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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12

f. w. ASKS how to make husk mat
tresses. .4nsWcr.-When the husks
are thoroughly dry, strip them up, re-
move all nubs and dirt, and, when you
have enough, put them in a tick, and
tack them as yo1 would hair and wool.
Mattress makers have machine for
preparing them, but children's fingers
are just as good. Old husk mattresses
may be made as good as new by rip
ping them to pieces, giving the con-
tents of the tick good summing, re-
moving all dust, and adding enough
fresh material to make up the required
quantity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
FIR THE BOYS AND GIRLS.
Clam ChoVvder.


Twas long seiIs ~. :. pau
How, furnished with hxins by anxious
mamin1a, o,
lot OF us 6oys one aas M SeP,eemper, ,a
Sailed Oh u0"H ''ie o"s WIN 'iieoi' "Ai
The object OF inns compensation was cnoWaer
And rather cohclude 'ha' We maui ohc 'uat
day
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
Exporting Coal to ENGLAND.

Coal which sold at London last year,
for 1925 ton, now commands Just
5000 Good judges expect the price
to reach much higher figure. An
thracite coal is quoted. al our seaboard
at from 50 80 to S4 50 ton. The Coal
and iron Record estimates that the
freight to Liverpool would be IS. 50,
and the expense of Shipping, unloading,
insurance, etc, 81 a ton. At the high
est selling price here, tins would
make our produce worth Sll in Liver
pool. Evidently, If the cost there con
tinues to increase, we shall have new
export trade ere long. In that case,
we shall have TO export stoves, furna-
ces, ranges, etc, inasmuch as those of
English make are not adapted to burn
anthracite. The principal drawback
to these new branches of trade will be
strikes among the miners, which de-
range the whole coal-producing indus
try, and sometimes double the price of
the commodity in Il few days. The
Record believes that this objection can
be overcome within ten years. and
that we can then have regular fleet
of ocean GOLFERS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
Fishing i'm California.

There is good fishing in California.
Lake Pilarcetus, the Spring Valley
w ter Company's lake, abounds in
trout. The first lake, the San Andreas,
contains large and noble fish, which
is called by some of our fisherman the
land locked salmon, supposed to have
been confined in the lake by the burst
ing of the companys dam. They have
been taken weighing as high MS twelve
pounds, and fish weighing from two
and half to five pounds are very nu-
merous. Lake Pilarcetus is alive with
the common brook trout, and tho silver
trout. This lake is so full of fish that
their existence in that crowded state
seems impossible, but the company are
now allowing their friends to fish there
at pleasure. Large baskets are conse-
quently filed with ease.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
ercise required to keep the kite in the

ercise required to keep the kite in the
ar, the lifting, the running, the dodg-
ing of obstacles, all this Is exhilarat
ing and useful to girls as to boys.
Nearl y every school-boy knows how
to.make the common kite. with frame
of three straight sticks crossing each
other, or he Knows some one who
can teach him. But the way to make
the more graceful sort, such as we see
so often in pictures, is not so well uu.
derstood. For one of these, choose
hrst Tor the center-plece or upright
of your frame fiat, lath-shaped stick
Ga good lath itself may do of the re-
CURED lenth, say six feet.
Point the top, and fit into a
crease cut below it strip of light cane,
which must be firmly bound to the up
right (notched for the purpose) by
stout thread wound about them The
cane is to form the bow, which
after being carefully bent, is held
in its place by cords, and
The frame may be still further
strengthened by fastening the cords P,
firmly to the ends of the bow and to
the upwright.
The frame complete, pains having
been made to makeit perfectly symme-
trlcal, it remains to be covered News
papers will answer for this purpose,
though cloth may be preferable, for a
large kite. Newspapers can be pieced
by FASTING the edges together. Trim
them to a shape little larger than
the kite, leaving just margin enough
to be turned over the bow and side
strings and pasted neatly down. The
ends of the cord are to be passed
through holes made in the cover and in
the upright, and made fast by knots at
the back of the kite To this cord the
kite-string is to be attached. At the
sides long paper tasselS are
hung; and now for the tail.
Upon this will depend the flying
qualities of the kite, and have it well
provided with "bobs." Boys seldom
give their first kites more than half
enough tail, and SO they are subject to
constant dipping and diving. Have
patience, Young Folks, in experiment.
ing with the tall and fastening of the
string to the kite, which 1t often
takes little skill to adjust.
There have been some famous kites.
You all remember how Benjamin
Franklin was once drawn across a
pond by one, while a boy carried his
clothes around to the other side, where
he came out of the water after de-
lightful trip; and how by means of
another he afterwards drew down
L., -. L 4 l.
been invented for communicating be
tween stranded ship and lee shore.
And it is by means of a kite that sus-
pension bridges over impossible
chasms have been begun, like one of
those across the Niagara; the kite TAX
ing over til. string, which is followed
by a cord, which draws after the rope,
which leads the way for the wire cable
and the whole marvellous fabric.
GEORGE AsPENwALL.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
Great Flood at Rio Janera and Para.

