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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Committee Of the Massachusetts
Young Mems Christian Association have
been making Il summer canvass OF the
northern part of the State with COED sue
cess.
Armies of rats have destroyed, for sew.
cral years successfully, the crops OF the
Tounjoo Karens in Burmah. Churches
and schools established by the Baptlsts
have been broken up. The Government
has opened relief works.
School Superintendent Leach, OF
Providence X. l., in late speech, sad
that " to educate the mind when the body
Is in a nervous, feeble condition is fruit
\ less and useless task" That is fact we'll
put.
The Methodist Episcopal Church
South embraces thirty. seven annual con
ferences, has eight Bishops, all effective
but Bishop Paine, and membership OF
about 100000 The increase Of the white
membership since 1865 has been about
300 900.
DR. Hale, of Philadelphia, the Secre-
tary of the Relief Fund for Disabled Min
listers of the Presbyterian Church, reports
that there is much suffering among the
bcneticiarles, ana that the Contributions
sent in are utterly insufficient to supply
the demand.
The Roman Catholics during the past
month, for the first time, celebrated mass
in the State Prison at Charlestown, Mass,
as the last Legislature passed law pro-
viding that no prisoner should be denied
the liberty of worship according to his
own conscience.
The present fiscal year Of the Congre-
gational Board of Missions is to close
Sept. T. The debt which was re-
ported at Rutland $3.50, 441 .0O is likely to
become much larger, and an earnest APP
peal is made to the pastors to bring the
matter to the attention of the churches.
The year 1876 will be the fiftIeth of
the existence Of the Theological Seminary
of the Lutheran General Synod. 1t is
proposed to make il u jubilee year, and to
raise for the seminary $4,000; $4,000 Of
this money will be for a library fund,
$4,000 for tre-proof building, and So
600 for contingent fund
The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of Richmond, Va, is a strong and
active organization Of 800 active members,
with fine and ample quarters, a library OF
5000 volumes, well-equipped reading and
reception rooms. Two ladies are in its
employ one TO take care of the library and
the other attends TO the correspondence
and publication and service of notices and
the mail matter Of the association.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26
Preserving Wheat in the Shock.

The great loss of wheat from germina-
ton during the unprecedented wet wealth
er Of the past month brings the subject of
its preservation after it is cut into prom
inent notice; and although a discussion
of the subject now may not help to save
the present crop, it may do some good in
the future. The only object in shocking
wheat is TO preserve it from getting wet
during the drying process it must undergo
previous to being hauled into the barn or
put in stack. But the manner in which
much of the wheat is shocked would lead
Us 10 conclude that the only object was to
get it into punches more convenient for
loading. If There was no danger of rain
this would be the. object principally, and
the loose, spreading, uncouth punches we
so often see would answer the purpose.
great deal of rain, for long time, too,
without much injury. This has been
demonstrated the present harvest An in
telligent farmer from the southern part Of
the State, where they have suffered most
severely from wet weather, told us that
wellshocked grain he had examined was
not growing except the caps-while the
adjoining field was ruined, perhaps, by
careless shocking.
Wheat is usually bound in sheaves too
large TO shock well, and good shock
cannot be made with osely-bound sheaves
If the sheaves are made small and tightly
bound they shock better and keep out the
water better, and if they ret wet they will
dry out more readily than large sheaves.
Every farmer almost kDoHs how to shock
grain we'll enough, perhaps, but they do
atu a l m St
particular part of the work is intrusted to
,ys or help, whose only object is to get it
done the easiest way,
Early-cut wheat will stand more expos
ure to wet weather than that cut later, for
termination cannot commence until the
grain is mature, and wet weather delays the
process OF maturation, SO that in many in
stances early-Cut wheat, well shocked, has
passed through an extended wet spell be-
fore it matured and came opt wholly an
injured.
termination requires a certain amount
of both heat and moisture at the same
time, and Tie efforts OF the farmer should
he directed toward preventing a union of
these conditions. When damp, tOggy, hot
weather occurs. wheat will sprout in the
shock sometimes when it would not If
opened out AT such times the air is sat
urated with moisture, and it seems to pen
citrate everywhere. Mildew will gather on
clothing. books, etc, in illy-ventilated
rooms When such weather prevails, the
shocking of wheat fails To protect ii from
the moisture while il is favorable to the
production of heat, and the two conditions
necessary Ia terminating the grain are
present in the shock.
4 very small portion Of sprouted wheat
spoils the - grist,' Is the starch. the most
important material for bread making pur-
poses, is converted into sugar Hence, the
caps and sprouted portions should he sep
arated rs well rs possible from the part not
spruuted. In many cases the cap-sheaves
will be all that contain terminated grains.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


