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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03

nervous, but sleeplessness was the most
prominent and perplexing symptom.
Chloral hydrate, bromide Of potassium,
opium, sulphste OF morphia and valerian.
ate of morphia, were successfully tried
without avail. Finally, reasoning that
here was q case Of loss OF rarve force, and
knowing PHOSPHORUS TO be most i'm
portant nerve food, DR.. Cutter prescribed
one fittieth Of grain thrice daily in pill
form. In a few days he slept as well as
ever, and, disseminating the pills, has
since had his natural sleep.
Some efforts are being made in Pitts
burgh to bring into use the gaseous pro-
ducts OF wells in Butler County by laying
pipes from the source aGd connecting
them directly with the great manutactur-
ing town Of Western Pennsylvania. The
gas is hydrocarbon, Of the composition
Of ca, H6, mixed with some carbonic
| oxide and carbonic acid. Its illuminat-
ing power is about from six to seven
candles, coal gas being rather more than
double. Engineers state that pressure at
the wells being rs much as 100 pounds to
the square inch, the gas might be carried
through 55s inch piping to Pittsburgh,
and that the friction could be overcome.
The volume at which the gas PUSHES into
the air from the wells has been calculated
at about LOO feet per second. This
number multiplied by the area Of the tube
would be II square inches, which would
be about 2S9 cubic feet per second, or H.
| 3S4 cubic feet per minute, or, in round
numbers, 900 900 Of cubic feet per hour.
Mr.. o. Wuth an engineer, computes
that this carburetted hydrogen, counting
on delivery of 100000 cubic feet of gas
per hour, would weigh 5S.7 tons, or that
per day it would represent ,40S tons. Mr..
| Wuth thinks il quite feasible, by the use
of this gas, to economic an outlay in coal
estimated to be worth, if consumed, 81,
| 500 0OO
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03
MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC,

M. Dagnzan has invented n compost.
ton 10 replace the coIoring matter now in
use for printing paper hangings, leather,
etc. It's base is caoutchouc in The natural
state, though guita pelcha and other like
gums are sometimes employed, The base
is reduced TO paste with ben1ine, and
some organic coloring matter added
In the course OF some experiments
made 10y The permanent Austrian com.
mltec 1t is noted that the Austrian prs.
matte powder has a smaller kernel and u
lesser density than that ordinarily EN-.
ployed in Prussia for siN.inch cannon ;
and the result OF the experiments made
with this powder shows that the maximum
pressure eNerted by it upon the common
ball amounts 10 1920 a,moSphcres, being
about 200 atmuspheres, or 3 900 pounds 10
the square inch, greater than the pressure
developed by the Prussian prismatic
powder
An exhaustive report has been issued
by the German Government giving in
dela.l the experiments OF officers in mill.
tay ballooning, The conclusion arrived
AT Is that the German officers believe that
the mechanical direction of balloons is by
no means impossible Even the problem
of ascending aad descending without
using ballast or allowing gas To escape
they think is quite likely 10 receive u
speedy solution The proposition the
eNperImenialists make the German Gov
eminent Is that fun opportunity be given
them 10 study the action of the helix ON
balloons of different capacities.
A brilliant light has been produced
by a London chemist, 10y a very simple
method, lie finds that, when common
saltpctcr ornltrate of potassium is heated
10 temperature somewhat beyond the
point ol fusion in a hard glass tChc or
porcc@jn capsule mounted nver "a spirit
lamp. and small pieces OF sulphur are
then successfully introduced deilagra-
ton crSuts accompanied 10y the emission
OF an intensely powerful white light,
which is maintained as long AS any ol the
sulphur remains floating rs molten
Clobue In The fluid nitrate The cost of
thls light Is ct course very tu,img, both
ingrrd CDiS being exceedingly cheap.
Thus. one ounce ot inter melted and ted
with sulphur al the rate ct eight or ten
grain, %, O. time, NIL keep up "a brilliant
light iuc about ten minutes. M the expense
ol one cent.
DR. Gutter relates an interesting CAGE
I'm Nis practice that at an energetic car.
peutcr who, IN building dollhouse. was
exposed ,o lht suns hya, under glass in
tlr >rmmvr tine, This exposure being fol
lowed ug symptoms Of disturbance ol the
nervous system, CyiuCjnE loss ot nerve
fare. Naturally ola coui temper, he De.
came uNc.Uh,e, MAS unable "a cast &C
CoaH,s, BIS sJ,!s were rapid sud manner
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03

