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Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-02

Rome Sentinel: A good Roman ma.
tron was delighted on Sunday because
her husband looked so serious during
the sermon, but his convictions turned
ed out to be nothing but symptoms of
cholera morbus, she was obliged to
forego the pleasure of reading tracts
to him, and to content herself with
building a fire aud making mustard
poultice. ...-I
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-02

The inscription ''Sold to the Penn
sylvania Museum and School of Indus
trial Art'' is exasperatingly frequent
on ssjust the things you would have
liked'' at the Centennial Exhibition,
and one disgusted individual. after be.
ing disappointed in this manner sever
al times, marched wearily up to one
of Tufts soda-fountains and said to the
astonished attendant: IF your soda
is not sold to the Pennsylvania Museum
and School of Industrial Art, would
like q glass. #-7
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-02

It will be seen That the Republican
party has so reduced the percentage of
fraud that now, under Grant, it is only
26 cents on the $l, 1000, while under
Buchanan it was S.. 81, and even under
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-02

The worthy father presents his son,
as reward of merit for his progress
at school, with a handsome gun, and
allows the boy to make one of the
hunting party. The ingenious youth
espies hare, fires at it, but horror, of
horrors his father, who has stopped
to pick up bird, rises at the very mo-
ment right in the line of fire and Is
peppered. The boy casts down his
fowling piece and bursts into an agony
of tears. They console him by repre-.
senting that the author of his being
fortunately wore buckskin breeches
and escaped absolutely unharmed. ''lt
is not that sobs the heart.broken
child if he hadn't been there I'd have
killed the hare!''
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-11-02
Tildcn's Tax Steal.

Washington Telegram to Chicago Tribune:
Tilden's income tax furnishes its
own explanation. Unless Mr.. Tilden
authorizes his personal and political
friends to make public the contents Of
the books which they have so jealous
" guarded from the Government Off
GERS, the charges against him will be
considered to have been presumptive-
ly proved. II those Charges are false,
Mr.. Tilden's friends are the sole GUS
todians of the proof Of their falsity.
These friends DO not deny the charges
or claim to be able to disprOve them,
but maintain that no legal power can
compel the disclosure either of their
truth or falsity, and with this threat
and defiance they fall back upon what
they assume are their legal rights.
The evidence already obtained by
United States District-Attorney Bliss
seems pretty clearly to establish, beth
by fair legal presumption and by abso-
Lutte proof, these facts:
That the Pittsburg & Fort Wayne
Railroad Company, about 1860, paid to
Tilden $50, 900 for services, this being
the year in which he returns only $Sl7, ,
900 income that this payment and
Tilden's receipt for it is among the
papers OF that Company that the
books containing this information have
been transferred to I'LL officer of the
Company who is Il special political
friend Of Tilden, and who refuses ;lc-
cess to them. This refusal seems to
have special significance, as it comes
from a board of Directors of whom
Tilden is one.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
Do Horses Reason.

IT would be difficult to convince
some people that horses and dogs are
possessed of reasoning powers, and
as difficult to convince others who
fondly love these animals that they are
unable to reason from cause to effect.
A story comes TO us well vouched for
which will at least interest the reader
if not convince him that horses are pos
sessed of more of the human attri-
butes than many people are wont to
credit them with.
Among the many horses owned by
the Highland Street Railroad Company
is one which used to give the hostlers
deal of trouble by slipping his halter
and roaming at will about the stable.
The halter was on each occasion
buckled on as tightly as possible, but
to no purpose, for the horse would in
variably be found half an hour after
ward making digniiied tour of the
stable. This became monotonous to
the hostler. and he determined to as
certain the motl,ts oper0ndi by which
his equine friend secured his liberty.
Again the halter was tightly buckled
on, and taking seat where he could
watch his troublesome charge he
awaited developments. Pretty soon
horse which stood beside the trouble
some one was observed to poke his
nose into his neighbours stall, and
catching the end of the halter-strap
between his teeth he pulled at it. His
first, second, and third attempts to I'M
loose the buckle were unavailing, but
with perseverance remarkable even
in man, the horse returned to his work
repeatedly, and finally out dropped the
buckle-tongue, the throat-strap fell and
the horse of inquisitive mind was soon
stalking about the stable again. A
change of location was of course ne
cessity.
A large, homely, piebald gelding,
owned by this company, used to mani
fest a strange regard for white mare
he formerly worked beside. In the
stable he was hitched with rope
halter, and until a chain was substi-
tuted he used to gnaw off his halter,
march deliberately to the stall eccu-
pied by his mate, and squeeze himself
into the same stall, which was only
large enough to accommodate one
horse comfortably, and good deal of
effort was required to separate the
equines after they had become wedged
in SO closely -Boston Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
Produce Of British Mines.

