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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-14
Slack Mine Stock oil Sold.

Tuesday Of this week the last of
the seventy thousand shares of stock
in the Slack mine was sold, while
applications for five thousand more
shares We're received the same day.
This mine, as is generally known, is
located close TO the village Of Miffiin.
From description, from the opinion
of mining experts, from the results
of drillings, and because of the sec
ton in which it is located, the Tri-
bune has regarded this mine as an
exceptionally good proposition for
investors in mining stock, and there
is no doubt but what the publisher
would have placed his money there
in had he any to command.
The enterprise OF placing this mine
on the market and disposing OF the
seventy thousand shares of stock was
undertaken by DR.. c. j. Fawkes and
j. F. Crum of this city, and they are
to be congratulated on the successful
outcome. If, with judicious manage
ment ard the application OF such
modern machinery as is necessary
to conduct operations properly, the
Slack does not prove one of the best
mines in southwest Wisconsin. then
the keenest experts will be disap-
pointed, and old time favorable indi-
cations will be declared delusion
and a snare
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-14
MINERAL POINT. WISCONSIN. THURSDAY, DECEMBER

&c w. Goldsmith, pub,iser of the
Boscobel Sentinel died Monday OF
this week: aged II.
Secure something for your Sun.
day dinner and supper at the Dorcas
pantry sale. Perry building
III. s. Hurlbut & Go. have mos,
complete line Of Stone Set Rings
Signet Rings. Children's Rings, etc.
The Wallace and Bray mine ut
Linden has been capitalized under
the name of the Uncle Tom Mining
company.
~-If you want a Hot Lunch or Meal
in hurry, or n good Oyster Stew,
go TO the White Palace Cafe, two
doors above Appel's barber shop.
The Advance mining company
OF this city, operating at present
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-14
The Local Field.
.S-g-~ss.,-S, snNpsr.s'

--Correll & Martin for clothing.
% cents buys Red Trunk and
with it goes a good smoke.
The Easy Money" mine, located
within our city limits, is on a good
paying basis.
--TAe celebrated Regalia l0s Cigar
has never failed to satisfy the most
fastidious smoker.
Mineral Point city taxes this
year will amount to ! 3, per cent OF
assessed valuation.
1T is rumored that the Tripoli
mining company has refused an off,
err Of 10000 81 the mine.
What would make q nicer Christ
mas present than a Parker fountain
pen? For sale al Ivey's pharmacy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-14
A
BIG
STRIKE

But they axe no good to eat for
Christmas. If you want to strike
a good Christmas dinner you will
have to dig for the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-14

on its lease about three miles west
OF here, has drifted onto a profitable
sheet, the best since the company
was organized. Hence, stock therein
is looking up.
The man who has no feet, get
can write with his feet, has bean
heard from. His coming was occas-
ioned by the accident which recent
ly befel our townsman, q. w. Nell
hon in Chicago. For particulars
consult the Judge.
Last Friday evening Roy Cardy,
a young man of Platteville, who was
working free ride on the rear of a
pa. senger coach from Gratiot to
Darlington, was found dead the next
morning two. miles from Dan lington.
His neck was broken.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-14
NUMBER so
0UNDRY & GRAY CO.,
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, SHOES.

We have placed in stock a
large line of Christmas goods
Our stock of holiday goods is
exceptionally complete at the
present time, due to the fact
that we have several depart
ment from which you can cas-
lily make a choice.
Outside of the regular Xmas
novelties, we are placing all
our Children's Cloaks, from 4
yrs to II yrs, at prices excep-
tionally low to close them out.
These coats are on sale at the
present time. Why not exam
inc this lot and see what is Of.
fered. You can buy a good
garment for very little money.
We have a few nice coats
for ladies. We will make q
closing price on them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-14
Cupid as Active as Ever.

