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Offer the following farms and town proper
ty for SALE
No. l.

The Morford farm, eight miles west Of
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acres, 400 acres cleared, balance well tim
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all necessary Out-houses, barn, etc., well
watered, and one of the best sheep farms in
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ed good frame house; desirable fornl
Price and terms on application.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
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Handling and Curing Tobacco.

AS SOundneSS Is one OF Inc important
elements of quality in leaf tobacco,
great caution must be exercised by the
grower to prevent mutilation and bruis.
ing of plants in handling them. have
seen many otherwise good sound crops
seriously impaired by careless hand
ling while harvesting the crop. Another
essential is a good curing barn. In all
the tobacco growing sections Of the
North we find crops OF tobacco hum to
cure in all manner of buildings, includ
ing lighthouses and COW barns, and |
have no doubt that this fact is the cause
of great deal of poor tobacco. Some
times tobacco cures down we'll in barns
made for other purposes, but it is the
exception rather than the rule.
There are many facts relating to the
curing of tobacco that are not under.
stood, but it is we'll known that GER
tain amount of moisture in the air and
proper ventilation at times are neces-
sary for proper curing. A building for
curing tobacco should be arranged 80
as to be under the control OF the grower
as REGARDS ventilation. Too rapid dry
ing is injurious, and too slow curing is
ruinous to the crop. The building
should be without a floor, unless there
is CELLAR underneath, and doors
through which the moisture from the
soil below could pass to the tobacco
above. Full ventilation must be given
when the atmosphere is hot and damp,
or "pole rot" will occur. Another es-
senti4l consists in the exercise of proper
care and skill in preparing the crop for
market. Carelessness in this part Z
the work tells severely upon the salabe
qualities Of the crop. A very good crop
may be made to appear very badly by
iDjudicious, careless handling, and a
poor crop may be amazingly improved
IN appearance by skill and painstaking
in asserting the leaves and packing
them in cases.
The large amount of labor necessary
for the proper care of few acres of
tobacco, often causes damage to a crop
from reason Of insufficient help to per
form the work IN season. A person
VINO attempts to raise large crop of
tobacco should measure his strength
and know the amount of labor he will
require. Better attend to few acres
well than to expend the same labor on
an acreage too great for the amount Of
capital and labor to be used. The ten
or of this article is not to cause dis
couragement to any one who may con.
template tobacco growing. However,
if any farmer inexperienced in this
line Of farming Is led to believe from
reading the article that tobacco grow.
ing is a skillful, difficult art, it is well.
1t IS q difficult task to produce a crop
OF good cigar-wrapping tobacco. and it
is well for the beginner to have COM
prehensive idea of the extent of the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

COMBINED effort, practiced with sys
tenn and business energy, could not
fail to excite emulation and prove
beneficial to men of q neigh bOrh9od
or country. Rubbing together and
comparing notes will bring men of
medium intelligence, in quite degree,
up to the standard of the higher class
of minds. Combinations of every
kind, made with view of fixing priceG
upon what farmers buy, aim to make
the farmer pay the highest possible
price for such goods as are controlled
in whole or in part by those who form
the com bination. In this way cur
rent is formed SO strong that no man
single handed can row against it.
The producer CT the necessaries Of
life is placed at great disadvantage,
as compared to manufacturers, who
themselves settle all questions as to the
selling prices of their products. While,
of course, supply and demand are in
separately linked together, still there
are many ways in which the interests
of the farmer and stock grower can be
advanced by the united action of lead
ing minds Of neie hborhood or county.
Men in a given county or district. who
are engaged in growing live stock, can
materially advance their interests by
meeting for an interchange OF views
and exchanging and selling breeding
ANIMALS to each other. Many an ex-
cellent male animal has been consign-
ed to the slaughter pen merely for the
want of an opportunity to dispose OF
him to some one who was looking for
iust such an animal. In these oppor-
tunities to sell and exchange live stock /,
the giving of information as to where
exchanges or purchases can be advan-
tageously made, the making joint ar
rangements for Opposing OF the accu'
mulated fat stock CT neighborhood,
deputzing some one acquainted with
the markets and accustomed to sell to
go forward with the shipment, lie some
of the advantages that would accrue
to farmers if they would generally
form clubs for the purposes indicated.
Live Stock Journal, Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
horticultural Items.