THE Inspectors of Mines report that
in the year 1875 the produce Of mines
of the United Kingdom classed under
the Coal Mines Regula. ions act was as
follows: The coal produced amounted
to 1873, 500, 4S5 tons, an increase of
6,7l6,377 tons over the preceding year;
fire-clay, 1882, 294 tons, a decrease of
1876. 4q1 tons: iron stone, 12,01S.5 04
tons, an increase of 325, 40S tons ::
shale. ETC., 442. $40 tons. an increase of
50, 1873 tons; making total of 147, 700. :
3l3 tons, being more by 6,9SG,4 tons
than in the preceding year. The
number of mines at work was 1863 more
than in 1874. But the number of per-
sons employed in and about the mines
declined TO 535, s45, adecrease of 1854
The number of lives lost by accidents
in 1S15-namely, 1,244-shows an in
crease of 1SS. In 1874 the lives lost
were one in 80 persons employed,
but in 1875 one in 430; in 1874 one to
I33, 251 tons of mineral got; but in
1875. one to 1lS.730 tons. The coal
produced in Ireland in 1915 is
stated at only .l2s, Zo1 tons; the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

quantity in Scotland was Is, 597. 5e7
tons. The Inspectors report, also,
under the Metalliferous Mines Kegula-
ton act of 1872, as amended last year.
and state the quantities of mineral,
but the statistics do not include un-
dressed mineral which has been
stocked, and not sold, treated, or used.
The iron-ore product of 1875 is stated
at 2,673, 500 statute tons; lead ore,
dressed, 70,6l3 tons; black tin, II, 594
tons; besides 796 tons contained in tin
ore solidiD stone; copper ore, 67,2l4
tons: rock salt. 1911, 1l9 tons, exclusive
of Ito, 900 tons of white salt made
from brine; zinc ore, 22,342 tons !;
limestone, 499,027 tons; building
stone, 144,714 tons; llagstone, $4,000
tons: pipe-clay and potters' clay, 49,
Csc tons: Slate mot school slatesl and
slabs. dressed, 1913, 2S2 tons; gypsum,
IS, o6S tons: gold from Ireland eight
ounces; gold quartz, Merionetshire,
122 tons. The persons employed in
and about the metalliferous mines
under inspection increased to 5S,073 in
1875: and the lives lost by accidents
were. 1l9. or one in ASS persons EN-
ployed, having been only one in SAT in
the preceding ear.-London Times.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

caused by exposure to the elements, Or
losses from theft, and where any re-
pairs that may be needed can be made
in leisure hours which from time to
time occur. In some cases the absence
of a Toulouse may be supplied by set
ting apart a portion of the barn, if
this building is of sufficient size to
warrant it: but the better plan is to
provide Toulouse, and workshop
in connection with it, where there is a
convenient place, for everything in the
way of tools and machines, and then
to keep everything in its place so that
it can be had at once when it is want
ed. In this way much time, vexation
and loss will be saved. Such farm
building is in the line of true econo-
my, as every man knows who has
one, and has tried its advantages in
comparison with the shiftless method
of letting tools and machines take care
of themselves.
No farmer need be told that the cost
of implements on farm Of ordinary
size is an important item in carrying
on his business, and it is certainly poor
economy to augment the expense ac-
count on this score to proportions, in
term of years, far beyond what it
would be by more careful and judicious
management. How much longer tools
and implements last when properly
housed and cared for. than when neg
lected, depends on circumstances, but
it is safe to say that on an average they
would last one-third longer at least,
and probably twice as long in a MAJOR
ity of cases. Now suppose the tools
on farm cost $500, and that in the
course of ten years, neglect and ex-
posture has SO injured them that their
places have to be supplied in half the
time that they should reasonably last
here is needless expense of just that
amount-an absolute loss by careless
ness. A few figures in simple arith-
metic will show what that sum, placed
at interest at ten per cent, (the inter-
est added to the principal every year.
will amount to in ten succeeding years,
and some idea may be thus obtained of
what it costs to leave farm implements
at the mercy of the weather, year after
year, as is done by far too many farm
ers throughout the country. - Western
Rural.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
Care of Farming Implements.

