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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
finding a Bo0tjack.

a HOUsEKEEPER writes the following
plaint to the Cleveland Leader:
When the average husband OF the period
wants to find a bootjack he steps to the
buttery door, and leaning against the
doorway with his hands in his pockets,
whistles meditatively as his eyes wander
along the upper shelves. When a break
in the tune occurs, you may know he has
found the cake which he devours absently,
still looking for the bootjack. Being now
deprived Of that aid to refection-whist-
ling, he executes waltz in slow move
ment, sustained by large piece Of cake
in one hand, sizable pickle in the other.
After while, as the booGack does not
make its appearance the husband does, at
the door of the room, where you are get
ting the baby to sleep, and shouts Jane -
at the top of his voice, under the impress
sion that you are up stairs, an impression
speedily removed. To cover the confu-
sion of his retreat, he steps on the dogs
tail and bumps the bird-cage with his
head, then wants to know what YOU have
done with that bootiack, and why it is
that YOU never keep things in their place.
If you are wise. and simply and calmly
point, like Columbia to the object in ques-
ton hanging on its accustomed nail, he
oolAes upon II "ldtiLultS, viii tne solemn
VOW that it was not there when he went
through the room before.
The offending boots are finally left in
the doorway where tits convenient to trip
over them, and serenity transpires. unless
you have occasion to 60 around them,
when you will at once see their value as a
natural means of obstructing a passage
way. 1t is estimated that one pair of
boots judiciously disposed about an apart
ment of medium size, will prevent either
well-disposed person or professional
burglar from quietly making his way
about it.
At tea time the average husband does
not care about any cake; it isn't much
like that his mother used to make
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
NUMBER 25.

212 degrees Fahrenheit, but remove the
air pressure and it will boil at 100 Fahren-
helt; 100 degrees never burns it, and the
sugar lis white. After boiling the syrup
down to thick paste, it is drawn off in pots
shaped like the old-faShioned sugar loaf.
These pots hold five gallons and are open
at the large end. The small end has a
hole in it through which the water runs
out, leaving the sugar to crystalline in Il
hard white cake, such as used to be sold
in the market But nowadays the pure
white sugar-loaves are sawed up into regu-
lar-shaped cubic pieces of sugar. The
soiled sugar-loaves, or those with yellow
streaks in them, are crushed into Jumps,
and the sawdust and leavings are made
into granulated and pulverized sugar
Where does the yellow sugar come
from?
The syrup which runs out when the
white sugar is rystallizing-the residue IL
| treated in the same manner as the original
| Cuban sugar, when an inferior sugar and
an inferior syrup result The syrup grows
more impure each time until finally it
cannot be crystallized. 1t is sour and
salty. This impure or brown sugar is
| shoveled into a centrifugal or revolving
| machine, which revolves two thousand
| times per minute. This throws out the
water through a strainer, leaving the sugar
| quite light and mealy.
(Which is the cheapest to use-brown
sugar or white?" | asked of the chemist.
"Why, white, sir Brown sugar is sim
| ply pure sugar with dirt and water in it.
| The cheapest sugar to buy is white, granu-
lated sugar, 1t is simply 991s per cent.
pure sugar, while brown sugar is only
| about 20 per cent sugar, 20 per cent wa
ter, and 10 per cent dirt and salts. White
| refined soft sugar is SO per cent. sugar. |
| know some old women brought up on
brown sugar still stick to brown sugar,
and call it sweeter than white sugar, but
they simply dupe themselves. Ii you
want brown sugar, you can take pound
of white sugar, pour in some water,
handful of sewer dirt, lime or salt, and
you'll have two pounds of it,"
'How many kinds of crude sugar are
| there?"
"Three-cane sugar, fruit sugar and
milk sugar Cane sugar is found in sugar
cane, Indian corn stalks, sorghum, beets,
melons, sweet potatoes, cocoanuts, chest
nuts palm trees, birch trees and sugar ma
pie. Cane sugar is three times as sweet
as milk or fruit sugar Syrup contains a
| good deal of fruit sugar, generated by
| fermentation, etc. Therefore syrup is not
so sweet as pure sugar dissolved in water.
Beet sugar smells badly, and sorghum
has too much acidity. They both contain
salt, to remove which is very expensive.
They are things of the past when sugar
| cane can be had reasonable and in suffic-
lent quantities. In Europe brown sugar
| is not used white is considered cheaper
and better-E6 Perkins, IN Daily Graphic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19
VOLUME XXVI.
Poetry.
AZ THE LAST.
BY KATE PUTNAM osGooD.

