank rs for putting u pewter
siXpence into his hat Morals of Mar
Gus Ordeync."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05

The jawbones Of Il whale are some
times twenty feet in length and the
mouth. when wide open, is u by 10
feet. The throat, however, is so small
rs scarcely to admit n hens egg The
whale gets his living by strainlng the
animalculae and small fish out of the
water he takes into his capacious
mouth. 1t must be slow work, but
then he has plenty of time and nothing
else to do. SO he attends to his eating
so regularly that he often accumuates
ton of oil in his bulky system.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
THE DOGS EYE.
Watch That, Not the Mouth, For
symptoms of Hydrophobia.


AS dogs do not perspire, the only re-
lief they seem to get when overheated
Is from nhaling cool air through their
wide open mouths in short, puffy
breaths. The friction between tongue
and lips caused by their rapid, labori-
Gus breathing produces saliva, which Is
sometimes ignorantly diagnosed as
foam, one of the symptoms of hydro
phobia Many innocent victims have
lost their lives on account of such stu
pidity.
If your dog should feel Ill, sick with
some ordinary ailment. he will wag
welcome to YOU with Il sad, pltiful eX
preston, looking up inquiringly as if
asking for help and relief. If it has
come to the worst aud he feels by in
in his frame, his action will be entirely
different. You will find him with low
bent head. Withholding his usual glad
welcome. hardly noticing or CHANGING
at YOU
II your eye meet his, the restless,
Hti NouS, strange eApreSSNn VIII STAT
tie You. Tie dog, feeling his doom, is
conscious of approaching danger and
would like to prepare and warn you.
These unmistakable and easily recog-
nized signs should be watched closely
and always needed. Corner the dog at
once and. with the help of a broom or
barn fork. keep him at a safe distance
until locked up.-Country Calendar.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
LINDEN
f rom the Southwest.

From the Southwest.
Ross Bros. have started to build up
a new suburban addition to Linden
over at their mine location. The
second dwelling is now going up and
We hear thaJ the chances favor an
other one.
Mr.. w H. shepherd has gone to
Madison to take up post graduate
work at the University.
The workmen found a crevice car
rying about half-inch broken sheet
Of lead ore III excayatiug the cellar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
Sewing Machines from SIS to S28.

The New Home is fast becoming
popular because of its many good
features. The $40 machine of this
make is as good 4 bargain - can be
had for the money, can furnish
any other sewing machine on the
market at the lowest ruling price.
3stf \. +. BISHOP
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05

According To the following entry IN
PepyS' diary Of March I, 1863 royalty
rose somewhat earlier in the day than
II the custom now for the purposes Of
witnessing sport. Pepys says, Il hear
that the king Charles ID and the
Duke of York set out for Newmarket
by in the morning 10 see some foot
and horse races"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05

Tie Inquirlng Boy How long a time
is Il jiffy, father? The Perspicacious
Parent-lt depends on whose jay it IS,
my SON When a woman is putting on
her bonnet ana says she'll be ready i'll
d iiffy, It means from fifteen minutes
10 two hours \ mans jitfy is from
one 10 five minutes London An
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05

Mrs. Reeder-I wonder what this pa
per means by this "Mr. Kadley's n, IL
Oh of entertaining his guests was quite
original and unconventionalT Mr..
Reeder-It means simply that he Is
boorish, but has plenty of money
Philadelphia Ledger
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
External Evidence.

Teacher-Of what country is the rhi.
noceroS Il native? Willie England.
Teacher-Oh. no. What makes you
think so2 Willie Tn way his clothes
fit 'lm.-Cleveland Leader.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05

Grayce Il know something about
Mabel. Gladys What is Il? Graycc--
| viii never never tell. Gladys oh,
you know something good about her,
eh?- Pittshurg Post.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
Home Made

Have your cake, mullins, and tea bis
cult homemade. They will be fresher,
cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder helps the house
wife to produce at home, quickly and eco
nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised
hot-biscuit, buildings, the frosted layer
cake, crisp cookies, crullers, crusts and
mullins, with which the ready-made food
found at the bake-shop or grocery does
not compare.
Royals the greatest Of bake-day helps.
co.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05
OF THIS THE PUBLIC is AWARE
...APPEL'S...
BARBER SHOP.