that party-capital for which they are 80
eager, and instead Of devoting small
portion OF the time which they owe to the
general Interests of legislation, as they
did at FIRST they now actually give their
entire time 10 partisan tOmfOolery.
Il this sort OF thing is 10 go on, Con-
gress will either adjourn some time about
the fourth Of July without disposing Of
the currency question, the necessary ap-
preparation bills, or any other important
measures now pending, or remain in ses-
sion through the entire summer, keeping
the country in a state of continuous sus-
pense financially, and continuous scan
DIAL monging politically, socially and 9TH
erwise-from which we pray the good
Lord to deliver us!
We need scarcely remind the public
that during the seven Republican Con-
crosses preceding the present Democratic
one, comparatively but little time was
wasted in partisan trickery, and but very
few measures Of mere party character
were proposed or adopted. The Demo-
cratic minority. as d rule, received fair
treatment, and the spirit OF dignitied
craftsmanship, rather than of low dema-
gogism, generally characterized the pro-
ceedings. Already more disreputable
trickery and more unseemly demagogery
has been obtruded upon Congress during
the five months session of the present
Democratic House OF Representatives
than were apparent during all the sessions
OF the seven preceding Republican Con
crosses. We appeal to the records in
testimony of this assertion, and point 10
the fact AS Illustrative of the wide differ
ence there is between the two political
parties of the country. -Chlcago Etening
Journal, Apral %.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03
Grazing Meadows.

PARAGRAPH is travelling quite extern
sively through our agricultural exchange
recommending pasturing meadows as a
means of making them more productive.
1t gives the name of practical farmer
who has tried it, and is sure he knows
that pasturing is the preferable practice
All which shows that there are exceptions
to all rules. 1t is possible that under some
circumstances pasturing meadows may be
really beneficial; but ii by no means fol-
lows that it is to be generally recommend.
ed. For the great majority of meadows
pasturing at any season is undoubtedly
injurious. The roots, both of clover and
timothy, are very liable to injury by the
tramping of cattle at any season. Crop.
ping the heritage diminshes the vigor of
the plant. II fed down in spring, it will
usually be impossible to get more than
half crop. If fed closely after haying,
the natural shelter of the plant and roots
for winter is DESTROYED.
The exception to this is where blue
grass or red top completely ccupy the
soil. Their fine roots are scarcely injured
when the ground is dry, and the removal
OF surplus grass leaves the surface more
open TO the warm sunshine of earlyspring.
The intense cold of winter on dry soil
Will not lnlure the roots Of such meadow,
and there is positive advantage in hav-
ing the ground clear and open to the
warmth and light Of spring
How much clover is injured by close
pasturlng may be seen 10y watching the
bad effect which wagon track has made
across the field. The crowns of the clover
roots will be found broken down, and the
plants make about as feeble and stunted
growth rs corn plants would under sim
liar circumstances. The hoof of a horse
or COW is little less destructive To clover
Wherever II touches. OF course, in rich,
full feed cattle will wander but little and
the injury will be less; but whoever ey
poets TO get the best result from having
his fields seeded with clover should see 10
1t that stock OF any kind is kept ont of
them, and that their crop is allowed to OBJ
tain nearly its full growth before cutting.
-RUral Aeis Yorker.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03

planting when the soil was cold an,
soggy. On clay land, NO more fatal him
der can be made than planting fruit.treas
vines or shrubs, before the soil is in ~
right condition. Better by far wait two
weeks than start one day too soon. If the
soil is thrown around the roots wbaO
heavy and wet, it soon hardens, encas;nr
the fibers in IN impervious cement whics
binders their natural action, and. as
matter Of course, checks the growth and
vigor of the trees or vines. Early Miami
ing in the open ground of vegetables or
fruit-trees possesses no other advantage
beyond that of having the work out Of the
way, and for this the risks run from the
causes named are out of all proportion I
have known of instances time and again
even with as hardy a vegetable as ,ho
potato that those planted about the mid.
die of April were ripe and ready for use
one to two weeks in advance of those
planted month earlier, and produced a
larger yield-this, too, on the same farm
and under the same treatment and cul.
ture. -Scri6ner's HOnthtv.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03
Forced To BE a Liar.

