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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-01-27
Trapping Burglar.

Trapping burglars, most exciting
and peculiar sport, has been successfully
introduced by George Avery grocer Of
Norwich, Connecticut, whose money
drawer has been repeatedly robbed by
thieves. He dug hole in the cellar, four
feet square and eight feet deep, directly
under the space behind his money draw
er. He boarded up the sides until he
reached the floor of the store, and then
cut trap, making the fall of the shaft
Is feet clear. He rugged up the trap,
with a spring to draw 1t back after 1t
had been worked, then left the trap open
and went home. Next morning he found
Henry johnson, an old-time thief, at the
bottom of the shaft. johnson looked
sadly up from the bottom and asked
when he was going to be taken out Of
the cursed hole. Ropes were provided.
and he was drawn out and locked up.
On being brought to trial in the superb
or court, johnson, who was famed by the
fall. pleaded guilty and was sent III state
prison for two years.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-01-27
How the Chinese IN Ike Dwarf Trees.


We have all knOwnI from childhood
how the sChinese cramp their wOmen's
feet, and so manage to make them keep
ers-at home but how they grow miniature
pines and oaks i'm flOwer-pOts for half
a century has always been much of a
secret. They aim first and last at the
seat of vigorous growth, endeavoring to
weaken 1t as much as may be consistent
with the preservation of life. Take a
young plant-say seeding or cutting
of cedar-when only two or three inches
high, cut off Its tap-root. as soon as it has
other rOOtlets to live upon, and replant
it in an earthen pot or pan. The end of
the tap-rOOt is generally made to rest
on stone within it. Alluvial clay is
then put into the pot, much of 1t in bits
the size Of beans, and just enough in
kind aud quantity to furnish scanty
nOurishment to the plant. Water
enough is given to keep it in growth,
but not enough to excite vigorous habit.
So, likewise, in the application Of light
anO heat. AS the Chinese pride them
selves on the shape of their miniature
trees, they use strings, wire and pegs, and
various other mechanical cOntrivances
to promote symmetry of habit or to
fashion their pets into odd, fancy figures.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-01-27

The American Machinist in late is
sue presents letters from over forty es-
adjustments engaged in manufacturing
machinery, engines, boilers. tools, and
machinist's supplies, representing sever
al states, written in ansuer to special in
quiry as to condition of business, pro-
gress during the year, and prospects for
the year before us. They show, says the
Machinist editorially, that 1882 has been
a signally prosperous year, and that con-
fidence in trade for the present year is
not lacking. Shops have enlarged their
capacities to such an extent that even
should the demand during 1888 prove
equal to that of 1882 (Which at this writ
ing seems unlikely customers generally
will not have to wait any extra length
of time to get their orders filled. Iron
and other material that enters into the
construction of machinery are lower
than in January, 1882, but as q rule
wages of first-class mechanics have not
declined. One feature of interest in the
letters, is the fact that several manu-
facturers are having foreign trade for
their machinery as we'll as good home
demand. Most establishments have been
giving share of their attention to new
specialties, or to improvements in the
products of machine shops this year.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-01-27

The snow had begun i'm the'gloaming.
And busily all the night
Had been heaping field and highway
With silence deep and white.
Every pine and fir and hemlock ~
Wore ermine too dear for an earl
And the poorest twig on the elm tree
Was ridged inch deep with pearl
From sheds new-roOfed with Carrara
Came Chnnticleer's muffed crow;
The stiff rails were softened to swans down,
And still huttered down the snow.
stood and watched by the window
The nOiselcss work of the sky,
And rhe sudden fiurries of snOw-birds,
Like brown leaves whirling by.
Thought of a mound in sweet Auburn,
Where little heaistone stood;
How the flakes were folding it gently,
AS did robins the babes in the wood.
Up spoke our own little Mable,
Sayings; II ather who makes 1t SNOWY
And told OF the good A l-father r
Who cares for us here below H
Again looked Mt The snowfall.
And thought of the leaden sky
That arched DER our first great sorrow
When the mound was heaped so high.
remembered the gradual patience
Thet fell from that cloud-like snow,
Flake by flake, healing and hiding
The scar of our deep-plunged woe.
And again to the child whispered:
1.-The snow that husheth all, "
Darling, the merciful Father
Alone can make 1t fall
Then, with eyes that saw not, kissed her;
And she kissing back, could not know
That my kiss was given to her sister,
Folded close under deepening snow.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1883-01-27
NORTHERN TRIBUNE.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1883.


