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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
Destruction Of Trees.

1t is stated that twelve million acres
of forest have been cut down or burned
over within the limits of the United
States within ten years, or at the rate
l 200, 900 acres per year. Nervous peo-
pie might be induced to take melan-
choly view Of the future prospects of
the country in regard to fuel and tim
Der from this vast destruction of wood,
but when it is remembered that as an
offset to this, there are hundreds of
millions of acres of woods adding every
year a growth double or triple the
amount Of wood destroyed, and many
millions of acres more are growing up
to new wood where the old has been
cut down, there need be no fear of wood
being too scanty in supply, for this gen
Grafton at least. No production of the
earth natures more readily than forest
trees of certain kinds Pines will grow
from II shrub to fair sized tree, fit for
timber, in from fifteen to twenty-five
years; locust and chestnut are rapid
growers; birch will grow from n shrub
to a size fit for wood in five or six years
willow Mt the same time, while the
harder woods require longer periods.
In the West, the locust and cotton wood
will grow from the seed to foot or
more i'll diameter, and thirty feet high,
in from seven to ten years, so that In re-
atty there is no danger ofwood being in
too small supply, till the wants of the
dense population dreamed of in the flu
ture shall require all the land to be de-
voted to food raising, and that period
lies far remote in the centuries to come.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
Roses for Winter.

Roses intended for forcing in MT.
next winter (having been kept in Their
pots during summer> should be taken
out at this time, the old soil well shaker
from the roots, and repotted in the sam
sized pots. The soil most suitable for
rose culture is good fresh loan. mixed
with about one-third well decayed cow
manure, which is much superior to
horse manure, or any other kind of ami
NAL manure-horse droppings are ami
to create fungi when used for any mr..
pose under glass-and, besides. COW
manure is cooler, and consequently
more suited to the requirements of the
rose. What is termed stiff, mellow
loan is what the rose does best in: very
loose, open soil does not produce such
fine buds, nor are they so highly colored
as when grown in the stiff soil. When
potting, firm the soil we'll around the
roots, and leave no emnty space around
the edges of the pot. Prune the plants
well back when they are taken out of
the pots; it is not only much more con.
venient doing it at this time, but they
generally make finer breaks than when
left until later. -Gdri1er'S Monthlu.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
4 Humming Bird on IA Novel Scent.

\ young gentleman Of this village has
one of the rarest of pets, a humming
bird. which has nest near his home,
and which has become so thoroughly
tanned that it readily feeds from his
hand. 4 laughahlc incident occurred
last night while he was feeding it. He
had been holding fuschias and other
flowers in his hand, from which the lit
tie beauty was enjoying a choice repast,
and he had also given it some syrup.
Suddenly blossom which had lately
appeared on the young gentleman's pro
boscis attracted the attention of the bird,
and he made dive for it, finding 1t a
fraud when it was reached. When a
nose gets so attractive with blossoms
that even humming birds 60 for 1t, 1t Is
time the owner of SUCH nose.donned
the blue Nddletoi7l Press
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
DiDhtheria.

The following treatment is strongly
recommended for this disease. Small
humps of ice are placed as far back as
possible around the roots of the tongue,
tonsils, and upper part of the throat, to
remain until melted. This application
is made every ten minutes. The ice is
said to destroy the fungus growth that
makes this disease fatal. 1t is also OF
great importance to rouse the patient
from the lethargy which accompanies
the disease, and this mode of treatment
it is claimed, accomplishes that purpose.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10

internal machines, making many COM
binatiSns which were useful as hints to
later contrivers. In 1909, when Lord
Cochrane was engaged against the
French in the Bay of Biscay, he en-
ployed destroyer most formidable in
character. lie filled number of empty
puncbeons with about fifty thousand
pounds of powder; on the tops of these
puncheons were placed three hundred
and fifty explosive shells, with fuses,
and upwards of two thousand hand
grenades among and between them.
The whole were bound and jammed to-
gether with cables, wedges and sand on
board a small vessel called the Deudaator.
A fifteen-minute time fuse being ignited
the crew, tCochrane himself, lieuten-
ant, and four seaman) rowed quickly
away in boat. The Internal monster
did not produce quite the kind of mis-
chief intended. The explosion was
one Of the most tremendous ever heard
but the enemy's ships were rather too
far away to be materially damaged,
while Cochrane lost some Of his gallant
little crew by over fatigue and drown
ing by tumultuous waves.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
Fashionable Women,