TO make apple-tea, pour boiling water
over roasted sour apples, and let them
stand until the water is cold; this is a
very palatable drink for invalids.
FOR cream-sponge break one egg in a
teacup, nil up the cup with sweet or sour
cream; one cupful Of sugar, one and one
half cupfuls Of -four, one spoonful cream
tartar, and one-half spoonful Of soda.
"A rich ice-cream is made by taking
twelve lemons; squeeze well, and strain
their juice upon as much fine sugar as will
absorb the juice; then into this pour,
very slowly, yet stirring very fast all the
time, three quarts of cream.
To make apple custard pie, beat tart,
well-tlavored apples and stew until soft,
then run through colander; add to each
pie one-third OF a cup of butter, one-half
cup OF sugar and three well-beaten eggs.
Flavor with nutmeg and bake as custard
pie.
TO make hickory-nut cake, take one
half cup Of butter, one and one. half cup
tuls OF sugar, two cupfuls Of flour, three
tourths cupful of sweet milk, one cupfll
OF hickorynut meats, two eggs, or the
whites Of four, one teaspoonful cream
tartar, and one and one-half teaspoonfuls
soda.
To make salt risings for bread. take
three tablespoonfuls of shorts or flour, one
pinch (between thumb and forefinger)
each sugar, salt, soda and ginger; mix
with hot water TO thick batter, set over
night and keep warm. This is called pinch
yeast Take of these two teaspoonfuls to
one quart of batter mixed in the usual
way, and set to rise; when risen, mix your
dough and work it well.
TO p' eserve citron, pare and cut in
small slices, not exceeding a quarter of an
inch in thickness; remove all the seeds,
weigh, and then put them in alum water
tor two or three hours; then pour
the alum water off, and boil in
clean water until you can pierce
them with straw Then make a
sirup, allowing three-fourths of pound
OF sugar to pound of citron place your
cltron IN this strip, and cook the same as
you do any other preserves. Just before
taking from the stove slice two or three
lemons according to the quantity of pre-
serves you have); let them cook minute
longer, and they are ready for use or to
put away. If cooked down too strong the
preserves will become candied after
awhile.
The following device for soaring birds
from fruit trees or vegetable seeds is an
old one, but is none the less valuable on
that account Get glass bottle and cut
of the bottom, which can be done BY tying
around it string saturated in turpentine
or kerosene and burning it. A slight
touch will detach the bottom if ii does not
part without. Make hole in the cork
and suspend a string or fine wire coiled
two or three times to give tia little spring
good-sized nail, a stone or anything will
make clapper for your glass bell. Then
drive in the cork securely or wire it down,
and leave wire enough to hang the bottle
TO some delicate bending twig or to a
plant sapling thrust in the ground. The
bell will ring by the motion caused by the
wind or by the birds alighting on twigs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26
Danger From Malaria.

