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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-22

The LAST PERFoRMANCE.-The Amy
Stone troupe gave its farewell per-
formance last nigh: after a season. OF
thirteen nights. No comp any ever
visiting our town has met with such
continued su ccess as this has, a fact due
to its righteousness, the style OF
plays presented, and the careful man
ner in which each were placed upon
The stage. MesSrs. Sherick aud Turk,
the managers of the combination, have
shown their ~adaptabiltiy To run show,
and run it right. The company has,
during its engagement here, studi-
ously striven To second the eudeavors
OF the managers in trying to please, and
that il has been alike ~ucce ,sful the
large audiences that nightly greeted
1t bear ample witness to. The
troupe will. leave behind it a very Ia
vorable Impression, and with it we
think Eureka will be kindly remem-
bered. The company lelses on this
mornings tram and. alter playing a
short engagement a. Winnemurca, will
proceed to the westward. reaching Ore
gon and the Bril- ish Provinces during
fall, aud If still in The field next year the
VIII again visit Eureka.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

The above is sound health maxim. In
order that the functions of digestion, evacu-
alton and secretion shall be discharged with
that degree Of regularity and vigor which is
essential to the well being Of both body and
mind, the liver, upon whose activity they
are dependent for their due performance,
must be kept in good working order. Gallo
mel and blue pills, besides being hurtful
mineral drugs, only partially and Temporal
rily rcctify disorders or sluggshness of the
great hillary gland. Hostetter's Stomach
Bittcrs, on the contrary, accomplish thor
oughly what the above medicines fail in do
ing, and are besides safe as w ii as potent
remedy for disorders of the stomach, bow
els and organs of urination, as well as an
unequaled general invigorant. They are,
moreover, . sterling antidotc to malaria.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

In the atmosphere experienced here during the
summer months the lethargy produced by the heat
takes away the desire for wholesome food, and fire.
quent Preparations reduce bodily energy particu-
arly those suffering from the effects of facilitating
diseases In order to keep natural healthlul activ-
ity of the system must resort 10 artificial
means For this purpose Schenck's Sea Weed
Tonic is very effectua few doses will create
an appetite and give fresh vigor to the enervated
body. For dyspepsia It is invaluable. Many emf
nent physicians have doubted whether dyspepsia
can be permanently cured by the drugs which are
generally employed for that purpose. The Sea
Weed Tonic, IN its nature, il totally different from
such drugs. II contains no corrosive minerals or
acids; in fact IL assists the regular operations OF
nature aud supplies her deficiencies The Tonic in
its nature much resembles the gastric juice that
it is almost identical with that fluid. The gastric
juice is the natural solvent which. in a healthy
condition of the body. causes the food 10 be di-
gesied; and, when this juice is not excreted In sai-
cient quantities Indigestion, with all its distress
ing symptoms, follows The Sea Weed Tonic per
forms the duty Of the gastric Juice when the latter
i deficient Schencks Sea Weed Touic sold by
all Druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06
Propagating Plants by Cuttings.

\ cutting may vary in size, but it is
generally from one to four inches long.
1t consists of young shoot taken off
the plant with a sharp knife and after
ward cut OF at an acute angle below a
Joint. This fresh cut end is To be in
serted in the earth, If hardy. or in a
pot of sandy soil if tender. soft wood
ed plants. like lobelias and fuchsias,
will root freely if severed between the
Joints. while geranirms Will frequent
" rot off unless trimmed below a Joint.
Cuttings generally strike better in the
spring and early summer, the plants
being then more vigorous. which is an
important fact for amateurs. Some
plants may be propagated better from
slips" which are short side shoots
or lateral branches slipped or pulled
off SO as to bring with them a heel of
the old wood. Most cuttings root cas-
ily in sand. though various substitutes
have been tried with success. Begoni-
as caladiums and oleanders will root
freely IN soft rain water. The great
difficulty is to prevent their dropping
from evaporation. For this reason it
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

