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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03
The Loaf of Bread.

From the German of Schmidt.
In a time of famine, rich man al
6ved twenty of the poorest children
+ the town to come to his house, and
Ind to them, -" In this basket there
F., A loaf of bread for each of you.
Take it, and come again ut the same
our every day, till God sends better
times.
The children pounced upon the bas.
sft. struggled and fought over the
bread, because each wished to have the
ygest and best loaf and then they
vent away without word of thanks to
their friend.
But Francesca, little girl, meanly
though neatly dressed, stood at dis
lance, and gratefully took tho loaf that
Twas left in the basket, which was the
smallest then kissed the good mans
land and went quietly home.
The next day the children were just
/, naughty and Ill behaved: and this
tine there was left poor Francesca a
Loaf that was hardly half as large as
-Ae others. But when she reached
home, and her mother cut the bread,
there fell out a number of new pieces
Of silver. The mother was frightened
and sald take back the money this
, for it is certainly in the bread
ly mistake =
francesca took it back.
But the kind man said, at is no
mistake, my good child, l had the mo-
ley baked IN a small loaf in order to
1egard you. Be always as contented
.li yielding as you now are, He who
i contented with the smallest loaf,
,ather than quarrel for the largest, will
receive abundant blessings. "-ChU-
Ns Priec.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03
of five inches. and forty pounds below
it, would be fair estimate.

of five inches. and forty pounds below
it, would be fair estimate.
The first crop of clover on the land
alluded 20 was very heavy--at least a
ton to the acre more than the second
crop--consequently the proportion OF
the roots to the tops was as nine to one,
provided the roots had not grown any
with the growth of the second crop.
1t is, perhaps, about fair to suppose
the clover stubble, leaves, and hay left
on the ground i'll gathering the crop is
about equal In weight to that of the
roots, or 500 pounds to an acre. This,
with the whole roots, will make but
], 1000 pounds or half ton to the acre
OF dry vegetable matter in the very
best clover sod, exclusive of the humus,
and while green four times as much by
weight. Where the soil is already sup
piled with humus and other substances,
comprising good soil, this half ton
Of dry vegetable matter, or Its equiv
alent, two tons of green matter, will
in an ordinary season, on good land,
with good culture, insure seventy-five
bushels of corn to the acre, or, n crop
of clover additional twenty-five to
thirty bushels of wheat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03

A writer in the Salem Mass Stand
aid relates an investigation made by
him AS TO the comparative bulk of
clover roots and tops, which will in
terest those who propose to use clover
AS fertilizer, either by blowing under
green, or as II hay crop, and then by
that amelioration of the soil which
the roots are supposed to effect. He
says:
The value of clover turned under, or
of clover sod, depends very much on
the amount of vegetable matter con-
tanned therein. Some farmers have
'contended that the roots contain large
per cent. Of vegetable matter when
compared with the tops. To test this
question fairly l went into a field of
second crop of clover last summer
where the soil was deep, rich and
loamy, with a subsoll of a like nature,
so that the roots could easily strike
deep, and ding several tops of clover,
with roots twelve inches long, taperlng
nearly to point The roots were
washed carefully. The tops were
measured in length (not height, for it
was tili iOQkVti iIDill lNO w blIItt ittb
and over. The tops and roots were
separated, and weighed in the proper
ton of five to one while green, and
when well dried, the same The clover,
if then cut and cured, would have made
1t tons OF hay to the acre, and as the
roots were only as one to FIVE Of the tops,
this would give only five hundred
pounds to the acre of dried roots and
as only one eighth of this by weight is
below the reach of the ordinary pillow
OF five inches, and the reach Of the
main body Of the roots of our field
crops, which is only go pounds to the
acre, we thus see the absurdity of the
tap roots Of the clover to much extent
fertilizing the 5ubsoil The 60 pounds
below the FIVE inches taken from the 800
ponds. the whole amount of roots,
leavs but 437! pounds Of roots in the
soil If dried This estimate is for the
largest growth OF clover Ordinary
Fcr5ps are much smaller, 800 t,on1ds OF
dry roots in the soik above the depth
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03

