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Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28
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DEATH or a MIsER--The Newark IN. j
Mercury. says . Al his stone house on the
bloomfield turnpike, in the IIh ward. recently
died William Patterson. rzed about 80 wears. a
native of Scotland, and Glr the last quarter of
century known by old and young as the Swamp
NSer' For years it has been the habit of all
passing his neglected aud cherries dwelling TO
pojat out so companions and strangers the resi-
deHce OF the mIser, ard many curIous incidents
are mentioned a. having occurred in his life
He died he had lived talking Of interest and
eain-and surrounded by nothing conducive TO
comfort except such things as had been furnish
ei in his last hours by kind neighbo2 He
would have no doctor. though one was procured
against lis viii. who was asked bv the diving
visit. SAVING be would rather spend the money
for something else Neither would be have a
clergyman saving he believed none of his doc
trlues- HIS belief was peculiar. After Ger
. tam number Of years he expects TO return 10
tins world a young man. and lie had amassed
his property with a view 10 ihat event, expect
ing 70 receive II again, with interest. when he
returns Two nephewS. IL i said. are his heirs
and Will come IN tor q large sum. Ii ! said bv
some persons that he has a wlLe and child who
were driven from his presence years ago, and
-~notn i.s 9-'.--=t never consent 70 see. The
Ee1Se III wtach he lived on the east DanK tlIv
cauai j. 4 low stone building. and the furniture
( of hIs room consisted of three chairs and three
chests one OF the chairs aud one OF the chests
made his bedstead. and he lay upon them with :
or. covering. seldom undrc>sei himself and
was aluaYs seen standing. sitting or living with
his hat on bis head
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

AN ECONOMICAL BurTER CooLER.-Pro-
cure an Earthen ungiazed Flower Pot, OF
sufficient size TO cover the Batter Plate,
and also saucer large enough for the
flower pot 10 resi- 10 upside down: place a
trlvet or mea;-stand. such as Is sent to the
oven, when a JOINT IS baked in the saucer,
aud put OF this trivet the plate OF butter -
Now fill the saucer with water, and turn
the flower pot over the plate Of butter. 50
that It's bottom edge viii rest on the bot
tom Of the saucer, and beneath the water.
The hole in the Flower Pot, must be
fiued with a cork; the Butter will then De
in an AIR tight chamber. Let the whole
of the outside Of the flower pot be then
thoroughly dreDched with water and place
il in as cool as You can. II this be done
over night, the butter will be as . firm as
4 Rock al breakfast time or, if placed
there in the morning, the butter will be
quite hard for use, al tea hour.-The
reason of this Is, that when the wa,er
evaporates ii produces cold, The porous pot
draws up the water which in warm weather
is quickly eyaporated frop the sides, and
thus coois 1t. and as no air can get at the
Butter it becomes firm and cool in the hot.
test day.-N. Y O5SerUer, Jan. 4,
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28
A Sister in a Tight Place.

The following rich note Is credited to the
Chicago Christian Advocate and if 1t isn't fall
of fun we have appreciation of the article
How can We sinners be expected 20 pass a joke
without notice when the organs Of the Church
dish up such good things for a dying world. -
If we could get more laughing and less dying
into the world we would serve God better =
but here's the revival item:
Al, one Saturday evening fatigued
with his long journey, WAGNER, with his sor
John. drove hIs team into good range, deter
mined To pass the Sabbath. enjoying season
of worship with the villagers at their church.
When the time for worship arrived. John was
lett 10 watch the team. while the WAGNER went
IN with the crowd The preacher had hardly
announced his subject, before the man was
sound asleep. He sat against the body slips
just against him separated BY a very low par
sorbed by the sermon ; she struggled hard with
her feelings until unable to control them longer
she burst ont with wild scream, and shouted
al the top OF her voice routing the old man,
who but bali awake, thrust his arm around her
walls. and cried very soothIngIy. =. " o. ance
No, Aaucei Here, John, calling to his son,
" cut the belly band. and loosen the breeching
quick, or she'll tear everything to pieces. =
. Twas all the work Of q moment--the sister for
got 10 shout, the preacher lost the thread of the
discourse, aud The meeting came prenaturely =
10 ~ end, while deeply mortified, the old man
skulked away, determined not to 90 to meeting
again until he could manage to keep awake.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

