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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
Hay Fever and Its Causes.

In a book entitled Experimental Re
searches on the Causes and Nature of
Catarrhus Kstivus (Hay-fever or Hay
asthma)," Mr.. Blackley publishes some
very intere sting conclusions respecting
this singular disease. He finds that it is
peculiar to the educated classes, but it is
not aristocratic, like the govt, being more
common in proportion to the spread Of
mental culture and the intensity of in
tellectual occupation. And yet a
highly organized state of the mind is
not the only element in its preparations,
for race qualities seem to have a
marked effect upon it. Thus in Europe
which follow Germany, France, Bel
STA and Ireland Climate, therefore,
for England and Ireland. which are
geographically contiguous, form the ex-
tremes of the above list. Out of 1852
patients, eighty one were English, thirty
six Germans and only one Irish. AS the
actual melting cause ofthe disease, 1t has
been referred to summer heat,
dust, ozone, the odors of flowers, the
pollen of blossoms, and especially of
SIuSoCS. HC dutHOI lCuu
him to the conclusion that it is to the
pollen of Towering plants Including
grasses) that the disease is due
He collected pollen grains from the at
mosphere, and gives curves showing the
number of grains which gathered on u
square centimeter of surface from May
% to Aug. l, 1865, the highest number
$50, falling on June 90. By using kites
he ascertaned the proportionate amount
of pollen on high levels in the atmos-
phere, with the somewhat remarkable
result that the pollen was found to be
more abundant than on the surface. The
author found that germs and spores of
other plants generally outnumbered the
pollen, and he thinks that if "these
should resemble pollen in its capacity
for absorbing water and discharging
granular matter under the influence of
moisture we may have form of finely
divided vegetable and animal matter
thrown into the air which the best mod
ern instruments might fail to discover
the nature and origin Of but which
might, nevertheless, be a powerful cause
of disease" AS to the places least
likely to be affected by the disease, the
author found hay fever least common in
those localities where pollen is least
likely to be plentiful, such as the centers
of large cities, the seashore and high
lying districts given up to pasturage.-
Galary for September.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
Training Up a Boy.

Have you boy from five to eight
years oldY If so it is matter of the
greatest importance that you train him
up right Teach him from the start that
he can't run across the floor whoop,
chase around the back yard or use up a
few nails and boards to make carts or
boats Ii you let him chase around he'll
wear out shoes and clothes, and nails
and boards cost money.
Train him to control his appetite.
Give him the smallest piece of pic; the
bone end of the steak; the small potato,
and keep the butterdish out of his reach.
BY teaching him to curb his appetite you
can keep him in good humor. Boys are
always good humored when hunger
gnaws at their stomachs If he happens
to break dish, thrash him for it; that
will mend the dish and teach him les
son at the same time.
If you happen to notice that your
boys shoes are wearing out, take down
the rod and give him "a peeling. These
shoes were purchased only ten months
ago, and though you have worn out two
pairs of boots during that time the boy
has no business to be SO hard on shoes.
BY giving him u sound thrashing you will
prevent the shoes from wearing out.
When you want your boy to 90 an
errand you should state it and add:
Nov go as quick rs you can, and if
you are gone over five minutes I'll cut
The hide off of your back"
He will recognize the necessity of
haste, and he will hurry up. You could
not do the errand yourself inside of If
teen minutes, but he is not to know that.
you want him to pile wood, the way to
address him is thusly;
"Now, see here, Henry; ! want every
stick of that wood piled up before noon.
If l come home and find you haven't
done it III lick you till you can't stand
upw
1t is more than a boy of his size ought
to do in awhole day, au' YOU are not to
blame that he is not thirteen years old
instead of eight,
III you hear that any one in the neigh.
borhood has broken IA window, stolen
fruit or unhinged Il gate, be sure that ii
was your boy. If he denies it, take down
the rod and tell him that you will thrash
him TO death if he doesn't Town up" hut
YOU will spare him If he does. He will
ownup to a lie 10 get rid of the thrash
ing, and then you can talk to him about
the fate of liars and bad boys, and end
up by saying;
:" Goto bed now, and in the morning
I'll attend to your case
If YOU take him to church and he looks
around, kicks the seat or smiles AT some
boy acquaintance, thrash him the mo.
ment YOU get home. He ought to have
been listening to the sermon. If he sees
all the other boys going to the circus,
and wants fifteen cents to take him in,
tell him what awful wicked things cir.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
Harvesting Root Crops.

