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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16

There have been seven embezzements, aggre-
eating 81 ,233, 400, in Boston, during the present
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
ROUGH on PILES. -

Why suffer piles; Immediate relief and com
plete cure guaranteed Ask for Rough on Piles s.
Sure cure FOR itching protrudiug, bleeding OF
any form of Piles. soc At druggists or mailed
A vessel secured 81 800 worth Of sponge in one
weeks trip along the Florida coast recently.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
THE HOUSEHOLD.


WASHING AMMONIA,
applied with flannel cloth, will clean
brass ornaments,
GILT AND SILVER LACE
tides are novelties, and very gay to light
up a piece of dark furniture.
oLD-FAsHIoNED DIMITY CURTAINS,
with borders of tiny interlacing cords,
terminating in tassels, are very fashion
able.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
BLOOD nlS0R DERS;

Warmers SAFE Cnre" their thick AMI Ca
appeared under its potent influence Toe
purified in the lungs and the result H. thp
there is any local disease all The badness &
fies US in the statemant thet Warmers =
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
rheumatism

wo doubt II there IS, or can be, a specific
remedy for rheumatism; but Thousands who
have suffered It's pains hnvo been greatly ben
Gifted by Hoods sarsapar.9s. II you have failed
to find relief, try thii great remedy. 1t corrects
the acidlty Of the blood which is the cause of the
disease, and builds up the whole System.
II was afflicted with rheumatism twenty years.
Previous 70 isss found no relief, but grew worse,
until was almost helpless. Hoods ssrsspsrilla
did me more good than all the other medicine
lever had" H. T BALcoX, shirley Village Mass.
Hoods SarsapariIla
Sold by all druggists. 81; six for s.. Made
only by c. /. HOOD & CO., Lowell, Mass.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16

IN. sage \ tatirfn remedy cures Wueu every
other so called remedy fails.
An infant with four ears is attracting attention
at lathrop, Cal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
CONGESTION;
FEMALE COMPLAINTS

mon a, can be- and, as every doctor can tt
ditioH Of the system. which, not being reylari
countless sufferngs which can bs alluded 70 b
been permanently cured
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
lTlON, PILES.

secondary q iWperfecF acton " nc k7dU q
from the blood by the liver II the liver ia
constipltad habit This, eventually folio ",
liucr aud "A breaSing dosn Of the system
kidneys by the use OF Warmers SAFE {
appear
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
WARMERS SAFE CURE.
C0NSIIM PTI0N.
IMPAIRED EYE.SIGHT.

cure Tor dis0rdered eye-sght many persons have
ough course Of treatment with Warmers SAFE {
In fact of the best ocullss in the country say
bad eyes, upon examination he discovers are pictiH
the reason why so mer people complain of failin
TO themselves, their Kidneys haze been ont Of ord
running the system
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
OPIUM HABITS:
Ri EUM AT[SM;
BLADDER DISORDERS;

kidneys, and urinary tract. Ur,c acid constg
tually destroys the inner membrane, pro uci
sOtidtGes in the kidneys In the form of Grave
collie. Sometimes the acid solidifles In the
SAFE Cure" has restored thousands of cases
effectively corrected the tendency to the form
with all other remedies in this work. Buy
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16

DFNGTONG oFFlCBRs' pay bounty, e'c,
4 A. w. Mccormick son. Cincinnati, o.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-16
STOMACH DIS0R DERS,

erbrssh, heat and distress in the 81 mac1
energy Now, these are srGctiB the c1ndii
Is Giied ruth L dney poison People dose
better They never viii get any better ult
ney aud liver action by the means Of ths q
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
The Banana.

