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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
Special Sale for 9 Days
Beginning Friday, Sept 20.

All short lengths of the following lines of goods
About three thousand yards Red Seal Ginghams,
Seersucker Mercerized Ginghams, Flanneettes,
White Goods, Amoskeag, Teaze Down, Shaker
Flannel, Voes, India Linen, Toweling, worth
from 15c to 25c yard Your choice OF the en-
tire lot per yard, for ..................... 1Octs
Same time we offer four dozen Black Mercerized Petit
coats, worth ST .25 09Cts
IS full size Marsales Bed Spreads at 89cts
% full size Couch Covers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 8cts
800 yards of All Wool Dress Goods, 36 to "a ms wide,
worth up to SIPS yard, at per yard A0cts
100 yards short length Wilton Velvet Carpet suitable
for rugs worth sips S150 per yd choice yd /5cts
dozen Silk Petticoats all colors very cheap
$500, your choice pa 40
3 dozen Heatherbloom Petcoas worth $3.50 to $500
your choice pi.So
One case BOYS and Girls School Hose Ironcad brand
and Armor brand, the best school hose you can buy
for 25c your choice per pair for all sizes at ony 5cts
10 dozen Imported Ladies Hose worth today 35c 22cts
We offer Special Discount Room Rugs, 9xl2 in Body
Brussels Taps and Wilton VelvetS
Also, we again place sale full line of German Table
Damask at less than you could buy them wholesale today
l2O dozen Gents Half Hose, Seamless Fast Black
Mercerized worth today 35c, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 19cs
All the best brands of Tennis Flannes at.. 1Octs
Also Special Prices on Cotton Blankets
We have fine line of High Grade Bed Spreads
for iron beds, at % to 80 per cent discount
Also % per cent off on Lace Curtains during this sale
Take advantage of this special offer and give look The
| bargains are genuine and money saving event Resp,
Miller & Fardy
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
Two Thousand Dollars.

The case Of John A. Collins versus
the Mineral Point & Northern R'y COM
pany, tried in circuit court this week,
resulted in the jury rendering verdict
in favor Of plaintiff to the amount OF
50, 900. Mr.. Collins, it will be remem-
bered by Tribune readers, had foot
smashed while engaged in switrning in
the Highland yards, nearly two years
ago. Plaintiff contended for $4,000
damages.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
For Park and Lake.

One citizen at least is Of the opinion
that it would be better investment
for the city to purchase what is known
as the James Spensley farm than TO
put up a $4,000 municipal building.
His ideas or reasons run thus: If the
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
w. n. c. Evening Meeting.

The next regular meeting of the Wo-
mans Relief Corps will be held Friday
evening, Oct. A, at 7:30 O'Clock. 1t is
the desire of the president that all
members attend who possibly can.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1907-09-26
over One Hundred feet.

Activity at the Merry Xmas mine IS
producing results. The large tunnel
has been opened to the extent OF over
one hundred feet, or nearly one-half
the distance required. Buildings are
in readiness for machinery. The enter
prise behind this company is worthy OF
fat dividends.
Special sale Of box writing paper
at Hanscom S book store. 30
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

An eight room, full two story house
with a splendid cellar and good attic
is what every large family needs.
There are a great many different
styles of eight room houses. Eight
rooms seem to be about the size re-
CURED by business men in the smaller
towns and country places.
A great many farmers are now
building new houses. Farmers have
been prosperous of late and they are
using considerable money in build
ing. A farmer likes TO have house
look we'll and to have conveniences
for doing the work. that is, live. up
to-date farmers do. There are plenty
of the other kind, but they are not
building houses like this.
This house is about as large as
necessary on the average farm. 1t
! Is about as large as furnace will
heat economically, being sc feet in
width by 40 feet in length, exclusive
OF p0rcheS. The stairway TO the atut
is closed so that no heat is wasted
in that direction. A hot air furnace
is the best means of heating up to
house of this size. Anything larger
should have hot water or steam
There is a great advantage from hO
air from the fact that it furnishe!
ventilation; most houses in the COun
try are shy on ventilation.
Members of farmers families II
some rural districts are more subjeC
to lung diseases and pulmonary tr0u
bles than the inhabitants Of towns O
cities. Physicians in country place.
say harsh things about some farmers
claiming that the prevalence Of con
sumption in rural districts Is due t,
living In houses without proper VENT
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
Co.OpERAToR CLIPPINGS.

