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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
Arctic W Ondcrs.

As THERE is nothing so solemn in nature
rs the vast dcsolation that reiens about
the north pole-yirgin yet of the presence
OF Intruding foot or sail, or any evidence
OF our human kind-so when we catch
vague gllmpses Of that land of silence. or
are enabled to lift the curtain of ignorance
that hangs about It's outskirts, nothing can
more strike the mind with its impressive
ness. We all know that in some lonely.
lce-bound spot lie the remains of brave
eXplorers-Sir John Franklin and his
company-never, perhaps, to be brought
back to the world of green fields and
pleasant places. But sometimes the Sc
cretS OF the far North are unlocked: some
times the shadow of ignorance which en-
velopes ii and hides it from our sight
gives way to the light of knowledge. and
the world reads a curious history in the
revelation. 1t has been reserved for Cap
tain Garrison, Norwegian navigator. to
pierce this veil of mystery, in one instance
at least and 10 make discovery, which,
IN the recital of it. seems more like a
strange fairy tale of the far North than a
sober narrative of our prosaic dav. While
so many brave men are exploring the
Arctic regions searching for the North
pole, the geographical phantom which
diluIen anu never eVaueS, u curious interest
viii attach 10 this discovery. But in order
to approach this subject we must follow a
clrcultouS route-we must go back nearly
2's years, to period late in the sixteenth
century, about the year 1896, when one
William Barentz, Dutch navigator, sailed
away on his second voyage of discovery
to trace out, if possible, the Northwest
pasSage-that famous imagined highway
TO Asia by way of the Arctic Ocean, the
tact of the existence of which so many
other navigators have vainly endeavored
10 realize.
Barentz failed in his search. but he dis.
covered Spitzbergen, the vast archipelago
which lies in the heart Of the Arctic ocean
lie found it eXpedient to land upon this
coast, and there he built huts for shelter
ana Tor temporary residence for himself
ana Tor his company. Here he tarried
during the dreary months of an Arctic
winter, and in due time abandoned the
spot, leaving the huts and their contents
ana returned to his native country, never
70 revisit his quaint settlement
Three centuries nearly have nassed
away since that event The wears have
come and gone over those silent witnesses
70 the presence of the ancient mariner and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

his sturdy crew. In all that time, as we
| may believe no living thing has invaded
| the sacred solitude OF this spot haunted
with memories Of that coming, long ago,
of BarentZ and his men. Possibly, from
distance. the walrus and the seal may
have gazed upon it, and from his rapid
| flight in the ether some Arctic bird of
passage may have turned a curious eye
upon the scene. But no dust has settled
| there; no moth has stolen in to bring de-
| cay. Even the elements seemed to have
abated their severity and to have protected
with kindly hand the legacy left to their
| undivided keeping. The sequel almost
partakes of the character Of one of those
tales wherein the Princess in the Arabian
Nights deferred her threatened and de
| layed fate by Willing away the tedious
evenings of her cruel Caliph. One day,
in the year 1870, Captain Carlson bore
shoreward in his ship to this icy coast of
| Spitzenberg He landed at the spot where
Barnett had landed before him, and to his
perplexed eyes appeared the vision of the
old encampment.
The huts were still there, just as Myn-
heer had left them nearly 300 years ago.
In the rude hearth lay the relics of the
| utterly-dead and long-extinguished fire.
Upon shell were BOOKS from lne Olu
Dutchman's library-a work on naviga-
ton, the latest edition published before
he had sailed, and a history of China
| translated into Dutch. Jugs and dishes
wherein had been prepared the drink and
food of the adventures, were scattered
here and there, and even a pair of shoes
was found which had belonged to little
cabin boy, who, as say the records, had
died upon the voyage. There were also
quaint engravings, and a curious mathe-
NAUTICAL instrument intended to assist IN
obtaining longitude. All these articles
were carefully collected, and were brought
to Europe on Carlsen's return. There is a
touch of the pathetic in this revelation OF
the long kept secret of the articles. 1t Is
as pathetic, indeed, as that story of anoth-
er old Dutchman, Mynheer Vanderdecken,
whose ship-we have it upon excellent
authority of sailors who come to port and
who themselves have witnessed the strange
spectacle-may be seen at dawn and twi-
light, in fair weather and foul, rushing
like the ghostly ship that it is, through
the startled sea, or beating aimlessly about
the approaches to the Cape of Good Hope.
-Nelo York World
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
The Lima Bean.

