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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
Sorghum as a Fodder Crop.
American Agricuiturist,

The probability that sugar will be made
from sorghum with profit in the near
future, makes it desirable that il should
Poe cultivated if only for fodder, until the
farmers become expert in its culture. As
"a fodder crop, it is one of the best that
can be grown. The excessive sweetness
"t the stalk make them palatable for cows.
nj experience has shown them to be
a"lly productive of milk. The crop Is
grown as easily rs corn and when desired
for soiling, the stalks may be cut when
1alt grown, and left to sprout again for a
second crop. The seed is quite small, and
Is best sown in rows, with a common hand
drlu such as is used fCe ewing mangles
"r beets or other small seeds. The rows
1ould be three feet apart, and the plants
may stand for fodder-a foot or less
part IN the rows. The cultivation is pre-
'l~elJ the same as for corn. A light,
warm sandy soil is preferable, and any
artificial fertilizer suitable for corn Is
DETER than yard manure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
Doing Up a Fly screen Man.
Detroit Free Press.

He had sample hy-screen under his
arm, and he turned aside and entered
little shoe-shop on Lafayette street.
~ vhas very busy to-day said the
cobbler, as he looked up.
yes, l suppose so, and so are the
flies" was the reply. my friend, have
you given any thought to the momentous
query; Shall 1 keep the flies out or in
this summerrn
Il hat to get dis boot done in half an
hour"
Exactly, and don't propose to hinder
you. l am taking orders for tly-screens.
You can peg, peg away, while we talk fly
screens"
II doan' vhant some"
That is TO say, you propose to sit in
this shop all summer and encourage the
visits of winged insects. Do you know
how much time a man loses in four months
striking at fies?
Il doom figure oop on him
"Of course You don't, but | have. You
will lose just two days every month.
That's eight days thrown away and not
fly killed. Now, then
~ doau' yhant some fy-screens.'
THAT is, you think you don't. How
many cubic feet of air do you think comes
through that door in four months.'
"Maype six
maybe millions How much dust do
you suppose accompanies that airy'
II vhas very busy"
Exactly, bu, more than two bushels of
dust enter this shop by way of that door,
and YOU inhale at least one-half it, How
many microbes accompany the dust!'
Dis shop yhas under mortgage, you
seeS"
"ghafs all right, but for ten hours a day
you inhale one hundred cholera microbes
an hour"
"Und maybe l moot AWAY to Chicago
in June"
Suppose you do. A hy.screen door is
portable property. There are flies and
microbes in Chicago as well ms Detroit.
Do YOU want 20 die of choleray'
If | die it vhas all right. If | live |
hat to work all der time. | vhas a great
handt TO he alone in my shop
Certainly you are, but the question re-
mains; Shall flies light on you or notT |
will make you door
II vhas VERY busy
Don't doubt it, but you owe something
to yourself. Two dollars and a half will
buy the door complete, and want TO tell
you that our
"Great heafens! go AWAY! | yhas busyl
! doan' vhant some doorsl | doan' yhant
some hy-screens"
| you DON'T IL you don't wan't a door
why did you encourage me- Why did You
| take a quarter of an hour of my valuable
timer Do you suppose ! can stop and
| figure mp cubic feet of air and bushels of
dust and numbers of microbes to crafty
idle curiosity
~ like you to go avhayW
"Well, I'll go. Why didn't you say so
at hrstg What have | done to you that
You want to injure me by robbing me of
my time? Your conduct is outrageous,
sir grossly outras eous.'
The shoemaker jumped and locked the
door as soon as the man was out. For
moment they glared Mt each other through
the dusty glass, and then the fly screen
man said;
It's shameful case, and I'll keep an
eye on you! 1t is Just such tritling con
duct as yours sir which has brought this
country to where it is. Why didn't YOU
tell mo when came in that you didn't
want lly-screen door,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
Cheap Sugar by Diffusion.
American Rural Home.

Conversing with Commissioner Coleman
| learn that he is quite sanguine that
sugar will be made from sorghum and
sugar cane by the diffusion" process
greatly cheaper than by the old crushing
mills. 1t consists in slicing the cane very
fine, soaking it in water passing it through
some costly machinery, pressing the juice
adding to it a large allowance of lime
which is precipitated by adding carbonic
acid; it is then sent to the filter press to
nd it of impurities then passed through
a sulphur box, and then sent to the evap-
orators and rednced to"Masse Cutie con
tanning 1853 solid matter. This diffusion
process employed by Germans in the
manufacture of beet sugar, enabled them
To drive the French out of the markets of
the world, and we will hope that it viii en-
able Us to make sugar cheap and plenty,
and relieve us from dependence on other
nations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
MISSING LINKS.

