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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15
FOREIGN.

THE strikes throughout Belgium caused
the manufacturers of window glass to
make n general advance in prices of one
crown per 30 feet.
THE lower house of the Prussian land
tag has passed the bill expropriating the
lands of the Poles in Posen and prOyid-
ing for it colonization by Germans.
A MOVEMENT has been started in Ger
many to adopt a system Of legal educa-
ton similar to that in vogue in Great
Britain.
THE police at Nordhausen, Germany
closed a butcher shop where pork had
been purchased by which forty persons
had been affected with trichiniasis.
THE Khedive of Egypt leads with a
subscription of $4,000 sterling for the
fund that is being raised to assist Tur-
key against Greece in the defense of her
religion.
THE Swiss bundesrath has invited the
governments of Germany, Austria, Italy
and France to a conference, to be held
May 10, for the purpose of arranging a
technical unity in railway matter between
the above-named countries.
Mr.. GLADsroNEs speech is the upper
most topic of conversation in literary and
political circles. Most of the Partisan
newspapers comment approvingly on the
British premier's scheme, although some
of them criticise certain of its minor
features The French editors all speak
with admiration of the courage and pow
er exhibited by Mr., Gladstone in his ad-
dress, and La France alludes to the ven
cradle statesman as a "redeemer." La
Paris expresses the hope that Mr.. Glad
stone will triumph.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15
The Chinese Question.
san Francisco Chronicle

From the present aspect Of things
said a government official to-day, tine
Chinese question will be settled before
long, even if congress continues to refuse
to give the pacific coast relief by passing
an act preventing the admission of the
heather into this country. The public do
not watch developments as closely as we,
whose business it is to keep posted; but l
can say that the Chinese question is fast
assuming a very satisfactory condition.
You will rember that the last China steam
er took away about 1,4O0 of the Mongo-
lians; the Mexican steamship that sailed
the latter part of last week relieved us of
over two hundred. and the City of Sidney
which sailed yesterday, took about FIVE
hundred more of them. For several days
past the Cinnamon have been besieging
the registration office for certificates pre-
paratory to going home TO the Flowery
kingdom. These comprise principally
those who have been driven out of the in
terror towns and starved out of San Fran
cisco on account of not Icing able to
secure work. Those who secure certif-
Gates say that they do not want to come
back here, unless they can be thoroughly
protected; but they take the certificates
with the hope of selling them in Hong
Kong. The recent ruling of Secretary
Manning to the effect that no Chinese ARE
to be admitted on consular certificates is
another source of comfort, because it
resolves the whole question down to adj
hitting them on custOm-hCuse certificates
The habeas corpus racket writ is quite a
break in the monotony of the United
States courts. The general boycott which
is now being put in operation will bring
matters 20 a focus very much faster, and
it is my opinion that there will be grand
hegira of heather before the beginning of
summer These draughts on the Chinese
population, which is not being greatly
added to, assisted by the regular death
rate, will not be long in solving the all
absorbing problem. The greatest check
to this desired result in the manner in
which the Chinese are lately taking adj
vantage of the situation by shipping into
the country from Victoria, British Column
bia. This little game, think, will be
stopped very soon
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15

The iris of the eve of Italians is most
commonly chestnut; according to NJ. Man
tegazza. the proportion of such is GA per
cent, the black eyes number - per cent,
the blue II, and the gray 3. Piedmont
and Lombardy have the largest proper
ton of gray eyes; Nenetia of blue. In
general the chestnut color of hair amounts
to n per cent; then comes the black hair
- per cent; then the blonde, 3 per cent.
,though in Yenetia it is 81. Black hair is
rare in Venetia. More than three-fourths
of the Italians have abundant hair. South
ern Italy excels northern in this respect;
in Tuscany the poor heads of hair prepon-
derate 90 against AZ per cent As to the
beard the color does not always coincide
with that of the locks. While chestnut
preponderates this preponderance Is less
marked; and one sometimes finds chest
nut locks with blonde, and more often
brown boards. Rusty boards with abun-
dant locks are most common III South
Italy. In two-thirds of Italy the natives
wear the beard short or are clean shaven.
This practice dominates especially in Tus-
cany (S2 per cent?; the Sardinians have
most long boards go per cent?. Red hair
in Italy has been a subject of discussion
among anthrophologists; some think red
haired persons are remnants of race
almost extinct, and which eXtenced to the
banks of the Rhine and into England;
others think red-hair merely physiolo-
gical accident, from which no conclusion
can be drawn. In Italy throughout one
finds cases of red-hair In one commune
SAINT Agata di Puglia, red hair is FREEDOM
inaut No explanation has been given of
the fact. Badness is most common in
Tuscany. In Italy generally of 10000
Young men examined for military service
20 were rejected for premature badness
and 81 for diseases of the scalp.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15
4 New Competitive Sport.
Augusta Chronicle.

