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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
Frnit.Groming as q Business.

| Fruit-growing as a business, is
especially adapted to some region, and
to some restricted localities. This
truth, in relation TO certain kinds of
fruits is well comprehended, but,
regarding others, less attention is
given to it than good judgment de-
mands. Outside Of certain well.
defined acres no one would think of
planting peach orchards and vine
yards for profit; and more than this
within the past fifty years the adapta-
bility of certain localities for the
profitable production of these fruits
has greatly changed, ia many cases
the result, probably, Of decreasing
large tracts of country.
There is too much indiscriminate
advice given by the press in regard to
FRAT raising. Again, tree dealers and
nursery agents, seeking market for
their wares, circulate wild statements
about the profit o. the industry, and
at time like the present, when the
prices of grain are low, it is not diff
cult for them to induce numerous per
soAs in almost every community,
who have not special fitness or expe-
rience for the work, to undertake, at
least in a small way, the planting of
orchards or small fruits. 1t
requires no highly gifted seer
to perceive that most of these
efforts will be abortive. The
fact is, the wrecks of ill-conceiveG
fruit plantations are strewn over the
whole country. We have no desire
to say a word that may discourage
any one from engaging IN fruit cul-
ture who will attempt it in rational
and business like manner; but we
would warn the inexperienced to look
on both sides of the subject, and it has
two sides, one of which is not the rose
colored one that is usually painted by
newspaper writers.
The fruit grower needs to have a
courageous heart, and an Astounding
faith in his pursuit. He has numerous
enemies with which to contend and to
conquer; unfavorable seasons are not
infrequent; numerous insects and
parasitic fungi are constantly dlsput-
ing possession of his plants, trees and
fruit; general business depression,
or an excessive supply of fruit often
deprives him of all or nearly all prof
it's. But these difficulties are probably
not greater than those attending many
other pursuits. Vick's Magazine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
Within One of 1t.
Arkansaw Traveller.

Come mighty 20 KILN a fine buck
dis mawnin', " said an old negro.
Comm long through de woods an
err ole buck he jump an bookerty,
bookerty he run off few rods and
stop still. Come in one err shootin'
him, sab. "
"Why didn't you shootW
"Didn' hab my gun wild me, sab. "
"Then how did YOU come in one of
shooting himp
Case, sab, l come in one O takin'
my gun wild me. "
''Why didn't you take your gun2"
"Didn' hab none. sab.
"You are an old fool"
Look heah, doan 'buse en- man dat
way when yer amt got no cause. l
amt got no gun, fur Teller dat l wuz
erbout ter buy one frum, aXed me
ies 81 mon could pay. So, | come
in one o gettin' de gun. Ef had er
got it, ! would er tuck it long wild me
an eff Tder had it, l could er shot de
buck easy, sab. So doan come 'roun'
'busin' err man when de Jacks am all
ergin yer. / hab knowed folks ter
fetch trouble on dar selves dat way.
Err pusson oughter be keerful in dis
heah worl' o. science an SPECIFICATION.
Good mawnin', sab. Since yer's act
ed dis way, | wouldenter Gin yer none
o de meat eff / had err killed it, Fore
yer talked dat way l woulder made
yer present o. some o de buck. See
whut yer got by it, sab"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
Age an Advantage.

When life has been well spent, age
is loss of what it can well spare
muscular strength, organic instincts;
gross bulk, and works that belong to
these. Brit the central wisdom, which
was old in infancy, is found in four
score years, and, dropping off obstruc-
tons, leaves in happy subjects the
nlnd purified and wise. l have heard
that whoever loves is in no condition
old. l have heard that, whenever the
name of man is spoken, the doctrine
of Immortality is announced; it
cleaves to his constitution. The mode
of it battles our wit, and no whisper
comes to us from the other side. But
the inference from the working of
intellect, hiving knowledge, hiving
skill-at the end of life Just ready to
be born-affirms the inspirations of
affection and of the moral sentiment.
Society and Solitude.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
A Brief Chapter on Girls.
American Queen.