Cincinnati talks of opening the Public
Library Sundays.
Lessons in cookery are being given to
the girls in some of the national schools
in Dublin.
A woman in Walton County, Georgia,
has rolling pin that has been in cons
ant use for 40 years.
An Ohio young woman has just started
for Dakota 20 take charge of 800 acre
farm which she has taken mp under the
culture act
Thirty-fve eggs were swallowed at
sitting by young man who participated
in an Easter egg-sucking contest at Bed
ford, Iowa.
In Cation. Cal, there is a woman real
estate Spectator who is very successful.
She made $4,000 the other day on a turn
in two or three hours.
A large meteor, whose fail was accom-
panied by whirring sound that Is said
TO have been heard for "A great distance,
fell the other night in the southern part
of Oregon.
A resident of San Bernardino, Cal, is
staggering through life under the weight
of the expressive name of Bogus, given
him by his not too discriminating par
ents.
Cinnamon in Quincy, Cal, built a big
bonfire one night recently during heavy
snow storm, and then caught over twenty
wild geese that swarmed about the bright
blaze.
A dense fog, only a few yards in
breadth, settled down upon one of the
wharves of New Haven at noon one day
lately, and remained in that isolated posi-
ton for two hours or more, while the sun
shone brilliantly elsewhere in the yicini.
ty.
A girl in Washington Territory whose
father gave his consent TO her marriage
but then withdrew it, causing the young
man in this case to form another alliance,
threatens to sue the old gentleman for
damages on a sort of breach of promise
basis.
"The Pilgrims Progress" has been pub
lished in Canton in Chinese characters,
and illustrated by Chinese artists. All
the characters are Chinese. The scene is
laid in China, and Apollyon is as fine a
specimen of Chinese dragon as one
could wish to see,
An Arkansas man who wanted to get
rid of his wife held her and burned sui
phur matches under her nose. When she
was partially supplied he proceeded to
choke her till she became insensible. The
woman recovered and the husband will
go to the penitentiary.
When the minnow bursts forth from
the egg it is so small that its eyes are the
principal feature. They stand out like
two black dots, and look like two heads
to one body. The body is almost trans
parent, and in appearance is not unlike
a thread of white jelly about ali eighth of
an inch long.
Thieves broke into the unoccupied
house of Assistant Secretary of of the In
terror jerks at Brookville, Pa, recently
and carefully packed up all the articles of
value that they could carry. Then they
visited the wine cellar and drank SO much
that they couldn't carry away their plum
der.
A small boy in Hartford, Mich, teased
a steer until the animal became very an
cry. 1t started on dead run and knock
ed down a boy, who will die of the injury.
Then it tossed woman, breaking her
shoulder gand otherwise damaging her.
| Luckily at this juncture a bull dog grab
| the steer by the nose and held him until
/ the police arrived and killed him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
az NAUGHTY LITTLE BOY SLEEPING.


80. now missed from hall and stair
Jus i,vfnl tremble that had grown
aA'dsar 10 me as that grave tone
~, tsIl. the world my older care
,,4 l,ttle footsteps on the floor
Al YVsra stAyrd laid sside my pen.
FORGOT my theme, and isiened-then
sr,a softly TO the library door.
~. s;ybtl no sound "a moments freak
" Fancy thrilled my pul-es through;
.,rfno and yet that fancy drew
, ,tber's blood from heart to cheek
And tbeu-I found him. There he lay.
AS1,rnrised by sleep, caught 10 the act,
The ROSY vsnda VINO had sacked
His little town, and thought It play;
The shattered vase: the broken jar;
match still smoidering on the floor;
The in kstand's purple pool of gore:
71,s chessuan scattered near and far.
srrewn leaves OF albums lightly pressed
This wicked Baby Of the Woods:
In fact of half the household goods
This son and heir was seized Possessed,
Vet all in vain, for sleep had caught
Tho hand that reached. the feet that strAyed;
And fallen ia that ambuscade
The victor was himself o'er@rought.
What though torn leaves aud tattered book
Still testified his deep Disgrace
stopped and kissed the inlty face.
With its deulure and calm outlook.
Then back stole, and half beguiled
NV suit in trust that when INV sleep
Should come there might be One who d keep
an EQUAL mercy for his child.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
AQuEER GENIUS.
NJ AIlI.I No skelched wIlh Do. NonLh