THE LIMA bean is one of the most popu
lar vegetables; but for one reason or an
other many people have trouble in getting
them to do well, and some people in get
ting them at all.
This bean loves heat, dislikes cold mois
ture, and delights in loose rich soil
Those who wish to succeed have to be
careful that all these conditions are fully
insured.
In order to guard against damp the
earth is drawn into hills, so that any super
abundant moisture can pass rapidly away
If the soil be heavy large portion of
road sand is mixed with the soil in these
hills, and if one can have access to COW
yard, well decomposcd manure from such
a locality is the perfection of food to the
lima bean. Then in planting they ought
not to be set but just beneath the surface,
or they will be very liable to rot in push
ing their way through. 1t does no harm
either to push them in the dirt edgeWise,
as the sprouting germ comes up all the
sooner therefor.
But with even all these precautions for
dryness, food and warmth, people often
plant too soon; cold rain follows and
the seed rots. A tirstrate truck gardener
tells Us that he never sets his beans until
the earth in the hills rises to sixty degrees,
as he tests it by thermometer, and he has
a tolerable certainty that it will continue
at least this. In this way he avoids re-
planting, as so many of his neighbors do
who plant on the haphazard system. -Four
sound-loOking beans are set to each hill,
and if all grow and do well one is taken
out He regards three plants as fully
enough to remain.
A great difficulty with some people is
to get bean-poles, and many schemes have
been adopted in the endeayor to do with
out them. We have known quite light
branches to be used, mere pea-brush In
these cases three pieces are stuck into the
ground around the hill, so as to be per-
haps eighteen inches apart, and the tops
are tied together with a piece Of Irvine
OF course they are liable TO be broken off
by the weight of beans toward the end Of
the season; but on the whole they make a
fair substitute. OF late the sunf1ower has
been employed to make live poles. These
are planted very early in spring where the
poles are To be, or rather where the old
fashioned poles would be BY bean plant
ing time in June the plants have made
tolerabe Roadway, and the hill for the
seed is drawn around the stems They
make admirable poles if the strong-grow-
ing suntiowers arc employed But they
are liable to the objection of eating up
some of the food intended for the beans
Still there is some compensation even for
this, for the seed makes excellent chicken
feed, and where fire-wood is scarce the
dead stalks make good kindling wood.
Wherever poles can be had, there is
nothing better. They are neat, and when
set in straight rows about four feet apart,
have garden-like look, which after all is
part of the pleasures of horticulture. If
they are scarce and dear, they may be pre-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
Mistakes i'm MatrimOny.

HERE are two important mistakes about
1t which deserve special notice. One is
that which DR.. Watts has sanctioned in
his celebrated lyric, that souls were pair
cd when sent into this world and some
how have got mixed and iumbled up,
scarcely any one getting his counterpart,
or having any chance of doing sO and
that hence are the Earrings of the married
state. Many people lay off their miseries
upon this mystic fatalism, and think if
they had only their true partners, they
should have been Supremacy happy. Now,
the truth is, there are no persons but those
regenerated, or becoming so, who can be
brought into any intimate relation, least
OF all the most intimate, without drawing
out the mutual points OF repulsion in their
character.
We are not sent into the world paired
and nicely fitted to each other without
any agency of our own we are brought
here with selfish natures to be subdued,
and angelic natures to be unfolded from
within; and this is done through constant
watchings, selfdenials, and efforts. Let
two persons, then, with hearts intensely
natural, be brought together in the
most sacred of all relations They
think they are matched. They are so.
But it may be either for draw game at
self, or for walking with equal pace on
the heavenly road. If they begin in
earnest life of regeneration, internal
evils as they come successfully into
the consciousness, will be denied, and
have all their jagged points filed off, and
finally Will be cast out entirely: and
whereas their union at first might have been
only external, it may become more and
more internal, and at length it may be
come so perfect that, for aught we know,
they May only appear in the spiritual
world like one person instead Of two. At
any rate, they BECOME together a complete
humanity, whereas apart they would be a
humanity halved and split in twain
On the other hand, suppose a regenerate
life does not begin, but selfish and worldly
living rather. Then the jagged points Of
two selfish natures will begin to show
themselves, and they will grow more pro-
trusive, sharp and prickly, and make the
dlsuniOn more and more complete This
will appear at first rather insensibly I'M
der eXternals, but will grow 10 terrible
reality. AT first they will only wish to
look at the moon through separate win
doWs; but very soon il will be, as Hood
says, and they will want separate moons
to look at; and, lastly, there will be no
moon at all, for all the romance of life
will have gone out in total darkness
PhreHOlOgicdt JO1t2udi
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

