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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07
Sell citing Horse.

correspondent of the Ohio Farmer in
dulges III the following suggestions which
may be useful to some of our readers:
Many horse, when fitted for the market,
has a fine look to common eye, when in
fact it is second rate, or perhaps nearly
worthless, SO. also, horse in its natural
state, especially if it is in flesh, may look
well to an experienced eye aud be Mt the
same time an inferior animal. Probably in
no article OF trade are persons often de-
ceived as in the purchase of horses. So
risky Is this, that many prudent buyers
never purchase except on trial of a week
or more, and | would advise AL who do not
know how TO select good horse to adopt
this course. BY grooming aud using a
horse few days, almost any one can tell
what manner of horse II is.
In buymg horse, particular attention
should be given to the eye. 1t should be
clear, stand out round and full. The eye
brows and lids should be free from lunches,
and there should be no swelling under the
lower lids.
would turn from a hon Sc that has duh,
sunkeu, Fat eye, In nine eases out OF ten
there is trouble connected with Il, Either
the disposition of the horse will be bad, or
he will be lazy, or his eyes will fail good
way to test the present condition OF sight
is to lead horse out OF II dark stable into
a strong light If he knits his brow, throws
his head up rs If to get more light, acts as
if he wanted his glasses TO see clearly
stand from under, you may be sure he has
bad eyes, The feet should also be careful
ly examined A horse with bad feet is of
/ A -
and solid; the heels firm, tnot spongy,) the
frogs dry and the soles shallow. See the
foot that the honest smith calls good one.
| The shoulders should be Of medium size
TOR common use; Ms then you have good
speed and durability.
The limbs should be clean, tree from
splents, wind-gills. spavins, and tumors of
all kinds Should look AS If made from the
body. In movement the fore legs and
shoulders should seem to have but one ac-
ton. II you want good horse, look well
to this.
The body should be well formed, back
straight and the hips lower than the with
ers. See that the breathing ia natural,
and that there is no uncommon motion I'M
der the short ribs. A broken winded horse,
unless resned, nearly always shows this.
A horse with large, heshy head, and thick
neck, also one with aeshy legs, should be
rejected. A lame horse, that "has been
lame but a day or two from running in the
pasture, or from the prick Of a nail, should
be looked we'll to. Better wait till he gets
well before you buy.
There are many other minor points that
of course should be looked up, such as age,
natural constitution, disposition, habits,
interfering, etc. have only intended to
point out some of the qualities Of Il good
horse, that an inexperi enced buyer would
be likely to overlook. AS a last word l
would say-if you buy of n jockey, expect
to be cheated.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

A STORY WORTH TELLING. An old Eng
lish gentleman, a school teacher, who some
years ago resided in one of the small towns
of Ohio, was an agreeable teller Of stories,
but deemed it bendth his reputation as
roconte,r to tell one that did not surpass
any that had preceded it. A farmer hav-
ing come to the village remarked, in the
presence Of his friends, that be had been
ploYing all the week with four horses,
breaking up new ground, and dwelt upon
it as being a very "big thing" "Pshaw"
said the old Englisbman, "that's moth
ing | have seen in England fifty yoke
OF oxen hitched to one plow!' The
remark seemed to occasion general sur.
prise "And continued he, "the funniest
part OF the whole thing was, that while the
pillow was on the top OF one hill, the leading
yoke of oxen was on the top Of another hiil,
and the fOrty-nine between the plow and
the leaders were suspended between the
two hills Anu there Was another matter
connected with it rather strange. la the
course Of the day the plowman, becoming
rather careless about driving his team, ran
into and split big oak stump The pillow
passed safely through the split, but before
the plowman got entirely Through il closed
up and caught him by the coat tail - did
it tear his coat p asked person of an in
curing turn. Not bit of it u replied our
yaraciou4 narrator; he hung on TO the pillow
handles and pulled out the stump The
Dra,rer in Harpers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