Fashion kills more than toll or sor-
row. Obedience to fashion is greater
transgression of the law of woman's ma
turc, greater injury to her physical
and mental constitution, than the hard
ships Of poverty and neglect. The
slave-woman ut her task still lives and
grows old, and sees two or three gener-
ations of her mistress pass away. The
washerwoman, with scarcely Il ray of
hope to cheer her in her tolls, will live
to see her fashionable sisters all extinct
The kitchen maid is hearty and strong
when her lady has to be nurscd like II
sick baby.
1t is a sad truth that fashion-pampered
women are always worthless for all
good ends of life; they have but little
force of character; they have still less of
power of moral will, and quite as little
physical energy. They live for no great
ends. They are dolls, formed in the
hand of miliners and servants to be fed
to order. If they rear children, when
reared, what are they? What do they
amount to but weak scions Of the old
stock? Who ever heard of fashion
able woman's child exhibiting any viz
tue and power Of mind for which it be-
came eminent? Read the biographies
of our great men and women. Not one
of them had Il fashionable mother =
PRESBYTERIAN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
Internal Machines.

The French have had much to do
with (so-callcd1 internal machines,
which, under various forms, have been
employed to assassinatc successive soy
ereigns, but happily failed in the wicked
attempt, though not without intlicting
injuries on on-looEcrs In 1854, when
Napoleon thought that he had England
pretty nearly in his grasp. Il catamaran
expedition was fitted out by the English
to act against him. This catamaran
was an oblong waterproof box lined
with lead; it contained l,500 pounds of
gunpowder, various inhammable sub
stances. clockwork to produce an eX-
ploSion ut a given moment and ballast
to steady ii. Being towed towards an
cnemy's ship, and left for the tide to
float il onward. it would cling to the
ship by means of graphing irons buoy
ed up with cork, and in Il given number
of minutes the clockwork, acting on a
trigger. would explode the combusti-
bles. Such ut least was the theory, but
chances of failure were found to be toe
numerous and varied in practice. Some
wears after this Colonel Colt, the inven,
tor Of the celebrated revolver, devoted
a great deal of time to this subject O
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
WOmen's Boots,

The Journal of Chemistry points out
a grave error i'll measuring the feet of
women for boots. 1t says Kid gloves.
though worn continually, never cause
bunions, since the kid stretches to the
hand, but in the manufacture of boots
especially ladies' boots, unyielding can
vas is used for lining, so that the leather
is prevented from stretching and show
ing the true shape and size of the foot.
The foot enlarges when bearing the
weight of the body, and also toward
evening; hence a boot made from IA
measure taken when the foot is suspend
ed in the air, and in the morning is too
small for the foot in the evening. Wo-
mems feet are generally measured in
the air, but mems when they are stand
ing on them. The hig. heels on ladies
boots, too, cause them to be Away.
walking down hill, however level the
path may be, thus driving the foot more
and more to the front.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
Interesting to Tea Drinkers.