BY JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
About Canary Birds.

The cost of keeping canary birds is
seldom thought of. The canary is the
pet bird of the rich and the poor; it is
everywhere, and its keeping involves an
immense amount of money in the ag-
gregate. A gentleman who has for
several years been extensively engaged
in the trade of bird-seed, and who is
excellent authority, informs us that he
has the statistics to prove that there are
now fully 1900, 900 of these pets in this
country, Each bird will use twelve
pounds of seed per year, if not overfed,
and, unfortunately for them, they gener-
ally get too much. Thus it takes 1884,
100000 pounds of seed to feed them
through year. worth at least S14,OOO,-
900. Besides this seed, as any one
knows, is the sugar, the crackers, the
eggs and the thousand and one things
That different keepers supply Their with.
Again. we have a great expense in
cages. There are now TWENTY-FIVE
manufactures of bird cages in the
United States. One of the most extern
sive of them turned out $1,000, 600
worth of cages last year, and will this
year add largely to the amount. The
whole cost of cages made last year is
estimated at nearly S3,000,O00. This
gives for the two items of seed and
cages the snug little sum of Sl7 zoo, 900.
But after al, is the bird not worth all
the people pay fer its keeping? How
it instills into the children a love of
music; and its example of cleanliness
AS it takes its regular morning bath, is
beneficial in tie extreme. 1t thus adds
beauty, music and instruction to all our
homes. Farmer,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
Bound to Win.

Sirr' he began, as he found him 81
the Rector Street station of the Elevated
road four years ago You predicted
that the wheat crop would fail. bought
heavily in futures and lost"
'Exactly-exacdy. 1 admit that
was mistaken" replied the prophet.
" Three years ago you predicted that
oats would go down to twenty cents.
sold futures and lost again"
$50 you did-exactly. 1 remember
that missed il in oats.
1.-TWO years ago you prophecied hard
pan on railroad stocks. WAITED to buy
and lost opportunities to double my
money"
That's so-thats SO. They didn't
go down as had anticipated.
!" And sirr' continued the accuser, in
solemn tone, " last year you prophecied
that there would be a general war in
Europe, and L sold securities at loss. :"
ssExactly-exactly!' blandly replied
the Spectator, II own right up that
I've missed it four times hand-running,
but shall hit sooner or later. now
predict great rise in beans for mex.
tall; buy my beans, sir-buy cart loads
and car loads of beans and hold 'em for
q boom of fifty per cent. Good morn
bag. sir. "-WaH Street Neus.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
Black Men as Lightning Conductors.

In his " Leaves from a South At.
rican Journey, Mr.. Froude writes:
"On the road to the Vaal River-first
experience of camping out. 1 am alone
in my tent with a glaring sun raising the
temperature inside to ninety degrees.
The mules have strayed, being INSULT
GENTLY hobbled. l sent Charley, my
black driver, in search of them in the
early morning. He returned with his
face as near white as nature permitted,
declaring that the Evil One had jumped
out of the ground at his feet with four
young ones. suppose it was an ant
bear Anyway, the mules are lost. He
has gone back to onr last halting-place
to look for them. My other youth has
started with rifle to shoot buck, which
are round us in tens of thousands, and
here am 1 by the side of q pond, which
is trampled by the antelopes into mud
soup, the only stuff in the shape of water
which we have to depend on for our
coffee, and, alas! for our washing. To
add to the pleasure of the situation the
season of the thunder storms has set in.
The lightning was playing round us all
Yesterday, and we shall now have a
storm daily. Whole teams of oxen are
often killed. To a white man they say
there is no danger while he has black
at his side, the latter being the better
conductor. When one is struck another
must be Immediately substituted"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
Microscopic Landslide.