and spill it all over her dress. have TO
cnange her apron every five minutes, do
oeleye, and I've got to make her two more
night OF, or she won't have a rag to her
back, with her traipsin' over the floor and
her nasty liquorice water, which she won't
gave me minutes peace if don't get it
Tor her, and she rubs it all over the baby's
lace till feel just like flynn. And there's
Bob, as his father wants to be q politician
when he gets little older, but, good erac
lous says |, Peter, do you want the little
boy to be a fool? But he's smart, for he
steals my curl paper and gets Mary to
make blleve they're votes, and then give
him peppermint-drops for putin them in
the bureau that he says is the polls. And
there's my precious little hootsy -tootsy and
her name is Elizabeth Cady Brown, which
is after me- And that's all"
'les, ma'am, and, as near rs can make
out yoa have eleven children"
Bless toe mani What does he take me
for? Its only seven"
Thank you. Have you any boarders?
"Roarders! Just come down stairs,
once, and look at the pile of hash Mary's
a porndin an has been all the mornin' ard
you won't ask such question again in one
while. Boarders, indeed Fcrty-'leven OF
them"
80, dear, was afraid-so. Begin with
the youngest and 60 up, Please don't talk
more than is necessary.
'Joannah Mary Dodd, she's my young
est, and Mr. Maxenstrakotosch, he's my
Oldest. There! hope your satisfied
''Mr, Whoxenstrakotosch?'
None OF your gas! Mr.. Maxenstrako-
sosch."
What is his business"
"Thumps on the piano"
what copptryman is he?"
Don't know. Say he's Swede.
where was be born?"
"Pesk take the man with his question! -
Say Hamburg"
"Say William i don't know, guess so. ="
"And so down goes Mr.. William Maxen-
strakotosch's name as that OF a Swede born
in Hamburg.
ANY others?"
Yes; Miss Shadowlegs -shoe-binder. 4"
'ls that all?'
Eyes.
why, Mar" says Mary, with her eyes
wide open with wonder at her mothers
mendacity, "Why don't you tell about Miss
Jackson
Pooh! Who's she? She amt nobody"
''She amt nobody amt she!' cries
voice which seems to rattle down the
stairs and bring the plastering of the walls
down with it. "I'll show you who she is,
and ] won't stay here another day. Ny
jaws ache now with your eternal hash and
leather beef. To insult me! And her a
tailor's wife" And with this pompous
boarder struts down stairs and confronts
the census taker and his book Looking
at her landlady with scorn and at him of
the book with indignation, she says:
mot one word Of or from me. know
you. 1fyou put down my name / shall
have to pay taxes. Not one tax will pay.
1t is none OF your business who, what, how
old, how rich am, or where l was born
Suffice it, am of ancient and aristocratic
family. l will not have my affairs pried
into. Begone AS for You, madam, leave
your house and your hash tomorrow.
And so the o'erweariod census taker is
fain to sink from the house and 60 to the
next one. OF what statistical value the in
formation obtained by him may be- is
question to be solved only by the calculus
of improbabilities.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07
The Manure Question.

We would really like to know what ques-
ton in farming may be said to be perfectly
settled. For some time past we have been
hearing much about saving manure in
piles aud under sheds, composing. the
waste OF ammonia ifspfead on the surface,
aud the necessity of having it we'll rotted.
Now comes the Germantown Telegraph,
one Of the Oldest and wisest Of agricultural
journals, saying that there is no danger of
losing fertIhzing properties 10y evaporation,
that unrotted manure plowed uuder is
worth twice Ms much as that which isrotted,
that it should be hauled directly from the
stables and spread upon the land for
spring crops, il the land be hard and not
frozen, and that all tho trouble OF stocking
or housing manure is not only useless, but
one years use of it is lost. We have no
doubt that unrot,ed manure plowed under
will help the first crop materially, and still
be worth about as much for future crops as
if held over to be thoroughly rotted. In
addition, land with which unroited manure
is mixed will stand the drought better
than without it. On the whole we are dis
posed to concur with the Telegraph, ex-
cept, of course, when manure is wanted for
special purpose, and to apply on hills for
the greatest possible advantage the first
year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

TwEyTY-oYE YEARS OF SILENCE. The
jamestown IN. ~ Journal says There isa
woman in the town of Harmony, Chautan-
qua county, who has not spoken to her
husband for twenty-one years. In the year
ls49 her husband ooatradicted her harshly
in the presence of company, and she
threatened that if he didn't behave better
towards her she would never speak to him
again. he retorted that he wished she
wouldn't; aud she has not since spoken to
him. They have continued to live togeth-
er peacefully, aud during tho long silence
have bad several children. Everything
goes on IN Their house as usual with farm
ers. The husband is attentive and does
his conyerslng with his wife through one
OF tho children. For instance, he will ask
a child a, the table, "WIl your mother
have some more meat; On nj another
time, "a your mother g0ius, u town with
bio .J-daJ2 The Almay Is wealthy, and
belongs b tte better class 81 Chantauqua
armeu 4ul respectable citizens
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