The nose is one Of the best judges for
distinguishing good tea, and how to pre-
pare tea properly art teaches us. 10
obtain beverage very aromatic and
only in a small degree astringent, you
must infuse the tea for half-an-hour in
a very small quantity Of cold water and
then add the boiling water. pouring the
tea, before it is very brown, into the
cup. The cold water saturates the
whole texture of the leaves, and pro-
duces the same advantages as when we
wish to obtain good broth from butch
er's meat and the boiling water sepa-
rates the tannin from the caffeine, which
is precipitated when the infusion begins
to grow cold. In effect, if you take tea
in the Russian fashion, IN a drinking
glass, you will see the tea grow turbid
almost rs soon us it is poured out.
think it is wise to take only the first in
fusion, which contains from four TO six
times as much useful substance as the
second This last has the Inconvenience
of being only in small degree aro-
matte, and in high degree astringent.
The addition of few drops o. lemon
juice, or of any other vegetal acid, rem
ders tea more exciting and this custom
prevails among poor Chinese and many
Russians. The addition of an alkali,
on the contrary, makes tea less stimu-
lating, and in some measure narcoti-
cal In the East some drugs are put
into tea to give it aphorodisiacal quail
ties. In Chinese Tartary, in Cashmere,
and in other countries of Asia, the leaves
of tea are eaten, cooked in various
modes with butter, flour, and soda, and
the richness of the leaves in albumine
explains their nutritive power. 1t is
said in the travels of Hue, CADET, Auch-
terlony, and others, that II good soup of
tea is one of the best ailments for those
about to undertake fatiguing journeys
in lofty mountains. Tea eXcltes the
movements Of the heart less than cof-
fee, is less hostile to sleep, and is less fit
to sustain intellectual labor but more
than coffee it increases the ilimnative
activity of the skin and respiration. in
many persons it produces an astringent
effect on the intestine and Il Troublesome
constipation. The addition of Il few
drops of generous wine can prevent the
wakelulness which tea causes. More
than everything, experience avalleth
to Indicate TO any one whether, from
the state OF his nerves, his brain, or his
digestion, he ought to prefer tea or
coffee. In every fashion it seems to be
proved that, after dinner, the Chinese
leaf ought to be preferred to the Abys-
sinian berry. In very cold countries,
and on very cold days, and consequent
y with supreme reason III the Arctic
zone-tea is the best of drinks, as all
travellers have demonstrated. DR.. Kane
did not hesitate to call tea the great
panacea Of Arctic travel" The excess
sive use Of tea, especially of green tea,
produces obstinate wakefulness, nerv-
Gus tremblings, commissions, cramps Of
the stomach, palpitations of the heart,
and SO ON.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
The Honey Bee in California.

We have always admired the way,
says the Los Angeles lCal.l NcrdM
the little busy bee improves each
shining hour" but there is one thing
about the industrious creature that Is
not generally known. An immense
honey production has grown up in Los
Angeles and SAN Diego counties in the
past two or three years. Every canon
and coiguc of vantage. in both counties,
has lis bee farm Colonel Chalmers
Scott informs us that the bees III San
Diego county have developed a g,eat
tonducsS for orange blossoms and
grapes. 1t was the fashion, formerly,
to make 1900 or 5000 gallons of wine
lat Gaujonc every year, hut since the
bees have made their appearance the
vineyard at that point has failed to
yield. The grape forms a> of yorc, but
the Juice l. sucked out 10y the bees, thus
the wine press. They dip
into the orange blossoms also, and the
consequence is THAT the fruit Is dwarf
en-. OF course, IN Los Angeles county
We have enough grapes and orange
blossoms to make the dcprcdationS of
the insect very triting matter Be
sides. the bee ranches are located at
such a distance from our vineyards and
orange groves that any injury they
could inllict upon them i very tritling
matter.
Some ili-fccling has grown up be-
tween the bee men and the sheep men
of sam Diego county from a cause which
dpVclOpS nm interesting trait on the mart
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10

her feelings so overcame her that she
could scarcely reach the room. When
she finally did enter, pale as marbles
whiteness, it was to meet her own father
and mother Great was her mutual JOY,
at this suspicious meeting, and far great
er when her noble brother entered, and
with him, her lover.
They were daily married, and a hand
somer or happier couple never finished
Cupid's work in Hymen's court.-Leap-
en'oorth Cor. Topeka Kansas Common
wedLM
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10

