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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02
wanted, Sensible Women.

Specialized education does not neces-
sarily create companionable nor even
sensible women; else, by parity of reason
ing, would all professional men be per
sonly charming and delightful, which
undoubtedly they are not. girl may be
a sound Grecian, a brilliant mathamatl-
clan, a sharp critic, faultless gram
marian, yet be wanting in all that personal
tact and temper, clear observation, ready
sympathy and noble self-control hlch
makes mpanionaJle wife and value
BILE mother. Nor is PROFESSIONALS or
unspecialized instru ction necessary syn
onymous with ideness and ignorance;
while a good all-round education is likely
to prove more seryiceabls in the home
and in society than one or two supreme
accomplishments Many of us make the
mistake of confounding education wlth
requirements, and of running together
mental development and intellectual
specialization.
The women of whom we are most prouu
in our own history, we're not remarkable
for special intellectual requirements 50
much as for general character and tne
harmonious working of will and moraIi'y'
The Lady Fenshaws and Elizabeth rye
the Mary Carpenters and Florence Nlght
ingales whose names are prachcaliy iin
mortal we're not noted for their learning
but they were none the less women VINO
mark in history is indelable, and the goou
they did lives after them and VIII neFei
die. And taking one of the at least par
TALLY learned ladies of the past-ls IL d
Latlnity and her bookishness that We au
mire so much in Lady Jane Grey, or Is y
her modesty, her gentleness, her SANITY
patience, her dsvotion-in word Is ~
her education or her character-the intei
lectual Philosopher of the sweat and lo'ei!
and noble woman!
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02
THE TABLE.

An excellent accompaniment to break
fast chop is a delicate preparation of cab
bage, made famous by Dumas, the invent
or. Chop cold boiled white cabbage, and
let it drain till perfectly dry; stir in some
melted butter, pepper, salt, and four tab
lespoonfuls of cream; after it is heated
through, add two " ell beaten eggs; then
turn the mixture into a buttered frying
pan, stirring until it is very hot and be
comes a delicate brown on the under side.
Place hot dish over the pan which
must be reversed when turned out to be
served.
Cauliflower stewed with such sauce as
his adds delicate zest to the chop or
steak at breakfast. In a saucepan put
some butter the size of an egg; while it
bubbles stir in half cup of flour, stir
well the addition of the white of an egg
until cooked, then add two teacupfuls of
cream, pepper and salt to taste, and stir
until perfectly smooth. Pour the sauce
over the caulitlower and serve. A cupful
OF grated cheese may be added while the
sauce is hot if preferred.
The stomach is Justly called the father
of family, being who requires the
most gentle and cautious treatment.
otherwise given to bad temper when neg
lected by the indifference of the cook.
Leigh Hunt insisted that breakfast is the
| foundation of the days enjoyment, and
oftentimes health Breakfast should be
recreation, charming contrast to the
coming labors of the day. Jaw likes to
be cheerful said an old parishioner one
day; land SCI, after | eat my bit of por-
ridge | sits here in churchyard on the top
of a grayestone in tho sun, and | feels
glad Pm alive. What a sermon might be
preached to the one who presents dole
full face at the breakfast table.
Breakfast potato puffs are worthy of
their German ancestry. Crate quart
of wellpeeled large potatoes and drain
all the water from them; mix the drained
potatoes with six grated onions, one and
half tablespoonfuls of flour, six eggs,
and salt 10 taste. When thoroughly mix
ed fry in cakes in butter or fine sweet
lard.
Breakfast is most important meal.
In fact, the state of a mans mind gener-
ally depends upon the first meal, always
supposing the wife is amiable and presld-
es gracefully. Sir Henry Thompson in
sists that the process of digestion and
the condition of mind which results
from it should occupy no subordinate
place in the practical arrangements of
life; that good breakfast if it be ever
so simple, With cookery, would be an alb
solute safeguard against crime, and that
the costermonger would never begin
jumping on his mother" had he just
partaken of filets de poulet aux truffes,
with glass of good wine Testing aside
there is no doubt of the humanizing
effects on the mind and physique of well
cooked, seasonable food. The breakfast
table is not complete without the morn
( ing paper, which the head of the house
may scan ut his leisure with his coffee be
fole he enters into his busy life for the
day Talk Is not necessary one ex-
poets il. The man should be allowed per
feet rest at the morning meal, more es-
pecially if he is bull or "bear."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02

