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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08
HOuse-Painting in Danbury.

The man ofthe Neaos'. thus describes re
cent mishap: Old Mr.. Watson, on Nelson
street, has got nice little bill to pay. He
sent man down town for a pot of paint
and ladder. The man got the paint, and
then went to a lumber yard after a ladder.
Then he tied the paint-pOt on the end of
the ladder, and put the ladder on his
shoulder. This was very smart arran ge-
ment, and the man himself admired it
very much. He started for home this very
way, and didn't find any trouble getting
along the first block, because people had
an impression that a long ladder with a
pot of yellow paint dangling on the end of
1t wasn't exactly the think to trifie with
so they balanced along on the curbstone,
or rubbed up against the buildings. Pretty
soon the man saw somebody in store he
knew, and he turned around to speak to
him, and drove one end of the ladder into
a millinery case and knocked the crown
out of an eighteen dollar bonnet Then
he backed off in alright and knocked
down two sewing machine agents with the
other end Then he started to turn around
and an old gentleman, who was desperate
" endeavoring to pull his wife out of dan
ger, saw the peril, and shouted out, Hi
there.' But it was too late The pot
struck against an awning post, tipped to
one side, and the entire contents went
over the aged couple. This so startled
the man that he whirled completely
around, smashing in an entire store front,
frightening a milkmans team, and knock
ing over some thirteen persons who were
actively lodging about to get out of the
way Then he dropped the ladder and
fled into the country, shouting murder
and fire at every jump, A regular ordain-
ed painter is now engaged on Mr. Wat
sons house
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

one of the first questions which a
young person, just starting out in life
should ask, Is, How can | learn to be use
iul IN society, so that when | leave the
world | may feel that | have not lived in
Valn?' There is an immeasurable dis
lance between the man who is always an
1Clcr or dr0nc, who never does any good to
others, and who is so helpless that he has to
nave some one else constantly to wait upOn
him; and the man who is constantly use
1ul, Is ready TO help everybody, and who
carries comfort and sunshine wherever he
goes. We see the difference between these
two classes of persons in their very count
cnances. have seen this difference more
particularly IN young women While one
was all animation and sunshine in pleas
ant society, or all kindness and sympathy
III times of sickness and trouble, the other
had dull, sour and forbidding express
sion OF countenanCc, with little to please
or TO add to the happiness of others. In
the one, we could see a soul of kindness
heaming from the eye; in the other mere
y frIyolity when good-natured. or sour
ness when displcased
There Is reason for all this One of
the Tuest sources of happiness, is to help
others. When one feels low spirited or
respondent, 1t is an excellent thing to 90
and assist some one in distress The most
truly benevolent are always more happy
than the utterly selfish. This is proved
ny lntallible authority, for 1T is more
blessed to give than to receive" Now.
the means of being useful are not learned
IN single day. Usefulness is an art that
must be acquired by study and perfected
by practice. The young man who has
studded 81.
English literature and elocution. has
learned but small portion of what he
should know, SO as to be useful to himself
and those about him. He should not only
be able TO put into practice in the best
manner all that he has thus learned. but
he must acquire many things not wholly
learned from books or in schools One of
the hrst things to acquire is personal neat
ness, SO that he may not be an ANNOYANCE
10 his friends. He should be able to dress
hllnseu, black his own boots. sew on a
button, and keep all his clothes in perfect
order and neatly in place, and when he
comes IN from outdoors, he sbO,11d 500
that he is not detiling the floor or Garnet
by muddy boots, which he should either
clean or exchange for slippers. Resides
these accomplishments, he should know
how to make a bed, wind watch. cut his
brothers hair, build a fire, whitewash =
wall, regulate a clock, and put up a pack
age neatly to send by express, He should
know how to mend broken tools and
sharpen table knives He should be able
to carve dexterously, and to wait on table.
He should harness horse readily, grease
a wagon, and drive a team If he lives in
the country, he should be able to milk
the cows, shear the sheep, and when nee
essary dress a veal or mutton. He should
pillow handsomely, SOW grain and grass
seed, manage a mower and reaper, swing
a scythe skillfully, build a load of hay
and neat stack, and use dexteriouslv the
horse-rake and tedder He should like
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08
Russia and Her WOrkmen.