A warehouse at every market town.
Truth and right will prevail. Have
no fears.
Build warehouses and change the
system Of marketing.
The day OF the street buyer is gone.
Not a bale Of cotton should be sold
on the streets. Get ready to market
in a sensible way.
Make Union men by putting the Co.
Operator into the hands Of your non.
Union neighbOrS. 1t never fails to
convert.
Every time a warehouse or a grain
elevator is built, we are that much
nearer that perfect, that just and
equitable system of marketing. Build
warehouses.
Let the cooperating producers OF
Am6rica march together, shoulder to
shoulder, with a perfect understand
ing, and the work for just and equit-
able prices will soon be won.
If there are any members Of The
Farmers Union who see nothing but
politics In the organization, and have
joined it for no other purpose, they
should get out. They are in the wrong
pew.
Get ready, so that, when the Nation
al Union again fixes the price, we
viii be able to maintain it. We can
not have permanent success without
much preparation. We must build
warehouses.
Are we going to continue a system
which means financial death to US?
If we do, we are not worth saving. The
way is now clear and nothing but
our inaction can prevent our success.
Yes, the demagogue politician Is
abroad in the land. He would trans.
form this great industrial organization
into a mere tail of some mans kite.
This is an industrial organization. We
must stay on the main track.
Hold up the hands Of your officials.
II is an absolute crime to do otherwise.
We can only succeed by building. The
man who tears down should not be in
a constructive organization. We have
a great system to build. Only builders
should apply.
Enough cotton Is wasted every year
to build all the warehouses we need.
Why not get busy. The way Is now
clear. Shall we stay in the old ruts,
or shall we walk In the light?
The bulls and the bears will con-
tinue to mangle each other in the ring,
and fortunes in cotton will continue to
be made and lost in few minutes
with the producers the losers all the
time, till the producers, themselves
change the system Of marketing by
building a now system. They will not
change the system by law. !" must
and will be- done In an industrial way
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
MERCURY MUSINGS,

This is a good time to build up your
local. Your ne,ghbors are not rushed
with work and this is a good time to
get their application. Give 'em an.
other chance, anyhow.
Better hold your local meeting regu.
larly Just once a month rather than
weekly meetings and half.failures. Get
the ladies enlisted. Arrange interest
ing programs, and let none shirk their
part.
The plan Of the Farmers Union to
bring about sensible and systematic
method Of handling the cotton crop
has not yet been accomplished, al
though gratifying progress has been
made toward the accomplishment OF
that desirable end. Every intelligent
non-member has been impressed with
the great work being inaugurated by
the Farmers Union.
The merchants and bankers and
lawyers and doctors and preachers and
large proportion of the farmers are
always ready to approve the building
of elegant and expensive courthouses
for pap-suCkers and lawyers and the
constabulary to occupy, but they i'm
mediately become very conservative
when expenditures are suggested fol
the Improvement of country roads
particularly such neighborhood roads
as do not lead to their town.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

lation and heating, also that the extra
burden thrown upon females by want
Of conveniences for doing house work
is a contributing factor. They name
farmers who are very careful Of their
horses and cattle but very neglectful
of wife and daughters. That the first
care with such men seems to be to
provide good feed, shelter and good
stables for the stock and the old
house must wait until everything else
is attended to. In the meantime the
women folks are obliged to work In
a drafty kitchen and to sleep in bed.
rooms with the windows shut in order
to keep warm.
Some of these physicians claim that
there would be no difficulty in keeping
the girls and boys on farms If they
had houses that were fit to live in
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
FIRST FLOOR PLAN.