An agent for the sale OF new kerosene
lamp-chimney called into ahouse on Chest
nut street the other day To make sale. lie
satisfied the woman that ii was good
thing. and then she asked
" How much kerosene will il saveg''
Z" | think it viii save some" was his
evaSiye answer.
What per cent. OF fuel win it savey"
she next demanded.
Nhy-why-wha has fuel to do with
a kerosene lamp"
All right, you can go" she said
" There was man along here Yesterday
with chimney which he warranted 10
save half the oil aad forty per cent. in
fuel, and You can take your goods and go
homc"
He sold one of his chimuevs in that
house; but when he reached the street
great beads Of perspiration stood on his
forehead ana he said.
She wanted 10 be lied To, and lied
and now I've golio keep on lying and lose
my soul Tor the sake ot selling lampchim
u,ysN'-AotrOis Fr,s Pros
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03
Does the Stock Affect the Graft?

GRATING is now IN order, and the
experience of fruit growers should profit
those who are putting new tops upon old
trees. Do not graft upon old trees that
are in an unthri!ty or dying condition.
until you have pruned, MANFRED and cult,
ivated them to give them a new start
After they have made new shoots. and
shown that they have new lease of life.
you may graft with profit. Do not graft
winter varieties upon early sorts, or tart
apples upon sweet if you want to secure
good specimens of the new sorts you put
in. There are many we'll authenticated
facts which show that the stock does have
some influence upon the graft. A neigh.
Dor OF ours across the line, of an in0uir.
ing turn of mind, found in one orchard
near him trees of the Rhole Island green.
ing that habitually produced apples that
rotted upon the trees in the fall, and none
of them would keep until the new year.
while the orchard close by bore fruit that
kept we'll. Upon inquiry he found that
these poor keepers were grated upon
early stocks and upon unthrifty trees.
There were two causes at work to hasten
the maturity OF the apples and make them
comparatively worthless. II you want
late keepers, graft winter varieties upon
winter stocks. There is very little doubt
that sweet varieties are made less sweet
by being grated upon some stocks. Care
lessness IN selecting stocks is one of the
reasons why there is such wide depart
ure from the normal type in many of the
more popular varieties of our winter
apples. We are eating Northern Spys
this winter from a county on the Erie
Railroad, that are so different from the
Northern Spys Of the counties on Lake
Ontario that we hardly recognize them.
Our nurserymen ought to look after this
thing, and in planting for nursery stocks,
the seeds Of early and late apples should
be kept separate, and the young stocks
designed for winter varieties should be
grown exclusively from the seeds of the
best keeping winter apples. We have no
doubt that our best winter apples can be
improved in their keeping quality by
being grated upon late keeping stocks,
and by being grown upon well fed, Wig
orous trees.-ConnecttcW Cor american
AQricuhurist.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03
Some Suggestions FOR Planting Small
Places,

With beginners, and those of limited
experience in the art of gardening, there
Is always strong desire to rush the work
IN The garden, have the beds dug and
raked, the seeds sown, and the trees aud
shrubs planted before the frost is well out
OF the ground, or the soil dry or warm
enough e. facilitate vegetation THIS
natural, but very common. error, to turn
over or disturb the ground too soon in the
spring not intreqGcnIy leads % discour.
aging results later IN she season. Garden
seeds, snwn TOO early, while the soil is
still cold and wet. are sure 10 be seriously
injured, rolting in many instances before
terminating This viii be found true in
degree CT fruit bearing trees as well as
garden seeds. | have known OF many
eases where young pears, apples ana
cherries were permanently syunjtd from
tAe very START by this unwise course Of
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03
Don't PlOw Corn Ground TOO Early.