A farmers wife, who has had years
of experience, gives the following as
her mode of raising turkeys:
In the first place select good one.
The autumn, or early in winter, is the
most favorable time for that, just be-
fore the birds are sent to market. Keep
them well during the winter. In the
spring, few days before they begin to
lay, pat them in an inclosure, where it
is most desirable to have their nests,
and where they cannot get out After
they have made their nests, they may
be set at liberty without any fear OF
roaming or straying. Next, take coed
care of the eggs They should be
gathered carefully every day, and
placed between layers of flannel or
cotton, in a place of uniformly cool
temperature, and turned over every
day. As soon as the birds are Matched
feed them with warm bread and milk
well peppered, with boiled eggs added,
or thlckened with cooked corn meal,
or wheat middlings, which is better.
A little care in these matters will repay
all efforts Before / knew how TO take
care OF the eggs, l set thirty eggs, one
year, and but one of them Matched.
The next year / set forty eggs, aud
nearly all of them hatched and the
birds lived. At present prices raising
poultry j. much more pleasant and
easy occupation than the slavish
drudgery Of making butter and chees.
-American Rurdi Home.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03
one Bulls Norway Residence.

a correspondent of the New York
Mercury, who recently visited Ole Bull
at Nalestraud, Norway,s US: Ole Bulls
re sidence is beautifully situated in val
ley of lovely PASTORAL character with
mountains gradually rising on either side,
and clothed with yerdure to their sum
nit; two small lakes lay between the
residence and the Ford, which at this
point is fully two miles wide and is a
delightful body Of water for either sailing
or fishing purposes. An excellent drive
for both the saddle and carriage, nearly
three miles in circumference, has been re-
Gently completed by the great yiolinist,
and everything calculated 10 render COM
plate enjoyment usually found or expected
in a gentlemen's country seat here. The
music hall, containing era pianos, or
gan, bass vioins, violoncelos land COM
plete outfit for au orchestra in an adj dining
room is where we frequently assemble
and enjoy concert The billiard hall
also comes in for a fair share of visitors
both ladies aud gentlemen, and here also
the great Maestro is frequently to be
found participating in the game with the
same genial manners, grace and skill as
in the Music Hall. Yachts, sail and row.
boats to accommodate full seventy-five
lay in his lakes and Mt his docks, and
horses, saddles, carrioles, and his much
prised American buggy, are ready In II
few minutes for such rs prefer an excur.
sion on terra f-ma. Every steamer from.
Bergen brings visitors to Ole Bull, and all
enjoy themselves to the fullest extent.
Owing to correspondence that took place
during the ndisposition nj Ole Bull, last
fall, and the breaking off of all engages
ments, a part Of which only he filled at
the latter part Of the season. think he
will be induced % visit the Southern
States the coming fall, and defer his visit
To Australia and South America until lat
or in the season.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03

The education, moral and intellectual,
every individual, must be, chiefly,
is own work. Rely upon it, the
-cents were right both in morals
nd intellect, we give the final shape to
T characters, and thus become,
alphabetically, the architects of our own
|)rtunes How else could it happen,
|4d young men, who have had precisely
the same opportunities, should be con
annually presenting us with such differ
|entresults, and rushing to such opposite
estlmes2
Difference of talent will not solve it,
because that difference is very often in
lvor of the disappointed candidate.
ION Will see issuing from the walls of
be same college, nay, sometime from
he bosom of the same family, two
|'9ung men, of whom one will be
admitted to be genius of high order,
Inc other scarcely above the point OF
ledlocnty yet you will see the genius
sinking and perishing in poverty,
security, and wretchedness while,
q the other hand, you will observe
he mediocre plodding his slow but
IRE way up the hill of life, gaining
''eadiast footing at every step, and
counting at length to eminence and
.Stlncuon, an ornament to his family,
= blessing to his country.
Now, whose work is thisl Manifestly
ler own. They are the architect OF
mere respective fortunes. The best
smlnary of learning that can open its
trials to you, can do no more than
1ord you the opportunity of instruc-
ION; but 1t must depend, at last, on
onrseives, whether You will be
4'S,rueted or not, or to what point you
II push your instruction. | speak
ION observation a certain truth; there
no excellence without great labor,
4 is the nat of fate, from which nc
over otgenius can absolve you.
II IS this capacity for high and long
'AHnued exertion, this vigorous
y"ei OF profound and searching in,
ssugaton, this careering and wide
reading comprehension of mind, and
-ese long reaches of thought, that
Pluck bright honor from the pale-faced moon,
Sfi'e INTO the bottom of the deep,
'4a aras up droy?ed honor by the locks.
I-S Is the prowess, and these the
,1dy achievements, which are to enroI
'r names among the great men o.
-e earth
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03
A Hog Story.
rom the Oshkosh Northwestern Tuesday.