LONG has been, still is, and will continue TO
be the best and most popular establishment Of
its kind in Mineral Point. BECAUSE 1t Is
elegantly equipped. and always employs first
class workmen. gusranteeirg satisfactory ser
vice to every customer. Ladies' hatrdressinR
and trimming given specis attention.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-10-05

Those who have no good qualities can
neither appreciate nor comprehend
them In -Rochefoucauld
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27
IN WESTERN CANADA.
WHERE MILLIONS OF FARMERS
MAY FIND HOMES.
Four Territories With Sparse Popula-
ton Have Become Two Provinces with
Half-a- Million PeopIe-Best Agricul-
tural Country on Earth.

When in 1869 the Canadian govern
ment paid $l,500000 for the extinguish-
ment of the Hudson's Bay Company's
title to the whole of Western Canada,
embracing an area of we'll on to 2,000,-
900 square miles of land. that ulti
mately will lie used in the different lines
Of agriculture, there were wseacres at
home as well as abroad who declared it
to be bad bargain. When again, in
the early seventies the government be-
gan the effort to build the Canadian
Pacific railway from ocean to ocean to
open up this country, some of the ablest
men inside "a we'll as outside declared
the road would never pay, not because
they were not anxious to see the Domin-
ion grow and expand, but because they
had no knowledge of what nature had
done for the great West. They believed
at best that the soil was not good and
even if good, the latitude Of the coun-
try precluded the possibility Of anything
like moderately successful agriculturc;
but it has remained for time, but a short
period at that, to do the country justice.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27
GO FISHING SUNDAY
AND SON BROWNS.
Eau Claire Man Gives in to Pleadings to
Keep Old Promise and Is All but
Drowned Himself.

Eau Claire, Wis, July Special
Carl OTTO, aged Is years, eNacted from
his father on sunday afternoon the full
hllment Of a promise of long standing to
20 fishing som, distance up the Eau
Claire river. Carl lost his footing on a
steep bank and fell in and drowned.
Tho fathcr jumped after the boy and
narrowly escaped drowning also. An
inquest will be held today.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27
Canned Goods Condemned.

Tie bureau Of chemistry of the depart
ment of agriculture recently condemned
il large quantity ofcanned goods imported
by the large grocery firms OF New York
city. Collector Stranahan was directed
to $40 that the goods either were re-eX-
ported or destroyed The importers went
before Secretary Wilson aud induced him
to modify the order. As Il result the gro
Gerry firms. which include some Of the
most prominent in the city. will be al
lowed 20 sell the goods condemned under
the pure food law, provided they label
the cans in such way rs to show lhc
defect The result viii he amusing Ill
some cases. \ fine looking bottle OF
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27
VISITS kLONDIKE BABE.
Poet Scout Jack Crawford Lectures at
Monona and Writes Poem tor
protege

Madison. Wis. July Il. Special
Capt. Jack crawford, the prt-seout.
locturcd III tile Monona assembly this
afternoon While here he visited Mae
Eldorado Edgren, the kondikr baby,
Tor whom he stood godfather and whom
be brought 10 fLc STATES On the death Of
her mother Tie father, J l.. Edgreu
NOW nNcs iii Milwaukee, tapt Crawe
io,d today wrote poem, for litta
Mae"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27

