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Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22
" HHiSkET AND NEWSPAPERS

I A glass of whiskey is manufactured
from perhaps a dozen grains of mashed
corn, the value of which is too small to be
estimated. A pint of this mixture sells
at retail for one shilling. and if of good
brand it is considered by its consumers
well worth the money. 1t is drank off in
minute or two-it fires the brain-rouses
the passions-sharpens the appetite-de-
ranges and weakens the physical system
it is gone-and swollen eyes, parched lips
and an aching head are its followers =
On the same sideboard upon which this is
served, lies a newspaper, the new white
paper of which cost three fourths of
cent-the composition ior the whole edi-
tlon costing from ten to fifteen dollars per
day. 1t is covered with nearly half a
million of types, it brings Intelligence
from the four quarters of the globe-it
bas IN its clearly printed columns all tha.
is strange or new at home--it tells YOU
the state of the market-gives accounts
of the last elopement, the execution of the
last murderer--and the latest steamboat
explosion or railroad disaster-and vet
for all this. the newspaper costs less than
the glass of grog-the juice of few grains
of corn 1t is no less strange than true
that there are large portion of the com
munity who think the corn Juice cheap
and the newspaper dear, and the printer
has hard work to collect his dimes when
the liquor dealers are paid cheerfully
How is this2 Is the body better
paymaster than the head, and are things
of the moment more priced than things
of eternity Is the transient tickling of
the stomach of more consequence than the
of the soul, and the informa-
tion that is essential to rational being
If this bad its real value, would not the
newspaper be worth many pints of whis-
key 2-E0reSt City
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22
,nNERAL POINT TRIBUNE.

,,urp EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING,
Tribune Building High Street, Mineral
h'| Point Wisconsin, by
~CoRGE w. BLISS.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22
u This well merited tribute to labor
is from the New Y ork Mirror:

u This well merited tribute to labor
is from the New York Mirror:
We have heard among the idlers who
float like driftwood on the surface of So
ciety contemptuous filings at those whose
heritage is toll. They sneer at the hard
aud swarthy hand of labor, but they for
get that of all that is useful, luxurious or
beautiful on this earth, toll has been the
creator that from the marble palace to
the g white kids" of the tailor's most ex-
quisite walking sign, all has been wrought
out by human hands Much of it, too, at
a painful cost of human hearts, far more
sensitive to the real dignity of manhood
than the most bedizzened and periumed of
those scorners of labor.
1t is the toll of those hands, thou pitt
ful idlcr and sneerer, that has reared en-
pires in the old, and planted republics in
the wilderness of the new world that has
hewn the rock in the quarry, and built the
temples and monuments of nations that
has achieved whatever fame belongs to
genius, with sculptor chisel, the painters
pencil, and the poets pen, that has wing
ed the ocean with white sails and ex-
changed the produce of every cline; that
has measured the circuits of the stars
and plumed the lightnings to descend
the wires to be the new Mercury Of the
world.
Labor, why, man OF idleness, labor gave
you being, rocked your cradle, and gave
you pampering life. Without it, the
woven silk and wool on your back would
be in the silk-worm's nest, and in feeces
of the shepherds fold For the meanest
thing that ministers to human want. save
the air of heaven, man is indebted to toll
1t is only the drones who toll not, who
infest the hives of activity like masses of
corruption and decay The lords of the
earth--if they would but know it--are
the working men, who can build up or cast
down at their will, and who can retort the
sneer of the : soft-handed," by pointing to
their trophies wherever art. science civil
ization and humanity are known. Work
on man of toll, thy royalty is yet to be
acknowledged, as labor rises towards the
highest throne of power, Work on and
in the language of true poet, be-
A glorious man and thy renown shall be
Borne by the winds and water through all time
While there's keel to crave il on the sea.
From cline 10 cline;
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-11-22

+, Louisville Journal says: We defy any taste
n lover of poetry to read the following lines
ri,bont exclafming-s;howb beautiful r
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-01
GREAT RAILROAD SrEED.
Three Handrcd Niles per Hoar.

