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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04
Let Horses Go Barefoot.

Every day of my life / see horses who
are begging their owners to relieve them
from tight shoes. Let us bring the case
home. What does a man do who has bad
corns? TO relieve himself he at once
pulls of his boot and relieves the pressure
from the corn. Now, what is good for a
man is good for horse in very many
cases, certainly where corns exist, and
very few horses are entirely free from
them A months work barefootcd on
the snow will HELM IA horse with corns
more than his owner will believe, with
out trying the experiment. Instead of
being stuck upon three calks, the foot
gets the true bearing which nature in
tended 1t should have.
When | urge people to drive their
horses barefoot on the snow, If only for
week or two, am constantly told, My
horse will fail down, or break his hoof
all to pieces" Now, know the horse
will do nothing of the Sort | don't
say that ne can be driven at a three-min-
ute gait and not chip his hoof; but do
say that for all light driving, at a moder
ate, respectable rate, the hoof will never
break to iniure it. | drove my old
horses ttwenty-one and twenty-five years
old, without shoes last winter, and they
did not fall once, or slip any more, if as
much, as horses which were calked, and
| whose calks were worn down. Another
! immense advantage in going barefoot is
| being able to drive through deep snow
without feeling afraid that your horse
| will get cut with his calks.-C0r. our
! Di{tHb lGiWd'S
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04

dry and warm current of air passing up
through the building, is the best place
the common farmer can use. But see
that snow does not sift through on it,
thaw and then freeze. Serious failures
in crops sometimes occur from bad seed
planted too late for second planting
Distress and ruin will come upon man
for slight neglects in the care of seed.
Some may have not furnished them
selves seed. Now is the time to provide
against such neglect. There is time now
and it may be more easily obtained than
in the hurry of planting crops. Look
also at the kind of seed. In nearly all
communities there are varieties of corn
that differ IN yield from ten to fifteen
bushels per acre, and yet equally as early.
The corn that has been grown on the
same place until it produces nothing but
nubbins had better be fed to hogs and a
better article purchased, even if it has to
be sought at some distance.-IoDa State
Register.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04
Letter to the President from the COY
ernor of Iowa.

WASHINGTON. Jan. -
The following letter has been received
az The Executive Mansion:
SrAry or Iowa, ENECUrIVE DEPARTMENT..
nE~ NOiNES, lows, JaU. ~, 1855.
To the President;
have watched with anxiety the progress
aud Development OF the Louisiana imhroglla,
aud IN the recent climax of an msurrcction,
AIRY spirit aud purpose shown hy The people
Of New Orleans, representing secret organlya.
tons hostile TO the Government have been
grAtihed by the promptncsS with which the
revolutionary schemes were met and de
feated Il Is also source OF graf.
iication aud an earnest u. the wis
dom aud moderation with which the mill.
tary arm viii bC usCl 10 suppress this iuCip.
lent rebellion that the commander uf this &c.
partmeut is General whose pas, services 10
the country whose brilliant reputation As a
soldier and whose patriotic devotion 20 free.
dom are recognized aud trusted by every man
whose heart was with the tuinn during the
war OF the rebellion,
These people do not believe that he viii
abuse hts power, aud they know that he will
not suffer the rights for which he and his
comrades periled their lives ia The past Ia Doe
tramplcd down by an organized mob. NAV
safely SAY that the masses OF Iowa, who sym.
iaihizei with you and your army when YOU
confronted the rebellion AZ Nickshuyg and
Richmond, sympathize with YOU ia your pol
icy to-day when confronting lis lDgtfinS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04

In extreme northern localities none hr.
the Russian and Siberian apples can h.
depended upon, and of these there arc :.
present a g0odly number of sorts in cnl
tivation; consequently in all the essen
tial qualities, except perhaps size tba
residents in the colder regions of on m.
country may with proper care obtain vi
abundance of good apples. Without az
tempting. to name the sorts known to
succeed in any particular locality or re-
gion of country, we would say to eyerv
farmer who reads the Weekly Sun, do moi l
purchase or give an order for apple or
other trees without first consulting soma
good authority on the subject, unless
YOU know positively from experience
that the varieties about to be purchases
are likely to succeed. There is scarcelv
State or Territory at the present time
in which there are not one or more Local
horticultural or agricultural sociebes
organized for the very purpose of oh,
tanning and disseminating just the infor.
nation needed by the novice in these
matters. If there are no such sources
of specific information near at hand
then man had better apply to the Sec
retary of the American Pathological So.
ciety or to the editor of some agricul
tural or horticultural journal for list
There are thousands of farmers who
to save dollar or two as membership
fee to some horticultural society or per.
haps subscription to a newspaper have
lost hundreds of dollars by being swim.
died in tne purchase of trees and plants
entirely unsuited to their wants or the
climate in which they reside. The most
successful orchardists are those who
have sought and obtained the best in.
formation on the subject.-N. Y. Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04

