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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05
HEcLA BANK SOLD.

Aberdeen. S. D., Oct. 3.-The Bank of
Hecla, "a private institution, has been
sold, with its real estate. by its own
ers, A. f., L. G. and B. S. Clark. to
F. B. Cannon, Charles Eygabroad and
Roswell Bottum. Aberdeen business
men. The capital of the bank will be
raised to $40, 600, and it viii be incor-
porated as a state bank. with Roswell
Bottum as cashier.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05
ATTACKED BY ROBBERS.

Aberdeen, S. D., Oct. 3.-As Police
mar George Harrington was going
mar who failed to recognize the officer,
as he was in plain clothes. Harrington
overcame his assailant and he was
lodged in jail to await trial.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

Seattle wishes an Alaskan exposition
in 1907 to celebrate some anniversary
or other Los Angeles would COM
memorate the centennial of the pony
express in 1909. Sedalia, Mo-, already
has on foot a project to centralize Mis-
in 1920. And lately some one has
proposed an exposition in Panama in
the year 2205, In celebration of the first
centennial Of the opening Of h Pam
anna canal,
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05
a FOOTBALL ACCIDENT.
One of Yankton's Most Promising Play
ers Put Out of Game.

Yankton, S. D., Oct. 2.-The first
football accident of the year at Yank-
ton occurred at the college gridiron.
Sandy McGregor, one of the most prom
ising players in the college bunch, was
injured while tackling in practice. He.
went on playing, but later left the
game when 1t was discovered that his
collar bone AL n RIB were broken.
McGregor will doubtless be out of the
game for the entire season
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

The new steel car equipment ordered
for the electrical conversion Of the sub
f,irban service of the New York Central
consists of lbs cars. All the cars will
he equipped as motor cars. and will be
operated on the multiple unit train sys-
tenn.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

Where did Tommy Atkins" the Brit
fish soldier, get his name? Years ago
Sir Garnet Wolseley published a little
volume called THE Soldiers Pocket
book Of Field Service To show how
TO fill out a blank space in the field re-
ports he happened to use the name,
;"Thomas Atkins" The pocketbook is
The British soldiers military bible, and
the name. Thomas Atkins" was at
bnce adopted as his proper nickname.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

Mrs. Ellis Rowan. the well known
flower painter, has a collection of 500
pictures OF Australian flowers, for
which the German government has.of-
Cred $4,000 on condition that she
(akes UP her residence in Germany and
Ievotes her time to that country.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

Philip Black, an aged western pioneer,
who for forty years has lived among
oklahoma Indians, was married at Ell
Reno to Miss Euplaha Conner. of Wa
tonga. his fourteenth wife. Several of
Blacks former wives were indians
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05
!, RABBITS ARE SCARCE.

Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 3O.-At q
meeting of the Aberdeen sportsmens.
the project for a coursing meet to be
held on the last day of October for the
Aberdeen cup and a purse of $500 was
finally abandoned on account of the
scarcity of jack rabbits. The promoters.
of tile meet will try to arrange to have
it pulled off 1T Madison.
GENERAL sToEssEL PARAhnzEr.
Moscow, Sept. 2S.-LieutenaHt Cen
eral Stoessel. who commanded the Rus.
sian forces at Port arthur, .ss sufferina.
from a stroke OF paralysis which. az
fects his entire left side.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

Miss Paulding, daughter of the late
tilustrious admiral, has for ten years
kept a trade school running at Hunt
Hngton, j.. T.. where their home was,
and hundreds of children have been
helped to learn trades.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

The crater of Mauna Loa. In the
Sandwich islands, the largest volcano
tn&the world, is twenty miles In diam
Ieter. Sometimes the stream OF lava is
suing from 1t is fifty miles long.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

An elephant at Jena, Germany,
seized a man who was teasing him with
asknife and dashed him to the ground.
Three daysRlater h mar succumbed to
ibis injuries.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