Those who expected the war in the
East to cause an Immediately increased
demand for American breadstuiis, as
well as an advance in their price, have
thus far been disappointed. England
has certainly imported more wheat and
flour since Russia declared war against
Turkey than before, but Russia at the
same time has increased It's exports for
these commodities to England in Il
wonderful degree. For instance, the
returns of the British board of trade
show that the importations of wheat
from Russia into England, during the
month of June last, amounted to So
10000, while during the corresponding
month of 1876, their value was only
$500 900. The LOndOR Economist, in dis
cussing these figures, attributes the COM
paratiycly large supplies OF wheat re-
ceivcd in England from the East, TO
the effect Of the war in Fastening the
dispatch of all available grain from the
disturbed territories, some of it coming
10y rail through Germany, by the way Of
MarSCiICS. That 1t was war, the edl-
tor of The Economist continues, and
not the rise in prices which gave this
impulse to the conSignments of grain
from abroad, may be gathered from the
fact that the months imports of wheat
from the undisturbcd countries, notably
America, are much less instead Of
greater notwithstanding the high
prices" Another cause assigned for
the increase exports from Russia is the
depreciation of the domestic paper
money in that country. Paper roubles,
which were worth thirty pence each in
exchangeable value when the war broke
out, are worth only twenty-four pence
nova depreciation of 20 per cent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
How the Riilcmen shot.
lIarper's Weekly.

There was 4 noticeable difference in
the positions assumed. The American
rihcmen all shot from the Fulton posi-
tion--on the back, legs crossed, right
under, and gun-balrcl resting on it ;
stock against right cheek, and held
fmly behind by the left hand the arm
being thrown behind the head The
trigger is pulled by the right hand.
The Englishmen's positions We're nearly
all different one from the other. The
two FentonS and Humphreys lay flat
on their stomachs with their legs spread
out, their elbows resting on mat Rig
by, Miner and Ferguson employed a
modification of the Fulton attitude,
bending their knees and resting their
gun-barrels on their toes. Halford and
Evans copied Fulton almost exactly.
Evans and Halford, Of the Englishmen,
and Blydcnburg, Jewell, Hyde, Allen
and Bruce, of the Americans used pads
between the stocks of their rifles and
their cheeks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
The Grandpa.

The grandpa IL az individual, aged
between fifty and a hun
dred years, and IL common occur
renee in most well regulated familys.
Next to a healthy motherin-law,
they have more bizzness on hand than
emmy other party in the household.
Grandpas are poor help at bring
ing up children; they are full of pre-
cept and katekism, but the young ones
all seem to understand that grandpa
minds them a heap more than they
mind grandpa. Josh Billings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10

KEEPING THE YoUNG FOLKS CoNTENTED.
How shall farmers manage to keep
their children near them? How can
we discourage influx of unnecessary
nay, burdensome-population into the
cities? We answer: BY making agri-
cultural society attractive. Fill the
farmhouse with books and periodicals.
Establish central readingrooms, or
neighborhood clubs. Encourage the
social meetings of the young. Have
concerts, lectures, improvement asso-
Citations. Establish a bright, active So
cial life, that shall give some signlh-
canoe to labor. Above all, build as far
as possible in villages, 1t is better to
go mile to ones daily labor than TO
place ones self mile away from
neighbor. The isolation Of American
farm life is the great curse of that lie,
and it falls upon the women with
hardship that the men cannot appre-
ciate, and drives the educated young
away,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10
Wood FIRES.