The Western Rural does not believe in
the proftableness of the cultivation OF
root crops of any kind in the West for
| their value as feed, as compared with
| corn, but we do believe, and we have SO
| stated repeatedly, that their value has
always been underestimate if grown to
| be used with corn or other grain. The
| best results are thus attained in fatten-
| ing animals in winter, when there is no
other succulent food to be obtained
Where the culture of roots, especially
beets and carrots, is Systematically I'M
dertaken, they may be raised at light
cost. We say beets and carrots and we
might perhaps include rutabagas, but
our summer climate is altogether too hot
and dry for flat and round turnips.
One of the principal items of cost in
root crops is the gathering and storing
| away. When beets and carrots have to
| be dug and topped by hand thrown into
| piles and then again handled into
wagons and from thence again into pits
and cellars, there is n large expense in
| Cured that might well deter feeders and
| breeders from undertaking their culture
but this may be very much simplihed.
| With beets and Swedish turnips the tops
may be clipped with a hoe or other suit
able implement, and the tap-roots cut
at suitable depth by subsoil litter, or
skeleton pillow, if a regular litter be not
obtainable.
This litter may be attached to the
beams of a gang-plow, being simply two
| strong Golfers crooked outward and
backward and arranged so that they may
| enter the ground between two rows and,
| .1Ae 10 ,tnh1 In
| depth, cut the tap-roots and ut the same
| time slightly raise the oulbs. To do
| this the Golfers need not be more than
three-eighths of an incn thick by two
inches wide, tapering at the end to n
| rounded point slightly turned down on
the edge near the point With such an
implement we have had no difficulty, with
four strong horses, in lifting five acres of
beets in day. BY narrowing the ground
with MISUNDERSTANDING harrow, or
even heavy common one, they are
readily taken out and the most of the
adhering earth knocked of, thus leaving
nothing to be done except to pick them
up when dry and throw them in the
wagon.
When they are lifted with a pillow they
may be narrowed in the same way. If
the objection be made that they will thus
be more or less bruised, we admit the
fact. but it viii be found that the bruis-
ing is far less than would be supposed,
and no injury will result for feeding pur-
poses. If the roots are intended for mar.
ket the case would be different, and in
this case the roots would have to be
pulled by hand, which is easily done, and
more care must be taken in lJpping. 1t
should also be remarked that the plan of
narrowing them out will not work well if
the roots are unde-sized and the ground
weedy. The crop must have been well
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

cultivated, clean, and the roots of good
size, to make this plan available.
Mangolds and rutabagas may be taken
out with great facility, one row at time,
by modification of the shovel pillow in
this way: Make beam strong enough
to stand the pull of two horses, and at
tach the handles as in shovel pillow. In
stead OF shovel, crook Golfer blade,
and to this have narrow cutting share
extending diagonally each way, the cen
ter terminating in a point, so that it may
be run at suitable depth to cut the tap
roots, and at the same time lift the earth
and roots slightly. The object in having
the shares, which should not be more
than two inches wide, extend each side
alike is so that the machine may be held
steady. There is no doubt that, with
such an implement, four acres day may
be raised, when the rows are not more
than thirty inches apart Western Rural
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
How the Microscopic Floscularia
Feeds.

She cannot go in search of food for
she is firmly anchored to one spot, and
has no wheels to set in motion to form IL
current to bring food to her; so we will
carefully watch and see how she cap
lures her prey. Here comes little
floating monad All, it is caught among
the bristly tilaments, and flies wildly
about as if bewildered; but, instead of
retreating and getting away, it goes
down, down, until it reaches the wide
opening, This opening is surmounted
by the five lobes which bear the fila
ments, but it is not the tloscule's
MOUTH the mouth is situated lower
down and works something like Il
steel-trap Well, the little monad has
got into this opening and seems to have
recovered from its fright, as there is
plenty of room for it to feat about here :;
but the tloscule is now on the alert the
monad is doomed! If it tries to escape,
those lobes that stand up so innocent
like, with their beautiful fan-shaped fila
ments, Immediately curve over and close
the opening. This movement of the
tloscule usually sends the little monad
close to that terrible Steektrap, when il
is snapped up in moment. Our ears are
SO heavy and dull, or we might fairly
hear the click of her teeth, so large and
voracious does she appear" Microscopic
irchltects, an Popular Science MONTH"; for
October
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
HAPS AND MISHAPS.

