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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
Prevention OF Horse Diseases.
From Spirit Of Farm.

When we consider for a moment
the number of diseases of a contagious
nature to which horses are subject,
and the careless manner in which
they are exposed to the same it is as
tonlshing that we do not have epidem-
les of this kind oftener with our hor-
SEES. To fully appreciate the risk that
is incurred, we need only visit the
city or country towns on court days
or on Saturdays, and see the number
OF horses of all kinds, and conditions
that stand there tied and almost touch
ing each other in every available space
about town, to say nothing of the
numbers packed together in the pub
lie stables. The latter as rule, are
much safer from coming in contact
with disease than those outside, for
no sensible stahlemen would admit
an animal inside his stable that is az
fected with any kipd of contagious
disease if he knew it; but it often hap
pens that neither the owner Of the
horse nor the stabemen is aware of
the disease until it is too late TO RENE
dythe evil.
OpuLdE luis hibtdhCS Vi a UlOSL VlFu~
lent character may be perpetuated for
an indefinite length of tune by feed
ing horses in stalls where the disease
has existed. OF this kind we may
mention glauders and Spanish itch es-
pecIally. Either OF those most fatal
disorders may be conveyed to other
horses by feeding in a stall where
horses suffering with them have been
kept To destroy the virus, take a pint
of suIphuric acid aud put it in buck
ct Of water, and with an I'D mop wash
all parts Of the stall, especially the
trough and mapger, as well as the
sides of tie stall. Then put a few
pounds Of stick sulphur in an old iron
pot, and stopping the stable as well
as possible, burn 1t so as to fuuigate
the stable thoroughly, taking dae pre-
cautions against fire. 1t is a good
plan TO set the pot in a tub OF water:
then white Easn with lime aud carbol-
ic acid. This will protect them thor
oughly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25

From the Poultry Keeper

81 reqest the privileges of stating 10
numerous inquiries by way of more
detailed information that | Matched
out last season ssme 5000 ducklings.
They were put On the market at a cost
of less than IS cents per mead, when
prices ruled lowest TO 81 30 when
prices wsrs highest The ducks were
all hatched and raised artiically,
and after the FIRST day or two not a
duck was lost Of Of the entire lot dur
ing the season except from accident.
l have found the growing Of ducks
for market fully as profitable as
young chick, for as many pounds
can be put on a duck at 3 weeks, as on
a chicken at 10 weeks. Ducks can be
grown at a cost OF five cents o pound
(where corn meal costs SO per 1C0
pounds) A building rs feet long and
II feet wide, with a quarter Of an
acre OF ground is ample room for l, .
600 ducks. We feed the Same as for
chicks, except a little more animal
feed. We do not feed cracked corn or
hard food OF any kind until after
they are five weeks old. The duck
lings should be confined in a small
run with only room enough for
exercise, and given only enough
water to drink. They will readily fat
ten if treated IN this way. We like the
Pekins the best, as they are the best
lay ers and mature the earliest. They
will always lay their eggs 10 nests
when given the opportunity. Their
feathers are also the most valuable by
far Of any, as they readily command
so cents a pound at Wholesale Ny
chicken and duck buildings are rs or
80 feet long and 10 feet wide, and /
use no artificial heat whatever. / use
Just glass enough TO heat the build
ing when the sun shines, thus avoid.
ing extremes. Ny yards occupy
about two acres of land. The yards
are subdivided by wire netting into
small compartments Of about 10x80.
Into one of these yards / put about
100 ducklings. The ducks are ready
for market when s or Q weeks old.
They should then weigh from 9 10 II
pounds per PAIR.
This gentleman's experience in rear
ing ducks accord with my own, and
those who contemplate the breeding
Of ducks can depend that his state
ments are not overdrawn. For mar
ltet purposes / believe the rearing Of
ducks to pay better than chicks be-
cause, as Mr.. Rankin says, they rare
~ die day or two after unless killed
by accident, and the most careful
breeders of chiekens frequently lose
about 25 per cent from gaps, roup, leg
weakness, or some OF the other evils
of chickenhood with which young
ducks are never afflicted.
JAMES RANKIN.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
French Newspapers,
San FrancIsco ChronIcle.

