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Flies.

Flies Considered individually, the
subject Is small, but it is very numerous.
In fact, of all small creatures not abso-
lutcly vicious, the common fly is the
most vexatious. Mosquitoes bite They
must to get living. Bees sting-to de
tend themselves. Cockroaches run away
when you attack them; they are afraid.
But flies nibble upon you in an aggravat-
ing manner, never get enough, and moth
ing will drive them away They return
with fierce persistency after cruel and
constant rebutfs You commence 10 read
Your newspaper in a comfortable arm
char, or 10 write, for the sake of friend
snip, fame, or daily bread, at your desk.
In the middle of the first sentence soft
footsteps begin to tickle the top of your
lett ear. You shake your head emphati
caIly, without lifting your pen. The in
uuder lilies oil few inches, and realights
on the back of Your neck. Another
shake, and again he settles on the ton of
your head, and begins TO promenade I'M
and down the parting of your hair. You
give your head a vigorous slap, never by
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
any chance hittinr the f1y. He is equally

any chance hitting the fly. He is equally
content to crawl over your forehead and
you meekly brush him away, hoping that
gentle measures may prove ettectual. lie
tries your right ear, and with calm reso-
luton you wave him away. The creature
sees his advantage, and audaciously
alights on your nose. Resolving to keep
your temper, you think you will let him
take his own time to leave, hoping it will
be soon and forever. He pecks with gen.
tie but restless persistence, and you write
vigorously, resolute not to be disturbed
by trifes. Suddenly down goes your
pen, making an ugly blot on the fair
sheet, and you employ both hands
in giving your nasal organ a good rub
bling. Patience, as in moment, is ex-
hausted. You mediate murder. You
plan it acknowledgements in the first
degree. You lean back in your chair and
set yourself as trap. The bait is good;
the expected victim approaches; you wait
breathlessly; your hand falls with blow
that makes your cheeks Jingle; but you
look up to see him securely futterlng
above your head, ready to try again. You
will be more cautious and give your mind
to the business. You take your handker-
chief, double it judiciously, and hold it
ready TO descend with swift vengeance.
The fellow is on your left hand. Such
little creature.to disturb your equanimity!
Slowly, slowly, and you will get him.
With sudden and tremendous force you
pounce upon him-and he sails away un-
harmed. You feel most uncomfortably
irritated-conquered by an insignificant
fly. And you reflect (while brushing
away the swarm which by this tilne, at
tracted by the confusion you have made,
have come to see what is the matter) upon
poisOns, medicated fy-papers, and all the
cunning devices advertised for enticing
flies into the house with malicious intent.
Shall you provide the neighborhood {of
tlies) with deadly food or submit to be
nibbled alive? That is the question.
And you fall into a mental discussion
concerning the comparative annoyance of
dead and of living flies, in the midst of
which you drop into a comfortable doze,
except for the audacious return of the
identical fly you have been fighting, which
lights on the tip of your nose, and you
awake, feeling absolutely cross.-Horpsr's
Bdzar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
Rules for the Care Of Canary Birds.

l. DURING the summer season you
should have both drinking cup and a
bathing dish in the cage, and should wash
them we'll twice a day and fill with fresh
water. The seed cup should be filled
every morning.
3 The room in which the bird is kept
should never be warmer than SO deg.
3. Feed plain food. Now and then IA
lump of sugar does not harm, but as a
general rule dU0id sloeets. Keep the cutie
fish dry and clean, and feed only fresh
and dry seed.
4. Never place a cage where draft can
strike the bird
5. Never smoke, or let any one smoke,
in a room where your bird is kept, as the
odor of cigar is fatal to canaries
6. As a general rule, never keep the
bird in painted cage, for the birds will
peck a. the wires, and it will lead to dis
ease.
Z. When your bird is shedding feathers,
which is generally styled moulting, avoid
drafts Of air.
By obeying these simple directions you
can keep your birds in excellent health
for years.-CoWttTy Gentleman.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