IMMENSE SIZE OF TIE PYRANTDs.-A United
State naval chaplain. who has recently visited
tie gseat pyramid ot CAeops, IN Egypt vading
IL tie 4eep sand 400 feet before be had passed
one of Is sides. and between five and SIX thoas-
and feet before he made the circuit, says that,
taking hundred New York churches OF the
ordinary width. and arranging them IN the form
i : hollow square, twenty-five ca each side,
You would have scarcely the basement OF this
pyramid; take another hundred and throw Their
material la,0 the hollow square. and Il would
aot be iuli Ille en- all TIE stone of PhIladei-
phl3 aad Boston, aud the structure would mol
be as high and solid - this greatest work Of
man. One layer Of block was lang since re-
moved TO CaEio for buildsnc purposes. and
eaongh remains TO supply the demands Of halt
/. million Of people ior q century. II they were
permitted freely 10 use Il.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28
Progress of Gas Lighting.

The smoking car on each of the night express
trains on the New Haven line between this
city and Boston is now lighted with gas, under
HIiI & Woods patent of iS55, the gas being
contained at the ordinary street pressure in a
capacious box OF sheet iron and expelled by the
actIon OF a meter which Is worked by clock
spring as To serve as q pump. The holder X
Suspended under the car body and Is divided
into two parts bv a flexible diaphragm. VI hen
the upper side : opened 10 the atmosphere and
the lower side i Connected To the street mains
by a rubber hose the gas flows in and rapidly
raises the diaphragm. The filing OF each IN
this manner occupies, we are informed, aboEc
five minutes, and Is done while the cars are
standing idle at the termiaI stations TIE
charging completed. the meter, iustt AT OF serv-
ing It's usual purpose, - by the ,u of the
spring made active IN forcing common az into
the space above the diaphragm. The gas flows
to the burners through pipes connected 10 The
base Of the holder IN the ordinary manner. and
a sufficient quantity IS carried to supply : feet
per hour, product z amount of light equal
by pho;ometric measurement TO about Tunes
'ha' Of the large candies usu;.lly emPloyed-
Scientific american.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

TANNING DEER SKIxs.-The method usually
practiced in pre- pairing deer SKINS for market Is
a. follows: Fhe skins are placed in barrel OF
water with enough ashes 10 make weak lye.
They remain there until the halr IS off
easily with granting knife, aad they then
grained They are then hung up TO dry sntIl
hard aud filnty, and then a.e soaked IN rain
water with little soft soap the water being
about blood warm. To dry them wriuing IS
resorted to, and after this process, the wrlu kles
are pulled ont by the hand. They should be
next smoked with rotten wood or sawduSt, in a
long trench for day or 50. the skins being
placed loosely IN a box or barrel. and again
washed IN RAIN water. This process Is repeated
two or three times AID a rery well tanned skin
l. the result
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

50 The PeHdleton Messenger. in sketch of
the "a Old Stone Meeting House in that town,
after speaking OF several celeb atIes buried IN
the graveyard, says: Beneath . cluster OF
ceders repose all that Is mortal of John Miller,
printer. We fingered long by his grave. for his
eveulful llie afforded Us food for meditation
Miller the Oldest ty Po The State For the
publication Of JOnIus letters-lhe author of
those papers he well knew-he was expelled
from England. He came to South Carolina
worked for while IN the Office of the first pa
per pub ublished in this State, at Charlie ton, and
thence removed 10 Pendieron, using the press
hlch Gen Greene had in his campaign he
did Iob work until he commenced tie pubiIca
tIou OF the Pendleson Messenger. The world has
specuIa. ed much as to she authorship of JunIus
blst john Miller carried the secret TO his grave.
and has LETT information as TO the name Of
the author"
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28
A Glance at the Past-Battles in Europe.