IT is grave mistake to break up corn
ground too early in the growing season,
tor the following reasons First-When
land is plowed while ii is wet and cold,
before it has been allowed sufficient time
to settle and become sufficiently dry to
pulverize properly if it is turned up by
The pillow or spade, it will settle after the
plowing Is finished, and often become so
hard that 1t will need to be plowed again
before the corn has come up. Second
When corn ground is plowed several
weeks before the seed is planted, grass
ana weeds will spring up and cover the
ground before the corn plants appear. BY
this means the labor incident to cultivating
and hoeing the growing crop will be i'm
mensely increased. Third-When sod
ground is plowed for corn long time
prior to planting the seed the roots of
grass will have decayed to such an extent
before the young corn has become firmly
rooted that worms Gf they should be
numerous i'll that soiD will leave the old
and halt-decayed grass roots and attack
the tender roots OF the corn, which they
Will not do If the ground is not plowed
until 1t is time to put in the seed.
During period of more than thirty
years past our own practice has been to
defer plowing ground for Indian corn
until the growing season had fairly COM
menced. Our rule is to pillow the ground
and put in the seed as soon as practicable
after the blossoms of apple trees begin to
unfold In some instances, when it was
desirable to plant a large field, we have
made arrangements with neighbors to
assist blowing with their teams at speci-
he'd time. Not few times have we been
planting corn when some of our hurrying
neighbors were at work with the cultiva-
TOR and hoes among their little corn, turn
ing the hard cakes of soil away from the
tender plants and loosening up the COM
pact earth between the rows. But before
nusklng time arrived our later planted
corn would indicate a more profitable
growth and yield Of grain We like to
piow the ground for corn when the soil is
warm and in fine condition to pulverize
beautifully, and the next day plant the
seed. BY this practice the soil will con-
unue mellow and porous, the corn will
germinate quickly and grow rapidly, and
get an advantageous start of grass and
weeds, and the labor incident to cutivat-
ing and hoeing will not be half so expen-
slve and laborious as if the same land had
been plowed a long time prior to planting
the seed.-N. J.. Herald
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

-Jumbles.-Onep pound of -four, three
quarters Of pound of sugar. three eggs,
half pound Of butter, half of small
grated nutmeg; dipped into sugar.
Ice Cream Take one quart Of milk,
pound Of sugar and five eggs well beaten.
Leave it ON the fire until it thickens,
stirring constantly; flavor according to
taste.
Mullins Without Yeast-One quart
of -four, two eggs beaten separately, one
| tablespoonful lard, one of sugar, one tea
spoonful Of salt, one cup sour milk, and
two tablespOonfuls Of baking powder.
Beat all together and bake Immediately.
Raised Gems.-O One pint Of warm milk,
four tablespoonfuls home made or one
fourth Of pint of brewers yeast, stirred
we'll together. Two tablespoonfuls of
butter, one Of sugar, one teaspoonful Of
salt, and wheat meal enough to make it
as stiff as one can stir easily with a spoon.
Let it rise about nine hours. Stir it only
with spoon. When raised dip out and
fill the we'll creased gem pans about two
thirds full and bake in quick oven.-
Christian Union.
Kidneys With acaroni.-Cook two
! ounces of macaroni broken into con-
venient pieces, in boiling water; skin
two or three mutton kidneys, remove the
fat, and cut them into thin slices; season
with salt, cayenne and tinely-mirced
herbs; fry them on both sides in butter
then stew them in half a pint of gravy,
well favored with fresh or canned to-
matoes; dish with layer of the maca-
roni over them, the gravy poured over
add pepper, salt and some grated cheese
brown with salanander.
The successful trainer of fast horses
has learned that he must control the in
telligence of the animal, rather than re-
sort to the whip, as The means of securing
speed. Among the few who are engaged
| in the education of the fine horses Of the
country this matter is well understood,
and to great extent relied upon. The fact
OF the great speed attained by our modern
| trotters is largely due to the employment
of a system of true education, and an APP
| peal to the horse intelligence There is
as much difference in the value of an edu-
! Gated horse and an uneducated one, as
there is IN the ways of an accomplished
| scholar and the Chinese laborer-and how
easy matter 1t is to give the horse this
education. If a colt is never allowed to
get an advantage, it will never know that
1t possesses power that man cannot CON
troll and if made familiar with strange
objects it will not be skittish and nervous
If horse is made accustomed from his
early days to have objects hit him on the
heels, back and hips, he will pay no at
tention to the giving out of harness or ola
wagon running against him at an unex-
pected moment. Horses, when once
given to understand the situation, are
easily managed thereafter. Farmers who
are engaged in raising horses should avail
themselves of every opportunity to learn
the best mode Of handling colts, and then
see 10 ii That the boys act in conformity
with the methods. But, in all your hand
ling of stock, let kindness ba a prominent
feature. Oregon Journdl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03

