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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21
THURSDAY. JAN. 81. 1915.

SENATOR BURKE of Green Bay prom
ises to do his utmost in trying to save
the state $l50,OOO by legislation on
printing and he will offer bills with that
purpose in view this week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

REPRESENTATIVE FREAR of this state
is again pounding away at the rivers
and marlboro pork barrel bill. The pork
grabbers would be more than happy, no
doubt, if something would happen to
the Badger representative.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

An insurance official declares spin.
sters live longer than married women.
Married men are also said to live
longer than bachelors But if all men
We're married, there would be very
few spinsters, and If all women were
spinsters there wouldn't be any mar
rted men. What are We going to do
about it2-New York World.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21
RESULTS TELL
There Can be no Doubt AbOuf the
Result In Mineral Point.

Results tell the tale
All doubt is removed.
The testimony of Mineral Point cit
zen.
Can be easily investigated.
What better proof can be had?
William Hammill, High ST., Mineral
Point, Wis, says: 81 had weak
kidneys. The kidney secretions passed
too frequently and bothered me, espec-
ially at night. The secretions were
highly eolored and scanty. used Doan 5
Kidney Pills as directed and my health
improved. The trouble with my kid
neys was corrected, too.
Price 50 cents, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
MIR. HammilI had. Foster Milburn
Co, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21
Building for Sale.

l offer a good sized building for sale.
purchaser TO move same from premi-
SEES. For particulars inquire of
2tf ]. C. STENDEBACH.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

ENEMY advancing on the right
flank; send reinforcements." 1t was
sought to pass this message by word
of mouth from man TO man through a
line Of sentinels in the body Of English
troops drilling at Salisbury, but here is
how the message was worded when it
reached the end of the line: Enemy
advancing with ham-shank; send
three aud-four-p pence. " There is al
ways a large risk of error in messages
sent by word Of mouth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21
proper 60 for MarrIaae.

In ancient Rome men sixty years
Of age and women OF fifty we're pro-
hibited from marrying Aristotle, in
his Politics, says that eighteen is the
best age for woman to marry, and
twenty-five for a man. An eminent
British medical authority fixes the
physiological ago for the marriage OF
the male at from twenty-five to TWEEN
ty-tive, and from seventeen TO twenty
one for that OF the female This may
be true physiologically, but other con
siderations suggest an age more ad-
vanced. How can the calf-love Of
seventeen or twenty-five know its own
mind Exchange.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

Education is developing OF the
mind, not n stufflug OF the memory.
Digeut what you read.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

Old men have VISIONS, young men
have dreams. Successful farmers
pillow deep while slugsards sleep.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

a little mind often sees the unbe-
hei without seeing the belief Of a
large one.-Holmes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

The growing Of legumes win retard
soil depletion and greatly add to it's
power TO produce.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

A. II. Hodsdon, Samuel Hurwick,
N. G. Wright. Jim Sollinger.
Miss Clara Markward. Harry Dame,
Miss Maud Veal Miss Lizzie Higgins.
Jan. q, 1915. B. T. PRIDEAUx, P. M.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

Whips worth 100 cents and sold for
81 and chance with each on rubber
trimed single harness at Beers and
Manley.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21
The Book Sc ason.

Are you fond of Bach. MIR. Dubs?"
Really, Mrs. De Sousa, very seldom
drink anything. buffalo Express,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21
RATE INCREASE
NECESSARY
FARMERS UNION OFFICIALS
THINK RAILROADS ARE EN-
TITLED TO MORE REVENUE.
Prod let's OF Plow and Farmer Vine
Lives at Home Should Be
Exempt From Increase.
ey Peter Radford.