spirit at New Orleans. It is true that the
people who were with you when civil liberty
was imperiled by undisguised and recog..
nized warfare win be glad when the spirit OF
law and order shall SO far take the place OF
turbulence and INSTRUMENTATION, and tran
quillity and peaceful industry shall again so
generally prevail that miitary interference to
preserve peace and prevent bloodshed will
become unnecessary in any of the States
But If the Government Of any State is to be
government Of force they prefer Federal bayo-
nets in the hands Of men who have proven
their fidelity to the country to shot-guns and
bowie knives in the hands Of White Leaguers
and Union haters With great respect, truly
yours, &. c. CARPENTER.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04
RECIPES. ETC.

Every good housekeeper al,eays
washes and thoroughly dries her coffee
pot every time it is used.
Cure for Neuralgia.-Take potatoes
and slice them thin as you can and bind
| them on where the pain is and 1t will re-
lieve it in few hours. Keep putting on
until a cure is effected, which will be in
two or three applcations.-Cor. Ctacin-
| natl Times.
Cure for Chilblains in liquid
| form two ounces of carbolic acid, one
ounce of glycerine and three ounces OF
rain water; first soak your feet in warm
water using CASTLE soap for ten or fif-
teen minutes, dry off well with coarse
towel, then bathe with the above mix
ture, frequently using coarse sponge,
rubbing hard. Battle every time the
! itching comes on.
Never have the American bee-keep-
| ers been able to supply the market with
pure honey But the honey-dealers
have sometimes found the means of fill
ing all the wants and their pockets at
the same time. Here is the recipe. Take
one gallon of honey and seven gallons of
sugar syrup, mix well and it is done.
Some put the mixture in glass jars with
few bits of comb Some use " glucose, ("
kind of syrup made in France with po-
tatoes and sold in Chicago for four or
five cents per pound A New York
honey dealer has disclosed the whole
matter to the editor Of the Bee X eepers'
JOurHdt
For oilng floors the following recipe
is said to be excellent: To two gallons
Of linseed oil put one-fcurth pound of
| litharge (painter's drying stuff; make
the oil boiling hot Then put it on the
| floor with piece of carpeting or any
worsed material, just as hot as the hand
| can bear. 1t dries at once, and as soon
as dry must be washed off with hot wa
ter and soap. Ii is then ready for the
waxing, and takes beautiful polish.
| This quantity oils a number of floors if
put on only once. Ii a very dark color is
wanted it must be applied second time.
| If the floor is rubbed every morning with
"A waXcd rubbing brush it makes very
handsome appearance
Horses ard mules in use during cold,
frosty weather are liable TO acute suffer
ing by having naked iron bits thrust into
their mouths The moment frosty bit
is put into the mouth it is pretty sure to
stick fast, and with the least possible
movement or change of position tear the
tender skin of the mouth or tongue.
have known horses chat ! suppose have
suffered in this way, when about to be
bitted to open wide their mouths as if
to prevent their lips and tongue from
coming in contact with the cold bit.
With little trouble we may prevent
much of this suffering. Let US all take
care to have the iron bits nicely covered
with gum cloth, leather or muslin, some.
thing pleasant to the mouth, and that
will prevent the iron bit coming in con-
tact with the flesh of the animal. Warm
ing the bit by the fire or holding it in
the hand until warm may answer, but
this requires time and attention, and in
cold weather, and perhaps hurry, is very
| apt to be neglected. A bit once perma-
nently covered may last all winter. Cor
BefhS IJteliluenrsr
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04
The Result OF the Democratic Vie.
torieS.'

