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HAPS AND MISHAPS.

William Shea, of Onota, Mich, after
a recent hard days work IN furnace,
and while covered with perspiration,
started for home. Just after leaving the
works he sat down by the lake, drank
freely of water and died.
William Mantz, of Pittsfield, Mich,
while recently climbing out OF the first
floor window of his house to the ground,
was caught by falling sash and COM
pelled to hang suspended, head down
ward. He was dead when discovered.
Charles Lancaster, of Traverse City,
Mich, came very near losing his life, the
other day, by swallowing bed-bug poison,
under the impression that it was whisky.
The whites Of thirteen eggs were swal-
lowed, and to this the physician says he
owes his life.
Not long ago, a barkeeper of Bordet
Plains, Iowa, loaded up fourteen hives
of bees to move to other quarters for
better food, and while going down hill
his horse commenced kicking and piled
up five hives by the roadside, the bees
from which piled upon the horse and
stung him to death
Mr.. West, farmer living near
Valparaiso, Ind, was drilling wheat the
other day with span OF spirited horses,
when they took fright and threw him OIL
the seat. He was dragged under the
drill several times around the field, and,
when rescued, was 50 horribly mangled
that he died shortly after.
In recent attempt at Toledo, Ohio,
to raise the stand-pipe for the new water
works--an iron pipe five feet in diameter
and 220 feet long, weighing thirty-two
tons-ust as it had entirely cleared the
ground and the base was coming to its
resting place, the tackle broke, and the
entire mass fell, breaking into thou
sand fragments.
Conrad Stever recently fell into q
mash-tub at Dayton Ohio brewery,
the temperature being about 200 degrees.
He was seen To rise to the surface, or,
rather, jump up in the tub, there being
in it three and half feet of scalding
liquid When taken out he was so badly
scaldcd that when they tore his clothing
off the skin came with it from the Shout
down He died few hours after.
Near Cincinnati, short time ago,
two men engaged in fight. During the
melee one of them bit the others eye
brow off The wound was not considered
dangerous, but the next day the injured
man complained of sickness all over
and a dull pain in his head He grew
steadily worse until about u week after
the trouble, when he fell dead while
drinking a glass of water. Soon after
death his body turned yellow, with black
spots-symptoms, according to the med
ical practitioners of the place, resulting
from the poisonous condition of the
bitcr's teeth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
Zuni Housekeeping.

After pleasant hour in the company
of our guide and his wife we sailed
forth to see the town. Coming to
one of the larger houses, we gained
ready admission and were Hospitality re.
ccivcd Our presence, however, was the
occasion of much comment among the
women, of whom we found SIX IN one
room. Their peculiar chattering, accom-
panied by hearty laughter and strange
gesticulation, though uninteligible to
us, was construed into joking at our cX-
pcnse. The men were in the field at
work, while the children were enjoying
"a bath in the muddy waters OF the Rio
Zuni. The women were engaged in
grinding corn and wheat, an operation
effected by means Of several pairs of
large, Hat stones, some OF coarse and
others of fine material. Between the
first set of stones the grain is merely
mashed, each successive pair rendering
the particles smaller and smaller, the
last turning out fine flour. Two other
women, in another room, were engaged
in baking bread, which is made into thin
cakes, or wafe:s, similar to the mares of
the Jews, only the latter are the harder.
On inspecting the house we found each
apartment whitewashed, both walls and
ceiling, well ventilated, and in every re-
spoct neat and clean; exceeding good
order seemed to prevail in the domestic
appointments throughout the establish
ment. The furniture consisted of but
few articles, these being principally
sheep skins, Navajo blankets and water
vessels, the latter lsed also for cooking
purposes These vessels are also of their
own manufacture, of burnt earth, and, In
many instances, highly embellished with
fanciful designs OF neat pattern, the fig
ures being either brown or black, on Il
groundwork of white. No beds are seen
in the house, blankets alone serving as
such, the occasional bird skin, hanging
by n string in some corner, serves as y
charm Live eagles and sparrow hawks,
tanned by these people, are seen about
almost every house, great veneration
being had for these members of the
feathcred tribe, which are considered the
sacred birds of Montezuma. Each dwell,
ing is provided with loom, which forms
n conspicuous part of the furniture. 1t
consists of two sticks, between which the
threads, OF the width of the blanket To
be made, are spread the whole arrange
ment being fastened TO the floor and cell.
ing 10y raw hide strings The operator
squats on the ground, using for shuttle
stick to which the wool for the cross.
threads is fastened. The operation of
weaving is Skilltully performed, although
a long time is required in the manufac.
ture of one of their blankets. From
Tie ZuRs Iadia@ # Nec Nerjco," IN
Popular Science Monthly fer September.
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Thick and Thin Seeding.