The girl of 16 who will neither sew
nor do homework has no business to
be decked out in finery and rambling
about in search of fun and frolic
unlesssher parents are rich, and in
that event she needs the watchful
direction of good mother none the
less. There is no objection to fun,
but it should be well-chosen and
welltimed. No woman or girl who
will not work las right to share the
wages of a poor mans toll. If she
does work, if she makes the clothes
she wears and assists in the household
duties, the chances are she will have
enough self respect TO behave herself
when playtime comes, but if she should
still be little wild" the honest toll
she has done will confer upon her
some degree of right to have her own
way, ill-iudged though it may be.
The wild girl usually aspires to prom
ipenee in some social circle or other,
and her manners aud conduct are in
a greater or less degree designed to
attract the following of men. She
should remember that followers are
not always admirers, and that the
most sincere admiration a man ever
feels for woman in a drawing room
is when he looks upon her and says
in his own consciousness: "She is a
perfect lady"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
Little Treasures.

1t appears that the most precious
and enduring treasures are dimluuive.
The largest diamond in the world can
be clasped in the palm of the hand
and the rich human treasures come to
us so delicate and small that we can
hold the jewel Of flesh and blood ia
the bonds as toy. 1t is priced more
for its helplessnesS, and the watching
of development enlarges the hearts of
those to whom it is entrusted, teaches
patience. self sacrifice, and the frailty
Of the cord that connects the two
worlds.
A breath of the destroyer opens the
arms of those who nourish, and at the
same time pierces the heart of heal IS.
Were there no death until after full
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19

ness of the ladies made me forget ny
previous troubles.
After dinner some few friends drop
ped in, and the general took the men
off to the smoking.room to have what
he called 1.-The regulation fumlga-
ton
Imagine my horror when on retsrn-
ing to the drawing-room | saw the
candles lighted On the pianol
Never, oh never did lights seem to
shine as those did.
Were they, then, going to playa
l had the regulation boots on, but
in ali my life | assure you never felt
myself in such a small pair of shoes.
Yes, they were though; that was
quite evident. The ladies were talk
ing of sonatas and concertos. What
fatality this wretched music 1t
nearly drove me mad, / detested 1t so
that evening.
But even worse than,that. Madame
M now asked me to sing. Stout
ly denied being able to dc so. How
the devil could she have found out
that sang2 On her side Miss N
insisted on it, getting up and leading
me to the dread instrument. She
offered TO accompany me. OIL just
heavens And to convince me made
the most unkind remarks about men
who allow themselves to be begged TO,
ust as if they were pretty women.
So saying, she sat down. Then, taking
out a great big green folio, chose
romance. Which one2 ! cannot
say.
The big book was placed straight
upon the rest. The page seemed to
me very black. The prelude an, the
preludel What symphonies, what
harmonies it would contain What
grand arpeggios
Good God what was going to hap
pen? Everyone was silent they
might have heard the beating of my
heart.
Miss N raised her hands
gracefully and opened the fray. At
tn same time | closed my eyes and
heard like the distant bowling of
stJangling cat. Then again silence
With a frightened look | gazed at
Miss N, who, in her turn, looked
at me in a perplexed manner.
''There must be something in the
piano, surelyP she exclaimed.
There just isl said / to myself.
They looked in Hallol why,
here's a large package. ! am done
for.
And rapidly Miss N took the
tovgs, and, after number of prods,
fished up piece of red cloth, which
insunrolling assumes the appearance
of pair of examinations. | was on
thorns.
"My new breechesi" suddenly
exclaimed the general, purple with
rage. "That COMPOUNDED Benz That
three-quartered formed animal. He
does nothing but make mistakes The
idea of taking piano for chest of
drawers"
And in great confusion he seized
the unlucky pants, folded them up,
nervously collared them and disap-
peared, inveighing against the idiocy
of regulations in general and his own
in particular.
True, l have lost my pants forever,
but, thanks to the general. l have
not visited the police cells.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19

development, hope and prayerfal
anxiety would be unknown in the
nursery of the home, and the heart
would not experience the depths Of
filial love. The little mounds Of
earth all over the great world where
treasures are deposited are really tins.
visible symbols of the links which
connect earth and heaven.
The planting of these germs of hu-
mainly arc painful, terrible require
ments, and while the heart in it's
affection rebels, and all wish it were
not so, the world is better that our.
selfshness is not INDUCED to toe,
great an extent, and that we are con-
stantly reminded that the treasures Of
life are sacred trusts for a longer or
shorter period. -Dirigo Rural
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
Sweet Minded Women.
London Truth.