WHAT the Ettrick shepherd said Of his
dog Hector is nowgoing the rounds: at is
a guide sign of dowg, sir, says Hogg,
when his face grows like his masters.
Hector got sac like me, afore he deed, that
| remember, when / was owre lazy to gang
to the kirk, used to send him TO take my
place in the pew, and the minister never
kent the difference. Indeed he once asked
me neist day what thoch't O the sermon,
for he saw me so attentive amang rather
leepy congregation. Hector and me gled
ane anither sic look, that | was feared
Mr. Patton wud haze observed it; but he was
a simple, primitive, unsuspectin auld man
"a very Nathaniel without guile, and jeal.
oused naething; though both Hector and
me was like to split, and the dowg after
lauchin' in his sleeve for mair nor hun
bred yards could slant nae longer, but
was obliged to loup ava owre hedge into
potawto field, pretending he scented
game"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

Ir "a nEpoErLD tina, contractor on the
New York & Oswego Midland Railroad, not
succeeding in obtaining Aborers at fair
price, caused the rGmor 70 b. .et ah9lt
that be had made arrangements lor q thou
sand Chinamen The story created great
excitement, bit De was able e procr.e AL
The ueu nat q wanted on bis own terms
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

AYoUNG man in the habit Of staying out
late, was reprimanded severely and often,
by bis father. At the same time he was
inyenting excuse after excuse. His last
resort was 10 place the numbers 10 and II
oh each side OF the door and when be was
asked what time he came in the night be-.
fore be would cay hrayeiy, Between 10
10 and H." ] know not how long this ey-
cuse lastei, ba. tie p4er fImH,qs was sat.
isfed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07
Dickens and His Last Book

Concerning his recent novel, and of his
habits Of composition, as well as his inven-
ton of names, writer in the London News
says:
. The Mystery of Edwin Brood we are
told gave its author more trouble than any
of his former works. He compla ned of
this, perhaps with sad presage of the
truth. He had, he thought, told too much
OF TIE story in the early numbers, and his
thoughts did not flow SO freely as of yore.
1t will remain incomplete forever. ana the
fourth part of the story already given to
the public, ana another part in manuscript,
are all that will be known of the last set of
original characters their author has intro
duced to the world.
When Mr.. Dickens complained Of his
work giving him trouble, we may be sure
that the cause prompting the remark was
not slight, for no writer Set before himself
more laboriously the task of giving the
public his very best. great artist, who
once painted his pc! RAFT while he was in
the act OF writing one of the most popular
of his stories, relates that he was astonish-
ed at the trouble Dickens seemed to take
over his work, at the number of forms in
WHICH ut WOuiAi "IIlc bONh tLOuShh ~
fore lie hit on the one which seemed to
his fastidious fancy the best, and at the
comparative smallness of the amount of
manuscrip. each days sitting seemed to
have produced. Those, too, who have
seen the original manuscript Of his works,
many of which he had bound and kept at
his residence at Gad's hill, describe them
as iull Of interlineations and alterations;
while ii is well known that The quaint sur
names If his characters, concerning which
essays have been written, we're the result
OF much painstaking.
Dickens, with genius which might
have justified his trusting 1t implicitly and
solely placed his chief reliance on his own
hard Dor. 1t is said that when he saw a
stray &c or odd name. on shop board, or in
walking through avillage or country town,
he entered it in his pocket book and added
it to his reserve list. Then, runs the story,
when he wanted striking surname for
new character, .e had but to take the first
half of one real name, and to add it to the
second half OF another, to produce the ex-
act effect upon the eye and ear OF the
reader he desired
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

A Mns HASSAH JoNEs piously raised a
table 10 the memory 0. the departed Jones,
who had been hosiar, the inscription on
which. after recording his many virtues,
wound ap with the following couplet:
"He left h1s hose bis Hannah and his love
TO 70 and piug hJrannah in the realms
above
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

A DAD SEQUEL 1t will be remembered
that in 1864 the Buchanan County, Iowa,
Treasury was robbed by burglars of
tWenty.six thousand dollars. Two young
men were tried and convicted of the OF.
fense, and sent to the Penitentiary, but not
without strong doubts as to their guilt
ness in the minds OF many. A strong in
huence was brought to bear upon the Gov
ernor, and they were, after several months
Imprisonment pardoned and set at liberty.
One of them, Rorobacher, returned az once
to Waterloo, where he was received with
welcome. There he has since resided in
poverty, having expended all his wealth
in defending his suit in the
courts. A few days since the other, Knight,
returned to Independence broken down in
health and mind pitiable wreck OF a young
man full of life, hope and vigor. He simply
craved the poor privilege OF dying amid
the scenes Of his youth and Being laid to rest
with the friends OF his youth, though it be
but a pauper's grave. He lived but few
days, yet With his latest breath be affirmed
his innocence as also that OF bis friend, If
the crime for which he had suffered the loss
OF all things, even life itself His body, by
the hand OF charity, was laid in the Gene
terry at Independence--a sad sequel to a
mysterious event.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07
GOlde.. Grain