The extraordinary continuance of wet
weather III most parts of the country, com
ing at a season when the weather is warm,
est and the decomposition of animal ana
vegetable matter is most rapid, suggests
danger to public health against when
people should everywhere take all possible
precautions There can be no dollt that
malarial fevers will be unusually preva-
lent this fall as result of our midsum
mer heat and moisture. Possibly TINS
may suggest to some liberal dosing win
quinine and other drugs to tortity the sys
tenn against such attacks, but it is nov
everybody who believes in that method OIL
procedure. Chlorine and other dlsiniecl
ants should be freely used about the house.
and a cup of coffee every morning has
good effect. Much of the danger arises
from damp air at night, laden with mala-
rial poisons, which The bright sunshine
during the day does much to dispel,. II
is a good plan to have brisk ire lot
few moments in or near sleeping room
just at nightfall This will dry the NJ
moSphcre, and its poisonous malaria VIII
pass through the chimney. Especial cay
should be taken at this season about INC
regularity of meals, and that the veg
tables used are fresh and of good qualit..
This alone will do much to presei.o
health, as people whose stomachs are u,
good tone can withstand attacks OF mus
kinds of disease.-Rlgdl Neic Yorker
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26
The Right Way to Kill Trees.

The most of the nOurishment of our
trees is derived from the soil by means OF
the system of roots. There are plants
which can exist solely in the air, deriving
all their nourishment from the air by
means of their leaves. In tropical re
gions this class OF plants is very numer-
Gus, very many of the orchis family being
of this habit. These plants have no roots
proper, but what are regarded as roots are
merely means of attachment to the bark
OF trees and stones and other objects Still
another class of plants are true parasites
these have what answer to roots, which
penetrate within the bark of other plants
and draw their nourishment from the
juices elaborated by the organs of those
other plants. But these are divided into
two classes Those that have green foil
age, by means of which the stolen sap is
further elaborated and undersoes certain
changes, and those whose foliage is not
green and perhaps live wholly off the sap
sucked from the nurSe-plant.
But in the case of by far the greater
part of plants and nearly all those famil-
lar to us, the roots are necessary to the life
of the plant Destroy these and the plant
dies, root and branch. This is the prin-
ciple on which we proceed when we root
up noxious weeds. But in the case of
trees this process of Uprooting is imprac-
ticable, Can the roots of a tree be killed
without being uprooted?
Let US examine the process OF the growth
of plants and the nourishment Of the
roots. 1t is a fact that the roots of trees
require constant nourshment-they grow
as the tree grows. The nourishment and
growth of the roots come from the same
organs as the growth and nourishment
OF the stem, viz. from the leaves. II,
then, you prevent the nourishment OF the
roots YOU will kill them. II can be dem
on>trated that the material of the growth
of trees comes from the leaves, descend
Ing, usually. between the bark and the
wood. During TIE season of greatest
growth this descending sap. becoming or
ganized into vegetable tissue, forms that
mucilaginous coat by means of which
the bark is readily separated from the
wood, \ portion OF this new tissue forms
a new LAYER or growth Of wood, of which
one is formed each growing season oryear
Another portion goes 70 form new layer
of bark to keep up the proper thickness
of that substance.
Ii awire be made tight around limb
or the trunk of tree, rs the tree increases
in size it will be observed that it Will
bulge out more below than above the wire
Ii any twig, which has leaves upon it, is
cut of in the growing season, just below
leaf, if no sprout is allowed TO grow, it
will perish down to the next leaf. lfacut
be made through the bark into the wood,
if it heals up, it will be noticed that the
new wood will form above and not below
the cut The circulation upwardis in the
pores of the wood; this is the crude sap
going up toward the leaves, this crude
material is elaborated in the leaves and
green parts of plants, and then, in cen.
Clifton 10 form vegetable tissue, deScends
in the case OF trees having bark, between
the bark and the wood.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26
A Chapter on Skeletons.

