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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-18

VOLCANIC FRANCE.-There seems
to be an eruption imminent in
France. The political excitement
increases and we shall not be sur
pl'ised to hear of change Of rulers.
If change comes, probably young
Bonaparte will be placed i'll power,
and fight will follow. They are
evidently "spoiling for fight" as
it appears that nine editors of one
newspaper wish to fight with nine
Deputies, and are willing to draw
lots for choice of adversaries and
arms.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-18

SAYS The New York Herald:
"Senator Carpenter has taken sides
with the people of Wisconsin in fa-
vor OF what is known as the Potter
railroad bill. Strangely enough this
Is made an argument against his re-
election to the United States Senate,
not because he is on the wrong side,
but upon the assumption that he
would have been on the wrong side
had he believed the wrong side
would win.
We should prefer to consider his re-
election to the Senate upon higher
grounds than this-the grounds of
fitness, 1t is SO easy to impute bad
motives that such imputations have
become the bane Of American politics.
But it is clearly unfair to associate
two distinct objects and treat them
as one. Senator Carpenters re-elec-
ton is a question to be determined
on its merits, and the railroad quest
ion is quite different matter, to be
settled in the in terests of the people
BY dragging purely personal or po-
litical considerations into controver-
sy the monopolies are strengthened
while no good result is gained"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-18
MINERAL POINT RAILROAD.
Notice 10 Stock h oidcrs.

VNIE THIRTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING OF
! the Stockholders Of the Mineral Point Raiiroa j
81 b. held at the office OF the COMPANY In he city
OF Mineral Point on Monday. JUl 9Th 1874 for
the election o five Directors fof the ensuing wear
and for The transact OF any other business that
III ny come be ore them. Polls opcn at % A. NJ.
and close at u NJ.
GEO. W CoGB, Secretary.
Mineral Point, Wis, June I'd, 1s74- 3Sl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-18
McCormick Machines !
LOWS,-PLOW PILLOWS

~ are m King specially Of the Grand de Tour
tbiAon, No Pillow, which has M "a al Ia nny
Coun ~, Hnd sell them very cheap Tor cash
None should purchase anlll ,hey have seen us and
exam ihtd our stuck we win Sc II "A better iinnl,.
m.ui and o bette ieins than any other dealer ia
SOut hwesicru Wisconsin.
Tius'ins We shall receive our share OF the patron
age OF Iva county, We are respectfully &c
A, A, GIVEN co.
O6ise wM C. II RUSSELL, General I.l
for &. H. MC0rmik & Byot,ec near a q
bepot, Commerce 81 Wu,c,d Point, VIZ.
March "a lSzl-iOif
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-18

IT is a great blow to the Chicago
Times and to the Chicago Tribune,
after having nursed the new party
so tenderly, to have both the Hi
nois and the Indiana Conventions
adopt platforms in favor Of indeti-
mite intiation> And it must have
cost them an additional pang when
it was stated in the former body,
and ratified with applause, that both
Of those journals had been subsi-
died on all questions in which the
interests of the Eastern capitalists
are concerned. Doubtless the charge
is untrue but that it should have
been made, and should have been so
loudly endorsed, must have been
sharper than serpent's tooth.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-18

Two sharp shocks of earthquake
were felt at San Francisco, on Thurs
day evening.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-18
200 Acre Farm Tor Sale

A desi able farm. consisting Of 1EO acres ~
Praiiie-situ tted about mie, iron Mineral foin.
city on the Waldwirk al-aud 90 acres Of good
ynun, timber, niles distant from the prairie, II
oil I'd Tor sale cheap aud on good terms. DO acres
NJ the prairie re fenced, and o. acres IN cultiya-
ton; young orchard Of 100 apple uers, good
we'll hnuse aud stables the place Any ou~
wanting TO purchase eau gel this 'arm AT BAR
GAIN. Address or apply 10 he undersigned,
WAl FITEsIMUNS.
Mineral Point. March "a. SI4 ltm6
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-06-18

JEwEiRY, Of all the lntest STYLES and
patterns warranted as represented Cni
at F"rt"rIghts if you want good
bargain
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
Mr. Beeeher on Alcohol

