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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-02

favor of Spensley d Mcilhon, being
a result Of complications in the clos
ing out of the Jenkins jewelry store.
From the Sun.
The cheese factory at Rockwell
Mills starts on May lst The com
pany has bought two new watts and
Babcock milk tester.
Pryor a. Williams ar- having city
water brought into their drug store
They anticipate great profit from q
judcious use of water
County Treasurer r. /. Williams Is
at his post Of duty again, the recent
Affections In his family having for
tunately terminated without serious
results.
On May 18th and 9Th there is TO be
held in the Dodgeville opera house a
Joint debate on whether Saturday or
Sunday is the proper day for christ
ian observance. AE. King will con-
tend for Saturday and NJ. d. Peavy
for sunday. Both for the box receipts
at 10 cents admission.
Rev. Benz. Mott is giving a series
Of lectures on his recent travels In
bible lands. Subjects for future dates
are. "Samaria and North Palestine,
May 18th; Damascus and syria,
May 18th; Turkey and Greece May
2lst. Under auspices Of the Epworth
League.
Eye aud star.
Mr.. w. w. Ward lies very i'll as we
go to press.
DR.. r. Cosens is erecting new
house on his lot near the high school.
Allen lodge 10, &. T.celebrated its
9th anniversary last Saturday with
an open meeting.
Trouters are trouting daily, but
they carry home more flshpoles than
fish. However, once in while some
carry along small strings.
Rev. Geo. f.. Plant, OF Ridgeway,
preached an anti-Sabbatarian SER
mon at Salem on Sunday last. People
from at least ten miles square of the
surrounding country were present
Mr. King, the Sabbatarian evangel-
list, being present asked permission
of the audience to review the sermon,
which was denied.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-02

Last year 1t reached total of 10000
hectolitres.
| The w. G. T. L. Of Australasia has
an exhibit at the International Ex-
hibition now being held at Hobart,
Australia.
The bill before the legislature OF
Wisconsin tand defeated) prohibit
ing saloons within half mile of the
Milwaukee Soldiers Home, received
the endorsement of the Loyal Legion
and the Grand Army of the Repub-
lie of the state.
Several Insurance firms have an
nounced that they will cancel risks
on saloon property in Indiana, on ac-
count Of the Nicholson law, which
they say Is so rigid as to tempt I'M
principled saloon-keepers to burn
their places, in order 70 get out Of the
business on cash basis, at the ex-
pense Of the insurance companies.
What the Nation needs ut the pres
ent time in its halls of legislation,
and in life generally, is men Of deeds
and action, not Of words and prom
ises; such men as the late J. G.. Hol-
land had in view when he wrote the
following stirring lines, which are
doubly significant today, in the pres
ence Of demagogues who infect So
ciety nearly everywhere:
God give us men. a time like this demands
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith aud will
ling hands;
Men whom the spoils OF Office cannot buy;
Men who possess opinions and will
Men who have honor, men who will not lie;
Men who can stand before q demagogue,
And damn bis treacherous batteries without
winkmg.
Tail men. sun crowned, who live above the fog
In public outy, private thinking
For while the rabble with their thumb worn
creeds.
Their large professions and their llttle deeds,
Mingle in selfish strife, To- Freedom weeps,
Wrong rules the land aud waiting Justice sleeps
DR. II. X FISH, OF Graves Mills Mo-, practic.
itg physician of many years experience, writes:
dolent sores, scalds and burns IL stops pain
Instantly. heals knrn quickly and leaves no
scar. W. II. PRlpgAux.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-02
nonliENIIL.E.

From the chrqpicle
The prospects for an efficient and
creditable brass band fer DodgeVille
ale very promising The boys are
assiduously practicing under com
potent leader.
w. II. Thomas, clerk Of the county
court, was confined at home last week
bv sickness, and the office was IN
charge Of NJ. j. Tappins, late clerk Of
The circuit court.
The rotting stallion Lumpwood
will be at Dodgevillc for service dur
ing the season on Mondays and
Tuesdays, in rhargeof John Francis.
Mrs. James tiilbert l~c Minnie
Ralph) formerly of podgeyille, died
at her home in Marquette, Mich, ON
March 9Th, from tumer Of the stem-
urh aged 2 years.
VIM. Beadlc, formerly of Mihlin,
aged about 50 years, was found dead
IN bed At tho county farm last Thurs
day morning. Heart disease, with
which lie had been afflicted for some
time, was the cause. He was buried
Friday on THE farm.
Williamson Post Is arranging for
Memorial pay observance 1t Dodge
vile. Ala,ur ~melker Viii deliver
tile address Oh the mth, AMI Rey.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-02
Are You in Need
an An ORGAN ar PLANO

