davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-07-13

The hunting of foxes with eagles
takes place among the Ikirghese In the
southwest district of Siberia in the au-
tumn and early winter, whom the fox
es' coats are ru4ldy and perfect The
eagles are powerful birds. of such
weight that a small wooden support is
carried by the eagle bearer. A well
grown bird of more than usually fierce
temperament will occasionally kill n
wolf. Directly any game Is seen the
birds mako their flight and swoop
down with great precision.
zone Of these birds has to my knowl-
edge" writes orr correspondent, kill
ed seventeen foxes in six weeks. | can
youch for this killing Of foxes by ca
giles, for / personally took photographs
and saw the whole sport from begin
ming to end
years ago I wrote a letter to the
Field, telling how foxes swarm up
small pine trees in Florida when kill
appears imminent. | have frequently
seen them do so, but | was politely
told ghat an Ananias I must be-
London Sphere,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-07-13

maybe this is our last wax togctl err
But Eilly. que sIi "a ps,.1cncc,
flung his arms nho;.t her and kissed
her full on the n!gnth. saving thickiv,
.It shall not bel want you-always."
He slept little that night. hut fell into
heavy doze at daylight. 1t lasted I'M
til II was almost time for church The
sight of her set his heart heating mad
ly She was all In white, bridellke IN
deed. with knot of pale roses nodding.
ON her breast BY their rising and fall
ing lie knew she was strangely stirred.
yet when she motioned him to follow
and sit beside her he obeyed, although
Ransom Farley " iiom he cordially dis
lihed, was ut her other elbow. All
through the service she sat statue still
Notwithstanding he felt the tension of
her mood increase. After the prayer
and the closing hymn there was gen
ernl stir of people half rising Or cram
ING their necks to see who might he
going up to the altar.
TN going to marry--sDmebody.
Which shall it Beg Joe brcathed rath-
er than whispered IL Ri,ly's car, glanc-
ing alternately Mt him and at Far.cy.
He understood. With almost bound
he was up and in the aisle. holding her
hand tight and almost dragging her
forward And then before he knew
what was happening he heard the sol
emn, Il pronounce you man and wife.
The church buZZed like n hive. but
through the buzzing Billy heard Farley
Ransom shrieking Historically, I'll
make you sorry for this, sir, before
you are much odcri"
Joe looked up at him, flushing love
ly scarlet. 1T was the only way" she
said. II had to marry you now. You
never would have come back"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-07-13
Can an Editor Tell the Truth =?

Occasionally we meet a man who
insists that an editor could always
tell the whole truth in his paper if he
wanted to. He can't do il and con-
tinue in tile business, remarks an
exchange. A Missouri editor tried
1t and was invited to leave town, and
the request was put so forcibly that
he got" Here are some OF the items
that put him out of business:
John BONN, the LATEST merchant
in town, made a trip to Bellevillc
yesterday"
John Doyle, oGr groceryman, is
doing a poor business. His store is
| dirty, dusty and noxiously odorifer-
Gus. Besides, he spends good part
OF his time loafing around town. How
can he expect to do much ?"
Rev. Styx preached last Sunday
on charity. The theme was good
one, but the sermon was rot
| "Dave Shukey died at his home in
| this place. The doctor gave the cause
, as heart ia lure. The facts are that
Dave was drunk, that whisk ey killed
him, that everybody knows it, and
that the doctor lied when he said il
was heart failure
Paddy Smiths blind pig is run
wide open seven days in the week
ana nobody knows it better than the
village dads"
married, Miss Sylvia Rhodes and
James Canahan, last Saturday even
ing at the Baptist church. The bride
is "a very ordinary girl who doesn't
know any more about cooking than
rabbit and never helped her moth
er three days in her life, She is no
beauty and has a gait like "A fat
duck. The groom is well known
and up-to-date loafer. He's been liv-
ing off the old folks all his life and
don't amount to shucks. They will
have hard life
arch Abercrombie thrashed his
wife again Sunday"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-07-13
rthitched the horses, but the wagon
rack and hay were all consumed"

