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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-24

Io-Nights HOP The first of the series
\ hops for the season of SO and 81, will
\ gwen tonight at the gymnasium, Ma
Fi Academy. Numerous invitations
gave been sent to ladies in Baltimore and
ashlngton and alarge number of strang-
are expected to be present.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1886-11-24

1000 Meetings. The meetings Of the
|alvatlon Army held in the Governors
yards armory the past two nights have
sen very successful Services will also
held there tonight. The barracks on
my George street have been plastered;
81 VIII soon be ready for the resumption
the meetings.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
The TaiIless Cattle of Florida.
New York Star.

81 noticed some cattle in Jackson
vile and thought that, aside from their
leanness and diminutive size, there
was something else peculiar about
them, and studied for some time, I'M
til | suddenly discovered there were
some Of them minus tails; others look
ed as though they had about half of
that useful appendage cut off. In a
country where flies and mosquitoes
are as plentiful as they must be here,
l should think it no less than down
right cruelty for people to treat the
poor creatures in this shameless man
ner.
My remarks were greeted with a
roar of laughter.
"Biess your heart, my young friend
the people don't do that; it's the ailiga-
tors
"Alligators" said 1, astonished.
Yes
How can that be-"
They grab them when they'r feed
ing in the water.
"And bite off their tails, l sup
pose2"
Eyes, they do. You see they creep
up so quietly that the cattle do not
notice their approach, and the first
thiNg the animal is aware of is jerk
in the rear. He tries to get away, but
it is of no use, the harder he pulls the
tighter the alligator holds on, until
the appendace gives way, and the
copqueror swims off happy"
Highly interesting sight, l should
think"
"Well, rather, as the question of
ownership is often disputed, though |
never saw a case yet in which the cat
tie came off victorious
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
FARM NOTES.

The Bohemian oat swindlers are not
all dead.
An Illinois farmer kills Canadian
thistles by pouring little benzine
about the roots
The acreage of tobacco is reported
rapidly increasing in the Atlantic sea-
board states.
Two thousand blooded bulls were
taken upon the cattle ranges of Ari-
IONA last years.
Where milk can be sold for 3 cents
per quart, it will pay as well as butter
at % cents pound.
The Industrialist, of Kansas, says a
bushel OF corn in that state Is worth
less than a dozen eggs.
The impression is growing that seed
corn should be changed every four
or five years, or at least new kinds
mixed with the local sorts.
If your boys have a chance to
become posted as to what constitutes
good farmer, fewer of them will
yearn for city life. Live Stock Indlca-
tor.
Here is a fact worth remembering
II a pure male is bred TO mixed
females, the issue will tend toward the
type of the pure breed just as long as
such male is used.
A farmer in Indiana claims to have
raised seventy bushels of turnipS on
thirty-three squaae rods Of ground.
He said it was not very good year
for turnips, either.
The Ohio State Board Of Agricul-
ture offers two premiums, one OF SOL
and the other of sac, for the best and
second Oestmachne for digging and
grading trenches for the drains.
Potatoes require watching at this
season. II they are sprouting, the
sprouts should be rubbed off and the
| temperature Of the cellar reduced as
much as possible, consistent with
safety.
Breeding from immature stock has
a tendency ) degenerate the offspring
The heifer thai drops her first call
when she is 3 years old should not p5
allowed to drop her next until she Is
a kentucky correspondent OF tns
Country Gentleman speaking OF q
Blue grass pasture over 20 years old
is satisfied that it has furnished l0l
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11

mer can afford to throw away his rails
to go to the expense OF building either
/ board or wire fences.
The matter OF ditching should en-
gage attention now. We should
never allow wet SPOT to remain on
our farms. You must use judgment,
and the broad, sweeping statement
that a man ought to borrow money
and ditch his entire farm, if he can
not do 1t otherwise, If followed out,
will leave those of the wet farms in
the hands of some great eastern trust
company. The better plan is TO drain
as you are able, until you have your
whole farm ia good condition. You
need not be afraid of getting in too
much dilching, and | have never
seen a ditch with the tile IN 1t too
large. The great trouble is in getting
it large enough. We imagine the
difference in the cost will not Justify
us in purchasing larger tile. This is
great mistake. | have ditch on
my farm now that shows the folly of
putting in small tile. 1t was dug for
the purpose of draining a pond that
covered nearly an acre OF land. The
outlet is into Blue river, and the ditch
was dug in some places thirteen feet
deep. II passes through stiff clay,
and its length is about sixty rods,
and it has one row of four inch tile in
it. What is the resultl 1t Is simply
this: The water browns out the
crop every year almost, although the
water runs out of the pond. expect
to take up a part of the tile and make
fish pond out OF the diminutiv9 Iake.
Then / think / shall be able to ditch
some wet places intoit
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11