We grant as has recently been said,
that an open fire is incompetent to
heat our houses but we believe it can
be made such an important factor in the
culture Of children, that we have no
hesitation i'll urging others to try it. In
houses that are wholly warmed by fur
mace the family circle is likely to be-
come impaired The children take
their friends to their own rooms, and
the mother rarely becomes intimately
acquainted with their associates
Around wood fire, all naturally come
together; what Interests one, comes in
little while to interest all, and the
children learn to be open and free.
The fire warns the heart as well as the
body. A wood fire lit early in the eve
ming when the children are home from
school is all that is necessary When
the boys get used to coming in from the
snow and cold to find n cheerful hick-
DRY fire blazing on the parlor hearth,
with the room not too nicely furnished
for them to use, they wiz not want to
leave it for any outside attractions. The
moment the familiar whistle is heard
i'll the evening, let some klndllng wood
be thrust under the logs The pleasant
sensation produced by blazing fire, if
repeated every day, winter after winter,
amounts to a great deal of happiness in
II boys lifetime, and will never be for
gotten 1t is difficult to oyercstimatc
the value Of this central gathering place
for the whole family. Wood fires are
~, - Il, vl,1 60 a.,
but for cheer, and only in the evening,
are not costly. The moderate heat Of Il
furnace or stove is sufficient for the par
lor by day, and but little wood in the
fireplace is necessary to make it com
Portable Mt night Indeed, the register
often has to be turned off and the doors
have to be closed To keep the heat of
the house from rushing into the parlor.
The wood fire ventilates, and thus, not
only are the feet kept warm, but the
head remains cool. Half cord of
hickory wood lasts us about month,
and we use it ON Sundays after church,
and on other days if we have friends to
dinner, or the children are to be at
home In spring and fall an open fire
place is particularly useful, Every one
knows how the furnace is disliked in
moderate weather, but by using ut such
times the wood alone, the desired heat
is obtained and far moro than the cost
saved III the coal that would be burned
to waste. If the fireplace is painted
black, there will be good background
for the red flame, and the brick work
viii not be made to look shabby 10y the
smoke. Let it bc n good hearty blazing
fire or none at all, Better to save in
fine furniture, OF III rich desserts, than
put on logs sparingly. Brass andirons
are the best, for they never wear out,
and the labor in keepinGthcm bright is
much Exaggerated, The wood should
be sawed in but two pieces, 50 rs to
reach clear over both andirons. \ lot
of corn cobs will make n hot, quick
blaze, just before the children go up to
bed, and will make their slumber all
the Swcctcr-" Homc o5d Society" Scjib-
ncryor Oct.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10

NOLATIIIZATION OF MErAIs.-The cleo
trical mobilization of metals has been
successfully turned to practical use III
electroplating by Prof. Wright, of Yale
college. In a vessel from which the ar
has been in some degree removed ne
arranges opposite to each other the two
poles of an induction coil, suspends the
object to be plated between them, ana
attaches to the negative pole the metal
to be deposited. A two or three lnch,
spark from the battery causes the metal
to be volatilized, and it is condensed Oh
the cool surface of the article to be
plated in a uniform and solid manner
The oftener the spark is produced the
deeper is the deposit. 1t is probaoie
that this process will soon be extensively
adopted in the arts.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-10-10

THURLow, the famous Lord Chancei-
lor of England who was called the
Warburton of the Woolsack, "was born
in an humble Norfoll, parsonage; yet
because his faults and meanesses were
many, his comparatively humble birth
forms no exception to the law WHICH
makes us contemplate with interest lle
amazing rise of one who, whatever may
have been his faults, was man OF VIC
orous influence and powerful inter
leet. Johnson, the acknowledged con
versationl monarch of his time, thus
expressed himself to Boswell "hel
speaking of Lord Thurlow as con-
versationalist. Sir, | would prepars,
myself for no man in England but i1orI
Thurlow. When | am to meek nun
should wish to know day before
, 1877-12-02
MARTIN AND hSTOR.

IN a New York paper, printed Oh the 10th of
January. 1;S0, may be found the first piauolorte
advertisement ever published in that city. 1t
reads: I" I, Jacob Astor, ut No. 81 Queen street,
next door but one to the Friends Meeting
House, has for sale an assortment of piauo-
1ortes Of the newest construction, made bT the
best makers In London. which he will sell On
reasonable terms. He gives cash for all
kinds OF furs, and has for sale quantity Of
Canada beaver and beaver coating. raccoon
skins and raccoon blankets, muskrat skins. etc''
The curious Idea OF selling panofortcs and
1urs BY the founder OF the Astor fortune has Il
parallel in that OF our enterprslne and sue
ecssful young merchant, r. T, Martin, of
154 State stiect, who maintains a leading
position In the fur trade,-displaying one
OF the finest stocks ia the N-est,-
while in the line Of pianos and organs he
is headquarters; always carving ali immense
stock of best mikes In this department We are
informed his retail sales equal tlose OF all the
other Chicago dealers combined. Inaddition to
the fur trade and piano business OF Mr. Martin,
he carries Oh IN extensive furniture business
having three immense warcroons, filled with
samples alone. In each Of these three branches
Of trade he has earned reputation for fair DEAL
ing which does him credit.