A unique sale took place recently in
the Treasurer's office. 1t was like a
slow mule race, each bidder endeavor-
ing to see who could secure the smallest
portion of certain tract of land which
was incumbered by taxes and couple
of mortgages. The bidders were L. j.
Pereles and Henry Herman, and the
bidding commenced at certain num-
Der of feet, and finally finished by being
knocked down to Herman, when it had
decreased to 1000, 0OO, 900. 900, 900, 0O0,-
900, 900, 900, OO0th part of the lot. The
price of the scrap of dirt was S90.76.
The land was sold for taxes, and the law
governing the matter is found in Section
"a of Chap. Is of the Charter: 1.-The
Treasurer shall sell on the day and at
the place designated in his notice all
tracts and lots, or parts thereof, upon
which the taxes or assessments shall
remain unpaid. The sale shall be the
smallest undivided portion of the lot OF
tract which any person will take and
pay the taxes and charges on the whole
lot or tract. MilyauEee Sentinel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
To Cure Foot Rot in Sheep.

The preparation of the foot is just as
essential as the remedy, for if every
part of the disease is not laid bare the
remedy will not effect cure. A solu-
ton of blue vitriol as strong as you car
bear your hand in, for moment, having
the liquid three or four inches deep, OF
deep enough to cover all the affected
parts; then hold the diseased foot in
this liquid ten minutes, or long enough
to penetrate to all the diseased parts.
Put the sheep on dry barn floor fol
twenty hours to give it a chance to take
effect. In every case where l have tried
it, it has effected cure, and l have
never given a sheep medicine internally
for foot-rot. This remedy call dead
shot when the foot is thoroughly pre-
pared, but more expeditions way, and
where you don't hardly expect to en-
terminate the disease, but keep it in
subsection, is this: After preparing the
feet as for vitriol cure, take butter OF
antimony, pour oil of vitriol into il
slowly until the heating and boiling
process ceases, and apply with swab
This remedy works quicker. is stronger
than the vitriol, and is just as safe, but
its mode of application renders it less
Sure-OhiO Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-" Kissimmee" is the, name OF .
thriving town in Florida. Young ladies
living there do not dare to nane the
place of their residence in the hearing
of strangers.
1t is claimed by some collector OF
facts that the first almanac was pro-
duced in the year 1460. And it has
been handed down to the present year
with even its raciest jokes still intact
Pecks San.
"A dispatch from Orange says: 81.
Jackson, while chopping in the woods
was struck by falling tree and had his
back broken in three places. His re-
covery is doubtful. I" We should think
1t might be somewhat improbable.
/, The Hartford Post says: "a mar
worth $50, 600 blew out the gas in his
room at New Hampshire hotel the
other night, and was too dead the next
morning to enquire for his boots" II
would, we venture to assert, have affect
ed him the same way if he hadn't been
worth five dollars.-BOsto,a Post.
"A lecturer, discoursing on the sub.
tect of Health" inquired: "What
use can a man make of his time while
waiting for doctor?" Before he could
begin his answer to his own inquiry,
some one in the audience cried out:
-.He can make his Will
Her comparison: "Here I've been
talking for half an hour" exclaimed
an auctioneer, land l haven't got an
offer" HALF an hour, indeedr' muir
INJURED an elderly maiden. whats
half an hour to many long years, and
still no hope of an offer." -Boston
Transcript .a q
An old bachelor who wanted to in
gratiate himself with rich widow,
presented her with a lap-dog, saying:
81 have trained him so perfectly that
he will eat off your hand" 'tEat of
my handI' exclaimed the widow 81
don't want my hand eaten off; and you
needn't think of getting it in that
way" ..ar.-- -.r..-.
kitty, dear" cried the lover, as
pc yearned hungrily over the back gate,
styou are the sum total of my hearts
calculation. and though 1 hoped to gain
hy your addition, you set me at naught
Snd leave me but to sigh for"
3ust here the old man solved the arith-
metical harangue by footing him UP the
slley.-BoSton Post.
I'm a New York boudoir-.'Of
course you was at the Vanderbilt ball. ;"
90, yes, of course were" weren't
them people horrid?" sJust too hor-
rid for anything. I never did see no
such goings on in our set afore, and l
were orfully ashamed, wasn't you?'
you bet / was, but we must be charita-
bic. All folks amt had no such
edicatorial advantages like we had, you
know" That's SO. Ia, ia. "-PHfia,
delptia Ne,cs.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
Effects Of Sunlight on Flour.