is best to have them under glass. a
common bell glass being excellent for
this purpose. To decide whether a
cutting has rooted, gently touch one
of the old leaves. Ii the roots have
formed the leaf will drop. But if there
are no roots the leaf will yield only to
direct violence. Few hard-wooded
plants cannot be propagated by her.
baceous cuttings Shat is cuttings of the
young wood taken off just as the base
of the shoot begins to harden. and
when the lower leaves are fully
formed. Such cuttings should he set
out Immediately. Most OF our hardy
shrubs and vines can be easily multi
piled in this way. In July, or before.
put your cuttings in some unused cor
ner If the garden. and see that they
are kept moist. Enough will live to
give all the plants needed if the origi-
nal supply be an ordinarily full one.
Nearly all soft-wootled plants-such as
fuchsias, lobelias and pelargoniums-
may be best multiplied from cuttings
of the stem, while thick-leaved bego-
Mas and gloxinias can be readily null
tiplied by leaf cuttings, the fully-devel-
oped leaf being inserted in a sandy
compost. ". Y. Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06
House Flies.

Those who live in comfortable homes
with all the necessary protection
against flies, do not realize the annoy
ance of this insect. 1t is true they
are great scavengerS, and for filthy
housekeepers they are important to
health, to have them eat up the grease
and filth about the kitchen, cellar. poul-
try and back yards, and thus ward off
disease. But to the clean housekeeper
they are only nuisance, and can be
easily abated The best way is to pro-
cure frames for doors and windows and
cover them with gauZe wires or mos
quito bars. These things are not in
the way when the family on& becomes
used to them.
But if the dish-water, potato-peel-
ings, cabbage-leaves, meat-bones, mel
on-vines, soap-suds, etc, are thrown in
the back yard, or in a hole near the
house. to breed disease, it is right and
proper to have flies, and no one should
complain of their presence. They are
there for good purpose, and if they
60 into the house to annoy the occu-
pants, it is only to inform them that
they are dirty and careless housekeep-
ers. If they get in your face, eyes and
mouth, and add largely to the variety
of your soup-dish, look around Your
premises and inquire what filth OF
garbage attracts such swarms of them.
The neat housekeeper, who keeps her
house, yard and all her surroundings
clean and sweet, seldom complains that
she has more flies than her neighbors.
But there are few more disagreeable
places than to visit seven-feet story
house. on a hot day, with the doors and
windows all open, flies in greedy
swarms. with the back yard, Clubhouse
and kitchen reeking with filth and mi
asmatic vapors, the wife scolding, and
the children weak, feeble and cross. 1t
is all right. The neat and tidy should
not be, and are not annoyed. while the
lazy and the slatteIn are, and should
be. plagued by flies, even if they come
in clouds like the grasshoppers Of Col
orado. -Io1ca State Register.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06
Spread.Eagle Farming

We came from stock of men who
may have been denOminated land
boarding race in their time. Whether
the blood which flows in the veins of
the landowners of this country came
from Saxon or Norman, the love OF
land is pre-eminent quality and char
acteristic. Every farmer feels at
times though he must have more land.
and 1t often reaches mania in some
districts, this desire to add farm to
Idrln and domain unto domain.
Men think they are great when their
acres are counted by hundreds and
thousands. and their lines of fences by
me mile. The spirit which built the old
Norman castles, and gained lordly
estates IN England. fingers still in the
Do>olA OF many a farmer i'll this coun-
ny ana spurs his ambition 30 become
q governor or lord of miniature state
mere IS no greater folly than this. 1t
""l TIE owner of great acres who is
H'o pattern farmer as rule, but the
man VINO raises the highest average
number of bushels or tons To- the acre.
! ne model farmer is not he who sells
oI'e largest number of carloads, but it
- the man who makes the most clean
''SH Ior The labor expended
/! man has the means he may be-
Ioule Ihe owner of a township and take
ms ,Wehty-mile circuit daily TO over
i,'A MS grand operations; and it may
-""Se MS ambition to direct and con-
-u" ,i a large body of working men and
"a ms vast products directly to agents
~ foreign governments. nevertheless
t'IH PIuits on bushel of grain NAV not
w. ana probably are not. as large as
,'V tISlty-acre farmer realizes for his
crop. There is a just limit in the bust
usSN OF farming. beyond which it is not
I"'ieE OF profitable to go merely for the
f"Ne oi disqualification or self-glorifi-
-, The really good farmer seeks to make
ING most from each acre. and this
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06
The Way to Cut Flowers.