1t is reasonable supposition that
farmers generally understand and APP
preciate the fact that there is great
economy in taking proper care of their
tools, implements and machines. \
days ride, however, in any direction
by rail, shows that the number of
those who do not sufficiently consider
this matter, or are too INDECENT and
shiftless to provide shelter for farm
implements, is by no means few. 1t
is the subject of frequent remark by
men whose business calls them into
various portions of the country, and
the farther they go to the South and
southwest the more conspicuous is
this expensive carelessness. 1t is an
i'll wind (says the adage) that blows
no one any good. In one way this con-
dition of things is a benefit to the
makers of agricultural implements, for
a machine which would last, with
proper care, from fifteen to twenty
years, becomes worthless in from four
TO eight; but it is disadvantage often
times to manufacturers, for the rapid
deterioration of a machine by the ele-
ments, resulting from the wretched
treatment it receives, is generally but
unjustly charged to its makers.
1t is no doubt true that large per
cent. of our Western and Southwest
ern farmers lose quite as much by
their remisSness in regard to the care
OF tools and implements as from actual
use. Think of leaving harvesting
machine, costing several hundred dol
lars, in the field when its work for the
season has been finished, exposed to
alternate rain and sunshine. We saw
more than one case of that kind on the
line of the c. b. q q. r. last week.
Repeated wetting and drying will,
sooner or later, iDjure any kind of
woodwork used in the manufacture of
farm or other implements; sooner or
later it will crack, however well it
may have been painted, and then the
Work OF decay commences. The parts
made of iron and steel are eaten by
rust; and, not unfrequently, portions
OF some machines, and entire tools.
mysteriously disappear.
Now whatever may be the circum-
stances OF farmer-whether he be
ITCH or poor-there is no excuse for a
Wanton abuse of farm implements. II
IS a reckless waste of money to permit
Them to remain exposed to the wealth
ar. II man is poor. the necessity o!
lUdclously protecting his tools is great
tr than though he We're well-to-do.'
Tor II IS more difficult to supply him
sell with tools necessary for his work
man for those who are better off pc
eoMarlly. Some kind of shelter should
oe provided, if it is nothing more thar
shed consisting of four upright cor
!heT-posts, supporting pieces of scant
ing or rails, and covered al d incloset
With straw. There are few, however
VINO cannot provide plain, substan
s-dl tool.house, wherein farm tools anC
implements are secure from damaeD
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
.cRIUyLTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

A little ammonia in few spoon
f,,s of alcohol is excellent to sponge
s;lk dresses that have grown shiny
or rusty, as well as to take out spots.
4 silk-particularly black-oecomes
almost like new when SO sponged.
For washing windows, looking
classes. etc, little ammonia in the
water saves much labor, aside from
Giving better polish than anything
Else: and for general housekeeping II
removes dirt, smoke and grease most
effectually.
Rive Mullins. pint of milk,
three eggs, three pints rye flour, one
handful of wheat flour. half-teacup
homemade yeast or penny's worth
of bakers Yeast. Make over night.
Set in a warm place to rise,, and bake,
in rings or round tins, half an hour.
Any poison which has been swal-
lowed. Intentionally or by accident,
may be rendered harmless by swallow
inc two gills of sweet oil. An indi-
yidual with very strong constitution
should take twice the quantity. The
oil neutralizes every form of vegetable
or mineral poison with which physl-
clans are acquainted. - Exchange.
Good Lights. have a good
LIGHT the wicks of kerosene lamps
should be changed frequently. They
NAV be washed, if not too short, or re-
placed by new ones. The unsatisfac-
tory light sometimes afforded by kero-
sene lamps is often caused by the pores
of the wick being filled with refuse
matter, which obstructs the free pass
age of the oil.
A Good Way to Mend Glass. -
Pound flInt-glass as fine as it can pos
sibly be made on painter stone, and
mix it with the unbeaten white OF an
egg. Rub the mixture on the clean
edges of the broken glass, place them
carefully together, and, where il can
be done, bind together with string.
Set aside for some days or weeks, and
one can scarcely discern that there was
ever crack in your bowl or dish.
If the wall cracks in any part of
the house, get five cents worth of dry
plaster of Paris, wet with cold water
and rub into the cracks with your fin
ger. Rub till it is smooth. Bad nail
holes in the wall may be filed in the
same way, and look just as well as if a
plasterer had been sent for and bill
to be paid. If the top of a lamp be-
comes loose take it off, wash it with
soap and water, wash the glass also to
remove all the grease, then spread the
wet plaster around the glass; put the
brass top on quickly before the plaster
has time to harden: let it stand till
quite firm, and it will be ready fol
use. Kerosene softens the plaster,
and therefore lamps should not be
filled quite fun. -Christidn Union.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
Samaritan Novvine.