Ii is worthy of special remark that
very Democratic victory" that has
been gained, North or South, since the
close of the rebellion has been virtually
a triumph Of the prorrhcl element of
that parry, The first out-oud.out Demo
cratic victory after the war was won in
Georgia, where, soon after, Alexander II
stephens, the Vice President of the
Southern Contederacy," was elected to
Congress, and Gordon, a rebel General
chosen United States Senator. The next
important Democrats victory was in
Connecticut two years ago. followed last
year by the election OF Eaton, an out.
spoken copperhcad, To the Federal
Senate. As the result of Dem
ocratic victories last fall, besides the
election To the lower House of Congress
of quite "A flock of men who were either
rebels or sympathi2erS with the rebellion,
three of this same STYLE of "patriots"
have recently been chosen United States
Senators, namely; Cockrell. a rebel
General, from Missouri: Herman. a bitter
copperhcad. from New York, 10 Nc.
Donald, another bitter copperhead, from
Indiana.
At this rate, how long will il be before
the Democracy will convert the United
States Congress into the Congress of the
" Confederate StateSy" In the Tennessee
Legislature, yesterday, even jeff Davis
was among those voted for for United
States senator ,-CRioIga Journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04
MalleabIe Glass.

The French journals contain an &C.
count of experiments made with new
kind of glass so perfectly annealed as to
have lost all brittleness, wherefore the
inventor calls it, justly or unjustly, NAL
leable glass. His name is De la Barre,
and the experiments were made at the
workshop of the railroad company Of
Pont d'Ain, said company wishing to as.
certain the value of an invention which
at the present day is exciting a great deal
of interest, especially in such pursuits
where glass is exposed to a greet deal of
strain and danger.
A pane of common glass quarter Of
an inch thick, of which the borders We're
supported by wooden frame, was laid
on the ground. A copper weight of four
ounces was dropped on its surface, elevat
ing gradually the height of its fall. The
glass broke at the shock caused by two.
and-a-half feet of fall. In place of that
pane another, half as thick, was subst
tuted of one-eighth inch in thickness of
the glass tempered after the new method.
The same weight was dropped, raising
successfully to the height Of the ceiling
of the hail. without causing any damage
to the glass.
The experiments were continued out
side the building, aud the cAperlmeneT
climbed on ladder leaning against
wall, to let the weight fall. 1t broke at
a fall from seventeen feet. 1t was then
proved that the tempered glass does not
break by shocks of longer or shorter
duration, as the common glass does. 1t
is broken in great number of very small
al frn 70 ,,,nl
disposition. When thrown on the ground
the tempered glass rebounds, giving
special sound like that of the fall OF a
sheet of metal.
The observations as 10 its resistance to
heat have caused another series OF cX-
periments to be made, A strip of com
mon glass was laid flat over the flame OF
lamp. At the end of twenty-four see
onds a sudden noise told that the glass
was split A glass annealed according to
the new method subjected to the same
conditions resisted indefinitely. 1t was
taken and plunged in a pail of water,
put again all wet above the flame, 1t
was in no way broken by The fire.
Patents have been taken in France and
in other countries. A society was formed
at Bourg by the aid of some friends, VINO
have offered their testimonial to the In
ventor. The buildings for manufactur:
ing this kind of glass are in course Of
erection.
We add to these details given by the
local journals that the inventor patented
his process in France.
The claim of his invention is: AS soon
as the malleability begins the glass is
thrown at once in greasy, resinous OF
other substance, previously heated to va
rious degrees, in proportion to the nature
and quality of the glass on which they
operate.-N. Y. Graphic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04

THE annual report of the international
Executive Committee of Young Mems
Christian Associations reports the follow
ing list of Young Mems Association
buildings, with their valuation: Ne"
York city, $500,000; Philadelphia, Pa
$500, 600; Chicago, H., $50, 00O Boston
Mass, $50, 900; Cincinnati, Ohio, s4ooVV'
San Francisco, Cal, 100000: Montreal
Can, 100000; Washington, d. C., Ssco;
600; Newark, n. D., $4,000; Clevelanao'
Ohio, So, 600; Jersey City, Nj, S35OVo
Toronto, Ont $4,000; Indianapolis
Ind, $4,000; Syracuse, n y, two chap
els, $1,000; Halifax, N. s, 49, ooV'
Portland, Me, chapel, $500; st. Johns
\, B., $40 goo; Dayton, Ohio, two chapeiis'
1850; Newburg, n. v, $1,000; Pousn'
keepsie, n. Y, $4,000; Poughkeepsie'
\. Y, chapel, 81 800; Chelsea, Mass
$4,000; Omaha, Neb., 5000; New Bruins
wick, \. j., $4,000; Germantown "a
50 ,000; Aurora, H., $1,000; Charles
town, p L. l., $4,000
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04