BY KATE PUTNAM OsGooD.
THREE little words within my brain,
Beat back and forth their one refrain;
Three little words. whose dull distress
Means everything and nothingness,
Jnbidden move my lips instead
OF other utteranCe: She is dead.
Here, lingering, we talked of late
Beside the hedge-grown garden gate;
Til, smiling, ere the twilight fell
She bade me take a last farewell.
lhose were the final words she said
Bur yesterday-and she is dead
| see the very gown she wore,
The color had praised before:
me swaying length, where she would pass
Made a light rustic on the grass:
there IN the porch she turned her head
For one last smile-and she is dead
Could have known what was to come,
Those hours had not been blind and dumb
| would have followed close with Death,
Have striSen for every glance and breath,
But noW-lhe final word is said
The last loo< takeI--she l. dead.
We were not loyers-such as they
" no pledge falth to last for aye;
Yet seems the universe to me
A riddle now, without a key;
What means the sunshine overhead.
The bloom below-now she is dead?
So new my grief. it, sudden haze
BeWidcr7 my accustomed ways:
And yet so old, 1t seems my heart
Was never from its pain apart;
" hat was and is and shall be. wed
WITH that one sentence-She Is dead.
The A{dtne
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

easily amalgamates with the varnish it
covers. thus the original brilliancy and
transparency are regained without injur-
ing the oil painting; and when the picture
is hung up in its place again, two or three
days after, it looks as if it had been var
nished alresh. The inventors have given
the public the benefit of their discovery.
The process has the merit of being a short
one as compared with the old methods
+ E'prbu,,az
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-19

Recipe for Washing Fluid-Take one
pint of soda ash, one-half pint of lime;
boil in FIVE quarts Of water until dissolved;
let it stand until it settles; pour off; put in
a lug and cork. When ready to wash,
soak the clothes over night; wiring out,
and to the first boiler of clothes put in
one teacup of this fluid; to each sue
ceeding one, add half q teacupful of fluid.
Rub the clothes on the washboard after
boiling; rinse good.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
wa.b,pston and enc RaiIr osd.

-. It is gratifying to witness the grow
ing interest that appears TO be manifest
ing itselfin behalf Of this road. II the
testimony of men of science who have
explored its route, be Of anyvalue, there
| can be no doubt that the located line OF
the W. & O. Railroad, when completed,
will be one OF the most magnificent, and
consequently one Of the most profitable
| ofthe many railway echemes Of modern
| times, and it is a burning shame upon
those 90 deeply concerned in its extern
sion, that it should be longer delayed
Tor the want OF q few thousand dollars
to push it forward. Every foot OF rail
that shortens the distance between lts
present terminus and tae rich mineral
fields Of West Virginia, adds 60 much
to the market value OF the road and IT'D
franchises. upon which to base its secu-
rites for the loan OF money-to say
nothing of the increased local trade that
would attend every mile of it's progress
and the enhanced value of the lands
through which it passes. For the last
five or six years it has had its western
terminus at Hamilton, but now the bed
is levelled and graded to Purcellville.
81 miles beyond at,..which point several
good country roads converge, that
would attract trade and travel. much
of which now takes another channel
for outlet-besides shortening by seven
and half miles, the wagon travel
above. The grading of the road bed
between Purcellville and. Round Hill lie
still progressing, but money to put down
the iron between Hamilton and PURCELL
vile is needed, and the President and
Directors are using every exertion in
their power to secure it. The object is,
if possible, to reach Snidersvile this
season aud both objects can be easily
attained il those along its projected
course will afford it pecuniary assistance
at all commensurate with the advan-
tages they will realize from lis con-
struction.
The bonds of the company can be
bought at 50 cents to the dollar, bears
ing 7 per cent interest, payable eenli'
annually. in gold, which is the equiva-
lent OF at least per cent on the money
invested. And this interest is and has
been, regularly and promptly paid, on
the first day Of April and the first day
Of October, o: each year.
Actual explorations of the mineral
wealth that lines the route OF this road
almost from the moment, it crosses the
blue Ridge, until it reaches the Ohio
overland much OF it in a region o:
country whose boundless resources in
other respects are unexcelled, but the
dull echo of whose teeming fields and
towering forests have never resounded
to the shrill whistle Of the steam car ;
and whose mountains and hills through
the gaping seams OF their overburdened
sides, are pleading more eloquertly and
more forcibly than language can ex>
press, to be relieved Of their inexhaust'
able wealth OF iron and Of coal; all
which combined, would seem to reader
it abundan,ly tangible to commend tito
the favorable consideration of those
desiring safe and permanent invest
ment OF their surplus funds, either in
large or email sums-Loudon Miyrsr.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
One More Kansas Tragedy.