Rev. Ii. ". Beecher devoted bis
discourse on Sunday evening TO a re-
view Of the liquor question and the
temperance crusade in the West. Lo-
cal option, be thought, had in many
eases accomplished a great deal oi
good. The trouble with laws of this
kind was that the great body of the
citizens faile to sustain them BY their
influence and votes. Policemen and
Police Magistrates were unable to do
everything. AS to liquor itself, be
did not consider it at AL times and un-
der all circumstances injurious. A
healthy man had noneed oft, and was
better of without il, but all men were
not healthy Then there were peo-
pie engaged in the temperance refor-
nation who were pusing it too far,
who were repelling more BY their
bigotry and intolerance than they
conquered by their arguments and
prayers People who insisted that
uader no possible circumstances, or
combination Of circumstances, thim-
bleful OF brandy was of use TO the dis
ordered system might mean vel,
bat they were on the wrong track
The idea, on which the great tenn
perance reformation began thirty
years ago, that al liquor was Of itself
poison, had been undetermined By
science. But there were those who
went even further than this, and pro-
nounced stimulants 10 be bad A
man who endeavored 10 carry out
their precepts would be in danger OF
starvation The fact was that stimu-
Iants in certain eases and IN moder-
ate quantities where unquestionably,
OF benefit to the physical health. 1t
was all yery wei - talk about the
reaction and say that that was inva-
riably equal TO the exaltation, but it
was untrue One reason why Amer
leans as race used them TO excess
was from their lack of proper reerea-
ton Good food, properly prepared,
and pleasant homes were what
Americans needed 10 wean them
from this demondof drink The tenn
perance crusade the speaker regarded
as affecting much good. though more
of it by opening the way TO wider
field for woman's influence that by
prayers at the rumsellers. addressed
from the sidewalk. Let woman re-
form the table, substitute for indiges-
tible fosd a diet al oneel agreeable
aud nutritious, and half the tempta-
ton TO drink would be done away
with. In conclusion ne bad two
rules TO be of1erde: First, don, I
drink at ali; second. if you must drink
letit be of the right kind. at the right
time, ard under the right circumstan-
raSl -.1 at- e.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
Coal Ashes.

A correspondent Of the Department
OF Agriculture at Franklin, Pa,
writes: / have always believed that
coal ashes had a value for sgricultu-
raj purposes, and have advocated the
free use of them, particularly on lime
stone soil This season / determin-
ed TO get closer TO the root Of the
matter and test their vslue fully. |
had e plot Of ground on which / had
been unsuccessful for several years
in raising good Early Rose Potatoes.
The soil was in the best condition al
ways. The tops did well. This
spring | had the ground scored about
six inches deep, placed the cut pota-
toes in the bottom, and filed up with
coal ashes. The plants grew finely.
n ltwi;hstanding the dry weather.
The tops did not fall over even aftes
the weather changed, and / secured
q crop of the very best potatoes fer
the table i ever raised
The second experiment was with
onion seed and coal ashes | put out
Eve good-sized bedsin seed. In fur
the seed was covered with soil; the
fifth / covered with sifted coal ashes.
The result surprised every person
that knew Of the expereimens and
watched its progress
4 third experiment was started on
seed which promised utter failure to
those who looked Oh. The end has
not yet been reached, but / an more
than satisfied with the result thus far,
and fully satisfied that nv expert
ment will bring me st least 500
more than if left untried. | have
abiding faith in Goa ashes, and am
ready to use all | can purchase.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
Boys Go Home.

Ah, boysi you who have gone out
from the old homestead into the rush
and hustle Of life, do you ever think
of the patient mothers who are
stretching out to you arms, powerless
to draw you back, TO the old home
nesty Arms that were strong to car
~ you once. pressed closely to hearts
that lore you now as then No mat
ter though your hair is "silver-streak-
ed and Dot in the cradle calls you
Grandpa you are only "the boys"
so long as mother lives You are
the children of the old home. Moth
ing can crowd you out of mothers
heart. You NAV have failed in the
battle oflife, and your manhood NAV
have been crushed out against the
wall Of circumstances you NAV have
been prosperous and gained wealth
and fame but mothers love has fol-
lowed you always. Many a boy has
not been "home" for FIVE, ten, or
even twenty years And all this
time mother has been waiting, wait
ing, waiting. All, who does not
know the agony expressed BY that
wordy She may be even now saying
II dreampt of John last night. May
be he will come home to-day. He
may drop in for dinner !" aud the
poor, trembling hands prepare some
favorite dish for him Dinner comes
aud goes, but John comes not with
ST. Thus, day after dsy, month after
month, and year after year, passes,
till at last, Hope deferred maketh
the heart sick,n ay, sick unto death,
the feeble arms are stretched out no
longer. The dim ewes are closed, the
gray hairs smoothed for the last time,
and the tired hands are folded to ev-
erlasting rest, and mother waits no
more on earth for one Welcomes not
God grant that she may not wait as
vainly for his coming in heaven
Once more / say unto you, bows go
home, if only for day Let mother
know you have not forgotten her
Her days may be numbered Next
winter" may cover her grave with
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
Eggs by weight