II man be endued with generous
mind this is the best kind of nobility
Plato
Peace gains her victories with spears Of
grain and blades of grass.
Most of the shadows that cross our path
through life are caused by standing in our
own light.
He alone is man who can resist the
genius of the age, the tone of fashion, with
vigorous simplicity and modest courage
Lsuatr.
Time, with all his celebrity, moves slowly
on to him whose whole employm ent is to
watch its flight. johnson.
Tenderness without capacity Of reliev-
ing only makes the man who feels it more
wretched than the object which sues for as.
sistance. Goldsmith.
AS the mlnd must govern the hands, SO
in every society the man OF intelligence
must direct the man of labor. johnson.
Every base occupation makes one sharp
in its practice and dull in every other. Sir
Philip Sidney
Proud people deceive themselves; vain
people attempt TO deceive others, even
when they are not deceived themselves. -
Sir Eger;oa BrgdgeS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-07-07

WHO MAKES YOUR DREssEs?- touching
story is told of the daughter OF Sir Robert
Peel. Her father gave her. as birthday
present, o gorgeous riding habit, and went
out with her on the same day for an airing
in the park, his heart swelling with pater-
nal pride as he rode by her side. Shortly
afterward she sickened and died Of typhus
fever of the most malignant type aud when
inquiry was made as to how she had caught
the infection, it was discovered that the
habit bought from one of the London
West.epd tradesmen, had been made in
miserable attic, where the husband Of the
seamstress was lying i'll 81 fever, and that
il had been used by her to cover him IN his
shiyerinp fits Thus, whether We will be-
lieva ii or not, the safety Of the highest Is
bonnd np With the condition Of the lowest,
and if VIZ eglect Their material moral and
spIritual interests. there will come dread
III Nemesis to mark the divine displeasure.
Quite large number q Mormon dis
seniors have arrived ID Omaha, within the
ra.t few DAYS. and more are expected.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-16
BETHANY COLLEGE,

VNHE THIRTIETH SESSION OF THIS
/ Institution will commence on MONDAY,
the 18th of SEPTEMBER, 1870, and terminate
on the 18th of June, 1871. II Is romantical-
" situated in the midst of Ihe beautiful
and healthy hill-cOuntry of the Panhan-
die" of West Virginia, easily accessible by
railroad or river and surrounded with the
most favorable influences for student life.
1t has n property in Endowment, Build
ingS, Apparatus, Library, &c. OF over $780,
900, and Is thus enabled to sustain faculty
and furnish facilities for q thorough educa-
cation of the very first order.
AMPLE ACCOMMODATIONS are provided for
both public and private boarding, and I'M
furnished rooms will be- let to students VINO
wish to board themselves.
COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.. Regular Lit
erary Course, including the Ancient Lam
nuageS, for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
,. Literary and Scientific Course for the
Degree of Bachelor of Sciences. J. he
Course for Master of Arts. i. The Course for
Master of Sciences. >. special courses IN
Practical Chemistry, Civil Engineering, &c.
Detailed Information rs To these courses
will be found in our catalogue.
APPARATUS AND MUSEUh.-Ihe lnStltu-
ton has Il complete set Of Philosophical
APPARATUS, and students who wish II are
trained In the use OF Field Instruments
also thoroughly fitted up LaDratory, Tor
practical instruction and work in Chemical
ANALYSTS, and an ample Museum Tor the
study of Natural History.
TERMS.-TuitiOn, so per session. Board
ing from s. To s. per week. UNFINISHED
rooms - per session To each student. pre-
pairing for the Ministry. Free tuition to
sons of Ministers of the Gospel of all de-
nominations.
For further particulars apply for Cata-
logue TO Professor G.. l.. LOOS, Secretary, or
To W. *. PENDLETON, President,
jylS Bethany, West Va.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-16
New York Cattle Market.

