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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01
THE FORTY.sEvENTH CONGRESS-
TUESDAY FEE 20.

Senate The house bill for extending the
time Of filing Alabama claims passed with
amendment.
Consideration Of the tariff bill was ;iien
resumed, and at half past nine passed as
amended, by yste Of 40 to 49,
A large number of amendments were
withdrawn.
Sem Harris oGered substitute for the
tariff portion of the Ill providing for a
discount of 10 per cent. from existing
rates of duty after july l, 1888, and an
additional discount of 10 per cent. after
july l, 1884 Lost--ayes Is noes 40.
Upon the passage of the bill the vote
was as follows
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

CHioAso, Feb. 27.-Four- Firm and unchanr-
ed. Wheat Demand active; unsettled; regular
lO9AGlO9H for seller February: 1.IOK a1l03<
fer seller March; 11I%6LIlst for seller April;
lI5% a l5% for sellorMay; No. 2. Chicago
spring LosA; No. Chicago spring, 93H; No;
red winter, L13. Corn-Demand active; I'M
settled; 57& a57% for seller cash and Fsbru-
airy; 57ha57ss for seller March; 5Sa5ss for
seller April 62b G62l4 for seller May; 6Iz.
for seller jane 62h for seller July. oats-Quiet
steady; 39A G39's for seller cash; S9s. for SELL
er February 39% d39I for seller March; 40
for seller April 49Sal2h for seller May;
~ for seller June; a = for seller July, Rye
Quiet; 56. Barley Dull and nominal, 81. Flax
Seed -Firmer;l,3l on track. Dressed Hoes-In
fair demand light 80; heavy 7.7Oa675. Pork
Higher; lS.2Odls.25 for seller cash and Feb
ruary lS27hG 1880 for seller March; ls.471
als.5o for seller April ls65aIs.C7h for SELL
er May; lST7ha 1850 for seller June; is. 30
GlS.9j for seller July. Lard Higher; ll.50 for
seller cash and February; 1l.52kall55 for sell
err March; l167A all.7Ofor seller April; 1852;
dl1.Sj for seller May 1lSjal1 SIX for seller
June; 1890 l192A for seller July.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

Astonishing stories are told Of an
animal, supposed to be panther es.
capped from Il menagerie, that is ravag-
ING Vermont. A Woodstock farmers
bsrn-yard has on one side stone wall
ten feet high, Thepanther came down
on this yard the other night, seized a
pounG steer and spraug with it over
the high wall. 1t happened, however.
that the brute's prey was tied by -
strong rope to a mate, and this second
steer, hurled against the wall and taken
from its feet, completely checked the
panther's progress. The farmer, arous.
ed by the oommotion, sprang from bed,
lighted bis lantern, hurried to the barn
yard, and found his two steers hanging
clothes-pin fashion over the wall, both
dead. The painters tracks in the
snow explained all, and now one more
neighborhood, with dogs and guns, is
ont after this lerrible beast.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01
Singular Valentine story.
Racine Journal

A singular incident is told by one of
cur citizens, man whose honesty we
can yeuch for. Ten years ago st. Val.
eutine's night, a married man of this
city met q woman at the house of "a
friend not far from Main street. to ne
gotiate matrimony, provided the man
could dispose of his wife. This he sue
ceeded in doing, and this last ST. Valen.
tines night, il being ten years, the
same parties met again in council. It
was to see how they could obtain a d.
vorce. Such is life ia Racine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

A TERRIBLE disaster befell a Catholic
school in New York yesterday after
noon. An alarm of fire caused panic
among the 700 children who were in
the building, aud in the frantic STAN
pede that ensued many were precipi-
lated over . broken side-railing to the
floor below Sixteen were killed, and
many others were more or less serious
ly injured.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

THE death of BIr. samuel J. MediN,
the managing editor Of the Chicago
Tribune, takes from Western Journal
ism one Of its most energetic workers,
and the sadness Of the event ID deep
ened by the fact that he was sill in
the prime of middle-life, being only
42 years Of age, and that he leaves a
young wife to whom he had been mar
ried less than three years. He was
a youngerlorother Of the Hon. Joseph
Medill, the editor-in-ohief of the Tri-
bune, and had for eight years been mis-
efficient co-worker. The disease Of
which he died was consumption.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