A dozen sea lions are said to have
taken up their quarters on a sanibank
between Calais and Boulogne, France,
where they are destroying great guam.
titles of fish. Roulogne has sent out a
torpedo boat to disturb them.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

The new Williamsburg bridge, In
New York, is to be lighted by a muni-
lipal plant. the power for which will
g developed from the burning Of street
lweepings. It is announced that the
Generating plant has been installed
Ind that everything will be in opera
lion by October 1.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

IN | he of the trial of a case In
IA London court recently it came out
that imported canned fruit is often
stored in London warehouses for ten
years.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

Finland has q larger percentages OF
wooded area, in comparison with Its
sytotal surface, thar any other European
AlEountry. It leads with 51.2 per cent.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

Horses go cheap In South Morocco.
Recently one sold In Mogador by auc-
sftfon for Az pesetas. The animal Will
used to turn a grinding stone In q
mil.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

In the Colorado desert there are
transforms during which not a drop of
water touches the earth. The rain can
be seen falling from the clouds high
t,bove, but when 1t reaches the hot, dry
fir beneath the clouds it is entirely
bsorbed. These strange transforms
Jake place in regions where the Their
inometer often registers 1913 degrees in
The shade.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

The biggest cannon ball ever made
weighed $500 pounds, and was manu-
featured at the Krupp works, Essen,
FOR the government of the car. The
sun from which this projectile was
fired Is also the largest In the world,
ind is placed in the Notifications Of
Cronstadt. This gun has a range of
twelve miles, and 1t has been estimated
That each shot costs $1,000.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

Only 200 Piutes. the remnant of a
fnce powerful Indian tribe. have gath
red from all parts of California, Ari-
iona and Nevada, near Los Angeles,
ind are busy with services in honor Of
The memory of their great chief Te-
lopah, who died about a veal ago. 1t
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

More than 1000 people earn a living
IN Paras by fortune telling. and their
i otals ysarly earnings are estimated at
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1905-10-05

j. performing monkey named Dolly
Is being treated for pneumonia at the
Charing Cross hospital, London. When
she was brought to the hospital a DR..
strickland asked her where the pain
was. She placed her land on her chest.
The doctor say she is very human"
though they add that "she does just
what she is told and is most grate-
full" which is somewhat contradictory.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24

One of the charms of travel, particu-
larry amorg historic scenes, is the
privilege OF realizing more fully that
part of which we have read and
thought and dreamed. But much read
ing and thinking need to be done be-
fore the traveller starts for country
so rich in memorials of the past as Is
Greece. The author of 1.-TWO English
women In Greece" repeats a story
which filings Il stone at an American.
or course the lover of art or of archae-
ology should avoid all miscellaneous
alliances. and If he cannot fall in with
those who know let him take guide
and worry ii out by himself. Other
wise he will receive shocks such as
greeted the ears of party Of enthu-
siasts who, stepped in classic lore, as
cended to the parthcnon one moon
light night, when co,umn and ar
chitrave, rock and P,dn alike seemed
wrapped in silvery silence.
Here, burning with religious ecstasy,
pulse beating to throbbing thought, the
deep stiffness of the hour was cut by
the shrek of Athene's owl, but the
words ii said We're strange:
"Fhere is q smell up here that puts
me in mind of bucketful of buckle
berriesr'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24
SELWCCO AS FOOD.
When Dry IL Is Richer Than Oatmeal
or Indian Covn.

ocaweed Is eaien on tee coasts OF
Scotland and Ireland in vast quaint
ties and, though unpalatahle and fla
vorless, is at times the chief food of
the poorest.
When dry Ii is richer than oatmeal or
Indian corn in heterogeneous constituents
and takes rank among the most nutri-
tious of vegetable foods.
To prepare seawecd for the table 1t
should be steepcd in water to get rid OF
the salt with which ii is impregnated
and little carbonate of soda removes
is most disa greeahle 1t should then be
stewed in milk or water till mucilagl
nous and is best favored with vinegar
or pepper.
Fungi are almost everywhere largely
eaten, though in England less atten-
ton is paid TO them than they deserve.
and few kinds appear at table.
A curious error is to suppose that
fungi are eatable and toadstools poi
sonous. No such line of demarcation
exists nor. strictly speaking, has the
name toadstools any precise meaning.
Very many fungi are edible, and the
common aglric usually eaten in Eng
land Is not the most palatable and
wholesome Few foods are more sal
worry. and none are greater favorites
than well cooked fungi. and the souls
of vegetarians yearn for them.-Pear
sons Weekly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24