When yonth and innosense ov emmy
kind groze old, it loozes most all ov its
lamness.
This fakt liz too well known tew require
an affidavid.
The lam liz an artikle ov trade, az well
as diet, they are with from four tew 1C
dollars, ackording teW the way things am
1t IL strange that so mulch innosense az
the lam liz possessed ov should be for sale
1t IL jiss so with most all the innosense
and purity in this world-it IL too often
brought to the shambles.
l suppoZe, if could hav mi way, the
lam would stop growing when he got to
be about eight weeks old but then, cum
tew think ov it, this would make mutton
awful skarse.
1t would also make lams dredful plenty
1t would also inkrease VOLTS mulch, foI
hav alwus notissed since begun biz
ness in this world that just in proposhun
az lams got numerous, VOLTS got numer
Gus ackordin.
The lam haz a short tail Their tails
are not short hi natur, but short bi de
sighn.
During their early lamkinness, in an
unsuspekting moment, and quicker than
litening, their dorsal elongashun IL nipt in
the bud
Not to be mistaken in this matter, and
tew phase the responsibility jist WHARF il
belongs, lam g tails are kut oph hi man.
This liz mean thing for man to do; but
man IL capable ov doing dredful mean
things, iist 5ehause he IL a man.
Man amt satisfied tew leave ennything
in this world az he phinds it.
The femail lam liz the dearest little
package ov innosense and buty known to
natraists.
\ temail lam IL mi pride and hope. l
luv the whole entire congregation ov them.
The lam IL kivvered from childhood
with a softe coating called wool, from
which cloth IL sed to be made, and also
from which yarn IL sed tew be spun.
Thare IL a great deal ov yarn spun in
this world that has no wool in it; theze
yarns are called phibs
Phibs are not considered feroshus. y
phib is lie painted in water kullers.
Thare haz been more phibs in market
since the formashun ov man than thare
haz been truth
Phibs are often ingenius, sometimes
quite pretty, but are alwuz dangerous.
Phibs are sumtimes a CRATE deal more
plauzable than truth.
Look out for them.
Phibbers hav been known tew bekum
liars, just az hot lemonade drinkers, with
leetle port wine in it, just for etfekt, hav
been known tew bekum our most reliable
whiskee drinkers.-N. Y. Weekly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
How to Begin an Article for PubIica.
ton.

a GREAT many people are apt to hit upon
happy ideas in society, and when they go
home they write them out for publication
and most of these good folks know how
hard it is to begin an article satisfactorily.
\ word to them: commence with your
very finest writing and most beautifully
rounded sentences Introduce your sub
iect in your most elaborate style, be po-
etical, rhetorical, didactic as your mood
may be, and when you think fit gradually
drop into the discussion of the subject
matter. When the article is finished be-
gin at the opening sentence, and read it
until YOU find you have commenced to
say something to the point. Stop at this
place; strike out everything before it, and
let your article begin just there. You
will then probably find that it opens well,
and that by collecting all your labored
composition in one place where it can be
readily stricken out, you will have saved
yourself all the trouble that would have
been necessary had it been scattered
through the article-Frdnk K. Stockton
IN .Scribner'S for Nay
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
Sour Milk for Cows or for Hogs.

