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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09
SEEK TO PRESERVE EAGLE
King of Birds Does Much Damage, but
Swiss Authorities Decide 10
Protect II.

Eagles are gradually disappearing
from the peaks OF Switzerland, and
the grand council has found 1t neces-
sary to take steps to prevent the COM
plete destruction of these noble birds
OF prey. Till recently eagles were
methodically hunted all the year
round In the Bernese Overland, and
last year o whole family of eagles was
destroyed 80 ruthlessly at Murren that
the cantonal authorities were request
ed to intervene. Unfortunately, since
the measure OF protection, a pair Of
eagles in the Muota Valley have de-
stroyed so many sheep and goats that
the inhabitants have requested the au-
thorities Of Schwyz to repeal the en-
actment. The Society for the Protec-
ton of the Countryside has endeav-
ored to calm the agitation by giving
the damaged proprietors an indemnity
of 200 francs. The @'Im has been con-
sidered insufficient and the discomfort
has increased. The people of the val
ley demand not only the right TO hunt
the eagle, but also reward for each
bird killed. Nevertheless, the canton
al authorities have decided to main
tain the protection for year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09
aeeordee In Egyptian Lore.

In the worlds most ancient records
the monuments OF Egypt-we find
evidence OF the existence OF the cove
uant OF blood. Even then it seems to
have been a custom to covenant by
tasting the blood from another's arm.
In the Book OF the Dead" the most
ancient and most important Of the sa-
cred books of the Egyptians. there are
several references TO blood covenant
ing and incidental mention OF the tast.
Ing OF blood by gods and by men An
inscription on an ancient Egyptian
monument details a legend of the re
bellion Of mankind against the gods;
OF an edict OF destruction against the
human race; OF a divine interposition
for the rescue OF the doomed people
In this legend prominent part IS Civ
en- TO human blood mixed with thu
Juice OF mandrakes (loye apples) and
prepared as a drink TO propitiate the
offended gods.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09
Reopening at Platteville.

The first Sunday in March was a
great day for Plattevlle Methodism,
when occurred the reopening of the
beautiful church, which has been com
pletely remodeled. Sunday school
rooms have been added and new li4ht-
ing and basement with dining rIom
and kitchen. At the rear is a gymihs-
ium and play room, boiler room And
store room. The entire building is
heated with yapor steam. The cost of
the improvements was about SIG, 900, of
which $1,000 was previously pledged.
In the morning Bishop Quayle preached
and secured pledges to the amount of
81 600 A helpful sermon was preached
in the evening by Dist. Supt. Tomlin-
son, after which Rev. F. f. Bauchop,
former pastor, succeeded in securing
pledges for the entire amount needed.
1t was a day of great rejoicing and
fLly repaid the people and faithful
building committee for all efforts put
forth. The Rev j. f. Kundert is
pastor.
The first church for white people in
Wisconsin, and, in fact, west of Lake
Michigan, was built in Platteville, in
1882, when it was part of Galena mis-
sion, at which time Galena was far in
advance Of Chicago. In this city, in
August, l84l, the Rock River Confer
ence held its second session, in the third
Methodist church built in the city, ded-
icated in the summer of 1887. North
western Christian Advocate.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

terms of the administration of criminal
law in America. And it referred to
the fact that in the city of Chicago 2O2
homicides were committed in 1910 but
in that year only one person was sent
enced to death for murder.
1t is time for radical change in the
administration of criminal law, which
has ramifications in every branch Ct
activity and growth. There is room
for a great change in the moral sense
of our people, who lack, most of all,
teaching in respect for the law.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

