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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

AMONG the dreaded results of the
late European war, one OF the most ter
rible has already appeared. The pois-
on taken up by the atmosphere from
the multitudes of battle fields where
the thousands of dead, either unburied
or very insuficiently SO, has commenc-
ed to reach the air of the cities and
villages of the blood-stained country.
Recent kilograms announce that in
many parts of France and Prussia ty-
phoid fever, and even more fearful types
of disease, have appeared in very ag-
gravated forms and there is much
cause for the apprehension that, unless
most vigorous measures are employed,
the blast of pestilence will sweep the
face of the continent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

ALL VARIETIES or PAIN SEEM to be IN
Guided in the agonies Of dyspepsia. -
Yet by invigorating the stomach and
toning the liver, and bowels, with DR..
WALKERS VINEGAR BrrTERs, you can
arrest them all. The chemical and me-
chanical action of the stomach, liver
and lntestines being restored by this
operation the pain and the oppression
cease, theappetite Is restored, the dazed
brain regains it's clearness, the spirits
become buoyant and the happy results
is ga sound mind in a sound body
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

THE Syracuse Standard, which comes
ont in new and handsome dress, has
the following excellent corps of editors:
Mr.. Charles E. Fitch is editor-in- chief,
Mr.. Clarke is associate editor, and Mr..
M. Summers is commercial editor, as
heretofore; Mr.. A. P. Potter, lately of
the Courier, becomes its local editor,
in place of NJ. F. A. Marsh, who is now
night editor, and Mr.. H, ID. L. Sweet
is its agricultural editor. This is a
strong team.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

AT the close of brilliant wedding in
Louisville, on the 23d, Miss Kate JET.
ferson, one of the bridesmaids. com.
planned that her shoes pinched. and
left the scene. She did not make her
appearance again, and it transpired
next morning that she entered car
riage with her lover, whom h err parents
had forbidden her to associ ate with,
and was driven to the Twelfth street
Methodist Episcopal church, where a
licensed preacher and friends were in
waiting, and was married to the man
of her choice, Mr.. j. W. Van Cleve,
who is poor but honest. Her parents
are wealthy and aristocratic, and the
marriage has kicked up quite row.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

A MIAMI county Ohio settler objects
to IL proposed railroad in that region in
these words "The people is gone
wild on this ere railroad queschine
Hoses that is now with $40 wont be
with IS a he'd. Wagon makers will
starve to deth. Oats wont be wutl
nuthin, and we'll have to quit raisin
on EN-. Coon skins wont be with a
cent, and the bellerin steam Wagons
will skeer all the game out of the coun-
try. I'll sell my forty and git for Ar
kansaw if you don't stop this ere rail
road.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

The women of Connecticut are about
to test their right to vote under the
Fourteenth Amendment. Applications
''to be made" have already been re-
ceived by the registers from three
prominent females in Bridgeport, aged
respectively 35, So and 63, and in sew
eral other towns steps are being taken
to the same end.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06
Magazine Notice.

The LITTLE CORPORAL for April is received,
and is as bright and attractive as ever. The
April number begins a new quarter, and the
publisher announces that subscriptions may
begin with this number, though back numbers
can always be supplied. Terms $3.50 year.
Sample number, with premium list, free. Adj
dress the Publisher, Jchn e. Miller, Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

A TooTH-CARPENTER lately visited
Warrenton, Va, and advertised to pull
all of PERSONS teeth for 81, and in
sert a new set for so, giving six months
credit. He got through the pulling
contract and then eloped with the ho-
tel-keeper's wife, and now half the
people in town eat spoon victuals.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

THE purest and sweetest Cod-Liver
Oil in the world is HAZARD & CAswELL's s,
made on the sea shore, from fresh, Sc
lected livers, by CAswELL, HAZARD &
Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure
and street. Patients who have once
taken it prefer it to all others. Physi-
clans have decided it superior to any of
the other oils in market.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

