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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12
Chiidren's Wrongs.

A CHILD is out Of place in city. No
special provision is made for him in the
piles OF brick and mortar that make up a
metropolis. He is trampled under foot by
business, or thrust out into the great GENE
terles in the suburbs, where his ghostly
gambols will disturb no one. In the cOun-
try, the child finds buutercups and daisies
soWn everywhere for his delight; the wild
strawberry and the chestnut tree scattered
about for his food; and over a great green
carpet, sprinkled with fountains the
changetul panorama Of the skies unrOlled
to satisfy his longing for variety. But
here, the sewer sends out its deadly breath
to poison half the babes who are born,
and it does its work so well that they never
reach the limit Of the first year With the
sewer, the vendors of poor milk, decayed
vegetables, and unreasonable fruits, and
those who let wretched lodgings to the
poor, combine to make life such burden
to tae children who have passed their first
year, that one-half Of them drop it gladly
before they reach the age of five, and go
to sleep with little hands clasped over a
heart crushed by practical sorrows. If
King Herod had only been a shrewd man.
he would have built great city, with
Sixth Ward sewers in it, and would have
compelled the Israelitcs TO live there. The
sewer is mirhtier than the sword.
But there ate other wrongs of children
which belong more particularly to this
season. When a family blessed (cursed
the landlords call i'll with little ones are
compelled to move and seek new home
they find every child one more obstacle t..
their success. In the majority of board
lighthouses, the injunction is kept pcrpetu-
ally posted up: No children need APP
ply In many tenement houses the same
rules hold. Paint, gliding, varnish and
wallpaper are Of more value than a child
The toiling wife seeks a modest home for
her family, walks YEARLY from agent to
agent only to learn that one house and
another is barred to the little ones They
are so much trouble; they make so much
noise; they are such a nuisance; so run
the complaints. Al last the wearied
mother begins to think that her minister
was sarcastic when he preached last Sun
day on the theme nearest her heart, and
said that cot such is the kingdom Of
heaven
What are we going to do about il?
Clearly, children have no place as vet in
the practical organization of large cities.
and no recognized rights. Nautilus could
settle the question easily; but, then, what
would become of grateful posteritv of
which our orators pirate so often and so
loudly? Already our suburban Gene
teries are inconveniently crowded with
graves two or three feet in length. And
even a small funeral is expensive nova
days-N \, GrnDHic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

that to turn very shallow furrow when
the land is wet will prevent that packing
of the soil which is so much feared during
such periods, and which is sure to inJure
the crop more or less. Shallow plowlng
turns the rubbish under the soil, where 1t
will soon rot and be out of the way; and 1t
also DESTROYS the weeds. When we sow
the small grains very early in the spring,
their growth smothers out the weeds; or,
in case of failure, the weeds smother out
the crop. And this teaches us two things
First, to SOW early and, in the second
place, to put in sufficient seed to occupy
all the surface so that the weeds will have
little chance to grow, and that the surface
be kept shaded, thus preventing too rapid
evaporation, and to keep the surface open
to the air, the heat and the moisture.
We now put in the early spring crop
with the harrow and cultivator, and in
sure better yield, and at "a much less
cost, over the old plan. We have vastly
cheapened the corn crop, but we have not
got to the bottom yet-for, in addition to
the cheapening of the annual outlay of
labor, we must look to a steady annual
yield in the unfavorable as well as favora-
bic seasons. Corn is the great staple of
the farm, and is more the measure Of the
prosperity of the farm than any other
staple, cotton not excepted.-Rurdl, IN
GHicaq0 Ty3bGne
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12
Singular Story.

