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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25

Some people viii say things about
other people without thinking that other
people can say things about some people
as big as beams compared with notes.
Think of it.-Galveston News.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25
No ting to Waste.

Friend Ito business man)-You seem to be
busy this morning, Brown
Brownies, I've got about fifty letters to
write
''Why don't you use your type writerF'
sim in too big hurry Texas Siftinez
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25

Mother-And do you really feel so very
bad, Bobby9
Bobby-Yes, ma. Iain't quite sick enough
to need any medicine, but I'm little bit too
sick to go to school.-New York Sun.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25

Referring to the new machine which
sews on 1000 buttons day, The Norwich
Bulletin says: "What this world wants
is not more buttons to the minute, but
more thread to thebutton." Amenl
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25
Inc Cup was Gall.

A man who had both eyes BACKED
and his nose badly bunged up entered
the Third street depot the other day
and asked of Officer Button:
''How many trains leave this depot
in a day."
ooh, about fifty"
Good! Get me tickets to go on the
whole blamed fifty, and if there are
any specials let me in on EN-, for l
ache to get out of this town in hur-
ry l''-DetrOit Free Press
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25

Miss Travis-I understand that your en-.
gagement has been broken off?
Miss De Smith twho has been taking lessons
at the girls athletic club)-Yes, l have re-
tired from the ring.-Burlingto Free Press.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25

Sir Edwin Arnold, the editor of The
Daily Telegraph, wrote his Light of
Asia whilst travelling in the railway
carriage to and from his newspaper Of
fee.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25
Gold Dollars Scarce.

Gold dollars are used for bangles and
trinkets to such an extent that they have
become scarce and command a premium
of twenty-five cents. Chicago Herald.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25

Old Lady to tramp who has asked for
something to eat)-What kind of vituals do
you mostly get when you beg bite9
Tramp-Cold shoulder, naturalization
Courier.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25

The first eclipse upon record was a
lunar one and was observed at Babylon
721 B. G..
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25
Hard to Sustain With Dignity.

bIIKs-Do you i've near here, sonnyF
Friend in Need-Yep.
Bilks-I wish you'd run home and get an
ak. struck this position this forenoon, and
couldn't get back, and got frozen up Hurry
up, will youl-Tid Bits.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-10-25

Enginec- Ericsson, although s. years
old, IS as brusquely youthful as ever
asked him once to what he attributed his
surprising mental and physical juvenility,
which enables him still to work cut the
most intricate problems and to spend
many consecutive hours daily perfecting
his great solar engine, which stands in
his back yard and is the mystery of the
neighbors. His reply was in effect that
hard working and plain living conducted
ON an unvarying system were all the
secret. He eats every day precisely the
same amount at precisely the same hours,
and to tins rule there is no exception
The Epoch.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04
Two WISE DOGS.
Endowed with an Intelligence That IL
Almost Human.

If you have ever walked up Rroad
way late in the afternoon or evening
says the New York Telegram yor
have probably noticed the old Dunc
beggar who sits at the corner OF
Broadway and Thirtieth street. wltb
him is a dog of the breed commonly
known as the yellow cur" yet one
glance at the animal is enough 70 con-
vince any one that he is dog OF more
than ordinary intelligence When
the old blind beggar is ready 10 go
home the dog leads the way, the old
man holding him by string attached
to his collar, At every crossing the
dog Darks once. If there are wagons
or carriages passing the dog will bark
twice and the old blind beggar will
wait patiently until n tug on the string
be holds informs him that the street
Is clear and that his guide is ready to
proceed. At other times the dog has
a habit of whining piteously to attract
attention to the beggar's outstretched
hand, and the whine rarely fails to
produce the desired effect. Some
where IN the neighborhood generally
about Twenty eighth or Twenty
ninth streets aud Sixth avenue. you
will come across another blind beggar
and dog. The latter is a shaggy
hound and knows his business cutie as
well as his Broadway rival does. He,
also, has a habit OF whining to attract
attn finn hut thp act that m nl[ps hin
famous is the manner in which
| he goes through crowd
Ii the crowd is big one
and the dog can see no way OF going
through it he will growl ominously
1 The crowd scatters at once, and The
! dog. with wag of his tail, proceeds
with the old man who owns him.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04
THE ORCHARD.
why Fruit Cracks.