McElmurrays store, in the warrior dis
trict Of Bibb county, is great place Of
resort for the young men of that neigh
borhood. On Tuesday afternoon quite a
large party assembled at the store and en-
gagged in various sports. A good deal Of
liquor was swallowed. but not quite enough
To make anybody drunk. In the midst of
the sport an egg -sucking match was pro
posed. BEN Yarbord was selected as
Crawford county's champion and Reub
Saunders as Warriors. At the end of the
contest Yaraboro had sucked twenty-five
eggs and Saunders twelve, and both men
were perfectly sober. This seems to prove
that raw eggs are a good antidote to the
effects of liquor ms well as of poison.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15
rnneeessarv Yinlence

For which outraged nature exaets heavy penal
ties Is dsne to the bowels by persons who with
drastic dreuchiug purgatives make war on those
organs in order to relieve their construction.
Constipation is not one OK those desperate dts
eases that require desperate remedies. ia iact
il is not o disease at alt, but the incomplete els
charge OF a function, to the bealthful renewal Of
which HoStetter's Stomach BitterS IS Tar better
adapted than drugs, whose action IS excessive,
and consequently facilitating aud injurious. Dis
nTdar IN The liver contamination OF the blood with
bile, sick headaches and dyspepte symptoms ar
the attendants o. co-tivensss, and are likewise
remedied by the Bitters- is sction = hot Iinltea
10 relieving the bowels naturally and without
pain U.s@d with persistence sa1 as directed u
psrpstuatea regularity In the habit Of the BODY,
and Ia the operations OF the cigestiYe organs Aha
liver Fever and asgue. rheuu atisn and kidney
tronhles arr nreveutad and cured BY Ii.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15
The Coming Bonnet.
Albany Express,

What viii the coming bonnet be like.
responded a man milliner yesterday 1t
viii be unlike anything ever before at
tempted. Watch for it on Easter day and
repress your rispilities The ornithoioglcal
craze to death. and the birds may sing
and twitter in peace. They will not or
pament feminine headgear this season.
What is the cra7es Why vegetables and
fruits and flowers hut mostly vegetables.
The flower to be used are chosen because
Of the brilliancy Of their coloriug, and IT
is possible that many a false alarm Of ire
may be traced 10 a faring. flaming bunch
of buds on the coming bonnet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15

The West Toledo, Ohio, paper mills
were destroyed by fire Friday afternoon.
the loss reaching about $25,1G0. Incen
diarism at the hands of strikers is sus
pected.
A POSTAL car on the Lake Shore Road
was burned early Thursday morning at
Oak Harbor, Ohio. II contained Western
mail matter for all points east of Toledo
The body of young married woman
which was being carried to New York
State for interment was cremated in the
blazing car.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15
Why the Chinese Must GO.
Wall Street News.

A Denver man being asked by a mem
her of the congressional committee what
he thought of the Chinese question.
promptly responded:
They must git"
why"
For twenty different reasons.
"Wen. four of the Internal heatheus
salted silver mine and sold il 20 me for
$4,000. Anybody who can beat q white
man in this country has got 70 git"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15

A PAH1srAN street beggar is said to have
compiled and printed a directory of phil
anthropists and soft-hearted persons to
whom it is worth while to apply for aims,
and the police are trying to suppress the
book
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15

