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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.

Professor Rudd names buckwheat as
the best crop to be grown in young OF.
chard.
Pork made on clover is not only cheap
meat, but very delicious, if finished OF
with grain.
Sheep do better on short pasture, as
they Craze close to the ground. Tall tim
othy or clover does not suit them.
gardner thinks healthy and able
bodied toad will kill and dig est bis own
weight of insects every twenty -four
hours.
The proximity of whiskey distiilery
IN Rappahapnock county, Va, to twelve
stands OF bees, is said to have made them
inebrates.
An ordinary milk COW in India is sup
posed to be doing fairly well when she
yields three or four pints Of milk daily
for period of elk months.
Little bugs from Australia, not larger
than feas have been brought into Cali
fornia to feed on fruit pests, and are said
to be rapidly destroying them.
Hard wood cLt in June, July or Aug
ust, and left untrimmed until the leaves
have drawn the sap from the trees, makes
the most solid and lasting timber.
dairymau says COWS should be bro
ken to be MIXED on both sides; if they
have short teats the work is easier and
it max es them gentle and more easily
handled.
The first crop report ever published
in Colorado reveals fattening state of
affairs in the agricultural districts of the
State. Fully 100000 acres are planted
in twenty crop growing countries.
The great forage plant, alfalfa, is the
leading crop as is represented by 2500 900
acres. An increase in the planting of po-
tatoes is reported from ell districts, and
the young crop is doing splendldly.
Heretofore Colorado has not been consid-
! cred a corn country, but the report shows
225,000 acres, mostly in the newly settled
eastern section of the State known as the
Colorado rain belt There are yearly
100000 acres IN oats, largely in the noun
tain districts, in fine condition. Fruit
generally looks well, and the area of or
chard land is greatly increased, especially
in the South and West, Grass was never
better, and live stork is in magnificent
shape everywhere. A careful estimate
places the available supply of the princi-
pal crops as follows: Wheat, 4250,OO0
bushels; corn G,78O,O0O bush els; potatoes
10000 900 bushels.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23
Two Chemical Stories
Providence JonrnaI.

A couple of good stories were rsosre-
told of an analytical chemist here. who,
name is authority when attached to n
certificate of purity. He was one day
talking to young brother chemist when
a man came in with bottle of whisky
II want this sample of whisky an.
a'yzsd,' he said, "and when Won bsg.
analysed it l wish you would write Is,.
ter testifying to its purity that We can
publish"
Very WE'LL" the chemist answered
taking the sample and marking it, ~ viii
attend to it, bnt l shall have TO have ngs
gallons of the whisky to test it thor
oughly."
Five gallons" returned the mann
facturer IN some surprise. ~ didn't
know it took so much, but pll send Il
over"
The whisky-maker retired, and the
young chemist turned to the elder.
What in the world" he asked, "do yoa
want of five gallons OF that whisky. You
can't need more than half gill or so to
test it,"
young man." the other answered, a
look of mirth and wisdom coming over
his face, didn't you hear him say he
wanted letter to publish? 1t is abso.
lutely certain that whisky mast be
pure"
1t is to be supposed that the younger
man took the implied lesson in worthy
wisdom to the heart.
The second story told of the same
chemist is TO the effect that a manufac-
turer OF some patent compound or other
came into his laboratory one day with a
bottle containing an unwholesome look.
ing mixture.
Il would give $780," he said, Ito know
What would make the water and oil in this
emulsion seperate.a
The chemist looked at it.
every we'll" he said; write your
check"
"Checkr' the other echoed. ayes, your
check for hundred dollars. You say
you are willing to give that aud for that
price [ am willing to tell you wha. will
make the water aud oil seperate."
The visitor hesitated moment and
then wrote his check for tie sum named.
The chemist carefully deposited it in bis
pocketbook and then quietly dropped IN
to the liquid a pinsh OF common salt. In,
stantly the water and oil separated, and
whether the client was satisfied or not he
had got what he wanted and he had paio
his own price for It.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23
BRAzIEs EMAYCIPAqED SLAVES.
Their Gratitude to the Royal Family-PubliC
Reioicings IN Rio Janeir0.