rthitched the horses, but the wagon
rack and hay were all consuned.n
--Shullsburg Pick and Cad. Com
mencing on Saturday last, automo.
biles engaged in the great race from
Chicago to st Paul began to arrive
In this city, They kept coming one
or two at time and continued to
come along at intervals for three or
four days. They attracted consider
able attention and quite a number of
people from the country came in to
see them, while tewnspeople lined
the sidewalks, waiting for the strange
vehicles. Machines of nearly every
known make were in the race, the
manufacturers having originated
this plan for advertising their MA.
chimes. 1t is evident that the auto.
mobile has "come to stay
Since happiness is the highest
attainment Of life and cannot be Sc
Sui SN Wltuout an tilOTt, even though
wealth should be abundant and OPP
portunities many, every person af-
flicted with "A pessimistic or grum.
bling nature should seek at once to
have it eradicated, which can easily
be done by occasional visits to whole
some entertainments of a circus ma
ture. Next comes the question of
good circus Ca this point there need
not be single doubt. Gollmar Bros.
moral shows meet directly the inn
mediate wants of the amusement
loving public. 1t awakens what is
noblest in instinct and entirely Grad
icates that grumbling or unnatural
nature, and makes one better for
having witnessed wholesome exhi-
bition, which will live in your men,
DRY when many other shows have
faded away into forgetfulness. Coll
mar Bros Greatest of American
Shows of the world will exhibit in
Mineral Point, Friday, July q.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-07-13

81. Peter. OF course. Is The fisherman;
but anglers may find saint of their
own in st. Xeno, who Is commemorated
on April T.. Verona's patron saint Is
conventonally represented holding q
fishing rod. with n fish at the end OF
the line, the reference being TO the ira
dition that he used 10 enjoy fishing IN
the Adige during his episcopate, lie
must have commanded good sport II
he exercised rs much control over nat
river In life as he is said 10 have done
two centuries after his death. In oso
Italy was visited by terrific Hoods. anu
the Adige threatened to swamp much
of Verona. But the faithful gathered
In ST. Zeno's church by the river. ana,
though the water rose TO the windows
outside, none Of 1t could pass the doors,
and after twenty-four hours OF prayer
1t subsidized. This rests on the authority
Of Gregory the Great-Lordon enron
FLA
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-07-13
A Summer Bargain.

For $500 you can get the National
Daily Review, Of Chicago, a clean
and wholesome family newspaper,
for one year, and the Mineral Point
Tribune. This offer is only for linz
tied time. Further particulars furn-
is he'd on request.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-07-13

Notice to Hear Petition for Administration.

CTATE OF WISCONSIN, IOWA COUNTY
> COURTS in PROBATE.
Notcois hereby given that at a special tern
of the Iowa County Court, 10 be held IN and fol
said county, at the Court House, in the city oi
Dodgeville. In said county, on the 9Th day OF
September A. ID. 1895. being the LIST Tuesday ol
said month. ut O'Clock in the forenoon OF
said day. the following matters Will be heard
and considered
The application Of Maria Cooking for the
appointfnent of an administrator Of the
estate of Richard Cooking, late of the town
oil Mineral Point in said county, deceased.
And II Is further ordered. that public notice
thereof be given to all persons interested by
publishing copy of this notice for three weeks
successfully prior 10 said day Of hearing, II
the Mineral Point Tribune, a weekly news
paper published in said county
BY order Of the Court:
Dated ALDRO jerks, County Judge.
Dodgeville, Wis, June 20. 1906. 25w3
spensley * McIlhon. Attorneys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-07-13
FOR Superior Light

Buy the Perfection Oil. Price l2c
per gallon. Gasoline lie per gallon,
or five gallons Tor SOc, atRJohn H.
Toays.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