Lecturer National Farmers Union.
The recent action of the Interstate
Commerce Commission In granting an
increase in freight rates in the eastern
classification of territory; the applica-
tion OF the roads to state and inter-
state commissions for an increase in
rates, and the utterances OF President
Wilson Oh the subject bring the farm
ers of this natio2 face to face with the
problem Of an increase in freight
rates, 1t is the policy Of the Farmers
Union to meet the issues affecting the
welfare Of the farmers squarely and
we viii do so in this instance.
The transportation facilities of the
United States are inadequate to eff
fectiyely meet the demands of COM
merce and particularly in the South
and West additional railway mileags
is needed to accommodate the move
ment OF farm products II in the wis
dom of our Railroad Commissions an
increase In freight rates is necessary
to bring about an Improvement in our
transportation service. aud an extern
sion of our mileage, then an increase
should be granted and the farmer is
willing to share such proportion OF
the increase as justly belongs to him,
but we have some suggestions to make
as to the manner in which this in
crease shall be levied.
Rates Follow Lines OF Least Resist
ance.
The freight rates Of the nation have
been built up along lines Of least re-
sistance. The merchant, the manu-
facturer, the miner, the miller, the
lumberman and the cattleman have
had their traffic bureaus thoroughly
organized and in many instances they
have pursued the railroad without
mercy and with the power of organ
lied tonnage they have hammered the
life out Of the rates and with unre-
strained greed they have eaten the
yitals out of our transportation system
and since we have had railroad com
missions, these interests, with skin
and cunning, are represented at every
hearing in which their business is
involved
The farmer is seldom represented
at rate hearings, as his organizations
have never had the finances to EN-,
ploy counsel to develop his side Of
the case and, as a result, the products
OF the plow bear an unequal burden
of the freight expense A glance at
the freight tariffs abundantly proves
this assertion. Cotton, the leading
agricultural product of the South, al
ready bears the highest freight rate Of
any necessary commodity in com.
merce, and the rate on agricultural
products as a whole is out of pro-
portion with that of the products of
the factory and the mine.
We offer no schedule Of rates, but
hope the commission will be able 10
give the railroad such an increase in
rates as is necessary without levyinE
a further toll upon the products of
the plow The instance seems to prei
sent an opportunity to the Railroaa
Commissions to equalize the rates as
between agricultural and other classy
of freight without disturbing the rates
on staple farm products.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

"A factory girl in st. Louis tr,ed to
kill herself because she could not dance
at an, and a society girl in New York
dropped dead because she danced too
much, and so the woes of the world
are balanced
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1915-01-21

C ntered at the postoffce in Mineral Point
Wis as second-class matter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
Politics in Japan

The general election recently held in Japan had many features resem- bling those of an election In this country It was quite apparent that the Japs had studied western methods and profited by them. Buying votes was practiced on rather extensive scale, although government agents were busy throughout the country trying to prevent the corruption of the ballot box.
 Comparatively small part of the total Japanese population is qualified to vote. Out of nearly 60,000,000 people the voters number only about 1,500, ,0O0. For the first time in the history of modern Japan the premier and the members of his cabinet took an active part in the campaign. They went on the stump in all parts of the country and their efforts were chiefly responsible for the govern ment's victory. They travelled in spe- cial trains and made rear-platform talks to the voters, at times speaking out of windows. Hundreds of thou sands of circulars, letters and post cards were sent out. Count Okuma, the premier, sent many personal tele- grams asking voters directly for their support.
 Party politics are only beginning to make headway in Japan. There are no regularly organized parties now. Elections revolve around certain persons. There are three or four so- called parties in the country, but none of them adhere to any fixed theories of government. The premier and his cabinet are responsible only to the throne and even if defeated in the diet, do not have to resign. The gov ernment is organized by the genro, or elder statesmen, the participation of the throne being nominal.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
BUSINESS AND CUPID
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 KEW YORK-The chase for the
 M elusive dollar by tradesmen in 4 this city is just as keen as any huntsman gunning for big game. The axiom here is If you want dollar get on its trail and hunt it down." And the way business men get on its trail is through the newspapers. They pay more attention to the society columns, especially about that little God of Love, Dan Cupid. They figure him as the greatest source of profit. Let an en- gagement be announced and the chase for the dollar is on. As an illustration: The other day the engagement of a young couple was announced. On the following day four letters came to the girl. The first one was from a big rail- road company, telling her in detail of the advantages of the railroad in ques tion for honeymooping. Another letter was from a firm selling trunks. They advised her that no honeymoon was complete unless she had one of their rev fangled trunks. Letter nomber three was from a photographer, who said his speciality was taking pictures of brides in their marriage gowns.
 Years hence" said the letter, you will find such a picture one of the most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24

cherished mementos of the greatest day in your life. Your gowns will have long since been worn out, but a picture will live forever" The fourth letter was from fashionable modiste, advising her that if she wished to be gowned in the latest mode she should consult her
 And still the letters come. A milliner described her hats in f1owery language
 a man in Detroit wrote: If you are go- ing to make your bridal trip on the bounding waves I have the only guar anteed preventive of nal de mer, com monly known as seasickenss. It costs but $1 bottle" Jewellers, florists. fur niture dealers, department stores, even the butcher in the ghborhood. all wrote letters to the astonished young woman telling of their wares and re- questing her patronage. A woman in- surance agent wrote telling of the ever present danger of accidents in travelling and stating that an insurance policy was as good as money in the bank. T will be pleased to make out a policy for your husband" said the writer The letters are coming in so fast that the bride-to-be says she never realized how important she was in this community until now. Similar missves have also been received by the husband to- be-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
New Pipe Works ProsperinR