Their Gratitude to the Royal Family-Public
Reiolcings IN Rio Janeir0.
Heitor Basic Cordeira, an attache Of
the Brazilian Legation and a member Of
the Emperor's household, received batch
of letters from Brazil telling how the
abolition of slavery had been received,
says the Washington Post: "rhe couh-
try is enjoying the greatest quiet and
peace" said Senir COrdeira. My letters
say that the former slaves are cheerfully
working for wages for their old masters,
They are creating no disorder, commit
ting no thefts, nor are they idling away
their time. In Rio Janeiro when the
Princess Regent appears in the streets
the black struggle with each other for the
privilege of kissing her dress or some
times her hand and utter their gratitude
IN shouts and cheers. The final act
abolishing slavery took effect May 10,
and for fifteen days there was public
feasting all over tire empire. In Rio
Janeiro business was suspended, and the
entire population gave up the time TO
amusement and rejoicing. The four
racing clubs united and gave races every
day without charge. The newspapers
written by all the editors. The theatres
we're free to everybody. There we're
great public tables spread all over to eat,
and balls in every park and square.
SIT is impossible to say how many
slaves were liberated. Iu 1888 there
were 100000. Since then great mum
bers nave been voluntarily freed, and
suppose that not more than 1000, 900
were freed by law. The causes which led
to emancipation were the Emperor, the
pride of the Brazi,ians and the small
profits in slave labor. Brazil has the only
civilized country in the world holding
slaves. Braziians are liberty loving and
progressive, and the press ana the En-
peror stirred up powerful public senti-
ment for emancipation. Only nine dep
uties voted against it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23

Flowing the sod ia usually spring and
fall work, but there j. a great necessity
for plowinc "a the summer a. at any
other time, while tae advantages OF 30
doing are numerous. In commencing
summer ploEing. reference is made only
to fields from which crops have been
taken. II there Is anya fertility at All in
the soil, nature makes an effort TO cover
il with some kind of growth, as if idle.
ness shoCld never be allowed. The seeds
are Away, there, no matter nov clean the
cultivation given Sac regular crop which
I'd . nave lgs- been harroweG.
All growth, hos-ver, whether OF the
crop or Of weeds and grass, is at the ex-
perse Of the food elements ofthe soil. bat
each kind Of plant appropristes food III q
manner peculiar to Its species. Sons send
their roots down deep into the sub-soii,
converting the inert matter into plant
growth, thus bringing il to the surface
and deposltng it in the plant One
plant mag prefer heterogeneous matter,
another phosphoric acid, and another
lims and potash. Other plants reach oat
on or near ths surface of the ground for
food, AID store II within thsmsslves, ali
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23

e5a TIlpn - comes ONE from the soil. pn.
ana -. " she iood in the soil an Ds N
ana ', SHOWS bring down ammonia a.. q! rains
aeld formed in the atmoerbe ailQ nitric
80 'uese substances down III Il and
Wnere they assist not ONLY in .ue roots
the plants. appropriated by
rlth summer blowing the TO-.
only returns TO the soil the sein ,.,'f not
tsrlai taken up By the nlsn,s ''9 ma
those portions that were inso,- oGl also
t ttue soluble by the roots. a ian ana
t9a1 Drought down by the rain 'sn NJ as
pio~lng also lots the air, heat Ana a,N. 4 De
ure down into the soil, tbs resnI. ~ ll''ste
REDUCTION Of other substance Ing q
then made available for the nav. 'la' Afe
II 'ne summer blowing be omi,tss a.
|eeos mature, form seeds and al o. ue
lanc or, If moved down. thew Dr. "a ne
drying, or deoaying on the s1rfa.s1' S@' u
ground, much of the nitrcgenon ~ - 'ae
escapes IN the gaseous form lateral
Ii the land be plowed aud the o.o.
cultivated when each successive S,olla
OF weeds appears, and when IN WI
are young, the cultiyator will COW. Nus
and Keep the soil loose. As each ,- len
no matter how small, can be usso ss , ,,.','
manure, the land is benefited ever -. IN
the cu!tlvator Is used. but il will -
profitable TO allow all weeds IN - r-o'7
high rs possible provided thew be Do ~
allowed to go to seed and blow H.
under, end the gro with of the regular croa -
the next season will prove the adysp.s5Ps
of so doing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23
Superstition Regarding Rabid Dogs.
St. Louis Globe-pemocrat.