There probably is some truth in these
accusations. Most Of US are acquaint-
ed with farmers who are very quick
to invest in the best machinery, and
plenty of 1t, for the purpose of re-
lieving their own end of the work but
who are very niggardly in providing
household helps and conveniences. 1t
Is all right of course to pay a great deal
of attention to the comfort OF the
farm stock, that is humane and 1t is
profitable, b.. the family Is worth
more than me animals. The first con
sideration should be bestowed on the
house and the barns should be a close
second. Water supply, heat, ventila
ton, drainage, plumbing, laundry ar
gei1ents, bath room facilities, dis
posal Of sewage and garbage and ven
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
TRIO OF POTATO DISHES.
Directions for Preparing RissoIes,
Cones and Canapes.

Potato RissOles-Mash and season
the potatoes nicely, then when cold
enough to handle, shape them into
small balls; dip in beaten egg, dredge
with bread or cracker crumbs and fry
them in deep hot fat. Drain In a
colander and serve with a garnish of
parsley.
Potato Cones-Prepare and season
mashed potatoes that have been beat
en- very light When cold enough,
shape into small cones; brush over
with beaten egg yolk. arrange on a
fat pan and brown in a quick oven.
Potato Canapes-Shape cold, mash
ed potatoes into round cakes about
one-fourth of an inch thick. Brush
each with beaten yOlk of egg and
spread the top with minced chicken
or veal; sprinkle lightly with salt and
pepper, dot with butter and brown
in a rather quick oven. Arrange on
small hot plates, for individual serv.
Ing, and garnish with parsley. This
makes a particularly acceptable lunch
con dish.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
German Annie shortcake.

This is another form of shortcake
we give for variety sake. Take a
pound of fresh unsalted or we'll
washed butter and work it very we'll.
with the hands, into pound of sift-
ed flour. Add half cup of sugar, a
little ground cinnamon and nutmeg
and the beaten yolks Of two eggs.
Knead well, then cut the paste in two.
Line the bottom of a round cake tin
with one half. Stew some apples.
sweetened to taste, and when the ap-
pies are cold put them over the cake.
Roll out the other half of dough and
place over the apples. Bake for 80
minutes, then let stand until cold;
then turn out of the pan and cover
with soft icing. or meringue, or
whipped cream. 1t may also be
served hot with plain sweet cream.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

for fruits and vegetables in different
compartments.
House drains should connect with
a septic tank. A farm house cess pool
when properly constructed is just as
good as a city sewer and it is no more
trouble. What is known as the septic
system was tried theoretically, scien-
tifically and practically in England
years ago. 1t consists Of two tanks;
the first as nearly alright as possible.
The liquid from this is siphoned into
the second tank automatically when it
fills up to a certain point. Two kinds
of bacteria are known to work in the
two tanks. The kind in the first tank
requires but little air; the kind in
the second tank do better work when
no light but plenty of air is admitted.
These bacteria destroy the solids in
! the sewage. A peculiar feature about
this system is the fact that the solids,
even greases are reduced to a harm
| less deposit in the form or scum on
the top of tie water with a precipitate
in the bottom and the amount of scum
and precipitate does not increase but
remains the same month after month
1t is not definitely known what be
comes of the additional amounts add
ed each year. 1t disappears as If by
magic.
The septic tank system is not nee
essarily expensive. Two round holes
in the ground six feet in diameter
each and six feet deep are sufficient
to take care of the sewage from {
| large house. These underground
tanks may be made of cement anC
should be connected with a siphon a
least three inches in diameter. Thi'
siphon is a simple affair and ma!
consist of a Z shaped pipe the out
let of which should be three or fou
inches lower than the inlet The liquit
discharge from the second tank 4
clear, colorless and almost pur
water.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
THE LATEST IN TOWELS.
Recently There Has Been Distinct
Change in Styles.