An Arti.t who Sketched with His Mouth
A dispatch from Lunenburg, Mass,
says: Percy W, Hastings, who won fans
as an artist, although completely paralyz
ed below the neck, died to-day. He mt
tended school at Ashburnham six years
ago. where he fell from q trapese striking
on his back. 1t was two months before he
could be removed 70 his fathers house
here. Since the accident June 30 1880,
Percy Hastings has had 40 use of his
body below the neck, as a result of the
fracture of the third yertcbra. To amuse
himself, Percy learned 10 hold q pen in
hia mouth. He soon succeeded in writing
"a rood business hand. Sketching was
next in order An easel was next attached
10 his reclining chair and placed but a few
inches from his face. la sketching Percy
met with such signal success that he tried
painting in water colors, and made good
progress. An attendent would prepare
his paints and place the brush in Percy's
mouth The principal work has been the
painting of flowers from nature. The
work has been on exhibition many times
and has received much praise. The gen
eral size Of paintings has been six by six,
the extent of the area that could be cover
ed bv the motion Of the head. OF these
paintings many readily sold for from g.
to s. each. Many persons are on Eec0rd
IA having been able 10 produce almost
phenomenal results by the use Of tho
mouth, but only with the use Of other por-
tions Of the body. Lunenburg's young
artist Is the first illustration of what thore
can be accomplished with the mouth
alone
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
AprLE NlrR1NGuE.


Does the modern woman of fashion be-
lieve that there is one man III ten thous-
and who knows the difference or can ap-
preciate the relative value of gown that
has cost 200 or 500 guineas: Women may
dress TO please themselves, or to cut out
other women, or to fascinate the men, but
they make a desperate mistake if they inn
agine that they secure the favor of one
man by their peacock vanity. The ex-
travagantly dressed woman of society is
the over-dressed woman. 1t is the pIiyi-
lege of English women to buriesque the
outrageous designs Of modern Paris The
costume of modem Paris, with no Eugene
TO direct it is monstrOus and hideous
enough; but modern Paris caricatured
by a modern Regen5-street Is almost laugh
able. Witness the high hats or bonnets
smothered with flowers and vegetables
that made the wearer OF each more hide
Gus than the last. The object of the
fashionably dressed woman Is to fascinate;
the result is to disgust There can be
nothing that is really womauly, really at
tractive, really pure, or approximately
noble III one of these fantastic pipinjays,
who, in these desperate times, while their
sisters Sre starving around them, cover
their bodies with clothes whose cost does
not atone for their hideousness, and who
know each morning when they rise, and
each night when they rest that they are
as unable to pay for their friyolity as the
saddest wretch who, maddened with hun
ger, steals a loaf or fingers the till, and
goes to prison for a crime not half so
morally reckless as the one that women of
education commit and women of acute
ness foster
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
WHERE SHALL WE SLEEP ?
Good housekeeping.

We can not all claim the best bedroom
in the house. The sunny, well-ventilated
apartment is a prize that each one longs
for. but it must finally go to the one most
needing it. We hope this is the case.
Weprotest with all the force in our power
against any fancy or custom that would
set it apart for the guest chamber. That
all its sunniness and sweet allurement to-
ward a healthful sleep should be shut up
in state, only exposed on the arrival of a
chance visitor whom, perhaps, we are
only inviting to pay up old debts of hos
pitality is an outrage on our own dear
ones, ard should be sternly put down by
any member of the family circle who
has tongue and the least claim to in
dependence of thought.
"The ideal that sweet, sunny bed
chambers Take away its finery; all that
will look just as well in the north west
room. Give TO Amy who has some tend
ency to a cough that we are all trying to
fight away from her this lovely place for
her very own
But the carpet won't fit the northwest
room; nor will it match the walls and fres-
Goes
"A plague on tne carpet ana the Tres
Goes! Let the northwest room be as it is
then, and ="
But the whole family raise their hands
in horror. Was not the guest chamber
carpet bought expressly for that pur-
pose? And what expense has been put
upon the walls and ceiling! Might not
the rich cousin who married Van der
West in New York, comes at any time
Then where would we be?" And
Amy cries, and says mo" she won't
put them all out just for her, and the
guest room is still lovely, and the young
life if fading bit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
Prospects Frightening
Washington Critic.

