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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

THE Kansas City Journal says
that the United States senate is los
ing it, dignity, This may be true, but
to make up for this loss some men,
bers of that body are gaining great
wealth aud i'm this commercial age
wealth is more potent than dignity.
Burton OF Kansas, Mitchell of Ore
gon, aud Dietrich of Nebraska. all
dignitled senators, are now under in-
dictmeut charged with crime, and
they are not worse than some other
members of that body, who lold
their heads high because they have
not yet been indicted. When the
American senate will be controlled
by the people aud not by the corpor-
atious it may again become digni-
fled body,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

Milwaukee News: Maybe Gov.
La Toilette wanted to show that he
could write just rs good n message as
Roosevelt" Whether TINT was his
desire or not, he did all the samel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

THE political prophet IL having
another inning. The Legislature of
Wisconsin will take its first vote for
United States senator on the oath of
this month
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

THE Milwaukee Journal, in speak
ing Of Gov. LaFollette's message,
says; at settles any question there
may have been as to the ability Of
its author, and will add to his repu-
tation not only in Wisconsin, but
throughout the country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

EVERY member Of our state legis-
lature, in casting vote for L. s. sem
ator, or any other subject which
comes before them, should act strict
ly in accordance with the desire Of
constituents. Do this and all will be
we'll
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

The State: The railroads have the
largest lobby at Madison that ever
invaded this city, and many of the
lobbyists are to take up their winter
quarters in the boarding houses and
hotels where members OF the legisla-
turo are staying, so that meeting
them in social way they can get in
their work for the railroad compan-
les. The paid workers for the stall
warts in the late campaign are here
in force and they will do all in their
power to defeat any measures that
are unsatisfactory to the railway
companies.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19
DAILY STAGE
BETWEEN
MINERAL POINT 4 D0DGEVILLE
Morris Proctor, Proprietor.

Stage runs daily, except Sunday, leaving
Mineral Point at rs n m. and Dodgeville be
tween and p. IN,
Connects al Dodgeville with trair on C.S y
W R'y for Madison, Milwaukee, etc, and al
Mineral Point with 40 p. m. train on {. VI. Il
~ p R'y Cor platteville Darlington. Shulls
burg Monroe and Evansville,
Calls left Al the Hotels, Mineral Point
viii receive prompt attention ss-FARR 51s
Phone l3s.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

IT is pretty safe to assert that
svarY .asn who yeted for IsaEollette
for governor would like to see him
elected u. s. Senator.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19
FERN for SAFE

Consisting of 50 acres, on the Liv-
ingston Prairie, about two miles south
Of Livingston. For price and terms
see J. b. Reynolds. Att
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

GRANT COUNTY seems bnrdened
with Meyerism. II what is said in the
papers is true, limit to his sojourn
within the county should be fixed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19
Advertised Letters.

Below is a list Of letters remaining
uncalled for at the Mineral PoinS
post-otHce:
Elsie Knick, Mrs. J. II. Rearner
VIM. Reilly and a. l.. Augell.
Those calling for the above please
say advertised and give the date
Jan. Is, 1906. - y. T, MARTIN. p. NJ.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

No MORE commemorate enterprise
has been stprted thDn that of the
Burlington railroad in planning for
= special train to 20 out along the
line carrying distinguished experts
institutes more or less informal
where farmers who desire tn attend
regard TO how To- improve the quaint
ty or quality of their farm output.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

THERE are stalwarts reasonable
enough, aud honest enough, TO admit
Mat GOV. La Follette's message 10
the Legislature is a master piece--as
,lean cut and able document as
was ever presented by any governor
in the history of these United States.
such confession does not signify
conversion to the governors views
but most certainly displays spirit
Of fairness and sterling manhood.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-01-19

% cents buys Red Trunk and
with is goes good smoke.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
Her Fuse Was Successful.