HE latest of the internal reforms begun
by the Emperor Alexander of Russia is a
broad anG sweeping measure for the i'm
provement Of the condition of factory
hands. Statistics have shown that there
are now about ninety thousand manufac-
torres III the Empire, employing about
million persons, exc usive of those who are
furnished with work at their homes by
these establishments. So badly construct
Ell are the factories that the workers in
them have to endure all the maladies en-
gcndered by violation of the laws of
nealth- Nentiatlon Is of the worst posi-
bic character. Cleanliness is sometime
scarcely ever thought Of Light is bad.
Inc homes OF these toilerS are in some re
spects even worse than the factories espec-
laliy where the slim, overcrowded accom-
mouauons nave to serve the double pur
pose OF workshop and a residence
Death has consequently reaped heavy
harvest. Not half the children now attain
the age of five years from sixty to seven
tytive per cent of the laboring population
suffer from the chronic diseases contract
eel by the fatal neglect Of sanitary precau-
tons. The average duration of life
among these people does not exceed twenty
years.
The Russian Government has under
taken TO deal with this state of affairs di-
rectly and indirectly. and from the necn-
har nature OF the control which il can
exercise, an Improvement will be made
Immediately 1t is intended to regulate
the hours of labor with reference to the
age and sex of the employe: to impose
penalties upon both the parents and the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

the garden line is stretched in the direc-
ton desired, and the seeds sown thinly
along the line, on the surface of the
ground Then he walks along sideways,
each foot, closely one after the other,
along the line, and the seeds are trodden
in. He seems to have every seed to grow,
and they grow early; and another advan-
tage is that they rarely require much thin
ming out. 1t has been comforting doc
trine with some dishonest seedsmen-a
sort Of sop to their consciences-that it is
benefit to the customer to mix seeds
which will not grow with those which
will, because they say the people always
SOW too thick, and thus this dilution is to
their interest. But it would not do for
seedsmen of this class thus to water
stock" for our friend Finding that by
his plan he has no rotten seed-that every
seed grows-he sows only just about
enough to fill the ground properly; and
the scotsman that sold poor seeds to him
would not have the opportunity the sec
ond time-Fo,meys Weekly Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08
THE LITTLE CORPORAL MAGAZINE

THE LITTLE CORPORAL MAGAZINE
Chapter tx. of Uncle Dicks Legacy by Mrs.
Emily Huntington Miller, and chapter V. of Hid
den Treasure by Mary A. Denison-with illus
tration-are given in the May number, accompan-
led by several short stories. sketches, editorials
etc.-all entertaining reading for the young folks
Prudy's Pocket and the Work and Play department
well filed picture story is also given in this
number Two beautiful chromos are given to each
subscriber TO this magazine receipt of ten cents
to pay postage. Terms $3.50 year: single num-
Der fifteen cents. Address JOHN E. MILLER, pub
Usher. 165 W. Washington ST., Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

SPACE FOR FowLs.-The proper space
for fowls in confinement is set down by
Mr.. Lewis Wright as half an acre to a
flock of fifty, which should be in grass
Those desiring to breed poultry on large
scale can calculate from this basis why so
many failures have attended experiments
in this direction. One hundred fowls
need an acre range; one thousand, ten
acres; and no doubt as the flock increases
over thousand, an average of more than
one acre per hundred would be the safer
plan.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

TO Drive off RatS.-Take a bunch of
matches, and soak Them over night in a
teacup of water; then take out the
matches and thicken the water with In
dian meal to a thick dough, adding a
spoonful of sugar and little lard. Lay
about the premises where the rats are, and
nothing Will get it, 1t is decidedly the
best eXterminator extant,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

California has 1900 square miles
less area than France, but it is asserted
that the actual area in California
which can be successfully devoted to
grapes will exceed that of France in the
proportion of to l, which would be 1S,
600, 900 acres for California and 100000
for France.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08
The Wheat Field Of America F.!
UEALTHFUL CLIMATE, FREE IGfES,
GOOD llARhETS,
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL

THE NORTHERN PACIFAC RAIL-
R0A ID offers for sale its Lands in Central and
Western Minnesota, embracing: 1. The best OF
Wheat Land .. Excellent Timber for the Mill, the
Farm and the Fire; 8. Rich Prairie IasturaEe and
Natural Meadow, watered by clear lakes and running
streams-in a Healthful Climate, toAere fege' and
1gUe is uHkHOJcR.
Grain can be shipped hence by lake to market MS
chcaply rs from Eastern Iowa or Central ILLINOIS.
Cars now through these Lands from Lake superb
$500 per further away $50 to Sf.t9. seven
Years Credit WARRANTED Deeds; Northern Pa
cifc 1-SO Bonds. now selling at par, received for
land at Sl.t0 No other unocculied Lands present
such advantages to settlers.
SOLDIERS under the New Law March. 1S1s,)
get 100 Rec, the railroad by and two
years residence.
TRANSPORTATION AT REDUCED
RATES furnished from all principal points East 10
Purchasers of Railroad Lands, ard to Settlers
Government Homcsteads. Purchasers their wives
and Children carried free over the Northern Pacific
Road. Now is the time for Settlers and Colonies to
get Railroad Lands and Government Homesteads
close to the track
Send for Pamphlet contang full Information,
map, and copy OF new Homestead Law. Address
LAND DEPARTMENT, NORTHERN PACIFIC
RAILROAD, ST. PAUL, MINI,
Or 23 Fifth Ave, cor. Ninth ST., NEW YORK.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

The Times says DR.. Walpole has lost his
beautiful chestnut mare She died suddenly
in harness, it is supposed from bots or pin
worms. If the Doctor had used Sheridan's
Cdpat,y Condition Po,gdeIS he would, no doubt,
have had his mare to-day-they are death on
worms
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

SOONER OR LATER. a neglected Cold will develop
constant Cough. Shortness of Breath Failing
Strength, and Wasting of Flesh. all symptomatic of
some serious Lung Affection, which may be avoided
or palliated by using in time DR.. Jayne's Expec-
torant.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

CHAPPED HANDS are very common with
those who have their hands much in water. A
few drops of Johns0n'S daodya1e Imminent rub
bed over the hands two or three times day.
will keep them soft and white Fishermen,
sailors and others will do well to remember
tbis
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08
What the Doctors Say.


Amos Woolly, NJ. D., Of Kosciusco Co, Ina, says:
sam extensively in my practice. ano am satisfied
here Is no better medicine for lung diseases IN
Isaac A. DOran, NJ. D., of Logan Co., o., says
ALIENS Lung Balsam not only sells rapidly, but giy
perfect satisfaction in every case within my knoWl
edge. Having confidence in 1t, and knowing that il
possesses valuable medicinal properties, freely
use 1t In my daily practice, and with unbounded sue
cess AS an expectorant IT is most certainly far ahead
81 any preparation have ever yet known.
Nathaniel Harris, NJ. D., of Mddlebury VT, says {:
sdial agent for the of all diseases of the Throat
Bronchial Tubes and Lungs.
DIR. Lloyd of Ohio, surgeon In the army during the
war from exposure contracted consumption, he
says have no hesitancy in saying that it by
the use Of your Lung Balsam that am now alive and
Or. Fletcher. of Lexington. Mo-, says: +" recon-
mend your Balsam In preference to any other medi-
cine for Coughs and ii gave satisfaction"
Drs. Wilson Ward, physicians and druggists, write
from Centreville, Tenn: I'VE purchased Aliens
Lung Balsam, and 1t sells rapidly. Weare practising
recommeudi ng great remedy, such as We know this
to be"
sE Physicians do not recommend medicine
which ha no merit. What they say about Aliens
Lung BalsaM can be taken as a fact. Let all af
hicted test 1t at once, and be convinced of its real
merits.
1t is harmless to the most delicate child.
1t contains no Opium in any form.
Directions accompany each bottle.
Call for Aliens Lung Balsam.
J. N. HARRIS e. CO., Proprietors,
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
SCI For Sale By all Nj edicine Dealer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

VALUABLE AND RELIABLE.-"Brown' Bron-
chial Troches' are invaluable to those exposed
to sudden changes, affording prompt relief in
Coughs, Colds, etc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