Married, at the Willow Springs
parsonage Tuesday, Dec. II, 1905, by
the Rev. John Hardcastle. Mr.. Albert
w. Enzenroth and Miss Sallie Nj.
Hoare, both Of this city and highly
esteemed throughout the entire COM
muDity.
The groom is IA young man OF in
dustrious habits and good character,
while his charming bride is "A young
woman of refinement ana intelli-
gence. With such excellent traits
their career in life promises to be
that of happiness and prosperity.
H4sts of friends congratulate them
and wish for them the choicest OF
life's blessings.
They were accompanied by Mr.
Rich'd Gundry and Miss Julia Sher-
man. The happy couple went on a
wedding trip, but will return to this
city shortly TO settle down to the
solid realities of life.
1t was well put by "a citizen the
other day when he said that to have
the new spitt.rg law properly en-
| forced the mayor, aldermen. con
stables and marshal should each b'
an active committee Of one.
I
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1905-12-14
Notice

All Holiday Shoppers are in
vited to call at our store and
inspect a fine line of Toilet
Articles, Stationery, Mirrors
Manicure and Shaving Sets,
Perfumes and Novelty Goods
which are Suitable for max
ing presents to your friends
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
CURIOUS FRIENDSHIPS

Children and snakes appear to get
c" well together in Australia. A
writer in Chambers Magazine, who
lives in Sydney, says he has never
heard in the bush of a snake biting a
child: nor do the children show any
fear of snakes. The bigger the snake
the greater the joy in getting near it,
and the stronger the desire to play
with it. The snakes bright eyes and
sinuous motion probably charm. And
snakes, even the most vicious, respect
the confidence.
At koondrook, a little settlement in
Victoria, a woman heard her child,
eighteen months old, laughing as if
she was having great fun. The child
was supposed to be asleep in bed. The
mother went to the room and found
the child scrambling owe the bed after
something she could not see. That
happened several times. Once, how
ever, the mother went in suddenly
and heard something drop off the bed.
Looking hurriedly under the bed she
distinctly saw a large snake, that
turned upon her with evident inten-
ton to fight. When the husband came
nome he pulled up the boards of the
Loor but there was no sign of the
snake. Next day, however, snake and
child were discovered lying together
on the floor. the child asleep and the
snake apparently so.
That night the husband tried a plan.
He placed a candle on the floor. along
side the child, and asked his wife to
play a slow air on the harmonium.
Movements of the snake could be
heard; but the rustic was all he vouch.
safed. Next night the child was SINH
larly posted, and the mother tried the
effect of working her sewing machine.
The sound was too tempting. The
snake wriggled to the child with alac-
rity, and was promptly despatched by
the father. 1t was a tiger-snake near
ly five feet in length. and when killed
was fondled by the child as an old ac-
0Uaintance.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
A Complimentary Captain.

John d. Crimmins, in the New York
Times, tells of a party that hired a
boat owned by a mar at Atlantic City
who takes out sailing parties for a con-
sideration. A number of young ladies
were of the party.
About a mile and a half out from the
Inlet the wind freshened most unex-
pectedly and there was trouble. For
a while it looked as if the dinky little
catboat would capsize. The girls were
considerably wrought up and gave ex-
preston to their fears in no uncertain
manner.
"See here. young ladies' said the
owner of the craft, just as n Of the
passengers let out an awful shrek,
you seem to forget that if she goes
down I'm the chap that loses most.
She's my boat"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
Three Killed, Several Hurt.

Meridian, Miss, Special.-In a rear
end collision on the Albania and
Vicksburg railroad at Chunkey, Mon
day night, two trainmen were killed
and three seriously injured and a
train load Of passengers badly shaken
up. The dead are: Vance Lader, a
negro fireman, Peter Kenosky, a
tramp. Engineer Tucker and his fire
mar Of the freight and Engineer
Cocker of the passenger were also in
jured.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03

to shore, and soon the young couple
found shelter in a farmhouse. and
made merry oyer their adventure.
As a sea trip the second voyage
was more successful, although, as
Prince Jerome wrote to his father.
in-law in English. Elizabeth is very
seasick, but you know as we'll as any.
body that s~easickness never has killed
anybody"
The voyage was over all too o
however, for with it ended Madame
Bonaparte's happiness. Napoleon an
nulled the marriage. jerome became
King of Westphalia and married a
princess OF W~urttemberg.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
Wedding Present for Miss Roosevelt

Washington, Specialize Presi-
dents attention has been called to a
dispatch from Baker City, Ore, to the
effect that a subscription is about to
be started for a wedding present for
Miss Alice Roosevelt. President
Roosevelt stated that while he deep
ly appreciated the evidence of good
will, he hoped nothing Of the kind
would be undertaken. In fact, he
wished particularly that the proposed
collection of funds should not be
made.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
~UNACKNOWLEDGED PRINCESS.