Tribune publisher holds a handsome
and highly priced specimen in its
| natural state as taken from said
| mine at great depta. The speei.
men was rendered as compliments
OF Mrs. Wareham with regrets that
she, too, could not be present at the
fair. Mr.. w. entertains great admir-
alton Tor this section of the country.
His gentlemanly bearing and genial
ity have won him many friends here.
If you are troubled with dizzy
spells, headache, indigestion, consti-
patton, HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea will make you well and keep
you well. If it fails, get your money
back, That's fair 80 cents. Meserole
& Horn.
John f Woolrich has returned
from Peabody, Kansas, where he
visited his sister and inspected the
farming merits of that section. He
probably would have invested in
land aud located thereon had he
been satisfied with the outlook.
What was ascertained by him upon
investigation failed to compare fav-
orably with what he knew about
Southwestern Wisconsin.
The two fat steers, one Here
ford and the other II Short Horn,
shown at our fair last week, were
purchased on the grounds by repre-
sentative of the state experimental
station. The Short Horn, owned by
Thos. GRADER, was awarded first
premium, and the Hereford, owned
by Fred GRADER, second. They were
superior animals, hard to beat at any
fat stock show. Mr. II. Jackson, Of
Waldwick, also exhibited IA grand
specimen in this class.
The brothers, II. Fl. Harris of
Chicago and w. &. Harris of Plank
ington, S. Oak joined their folks in
this city last week for a visit and to
meet old associates at the fair.
Thomas is prospecting in the windy
city, and VIII. is keeping pace with
the rapid advancement of affairs in
the Sunshine State being at yres-
ent treasurer of Plankington county.
The latter's daughter, now budding
into beautiful womanhood, accom-
panied him. 1t is their first visit to
their old home for many years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24

A man who was too economical to
subscribe for his home paper sent his
little boy to borrow the copy taken by
his neighbor In his haste the boy ran
over four dollar stand of bees and
in ten minutes looked like warty
summer squash. Ills cries Reached his
father. who ran 70 his assistance, and.
falling TO notice a barbed wire fence
ran into it, breaking il down, cutting
a handful of flesh from his anatomy
and running a five dollar pair Of pants.
The old COW took advantage of the
gap in the fence and got into the corn
field and killed herself eating green
corn. Hearing the racket the wife
ran, upset a four gallon churn Of rich
cream into a basket of kittens. drown
ing the whole flock. In her hurry she
dropped a twenty-five dollar set OF
false teeth The baby. left alone.
crawled through the spilled cream and
into the parlor, running twenty dol
lar carpet. During the excitement the
eldest daughter ran away with the
hired man. the dog broke up eleven
sitting hens, and the calves got out
and chewed the tails off four me
shirts.-Kansas City Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24