A correspondent of the Times Democrat
offers the following explanation of the
cause of the cracking Of fruit, which oc-
oasions so much loss TO fruit growers:
Almost every one has noticed that
juicy fruits, such as plums, peaches,
grapes, tomatoes, etc, will be cracked by
THU: III 1iTHCTUTTGnOn mas been OF pam
fully frequent occurrence the past
season, and the losses to some growers
have, on this account, been heavy. The
cracking has been explained in various
ways; but we think it is properly
attributed by Bossingault to osmose.
If & bladder filled with syrup be i'm
merSed in vessel of water will after q
while become sweet; the syrup passes
through the membrane of the bladder
into the water, and correspondngly the
water passes into the interior of the
bladder. But this Interchange is not an
equal one; the lighter liquid-the water
passes in many times more rapidly
than the heavier liquid-the syrup
passes out. The consequence will be
that the bladder will be dstended to it's
utmost, and at length burst.
This is a general law, that where two
liquids of unequal densities are separated
by membrane, whether animal or vege-
table, they will Interchange, the weaker
liquid passing more rapidly than the
denser one, and this will be kept up until
the liquid upon both sides of the mem
brano is of the same density.
A ripe tomato or plum may be consid-
cred in the condition of the bladder of
syrup. The rich juices of the fruit cor
respond TO the syrup, and the thin mem
brane which forms the skin Of the fruit
represents the bladder. When the ripe
fruit is kept constantly wet by a rain
osmose takes place, and the water pass
ing through into the fruit distouds the
skin, which not being very strong is soon
rupturcd.
If the fruit were to be surrounded by a
liquid dcnser than its juice, il would, in
stead of expanding and breaking up,
shrink, and the skin become Shrivelled.
When strawberries or black cherries are
sprinklCd with sugar a syrup is soon
formed by some Of the juice Of the fruit,
and, this being considerably denSor than
the juice of the berries, they are soon
habby and Shriyelled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04

boxes, slide In the lid, and set where
they will keep dry. Where cold storage
Is available, eggs may be kept by stand
ing in holes bored for the purpose in
frames or shelves, and subjecting them
to a temperature little above freezing.
The salt and lime mixture is fav-
orite, because eggs keep well in 1t in an
ordinary cellar. One pint fresh-slaked
lime of creamy consistency, half-pint
coarse salt three gallons fresh water;
stir well together, let settle; when clear
1t is ready for use. Place the eggs on
end in a cloan stone jar, fiji within about
an inch and half of the top, dip over
them the clear brine sufficient to cover,
lay several thicknesses Of cloth on top Of
the eggs, smear it with some of the
creamy paste at the bottom of the jar Of
brine, fold back the edges of the cloth,
not letting it extend over the rim of the
jar. Cover with tight-ftting lid, or
several thcknesses Of paper tied on
closely. 1t is best to use small jars, as
frequently disturbing the brine and ex-
posing it to air causes it to deteriorate.
In making the brine it is important that
the proportions given be carefully OBJ
served; if the lime is too strong the eggs
d
much salt the shells will become thin,
but if just righS it will keep the eggs ir
good condition for several years.
Bran and sale is good, simple pre-
servative. Dry the bran in an oven, to
destroy possible germs, then mix with
equal quantity Of coarse, dry salt, pack
the eggs in clean, odorless vessels, in al
ternate layers with the mixture, begin
ming and ending with the salt and bran,
and filing the spaces between the eggs
with IL. Cover closely and set in a cool,
dry place. Salt tends TO absorb moist
ure; eggs packed in it are liable to taste
salty and have their yolks lumpy; the
bran obviates this difficulty to some de-
gree. Where salt is used alone or with
bran the eggs will remain good If stored
In dry place and the air excluded from
them as much as possible.
Coating eggs is such tedious process
that few care to undertake 1t; however,
If the coating be perfect and the right
conditions observed in storing, the eggs
will keep for long time. Other i'm
portant points in relation to packing
eggs, are: If exposed they absorb foreign
odors. Once | put some frames Of eggs
In cold storage room with some musk
melons; the eggs became decidedly flaw
ored with the melons, and were not at
! all appetizing. | have always packed
"small end down." they might, for all
| know, keep as well, or better, large end
/ down.
! Removed from conditions in which
! they were stored, eggs become stale more
| quickly than fresh ones; hence only
/ enough should be taken out each time
/ for immediate use. A hint as TO cellar,
the usual place for storing eggs: BY
closing the cellar windows in the morn
\ ing before the outside air becomes
warmer than that in the cellar, and
! opening them in the evening when the
cool of the night begins. the cellar will
remain dryer and the temperature cooler
and more even than If the windows arc
allowed to remain open during the day.
! j. NJ. NJ. i1l Nel0 York Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04