This morning the 9 o'clock train
created considerable interest as il
neared the depot. There upon the top
fiat surface Of the cowcatcher, sat a
large fat hog, in utter disregard of all
train regulations, and no ticket in his
hat either. The hog had evidently
been scooped up on the road, and being
forced up to his present position, had
quietly sat down determined to have n
free ride as far as he could. He sat
there as cool as a hog on cow
catcher.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03

The SKEPrrcAL CONVINCED. Every
advance in Medicine, every new rene
dy has encountered an opposition,
which is the test of truth Galen and
Jenner only were believed when they
had proved their discoveries against OPP
position. But men are observing, and
benefits Away. make believers. No
incredulity can stand the silent argu-
ment of good results. When DR..
Walker proclaimed that he had pro-
duced from the medi inal herbs nf Cali
fornia an Elixir that would rcgener-
ate the sinking system and cure DIS
eases not organic, the incredulous shook
their heads Yet his VINEGAR BrrTERs
is now the Standard Restorative Of the
Western World. The truth could not
be resisted. Under the operation OF
the new remedy, Dyspeptics regained their
health. appetite aod strength the Bilious and
Constipated were relieved of every distressing
symptom the Consumptye and Rheumatic
rapidly recovered; Intermittent and Remit
tent Fevers we're broken mp A; the taint OF Scro-
fnla was eradicated VINO could gainsay facts
hike these? y, { even the Faculty. SkrDn
cism was routed. All doubts as to the claims
If the Btterp 10 the first place IN the first rank
II modern medicines were slIcnced, and tins
wonderful prepare ion ~ day the most popu-
lar onc Ait rative, and Blood Dupercnt ever
adgo rtised in America. In common with other
journalists, we are free to add our test1m0uyto
this remedy Ii il domestic medicine, and
no household should BIZ without 1t.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03
4 Text For BOYS.

4 man OF very pleasing address, but
dishonest in his practices, once
-, -'I % an honorable merchant, whose
oIq was as good as his bond,n g
,o.ua give fifty thousand dollars for
'1r good name
why so :" asked the other in some
because | could make a hundred
--Tr1,sand dollars out of it,
~ honorable character which was
ne bottom OF the good name he
- - nothing for it was only the re-
~ a,toh which he could turn to- ac-
e money point OF view, which
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03

A scHOoL-MAsTER gave out one morning
as q reading lesson 10 his first class tina:
portion IF she :" Merchant OF Nenire in
which the pound Of flesh scene occurs.
The reoding finished, he asked the class
what Shylock meant VII he said. My
deeds upon my, he .d@ . Well said the
tallest boy, )" dor't know, unless b. car.
ried his papers IN his hat"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03

THERE are manufactured in the Uni
ted States over $3.50, 900 packages Of
pins per annum. Each one Of these
packages should contain $500 pins,
giving the enormous amount OF 7.425,-
900, 900 pins made annually. One fac
'tory alone intBostom t'trns orr eight
tons of pins per week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-10-03

PIMPLEs on the face, Eruptiors,
Blotches, Scrofulou5 diseases, and all
sroes arising from impure. blood, are
cured by DR.. Pieree's Golden Medical
Discovery. Oit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-25
PERSONAL.

The portrait of Miss Carlotta Leclercq, by
Mr. Walter Bracket OF Boston. is much commended.
Mr.. G. j. Beebe, formerly editor of The Ban
Of Liberty is dead at Poushkeepse. He expired in
q lunatic asylum.
Another, in the delicate, pungent Western
style: "Ten million dollars is the sum that s. n. Pike
was unable take with him. We have not heard whether
any evidence Of insanity exists in the shape OF w
Several Boston ladies have contributed TO
what they name The hobart Falconer Copyright "a
fund which they tender TO the Rev. George Macdonald
desiring him the safer climate OF the tropics for
the benodbof MS health.
A composed and reflective newspaper. in the
Interior obituary notice Of that late Mr. Forrest
says: "she wasnever equaed in her time By any Terp
artistic though Bonfauh and Betty Bge were
formidable rivals In her later years"
Col. Fritz Annecke, formerly Of the An:eioer
des Westerns fell into open cellar in the burnt part Of
Chicago on dark night lately and was killed His age
was So. he was officer In the Prussian army,
and during our war be commanded regiment OF Wis
cODsiu Infantry.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-25
TIE STATE OF TRADE
DOMESTIC MARKETS.