country. When, however, timber is not
available, an excellent quality of coal
is always on hand AS early as 1887
some 10000 tons were mined and this
was increased to go 1000 tons in 1900,
which amount has been growing annual
~. Although mining is but in its in
fancy, enough coal has already been To-
Gated to do the whole of Canada for
centuries.
Wheat.
To turn again to the great staple OF
the country, wheat, we may remark that
year in and year out, the entire cost or
production to the farmer, even if he
hires everything done from the ploughing
to the delivery at the market, is set
down by number of calculat 3 at
$3.50 per acre AS the average crop of
the country. year in and year out, is ~
bushels to the acre and the average price
go cents, or So per acre, the proht to
the farmer is $3.50 per acre. II he
does his work himself he, Of course,
earns wages in addition to this profit
These figures are very conservative.
The farmers who are living on small
oyercrowded farms in other countries
or even land they can sell for $50, $40
or $50 an acre, should bear in mind 100
acres of better producing land where
climate. educational facilities and ev-
erything else necessary for the farmers
welfare, can be procured in Western
Canada free Of charge. Settlers are now
locating at the rate of 100000 a year
from all parts Of the world. The testi-
monies Of these settlers, which can be
got from any Of them for the asking are
all tho recommend the country requires
70 place it in a very few years in tho
front rank of the populous nations of
the globe. 1t is already as prosperous as
any and the success Of those who have
yentured and won is all the assurance
that is necessary for the prosperity and
development of the future.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27
KLIEMAN BROUGHT BACK.
Wanted on Charge of Abandoning Bride
of Six Weeks-Talea in
St. Louis.
NIanitowoc. Wis, July n. II ST

Manitowoc, Wis, July oil Special.
Samuel ilcman, wanted on a charge
Of abandoning his bride of six weeks
was brought back from St Louis, Mo-.
by Sheriff Eggert Saturday night and
will be prosecuted. klicman was for
mcrly a Shchoyean man, but came here
ana was married and then returned to
that city for visit and disappeared.
He is - years of age.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27

strawberry jam will have pasted across
the label this statement: Artiiicially
colored' Bottles Of mushrooms which
were found to consist of stems viii be
labeled. stems" ana preserved apple
core, VIII have to he labeled Apple
Cores" instead of Apples \ large
quantity of goods We're colored green
with copperas. The cans will be 50 la
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27


At the time of the purchase in 1869. the
white population Of the entire country,
including the officials of the Hudson's
Bay Company, could be numbered on
four figures.
With tho creation of Manitoba into
a province a year later, and navigation
of the Red river improved, the attention
of settlers to limited extent was drawn
that way: but il remained for the APP
proach of the railway ten years later to
give shape to the marvellous growth that
has since followed. In short, the settle
meut Of the entire country is the work
Of but the last - years.
The Western Territories.
IN 1852, that part of the country now
open fox settlement was divided into four
territories-Assiniboia, Alberta, Sas-
katchewan and Athabasca-and an ele-
mentary form of government conceded to
them. In the present wear these four
territories were converted into two PROV
inccs, with full provincial autonomy and
admitted to full membership in the Ca
madam confederation with all the pow
ers and privileges Of the older prov
inccS.
Very naturally the agrirulturist of old
or countries who is satisfied with present
surroundings. ana the man whose inten-
tions are Ia give agriculture trial. have
few leading questions revolving in their
minds. and ever before them for consd-
Grafton. such as climatic conditions. char
meter of pnblie institutions, educationa!
facilities. postal conycuicuces, transporta.
ton facilities. and last. but not least. the
nature and extent of the natural re
sources and advDutagcs of the country in
which they are about to locate.
No5oty claims That Western Canada
is pcrfrrtion IN every particular. but it is
claimed and fully horne out hy the ex-
neripucp of thousands who have settled
there that there is no country on the
faca If ma gIohe thar surpassos il in
opnortunitics for the man of limited
means who is content with pioneering for
n couple of years.
Ia nr.durtivo conobiIities are now
f,I1,. 49,, ia ovnori,roptol storn as tbe
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-07-27
Ienner Hospital on penikese

Tie Massachusetts state board of
charity has purchased the Island OF
Penikese in Buzzards Pay. and leper
hospital Will he constructed there II is
expected that tile building will be ready
for occupancy in the autumn.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05
Nothing 10 Fear.