a paper was lately read by Judge Meigs,
before the American Institute Farmers Club, at
New York, Upon the subject of rapid railroad
travelling, in which be said
II have, with Others admired the progress
made in velocity on railroads up to even one
handred miles an houy or straight rails, which
has been done 10 England. But | entertain
views OF railroad velocity far beyond any yet
ventured to be expressed. The Emperor Of
Russia has taken the first great step towards
what I deem the ultimatum of railroad travel.
'Instead of cutting narrow alley through
the country, or going around everything in the
way of a straight line-hp has cut a broad way
five hundred miles, from St. Petersburg to Mos
cow--he has made it all the way two hundred
feet wide, SO that the engineer sees everything
that comes on the road
s'Such is part of the future the railroad from
point to point a mathematical line; the rails ten
times stronger than any now used the Iocomo-
tives on wheels OF far greater diamameter, say
twelve or fifteen feet the gague OF a relative
breadth the signals and times perfectly settled
the road, walled on both sides, during the tran
sit of trains having the gates OF the walls all
closed. Then instead of one hundred miles an
hour we shall more safely travel three hun
dred miles an hour I will not pretend to say
more-one hundred seems fast enough so did
twenty, few years ago and now, on very
straight rails or some straight runs, we do
travel sixty miles an hour in this State, and in
England, one hundred miles have been accom-
plished.
"Mathematcal precision and time will solve
this problem-a passage from New York to
San Francisco in ten hours !"
I'VE have no doubt Of one hundred miles per
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-01
THE PLAGUE At BaCDAD. IN 1884.

=, pass over variety of adventures following
'"e events to which the preceding pages refer,
10 y, revisit, on the ne&t year, the City OF Bagdad
'"e plague still ragged there: and what a change
a ,'aG 'fai brlef period brought about After /
N@'l quilted The city on the former occasion, the
~a'eFS gradually subsidized, but left many stag
n@a' pools, the nuisance of which combining
"a1 the efllnvia arising fIom the bodies cast in
y '4e town ditch, produced fever, almost as
eSao'y IN ITS effects, when the bot weather set
a, 81 ana '6e plague had ceased, as the latter dis
5aHne succeeded; but still the vials of wrath
TS TAU Ilot been all emptied on this devoted city,
ta "e 'ui'an's army on the northern frontier had
~. d." eaimiy watching the progress of the disor-
,s t' a"o shortly afterit had ceased, they inves-
.u Tue city. For some time the Mamelukes
r,InTeiy n'n defended it, and then they were COM
n Il''Tu oy starvation to surrender. They were
M slaughtered, and the city given up 10 pillage.
~ ,,'''e 'han two-thrds of the town was now
.'t.ore IN ruins, and from complicated dsas-
10 10000. ~ : '''N''' = ''O'" i'0''0'
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-01
Healthy Women and Early Marriages.

The following remarks, by Dir. c. Nj. Fitch.
in lecture few evenings since, contain Some
very useful truths and suggestions. Speaking
of the hereditary causes OF consumption, the
Doctor remarked
81 believe it TO be utterly impossible to
find perfectly healthy child born of delicate,
SIckly parents. The unSound constitution Of
the parent is usually transmitted with increaS-
ed intensity to the offspring, and no character
of morbid pre-dISpoSion is more surely and
more unfalingly transmitted than pre-disPo-
sitIon 10 pulmonary consumption. When we
consider the influence that the mothers health
must exert Gu the health Of her children, it is
strange that so little attention should be paid to
the physical education of girls. Why from the
hour OF her birth is a female child 10 be sub
ipcted to one eternal Imprisonment WHY is
she to be cooped up within doors, confined 10
patch work and nursing her DOLL and taught
to consider it quite unladylike, to move faster
than the dignifed gate Of some animated dowa-
ger Turn your girls out of doors, let them
play at ball and trindle the hoop and laugh and
shout as much as they please, they will be finer
ladies for it at thirty, even if not quite so grace
fu at fifteen. By the laws Of Lycurgus, the
wise and immortal lawgiver OF the Spartan
Republic, the most especial attention was paid
the physical education of women, and no deli
cate, sickly women on account were not al
lowed to marry. Surprising provision like
this was carried into effect here! What an
army of unmarried ladies wn should very soon
Seei
If young man wants to choose a wife, let
him invite the lady be has in view, to take
walk, very long one, and when hr comes
back, if he finds bis companion obliged to 90 to
bed with hradacht, let him look somewhere
else for wife, unless he is fond Of paying Doc
tors bills"
Speaking of ca.Iy marriages, the Doctor re-
marked
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-01