Benjamin had piled them at the point
against which the attack would probably
be directed. He had been ill--in fact
had not recovered from severe bullet
wound in his neck, which barely missed
the jugular, received in July, 1863 When
the attack on Fort Sanders began Benia-
min, with two men from his old battery,
took his position by pile of these shells
As Longstreet's veterans charged right
up the foot of the parapet, Benjamin.
who was smoking cigar, had one shell
after another placed so it would roll down
the parapet right among Longstreet's
men. "A they came nearer and nearer,
until they were within half-pistol, shot he
calmly touched the fuse with his lighted
cigar, the two men gave the shell roll,
as though it was ten pin ball, and away
I it went, right into the mass of Longstreet's
columnsl At first they did not seen to
notice what he was doing, but as he col
! tinued to light these and roll them down
they dropped on to the thing, and / sup
pose hundred shots were fred at him.
| Why he was not riddled at that distance,
never could see. He had one of the
narrowest escapes on record. He told me
afterward that he really expected every
moment would end him, but he stayed un-
! til the last shell was rolled down" did
| they do much damage:" inquired. "As
to that, scarcely know. They came as
near stampeding Longstreet's men as
anything could come to disturb that
tough old fighters -bards, for better
and steadier troops l never struck. The
men in the immediate vicinity of the
shells laid down, as they could see them
coming, they avoided them pretty success
fully. But the main incident was Benja-
Nuns cool, calm courage. | tell you the
men did cheer him, when they took in
what he was doing, and became aware
that he had disobeyed the orders of the
surgeon, and all to take band in the
fight. The moral effect of his conduct
was the main thing, and it was circum-
stance that none of those who saw it will
ever forget"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

Washing ammonia, applied with fan
mel cloth, will clean brass ornaments.
Put camphor gum with your new silver
ware, and it will never tarnish as long
as the gum is there. Never wash silver in
soap-suds, al it gives it white appear
ance.
After buying cranberries spread them
on papers to deepen little in color, but
before. they begin to shrivel or as soon
as of good red color put them in water
and keep down cellar. If the berries are
all under water they will keep year with
out changing the water.
Never place fresh eggs hear lard, fruit,
cheese, fish or other articles from which
any odor arises. The eggs are all ex-
tremsly active in absorbing power, and
in very short time they arc contain
mated by the particles or objects in their
neighborhood, by which the peculiar and
exquisite taste of new laid egg is de-
stroyed.
Light Dumplings some hop
yeast bread dough when ready to be
moulded into the pans. cut off small
pieces, shape them, let them rise a short
time, and then drop them into the soup,
which must be boiling Cover closely
and keep boiling till done. 1t takes some
what longer to boil than to bake them.
Take care not to have too many or they
will crowd.
A bottle of turpentine should be kept
in every house, for its uses are numerous.
few OOPS sprinkled where cockroaches
congregate will exterminate them at once.
1t is an excellent application for burn or
cut. 1t will take ink stains out of white
muslin when added to soap, and will help
to whiten clothes if added TO them when
boiling.
Hon. M. V. Montgomery, commissioner
of PATENTS sends out word to Michigan
hay fever sufferers that he has found a
cure. 1t consists of little pellets of cot
ton-batting saturated with codaine, shovel
as far up the nostrils as possible. A
great Joy has come to the house of Mont
gomery over the lind, and he makes haste
to impart the glad tidings to a suffering
world
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02
uIscELLAxEo Us NEWS NOTES.

Ten thousand persons have died from
cholera in Toxic, Japan, this year
An ocean steamship is said to have used
$4,000 worth of coal on recent voyage
Women in Japan no longer blacken
their teeth, and they now smile n All
their native comeliness.
A season of German opera costs every
owner of box in the New York Metro
politan fully $4,000.
Seventeen full-erown men occupied the
rear platform of Buffalo street car az
busy hour the other night.
Five-cent fares on the New York eleyat
ed railroads have increased the number
Of passengers 10000 day.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN
NOBODY KNOWS But MOTHER.

