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The Indianapolis journal., 1890-09-30
Signs of Coming Trouble.

There are Indications of trouble brew
ing between the engineers and conductors
of the Northwestern and the management.
Dispatches from Chicago intimate that
there was much more involved in the dis
cussions at the recent meeting of the en-
gineers and conductors of the Northwestern
in that city than the adjustment of wages
1t is charged that there is q movement on
foot which has for it's ultimate object the
breaking up of all organizations of rail-
way employees; that the Northwestern, de-
spite the recent statement that only one
tenth of the stock is held by the Wander
bilts, is nevertheless a Vanderbilt line;
that President Hughitt was travelling in
Europe in company with Mr.. Depew and that
during their stay there plans were concocted
for lnaugurating general movement
against all organizations of railroad en-
ployes. 1t is even said that the master me-
chanic of the road was heard to say his
orders were to show no mercy to the men.
All this seems not only wild, but ridiculous
in the face of the well-known fact that the
Northwestern has always had the reputa-
tion of dealing fairly and honorably with
its employees, and of the additional fact that
at the adjournment of Saturdays meeting
the men expressed themselves as being
greatly pleased over the result of the con-
ference with the officers, who readily con-
ceded the demands of the men. ii
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-09-30
irving to Form a New Pool.

A Chicago special says: THE Transcon-
tinental Association will soon try to fol-
low the example of it's sister associations
and form pool on all it's freight business
The move was started by the Southern Pa
cifc, Atchison and Missouri Pacific, and as
far as they are concerned the pool is COM
plete. This wheel within wheel in the
Southwestern Association bade fair to
break up the association, however, and it
has been decided that all the members of
the association should join the pool. This
perf0rce took in all the transcontinental
lines except the Northern Pacific and Ca
madam Pacific, and the pooling idea meet
ing with such favor it was determined to
admit all transcontinental lines. None of
the particulars have yet been brought out,
but, if possible. the plan of the Southwest
ern division of the Western Freight AssO-
citation will be adopted and the pool as
sumo the form of division of traffic. In
case an agreement on percentages cannot
be reached the whole matter will be turned
over TO arbitrators and ninety-day pool
started as an experiment.. The matter will
be complicated by the necessity of paying
subsidies to steamship lines, but that has
been arranged in advance"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
Frigid Phenomena.

The natives Of tropical countries are
seldom so much astonished as when
they are first introduced TO snow and
ice, saws the n. Y. Sun. The CONCEAL
ing of water is a phenomenon they are
slow to comprehend A few months
ago Sir William Macgregor enticed
several New Guinea natives TO the hith-
erto unsealed summit of Mount Owen
Stanley, the loftiest peak in British
Australasia. On its barren summit,
nearly a thousand feet above the zone
of vegetation big icicles were found,
greatly to the amaZemeut of the
natives. who were much startled when
they touched them, and insisted that
their fingers had been burned.
A wear AGO when Mr.. Ehlers ascend.
ed Mount kilima-N iaro, in Africa, hi,
native porters, who had lived all their
lives near the base OF the great mount.
aim pulled on their boots with whieb
they had been provided as they ap.
proached the snow line and plunged
merriIv into the snow in their bare
feet. They lost no time in plunginl
out again, and lay writing on the
ground, insisting that their feet hao
been severely burned.
Some of the central African natives
who have been introduced into Ger.
many mistook last winter, the tirst
snow-storm they saw, for a flight q
white butterflies Lieut.. Won Francois
saws the mistake was a very uatura
one. One day as he was ascending
3d.. ~ tba H,r.-., l.., -avt- E..7. : h
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09