NERvISE IL the most wonderful
MEDICAL DISCOVERY known to
the world, !, being charged with Flee
tricfsy, makes 1t still better than aver.
II 10 a source Of happiness 70 millions
Of suffering humanity, thousands OF
lives saved after all other remedies
failed. Iiisasure cure FOR FPILEP-
TIC PITS, CDNyULSIONS,
sPAsMs, ST. VfTUs DANCE and
all HYsIERICAL AFFECTIONS.
II 10 the only known positive and
sure cure for EPILEPSY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

HoLToN 4 HILDRETH, 225 d 227 State
street, Chicago, have furnished some OF the
b est furniture brought to our market
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

BURNETTs COCAINE kills dandruff, allays
irritation and promotes the growth Of hair.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

DR.. MAHLA, Prof. Chem, certiAes Prussing'
White Wine Vinegar to be pure and wholesom
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
ACKNOWLEDGMENT

There 10 no pain which DIR. Rich
monds Electro Magnetic Liuimrnt
will not relieve, no swelling 1t will not
subdue, and no iameness which IL will
not cure. This IL strong language,
hat il 10 true. II has cured ruore eases
of Rheuina,ism, Neuralgia, Lockjnw,
Palsy, spraips, swellings, Caksd-
breasts, scalds, Burns, Salt RhcuTn,
Earachs, etc, upon the human frame,
and of strains, SPAWN, Gala, etc,
upon animals in one year. than have
al other pretended reinsdie,. II is q
counter Iriisnt, an sli-hetllng pain
re.ieysr. Cripples bro~ away their
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
Ilnimont

bites are rende- harmless and the wounded are hesso
without see. Iii no hutnbug 1t 10 selling A. no other
xrcle before sold and il seize beenu,e does just What
pr,tsuds ~ do Those who RhsnWstism,
Eicb leefro- Magnetic Iintr.,,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
Electro. Magnetic Ointment

DR.. R5chnonds Electro Msgn~.c Ointment
4 1.
Is the bes; made IL IL q tor all
diseases Of the Eye. both acute snd chronic. II
woeks like charm IN Ucernfons, Grauuls-
ted lide. Opacity of Cornes, and oil Other dis Ill
esses Of the eye. As remedy for Plies Barns &9l
and Scalds Salt Rhsum Ts.tcr, Eczema. Ring ~
worm, BARRIERS Itch, Frorsd Lmbs Chil- - 10
blsns, Fever Sores, etc, il surpasses all Others
In the world Our physicians Of all schools they
never 10 equal When yoo try our Beclepes,
viii hs without them take Other BENEFIT il al
derived from the first sne perfect
rss-Autsed refunded AL thee medicines sod
Nv rusfiss e,e-ysh.r. II found ia your drug store
send orders direct and they " be promptly filed In
elos~ stsp for eecua giving price Of n.dcines also evil
3sces of the wonderful performed Address
DR. A. RICHMOND, ne CHESTNUT Street st. Louis, No
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

and dord bloom OF glorious health
and the elasticity and joyousDess
of spirit that are lost by those SUI - al
ferinR from disease.
This wonderful medicine 10 curing diseases than ell
other known medicines since the ming Of the world 1t
10 the best appetizer known greatly promotes digestion
strengthening oac to the stomach psrts and vitality
to the whole ercustory SYSTEM and dyspepsia ard
the acid secretion Of the stomach Puts new life into
lazy and torpid liver 1t IL the greatest blood purifier In the
world All he ladies that cleases the blood from oil
impurities; At npars the tint Of health 70 tho
cheek and does with all cosmetics enusons and To-
tons for the COMPLEXION, bestow. fresh and .poe,s conn.,
pon both simply by freeing the blood from I'll
inpurihcs We guarantee pint bottle Of Electro Mag
netic Cordial s worth thaa whole barrel Of sarapa
ria compound Ia purify the blood Thousands bear tcr
mony to the wonderful curative and purifying power Of
medicine. The most eminent clers ymen most skilled ply
sicans and best citizens send certificates of
formed Not only does Electro Magnetic Cordial Medi
cine excel all known cmeds In the Of Chronic
Ecrofuous Constitutional and skin Diseases but II 10 the
only posiy. for Exhausted Vitality Premature Decline
In Man. Nervous and Physical Debility Hypochondtia,
Gloomy F.reDodng. Mental Dep rs,.on Les. of Energy
ory Impure State Of Blood and oil diseases arising from the
Errora Youth Indiscretiona Yes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