The artichoke may be propagated by
seed or Offset suckers, separated in the
spring. When raised from the seed let
them be sown early in the spring, say
a. the time of the towering of the
peach, in drills foot apart and four
inches apart in the drills. The next
spring transplant to permanent beds in
hills three feet apart each way, with
three plants to hill. 1t requires a
deep rich loan, Astounding in moisture
AID may be protected in winter by
covering with litter OF earth.
Ia planting asparagus the following
directions will secure q satisfactory re-
suit: Soak the seed for twenty four
hours in tepid water and SOW early in
the spling, in lows q foot apart, and
clean by frequent wedding and hoeing.
At one or two years old transplant 10
permanent beds. The ground SD ould
be trenched or dug over, two feet deep,
burying plenty of manure, decay e.
caves, leaf mold, rock weed or kelp,
when it can be mad, and mixing it thor
ougt ly with the soil. Lay out the beds
four and q half feet wide, and draw
three drills fourteen inches apart and
six inches deep, lengthwi,e of each bed
place the roots in them, foot apart,
in their natural position, and cover four
inches deep. A rich sandy loan is
most suitable.
The following is the manner most
commonly adopted in Canada for stor-
ing winter apples. A special cellar.
not connected vi h the common eel.
lar, is sunk deep, lined with straw and
mortar, and rises only three in ches
above the surface, where there ia a
small window. The cover of the ce liar
is double, and filed with moss or aw.
dust, over which is roof. The bar
relied apples are placed in the ce liar
Just before severe frost, through trap
door, which is then closed and pack ed .
The fruit Is taken out at intervals d ur.
ing mild days in winter, for market or
for other use. In all cases fruit roo m
should be entirely separated from 9th er
apartments.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

The Hanlan- Kennedy Race.

The race to take place May sc at the
Point of Pines, near Boston, between
Hanlan and Kennedy, will be one of
the most exciting and remarkable in
the history of American aquatics.
Kennedy, the man who has dared to
challenge the great champion, is a
comparatively new man is professional
sporting, as he has pulled hitherto only
in college and amateur contests. He
is a graduate of the Sheffield Scieaiifc
SEX DOL at Yale, and was an exception
to the usual rule that college sport
ing man is a poor student. Kennedy
was "dig" as well as an oarsman, and
when he graduated delivered a capital
thesis on new rowlock invented and
patented by himself. This thesis he
| illustrated by elaborate diagrams, giving
| the finest and most scientific geometri-
cal merits of his idea. He is magnifi-
cent specimen of physical manhood,
standing six feet Two in his bare feet,
and carrying a ton of strength ID his
broad, thick shoulders. Both Hanlan
and Kennedy are in Washington now.
Edward Hanlan is hard at work, snd
during the past two days has been out
on the Potomace, both morning and
afternoon. He pulls twelve miles
daily, and walks the same distance.
He evidently feels that he has hard
LOB on his hands, and he IS taking
more exercise than mis- competitor.
Since he began rowing, he has rednced
himself six pounds. and is again getting
into his old form. He left Toronto by
advice of his riends, because he could
get no rowing there, and went south.
His new boat has arrived from Canada,
and he Is practicing in it. Kennedy
has not yet settled down to hard work ,
for the reason that he has not received
his boats. He is waiting for them
anxiously, as he does not like the idea
of Haulan getting more exercise than
be. Davis, Of Portland, Me-, will JOIN
Kennedy in few weeks and will look
after him. Hanlan is strongly tempt
ed to go to Boston and finish his tram
ing on the Charles river, but he has
been influenced by friends not to at
tempt such thing, for the present at
least. The race with Kennedy Is a
"play or pay" event, and Hanlan's
Canadian friends do not wish MIN TO
take any unnecessary risk. " can
train myself and rig my own boats, y
says Hanlan. He scouts the idea that
the race is not for honor" and init
mates that all believers in Kennedy
who desire to back their belief with
money will be accommodated on race
day by Hanlan's Canadian friends.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

