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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
Fretful Babies.

Babies often cry without any apparent
reason; but mother can usually discover
reason if she stops to think about it.
And it is worth stopping to think about,
no matter if the homework or sewing be
delayed awhile in consequence Per
haps she has eaten something which dis
agrees with its stomach; perhaps it is
thirsty, for little babies are often thirsty,
and will drink a teaspoonful of cold wa
ter with the greatest eagerness, and be
quiet and satisfied after it. Perhaps its
little sock is tied too tightly, as my baby S
was the other day. | found deep red
mark around her ankle, which at once
explained her fretfulness More likely
than anything else, the flannel band
around its bowels-if happily one is there
or its skirt-band is pinned too tightly
| know baby who has cried great deal
since his birth. Think the chief reason
of it is because he has always been
dressed too tightly. The mother said to
me one afternoon, when the child was so
cross she hardly knew what to do, "I've
a great mind to undress him and put on
his night-gown; he is real good then"
So she did, and he commenced to be
good at once. Mothers should search
for all such possible causes when their
babies get fretful. They should not be too
ready to attribute their crying to nervous
temperament or to hunger, for it is mo,e
likely to be caused by the prick of pin
or an overfed stomach than either
Hearth and Home.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
Bark Lice.

IT is very easy to destroy bark lice
The little oyster-like scale was last year
the living insect-a white louise so small
as to be almost microscopic, with just
enough vitality to move little from its
parent nest, and there fix itself, growing
eight or ten times larger, by means of a
viscous fluid exuding from its body, and
finally hardening into the scale now COW
ering from one to two dozen eggs, looking
like white dust: A little watching with
the aid of pocket magniier, which every
farmer ought to own and carry with him,
will enable the observer to tell when
they are Matched out and moving, which,
in this latitude, 40 so, and elevation above
Underwater 1925 feet, is about the Goth of
June. At any time after this, and before
they are fixed to the bark, or are too much
grown and hardened, nothing more expen-
sive than soap suds from a Mondays
washing is needed for their complete de-
struction. In my own experience, one
thorough washing with soft soap suds has
always suff1ced to kill them all, and re-
store tree to igor.-Country Gentleman.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

The richest of us is poor indeed. The summer,
pleasant and enjoyable it is is very apt to lay
open to this kind of depreciation. The high tenn
perature weakens the body and impairs its vitality,
and az the strength and energy of the system de-
cline disease following in the trail of debility, OBJ
tains foothold somewhere in the frame, in the
stomach. perhaps, or the liver, the head, the
bowels, the nerves In summer, therefore, it is
of great importance to keep the body strong and
all its functions in healthy activity. To promote,
or rather to insure this condition of the human
chine, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, the standard
tonic of the age, Is the one thing needful. As &
wholesome invigorant ii stands at the head of all
medicines of the class TO which it belongs But
this is only one of its many valuable properties.
Its mild and painless cathartic action its antibious
properties, and the certainty with which it elimi-
mates from the blood and other animal fluids all
acrd matter that tends to produce or foster disease
almost entile this wonderful preventive and cura-
tive, 10 the much abused appelahon, universal
medicine. 1t is so harmless that the most delicate
female invalid may take it with safety yet so power
full that no form of bilious disease. no phase of in
digestion, no case of chronic constipation, type
of intermittent fever, resist its sanitary opera
ton.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
Babes in the Woods.