Five hundred thousand settlers can be accom-
molatcd with The best lands in the world by To-
eating Immediately in this Territory. The soil
IS Of the richest character, varying from eigh
teen inches 10 five feet in depth: the climate is
salu5rious, the thermometer rarely or never riS-
ing above 05 degrees in the shade. In Penn
syvana, where resided during the last sum-
nIer, It stood for days in succession at l06 deg.
from ten O'Clock in the forenoon to three in the
afternoon. The winters are comparatively
mild with US, though subject to frequent
changes, on account Of the high attitude of the
country. The productions Of Missouri, Ken
tacky and Ohio grow here in abundance. APP
pies, peaches and pears seem we'll adapted TO
the soil. Mr.. Walker, the intelligent provisional
Governor of the Wyandot Indians, and former
" of the northern Chic, says be raises annually
the most luscious peaches he ever saw. Mel
ons grow OF mammoth proportions.
The agriculturist who seeks new home in
the West should not stop TO make location
unit! he has visited this Territory. The orgaai-
2ed emigration Of the world is now turned to-
wards it, and If, possesses advantages on this ac-
count which are not offered by any Western
State.
In December last, the Superintendent of In
dian affairs for the Indian territory, in his an
nua report said, ia substance, "Aside from the
government agents troops and missionaries,
there are not at this time, three irbite inhabi-
tants in all that region lying west of the Mis-
souri,, and embraced in the limits of Kansas and
Nebraska" But ten months have passed since
then, and now, instead of population enumer-
ated by monosylIabe, there are many thous-
ands settled all over the country, and hundreds
are pouring in daily, selecting and stalking out
farms, which they propose locating with their
families.
We confidently predict that in less than
year from this time, we shall number fully
100000 souls. The times indicate it. In all
the northern States INDEED, in nearly every
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-01

hour being perfectly practicable railroad speed,
by the building of such railroads as those descri-
bed by the Judge, and this opinion we expressed
in the columns of the scientific American some
years ago. But three hundred miles per hour
nclines US TO the fogy side Of the question:
This speed would require piston velocity 49,
O00 feet per minute, OF eghteen-inch stroke,
If The driving wheels were twentytour feet in
circumference, NEARLY eight feet in diameter
whoppers) they would have to make 100 rev.
o!utions per minute. AS the wheels cannot
turn around without steam, the query with us
is, the means Of raising the steam necessary to
perform this feat, as the boiler would have TO
evaporate about tun of water per rninue-six-
ty IN an hour. So far as ii related to the final
velocity OF steam il a vacuum, the speed Of
three hundred miles per hour cond be obtain
ed, but how can such a quantity Of steam be
evaporated in locomotive boiler, in this space
Of time Judge Maig's may perhaps be able
to answer uS. With respect TO the velocity Of
bodies, onr ideas are bounded by what has been
performed before our eyes-the fight of the
swallow, the pigeon, the eagle and when we
look to the heavenly bodies and calculate the
awful velocity with which they are unceasing
ly wheeled through space, the mind is struck
with solemn awe at the mighty power Of the
great Creator, who has made huge Jupiter to re-
volve once on his axis in ten hours, and through
sface at the rate OF 1865 miles per hour, or
fifteen times the velocity Of locomotive, run
ming at the rate ofthrre hundred mics an hour.
Scientific .Hmericqn.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-01
Distressing Suicide.