THE florists employ pair of scissors
with which the stems are severed. But
a writer in the .tmerican Garden says
that flowers should neyersbe pulled off,
nor should the stems be severed with
scissors, but cut off with a sharp knife
The best time for cutting flowers is i'm
mediately after sundown--unless to
preserve them from a storm, which
would otherwise destroy or prevent
their being cut in the evening. On
cloudy days the time of cutting is a
matter of much less difference. The
explanation of these rules as to the
proper time for cutting is found in the
state of tha sap at different times OF
the day and night. From the earliest
dawn until shutdown the leaves are ac-
lively drawing upon the roots and the
sap is flowing freely. After that time
the leaves are nearly dormant till
morning. The plant is then resting
is asleep. A flower cut in the sunshine
will wilt at once, and if not put into
water will quickly perish, whereas if
cut at sunset it will remain fresh all
night. In cool place it WI. not ap-
INul w IiistlASst lof a. iolS tiiiiS. NNNh -
not put in water; yet in close, hot
room it will fade in an hour. The
usual manner is to cfit all flowers with
a long stem. Unnatural as it may
seem, the true way for the greater
part of our fowers) is to remove them
without stem. Roses of all kinds
should he cut with long stem, the
longer the better, provided other buds
are not DESTROYED. The carnation and
all plants that bear their flowers in
clusters should be removed without
stems. The heliotrope should be al
lowed very short stem, and the YER
bena should only be cut as far down as
the first leaf. \ bit of wire or match
stick will serve for "a stem, if it is de-
sired to make of these stemless flowers
a bouquet. If they are to be placed in
shallow dishes-the best way to display
them-stems are of no consequence.
Do not collect flowers in large bundles
or tie them together, as these processes
also hasten decay. Y. Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

THE ENORMOUS WASTAGE Of grain. 10 tsspifnbk
wsfh other styles Of Threshers, be SAVED by THE
Improved Machine, rsfci~t ere,y job 10 more thaa
pay all erpesses Of thrcshing
FLAX, TIMOTHY, MTLLET, HUNGARIAN and
like seeds threshed, separated cleaned aud saved
- easily and perfectly Wheat Oats, Rye Barley
AN EXTRA PRICE Is usually paid for grain and
leeds cleaned by this machine, for extra cleanliness
IN THE WET GRAIN Of 1875 these were substaus
TALLY the ONLY MACHINES that could run with profit
or economy. doing fast thorough aud perfect work,
rhea Others utterly Jaled.
ALL GRAIN. TIME and MONEY wasting complies.
lions, such w "Endes Aprons" "Raddles, "Beaters~
"Pekers, etc. are entirely dispensed nth less than
onc-haf the usual Gears Belts Boxes aud Journals;
easier managed more durable light running no cost
~ REPAIRS dust no litterings" 10 clean up; not
troubled by adverse winds, rain or storms.
FARMERS aud GRAIN RAlSERS who are postcS
In the large saving made by Il will not employ infs
ror and wasteful machines, but will tssisl on this
improved Thresher doing their work.
FOUR SIZES made for 9, 9, 10 and II Horse
Powers. Also n speciality Of 6ErARAroas, designed
and made EXPRESSLY FOR STEAM POWER.
TWO STYLES OF HORSE POWERS, vis. our I'm.
proved "Trple Gear" and our "Spur Rpccd" Wood
bury Styls) both Mounted on four wheels
1T INTERESTED in Threshing or Grain Raising
apply to nearest Dealer, or write 70 us for lusra
ted Circular sent free) giving full particulars Of Sizes
Styles, Prices Terms, etc.
Nichols, Shepard % Co.,
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

THOSE persons who excel in athletic
exercises and believe themselves TO be
gaining in health nd soundness of
body thereby, may be interested in the
statement made by medical examiner
of one of the prominent life insurance
companies. He says that he looks with
unusual care at applicants who say
they have been gymnasts, and that he
has to turn away nearly three-fourths
of those who excel in athletic exercises,
as having dangerously strained the or
CANS of their hearts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06
An Historic Clock for Hamilton College