The custom of Killing dogs that have
bitten people Is, in my opinion, great
error. The idea that the death of the
dog, if he is rabid, protects against the
development of hydrophobia is one of
the most absurd superstitions that re
main in this enlightened nineteenth cen
fury. If the man has had the poison
diffused through his veins it is inmate
rial whether the dog from which it was
derived is dead or alive. The only good
that can result from his death is the PRO
tection of the uubitten.
On the other hand, if he is killed and
was not rebid, there remains the lnettace-
able belief in the MUD OF the bite man
that he was. Very often his friends do
not doubt but what the dog was suffering
from by dro phobia, and the force of one
intellect upon another, coupled with the
willingness of the victim to believe the
worst possible of his case, often brings
about the actual disease and causes him to
die the horrible death of rabies. If, in
stead of Immediately killing the dog, I'M
less there is no room 20 doubt his mad
ness, he was chained up unit, his limo
cence of the terrible disteu. per was firmly
established, il would save not only lives
that may be lost through this fatal be
lief, but years of peace to all men that
have injured q bite from a canine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23
FASHIONS OF ANCIENT TINES.
The colors and Fabricks of the Bomani

The Colors and Fabricks Of the Romans
Garments.
HeliOgabalus is SAID TO have been the
first to wear robe OF pure silk. This
Emperor, one the most unworthy aud
debauched of rulers who made his horse a
consul, had n Senate OF women, over
whom his mother presided, which pre-
embed all the modes and fashions. The
Emperor Aurelian is said TO have refused
his wife a robe Of pure silk, on account
Of its excessive cost. Indeed it was not
until more than fve centuries after the
Christian ere that silk worms were brought
from the East, and introduced into Con.
s'antinopie by some monks, in the time
OF JustiuIau.
CPurple was always much admired bv
the ancient the dye coming from the
mnIex, as is well known. The color was
thought finer the darker It was. Uuder
Augustus, violet and bright red became
fashionable coloFs, as well as scarlet, and
u Pc soon wore by all whO could gfford 20
deso-but Nero and Cesar afterward re-
served amethyst snd purple for imperial
u-e exclusively.
Bright colors we're disused in mourn
ing wheu the Remains wore black, or a
dark gray, and mat-0Qs, especially, ap.
pesriuE in pubic ia dark clothes, dis
heyeled hair and without ornaments. In
tae autumn respectable ladies who we're
al am religions dressed themselves upon
@ certain day in robes Of ''murrey," or
dead leaf color, IN which they made ex-
ptatovy sacrifees, the clothing being
afterward scrupulously destroyed. the
idea beirg tina, any evil which inpendcd
upon the vearer might pass into she
tunic and thus be carried of in flame.
This expiation, if fully carried ou. was
most comfortably supposed 70 be suite
lent for whole year Of pecoadiloes.
-Godey's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23

tors life and death in America, was sit
ting in his studio in New York. They
came to him in an Astonishing latter
from a young lady who Away ssConished
him. Like her, when be first read a
ghosGy experience, tLeu q historical ex-
plantation, which an inclosed document
made seem probable, he thought it like q
strange tale from book, only he apOs-
trophized il as sounding like yarn.
Still, whats Heeuba TO me, or I to
Hecuba?" might have ex pressed his per-
picked state of mind. For no personal
observations did the writer make till
near the end.
The final sheet said
So here we are pretending TO own the mousse OF
v0i.f ancestor. But an these romantic associa-
lions make the house more yours than ours ]
cannot bear o "a nix of,your coming and carry
ing the associations off for have so wished Tor
them ever since We came Yet 1t was you VINO
should have inherited the house, not l. after all.
But ] am very deep and / have IN my mind a
dark scheme. / offer you bride. l promise @
give you something you have said You should
like. and then perhaps Won viii let me share
your romance with you If you viii accept the
brbe, come. Lillian
A friend of Debeau's coming in just
then found him in the highest spirits
and asked thereupon if the big landscape
called "Genfeld Meadows had been
sold. "No," the young artist replied,
Il have just received a remarkable and
unexpected inheritance from French
ancestor The friend stared, but though
questioned Dubeau gave no further in
formation on the subject.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23
NAMING THE BABY.
N. s. A., SOUTH BEND, Ind.

What shall we name the baby, dear,
our darling with eyes OF blue.
Soft. dimpied cheeks and tiny hands,
That rival the rose IS huei
So bright and fair The days have flown
Since our little birding came,
We scarce another wish could own,
But baby must have name,
What shall it he? Some tender word
To treasure a wealth Of love,
The dearest that earthly ear hath heard
And pure as he stars above
There's Grace, Ethel Ediln and Rose,
Violet Lille aud Pearl;
Mabel. Birdir--which love- OF those
Shall we give our baby girl!
| do not know, an are so sweet
Which name ] w0uli lke the best;
Nv heart owns one with love complete,
And dearer than al the rest.
A name that charmed me once you Know
shah We give i little fairyt
It's fragrant still with long ago
We will call our darling, Mary
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23
THE FARM AND HON
THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL.
CHARLES G. LELAND.