From the Atchison Giooe, May IL.
A Swede named James Erickson got
of the Central Branch train at Wet
more Friday evening. and early yester-
day morning went to the house OF a
man usmed Marquot living tgo miles
west Of -We,more, and calling him to
the door, shot aud instantly killed him,
one ball passing through Marquots
breast and the other through his arm.
he took Marquot's two children to o
neigh bor's, and said be had killed Mar
QUOT and was going back 10 Kill his
wife. He then went back, and several
sh ots were heard. By this time the
neighbors had surrounded the house,
but were afraid TO enter, and went to
Wetmore for help. Mr. Leibig and
Mr.. Hough, OF Wetmore, went immedi,
ately to the scene of the tragedy, and
when they got there. found Marquot
lying near the doos, dead, and his wife
Wing on the bed, with seyen bullet.
holes through her head aud body. and
| lie extinct. Erickson was lying dead
across tie body of Mrs. Marquot,
having shot himself in two places. once
throug b the abdomen and once Jus,
over the temple, and the pistol still
erssped 10 his hand; The bodies were
brought at once 70 Wetpore, where an
inquest vas being held at the time our
dispatch was received. Erickson. bad
once been tried for rape upon Mrs.
! Msrouot, but it wac not proved and he
was released. Many Of the details a.
we received them are too horrible 'oi
publication, and we spare our readers
4 the recital. 1t seems impossible tina
| any one but q maniac could have per
petrated 90 cold blooded and brutal
crime. It alec SCENE impossible to &C.
count for many OF the circumstance
upon any theory but that Mrs. MAI
QUOT must have been go overcome win
the terrible spectacle Of her husband
death as to be Incapable Of flight, ant
! the neiphbors 90 psralized and staruet
! AZ to have been unable to act prompu!
| in the short time that it took 70 accom-
plish the terrible deed.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
valuable Coal Property For
Sale.
FOR r e Mt.
FOR RENT OR LEASE,

NOR ORG YEAR,, A GOOD BUSI.
II ness Stand, on Maiu atreet, near the b.
= O. railroad depot. As am about to re.
move TO my new shop, few doors ABOVE
nv present stand, offer 1t for rent or lease
for a term OF years at reasonable rent.
PARTIES Wishing good loca' ion, central 10
hnsinns> would do well to call aud see the
premises. Possession given June lst;
BE-. CALDWELL.
WHEELING, w Va, May II. 1873.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Market Farm for Sale
ALLBGH NY COUNTY, MI.

TIME FOLLOWING STATEMENT -
| strictly in accordance with the facts, ard
" no overdrawn picture OF what can TIC
done: .
There are fifty acres Tor more can be haa)
ofIich alluvial bottom lands, not llabie 10
overflow, in the form Ofau obions square,
level, and at this time in fine CONDITION,
situated between thepotomac river and the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, with depot
or switch connected with The property, anu
Is about half way between cumberland ana
The depsely populated coal aud iron region
OF Georges Creek Velley, where vegetaheS,
or, in o. her words. the products OF truck
farm, can be sold in any quantity anu al
prices far exceeding tic rates In eastern
cities.
The health OF This place and vicinity is
excellent aDd ague end lever unknown Tor
| the past twenty years
There are also about seventy I'VE acres %
strong limestone upland situated On me
| opposite side of the Baltimore ana odlo
| railroad from the bottom land
The quality OF this land and ttsproxiiuly
| To ceriaiply the mot pctive and best mar
ketS in the world, would make one un"e!-
standing truck farming TO realize q fortune
in few years. ,.,,,. .,..
IN, and thus tar the market cannot be sup
piled without sending oil TOR vegetable
| from other places:
my one d, slring to make 4 profitable
! investment in such property VIII Nisl! this
place and find that all we clam for it an
well as what is represented about our mar
sets, &c, has not heen correctly stated, MS
expenses will be paid We therefore conn,
! IDENTIFY invite persons To coins ana :oOk anu
| awe ,tigate the matter for themselves.
There is a lime kiln on or near the prop
erty. which the party buying can Use
| without rent, and thus make his lime ai
simply the xpepse OF coal and burning.
Address: Ed. JOHNSON,
fehs-eod Cumberland, Nd.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
THE NEW ELASTIC TRUSS.