John f. Elliott, of Clinton. has pre-
scented to the Memorial Hamilton Col
lege, AN historical clock, which Charley
Lamb might have characterized rs
ratherish old" 1t has timed at
least 245 years. and is still good time
keeper. 1t was brought from England
by the Rev. John Eliot, "the apostle
to the Indians, who landed in Boston
from the ship sMary Lyon, Nov. 3,
1851. 1t was handed down rs family
inheritance from him to his son, Joseph
Eliot, who was graduated from Har-
ward College in 1865; from Joseph to
his son Jared Eliot; from Jared to
his son John Eliot: from John to his
son Edward Eliot: from Edward to his
son John T.. Elliott. of Clinton, the
sixth in descent from 1.-THE apostle to
the Indians This old clock faithful
ly marked off the hours. months and
years which the missionary Eliot de-
voted to the translation of the Bible
into the Indian language. Before this
translation could be made, or even be-
gun, it was necessary to reduce the
rude oral dialect of the natives to the
form Of written language The
work was completed in 1868, and pub
lished at Cambridge, Mass. Only sixty
copies Of this work are now in eXis-
tence. The last one that was sold
brought 81. 1916. The only living man
that can read it is J. Hammond Trum-
bull, of Hartford, Conn. Utica ~. "
Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

should he the aim of every one who
owns farm These land misers are
a bad elemen in the country. They
iniure labor interests and educational
interests, and the less we have OF them
the better for the community. Small
farms well titled by intelligent owners
make better society and sustain and
foster general enterprise and education
in the highest degree. Detroit zrib-
}Illf
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06
The "Housekeeper,, Of our Health,

The 1OusekeeperS Of our Health.
The liver is the great dcpurating or blood
cleansing organ OF the system Set the
great housekeeper of our health al work.
and the foul corrupti"ns which gender in the
blood and rot our, as ii were, the machinery
OF life, are gradually expelled from the sys-
tenn. For this purpose DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, with snail daily doses Of
Or. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets are
prc-emincntly the articles needed They
cure every kind of humor from the worst
scrofula to the common pimple, blotch or
eruption. Great eating ulcers kindly heal
Ger their mighty curative infuence. Viru-
lent blood poisons that lurk in the system
are by them robbed Of their terrors, and by
their perseyering and somewhat protractcd
use the most tainted system may be COM
plcteiy renovated and built up anew En-
larged glands, tumors and swellings dwindle
away and disappear under the influence OF
their great resolvents. Sold by all dealers in
medicines.
'Claudc, child about three years old, was
greatly afflicted with sores on his legs and
feet, so that he could not wear his shoes and
stockings. Had great deal of trouble with
him. Had tried many remedies Intellectually.
At last we tried the Golden Medical Discov-
cry, and in about three weeks he was entirely
cured, his sores were all healed, and health
much improved.
Respectfully yours, J. W. BOYER. I
VermilAon, Edgar Co., H., JAN 80 1915"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

cit is strange" muttered young
man, as he staggered home from asup-
per party, how evil communications
corrupt good manners. ! have been
surrounded by tumblers all the even
ing. and now | am tumbler myself
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

WILHoFT's ToSIc!-A SAFE, SURE AND
SCIENTIFIC CUREl-The unprecedented sale
of this worldrenowned medicine proves in
contestably that no remedy has superseded
the use Of thi. reliable Tolip. No spleen
has been found so hard as not to yield to its
softcnng influence, and no liver 30 hyper
trophied as not 10 give up its .ons-retained
bilious secretions, and no Chill or Fever has
yet refused 10 fall into line. g. X. FISLAY
& Co, Proprictors, New Orleans.
FOE SALE By ALL DRUGGISTS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

PRrssING's White Wine Vinegar excels all
others in purity. strength and flavor. Try 1t.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

HAVE you ever heard Of case Of Ague that
Shallen oerger's Pills would not cure?
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-07-06

hlR2p2 PER WEEK GUARANTEED TO
WIZ Agents, Male and Female IN their own To-
nv caty. Terms and OUTFIT FRRg. Address
w PC. VlCKERY d CO.. Augusta Maine
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-02-03