Ny lord rides through his palace gate.
nv lady sweeps along IN state,
The sage thinks long on many a thing,
Ana the maiden muses. ON marrying:
The minstrel harpeth merrily,
The sailor pioughs the foamiug sea,
The huntsman kills the good red deer
And the soldier wars without a fear,
But fal TO each Whate'er befall
The farmer he must feed them all.
Smith hammereth merrily the sword.
Priest preacheth pure and holy word,
Dame Alice worketh 'broldery well,
Clerk Richardtales of love can tell
The tap-Wife sells her fOaming beer,
Dan Fisher fisheth in the mere,
And courtiers ruftle, strut and shine,
While pages bring the Gascon vine,
But fall to each whate'er befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
Man builds his castles fair and high
Whatever river runneth by.
Great cities raise In every land.
Great churches show the builders hand.
Great arches, monuments aud towers,
Fair palaces and pleasing bowers,
Great work is done, bet here or there,
And well man worAeth everywhere.
But work or est, whate 'er befall.
The farmer hemust feed them all
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23
Struck by a Water Spout
Philadelphia Record.

No mJre interesting spectacle was ever
witnessed on the river-front than thar
which was presented by the schooner Ida
G. Schoolcraft, yesterday, as she lay az
anchor in the Delaware river. She Was
pronounced by ole sea fariug men TO DC
as complete wreck rs was ever lowed
into this port. The vessel passed thaough
a terrible experience in having been deI-
uged by water spout, and during the
trying ordeal, j. f. Tillenden, the male
was killed, and his body was afterwar'
buried at sea.
eve sailed from Darieu, Ca, IN ihe
latter part of June for PhiiadeiphlF
oaid Capt, BOOy, master of the sehoone''
in relating the thrilling adventure I'VE
carried an unusually heavy cargo OF iolH
Der that not only filled the lower hoiG
aud tween decks, but was stacked hlBn
on the upper deck. At the beginning OF
our voyage, we could not have asked hhei
weather. When we had come Wl'hin
short distance of Cape Hattsrss the WIZ
SITTER ned up considerably and gave PROM
Use of Just such weather a. nav gatois O.
pect to find in the Hatteras shoals. We
we're standing off about eighty mtsa
southeast of the cape when we slghIeu d
water spout travelling toward the sou.n
cas-, with terrific force. There vas no.
man aboard that did not understand 'us
full meaning of the dread visitation GUY
suddenly, before we had even iill7 "
collect our thoughts, we were at us ins'ey
In an instant almost, the course Oi '-s
huge, dense column of water was tufnse
in the direction of oar vessel. II sep
ascending aud descending like the mo- NV,
ment Of trip hammer until 1t nuIs
suspended in the air directly over -'-
schooner. As We stood there ne lliili ~
volume Of water broke right over ~ ~
a terrific report. and com pietely eng "'''-
Us. The water FAIRLY came down ~
as though washed up from the ocean /,
filed the cabin ana dscs houses anu 5;s
was miraculous thing that all hau1' ~
not perish Around ms As iar as 'ae
couid discern the sea boiled Ike 79,l
inc caldron. When the storm snos
We found that orr main mast mean! ,ea
fore aud mizzen mast, and IN Tag
whole upper rigging, a. you can PC 80
been swept away by the iefFln' lo'-
Capt. Booy said tina. the mate . Wa
STAN ding on tine deekload when ~ s.y-.
atrnek Inc schooner. He vas knOsA
down TO the desk, falling only itw 49, ~.
sut the force Of the blow vas = uis
that when picked up be was ose' -, tbs
body vas consigned 70 the osep
ssh Of July.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23

The late Jobs Robinson, Cincinnati's
millionaire Snowman, made no public be
quests ia his will. H left his property
70 his three sons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-23

The Hon. Isaac Ia Toilette pfolH'g No.
politician AID friend OF Lincoln, 5isd
ton. Chase Wade, and other Leaders
AZ Oakland. Ind, Thursda7
Jnsye Roa. national DOMINANCE - :. d
G.. A. r, and his staff we're -. Il. a
Aberdeen, d. t., IhnrsdsJ,o9
r. of that territory aid sss!.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-04-04