IT is now known that the number Of
lives lost in the recent Bfaiuwood coal
mine disaster is eighty-one. The num-
Der of widows is fifty, and the number
of children rendered fatherless is about
a hundred. Liberal relief is Driving
from Chicago and elsewhere, and an
emergency bill has baen introduced
in the legislature, appfoprlaJing &c.
600.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

The President has sent to the Senate
the names of Dorman b. Eaton, of
Connecticut; DR.. jobs NJ. Gregory, Of
Illinois; and Leroy d. Thoman, Of
Ohio, for Commissioners under the
Civil Service Reform act lately passed
by Congress.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01
Humbugged Again.

saw 50 much said about the merits o. Hop
Bitters, and my wife who was always doctoring,
and never well leased me 80 urgently TO get her
some, ! concluded to be humbugged again; aud
I an glad l did. for in less than two mon tn use
of Hop Btters, my wife was cured an she has
remained so for eighteen months since. ike such
humbuggiHg. II. T., St. Paul.-Pioneer Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

THE city Of Shawnee.own, ILL.,, on
the Ohio river, is completely flooded.
AT Cairo, at last advices, the citizens
we're successfully fighting the threaten
cd overflow. The unfortunate village
of Llwrenc9burg, Ind, is in great part
a ruin in consequence of the food
which has covered it for over a week.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

Tue estate Of the late Edwin D..
Morgan, of New York, is estim ated at
100000 His will gives his widow
100000 in bulk and the income from
100000. Personal legacIes amount
to 1926 200, and bequests to charities
over $795 600 The income of the res
idue of the estate goes to grandson
bearing the same name.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

4 big handed sawyer named Shaw,
Put his finger too near the bu2z-saw,
He saw his mistake,
But each pain and ache,
81. Jacobs Oil cured in his paw.
A rheumatic old lan named Meeker
Was sick whole year in Topeeker,
Tie there would have died.
But 81. Jacobs Oil tried,
1t sent him back cured 10 0sweeger
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN,

SCRUTINY of the river and harbor APP
preparation bill for the next fiscal year,
now pending in congress, dislcoses a
nnmber of frauds similar to those con-
tanned in the bill for the current tiscal
wear for the same purpose, passed last
summer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

Mrs. Izlnia Leland Chamberlain. of
Brooklyn, has given $4,000 to Leland
University, q Baptist institute at New
0Lesas, for the education of colored
men and women.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01
From the Capital.

SECRETARY FeIeER il confined to his
bed wish Malarial chills.
SENATOR NAS WYcK is endeay ring 10
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-03-01

l. 7. Cans.
Chief Clerk Assembly.
THURsDAY, Feb. -.
S.aate-The bills passed were as follows:
to appropriate 300 to the Ia Fayette
agricultural society assembly bin; rea-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01
Making and Keeping Sweet Older.

October and November, according to the
climate, or when light autumn frosts are &C.
curing and the fruit is in all the perfection
of its ripeness, is the time to make prime
article of cider, says the Boston Transcript.
Cider from late apples is Of better quality
and possesses more body than that from
early apples. 1t will also keep much long
err. Cider varies in character, not only with
the season of the year at which it is made,
but with the quality of the apple. The best
cider is made from apples which are some
what astringent in the properties Of flesh
and juice-apples the juice Of which contains
the largest per cent. of alcohol. The strong
est cider comes, as a rule, from apples
which contain the least amount of juice.
The Hessian, Garfield, Virginia and other
of the crab varieties are chiefly esteemed as
cider apples; so are the russell and pippin
varieties, while small round apples of almost
all sorts make fairly good article.
The opinion sgeneral that the best cider
that reaches the larger markets is made at
steam mills, where the fruit is crushed in
large bulk. Cider made in large press,
other things being equal. keeps better than
that made in small hand press. A richer,
fuller favored and better colored beverage
is obtained when the promice is allowed to
remain in the vat few hours and turned
occasionally to induce fermentation before
the juice is expressed.
The color of the juice is influenced by the
management of the pulp. Different var
ieties of apples impart different favors, but
from any one kind two distinct varieties of
cider may be procured-the one by express
sing the juice before any change of color
occurs from exposure of the pomice TO the
atmosphere and the other after this exposure.
In making what is called champagne cider,
therefore. when a light colored liquor is
desired the juice is pressed from the pomice
Immediately after grinding the latter. Pro-
fessional cider-makers employ cider cloth
for the press.
The best barrels for storing cider are
whisky or brandy barrels. When these
cannot be obtained great care should be OBJ
served to thoroughly cleanse with lime or
wood ashes and water the barrels TO be used.
In addition to this cleansing il is best to flu
migate with matches of rolled birthstone
dropped into the barrel, afterward rinsing
the barrel with hot water and draining it
dry.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01
Keep the Buildings Painted.