Buenos Ayres advices via Panama
state that the recent floods inundated
a large quantity of territory near Rio
Janerio and Pera. Both cities suffered
severely. At Para the walls of business
houses were undermined A large
house hoated away. On the night of
the Sth Of July the whole Of Matrez
Chmch fell. The banks of the
river Ditnia giving way, inundated sixty
houses, and many animals were drown
ed. The people were escaping IN boats
and on RATS. All the country around
Para is flooded, but the waters are be-
heved to be abating 1t is stated, also,
that the river Amganon OVERLOADED
flooding thousand miles Of country,
but the mails were received. There
was great privation and suffering at
Para and Rio Janeno from the effects
of the food.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
Milan Damaged by II Hurricane.

The Corriere, of Milan, publishes
details of terrible hurricane which
has just visited that city. For more
than an hour the wind, accompanied
by torrents of rain, ragged with unex-
ampled fury. One of the cupolas of
the Observatory was blown into the
Botanical Garden, where it did some
damage. The strongest trees We're torn
up by the roots, and among those de-
stroyed was the ma este elm planted
three centuries ago by the Archduke
Ferdinand. About fifty planes were
leveled to the ground on the Lazaretto.
The roof OF the Politeama Theatre was
carried away while the actors were III
the midst of n rehearsal Chimneys,
cutters ard tiles were blown about in
all directions, and the glass OF the Vic.
tor Emmanuel Arcade suffered consld-
cradle damage. No loss of life took
place, but many persons received seri-
GUS injuries.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
The ROmnace of Great Singers.

Lucca, like Nilsson, came OF plebian
stock but, unlike Nilsson, she has ma
tured into lyric greatness by slower and
surer process. | know not what slaves
of st. Secilia hunt the peasant fields of
Europe for these diamonds, but most Of
us know by what labcnous process they
are polished and set, and how inevitably
they come at last to decorate title with
the radiance of their genius. The Baron
css Won Rhaden sprang from the ocbscurity
Of Vienna. 1t was in the Hof Theater
that she was first discovered, IA little imp
only eight years old, whose duties We're to
stand on her toes three hours every morn
ing and let the ballet-master sc0ld her
Her parents were mserably poor, a2d
they were jews. 1t seems strange now to
tell of her pitiable sufierings in tina:
theater of the meanness Of her attire, and
the SCOTS of her companions. But why
should IL seem strange when there is some
Of us who can remember when Adeline
Patti ran barefoot over our free soil, and
carried beer for her master! Have we
forgotten that but yesterday Christine
Nilsson gathered fagots in The bleak sands
Of Smoland, as her loretathers, | know
not for how many generations, did before
her? Certainly, otall people, we are the
least surprised at this-we cannot stretch
out hand without coming in contact
with genius and wealth grown so fast that
the muck Of the sprouting place is not yet
washed off by success.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
Kite-Tinle.