Everything nowadays" said Mr.
Nash, as he ceased blowing through a
flexible pipe Of gutta-percha into what
looked to a newspaper man, who yestcr-
day interviewed him, like barrel that
had been twisted out ofshape, everything
nowadays is an article of commerce" (Mr.
Nash is the anatomist of the medical de.
pariment Of the University of Pennsylva-
MAJ Yes, SIR he continued, every.
thing in this world seems to be business.
Buying coffin is business; chartcring n
steamboat for pleasure excursion is
business, and buying "a dead elephant is
also business This" (pointng to the
twisted barrelshaped affair that he was in
tlating SO that il could be driedD ais the
stomach of the Paramount Park menag-
erie elephant Empress, Ii is the first one
that was ever dissected. Prof Chapman
set his heart on having it, and here it is.
Everybody supposed that all running ma
tive animals had four stomachs, like the
COW, the camel and the llama. Our
friend the elephant, for the first time in
the history of the science of comparative
anatomy, etc, we find has but one, Look
here" said Mr. Nash, exhibiting TO me
the dried stomach of llama that also
are four siomachs in one, and
water-ccis IN which the gentle little
creatures could carry supply of water
sufficient to last them for two weeks"
The preparations anatomically considered
are very beautiful; the skin is almost
Spuent-entirely translucent 70 the
cause of science the possession of the de
funct body OF the elephant in question by
Yt,t, -
branc euveloping the viSCCra is as large as
an oIdmshioncd countcrpane, is preserved
uuhrokcn, and is almost As dainty and
delicate as Mechlin lace You had a
dead zebra also Tor dissection, Mr. NASH"
miCUogutcd the writer. had To send
him back 10 the Zoo was the reply.
There is no place here in which to de
post the refuse after dissection and at
THIS season Of the year do aS little in that
way as | can. Here's peccarv (South
American wild pig that am mounting,
ana here, turning 70 a recess in the cor.
ner lis a skeleton Of one of the biggest
bats that the world produces Oddly
enough, in TO exhibition of comparatiye
anatomy were the skeletons of either of
these species exhibited before"
" You remarked, Mr.. Nash" observed
the Times inquirer after know ledge. that
everything was an article of commerce
VIII wa kindly indicate the force of that
rgmWkt"
Mos, certainly. The dead body of the
elephant Empress had "a money value. and
SO also pointing toahumau skeleton clah
ora'cly ~Jnd.papcrcG, vanished and wired
with or,Ssl aIs that. The difference h,-
tween men and tcryapins is jhatthc former
BAL. D. d
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26

According to a table issued by lne
Presbyterian press at Shanghai, the mum,
Der of ordained Protestant missionaries "a
China is: American. 81; English and
Canadian, So German, l6; total, IL. ~ II
Japan: American, 30; English, Sco' tIa
and Canadian, -; total, II The WIZ;
number of Protestant societies represeh'Nf
in Japan is H. The whole number v
churches is Is, distributed thus: Al ! tS'uo'
IS; at Osaka, !; Yokohama, II; Nssi
saki, 4; Hakodadi, 2; Kobe, o. oAl"
zuoka, /.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26

and these should be thrown off and gath
ered IN by themselves. Sprouted whes,
makes good food for stock, and where tha
quantity is nottoo great it can be thresbaS
with oats or rye which the farmer intends
to feed to his own animals. Ohio Fa,.n,ss'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-26

To make rice muituS, take one-half
cup OF boiled rice, boiled soft add 10 this
three Spooutuls of sugar. = bit OF butter the
size Of an egg, one pint OF sweet milk, one
half cup Of yeast, two quarts of flour snd
a pinch OF salt; let it rlss over nilht, If
add in the morning little
soda.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-22
THIS JTay, Gold Hunters.

DECATUR, ILL, July 22.--That gold
has been found near this city is beyond
the question of doubt; but whether or
not 1t exists in sufficient quantities to
pay for mining it, remains for future de-
velopment. A scientific silversmith has
tested the nugget and found that it re-
sisted the strongest acid, and pro-
nounced it pure gold. Captain Mason,
an old California miner, gives it as his
opinion that gold actually exists in large
quantities. The nuggets that have been
found and tested were picked up acci-
dentally in small ravine running
through corn-tield after recent heavy
rain.
The general appearance Of the earth in
the vicinity of the gold region is rough
and rocky, and it is known as the Dutch
Creek neighborhood about three miles
west of Decatur, instead OF eight or
|nine miles north as stated in previous
dispatch. The farm upon which the gold
was found belongs to Andrew Kepler, q
cigar manufacturer, and it was at first
thought by many that it was ruse in
order to effect sale for his land, but
more recent developments sustain the
truth of the report that gold actually ex-
lists on the premises.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-22
OUR DEAD FIREMAN.