The Legislature of Aasssch ue.ts
has lately passed law making it
necessary that dozen Of eggs weigh
one and half pounds This is a
move in the right direction. And we
hope that all the other States NAV
speedily follow the good example set
by Massachusetts 1t is snnoying 10
the breeder Of blooded and fine fowls
to find when he offers for sale eggs
nearly twice as large as his neigh
bOrs th at they bring no more per doz-
en- than do the smaller ones. Also
the consumer is often vexed 10 End
that he must paw the same price
to-day for dozen Of eggs weigh
ing but a pound that be Yesterday
paid for a dozen weighing q pound
and half BesideS an egg from
a well fed foglis heavier and richer
than an egg from a common fowl
that is only hoIf fed, so weight CON-
pared TO size is q combination of rich
ness. Thus, eggs Of which eight
will weigh pound are better and
richer than those of comparatively
the same size Of which ten are reauir-
ed for pound. Ofeourse, with eggs
at three or four cents a dozen-and
the writer Of this has seen hundreds
of dozens sold at these hguTe-it l.
not much matter as to the size: but
when the prices range from twenty
i've to sixty cents per dozen il is
well worth looking after 1t is high
time that this old style Of selling and
buying poultry aud eggs by the
piece should be discontinued It iss
relic Of the past and reminds as Of
the time when dressed hogs sold for
81 each without regard 70 size or
condition and were a dull sale at that.
Insist upon il then you sho raise
poultry for the aiket; insist upon it,
then you who have TO buy eggs
for consumption: insist upon il, al We
rich and poor high and low, that eggs
be sold for so much pound. Then
it viii be some indueement for farm
ers to raise a better class Of fowls
and all VII get there Just dues
Then the enterprising breeder and
poultry fsncier VIII receive the re-
ward Of MS efforts 20 furnish market
foul Of good size and Of such a degree
of fatness that il shall be eatable and
the breeder Of poor half starved spec
Imens viii be no longer bis success
full rival
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22

hemmed and she hawed. and she
sighed and she "chawedn till her
heart and jaws were broben then
she walked By his store. while he
stood at the door awaiting some lov.
ing token. She raised up her eyes
with mock surprise, and tried TO
enact the scorDer; but, to tell the
truth, she grinned at the youth who
loved the amen corner.
They met-alasl what
came to pass was soft and sweet and
precious they wooed, they cooed, be
talked, she chewed,-0, how. they
loved, good gracious, They had
10 part; be rose 10 start; her grief
can not be painted; these are the
facts, she swallowed her wax, then
screamed, then choked, then tainted.
Her ps appeared her beau, quite
scared, rushed out TO get some water !;
the watchdog spied bis tender hide,
and bit him where he @oughter," The
tale is sad, the sequel stern-so thinks
the youth thus bitten. He sings no
more, as oft Of yOre-he gave that
girl the mitten
She pined aPace, her pretty face
looked slender and detected her
father kind, but somewhat blind, be-
held her and reflected His income
tax be spent for wax-she smiled
and called him clever. She went TO
work, forgot that clerk, and ehawed
in bliss forever ! j. Bateman Smith.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
The DueIIo.

Yesterday the village of Bar St
Louis in Mississippi-Mr Alfred B.
Phillips, an attorney-at-law in New
Orleans. shot and instantly killed Mr.
Aristides Bienvenu, also of this city
in duel
Abont two weeks ago there was in
progress Of trial before Judge Collum
of the fifth District Court, the case OF
Madam Olympe-the Canal street
modiste--vs. Aristides Bienvenu
wherein plaintiff claimed a sum Of
money for millinery and dress-makiDg
account contracted by Mrs. Bienvenu.
Mr.. A. B. Phillips was plaintiffs
counsel At the trial were present
Mr.. and Mrs. Bienyenu, and upon its
close the latter proceeded to the
clerks Office, where Mr.. Phillips, d.
rectly following, he was straightway
met by the lady who from upbraid-
ing him for the course he had pur-
sued in the case. involving an alleg-
ed attachment fol her horses and car
riage drifted, into a violent abuse
which embodied the application to
Mr.. Phillips Of all the unpleasant ep-
ithets in the calendar, and TO which
Mr.. Phillips made the response that
his assailaut, being woman, he
could offer no resentment, but that he
would nctify her husband that be
must restrain such exhibitions
Leaving, then, the Office for the
court room, to place the matter before
Mr. Bienvenu, he met that gentleman
at the threshold of the door, coming
toward him, and TO him said: Mr..
Bienvenu, your wife has grossly in
suited me, and / desire you TO pre-
vent any further repetition of such
conduct.
To this Mr.. Bienvenu replied =
Ifmy wife has insulted you she has
done just right, and myself viii
fake occasion to insult you still more.
No sooner did be utter these words
than Mr.. Phillips knocked Mr.. Bien-
venu down, at which juncture Mrs.
Bienvenu, vociferating ber indigna-
ton, made a rush at Mr.. Phillips in
tent to attack him but being prevent
ed by bystanders, committed no dam
age. Meanwhile, Mr.. Bienvenu, RI
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
A tennessee Romance.