Mothers need have no hesitancy n
continuing to give Chamberlain =
Cough Remedy to their little ones, a.
it contains absolutely nothing injuri-
Gus. This remedy is not only per
fectly safe to give to children, but is
a medicine Of great worth and merit
1t has a world wide reputation for its
cures of coughs. colds and Group aud
can always be relied upon. For sale
by Woods Il Orme- The Leading
Drug Store in Western Kentucky.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05
Will Have Revenge.

Owingsville, KY, Sept. 2L-Al-
exander Wilson, Of Knox county,
brother Of Bessie Wilson, the pretty
telephone operator at the Hotel Ma
varre, in New York city, who com.
mitted suicide because she was de-
serted by a man named Smith, who
claimed to be a United States Army
officer, has announced his irrevoca-
bic intention Of hunting down and
wreaking revenge upon the destroyer
of his sisters honor and life. He
will 20 TO New York at once and be-
gin the search.
Bessie Wilson was one Of the pref
tiest girls in the mountains, and was
highly esteemed. The quiet life Of
the country pallod upon her, and she
went to New York to earn fame and
riches, as other girls had, of whom
she had read in novels. There her
money was soon gone and she sought
cheap lodgings. In these she met
Smith, who took advantage of her
youth and unsophisticated nature and
ruined her.
Alexander Wilson is a we'll known
contractor, and is in good circum-
stances. He will doubtless kill the
betrayer of his pretty sister should
he run across him.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05
The Kiss Was Fatal.

Gravel Switch, Ky, sept. %. -
Catching his six year old daughter
IN his arms to kiss her. after long
absence from home, Jacob Humbly
tilted her head back in such manner
that the child's neck was broken and
she died instantly.
The father was Mortified when the
eLild's head fell back limp onto his
shoulder, and he saw the expression
on her laughing face change to the
grim, fixed stare Of death. The ha-
Ply home coming was thus turned in.
to tragedy.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05
TolU.

Mr. Bloomfield, the hustling min
eral man, was in town Saturday last,
looking after his interests In this
community
Mrs. Walter fuukhousor is visit
ing her parents.
\ new boy at Bro. McConpcls on
Friday last
The packets are still running but
considerably behind time.
\ new boy at Walter Blacks.
Charles Humphrey was mail carrier
last week while J. j. Thomas built a
fence around his barn.
james Miuner has moved into the
Palmer house no one living at our
ianding just now.
When in need Of -four buy the best,
it costs no more than the other; the
CrcamIof the, IIarycs, Is bes, Try a
sack for sale by j. W. Stone.
SWm. Barnctts family have gone
20 Evansville to spend the winter,
Ms children going 70 school.
Miss Iva Clement has gone TO Ma.
rion tO..su,er school.
T. Best -four in Tolu l. Cream o. the
Harvest, for sale BY u. W Stone
Try sack.
J. o. Brown and u. ". Stone Ars
'n the SICK list
SHOW a, the river Monday nigh, a
good show
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1905-10-05
Tore His Mask.

Frankfort, Ind, sept. 22.-John
Julien, Of Prince Williams, was ar
rested here last night ON the charge
o. breaking into the home o. Mr..
Elizabeth NiPpcr. Of Rossville and
stealing a letter on which hinges the
rights to real estate worth thirty
thousand dollars.
Julien, who is Justice Of the
Peace. dcnic, his guilt. co the 9th
err hand Mr. Nippcr .ay, that shc
discovered him in her home. crap
pied with him, and tearing mask
from his face recognized him.
Mn. Nippcr B.. the foster mother
of Frank Burns. who says hc j. th,
son Of james Burns aud woman
named Mary CLARK. Jane. Burncr
left an estate worth $50, 600 and
wrote % Mrs. Nippcr admitting, 81
is alleged that Frank Burns l. hi'
son, and giving TO him his entire e..
tate Other heirs claim the estate
Other arrests are expected, the or
Gers claiming that they have cyidcnc'
Of sensational conspiracy.