DURING period Of ten years, from
1870 to 1879 inclusive an average of 1900
men in the old country ." struck for an
average of thirty-eight weeks. The aver
age cost of each of these strikes was
$4,000 and there were 1852 strikes in the
ten years. The total cost of these TO the
workmen was sl34064,000, or yearly
loss Of $13,406 400.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-04-15

THERE are five minis in the United
States, viz; AT Carson City, New; Denver
Col; New Orleans, La; Philadelphia, Pa;
and at San Francisco, Cal. The Denver
mint is not coinage mint There is no
mint at Washington. Besides the mints,
there are a number Of assay Offices viz,
at Boise City Idaho r.; Charlotte, N. c.
Helena NJ. T.; New Yourk city, and at st,
Louis, Mo.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
The Farmers Quiet Life,

sThe farmer is less disturbed than
any other occupation orprofessionby
the strikes and the contest that is be-
ing waged between the employed and
the employer. All things considered,
we don't believe any young man makes
a mistake who decides deliberately
that "a farmers life is the lief or
him." and decides to fit himself for it.
Not to settle down, living in a starva-,
ton fashion, raising patch OF corn,
beans, and potatoes; but who, with an
enlightened grasp, will go forth to his
work with mind fitted for the highest
achievements in this pursuit. Farm
ing has been raised from the ruts OF
drudsery, aud has become u real science
requiring rs much special preparation
as any other pursuit III lie. Everyday
we meet men with bent forms and
careworn, anxious faces, who arelook-
ing forward to the happy day when
their accumulations shall amount to
enough to buy a farm, to which they
can retire and receive something ofthe
enjoyment OF life before the curtain
falls. If it is a comfort to those who
have exhausted their best energies in
other pursuits, what must it be to
those who in their youth choose it as
Il life calling? Along with the hard
work there is Joy and comfort, a con
tented mind, a healthy body, and if
riches do not come, their absence is
than made up by something far
more enduring.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
Some %Puinpkins.

Pumpkins may be made a most valu-
able crop for feeding cows and are in
valuable for swine, as they arehealth.
full and ~fattening and provide consid-
cradle heterogeneous element in their
seed which offsets the want OF these in
the corn. The diuretic effect of the seed
is also useful in assisting to carry off
impure matter from the blood. This
effect Of the seed, popularity sed
to be injurious to COWS, is only so
when the seed is eaten in excessive
quantity, as when it is thrown out from
pumpkins prepared for drying. An
acre OF pumpkins planted without any
other crop may be expected to yield
20 to 40 tons, according to the ~fertili-
ty Of the soil, and the cultivation Civ
Ell. Six and seven feet apart is agood
distance for the hills. This gives 1000
to the acre, and 516-pound pumpkins
to the hill Is not an uncommon crop
under favorable circumstances. The
common field pumpkin is the best kind,
beingsoft and easily broken and having
no hard indigestible rind, as the cheese
pumpkin has.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
Hot Plates at Table.

All housekeepers wish the plates
that are to be used for hot NEAL
brought to the table hot; but so much
injury is done to the plates by crack
ing the glazing and making them look
old and uncleanly that it is q grief to
the heart of the careful housekeeper.
All this may be remedied by V
putting plates on the range, on the
shelf Yer the range or in the oven to
warm. Have boiling water always
in the teakettle when cooking. 1t is
constantly being needed. Havea large
tin pan or small wooden tub at, hand.
AS soon as the dinner IS ready to be
dished up put the plates that will be
needed into the pan or tub and cover
them with boiling water. When all is
ready for the table and the family
gathered, take the plates ont OF
the water, wipe them on a fresh,
clean cloth and place in q pile
before the head Of the table. They
will be as hot as he will t. handle,
but not hot enough to burn the hand.
This prevents all possibility OF defac.
ing the plates and insures perfectly
clean dishes with none of the remind
ers Of soapy dishwater, which is so re-
pulsive.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
The Farmers Paradise.