Last Tribute to the Memory of Poor Dicl
Holconb-The Funeral Ceremony.
The funeral of Thaddeus Richard Hol
comb, the victim of last Tuesdays terri
BILE disaster, took place at two Iclocl
to-day, with imposing ceremonies.
The friends and relatives of the de
ceased assembled at the residence of DR.,
Maley, the brother-in-law of Holcomb,
whence they were conveyed in
carriages in attendance to the Central
Station, on Sixth and Vine streets, wher0
few minutes after two O'Clock the III,
neral services were commenced in the
large hall of that building. g
Rev. Henry D. Moore, of the Con2res
gational Church, officiated. After a
short prayer, in which every one Joined
with feeling of awe and the sol emnity
of the occasion, Rev. Ii. D. Moore arose
and delivered. an impressive funeral
sermon, touching upon the qualities OF
the deceased during life aud the many
sore Affections his death had caused
among his numerous friends annd rela-
tiyes.
The minister closed with beautiful
tribute to the memory of the deceased
and an earnest exhortation to his friends
and associates to prepare for the sudden
and unexpected summons from this life
which their peculiar and dangerous call.
ing rendered them at all times liable. 4
After the conclusion of the sermon
another short prayer was offered, after
which last farewell was taken of the
dead by his comrades and relatives and
the coffin was closed.
1t is a beautiful piece OF workmanship
and was richly adorned by silver fasten.
nd ha ff,rl acfit,
scribed the name of the deceased, the
date of his birth and that OF mis- death.
The twoS insignia of membership of the
Old Volunteer Life Association and the
Firemen's Benevolent Society, together
with an array OF beautiful flowers, also
adorned the coffin.
The coffin was then taken charge OF BY
the pall-bearers and deposited in the
hearse, and the procession moved ta
Spring Grove Cemetery, where the body
was deposited in the Firemen's lot.
The procession was headed by de
tachment OF Police, followed by u band
aud by members of the Firemen's Asso:
citation, and a. large delegation.of the Old
Volunteer Department. AS large de.
tachment Of the Fire Department as
could be spared from the engine -housei
also accompanied the remains to thu
cemetery.
The procession was very large and
was made up from the families Of many
of our best citizens.
No event has cast so universal a gloom
over our city for many years as has the
sad disaster, the cause of to-day's servs
ices, and our citizens one and all unite
in testiiying their respect to the memory
of the dead, and their sympathy with thS
sufferIngs OF the living who have suffered
by the disaster. ~ "a
The paIl-bearers wore Messrs Schuler
of the Threes' Company; Stewart and
Skillmeyer, OF the Tens; Switzer, of the
Fwos; Deerwater, oil the Eignts, and
Farnfaii, OF the Ones.
Tne music was furnished by Currier's
band, and the singing was led by Mr.
Adam b. Wilson, OF the Cathedral choir,
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-22
LATEST LOCAL.

RICHARD G. ROHNER, City Clerk, is
lying i'll at his residence on the Walker
Mill road, south Of Liberty street.
A'MAN by the name Off. S. Belleville
committed suicide by drowning himself
at the loot of Stone street this morning
No particulars. ~
THE Board of improvements have re-
moved to their new headquarters, the
old Water-works rooms. A hand
some new carpet ornaments the floor.
THE forty fourth anniversary exercises
OF the Union Baptist Church were held
last evening and were largely attended.
The services were conducted by Revs.
Leavitt, Darnell and Wells.
A LARGE PORTRAIT OF the late Joseph
Kirkup. u former member Of the Grand
Lodge l. o. o. l.. OF Ohio, is to be pre-.
senied to Eclipse Lodge, OF which he
was member, at the meeting this even.
ing.
The charge of malicious cutting made
against John McMahan Was changed to
assault and battery in the Police Court.
His case was mentioned in Wednesdays
STAR. McManan was lined SIS and
costs.
JAMES PORTER had a horse-collar sto-
len IRON him svine days since. and man
naneQ Harry Allen was'vn "Wednesday
CO. AIRED for The OHense. lie was found
guilty, and sent to the Colerain Mansion