NF AZ NRNAN NR MANU-
III SD give me 4 call Will sell you
tir.t-elass piano or organ cheaper
than any other aren't ia southwest
Dfu Wisconsin, Remember, have
rhe agency for tha celebrated Gon-
nyer Pinnos, also the kingshury
and Schubert piauoe, aud Chicago
Cottage Organ.
4gl JM. NJ, ANDERSON.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-02

DR. II. X FISH, OF Graves Mills, Mo-, a practic-
itg physic ian Of many years experience, writes:
Dewiu's Witch Hazel salve has no equal for in,
doent sores, sealds and burns. II stops pain
Instantly. heals knrn quickly and leaves no
scar. w. II. PRipEAux.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-02
DeFYlNG ILL LUCK.
'grhe Order Of the Opal" Organized by the
Salt SpilIers and Thirteen Club.

To the Thirteen club and the "Salt
Spillers" comes the Order of the
Opal : This is all organization designed
to challenge i'll lnck and show hGw east
ly it may be bullied when deliberately
faced. Tho club has much Of the same
rites Us other clubs of its kind 1t meets
on Friday Its rooms are decorated with
peacock feathers
Tho members make q point of walk
ing under ladders, eating ID at table,
going and coming on Friday and spill
ing salt 1t is not said that they break
mirrors with elaboration, but anybody
who does break mirror is held in great
consideration by the other members.
The opal is the badge Of membership
and is put forth on all occasions. 1t is
urged. however, that all these efforts TO
overthrow superstition fail of their par
pose, inasmuch as i'll luck cannot DO in
vited
The element of chance is absolutely
necessary to its success An even worse
element to DO removed is the pride and
pleasure most people take in their su-
perStition. A superstition 10 an actress
in the way OF advertisement is only less
valuable than the loss of her jewels. To
other people superstitions are of impor
tance i'll giving piquanoy to biograph
zeal notices and sketches of character
now SO popular in current weeklies. -
New York Advertiser.
Essex, the favoriw of Elizabeth, mao
set of shirts which cost $50 apiece,
LADIES sun hats ut the New Mil
linery Store--cheap. IL
FRESH, sweet, pure cider at Sprat-
lers'. II
\ LETTER FILE is Il time and mon
ey saver to everybody. Hanscom
has good ones for little money. 8
CALIFORNIA dried fruits at Hen
dra Bros. 12tf
BLANK books. DO youneed any for
entering new year accounts? Go to
Hanscom's.
ALL the local news and all the gem
eral news of Il year for $l.60 cash in
advance, through the TRIBUNE and
Weekly Inter Ocean. tt
A SUBURBAN home-conSisting Of
IL acres Of land and good stone
house in southeast corner 81 this city,
can be bought cheap. Inquire at
the TRIBUNE office.
Go 10 Eden 4 Blewett's and see
The Perfect Washer, the best made.
Satisfaction guaranteed. OF no sale. /
FJNE stationery and tablets Head
quarters az Hanscoms.
70 Rent
OnCommerre street - four rooms
aud store
tiff Mrs, SrErHEN l.. TERRIlL.
A Full Stock
III Munyon's homeopathic home
remedies 1T PridcauN'- drug store.
Call aud @et Munyon's Guide e.
Hcalth, Tvs
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-02

OnCommerre street four rooms
AND store.
iltf Mrs. STEPHEN i. TERRllI.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1895-05-02

Gun patrons viii lind DE Wits Little Early
Risers a safe and reliable remedy for c1nstipa-
ton, dyspepsia and liver complaints. ". n.
PRIpEAuX.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14
THE BEST BREED OF FOWLS.