The Call for CongressionalF Dis
trtet GOnvent10ns TO Select
Delegates 10 the Derl1ocraltcs
National C0nVentiOE.
The State Democratic Executive
Committee of West Virginia, at q
meeting held at Parkersburg on
March %. 1888, decided and ordered
that Democratic Conventions be
held in each Of the Congressiopal
Distri ats of the State at the time
and place hereinafter named, to se-
leet three delegates each. one of
wkom in each of said districts shall.
be delegate at large, and also to
select one alternate for each of said
delegates, to represent the State in
the Democratic National Gonven-
ton to be held at st. Louis, NO., on
June 9TH, 1888, and when they.
shall have been so selected they
shall be duly accredited as delegates
to represent this State in said Ma
tional Convention. And at said
District Conyentions each of the
counties composing the several Con-
gressional Districts shall be entitled
to one vote therein for every hum
dred votes, or fractional part there.
OF, over fifty, cast for the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor of
this State at the election held in
1884, and the various County Ex-
ecutiye Committees are requested to
take such action as may be neces-
sary to have their county repre-
sented in said District Conventions.
The Conventions will be held on
Tuesday, May sth, 1888, and at the
following places: In the First Con-
gressional District at Wheeling; in
the Second Congressional District
at Grafton; in the Third Congress
sional District at Charleston; and in
the Fourth Congressional District at
Ravenswood.
The call for the State Convention
will be issued lator.
7. S. Riley, Chairman.
d. g. GALLAHER, Secretary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-04-04

The Weston Republican published
last week lot of aff1davits made
in '64 to prove that "rebel soldiers
under the command of Col. Witch.
err broke into the store of P. NJ.
Hale during the war and carried off
all his goods, thus reducing him to
poverty. The story is incomplete, as
it fails to state that when the war
was over, Col Witcher turned up.
a republican, and was rewarded
with rich and profitable offices by
the republicans as long as he lived.
Perhaps, however, his ability to
break in, steal and carry away was
an irresistible recommendation to
the Republicans. Anyhow for years
after the war he was their beau ideal
of:a politician.-Pa Parkers5urg Sentinel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-04-04

The American tariff lamb, it
seems, is still bleating for high
protective milk 1t has had one
hundred years in which to grow up,
and by this time ought to be able
to browse along the mountain side
along with other sheep. But if 1t
be still in the condition that it's
tarrific shepherds represent it to
be, wewould not give its victuals
for its clothes. So, to-day, let us
have our kind of meat for dinner.
We call for ram, lamb, sheepmeat
and mutton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-04-04
A woman az the Helm.

Some years ago-that is TO say,
about four or five-there was a
small steamboat plying on the
Mississippi river and officcred by
certain Capt. Miller. He was still
young man, though in a responsible
position, and was but lately mar
i.ied. So fond of his wife, moreover,
that he could not bear to leave her
at home, as did the other river cap
tains, but carried her back and
forth with him, trip after trip, be-
tween New Orleans and Memphis.
She grew in time quite familiar
with his duties, and during sudden
illness of her husband assumed COM
mand of the boat, and managed her
so we'll that the mates and roust-
abouts acquired a wholesome re-
spect for her authority and judg-
ment Latter the husband died,
and having nothing but his salary
as captain and part ownership in
the boat, the widow found herself
under the necessity of doing some-
thing for her living. Such a thing
was quite without precedent, but
she went before the proper author.
tiles, passed u searching examina-
ton as to her qualifications and was
permitted to assume the command
of the boat, under the title of Capt.
Mary Miller. She has retained the
position ever since, finally securing
entire ownership of little steam
er, and is a great favorite adj along
the line of ports that lie between
the two points of her route. Now a
company in Boston is playing a
little steamboat drama, entitled
eCapt. Mary Miller, founded upon
the stirring experiences of the first
female steamboat captain.- Neac
York World.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-04-04
NO B
Not Much of 4 Conllndruli.

- - - NA--AA 80 - 80 ----A - ---1
New York Herald.
Why is It that three-quarters o..
the farmers OF New York STATE haye
been compeiled to ornament then
land land with heavy mortgagesa A cor
respondent writes 70 ask II we can
solve the puzzle
! 3 It because the iasniefs are IA
zyz On no. Hney are up before
uas llsShs ana sney Mo1'k unsll ellsy
can ] see 70 WORK any longer 20
eiass 2. men IN TINS country put IN
mose mo-, nopfs enan sney y en-; :
mere no money n larmlngs res
q Iair income Always ana a sure one q
unoer lasoraole circumstances 70
'sssoss ana 1urnlps ana nay are Is
o0u ~ so1u a.l ene e'ar gounS'