Mr.. Henry Tallert, of Chicago,
about ten weeks ago suddenly. lost his
speech, owing to paralysis of his palate.
A few days ago he regained his speech
as suddenly as he had lost it, and has
since suffered no inconvenience from his
late affection.
Aaron Bowers, colored dining
room servant at the Grand Hotel, Gin
cinnati, while going up on an elevator
from the laundry with basket of linen,
the other day, put his head out as he was
passing the first floor to speak to a com
rade, and he was caught against the cell
ing and instantly killed.
The other day Mr. Hart, of Newcas-
tie, Ind, came home from hunt and set
his gun up in a corner. AS Mrs. Hart
was passing around about her household
duties she accidentally knocked the gun
down. The fall discharged the load
which passed through the bottom of her
foot, inflicting frightful and possibly
fatal wound.
A minister lately baptized an infant
in q church in Northumberland County,
Pa, and after the ceremony was sur
prsed by request that the child might
be allowed to drink the water used in the
sacrament, the reason being that, if it
should drink the water with which it had
been baptized, sickness could be kept
from it through life.
--Anson Thompson, of Port Henry, N.
Y, had fashion of taking nap on his
doorstep after dinner. The doorstep
was an old boat turned upside down.
Some of his watermen friends thought
u; Ia 10 fol
they placed glycerine cartridge under
his bed and exploded it to see the fun
The cartridge tore hole about sixteen
inches long and ten inches wide in the
boat and continued the hole nearly the
same size in Thompson's side. He was
blown to his feet, looked around, saw
his friends running away and fell dead.
"A man named Mike Long died re-
Gently at Granton, N. j., from taking an
overdose of medicine. 1t appears that he
had the fever and ague A physician
prepared and gave him bottle of medi-
cine composed of quininc and other in
gradients, with instructions to take u
teaspoonful every three hours Long,
after the doctor left, remarked to one of
the inmates of the house; Be jabbers,
and it's too much trouble to be bothered
about the time; will take it all at once"
and he did SO. He was quickly prostrat-
ed. The doctor was sent for, but moth
ing could be done to save him. He died
in twentyfour hours after he had taken
the overdose.
The new season of snake stories
opens promisingly with two reptilian
marvels. In Sussex County, N. j., an
angry snake which had made dart Mt Il
lodging man struck its venomous fangs
into tree instead, and within an hour
thereafter the tree wiltcd, all the leaves
fell off, and it is now but shrivcled
trunk, According to the second story,
family living near Liberty Mills, Orange
County, Va, found lately in the bottom
of a tea-kettle, which has been used to
boil the water for their coffee at break
fast, the body of a black snake which had
been boiled to death. The horrifying
discovery caused unspeakable cons:erna-
ton amongst the coffee drinkers, none of
whom, however, were injured by the
abominable distillation.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
RRCIPEs, ETC.