A man rode past cabin over in Yir-
ginia the other day and, seeing a woman
in the front door, he spoke to her.
Good momin',n she answered.
"Bad weather we've been hayin'," he
continued.
"Pow'ful mizzable,"
Are times pretty hard with You, now
a-days"
"Well, they wuz till last week, an my
dogs didn't have clos enough skereely to
kiver themselves, but the ole man died
suddenly Sunday night, an sence then the
boys has been looking SO peart in his ole
clos that prospects is brightenin might
ilyH
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13

Philadelphia fears that she viii lose
her 100. The expenses last year were
81 900 more than the receipts, and - Is
thought that nothing but permanent
endowment viii save it. Last November
a citizens committee was selected TO
raise money for iuch an endowment, but
only $4,000 has been secured. There
are 10 animals ia the collection.
a. English magazine writer makes bold
TO say that the table manners are best
disclosed by observing how one eats az
paragus. oranges, artichokes and grapes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
Pitfalls In a Lions Career.


by the by, old man, the Duchess Of
Cheeksboro' has asked me TO her fancy
ball. / wish you'd recommend me a cos
tune"
Has she asked your wifey"
IN no"
Does she know you are married.
~ yes
"And yet you are going!'
"Well yes
"1hen let me recommend you one of
her Grace's liverics it will suit you SPLEEN
didly.'
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
The Tender Language.
New York Sun.

Buxom Widow (at evening party Do
you understand the language of flowers,
DR.. Crusty?
DR.. Crusty Gan old bachelorl No
ma'am.
Widow You don't know if yellow means
Jealousy:
Or. Crusty No maam. Yellow means
biliousness.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13

Among the papers left by a friend re-
Gently deceased in the little Swiss village
of Burgdorf in the cemetery of which
repose for now thirtysix years the re-
mains of Max Schneckenburger the poet
and compose of "The Watch on the
Rhine the original manuscript of this
patriotic war song has been found. II is
again proposed 20 erect u monument Ia
him. larger aud more imposiag than the
one set up IN Sehmalkalden some years
ago, and a committee has been formed in
Tuttlingen and Thalheim (the latter being
the poets native place. to that end. and
an appeal TO tile nation at large has been
made With the consent Of the poets
widow and son n request was addressed 10
the municipality of Burgdorf for Permis-
sion 10 remove his remains TO Thalheim,
which was granted at once and thus be
fore many days the ashes of the German
songster will be deposited in German soil.
The funds for the monument will not DO
long in collecting.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13

A woman was sentenced in an English
court TO six months hard labor as
rogue and a vaRabond, her crime being
that she was in the habit Of carrying q
sealed and addressed envelope in her
hand, and soliciting from passers-by a
penny 10 buy postage stamp.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
Why He Kicked.
Low ELI Citizen

De Beans So the Jones Brown match
is broken Of. Is it:
ID Onkey Yesl The Browns objected
TO Jones being 90 deueed economical.
De Beans You astonish me.
ID Onkey Yes! He sent circulars 10 all
the ministers in town asking for their
lowest matrimonial terms, and old Brown
kicked
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13

ing extract Scald the milk, pour the
milk open the other ingredients, stir to-
gether well, flavor and pour into stone
china cups. Set these in pan of hot
water, CRATE nutmeg upon each and bake
until firm. Eat cold from the cups.
VEGETABLE SOUR.
Put a piece of pork that IS not too fat
and any bones left from roast beef in a
soup kettle with as much water as will be
needed for soup and set the kettle on the
fire. As soon as the water boils, add po-
tatoes, carrots. celery, an onion and a
small Savoy cabbage, all cut in small
pieces and salt to taste. Simmer for two
hours and a half.
BAKED APPLES.
are dainty dish to set before q king
if you bake them the right way. Take
sour, sound apples and core but do not
peel them. Fill the cavities with sugar
and stick into each a Above a bit of CHINA
mon or lemon peel of preferred. Put the
apples into the oven with a little water in
the bottom of the baking pan, and bake
until straw will pierce them. Eat cold
with cream.
APPLE MERINGUE.
Pare one quart small apples, remove
core without breaking, set ON a dish that
can be sent to the table, fill with sugar,
lay bit of butter and very little spice
on EACH and bake just tender but do not
let them break. Beat the whites of four
eggs to stiff froth, stir in three ounces
of powdered sugar, put over the apples
rounding it well. Just color it with a
moderate oven. Use either hot or cold
The lneringue will fall little as it cools
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13

Now, Johnny, you may have this one
egg and don't ask for another
After eating the egg, Johnnie asked for
some salt.
Mother What do you want Of salt.
johnnie want to put an egg on it,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
A Neglected Product.
Globe narnocrat.