An IMPORTANT INVENTION. 1T Re
htains the Rupture at all times, and under
Che hardest exercises or severest strain. ~
worn with comfort, and IL kept on night
and day, effects permanent cure In lew
reauested. Circular nee when ordered by
Teller sent to the elastic 1rus, Co., No. Is:
Broadway, N. Y. City. Nobody uses Meta
Spring Trusses, too painful, they SLIP on toc
frequently. msSo-c
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
TO THE LADIES.

MRS. C. MCCOY, l4S MAIN sTEEEI
large assortment OF handsome Laces. IN
cluding Saeques, shavis and Fichus, BIO
cads and Roman Sashes and Sash Riboons,
Hamburg Emhioiderles, Gloves, Gents anu
Ladiea' Hosiery, Handkerchtefs. Coreets'
intending Mrs.. Moodys AbdominM Cv ~.
aefs. handsome ready made Summer Suits,
Tadiee' and Childrens' Parasols. apps
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
VAC Il .

NOR ALL WHO ARE WILLING To
work. ANY person old or young, oil
either sex, can make from SO 10 $50 per
week, at home or in connection with other
bnsIness. Wanted bv all. suitable to either
city or country, and any season OF the year,
This rare opportunity ior those :" %h make
an independent living. No capital being u I;
Ieauired. Our pamphlet CHOW To MAKE
A LIVING" giving full Instructions, SEM
on receipt or 10 cents. Address, A. BURIoN
& co., Morrisania, Westminster co, n. l.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
For Rent.

LISTS new Block, lately occupied
nv me. Possession given immediately.
Oder very cheap several nearly new car
pets on the door. x,,> ,,puu
lnarl3-h GEO. H. ianh'0'
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21

AGENTS everywhere to sell our new and
WANTED novel Embroidering Machlne.
send for Illustrated Circular TO the Mckee
Manufacturing Company, SO9 broad"ay'
Spvy York WayoC
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
WANTED p.
WANTED

ELDERLY WOMAN, WELL REC.
a commended. to take care OF chlldl en-
and do plain sewing Apply nj corner OF
Main and Biddie Streets Centre Wheeling.
n,yo0r MRS. VIM. T.. HEARN.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
The Surrender IF General Lee

A magnificent lixls inch Engraving OF
the suriecder or Gen. Zee, showing the
armies, &C. IT is truly gem OF arr, Que
which .hould hang in the paIlor OF every
southe n home. Sent by mail mounleu on
or 3 TO, so cent?. AGENTS WANTED. Adj
dress Lea w. NJ. BURkOw,
Bristol, Tenn.
,,o.,,o ,,,,o ,s ID o.prec RoOky sc. 6ent .rae.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
Catalogue OF Pictures, Books, &c, sent rec.

uOW IT'S DONE, Or THE SECRET
III Out-Moustache and Wliiskers In A.
DAYS This GREAT SECRET and ICY others.
Gamblers tricks, Csrhiology, psntriIo-
uEES." Mailei for Is cents. Address
d. CI;lTTLER, Carthage. H..
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
$500 I'M Prizes.

Use the Reisinger Sash Lock and Support 10
FASTEN YOUR WISDOHSf
No spring to break, no cotting OF sash /,
sceap, durable very easily applied, holds
or when the sash Is down. Send stamp for
circular. C1rcular and six copper-bronzed
locks sent 20 any address In the u. s., post
paid, on receipt OF 81 cents. Liberal In
GucGmeuts TO the trade. Agents wanted
Address EEISINGER SASH LOCK CO.,
No. 4ls Earket St, Harrisburg, Pa.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
,THEPARLOR COMPANION.