THE approaching early completion
of the Clark road from Salt Lake
to Los Angeles will bring to an
end the twenty-five years isolation on
the Nevada desert of a brilliant and
courageous California woman.
For a quarter of a century Mrs
Helen ]. Stewart has lived alone on an
oasis in the midst of the Nevada
desert. Nearly two score years out of
the twenty-five she has been widow
Her home, recently purchased by the
railroad for $4,000, nestled among big
cottonwood trees and listened to the
perpetual flow of charming stream of
water. But for 200 miles east or west,
north or south, there was not another
habitation worthy of the name; nothing
hut sagebrush and sand nobody to talk
to but the occasional stage passenger
and the occasional miner.
Yet, Notwithstanding all this Mrs
Stewart remains today a woman of
culture, A visit i'm her parlor is a
visit In a home Of refinement A con-
versation with her is source of edifi-
cation as well as pleasure. She her.
self wonders II so many years of con-
tact with virtually men only have
robbed her of her womanliness, and
the visitor wonders where he has ever
seen more womanly woman or a
more gracious hostess.
Mrs. Stewart was just out of her
schooling when her young husband
took her away from her associates in
San Francisco and Oakland to the then
thrifty and promising mining city Of
Phoebe In Nevada.
The trip over the deserts was a dreary
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15
OLD AGE AND FASHION

OF course even the least observant
among us knows that old age has gone
completely out of fashion, says the
for women to look years younger than
they are. But there are still a few
sweet-faced, white-capped old-fash-
ioned grandmothers here and there.
who are proud of their age and their
ability to wear it well, who are enter
taingly garrulous of the days of long
ago, who spoil their grandchildren with
kindness, just as we expect them to,
and who soothe and strengthen with
their oldfashioned remedies in time of
sickness, says Robert Webster Jones,
in the January Housekeeper. In house
hold emergencies they always know
just what to do, whether Tommy has
burned his finger or somebody has
spilled coffee on the best tablecloth.
And what grandmother says goes"
An anxious correspondent wonders
whether the present generation of mid
die aged women are going to make as
good grandmothers as did their
mothers. "Will they wear white caps.
and be proud of their age, and be con-
tent to be nice old ladies? Or viii
they decline the honor and jauntily
maintain youthful air which their
looks win BELIEF"
Well, we rather think the grand
mothers of the next generation will not
wear white caps. Half century ago.
as soon as woman married.
regardless of her age. she donned
a cap, the badge of matronhood.
Many of the grandmothers Of today
have worn the cap throughout their
welded life. II is not likely that the
youngerly women. when they have at
tanned the dignity of the grandmother.
viii adopt the cap. AS TO settling down
into mice old ladies'" it is all a matter
OF fashion. History records plenty of
instances of women who have retained
their charms well into old age. and
have actively participated In the work
of the world. A woman Is as old as she
looks, we are told and certainly
woman's tendency is TO look CONSTANTLY
younger for her years. There II no
ground for the belief that because
woman looks young and feels youns
she does not possess the qualities that
20 toward making her good grand
mother" All honor TO the srandmoth-
ers OF today The grandmothers Of to-
morrow will be worthy successors.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

had made it a permanent settlement.
Through the center of the ranch flowed
splendid stream of water. fed from
two great springs which had never
been known to go dry or to lessen their
flow the year round; and tributary to
the stream were meadows rich in food
for stock, and bottom lands fit for the
growing of every kind of vegetable and
fruit and; grain.
When the Mormons took it up in the
fifties, they looked upon it as one of
the principal stations in the working
out of their plans for an independent
theocracy in the west. 1t is said that
Brigham Youngs original design was
to reach the Norman colonies in Utah
and Nevada by way of the Gulf Of
California and the Colorado river. The
latter is navigable to a point about
thiry miles south of Los Vegas. From
here he could ship goods to Los Vegas,
and thence to Utah and wherever else
they might be needed. Accordingly
Vegas was thoroughly fortified with
lust such walls as still remain standing
around the church headquarters in Salt
Lake, and the place was prepared gem
orally for any sort Of exigency that
might be put upon the inhabitants
Ultimately, when Johnson's army was
sent by the federal government to re-
Lress the Mormon movement, the in
habitants of Los Vegas brought lead
from the famous cid Potosi mine In he
mountains to the west erected the
FIRST smelter built west of the Missouri
river and began the manufacture OF
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