WAsHINGTox, Nov. I3.-Mr Charles W.
Stewart, long known as the assistant doorkrep-
II of the House Of Representative, was found
last evening dead in the Speakers room, he
having committed SUICIDE by taking strychnine.
MIR. S. was in ana a5ou, his residence, on Mis-
souri, avenue, during the forenoon, apparently
in good health and spirits. Between one and
two O'Clock he left and walked towards the
capitol On his way he was met by friend,
who inquired after his health and that of his
family, to all of which Mr.. 5. returned satisfac-
tory replies. It appears that on his appllca-
ton at the apohecary store of DR.. Schwartz
for strychniue, he was refused, (aithongh he a.
verred if was to kill rats, the clerk stating that
be could not have it unless prescribed by ply
slcian. They, however, furnished him with a
drug for the purpose he stated. The endorse
ment on paper found in the splttoon near
where his body was found, leaves no doubt that
he obtained the fatal dose from another apoth
ecary shop, and that il was strychnine.
Mr.. Stewart had also procured from DR..
Gardner, on Capitol Hill, phial of andanum.
1t further APPEARS that thus provided with the
means Of selI-destructon, he proceeded TO the
Speakers room in the House of Representa-
tives, deliberately placed cushion on the set
tee, wrote a memorandum stating the amount
OF some debts due him, and ending s'my love 10
my family for the last time"-and then (pro-
bablyl in glass Of champagne--he took the
horrible draught, laid himself down, and was
soon an inhabitant of eternity. A single blood
stain on his face was the only evidence OF con-
vulsions. An inquest was held which render
ed verdict according TO the above statement.
Il is said that SI3S were found upon his per-
son.
An interesting wife and six small children,
as well as other relatives and friends, mourn
over this shocking occurrence. The heart
rending cries Of the former last night and this
morning We're sufficient to melt heart of ada
mant. What induced this young man 10 self
destruction, surrounded as he was by comforta-
Bile circumstances, and daily charmed by the
sweet voice Of such a wife and such lovely
children, must remain a mystery.
The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1854-12-01

Miraculous ESCAPE OF a RAILROAD TRAIN.
A few days ago, when train on the New
York and Erie Railroad was hailed by two or
three men, the engineer, snpposing them to
be intoxicated, paid no attention 10 them and
dashed on at full speed. When nearing the
bridge, however, hr discovered that all did not
appear right, and Immediately reversed the en-
CINE and put on the breaks, and succeeded in
stopping thetran just as the fore wheels OF the
locomotive run on the bridge. The brideg gave
wav under the locomotive and fell about three
feet, and caught upon some tinbers, which sus-
tanned the weight until the locomotive was
lifted and backed off. One minute more, and the
whole train must have been precipitated dis
tance Of some sixty feet, into rocky ravine.
About two hundred passengers were on the
train. The bridge was being repaired, and was
by temporary props, which could not
possibly have born up under the train. Ii was
truly wonderful escape.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21

WHO IS VIcToRIA = Victoria is the
daughter of the Duke Of Kent, who was the
con of George the Third; who was grandson
Of George the Second; who was the son Of
Princess Sophie; who was the cousin OF
Anne; who was The sister Of William and
Mary; who was daughter and son-in-law oi
James the Second; who was the son Of James
the FIRST; who was the son Of Mary; who
was The granddaughter Of Margaret; who
was the daughter of Henry the Eighth; who
was The son Of Henry the Seventh; who was
the son of The Earl of Richmond; who was
the son Of Ca,harine, widow of Henry the
Fifth; who was ,he son OF Henry The Fourth;
who was cousin of Richard The Second; who
was The grandson of Edward the Third; who
was The son of Edward the Second; who
was The son of Henry The Third; who was
The son of Jnhn; who was the son OF Henry
the Second; who was the son of MaiIIds;
who was lhe daughter of Henry The First;
who was The brother Of William Rufus; who
was the son of William The C"nqneror; who
was the bastard son of the Duke of Norman
DIV. by tanners daug hler, of Faalse.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21

RAPID VARIATION OF LIGHT ON THE
EYEs-Sudden changes from comparative
darkness 10 strong light, aud rice versa. sre
highly improper, inasmuch as they csuse
The iris to conlrsc, aud dila,e rapididly. and
thus weaken it; hence the ewes should be
carefully guarded from The full effect Of the
morning sun on first awakening in summer;
and The custom Of breakfas,ing in the Light
est room of the house, as is generally done,
certainly weakens the eyes, which ought TO
be accustomed, by gentle transition, 10 one
degree Of ligh. after an other, till they can
bear the effnlgence Of the suns meridian
splendor.- Curtis on the Sight.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21
POTATOES AND PROGENY.