The life of Elizabeth Patterson,
grandmother of Nj. Charles ]. Bona
parte. the new Secretary of the Navy,
was as full of romance as anv novel.
Brilliant as was its beginning. it's halo
OF riches and royalty soon faded in the
shadow of the clouds of disappoint-
ment and desertion. The love story
OF jerome Bonaparte, brother of the
great emperor. and his marriage to the
belle of Baltimore are we'll known.
Napoieon's rejection of his brothers
bride and the separation of a hus-
band and wife are matters of history.
Through a long life Madame Bona
parte bore her troubles unfinchingly
and was ever Il woman Of courage.
Prince Jerome Bonaparte was a
young man who seldom denied HIM
self anything which took his fancy.
Il characteristic was we'll displayed
In the accounts which his brother was
continually called upon to settle. One of
these bills was for Il magnificent shay
ing set valued at twenty thousand
francs. Prince Jerome was only fifteen
at the time he bought it, and showed
not the sign of a beard. Napoleon
INDUCED his brother in all his ex-
t~rayaSances until it came to his mar
'riage. Against that he absolutely set
his face.
But the beautiful bride was I'M
daunted. and urged her husband to
take her to France. The prince put
OH the evil day as long as possible.
AT last he yielded against his better
judgment. and the young couple sailed
from Philadelphia. A terrific gale
sent the vessel on to 4 sand-bank. and
the lives of its passengers were in
danger.
Madame Bonaparte showed No fear,
she clambered on to the sloDing deck
and began to give orders to lower
a boat. The captain was dumfounded.
Pray. are yeu commanding this
ship" he asked.
Yes" replied Madame Bonaparte,
IF necessary"
How do you propose reaching the
boat?' asked the captain.
You are to throw me in"
The captain meekly obeyed the de-
termined young woman's orders. But
IN lowering her into the boat. his
strength failed and she fell into the
water. Her heavy silk pelisse weighed
her down. but the sailors managed
to pull. her into the boat. Even her
sudden plunge did not confuse her.
Where is PRINCE Jerome?:' was her
first question, and then she continued
her orders. The boat made its way
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
Fruitmen in Convention.

Des Moines, Ia, Special.-The
Western Association of Fruit Grow
ers opened its annual meeting here.
The attendance is quite large and
tne meeting presents many interest
ing Features. Many prominent fruit
growers and experts from this and
other fruit States are in attendance
and some highly important papers
have been promised to be read.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
Fishy.

Mother (reproachfully, to her small
son)-'Jamie, where have you been
all afternoon" Jamie (uneasily)-"At
Slnday-school. mamma" Mother
Then how is it you are wet and smell
so Of fsh?' Jamie lin desperation)-
well, you see, I've been studying
about Jonah. and the whale, and-well
i guess it came off on my clothes."--
Harper's Weekly.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03