As an index of improved conditions. I am glad to say that the National Cast Iron Pipe company plant located at Tar rant City, had a prosperous month of it in March and indica tions of even a bet ter showing for April" said Dr. Felix Terrant, who has large interest in this new enterprise.
 We have had handicap along with other industrial enterprises, but today the sun of prosperity Is casting it's rays over our plant. We are now employing some 13o men; as soon as we can put in our tkird pit we will materially increase our force. It will require 50 days to do this.
 "Tarrary. City will feel the good effects of the success of the pipe works, and from now on we expect to see our indus trial community grow steadily into an inn portant center of profitable labor. and happy, prosperous, contented home-own- ers"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
Investigation Begins Today

The city commission will begin an investigation this morning regarding the Second avenue horror of Wednes- day with view of fixing the blame.
 It will be a public investigation and any one who desires to appear as a witness or who may have opinions to express in the way of censure will be at liberty to do so. The commission invites the fullest and freest express sion on the part of the public.
 In the excitement incident to such disaster as that in which number of lives were lost by a high wall of burned structure falling on adjoin- ing buildings many harsh comments are made. High walls of burned buildings should never be allowed to stand, no matter whether they seem secure or not. The city should lose no time in adopting an ordinance to that effect. In the meanwhile the public should withhold it's judgment as to the blame for this catastrophe until the investigation is completed.
 Let everyone who wishes to be heard go to the city hall and talk out freely. What the public demands is thor ough investigation and that is what the commission is prepared to con- duct, regardless of consequences.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
THE LADY BoUNcER.


 It is common occurrence for belliger- ent persons to invade newspaper editorial rooms and threaten to do up' somebody because the publication of an article has offended them. They are usually pacif1ee and sent on their way by diplomatic men- bers of the staff Newspaper men are not afraid to fight, but they are too busy to engage in asticuff and then take day off to recuperate. Recently a welter- weight pugilist, who enjoys considerable fame in fstic circles. walked into thu newspaper office of an Illinois town to start something with the editor, his peevishness being the aftermath of wet" and dry" election. The editors wife was present and ordered the pusiist out. When he refused to go she struck him in the face with a folded newspaper Thereupon the pugilst retired in some dis order What the doughty editor was do- ing at this time is not stated Battles in newspaper offices could be prevented by having a woman-the smaller the better meet all corners. She could give the mem- bers of her own sex Hail Columbia something no helpless male editor can dc, and the worst bully would hesitate to strike woman-unless married to her
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
"FL LYPAPER' FOR MASTODONS

Will Payne in the Saturday Evening Post. " HE earliest oil explorations on the
 globe of which there is any record,
 \ occurred about eight miles from hand side of Wiltshire boulevard as you drive out from the city. You come to clumn of trees surrounding a brownish and uninviting pool. Beyond it is an an cient whitewash shed shed, with a great many pairs of gloves drying on a line Tn front of it. On one side stands a frame cabin of pioneer type-the old Hancock house-and, a few rods beyond that, oil was discovered 1000 centuries or so before the more celebrated performance in Penn- sylvania.
 There are now on this venerable oil field several pits in which workmen, un- der the direction of the University Of California, are tenderly excavating bones of prehistoric animals. A tarry fluid oozes down the sides of the pits. The soil is hard and greasy, being heavily inn pregnated with oil-hence the gloves worn by the workmen, an extensive washing of which hangs on the line before the shed to which the bones are carried for cleaning and sorting.
 From the pits have been taken the skele- ton of an elephant 15 feet high, skeleton remains of mastodon. camel, horse, bison. saber-toothed tiger, wolf, lion. giant sloth and some 60 pieces of birds. It Is the biggest deposit of bones of the pleistocene age vet discovered The finds are so rich that the university. I hear, intends to set up sort of bones exchange, trad ing its surplus specimens to other mus eums fol specimens 1t lacks.
 You may imagine two bespectacled pro- fessors sitting down to swap pleistocene horses, each gravely avering that his beast
 Is sound in wind and not afraid of motor cars In the pits, any day, you may sec a workman chiseling out the tn1gh or giant sloth or digging up the sKuii oi a saber- toothed tiger; while, Tn me sheu' boxes of ancient jaws, shins ana 1ore- arms are stacked up, as though sucn oo- iects were as common as old shoes. Doc- tor Merriam calculates that several thou sand animals must have been embedded there. The finds are on the edge of La Brea Rancho. part of slightly undulating plain rimmed by mountainous hills. Going out to the pits, you step over rubbery puddle of asphalt that has oozed from the erbund. In the morning following a cool night 1t is hard enough to bear a mans weight, but on warm day the foot sinks into i- as into mud. In such puddles. to this day. birds and other small animals are frequently trapped. Ventliring on the gluey stuff, they sink into it and cannot get out It is still a common experience | in the oil country that ducks and geese will alight after dark on a pool of oil. ' mistaking 1t for water.
 The oil imme diately soaks their wings
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
On the Elevators