The editors and publishers of French
newspapers know something Of the
history, politics and government, man.
agement and events of other countries.
but they take little time TO convey the
knowledge to their readers. The Paris
papers have few foreign dispatches.
The provincial journals have fewer.
The contents OF even the larger
French newspapers are limited, and
the scanty space is principally taken
up with dramatic and literary gossip,
tales Of the stage, personalities not
usually Of an offensive kind gush OF
every description, the daily feuilleton
ard as large an amount OF political
comment and information as this
melange will permit. In spite Of this,
to the American or English taste,
vicious theory Of journalism, there is
much IN the French papers that is
able, pleasing and brilliant
There are changes to be noted, but
they come slowly. The proportion of
Travelled FIR. nchmen is increasing, and
there Is a greater demand for foreign
news. There are people IN France
who begin to be aware, otherwise than
geographically, Of the existence Of
England, Germany, Italy Spain, aud
even Of the United States, and they
sometimes wisb.t 10 know what is going
on ia these countries through Tie
medium Of the morning newspaper.
Therefore nearly ali the Paris and
provincial journals have endeavored
TO supply the demand by increasing
their foreign dispatches TO o slight ex
tent. and new morning paper-Le
MdtiH which is cast somewhat in
an American mould, is largely made
up Of foreign kilograms.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
FARM NOTES.

By ptowlhg early the frost will kill
the cut worms and pulverze the soil.
A rat-proof corn-bin may be- made
by lining the sidc OF an ordinary bin
with No. wire
Ii is stated that 154 bushels OF corn
have been hauled and cribbed within
eleven and one-quarter hours,
1t has been determined that $500
pounds of corn products, including
grain, eobs, and stalks, is equal in
nutritive value to 9,612 pounds Of
hay.
Strong brine is reported 20 be taking
the place of alcohol for prese wing
specimen fruits. They Keep size as
well and preserve their color better.
The Burlington company that is
making milk sugar from whey finds
the demand outgrowing the supply,
and has sent west for material to
make the sugar Of.
At the Union stock yards during
the year 1855 almost ten million am
m ais OF all kinds were received-to be
exact-9, 927 507 About two-thirds
of the whole number were hogs.
a farmer of North Belgrade Me,
says three bushels of plaster on grass
land Is as good as six. He would APP
ply it just after the ground becomes
bare in the spring, and just before
rain, if possible
The Chinese mix night soil with
dry argyle; form it into blocks or
'loaves. and sell these at fairs. The
Chinese pulyerize these before using,
and attribute the exemption OF their
land from weeds to their employ
ment.
The Pipestone Star reports farmer
as saying that be can keep one stove
going" six months on the Sunhower
stalks pre- duced ON one acre of land.
The seed produced is fed to fowls,
which pays for all cultivation.
The barbed wire manufacturers
have agreed upon an advance in price
OF one-balf cent per pound. the rate
now TO be 4 cents per mound free on
board at Chicago and East ST. Louis,
for 80 ton lots, and 4 and one-half
cents for smaller lots.
The wages of farm hands in Swift.
erland exclusive Of board and long
ing, average for males about about
$56.25 year; for females, $50 so. In
the United States the wages OF the
farm hands, including board and
lodging, average from $500 to $3.50
year.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
Do You Want a Claim
Detroit Free Press.

~ want to make a square business
proposition to YOU" said stranger
TO the occupant of an Office on G ris-
void street the other day.
'Tll bear it, sir"
81 am heir TO at least $50, 600, 900,
and III sell
Are you one Of the Lawrence
Townley claimants
81 am. My family runs back to
the crusaders. AS / was saying, be
ing temporarily hard up, I'll sacri-
fee
"No use-no user
"But I'll take ten dollars for my
chance :
mo use, sirl One Of the heirs, who
is good for s45, 900, 900, was in here
yesterday and sold me his claim for
81, and | don't care to invest any fur
ther. I've only got about twenty
years to live. and / cant possibly
spend that S45, 000,0 600. Good day,
sir. You might 20 across to the tailor
shop and try him guess he's the
oEly man on the street who hasn't
bought one Of the claims.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
Pasturing wheat.
oughIy.
Country Gentleman