AS matter of interest, at present we
/ give the following resul; of desperate
battles fought in Europe since 1872.
On the heights, four miles from Sala-
manca, in Spain, the English and Span
iards under Wellington, totally defeated
the French under Marmont, on the 22d
of July, 1912. The allies les, ) 200 men,
and the French 10000.
Al Borodino, oD the 7th of September.
was fought a desperate battle between
the Russians and French The French
! lost IN killed. wounded and prisoners, 50,-
/ O00; and the Russians about the same
plumber. The survivors of the French
army, from the Russian campaign, were
not more than 81 COO out of an army of
| 500, 900 men.
AT Lutzen, in Russian Saxony, on the
| I'd of May, 1913, the allied Russian and
| Prusslan forces were defeated oy the
French under Napoleon, the French los
ing $4,000, and the allies $4,000 men.
! Al Bauizen, in Saxony, on the 2lsi
and 22d May, 1913, battle took place
between she allies and the French, III
which the French loss was put down at
900, and that Of the allies ID 900.
I At Dresden in Saxony, on the 26;h and
9th of August, 1913, the allies were de-
fealed by the French The loss OF the
allies was abou! p 900 in killed wounded
and prisoners, and that OF the French II,
/ 00O
At Leipsic. in Saxony, in October,
1913, desperate battle was fought. which
lasted three days, and the French were
totally defeated by the allies. Napoleon
lost two Marshals, twenty generals and
/ $4,000 men. The allies lost l,799 Off
GERS and about 40, 900 men.
I At Victoria. in Spain, on the 2lst OF
June, 1913, the English and French
fought a battle, in which the French lost
! 1000 men, and the English $3.50 men.
i At Toulouse. in France, Wellington
defeated the French under Soult, on he
10Th of April, 1914 The French loss was
400; allied army's loss 4, $50 men.
At L!gny, in France, battle occurred
between the Prussians and French. on
on the of June, lSl5, two days before the
battle of Waterloo. IN which the Prus-
slams lost $4,000 men, and the French
$500.
In the indecisive battle Of Qua,re Bras
in Belgium. on the 18th of June, the day
before that of Waterloo. the allies lost s.,
200 men, and the French 5,ll0.
At Waterloo, the total loss of the allies
was is 900 men; Napoleon's about 40,
600.
Neither the Austrians nor the Prus
SLAMS can derive much encouragement
from history to engage IN war witt
France. The French troops have ONLY
been matched in these wars by the En-
gIish, the Spaniards, and the Russians
scarcely by the last.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

ASTONISHING FEAT.-Ihe Nll tIanclsco Ilsr :
dld saws. that James Canavan, who had under
taken to run four hundred miles in one hun =
cred hours, accomplished his aTduous feat in
that city, having perfor tie distance an 9s
hours and % minutes Ga The last ten rounds
he was kept up by cheers and noise, as Well as
urging. when he struck trot and came Ia WIN
ner. He weighed one hundred and twenty-six X
pounds at the start, aud one hundred and TWEEN
ty-ene and half AZ the conclusion of his wager
having lost four pounds and halt. The bes'
time made eight miles in hour, aud on
the last hour ne accomplished but one mile and
a half
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

IoUTH PURsUIHG THEIR SrUDIEs.-
The number OF students now attending
Unitarian and Uuiversalist colleges in the
United States is 564; in the Episcopal
722 IN the Roman Catholic, ,075 in
the Methodist. ,379; 10 the Baptist, :
52S in the Cougregati 2nai, l.s5S; IN
the P Presbyterian. 5,4S2; making a .o.ai
OF II COS IN the various stages Of Iheir
collegiate course 10 l22 Of the colleges OF
fhe country In the various high schools
free academies, polytechnic institutions,
there are probably as many more. INA king
about p 900 in the higher classical ins''-
tulions. About 50 600 young ladies are
supposed 10 be connected With he female
Summaries. In the seventeen law schools
there are 937 students; III the forty med
/ ical schools there are 4,765 students ; II
the forty-nine theological schools there
are 504 students
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

20 The present war Is stirring up
feeling in Paris which may lead to strange
results by and by. 1t IS SAID that in all
the cabarels aud drinking shops in the
Faubourgs, :. Aniione, and ST. Marcel
nothing Is now heard but the A!@rseiIies
and Mourir pour Ia Pa;rie.' which have
been for SO many years forbidden to be
sung. Nor IS this all A freedom of po-
litical discussion IS observed which has
no, deem permitted of late years. The re-
suit OF war has. according to Paris gossip,
occas stoned both surprise nnd DISCUS, 10
the Emperor.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

CHAMPIox VAUGHAN, editor OF the
Leayenworth Times. has fallen under The
displeasure of the Fugitive Law. being
sued for the recovery Of 81 600, the sum
provided by that law as The penalty for
the loss of a slave, which Champion is
accused OF aiding to pro,ect from recapture
by his claimed own4rs The slave is
gone, which is all right, and we renture
The prediction that when the owner get
bis cost out of Champion, they will be
older and We trusi wiser, than they are
now.-Free DcuUcrat
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