He was young, he was fair, and be
parted his hair, ike the eaverage beau,
in the middle, be was proud, he was
bold. but the truth must be told be
PLAYED like hend on the fiddle
Barring his voice. he was everything
nice. and his heart was so loving and
tender, that he always turned pale
when be trod on the tail Of the cat
living down by the fender He clerk
ed in a store. and the way that be
tore off calico, Jeans, and brown sheet
ing, would have tickled calf. aad
made the brute laugh in the face Of
a quarterly meeting He cut quite
dash with darling m0ustaehe
which be learned 10 adore and cher
ish for one girl had said while she
dropped her proud head, that twould
kill her to see the thing perish. On
Sundays bed search the straightToad
to the church, unheediDg the voice of
the scorner; and demurely be sat,
like young tabby cat, with the
saints in the amen corner. He sang
Ike bird, and his sweet voice was
heard fairly tugging away at long
meter and we speak but the truth.
when We say that this youth could
outshine hungry mosquito. EiEe 4
She was young. she was fair, and
she scrambled her,hairlike the average
belle of the city she was proud, but
not bold, vet the truth must be told,
the way she ehewed wax was a pity
Barring this vice. she was everything
nice, and the world admired her bus
tie; and the Fayetteville boys, being
calrned by the noise, walked miles to
hear it rustic. She cut quite swell,
did this wax-chewibg belle, and men
locked in crowds to meet her; but
she gave them the skirk, for she
loved the young clerk. who sang
like a hungry mosquito. So she
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22

portation is 50 costly that they can
not afford 20 market their pfoduc-
tons, and that grain is burned for
fuel because 1t can be put to no other
use, that it seems almost like investi-
eating historical fiction 10 look into
the facts. But here are some facts.
Let US see bow Iowa stands. She
produces annually from one hundred
and twenty-five million to one hun
dred and fifty million bushels of corn.
The Crop Reporter processes to have
reports up to the 18th Of March from
forty-three out Of about one hundred
counties Of that State. Prom these
returns we learn that the average
price Of corn throughout the State
was 50.I cents On the day of these
reports corn sold in Chicago for 81 to
So cents, and in New York at s6 to
90 cents. II would therefore appear
that at that time it did not cost two
bushels Of corn TO send one bushel to
market, as has been complained, but
that il cost only four-6fths Of one
bushel And the aggregate cost o!
transportation, Of handling and stor-
ing. including also the commissions
and profits Of all intermediate agents
between the farmers and the whole
sale dealers in New York, was but
about one and one-half cents q ton
for each mile between the farm and
the market.
Similar facts appear in the reports
from Kansas. The average price
there was 50.3 cents, or only four
tenths OF a cent less than in Iowa.
In Nebraska but three counties were
and the average Of the
three was 4S.3 cents. Illinois report
ed thirty-six counties, in which the
price averaged AS cents, the low
average being caused by two small
counties, without which the average
would have been 4s.T cents. The
average in Minnesota was SIS cents;
in Indiana, SO cents; in Missouri, ~
cents; in Ohio, 542 cents; in Wiscon-
sin, 53.2 cents. None Of these prices
can be regarded as unremUnerstive.
The prolific soil and the ease Of cul-
tivation in the Western States make
them in fact much more profitable
than the prices that are paid to agri-
on much larger capital
az the East"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
Those saa<risx Gr.nxer~

The Boston Advertiser does not
think tha. statistics bear out the COM
plants of the grangers about the o2-
preston they suffer from the rail-
roads. lt says:
THE iates. returns published by
the National Crop Reporter throw
some light on disputed points We
have so long been told that the farm
ers of the West are groaning unoer
oppression Of the railroads, that trans
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22