Miss Oakley was serving tea in her
studio one afternoon when the word
''ruse" came up, says the Philadelphia
Record. Every one had some episode
about an odd and successful ruse to
narrate. Miss Oakley said:
II, too, recall a ruse that succeeded
wonderfully, an unexpected and orig
inal ruse that friend of mine en-
ployed.
my friend, Philadelphia woman,
had recently for a visitor an elderly
uncle from the country. He was a
good old man, an intelligent and sensi-
tive old man, but his table manners
were not-ahem-up to the mark.
my friend could not think Of TAX
ing her uncle to task about his table
manners; if she had it would have
broken the poor old gentleman's heart.
Instead of taking him to task she en-
ployed a ruse upon him. Her ruse,
which was quite successful, culminar-
ed like this:
MARY says the uncle at dinner,
this here knife of mine tastes soapy.'
livery well, uncle. You shall have
another
THE second knife came.
"The second knife came The I'M
Gle, with a grimace, again remarks:
"'Soapy, too. Mary, just like the
first knife was
MY friend frowned.
Its too bad, uncle she said. But
city servants are so careless. Try
eating with your fork. Maybe that's
Clean"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
Andrew Lang scores Dogs.

There is not one of the seven deadly
sins of which the dog is not hab;tually
guilty. says Andrew Lang in the Illus
trated Kennel News. and l am una
ware of a single redeeming feature in
his repulsive character.
The self-consciousness and vanity of
dogs might disgust even a minor poet.
l have known a collie-certainly
very handsome collie-to pass days in
contemplating his own image in the
glass. l know dog dandy which
actually makes eyes, being conscious
that he possesses these organs very
large, brown and decorative.
THE dog is not brave. The dog is
not faithful. 1t needs a great deal OF
fidelity in man to cling as he does
TO the dog. licking, as is were, the paw
(the muddy paw which tramples him.
Who has not seen a dog morally cor
rupt a family-reducing them to the
slaves OF impulses? Tip wants TO
take walk! Tip wants TO go out of
the door-then he wants TO come in
again; then be appears at the window
and scratches; then he fancies the
most comfortable armchair and Gusts
a faded and middle-aged man OF let
fprS
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04

by a writer in the Cosmopolitan, one
may safely say that il there is rea-
sonable amount of help to do the work,
life In a maple sugar camp is some
thing of picnic.
In Northern Vermont the eason be-
gins about March 1 and lasts from
four to six weeks. The most favor-
able weather for the flow of sap Is
a succession of cold, frosty nights fol
lowed by warm, sunny days. After
several days of good running weather,
during which the sap has flowed free
ly, the yield grows less and less until
a storm. either Of snow or rain, seems
to give the trees renewed life. With
the swelling of the first buds the flow
ceases entirely. A good tree. under IA
vorable circumstances. will yield from
four to five gallons of sap in twenty
four hours, delivered drop by drop into
the buckets hung against the rough
bark.
The sugar place" selected, the work
begins early in March, the sugar house
having been located upon a little rise
of land, so that the water from the
melting snow will drain away. If the
snow is not deep, well-trained horse,
or a yoke of oxen, has been brought
into the woods, with a stock of hay
and grain to feed it, and is comfort
ably quartered in shed, built against
the side of the sugar house. If its
help can be employed, the work is
stout sled, it draws the buckets about
the forests to be scattered to the trees,
and, later, draws back to the camp
the sap as it is gathered. Very often,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
Women Golfers in England.

Six American ladies are likely to
enter for our next ladies' golf cham
pionhsip at Cromer, which is arrang
ed to come between the amateur COM
petition at Prestwick and the open
championship at ST. Andrews. It
would be interesting if Mrs. W. ].
Travis, encouraged by her husbands
triumph over Great Britain, were to
try her luck against the ladies. The
consistent accuracy of such American
players as Mr.. Travis must have its
effect on their ladies'. especially in
approaching and putting; ami from
the news brought home by visitors to
the States like Miss Adair and Miss
bod, who has just returned, we shall
no doubt have hard game If their
best players visit Cromer.-London
Telegraph
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04