100 acre farm for sale at a reasona-
bic price. Suitable for grain raising or
stock, Has good set Of buildings. A
large part Of the money can remain on
the place.
For sale az 4 very reasonable price, q
siX-room cottage. Barn and cistern.
About four blocks southof p. NJ. church.
Property has recently been put in first
class repair all through. inside and out.
Win be sold very reasonable.
The Peter Rink property. A 7-room
house, cistern, wood house and two
lots WIN be sold at a reasonable price
The W. II. Toay residence, very CON
veniently situated, has large rooms, is
an exceptionally warm house, and will
be sold for a reasonable price.
Two houses on Brewery street and
one large, nine-iOomed dwelling near
zinc works. VIII be sold cheap.
Parties wanting to buy, sell or rent city or
surrounding country property please call OK
!. B. REYNOLDS.
Opposite City Hall. Upstairs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

STATE officers have given attention
to the general protest against high
taxes and favor an extra session of the
legislature TO effect a solution of the
dilema. Republicans and Democrats
alike voted for the huge appropriations
unconscious of the all too grand total
thereof and the Stalwarts and Demo
Gratis TO the extent of their representa-
ton were just as much to blame as the
Progressive Republicans. Ii is hoped
the response to the cry of economy will
not be q swing to the other extreme.
What is wanted is sane middle
course. We want progress in road
building and in the University. No
extravaganza but progress efficiently
accomplished.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09
Educating the EMPLOYS.

Large industrial companies have
long since learned that educated en-
ployes are better than those possess
ing no education whatever. Taken all
in all an educated man has a better
chance to earn q livelihood. Men OF
this type, however, are not plentiful
aud 1t is oftentime5 necessary for q
progressive company to supply what
is lacking, In Brooklyn any employe
of the electric light company may Sc
lect any course at any school or col
lege in New York city which will be
of assistance In his or her work with
the company and have the tuition fee.
subject to approval of the company's
scholarship committee, paid in ad-
vance by the company, the amount be
ing deducted in weekly installments
sufficient to pay for the course at It's
completion If at the end of the term
the employee passes the examinations
with grade of 66 per cent. or better,
the amount deducted from the salary
list will then be returned to the en-
ploye. the company itself defraying
the cost of the instruction. Electrical
World.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09
Woes In the oMovIeo Business, Too,

Downtown theatrical managers WHO
have to deal with jealous actresses
and fussy stars, and exercise diploms
acy a thousand times a day, need not
think the lesser movie" mauagers
haven't troubles Of their own, says
the Kansas City Star In all my ex-
perience in the show business" re-
marked the manager Of a motion pic
ture place on Thirty-frst street, II
never had such a time as | had last
night I have two machines. One OF
them lost the governor belt, the other
snapped a tension; three keys on the
piano stuck, and the trap drummer
broke the head of the snare drum"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

THIS is an extravagant age, and
there is no end to the expenditure for
people who try to keep the place. The
man who paid twenty-eight thousand
dollars the other day for a Henry VIII
salt cellar will have to pay extra if he
wants it filed with salt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

BEFORE q large audience at Trinity
Methodist Church, Minneapolis. Govern
or Eberhart Of Minnesota recently gave
utterance 90 sentiment that should
afford strong testimony in favor of the
Church: ITO perpetuate my name |
would rather have it transcribed with
the Church than to simply have it
carved on marble or to have it entered
on the records as governor Of the
state. There never was a time wher
the standing of an honest sincere
Christian was higher than it is today.
The Churches do valuable service il
getting tbs a1gFle together and giving
them something to think about that
leads to the highest living that can be
practiced.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

Thus an exchange expresses itself in
n way The Tribune can endorse: "The
wife Of a wealthy Christianized China
man, Jeu Hon He. for thirty-five years
head Of the Chinese colony in st. Louis,
telephoned to a former Lieutenant
Governor of Missouri that she had had
trouble with her husband. Ho was a
merchant federal court Interpreter
and superintendent of Sunday school.
The trouble to which his wife rrferred
it seems was quite serious He had
received from the wife Of a Presbyte-
rian minister At Mount Vernon, ILL.,, an
invitation to attend q missionary en-
tertaiument, and this aroused in the
Chinese wife such desperate frenzy
Of jealous. that she seized hatchot
and hacked him to death. Like her
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

THERE were giants in those days"
is the language Of Scripture referring
to what might be termed the morning
of the human race. AT Dysart, County
Louth, in Ireland, what is supposed to
be group Of prehistoric graves has
been discovered The graves are en-
cased with stones, and one of them
contained the skeleton Of man who
apparent, was ten feet high.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09
Fitting Name.