A pound of bananas contains more nu
triment than three pounds of meat or
many pounds of potatoes, while as a food
it is in every sense Of the word far supe-
rior to the best wheaton bread. Although
it grows spontaneously throughout the
tropics, when cultivated its yield is pro-
digious, for an acre of ground planted
with bananas will return, according to
Humboldt, as much food material as
thirty three acres Of wheat or over one
hundred acres Of potatoes. The banana,
then, is the bread Of millions who could
is the principal food of the laborins
classes, while it is no less priced in the
island of Cuba Indeed, in the latter
country the sugar planters grow orchards
of it expressly for the consumption of
their slaves. Every day each hand re-
ceives his ration Of salt fish or dried beef,
as the case may be, and four bananas
and two plantains. The banana-it
should be called plantain, for until
lately there was no such word as banana
is divided into several varieties, all of
which are used for food. The platino
manzanita is small, delicate fruit,
neither longer nor stoutcr than lady's
foretinger. 1t is the most delicious and
priced of all the varieties Of the plantain.
Ell plotinO guineo called by us the ba-
mana, is probably more in demand than
any kind. 1t is subdivided into differ
ent varieties, the principal of which are
the yellow and purple bananas we see for
| sale in our market; but the latter is so
little esteemed by the natives of the
tropics that it is seldom eaten by them.
El platino grandc-known to us as sim
ply the plantain-is also subdlvidcd into
varieties which arc known by their SAVIOR
and size. The kind that reaches our
market Is almost ten inches long, yet on
the Isthmus of Darien there are plantains
that grow from eighteen to twenty-five
inches, They are never eaten raw, but
are either boiled or roasted or are pro-
pared as preserves. .-HotelRegister.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
The Value of HiD.POckets,

The general practitioner is frequently
asked by anxious parents: "What shall
| do for my boy; he is getting SO awfully
stoop-shouldercd that | am afraid he
viii get co, sumption; l will have, to get
him brace. What kind would you
rccommend"
'~>seeuires no extended argument t.
prove the Importance of well expanded
chest. Apart from the incalculable ben
cfits to health, an erect carriage and
graceful movements attract the attention
of the most humble. 1t causes them to
correct as far as they are able, in their
children any tendency to awkward,
STOPPING or ungainly positions. Apart
from the coat and inconvenience of ex-
pensive instruments, but few meet the
requirements. In many cases better
results may be obtained by attending to
a few simple details, within the reach OF
every one, in the ordinary clothing.
The boys pockets are to him very
important part of his dress, and the
natural tendency is to keep his hands in
them. When not actively engaged, there
| they are usually found, and if the pockets
are properly placed, they will inadvert-
emily cause him to throw back the should
ers and much or less expand the chest.
For instance, the jacket or overcoat
should have what is called breast pock-
cts, the opening should be high and as
far back as possible, parallel with and IL
the line of the body, instead of low down
and transverse as usually found in the
ordinary jacket or oycrcoat.
The pants should have what are called
"hip-pocketS, and no other. 1t vii
then be apparent that, whilst the hand'
are in the pockets a better, if not a per
feet, position will be assumed and th'
boy spared the many admonitions 4
keep your hands out of your pockets,
and the accompanying box on the car
Medical and Surgical Reporter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21

bound that it was two or three minutes
before could move, The spectacle was
even more horrible when l stepped out
and secured a stronger light, and directly
my nerves were so unstrung at thefecollec-
ton of what had occurred that rushed
out of the cave into the open air. As |
gained the outside it struck me that the
Indians had doubtless left one of their
number to watch the horses. As ! went
down the ravine | determined, if this
was the case, to attack him, with the
hope of wiping out the whole party.
When Icrept out of the ravine anothe,
bloody spectacle awaited me. The In-
dian ponies had been hobbled to prevent
them from wandering away, and none of
she party had been left in charge. The
Sgrizzlies had come upon the horses first,
and every one of them was dead on the
grass, and horribly mutilated. They
had not been killed to satisfy hunger,
but to crafty ferocious whim.
After few hours, during which time
lrcturncd to my own camp, to find every
thing safe, | rc-cntcrcd the cave and Sc
cnred the firearms of the dead redskins.
The stuff at their camp fire consisted of
blankets, robes, ammunition, and powder.
While none of the party were in war paint,
there was nothing to prove that they were
out on hunt. They had perhaps defect
ed from some march to discover what had
caused the smoke.
Four weeks later when party of hun,
tiers from Boise City, headed by Capt.
Hall, stumbled in on me, turned over to
them, as relics of the singular three-cor-
nered fight, the firearms, bows and arrows,
the claws of the grizzlies, two full suits of
buckskin, three scalps of white men, and
enough pipes, beads, knives, charms and
feathers to start museum. These relics
arc still on exhibition in the Sheriif's
office at Boise, and bear witness that
have given you truthful narrative.
Nelr York Su1.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
Americas First Railroad.