fused to wiggle their ears when they q
see us coming"
All of the old pickpockets that nave
mentioned are still on earth, or at
least were when L last heard OF thenh-
Jersey Jimmie" for instance, was
living in the Bowery; he is said to nave
saved several thousand dollars out Oh
his pilferings; it is alleged that he still
goes out ION the road when in the
right mood. "Mollie Matches'-he got
this name because he dressed like girl
when boy-was in prison in CANADA;
Jimmie the Greek" who is well on TO-
ward 70 years of age, if not older, was
in Ohio-he was picked up on suspicion
In Canton at the time of President NC
Kinley's funeral, but was afterward re-
LEASED: "Shang" Campbell was await
ling trialsin White Plains; "Reck'' Don
lovan. called the most suspicious man in
New York, was lodging the elevated
railway pillars, fearful of seeing
pcliceman-it is said that he roams ana
steals no more, he passes the time
away in imaginative exploits of the
chase, capture and release
Every now and then stories appear In
newspapers to the effect that there are
pickpocket schools in New York, par
ticularly in the east side. Men are ar
rested of whom it is said that tney
send boys out into the streets to prac-
tise what they have been taught in the
SCHOOLS / have not personally mads
the acquaintance of any of these places
of instruction, and my opinion is tha'
they hardly exist in the way they are
usually described. That some schem-
ling older head makes use at times oi
promising talent in the pocketplck-
ling business is quite credible; but PICK
pockets whom 1 personally know nave
never led me to believe that what are
Icalled schools in the Fagin sense OF
the word exist.
The average age of the New YORK
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

rank and file which the "old-timers
we're composed is not to be compared
with the general run of dips" that one
meets today. They were not so we'll
educated, they did not know as many
tricks and ruses and they were by no
means so swift and alert.
This is not only my own finding; 1t is
the outspolpen opinion of 'one of the
best known old-time "stalls" that New
York produced. Talking with him re-
Gently about the days when he was
active (between 1860 and 1879, he SAID
to me: 1--WE all thought that we were
rretty wise people, and, considering
the public and the police that we had
to deal with, guess we were. know
that 1 generally had plenty of money,
and so did such men as the Jerseyman,
Shang, Abee and others that I could
mention. But in my opinion there
wasn't one of us that was as SLICK as
the little dips you see on the east side
now Those kids over there know more
in minute than knew in day
"But they don't seem to take in such
an enormous amount of plumber, re-
piled. eff they're so slick, as you say,
one would think that more would be
heard of their success"
There are too many of them work.
ing for all of em to get big names ana
swag," my informant proceeded, but
the most of 'em are making fair liv-
irgs, and that's more than lot OF
honest people are doing"
Jersey Jimmie" one of the existing
old pickpockets mentioned, is another
authority about the ease with which
pocket picking used to be done. AS
rule he Travelled alone, often confinlng
his pilferings to the Hudson river
boats; he was ,lnown as a single
handed worker. Speaking recently OF
former days he said: "Why, we fellows
was so we'll known and worked so free
that the horses on the cars actually
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

men and prospectors VINO passen
through upon the semi-weekly stage or
upon their own horses or their own
feet. Also there were occasional WIS.,
itors from the far-away points where
supply stores were stationed for these
same people. Thirty miles distant, on
the Colorado river, were the stores that
furnished goods to the Eldorado min
ing district and at some of the springs
in the Cottonwood range, where rev
persons, all males, were seeking TO
while their time away to their own
profit in the same manner that Mrs
Stewart was.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