One trick of our time sbould like In have
wora ,i,h 81 H., 4, a.. ,.-,;. =,
''.e "''n' anu 'n"e 10 .no "A''' VI o'ei'otnA-
mentlng everything. 1t IL not merely that
we over-ornament whore ornament 10 advisable
ar Al, this ia . nature, anou.b s.n,t IN ali into
tue We ornament thousand ehings that ought
not to be ornamented. It IL hard to find an
object OF merchandise to-day, that has not Or
nSment (so- cslled) of some kind stuck or fast
ened upon it. That terrible word bare, "
seems to have frightened us all, and driven us
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-02-03
Cremation In lnala-A HasbAE
B0Rmlng His D0aA Wife.

Burning His Dead Wife.
Hon. John N. Francis, who 10 now on tour
around the world, writes to his paper, the Troy
Times, An interesting account Of what he saw
n the metropolis Of India One Of tho Interest,"
q. sights he witnessed in Calcutta was tho pro.
ess Of cremation, As praeticed By The nativsa
here were three funeral pyres in full blaze in
the burning ghaut when Mr.. Train visited the
place, and coolies were employed tending the
hres. A corpse was borne 70 the ground upon .
utretcher; the husband Of the deceased, with
fsw friends accompanied ii. All were coolies,
and this was 3 funeral in low life. The bereaved
husband occupied some time in bargaining for
wood ut the place for its sale close by, and fur
Their time was spent in arranging with the 'sto-
kers" to do the necessary work. Finally the ma
serial for tho fro wa brought in and built up in
sections TO height Of perhaps four feet; the
coolies then uncovered the corpse, took the Ill.
Yer rings from the fingers and arms and handed
them to tho husband, anointsd the body and
head with some greasy substance, and then the
body was conveyed to the pyre it was placed
lengthwise upon the pyre, the legs only being
doubled up ut the knees, 30 that the body
should be circumscribsd to the length Of the
wood. The wood was heaped upon the body,
place left open for the exposure of the face. A
Hindoo priest then presented himself, and .
lighted fAgot was handed to the husband, who
passed three times around the pyre, swinging
his fagot thrice ~ he completed each
circuit then set fire to the pyre
from kindlings underneath and soon the whole
pile was in flames. There was the poor husband
weighed down in grief yet under religious in
junction, he was required 10 set fire to com
bustibles for the burning Of his wife's body te
ashes. He was very poor, and the Brahm1
priest had stripped him Of his last penny ~ thu
price Of his blessing. His oountenance bore thu
expression OF despair, AZ he watched the crack
ling. roaring flames Of that funeral pyre. Tn,
Hindoos burn all their dead, and for sAnitar,
reasons cremation ID considered desirable in tina
,iensely-populsted country. 1t is mot true tina
the ashes Of the subjects Of cremation are pre-
terved they are mingled with the ashes OF 'th
wood, and separation Of the two would DO i'm
rosaihle
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-02-03
small Farms,

An agricultural paper tells us that "small
farms make ncsr neighbors they make good
roads; they make plenty of good schools aud
churches there is money made in proportion
to the labor loss labor is wanted everything
rs Kept neat less wages have to be paid for
help less time il wasted more IL raised to the
acre besides, it is titled better there IL no
Watching Of hired help the mind is not kept in
worry, stew, fret, all the time. There's not
80 much money to be paid out for agricultural
implements. Our wives and children have time
TO read-to improve their minds. small horse
IL soon curried, and the work on small farm il
always pushed forward in season. Give ua small
farms for comfort aye, and give us small farms
ior proht And all this is true il we carry to
the small farm the same casll capital that he
would put Oh larger one. The writer OF this
has had very varied experience this season, ex-
tending from into Canada to the Gulf Of Mexico.
and undertaking chiefly in pursuit OF agricultural
knowledge, and he is quite sure that X most OF
our farmers would sell half their land and put
the labor and capital spread over large farms to
the smaller ones left, 1t would 10 great move
in tho right observation-disclosures Weekly Pres.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-02-03
SWORN STATEMENT
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