WE cannot advise the use of sour milk
as a feed for milch cows, because such
food will be likely to have deleterious
influence upon the quality of the milk
yielded by the cows. We have, in the
germ theory, an explanation of the man
! ner in which milk is changed from its
normal condition and rendered unfit for
human food. 1t has been proven that
stagnant water-the water from filthy
| pools--is alive with organisms, either an
| imal or vegetable, that make it unfit to
use or allow cows TO drink 1T has been
shown by the investigation of Professor
Law, that living organism can be carried
in water through the body of the cow into
her milk and retain their vitality. II has
been proven by experiment that by feed
ing COWS distillers' Stops the yeast plant
peculiar to brewcIs' yeast has been thus
conveyed to the milk and has been found
growing therein. The acidifying germs
in sour whey, when fed 10 mich COWS,
| retain their vitality in the milk of such
| cows, causing it to sour prematurely.
Numerous well-authenticated cases are re
| corded where the milk has been injured
by the cows breathing the foul odors Of
decOmposed animal matter-the emana-
nations from purifying carcasses Of calves
=
Hence it must be evident that sour milk
when fed to COWS must have more or less
influence on the milk Welded by the COWS,
affecting its flavor and rendering it more
susceptible to decomposition than it would
II this character Of food was not given to
the COWS
But if milk j. liable to be injured and
tainted from the causes we have named, as
well as from great many others causes,
such as unhealthy cows, the various dis
eases incident to the animals, neglect in
the care of dairy utensils, uncleanlineSs in
milking, etc, we increase the difficulty by
putting such milk back into the bodies of
the COWS to be again used over in the pro
cess of secretion, and sowing again the
seeds of decomposition for a crop of bad
milk.
Again, simply as a matter Of profit, we
are Of the opinion that sour milk can be
used with more advantage as a food for
hogs than for COWS. Sour milk makes
good diet for swine, and in connection
with grain is said to give a most excellent
flavor to the meat. Indeed it is asserted
that no food in connection with grain
or MEALS better suited for fat
tening hogs than milk, both for the in
crease of weight and quality of meat
which it makes. 1t is undoubtedly a
good, healthy food for swine, and is better
adapted to the making of meat in this
class of animals than the production of
milk in cows.
The best food for mich cows is good
sweet grass, from upland pastures. 1t can
be produced more cheaply than sour milk,
and with the light Of our experience and
observation we should say that more profit
can be realized by feeding such milk to
swine than to .cows.-Cor RsrdI Men
Yorker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
The LAM.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
: lam IL a juvenile sheep.

HE lam IL a juvenile sheep.
hey are born about the fust ov March
and menny ov them die Just az soon AZ
green peas cum.
Lam and green peas are good. but not
good for the lam
Lams are innosent as shrimps they
won't blight, nor skratch, nor talk SASSY
They don't kno mulch. only Ia SKIN
turn summersets on the grass, Xix up their
heels, pla tag, plauge their mothers and
hav plum generally.
luv the lam, even luv them after they
bekum mutton, luv lams ov all kinds !
had rather hav one lam than 4 VOLTS
This may look like oddneSs in me- bur i
IL mi sentiments emmy how
Mary had little lam | wish had q
little lam, and if i had a good deal ov lam
II wouldn't discourage me.
When lam gifts thru being lam, they
Immediately bekum a sheep. This takes
all the sentiment out ov them
Thare amt mulch poetry in mutton
Sheep are mutton.
Mutton is sometimes prekarious
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

served long time by a little care. Cedar
poles have been known to last eight and
even ten years, if they can be protected
from wet during the winter season. Oak
poles also last long time. Usually they
rot off near the ground, and to prevent
this they may be dipped in gas tar, or
some say charming the ends in the rubbish
fire, which one has to make in most gar
dens at the annual clearing up, will an
swer the same purpose.
If ii be a very great object to have the
poles last as long as possible, the bark
may be taken off, for it is generally in the
encouragement given to the collecting of
moisture between the bark and the wood,
that wood generally so soon rots away.
The part in or near the ground ought to
be stripped of bark at any rate,-GermdR-
torn Telegruph
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
What Is Your Life WORTH!