While a few oldfashioned folk cling
to the damask towel, the great major
lty demand the buck, bleaChed by nat
ural processes out Of doors. Many OF
these come in damask figures and
fancy weaves, such as the feur-de-lls
Or chrysanthemum woven in. trlngeu
,owels are a thing of the past. The
hemstitched borders are attractive,
but not durable for everyday usage.
hem and body being too apt TO part
company in the laundering process.
There is a demand for hand embroid'
cry in towels, even for everyday use,
but the plain hem answers for most
people The marking for towels should
be clear and distinct If single let
| ter is used it should be about two
inches in size. While family pieces
are better embroidered in white, In
dividual towels for different members
Of the family are more quickly as
sorted after the wash if each tndiVid'
ual has his own color The mother
of two boys who are often off on camp
ing and yachting trips, where they
carry their own towels, has one set OF
towels marked in blue and the other
In red, so that it takes but moment
to separate them.
For those who do not like hucka'
back for face towels, small lengths OF
diaper linen buttonhOled on the ends
makes a good face cloth.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
Scotch Haggis.

in a quart Of water boil one pound
If calls liver until thoroughly done;
chop it up finely with one pound Of
beef suet, free of skin and fbers, one
pound of lean beef from the rump, one
pound of onions; add an ounce of salt.
an ounce of pepper, one pound Of oat-
meal and the water the liver was
boiled in. With this preparation fill a
wellcleaned sleeps paunch, sew 1t up
with strong thread, and wrap 1t In a
buttered cloth plunge 1t into boiling
water and cook gently for four hours:
prick It several times while cooking,
with a trussingIeedle, drain, unwrap
few moments later, and turn on to a
hot dish.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
Reefstaak Pie.

One quart of cold cooked meat. two
slices of breakfast bacon, one table
spoonful of butter, half dozen potatoes.
thyme, bay-leaf and parsley. Salt, pep
per and cayenne to taste.
Make nice pie crust. Line a bak-
ing pan with this and bake In the
oven. Cut the meat very fine into dice
and season well, rubbing with the
minced thyme, parsley, bay-leaf and
salt and pepper. Let the meat steam In
saucepan for a few minutes. then
place the pie pan with the potatoes,
which, in the meantime, have been
peeled and boiled. Place over all the
slices of bacon and lay the pie crust
on top. Bake to a nice brown.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

Let US say again that it Is necessary
Tor you to be able to truthfully advice
your non-member neighbor to join the
Union. To do this you should be re.
ceiving some benefit from the organ.
i2ation. Not a merely sentimental
sort OF benefit, but a real dollar and
cents helpfuluess to easier and hap,
pier getting on in the world. II you
nave not received this sort of benefit,
your local Union is not coming up to
the standard that it should, or else
you are sorry sort of a member, OF
else both of these difficulties stand in
the way. What is the matter? There
Is no sense in lot of people getting
together, all in the same line of bus
mess, without helpfulness coming ou
Of the gathering.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

tilation of the cellar, are very tmpor-
tant topics for consideration. They
make for health, but when neglected
they often lead to disease.
The verandas on this house are es.
pecially attractive when it is built in
the country. They give an air of ease
and refinement that goes especially
well with a good farm that is properly
managed. The front veranda for ham.
mocks and easy chairs with a porch
parlor for callers in the summer time
is just right. The side porch having
door from the kitchen and another
from the sitting room makes a splen
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
No Lord Bacon.

Aprpopos Of DR.. Karl Bleibtreu's
theory about the origin of Shakes
peare's plays, correspondent writes
to the London Chronicle as follows:
when will the English public learn
TO call things land mem by their cor,
rect names? There is no such person
In history as Lord Bacon" The
great Elizabethan, who, by a few
modern idiots, is accused of having
written the plays, was BY name Sir
Francis Bacon, Baron Verulam, Wis
count st. Adams. In no standing work
Of reference Is he spoken of as Lor!
Bacon"
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