What's that You call your mule n
7 call him Corporation, answered
the old colored man.
How did you come to give him such
a name?n
Fun studyin de animal an readln.
de papahs. Dat mule gets mo blame
an abuse dan anything else ii de towp1
ship. an goes ahead having his own
way jes de same"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

WE note that the treasury depart
ment considers Ohio, Indiana and so on
"middle western" states. When a
look at the map convinces us that the
center Of the country lies in Kansas,
isn't it about time TO get over these
provinciahsms?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

THE Department Of Agriculture
urges farmers to take the trouble to
select high-grade seed potatoes. By
this means alone, it declares, the crop
can be increased ten per cent. Ten per
cent added to the annual out-turn of
potatoes in the United States would
be equivalent to thirty-four million
bushels, worth say twenty-one million
dollars. Nor is this the only benefit
that would come from choosing pure
seed The average quality of Che crop
would be improved
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

FROM any point of view the capture
of Torrean by the Constitutionalist
leader, Villa, must be looked upon as
the most serious blow that Huerta has
received at the hands of his Mexican
opponents since the opening Of the
hostilities.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09
THURSDAY. APRIL 8. 1914.

THE statement that autopsies at
Bellevue hospital in New York have
proved that fifty per cent of the dag
noses are incorrent affords food for
thought.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

The Supreme Court Of the United
States has been appealed to for the
reversal of decision of the Supreme
Court of Tennessee that ex-slaves have
no Unbeatable blood The ownership
of farm of eighty-seven acres in
Shelby county, Tennessee, which was
the property of John Jones, an ex-
slave, is claimed by his brother Will
liam for the brothers and sisters Of
John, and the attorney for William
maintains that the Tennessee decision
that an ex-slave could have no proper
ty rights and no inheritance was in
violation Of the fourteenth amendment
to the federal Constitution. CoIored
citizens in all parts of the United
States will be interested in the out
come of this appeal to the highest ju-
dicia tribunal in the country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09

husband, Mrs. Ho was accounted con-
vert to Christianity. Evidently, how
ever, her pagan inner nature remained
unchanged. If this is the case with a
Chinese convert in this country, now
slender the likelihood that missionaries
make genuine Christians Of Cinnamon
in China Is it wonderful that there
are people who object to the policy Of
large expenditures for foreign missions
when there is so much opportunity for
useful missionary labor nearer home 2"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1914-04-09
}. B. REYNOLDS
Real Estate Agency

Property will be listed and advertised for
sale free Of charge In this column unless sale
Is made, IN sale is made only the usual com.
mission will be charged
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

Rabbit we only crope along so we
got mighty cold and tired during the
twenty-four hours we were on our
way instead of the usual twelve. Had
we been in America we could have
or electric car and been here in two
hours.
Santa Claus found US all right
though and was very good to all the
little folks He brought some Of HIS.
and some he got in China. If do not
with this letter | will send you soon
a little box of the kind of things he
can buy out here. The Chinese peo~
pie are very skillful in making little
things and it is great fun to go into
their shops but look out if you want
to buy anything. If they think you
do not know they will ask you two
or three times what they are really
willing to take. The japanese make
such nice toys too-bugs and birds
and trains and little men that can
run around over the floor and they
cost only a few pennies but like
most things Japanese they are only
to sell and do not last very long
We are visiting on the University
campus and it is like big park with
the school buildings and the teach
ers' homes inside Tis Sunday and |
can hear the little ragged Sunday
School children singing in the little
church just across the street They
sing real well too and if they do not
always get just the right tune they
are trying hard and loud. The little
old church is much too small and in
a few minutes if | look out of my
window | will see all over the Cam
pus circles of little boys sitting on
the ground with their teacher sitting
in the middle talking to them. Don't
know how they manage in rainy
weather Some of them will be list
ening and interested but many will
not be. | tried to teach a class OF
Chinese girls once, big girls, too, and
l could not tell from their faces
whether they heard what l said or
not | remember their smiling Just
once and that was when one of them
said "a pound of lead would be heav-
Ter than a pound of feathers" They
are bad in Sunday school and day
school just as some little American
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

