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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-05
Useful Receipts.
scientific American

70 put durable dark blue on iron or
steel without heat: Apply nitric acid,
and let 1t eat into the iron little; then
the metal will be covered with a thin
film Of oxide. Clean, oil and FURNISH.
Cheap but desirable mucilage: Ma
ceratc five parts of good glue III twenty
parts of water for twenty-four hours,
adding twenty parts of rock candy and
three parts of gum arabic.
70 remove stains from silver or gold
plating: lmmerse for some time in Il
solution Of Oh. cyanide of potassium
to pint of rain water, and brush OIL
with prepared chalk,
lndia-rubber cement: Fill bottle
onc-tenth full of native india-rubber cut
in shreds. Pour in benzola till the bottle
is threc-quarters full. Shake every few
days till tho mixture is as thick rs
honey This dries quickly. 1t is Use
lul to mend rubber shoes, or any other
rubber goods; rs Il water and alright
cement for bottles, simply dipping the
corks in :and for a hundred other pur-
poses.
Fine ink for stencil-marking: Sui
phate of manganese, two parts; lamp
black, one part; sugar, four parts; all in
fine powder and triturated to a paste
with n little water.
To cure squirrel skins, 6r other small
skins, with the fur ON, 50 that the fur
will not fall out; After having cut off
the useless parts, soak the skin, remove
the fatty matter, and soak in warm wa
ter for one hour Mix to thin paste a
half ounce each of boraX, saltpeter and
suIphatc ofsoda. Apply this to the skin
and let the latter stand for tWenty-four
hours. Wash clean; then apply a mix
turc of one ounce sal soda, onc-half
ounce boraN, two ounces hard white
soap melted together without being al
lowed to boil Put away again for
twenty-four hours iG u warm place.
After this dissolve four ounces alum,
eight ounces salt and two ounces saler-
atus in sufficient hot rain water to satu-
rate the skin; then wiring out and hang
it up to dry. When dry repeat the
soaking and driving two or three times,
until the skin i sufficiently soft. Lastly,
smooth the inside with fine sandpaper
and pumicc stone.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-05
Life Illustrated.

1t was in a Summit street dry goods
store, only yesterday, that three women
with eyes glistening, rs they surveyed
the piles Of dress fabrics lying all around
and about them, were holding sort of
consultation over dress pattern which
had struck the fancy of one Of them.
How do you think it will make up"
What are you going to trim it
with %
Are you going to have a polo
naise ?"
Il don't know; would your"
"Well, if | was getting as good dress
as that I'd want it made right
Who are you going to get to fit it for
your
"Oh | hardly know; who do you
think is the best?"
"Don't get Mrs.. She spoiled
that black alapaca of mine SO that it
was hardly fit to be seen"
Eyes; and see how Mrs.-spoiled
my silk. | could Just sit down and cry
every time | look at it."
"Of course | don't know whether it S
true or not, but I've heard say that she
never uses half the trimmings you give
her"
"Well, there's no telling. She dresses
mighty well for a person that amt no
better off than she is"
/" Seems to me if | hadn't any moren
she has | wouldn't be quite so stuck up
and independents"
Did you see that new dress Of Mrs.
q"
Yes, and it don't fit for anything,
The waist it cut too long, and it FUCKERS
across the back, and it's too high in the
neck, and | don't know what all.
"Who made it?'
Guess she made it herself. She's
too stingy to pay for getting anything
decent"
Good for the old thing.
4" I'm glad her dress is spoiled
How many yards do you think I'd
better get?'
81 had twelve in that black ALPACA,
but it was vide stuff
Il hate to have dress skimpcd,
don't you 2
They never look fit to be seen.
"Oh, have you seen Mrs. -- new
stock of hats?'
" No, has she got EN- on?
- Yes, and there's some Of them just
too lovely"
Lets go and see them
I'm waiting fer her to getsomething
later"
And going on in this strain they start
ed for the door, and when the poor
bored to death clerk who had been
standing first on one foot and then on
the other, patiently enduring the mar
tyrdom he is daily objected to asked:
"Shalsl put up pattern oil this
piece for you?'
She scarcely deigned to look around
she answered:
"No, | guess not, don't need dress
now, anyhow, and guess I'll wait until
winter and get something heavier
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-05
Anccd0te Of MOllie Stark'S Husband.