"I Dip As THE REsr DID. This tame,
yielding spirit, this doing ' as the rest
did" has ruined thousands.
A young man Is invited by vicious
companions TO visit the brothel, gam bI-
ing room, haunts of RIGHTEOUSNESS. He
becomes dIssi sipa,ed, spends his time, loos-
IS his credit, squanders property, and al
last sinks Into an uutlmely grave. What
ruined hlm2 Simply, doing as the res,
did
a father has a family Of sons, lie is
wealthy. Other children IN the same
situation of life do so. are indulged IN
this and that. He INDUCES his own IN
the same way. They grow up idIers
aud tops. Tue father wonders why his
children do not succeed better He has
-i NJ alas they are only a source of
vexation aud trouble. Poor man he is
Just paying the penalty Of L" doing as the
rest did.
This poor mother strives hard to bring
up her daughters genteeliy. They learn
what others do, TO paint, to sing, to play,
TO dance, and few useful matters. Ia time
they marry, their husbands are unable TO
support their extravaganza, and they are
soon reduced to poverty and wretchedness.
The poor woman is astonshed- Truly
says she. - did as the rest did"
MoRAL-men will never become wise
and better ill they carry ou the impulses
OF their rational judgment, independent
Of all customs, or habits, or fears of SIN
gularily.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

S- Rochester has another" mys.er.
ious affair" Somebody has discovered oy
the river side, below the famous C.;is
Field the foot of a woman. which au-
peaFed to be severe,i al the ankle ioint.
The Rochester Unton puts questions and
specuIates as follows: Where is the
rest OF tne i7rua,s . whom the limb once
belonged Is she among the iiviny, or has
departed, WAS II by violence. leaving only
this foot to tell The tale, or did she die
natural death. and so come to..dismember-
ment through The assistance OF medical
studeufsl
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

Ez5 Mr.. Greeley, writing from Pipe
Creek, on the Pixies Peak rout. two
hundred miles from the outposts of civ
ilIzation, says:
The progress l have made during the
last fortnight toward the primitive SIM
plicity of human existence may be roughly
noted as thus:
May l2th-Chicago-Chocolate and
morning newspapers seen last time on
the breakfast table
23d-Lea ~enworlh-R Room-bells and
baths last table.
24th-Topeka-Beefsteas and wash
bowls (olher than tin) last visible. Bar
Der likewise.
Observation-Disclosures and eggs
last recognized among the blessings that
g" brighten as they take their flight
Chairs likewise.
27h-Juncuon City-Last visitation of
a boot black, with dissolyiug views Of a
board bedroom. Chairs bid adieu.
2Slh-pipe Creek ek-Benches for seats
at meals have disappeared, giving place
to bags and boxes. We (two passengers
of scribbing turn) write our letters in
the express wagon that has borne US by
day and must supply US with lodgings
for the night. Thunder and lightning
from both south and west strong promise
of as shower before morning. Dudious
looks at several holes in the cover of the
wagon. Our trust IS IN Sgcyant hearts
and an India-rubber blanket. Good
night =
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

REPUBLICAN SESrzMENT IN ONO
The Republican State Convention of
Ohio, recently IN session, proclaimed the
following as the principles OF the party on
the subject of the rights of adopted citi-
zens. The mention Of South Carolina is
peculiarly appropriate, as that State is
absolutely exclusively, and pre-eminenliy,
democratic. and IJs Know Nothing procii-
vIties must be the theme Of admiration OF
all the sham democracy.
Our Ohio friends say:
9" We claim for citizens, native and
naturaiized, liberty Of conscience, equality
or rights, and the free exersise OF the
right of suffrage. We favor whatever
legislative administrative reform may be
necessary TO protect these rights, and
guard against their infringement or abuse,
and we oppose any abridgement whatever
Of the right OF naturalization pow secured
by law to emigranls. and all dlscFimina-
ton between native and natuTalized cIti-
zen<. whether by amendment Of State
constitution or other wise and we condemn
equally such discrimination whehevei
and wherever made. whether by S3uiE
Carolina or anv ether State
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

REMEDY FOR BRoNcHITIs-A writer
in the Baltimore .Snn, who has been ar.
fiIcted severely in his family by that ap-
palling disease, bronchitis, has found re-
lief from the following remedy: " Take
honey in the comb, squeeze il out and d.
lutte with a little water, and wet the lips
and mouth occasionally with it." Il had
lever been known 10 tail in cases where
children had throa;s 50 swollen as to be
unable 10 swallow. 1t IS certainly sim
pie remedy and may be 4 very efficacious
one,
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

EDUcATIoN.-Thewai thought it very
unfair tc influence child's mind by incuI.
eating opinions before il should have come
to years q discretion aud be able 10
choose for ITSELF. | showed him my gar
den. How so 2" said he il is cover
ed with weeds oh" | replied.
that's because ii has not ye; come 10 its
age Of discretion aud choice The weeds,
you see, have taken the liberty to grow,
aud | thought it unfair in ine to prejudice
the soil towards roses and strawberries"
= C0IerGIce
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

EI- An ancient barrel is IN the pcs
session Of Benson Coe, of West Hartford.
Ii bears date 1910, and Is. therefore, two
hundred and forty-nine years old. II IS
known 10 have been used as vinegar
cask for over one hundred and eighty
wears Tire cask Is still sound, and some
OF the hoops were on IL before the Re-
volutionafy war. Mr.. Coe supposes ,ha,
his ancestors brought !; from Holland at
the time OF the earliest settlements in
Massachuretts.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28
DeSutute.