CRrsTADoRo's EXCELSIOR HAIR DYE Is the
most sure and complete preparation of its
KIND In the world; its effects magical its
character harmless, its nts natural qualities en-
during.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY MEDICISE.-Sd1gord 5
Ltrer InrigOrdtOr-a purely Vegetable Cthnrttc an
Iopc-for Dyspepsia, Con stipation, Debility. sic k
Headache, Bilious Attacks, and all arrangement OF
Liver Stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggists for
it. De1cdre Of limitations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

THE Two EXrREMEs.-Two classes Of
medical thinkers attempt to cure disease
by Opposite modes OF treatment. One
class forces the system into preternatural
activity; the other depresses and weakens
it. Both are wrong To intlame the
blood of an invalid with medicated alco-
hol is as dangerous as to apply undue
steam pressure to a weak boiler; and to
PROSTATE the physical energy, which is
the natural opponent of disease, by depict
ing treatment, is an act of almost equal
temerity. There is a medium between
these two extremes, and DIR. JOSEPH
WALKER, to whom the world owes the
famous CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs,
has been fortunate enough to strike it. He
has produced from simple vegetable ele
ments without the admiXture of any dis
titled or fermented fluid, specific COM
prising the important properties of a
wholesome tonic, gentle evacuant, a
purifier Of the secretions, pulmonic, a
sedative, and a powerful ant-bllious
agent. Never before We're these six san
alive qualities comprehended in one
medicine, and never before did one med
icine cure so many different diseases
Dyspepsia, liver-complaint diseases of
the kidneys, rheumatism, intermittent
fever, disorders Of the bowels, govt, nerv-
Gus affections, and maladies proceeding
from impurity of the blood, are only few
OF the bodily ills for which VINEGAR BIT
TIERS is considered an unfailing remedy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08
Prop the Falling.

VEGETABLE PULMONARY BALsAM doubt
less the best Cough Medicine in tn eworld.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

DOSE every two days is the way take Shallen-
berger's Fever and Ague Antidote. one dose stops
the Chills, and cure is certain.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

LIKE LIGHTNING the Miraculous Cures effect
ed with FLAaa's INSTANT RELIEF. Aches, Pains
Spralns, BoWei Complaints etc, cannot eJfI if
tins great medltnne J, dsea. Relief warranted, or
money retuTneI
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08
The Late Gov. Geary wrote follows:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. HARRISBURG. Feb. q, 1871.
Dear Sri regard your Antidote

as public benefaction.
In tbs fall of 1851 it proved Itself In my case,
well as in many others that came under my obserya
ton, a most invaluable remedy for Fever and Ague
only prompt and powerful in curing the disease
but singuary pleasant and beneficial in its general
effects upon the system"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

CoNsUMPTIoN.-For the cure Of this dis
tressing disease there has been no medicine
yet discovered that can show more evidence
of real merit that 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 tested
by the medical faculty. The Balsam is, con-
sequehtly, recommended by physicians who
cess.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

ASK for Prussing's Cider Vinegar and take
no other. Warranted to Preserve Pickles
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
w please say you saw the advertisements
i in this paper.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

SE tn GO0 perday! Agents wanted Aliclasses OF
W w fpzlo w0rklnsreop'e, Of eithcrsex young or
old make more money at work for US In their spare
moments or all the time tbau anything else Partc
uldrs tree. Address q. if3lsun Co. Portland Mat
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

HINTS to Stock Breeders tells how to breed male
or female Sent for 25 cts. L. B. Silver Salem o.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

Daying employment for young and old everywhere
i Particulars free. Ad'ss Urben & Co. st Louis Mo
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08
REWARD

Fun EVERLASTING mammoth coIIec-
toh or the best comic storie., jokes wtticisins
1nhby poetry burlcsqucs. &c, with over 100 hr90r
Gus pictures. Only , cts of booksellers or nv aii
j. HANEY S CO, II9 Nassau ST. 4 v
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

4 GESTS WANTED everywherc. Samples
4 \ ana circulars mailed ON receipt of 50 cents
GOTHAM GRAY, Manufacturer Box 1874 n y CITY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-05-08

Longest engaged, and most g,
consultation OF pamphlet free. c
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-01-17
There is True Economy in Good Roads.