Nobody knows Of the work It makes
To keep the home together:
Nobodody knows OF the steps IL takes,
Nobody knows-but mother.
Nobody listens to the childish wees
Which kisses only smother:
Nobody panied by naughty blows.
Nobody-oniy mother.
Nobody knows Of the slsepless care
Bestowed on baby brother;
Nobody knows of the tender prayer,
Nooojy--only mother
Nobody knows of the Lessons taught
OF loving one another;
Nobody knows of the patience sought,
Nobody-only mother
Nobody knows OF the anxious fears
Lest darlines may not weather
The storm of life in after years,
Nobody knows-but mother
Nobody kneels at the throne aboye
To thank the Heavenly Father
For that sweetest gitt-a mothers love;
NOBODY can-but mother.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02

lone incident in Beniamin's military
service during the war ought not TO go
uurecorded,' said an artillery officer who
was speaking of the late Colonel, S. n.
Benjamin, Assistant Adiutani General, r..
). \. when General Burnside went West
with the Ninth Army Corps, as chief OF
artillery. we had a terrible time at Knox
vile, When Lougstreets corps tried TO
capture Fort Sanders we were put TO the
utmost test of NJ resources 70 drive them
ot During that fight Benjamin did one
et the pluckiest and most gallant things
on record In Fort Sanders there was a
lot of shells for the use of mortars. How
they came to be there | do not know, but
there they We're. Foresseing the assault,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02
A MERITED REBuKE.
BY FRANCIS $. SMITH

A gentleman sat in a railway car,
Good Looking, neat aud TRIM
A pretty, fashionable miss
Sat Just in front of him.
A woman, bowed by age, came ID,
And she no seat espied,
Upoccupied, except the one
At the young lady S side.
The elder dame, though neat and clean,
Corfl boast no earthly charms,
And struggled with bundle
Which lay In her aged arms.
Ahasbed and somewhat timid!y
The vacant seat she took,
The while n seemed the pompous belle
Would kill her with look.
The gentleman behind her stirred
And whispered gallanty,
Madame. excuse me, but VIII yon
Please exchange seats with mef
'Oh, thank you, said the beauty,
"But | really cen agree;
This seat will prove a. great bore
To you as lis to me
"Oblige me please" persisted he,
The favor / would win;
I've wished it, really, ever since
The aged dame came in"
And then he added while blush
Pervaded brow and cheek,
"ris not your comfort. madam,
But the aged danes ] seek
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02

The last volume of tho Michigan Board
of Agriculture gives an account OF a
very interesting experiment made with q
silo. The building, which held do'Voo
pounds Of ensilage, built of stone, cost
Sl51.sO. About two acres we're planted
early in June with the Hathaway dent
corn, and it was cut September l8. the
corn was then cut in one-half-inch pieces
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02

Henry NJ. Stanley, who Is expected to
land in New York this week, will be enter
tanned at dinner by the Lotos Club of
that city on Saturday evening next
Mr.. George W. Childs declines to allow
the use of his name as a candidate for
mayor of Philadelphia. Mr.. Childs be-
lieyes he can do more good with the Pub
lie Ledger than the city government
Out west it is proposed to have ballot
boxes in railway car, so that country
voters living along the road need not he
Obliged to drive so far.
Secretary Lamsr's rumored marriage is
now set down as certain to occur in that
vague period known as "the near future
Cambridge, England, can boast this
year of an unprecedented number of
freshmen. The books show 937, against
500 al Oxford.
A Hindoo mads wager that he woald
gaze at the sun for ton hours. At the end
OF tbs seventh hour he fell down in fit
and he died.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02