Mr.. Barnet lie Van, prominent rail
read man, is authority for the statement
that railroads were first introduced in
Pennsylvania. 'In September, 1900,
he states, ''the first experimental track
in the United States was laid out by
John Thompson the father of John Ed
oar Thompson, who was afterwards the
president of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company, civil engineer of Delaware
County, Pa, and constructed under his
direction by Somervillc, Scotch mill
wright, for Thomas Leiper, of Philadel-
phia. 1t was $50 feet in length, and
graded one and one-h half inches to the
yard, The guage was four feet, and the
sleepers eight feet apart. The experiment
with loaded car was so successful that
Leiper in the same year caused the first
practicable railroad in the United States
to be constructed for the transportation OF
stone from his quarries on Crumb Creek
to his landing on Ripley Creek, in Della
ware County, Pa, distance of about
one mile. 1t continued in use for nine
teen years. Some of the original founda-
tions. consisting of rock in which holes
were drilled and afterwards plugged
with wood to receive the spikes for hold
the sleepers in place, may be seen to this
day.n
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21

No positive estimate can be placed
upon the value of the animal production
of eggs and poultry. There are thousands
of dozens Of eggs consumed annually Of
which no accounts are kept, to say moth
ing of the carcases, which render it i'm
possible for the census takcr to record.
The sums given as the value of poultry
and eggs are, therefore, only estimates.
1t has been claimed that the value Of the
poultry interests exceed those of the
dairy Or any class Of live stock, but the
claim is disputed one. We may ven
ture, however, to estimate that each in
dividual in the United States consumes
poultry and eggs to the value of five dol
lars per annum, and with our population
fixed at 10000, 900, the sum reaches
$3.50, 900, coo. If only two dollars be al
lowed as the value of the poultry and eggs
consumed by each individual we havcthc
large sum of 800, 600, 600. But we have
good reason for believing five dollars
nearer the amount than the smaller sum-
Estimating the average price of eggs at
only 10 cents per dozen, we still have ;
large margin in chickens, ducks, geest
and turkeys Whatever the amount may
be it is sufficiently large to demand con
sideration.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21

THE prominent members Of the national
house and senate seem to be on the shady
side of So Brown of Georgia is 65, Voor-
hees So, Ingalls, SO, Hoar 60, Van Wyck 81,
Sherman 63, Don Cameron 53, Jackson 53,
Edmunds SO, Speaker Carlisle so, Springer
is 40, as is his Republican colleague, Can
non; Reed Of Maine is 46, Long Of Massa-
chusetts AZ, Bland of Missuri 90, Walter
Phelps Of New Jersey 48, Frank IIiscocll
of New York 81 Warner of Ohio is the
same age, Randall 81, Morrison 60, Abe
Hewett is G3, as is Holman of Indiana.
The oldest member of the House is Rep
resentative Wait of Connecticut, who has
been member of six Congresses; he is
"a. The oldest member in service is ''Pig-
Ironn Kelly of Pennsylvania; he has been
in 12 Congresses, serving "a years. Next
to Mr. Wait in years comes N. b. Eldridge
of Michigan, who served in the last Con-
gress; he is II years of age. The youngest
member of the house is Robert NJ. La
Toilette of Wisconsin, who has just
turned 80. This is his first session in
Congress. Ward of Chicago is 80, and
there are several members whose ages lay
in the thirties. A mathematician figures
this way: There are 43 members who are
over 30 and under 40, 13i between 40 and
so, 80 between so and 60, "a between &C
md 20, and four between 20 and so.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
The Time the Old Cow Died OF,

In Scotland and the north of Ireland
this saying is very common in the mouths
of the peasantry, though all who use it
may not understand its origin. 1t arose
out of all old song:
There was an old man, and he had an old
cow,
And he had nothing to give her,
So he took out his fiddle and he played her a
tune
Consider, good COW, consider;
This is no time of year for the grass to grow,
Consider, good cow, consider
The old COW died of hunger, and when
any grotesquely melancholy song Or tune
is uttered the north country people say:
"That is the tune the old COW died Of
London AggitWltHUL Gazette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21