The manufacturers Of paint keep almost
every description prepared ready for use,
and in suitable cans 10 be transported. with
such brushes as MAY be needed for domestic
purposes. Some Of the paints, which would
answer very well for outside work, can he
purchased a very moderate prices. Hence
there is no reason that there should be found
among farm dwellings and ou,-houses so
many Of them going to decay for want of
little paint, which the owner or his BOYS
could readily apply without difficulty, thus
not only adding to the general appearance
Of the buildings. but greatly tending to their
preservation. In comparison with tins the
cost of the paint and labor is mere triae,
and not worth counting. 1t is the wood
work on the outside of the buildings which
suffers. presenting most unsightly appear
ance and begins early to decay. \ good
Goa; Of paint as often as may be needed
would preserve il for at least twice the length
Of time that would be the case in the alb
sence of paint. This fact is worth serious
consideration as it viii be found that, in
stead Of causing an expenditure of money
that many must think is thrown away, to
look at the shabby appearance of their
buildings, il will prove an absolute saving.
II should be remembered that money wisely
spen, in cases like this is doubly saved.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01
Vegetable Diet.

vegetarian reports to the British Med
ical Journal the result of his years expert
ence without meat. At first he found the
vegetables nsipid, and had to use sauces to
get them down. As soon as he became ac-
cusiomed 10 the diet all condiments were put
aside except little salt. The desire fo- to-
bacco and alcohol left Lin spontaneously.
Then all his digestive functions became reg
ular, and he found himself wholly free from
headaches and bilious attacks. After three
months a troublesome rheumatism left him,
and at the end Of year he had gained eight
pounds in weight. He believes he can do
more mental labor than before and that all
his senses are more acute. For breakfast
he has brown bread, apples and coffee din
ner consists of two vegetables, brown bread
and pie or pudding for tea he rejoices in
bread and jam, with milk and water, and for
supper, bread, jam. cold pudding, and, as a
luxury. boiled onions. Eggs, milk. butter
and cheese are used only in small quantities.
The dietist is a doctor, and his statement is
drawing out many similar ones from medi-
cal men.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01
Poetry.
The Plowman.
BY OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.

Clear the brown path to meet his eoulters
CLEAN!
With tolls bright dew-drops on his sun-burnt
brow,
The lord of earth. the hero of the plow
First in the field. before the reddening sun,
Last in the shadows when the day is done;
Line after line along the breaking sod
Marks the broad acres where his feet have
trod.
Still where he treads the stubborn clods
divide.
The smooth. fresh furrow opens deep and
wide:
Matted and dense the tangled turf upheaves,
Mellow and dark the ridgy cornfield cleaves.
Up the steep hillside. where the laboring train
Through The mo valley. clogged with oozing
clay.
The patient cony-. breaks it, destined way.
At every turn tn .oo>ened chains resound.
The swinging piow>hare circles glistening
round,
Till the wide field one billowy waste appears,
And the wearied hands unbind the painting
steers.
These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings
The peasants food the golden pomp OF kings;
Th, is the page whose letters shall he seen,
Changed by the sun to words OF liNing green
This i the scholar whose immortal pen
spells the first lesson hunger taught 10 men;
These are the lines that heayen-commanded
toll
Show, on his decd-the charter of the soil.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01