About ten years ago Mr.. T. IAN
Obi. farmer had two small fields Of
wheat frozsn late in the spring,
when the plants had made such a
growth that he considered the crop
would be nearly or quite total loss.
lie determined TO save the frozen
heritage at any rate, and turned a flock
OF sheep into one Of the fields They
stayed on it till they ate it clear 10
the ground. That field measured
three acres and yielded about seventy
bushels Of wheat. Another one Of
SIX acres, similar in all conditions, but
which was Let pastured down by
sheep, yielded only about forty bush
els. This unexpected result gave him
a hint which he has followed up ever
since, He pastures his wheat regu-
larly, depending on it to great ex-
tent for green fooo Tor his ewes in
milk.
In 1928 he had ten acres Of wheat,
on which he kept forty-six ewes all
winter, and he reaped 30 bushels,
twenty seven bushels, per acre. A
year ago he had three acre field
which he pastured heavily, and he
cut twenty-five bushels per acre. Mr..
VIM. Moore, who is to some extent
associated with Mr.. T. in sheep also
practices pasturing his wheat at times
and be relates an instance where he
let twenty FIVE ewes with their lambs
run two months on a FIVE acre
field Of wheat until about April,
and harvested 29s bushels per acre
Mr.. Thompson generally let's his
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
Benefits orDratnago
Indiaaa Farmer.

l have becn draining cut some OF
my land the past two years and will
give you my experience, hoping to
benefit some of my brother farmers,
by showing them what can be done
with prairie sod by thoroughly under
draining it. use mostly 1 inch tile,
placing my lateral drains ten yards
apart, at an average depth OF 4 feet.
1t cost me tea dollars per acre, exclu-
sive Of the open bitches, made by
taxing all who are benefited by
them. These l call my outlets. /
will give you the figures of three Of
my fields as specimens of what may
be done. The oats field was planted
the first week in April, the corn was
planted in one field the second week in
May; planted over the third week,
the other was planted the third week
in May and planted over the second
week in June, second planting was
rendered necessary by poor seed. The
oats yielded fifty bushels per acre /;
the first field Of corn yielded sixty
four bushels; the second field OF corn
yielded forty-hve bushels. The oats
field was about oue-half high ground,
the rest low, wet land that yielded
little or nothing. The corn land was
mostly low, wet land, and not more
than one-third of it would produce a
crop in the wet season. The yield OF
corn would have been much greater
if the planting had stood Now, as
to the question, will it pay TO thor
oughly drain our land2 / give you
the figures of the fields, which can be
verified by anyone who win call on
me at nay farIn. The cats field was
twenty-eight acres corn, No. I,
twenty-five and q half; No g. twenty
acres they are only specimens /
can show 400 acres in the same con
diton.
l rented the land before it was
drained for the one-third; now 1t rents
for twoilfths of the grain, t@o-'hirds
of fifty bushels of oats, twenty aush-
els at twenty Eve cents per bushel, IS
per acre. The corn land rented for
one-thrd; now rents for two-hfths,
two-fifths of siXty-four bushels Is
$3.50 bushels at 81 cents, ST. 1888. 3
per acre; two-ftths Of forty-hve
bushels is eighteen bushels, at 81 CTS,
S. So per acre.
With the above showing can we
allow our land unditched3 As the
above figures show we can get the
cost back in two years, and not only
that, but the land when thoroughly
drained, will never fail in producing a
good crop, while on our undrained
prairie soil we can only count on one
crop in three; oftentimes one in Eve.
| can go on any of my tiled land in
six hours after the hardest rain we
have and go to work either planting
or blowing. can work more land in
the time and do it better. can raise
at least one third more grain and of
better quality. | can raise wheat,
oats or corn with as much certainty as
my brother farmers in the timber. /
had a yield OF forty bushels last har
vest which will compare well with
timber wheat; besides, my Lille viii
not be at its best till il is in three
years. Brother farmers, il you will
pluck up your courage rnd thoroughly
underdrain, we viii soon hear little
cry Of bard times, even though we
have to sell at low prices. r.. A. l..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
Is Horn-Cutting Cruell

An Illinois farmer was prosecuted
for cutting off the horns of his cattle
Eminent doctors testified that il was a
cruel, bsrbarous and unnecessary
practice On the other hand the far
mer said he had dehorned thousands
of cattle, and, except for the momen-
tsry pain, which was slight, they did
not suffer from the effects Of the
operation. De-horned cattle consume
ed at least one-fourth less food than
those whose horns were left on the
head, more of them could be crowded
into a shed, and the strong could not
drive the weak from the food. a score
of local farmers swore that they had
been converted to dehorning, and be-
heved it human and advisable. The
Humane Society withdrew the suit.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
How Pat Took Medicine.
Philadelphia News.