During one of the warm afternoons of
the first part of last week. three little chill
dren of Mr.. John Foley, living near Hills
dale, Columbia County, went out in the
field to play. They were bareheaded and
baretoOted. An hour or so atterward their
mother went out to look for them, but they
were no where to be found. She searched
about in the fields and woods, calling
them, but got no tidings of them Becom-
ing alarmed, as it was growing dark, Mrs
Foley took the dinner-horn, and sounded
it for a long time at different points, in
hope that her children might hear it, and
be guided home by the sound. The horn
had the effect of summOning the neighbors
to the Foley farm, but nothing was heard
of the children. The parents were now
nearly frantic. =
The section in which they live is wild
one, and infested by beasts Of prey. Only
last week Mr.. Charles Jones, Of Hillsdale,
while passing through the woods near
Foley's, was attacked by large, hungry
wildcat, with which he had severe strug-
gle In the latter part of the winter a
large she bear and two cubs were killed
not far from the same spot. The parents
Of the Foley children, failing to get any
trace of them feared that they had wan
dered into the woods and fallen a prey to
some of these animals 1t was now dark,
and began to rain. A party of farmers
was organized to scour the woods in
search of the lost children. They went in
different directions, bearing lanterns, and
calling the children loudly by name. The
oldest child was a little one six years of
age, and the youngest mere babe The
rain fell in torrents, but the search was
kept up all night Not the slightest trace
OF the little ones was found, although the
country had been secured for miles.
The scouting parties returned to the
parents early in the morning with the sad
news. The belief that the children had
been destroyed by wildcats was now gen
eral, and great excitement prevailed. The
news spread to the village, and business
was almost entirely suspended
In the afternoon a boy named Ingersoll
came running to FOley's, and said that he
had either heard children crying or the
cry of a wildcat, about mile in the woods
where he was looking for a lost COW.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foley and some others
started at once for the spot, guided by
young lngersoll. They came upon the
children lying at the foot of a large tree,
covered with dead leaves, and drenched to
the skin. They were crying. When they
saw their father and mother they were
almost wild with joy. The meeting be-
tween them and their parents was most
affecting. The children We're carried
back to the house. and the rejoicing was
immense.
The oldest child said she heard the
dinner-horn and the halIoing of the hunt
ers, but was afraid to steal away. She
answered the call, but was not heard
The youngest child cried itself to sleep
and slept all night, lying between the
others .-Neto York S1tn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
\ Danbury Mans Adventures.

y DANBURY man started for Greenwich
Friday to see an iron fence. What he
wanted to see an iron fence for we don't
know, and II really makes no difference.
lie went tie wanted to 60 off on the
800 train, SO he hurried home L oct
ready. His wife and a vicious outside
woman were cleaning house, and il was
some time before he could get his society
suit ready. In the meantime he opened
fire on the largest half of a custard pie.
holding it in bis hand and dancing around
and yelling for his things. When she
brought his overCOat, he set the pie in a
char, TO put on the coat. but in his ner-
vousnesS stepped on the end of lone.
handled whitewash-bru which was hal.
anced across pail, and.the other end flew
up and discharged about a pint of the av.
tul mixture over the sofa, Wall-paper. and
his painting and indignant wife. She
made remark and he Contradicted il
Then he sat down in the chair where the
PIE was, and got up again with a howl
that would have melted the StouteSt heart
She wanted him to wait while she SCraped
on the surplus, but he was too mad ia
converse IN words OF more than one syl
liable, and started for the depot and board
ed the train, and in the Seclusion of the
baggage car removed the offensive lunch
tie got to Greenwich all right and look
ed at the fence. We hope lie admired it
Then started for home but missed the
train, and, as the next was an express and
didn't stop at Greenwich, he was OBLIGED
to walk to the drawbridge at Cos Cob az
stay in Greenwich all night So he walked
up there in the rain, but didn't mind i
much as he had an umbrella and the pie
was pretty well dried in When he got tC
r Cos Cob he stood up on a fence to look a
the scenery. and swear, when a gust o
wind took off his hat and carried ii acros:
bog lot. Then he stepped down on tht
other side, TOO amazed TO express himself
and another gust Of wind came along ant
turned the umbrella inside out \ brie
conversation here ensued between himsel
and the umbrella, and he again started fo
the hat When he got up to it he kicked
il around several times, and then jammeC
it down on his head, and started onct
more through the boys as the train drew
up at the bridge. 1t was terrible strug
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
The Robberies i'm Vienna.