| shall put crew on this boat and take
her down the river again. Do you
hear :"
One OF the passengers looked long
ingly towards the gang. plank.
''I'm watching you" said Donnelly.
Gust make a run for that if you think
you can go faster than bullet"
Look here, officer" said the cap
tain, who had somewhat recovered his
composure, "you are armed and have
the advantage, otherwise you would
find it a serious matter to iHterfere
with us. l see you know all, and we
understand one another. Now let Us
talk like business men. You are pro-
badly a comparatively poor man. We
have forty thousand dollars here in
this boiler; take ten thousand, go your
way and keep silent"
"No, sir" said the detective, emphat-
ically. 81 wouldn't let you go for the
whole sum. Do as | ordered you or I'll
commence shooting"
Seeing that ne was not to be trified
with, the captain and the TWO passen-
gers who, of course, were simply a
couple of polished burglars), proceeded
to replace the iron plate, under the
sharp supervision of the detective, who
warned them that they had better do it
right, as they must remain in custody
on board the "Water Lily" during her
trip down the river, and would have to
risk the consequences if they sighted
their work. When the task was done
he escorted them up into the cabin,
and carefully locked them up ia separ-
ate staterooms.
The dawn of day saw the steamboat
backed out from the levee. With a
fresh crew, hastily summoned by the
bold little detective, she went flying
down the river, ard by midday was
fast once more to tie levee she mad left
on the previous afternoon.
A messenger was speedily sent 10
i the chiefs office and to the bank; and
once mere the steam was blown of,
the fires put out and the man-hole
opened. Then were taken from the
boiler the bags of stolen coin, which
were restored to their owners.
The sequel showed that the two pas
sengers with the carpet-bags, VIII i
we're couple of the most accom-
plished burglars of the day, had, after
robbing the bank, bribed the captain
of the "Water Lily" to conceal the
plumber in one of the boilers, where
no one would ever have dreamed OF
looking for it, and to start up the river
with them, without waiting for cargo
His reward was to have been one-tourth
of the money.
Little Donnelly who received the re-
ward of eight thousand dollars from
the bank, was no longer u subject fol
sport, nor "a newer of wood and q
drawer of water" in the police office
He had gone from the bottom to the
top in one jump, and for years after
ward he enjoyed the distinction of be
ing the keenest detective in the south
west. So much for stitching to the
scent and "shsdowipg" the water
Lily"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

task. The day has surely past
when any tobacco will sell in the
North. Quality is now the only thing
considered in relation to the value of a
crop, and TO produce good quality
must be the aim of every tobacco rails
err who desires profit from his work.
1t is not so much the lack OF skill as it
is the lack of thoroughness that causes
30 many failures among tobacco grow
ers. The rules and directions for max
ing a crop may be readily learned from
others, and if due energy and interest
lis devoted to the work, there need be
little fear OF failure to raise a good crop
of tobacco, provided, of course, the
proper requirements are at hand
Conntry Gentleman.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

ness from the ground, as it surely will,
often spelling couple of feet Of the
bottom STACK. The top should be old
hay also, as clover does not turn rain,
and the stack will be very much dam
aged if not well protected on the top.
The shape of stack of clover, or in
deed any other crop, has much to do
with keeping it from damage. Msny
farmers make stack regular cone
from bottom to top. A stack to be
properly built should be egg.shaped,
whether the bottom is large or small
size. The bulge in the stack should be
about six feet from the bottom and
tapered regularly to the top, and be
made about sixteen feet high. II thus
made the lower part and bulk of the
stack is protected by the bulge or wide
part. After finishing, rake down well,
and stack, if properly and solidly put
up, will keep good for two or three
years. But, after all, it is best to have
barn to secure all crops. A cone
shaped stack is exposed from pit to
dome to destruction, and often is near
ly or quite ruined if long left to the ele'
ments.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
What Kills.