use the potato tops for the first cover,
and then cover with twoor three inches
Of earth leaving a small vent hoe in
heap. prefer leaving them here until
near the setting Of winter. Then take
them out from the heaps and put them
into secondhand barrels, which can
generally be obtained for a few cents
each. Shake them down aud ill as
fun as possible and still head up the
barrel. Haul them to the cellar, and
they may be rolled up in tiers against
one side Of it and occupy but very lit
tie room. VIC have generally cut one
or more small holes in the barrel; still
/ am not certain that it is Of any bene-
fit. If barrels are scarce or high |
know Of no reason why common boot
or shoe boxes would not ausre4 ~.
purpose equally well. They may be
taken down, one barrel or box 1T
time, aud opened, and not have the en-
tire stock lie open and exposed 10 the
light aud air all winter have no
recollection Of ever losing peck of
them during the winter when put up
Iii this manner The quality remains
perfect until spring. provided they are
kept At proper temperature; 9th ar-
wise I do not believe any system of
keeping will preserve them in good
condition. / have never experimental
carefully il regard to the best
temperature, bat no doubt if we cal
do better than keep the cellar about 80
degrees Even If they are TO be- kept
in open bins during the winter pre-
fer to keep them aud cover them in
the field for a time before putting them
into the cellar When we have large
bins full Of either potatoes Or roots, as
we sometimes DO. we put 2 yeutiiating
tube through the center # each one
which has a tendency 20 improve the
ventilation and preserve from heating
and decay. After Jhe nice potatoes
are properly put into heap, aud cover
Ell We pick mp The others and put them
away, and use them for feed during
the winter or the following spring.
Fnrm Ffe{H ind Sf1ebual.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09

no Way rne s.Im mnE VIII net 50 go0u
returns as fed at once to the COWS
which gave it. This is not one Of the
points about which We have merely a
belief, bat we actually know it. We
have seen it used in this way in Chau-
tauqua county, New York where it
has been the common practice for
years and years. and there are no bet
ter money-making dairymen in the
world. We do not say they make a
fine article Of butter in this way, for
they do not. but it is because thew have
universally the viIIainous habit of SET
ting she milk in shallow pans for forty
sight hours and until the milk begins
to clahber at the bottom, then they run
the skinned milk into "A vat and feed
from there, thus letting it Get more
than half rotten before the cow gets it,
thus, Of course, taiuting the milk with
cowy odor But if fed fresh when
sweet or nearly so there IS no more
profitable usecan be made Of skinned
milk.-Amerieaa D1Hyulau.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
Winter Dairying.

Writing in the season Of the heat,
sweat hurry, and dy time of having
and harvesting, the Hon L. S. Colin,
Of Fort Dodge, Iowa, eloquently and
ferveutlv advocates winter dairying.
Following are some Of the reasons for
the faith that Is In him. More milk
can be taken from "a cow ia the coerse
Of year when her calf is dropped in
the fall Better prices for butter can
be had for a nice fresh article ia win
ter than in summer. The COWS are in
their best condition ID early autumn,
and the milk Is richer than that pro-
duced from the watery grass of spring
Milking is easier and pleaSanter in
cool weather than In fly time. and the
cows being less worried give down bet
ter. The necessary work of the dairy
can be better attended 20 in fan and
winter chan iu she heat and hurry Of
hayiug and harvesting With care and
the right sort Of fodder and roots for
the cows an excellent article of butter
car be made when it viii command an
extra price
There IS something IN these reasons
worth thinking about, and there is no
possible danger OF OVERRIDING the busi-
ness Of winter dairviug. BY the aid of
the silo the 1ow of milk md its quality
can be kept up. And IL COWS are well
fed and sheltered there is no reason
why they may not yield abundantly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
10 NV Nem As.istnnt

Just few words with YOU as we Be
gin our work together this year.
In the frs place. / am anxious IA
have YOU learn the spirit of the school
and by the spirit Of the school / mean
especially the spirit which the master
maintains toward the other teacher,
and toward the pupils, and the spirit
which be tries TO encourage in them:
this is the spirit Of kindness and hep.
fulness, the spirit which asks, What
service can l render to those about
me?n
In the second place, I wish YOU to BEL
very prompt in the performance Of you'll
duties, and regular in your school work.
Be at your desk at a period before and
after school to assist your pupils anal
answer their questions. Have fixed
time for the preparation OF your lei.
sons, and adhere to it.
In the third place, in the assignment
of lessons, ask your pupils to do whai
the average pupil can easily do in an
hour and a quarter or an hour and 81
half. Do not expect that vour pupils
can learn as long lessons, or learn them
as quickly, as you can. As a rule ID
will take them three or four times @I
long as it would take you.
In the fourth place, do not let hsI
recitation hour be simply an hour oil
recitation; whenever it wanders, taksI
a new subject or a new method
In the fifth place, at the least sign 81
disorder stop everything. Let it bel
understood from the beginning aniI
maintained as your abiding rule Of 40
ton, that nothing else shall be done
till the disorder has ceased. Ii simp..I
and patient waiting does not cure th.I
evil, ask the pupil who disturbs hsI
peace of the room to pass to his desk
and have him come to you at the close
Of school If possible get and keep
control Of all your pupils without send
ing them to the master for cor'
rection or punishment, but advise with
him frequently with respect to you'll
course OF action.-A Master, IN Journal
Of Education.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
NIal.inr GnnlI nn1trr-