Dr. c, A. Robinson in Planter and stockmau.
This is tbs season when the wood
for the next year must be cut. This
can be done Of wet days, when we do
not wish to take the team out in the
mud. If you have drag saw and
plenty of big boys and horses, you
can get up wood enough to do year
in very short time; but as a very
large majority of farmers have not
these facilities, the next best thing is
a cross-cut saw. But perhaps you are
ready to say, Not every frrmer has
a boy to help him get wood IN this
manner" When this is the case, you
can always find some neighbor with
whom you can exchange work, and
both of you get your wood compare
lively cheap A good crosS-cut saw
in the hands of two good men will
cut a fine pile of wood in a day. OF
all things don't forget your wife's
wood pile. For she has a hard
enough time anyhow without being
compelled to hunt up wood.
Not the least important thing to do
is to haul rails and strengthen up your
fences. Who likes to have q crop OF
corn about knee high, or a field of
wheat Just heading out, and have all
the stock of his own farm, besides the
whole village herd, get into and tear
il up. Hence repairing fences is an
important matter. The subject OF
what kind OF fencing shall be used
has always been debatable, and IS
more than ever now, since timber is
getting scarce. | have tried nearly
all kinds of fence, | believe, except
wire, and there is nealy two miles OF
that on the great WIrth farm which
joins mine on the north and east
used to think that ] never would hav,
wire fence under any circumstance,
but as experience comes with age,
have had reason to modify that state
ment to some extent. II l find ! car
build a wire fence cheaper, / will Ger
tainly build it. "Oh, | know yol
can, says one. "Well, how do yol
know / cans Because one man can,
1t does not follow invariably that al
men can. / may be able to build
plank fence cheaper than you car
build a wire fence, and yet you MAJ
be able to build a wire fence cheape
than a plank fence. The amount o
timber farmer has, his proximity Il
a sawmill, the manner in which hl
pays for his hauling, saving anC
building, are all items to be taken in
to consideration. But fencing is gen
orally done in the spring, and no far
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
An Interesting POrpoisO.
Atlanta Constitution.


One of the best known characters
about Brunswick, is a Vorpoise For
twenty years he has been seen there,
and now every body knows him as
"Cutfn.n This name has been given
to him because his big dorsal fin has
been cut half away in some combat
with his rivals in the sea or by the at
tack of some duman foe. But "Cut-
fin" is now safe, at least from the
hard of man. He is a universal fay-
orite and enjoys the attentions which
are lavished upon him. He is so
tame that any fishing party that sails
near Doboy can tay a few times on
their boat with an oar and he will
come up to JOIN them. No matter
were the boat goes "Cutfn" follows.
He comes up within a few feet and
thousand opportunities has he given
to fishermen to kill him, but no mans
hand is ever raised against this re
markadle fish. He is a powerful fell
low fully twelve feet long. He has
been known when accompanying
ing parties to swim around and drive
fish into their nets. No pilot is better
known than "Cutfn," and few are
more highly esteemed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
A Harvard Professor,s Joke

Boston Record.
Here is story of Prof. Sophocles
which probably has never been in
print.
The old Greek was catechising his
class one day on ancient history of his
native country.
when did Theodophilus live, he
asked of one sophomore.
Before Christ
"W rongln shouted the Professor.
And then addressing the next sophie
more: when did Theodophilus
Liver"
"After Christ.
"Wrongw shouted the Professor
again. And then he repeted the aues.
ton to third student: when did
Theodoplius live3"
Neither before nor after Christ.
You are right. young man." said
the Professor. There never was any
such man as Theodphilius."
1t was one of the little historical
traps that Sophocles liked to set for the
padding wisdom of Harvard.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
mnrIasa FertIIIzer.
,rom the MIehlgan HortIculturl.