There IS no true economy in sssovipr a.
the spigot and losing at the bnpg" T5or "'
is no economy in parsimonv in road nal,
INC, and payino treble or nuaGrn,,in N
wagon makers, blacksmiths and hdrn o ~
makers. Uneven road beds gnllovo ond
boulders tax n man more boov;,T ~ r,, "n,'
and are mo1e vexatious to shirt than his
part ofthe cost of construction and ma i,,'
tanning a road as oleyel and smooth 90 .
barn floor" Men don't oct richer or are y
long time getting rich. lust because tbov
don't begin right. What is thc nae or
toiling to save crops, ifa share of the nrofta
is lost in getting them to market nan
starts to his nearest town with a ton of hav
from which he expects to realize $40 70
$15. He runs into gully. tins over. and
u half day is lost to himself and team in
getting straiphtened M he loscs n t;rn
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-01-17

TIE NARROW GAUGE.-The latest statis-
tics showing the capabilities of narrow
gauge railroads come from England. Mr..
Fell a Mont Gents engineer has put narrow
gauge line of only eight inches in width in
successful operation as q convcyer of the
heavy traffic of iron mines to a railway.
After this accomplishment, the Government
engaged him to construct line at Alder
shott for military purposes. The gauge
there is eighteen inches wide. The width
of the line is ten feet, and the whole rests
on posts. The road is q perfect success,
and speed of twenty miles an hour was
attained, thirty miles being the maximum
attainable. The London Necs says that
the success of this little road will gradually
lead to the introduction of the same means
of communication at other ilitary stations
to say nothing of the possible use of sim
liar means Of transit should England be
again involved in war The cost of road
like this, of Is inch gauge, is from $500
to $4,000 mile Such roads must yet
come into use in the mining regions and mp
and down the contracted valleys ofstreams.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-01-17
VARIETIES.

Speaking of theoretical farming, Josh
Billings says that once he knew q man who
wouldn't even set gate post without hay
ing the ground analysed to see if it pos.
scssed the proper ingredients for post
holes.
AS a stout old lady got out of crowd
ed bns the other day, she Xclaimed-"Well,
that's a relief any how To which the
driver, cycling her ample proportions, re-
piled, $50 the losses thinks num-
In the window ola shop in an obscure
part of London is this announcement =
Goods removed, messages taken, carpets
beaten, and poetry composed on any sub
.iect.'
"A drunkard, on being told that the
earth is round and turns on its axis all the
time, said: | believe that, for I've never
been able to stand on the darned thing"
To buy Of an advertiser is to buy of
man most likely to have fresh stock of
goods on hand, from the fact that his adj
vertiscmcnts have enabled him to sell the
previous stock easily and rapidly.
Mr.. Jones was at Leadenhall Market
the other day, his special object Of pursuit
being "fresh eggs" After some little search
he found the desired articles outside A
! Milesian lady with basket full Of eggs,
awaited purchasers. Jones stepped up to
the Milcsian lady, examined the hen fruit,
and asked its price.
"SiXteenpe dozen, was the prompt
reply.
isn't that rather high ma'am?" suggest
ed Jones.
"High. Deuce a bit. Av you wor hin
Misther Jones, would you be willing to lay
eggs for less than siXtccn-pence a dozen, |
AK yc now y
A merchant who was noted for lis
suffering, as we'll as for his shrcwdness in
making bargain, stopped at grocery
and inquired: How m-m-many turkeys
have you g.ggot 2" Eight, sir" rephel
the grocer. "T-t-tough or t-t-tendcr ?"
"Some are tender and some are tough"
was the reply. II kk-k-keep boarders,"
said the new customer. "Pp-pick me out
the f.ff four t-tt-toughest t.t-turkeys, if
! you please" The delighted grocer very
willingly complied with the very unusual
request, and said in his politest, blundcst
tones "'Fhesc are the tough ones, sir"
Upon which the merchant coolly put his
hand upon the remaining four, and eXclaim
ed "Tll t-t-t-takc t-t-th- these :"
Live disobey the dictates of conscience
even in the most trifng particular, or allow
ourselves to do what we have some fears
may not be quite right, we shall grow more
and more sleepy, until the voice of con-
science has no longer the power to awaken
us