THE despair of landlords and the stock
holders in the great hotel companies does
not excite any COmmiseratiOn among
strangers, it may be imagined, and even
the Vienna papers express satisfaction
that these harpies have so speedily come
to grief. Night before last one hotel had
over 100 vacant rooms and only six guests
Many establishments are making haste TO
lower their prices, hoping thereby to keep
the guests that still remain. A room for
which eight guldens a day was asked on
the LIST could be had yesterday for two.
The comic papers have made the rapacitv
of hotel and restaurant proprietors the
subject of no end of satire and lest. In
one OF them there is a Caricature in which
a waiter in a fashionable hotel presents a
guest with his bill 1t is about ten feet
long, and the total is so enormous that the
deSpairing victim leaps out of the window
into the Danube Canal at the first sight of
1t. Here are the specimens of sQuibs that
fill the papers on this subject: A foreign
er in one of the exhibition restaurants.
after paying three guldens for glass of
beer and a bit Of cold meat, calls the
waiter back and in a mysterious tone
asks: Where am | :" in the exhibition.
to be sure" answers the astonished waiter
An, lnueeu, says the stranger, with a
look of great relief, Il thought | was in
the Abruzzi among the brigands." One
friend meets another in the Prater and
says: Have you heard the news?" No
what is it?' asked the other "a regiment
of infantry is to be stationed in the exhi
bition grounds" Pray, what for" in
quireS No. 2. There are so many rob
berries committed IN the restaurants that
the police require assistance replies No
Prom a Vienna Letter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

ton, but as considerable time had elapsed
since the swindle was inaugurated, they
were unable to discover the perpetrators.
THE checks appear as il genuine, be-
ing printed in the usual style. and con-
tanning the United States revenue stamp
in the center. So far as is now positively
known one check for 1920 has been cashed
by Hillsdale bank, and another for $24O
in Cleveland, this State. 1t is expected
that from this time forward these bogus
checks will be turning up in various parts
of the country, and all persons should
give them wide berth. The checks pur-
port to be of the Eaton County Savings
Bank of Eaton Rapids, Mich, and are
drawn on they Fourth National Bank of
New York. 1t is perhaps unnecessary to
add by way Of conclusion that there is no
such institution as the Eaton County
Savings Bank in existence"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
Up eight hours day for days and weeks

up eight hours day for days and weeks
together.
British engine builders use a term, in
giving the size of steam engines, which is
known as nominal horse power" and IS
much smaller than the actual power q
the engine, which is usually known as the
indicated horse power" or the dynamo
metrical horse power" according as it is
determined by the Indicator or the dyna-
mometer. Thus the engines of the British
iron clads, Devastation and Thunderer, if
driven at the low speed and with the low
steam used in the time of James Watt,
would be of about 800 horse power. They
still are said to be of 500 nominal horse
power, but the Thunderer, in her recent
trial, developed $500 indicated horse pow
er. In this country, this unfortunate and
confusing application of the term NOM
inal'' horse power is almost unknown,
and we indicate the size of an engine by
specifying its diameter of cylinder and
length of stroke The engines of the
Thunderer, for example, have two cylin-
ders for each of her twin screws, which
are 50 inches diameter and 80 inches
stroke-Scientifc american.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

| EDITORIAL NOTICES are so common that 1t
| is almost impossible for an editor to express
his honest opinion Of the merits of any article
without being suspected of interested motives.
This fact, however, shall not deter us from
saying what we think of a new addition to the
Materia Medica to which our attention has been
recently directed. We refer to DR. j. WALKER 5
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERs, a remedy
which is making its way into more families
just now than all the other advertised medi-
cines put together. Its popularity, so far as
we can Judge, is not based on empty preten
sion. There seems to be no question about
the potency of lis tonic and Alternative proper
ties, While it possesses the great negative rec
concentrations of containing neither alcohol
nor mineral poison. That it is a specific for
Indigestion, BiliOusness, Constipation, and
many complaints of nervous origin, we have
reason to know; and we are assured on good
authority that a general invigorant, regu-
lating and purifying medicine, it has no equal.
1t is stated that its ingredients obtained from
the wilds of California; are new to the medical
world; and its extraordinary effects certainly
warrant the conclusion that it is a compound
of agents hitherto unknown. Il popularity is
any criterion, there can be no doubt of the
efficiency of the VINEGAR BITTERs, for the sale
of the article is immense and continually in
creasing,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