NEW J ORR, August IL.
BEEVES-Count 377lS for the week,
and 5000 fresh to-day, besides COO head
Of delayed Erie stock, held from Satur-
day. The weather is fine and cooler,
the market stronger and more active,
but no marked advance Prime TO cX-
ira still brought l6@l64c. Texans, Of
which the supply was large, at Sole,
nothing very mean Offering the aver
age was l4lc. Most Illinois and Ohio
cattle sold at l4@ Ice. Texas gave over
10 cattle during the week. Sales to-day
of 100 head OF choice Kentucky 81
cwt., at l53@l69c; 60 Ohio, 81 cwt.,
l43@Ij4c; all stock sold and closed
tirTn.
SHEEP-Numbered $500 tor the
week, and 1880 to-day. Trade rather
slow at ABODE for poor to medium
sheep; 6@G!c for good to prime, and
7c for extra. Lambs sold at rose for
thin to medium western: S!N9c for
prime TO extra
HOGS-Foot mp 1860 for the week,
and forty-two carloads today Prices
steady at l2@l2Ic, light hogs selling
much the best.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-16
Cincinnati Market.
CINCINN1TI, August ii

CINCINNATI, august ID
FLOUR-Dull; family at So 25@
4 10; extra at 81 1jG6 00 only mod
crate demand.
GRAIN-Wheat dull; red winter
sold at 81 lSd,l - for Nos , and !;
white at 81 3j@yl 40. Corn dull at
7S@S0c. Oats unchanged. Rye in fair
demand at 7S@SOc. Barley sold at
81 l0@l - for prime to choice fall.
COTTON-DnlI middling at lS@
Isle.
TOBACCO-Salc> Of 6 hogsheads at
Sc O0@43 40
WHISKY-Dull and prices NOM
inal; asking 94@ 9jc, but 1000 barrels
sold at 93c for wooden bound.
PROVISIONS - Irregular Mess
Pork, 900 barrels sold at 800 co; it is
generally held at $40 30. Lard dull
sales at lj3c. Bulk meats dull at l@@
ljc. Bacon at l4@ l4ic for shoulders
sides could have been bought AZ la
l7!c.
EGGS-Sales at l2@rl3c
BUTTER-Firm at 26@ &or
GOLD-llT buying.
EXCUANGE-l@ l-l0disr"uur bay
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-16
FINANCE AND TRADE.
New York Mosey Market.
Nh, Von- A,,x,st |

NEN lOlh, august ~
The various markets at the Stock
Exchange were agitated and excited
this forenoon by a reported severe bat.
file at Metz between the French and
Prussian forces; both claim a victory
but the general belief is that the Prus-
sian arms were victorious. In the fore
noon the markets were dull; gold was
strong for time owing to a doubt
whether the battle at Metz was a vic
tory for Prussia or France, but late in
the dav the market weakened on the
report of another Prussian victory. .
MONEY-Market very easy call
loans at 3@5 per cent.
EXCHANGE - Foreign quiet and
steady at I09s@lIOs for sight.
GOLD-Opened at ll74 and closed
strong at ll65@ll7 Carrying rates
l64 per cent. and for borrowing fiat
1902 per cent Clearances, 81, W"'-
600
GOVERNMENT STOCKS Dull
and steady. Coupons of 81, ll4!@
ll4a; do '62, ll04@lll4; do 81, III
Gill; do 90, lll!@llli; do new,
IO9!@llG do 81, lO9E@llG do '6S,
l09!6llO!; l0-40s, l07i@ los rrr-
rency Is ll2S@ll24.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-16
How TO Treat Scarlet Fever.

4 writer in Good Health gives some
valuable hints for the treatment of this
terrible disease, which Is now making
such ravages among children He
saws. "Undrcss the child and bring it
To bed at the very first sign OF sickness.
Ifit has fever give nothing but sourish
lemonade, with some gum arabic dis
solved in it; then cover It's abdomen
with dry flannel. Take well-foldei
sheet and dip it in hot water; wiring it
dry. and put this over the flannel on the
childs abdomen. Then cover the whole
and wait. The hot cloth will require
repeated heat.
According to the severity Of the case
and its stage OF progress, preparation
will commence in the child in from ten
minutes to two hours The child is
then saved, and its recovery will be as
steady as the growth OF a green house
plant. As the inclination for food re-
turns. help the bowels by injections o.
warm water, and little CASTLE soap
These directions are for the early
symptoms of the disease. II the child
has effusiou Of the heart or brain, these
will not save IT, but il these remedle:
are applied in good time, not one IN
hundred children will die Of scarle
| fever.