Vermont pays its judges s2'5oo' anu ~
tbara Il a scheme to raise the salaries 70
$4,000, with $500 for expenses. ING
Green Mountain governor gets Sl,Ooo
Senator Vest has purchased mag III
cent residence in Washington, for "ni0"
he pays $4,000
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02

run direct to the silo, and stamped down
as compactly as possible. The ensilage
was then carefully levelled, so that the
pressure would be equal, and planks two
inches thick and eight inches wide were
nicely fitted as a covering. These planks
we're then weighted with stones at the
rate of 900 pounds to the square yard.
The expense of raising the corn and
putting the same in silo is given as fol-
lows:
Marking and planting ............. ..-..... "a
Three busk els seed at Si.............. ..-.. 90
fultivating three times .....-..- .......- =. 30
Three hundred hours student labor at 3
Twenty seven and one half hours team labor
Fifteen hours hours mems labor at shilling per
hour ........-',.-...'-...'''- ..'''' %
Total. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 81 81
This makes the entire cost of growing
corn and placing in silo $500 per ton.
On December 10 the silo was opened.
The ensilage was found to be nicely pre-
served. The report says that not one of
the least important considerations of en-
silage is the fact that so large an amount
of it can be packed in comparatively
small space cubic foot of ensilage
from this silo weighs thirty-tive pounds.
From to per cent. of the live weight
of the animal will be a daily ration, or
seyentyf five pounds for an ordinary COW.
1t is thus an easy matter to compute the
number of cubic feet necessary to contain
the food for a certain number of animals,
The silo at the college is 14x15 feet inside
the walls, and eighty feet high, contain
ing 1,640 cubic feet. Allowing forty
pounds to the cubic foot, they have ca
pacity of almost thirty nine tons of en-
silage, or enough to feed five cows 200
days daily ration of sixty pounds each.
During the winter it was found that COWS
did well on this feed, and did not let down
hardly any on their milk.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-12-02

Boil beef tongue and the same guam
tity of lean veal Grind separately in
sausage cutter: season tongue with pep
per, little mustard and pinch each of
nutmeg and cloves: season veal same,
adding salt. Pack in alternate spoon
fuls as irregular as possible in buttered
crock, press very hard as you 60 on, put
in cold place, turn out whole and cut
in slices.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20

this coast q very different spirit prevails.
tits one of unrelenting antagonist, pure
and simple. 1t would seem to be quite
enough to secure the opposition of one
paper to any scheme to induce rival to
favor it; news disclosed by one may be
vastly important and testify to commenda-
BILE enterprise, but very often auy "fore-
haudedness" stimulates its contemporaries
to studied efforts to belittle the matter and
reduce it to the minimum of importance.
Quite the same spirit prevails in the in
terior-with here and there exceptions
but it is a bad spirit, and bad journalism.
As the Encinal puts it, the one rule for
newspaper guidance should be advocacy of
the right-to which we add, independence
in action. The newspaper is best con-
dUcted that proceeds upon the theory that
its readers look to it alone for information.
In fact the reading public care very little
or not at all for the rivalry between pa
pers, or as to which leads and which fol-
lows. What the client of paper wants is
the news according to the value that
journal places upon it, not according to the
standard of contention and rivalry The
public is a discriminating and often harsh
Judge, and when a paper fails to meet its
need, it makes it known without any hest
fancy, and transfers its patronage without
p,arox,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20
NEWS OF THE MORNING.

r c,;,,.o Io,ao, AGA.
~ 100 nc. ra ~ oar. I1n';ted c, .s.,,
so,s, ioo tendsS p po5 AZ ,S7. Ais iii III
ooi'I'; eAse i;oan ao1 r,;saa =, conada
Spanish Cabinet resigned. Starving fish.
ermen desperate in Paspebiac, Canada
Oueen Victoria goes to Riviera in April
Paris will spend $50 600. 600 francs iu
public works. Russian notables con
DENIED TO death by NihiIists Sir Charles
Dixie will NOT resign from Parliament.
Union of Bosnia and Seryia being nego-
fiated Outbreak of hog cholera in On.
tario.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20
RIVALRY IN JOURNALISM