A statement prepared at the Treasury
Department shows that for the nine
months ending March 81, 1873, the re-
ceipts from customs were STAT ,223, OIS.90.
During the same period ending March 81,
1872, the receipts from the same source
were S166, 747 ,466.6S, showing that under
the new tariff law the reduction in taxa
ton was S19,524.3S1.7S.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

CoNsUMPTIoN.-For the cure of this dis
tressing disease there has been no medicine
vet 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 tested
by the medical faculty. The Balsam is, con-
sequently, recommended by physicians who
have become acquainted with its great sue
cess.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

YOU can readily secure a Sew
ing Machine, Watch. Parlor
Organ, Piano, or some useful
and valuable article and at the
same time make good CASH
WAGES while getting up clubs
for OUR FIREsIDE FRIEND, up
Oh their new plans, and NOW is
the time to do it because Of
their new and EXTRA OFFER to
subscribers. Large cash wages
and the best outfit. To take adj
vantage of the new plan you
must apply at once. Write for
particulars Immediately to
WATERS q CO., Pub
fishers, Chicago, Ill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

HEADACHE, LANGUoR AND MELANCHOLY general
~ spring from a Disordered Stomach, Costlveness
or a Torpid Liver. Each may be readily removed
by DIR. d. Jayne's Sanative Pills, a few doses OF
which will be found to stimulate the Liver and
Stomach to healthy action, removing all Bilious
ness, and producing regular excavations of the
bowels
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

BEST AND OLDEST FAMILY MEDICTNE.-S1nf0rd q
LiDer I9Cig0rdtOT-a purely Vegetable Clthdrtc and
IOn}c-fOr Dyspepsia, Constipation, Debility, Sick
Headache, Bilious Attacks and all arrangements of
Liver stomach and Bowels. Ask your Druggist fO,
it. BelCdTe or limitations
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

CHILLs AND FEVER can only be cured by removal
of the Shallenbergers Pills do this instantly,
and vigorous health is sure TO follow.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

SEE, in another column, the advertisement
headed 81 1ciU help any man"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

OUR Readers should be careful to notice that
Proctor Il CANDLES STAMP is upon the bars
of the NOTIFIED GERMAN SOAP, as all good
articles are initiated, and this Soap being so
popular, other manufacturers have copied their
stamp.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

WHEN WHITING TO ADVERTISERS
w please say You saw the advertiseH,e nt
In this paper.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

ASK for Prussng's Cider Vinegar and take
no other. Warranted to preserve Pickles.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
Robbed of Health.

SEE, in another column, the advertisement
headed 81 1oW help any man"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
REGAE1

DAINTER'S hlanuaI, complete practical
l. guide to house and sign painting, gfaialng, NaT
nshing polishing kalsominng. paper hanging letter
ing, staining, gliding glazing svering, glass
analysis of coOTs, harmony contrast: etc. 30 cts.
J. HANIII < co. 40 Nassau ST., y. !.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

GEL or write Dr. Dodge OF Ean1a Experiment and ss,,,
~ Drorsy notortety. Cures guaranteed. New Era
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

Howard Association. Philadelphia Pa An In.
A stlturlon having high putation for honorable
condue md professional skill. Acting Surgeon =
o1.'IGhTON. NJ; d. Essays for oung Men sert 1rec
of charge. Address Row A. ASSCCEATIC M
2South Ninth street. phtladerAia. "a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

$40 On EACH wEEK-AGENTs WANTED.
sCl A.pO Business legitimate. Particulars frea
j. WORTH. ST. Louis Mo. Box 1881
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

Proprietors FOR the Southern ana Western States
sS 70; sale by all Medicine Dealers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
Grateful Thousands proclaim

according to directions, and remain long
unwell, provided their bones are not de
stroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and vital organs wasted beyond
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