vas loo'-ir2c L lc SAYS
ihen, get,a;- k-..,, XXI never
could stand anything; mean Barnet
he says. I'll give YOU the boat SOS you
can get back 70 the raft and save your
job He started for the boat Well,
see he knew we We're going 10 lay In a
mile below. as the captain said. I'd
be DONG him Il double favor taking
that boat back and getting myself out
of the way too
"Wcli,' says |, 1 come ashore to
say word with this girl and'--I could
hardly talk-I amt said quite all of it
yet
That cierk-well. he went over and
started TO take the girl by the arm to
walk off. Fl is,shoes were shined. You
know. she wasn't in any hurry.
look a-here. | didn't come ashore
for nothing, as | explained says.
was hungry aud beginning to get mean
inside like the clerk
"'This man she began saying to the
clerk, my brothers got some dry
NiothNN. Siit WHIT pli, stliti III SpiIE
to take him up to the house and lave
him put 'em on He'll catch cold.
YOU she went on to the clerk, you
can see me some other time
'She made Il little sign, and, you
know that girl and me started off
kept my eye on the clerk though Well,
we hadn't gone three steps when, you
know, the fellow on the raft let out Il
great yell. There they We're. plump OPP
poste now, drifting in. The captain
was waving his hat to us. They all
cheered again, and then they called
something to the clerk | don't know
what II was That girl waved back.
Next thing they were all singing
can hear 'em now. i didn't pity the
clerk then. poor devil l don't know
what became of him"
Barnet slipped down out of his chair.
sent the "Siow' bell' signal to the boiler
room and walked over to me His pipe
was out. \ lock of gray hair fell over
his forehead. Boy" he said to me.
'I'll show YOU where that girl lives by
and 10y we're coming to it. We got
the best Jersey COW il our pasture you
ever saw"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24
LONG BURNING FIRES.
Some In England Which Have Not
Been Out For Centuries.

There are domestic fires burning in
Yorkshire, England. today which have
never been out for hundreds of years.
At the old fashioned farmhouses IN the
dales of Yorkshire peat IS still burned.
The fuel is obtained from the mOOrs.
and stacks of ii are kept by the farm
ers In their stack garths.
The country round about is noted for
its "girdle cakes" which are made
from dough baked IN quaint pans Sis
pended from the peat fires. These fires
are kept glowing froE. generation -
generation. and the son warns him
self mt the fire which warmed his sire
and his grandsirc ard his gran.sre's
sire and which will warm his son anl
his sons son.
There is a fire at Castleton. in the
Whithy district, which has been burn
ing for over 200 years. The recoc!
probably is held hy far;ahousc az
Csmotherly. IN tho same district. The
fire has been burning for 800 yeart.
and there are records To show that II
has not been out during the last three
centuries. st. Louis Post-Dispatcl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24
Legal Notices.
order Tor Hearing Petition for Conveyance.

order Tor Hearing Petition for Conveyance.
STATE OF WISCONSIN IOWA COUNTY
- COURT-IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate Of Thomas w.
Mitchell. deceased
On reading and fling the petition Of School
District No, ten, Of the town of Mineral Point,
representing that Thomas w. Mitchell. de-
ceased in his lifetime by his consent in writ
ing. agreed 10 sell and convey 10 Nettie G,
Poquctte certain real estate therein described
upon the terms and conditions therein stated
and that said contract has been duly assigned
to your petitioner, the School District No. ten,
of the town of Mineral Point. and that the
said Neitic G., Poquettc and the said School
District No. ten OF the town Of Mineral Point
have fully performed all the conditions and
aud that said School District No. ten. Of the
town of Mineral Point is now entitled to n
conveyance thereof; aud praying that the eX-
ecutorS of the last will and testament Of
Thomas w. Mitchell. deceased. be authorized
and directed 10 convey the same 10 IT.
In Is ORDERED. that the said petition be
heard at a regular term Of this court 10 be
hsld In the city Of Dodgevile IN said county.
on the first Tuesday of September. 1905, being
the 18th day Of said month.
IT is FURTHER ORDERED, thai notice Of the
tendency of such petition. and OF the time
and place Of hearing The same, be published
nj least three successive weeks before the
date of such hearing In the Mineral Point
Tribune, n weekly newspaper published IN the
city of Mineral Point. In said county. md that
the last publication be not more than ten days
before the day 40 fixed,
Dated this GOTH day of June. A. y. 1906,
BY thd Court,
ALDRO jerks. Count Judge.
r. NJ. Priestley, Attorney.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24