girls and boys are. One Of the big
boys jumped into the well the other
day because they proved that twas
he who had been writing poetry
about one of the teachers. He only
wanted to brighten them all for he
knew the water was not deep enough
to more than wet his feet. He sue.
ceeded in frightening some of them
for the two noys thai come after DR.
Manget were nc Jared to tell what
they wanted almost Can l talk
Chinese? Not very much, but | can
understand a great deal more than
can say You ought to hear my lit
tie girls rattle it off though. Eliza
beth didn't know any English till
she was over two years old, now she
uses English about as we'll as Chin
csc, but she often puts it in the
Chinese idiom. For instance she will
say, This chair is too short to give
me sit down, or my ball is the
table under. What do you suppose
Jean means when she says, "Mama
bau bau Jean Chez? She means
MAMA take Jean and co.. Chinese
is very easy for child and they can
say things in Chinese much earlier
than they can in English.
One of the grown school girls had
such hard time recently. She be-
longs to big rich heather family
here in Huchow and she with several
sisters and cousins boards in our
school during the school week and
goes home to spend Saturdays. She
became a probationer (Mr. Daniel
will explain that to you) year ago
and told her mother she inteded to
join the church some time. Well,
during our conference in October
some of her school mates decided on
Sunday morning that they would
join the church that day and when
she came to go to school with them
they asked her to join too and she
did so without going back home to
tell her mother. The teachers always
insist that the pupils have their pa
rents consent to join the church but
this was done SO hurriedly that no
one had time to think. When the
mother heard of it the trouble began.
She sent for her daughter and beat
and abused her, saying that she had
deceived her and that the teachers
had helped and that no nice people
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

belonged to the church anyway. The
girl was firm refusing to take her
name from the church roll and final
Iy ran away and came to the school
for protection. The mother when
she found that she could not force
the girl to oDay ner said that she
would kill herself-you know Chin
ese had rather die than lose face. For
ten days she refused to eat and see
ing that this did move the girl she
came to the school and told the girl
and teachers that she had only been
threatening and that now if the girl
didn't do as she said that she would
certainly kill herself and that the
father would too if she did and we
knew she would The teacher sent
for the Chinese pastor who persuad-
ed the girl to sign paper saying
that by her mothers command she
took her name from the church roll.
The teacher took this paper to the
woman and told her that it did not
mean the girl would give up being a
Christian for she still had the doc
trine in her heart. The old woman
land / mean that to sound just that
way) said that she was satisfied as
she had carried her point, but l hear
she says that she will prosecute the
girl until she gets religion out of her
heart too. Now what would you
do? You thought all such things as
this had long since ceased, didn't
you? And my nurse tells me that
only a few weeks ago she saw two
little babies thrown out into the
streets right near our compound be-
cause their parents didn't want them
Some family may have taken them
in to grow up as slaves or they may
Orphanage but | would rather mine
die than to be left to either fate
Did | ever tell you that some time
ago big strong looking man brolgnt
his little girl to my door and asked
me to buy her. Some time feel like
taking one of the little things and
caring for it, but it means so much,
a girl in China is SO dependent. We
could keep her in a church boarding
school for about five dollars, Mex
per month, but what to do in vaca-
ton and furlough time would be the
Qlestion
Later.-We are back home again
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