fall to the earth from its own weight, SIM
ply being directed to the edge of the
trench. Then draw back the spade to its
proper position for taking the next slice,
allowing it to enter the earth at such an
angle as is most convenient to the opera
tor. using the foot or the thigh, for the
thrust according to the depth required and
the tenacity of the soil. Bear down on
the handle to loosen the spit, and at the
same time, with slight lift and turn OF
the wrist, the spade-full is turned upside
down, just where it was wanted. This is
followed by tap with the corner of the
spade, to break and level the surface il
necessary; a little observation and judg-
ment enables the workman to complete
his work so that but little after raking is
necessary, on ordinary soils, to level the
surface.
Many persons in digging worry them
is called, too straight. As stated before
it should be at such an angle as is most
convenient: the workman standing nearer
to or further from the trench, according
to the required depth of the tillage.
Another point to be observed is, in dig
ging about shrubbery plants or trees, dig
lightly, more and more so as you APP
proach the plants; and away from and
around them, rather than toward them,
thrusting the spade, or better, digging
fork, very obliquely thus avoiding injury
to the roots.
In the fall of The year, when the soil is
to be left for the winter, the surface should
be left as rough as possible. To do this
easily the spade should be carried up at
such an angle as simply to allow the
earth to slide gently therefrom.-IF Western
Rural
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
ARTHUR'S HOME MAGAZINE -

ARTHUR's HOME MAGAZINE. - The
frontlspece i'll the September number is very
pretty picture, giving ideal view Of a marshy
forest during the carboniferous period of the
world There are several other illustrations in this
ISSUE and the literary contents are attractive and
instructive. Since the enlargement of this maya
zine each number has contained large amount OF
valuable reading matter, comprising stories and
arucies on natural history, poems, etc, while the
illustrations not the least of the attractions
contained within its pages. The different house
hold departments always give mach useful infor-
nation; and the latest fashions are literally Dor
uayed and described each month The subscrip.
ton price Is only $3.50 year, with reduction
for clubs. A beautiful steel engraving sent free
to each subscriber, whether single or in clubs
Address Il. S. ARTHUR & Son, philadelphia, Pa
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TIE PHYSIOLOGICAL Journal

lie PHYSIOLOGICAL JOURNAL. for
September must be pronounced by every reader a
capital number. 1t contains over twenty set arti-
cles- besides shorter papers; among them being
hiram Powers, with portrait; Living Unto Life
Dr. Horatlus Bonar, with portrait; Laughter.
Illustrated; Sketches from Real Life, No. T. illus
traled; Good Behavior; Professor j. NJ KiefTer
with portrait; Mary Lees Dream, story for teach,
ers; entertaining; Curiosities Of Abstinence
Local OPTION or the Temperance Experiment at
NIueland; The Chinese Wheelbarrow illustrated
John L. Gordon, murderer. with portrait etc
Subscription price, 81 year. S. r. WELLS, Pub
Usher, $50 Broadway New York
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

The moments quickly speed away
here laughs are loud and hearts are gay;
The men who to the tavern roam,
Think little of their wives at home:
The stories told among the boys
Are dearer than homes purest Joys
The dark clouds DER the church yard tower,
The old clock strikes the midnight hour;
Tom bids his Jolly friends good-nigh
And starts FOR home-a little tight
That night an ass. by working hard.
Broke into that old lone church-yard:
And made his bed, 10 sleep awhile.
Across the path, close TO the -tile.
Tom gropes his way down lonely lane.
Across me fields, through storm and rain,
Till lightning flashes from the skv
Reveal the church-yard drawing nigh;
Then horrid ghosts, with fingers cold.
About whom he that night had told
Seemed rising up along the path
mat led him 10 that yard of death.
Then all the words his wife had said
About the visits of the dead
came thronglng in upon his brain
AS fast as fell the dis mai rain;
HIS limbs grew weak, V, ice cries run"
lie shouts alo.d. Tom Darlington.
What meanest thou? Why do YOU quail
Before poor old woman's talesn
Then with grim, courageous smile.
lie lays his hand upon tie stic
And makes leap, when. o. alas
lie falls astrlde that sleeping ass!
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
TON CARRINGTON-A TRUE TALE
OF ENGLAND.
BY JOHN HENRY YATES.