A lady who lives not a hundred
miles from Fairmount Park has a
pony OF which she was very fond, but
not long since she thought he was a
little droopy, SO she called in voter
mary surgeon, who prescribed a
powder for the equine favorite. The
next morning she said 10 her man Of
all work.
Pat die you give the pony his
medicineW
81 put it in his hay, mum" was
the reply, "but he's the cunningest
little haste liver saw. He ct all the
hay but not a bit OF the powther did
he touch ct all. Oh, III fool him to-
night. III give it TO him sure.
The next morning the lady called
Pat again and was surprised to see
him looking very rUefui.
Whats the matter now2' said
she
Faith, mum, l got big glass pipe.
| put the medicine ia it, an / backed
the pony in the corner. / put the
pipe IN his mouth an wOs jIst goin' to
blow it down into him, bat he breath
ed FIRST, an have the powther in me
instid OF in him"
How it affected the Hibernian has
not yet transpired.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
THE DISAPPOINTED.
ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.


There are songs enough for a hero
Who dwells on the heights of fame;
sing for the Disappointed
For those who missed their aim,
sing with fearful cadence
For one who stands in the dark,
And knows that his last, best arrow
Ras bounded back from the mark.
7 sing for the breathless runner,
The eager, anxious soul
VINO falls with his strength exhausted
Almost In sight of the goal.
FOR the hearts that break in silence
With a sorrow all unknown
For those who need companions,
Yet walk their way alone.
There are songs enough for the lovers
who snare loves tender pain;
1 sing for the one whose passion
Is given and in vain.
For those whose spirit comrades
Have missed them on the way
I sing with heart o'erhowing,
This minor strain to-day,
And know the solar system
Must somewhere keep in space
A prize for that spent runner
Who barely lost the race.
For the plan would be imperfect
Unless it held some sphere
That paid for the toll and talent
And love that are wasted here.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25
No Address.

The Rambler.
Robbie-Say, Mr.. Featherweight,
don't you 1--we anywhere at alli
Mr.. F.-Why, my little man, Of
course | do. What a question.
Robbie Well, ] didn't know. You
see sister Maud said you had no adj
dress whatever, and, OF course-I-,
What, mat Ali right, Pm going.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25

THERE are only four students this
year in the school Of agriculture and
horticulture connected with Harvard
college. There is aR Instructor for
each pupil, and few left over even
then. The instruction is given by
lectures and Rotations, and by prac-
tical exercises in the greenhouses,
fields and laboratories.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-02-25

sheep stay on the wheat until April
25; frequently they Craze it down so
severely that the fields show
about as much earth color as green.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-18
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Wedding.-The marriage of Dir. j. S.
McIihany and Miss Georgiana Devecmon,
Wednesday, December Is, 1886, at the resi-
dcnce of Mrs. Thomas Devecmon, the brides
mother, all of tins place, was an interesting
event of the week. \ large Eumher of
friends, including ladies an'I gentlemen from
Mcyersdale, Cumberland, Mt. Savage and
Lonaconing, we've present. Tie ceremony
took place at II q. M, Rev. A. c. Havcrstck
officiating. j. Semmes Devecmon, her eldest
brother, gave the bride away. The usual
a chaste repast of substantias and dclicacies
served impartially and bountifuly. At l2:l5
the happy couple were escorted by enthusi-
astc friends To a carriage in waiting to take
them Ia the depot. \ shower Of rice, and as
the vehicle whiiled away the accustomed
slippers were thrown after them The train
was taken for Washington, ID. c., their future
home The bride was attired in brown
cloth travelling suit. The groom wore
black travelling suit. The bride was the re-
cipent of large number of splendid gifts by
friends at home and abroad, attestIng the
high esteem IN which she is held. The doc
tor is a young physician of fine capacities and
popular manners. The JOURNAL exten, s
HIM and his bride with great emphasis its
sincere wishes for long, successful, happy
career.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-18
LOCAL CORRESPONDENCE.
ANDREW SPIER.