[ TEAR this, all.ye people, and give ear
Il all We inrdlids Of the world. Hop
Bitters will make you well and to rejoice.
=. 1t shall cure all the people and pu,
sickness and suffering under foot.
3. Be thou not afraid when your family
is sick, or you have Bright's disease or
Liver Complaint for Hop Bitters will cure
you.
4. Both low and high, rich and poor
know the value of Hop Bitters for bilious,
nervous and Rheumatic complaints.
). Cleanse me with Hop Bitters and l
shall have robust and blooming health.
6. Add disease upon disease and let the
worst come, am safe if use Hop Bitters.
:. For all my life have been plagued with
sickness and sores, and not until year
ago was l cured. by Hop Bitters.
8. He that keepeth his bones from aching from
Rheumatism and Neuralgia. with Hop Btters,
doeth wisely.
8. Thou hast sores, pimples. freckles, salt.
rheum, erysipelas, blood poisoning. yet Hop
Bitters will renlore them all.
10. What woman is there, feeble and sick
from female complaints. who desireth moi
health and useth Hop Bitters andis made ,reH
IL. Let not neglect to use Hop Bitters bring
on serious Kidney and Liver complaints.
II. Keep thy tongue from being furred
thy blood pure, and thy stomach from in
digestion by using Hop Bitters.
10. All my pains and aches and disease 20
like chaff before the wind when / use Hop
Bitters.
II. Mark the man who Uds nearly dead
and given up by the doctors after using Hop
Bitters and becometh well.
i. Cease from worrying about nervous
ness. general debility, and urinary trouble,
for Hop Bitters will restore you.
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01
Mother.

Don't call your mother "old woman"
Let her always be mother" sold lady"
is bad enough, but "old woman applied to
her who gave you life and nursed YOU in in
fancy is rude and unkind.
Once it was Mother, I'm very hungry :
Mother, mend my Jacket" Mother, put
up my dinner" and then mother. with her
loving hands, would spread the bread with
butter and stow away the luncheon, and sew
OF the great patch, her heart trimming with
affection for the impetuous curly little pate
that caused her so many steps, and disturbed
her with his boisterous mlrlh.
Now she is the '.old woman" but she did
not think It would ever come to that. She
looked on throu the future years and saw
her boy to mai.4ood grown, and he stood
fransfgured in the light of her own beautiful
love. Never was there more noble son
than he, honored of the world and the staff
Of her declining years.
Ay, he was her support even then, but she
ulu not KNOW H. one never realized that 1t
was her own little boy that gave her strength
for her daily toll, that his slender form was
all that upheld i.-r over the brink of dark
despair
She only knew that she loved the child,
and felt that among the mists of age his
love would bear her gently through its in
firmities to III lark hall that leads to the
life beyond.
But the son has forgotten the tender min
istrations now. Adrift from the tender
moorings of home, he is cold, selfish, heart
less. Mother" has no sacred meaning to
the prodigal. She is the sold woman
wrinkled and gray, lame and blind. Pity
her, oh grave, and dry those tears that run
down her furrowed cheeks Have compass
sion on her sensitive heart, and offer it thy
quiet rest, that it may forget how much it
longed to be sdear mother" to the boy it
nourished through careless childhood, who,
IN return for all this kindness, has only
given back repr oaeh. Dear reader, are you
guilty of like ins ,titude9
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01

THOSE FENCE CORNERS. Somebody sea-
sonably says that fence corners, with their
mass of brush and weeds, afford secure re-
treat for such troublesome insects as live
through the winter. and for the deposit of
eggs Of others ready to hatch out in early
spring, the larv@ prepared to engage in dep
relations upon the first plants that appear.
Cutting out and burning the rubbish is the
best plan, as fire puts an end to most of
these, and thus the destroying element les
sens the labor and saves the crops of the
farm All which is true and timely.
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PATENTS.
r. Il. EDD Y.