BY JOHN HENRY YATES
IN England lived Tom Darlington,
Who vowed that he would never run
For living man or haunting ghost;
Whose bravery wac all his boast
Toms face was marked by many scars,
Received in hard fought British wars;
No sight by day nor evening dim
lie said could ever frighten him.
In life paths trod by mortal feet
Greatest extremes do often meet;
And meeting. they in friendship tarry
Till al tie last they love and marry.
Thus men. more savage far than knives,
Wed patient, tender hearted wives
And sc0ldlng women--'tis no Joke
Wed men the devil can't provoke
Twas thus with Tom. though he was brave.
His wife was TO her fears a slave:
BY day she saw some sign of evil
BY night she dreamed about the devil
In England. more than they do here,
Men smoke their pipes and drink their beer:
And, at the little village inn.
Their Jokes they crack, their yarns they spin;
TIL Oft the last o'erlowing horn
II drank when cocks crow in The morn;
Then for their distant homes they steer,
Rosy and hale with beef and beer
Toms home was near a church-yard lone,
Where back TO earth went flesh and bone;
His wife would often say MY dear,
Come home before the night draws near;
For horrid ghosts l nightly see
Among those z, ayes so near TO me:
just think. dear Tom, what would | do
III they should run away with your
But Tom would laugh her fears to scorn,
And stay away till nearly morn.
Spinning his yarns with landlord Lynn
And Others at the village inn.
The path that to the tavern led
Went winding by the church-yard dead
Though wearied with the walk of miles,
Tom always leaped the church-yard stiles.
One night crowd. with Landlord Lynn,
Assembled at the village inn;
And in the crowd, the foremost one,
Was happy, brave Tom Darlington.
That night the darkest Of all nights.
They drank their beer, and told of fights
In foreign lands, and at the last,
Ghost stories came on, thick and fast
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
Thirty Years Experience OF nm Old
Nurse.

Mrs. WrNsLow's SOOTHING SYRUP is the prescrip-
ton of of the best Female Physicians and Nurses
in the United States and has been used for thirty
years with neverfaling safety and success by mill
ions of mothers and children from the feeble infant
of one week old to the adult 1t corrects acidty of
the stomach relieves wind collie, regulates the bow
els and gives rest health and comfort mother and
child We believe it to be the Best and Surest RENE
DIV in the World In all cases of DYSENTERY and
DIARRHEA IN CHILDREN, whether it arises from
Tsething or from any other cause. Full directions
for using will accompany each bottle. None Genuine
unless the fac-simile OF CURTIS & PERKINS is on
the outside wrapper.
SOLD BY ALL MEDICINE DEALERS.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
DIR. j. Walkers California Vim.

DAs W W - A'Ass III
cgar BitterS are a purely Vegetable
preparation, made chiefly from thee ma
tive herbs found on the lower ranges Of
the Sierra Nevada mountains Of Califor-
MIA, the medicinal properties of which
are extracted theretrom without the use
of Alcohol. The question is almost
daily asked. "What is the cause of the
unparalleled success Of VINEGAR BTL
TERs? Our answer is, that they remove
the cause Of disease, and the patient re-
covers his. health. They are the great
blood purifier and a life giving principle,
a perfect Renovation and Invigorator
of the system. Never before in the
history of the world has a medicine been
compounded possessing the remarkable
qualities Of VINEGAR BITTERS in healing the
sick of every disease man is heir to. They
are gentle Purgatiye us well as Tome,
relieving Congestion or Inflammation of
the Liver and NiSceral Organs, IN Bilious
Diseases.
The properties of DIR. WALKER's
VINEGAR BITTERs are Aperient, Diaphoretlc,
Carmnative, Nutritious, Laxative, Dirretic,
Sedatiye, Counter lrritant, Sudorhc, Altera-
tive, and Anti Bilious.
II. ii. MCDONALD 81 CO..
Druggists and Gen. CTS, San Francisco, California
and cor of Washington and Charlton SITS. \. Y.
Sold by all Druggists and Dealers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
THE CHILDREN's HOUR.-Good

thorly has pronounced this magazine as first
among the many publications for the little people
and the unbounded delight with which the children
welcome lis advent each month is pretty good eyi-
dence that il is deservedly popular The number
for September contains several pleasing iIlustra-
lions, with a large amount of literary matter
adapted TO the wants of the youthful readers If
you are not subscriber send and get a specimen
copy The terms are S1.25 year for single sub
scription; five copies, s.; ten, and extra, $40
t. s. Arthur & Son, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