A NICE, pious old man in Massachu-
sets thought his oxen laid ont strength
brushing away the flies, that might be
used hauling the corn plough. so he
tied bricks to their tails. The plan
worked well until one of the bricks
struck the old man on the head. when
he was carried to the house on a door.
He said he hadn't thought Of this con-
tingency. The oxen's tails are loose
now, and the old man has had his brains
soldered in with silver.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

The following conversation took
place between Count Bismack and NJ
Picard, the French Minister of Finance,
with regard to the then discussed ex-
tension of the armistice. Bismack-
81 am not disinclined to extend the
armistice till the oath, or, in case of
need, the 2Sth of February" "Trust-
ing to your kindness, Cosnt, said NJ
Picard, - beg you will consent to pro-
long it to the Both. Impossible, ~
replied the Count, May know your
reasons ~ asked the French Minister.
"You may" "because the month has
only twenty-eight days
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

Bsas" DON'T FORGET to send to the
well-known Advertising Agents-Cook, Coburn
Il Co, 81 Dearborn street, Chicago, H., for
any estimates you may desire for advertising,
as they give low figures and transact business
speedily, properly and satisfactorily to their
patrons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

A FALLING tree in the camp Of
Spaulding & Co., at Pimena, Mich,
struck two horses across the neck, kill
ing them instantly
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

GEORGE SAND has given to the gener-
al French Relief Fund the whole
amount of her copyrights during the
year 1870 She wishes to sell her
property at Nohant in Burgundy, as
she intends to remove to Paris at an
early day and take charge of daily
paper there.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06
Who Insure Their Lives.

Life insurance has become so general in
New York that 1t is rare to find a man of fam
ilv. or one having anybody dependent upon
him. who has not taken out policy. The
following are few Of the most prominent
merchants in New York who are insured for
.a.,-~;,,er tror, go QQQ To 2QQN QQQ
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06
A SAILOR, who had not been to church

A SAILOR, who had not been to church
for many years, inquired of his land
lord how he should behave in case he
went to church. He was told to take
the first vacant seat he could find in
the building, and not to speak. Jack
took his seat up near the pulpit, beside
one of the high deacons. The latter,
when the first part of the service was
over, cried out "Amen y "Hush,
hush, shipmate, whispered the old
salt, "or they will turn us both out. y
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

FLETCHER, bishop of Nismes, was the
son of tallow-c chandler. A proud duke
once endeavored to mortify the priest
by saying at the levee that he sme,t
tallow; to which the other replied {:
My lord, l am the son of tallow-
chandler, tbs true, and if your lord
ship had been the same, you would
have remained w-chandler all
the days of your life
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06

A LAW suit between Berthold Auer-
bach and Ernst Keil, of the Leipzig
Gartenlaube, which will shortly come
off before the tribunals of that city, is
expected to give the public an insight
into the compensation which the lead
ing German novelists, not few of
whom have been subpenaed as wit
nesses, have obtained from their pub
fishers in the course of the last ten
Years. ..
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1871-04-06
DO NOT DESPAIR

Young men suffering from nervous debility, seminal
weakness, prem decay II you want send
stamp and learn how TO do it. Try and do send
quack doctors Pretended fellow sufferers with
heir bogus self cures. land other frauds and humbugs
avoid them We have drugs patent poisons sell
Address &. MACkEY, ~ Centre Street, New York
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23