Father, what makes the kite go
upl The wind almost blows things
down. Why don't it blow the kite
down z"
$50 it will, my boy, unless the kite
be well made and well balanced then
the wind, striking the under side of it,
forces it upwards, while the string
keeps it from blowing away. AS 1t
rises, it begins at once to make its
way against the wind, impelled by the
wind itself curious, is Mt it! Or the
same principle ships beat, that is,
sail against the wind not directly
against it, you understand, but OBJ
hquely; the sails being set so as to
receive the wind slantingly on one
side, while the keel acts like the
kite-strlng, to prevent the vessel from
drifting away. The string is held by
the boys hand, and the keel is held in
Its position by the water through
which it PUSHES"
don't know that "my boy" clearly
understands this explanation, but he
thinks he does, and it answers very
we'll for his little head, until it is big
enough to take in the physiological the
DRY of the resolution of forces.
Then he will see plainly demonstrated
the reason why the kite and the ship
move against the very force which is
eZerted upon them
The kite was a great wonder to me
when / was a boy, as no doubt it is to
most children. Before | HAD one Of
my own | used to think it had the
power of flying away like a bird, and
that the use OF the string was simply
to hold it prisoner. Then | found
that, for this restraint, 1t wouldn't fly
at all, very much like certain obsti-
nate people, who never show much
energy Of action except when they are
opposed.
Kite time comes at almost every
season of the year when the weather is
favorable; but in my boyhood Septem-
TENDER was considered the great
month for kites. Then the weather
is usually cold and windy, without be
ing so cold and clustering as In March.
What delight it was, on some beautl-
tul afternoon, to bring our kites to an
open field or treeless hill, shake out
their long, rustling tails, and send
them up proudly into the sky Then
he who had the largest kite and the
longest string was the "test teller y
What times we had providing our
selves with string! Every bit OF twlne
about the house on which a boylsh
hand could be laid was levied upon, to
add to the ball, until it was found
that all beyond a certain length, for
the ordinary kite, was more hinder
ance than help, in consequence OF
the strings sagging from its own
weight.
But if the kite was large and well
made, and the wind strong, it was fun
10 let her up Sometimes two OF
more kite-owners would unite THEN
strings just to see what one kite would
10. What pleasure it was to see II
soaring far, far away, up, up, up,
almost into the clouds, and to teel It
Juggling at the Irvine Then if the
tWlne broke, what a catastrophe
" hat a chase across the country ion
the runaway kite, which was perhaps
,ound lodged III the branches of some
tall tree A complete wreck, maybe
then 1t was abandoned, and our efforts
We're aimed at saving as much
possible of the string and tail
lie Kite is not a plaything for boys
~: WHY should not their sisters JON
them ID the sport Tie skill anu eX.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12

A COWS age may be determined bv
the teeth, but the horns are the surest
method Count the rings around the
horn and add to this number three
years, which is the lapse of time before
any rings make their appearance.
A LATE writer lays down this as an
axiom IN drainage: 1t is not judi
cious to spend money in draining land
that needs draining, so long as we can
use the money to good advantage in
the better cultivation of other good
land that does not need draining.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Tribune says: 81 will give two plans,
one of which will preserve the cider
sweet, or IN the state owing TO the con-
dition it is in at the time the treat
ment is applied the othar is applicable
only after the cider has fermented.
According to plan NJ !, of an ounce
per gallon of .ulphurate of lime should
be applied soon after the cider runs
from the press. This can best be done
by adding the sulphurate of lime to a
gallon or so of cider in separate YES
sci, and after stirring well pour into
the barrel. Ten ounces of this lime
will be the proper quantity for an or
binary barrel. The cider will keep in
the condition it was at the time the
lime was added This plan will work
equally well if the cider be partially or
wholly fermented when the lime is put
in. 1t does not appear to be absolutely
Necessary to rack off the cider unless it
is to be transported in that case it
should be racked off ia about ten days
after the application of the remedy
1t is we'll known chat sows not unfre-
quently attack and devour their own
young, or, if prevented from this, will
not let down their milk, so the young
pigs necessarily die for want of nour-
ishment. When this state of things
is caused by diseased condition of the
uterus, it is said that the SOW can be
brought to terms by pouring mixture
of ten to twenty grains of spirits of
camphor, with one to three of tincture
of opium, into the ear. The SOW will
Immediately lie down on the side of
the ear to which the application was
mac e,and remain quiet forseveral hours
in this position without interfering
with her pigs; and on recovery from the
stupor will have lost her irrtability in
regard to them. The experiment has
been tried in Germany hundreds of
times, according to agricultural jour
nails, without any injurious effects. 1t
is also said that the eating of pigs by
the parent SOW can be readily prevent
ed by rubbing them all over with
brandy, and making the same applica-
ton about the nose of the SOW herself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12
A Famous Sword and its Guardian.