The Alameda Eneinoi, in a very able
paper on journalism, takes the position
that paper should be an observer, and an
ticipate, not follow 1t should appreciate
the situation in social and political sys-
tens, and use its power according to high
sense of duty and responsibility. 1t should
not be the tool of selfish interests, but do
its utmost to preserve the harmonies of So
ciety. But while this is mainly true, the
newspaper need not fear TO follow. when
the leader is fit and the leading right
There is no such inestimable virtue in
being original" as, unfortunately, is held
by so many newspaper men. There is a
deal of harm done in journalism because of
the absurd idea among many that it is good
Journalism only when the paper is fore
most. This idea is mostly prevalent, how
ever, among the newspaper men Of the
lesser cities. In New York and Boston
and Philadelphia, however, it is less
known. 1t is common, indeed, for Journal
lists there TO approve the views of papers to
which, in most respects, they are opposed
the only test applied being that of sound
ness. Thus, ii is not uncommon to find
the Tribune joining heartily in schemes
proposed by the World, and according
credit to its contemporary, to which. in
most respects, its antagonism is bitter; nor
to find the World or Post indorsing the
Tribune in movement greatly to the
credit of the latter, and originating with
it. So, too, the Sun and Advertiser
and Herald, and about all the Others, are
frank and manly in their ascription of
credit for originality or vigor, however
much their political views may run coun-
ter to each other, or their business be
hotly competitive. In the metropolis of
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20
THE VALENTINE NUISANCE.
A correspondent writes


knowing that the RECORD UNION is ever ready
to use its influence against the evils of the day
your correspondent would suggest that you give
to the public your opinion in regard to the
coarse literature that dealers yearly put into the
hands of our children, in the shape of yalen-
tines many of which are insulting and amount
ing to obscenity. To the mind of your CORE
spondent they are means of a swift training in
the art of SANDER. and should be put down.
There is scarcely need to express an
opinion. The valentine" caricatures are
so gross and vulgar that there can be no
two opinions entertained about them.
They should not be exposed for sale, and
should be refused the privilege of the mails
because of their scurrility. We think the
evil is working out its own remedy, how
ever 1t is noticeable that fewer of these
offensive things are sold each recurring
year. Most dealers this season lost money
on them, and that alone will have the eff
feet to drive them out. What was harm
less custom has degenerated into a sense
less and indecent one to large extent.
Few people now indulge in the sending of
these dirty anonymous sheets, and we ven
ture the forecast that in year or two more
the publishers will find no profit in put
ting them on sale.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-20
THE COMING VISITATION.

1t is estimated that next August the
Grand Army representatives and their
friends visiting the State will number be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 Such an influx
of visitors cannot have other than a most
beneficial influence upon the State. 1t will
present the land to them, it is true, in the
brown coat Of the dry season, and less in
willingly than if they should come in April
or May. But they viii be here in the
midst of the fruit season. The harvest
viii mostly be over, and our people will
have more time to devote to their guests
than at any other season. We ought to
arrange to get them out OF the cities and
into rural parts as frequently as possible.
What it is desirable to show them most of
all is our agricultural, fruit and vine land.
We may rest assured that southern Cali
fornia viii not let the opportunity escape
it to make hay while the Grand Army sun
shines. Northern and foothill California
should be equally wise. 1t would be a
discreet investment to arrange excursions
up the Sacramento valley on both sides of
the river, and to give our guests such
pressing invitation to view the
section which must become the
center of population in this State,
that declination viii be almost impossible
The guests will leave in the State very
considerable amount OF money, of course,
but this should be the least of considera-
tons with Us. What we want to improve
with especial diligence, is the opportunity
TO show the promised land to as large a
number of the visitors as is possible They
ought not to be allowed to form their esti-
mates Of the State by the climate of San
Francisco, or the fertile lands about the bay
of San Francisco alone, and where but few
of them can hope to get foothold if they
should be moved TO come and dwell with
us. They should be importuned to visit
the Sacramento valley and such of the
foothill region as can be reached with ordi-
nary convenience. OF course, they viii
be taken to Monterey and into the Santa
Clara and Napa valleys, and probably So
noma, which Of late has manifested SO
much activity in inviting population. But
they viii scarcely get as far north as Red
ding, or into the foothills along the lower
margin of the Sacramento and the upper
margin of the San Joaquin valley, unless
special inducements are offered We re,
peat, it viii be wise policy and paying
investment to make it an easy matter to
penetrate the agricultural and horticultural
;nta-;or