Wisconsin, for instance, produces
annually about 10000 900 pounds of
butter No more than six or eight
million pounds can be classed as first
class, the balance goes into the general
category ofordinary farm butter. What
is the matter with it? The milk as it
came from the cow was as rule all
right. Clearly, then, it is the judy
ment that handled that milk after 1t
left the cow, that made the butter and
then sold it that is to blame for the
wretched result What is the reason
that these farmers and their wives are
content to 20 along year after year
doing such Improbable work? Simply
a lack OF good dairy Judgment that is
all In the first place q vast majority
have no Judgment of what constitutes
real fine market butter A good way
to get that Judgment would bo 10 send
TO Chicago or some other good butter
market and buy small package OF
giIt-ed1e butter, such as brings the
highest market price, aud set to work
% seriously study The color, style OF
package grain and texture, aud above
AN The flavor. There Is just where the
pinch comes. The taste IF The farmer
or lis 8ita may la suited with their
own butter but the market taste is
not AIitJe' study hke this at small
cost. will correct & lifetime Of err0n-
eous notion, Huas balrgmaH.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
equally as GOOD.

equally as good.
There is a widespread idea the, !.
country school is inferior; if III i.'
not a matter Of necessity. Ii ougbt,a
to be SO any longer.
The pupil should be taught To i,,..
pref the trees, the waters. the ao~st
OF summer, and the crystal form. =
winter into a living though unwr,s.
language
Froebel was not an imitator nei+L.
was he philosopher. He was rstt.
an inventor, who succeeded in RAJ
ing to system and practice the ero5,
theories Of his associates and pTs5'
cessors.
Patalozzi was as simple as cbl8 II
pure as q saint, as awkward asa cIo,-4
as firm as martyr, unelated bv i.
cess, enthusiastic even amid defeat. h.
character was the strangest mivtr.1
that ever bequeathed name d n.y.
terity. ~
The old-fashioned schoolmastar r..
knew his arithmetic and grammar fra ~
one end Il the other. had some stra.-
points in his favor which are wants.
in the more modern teacher III
knows,-or thinks he Knows
thing OF everything
l have seen teachers who were rsar.
very little in advance of the teytbo@}
fill themselves SO full of it, enter :
thoroughly into the spirit OF the autb,,
and OF his illustrations. as to make ~
lesson fairly luminous; when It Ma No
bristliug all over with points. ever
one OF which impressed itself uDon n
mind Of the child, And | have sss,
other teachers who discarded the teT
book as TOO old-fashioned for them
proceed in their own way to ampih
and illustrate and simplify and NIL
things up until every point was ojug
as clear rs mud
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
What Is Good order?

The teacher is sometimes so anxious
for a quiet school that he etherizes the
intelligent in order to paralyze the
muscles, to the end that quiet may
reign. He forgets that good order .
only means to an end; that it is IN 10
sense an end; that it is at the best So
unfortunate necessity, an unnatura
condition that keeps eoltish clIldTel
physically inactive for five hours dg.
The end is mental feeding and inter
lectual exercising for growth aud Qe
yelopmeut in this direction, and er
perience teaches that the greael
amount Of the best results are econon'
ically attained bv feeding and eXeras
ing several minds at once; and such I
the freakishness of children in the ma
that they can only be treated skliliul
when they are ia such physical guy
lection as to be loyal to the commands
of a superior. Whoever has the Iac'
to secure the highest intellectual as'
tivity of the right kind without giving
special attention to the stiffness o. VI
school, has attained high art in 'ca''I
management. The old-fashioued CONT
mitteemen who went the rounds q ~
school once a term to see how sun ".
children sat, and wrote a report once I
year to tell the taxpayers that MISS Z
Of district number 5. did not Keep \
good order as Miss A, Of number n
whose children did not move q io0'
slate, o. book with the slightest nos
has found his occupation gone 90
order is now estimated by good W. ...-
not by stiffness; by intellectual. aeu'ts. 4.
rather than by physical inactivity Y
Life ratner than laath.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
Care ofthe Eyes.