The manufacture of base balls in this
country has become an important indus
try, and an ingenious one, too, according
to the description given of the process :
First there is little hard rubber ball,
around which there is wound a strong
blue coarse yarn, and when this reaches IL
prescribed size, it is firmly wrapped with
~Intc ' NcncyiaL y"in. nu udIIc ato "''''
placed in an oven and baked until the
moisture is taken out of them and they
are reduced in size this making them
solid. They are then coated wftH'ccmcnt,
which causes the balls to retain their
shape, and they cannot be knocked crook
cd. After this comes some fine blue yarn,
and around the whole is placed fine white
gilling twine. The balls are weighed,
each to have certain weight, and the
covers arc put on, these being made OF
the best horse hide. 1t consists of two
pieces, each cut in the shape of the figure
s. By bending one section one way and
the other in an opposite direction, COM
plete cover is obtained. This is a simple
and effectual substitute for the former
method of covering with four pieces Of
leather
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
iTatloOing In Japan.

The skill of the japanese in tattooing
is remarkable, and DR., Baelz physician
in the employ of the japanese govern
ment, has communicated large number
Of curious and hitherto unknown facts
regarding the strange custom of tattooiug
as practised in Japan. AS to its origin
there nothing very definite has been as
certained. 1t certainly in Japan has no
religious meaning or any ceremonial at
tending it. Unlike some other peoples
the japanese usually tattoo those portions
of the body which arc covered by cloth
ing, and yet it seems that the only pur-
pose the marks serve is, that of personal
adornment. Among certain tribes of
other countries the chiefs and persons of
distinction are elaborately tattooed; in
Japan only the lower orders of society and
very rarely women undergo the process,
A japanese when he desires to be
tattooed goes to an artist with the design
he wishes to have indclibly initiated on
his body. The artist sketches the design
more or less in full detail, as the circulu-
stances of the case may require, on the
skin of his patron. Then, taking II
wooden tool in which fine sewing needles
are firmly fixed, the artist applies Indian
ink or a red color made from cinnabar to
the points of the needles, holds the tool
in the right hand, which rests on the
thumb OF the left hand, and proceeds to
punctme the skin with marvellous re-
pidity, pausing at intervals to take on the
needles fresh supply Of color. No blood
is drawn except sometimes when a deep
shade is requisite, Or when going overthc
elbows and knees. In day a skillful
operator can complete picture requiring
few hundred thousand punctures, in a
manner surprising for its accuracy and
varied and delicate degree of shading.
When the work is finished the skin is
bathed with warm water, which gives q
slight pain to the patient, but brings out
the color with great distinctness. The
only Inconvenience experienced isa slight
feverish feeling, which soon goes away.
The tattooed parts are never irritable or
sensitive, and there need be no cessation
from usual work. AT the end of three
days the skin scales off like bran from the
puncturcd surface, leaving the portions
blue that had been treated with the In
Indian ink, and those red that had been
touched with the cinnabar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21

Hog cholera was carefully studied last
summer by several pork raiscrs in Kan
sas, where the disease ragged part of the
time. One of them resortcd to "home
treatment" as he called it, and he says it
succeeded in bringing every member of
his infected herd around all right. The
mode Of treatment he thus describes: Gas
soon as the animals were taken sick
turned them out of the pens and began to
drive them to warm up their blood. The
first day drove them three miles and the
second day two miles. They would
vomit freely while being driven. After
the second day they showed signs of i'm
provement, which continued, and finally
all the hogs recovered" An Abbcville
county (s CO. farmer, whose hogs have
never been attacked by the disease, attrib-
utes their immunity to quart of turpen-
tine slops which he gave them weekly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
They Had Met Before.