The Mineral Point public schools
will open for the fall term on Mon
day, September II, with the following
corps Of teachers;
High School, Superintendent, j. +.
Bergen; Assistants, Eta Jones, Lulu
b. Fiske, Nettie G.. Prideaux, Anna
C. Taylor.
Preparatory, Nellie Ivey, Jennie
Walker.
Grainmar, Martha Cummings, Alice
Spensley.
Intermediate, Gertrude Weidenfel-
Ter, Nettie Schiller.
Second Primary, Sarah Connaugh-
ton, Annie O'Dowd.
First Primary and kindergarten
Lydia Stephens, Jennie Bennett, Eta
Neal, Joan Jacka.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24

The late Governor Russell was q
fine convcrsationalist and always en-
joyed talking He was asked to nd
dress IL meeting in one of the small
cities of Massachusetts one evening
and went by train The cars were
quite well filed when lie got in, so he
asked Il gentleman if tie vacant scat
beside him was engaged and, reeeiv-
ing a negative nod in answer sat
down. Immediately he started a CON
versation. which he carried on until
the city was reached, where both men
allghted. Before they left the train
they exchanged cards and shook ha DIS
cordially when they separated on the
station platform.
Governor Russell arose to address
the meeting and commenced by max
ing flattering remarks on the city and
people and said: II met one of your
citizens on the train coming here to-
night, and we had q most enjoyable
conversational fact I don't know
when ] have had such delightful
talk as l had with him. BY the way.
he gave me his card taking it from
his pocket and reading the name on It.
At this the audience was convulsed
with laughter The governor was
somewhat taken aback and failed to
see the point and so asked a friend
about it after the lecture was over
The friend said, why, that man is
deaf and dumb. boston Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24
burglars, sunerstitions.

A writer who has been Investigating
the old subject Of superstition aIlJa-
burglars gives it as his conclusion thai
no burglar will "crack'' house where
a female servant that squints IS kept.
If a burglar secs three different horses
slip down ih day he will not ''wo.k'
that night. One man in the dock con-
fessed that members of his profession
would never burglari2e houses with the
numbers 20, %, i'll and 444-Phladel-
pha North American.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24
THE PIE HABIT.
II liz Mainly Confined TO Those Born
Ia This Country.

II ks Mainly toEiIueG to Ihose Born
Ia This Country.
Pie * consumed chiefly by the native
Americans. Foreigners eat very little
of It, \ German for example might
eat three pies i'll il year, Willie good
Yankee would consume as many i'll Il
week The English. the Italians and
the French are small pie eaters The
English eat plum pudding and the
Italians Ike fruit New England and
the middle states constitute the area of
greatest consumption. but the pie belt
extends far beyond tliat. as pie Is eX
tensiyely eaten all through the west
Pie Is eaten much more generally III
the north than in the south. Chicago IS
n great pie center st. Louis is not so
good Milwaukee also ranks low One
would not think that there are means
for ascertan!ng the facts in regard to
pie consumption but l have gathered
statistics on the subject during the last
two years which enable me to compute
with reasonable correctness the con-
Union. Pies are made in greater vari
ETY. than formerly, and the supplies are
brought from greater distances-in
fact from ali parts of the world. The
season of pies maze of green fruit has
been prolonged, and pies are made Of
canned fruit the year round.-Milwau-
kee Sentinel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24
Advertised Letters

Below is list of letters remaining
uncalled for at the Mineral Point
post-ofiice:
Florence Anderson.
Grant Blackman.
Roy Workman.
j. Delmar Andrews.
Those calling for the above please
say "advertised" and give the date
Aug. %, 1905. n. Il. MARTIN, =. M.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24

Modern Maiden-I wish some advice.
Old Lady Certainly, my dear. What
IS It? Modern Maiden Shall | marry
a man whose tastes are the opposite OF
mine and quarrel with him. or shall |
marry q man whose tastes are the
same as mine and get tired OF himf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-08-24

He-You women are queer. For in
stance, a girl cries when she's getting
married az If she were losing n hus-
band instead Of getting one. She-I Yes.
but she's losing Il lover.-Philadelphia
ledger.