Powdered inter is good for removing
freckles. Apply with rag moistened
with glycerine.
Indoor growing plants should have
the morning sunshine ii possible,
although the afternoon sun is better than
none.
Barton Cake.-One cup of sugar, one
cup Of molasses, one egg, two-thirds OF
a cup Of butter, one cup OF sour milk,
two cups of raisins and one teaspoonful
of soda; all kinds of spices.
-Catskill Apple Pudding.-One pint
of sweet MILK four eggs beaten to a
froth, one teaspoon of soda, little salt,
flour enough to make stiff batter, four
large apples chopped; stir well; bake in
| deep tins; serve hot, with butter and
sugar.-Cultioator.
A decoction of chestnut leaves is
said to be sovereign remedy for
whooping- Steep three or four
drachms of the leaves in boiling water,
give il either hot Or cold, with or with
out sugar. Carbonate of lime should
be put in saucers about the room in
which is sufferer from the disease. 1t
prevents nfection.-H0useh0ld.
Picked Pears-Twenty pounds
peeled fruit, seven pounds sugar, one
quart vinegar. Boil the sugar and vine
gar together, stick couple of cloves
into each pear, and put them into the
sugar and vinegar, with water enough to
nearly cover them. When cooked
enough remove pears to stone jar, and
after boiling the pickle for fifteen min
utes longer, pour it over them. Examine
in a week and if the pickle is not suffi-
GENTLY concentrated remove and boil
down again.
Cheap Soft Soap.-The best and
cheapest soft soap may be made as fol-
lows: Take clean barrel the size of a
kerosene-oil barrel and in the bottom
place ten or fifteen pounds of barrel
potash and fifteen pounds tof rendered
fat or tallow. Upon this pour three
pailfuls of boiling hot water (soft water).
Let it stand twenty-tour hours and add
two pailfuls of boiling soft water, and
continue to add a like amount once a
day until the barrel is full. Stir it often
to make it white. Beyond ali comparison
this is the best and cheapest for house
hold purposes of any soap ever made.
The potash will cost twelve and one-half
cents pound. --Homestead.
The following is recipe for making
hard soap which is excellent and eco
nomical: Nearly every family accumu
lates through the winter drippings from
beef and mutton. These can be utilized
for the grease by boiling IN water, al
lowing it to cool, then removing from
the water and boiling till all the water
is expelled. OF course the winter the
grease the nicer the soap. Take six
pounds of sal soda, six pounds grease,
three and half pounds new stone-lime.
four gallons soft water, half pound
borax Put soda, lime and water into an
iron boiler; boil till all is dissolved.
When well settled pour off the clear lye,
wash out the kettle and put in the lye
grease and borax; boil till it comes to
soap, pour into tub to cool, and when
sufficiently hard cut into bars and put
on boards to dry. This is very nice for
washing white flannel and calico.-Rurul
Neo Yorker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

THE municipality of Vienna has, y
advice of the Board of Health of the
city, decided that the cremation of the
dead should be Immediately carried into
operation on the same plan which has
been completely successful in Leipsig
AS the annual mortality of Vienna
amounts to about 10000, the public au.
thorities reckon on making a great saw
ing, as well as considerable benefit to
the public health.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

SAYS the Bedford (Pa.) Gazette: "There
are in Pennsylvania $50 Postmistresses.
II has been common for many years to
appoint women to that position, and they
are always eff Gent officers. We believe
no one has ever proved a defaulter to the
Government"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

IT is reported that the Dodge gold
mine in Lisbon, n H., is yielding far
richer ore than heretofore, and the com.
pany is realizing handsome profit
Twenty dollars is realized from a ton of
ore. A block of gold worth over Ram
was taken from the mine a few days
ago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

A CORRESPONDENT states that a Mis-.
souri, town has organized an anti-fashion
society. One of the pledges taken by
the female members is "to trample" on
all dresses worn by ladies in public with
long trains, or which come below the
ankle.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

In reporting the fall fashions the New
York Herald says: There is a marked
absence of the extravaganza and absurd
ties of former seasons, and a marked i'm
prOvement in matters of taste"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

AMONG the fine arts not lost is the art of
children making holes in the toes of boots and
shoes. Time taken about ten days. SILVER
TIPS are an excellent remedy, never known
tn fail
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08

PIMPLEs, blotches and other unsightlv
eruptions Of the skin should be gotten rid 81
as quickly as possible. DR.. Wishart's Pine
Tree Tar Cordial will remove all such things
by purifying the blood.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
WISHART'S
Pine Tree TarC0rQia]

II is now fifteen years since ,he attention OF the
public was hrst called by DR.; L. c. Wishart to this
wonderful remedy and wc has it stood the test OF
time that to-day 1t not only has the confidence of the
entire community. but Is more frequently prescribed
by physicians in their practice than any other pro-
prietary preparation In the country. 1t Is the vital
principle of the Pine Tree obtained by peculiar
process in the distillation OF the Tar by which its
highest medicinal properties are vetaiDed. For the
following Complaint, lnhammStion Of the Lungs,
ton Liver Complaint, Weak Stomach. Disease of the
kidneys Urinary Complaints, Nervous Debility. Dys
PERSIA and diseases arising from an impure condition
of the hiood-there Is remedy IN the world that has
been used so successfully or can show such number
OF marvellous cures he following VIII serve 10 STOW
the cs,imacn in which This sovereign remedy Is held
By those who have used II.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
II. II. r..
RAILWAYS
READY RELIEF !
The Cheapest and Best Medicine for
Family Use in the World!
ONE 5O.CENT BOTTLE