Aman on his own farm, we'll cult
waited and kept, well stocked, with
good modern dwellings and barns and
outbuildings, master OF both time and
acres, tied to no hours by the calls OF
bells or whistles, free to come and 90
according to the necessities OF none
but himself, mostly in his own fields,
performing his healthful labors within
Sight OF the smoke of his own Chin
neys, IS surly as rich, in the genuine
sense Of that word, as any mar can
be. He has II 1thing to fear, nobody
to envy. OF one thing he is sure all
his days, and that is a sufficient liv-
ing; and that is what other men are
never sure of without a single pang of
doubt or apprehension. There is his
home, there is all the animal and in
animate machinery OF the establish
ment, and for the rest he looks in pro-
found trust to the bounty OF heaven.
Instead OF this unworthy and de-
moralizing anxiety to get rich, if the
average farmer, once being solidiv es-
ta%blished, would resolve to enlarge
and eXalt his life as it is, to make
more out of that, to enjoy, as much as
possible OF what thererist to beenjoyed,
to adorn and beautify hishome-that
only paradise on earth-within and
without, he would find all his daily
taskse n, even to the extent OF be-
ing delightful; he would feel rich, where
now, with more money, he feels all the
time poor; and he would rid himself
OF a false tyrant in the form OF in
creasing parsimony that holds his
nose to the g%rindstone till he is flung
into his grave. If farmers only knew
it they would be the richest mel on
earth.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
Flrst-Class Dairy butter.

Daniel H. Hale, OF Rowley, Mass,
whotook the first premium for dairy
butter, at the Essex county (Mass.)
fair last fall, gives the following state
ment. The butter was mnde from the
milk OF grade Jerseys. The milk is
strained in shallow pans, in a cool
room, to stand until the animal heat
escapes. 1t is then removed to the
milk room and allowed to stand from
thirty-six to forty-two hours. 1t is
then SKINNED, and the cream put in
the cream jars, care being taken 70
thoroughly stir it with each new ad-
dition OF cream. When slightly acid
it is churned until the butter reaches
the granular state; then the butter.
ter-milk is drawn of, and a pailful Of
weak brine put in the churn and cilurn-
ed for q few minutes. This is then
drawn oil and another pailful OF brine
put in and churned as bef.re. When
sufficiently washed, the butter is
taken from the churn before drawing
off the brine, as the small, cheesy
particles which sometimes adhere to
the butter are better removed
than by first drawing OF the brine.
The butter is then worked over and
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
European Millions.
From the London Times.

FROM the London Times.
For many years the richest individ
ual in all Russia was Herr Steightz.
When he retired from affairs in 1860,
he held property to the value of near.
ly f2,OOO.OOO But the richest men
in the land OF the Cars at the present
time are the two Noble brothers. They
control more petroleum than any
other concern in the world. Their
wealth is really beyond calculation,
though a correspondent thinks that
$4,000, 900 is not an extravasant
estimate.
1t is to the Rothschilds, however,
that belongs the honor of being the
richest among men. Theirunited prop.
critics pass even beyond the millions.
In the last twelve years they have
loaned to certain European govern.
ments nearly 800, OOO, 900. Their
lordly power is shown in a modern
instance. In 1866 the Prussian gov
eminent demanded an indemnity OF
f5,OOO,O 600 from the city Of Frankfort.
The head OF the Rothschild house in
that city sent word to Count Bismarck
that if an attempt was made to force
the levy he would break every bankin
Berlin, and Bismarck was compelled
to give way. Inferior only to the
Rothschilds are the Barring Brothers,
who have cat instantaneous com.
mand" 100000, 900.
Among the richest Of moderns is the
Car of Russia, who enjoys from his
personal estate an income of S2,OOO,-
n0n FFhnpa at.a Ca1-o,,1 ,,111o-,1~ -
England who have immense wealth at
their command. The Dukes OF Buc.
cleuch, Devonshire and Norfolk and
the Marquis of Butte have each Of
them rent rolls OF s4OO, 900 per an.
nun. The Duke OF Portland, who
died recently, left unentailed property
OF over s2, 700, 600. The greaterpart
OF his palace was constructed under
ground. His banquet hall, ballroom.
riding-school and a number of superb
guest DON are veritable tunnels,
decorated in a fashion so splendid as
to seem, when described, like q story
OF the Magi.
millionaires is the Duke of West.
minister, who undoubtedly has the
largest income OF any individual in
the world. His fortune lies largely in
the diametrica..1y opposite regions OF
London known as the West End and
Seven dials. He owns acre upon acre
OF the most aristocratic domain in
London, and his tenements cover
miles in the worst slums in the world.
His income is said to amount to f1O
q minute.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
A Story of Six Deuces.