OF the famous General Stark, whose
victory over the Hessians, ut Benning-
ton, W., during the revolution, was
celebrated with much pomp last Au-
gust III that town, the Manchester On.
H.. Union says that his business habits
at home illustrated his energy and Sc
we're vigilance and ability to hold his
own In an emergency Is torciby as did
his conduct in the war
Many incidents are related of the
Generals shrcwdncss and quick wit
1t is said that he very rarely came of
second best ut repartec, SO ready was
he with sharp reply for any occasion.
While ON his farm, in his latter days,
1t is related that one day he walked out
in Il field We're his men were haying.
The worl, was badly done, and the Gen
cral was not slow to notice this fact and
comment upon it. Among the men
was one named Whitaker, who was
frequently the butt for the jokes of his
ielloW-Workmcn The General passed
over the field, and finding spot partic-
uIarly bad, asked sharply:
Who moved that swath ?'
Whittakcr,' said the man nearest
thn General, with Il wink NJ the others.
Passing on, the question came again
and again:
Who moved that swath' and that
oue9"
Whitaker, was the myariablc re-
ply
General Stark made no comment, but
went away. When evening came the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-05

rent value, are not worth more than
quarter of a dollar per pound. Now
this is very low figure, and as no
society can progress where women are
so cheap, it would seem desirable that
Russia should prevail in her struggle
with Turkey, if only for the purpose of
giving eastern women higher value
monetarily as well as morally, in east
ern society
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-12-05

\ man slapped Gath" on the cheek
the other day. and has been wearing
his hand in u sling ever since Boston
Post.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27

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The Republican journal., 1877-12-27
a Romantic Wedding.

IN exceedingly romantic wedding was
solemnized yesterday afternoon in St.
Barnabas's Episcopal Church. The bride
was Mrs. Emma \. Moore Of jackson.
Miss. q pretty and accomplished widow
% or -, and the groom, Mr. John T.
Mayo, young merchant Of Norfolk, Na
who is Il WidOWcr On Saturday morning
last Mrs. Moore arrived in this city and
registered as Il guest 1T Ford's EutaW
Hotel. She appeared to be expecting
some one, and bore a look of disappoint-
mcnt during the morning. After dinner
she requested a few moments c0nversa-
ton in the parlor with Capt w j. Wash,
manager Of tile hotel. The Captain grant
ed her request, Whereupon she confded
to him the romantic story Of her flight
from friends in the extreme South. in
order to marry the man she loved. She
left Jackson, She related, under promise
10 meet in this city Mr. Mayo, who was
to nave l0lned her at the depot She eN-
pected 10 reach the city on Thursday, but
had been delayed by the recent treshet
and was terribly exercised III mind ut the
thought that her intended husband had
returned to Norfolk. She had been Obliged
escape the imrortunitieS of a too ardent
over i'll jackson. She had been engaged
20 the gentleman referred to in Jackson
and intended marrying him, but While at
Saratoga last Summer she met Mr. Mayo,
and both fell desperately in love. She
left the gay watering place pledged to
her new love, ana with the unpleasant
task before her OF breaking the news to
ti4A Al,l @na When informed OF her de-
termination, lover No. | raved, vowed
that she was false, and declared that she
should marry no one bat him. She at
once determined upon her flight, and 10y
4 prcconcerted arrangement with lover
No. > agreed 70 meet him in Baltimore
Capt Wash promised to render her all
the assistance in his power to find the
missing bridegroom elect. Saturday after
noon and Sunday passed away, however
without amy trace of him being discover
ed. and Mrs, Moore, in utter despair and
thoroughly disappointed, resolved to re
turn to her home. Accordingly She left
the hotel yesterday morning, and 1T Cam
den Station, rs She was about stepping
on the 9,-l0 train, the missing and long
looked for lover made his appearance.
EApltilldliollS loiloNeu greetings, ana lue
happy pair returned to the hotel Mr.
Mayo, it appears had arrived in the city
before his eXpectant bride, and had been
constantly on the lookout for her, going
to see the Southern trains on the Bat-
more AMI Ohio. Mrs. Moore had, how
ever, come from Washington over the
Baltimore and Potomac road, and thus
missed him. At 5.::}O O'Clock the bridal
couple stood in front of tine chanccl in St
Barnabas's Church, with only a few friends
o1 the bridegroom and Capt. Wash pres
ent, and We're made one by The Rey. a.
=. Suyker, rector o. the church. The
happy pair We're driven from the church
to the wharf, and took the steamer for
Norfolk thelr tutu"r residence
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27
Roasting Places.