The question of which is the best
breed of fowls narrows down to this ::
What fowl do you like best? Which
style and color takes your eye2 Can
you give tho proper housing and care
that the tenderer breeds require Z?
Will you have to subject your fowls
to just ordinary houses and care? The
breed one fancies most will in the
majority of cases receive the best care,
which naturally results in the most
profit. If one prefers fine feathers
and beautiful form and carriage
rather than strictly economic fowl,
there are many breeds from which to
make selection. If general pur-
pose fowl is wanted, the list to select
from was never SO long as it is to-day.
If beauty and utility combined are
wanted, there are several breeds to
select from, either one of which should
satisfy any reasonable person. There
is much truth in the saying, "feed
makes the breed" The best breed in
the world, whichever one may be SO
considered by the owner, will be q
failure and disappointment if kept
under unfavorable conditions and in
judiciously fed. Therefore we would
add to the above, ''feed and care make
the breed" We do not know of any
breed which with proper care and feed
will not plove reasonably profitable
both in pleasure and money. In
making selection ones circumstances
and surroundings should be taken into
account; where one breed would be
perfectly hardy and thrive well,
another breed would not do at all well.
Therefore it behooves one to guard
against letting sudden fancy run
away with good judgment.
Those who are just considering the
subject, I would earnestly advise
taking plenty of time to look the field
over thoroughly before making up
their minds. One is apt to be favor
ably impressed with the appearance
of o certain breed, which after due
thought would be rejected for good
and sufficient reason, whereas if on
the first impulse it had been bought,
it would prove disappointment and
entail a loss. Those who are contin-
ually changing the breed very seldom
are satisfied with anything and usually
end by giving the whole up in disgust.
American Agriculturist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14
Probing the Mystery of Ether.

The bequest of $115,OO which the
late Robert Stanton Avery has left in
his will to the Smithsonian Institution
for lectures and treatises upon and
concerning those mechanical laws
which govern ethereal mediums"
might appear at first blush to be the
testamentary whim of very ethereal
parsonage. The value of this scienti-
fic legacy, however, may prove meal
culable from the standpoint of Amer
ica's position in the world of science.
The mystery of ether-that unknown,
hypothetical medium for all the waves
of heat, light, sound, magnetism and
electricity-lies at the bottom of the
secret of nature, and the Avery endow-
ment may yet be the incentive to orig
inal research which shall take man
kind step nearer to the sources of
world energy and force of transmits
sion.-Philadelphia Record.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14
GROWING ONIONS FROM SETS.

Onion sets are the small bulbs pro-
duced from late-sown seed on poor
land and taken up in the fall and
dried. They are planted on rich land
in the spring in rows twelve inches
apart, and three inches apart in the
rows, requiring about twenty-four
bushels to the acre. The plants grow
quickly and make marketable onions
by July or August. 1t is necessary to
watch the crop, and when the swollen
seed stems appear these are twisted
and broken down to prevent the forma-
tion of blossoms, by which the growth
of the bulb will be checked. Onions
may be kept quito safely if thoroughly
dried and stored in dry, cool place,
and if frozen in the winter will not
take any harm if kept in that condi-
tion and thawed gradually in the
spring. New York Times.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14

According to Major III. II. c. Dun
woody, of tho National Weather Ser.
vice, the weather crop service of the
National bureau ranks next in import
ance to the work of making forecasts.
The system of gathering reports upon
which the weather crop bulletins are
based has been greatly perfected in
recent years. The crop bulletins of
the States have been improved, and are
now more complete than at any prev
ious time, and tho increased circula-
tion that these bulletins have attained
amply attests their value. 1t is be-
lieved that there is no other class of
information to which so much space is
devoted in the public press to-day. A
file of these bulletins for all the States
for year will form the most complete
history of the weather conditions
attending the growth and develop
ment of the several crops throughout
the country, More than ten thou
sand crop correspondents are to-day
cooperating with the National Wealth.
er Service through the State organi-
zation; three thousand voluntary OBJ
servers are furnishing monthly reports
of daily observations of temperature
and rainfall ; and over eleven thousand
persons assist in the work of distribut.
ing the weather forecasts of the Na.
tional Weather Service. This latter
work has been more rapidly pushed
during the past year than any other
feature of State Weather Service work
With the continuation of the present
liberal policy toward these services
there will be in a comparatively shor!
time no important agricultural com,
munity in the United States, with the
proper mail facilities, that will not
receive the benefits of the forecasts.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14
Number of Postage Stamps Used.