Says Joe Howard in the Boston
Globe: Old General Schenck at the
age of 76years lives here in Washing
ton in fairly good health, having been
plucked from the jaws of death BY the
exercise OF q starvation diet conduct
ed for a year or two, and he still PLAYS
his little game OF poker. Twas told
about one ofhis games recently, which
l may not tell correctly, as I never
played poker. A man sat opposite
him and they had up about $50.
Said this man next to General Schenck,
81 have got four deuces." sFour
deuces" said Schenck, "take the mon-
ey." "You do not want me to show
my hand?" said the other man,
humorously. l suppose l can take
the money without showing it."
You must play the game said
General Schenck, "and show your
hand" "Well," said theman, "Ihave
not got four deuces, but l have got
two and two kings" eli you have
got that hand" said Schenck, you
can take the pot" The man was
about to rake in the money when Cen
eral schenck said: Hold on. If YOU
have got two deuces l think YOU can
takethat money" With this Scherck
laid down his hand. He had four
deuces. Said he: what l said was
that If you had two deuces l thought
you ought to have the money, for T
never saw six deuces before in n
pack"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
Earliest and Best Potatoes.

Thisis theseason ofthe year when the
inquiry is for the best early potatoes.
The earliest varieties are the Beauty
OF Hebron, Chas. Downing, Early Dur
ham, Early Gem, Early Ohio, Early
Pearl, and Gardeners Early Seeding.
The Ohio Experimental station last
year, made q careful test of twenty of
the best early varlties, as to yield and
quality. They found that Lees Fa-
vorite was the most productive, it
yielding 1923 bushels per acre. And
the first ten in the twenty varieties
produced each over 800 bushels per
acre. The amount Of each was in the
order named as follows: Lees Favor
lite, Clark No. /, Pearl ofSavoy, Early
Durham, Thorburn, Early Rose, Rosy
Morn, Early Ohio, Chas. Downing,
Watson's Seeding, Beauty Of Hebron,
Early Pearl, o OF them falling be.
low 800 bushels per acre.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
The Best Way to Cure a Ham.

One OF the best processes for sugar
curing is to rub the hams or bacon
thoroughly with hot salt, and allow
them to drain two or three sdays.
Then, for each fourteen or fifteen
pounds OF meat use ounce saltpetre
powdered, three ounces brown sugar
and n ounceb black paper. Mix and
rub this in thoroughly, and the next
day rub in thoroughly with what is
left OF the previous mixture, three
quarters OF a pound OF coarse salt
pounded fine, to each fourteen pounds
OF meat. In four days rub with u
pint OF molasses Or sorghum strip.
All this work, except the preliminary
rubbing with salt, to extract the
blood, should be in u tub to save the
brine. The hams may now lie for a
month in this pickle, turning every
day or two. If you like a pint ofgood
vinegar may be added to hepicklefor
each fourteen pounds Of meat, and
some persons add also an ounce of
juniper berries to each pint ofvinegar.
This receipt makes the finest quality
OF hams and bacon, and forfamily use
well pays the extra trouble.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-05-07
An Executive Committee.
Washington Critic.

washington Crltlc.
She was the daughter of a senator,
and her sweetheart had been to see
her every night since Lent had given
them time and opportunity. Her
father became somewhat alarmed, and
one morning he called her into his
study. "NWell, papa she said, sweet.
ly; 'you sent for me. What is it??''
"My dear daughter" he replied, "Ibe.
lieve Mr.. Blank has been to see you
every night for some time past?"
Eyes, papa" "And he was here last
night?' Yes, papa" Well, daughter,
Iwant to know what occurred between
you during your protracted interview
in the parlors; / ask it, my child, be-
cause l have especial reasons for wish.
ing to know" 'Dear papa" replied
the girl, with tears in her eyes, II do
not doubt your right to ask What oc-
Cured there; but, papa, it was an ex-
ecutive session; and, papa, you would
not have medivulge the secrets of such
q meeting, would your" The old man
said never q word in reply.