If deficiency of vital energy is not a disease in
Itself 1t Is condition which lays The system open
to the attack Of all conceivable malades Night
and day we are surrounded more or less by dele
ferrous Influences. No atmosphere is entirely pure
no water utterly free from injurious particles: :
while in many localities both are positively un-
wholesome. What defense has the weak. languid.
system, in which the vital principle is deficient or
dormant. against any Of the morbid influences
which produce epidemic and other diseasesy None
whatever. There is no safety save in artificial re-
enforcement. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters have
beyond all question, a vitalizing effect If the
nervous forces of the body have been recklessly
expended in exhausting physical or mental labor
or dlsslpated in the indulgences of a fast life
this powerful vegetable tonic and corrective will
restore them If the defective vitality is a coDsfi
tutlonal evil II can be remedied 10 a rreat extent
by tins wonderful lnylgorant. AT a season of the
year when the air l. more or less imprerDated
WIN the seeds of periodic fevers. il is especially
desirable mat The digestion should be perfect the
haol' OF BODY regular. the liver active the blood
pure, and IN" nerves firm. These conditions are
the best protection against all disorders and thew
are conditions which the Bitters are better
adapted Than any other medicinal agent to promote
ana secure. See To II, however, that no imitation
or counterfeit l. substituted for the genuine art
cie and let all who value health and have an an
lipathy 70 poison beware of the local bitters made
from condemned drugs and vilely adulterated al
cohol, which have sprung up like unwiIolesome
fungi all over the country.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

4 hearty laugh he oft enjoys.
When thoughts of that uuea-thly noise
Remind him Of the many boasts
DE made about ouiwiting ghosts.
Again he laughs, TO think that he.
v ho boosted much of bravery.
should through so many horrors pass.
hnd then be frightened by an ass.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
S4AX114A1N1e.
CHOLERA IN INDIA,
Its Merits are sscd
Ecvcr and A-1.,

Prevails, there Is no remedy held III greater esteem.
- For Ferer ana AgUe-Take three teaspoonfuls
OF the IINE LLER IN about half pint of hot water,
on bathing freely the chest back and bowels with
medicine at the same time. Repeat the dose IN twen-
~ minutes If the first dose does not stop the chill
Should 1t produce ayomting (and it probably will if
the stomach Il very fou), take little PAIN kILLEE
ncold water sWeetened with sugar. after each spasn
Perseverance IN the above treatment has cured many
severe aud obstinate cases of this disease.
WIEN USED EYIERNALLI. 4 S A IMMINENT,
nothing gives quicker ease In Burns, Cuts, Bruises,
SDTGfl's Sings from lSec and ScdidS. 1t removes
the hre, and the wound heals like ordinary sores
Those suffering with RHEU4NA TISN GOUTor NEI-
RALGiA II not positive cure, they find the Pam
hAter gives them relief when no other remedy will
EVERY II 0USEKEEPFR should keep ii at hand. and
apny 1t on the irst attack of any Pain 1t Will give
sax isfactoly relief. and hours of suffering.
DO not tre with yourselves by testing untried rem
dies i sure you call for the PAIN-hILLER
Va Di Ccuons accompany each bottle.
Price, cents, 90 cents, and 81. 90 per Bottle.
J.Li. HARRIS d CO., Cincinnati
Prop ietors for the Southern and Western States
sE-l or sale by all Medicine Dealers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

tWlch i IN the Stalc NJ nlnovN :
August L. 1873.
hev left the Corners, Temporarily. at
least, for | hey field Nv labor here wicb
Is quite ez pleasant ez that in my old
home. am up here in the antfmonop-
oily business. am in lllinoy, groanin over
the burdens piled upon us farmers, and
DAMN, with all the vehemence that's into
me, the monopolies that is Suckin the life
blood out NV the honest laborin classes,
ana tryln to convince them that their
redempshun kin only be brot about by
abandonin TO wunst the infamous Repub-
llkin party, wich IS responsible for every
evil that's onto the country, from railroads
down to the potato bug.
We hev at the Stashen a noble coterie
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
OLD HUMBuGs observation-disclosures

OLD HUMBUGs observation-disclosures
heaven, the old school practice is passing
away. Ipecac, aloes, calOmel, blistering
the lancet, and (worse than alD, medjcdted
ru,a have given place to a new remedy
which bids fair to become the unioersal
medicine Of Haaahind. VINEGAR BITTERs
is that remedy. 1t is destined to take
precedence of all other curatives now
before the world. The pharmacoppia
and conspectus of the regular Faculty
contain nothing that will compare with
it. Every day hundreds of the sick are
emancipating themselves from systems OF
treatment which entail great expense and
do no good, and are flying to this cheap
and absolutely certain means of relief
Dyspepsia, rheumatism, liver complaint
periodic tevers, sick headache. kidney
diseases, constipation, nervous affections,
and in short, all maladies, acute or
chronic, which do not involve the irrepar
able injury of some vital organ, are
cured by this pure ina}cohoIic oegetaJie re
StOrutig6. )
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