Within the past two years the subject
" diversified farming has received con
-lderable attention. Discussions in local
journals, farmers clubs, and at agricul-
'lfal meetings generally, have been pro
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-13
SELECTED RECIPES.
BAKED cUsrARDs.

One quart of milk, four eggs, five table
spoonfuis of sugar beaten with the eggs,
nutmeg and two tablespoonfuls Of flavor
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-02
THE PLEURO.PNEUMONIA.
Cattle Owners Have . Fight with
Officers No Cattle Yet
Slaughtered.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, October This fore,
noon some of the owners Of the cattle
quarantined at the PhenixaDistillery
loaded up q quantity OF the baled bay,
which is als1 under quarantine, and
start d to drive Fl with it. Special
Deputy Sheriff William Taylor inter
feried and ordered the hay unloaded.
A young man named Ryan, after ours
ing the State officers, the veterinarians
and everyb body connected with the
quarantine, knocked the officer down.
A crowd of cattle owners gathered and
the officer was again knocked down
and badly bruised, while the milk
wagon with the bales of hay was
driven away. Two special guards,
wearing Sheriff. stars, were near by,
but did not come to the rescue. No
arrests have yet occurred, though the
penalty r the offense is serious one.
81 shall not kill any animal that we
have not money o pay for" said Com
mi sioner McChesney today. at may
bs after we get the thing within
bounds where we are sure t will not
spread that the general slaughter m ly
be d layed unhl the meeting OF the
Legislature, or until the number of
sick tile becomes small enougn S ,
that the present appropriation will
cover the value Cf the animals killed.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-02
JANITOR TITUS
On Trial for the Murder OF DOmes
tic at BeIvidere, N. j.

BELvIDERE, N. j., October 1.-At the
trial of Janitor Titus, OF the Collegiate
Institute today on the charge OF out
raging and then numbering Tillie
Smith, domestic OF the institution,
there was a great crowd. The Judge
ordered all young girls excluded.
Charles Munich, a commercial
traveller, testified that he was in COM
pany with the dead girl on the night
OF the murder that about 10 o'clock he
accompanied her 10 the Institute; that
when he left her she started to 20
to the laundry door to get in, as the
other doors were locked. This was
the last seen OF her. 1t was not true,
as he had boosted to another drum.
mer, that he had been intimate with
the girl.
Munnich's testimony, as to his ac-
companying the girl to the institution
that night and parting from her. was
corroborated by Axtsro Rivera aud
Harvey Smith, students, who saw
them separate.
VIM. Van Sickle testified to having
heard Titus make lascivious remarks
about the girl six weeks before the
murder.
The remainder Of the testimony was
rot m 3terial, and the court adjourned
until Monday on account OF the ex
tremely nervods condition of Ttus,
who, it was feared, would break down
if the strain Of being in court were
kept up.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-02
Volcanic Eruptioas in Alaska.

SAN Francisco, October IA letter
published in the Bulletin under date
of Kodiak, Alaska, September 10Th,
says: A volcanic peak of Pabloff
mountAin, 800 miles southwest OF here,
on the Alaska peninsula, is in erup-
tion. Slight falls Of volcanic dust re-
sembling emery powder havs been
observed. Capt, Curry, Of the schooner
Rodiak, reports that ON August 10Th,
when 100 miles from the volcano, his
vessel was enveloped in black cloud.
The darkness was DO great thtt
lamps were kept buraing from
10 O'Clock am. till 3 o'clock pm. At
the came time black dust fell upon
the deck TO depth Of several inches.
Capt. Abbey, of the United States
steamer Cjrwin, who arrived here
August 2lst, also brought samples of
the dust and reported, having heard q
noise like thunder while passing near
the volcanic region. 40 sstfhquaR Q
shocks Rave been rep ffed thus far In
connection with The outbreak.