IN the spring of 1856, Mr. Williams, of
Brooklyn, while passing the City Hall
Park, observed a wretchedly-attired man,
whose woe-begone appearance and famish-
ed yisage indicated much misery This
dilapidated unfortunate, seeing that he had
attracted Mr.. Williams notice, gave a Ma
sonic sign of distress, and on making
known his condition, was assisted by that
gentleman in various ways, and supplied
with the funds to enable him to proceed
West. 1t appears that he was an English
carpenter, who had come to America to
better his condition, but the vessel having
been stranded i'll the vicinity of Sandy
Hook, he with several companions while
endeavOring to make the shore in one of
the ships boats, was upset by a breaker
Alfred Boxer, the mans name, barely es-
capped with life.
Boxer eventually went to Chicago, and
there, by shrewdness and industry, man
aged TO take advantage of the speculative
mania then raging in real estate in that
city, and in few years amassed a consid-
cradle sum Of money. Unable to stand
prosperity he specuIatcd wildly in grain,
and in short time was metamorphosed
from millionaire into pauper. Becom-
ing desperate over his losses, he enlisted
at the commencement of the war, and by
bravery at Fort Donaldson and
Chattanooga, rose to the rank of
aforementioned Of the Tenth Illinois
cavalry, but was afterward transferred to
the Ordnance Department Two weeks
ago, business demanding his presence in
this city, he called on Mr. Williams, and.
as that gentleman is at present engaged in
building residence on Staten Island. he
and the Colonel took a stroll through to
New Brighton, and, while passing Junk
shop, curiosity prompted them to take a
look at the multifarious assortment of
goods scattered around Much to the
Coionel's establishment he found an old
familiar friend in the shape of a plane.
and soon after he discovered a number Of
other tools, which he recognized as be
longing To the old tool chest he had lost
on the beach seventeen years before He
also tosnd the chest, and having pur-
chased the lot, ordered them to be sent to
Mr. Williams rcsid re. On the arrival
of the articles he opened drawer in the
cheSt by taking out screw. and found
slNty-fve pieces Of money which looked
like old copper coins. but were in reality
gold Sovereigns Several papers in the
drawer were reduced to pulp, and pic
lures OF deceased wife and child entirely
obliterated.-N. 7. Graphic
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12
Color in Politics.

The Richmond Enquirer assures lis
readers that the chief aim of the radical
party in that State is to insure the supre.
macy Of the colored population over the
white. The Nirginian Conservative is
eager to begin faint imitation of that
war OF races which the Democracy of
Louisiana have striyen to excite but
which will probably be closed forever in
the universal horror awakened nv the
massacre at ColfaN. Yet il scarcely re
quired that fatal event to show that the
Colored race have always been the victims
and not the perpetrators of cruelty AZ The
South, that they have never aspired Ia
political power with any extraordinary
effort unless where it was plainly neces.
sary for the preservation of their lives
and the safety of their families. The his
tory of the African at the South has shown
general humanity and an abstinence
from all tendency to pitiless deeds that
forms touching contrast to the intoler-
ant annals of their masters. In the period
of slavery the negro bore with signal
patience such evils as have seldom fallen
TO the lot of man. He WAS forced to see
ms children torn FROM him: to separate
from wife and friends at every new sale !:
10 bear the lash, the chain, the prison.
Yet, when the rebellion came, it is admit
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12
A Hindu Doll Marriage.

All6n's Indian HdI says: From Ben
gal paper we learn that the streets of
Dacca have lately been enliyened by mar
riage professions of kind by no means
rare in India, however new to the minds
of most Englishmen at home. In India
households dolls play far more import
ant part than they do in England, for all
the perfection to which we have attained
in the art of making and clothing them
and lodging them in suitable dwellings
Indian dolls are not remarkabl for beauty
or very close resemblance to human mod
els, but in clothing and bedecking them
no expense is spared. They have room
to themselves, and seem to enjoy as much
attention as live children and babies do
elsewhere. Feasts and garden parties are
given in their honor; the death Of doll
involves great show Of mourning, and
the marriage of one is quite a public
event In the present instance two dolls
belonging to the daughters of the wealthiest
Hlndus in Dacca were duly led out at the
head Of a solemn procession, to the un
feigned delight Of the native bystanders
After the wedding ceremony the parents
of the girls who had thus disposed of theil
wooden puppets laid out a few thousand
rupees in teasting all their friends, rela
tives and caste-folk, as well as a good
many Of the neighboring poor Seeing
what mere dolls most Indian brides them
selves are in point of age, the difference
between the mock and the real ceremony
is, perhaps, less strikingly grotesque than
If English girls were among the perform
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12
lawfully use or sell it in the territory of
the other licenSpe