Two hundred million two-cent post.
age stamps that are reported Us worth
less by postmasters throughout the
country have been called in by the Post
master-General and will be destroyed.
Although 200, 900, 900 seems to be an
enormous number, it is really trifing
compared with the number of stamps
used by the American people each
year, and would last less than twenty
days. 1t requires about $4,000, 900
stamps n day to conduct the corre-
spondence of our population, or a
total of 1880, 100000 for the year.
There is not as much letter-writing
these times as there was when the
country was more prosperous, but a
decided increase has been noticeable
during the last two months. The
weight of the mails is an accurate ba-
rometer of business affairs--Indian.
apolis Sentinel.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14
BREEDING UP STOCK.

When engaged in breeding up ma
tive stock to some one of the improved
varieties, there should be definite
point aimed at from the first. This
must be adhered to, or the stock will
soon become entirely unreliable for
breeding. Our native animals are of
no particular breed, but if good speci-
mems of their kind, they are better to
breed from than half-bred or three.
quarter animal of some other
strain. For example, if you are
breeding from Holstein bull for
milk or butter, half blood of short
horn or Jersey or Guernsey will not
give as good results as will first-rate
native cow. In the former case there
is prepotency on both sides and the
offspring will be widely variant. With
a native COW and thoroughbred bull
of any kind, the prepotency is all in
the same line. If the breeding is con-
tinued further the same strain of
breed should be used as at first. The
established breeds are all too firmly
established to be crossed more than
once with any certainty that the
breeding will perpetuate the desirable
qualities on either side of the house.
Boston Cultivator.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14

'"The fact" declares the New York
Tribune, that the Southern farmers
are going ahead in quiet, unobtru-
sive way, saying nothing, but minding
their business in the most exemplary
manner. With climate eunapproached
anywhere else on this continent, n
soil unsurpassed for its natural fertil.
ity, wealth of fertilizers under the
surface, and dogged perseverance of
which they have heretofore given am
Pile evidence, they are successfully
proving their fitness to survive in the
struggle for life, prosperity and hap
piness."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14

round, pointed teeth, followed by o
good, clean brush. Straw and DIRT
should be untangled from tho name
and tail with the fingers. Cards pull
out too much hair, though good,
blunt-toothed steel comb may be care
fully used. The most of the cleaning
should be done with the brush,
especially around the head and leg
bones, being careful that the brush OF
dust does not get into his eyes. Then
the whole body should be wiped with
a soft cloth, beginning with head, and
the resulting smooth coat of the horse
will well repay such daily care.
The principal reason for regular and
thorough grooming is that the health
of the horse requires that the pores of
the skin be kept open by removing
dust and secretions, and that both skin
and muscles be rubbed to replace the
natural muscular movements which
the stabling and work prevent. The
good results of careful grooming are
so apparent that n person with the
healthy skin which follows from
proper bathing, rubbing and feeding,
is said to be well groomed.
Muddy legs and manure stains may
be washed off with warm water, being
careful to rub the hair and skin dry
immediately. In warm weather it is
good plan to give the horse an oc-
casional bath oil over, and then rub
him dry, SO that he does not chill and
catch cold. The hard-working farm
horse should be groomed three times
a day. At noon the harness should be
removed ard the face and sweaty
places rubbed with soft straw or hay.
At night the shoulders, the back and
the muddy legs should be washed
off with warm water and rubbed
dry. Then and also in the morning
he should be rubbed all over with the
brush and cloth or straw, using the
currycomb to remove dirt from tho
hair, and to clean the brush. Cleanli-
ness pays. Dice McLaren, in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14
THE WINTER GIRL

When winter comes with its icy blasts,
And the ncrth-wind chill with its fleecy
snow,
In my room so drear I watch you, dear,
As your dainty footsteps come and go,
My fur clad Winter Girl.
Though the maid of spring may be divine,
And the autumn maiden fair,
And the summer girl with f1xen curl;
With you they'll ne'er compare,
My fur-clad Winter Girl.
When the world is sad in the winter days,
The earth Is white and the sky is gray,
And lam blue 1t rests with you
To make us all feel glad and gay,
My fur-clad Winter Girl.
So, here's to the health OF the Winter Girl
Though tho maids OF warmer times are
fair:
With freckles and tan, there's none that can
With you, o Winter Girl, compare,
My fur-clad Winter Girl
Truth.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14

There has been singular dearth of
invention in naming the many small
lakes of the West, laments the Chica-
go Herald, and fine old Indian names
have been deliberately discarded in
order that persons of unlovely sur
names might be honored geographi-
cally. The Indian names when trans
lated are often found to embody an
almost Photographic picture OF tue
lakes upon which they were bestowed.
The French names that superseded
some of the Indian names, and are
likely to be superseded in their turn
by modern commonplaces, are often
pretty and historically suggestive.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14
Substitutes Petroleum for Coal.