Generally throughout the West our
prairie loans are rich in lime. If not,
the subsoil is usually so when of clay.
AS an assistant there are many mari
beds. more or less rich in lime, the
chief constituent OF all marls, though
sometimes notable quantities Of phos
phate are present. When such is the
case the value is largely enhanced.
When found near the farm, mari IS
the cheapest form Of lime for agrl-
cultural purposes, but even the rich,
green sand maris OF New Jersey will
not pay long transportation. Hence
how to know mari is the important
question.
The value of mari depends almost
entirely upon The amount OF LINE and
magnesia il contains, and all IT'S value
is diminished in proportion TO the
amount Of clay and sand present.
The lime and magnesia are found in
mari mainly in tho form of carbonates.
A ready test for carbonate in such
cases is to pour on the material some
strong acid, and if a carbonate is
present it will foam up or etfervesce
in the same way that saleratus will
foam up when vinegar is poured over
it; only the effervescence with mari
is slower, because the mari is less sol
uble than soda. If the material does
not foam when an acid is added it IS
not mari. probably a clay.
A good way to determine the quail
~ and value OF a mari is to determine
how much Of the material is soloble
in common muriatic acid. This can
be procured in any drug store and
ought not to cost more than 10 cents
a pound. One pound Of the acid will
be enough to test three or four specl-
mems Of mari. Mix the acid with one
quar- of rain water and put thisin a
bottle for use. Take a tablespoonful
Of the material supposed to be mari,
put this in a large glass or carthen
vessel avoiding metallic dishes) and
slowly pour over the material half
teaspoOnful Of the diluted muriatic
acid. If it is a mari the effervescence
will show this fact; if it all dissolves,
leaving no residue or but little at the
bottom OF the vessel it is mari of good
quality. If but little is dissolved and
a large residue is left at the bottom of
the dish, it is OF inferior quality.
BY weighing out delicete scales a
definite quantity of the dry material,
say 100 grains, and then weighing the
washed and dried residue, which is
insoluble in acids, an estimate can
be made of the percentage of active
and inactive material in any speci-
men of mari The insoluble residue
is OF no value
A popular and simple test TO dis
tinguish between mari and clay is
made by placing lump Of the mater
ial in a.basin of water and leaving it
undisturbed for a short time. II il is
marlit will crumble down into diff
use mass, but if clay it will be but lit
lie changed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
Negro SuperstltIOns
Youths Companion.

II the sun shines while it is raining
1t is sign that Satan is whipping his
wife.
It is bad sign for cat to get in a
cradle.
l. is bad luck for a deformed cat TO
be born on the place unless drowned
at once.
When dog dreams before the fire
it is a sign that a witch is trying TO
get into the house. The way to keep
the witch out is to throw salt in the
fire.
A horseshoe nail stuck in a crack
will keep witches out
II sparks fly out from the fireplace
it is sign that your eAemies are con
spring againt you,
II a chunk of fire rolls out on the
hearth strangers are coming.
If twig or bush gets caught in q
woman's dress and is dragged after
her it is sure that she has sweet
heart.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
How Could He Tell.
Texas Slftines


Yesterday q gentleman, residing IN
a neat modest cottage in the suburbs
of Austin, caught a tramp prowling
about his back yard, evidently trying
to steal something.
"Why don't you come to the front
door if you want snything2' indig-
nantiy roared the proprietor.
That's what was looking fer,
was the reply.
Didn't you see it on the other side
of the house9n retorted the gentle
man.
How was I to know that was the
front doorl No silver door plate, no
bell, no telephone, no statuary, no
servant to take your hat and cane
Tell your boss there is a gentleman
out here who Is waiting for his break
fast
When the gentleman got back with
his shotgun the tramp was not there
any more.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
The Condition of Winter Wheat.

A recent report from Chicago says
that the returns from the winter
wheat fields are almost uniformly
good. They present an outlook near
ly as favorable as that of 1885 The
snow has entirely disappeared from
the fields, enabling clear under
standing as to the condition of the
plant, and from nearly every county
in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Kentucky,
Illinois, Missouri and Kansas it is re-
ported as looking strong and healthy.
The utter disappearance of the snow
covering is the only serious menace
now threatening the growing grain,
and with another general fall of snow
the outlook could hardly be better.
The latest reports from California,
Oregon, and Washington Territory
are generally more favorable than at
the same time last year. In Tennes-
see the reports indicate an average
outlook.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
Touched a Tender Spot.
Hartford Times.