SO great is the influence of sweet
minded woman on those around her
that it is almost boundless. 1t is to
her that friends come in sickness and
sorrow for help and comfort. One
soothing touch of her kindly hands
works wonders in the feverish child !;
a few words let fall from her lips in
the ears of a sorrowful sister, do much
to lift the load of grief that is bowling
its victim down to the dust in anguish.
The husband comes home worn out
with the pressure of business and feel
ing irritable with the world in gener
al; but when he enters the cosy sitting
room and sees the blaze of the bright
fire and meets his wife's smiling face,
he succumbs III a moment to the
soothing influences which acc as a
balm of Gilead to his wounded spirit.
We are all wearied with combating
with the realities of life. The rough
schoolboy flies in rage at the taunts
of his companions to find solGca in the
mothers smile; the little ore, full of
grief with its own large trouble, finds
q haven of rest on its mothers breast !;
and so one may go on with the in
stances of the influences a sweet
minded woman has in the social lie
with which she is connected. Beauty
is an Insignificant power when com
pared with hers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
Mistakes OF Fan mers.

l. To think that anyone can farm
that man who has starved as can
vasser for patent toothpick or has
been unsuccessful as carpenter, can
jump into business requiring high
intelligence and persevering efforts,
and, being utterly unfamiliar with
details, be able to make money.
2. The idea that a large farm, half
stocked, and poorly cultivated, pays
better than few acres well and care
fully TILED
3. What is it but the worst kind of
a mistake to pay hundreds of dollars
for good farm machinery, and allow
it for want of proper shelter to rot and
become useless a year or so sooner
than it should9
A. 1t is mistake to let year after
year pass by with no attempt to inn
prove the quality of the farm stock.
Bleoded cattle pay. They make beef
quicker, the cows give more and rich
er milk. Better blood in horses pays.
A Norman or part Norman colt is a
valuable piece of property.
5. To let foolish pride or narrow
minded prejudice prevent the adop-
ton of new methods when they have
been proved by practical men.
s. To get up after the sun, lean on
fork handles. speculate for an hour or
two upon what the weather is gong
to be, let the weeds get good start
and then wonder why farming don't
pay.
7. To leave a lot of unchopped
wood wet or half-split wood at the
pile, a lot of old harness hanging in
the kitchen, and muddy tracks in the
dining room and expect to see the
woman folks good natured.
s. To have a lot of half-fed, emaciat-
ed, lonesome looking fowls, roosting
detected in some old cottonwood tree
when few good healthy, Plymouth
Rock or Brahma chickens properly
housed would make the poultry yard
an honor instead of disgrace Elk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
Concerning Visiting

There is prevalent notion abroad
that a good housekeeper will always
be ready for company, and that,
therefore, it is unnecessary to send
word when one expects to pay visit
But, as a rule, to act upon this pre-.
sumption is rot wise for ones self or
kind to ones friends. Consider how
unpleasant it would be all around to
arrive unexpectedly just as your
friends are on the point Of setting
out themselves to pay promised
visit or to take lcng-desired excur-
sion. Then, too, accidents, illness,
and thousand unforeseen events may
so interfere with ones domestic ar
rangemcnts that the best housekeeper
in the world cannot always be pre-
pared to receive company. And what
comfort can there be in visiting when
you can see that your hostess is at her
wits end to know what to do between
a dress that must be finished, cry
ing baby who must be amused, com
pany to be entertained, and a larder
empty because she did not bake yes
terday9 Always send word when you
intend to make visit, and never be
ashamed TO say to your friends,
please let me know when you are
coming, in order that | may so ar
range my work and engagements as
to secure the greatest possible pleasure
for both of us from your visit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
A HISTORIAN PARALLEL.
How England was the Refuge for
French Assassins Thirty Years
N. y. Commercinl Adrertiser-