DR.. Webster Fo., in the louIA4. ].
the Franklin institute, maintains e. e.
the majority Of blind people nave ~ f.,
their sight from want OF proper ~ ~.
during infancy, and nurses on us y,
who needlessly expose an infant ~ i
to the glare of the sun for hours pa +
LAYING the foundation Of the most 's ...r,
evils. He protests against permit
Young children TO use thelreFes Y ~ ..
and declares that the eye is nol i,
enough for school work until lle
Z to 8. Children should noL y
los ed tosstudy much by artiilelA' -. n
before the are of 10, and ooeAs .'- n.
Iii small tvpe sbouid be absolutely =
L-hilaa IN tie .chnnL-room.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
Lightning Rods.

Professor Horny in the Western
Farmer says Il should say that a
common two-strand, galvanized barb
wire, well put up, is superior 70 many
Of the rods as put mp by agents ut
great cost If one intends to use barb
wire IL would be better to twist half a
dozen strands into one than use a sim
gle wire Having done this bury the
lower end of the wire ia moist earth
digging ii possible down to water; or,
all the better. running the Wire into a
well or ctstcrn below the water With
out good ground connection the wire
may be more than useless. Having
tHe wire properly planted, attach it
firmly Is the building every two or
three feet hy common staples, just as
You would to the posts whom using the
wire for fencing The common prac-
tjce of using glass thmhle- for iusula-
tors To keep the rods away from the
building is ult0geter wrong: agents no
doubt use this plan to add % tue ex-
penso and my .ttv people. Garry the
wire 70 the highest points of the build
ing and Iat it rise several feet ycrti-
cally. supported by Il staff raised to
the roof. The wire may be supposed
rs insure safety for distance IN every
direction equal to its height above the
mi.diu-, Thus. if il rise eight feet
above lAe peak Of the house Il guards
circle sixteen feet in diameter
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
4 Foe 70 the Hollyhock

The good old English hollAa. ~
just now III bad way. H. 80
The puccina, yirulent llttle
Bred iii the leaves and stem Y II
mjliar marshmallow and kindred +.
aud thence sent abroad 2 pre- ~.
hollrhoch leaf. its faYorlie ~
ment.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
EDUCATIONAL.


A Few Timely Words to the Assistant
Teacher-Good order Now Estimated
by Good Work-Not by stiffness.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
Vape Of straw.

and what value ID you place upon #
AZ II ig athe little foxes that spoil the
crane. r 10 ii is the aggregated little
wastes ~ the farm thar prevent the
business from giving fair profit. and
one Of these wastes more common than
perhaDg auy other IS in the manage
ment Of the straw II you viii ride
with me through the eastern counties
Of indiana I can point out 30 YOU
scores of farm on each of which you
can count from three 10 as high as
ei0bt straw-stacks. the accumulation
oil as many years. and they are located
here and there over the farm, ia the
wood lot of fields and 10 use Of any
kind IS made OF them says Waldo +.
Brown in Il3fuuu IQrmer. ] probably
place d higher value on straw than
most farmers do for believe that il it
is managed as it should be it viii pay
all the expenses of hauling the wheat
from the Shock aad thre-bing Many
careful tests have been made at our ex-
pertinent stations 10 determine the rel
alive weight Of straw 10 grain and
these show The average TO be about
two pounds Of straw % one Of grain,
or a little over sixteen bushels Of wheat
10 one tgn Of straw / uuIize every
pound 81 ms straw either for food or
as am absorbent 10 add t9 the bulk and
value Of the manure pile and should
lust as soon think of piling corn or
hay ia the woods and leaving it 10 de-
cav as to do the same with straw. Both
chemical analysis aad the experience
Of our best farmers show that wheat
straw. If saved iu good condition, has
more thau half tho feeding value Of
average nag and chat it can be COM
bined with other foods SO Us 10 furnish
not only cheaper but b better ration
for cattle thaa an exclusive hay diet.
| mean bv this simply that an animal
NAV be fed straw iu connection with
the richer heterogeneous foods, oil meal,
corn and bran So That the cost win be
less and the grain and condition of the
animal greater than If It was Wiutered
on haV alone. Cattle that run 10 a
straw-stack and are fed six on eight
pounds Of the above l8mcd foods mixed
each day win winter in better coudi-
ton uau IL fed all the hay they viii
eat without grain. Straw paws In the
additional comfort Of the stock Our
cattle need little outdoor exercise
each day AMI ID II not good practice
TO allow them 10 roam over the farm
or stand ia muddy barn-yard and BIZ
stacking the straw in a small WELL
drained yard convenient 10 the barn, so
that the waste from the managers can
be scattered over it, the waste from the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
FOR THE FARMER.
How to Utilize straw-Various Methods
of Storing Potatoes 50 They WIZ
Keep In Winter.