TO the MINING JOURNAL.
As if by general consent the faults and
weaknesses of men are remembered no more
after they are dead, and all seem disposed,
on the other hand, perhaps, to eXIggerate
their virtues
We beg the indulgence of our readers if it
should appear to them that we have fallen
into tie same error. We assure them that
we do not wish to magnify the virtues of our
friend, the late Andrew $. .ier, having just
passed through death into life.
1t is not necessary to say that he was
Scotrhman of the best type, which means of
the best type of men. He belonged t. the
universal commonwealth and v1p. M
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-18

THE Lonacohine Recie'o is Informed
that it was the Indianapolis Journal,
not the Frostburg JOURNAL, that ''im-
putes the cause of strikes to master
workmen and Walking Delegates"
OF course we don't know as much as
the Rerie~, nor as much, in fact, as
Walking Delegate. His great sue
cess i'll getting pay from an idle con.
stituency overlaps all our requirements
in industrial economy.
But sometimes we hear and some
times we see things that make US fear
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-18

A sTINGING letter from Henry Low
eridge to the Orange (N. j. Chronic't
refutlng certain statements oi Daniel
Mex eever, appears i'll that paper of
last Saturday.
Mr.. Loveridge charges Mr.. Mckee
yer with not meeting the issue honor
ably; with "eluding" IA personal inter
view with raising Il needless scandal,
aud want of alacrity in pressing his
judicial proceedings to termination.
He vindicates his own family in
terms nervous. pathetic, and predicts
with affectionaj" confidence that they
VIII survive this anal mistaken in the
esteem Of the social world.
With strong endowments of thought
aud diction. and the commanding in
spiration of fathers affection moving
him, Mr.. Loverid"e will be from now
until the end of this unhappy affair Il
lion in Daniel McKeever's path.
If the latter did well to elude Mr..
Loveridge. he would have done better
to keep out If the newspapers.
And still better now, Mr.. Loveridge
permitting, to withdraw the affair from
the domain of judicial pr, ceedings."
Otherwise, knowing, DIS we do, some
thing of the ability and courage of his
great antagonist, we feel like rendering
him the assurance that he will crelong
discover that his proper place is up on
the mourners' bench.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-18

Married-At the parsonage of the German
Lutheran church, this place, Wednesday,
December 10, 1856, by Rev. +. T. IIennicke,
Mr.. Josiah V. RHODES and Miss JENNIE
SwITzER both OF Uniontown, Fayette Co., Pa.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-18

ELK Garden. ...'............ o
Erie. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Observation-Disclosures. 4
1t has been given out also that the
advancement of prices is not the OBJ
iect of the combination. but the regu-
lation of production.
Sam Weller chose an exp ession
once because 1t was ''more tenderer."
"Regulation" is a better word than
restriction, and still better when, by
restriction, it uitimates in larger
prices.
What this region wants-operator
and miners--is more money for the
goods they are handling.
The state of the case appears to be
about as follows:
The consumer has enjoyed picnic
Il long while. He has had growing
variety of good Goals TO select from,
each striving to "make Il market"
He has had all kinds of enterprising
people to deal with, from most Of whom
he has obtained genuine bargains"
In the estimation of sellers, how
ever. the time has come for Il change
which will place the trade under right
iG, r"n1!ol.
The struggle is not an easy one, nor
will it cease with the mere completion
of the adjustment. Its integrity is yet
TO be time-trled and fire tested.
1t would appear needless, therefore,
for us to refer to our duty meanwhile.
WHILE newspapers are advertising
their peculiar claims us mediums, based
on circulation. did it ever occur to
those who pay the taxes that the value
of Il paper as an advertising sheet does
not depend half so much upon the eX-
tent as upon the character of its circu,
lation Such reflection could only
come to thoug ghtful man. of course,
but it is the correct one.
1t is aboat the same way in Il church
membership. 1t would be folly to say
lnat because congregation Is very
numerous it is on that account the
more spiritual.
Even in a material sense the pay of
the pastor and provision for o;her cX-
pvnses rest upon the good paying
qualities of the membership rather than
upon their ability to pay.
And in subscription lists and church
memberships the worst paying crowd
is the drummed-up crowd.
We lay stress on the disposition to
pay because a man, III church or out.
values whatever he pays for willingly.
If he pays grudgingly he values the
goods low. If he pays not at all he
rates the paper, or pulpit. accordingly.
To such men, and there are thous
ands of them, the expenses Of an APP
peal through credit-system mediums is
that much money thrown away.
They value the alvertisements in A
drummed-up paper as worthless as the
medium which has to be sustained by
II general AID constant imposition
ui.1n the public.