United States Consul Richman, at
st. Gall, Switzerland, has transmitted
to the State Department diagrams and
a detailed description of a new device
for burning petroleum to generate
steam, known as the Gleeman- Baum
gartner apparatus, The results OBJ
tanned were strikingly successful, and
in the opinion of experts indicate the
displacement of coal as a steam pro-
ducing fuel wherever petroleum can
be procured. York Advertiser,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14

The South in 1894 raised about fifty
bushels of corn to every bale of cot
ton. The farmer who comes out even
on his cotton at present prices is for
tunate. The farmer who has a sur
plus of corn is ahead. The salvation
OF the South during 1894 was its
great corn and hog product. 1t is
useless, in the judgment of the Allan
ia journal, to say more.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14

If the old wood of the raspberry
bushes has not already been cut out,
leaving only the last summer S growth,
it should be done now. The long
canes should be cut back. Tender
varieties can all be bent over one way
and weighted down or pegged down
and covered with three or four inches
of soil. After freezing weather is
over in the spring the vines should be
loosely tied to single stakes or to o
wire if preferred. The hardy varie-
ties, such as the Cuthbert, Turner and
other of the newer varieties will need
no protection.-America Agricultur-
ist.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-14
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

After the leaves drop is a good timo
to prune the grape.
Take your choice, eggs or lice. You
can't havo both in the same poultry
yard.
A teaspoonful of glycerine and n
few drops of nitric acid to pint of
drinking water will generally cure q
fowl that shows symptoms Of ,bronchi-
tis, when accompanied with gurg-
ling sound in the throat, as if Of
choking.
Stirring the soil in warm weather
makes it warmer by admitting moro
outside air. 1t also stimulates de-
composition of any vegetable matter
that the soil contains, and thus di-
rectly adds to the available supply of
fertility.
The moro manure that the farmer
applies the more thorough should be
the cultivation of the crop. Only thus
can its full value be secured. Besides,
unless the cultivator is kept busy. tho
manure makes the weeds grow as we'll
as the crop.
Much can yet be done to mako the
poultry quarters comfortable for win
ter weather. The roof may be mend
ed, the walls battened, or lined with
paper, the broken glass replaced with
new, or a sash put into front that
now has none.
A colt was to all appearances nearly
dead, the breath of lifo being barely
perceptible. 1t soon revived by Civ
ing it couple of fresh eggs. The
same results have attended the admin
istering of eggs to weak cattle and to
feeble, chilled lambs.
All sick or ailing fowls should be at
once separated from the rest of tho
flock. The ounce of prevention in
removing them is often worth more
than the pound of cure needed for the
others, among whom they, by remain
ing, spread contagion.
Experimenting with mongrel fowls
in these days is very poor business at
the best, when there is such an abun-
dance of prime stock to commence
with. 1t is just as cheap to breed the
better kinds of poultry ut the outset,
as to keep poor trash.
If little salt were put in food
every day and ashes put where the
poultry can have access to them, they
would never eat their eggs unless the
eggs freeze and the shell cracks open.
Hens seldom eat their eggs except dur
ing the winter months.
1t has been recommended, in order
to prevent hens from eating eggs, to
put two tablespoonfuls of fine salt and
one-half pint of wood ashes in one
quart of corn meal, or in that ratio,
and mix with boiling water; feed once
day until they leave off eating their
eggs.
Did you ever know wheat to be SO
cheap? Boil it soft and stir up with
little potatoes and other fall wastes
like turnips, cabbages, sweet apples,
etc. Perhaps this ration will not make
fat pork, but it keeps the digestion
and appetite good, and, o, how it
makes the winter pigs grow! Care
and brains make pork profits.
Kerosene emulsion can most easily
be applied to stock to destroy lice and
prevent the attack of the horn-hy by
the sprayer, which is designed origin
ally for applying spraying mixtures
to fruit trees. A hand sprayer is the
most convenient, and with fine noz-
zle very small quantity will be suffi-
cient, whereas by hand and sponge
application the work will require
much more liquid and take much moro
time.