Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-25
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
ONE would think that the larger

ONE would think that the larger the
| company is in which we are engaged, the
greater variety of thoughts and subjects
would be started into discourse; but in
stead of this, we find that conversation
never is so much straitened and confined
| as in numerous assemblies-Addison.
WE ask for long life, but it is deep life,
| or grand moments that signify. Let the
measure of time be spiritual, not mechani-
cal. Life is unnecessarily long. Moments
OF insight, OF fine personal relation, a
smile, glance,-what ample borrowers of
eternity they are Emerson.
| To PRESERVE GREEN GRAPEs.-Take
the largest grapes before they commence
| to turn ripe; stone and scald them Take
| three-quarters of a pound of sugar, clarity
| 1t as for aprlcOts, then boil the grapes in
| 1t until soft, but not to jam; skim them
| out ana put into Jays with the syrup.
| SIMPLE CURE FOR DYsENTERY.-Take
Indian corn, roasted and ground in the
manner OF coffee Tor coarse meal browned),
and boil in a sufficient quantity of water
To produce a strong liquid like coffee, and
| drink teacupful warm, two or three
times day. One days practice will or
dinarily effect cure, it is said.
| How TO CATCH A RATA person who
has tried and succeeded tells us how to
| catch rat which may have intruded into
a room where 1t is an undesired guest
| The plan is to take off one boot and Law it
| HAT upon the floor close to the skirting
board. The rat runs into the boot for pro-
lection, and is then easily captured
10 PRESERVE PEARs-Take pears not
quite ripe, and peel off the skins. Pre-
pare syrup with three-Quarters of a
pound OF sugar to each pound of fruit
Melt It and boil for half an hour, remov-
| ing all the scum which rises Put in the
pears and let them boil for ten minutes,
or just long enough to soften little; then
take out and cover tightly with paper wet
in whisky or alcohol, and cover with
another paper placed over the mouth of
the jar.
10 COLOR Backbone ounce extract
| OF logwood, one ounce of copperas, one
half ounce of verdigris; tie the verdigris
III cloth and boil. Dissolve the COP
peras in an iron kettle and soak the goods
at scalding heat three-quarters of an
hour, stirring occasionally. Dissolve the
| logWood and add the water in which the
yerdlgris IS boiled. Dip the goods three
quarters OF an hour, stirring frequently
This makes beautiful black Always
use water sufficient to cover the goods and
stir easily. Rinse thoroughly.
GRAPEs.-In gathering the now ripen-
ing and luscious fruit of your vines use a
| sharp knife or scissors. The tearing the
stems away from the vine is apt to iniure
the bark both at the point and also where
the tendrils cling to the trellises. After
the leaves have fallen trim the vines, saw
ing such cuttings as you need by throw
ing some earth over them in dry place.
Lay the vines on the ground and cover
them. Earth is better than anything else
as 1t affords the best protection agains,
mice which gnaw the bark.
Position IN SLEEPING. - Sleepine
rooms should always be so arranged i
possible, as to allow the head Of the
sleeper to be toward the north. FREQUENT
~ IN cases Of sickness, person will find
1t impossible to obtain rest if the head is
IN any other direction, and often a cure is
retarded for long time. A Vienna ply.
sIcIan had patient WHO was suffering fol
a long time from acute rheumatism, with
painful cramps running from the Shout
ders to the fingers; and while his head
was toward the south he could do nothing
toward his relief. On turning the bed
however, so that the head was toward the
north, the patient uttered expressions OF
pleasure, and in a few hours a great i'm
provement had taken place, and in a few
days lie was almost entirely cured MANY
other cases are given by scientific per
sons; and people, in building houses
should always have this in view.