ONE of the greatest foes to the lliitei.
ate, unthinking farmer is himself-nl..
lack of knowledge of business-no.
simply of producing crops, but. oil .he
laws Of commerce involved in the as
posal of them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04

You have pleasant home ana .
bright freside, with happy children
sitting around it, haven't your" SAID inc
Judge. . Yes, SIR said Mr.. Thompson,
who thought Re saw way out OF tne
difficulty. well" said the Judge Il
the happy children sit around the chee,,
full tireside until you return, they viii
stay there just forty-three days, as VIII
have to send you up for that time -
Cincinnati Commercial.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-02-04

1T Is said that California has more than
q hundred slumbering volcanoes, ready
80 commence operations
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20
r1E SOURCE OF SALT.

The sea depends on the disintegration Of
rocks on land for salt. 1t does originate
IN oceans and seas. Rains wash it and hold
il IN solution as particles are liberated by
violence, decomposition, and gradual ac-
tion of many natural forces. Al stream
lets and rivers, therefore, are constantly
transporting salt to the sea. If there is
more than can be held in solution, then Il
accumulates in masses at very deep points.
Thas, the salt mines of Portland, and the
vast horizontal beds of pure salt in Texas,
as well as that mountain of rock salt in St.
Domingo, were collected at the bottom Of
ancient seas, which are now dry land, re-
mote from water. There are places III
Africa where the process Of disinteIgration
Of salt from rock is rapidly going on, but
there is not water power enough to force
it onward to the sea. Hence the particles
are spread abroad and mixed with the soil.
The negroes of Northern Africa, having
discovered its distribution where there is
no water TO dissolve in the ground, leach
it. In that way they separate the salt.
Salt peIvades The earth. 1t exists in the
grasses and most vegetable products on
which animals feed. In that way they
derive enough in most countries TO meet
guire as much as civilized humanity. With
them salt is necessary, as with ourselves,
for keeping the organs of vision in good
condition. Stop the supply, and blindness
would eusue
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20


Colonel Gray was member Of the Lecis-
lature two OF three year, ago, when a very
earnest effort was being made to pass a law
relieving railroads from certain taxes. The
railroad companies had their agents in
the lobby, and they were spending money
pretty freely buying the votes of the menu
bers. Oue-day H lobbyist net Colonel Gray
in the rcsdiug-roon Of his hotel, and the fol-
lowing conversation ensued:
AG'r-"Colorel, l don't know how you
feel about this railroad tax law, but 1 am
very anxious 10 have it go through, and if
you will vote for it."
Col" But I'm not going to vote for it.
It's dead swindle on the people of the
State"
Al was going to say that if you will
vote for it, you'u confer a personal favor on
me-
C-"WeU, I'm not.going to do it."
A.-And if l can DO any tling for you
if little matter Of SEQ would he of any
use to you, I'd be glad 10 offer it as a per-
manent loan, in fact as gift
c. Gndignant).-" What sir! You attempt
to blibe me2 You insult me by Offering me
money What do you mean, sir WHAT Do
YOU MEAS2 Betray my constituents, bring
dishonor upon my family, sell the reputa-
ton that l hold dearer than life for money!
I've anotiot to kick you down stairs, you
insolent scuiiou r'
A.-"Really, Colonel, T had no idea--"
C.. GranIlN-" It makes no difference,
sir, what you had or what you hadn't! You
come to me. the representative Of a large
and influential community; to ME, sent here
to look after public interests, % protect pop
ular rights, to purify the springs of lcgisla-
ton, and you have the uub,ushlDg audacity
TO ask me to sell myself for palhy $500!
Itis monstrous bitterly monsnousr ~
Al didn't think it would strike ycu as
being"
c. (sarcastically). -s You didn't, hey?
Didn't suppose l would object 10 sacrificing
everything that an honorable man considers
good and holy, at the bidding of rascally
railroad company that wants to rob the
State! You don't know me, siri You are
not acquainted with me oy you would have
been aware that l regard such an offer
with loathing and horror, that 1 spurn it
with scorn and contempt, that / despise the
reptile who crawls to my feet 10 make it,"
A.-"Oh very we'll. You needn't accept
if you don't want TO. There's no necessity
for howling so about it,
C.-'No necessity for. Now look a.
here, don't want TO hurt your feelings
you seem to mean well enough. But really
you didn't suppose that Il man like me
would vote square against his honor and
violate his oath for beastly little fee OF
$500, did your Did you, reallyl
Al dunno. All the others came down
for that figure
c. They did, hey? Well, want you tc
distinctly understand that I'm not one ol
that kind. Not by big sight. But tell
you what I'll do ROW, as between man anu
man. [ scorn your b,ibo, and IN die before
III touch cent of 1t, but I've got a note foI
$500 coming due today IN bank. and il
you'H just quietly take it up and pay ny
months board bill at this hotel, I'll vote goi
the railroad tax law every time she comes
1p ibis winter"
Then The agent smiled, and the colonel
vent TO the House feel ng as virtuous as q
Puritan.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20