TOLEDO Dec 7Plour 6rm aud ID ir dn,ai whst on and
In hr demnd No 2whise Wabash 79eS SO No. d. 81
Ertrs White Michigan. u ". No. Do eIl1s e5 Amber
aebigln December OIL s7i yinu.r; 81 67les ts No Red
o 81 Con dnlt nigh MIei New Je Log hId New s'c Oats
eai No lat jlie Dressed oss - tod % So Receipts ny
bu.h Wheat 1900 bush Corn, Loo bush Oats shPnens-O
Lows Dec 24Poar Quiet and unehsngei small busres.
Wheat Dsmsnd Hight holders a MI ogs oi nsEeii sfSi
sales ~ No Spring 81 oi No Eau 81 ~ Corn auy 70
l3llc HAST 81 Lou, the track Oasdeiiaaa st
ho RS trn No re 10 Barley dali anu unchanged Rye
No saleA WHISKY s1e Fork dull and loanai Dy SLed
Meats In fair demand for future devsy Clear 100 sues pc Se
Ho, no-ns hackers the MARKET quoted - 2S1 81 co
Ca unchanged $685. Is for air g bEtr Sos
CacAeo Dee slPiour dull uaehaagsL Wheat aeve and
higher bst Irregular No spragi 81 - No spring ~ e.
o. 81 10 JanssrI No spring 90 sSsl 70 heeed
S3dsie Corn Ia anl slVancei No hred pigbIc,
sr. os 0le January; Rejected, he Oats qss and unchanged
No I'd IA ele Reieet-d ale ke sraer add higher No ~
noe quiet weak No. Pail - no Proyions dull
Sil sI Lard steady q 7e, osh Green Meas-shouers
.o Al 5io hans Tie for 10 n 1ie for 10 syegeA
Drsed Hos quiet at - 2Jdsl 90 WnsI steady at Sc kscp'
Flour 400 bash Wheat StO bah Corr syU1 bash
O,t, 5000 bu,h RYE 1900 bash Barley sMInents-5O0 bbs
Flour eO bush Wheat 500 baah Cora. 1000 bush Oats 1900 easA
Barley. -, ,,..
no. al ~ No. at vi 49, oe!g am 40 at ss. Torn
tmt No Mixed safe Rye excited sud hgher; No. az Ie Bar
Iey kra, No Fall Tie ReeePs-2oo bbh four sVo' busa
Whss, 4 ODJ busb. BSrley. shipnens-None =
NrWOKIsANs Dec 2l-Coh 6m Mixed TJfIie feho. $50
ICE Dat. saros asa Bran adv aneed sales at
al H,y aud hrmsri Prime bed 81 on Dry ssled
EASIER shsadtrs sis Clear NIB, o., Clear sd,s, lie wlsy
Cincinnati Other articles unei Apged EIehAage-ste;Ag, s
seW.Yoi sght TAI dsoeunt God M ~.
Ro,n que Al ~ Tor siriuei cuds Tu-n steady al
for H.ni 81 IS for Yellow pip AID viffin. Tar, 81 -
DsrEoir 1Whea qaet All unchanged No WHIT 81 7i'
sa sasaassa Dss..ed nog - s1sss a. No Ee14 %
reported
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-25
SOUTH CAROLINA FINANCES.


There seems TO be a faint glimmer Of hope
that bankrupt South Carolina may restore, partially at
least her ruined credit The newly elected Governor
Moses has received the Endorsement of Tire people Of ali
parties, and be csries out tie policy Of the platform
upon which he was elected, prosperity will soon begin
dawn upon that sorely afic ted commonwealth In
DETER TO TAe Columbia Vnsor, Mr.. A. G. kaufman,
banker and broker at Charleston g. c., calls upon Gov.
MOses to improve his opportunity 10 bestow lasting
besangs upon the State By redeeuing his pledges and
gives the following interesting statement concerning the
redemption Of South CoTOlna bonds:
on recent wilt 70 HewYork, was asked by several
distinguished bankers what my vlews as to South
Carolina bonds. told them (Jaslng my opinion upon
flle promises and pledges Vt the party eecD that /
thought their future encouraging; that efforts
would be made by the incoming Legislature IN n the
spurious from the genuine bonds and debt as
certaiued the interest would lie promptly met. Wlea
tnterr0gang them as % the reason why they touched
LkHLOusly al classes OF Southern secuTties they an
@efzd. QOE can have confidence la the securities
Of States Fii6fe State securities themselves are OF 10
little Nauef" Tie loss OF credit W Stale they
rued Affects Indirectly the crtdt Of every corporation
and citizen OF that STATE. one gentleman member OF
IIorpsorL balAlAg bOase-0i leiSe culture eId sAe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-25
A TRAVELLERS PLEA FOR AIR.