Mrs. Stout, the mother of the wretcheG
Criminal. Ira Stout, executed at Roehes-
ter, Is SAID 10 be IN the most destitute esr-
cumstances In that city. No one will al
low her to rent u house and no one will
give her work. She has been living und er
an assumed name. twill be recollected
that during the entire iute rva. between the
wicked murder OF LitlIes and the execu-
lion of the blasphemous scouudrel, Ira
Stout. he and his sister were the recipients
of the tenderest sympathy from the good
people OF Rochester. They held a per-
petuaI levee IN their cells; pIous men were
constant In their attendance on the Pretty
murdress, and charitab bic women layished
kssls and caresses on the incesluous
wretch-than whom 40 rIper fruil ever
graced the gailows tree. The Albany
Statesma.., In commetlng on these facts
asks:
Where are now these hot-blooded wo-
men-these lecherous men Of Rochester
Why do they not seek out and relieve
Mrs. Stout the houseless starving mother
of the two criminals? She has no guill
upon her soul. Her trials commend her
10 the pity of every feeling heart. Her
only fault appears TO have been her union
with bad man, and for this she has paid
a heavy penalty. The cnildren of heI
! love-for what guilt can crush out u moth
ers affection 2-haye been torn rom her
the one consigned TO murderer's grave
The other the inmate Of a prison. An
gulsh, the keenesi that the human mind
/ can conceive, has iacerated her heart
Aud what sympathy, wha! relief does she
meet from the Rochester phiianthropisis
/ The women who did not blush 10 cares:
with sweating palm" her guilty son
are shocked at the improprIety OF employ
1 ing the innocent mother as "a Iaundress
4 The men OF unblemished character,
who so bumanely comforted her sinfu
/ daught are startled al the imprudenct
/ of renting a miserable howell 10 the be-
reaved parent. Without shelter or feod
/ she Is kicked forth in the world, ant
summed as leper by the humane ciiizen
/ OF Rochester,
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

PorATors.-Mr. 5. y. Allen. of Greece,
Monroe County, y. Y, states that q pro-
duced, the past season, 3Sl bushels o.
potatoes from SIX bushels ot.ged. Vari-
ely, the purple mercer. The po:aroe7
were cut fine, having two to three eyes IA
a piece. two pieces Ia each hill. Planted
abou, June lOth on tight sandy soil, part
of the ground barley stubbIe, and pari
clover and Timothy sod. Used some six
loads Of barn-yard manure.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

- great jumping match came of at Avon,
Ny. lately for 500. The wager was $3.50 a
side. on thirfy-seven feet AZ three standing
jumps. on perfectly level ground. which the
winner did with ease. In addition to the above,
be cleared tventy-s feet and one inch al
two standing JUMPS, and at oBe single jump at
sixteen feet.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

f There IS a married man In Gale.
na, H.. who insists that every night abou.
ten o'clock, a ghost n wcnen's garb ep-
pears 20 him. liil he turns IN terror 10 his
wife. who, it seems, cannot see the ap-
partition. He boi,s the doors and fastens
his windows. but i IS Of no use. he in,ru-
der comes. One Of bis OLD sweeihearts, on
doubt
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28

- 4 German women living near Cincinnati,
recently hanged herself 10 a bed post When
she wsls first discovered. her pulse was still
beating twenty TO the miuSte. y bys'ander
waS about To cut her down, bat a policeman
threatened him with arrest. if he touched her
before the coroner was Al hand So she hung
aud when the coroner came she was dead
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1859-06-28
- The IndIs

- The Indianapolis Journal SAYS that Mr..
Frederick Ruseh, of thai city. = we'll known
Europe some SIX or eight weeks since on q VS.
1t 10 his old home and friends. Immediately on
his ar-5saI IN Prussia elsits-j a conscrip;i
forced l,ts7 The army. and i now held there to
serve his three wears a. a Prussian sa,deir.