the other licensee
With the present construction oif the
statute, exclusive licensees may take TN
due advantage of the other 1t would be
wise, therefore, in many cases to seek
through the grantors of territorial rights,
the placing of restrictions on those work
ing adjoining territory, so that neither
licensee would sell to parties whose only
intention at time of purchase was to resell
or use in the territory of the other
The decisions so far made on the point
proceed on the ground that, the machine
or article having passed to the hands OF
the purchaser without condition, it is no
longer within the limits of the monopoly
and hence such purchaser is not restricted
in the use of the machine or article either
as to duration of time or place. The
Supreme Court Of the United States has
passed upon the lawfulness as TO duration
of time, in determining the rights of users
of patented machines for any extension of
the original term of the patent, but not as
to place of use. No case has there been
decided involving the question whether
the purchaser without condition, from a
licensee restricted as to place in making,
using, and selling may lawfully use or
sell the patented article so purchased out
side of such restricted territory. It is,
however, foreshadowed, by those cases
which involved the right of purchasers to
continue lawfully to use through any ex-
tended term of patent, that the decision
of the court of last resort would be in the
affirmative on this question also, were the
precise point to come before them for re-
yieW.-ScieHttfc dWericaR.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

1t is difficult to ruin a strong constitution. To
weaken. injure or cripple this source Of physical
vgor and endurance Is an easier task, and may al
ways be accomplished by positively disregarding
or violating certain hygeian laws, the observance
of which is essential to the welbeing of the body
and to the sustainment OF that vital force by which
it is animated and supported. But a good consti
tuition is wonderfully elastic, and after it has
been very hardly dealt with by its possessor all its
pristine vigor may be recovered if the proper
course of treatment is adopted. Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters may be justly denominated constitu-
tional tonic. Net only does it improve the appetite,
stimulate the stomach, tone and regulate the dis
ordered liver and bowels and steady the trembling
nerves, but it also land this is its most important
effect restores the stamina strength of the system,
where it has given way under the pressure of exces
sive labor exposure, prvation, acute disease, fast
living, foul atmosphere extraordinary heat or
any other cause. In summer the constitution is
often severely tried by long continuance Of hot
weather Nothing tells more heavily upon the
sources of vital activity than solar heat, and hence
the expediency of recruiting and replenishing them
with a wholesome vegetable tonic, like Hostetters
Bitters, during the summer months
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12
4 Misguided Book Agent.

A BOOK agent entered the open door of
a snug PIttstield cottage one dav recently.
and nOdding to trim, bright-looking lit
tie woman who sat sewing by the win
dow, commenced volubly to descant on
the merits Of a great work which he
was for the first time giving mankind az
opportunity to purchase. It was uni
vesal biography, cook book, dictionary.
and contained besides, a detailed history
OF every important event that has trans
pired in the world since the apple Incl
dent and Adams fall The work con
tanned 5000 chapters, all with running
titles. The agent, after talking on the
general excellencieS of the volume about
five minutes, commenced on the headings
of those chapters, and as the woman did
not say a word to interrupt him he felt
that he was making a conquest, and he
ratified away so that she shouldn't have
a chance to say no. 1t took him nearly
half an hour, and as he breathlesslv went
on, the sweat started on his forehead he
made conyulsive grasps at his collar. and
when he had finished he had hardly
strength enough left to put on betwitch
ing smile and hand her his ready pen
wherewith to subscribe her name in the
order book. She took the pen, but in
stead of putting her autograph on his
list she lifted scrap of paper from her
work-box and wrote in plain letters:
'IME DEFE AND DUN" He said not word,
but the utJerable things that he looked,
as he turned to the door, would fill a
library.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12
Rights Of Purchasers of Patented
Articles.