IN 1880 the value or the pine packing
boxes made in the United States was ST.
10000, and in 1870 they were valued at
sS,2o0,u coo. The value of the material
mGde into woodenware in the United
States increased from $4,000 in 1850 TO
81 600, 900 in 1870. Tie value Of Che ma
terial converted into agricultural nipple
mrn'S IN the United States in 1850 was
only S>,0O0,O00, while in 1870 it had
reached the enormous sum of SIS. 000. 600,
Of which the forests must have furnished
S20, 000. 0O0 worth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-03

Mss /. +. CurroS, OF West GorhSm
Me, reports, that last year She took $50
pounds of honey from one hive. all in
glass boxes, which she sold "a. thirty three
cents per pound, She fed The STICK early
IN spring To encourage early breeding
and sept II strong all through the season.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20
Germany's Greeting.
WASHINGTON. ,

WASHINGTON, July 4.
To-day Mr.. Cadwalader, acting Secre-
tary of State presented Mr. Schlozer, the
German Minister, to the President, for the
purpose of delivering the autograph letter
of congratulation from the Emperor of
Germany. Mr.. Schlozer in presenting the
letter stated that he was instructed by His
Majesty to deliver upon the 4th day of
July to the President in person an auto
graph letter of congratulation upon the
occasion of the Centennial anniversary,
and wished to add his personal good
wishes for the United States. The Presi-
dent briefly replied, assuring him of his
satisfaction in receiving this evidence of
good feeling on the part of His Majesty,
that his kind expressions for the United
States were fully appreciated, and that
the letter should be properly acknowl-
edged. A translation of the letter is as
follows:
William, by the Grace Of God, Emperor of Ger
many, King OF Prussia etc, to the President Of
the United States of America:
GREAT AND GOOD FRIEND: It has been
vouchsafcd 10 you to celebrate the centen-
NAL festival of The day upon which the great
Republic over which you preside entered
the rank of independent ma ions. The pur-
poses of its founders have, by a wise appli-
cation OF the eachings of the his DRY of the
foundation of nations, and with an insight
into the distant future, been realized by a
development without a parallel. To con-
graduate you and he American people upon
this occasion affords me so much the greater
pleasure because, since the treaty of friend
ship which my ancestor of glorious memo
ry, King Frederic H., who now rests with
God, concluded with the United States, un-
dis urbed friendship has continually exist
ed between Germany and America, and has
been developed and streng hened by ever in
creasing Importance of their mutual rela-
tions, and by an intercourse becoming more
and more fruitful in every domain of COM
merce and science. That the welfare of The
United S ates and the friendship of the two
countries may contiI ue to increase is my
sincere desire and confident hope. Accept
the renewed assurance of my unqualified es-
TEEN. WILLIAM.
Countersigned: Won Bismarck.
BERLIN, June 9 1876.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-20
Several Glasses Too Much.

During Mr.. Charles Pope's management
of a Southern theater, one nj ght when
some high toned star was holding forth, a
great sensation was produced by a nautical
looking old gentleman, who, with all dig
nifty, produced a spy-glass, and when the
lorgnettes were directed at the stage, with
a report like a young pistol, pulled the
critter out to its full proportions and lev
eled it at the performer
This novelty in the way of an opera
glass created SO much diversion that word
was sent to the offending old sailor that he
must put itup, which he wouldn't, as he
said it was his style Of glass, and he was
going to use it.
Further remOnstrance resulted in the
spy glass shutting up, and the old gentle
man Indignantly walking out as the cur
tain fell on the first act.
Before it rose again in walked the sea-
farins man in company with eight others
of the same brand as himself.
Solemnly they were escorted to seats, all
near together. The play proceeded; Of a
sudden, crack, fizz, squeak, went nine
spy glasses, some of them yard long.
Simultaneously the whole nine were pulled
out to their EXTREMIST length, and the
weather-beaten old countenances brought
to bear on the end of them.
The audience howled, the players strug-
gled on, but the instant an exciting pas
sage was reached, whang went the nine
spy. glasses, and the audience yelled with
delight.
In this way the performance dragged
along, till, as actors and audience could
stand it no longer, the piece was brought
to an untimely end; the eight old sea-
dogs who had been summoned off the
levee to assist the original offender un.
smilingly filed out behind him, fully
avenged for all interference, with the tri-
umphant spy-glasses under their arms
Illustrated WeekLu.