Iaf less attention is paid to providing
suitable roosting places for fowls and
rhchs than is given to Il host Of other
and less important matters corrected
@Ith poultry and poultry houses. We
have seen neat, tasty poultry houses,
which appeared, from an outside view, to
De the most comfortable places fowls could
wish for, yet an inspection OF the inside
revealed the roosts from five to six feet
high, far too high for heavy fowls. In
we oidcn times, when light bodied fowls
We're the 60, it did we'll enough to let
them roost high, especially us the hen
mouse was not carefully closed at night
10 prevent the visits Of predatory rats,
WeaSels and other animals with natural
TeliSll lOl chickens in the rough. Now we
nave IeaVler fowls are more particular
IN regard to the condition of the plumage,
ana take more pains with them, SO these
aerial roostng places can readily be dis
pensed with, a substitute being readily
found in thenOW popular roosting benches,
which can be made with but a small out
lay OF time, labor and money, and are
movable, permitting the fancer to move
them Wherever necessary. These benches
can be made from twelve to sixteen inches
high, and of 2xl inch Stats There is no
regular length for these benches, from
five to six feet being very convenient
size, though if the compartment is not
too wide they can be made to conform to
the width Of the house, being careful to
make them set true on the floor, with wide
spread legs we'll fastened on. Poultry
Journal.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27
The Maiden and the Year.

funny little maiden, who had heard her mother
That in the night, at twelve o'clock. the Old Year
went away
Concluded not to go to sleep. and She PERHAPS
might be
The very first in all the world the baby year to
see
She lad plan out in her mind what would be
best TO do,
And thought she'd try and count the stars that
lined the whole sky through
And that would keep her broad awake for fear of
skipping some
And then. when she had finished quite the little
year might come
She watched them twinkling as they shone thro'
window near her bed
And wondered how Gods arms could reach TO
light them all oerhead
And If the moon their mother was and when she
went away.
II some of them tthe tiniest were not afraid to
stay.
1t tired her head to count ana count and See so
many there.
The while she listened breathlessly tor voices in
the air:
But not a sound disturbed the nirhl. no ppioDs
hoated By.
Aud yet how strange it was So still y the glad
New Year was nigh
"uood night dear year. the darling said 70 han
py year good night
think I'll close my ewes lust once, 10 rest them
for the light.
And then-f some breathed sigh 50 softly
sleeping here
Perhaps it was the little maid perhaps It wa. the
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27
Successful Breeding.

a correspondent of an exchange writes :.
"kXpemence has taught me never to raise
a can, no matter how good the dam. IN
less sired by thoroughbred. Here is
Uhe Whole secret OF successful breeding in
a nutshell. A calf sired by a bull of GOOD
miii(in9 stock. but of 40 particular blood,
whose pedigree cannot be traced to sires
VINO nave transmitted their good qualities
through several generations, may, and
often does make good COW: but if sired
by thoroughbred bull Of good milking
STOCK the chances of failure are reduced
TO a very low rate, and can only be
further reduced by using a thoroughbred
COW OF the same stock. Thoroughbred
stock seldom, if ever, fail to perpetuate
thelr own qualities, and common stock
often DO it but in the latter case it is
only chance work, and vet we know there
are those who will still continue to raise
calves OF common stock, when at an in
creased expense OF less than five dollars
pc! animal they might have had good
mixing ancestors on at least one side.
Inc dalWman who expects to build up
tifSt-class dairy by raising the cows can
hardly make better Investment than in
q male from noted milking stock the
expense, when it is divided among the
product. makes very small amount to
each one, but the aggregate result is
large.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27
Farm, Garden and Household,
Kicking Cows