N. v Commercial Advertiser.
1t is history that teaches, and Just
now there is occasion to recall bit of
history. The horror and detestation,
with which the doings of the dynamite
people are regarding in this country,
not only by Americans, bat by all
respectable Irishmen resident here,
must now be obvious to our English
cousins, and the proceedings in the
senate and in our state legislature,
| together with the utterrances of the
press, must convince all Englishnen
of our readiness to do whatever we
lawfully may to prevent this coun-
try from becoming ''aE unassailable
base of operations" for the dynamiters.
But in view of the censure to which
the British press has so lavishly sub.
jected us for our alleged neglect to
proceed sooner to extreme measures,
| it is not anaiss to remind British news
paper writers af certain facts which
may throw some light of illustration
upon the situation.
Less than thirty years ago England
was a harbor of refuge for French
in conspiracies against the French
government and the life of the French
emperor. According to Mr.. Justin
Mccarthy, the conspirators had social
relations with prominent Englishmen,
whose sympathy was not denied to
them, and the British law was so lax
on the subject that England was, in
fact, an 'uuassailable base of opera
| tons" for the conspirators. The
French government protested and
complained. 1t pointed out the fact
that men in London were plotting the
murder of the French emperor and
the overthrow of the French govern
ment, and that even if detected in
such plots these men were in no
danger of serious punishment, because
the British law did not make con-
spiracy TO murder felony.
At last Orsini exploded bomb
under Louis Napoleon's carriage, kill
ing a good many persons, though
falling to kill the emperor. Then
Lord Palmerston, who was premier at
the time, sought to cure the defect in
the law. He brought in a very
moderate bill, indeed, bill to make
conspiraco to murder felony. He
was opposed not by radicalsonly, but
by conservative men in parliament.
In vain Lord Palmerston pointed out
the fact that the measure would only
serve to make the law the same in
England that it was already in Ire
land. The verdict was overwhelm-
ingly against he bill, and the govern
ment was defeated upon it by vote
of 234 to 215, tbs majority including
I46 conservatives and 81 liberals,
besides, such Peelites as Mr.. Glad
stone and some others, Palmerston
was thus overthrown on measure
apparently Of simple justice and
right, because there was general
conviction that it was proposed to
please the French government.
We shall do better than that, doubt
less, dealing with Mr.. Edmunds' bill,
because we really want to do right.
But for any faiiure on our part to
provide precisely such legislation as
the British people would like us to
provide. it viii be in the last degree
unjust for any British journalist
or public men to cast reproach upon
us.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
A Massachusetts Milkmaa Tells a
Story.
North Adams Transcript


Mr.. Paul sells milk and brings il
from the Notch every day. Of
course its always colder and more
stormy up there than anywhere else,
but to accept his statement as accur-
ate, it did blow some in his neighbor-
hood last Saturday night Early
Monday morning he went into a house
with his daily supply of the tactical
fluid and the lady remarked to him
that the wind blew Saturday night.
Said he:
"Oh, you know nothing about it
down here. / went out Saturday
night TO the barn aud was returning
with a pail of milk when the blizzard
struck me. l had a lantern fastened
to me with strap, and the wind blew
that out, and the lantern went INTO
the air; bat clung to it and itdrew
me several feet from the ground. The
milk in the pail fell out, and as it
poured toward the ground the wind
struck it.
IL managed to get to the house
without the lantern or pail, and this
morning, on the corner of Center and
Marshall street, l found that milk
Just as the wind blew it. About a
rod of milk frozen stiff, and lost as
the wind had it when l saw it before.
The wind was so furious that it kept
the milk in the air in a wavy line TIL
it foze stiff, and then blew down to
the village, probably coming through
the Bellows Pipe. ] broke it up,
loaded it into my wagon, took it home
thawed it out, and now it's as good
milk as ever
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19