1t frequently happens that wheat OF
rye flour, in spite of the greatest care il
baking, yields an inferior loaf, an6
the failure is commonly attributed
to adulteration; but when submitted to
investigation neither microscopic mol
chemical tests reveal any adulteration.
Such flour is returned to the miller OF
dealer as unfit for use. The miller says
the flour was injured by the heating OF
the stones, and the dealer attributes the
defect to the circumstance that the sun
must have shone upon the sacks during
transportation. 1t has been proved by
numerous experiments that flour cannot
bear the action of the sun, even when
not exposed directly to its rays. When
flour is exposed to the heat of the sun
an alteration takes place in the gluten
similar to that produced by the heating
of the stones. For this reason it is adj
visable that the transportation of flour
should take place, if possible, on cool
days orby night, as we'll as that -four
should be stored in a cool place.-Bos-
ton journal of Chemistry.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
A Remarkable Case.

An Oswego reporter, while in Gil.
bert's Mills the other day, encountered
a boy named Melvin Carey, who is al
oddity in his way. Melvin is thirteen
years old. and to all appearance bright
and intelligent. His organs of speech
are all right and he is able to talk
fluently, but in spite of this fact he has
not spoken to any person except mem
bers of his own family and his school
master during his life. He is not suller
in any way, and plays about with other
children in perfect harmony, but never
says anything to them. When he wishes
to call the attention of any of his play
mates, he does it by catching him by the
arm and making gestures. When he
was sent to school he adopted the same
tactics with his teacher, and refused tc
say word, bu! by the liberal use of
stout rod the teacher persuaded him to
speak. When our reporter saw him he
was standing by the roadside whistling
10 a couple of girls that were passing.
When addressed, and asked the direc-
ton of certain person he apparently
did not hear the question. and turned
his back upon the speaker and would
paw no attention to repeated questions.
Afterward he was seen in the barn on
his fathers farm. pitching hay, and was
again asked question, but rewarded
the questioner with the same vacant
stare and went on with his work, APP
parently oblivious to the presence OF
any other person. Aftefward he was
heard IN conversation with his brother,
when he spoke in a sharp, quick voice
and without the slightest impedimen5 in
his speech, but he did not know that
any one outside the family was listensng.
The moment he observed that there were
other listeners he became silent and
woald not say another word. 1t is GER
sainly most remarkable case. and one
not easy of explanation. He is in
austrious, and when at school seems to
delight in the society of his young CON-
panions, but is resolute in his refusal to
open his lips except when he comes be-
fore the teacher, when he reeites his les
sons and answers when he is spoken to.
There is no explanation of his remark
able conduct.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
How to Market Butter.