MILLINERY d DRESS MAKING
4'h the attention of the Ladies' of Fhens.
burg and vicinity is directed to the fact that
MRS. X. f. JONES has just received an invoice
of new and fashionable Millinery Goods at her
rooms in the East Ward, Ehensburg Wedding
BounctS, Hats, etc, n specially. Nressma king
promptly and neatly done. The patronage OF
tue iadies i RESPECTFULLY solicited. [G-1f1Il
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20

ROMAN KITCHEN UTExSILS--s
museum at Geneva. Switzerlani :
recently obtained for its cabine.s i.
OF Roman kitchen utensils. fou
a field near Martignv. which Il
probably buried bv their Owners
account of some sudden alarm. IL
consist of thirty articles. mostly
bronze, and some of them elabors
worked, reminding one Of the beam
shape and ornamentation Of Pour
vessels. The shovel and pot.hangE
not differ much from modern utes'
OF the same sort, and are an ear
mold shaped like a shell. several PSF
In various sizes, a saucepan VITA 2
bottom worn away, a large coL'i
funnel, two ladies, a stewpsn ?
vases or ewers with two handles Z
OF which bears the representa-, .
two gladiators. and was sppanl-
awarded as a prize. There are :
two silver ornaments. evidently olAl
date, and believed by DR.. Gosse /.
curator, to have been used in Chf.'..
worship. He attributes the artitT
the third century.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1875-08-20
Boaiag Ac,as fa Donsinjca.

The announcement of the discovery
of boiling lake in the Island OF
Dominica, or Dominique, was made in
these columns 6 few weeks ago. Since
then the Trinidad Chronicle has pub
lished AN account OF a visit to the
spring by Mr.. II. PrestOe, Superinten-
dent of the Trinidad Botanic Gardens.
The lake lies in the mountains behind
the village Of Rosseau, and in village
aboundiug in sOl!ataras 1t i said TO
b. two miles in circumference. and on
its north and south shores IS inclosed
with precipitous banks some so feet IN
height The temperature OF the lake
ranges from 10 degree to 100 degrees
Fahrenheit. The point Of ebullition
varies som ewhat, but con lists OF q cone
of water ising from to f,ct above
the general surface, and sometimes d.
vides into three smaller cones. No
detOnatious occur, but during the cb-
ullition the whole surface of the lake IS
violently agitaled. The water is.coi-
ored a deep, dull gray, AID is highly
charged with =Uipuer and dccomposed
rock \ sulphurous vapOr rises with
equal density over the entire lake,
there being no sudden election OF gas
at the point OF ehuIliJion. The outlet
Of the lake is constantly deepening and
LOWERING, the level Of the water, hence
Mr.. Prr-toc conjccturcs that the lake
will ultimately be changed into q @oy-
ser. The banks of TIE lake are also
constantly crumNl.ng, and their fall
will in time fll up the basin OF gey5er
and resolve il into innumerahIe scItat-
aras No bottom was found with q
plummct line or295 feet dropped down
10 feet from the shore OF the lake.
In connection with this matter we
may state that the authorities Of Dom
mica have commissioned Mr.. PrestOc
to examine and report upon the capa-
bilities of the island for the cultivation
of food products and al o on the best
means of developing its resources.
Dominica was formerly one Of the
chief coffee growing countries in the
world, but Of late years the cultivation
of the plant has been almost entirely
abandoned The attention Of Mr.
Prestoe will he especially directed to
the possibility Of rCsuming its culture
OIL the fertile lands Of the island.