No estimate can be made of the value of human
life. 1t is beyond appraisement. The wealth of
the world weighed against it would kick the beam.
Yet how many precious lives are thrown away I'M
Willingly. The laws of health are simple enough.
but they are not generally understood and even
when understood are too often disregarded. At
this season. for example. when it is expedient that
the physical system should be toned, regulated
and purified to enable it to endure without injury
the intense heats of summer. how many thousands.
even Of the feeble and delicate, neglect to forify
themselves in this way against a known danger.
Who is so ignorant not TO be aware that Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, if taken regularly. are
protection against intermittents. remittents
and all epideuics engendered by the vapor-laden
atmosphere of spring: Who does not know that
the same wholesome tonic and Alternative. if taken
at proper intervals throughout the summer. will
prevent fevers. bilious attacks. headache. collie
nervous debility, indigestion, and all the long cata
l0gue of ills TO which heat and malaria give rise
Whoever wants a clean bill of health for the most
enervating of the year, should take time by
the forelock and commence course Of this un-
equaled vegetable invigorant now
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
CHIT IRON PIPES.

Doubtless many of our readers will be sur
prised to learn that the Crane Brothers Manu-
featuring Company, office 10 North Jefferson
street, Chicago have one of the largest works
for the manufacture of WROUGHT IRON PIPES
in the United States, and is the only one in the
West. They are obliged to run their pipe
works night and day to supply the demand,
turning out 800 tons per month. They also
manufacture every variety of brass and iron
fitting connected with pipe, and all steam
warming appliances.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

CONsUMPTION.-For the cure of this dis
tressing disease there has been no medicine
yet discovered that can show more evidence
of real merit than Aliens Lung Balsam. This
unequaled eXpectorant for curing consump-
ton, and all diseases leading to it, such as
affections of the throat, lungs, and all dis
eases of the pulmonary organs, is introduced
TO the suffering public after its merits for the
cure of such diseases have been fully teated
by the medical faculty. The Balsam is, con
sequently, accommodates by physicians who
have become acquainted with its great sue
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

DEATH from lightning is thought to be
quite painless. Owing to the velocity
with which the electric current moves, it
is believed that q person struck by light
ming has no premonition of the blow
which he receives. The nervous system
requires a certain interval of time to be-
come conscious of pain. The time of an
electric discharge is but a small fraction
of this interval; hence, as a sentient ap-
paratus, the nervous system is destroyed
before consciousness can set in.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND SINGERS will find
''Bro,cns BroncI,iaI 7rocheS' beneficial in
clearing the voice before speaking or singing,
and relieving the throat after any exertion OF
the vocal organs. For Coughs and Colds the
TrOches are effcctual.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

Decidedly the best remedy that has ever beer
discovered for rheumatism, swollen or stiff
joints, flesh wounds, sprains, bruises, cuts, anC
burns, is yolt,ason's 4todyae Imminent. We use
il, and always recommend it to our friends.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

He met Miss Kitty at a ball. After
talking about the balloon ascension, the
weather, and other things, he asked rather
abruptly: Where is your mother" Oh
said the sweet damsel, Il have left her at
home. | generally do when | come to a
ball. What is home without mother"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

We should not hesitate to recommend to any
friend of ours, Parsons Puygntige PITS; they
are scientifically prepared, and are adapted to
all the purposes of good purgative medicine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

DooLEY's Yeast Powder is convenient, eco
nemical and always reliable. No waste of food
prepared with it, as it is always of the best
qUality
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

FLACG's INSTANT RELIEF - Warranted TO re-
leyC all Rheumatic Affections, SPrains, Neuralgia,
The best the and the quickest remedy for
all Bowel Complaints. Relief guaranteed or the
money refunded.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

THE Browns AND BLACKS produced by that sterling
preparation, CEIsTADORO's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE
cannot be eXccliCd by Nature It's tints challenge
comparison with Natures favored productions,
and defy detection.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15
WHAT NExrs-The Nav number

WHAT NExTs-The May number is
filed with an unusual variety Of the. choicest read
ing for young people. The publisher announces
6450 cash subscriptions received during the month
of April Its wonderful success is no more than
its merits deserve. Thirty cents year with choice
of two fine k100 chromos 10 each subscriber, bee
sides splendid inducements for clubs. Specimen
cents JOHN B. ALDEN. Publisher, Chicago
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-15

Strict Sabbatarians in Boston are
shocked by the report that florist of that
city sells 10000 rosebuds every Sunday.