Profit Ia Poultry lightning Rods-Feed-
ing Farm Horses -Pront 10 skim
med Mnk- Winter Dairy, etc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-01-09
rrotlI IN ekImme.l III.

II il said I'll the columns q tie
Name Farujsr We believe there i
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-05-09

Much moro attention might well be
given TO the cultivation and naturali-
cation of hardy ferns on lawns and in
shady garden hooks.
AS n rule, says G. A. Woodson. ferns
need shade; they also prefer n we'll
drained spot, and are most at home in
soil composed largely of leaf-mod, but
easily adapt themselves to other cir
cumstances.
For tall-growing ferns. so effective
around the base of verandas, none ex-
Gel the Royal Fern; (OSmundd regalis);
not only for its beauty, but for the har-
diness OF its roots. 1t takes kindly TO
cultivation.
Ferns are particularly useful for
rock-work. No special care need be OBJ
served in tho building of such struct-
ures, except that there be an abund-
ance of pockets or creviccs Of different
sizes, filled. il possible. with leaf
mold. 1t is important, however that
each should have II oil-connection
with the earth beneath.
The various Wood Ferns (Aspidi-
ANS and the Polypodiu0aS are excel
lent for this purpose. The Maiden
Hair (Adidntum pedatun) grows nice
ly anywhere. and is an old-time favor
lite. Do not forget to add to your COL
lection OR0cleo SensibiiiS. the Sensitive
Fern. Another much more graceful
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-05-09
Newspapers Jokes,

John NJ. Walsh, of the Continental
Line, at Fourth and Vine Streets, was
recalling, last night, his experiences
as "devil" on the Leader, of Chilli
Gothic, o. zone morning, when had
just started on the paper the foreman
came to me with the post Office box
keys, and said to get the mail, look
over the exchanges and clip matter
for to-day's issue To put my STUFF
on the sheet ofmanilla, leaving room,
to credit the article, or for any
changes that were to be made.
81 got the mail, and going into the,
EDITORS sanctum l took his chair
and went to work. There was the
San Francisco Chronicle, that con-
tanned a number of articles that look,
ed as if they would be of interest to-
me, SO whacked them out, deep in
what | thought was good work for
the Leader, when in walked Mr.. Tylor..
He looked at me with surprise, and,
asked what l was doing there, told
him. and he said that was his work,
and what he was there for, and for
me to go up to my case, that the
boys had worked job on me. l felt
quite meek, and tried to keep awake
to any prank that might be attempt
ed. Once more they worked me- Go.
over to the Herald office and get the
type-grinder, said the foreman; this
type must oil be ground .Rp before
melting for new type
81 went to the Herald office for the
type grinder. They said to go out to
the composing room and get it. They
told me there that the Sun, folks haA
borrowed it the day before, and
would find it there. At the Sun they
seemed to know nothing about it,.
| told them positively that l knew
they had it, for had just come from
the Herald and they said it was there.
Soon they came around and remem-
bered that the boys from the German
paper had it. j went over there, and,
after trying to understand the Ger
man bookkeeper for some time, was
sent to the composing room, where
| learned that the Chronicle had our
type grinder. When l got to the
Chronicle | was tired of running
around, and whe told that it was
not there l said would look no fur
Their for it. Then they said they
would not, either, for there was no.
such thing. was so mad, then.
that did not go back to the Leader.
till noon, but l was fully initiated"