The. fact that plants yield more largely
when they are furnished with abundant
room, and that the thin seeding of a crop,
up to certain limits, yields better har-
vest than any thicker seeding, is no new
thing We read of it in the works of the
most ancient writer's upon agriculture,
and early historians record facts illustra-
tive of the advantages of sowing thinly
and of the extraordinary yields of grain
FROM single seeds. Nevertheless the
subject is as fresh as ever, and we see
every year good farmers wasting large
amounts of seed and sacrificing large
portions of their crops. We have recently
seen a piece of oats sown with one bushel
per acre which yielded better crop
than neighboring field sown with four
bushels per acre. A few years ago we
divided a ten-acre field into five portions,
and sowed them with wheat at the rate
of one bushel five pecks, six pecks,
seven pecks, and two bushels of seed per
acre There was no perceptiblc differ
cnce in the soil of the field, nor any in
the manuring, preparation, or sowing
At harvest time there was very percep-
tible difference in the yield, the thinnest
sowed portion being by far the BEST of
worst. Near the edge of the field, upon
the thinnest sown part, where the seed
had been thinned out by som. pigeons,
there were some stools of wheel with
thirty stalks, each bearing an ear; and
in this part of the field the difference was
mostly shown in this way, and in the
length of the ears The other side of the
field, where two bushels had been sown,
produced much shorter ears than this
portion. -
At meeting of the Midland Farmers
Club, held at Bennington. England, in
June last, Maj. Hallet read a paper
upon thin sowing and selection of seeds.
1t was illustrative of his experiments in
raising what he calls pedigree wheat"
He exhibited single plant of wheat
from single seed planted alone, which
bore ninety-four stems, one of barley ct
the same character bearing one hundred
and ten stems, and one of oats with
eighty seven stems. He stated that a
crop of wheat he had sown with single
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
New Method Of AmputatiOn.

The latest appliance has been con.
trived by Prot Esmarch, of Kiel, and if
it realizes all that its inventor and adj.
vocates claim the difficulty is solved :;
we shall henceforth be able to speak not
only of painless, but also of bloodless
operations.
Prof. Esmarch's mode of operating
consists in wrapping closely around the
limb elastic bands made of silk and
india-rubber, from below upward few
inches above the place where amputa-
ton or excision is to be practiced. There
an india.rubber cord is tightly drawn
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17
Table Customs.

WHILE certain forms of table etiquette
may seem altogether conventional, even
fantastic, the forms usually observed are
founded on good sense and adapted to
general convenience. Table etiquette is
not, as is often alleged, merely matter
of fashion, although some things that were
in vogue a generation or two ago are no
longer deemed polite. The reason is that
manners and table furniture have under
gone so many changes; have really so
much improved, as TO require a mutual
readjustment. For example, everybody
was accustomed twenty or thirty years
since to use the knife to carry food to the
mouth, because the fork of the day was
not adapted to the purpose. Since the
introduction of the tour-tined silver fork
it has so entirely supplanted the knife
that the usage of the latter, in that way,
is not only superfluous, but is regarded
as n vulgafism.
Another example is the discontinuance
of the custom of turning tea or coffee
from the cup into the saucer. Although
small plates were frequently employed
to set the cup in, they were not at all in
general use; and even when they were
used, the tea or coffee was likely to DC
spilled upon the cloth.
The habit, likewise, of putting ones
knife into the butter arose from the fact
that the butterk knife proper had not been
thought of. Such customs as these, once
necessitated by circumstances, are now
obviously inappropriate.
Certain habits, however, are regulated
by good taste and dehcacy of feeling,
and the failure to adopt them argues a
lack of fine perception or social insight.
One of these is eating or drinking audi.
bly,. No sensitive person can hear any
one taking his soup, coffee, or other
liquid without positive annoyance. Yet
those who would be very unwilling to
consider themselves i'll bred are constant
ly guilty of such breach of politeness.
The defect is that they are not so sensi-
tive as those with whom they come in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