WE published last week the decision
lately rendered by Judge SAWYER, of Cali.
forai2, in the case of Mckay as. Wooster.
Those who are in possession of an exclu-
slve State, county or other territorial right
to make, sell and use a patented machine
or patented article, of any description
whatsoever viii be interested in learning
mat 1t Is now settled by the decision of
more than one United States Circuit
Juoge that the purchaser of such ma
chlne or article within the territory of one
exclusive llcensee may sell or use it with
~ IN tne territory OF any other exclusive
Hcensee without liability to an acfion f,r
Infringement. II amounts in nutshell 10
this: The exclusive licensee for one
county cannot lawfully sell or use in the
county of another exclusive licensee. bur
the purchaser without condition of the
machine or article from such Hcensee can
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

CONsUMPTION.-For the cure of this dis
treSsing disease there has been DO medicine
vet discovered that can show more evidence of
real merit than Aliens Lung Balsam This
unequaIed expectorant for curing consump-
ton, and all diseases leading to it, such as
affections of the throat, lungs, and all dis
eases Of the pulmonary organs, is introduced
TO the suffering public after its merits for the
cure Of such diseases have been fully tested
by the medical faculty. The Balsam is, con-
sequently, recommended by physicians who
have become acquainted with lis great sue
cess.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

IF You thirsty, drink ,cdter; if you have Ague
take Shallenberger's Autidote. The result Will be
alike satisfactory in both cases. Try it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12
ASK for Prussing's Cider Vinegar and take
no other. Warranted to Preserve Pickles.

DooLEY's Yeast Powder is the cheapest, but
not lowest priced, Baking Powder. Elegant
Biscuits, Rolls, ETC., prepared in few minutes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

CERTAIN REMEDY FOR DRoPsY can be found
in DR.. Jaynes Alternative. 1t eradicates the dis
ease by stimulating the absorbents into healthy
action, and assisting them in the performance of
their natural functions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

SEE, in another column, the advertisement
headed 81 1cW help any man"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

YOU can readily secure Sew
Ing Machine, Watch, Parlor
Organ, Piano, or some useful
and valuable article and at the
same time make good CASH
WAGES while getting up clubs
Tor OUR PRESIDE FRIEND, up
on their new plans, and NOW Is
the time to do it because of
their new and EXTRA OFFER to
subscribers. Large cash wages
and the best outfit. To take ad-
vantage of the new plan you
must apply at once. Write for
particulars Immediately to
WATERS q CO.. Pub
fishers, Chicago, Ill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

SEE, IN another column, the advertise
ment headed Il l7N help any man"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

SEE, IN another column, the advertise
ment headed Il iciN help any man"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-06-12

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS,
w please say You saw the advertisement
in this paper.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-14

celsior Coffin Works loss, $50, 900. Clinton
Iowa; loss, $4,000. -. Uxbridge, Ontario !;
loss. $4,000. New Orleans thompson
Crescent Sugar Refinery; loss, 5000, 600 . st.
Paul, Mimi. loss about sl5, 900.
JAN. 3l.-At Jackson, Tenn.-Nearly the
entire business portion of the town was de-
stroyed, involving u pecuniary loss of over
sl0O, 900. Quincy, Ill.-A number of tene-
ments were burned, rendering homeless some
ten families.
FEB. AT Northfeld vt.-Goud Sons
TAO Broadway; loss, 1925, 900. e. New Jeffer-
son, Iowa-The residence of Alexander Cairns ;
Dir. Cairns, his brother Henry, and two little
children were burned to crisp supposed to
be the work. of All incendiary Woolwich,
England-A portion of the Royal Military
Academy was destroyed; loss, 1850, 600 Co
hoes, n. Y.-The Stark Knitting Mill loss,
$40, 900.
FEB AT Brooklyn, N. Loss, $50, 900.
go. Omaha, Neb.-The Pacific FIGURING Mills
were totally destroyed loss, $40, 900. . Cleve-
land, O.-The mill and forge of the Lake Erie
Iron Company's Rolling Mills were burned ;
loss heavy.
FEB. 3.-At Quebec, Canada-The Court
House was totally destroyed entailing the
loss of a rich collection of official archives and
historical and legal documents among them
all the records of the Province of Lower
Canada.
FEB. AT Cincinnati-The Globe Rolling
Mills estimated loss, $50, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-14
An Episode Of the Louisiana Inyestiga.
ton.