Moscow, BY Cable.-Firing in the
streets continued until midnight
Wednesday night. The Governor
General issued an appeal to the peo-
pie, which is displayed in the streets,
urging the citizens not to trust to
the false interpretations given the re-
cent manifesto and calling OH them to
give up the strike and take sides with
the troops and the police in the preser-
walton OF order, resting on the assur-
ance that the lawful authorities will
know how to protect lives and prop
erty.
London, By Cable.-The st. Petrs-
burg correspondent Of The Times, in
a dispatch dated December 26, says:
"Governor General Doubasoff, tele-
graphing reports that 1 5000 persons
had been killed or wounded at Mos
cow.
"The latest news from Moscow says
that the first regiment of Don Cos
ioolAo3 1FClh IdSoOlS anu UllC 1tS-
With regiment of infantry mutined
and are confined in their barracks.
~ am informed from a good source
that 1000 persons were killed and TO-
600 wounded. The revolutionists are
making no Roadway but they show up
signs Of exhaustion.'
All Eel the city there are marks
&C 4lo hotkJn Irh,al has ,,o,oJ ~, +ho
streets for three days, and the distant
booming Of cannon shows that the
fighting is not yet at an end. Houses
have been completely demolished by
the artillery, and everywhere win
dows have been smashed by bullets.
Governor General Doubasoff has
prohibited the opening of windows.
The better classes are afraid to ven
ture on the streets owing to the fact
that numerous bombs and other dead
ly missiles are being thrown from
tie windows and roofs Of houses.
Near the t%riumphal arch could be seen
today, the red flags of the insurgents
flying above their barbados. Sol
diers surrounded the Continental Ho-
tel and artillery was brought up as it
was claimed that a shot had been fired
from one Of the windows. 1t was
with difficulty that the landlord per
suaded the troops not to demolish the
building.
As the correspondent entered the
telephone exchange he saw two agita-
tors shot by a passing patrol. Artil-
lery can be heard at work neal the
Nicholas station.
Two attempts on the life of the pre-
feet Of police by students, one of them
a woman, was frustrated. The stu
dents were arrested. ,
The Bomse Gazette says it is report
ed that General De Dioulin, project Of
police Of St. Petersburg, has been
Informed by telephone that the num-
her of dead or wounded at Moscow
number 10000 and that when ques-
toned tonight the general did not
deny that such a report had been re-
ceived.
The merchants here complain that
they are suffering seriously from the
strike in Russia, and are not receiv-
ing the information in regard to the
situation there, as all letters are care
fully censored.
The correspondent of the St.
Petersburg Times, wires that it is re-
ported there, that a military terrorist
plot has been discovered by the au-
thorities. Fifty arrests have been
made in connection with this discov-
cry.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03

~S&S Tor the magazine. tells OF a
trip through the deadly
swamp country after leaving the coast:
"Hearin& that only a few miles
away there was real solid ground
where strange beasts roamed,' says
Mr.. Nevinson. Il determined to cut
q path through the forest in that di-
rectlon. Engaging two powerful saw
ages armed with 'matchets.' or short
heavy swords, took the plunge from
a wharf which had been built with
piles beside Il river. At the first
step L was up to my kness in black
sludge, the smell of which had been
accommodating since the glacial per-
iod. Perhaps the swamps are forming
the coal-beds of a remote future: but
in that case / am glad that | did not
live in Newcastle in the remote past.
AS in Il coronation ode. there seemed
no limit to the depths of sinking.
Ones only chance was to strike a
submerged trunk not vet rotten
enough to count as mud. Sometimes
it was possible to cling to the stems
OF branches of standing trees, and
swing over the slime without sink
ing deep. 1t was possible, but IN
pleasant, for stems and branches and
twigs and fbres We're generally COW
cred With every variety of spine and
spike and hook.
"In a quarter of an hour we were
as much cut off from the world as on
the central ocean. The air was dark
with shadow. though the tree-tops
cleaned With sunshine far above our
heads. Not a whisper of a breeze
nor a smell Of fresh air could reach us.
We We're stified with the smell. The
sweat poured from us in the intol-
cradle heat. Around us, out of the
black mire. rose the vast tree trunks,
already rotting as they grew, and be-
tween the trunks was WOW a thick
curtain Of spiky plants and of the long
suckers by which the trees drew up an
extra supply Of water-very unnec-
essarily. Il would have thought.
Through this underground the ma
tlves, themselves often up to the mid
die in slime. slowly hacked away.
They are always very patient of a
white mans insanity. Now and then
we came to 4 little clearing where
some big tree had fallen, rotten from
bark to core. Or we came to a creek
one of the innumerable little water
courses which intersect the forest and
are the fayOrite haunt of the mudfsh,
whose eyes are prominent like a frogs.
and whose side fms have almost de-
yeloped into legs, so that with the
help of their tails. they can run over
the slime like lizards on the sand.
But for them and the crocodiles and
the innumerable hosts of ants and
slugs. the lower depths of the man
grove swamp contains few living
things. Parrots and monkeys inhabit
the upper world where the sunlight
reaches, and sometimes the deadly
stiffness is broken by the cry of a
hawk that has the flight of an owl
and fishes the creeks in the evening.
Otherwise there is nothing but decay
and stencil and creatures of the ooze."
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
A SHOT.