contact. They would not be disturbed
by the ofieAse; they never imagine.
therefore, that any one else can be. 1t is
for them that rules of etiquette are OAR.
ticularly designed. Were their instinct
correct, they would not need the rule.
which, from the absence of instinct, an.
pears to them irrational, purely arbi-
trary.
To rest ones elbow on the table ia
more than transgression of courtesy: it
is an absolute inconvenience to ones
neighbors. All awkwardnesses of position.
such as sitting too far back from or lean.
ing over the table, are reckoned rude
nesses, because they put others ill at ease
through fear of such accidents as are
liable to happen from any uncouthness.
Biting bread or cake, instead of cutting
or breaking it into mOuthfuls, is unpleas.
ant, since it offends our sense of form or
fitness
These and kindred matters are trifes;
but social life is so largely composed of
trifles that to disregard them wholly is
serious affront. We can hardly realize
to what extent our satisfaction or dissat.
isfaction is made up of things in them
selves insignificant until their observance
or non-observance is brought directly
home to us.-Scrsbner's Monthly.
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The Best Evidence.

THE following letter from REV. Z. S. BEST, Pastor
NJ. E. Church, Natck, Mass will be read with inter-
est by many physicidns Also those suffering from
the same diseases afflicted the of the Rev. E. s.
Best No person can doubt this testimony and there
is no doubt about the curative powers Of VEaKTINK
Dear Strive have good reason for regarding your
VEGETINE a medicine Of the greatest rdlue. We feel
assured that 1t has been the means OF saving sons
lie lie now seventeen years OF age; for the last
two years he has suffered from necrosis of his leg
caused by scrofuous affection, and far reduced
that nearly all who saw him thought his recovery i'm
possible: "A council Of able physicians could give us
but the faintest hope OF his ever raying two of the
number declaring that he was beyond the reach OF
human remedies, that even anputation could not
him, as he had not vgor enough to endure the opera
ton. just then we commenced giving him NEGE.
TINE and from that time 70 the present he has been
continuously improving. He has lately resumed his
studies, thrown away crutches and cane, and walks
about cheerful and strong.
Though there is still discharge from the OPEN
ing where his limb was lanced We have the fullest
confidence that in q little time he will be perfectly
cured.
He has taken about three dozen bottles of vEGE-
TINE but lately uses but little, he declares that he
Is too well 10 be taking medicine.
Respectfully yours,
MRS. l. C. F. BEST.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

REV E. H. HOPKINS, of Jackson Center,
Shelby County, Ohio, says: T" My wife had the
consumption for ten years, and had been con-
fined to her bed for some time. l heard of
DR.. L. @. G. Wishart's Pine Tree Tar Cordial,
and, after using four bottles, she was able to
do the work for her family"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

A CLERGYMAN, advocating corporal
punishment for children, said "The child,
when once started in course of evil con-
duct, is like locomotive on the wrong
track--it takes the switch to get it Off"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

A PENNY saved here and there counts up at
the end of the year. Buy only SILVER
TIPPED Shoes and you will save dollars in
stead of cents. Parents remember this
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-09-17

The range Of disorders which yield to the influence
OF this medicine. and the number of defined diseases
which 1t fails to cure greater than any other
single medicine has hitherto been even recommended
for by any other than the proprietors of quack
nostrum These diseases are Scrsfua and all Eruptive
diseases and Tumors, Rheumatism, Gout. Neuralgia
and Spinal complaints, and all Inhammatory synp-
toms Ulcers all Syphilitic Diseases Kidney and blad
der diseases, Dropsy the whole train of painful disor
ders which SO generally attct American women. and
which carry, annually thousands Of them to prema.
ture graves Dyspepsia that universal curse of Amer
lcan manhoodi Heartburn, Piles Constipation. Nery
business, inability to sleep, and Impure BIZ ood
This is formidable list Of human ailments for any
single medicine to successfully attack, and it is not
probable that any article before the public has the
power to cure the quarter Of them except the VEGK
TINE 1t lays the at the Of tree of disease
by first eliminating every impnrty from the blood.
promoting the secretions opening the pOresthe great
escapeyalves of the systeminvgorating the liver
It's full and natural action, cleansing the stomach and
strengthening digestion. This much accomplished,
the speedy and the permanent cure OF not only the
diseases we have enumerated, but likewise the whole
train Of chronic and constitution disorders, is
tain to follow This is precisely what VEeETINE
does. and does quickly and easily that IL is
aware of 1t himself.
VEGETINE Is SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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