The month of January has been
very cold one, and it would be in
teresting to know how much of the
feed consumed by cattle throughout
this month has gone to the building
up or fattening of the animal consum-
ing it, and how much has been wasted
in merely maintaining animal heat.
Good warm stables do not cost much
more at the outset than cold ones, and
this difference is more than made up
in the saving of fodder effected by
a warm stable in single cold season.
The feed that will keep an animal
alive and healthy in some of our mis-
cradle shells of stables would fatten
HIM in good warm one. 1t costs a
great deal to keep cattle warm with
hay and grain. Canadian Breeder.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19

take it as a fact that that land needs
tile draining. All lana wnere water
will stand on the ground longer than
twelve hours after the heaviest rains
needs drainage. And when the drain
ing costs no more than estimated by
Prof. Carpenter there is no excuse for
allowing cesspools. swamps and other
wet places to go undrained. There
are both pecuniary and sanitary
reasons for draining, and in counting
the cost it will not do to overlook
either. The sanitary should have as
strong a bearing in determining the
ACCESSIBILITY of the undertaking as the
pecunlary; but neither must be over
looked.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
They Quit Smoking.
Texas siftings

81 say, Crosby, let's register a
solemn vow never again to touch TO.
bacco, said Sprague.
Enough said" replied Crosby,
and besides registering a solemn
vow, let us impose a penalty, say ten
cents, ON the one who violates his
pledge"
''Isa't ten cents a rather steep pen
atty for each offense2'
"No, / think not
"All right. Now the quesi ion
arises, what will we do with the fund
that accumulatesp
"Why, buy cigars with it, of course.
What else would you use it forl'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19
THREE MELODIES.

Through thee, o Life for harmony
Three strains must always lead the way
One melody is Hope, then Love
Shall follow next, as from above,
A tender, sweet refrain. to FIJI
The longest days with JOY, until
A memory of all before
Shall sound through life forevermore
Thus to the world the maiden cried,
In accents mild voice replied
80 maid No music outward keeps
But in thy soul dyineit sleeps.
'Tls thine to play the silent keys,
And wake the world with melodies
Hone. Love and Memory then Will be
Through living days sweet songs TO thee
Boston Transcript.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19

DR.. ]. f. Leaning, of Cape May,
claims to have gold ring which was
the property of George Washington,
and which holds lock of his hair.
1t was given by Washington to Lieu,
tenant Richard Somers, of the United
States navy, and has remained IN the
family ever since, Dr. Leaning being
an indirect descendant.
Young couples possessed Of more
love than money viii find a frlend Ia
Parker minister, who. to encourage
matrimony, will perform the marriage
ceremony without charge and give IN
addition beautiful chrome.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19

Another genuine hermit has been
discovered in the temple in London,
and an inquest has been held upon his
remains by the city coroner. This old
gentleman's name was Oliver. He
was a barrister who for many years
abandoned practice or had been alb
andonGd by 1T, and he was seventy
four years of age. He was found
dying on his heartrug, and the doctor,
who was summoned too late to render
any aid, says that the unfortunate
man was in a very neglected condition
and much emaciated. There are, says
the St. James Gazette, a number of
these hermits IN the inns of Court and
Chaneery. They are usually barrlsters
who have failed, but who haunt the
place like living ghosts, and exist in
the most extreme squalor. Not a few
of them are men of ability, who, with
more help in early life, might have
done great things.
a fashionable Chinese lunch con-
sists of little bits of cold chicken with
sauce, little bits of hot chicken boiled
to rags. morsels of pork with mush-
rooms, fragments of cold duck with
some other sort of fungus, watery
soup, scraps of pigs kidneys with
boiled chestnuts, very coarse rice,
picked cucumber, garlic and cabbage,
patty of preserved shrimps, all in IN
finitesimal portions, so that, but for
the plentiful supply of rice, hungry
folks would find ii hard TO appease tie
inner wolf. All these are eaten with
the deceptive chopsticks, which are as
easy to use as two Faber leadpenclls.
Tiny cups of wine, followed by more
tea cnmnlete the repAst.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-02-19

The dinner was very cheerful had
recovered my equanimity and my
usual spirits.
The conversation and the charming
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1885-05-29
$4,000 Ahead.

A jury in the city court of Savannah,
Georgia, on Tuesday last, rendered a ver-
dict for $40, 900 damages in favor of A. A.
Smith, commercial traveller, against the
Georgia Central railroad. On Christmas
night the plaintiff fell ON the track in the
dark, the train having stopped just before
entering the Savannah depot for passen-
gers to get out. He was severely and per
manently injured