The Countess of Loudoun and Mr..
Hastings, with Lady Flora Hastings, have
arrived at Kilmarnook from England, on
their way to Loudoun Castle. The Coun
tess. who Says the Glasgow lleraId) is
always welcome in this neigbborhood,
was doubly SO on this occasion, as her
ladysnip brought with her from England
the sword of Wallace This sword has
been preserved in Loudoun Castle from
the death of Wallace unit. five years back,
when it was removed by the late Marquis
of Hastings to his seat in Worcestershire
On the death Of the Marquis in 1868 it
passed into the possession Of the present
countess, who has just brought it back to
its old home. 1t will be remembered
that the mother Of Wallace was daughter
of Loudoun, and that on the death Of his
uncle, Sir Reginald Crawford, OF Loudoun
changed by the English at Ayr, Wallace
had the custody of his only daughter,
Susannah Crawford, of Loudoun, who
married a son OF Sir Mel Campbell, of
Argyll. and was ancestress Of the present
Countess Of Loudoun, the hereditary Gus
todian Of the sword of William Wallace.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1872-09-12

The astounding statement is wits.
pered across the Atlantic that at last one
American girl has tailed to impress the
European capitals with the belief that
she can sing italian opera. The fact
that all of them who essayed the task
have succeeded beyond the most
sarguine expectations Of their
friends was becoming a little tire
some. The unfortunate feminine te-
male is Miss Stella BonheuF, Of Cali
fQTuia,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-05-17

Report of viewers changing a public
road in Centre township confirmed nisi.
In tho estate of Cornelius Vanhorn,
deceased, on motion of j. G.. Freeze,
Esq, B. Frank Zarr appointed auditor
to distribute funds in the hands of the
surviving executor to and among the
heirs and legal representatives as by
the terms of the will.
In the estate of Lydia Wanich, de-
ceased, Il. II. Ikeler appointed auditor
to make distribution to and among the
heirs.
David Coffman was appointed Court
Cryer,
The Court ordered two weeks Court
at September term next.
Rebecca A. Keefer vs. James A..
Keefer, petition in divorce. Divorce
decreed from the bonds of matrimony.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-05-17
RepOrt of the Grand Jurors.

To The Honorable JudgeS Of the Court of
Quarter Sessions Of the Peace IN anil
for The county of Columbia:
The grand Inquest of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, inquiring for
the body of the county of Columbia re-
spectfully report;
That we have, pursuant to our requir-
ed duty, calmly and deliberately inves.
tigated all the bills of indictment pre-
sented for our consideration at this
term and have passed upon them ac-
cording to their merits.
That we have examined the public
buildings and find them in reasonably
good condition. Wefind the water closet
at the Court House, and also the privy,
in very filthy condition. We also re-
commend that the Sheriff receive fifty
cents per day for boarding prisoners
instead of twenty-five cents. All of
which is respectfully submitted.
JOHN G.. QUICK,
Foreman,
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Mr.. Bnckalew and the Labor Reformers.

We feel warranted in saying that if
Mr.. Buckalew is nominated for Gov.
ernor by the Reading convention, the
Labor Reformers will concur and with
draw Mr.. Schell Mr.. b. received 20
votes out Of so in their convention, and
would have received nearly unani-
nous vote if he had not conditioned
his acceptance on the Reading nomina.
tion also. 1t was to avoid being caught
without candidate, in case the Read
ing convention did not nominate man
who would be satisfactory to them, that
induced several of the 90 delegates who
voted for Mr.. Schell to cast their ballots
~ they did. All the Labor Reformers
in the convention would be glad of the
opportunity of giving their efficient
support to Mr.. MISUNDERSTANDING
Standard.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-05-17
DEATHS.