SIR: The new cars which are run 90 most
Of the Erie Railway local traps are provided With Won
tstors In each end the DOORS Ike thoso In street
ears The cars are perfectly Ventilated by them
than by any means heretofore deyisedf they hre open
When they are shut the simply alright boxes
as there are no side ventatos such as were formerly
used The conductors snd brnkemen are strongly oT-
no.ad 10 having the ventflsors open. aud they are
aced 40 high above the floor as 10 be out OF reach and
b@vond control OF the passengers some OF WHOM how
ever may not be aware that they arc suffering from leu
cir or where remedy Is TO be found WIN roaring
Sre In a stove NJ each end Of the car the xentators
closed aud the car FULL OF people, the ar speedy TWAS
In nuuTity that OF the Black Hole OF Calcutta no Ph
son can ride for hour Two IN one OF I
sc ereum stances without great disoOm iOt anu IL uas
10 serious injury Many ladies' ara deferred rom Ns.
in fhe civ when not strictly obiseA 10 90 90 uy ~
80, M ~ what they must undergo IN these cars,
,sYa0ers OF the Erie Railway do not want 70 ku IN
. rI,su populaOn, when furnishes tho snIsss hhd
Y mart OF their business, thcy are uios r.
t f,Ily nut urgently recommended W 80 Dsck " e
IA stvIe of yentlators, Ineffective 40 tne! att cI
yab ~ III conductors and braB1nlen wht venuN,oIs
70 IL, nded for and that tbs result aned ~ then
is defeated II they are kePb tIossn M
ilI tt anser 70 have the rear Nentl1tor hohe op.h
bs fyont ne must $50 be somowtht open W umt ti'
freei an aud create current snlcent 10 uIIge ". I
n1re air out AZ tho rear. With littie care ann
0 The front veniator can be 20 snJnstea az 20 sn..
tins without creating a draft SUN ;ieAg " osu1asss VI
passeBg gers taking COd'
Aeg.I0rk, Dec II, 1919.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-12-25
GENERAL NOTES.

The purchase and management of railways
by the Government are deemed probable enough merit
discussion by sundry papers.
The proposal to establish Government De-
partmeu of Industry having OF agriculture,
commerce. and manufacture subordinate 10 1t, is
ceived with favor IN Pennsylvania.
Free trade in ships is favored by The 81. Louis
Republican, which Observes ITO the farmers of the West
it is o matter OF whether their wheat and
corn go abroad built in this country or some
other country" The Western farmers are pa
ioc wise than those Of tie East that this should Nv
said OF them. s..--sss
Mr.. Summers effort to remove the traces Of
civil strife is regarded with friendly indifference by The
Louisville O0wterJoaradi 1t considers that the South
has special interest in the matter says Before
the next Presidential election fairly look for
lines. Gen. Grant himself may be the nonru OF the
Southern people The most distinguished OF C0nfeder
ates may be his ardent supporters" ~
Mr.. Thomas II. Speakman, one of the found
ers of the Union League Of Philadelphia. and a sup
porter OF President Grant In the late campaign recently
submitted ut the annual meeting of that body resolu
tons denounciug Official corruption and frauds upon
the Campaign Committee. which prescribed all members
who did not support the Republican State ticket The
resolutions however were deemed and woTe
tabled, despite "a strong and earnest minority vote
An important decision affecting the power
OF States TO regulate railroad fires has recently been
given by Judge Wood in the Kankakee Ql) Circuit
Court. passenger travelling GO miles rendered 81 Gs
his fare being three cents per MILE but tho conductor
demanded 81 40, which he paid under protest, and
brought suit to recover the difference The passenger
claimed that general authorized In the revised Con
sttuEon OF Illinois limited the Company To maximum
charge OF three cents per mile, while the Company held
that its CHARTER authorized 1t to regulate fare and
that the Federal Constitution prohibits any state from
"impairing the obligations OF eonracts The Judge In
his decision held that the act OF Incorporation is
tract and decided In favor OF the railroad company The
case will be appealed