ONE 5O-CENT BOTTLE
WILL CURE MORE COMPLAINTS AND PREVENT
THE SYSTEM AGAINST SUDDEN ATTACKS OF
EPIDEMICS AND CONTAGIOUS DISEASES THAN
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS EXPENDED FOR
OTHER MEDICINES OR MEDICAL ATTEND
ANCE.
THE MOMENT RADWAY's READY RELIEF IS
NALLY ACCORDING TO DIRECTIONS-PAIN
FROM WHATEVER CAUsE, CEASES TO EXIST.
INPORTANT.-Miners, Farmers and Others resid.
ing in sparsey settled districts where 1t is difficult to
secure the services Of physician. RADWAYS
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pain or discomfortls experienced or Il seized with
Influenza, Diphtheria,. Sore Throat, Bad Coughs,
Hoarseness, Bilious Collie Inflammation Of the Bow.
els, Stomach. Lungs Liver, Kdneys; or with Group,
Quinsy, Fever and Ague; or with Neuralgia, Head.
ache, Tic pouloureux, Toothache, Earache; or with
Lumbago, Pain in the Back, or Rheumatism with
Diarrh9a Cholera Morbus or Dysentery; with
Burns Scalds or Bruises with Strains, Cramps or
spasms The application OF RAILWAYS READY
RELIEF Will cure you OF the worst of these COM
plants in few hours.
Twenty drops in half tumbler Of water will in .
few moments cure CRAMPS, SPASMS SOUR sTOM.
ACH, .HEARTBuRN. SICK HEADACHE, DIAR.
BOWELS, and all INTERNAL PAINS.
Travellers should always carry bottle Of RAD
WAYS READY RELIEF with them. A few drops in
water will prevent sickness or pains from change Of
water. 1t Is better than French Brandy Bitters
o st-nulant
Sold by Druggists. Price, so Cents.
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Price rs cts. per Box. Sold by Druggists.
Read FALSE AND TRUE"

Send one letter-stsmp to RAILWAY & CO, No. 3
Warren street. New York. Information worth thou
lands will be sent yoc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
DR.. RAILWAYS
REGULATING PILLS!

Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet gum,
6nrge regulate purity Cleanse and strengthen. RAD
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stomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidneys. Bladder Nervous
Diseases Headache, Constipation COstveness. Ind-
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minerals or deleterious drugs
~ Observe the following symptoms resulting from
Disorders of the Digestive Organs:
Constipation. Inward Piles, Fullness of the Blood
IN the Head, Acldity of the stomach, Nausea Heart
burn. Disgust of Food, Fulness of Weight in the
stomach Sour Fluctuations Sinking or Fluttering at
the Pit OF the stomach, swimming of the Head Hur-
RED and Difficult Breathing, Fuesring at the Heart,
Choking or Sufocating Sensations when in Lying
Posture. nrness of Vision, Dots Webs before the
Sight, ever and Dull Pain in the Head Denciency OF
Preparation, Yellowness of the Skin and Eyes. Pain
Heat Burning In the Flesh.
A few doses Of RAILWAYS PILLS will free the
system from all the above-named disorders.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
Consumption for Ten Years Cured.

DIR l. @ G. WIsH.Rr Dear Sir-f rn grateful to
you from the fact that You have made medicine that
will cure the disease Of the Lungs My wife has had
the Consumption for tcu wears Physicians had told
me that they could ouly patcb her up for the time
being She was confined TO .er oed and had been for
some time. ! heard of your Pine Tree Tar Cordial
and secured one hottie; II REL veNed her cough. She
has now finished her fourth huttG, and is able 10 do
The work for ner family. and may God speed you on
with your discovery and cure You have made for
Consumption ~ =, =, ,,co,r,>-s
jackson Center, Shelby Co., Ohio.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-08
From St. Louis, Mo.

DR. wrsnART, PHILApEtPHTA: Dear Str-puring
visit TO Philadelphia some three years ago. wassuf
fernr from severe cold, and was induced take
bottle OF your Pine Tree Tar Cordial, which had the
effect of curing me in few days l have used II in
my family ever since. and am OF the opinion that il
saved The life OF my daughter, who suffering from
severe and painful cough If The publication of this
aill be Of any service, al liberty TO Use II.
Yours respectfully,
JOHN HODA EFT, ST. Louis, Mo.