IL hot untrequentIy happens that the
very best mixer in the dairv-hcrd is Sent
10 me butcher on account of her liciols
Ntklhg or uneasy stepping about while
beng MIXED, Owners find such animal,
800 troublesome, and in despair of cnIin(5
HE habit prefer to gct iid of them soma
helIefS are sald to inherit the habit, but
II Is oitener acquired through the bad
treatment received at the hands Of their
f3Ie-takerS Prevention in this case is
Alfh better than cure, ana heifer should
become accustomed to being handled lon@
eiofe haVlng her first calf. and especiai-
y lust before the event Pet animals have
n9 Such idult, and the law of kindness *
l1Ntl more productive Of good results
nan III the ease OF milk COWS. 4 rouob
brutal man should never be enplovnd in
tlr care oI dairy stock. But. snnnosjno
-he habit to be formed. how can If he
cured A Vermont correspondent of the
Ne" ork Tribune recommends buckIino
1uIsllgle tight about the body lust for
"dld ol tle uddeT The principle. prob
ihIE, is that the muscles used in zjckino
aIt 80 halnpeIed that the animal finds #
easier 10 stand still. The correspondent
avs ID mas never failed with him. We
~" (he same thing recommended few
Years ago and pat it in practice with =
hfer- ytar-old heiler we had lust houoht
Nuh us 1t was not d success far from if
A" beast Nd> terrified beyond measure
.he un"'n'eu pressure, and in her
.i04gles TO Tree herself got cast, and COW.
-al, milk pail and principle brought uD
HIS same &enr'ai ruin. much better
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27
How Rubber Boors are Made

HE gum used is imported direct from
France, South ard Cert America that
from Central America being the best,
While the African gum is the poorest
The raw gum, which is nearly white, is
ground several times between immense
tiutcd iron rollers after which it passes
through the composition room, which pro
cess is that Of passing the rubber be
tween chilled iron cylinders, OF many tons
weight, which are kept very hot and very
smooth. A part Of the rubber intended
for ''uppers' is here spread upon and
fastened to long sheets of cloth The
heels and taps are stamped out Of sheets
Of gum of the required thickness. The
rubber cloth is now carried to the cutters
room, where it is cut out and sent to the
bo0t-maters.
The boots are made by men. the shoes
or ordinary rubbers by girls. while the
oyer-shoes are made by either One man
will make twelve or fourteen pairs of
boots day, and receive twenty cents a
pair. After the boot-maker is through
they are placed in an oven whore for
twelve hours they are subjected tG Il tenn
perature of 900. They are then ready for
boxing and shipping. lnone factory about
four thousand pairs Of boots, rubbers and
oVershoes are turned out daily.
Crocllford, who kept the celebrated st.
James gambling hell in London, which
bore his name, died about 1910, worth
S3,5OO,OO Apprehensions as to the re-
suit OF his fate in the coming Derby were
supposed to have fastened his end He
began life us a fish -monger near Temple
Bar, about 1902 began to bet at New
market and in 1927 built his gambling
house which was called a club. Yelling
ton, Talleyrand, Esterhazy and Count
DOrsay were among its members, and
the mode Of procedure was for the mem
bers to play against the proprietor, who
kept small "bank." Some members
merely joined for the company and the
cookery, presided over first by Ude, who
was succeeded by Francatelli. CrOckfords
has undergone great number of changes
since its original owner gave it up. Ill
luck has attended every subsequent pro-
prietor 1t is now tenanted by what is
known as the Devonshire Club.
''What is your chief consolation in life 2"
asked a pastor of a young lady in his
Bible class. The young lady blushed and
hesitated, but on the question being re-
peated, the ingenious maiden said: 'I
don't like to tell you his name, but |
have no objection to telling you where he
lives"
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27