into the gallon tin cans Il which RI Is
to be shipped. If sugar is to be made,
the boiling is continued for length
OF time which varies according to the
form into which it Is to be finished.
There are various ways of telling
when the sugar is boiled enough. Al
experienced maker can tell by the
thickness as it drips from the edge of
a wooden paddle which he has dipped
into 1t. When it has reached a certain
consistency SNOWFALL held firmly and
dipped into it comes out capped with
thin brown coating. delicious to be
eaten. This is called waxing t." and
Is the favorite form for eating. When
the cry goes up from some watcher
who has been experimenting, Its
ready 10 wax" the visitors leave their
various occupations OF whiting,
story telling. ct cetera, and crowd into
the sugar house, bringing with them
buckets which they have filed with
clesn snow from some belated drift.
The hot brown syrup soon cools upon
the snow where it is poured, and it is
then eaten with a small wooden pad
die. He who has once eaten it under
such conditions and surroundings will
ever taste anything quite SO delicious
elsewhere.
Going from the fre-lighted interior
of the sugar house to the outside is
like going into another world. fresh,
pure world, of which most of us know
nothing. The air is crisp, and clear,
and cold. All about stand huge trees
OF the original forest, no one knows
how many years old, their gray-white
trunks rising in the dim like pillars in
some vast cathedral Far above, the
stars shine through the interlacing
branches. Or perhaps the moon is
clear out, flooding all the place with
clear light which diSsipates the lurk-
ing illusions Of the starlight, but re-
places them with a bewildering tangle
of light and shadow which is no less
beautiful. Unless there is murmur-
ing brook near by, the silence is in
tense, until. far back on the mountain
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
SOME BIRDS FOR ARGENTINA.
In Color They Are Beautiful and in
Sonqs Wonderful,

Among Argentina's greatest treas
ures are her birds, which abound
there in great number and variety.
One popularity of the birds is their
gaudy plumage. brightest scarlet,
orange, olive, yellow, pink and green
painted perhaps by the southern
sun. s.
In coler they are beautiful and in
songs wonderful. Let US go to the
woods bordering the river, and see
how many we can find. Yonder bird
is called the ''arm of fire. on account
of his bright color He appears to
take great pride in showing himself.
There is the cardinal with the scar
let crest, white breast and dove color
ed back, also the yellow cardinal with
yellow body and black crest 1t is
so named because its crest resembles
the cardinals hat. That beautiful
pink line that you see in the distant
sky is a flock of pink flamingoes.
They are nearing US. Now they alight
upon the sand on the margin CT the
river. How pretty they are. Listen
to that exquisite song. That IS the
"Bugero," a large black bird with.
white beak. From the grassy marsh
comes the discordant cry of the her
on, and the green parrots are chat
tering in the trees over our heads.
They think their scolding will fright
en- us away. See that lovely golden
wren creeping up the tree, hunting
spiders. He does not seem a particle
afraid of us. Hear that sweet voiced
robin. They are much finer singers
than the robins of our country, Here
we find a doves carelessly made nest,
with two white eggs lying on the
ground. This dove is very small, not
much larger than a canary. That
modest little gray bird is the bulbul,
or nightingale, which keeps his sweet
song for the night.
There is a tree that appears to be
covered with balls of cotton, but in
stead of cotton it is a flock of mag
pies summing themselves. They drop
their wings and fluff out the feathers
of rne back until they resemble balls
of cotton. They are singular birds.
One will catch a frog and run around
before the others, apparently to tan
talize them. When they battle they
jump into a pool OF water, then out
and roll in the dust, then into the wa
ter again. They impose on each 9TH
err by several hens laying eggs in the
same nest. The eggs are very pretty,
green and white mingled. Hear the
mournful call of the rainbird, a kind
of cuckoo which calls almost inces
sanity the day before a storm while
there is no apparent evidence of its
approach, yet they are unfailing.
Here comes a scissors tail, another
peculiar bird, one of the fycatchers.
All the beautiful birds! We hear
their glad songs as they fit from
tree to tree seemingly without a sor
row, but they have their sorrows, too,
for they will go to seek food for their
young birds and come back to find
them devoured by snakes or some
other marauder. But perhaps their
greatest enemy is women, for whose
adornment hundreds of thousands are
destroyed annually, especially of the
white heron, an elegant bird whose
female has two dainty hair-like feath-
ers, or aigrettes, which as much used
for hat trimming Family
Herald
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
side, an owl sounds forth his deep,
reverberating call.
VALUE OF A NAME.
Its Sound Has Much to Do with the
Possessor's Success in Life.