,THE PARLOR COMPANION.
LIVERY LADY WANTS ONE.
IEvery man ought TO have one.
S.rt on RECENT often cents Address l.. +.
HYDE CO., l9j seventh Avenue, n. I.
BON.TON FLIKrArIUN SIGNALS
GENT ON RECEIPT OF % CENTS.
CUnique Printing and Publishing House,
80 Vesey street, New York. may5-c
rNHE BECKwITH SO PORTABLE FAM
/ lily Sewing Machine, on 80 days Trial;
many advantages over all. satisfaction
yuranteed, or so refunded. Sent complete,
With full directions. Beckwith Sewing Ma
chine Company, S62 Broadway, N. Y.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
Graft Persian Watermelon

NIB0V J. CIE1tsH FUVOt IHO1VH
rs TIE Est. KEEPS FRESH AND
sweet throughout the winter. Seed, CSC.
n package !; 6 packages. 81. Mammoth CAB
hage weighs 20 to 60 lbs.. 2oc. package
Mammoth Squash, Ito to 3H lbs. 2Qc. Snake
CucunbeTs, 5 feet and coiled, 10. Ward
long i.cans l5c. Husk Tomato, keeps itesh
I5c. : ukt. o; either sent postpaid for price;
ali for a. o. II WILL AMSON,
april Dailaun, TENN.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21

l SOT.SIERSW WHO WE'RE WOUN-
y ded, or contracted permanent diseases
in the army, can get pensions by writing 70
John XIX PATKICK,G Govt Claim Agent,
Middlenournc, Ohio, incloSing stamp
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21

EE0NTrV MADE RAPIDLY WITH
MUM II L Stencil and Key Check Out
fits. Catalogues and full particulars FREE.
IS. ID. SPENCER, III Hanover IT., Boston.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
FOR SALE,
SECOND Hand Wagon and
Cart For Sale. I'LL
FO r "a l. +.
Or Exchange For City Property

l60acres OF superior land in Newton
county Missouri. =. So
..s - Wv. HOGE d BRO.
,,vI5 lOo Market street.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
THE DAILY GRAPHIC.

AND ALL OTHER POPULAR DAILY,
a weekly and monthly periodicals fur-
nished al publishers prices by
Oh. JOURNEY.
Book seller, Statlonel and News Dealer.
marlS Market St., Wheeling, w. va.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
EVERY CORNET SAND

TN THE COUNTRY WILL RECEIVE A
| splendid piece of BAND MUSIC free, by
seniirg q TWO cent stamp to EDWA"DA,
EA q ELS J'ubiishe.. Boston, Mass.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-05-21
Soda Fountain For Sale.

WYE OFFER A COMPLETE SODA
w epparatus, In good order on reasona.
HE terms, J.b. LUKINS q BRO.
''' Wheeling Island,
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-06
Badly Burucd.

We learn that the child of John SadieF,
a colored man living in East Knoxville,
was badly burned on Tuesday night about
nine O'Clock. 1t appears that the father of
the child was absent from the house some
where in the city, while the chi!ds moth
er was out doors, when the child, which
was about six years old, playing around
the fireplace, caught fire and all its
clothes in front were burned off. The
screams of the child brought the mother
to its rescue, who Immediately applied a
bucket of water. The flames were eXtin
guished, but we fear too late to save the
child's life. The father arriving, imme-
diately called in DIR. Deaderick, who did
all that he could for the little sufferer, but
it is feared its injuries will prove fatal.
We are informed that flesh fairly drops off
in places, leaving bare the bone. We feel
a deep sympathy for the father Of the un-
fortunate child, who is almost frantic. as it
was his only child.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-03-06
The Good Work Commenced.

On Tuesday night the Board of Trade
took some action in regard to securing the
location of the Methodist Central Univer-
sity at this place. This has awakened
quite an interest among our leading citi-
zens, and the Importance of the movement
was thoroughly discussed yesterday by
different parties on the street. One gen
tleman, Mr.. David Anderson, we learn,
made tender OF ten acres of land for site
right in the locality that had been chosen
by some friends of the movement. We
also heard it rumored that other parties
proposed to make liberal donations of
similar character. This land Is
worth about S150 90 per acre. This
makes Mr.. Anderson's donation 1900.
A few more public spirited men like Mr..
Anderson would insure the location of the
University at this city, beyond doubt.
The benefits to be derived from an institu-
ton of that nature can not be over esti-
mated. The words, Central University of
the South means something and when
once established, we care not where, it
will exert an influence that will tell won
derfulIy upon the future material welfare
of that city. From three to five hundred
students will put in circulation consider
able amount of money every year to say
nothing of the moral influence that would
be thrown out by an institution of this
class, which would tell wonderfully in
bringing many first-class families among
us. We trust, for the future growth of our
city, that active steps will be taken to offer
inducem ,nts sufficient to make this place
the location $40 ~