some species OF dried herb, which sent
out strong aromatic odor as it burned.
| This herb he was holding directly under
Dicks nostrils, who now perceived to my
horror, was wrapped in profound slumber.
The smoke 0f this mysterious herb ap-
| peared to deprive him of all conscious
ness, tor he rolled gently off of the pine
| log, and lay stretched upon the floor
The halt-breed now stole to the door
and opened it gently. Three sinister
| heads peered in out Of the gloom | saw
the long barrels of rifles and the huge
brawny hands that clasped them. The
halt-breed pointed significantly to where
| lay with his long bony finger then draw
ing a large thirsty looking knife from his
breast, moved toward me. ~The time was
come. Ny blood stopped my heart ceased
to bear. The half breed was within foot
Of my bed the knife was raised another
instant and it would have been buried in
my heart when with a hand as cold as
Ice, lifted my revolver took deadly aim
and fred
\ stunning report, q dull groan, huge
cloud OF smoke curling around me, and
found myself standing upright With a
dark mass lying at my feet.
Great God. What have YOU done,
slr - cried the half breed rushing toward
me- 'lou have killed him. He was lust
about to wake YOU"
staggered against the wall. My senses,
until then immersed in sleep, suddenly re
covered their activity The trightlul truth
burst upon me in a flash. had shot Dick
Linton while under the influence Of a
nightmare Then everything seemed to
| fade away, and remembered no more.
There was trial, believe The law
yers We're learned, and proved IN phys-
clans tlat ii was a ease If what is called
somnolentia or sleep drunkenness. one
form haunted me, lying black and heavy
on the hat floor; and one pale face was
ever present face | SAW once after the
terrible catastrophe ana never saw again
the wild, despairing face of Bertha Lin
ton. my promised bride
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27

WEBSrERs BENEvuLENcE. While Mr. Web
Ster was living at Portsmouth he had occasion one
night to be out about the small hours" Ii was
an intensely cold clear moonlight night in l,rccm
ber; the ground thickly spread with snow.
and the streets were quite deserted. As he was
proceeding homeward he observed woman ut
some distance in front of him and from the late
ness of the hour the inclcmcncy Of the weather,
and her peculiar movements. his attention was at
tracted to her She would tro little way,
then stop and look back and listen, and then walk
on again Mr.. Webster, keeping himself ont of
sight atteutivcly observed her movements. She
going the way that he was and, On
coming to the street that turned toward his own
residence she stopped again looked cautiously
around for a moment and then went down the
street Mr.. Websters house stood with its gable
end toward the street from his front doorstep to
the sidewalk he had caused to be laid some loose
boards over the snow. At his gate the woman
paused for a moment looked around again, aud
quickly picked up one OF the boards put it under
her arm, and made off. Mr.. Webster continued
carefully to follow. The poor woman hurried aS
fast as she could with her burden to distant part
of the town, and coming to a small and ruinous
wooden tenement entered and closed the door
The next day she received. to her surprise it may
be supposed, cord of wood Peter Harveys
Memoirs of Webster
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27

One of our young men who visited
Europe a short time since stepped ashore
at Liverpool with a beard the growth of
the VOYAGE, long hair and looking and
feeling decidedly rusty generally, He at
once repaired to the nearest barber shop,
and having entered, said to the native
artist in charge, 81 want You to shave
me, cut my hair, brush me up and make
a good-looking man Of me- The barber
looked the young man over for moment
and very deliberately remarked, eli can
shave thee, and hi can cut thy air, and
brush thee hup, but the Lord H'almlghty
himself can't make good looking man OF
thee" {Willimantic Journal
There is a singular contest going on in
a Hartford family, where a sixty years old
father and his twenty years old son
are both courting the adopted daughter
and sister. The girl is in strait betwXt
the two; the young man is Of age and
suits her, but he can't support wife,
while the old gentleman has plenty Of
money, and she also owes him gratitude
for taking her from a life of poverty.
Meanwhile both parties urge their suits
openly and vigorously.
The Republican journal., 1877-12-27

Frank Buck, Esq, OF Orland, has been
qultc extensively engaged in raising blood
stock during the past few years His
faYorltes are the Ayrshires, and he has
now some fine animals on his farm, He
has been very careful in his selections
and claims To have excellent milk stock.
He lately sold his bull 'Humpsar to the
State College ut Orono. This animal is
said TO be one of the best in the State.
He presented the fine bull "Ralph~ TO the
Stato Reform School last spring. Good
stock should be encouraged, and we have
much that is poor Ellsworth American