Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1913-05-08
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at Darlington Friday
~a-Stale bread at times for chicken
feed cheap. Home Bakery.
Z The volume of the automobile bus
mess and its allied accessories in this
country will amount to SO, 900, 900, 600
during the present year. SO a statistic
ian says.
Should you chance to reflect that
the best smile you can get up isn't in
it with hippopotamus' smile, don't be
discouraged; your yawn isn't so obtru-
sive, either.
Rural delivery Of mail was started
by the Democrats under Cleveland's
first administration. Now there are
40 900 rural mail routes which call for
over billion miles of travel each year.
One way to secure more and better
endorsements Of the city ordinances
would be to give half the fine to the
compliments. At that, such a course
might prove an incentive for some peo-
pie to get stuck "
"A Chicago police magistrate de-
clared from the bench last week that
girls are more responsible for flirting
than men, and that mothers are re
sponsible for their daughters The last
part of the clause furnishes matter for
debate.
In these spring days, thoughts are
aroused which eventually result in June
brides. Just as suggestive factors in
helping to win her, we submit that you
have affection in your,heart, perfection
in your manner and CONNECTION in your
pocket.
"A farmer living neai Platteville
traded his farm for a strip Of land
eight inches wide by $50 feet in length
in the business district of Rockford.
He was chagrined when he went to
visit his purchase and discovered that
his lot measured as specified in the
deed Inasmuch as he accepted the
deed with the specifications plainly de-
scribed. it is hardly possible that he
has any redress.
Hereafter all persons applying for
studentship at any Wisconsin's normal
schools will be required to submit to a
,h,,eso,l .,,,,,;,,o4;on Th;e ,rIa hos
been adopted by the normal regents
and it is the final move toward an i'm
portant accomplishment. The normal
school is designed to train teachers and
the expense Of its maintenance is com
pensated by the work that good teach
ers may afterwards do in the state.
There is no use in striving for a
Getty beautiful if people are to con
tinue throwing paper, tree trimmings
and debris in general into the streets
and alleys. The school children are
among the worst offenders. They ought
to be taught not to do this in the
school and in their homes. Until they
are so taught there is little hope Of our
city presenting a better appearance.
The Schilhng bin which provides
for the licensing Of automobiles accord
ing to horsepower was passed by the
assembly. This bill provides that min
imun license of SIS shall be paid on each
automobile and that charges of twenty
five cents per horsepower for each ad-
ditional horsepower exceeding twenty
horsepower. BY this method of charg
ing license fees, a person owning a six
ty horsepower machine would pay Sl5
There are various ways to succeed
in this life The man who minds his
own business is likely to be success;
the one who lets other peoples business
alone is likely to get there; the man
who strictly attends to that which con-
Germs himself and leaves that which
concerns others to take care of itself,
will be certain to be success; while
he who neglects his own affairs and at
tempts to manage those Of his neighbor
is certain to be left behind in the race
of life
The Freeport butchers are having
a price war one of them having sold his
delivery horse, fired his delivery man
and taken out his telephones and sells
for cash only, with the result that he is
underselling his competitors from two
70 seven cents a pound. If customers
buy on time, by telephone and have the
goods delivered they ought to pay for
the service they get. The cash custom
err who comes with his market basket
ought not have to pay for the losses in
Cured on the other kind Of patrons
Several transfers from this city left
on Monday morning TO join the county
road gangs in various parts of the coun-
ty. This county has in the neighbor-
hood of eighty thousand dollars to
spend the coming summer for road
work, and it means a pretty busy sum
mers work If all Of it is to be COM
pleted A few years ago eight hundred