dip" Of today is about 81. There are
old men In the business who will never
see three score again, and there are
boys not yet ~, but the rank ana h'e
have Just about reached their majority
Their main graft" as they call IT, Is
found on the street cars, the eleVateu
railway, the shopping district and III
the midst of crowds
Sometimes they work singly but
more generally in what are called
"mobs," composed, as a rule, Of two
"stalls" (confederates) and the wire
Che pickpockeD, as he is called in New
York. or the tool" as he is more COM
monty nicknamed in the west. The
duty of the stalls Is to protect the
"wire" while he does the 'nichng
gets the pocketbook, roll, ring or PIN
In this respect the modus operandi has
remained about what 1t was in the ola
timers day; they also stalled ana
"tooled." Whether the system of police
protection in vogue in former days IS
the same today as when the old PICK
rockets were active is q question which
can be left for Inspector McClusky TO
answer. One Of the young 'uns' re-
Gently attempted to describe to me
what the old system was.
"The old timers" he said, used to
pick out some politicians saloon and
hold it down. Perhaps the politician
was an ex-thief; perhaps he wasn't.
Anyhow. he knew how to make good
He knew certain detectives. who were
sensible and out for the dough. III
dealings were satisfactory things began
to move.
1.-THE politician went to the talent -
the dips-and told 'em he'd put protec-
ton on a certain line of cars. The olps
framed up and asked him how many
people his line of cars carried. Per-
haps the wise guys cars went to the
est tkeaters. The dips were satisned
and asked the percentage the wise guy
wanted. Perhaps he said 25 per cent
The dips stood for it and went to work.
the suckers meanwhile getting it in
the neck Pretty soon the street car
line corporation began to kick; cor
DOrat1OnS QOn ike 10 nave pONhNNS
picked in their territory. They called
UP their wise guys and there was
confab.
'The dips went to their wise guy and
told him that they were getting leary.
What happened? Perhaps some other
dips who were hungry tried to tackle
| the same line of cars. The protected
dips wise guy told the detectives TO
punish the hungry dips and the pro-
tected mob kept quiet for while.
Next day the reporters generally said
that the detectives had captured the
! slickest bunch of thieves caught IN
years. The protected dips laughed ano
went to work again. Perhaps they
nicked sucker whose pull was
stronger than their wise guys. The
coppers went to the protected dips
wise guy and said that the stoier
watch or stone had to come back Ihe
watch or stone generally went home
and then the dips began nicking again
that's the way the thing is done.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

and disheartening outlook for a bride,
and she says that more than once she
hid her tears from her husband lest she
should discourage him, too. Indeed,
long after reaching destination at
Phoebe the tears came frequently to the
eyes, especially when letters We're re-
ceived from home. They were the tears
of loneliness and desolation, which
must almost surely come to any woman
who goes for the first time into the
bleak wastes of the silver state to
make her home. But Mrs. Stewart hap
pened to be made of the enduring stuff
that marks so many women of the
west, and being blessed with husband
who did everything possible for his
wifes welfare and to whom she gave
the most absolute affection, she pres
emily accepted the situation and gave
up her life to the country into which
she had been brought.
Bought Historic Home
The camp of Phoebe petered out, as
everyone knows, and, there being little
left there for man of thrift who de-
sired above all things a home for his
worthy wife Mr.. Stewart moved away
and purchased the ranch known as
Los Vegas Cor The Meadows) in the
center of the southern part of Nevada
1t was a historic old place even in
those early days. The mission padres
who were mining in the region north of
the Big Bend In the Colorado river had
discovered it In the first part of the
last century. the forty-niners had used
1t as a way station en- route to Cali
fornia. and in the fifties the Mormons
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

Studied Western History
Thus both physically and by asso-
citation. the ranch was an ideal one
fol the woman who has but now sold
it. Physically it gave every promise
of being a self supporting home, az
fording all the best of things to eat
and surrounding the house with the
charm of shade and water which are
so rare in the western deserts. BY as
sociation, 1t afforded Mrs. Stewart
some other occupation than the mere
obligation OF householdlng. Educated
as she was, Mrs Stewart at once took
an interest in the history of the place
and in its lnnumerable traditions. she
began the keeping of notebook
where she jotted down all the reeollec-
tions and legends she could gather
from the infrequent visitors at the
ranch, from the Indians of the vicini'
ty, and from the people she herself
visited when she occasionally left the
ranch and visited in San Francisco or
Los Angeles or Salt Lake City.
This notebook, now yellow with age,
is still in Mrs. Stewards possession
and was shown to the writer when, re-
Gently, 1t was his privilege to visit
with her at the Vegas. When the
historians get to work upon this Sec
tion of the west, they will hardly find
anything more valuable than this
treasure. 1t contains the stories of
many who have long since passed
eway. and the narratives of others
Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-15

pected that with this amount she would
spent her remaining years in the com
fort and pleasures of a large city, or in
travel throughout the world. But, for
some reason she has not done so. Her
ranch and her home have been sold,
but alongside the old ranch, in the inn
she has built a new home and expects
always to remain there.-Salt Lake
Herald.