and in good time too for the canals
are getting so low that soon travel
will be impossible Our boat stuck
in the mud severaI times on this trip
We havn't had any rain since July
and the Chinese are getting desper-
ate. No telling what they may do
for they have such queer ideas: for
instance they think if they do not
kill the pigs it will bring rain.
Since the Revolution a great many
have turned robber, and | suppose a
great many more will this winter
as time get harder. The robbers are
awful now and are getting so bold.
A crowd of them will attack village
and take everything in it killing
whoever resists them. They are
worse right around Huchow and peo-
pie have about stopped travelling at
night. We tried it last summer and
they stopped us but let US alone when
they found that we were foreigners.
The schools are closing today for
China New Year, their longest va
cation. IT'S great holiday with
them and all must have a new suit,
even if he hasn't had one since last
New Year, and all debts must be
paid. Some of you write to me and
ask about'anything you are interest
ed in out here. Will try to write you
oftener this year.
Sincerely,
MISS LOUISE"
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13
MRS. FRED MANGET
WRITES FROM CHINA
HUCHOW, CHINA, Dec. rs, '13
DEAR CHILDREN:-

DR.. Manget wrote to the big
folks Just few weeks ago so l am
going to write to you. ] kinder be-
lieve you had rather hear from me
anyway for if you didn't belong to
me about four years ago, your big
brother or sister did, so we are still
kin. You don't know how old it
makes me feel though when my Ma
ma writes me that some of my boys
and girls are away at college now,
and some of them are even getting
married If | were not afraid of en-
barrassing someone | would ask you
what the boys who used to keep me
in after school so often are doing. /
hear about many of you but some Of
you do not write to me often.
Wish l could take my little girls
to Sunday School to see you. They
have never seen the streets and
houses and churches and lots of lit
tie children such as you see every
day. They live in a nice big house
but it is inside big yard which has
a high wall around it so that they
cannot even see over it, We do not
take them on the street, as there is
no reason for them to go as all the
foreigners live inside this high wall;
the streets are only dirty dark lanes
between the rows of dark houses and
here we would be apt to meet all
kinds of diseases and see such ugly
things.
We are away from home now be
cause there is so much diptheria in
our compound. The children and
came to Soochow to spend Christmas
and since we left home the little
children next door have had it so
their father is afraid for us to re-
turn home. Wish you could have
seen us after we were all packed in
our house-boat ready to start. / am
sure you would have thought it great
fun for awhile and it would have
been, but the canal was so shallow
and the little old tug was pulling
so many heavy boats that like Brer
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

Is 1-2 acre truck farm near car
line. New three-room house, fine
well water, good garden, chicken
house, barn, etc. About IL acres in
cultivation. Just the place for one
wishing to do business in Atlanta
and live on little farm. Possession
given at once. Price $4,000.
R. E. BUTLER, Phone 1879.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

FOR SALE = Thompson Ringlet
barred rock eggs, both matings.
$3.50 to $500 a setting. FLOYD
Northcutt. d+
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

FOR SALE-Nancy Hall and Florida
Yam seed potatoes. Mr.. A. N
Mayes, R. F. D. s, Marietta. Ga.
Phone 2311. o+
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

Will sell at a bargain home and
lot on Henderson st.
H. G. Dobbs. 3-4-14 A.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13
FOR RENT.-Two stores on Church
street. F. G. Marchman.

FOR SALE acres on Cherokee st.
Feast front. At the city limits
H. G. Bobbs 3-4-14 At.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

| have a good family horse, plow
horse, buggy and harness. will give
you bargain. P. D. McCleskey. it
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

FOR RENTAL or part of house
on Cherokee street, Apply to ",
NJ. Hawkins.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13

Window glass sold at Dobbs Hard
ware Store.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-03-13
FOR SALE AND WANT ADS
FOR SALE

Two farm mules, wagon and har.
ness. $2250O E. E. BUTLFP