Nothing more forcibly and clearly illustrates
the character of the Democratic party than
the difference between the spirit and temper of
the treatment it bestows upon the authors of
the great rebellion and the leaders of the Union
armies during our long and bloody struggle for
national existence. While the reckless trait
ors, like DAVIS, BRRcKrNRIDoK, STEPHENS, and
their co.conspirators are the objects OF their
warmest sympathies and NEST loving forbear.
ance every Union officer who has risen to any
prominence is assailed with unsparing malie-
nifty and brutality Were the world compelled
to make up its judgment as to the relative
merits OF the men who played the most con.
spicuous part in the war of the rebellion, from
the Democratic press and the speeches of Dem
ocratic arators, they could come to no other
verdict than that JEFF DAVIS and his compeers
are the real patriots, the great statesmen, and
the true representatives of the American peo-
pie, and the men to whose hands should be en-
trusted the destinies of the nation. No man
in all our history has been the object of more
grossly unjust, rufiianly, persistent, and vulgar
abuse than Gen. GRANT. The malignity of
their attacks seems to be measured by the ex
tent Of hs services against the Democratic
rebellion, as their admiration for its authors is
by the extent of their injury to the Union
cause And the more earnest and successful
his efforts to enforce the laws, collect the rev.
enues, decrease the taxes, reduce the public
debt, and to carry out his pledges to the ooun-
try, the intenser becomes the hatred of his en-
emies, and the more vituperative and vindictive
their assaults upon him. So uniform has been
this kind of warfare upon Gen. GRANT, not
only since his nomination for the Presidency,
but from the day he refused to become an in.
strument in the hands of the apostate JoHN-
SON, to aid him and his rebel masters to undo
all that had been gained by his overthrow OF
the rebel armies, that We do the Democratic
party no injustice in charging that they would
much sooner vote for DAYS. for President.
Such is the character of Democracy of the
present day. All its sympathes are for per-
jured traitors; all it's hatred for loyal and sue
cessful generals.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23
PrOtectiOnists.

General GRANT is in favor of tariff for
protection to our home industries In a brief
speech made at a reception recently given by
the citizens of Pittsburg, he expressed the in
terest felt by him in their various workshops,
which he recognized "as a source of wealth
not only to the artisan and the city, but to the
whole nation" He added g hope we shall
soon see the day when the consumptions of the
country will be more largely the productions of
our own people" General GRANT has always
been accredited with being plain, sensible
man, and the fact that he is in favor of pro-
tecting, by judicious tariff laws, our own
manufactures, is further evidence in corrobo.
ration of that conclusion. Whatever else NAV
be said of General GRANT, on all important
questions looking to the welfare and prosperity
of the whole country, his conclusions have been
invariably correct He is one of the safest
Presidents the country has ever had.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23

WoULDN'T it be spectacle to see the Repub-
lican soreheads, disappointed jobbors, Northern
Copperheads, aud Southern rebels, all united in
one harmonious and loving struggle for the cleo
ton of Judge DAVIS of the Supreme Court, or
Judge TRUMBULL Of the United States Senate.
or Colonel ScoTT of the Pennsylvania and
several thousand miles of other railroads. for
the Presidency next year, in opposition to the
Republican candidate, under the command of
Major General CARL SCHURz? Yet, if the
discordant, factous elements which compose
the unhappy and distressed opposition can so
far settle among themselves their own per
s0nal schemes and hopes as to harmonic upon
anything, such spectacle may be witnessed
But the difficulty with them now is, that they
can no more agree among themselves than
they can with the party in power. They must
rule or ruin, and will ruin if they do rule.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23
vlrgin-ChrOmo, LithO-
graphed by l.. Prang s Co.

1t is with particular pleasure that we draw
the attention of our readers to one OF the latest
chromos, published by Mr.. L. PRASa 4 Co.,
in Boston. 1t is the Virgin of the immaculate
Conception, after one of the numerous repre-
sensations of that subject by MURILLo. The
great Spaniard has adorned his celestial Queen
with such charms, has produced such a glo-
rious work in respecs to coloring, light, and
expression, that even we, heretics of the nine
teenth century, Notwithstanding our lack of
reverence for the subject, are filled with admi-
ration, and devoutly pay our homage to the
surprising beauty Of the Virgin, and to the
skill and genius Of the master. The chrome
is the worthy copy Of such an original. 1t is
one of the finest among the many excellent
ones published by Mr.. PRANa, and indeed one
of the most perfect ever produced in this coun-
try. We might call it triumph of chrome
TYPOGRAPHY, for it resembles the original as
closely as chrome ever can resemble an oil
painting and displays brilliancy and warmth
of color seldom reached in such productions.
A brilliant success can safely be predicted for
this excellent work, and we expect to meet il
soon In all parts of the country as far as love
of art has thus far spread. 1t is one of the
great advantages of chromo-lithography that
the comparative cheapness of its productions
places them within the reach not only of the
wealthy. but of many whose means would not
admit of the acquisition of oil paintings.
They are consequently often found in places
where formerly nothing like work of art had
been seen, and render an invaluable service in
awakening and developing higher taste and
in opening to susceptible minds the first
glimpse into the glorious world of art and
ideal beauty.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23
The Apprentice Question.