These long nights should find the
farmer busy with many of the works
published and distributed free by both
he State and National Governments
He is paying for these publications,
and he should have them. If you are
not onto how to get them, write your
Congressman and ask him to put you
next to all that the Government is
doing for the farmer in the printing
line. OF course, a great deal of the
stuff you will get is not exactly adapt
ed to your condition and environment,
but II you exercise a little bit of com.
mon sense, the good you get out Of
the Government publications is meal
sulable,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

what have you done to help Saman.
ina with the poultry this year? You
have seen the new plows, and have
taken time to look at the new planters
and CultivatOrs, but what have you
done for the silent partner In your
business? Don't get fidgety and al
low that somebody is poking his nose
into your business. That is exactly
what you need, unless you have done
the square thing by your patient but
most VigSlant and hard-worked silent
partner. 'Fess up, old man.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

the two things that should have the
immediate and careful attention Of the
members Of the Farmers Union are
public road building and the public
schools. There is no real prosperity
IN a country which negleCts the public
roads; there is no progress without
good highways; there is none of the
real enjoyment of life without them.
Inc public schools are practically a
maud, under the present slipshod man
aer OF management. Many Of them
are too small, and the pay is too small
tempt a man Of worth or ambition
70 accept them. The building of good
ROADS would cause the consolidation of
tae small weak schools into big and
SVild institutions Of sufficient import
auce TO attract teachers of merit and
experience. Painful though the admis.
SION may be. 1t is, fact that nine out
~ ten country teachers are teaching,
uot as profession, but as a stepping
sone TO something more attractive.
now can one put real heart into a
0orK that is only temporary? And
"'nout heart in the work, how can
really good and effective work be
done?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
How TO Clean Cloth Coat.

A lawn cloth coat or waistcoat can
be cleaned satisfactorily at home by
rubbing the garment over with pull.
verified fuller's earth, using a small.
Try sponge or rubber skin brush for
the purpose. When every inch has
been gone over carefully the garment
should be put away in box, taking
care to leave the powder In It, and
should be left untouched for three or
four days. At the end OF that time
Il should be taken out and well
brushed and beaten.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

Be awful careful to keep your at
fairs In hand so that you will not have
to go into debt this year for anything.
In flush times like we have been hav.
ing for the past few years the debt
making habit is sure to grow and fast
en- itself upon the very fiber of our be-
ings. Shun debt as you would a
Yiper.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

The recent cold weather that swept
No Southwest caught thousands and
,bousands of cattle and horses "out
= the cold" in more ways than one,
and the suffering was intense. When
,ue Is heartless enough to look at the
financial side of the question only. It
ia mighty poor proposition to let the
beasts suffer, but viewed from the
broader point of humanitarianism, 1t Is
lncomparably worse.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

Grand up for the organization and
- u renresents. If you are ashamed
20 Get out or improve your morals
I'd understanding until you are fit FOR
no mo- association of the leading farmers
=. I'M farm all over this country.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

did work room for hot weather, while
the sitting room projection makes suf.
ficient division between porches.
The back stair in this house reaches
from the cellar to the attic, one fight
over another all the way up, an ar.
rangement that is convenient and
economical of room. The cellar Is big
enough to partition off storage room
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

Several years ago, the editor of the
rorrapt County Citizen offered to
mota good on the offer to any farmer
n Tarant County who would put half
:. much labor and money into the
oOuItry business as he put into the
"ottop business, guaranteeing him that
mo poultry would make the most clear
rnney In other words, poultry was
Guaranteed to be worth twice as much
So tbe cotton, as a business.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

There isn't a particle Of sence in
.rying over something that only "may"
Aappen, 1.-THE best laid plans of men
an mice gang aft aglee," and many Of
he fearful things that could happen
TO Us often do not materialize. The
Vsy to get the good out of living, Is
10 live now when skies are clear and
i've in prospect when there is some
temporary trouble. This is not hard
70 do.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01
To Renew Mirrors.

When old looking glasses need re-
newlng paint them on the back with
the following mixture: Half an ounce
Of tin, half an ounce Of lead and three
ounces of bismuth melted together.
When slightly cool, add three ounces
Of mercury and apply with hare's
foot
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1907-02-01

uova some self-respect and arrange
.orr Mace of business so as to inspire
- confidence of the mOneyed man.
= other words, don't go round ped.
IHrg out your cotton on the streets
- Tom Dick and Harry. Sell it like
hrsiress man to a business man.
uaya some sense.