"a. 75, STAT: 81. cr733..E E:.3T 5:s.:E.
Secures Patents In the United states also in
Great Britain, France and other foreign countries
Copies OF the claims Of any Patent furnished by
remitting dollar. Assignments recorded at
Washington. No Agency in the United States
possesses superior facilities for obtaining Patents
or ascertaining the patentability Of inventions,
r. ii. EDDY, Solicitor of Patents.
TESTIMONIALS.
81 regard Mr.. Eddy as one of the most capable
and successful practitioners with whom | have
had official intercourse
CHAs. MASON, Commissioner of Patents.
"Inyentors cannot employ person more trust
worthy or more capable of securing for them an
early and favorable consideration at the Patent
Office" EDMuNp BtRhE,
Late Commissioner of Patents.
BOSTON, October ~, $50.
r. ii. EDDY Esq.-Dear Sir you procured for
me, in ls4O my first patent. Since then You have
acted for and advised me in hundreds OF cases
and procured many patents, reissues and extern
sions. | have occasionally employed the best
agencies in New York, Philadelphia and Washing
ton, but still give you almost the whole of my
business, in your line, and advise others to EN-
ploy you. Yours truly, GEORGE DRAPER.
Boston, Jan. /, 1883. lyrl
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01
lyrlj

A TRUE assistant 10 nature in restoring
the system to perfect health, thus enabling
1t to resist disoase,is Browns Iron Bitters.
COCHRAN, GA-Dr. A. J. Lamb says: Il
never met with remedy that gave more
satisfaction in cases of debility and pros
tration than Browns Iron Bitters."
OwENToS, KY.-Rsv. J. w. Waldrop
says: browns Iron Bitters greatly re-
lieved me Of general debility and indiges-
ton"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01

BALD HEADED WoMEN.-It seems proper
and natural to see men going about with
bald heads. Nobody questions it. But
imagine the uproar it would create if women
appeared at the pera-house, church, evening
parties, or at home with their heads bald
and shiny like ostrich eggs. 1t would be
utterly impossible for women to carry about
bald heads with the unruff1ed serenity and
cool Indifference of bald headed men. 1t
would be unbearable to them. So it would
be to the men-Hdrtford Times.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01
How Watch Cases are Made.

The raany great Improvements intro
ducei in the manufacture of the Jas. Boss
Gold Watch Case, have led to similar i'm
provements in the making of silver cases.
Under the old methods, each part OF a
silver case was made of several pieces Of
metal soldered together, requiring great
amount of cutting and soldering. which
softencd the metal and gave it the pliability
OF lead rather than the elasticity OF silver.
Under the improved methods, each part
of the keystone Silver Watch Case is made
Of one solid piece Of metal hammered into
shape The advantages are readily appar-
ent, FOR every one knows that hammering
hardcns the metal while soldering softensit.
To test the superiority Of the Keystone
Silver Watch Case, take one OF 3 OF. weight,
p-c-, It squarely in the center when closed,
ASH il will not give, while a case Of same
IS j: ~ any other make will give enough
/ LAX the crystal. The Keystone Silver
w. j Case is made only with silver cap
aul III Joints.
70 Se,,io=e watch Case Factories, fhils-
r.. fr haEd.oEe iia,trated Pamphlet showing hov
: ard Isy-ons Watch Ca.ss made
70 Is continued)
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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01

Much good fuel may be collected from
that which has broken and blown down,
dead trees, etc., both in orchard and forest,
as well as from old fences, bridges, etc.,
which should be replaced with sound stuff.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1883-11-01

DEAD APPLE TREEs.-When tree in an
old apple orchard dies, dig it out and fill
the hole with rich dirt from the roadside
and a quantity Of manure. Then do not
plant new tree in the same place. 1t will
be of no use, as the roots Of the surrounding
trees will find the new feeding place and ef-
fectually starve out the new conner. The
trees on either side will bear far more in an
Increased crop than the new tree ever would,
if it lived to be fifty years old.
When meal is fed plain to cows they Of
ten pass j, with but half digestion, or iii this
shape it is apt to pass into the intestines
without being returned with the cud to be
remasticated. This creates loss, and 70
prevent it mix the feed with wet cut hay,
straw, fodder or other coarse feed. 1t is
said that meal fed dry, if not mixed with
rough feed, will be better masticated than
when it is fed wet.