The complaint Of the boy that the only
chance youth has Of learning trade is to be
sent to the penitentiary or house of refuge, had
more truth than poetry 10 it. From all parts
of the country comes the same story of the
difficulty boys experience in finding trades. A
Chicago paper says there are thousands of boys
in that city willing to learn trade, but no en-
ployer dare engage one of them. There may
be little exaggeration here, but there is no
doubt that the limitation the trades unions
place upon apprentices is keeping large num-
bers from becoming skilled laborers In some
trades the allowance prescribed by the union
is one to every FIVE journeyman-in other
words one to ten. This limitation is not regu.
lated according to the total number Of journey
men in she trade Of the particular locality, but
of the number employed in any one establish
ment. Thus, several firms, in which one ap.
prentice to every five journeymen is the regula-
ton number. may employ seven, eight, or nine
men, and yet only be allowed one apprentice
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23

1t vas perfectly well understood at the time,
and the fact could have been easily proved If
the matter had been investigated by Congress,
that General SCHENcK was cheated out of his
election by the grossest frauds on the part of
LEWIS CAMPBELL, who secured and now occu-
pies the seat. 1t was knavish enough to have
denied the veteran soldiers in the National
Soldiers Home or Asylum at Dayton their
right to vote. But this outrage did not satisfy
them, and they resolved to remove all possible
doubt of General ScHENcK' defeat by q whole
sale system Of ballot-box stufing. New proofs
of this vllainy have recently come to light in
the confession of one PETER ScHwAB, who was
the instrument used by CAMPBELL, the Copper
head candidate, to perpetrate the crime. These
discoveries remove every doubt as to General
ScHEsCKs election, and prove as clear as the
MONDAY sun that CAMPBELL is a mere "squat
ter in the House. occupying the 'clam y OF
an honest man through the agency of perjury,
fraud, and violence. He should be kicked out
Of his seat without delay, aud new election
ordered if General ScHENcK declines to occupy
it, He did his district, the Republican party
and the country great wrong in declining to
contest CAMPBELLs right to the certificate.
By this neglect Of public duty he has to a GER
tain extent sanctioned the fraud, and encour-
aged its repetition; and so it was repeated at
the recent election, whereby we lost State
Senator in the same district
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23
An Interesting Memoir.

On our fourth page will be found an interest
ing memoir of BEsJAMIN BANNEKER-though
first published in 1915, it may be new to many
of our readers. The ability and existence Of
such a man as BANNEKER having been called
in question, the testimony of his character we
publish, coming as it does through the medium
oil the Colonization Society, AN enemy to our
race, will hardly be questioned. BANNEKER' 5
successful career, under trying disadvantages,
cannot but be considered as good evidence of
the ability and genius of the African race lie
accomplished much under oppression and preju-
dice, it needs no profound speculation to arrive
at the eminence he would have attained under
more favorable circumstances. His example
is we'll worthy of imitation with like perse.
verance and devotion to study on the part of
the colored race of to-day honor and glory will
await us in the near future.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23
A Rule that Don't Work Both
Ways.