Its Sound Has Much to Do with the
Possessor's Success in Life.
once in the days of the empire there
was a French officer who had done
such meritorious service in subordi-
nate ranks that his superior recon-
mended him to Napoleon for promo
ton. The young officer labored under
the misfortune of having very out
landish name. His parents had made
an absurd patronymic even more so
by adding at his baptism a ridiculous
cognomen. When Napoleon heard this
name pronounced he straightway re
fused to grant the promotion asked.
The reason he gave for his refusal was
that he did not believe anybody affil-
iGted with such name could become
great or hold a high position with dig
nifty. He expressed a doubt whether
he himself could ever have risen to
be first consul and emperor If he had
had the misfortune to be called by
name that sounded ridiculous.
Napoleon was familiar with the his
tory of his own and of ancient times,
and he found much in his reading to
warrant him in believing that a pre-
poSterouS name was a serious handi-
cap to success in a civil or military
career. Authors, inventors and quiet
and studious scientists have occasion
ally done fairly well regardless of
their names, but it is a fact, as Napo-
leon suggested, that popular states
men, warriors, and heroes have usual
ly had dignifed. sOnorous, fine-sound-
ing, and rather short names. This has
been more or less true of all nations.
The Hebrew nomenclature is full of
long and difficult names, but the most
illustrious Biblical characters, from
Adam to Maccabeus, have had names
which slip smoothly from the tongue.
The same thing is noticed IL Greek
AID Roman history, as is illustrated by
Hercules, Pericles, Alexander, Caesar,
Cicero, Augustus; and in more mod
ern European history by Leo, Charles
Edward William, Cromwell, Napoleon,
etc. American history furnishes no
exception. Washington, Lincoln, Grant,
Sherman, Sheridan and all the Presi
dents had fine-sounding names.
Although we might naturally expect
that Russia and Japan would afford
many exceptions to this general rule,
nevertheless we would look in vain for
them in this present hero-making
epoch Nothing is more unpronounce-
able in foreign tongues that typical
Russian and japanese names, but the
Oriental war is not bringing any Of
them to glory The StiDkywitzes, the
and the Kimi-illa-mia-
il1iis have been kept in the back
ground, and in their stead have APP
peared men with names so short, sim
Die, and forceful In sound that they
could be used for a battle-cry or a
watchword. Togo, Nogi, Stoessel. Ku-
ropatkin, Kuroki, and 0yama are now
the popular and newly made heroes in /
Russia and Japan. So in spite of the
many varieties OF people and their |
countless linguistic peculiarities. II |
seems that Napoleon was justified In |
believing that the sound of name /
has much to do with the possessor's /
success in iife-Kansas City Journal |
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
AN INGENIOUS ROBBERY.
How 100000 Was Stolen From a
STAGE Coach.

In the first quarter of the past cen
Bank of Ireland, at Belfast, to send
large sum of money in notes TO its
branch of Armagh to meet a special
requirement there, the amount to be
RENTED being almost 100000.
Only two courses were open to the
management to effect this, one being
to send a special messenger in post
chaise and the other to send the con-
signment by the mail coach. The lat
ter was the mode of transportation
chosen.
/. The coach left Belfast on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, at Y o'clock
noon, returning from the archiepisco-
pal city each Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday.
On the previous afternoon of the
the coach Office and booked four in
side seats to Armagh, paying for
them in advance. Just prior to the
starting of the coach two men only
put in an appearance, explaining that
the other two passengers would join
them en- route at place beyond Lis
burn. The mail coach was in charge
of John Byers, and old and trusted
servant of his employer and the pre-
mier whip" on that coach line.
The leathern wallet containing the
notes was handed to him by an Off
cial at the bank, who instructed him
under no circumstances to lose sight
of it till it reached its destination.
He duly gave effect to his instruc-
tons, placing the wallet in the front
boot, as it was called, underneath the
driving seat, ard where the coach
"dined," having his dinner brought
out and eating it on the box.
When the coach arrived at the rem
devious beyond Lisburn the two in
side passengers conferes were not TO
be seen. After waiting a few moments
both guard and driver said it was i'm
possible TO wait longer, and the two
inside must either continued their
journey or remain behind After some
demur they chose the latter alterna-
tive and retraced their steps toward
Lisburn.
When the coach arrived ct Armagh,
to the horror and CONSERVATION OF
those in charge, it wss discerned that
the wallet containing the consignment
was missing. The cloth in the inside
has been cut, the hair stufing remoy-
ed and the dividing panel between it
and the boot had been sawn through
and the wallet distracted.
The whole robbery had been care
fully planned After abstracting the
wallet the thieves replaced the panel
and stuffing and sewed up the cloth
again, so that should any one go in
side en- route no disturbance would
be perceptible. II was asceTtained
that the thieves obtained conveyance
in Lisburn drove to Belfast, where
they negotiated the notes for a draft
on Glasgow, made their way to Don
aghadee, thence to Portpatrick, and
eventually TO Glasgow.
They were never captured, and to
the present day it has remained a pro-
found mystery how the information
was obtained that the remittance was
TO be rwarded.-Tit-Bits.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04