O1eU DR.. j. p. FILTER being sworn, says grad
70 devoted -
s1susv.i, rheumatism N.p,. Cont kaasy asd ys as' $3.50
raasp,.. DIR TITFHs REIUmiTc REMEDY Kidney cardA and
Liver p VII rsfcnd money psSsi' s ~
Medical by mail Ad3rN Oh flILkk
Philadelphia MEDICINES AT DRUGGISTS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
The FARM" COLUMN.
FARMS FOR SALE.

4 VARIETY or IMPROVED FARMc and peyv
~ cheap Grazing Lands in Jasper Co., Ind A One
stock and dairy country. Price low payments easy
FsAEK w. BABcock, Attorney NJ Law Real Estate
Broker Rensselaer,. Ind.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

ANF OF THE FINEST ie0-sere farms In Central IL
~ lDois near Decatur State premium on fruit, etc.
For particulars address T.. r. HoroHKIss a. Co Sale
and Exchange Bureau for Farms ii2 La Sail street.
Chicago III
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25
ELECTROMAGNETIC CORDIAL.

The discovery Of DR.. s. a. Rich
mond, in combining medical and
electrical virtues, stamps him Us one
ofthe greatest benefsctors ofthe age.
His medicines are charged with cleo
tricity No tlsey are compounded, re-
tanning their medical virtues and ad-
ding the fire and force OF electricity.
The medicines ore sitaliyed. and the
life-currents Of electricity sent
through the debili'sted frame, al
laying pain, restoring the strength
and dorid bloom OF glorious health
and the elasticity and joyousness
of spirit, that are lost by those SUI
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-25

LARN, STOKE, CUSTOM WINDMILL, good .u,-
j proyemcnts; J2 acres, 100 under fence. Mikes
5000 year clear Active can do more Price
Farm. etc, 1901; Mdse 5000 s. PARKS. Goliad Tex
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-11
REPOPULATION.
a Rejoinder to the Ministers Reply.
ORION A MEMoRIALIsT.)

Our silent Ministry have spoken out at last, and
although they only speak as the mouth pieces of the
Privy Council, and not as representatives of a re-
sponsible government, yet the public should be thank
full to the memorialists, who recently addressed His
Majesty, for having called forth the modicum Of
governmental expression we find in q I" ministerial
reply This document will impress many readers
favorably, as 1t breathes a spirit Of religious feeling
and indicates an earnest recognition Of divine guild
ance and providence. On a former occasion when
we had q ministerial policy coming from the
hand of one who has signed this reply, we were
then, assured " that the sympathies Of the (HaWai-
iau) King and Government must be with the great
religion of Christianity and now the same pen
humblY recognizes Gods mercies in our behalf, and
commends the appropriateness Of the remark, that
unless the Lord build the house, they labor in
gain that build it, And this evidence Of a chast-
ened spirit acquiescing in the government OF a Divine
Architect, must be gratifying to thoughtful and reli-
gious minds, who may be led from such expression
to indulge in the hope, that a minister who has here
tofore seen in creation only an evolution from mole
cules, may possibly evolve a ruling Lord of Heaven
and earth from his study ola Molten Globe" a.
But the writer regrets to dispel any pleasing illu-
sion. He is compelled TO harbor q doubt in respect
to the genuineness Of this deyout recognition. And
this doubt he shares with many others Of this small
community, where every person, and style, and tone
of mind are so well known, one to another; and
this doubt extends TO the authorship, or at any rate
the whole inspiration Of the document before US,
being confined to the subscribing parties. The
usual sentiments and expressions of these two gen.
tlemen are much at variance with the spirit Of this
ministerial paper. They are both, it is true, honor
able and capable men, and quite equal to the task
of such a screed in a literary point of yiew-but
they are certainly not yersed in the art Of special
pleading SO fully illustrated in this document for in
every line of the prolix reply is shown forth the
adroitness or diplomacy may be, of one whose
chief pursuit Of life has been employed in proving
the worse the better cause, and to say nothing in
q multitude of words. We perceive it is true the
I a. The Molten CIohe ~ ia an interestj1g coc,,iTr1io1 "a M
waiian literature by His ExceIency w. L. Green, Hawaiian
Minister Tor Foreign Affairs.