Little Galley, whose father is just
dead, has set up in great state for
himself, and is airing his new English
suit on the avenue when begger &C
costs him:
please, sir, help poor man to a
nights lodging"
Not to-day, my man, not to-day.
Help me, | haven't slept on bed
this ten days"
mot to-day, my man, not to-day"
"Ah, sir you wouldn't say that if
we were at home, sir. But somehow
YOU English gents, when you gets to
New York, has no art for a poor chap
that
Paw dayvil. Heah."
Gives him a s. bill, and goes to the
club to treat himself to a small bot
tie.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
She Had Lots Of Beaus.
Washington Critic

She was young, she was green, she
was very new in Washington.
AT a recent swell affair she had
gone with the crowd into the refresh
ment room. Presently an elegant
looking waiter, for all the world like
a foreign Ambassador, bowed politely
before her and murmured:
is their anyone waiting on you,
Miss3'
"Sir9 Sir2" she stammered, in start-
led embarrassment.
"Pardonnez moi. Is there any one
waiting on you"
"Ohp she said. mo, sir; not in
Washington. But when I'm at home
I've got more beaus than any other
girl in town,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
What He Had for Dinner.
Lynn Mass Union.

"Say, John, for the sake Of old
friendship, give Teller a dinner, will
yerl' said seedy looking Individual
as he entered the counting room of a
we'll known business man.
Certainly Bill. Here, Sambo, take
this man down to the restaurant and
tell the proprietor to give MIN what
he wants and send the bill to me"
The next day the bill came for So
cents.
"Well," said the business man,
what did my friend buy for fifty-fye
cents"
"Nlne beers and a cigar, sir
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
An 0btainable Treasure.
New York Sun

George-Do you roller skate, Miss
Jane9
Miss Jane-Never.
George-Or bite your finger nails2
Mss Jane-How very absurd you
are, Mr., Eimpson. The ideal Ger
tainly not.
George getting exciteD One more
question please. Do you ever make
rick-rsck.
Miss Jane-Not |, indeed.
George - (tervently) - Oh, Miss
Jane, may l not hope to win you for
my wife2
Miss janet can be a friend to you
only, Mr.. Simpson. l shall never
marry.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
per cent more grass the last five years
than il did the first five years.

per cent more grass the last five years
than it did the first five years.
Farmers in the Eastern States VINO
raised grass in preference to corn will
do well 20 profit by the experience Of
"a Pennsylvania farmer who, figures
out net profit Of $l86 80 up eight
acres Ut corn, an average Of nearly
1913 80 per acre.
The only way TO eradicate smut
from the wheat fields is TO SOW on a
different field each year, hot using the
straw for the bedding in the stables
for if IL is so used the disease fingers
ia the manure, and in this way it CON
tinues to show itself year after year.
Before the civil war cotton was the
most important agricultural product
of this country. But within the last
few years it has been outgrown by
wheat, and still more so by corn. Last
year the value of our cotton crop was
about 1922, 600, 600, while the wheat
crop was valued $3.50, 900, 600. and
that of she corn crop at s640, 600, 600
OF British breeds the shorthorn
takes the palm in England as a dairy
breed according to the London Agri-
cultural Gazette. Putting the prize
winners all together, we find that the
best mixer is a shorthorn, with SO 80
marks out of 100; the second a short
horn, with 9s 10 marks. and the third
an Ayrshire, with 81 ~ marks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
Changing HIS Doctor.
New York Sun

Il am tired of DR.. Smith, said a
sick man to his wife. He doses me
with quinine until my ears are ready
to drop off, and it doesn't help me a
particle. l believe I'll send for DR.. de
Jerome"
But consider his charges, my dear
$40 a visit
Il don't care what ne charges. l
am perfectly willing to pay for his
skill"
So DIR. de Jerome was summoned.
and after a careful diagnosis of the
case he said:
Give him ten grains of quinine
every four hours. I'll call again to-
morrow"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
STATE NEWS.