for 1t; and I've lost my poor little
illusion, and it hurts-oh. it hurts"
And then the cab drew up at the
great hospital gates, and Frank took
Marjorie to the ward door, and there
had to leave her. The gas in the great
corridor shone on her wet eyes and
sunny hair.
Good night, Frank" she said. And
then the love-light or something in
his brave, gray eyes touched her, and
with sudden impulse she unfastened
the bunch of parma violets from her
belt. and handing them to Frank, van
ished into her ward, saying: THANK
heaven, Frank, you are not an illu-
sionv'-Forget-M e-Not.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
AT THE DOOR.

thought myself indeed secure,
SO fast the door. SO firm the lock;
But. 10. the todling comes to lure
My parent ear with timorous knock.
My heart were stone could it withstand
The sweetness of my baby's plea,
That timorous, baby knocking and
please let me in, it's only me-"
/ threw aside the unfinished book,
Regardless of its tempting charms;
And, opening wide the door, | took
My laughing darling in my arms.
Who knows but in eternity
l, like a truant child. shall wait
The glories of a life to be,
Beyond the Heavenly Fathers gate?
And will that Heavenly Father heed
The truants supplicating cry,
AS at the outer door l plead.
Its l. o Fatherl only ~?
Eugene Field.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
MAKING MAPLESUGAR
INDUSTRY WHICH FLOURlSHES
IN THE EARLY SPRING.
huch or the Genuine Product Is Made
IN the Green Mountain State-Teams
sometimes Employed in Gathering
the Sap-Picturesque Sugar Camn.

The little brown loaves of maple SUI
gar which find their way into market
are made up in largest quantity in the
woods of Vermont. The making of
the sugar is not confined to that region
alone, for wherever maple trees are
found In sufficient numbers to make
the tapping of them profitable, the sap
Is drawn therefrom and boiled into
sugar. Then, there is the maple" SUI
gar manufactured from corncobs and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04

Causes that Brought on the War.
Russia's refusal to recognize Chinas com
plete sovereignty over Manchuria.
Russia's refusal to recognize the full COM
merclal rights Of other nations In Manchu-
ria.
Russia's refusal to recognize Japan's par
amount interests In Korea.
Japan's dependence upon Korea for food
supply and upon Manchuria for a market
Tor her manufactured products
Russia's efforts to close Manchuria to the
commerce of all nations upon equal terms,
and her encroachment on territory along the
Yalu.
Principal Battles In the War.
Cheng-ju, Korea Cirst land skirmish),
March rs, 1901.
Yalu River CKiuliencheng), May l. 1904.
Fengwangcheng, May I. 1904.
Kinchow, May &c, 1904.
Polandlen, May %, 1904
Nanshan Hill, May 81, 1904.
Siuycn, June 8, 1904
Sajmatze, June 8, 1901.
Nafangow. or Telissu, June 14-16, 1904.
Molten Pass, June &c. 1904.
kalping, July 8, 1904.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04

ordinary broom sugar, but that is an
other story.
However, much of the genuine ma
pie sugar used in this country is made
In the Green Mountain State.
Inc industry is no longer as pic
turesque as 1t once was, because many
OF the least practical features have
been eliminated, and there is not SO
much of sport connected Herewith as
formerly. but from a description given
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04
A Cairo Restaurant Advertisement

Mahommed Ben Ali Yusuf begs to
announce - Nobility and Cairo Smart
Set that &c has opened high class
restaurant shop at No 3. Sharia Man
akin. Musk. Everything Al and
cheap. Prices quite wonderful n B.
-Delectable music and dancing la
dies every evening.-Food and Cook
ing
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1905-04-04

I. Imperial pavilions. where receptions
were once held.
8. Large drum tower.
8. Cattle market
10. Bring Peace street, rich and busy
shops.
IL. Fruit, vegetable and meat markets.
l.. Clothing market