WE see by the Chicago papers that Proctor
q GAMBLE have reduced the price of their
long established and popular brand, NOTIFIED
GERMAN SOAP. Its present price aud supe-
rior quality makes it the cheapest as well as
the best soap for consumers
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

PERRY DAVIS PAIN-KuLER-Ths unpar-
alleled preparation is receiving more testimo-
malls of its wonderful efficacy in removing
pains, than any other medicine ever offered to
the public. And these testimonials come
from persons of every degree of intelligence,
and every rank of life. Physicians of the
first responsibility, and perfectly conversant
with the nature of diseases and remedies, re-
commend this as one of the most etfectual in
the line OF preparations for the cure OF
Cholera, Cholera Morbus and kindred bowel
troubles now so common among the people.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

a GENTLEMAN in the eastern part of the
State, who was about having his leg ampu-
tated on account of its being bent at right
angles and stiff at the knee, heard Of J0hnS0,a's
AnO7yne LinjiRed. After using it short
time his leg became straight, and is now as
serviceable as the other.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

a GREAT many people have asked Us of late
GLOW do you keep your horse looking so sleek
and glossy?n We tell them it's the
easiest thing in the world; give .She7fdat'S
Cdcol,y Condition, Po'c3crs two or three times
a week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
Massey TURNS FARMER.
From the Toledo Blade !

- t'''A titt iotCUo blade.
MIR. NAsBY EMBARKS IN \ NEw ENTER
PRISE-HE LOCATES IN ILLINOIS Am Is
METAMORPHoSED INTO 4 u,PD I,rs-rr,,
FARMER.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

why are you crying so, my child?"
inquired French mamma of her grown-up
daughter. Because Mile. B. gave me
slap in the face and did you return
it, No, gave her one frst.''
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

WHY pints of nauseons fluid remedies for
Aeue, when few doses of Shallenbergers Pills VIII
cure y0u at once No sickness. and no purging.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

administered III all sudden attacks of Cholera Nor
bus Cramps. Diarrh9a. Collie, or any similar affec
lon for which DR.. Jayne's Carminative Balsam is
an eHectual remedy. AT this season Of the year
every family will find it useful and necessary
curative. '
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04
Cholera and Pain-Kiiler.

ASK for Prussing's Cider Vinegar and take
no other. Warranted to Preserve Pickles.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

Up and away they swiftly 20
Like arrows from the hunters bow:
Hitting al every bound their bones
Against the white memorial stones
II hell had opened all ablaze.
No sound from thence could match the bravs
or mat poor ass, whose mighty ears
We're wide expanded by his fears.
Der graves long made their race they ran.
The braying and frightened man;
I'll with bound the asa goes DER
The hedge. and Tom lies Al his door;
There in Inconsistencies he Law
Until the dawning OF the day
No longer TO the village inn
Goes Darlington, Lis yarns to spin:
Now, with his children on his knee.
At every eve AT home is he
The race that he and that ass ran.
Made him a better, happier man
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
w please say you saw the advertisement
In this paper.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

Children Often Lock Pale and Sick
From no other cause than having worms in the stom-
ach.
BROWNS VERMIFUGE COMFITS
will destroy Worms without injury to the child being
perfectly WHITE. and free from all colorng other
Injurious ingredients usually used in prepare
lions.
CURTIS & BROWN Proprietors,
No. 2l5 Fulton street, New York.
Sold by Druggists and Chemists. and Dealers in
Medicines, a, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A Box.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-09-04

The Household Panacea and Family
Liniment
Is the best remedy in the world for the following
complaints viz: Cramps in the Limbs and Stomach,
Pain in the Stomach, Bowels Side. rheumatism in
all its FORMS Bilious Collie Neuralgia, Cholera, Dysen-
terv Colds Flesh Wounds Burns, Sore Throat Spinal
Complaints Sprans and Bruises, Chills and Fever.
For Internal and External use.
Its operation not only to relieve the patient but
entirely remove the OF the complaint. 1t pene
trates snu rervades the whole system, restoring
healthy action to all its parts, and quickening the
blood
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA is Purely Vegetable and
AllHealing.
Prepared by
CURTIS & BROWN,