In the school as in the world tar
more rust out than wear out. Study is
most tedious and wearisome to these
who study least. Drones always have
the toughest time. Grumblers make
poor scholars, aud their lessons are
uniformly hard" and ''too long" Toe
time and thought expended in shirking
would be ample to master their tasks.
81 9th, commanding and worry kills
thousands, where over-study harms
one. The curse Of Heaven rests on
laziness and gluttony. By the very
constitution of our being they are fitted
to heget tnat torpor and dependency
which chill the blood, deaden the
nerves, enfeeble the muscles and de-
range the whole vital machinery.
Fretting, fidgeting, eunui, and anxiety
are among the most common causes OF
disease. Ga the other hand, high as
pirations and enthusiasm help diges-
ton and respiration, and send an IN
crease supply of vital energy to all
parts of the body. Courage and work
invigorate the whole system, and lift
one into purer atmosphere, aeove
the region of contagion. The lazy
grOan most over their "srduous
duties" while earnest workers talk
little about the exhaustipg labors OF
their profession. OF all creatures the
sloth would seem to he the most wor-
ried and worn.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
HEARTS EASE.


Of all the bonny buds that blow
In bright or cloudy weather,
OF all the flowers that come and 90
The whole twelve months toget her,
This little purple pansy brings
Thoughts Of the sweetest soddest things
| had little lover once
Who used 70 give me posiesi
His eyes we're blue as hyacnths,
His lips we're red as roses,
And every body loved To praise
His pretty looks and winsoms ways
The girls that went to school with me
Made little jealous speeches,
Because he brought me loyalty
His biggest plums and peaches,
And always at the door would wait
To carry home my books and slate.
"Thcy couldn't see " with pout and fling,
THE mighty fascination
About hat little snub nosed thing
TOWN such admiration,
As il there weren't a dozen girls
With licer eyes and longer eurls.
And this know as wei as they
And never could see clearly
Why more than Marion or May
i should be- loved 50 dearly
So once | asked him why WAS this
He only answered with a kiss.
Until leased hin-"Tell me Why
! want to know the reason,
when from the garden bed close by
1.-THE pansies were in season.
He plucked and gave flower to me
With sweet and simple gravity.
1.-THE garden is in bloom, he said,
With lilies pale and slender,
With roses and verbenas red,
And fuschias purple splendor,
But over and above the rest
This little hearts ease suits roe best"
"Am your little hearts ease theup
| asked with blushing pleasure
He answered yes, and yes again.
Heart's-ease and dearest treasure
That the round world and all the sea
Held nothing half so sweet as me''
listened with proud delight,
Too rare for words TO capture,
Nor ever dreamed what sudden blight
Would come 20 chill my rapture
Could foresee the tender bloom.
OF pansics round a little tomb
Life holds some stern experience,
AZ most Of US discover
And I've had other losses since
| lost my li.tle lover;
But still this purple pansy brings
Thoughts Of saddest, sweetest things.
MANY Il BRADLEY
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
Flowers in Potatoes.