The New York Tribune, In commenting
upon sundry letters it processes to have re-
ceived from Texas, complaining of its abuse of
the Republican party and Republican legisla-
ton in that State, says
The people of Texas seem to take substan.
TALLY the same view of the matter that we do.
Two years ago they elected Republican Gov
ernor, Legislature, and three out of four Con
gressmen; now they have chosen Democrats to
Congress from all four districts by an aggre
gate majority of at least ten thousand"
The Tribune has published column upon
column to prove that the election in Louisiana
in 1868, which was largely against Gen. GRANT,
was not fair expression of the people of the
State, because large portion of the Republi
can party was not permitted to vote. The Re-
publicans of Texas have been defeated by means
as dishonest and outrageous as those of Louis
lana were. Yet the Tribune assumes the re-
suit in Texas last month to be fair expression
of the people against Republican rule. North
Carolina is another case in point! Cannot the
Tribune learn to be consistent if resolved not
to be Just?
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23

DIVIDE AND CONQUER" is the watch word
of the enemies of our free.sehool system.
They dare not risk an open declaration of war
against the system. That would at once array the
great mass of honest Americans on the side of
our common schools. They, therefore, only
demand division Of the school money, know
ing that their purpose would be as effectively
accomplished by that means as by law abolish
ing the system of free education, which is the
pride of the American people. The Tablet,
the leading Roman Catholic paper of New York,
thus lays down the ultimatum Of the enemies
of the system:
All we demand is that, if system of pub
lie schools, supported at the public expense.
is established by the State, we shall have our
proportion of the schools placed, as to educa-
ton and discipline, under the supervision and
control OF the pastors of the church; or else
that we shall not be taxed for the support of
the public schools
Here we have it all in a nutshell. Well
may they be satisfied with such concession.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23
Southern ImprOvidence and In
gratitude.

The base return the Southern ex-rebels make
for the great magnanimity with which they
have been treated by the North in pardoning
their crimes against the Government is but one
illustration of their total political, and, We
might add, of their total moral, depravity.
They have shown since the rebellion the same
personal dishonesty that they always have Of
political decentralization. They have exhibited
the utter disregard they entertain for their pc
cuniary obligations to the North as strikingly
as they did their obligations to the require
ments of patriotism and good citizenship in
plunging their country into long and bloody
war. This disgraceful Characteristic is espe-
cially true of the old rebel element Of Vir-
sinia; and the same correspondent of the New
York Times, to whose Observations in that
State We referred last week, gives us some
facts upon this subject that deserve careful
reflection.
When the war closed thousands Of merchants,
NOT Only from Virginia, but Of the various
Southern States, found ready credit at the
North. and established themselves in business
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-11-23
Our Claim to the Peoples Conf.
dence.

l. Among the first acts Of the Republican
resist theDemocratic rebellion, was the adop-
ton of the homestead law, under which the
whole mass of the public domain is opened to
the possession and ownership of the laboring
man, upon the condition of settlement and cul-
tivation, at the nominal price Of ten dollars for
one hundred and sixty acres.
2. Provision was made by which this vast
property was largely enhanced in value, and
rendered accessible to men of limited means,
over the lines of the trans continental railroad.
the construction of which had been delayed
under Democratic rule, by the fear that free
labor would possess this rich inheritance, to
the exclusion of slave labor.
3. The whole system Of servile labor was
abolished by the Republican party, in spite Of
the united and persistent opposition of the
Democracy in Congress and on the battle
field.
A. Again, the whole mass of unrequited
labor was lifted to the dignity Of the country's
defenders, thereby giving it enlarged opportu-
mites, enabling it to command the attention
and the sympathies Of the nation, and render
ing its future subsection to bondage absolutely
impossible.
B. This whole class was endowed with citi-
zenship and all its rights and advantages
against all of which acts the Democrats in
Congress and in the State recorded united
negative-yet it is easy to see that each sue
cessive step added UNNECESSARILY to the dignity
and power Of labor.
g. The whole remaining public lands of the
South were reserved from sale, and appro-
priated TO the exclusive use Of actual settlers,
by which the landless laborers Of that section
come to the ownership of more than forty-fve
millions Of acres, sufficient for half million of
homes of eighty acres each, and by which, also,
the further progress of land monopoly in that
section is forever stopped.
Z. 1t has given guaranty by solemn and
unanimous declaration Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives, that the future land policy of the
party shall be in the interest Of individual oc-.
cupation and ownership, and opposed to sales