panies the perspiration. When such
cases are chronic, some disnfectant must
be used as well as attention paid to the
diet harmless disinfectant is boracic
acid or permanganate of pc ash. II the
acid is used, dissolve one ounce in a
quart of water. OF the potash use
twenty grains to one ounce of water.
The solutions may then be used by dip
ping the hose, which should be ot cotton,
into the liquid and drying then before
wearing. Another way is to wear cork
insoles that have been dipped in either
solution. The articles of diet to be
avoided are onions, cheese, and fish.
Such treatment, with frequent bathing
of the feet, is recommended for simple
cases of this disorder. Oxide of zinc,
beginning with very weak solution and
increasing the quantity used if necessary.
Is recommended as sure cure.
A celebrated French physician, NJ. Le-
goux, recommends the following treat
ment when other methods fail: The
feet are first bathed in cold water for
several hours for two days, and then
painted with compound made from five
drains Of glycerine, two ounces of solu-
tion perchloride of iron and forty drops
of bergamot essence. The worst cases
are said to be generally cured after such
treatment twice day for one or two
weeks. When the feet are continually
to be exposed to extreme cold, pad of
curled hair, shaped like the sole Of the
foot and worn inside the stocking, is
recommended
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04
THE STOCK RANCH.
Live stock Points.

corn are liable TO hog cholera and chicken
cholera. Cause: Indigestion and non
assimilation. Hogs of all ages even In
last stage of fattening, should only have
whole corn once in twenty-four hours,
masmuch as it takes them twenty-four
hours to digest it,; aud, therefore, given
Dftener Is the breaking of well-estab-
hshed physiological law. The second
iced each day may be ground feed, veg
etables, or what-nOt.
Poultry especially need variety-a
light feed OF corn every other day, and
then wheat, barley, oats, and buckwheat
In turn. If you want eggs, give milk
Ind some bran.
Abolish that vile and expensive nul-
sance, the hog pen. Give your tattening
hogs the run of u small clover field, with
rOomy shed open to the south, then
their food will digest and asSimilate; it
will do neither properly in filthy hog
pen, and at least one-third of their food
Is thus worse than wasted, Giving tho
hog pure air, liberty TO walk about, and
the absence Of the filthy hog pen, will
certainly give health to the animal, and
he pork will be Sweetcr and more whole
tome.
We cannot put new milk to any more
profitable use In late fall and winter than
giving three quarts of it per day to pre-
'ious springs GoaI, alchg with its grain.
FoalS during their first winter should
Dc kept in open pasture, with u shed
open to the south for shelter. The
equine race nave plenty Of wit TO keep
warm by exercise. So cared for, n lib
Tal feeding of corn and oats will not in
lure them. I he most faulty manage
ment Of foal is to keep it in warm
stable, With high feed, all the winter. l
have known some very ignorant men
keep them tied up all winter on boarded
1oorl ! knew one such man who lost
ihree colts in succession by rjnghono by
Mat mis- take. They werc all from the
tame mare. She was very fine mare
Vermont Morgan-but had an hcrcd-
aary tendency TO bone spawn, So her
,olts especially required plenty of liberty
md open-air exercise in winter during
heir growth. Limborness of legs and
loints aud good lungs will be got by fol-
owing the foregoing hint
A month before COW calves in the
Ipring, II she is fat, or oven in good or
Ter, stop all grain, and give potatoes in
ltcad, and commence milking her two
weeks before calving. This treatment,
by cooling the blood, would have saved
The life of many valuable COW.
To prevent horses gobblmg up their
rats. keep peck of corn cobS in their
boxes.
As ground feed given to cattle goes
,rectly into the fourth stomach, it
Ihould be ground for them as fine as n
Mill can grind it; so ground, the cattle
will get more nutrition out of it than if
ground coarse. For horses and human
creatures it may be ground coarSer.-
Tor Farm, Field and StoChRlun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04
THE kANSAN PHILOSOPHERS

The Lord is jealous, and man is
made in His image.
1t is the easiest thing in the world
for woman TO feel religious when she
has good clothes.
A man can ALWAYS please woman If
he will: woman will always please
man if she can.
Most love troubles arise out of the
fact that most men think that women
ought to be angels.
The Lord used but one pattern for
all men, but he cut the majority OF
them smaller than the pattern.
The first thing a man does when he
gets drunk is to go around aud tell peo-
pie thai he is perfectly sober
Wien wise man said, Discretion is
the better part of valor," all the cow
ards in the country found a motto for
their caps.
Man learns from experience, after all.
When the oldest girl of the family is
given musical education, the other
girls are not.
Because YOU treat man as a gentle
man, it does not always follow that be
will treat you as one; but still il is best
to be q gentleman.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04
THE FARM
Constructing wind Breaks.