"In the south it is a custom for gen tlemen to take off their hats in an elevator when there is a lady thereon and the best mark of a plebeian Is the man who fails to do so," remarked a well known southerner.
 "I spent several years in New York city" he added. land could so easily distinguish a southerner from a north erner by this distinguished considera- ton for womanhood.
 T very much fear that some of our Birmingham men are descending to the low ebb of nonobservance of respect to the fair sex"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24

that the craze is on the wane. While dancing itself is healthful and en- joyable exercise, it has been over done. It is pleasant relaxation, but not the chief aim of existence. Of course there will be some new fad treading on the heels of the departing one, but many will hope that we shall have long rest from the reign of half-mad Terpsichore.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
LUKE M'LUkE SAYS
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 You are in the same fix as a big league player. What you batted in 1909 isn't going to hold your job for you in 1915.
 man is as old as he feels when he wakes up in the morning. woman is as old as she looks when she wakes up in the morning.
 Thoer are all sorts of neighbors in the world including the woman who gets mad because the little squalling brat next door cries and disturbs Fido when he is taking his beauty nap in the afternoon.
 Tho reason why every body talks at once at a gathering of women is because that is the only way to get a word in edge wise.
 There was time when the girls were so bashful that they waited for man to propose to them. But nowadays a man has a choice between being led to the altar or of filing a protest and buckng up against a breach of promise suit.
 The old-f ia shioned man who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth now has son who was born with corkscrew in his hand.
 It takes a whole lot of crumbs of com- fort to make a square meal.
 Economy Is a good trait. But no mar rico man should pick up the hairpins he finds on the street and put them in his pocket
 Any old time man marries for money he is certain to discover that his wife is too rich to agree with him.
 Some men haven't any homes. And othe. men are married to suffragettes. If man went downtown with his head dclled up in three-cornered dingus with turrets and curleycues and a cats tail and chicken head pinned on one side and a young whisk broom and a bunch Of spring onions on the other side and two strips of red flannel hanging down in the rear, he would be arrested and sls II. med in the booby hatch. But a wom- an can do it and get away with it. Every now and then you will meet a mar who is/ so worried over the money marke. thaf he can't dig up any market money.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
The Dance Craze

No fad of recent years in this coun- try has been more widespread than the dance craze, which now, happily, is said to be on the wane. One of George Ade's clever Fables in Slang' relates how the son of a rich business man pulled the old gentle man out of bankruptcy and restored the family fortunes by his ability to dance and to teach all the newest steps. Previous to that time the son had been a woeful disappointment to his parents, but the mania for doing the 57, more or less, varieties of the tango and all the hops, trots and glides proved the making of him.
 Mir. Ade's fable was not exagger- ated. There are a number of profess sional dancers in the United States who have made large fortunes during the past few years, simply because they were Tight on their feet" One well known couple, in particular, are already so we'll provided for that they need never dance another step. There are also hundreds and perhaps thou sands of persons who have made a good living by giving dancing lessons, who would have doubtless felt the pinch of hunger had not this form of dementia assailed old and young alike with such force that from one end of the country to the other he who could not dance according to the fashion was left to his own devices.
 As fast as one dance was mastered another had to be learned, and this put more money into the pockets of the crafty teachers. It was not enough to dance a large part of the right. There must be afternoons de- voted to it and even mornings, al- though the morning dance required comparatively early rising on the part of it's devotees, which was irk- some.
 Now we are reliably informed, by the professional dancers themselves,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-04-24
The Railroads Buying Heavily

Early in the year the railroads be- yan placing. orders for steel rails, and a few of them placed contracts Tor such rolling stock and motive power as were absolutely needed and the nurchase of which could not be post poned. But equipment is now being ordered on a very large scale.
 The Pennsylvania company's an- nouncement that it is placing orders for cars and locomotives and other stock involving an expenditure of BPS. .0OO,0 is cheering to the entire business world. It shows that the traffic of the road justifies the bet terments and shows further that the company has confidence in the imme- diate future of business.
 What the Pennsylvania is doing in the way of adding new equipment to its line will be done by other roads lWenIN-eJ2lJ HlllllOll uoiiuiS 10 o 'e'SN sus, of money and will pay for a great many engines and cars.
 Other roads may not spend quite as much as the Pennsylvania, but they will spend millions. The rail roads will buy more equipment this year than they have bought in the last three or four years. The buying movement will soon be in full swing. It reflects rapid business recovery and every industrial center will feel a direct benefit.
 The railroad buying will create a demand for pig iron. The iron mar ket is now very active, but prices are still low. But it will probably not be ten days before Birmingham iron is selling above S10. May should wit ness buoyant s11 or SIP market. It looks as if boom period was very near.