A short time ago gray-haired old
man was in one of the hotels of Cen
tralia H., when stranger got off a
train which had Just arrived, and passed
through the waiting room. He eyed the
old man closely, and over the face of the
latter there dashed look of recognition.
Pardon me-" said the stranger, your
face has a familiar look, yet cannot
place you Perhaps l am mistaken
ooh, no." said the elderly gentleman.
81 know you are not mistaken. l know
you like book
'Indecd?'
eyes, sir. You used to board with
me-"
''Is it possible?" said the stranger.
"Yes, sir, and you left without paying
your board
"That, sir, cannot be- was the indig-
nant mans answer, as he became more
and more confused.
"And," continued the old man, ''you
left in the night and neglected to take
your luggage"
By this time the stranger was furious.
He grew red with anger, and intimated
that only the gray hairs of the tormentor
saved him from violent treatment
''Oh, you needn't get mad" said the
old gent, remaining provokingly cool.
"You did all these things, and l can
prove it,
"See, here, old man, who the deuce
are you, and where are you from2"
Il, sir, amCapt. Jack Warner, and
you are Quartermaster Murphy and you
escaped from Libby while I was quarter
master of that institution"
"Great Scott" was the strangers ejac.
ulation, as he warmly claspcd the hand
of the old ex-Confederate. "Are you,
indeed, the old commissary? Well, Ibid
board with you while, and l gave you
the slip, too, he laughingly continued.
Quartermaster Murphy belonged to a
New York regiment, and was captured
and sent to Libby. 1t was the practice
of the Confederatcs to allow prisoners
who had been practitioners of medicine
to attend the sick of the prison hospital.
They were given the freedom of the
prison, to come and go at will.
One day green sentry would not al
low these men to pass, when he was
sharply reprimanded by Capt. Gibbs,
and was told that those men who wore
ribbons on the labels of their coats should
pass unmolested,
Murphy overheard this and took adj
vantage of it. He had some red lining
in his vest, and, tearing off a strip, he
pinned the physician insignia on his coat,
and, watching an opportunity, he got
past the guard and escaped over into the
Union lines Cincinnati Commercial Ga
sette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
Choking.

A baby or young child may hold its
breath while there is food in the mouth,
simply because it cannot obtain more food
or cannot have its own way. As soon as
the spasm of the muscles of the throat re-
lakes an inspiration occurs, air is forclbly
drawn into the lungs, and if particles of
food have not already been removed from
the mouth and throat by ones finger they
are likely to block up the larynx and
cause sutfocation. In other words, they
are foreign bodics.n Children Just
passing out of bapyhood who are allowed
to feed themselves at table and to eat
whatever they want, run great risks of
suffocation by large mouthfuls of food.
No careful parent who has repeatedly OBJ
served baby's manner of cramming the
mouth full and of gulping food, if left to
himself, doubts that sutfocation may
thereby be caused. To reduce the danger
to the minimum, therefore, additional
food should not be given until the baby's
mouth is quite empty, and the mother
intelligently supervises it.-Babyho03.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
Lincoln and Old Seth kinman.

A goodly crowd was gathered about
nunrcr, rrfc oo1rsrorvoyyrC V-tE' srr'55-rOo'
of the International Hotel last spring.
Seth was in the best Of storytelling
moods. He said: when Abe Lincoln
was elected made up my mind I'd give
him a cheer. | knew him, for he and my
father fit together in the Black Hawk
war. When I started to Washington I
took an Injun along to exhibit him. l
give shows on the way. That blamed
Injun petcrcd out of my hands at
Oswego, N. Y. The people fed him so
much that he fairly busted. Well, old
Abe got wind O me and sent for me.
Christ Lloyd, who was Clerk Of the Penn
sylvania House Of Representatives then,
went to Washington with me from Harris
burg. | said to him: Now, old man,
Pm going to present this cheer to old Abe
myself. | don't want nobody to waw-
waw for me this time And / did. Old
Abe was just ticklcd TO death, TOO. lie
shuck hands with me, and on the sly he
took me outen the East Room and give
me a pull at some nice old Bourbon.
Then afterward | showed him old Cot
ton Bale that's the name of my old
Kaintuck rifle, and he took it up, sighted
it at an imaginary bar and said Seth,
that's the kind of artillery l was raised
on Then brought out my fiddle, and
he sot me to playin,' and l give him
Gray Eagle old Zip Coon,' Gal On q
Log and 'rhc Arkansaw Traveller lie
jest roared all the while. Poor fellow
l was in Ford's Theater the night he was
| hit.-.San Francisco Alta.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-21
Great Expectations.

Jones came INTO the office OF the Aus
tin Water Works Company. He was
mad. His eyes cleaned with balcful
light.
s'What is the mattcrl' asked tho
clerk.
Il want to tell you that I've found an
other fish in cur water"
"IIow large was the fish," asked tho
clerk, blandly.
"About an inch long It's a shame
and an outrage"
''AIy dear sir, do You think that we
can furnish you with whales ninety
feet long every day for G1O year!--
.Sittin0s,