Constructing Nlnu brehNs.
High winds are disastrous to crops
and fruit trees, and the strong northerly
breezes of winter, blowing directly upon
exposed shrubs trees and winter crops,
commit a great amount of damage every
year in all parts of the country. Nature
protected her garden by surrounding 1t
with forest trees, which are able to ward
off the cold and winds. Farmers must
initiate nature in this respect, and tim
Der screens should be constructed on the
north and west sides of every farm. A
good wind break of trees will save an
endless amount Of trouble and damage.
Even II the tempests are no6 strong
enough to destroy the crops they are
nearly always violent enough to destroy
the grass, corn and grain down so that 1t
Is difficult for it ever to raise its head
again properly. A good wind break will
sometimes make difference OF so per
cent. in the value of a field OF grain,
grass OF corn. This repeated every year
for quarter of a century would make an
item such as would make any farmer
open his eyes with aStonishmcnt. But
better than all, wind breaks are invalu-
able to the fruit growers. The farther
north we go the more important they be-
come, put even in sunny Florida screen
OF pine trees is considered a great protec-
tion to an orange or lemon grove.
Orange land that is properly screened by
trees brings considerably higher sum
than that which lays exposed to the free
sweep of the northern winds. Peach
trees can be raised successfully much
farther north than many imagine,
by protecting them properly from
the cold winds OF winter. They
may perhaps not be injured dur
Ing the bearing season, but the cold
winds of winter freeze their roots, and so
chill them they sometimes never recover.
In planting screens 1t should be under
stood that they are TO be erected on the
sides across which the prevailing winds
sweep. This is usually north or north
west, but different directions must be
taken into consideration for the trees
that are TO be protected. Screens for
grain and field crops are simply to pre-
vent the high winds from blowing Thorn
down during the growing season. The
strongest winds either come from the
north, west or south, and wind breaks
placed on these sides will amply answer
all purposes. Fruit trees in the north
are to be protected from the cold winds
VI "ihb'i, anu hNllNo oOio' hiu9u ~
placed on the nOrthorly exposure. The
same holds true of Florida and the
Southern States, but there is an interme-
date section of country whore the injuri-
Gus winds come from the east. In the
great peach and cherry districts of the
middle Atlantic States the prevailing
winds are from the east, sweeping in
from the ocean, laden with a salty moist
ure in the spring of the year that is very
Injurious to the peach, cherry, and even
apple and pear blossoms.-S. ". Cham
bers, In Practical Farmer
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04
TIE HOUSEHOLD.
How to DRINK MIX.

Some complain that they cannot drink
milk without being distressed by it,. ="
The most common reason why milk is not
well borne is due to the fact that people
drink it too quickly. II a glass of it is
swallowed hastily it enters into the
stomach aud then forms in one solid,
curdled mass, difficult of digestion If,
on the other hand, the same quantity is
slipped, and three minutes at least are
occupied i'm drinking it, then on reaching
the stomach it is Sc divided that when
coagulated, rs it must be by the gastric
juice, while digestion is going on, instead
of being in one hard, condensed mass
upon the outside of which only the d.
geStivo fluids can act, it is more in the
form of the sponge, aud in and out of the
entire bulk the gastric juice can play
freely and perform its functions
American analyst
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-12-04
Hints to HOusekeepers.

USE all the scented soap you like at
the bath, but spare your face.
MELTED butter is good substitute for
olive oil in salad dressing. Many pre-
fer the butter to oil.
GREASE spots may be taken out with
weak ammonia in water; lay white paper
over and iron with hot iron.
IN using yolks of eggs, it must be re-
membered that broken egg must be
closely covered in the dish in which it is
kept until desired for use.
IT is convenient to have an iron holder
attached by q long string to the band Of
the apron when cooking; it saves burnt
fingers or scorched aprons, and is always
at hand.
TO MAKE waterproof writing ink
which will not blur if the writing is ex-
posed to rain: Dissolve two ounces shell
lac in one pint alcohol Cos per cent. },
filter through chalk, and mix with best
lampblack.
CURRANTs, berries, and juicy fruits,
having been washed, may be cooked
without water; then strain and boil the
juice fifteen or twenty minutes before
adding the sugar, and but little more
boiling will be required.
An original use of glass has been de-
viscd. Various colored pieces in odd
sizes are pierced by three or four hoes
on the edge, and caught together By
wire until they form mesh or fretwork
large enough for panel in transom.
THE smoked and dusty globes of chan
deliers may be nicely cleaned by soaking
then in hot water, to which a little sal
soda has been added Then put some
ammonia in hot water immerse the
globes and scrub briskly with a stif
brush. Rinse thoroughly and wipe dry.
GREASE may be removed from white
marble by applying mixture of two
parts washing SOua, one part ground
pumice-stone and one part chalk, all first
finely powdered and made into paste
with water; rub well over the marble,
and finally wash off with soap and water.
A PHYSICIAN YIN is also en1hmsL
astic cyclist, believes that it would be
better for young folks if riding the wheel
were postponed until the body APP
preached maturity. The possible dam
gers resulting from too early riding
would be ga arrangement of the con-
formation of the framework Of the
body" As, for instance, a kind OF rid
Ing which has tendency to throw tho
body forward in a bent position will in
time produce permanent stoop. An
other tendency is to oyerdevelop the
large muscles in the fore part of the
thigh.