Orangeville, on March 9th
Charles, son of George and Susan Keller, o
typhoid fever aged 10 years, 10 months and
days.
Dearest brother thou hath left US
Here thy loss we deeply feel
But It's God that hath bereft us
lie can all our sorrows heal.
When we followed thee in sorrow
To the dark and silent grave
When by fathers side we laid you
In the churchyard lonely there.
Trusting then Jesus only
Weeping, weeping lonely there
And we Will meet in brighter glory
In world more bright and fair.
Daughter OF Anderson and Susannoh Kile, AGED
10 years and II days.
Our Della was precious child
Her heart of hearts agloW,
with such enrapturing gushing love
As only seraphs know.
The pet and darling of our home
A thing of JOY for age;
Whorc'er her gladstone heavn.lit smiles
Shed sunshine DER the way.
And when disease our darling laid
beneath It's painful spell
she whispered in her chld-like faith
God doeth all things we'll"
With light supernal in her eyes
Al morning and at even
She clasped her tiny failing hands
And breathed her prayer to heav'n.
And when at length her parents cried
10! Della must you 90"
With smile and kiss she sweetly saith.
81 shall, God told me so!'
our Della is an angel now
With sefaphs richly blest
EMBODIED in her SaViourS arms
In everlasting rest.
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DEMOCRAT, BLOoMsBURG COLUMBIA COUNTY PA

WATER WORKS. The necessity for
immediate erection Of water works in
this town is too apparent TO demand
discussion. Every one says so after a
severe fire, and yet the matter is drop
ped when the temporary excitement is
over. At the close of the last session a
bill passed the Legislature giving the
Town Council power TO act in the pre-
misses and we trust they will do so
speedily before further damage is done.
The work should be completed before
winter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1872-05-17

CAsroRIA.-Is a scientific vegetable prepara.
tlOn; perfect substitute for and more effective
than Castor Oil and is pleasant to take. 1t cleanses
the system in a most remarkable manner; does
not distress or gripe, but operates when all other
Pills, Castor oil, Narcotic Syrups and all other
purgatiYe and exciting medicines. The Castoria
contains neither Minerals MorphIne nor Alco-
mol BN It's emolient, soothing effect, IL aSSimi-
lates the food and produces natural sleep par
ticularly adapting it to crying and teethlug chill
dren. 1t cures Stomach Ache, Wind Collie, Con-
stipation, Flatulency, Group and kills Worms.
Make your Druggist send Tor it; h9 Will always
Keep il, as every family must h0Yci 10 costs
but nifty cents q bCttle. iw
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a dispatch from Washington init
mates that Congress will take the ap-
portionment of this State into its own
hands, and save Gov. Geary the trouble
of vetoing the bill passed by the last
Legislature. la referring to the legality
ofsuch proceeding, the same dispatch
says: "They have the opinion of some
"of the oldest lawyers in the House,
among them Judge Mercur, now a
candidate for the Supreme Judgeship
"of Pennsylvania, that the proposed
"action is clearly within the scope of
"the constitutional authority of con.
"gress."
To which the Wayne County Citizen,
an influential radical paper of the
North. eastern part Ofthe State responds:
This means that the Republican
Congressional delegation from Pennsyl-
Vanla Will gerrymander the State in
the manner best calculated to advance
their personal interests. And nothing
is more natural than to find this Mer-
cur party to the job, and throwing
his cheap legal reputation into the scale
IN ats fduOr. DEFEAT ON THE STATE
TICKET sTAREs HIM IN THE FACE; the
Congressional District which he now re-
presents will have no more of him; and
unless he can construct new District
his career of political quackery will end
with the present Congress. AS most of
his Republican colleagues in the House
are in an equally sore strait, they will
probably act with unanimity in the
matter. Their associates in the Appoint
ment Ring will of course assist them;
and the President may be expected to
furnish another reason for denomination
at Philadelphia, and for defeat at the
polls, by giving their action his ap-
proval,"
The Citizen evidently knows MERCUR
and appreciates the position he is in, as
well as understands the motives which
actuate GRANT, and the final result of
his action Bel2JOnte Hatchman.