One OF the strange incidents Of the
war. especially during a state of
siege. is the friendly relations which
exist between enemies when off duty.
At one moment the soldiers of the
opposing armies will be chatting So
ciably and exchanging fayors, the
neXt-shootirg each other down as
deadly foes. A little incident told
by Mr.. Ripley in his STORY of Com
pany f." gives a glimpse of a genial
inteilude in the grim Civil War.
During the siege of Petersburg, it
was the custom of the opposing pick
cts to grant temporary truces for
the purpose of preparing food. Half
an hour perhaps. would be agreed
upon, and its limit would be scrupu-
lousy observed when time was
called. Then every mar would hurry
under cover,
On II occasion a Confederate was
slow to respond to the warning. He,
to all appearances, did not realize
that he was in sight. While the
Others hurried to their posts. he sat
quietly blowing his coffee and MUNICH
ing his bareback. Fortunately for him
he was in plain sight of a sentinel less
bloodthirsty than some. This man
thought it only fair to give him far
Their warning.
Il say, Johnny" he shouted,
times up! Git into your hole..'
All right" replied Johnny, still
blowing his coffee.
Just hold that cup still a minute
and I'll show you whether it's all
right or not..' shouted the sharp
shooter.
The Confederate began to suspect
that he was in fact visible. and he
held his cup still for an instant as
he looked up and around. This af-
forded the desired opportunity for
the sharpshooter. With a Well-sent
bullet he Knocked the cup clean out
Of the owners hand. With sudden
agility the surprised Confederate made
haste to disappear. amid the jeers
and laughter of both lines Of pickets.
GIANT WHALE TOWS STEAMER.
The whaling steamer Orion, which .
Captain Balloon and his associates are
operating in connection with their mod
ern station at Sechart. on the west
coast of Victoria. British Columbia,
figured in an exciting adventure last
week. the outcome of which was for
two hours in doubt. while a monster
sulphur bottom whale, sever-ty-nine
feet in length, towed the steamer sea-
ward at better than fifteen Knot speed.
The whale had been %harpooned in the
ordinary tanner. but was not killed,
as usual. the bomb attached to the har-
pooh failing to explode at the critical
instant. AS the monster was only
wounded and enraged there was moth
ing else to do but pay out line and
play the big fish until it should become
exhausted. For two hours the whale
travelled seward, towing the steamer.
1t kept under water the greater part
of the time, coming up at quarter hour
intervals to blow; and so hard did it
pull that the blades of the harpoon
loosened in it's flesh.
The whales pace grew steadily less,
however, until it finally became very
weak. The high speed at which it
had Travelled and the heavy drag Of
the steamer told, and the effect of the
tow was intensified by reversing the
ships engines. Finally one Of the ships
boats crept up on the whale and four
hand lances Were buried in its yitals.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
$4,000 ARE KILLED
Russian Riots Continue With
Great Slaughter
COVERS THE WHOLE COUNTRY

Business is Suffering Seriously From
Strike in Russia-Letters All Gen.
sored-Attempt to Kill Project Of
Police at St. Petersburg-Soldiers
Surround Hotel and Bring Up Ar
tillery-Two Regiments of Cos
sacks Mutinied.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
THE SONG OF A SILLY oPT1M1sT.

Let. Ibsen, Tolstoi. schopenhauer depict
our life as dark.
But l cannot help believing that existence
is a lark.
That all the crimes and meannesses that in
this world are done
Are committed in a spirit Of exuberance
and fun.
And there's nothing hat l love to talk
like words,
And there's nothing hat | love to sing
like songs;
So [ find a life employment
In the pleasures of enjoyment.
Placing sadness in the sphere where it
belongs.
w. l., in Life.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03

I'm just a silly optimist with cheerfulness
galore,
For I'm tired of hearing people say that
everything's a bore,
I'm tired of melancholy means, and so |
point with pride
To the awe-inspiring axiom that | am sat
1sfied.
If there's nythinc l love to eat. its food,
Ii theres anything | love to wear, it's
clothes.
And m times of relaxation
! have proved by demonstration
That there's nothing quite SO restful as
IePCse.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
PLUCK and Qdpenfure.
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THROUGH AFRICAN sWAMPs

n Harper's Magazine, Henry
!, w. Nevinson, who is now
} in the interior Of Africa in
yestigating the slave-trade
for the magazine. tells of a
trip through the deadly
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-01-03

IiIRL sat with her hands
clasped round her knees,
staring out of the window
with unseeing eyes-her
thoughts far away. Be