Albert Sehwahn shot a wolf in -.
region OF Eau Claire. 'le
In the prison at Waupun there g..
81 life members. "ie
The Racine Wagon and Carrisca
Company has raised the wages of Is
men.
John Ellis, of Moundvllie. No,
ouette county, raised 2,100 pounds ~
tobacco on two acres.
The new play of "Gas Fixtnras
written by Bill Nye and Scott Marbis
will be produced IN Berlin shortly.
A base ball league of the climbs
comprising eight grade pupils Of tbs
Milwaukee public schools will he
formed at an early date
II. H. Giles, OF tie state board ~
charities, has designed a model moon
house which he will submit to tbo
national conference at st. Paul in
June.
The Wisconsin conference of chan.
Ties and corrections closed its session
Thursday at Madison. j. Q. Adams
of Columbus, was chosen presiden,
for the ensuing year.
Mrs.. Nolan, of Rdgeville, in the
region of La Crosse, has jus. received
noLice through her attorney, T 4
GuAn, of the allowance of her claim
for a widows pension arrearages
amounting TO nearly $3,100.
The Rev. L. w. Davis, rector NJ
Grace church, Sheboygan, IN 1s46
died at Lake City, Fla, recently.
Q. A. Lincoln, of New London or.
ganizer of the Knights of Labor, is ac-
tive at Butternut and other stations
on the line of the Wisconsin Central
Railway.
The tobacco sales at Vrooua bv
Vernon county growers arc at 8 81. 4
and cents. @. Pulls of the town Of
Sterling, sold 4, 800 pounds at cents.
The buyer at Vlroqua says the crop is
a poor one the country over, and that
he has not found a frst-class lot of
leaf in Vernon county.
Work on the projected state indus
trial school at Sparta is to be com
menceo as soon as the snow is off the
ground. @. D. Parker and L. A. Proc
tor, of the state board are at La Crosse
to confer with the contractors for the
three cottages that are to be built in
connection With the institution.
The Wisconsin Telephone company
has brought suit against the Appleton
Electric Light company to recover
damages claimed to have been done
the formers lines and instruments by
the latter's lines and currents.
The plant at the machine shops at
the State University at Madison, is
nearly all located. Carpenters, pain
ter and other workmen are busily en-
gagged in finishing the inside work of
the building. The work of COM
pleting the chemical laboratory will
be commenced as early In the spring
as the weather will permit.
The state superintendent and state
board of health have given their APP
prevail to the use in Wisconsin public
schools of the following books giving
instruction in physiology and by.
giene: primer of Physiology and
Hygiene and "The Human Body
and its Health" by w. Thayer Smith;
How we live" by James Johonnot
aud Eugene Bouton; 1.-THE Human
Body" elementary course, by II,
Mcneil Martin and Hettie Cary
Martin; Anatomy, Physiology and
Hygiene" by Jerome Walker; Our
Bodies and How we Live" by A. +.
Blaisdell, and 1.-THE Eclectic Physiol-
ogy," by Ell +. Brown.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
Different Views OF Life.

Wife-You shouldn't take such a
morbid view of life, my dear. Look
at poor Mr.. Smith, With mis- small n
come and his wife slowly dying, and
yet he has a cheerful smile and a
pleasant word for everybody, poor
man.
husbands his wife dyingi
Wife-Yes.
Husband-And he is cheerful and
pleasant2
Wife-Yes.
Husband-Well, if he doesn't look
out he'll give himself away.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11

HER ANSWER.
RoxBuRY ADVOCATE.

oI'm going TO be married, he softly said.
She looked up ia swift surprise,
THE color from out OF her bright face fed
The light grew dim in her eyes.
aN-on're going 10 be married ~ she echoed low
Her voice had a steady tone
So! hope youll be happy where er you go.
A cough hid a little moan
81 know that your bride viii be good and true,
You never could love any other
She steadily looked in his eyes, dark blue;
- tender you Joy. my brother
I'm going 70 be married Is, l POPE
To be- though I hardly know
Dear love, shall longer pine and mopey
I tremb for fear Of no "
The color that out Of her face had fed
Came back with a deeper hue.
"Why, isn't IL funny" she shyly said,
That I'm to be married, tOoY
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
A Great Tohoggan SIida.

The Yellowstone, NJ. T., Journal
claims to have in that vicinity the
longest toboggsn slide IN the world.
They can 90 from the starting poin.
to Fort Keogh, but when they nave
reached Miles City, Ave miles from
the beginning, most Oh them stop
off for supper.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-03-11
An Fxggeration.
Texas Siftings.

sYou should not exaggerate so
much" said Judge Pennybunker 70
Gilhooly.
II never exaggerate, judge.
an bet you can't prove ltI !,
"Yeu want me to prove 1t. l would
not try to prove that didn' I exag
gerate for anything in the world. 4
million dollars would nave no effect
on me"