Dr.. Mackenzie tells with good humor an
anecdoie in the New York Union, which
we before heard verbally. ] remember a
certain lady Middleton, who contrary TO her
most earnest wish was unblessed with any
children. After an absence Of several years
with her liege lord in Eng land, she returned
with him to reside for shor. time on one
Of their Irish estates. As the carriage dove
Up 10 the mansion, she noticed several fine
looking children about the gate, and having
learned that their mother was the wife of the
gate porter, she determined 10 inlerrogale
her relative to the cause Of her fecundity;
she therefore next day made her way down
to the porter's lodge, aud commenced her
inquiries.
"Whose children are these, my good wo-
man -
"All my own, my good lady"
| "Whal three infants OF the same sge:'
Yes, my lady, had three the last time"
| "How long are you married -
"Three years your adyship"
"And how many children have you:"
! "Seven, my ladr."
A! last came the question Of questions
ho,o she came TO have the children? The
poor woman, not we'll knowing wha, this
catechism meant, and not well knowing how
TO wrap up in delicate words her idea of
cause and effect, blushed and grew confused,
and al last, for want of something better 10
say. replied
~ think i! must be the potatoes, my
Isdv."
This unfolded theory Of population
quite new TO Lady NJ, who eagerly deman-
ded-
"The potatoes Do you eat much Of
them -
ooh yes. lady, very seldom we have
bread, and so takes potatoes all The year
round"
Greatly aglaled with her new information,
the lady further asked
Sand where do you ge. the potatoes ,"
"We grow them in our lille garden, my
lady, sure Pat tIlls it :"
"WelI," said Lady Middleton, "send me
up car. load of these potatoes, and the
steward shall pay you we'll for them"
Shortly after her ladysbip rose to leave
the house. and indeed had left il, Wksn the
10 ali osI iutI aItsf
the question, asked
"Ab, then, my lady, is to have children
lha, you wan, to get lhe load of po.a'oes!"
Il was the lady's turn to blush, as she
confessed that il was.
"Because I'm thinkIn', ny lady, in that
case Pat had beAer take the potatoes to you
himsefr'
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21

To MAKE BEEF TENDER.-Those who
have worn down their teeth in maslicating
poor old tough COW beef, will be glad to
learn ,ha, common carbonate of soda will
be found remedy for the evil. Cut your
steaks the day before using, into slices about
two inches thick. rub over small quantity
of soda, wash off next morning, cut into
suitable thickness, and cook 10 notion. The
same process will answer for fowls. legs Of
mutton, SC. Try it all who love delicious
tender dishes of meat.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21

ARATHER SINGULAR MARRIAGE contract
WAS a few days since entered into In Ten
nessee. The wife is worth cool flliy thou
sand. The husband is the rlghuul owner
of magnifcen, goalee. The Contract was
"a fellows AR. ls,. The husband is TO
have no interest in The wife's estate. Art.
I'd. He is not 10 collect any debts Of the
conce,n. Art. 81. The beloved husband is
not to chsslse or control any of her servants
without the w.fe's consent. Art. 4lh. The
husband binds himself 10 pay The wife one
hundred and fifty dollars per annum for
board and TO have his lodging gratis.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21
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liberal deduction will be made to those who ad-
vertise by the year.
Communications addressed to this Office must
be POST PAID.
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21

CARE A MAN AND HIS WIFE ONE ?" ask
ed the wife Of man in state of s,upefac-
ton, as she wss holding his aching head in
both hands. eyes, suppose So" was the
reply. "Well, ,hen," said she, ~ came
home very drunk las. nigh! and ! ought TO
be sbsmed Of myself"
Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-12-21

girl in Pittsburgh being struck dumb by
firing Of a cannon, i, is said ,ha, number
of married men Of the interesting village,
have. in consequence, invi'ed the artillery
company to parade on their premises. We
don't believe word of it, Council Bluff
Rugle.