A gentleman from Utica in Louis
Vile. who wished to send some beauti
full flower buds to his wife, was at loss
how to do so. A h1ris- friend said he
would fix them. He cut q potato into
two pieces and bored holes into them,
into which he inserted the stems OF the
buds, and placed them into box with
cotton to support them. A letter from
the recipient acknowledged the re.
membrance, and said that the buds had
developed into full-blown flowers,
There is sufficient moisture in q good
sized potato to support flower for two
weeks in moderately cool tempera-
tu1e. Flowers from bouquets or baskets
may be preserved in the same way.
The potatoes can be hidden by leaves
or MOSES.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
CLOVER FOR SEED

Cut the second crop of clover for
seed as soon as the majority of the heads
turn brown, ana before the little pods
containing the seed fall off. Cut with
q mower and rake into small winrows.
Should one or two showers OF rain fall
upon it, all the better. When the Glow
er is not quite dry enough to skater
out easily, rake it up into little bunch
es and let them stand few days, and
then stack and protect from rain. Lat
er, and when perfectly dry, thresh.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

P. r. Barnum, James L. Hutchinson
and j. A. Bailey. and James Elliott,
the father of the f liott children, whose
performance on the unicycles and by
cycles has drawn the attention OF the
New York socioty for the prevention
of cruelty to children, have been ar
rested and held for trial on $500 bail
each.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

LAST fall, farmer by the name of
Rlup, living near Turbutville, Pa.
built a stack of straw in his yard which
was remarkable for nothing at all, but
was like every other stack Ill the
vicinity. All Mr.. Raup's neigh bors,
however, are now looking at it with
great interest, for young pig which
disappeared at the time it was built
has just crawled out from under it in
a condition of thinness and feebleness
positively shocking to contem p late.
The animals frame has grown rs fast
as if 1t had enjoyed the monopoly OF
reeking trough, but as for flesh it has
none.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
The Clover Leaf.
From the Farmers' Ftiend.


There is nothing SO characteristic of
Am erican farming as the use of red
clover. Much has been said 10 it's
praise, but its real value is not appre-
ciated by too many OF our farmer
Ia general telms we may say that TN
use or non use of red clover will dis
tinguish between good and bad far M
ing. Not only is 1t n sapper and miner
to explore the hidden resources of our
subsoil, but its trifolate leaf forever
CLEANS the viewless fields of air for in
visible organic ministries of growth.
CLOVER AS A RENovAToR OF SOILS.
There are many seeming anomalies
in agricultural practice. Thus clover
does not follow itself well for a series
of years, and yet it is an excellent crop
for the good influence it has over the
crop tina. follows. 1t is counted a
renovatiDg crop, but by itself It is GER
tainly exhsustiug to the soil 1t must
not be overlooked that there is as much
of the clover plant below as above the
ground. The amount of nitrogen in
the roots and stubble amounts 10 over
Olt nuiultu pOuuuos LUIS Is enough
to feed wheat crop abundSntly,
and were it all available, it woald
be enough for two wheat crops
The clover has not changed all this
large amount of nitrogen from the free
to the combined state, but being deep
feeder has been able through q long
season to gather it into its longer roots.
These roots when turned by the pillow
soon deoompose and yield supply of
nitrogen in soluble form at Just the
time when the wheat crop most needs
it, and in that way the clover crop is
an excellent preparation for a cereal
The former grows throughout the
whole season and grasps on all the
nitrates tina. form, while the wheat
plant finishes its growth before the
time in the season when the decompo-
sition Of organic matter in the soil is
most active There is comparatively
| but little of the nitrates washed out Of
the soil that is growing crop Of clover,
while on the wheat stubble, or q bare
fallow, it may be considerable. The
value OF clover in rotation is evident
from what has been said; it acts as a
trap and a scaveuger for the nitrates
that are so inclined to set out OF the
soil. The clover leaf might we'll be
taken rs the emblem of agricultural
| prosperity,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12

Col. A. d. Sreight, who led the band
OF union officers, which in 1864 tun-
Lel5d out of the Libby Prison, as
been spending two or three days in
Richmond, Va, visiting the localities
where he was secreted seven days
after his escape, and the Brooks road,
over which he started for the journey
home.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-12
STACKING cInyER

In stacking clover, if convenient, the
bottom of the stack should be covered
with old hay or straw about a foot deep
to keep the clover from gathering damp