4 Washington dispatch Of the Sd inst. says :
The monotony of investigation into the Loui-
siana election was varied to-day by the testi-
mony of one Theodore Jaques. who was United
States Supervisor under the Enforcement act
at the last election i'll the State. He testified
unblushingly that he stuffed ballot-boxes.
forged atfdayits. and took false oaths in the
Kellogg interest at the late election In an
swer TO question by Mr.. Carpenter a. to
whether he considered himself corrupt man.
he replied that he was in the same boat with
other politicians and generally went with them
i'll measures. believing that trickery and dis
honesty in politics is eXcusable. Mr.. CARPENTER
asked him if he did not regard himself in duty
bound TO tell the truth when he was under
oath at the time he was an officer of elections.
Witness replied, No. He regarded an oath as
a mere matter of form. Mr. Carpenter then
asked him why. after he had helped to secure
Kellogg's election by forged election returns,
false aiiidayits, etc, he had gone back on Ke-
no use for that man Kellogg"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-14
The Mystery Of Edwin Brood"

We mentioned some time since state
ment that young man was engaged in
the completion of the Mystery of Ed
win brood, writing as medium, at the
dictation of the spirit of Charles Dickens.
The medium, we learn further, is Ger
man printer of Brattleboro, VT, thirty
or thirty-tive years of age, intelligent,
but without genius SO far as his friends
understand him. He says he has never
read Il single one of the works of Mr..
Dickens, much less the one in course of
publication at the time of the novelist's
death yet he has reproduced some of
the peculiar features of the latter. and
some of his manuscript bears evidence
at least of a very good imitation OF
Dickens style. We have been shown
letters from two prominent citizens Of
Brattleboro, both of them disbelievers
III ssiritualism, and one of them especi-
ally cautious against all manner of isms,
and they appear TO be very much i'm
pressed with the work of the medium as
far as it has progressed. One of them
remarks that parts of the manuscript are
$50 unmistakly Dickens style that no
one not blind with prejudice would
doubt it'-and of course we are re-
minded that it is one thing TO have
Dickens style, and another to have his
own work. The medium works three
evenings week, accomplishing eight to
ten pages at sitting, and he calculates
or, rather, the spirit of Mr.. Dickens
does-that it will take about six months
to complete the mystery. He began on
Christmas Eve last, according to the
special request of the spirit-a period,
remarks the latter, "the dearest, hottest
to me of all the year when on earth"
We have been shown several pages of
manuscript, copied from the original,
including the Dedication, the Pre-
face-which treats of the why's and the
wherefores, etc, and, to tell the truth,
are not particularly impressed with them.
Some expressions are in the style of Mr..
Dickens, but many more are i'll de-
cidedly unlike him and the opening
pages bearing a striking similarity TO the
commonplace work of most mediums,
being gushing tribute TO spiritualism
and general invitation to the cold. IN
believing world to embrace the faith
Rochester Democrat
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-02-14
The European War ClOud.

The dispatches from st. Petersburg
tend to confirm the opinion that Russia
is preparing to encounter some more
formidable enemy than the Khivans.
Preparations for the campaign, the tel
egraph announces, are being pushed with
great vigor force of $4,000 troops
additional is being fitted out to be dis
patched TO Khiva, and deep feeling of
indignation is being stirred up by pub
LEGATION of accounts of alleged cruelties
practiced on Russian prisoners. Con-
sidering the relative strength of Russia
and of the Khan, it would seem that no
extraordinary preparations for the cam
paign were required on the part of the
former, and the question which suggests
itself is whether those preparations be-
ing pushed with great vigor" are made
to be ready for an anticipated armed in
tervention on the part of European
powers