This is one of those queer points in
dairying wherein there is the greatest
possible diversity of opinion among
writers on the subject, while there is
scarcely any difference in the practice
of practical butter makers. 1t seems
to be a notion with each writer who
takes up the subject for discussion to
point at some new way by which the
dairyman can double his money simply
by sharpening his wits when he comes
to market with his butter.
While the old adage is true that
crop well grown is but half way to
market, yet with butter simplicity in
handling is the best way in the long
run. 1t is easy enough for the writer
at his desk to conjure up all sorts of
fancy and seductive methods for i'm
posing pound of butter upon the I'M
suspecting purchaser at a marvellous
price, but when he comes to put the
theory in practice, it is generally found
that the trouble, expense and risk cost
far more than the enhanced price will
make good.
1t has been the writer's pleasure to
stand in the Darlington diaries of Penn
sylvania and watch the process of print
ing butter that was furnished to the
Union Club of New York at one dollar
pound. Then again we have watched
the Elgin factories tub their butter and
sell it at price between thirty and
forty cents a pound, and of the two
profits we would rather have the Elgin.
Butter is particular product, and
requires handling with great care
to keep it in its normal condition.
When it is separated into small humps,
which has to be done with extra work
ing that is always injurious, the air is
at liberty to surround each lump and
do all the damage it can. Extra space
must be furnished and extraordinary
care taken in the matter of shipment.
There are a dozen chances of accident
and disappointment in the returns
when the butter is nodded where there
is but one when the Welsh tub is used.
The purchaser is always on his guard
for fear the attractive form is adopted
simply for the purpose of putting on
him either an inferior or fraudulent
article. When the butter is printed.
the package in which it is shipped must
be returned, which is always a source
of infinite trouble. Some one is always
forgetting to send it, or it gets on the
wrong train, and when it does reach
you it is 50 saturated with the smell of
old butter that it is almost certain de-
struction to fresh, fine article to put it
in the package.
We have said nothing about the extra
labor of putting the butter into small
pots, and the loss per pound that is I'M
avoidable in giving ''down weight"
which must be done When the tub is
used it is only necessary to give one
down weight; but if the same amount
of butser-say Sc pounds-is made into
Sc down weights, it is easy to see
wherein the loss comes. We could ex-
tend this article indefinitely in drawing
comparisons of the two methods. but
we pause and request the reader to look
well into the two methods before he
agrees to put up his butter for any
reasonable advance in price.-Anseri-
csnl Dairymdn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-05-04
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Gull your sheep every year and
place those that are in any way off in a
separate pasture and fatten them for
the butcher.
Miss Parloa says tough meat is
healthiest for invalids. Possibly; it can
not be eaten SO fast, and the work of
mastication is good exercise.
Potato border: Mash and season
the potatoes, and shape border on the
edge of platter. Brush over with the
beaten white or yelk of an egg, and
brown slightly before putting in the
veal.
London World says that after .
days fatiguing exercise the right food,
restorative and nourishing because Of
its richness, is tame duck praised with
|,turnips.
This paragraph from the Macon
Telegraph and Messenger does not look
much like diversified agriculture: ..In
ride of 400 miles a few days since,
where a year ago the land looked like a
green carpet, we did not see oats suf
ticient to promise forage for one mule
during the blowing season."
Lima beans, like onions, are an ex.
ception to the general rule that requires
rotation in farm crops. Isaac Eyre
stated at a Pennsylvania agricultural
society's meeting, recently, that the
Landreths have raised Limas on the
same ground for many years with much
the same experience as results from
raising onions in the same way.
"A western farmer in Iowa est.
mates that the profit of raising one two
year-old shOrthorn steer for market is
equal to that of eighteen scrub steers,
which have to be kept three years OF
more before they are salable. Grade
up with thoroughbred bulls and let
scrub stock grow where they can afford
them as relics.
General Babcock endorses the En-
glish sparrow, which, he says, eats the
eggs which otherwise would result in
devastating swarms of worms which
clear the trees of leaves and imperil the
fruit. Whoever has observed the habits
of the sparrow will agree to this. Aye,
and more; for not only does he prevent
the worms from destroying the leaves,
but he keeps them out of cherries and
blackberries by eating the fruit himself.
"A culinary sage was asked what
was the best sauce for fish. He re-
piled, all sauces. Nearly all the savory
gravies accommodate themselves to fish.
Vinegar and mustard are the best sauce
for fresh behring's. Champignons, are
a joy in a sole az gratin. Salt pork
enters into the composition of clam
chowder. Shallots are essential in the
dressing of red mullet; veal stuffina
makes baked jack tolerable, and mack.
erel and green goOseberries go well to-
gether.
For delicate and very nice dessert
make pudding thus: Dissolve half AZ
ounce of gelatine in half pint of colo
milk; let it come to a boil gradually.
When hot, but not boiling, and the yelk
of three well-beaten eggs; stir con-
stantly. Sweeten to your taste; or, il
you wish definite direction, put in a
quarter of pound of sugar. This is
the proper amount for most people.
When this is cold, stir in pint OF
whipped cream. Flavor with lemon OF
vanilla; and, the last thing, stir in the
whites of the three eggs; have them
beaten quite stiff. Serve this cool, with
cake or with fruit.