He properties OF Or. " AlhkAS
VINEGAR BIrTERs are Apericnt. Diapborehc,
Carminative, Nutritious, Laxative Dinretic,
Sedative, Counter Irritant, Sudoriic, Altera-
tive and Anti Biljous
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-21

The public seem to be no nearer an auth
oritstive explanation Of the Polaris mystery
Several seni-aul horized statements az to The
character Of tho testimony given by Tyson
and his party at sthe official examination
hsve been tsIegrspbed only to; te followed
in every case by u semi-authorizsd denial OF
their truth. We were given semi Official
assur ance some days since that the Navy
Department would that evening give to the
pnbIic 40 official synopsis Of tue testi mony
which would set sll the ssnsationa and con
Trajectory runners at rest. We have been
patiently waiting that statement but the
Navy Department appears to have forgot
ten ali about it. In view of the numerous
conflicting stories about the Polaris, Halls
death, and the raft party we begin to doubt
whether there was any Polaris, any Hall,
any Tyson on an ice foe, any Open Polar
sea, and any North Pole. We have no of
fetal evidence of either aud all unotfic ial
statements have been pronounced uutrus1
worthy.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-21
FOR SALE.
A desirable house on Tue Egbert Farm.
For particulars enquire at the Post Office.

Below We give Tidiou.e local option from
the Journal:
A party Of picknickers from Tidioute and
Triumph net at the latter place this morn
log to celebrate 10 a quiet little '.jamboree. II
While the party sat quaffing their lager aud
Commenting upon the Injustice of local op-
tlou. law &c, and the forthcoming races the
proprietor Of the lease appeared on the
scene. His righteous indignation being q
rabid Local Option, was quickly aroused
and al once ordered the body OF "nick p ck-
ers" TO vamoss and not disgrace the lease.
The boys fearing bis wrath, vsmossd, tax
Ing their ammunition and wounded-special-
ity-with them to the adjoining lease where
they qusffsd until the supplies Of lager went
without mo!estation. Surely the way oil
the trangressors is hard.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-21
In doubt.

An old gentleman went one daysith bis
gan to shoot partridgee, accomplish BY
his 500. Before they approached th ground
where they expected to ind the bias, The
guu was charged with . severe iad. aud
when at last the old sestlsman disoyered
ono OF the birds he took :rest and blszed
away, expecting to see ths game hM, oi
course, but not so did It happen, forMs gun
kicked with so much for0e 40 TO knock him
oysr. The old man got up, and wbik rub
hing the sparks ou, o. bis syes, inquired o.
his sou. "Alphy, did I point the sigA, end
OF the gun at tie birds?"
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-21

In noticing the rumor that the former
wife OF Senator Mitchell, OF Oregon, is now
doing "house work" in Interior Pennsyva-
MIA, we spoke OF her as the deserted wife,
We see she is called the divorced wife. A
reporter for the Pittsburgh Leader has lately
Interviewed the woman. She says she WAS
married to Hipple-now Senator Mitchell
when she was fifteen. She says that Nipple
wanted divorce from her but had no
grounds for one, while che had grounds for
divorce from him. Hipple's lawyer then
proposed to her that she apply for divole
and Nipple would give her $500. She as
sented to this and the divorce was obtained
and she received the money. We prts
SINE that is the true story and the who le
story.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1873-06-21

Citizens and Strangers should not fail to
visit the old time restaurant where Billy
Morehead can be found few doors from the
Petroleum Centre House. He has his place
fitted ~ in neat and tasty style 10 q new
and nlvel fashion. Here can be found
growing 10 their native purity many trees
and plants peculiar to the oil region. such
as pines, ground hemlock, wild cree pers,
madeira vines, &c. Its real worth ones
while 10 call and examine the natural CUT
iositips TO be found there, aud then Billy
Moretead and Bob Gates will always be
ready to give The right hand of good fellow
ship to their friends. Billy leaves next
week for the east for the purpose of procur-
log new curiosities.