JOHN NEWTON, in bis old age,
when his sight had become so dim as
to be unable TO read, hearing this
Scripture repeated, BY the grace Of
God | am what | am" paused for
some moments, and then uttered this
affecting soliloquy: Il am not what
| ought to be. Ah T, how imperfect
and deficient. am not what wish
to be- / abhor what is evil, and /
would eleave TO that which is good.
| am not what hope to be. Soon.
soon, ! shall put of, with mortality,
all sin and imperfeetion Thoguh /
am not what ought to be, what
wish TO be, and what / hope TO be.
yet | can truly say / am not what
once was, slave to sin and Satan {;
and l can heartily join with the apos-
tie. and acknowledge. BY the grace
of God / am what | am
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22
THE OLD-FoGY NAN.

He wssa queer, old -scgy man.
And loved Old -fogy ways;
And rallied against the reckless speed
Ofthese fast nsdesn days
lie once could travel leisurciy,
And stop his friends 70 hail;
Bat row they rushed him through BY steam
And rode him on . rail
That good old coach Was fas. enough
Forpradent folks togo;
Impatient men now laugh attn,
And say twas rather SLOW;
And 50 they rush upon the trAia,
Until smash up breaks thelr bones;
And speed like thouyht away.
He thinks 1t eosm't pay.
HelOved old hOssswives' spinnfy Wheels:
The music oftheirhum
Was far more dear TO his cid ear
Than grand piano thrum-
But, al he cried, thoee wheels are sune
Since whitney made his gin
Nomore we hear their thrifty hum
No more the sisters spin,
The ROSY girl. Of oiiea time
Sgaburt, were frrnsr made
Than these. the tender: Shoots
That grew Up In the shade;
They did their mothers heavy vosk,
And eased her weary hands;
And Sometimes. too, irbrO;hers faiIei,
Could help TO DO . mans
Their dresses made with easy If,
Gave not \ pain sensa;h;
Their hearts had ample room TO beat,
Their lungs hsd RON to breathe
Unlike our present girls, with waists
Too much compressed and ,light,
Who II they DO no; dlssipste,
Are very often tight.
They lie, no, fashion dwarf their form,
Bat grsv to comely sire.
And health shone ever On their brUxs
And sparkled from their eyes;
They thanked kind heaven for all its gins,
And thought, with secret pride,
Tha, they were beautiful enough,
And they were satisfied.
Bu; now, cur modern gir.s, alas:
Think providence unkirt
For putting too much In the midst
And no; enough behind
AMI 50 they hustle rO1ad and lace,
Too mend such clumsy ways,
And think they far outshine the girls
OrGood elc-iogy days
He wished, he said, for their sweet sak-s
That FsshIon's tsr.uring vice
WOufd ease than nm n rttir and
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-04-22

II meant to have told you of that
hole, y said a gentlem an to bis friend
who, walked in his garden, stumbled
into pit Of water. "No matter"
said the friend, 4 have found it."
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TREAsURER.s SAFE or rN.

4 - = 7" TIL u = " \ :
SEATED LANDS.-Agrael1ly 10 the pr5-
'lsl9as q an ac; % Assembly, directing the m efc
y s-lllis Ciseatel 1las GJ- taxes and olher rur-
%. - s0lpieiEents t.or6to. passed the Isth dav
y, y tsr-i, A y. lsi7. 1Ei the 95sil O. March. a
=. - an ti.t t-n cay ui March. A u I.s7 II 4
its.ssI ID ihe cJinty ci : somerset hereby iTa s
ii. @ al- persons c71ecrlel herein that IN less
~ Nl0a-4I.r State. school. Road and Building
A11e> cue On tie lCagTiug tracts q uuscafesf
si-1-ia 70 = ifr-set COUNTY. are paid before
me -a! oi SOLE tle whole OF such PARIS af each
I-et a. VII pay the taxes and eas- charge lle
--lli-t1. Wal -c 500 -t t-l tglrl H1use IL som
7---- '-'al-tE Nl Sa------. ca Al1l.ay. the 81
"a. u Juue next l- tle srraa- .-ts0 ii f.es 5I-r
a. tnc go 1c rue. theresa and tie sale s-iII b.
-.--ue- ir.-- -aE O. DAY t.ll al are disposed aL
- Z - -i - ID ti- blowing list mus il al
cases re rait before the CAV of sale vsth --. II
~ Ef--r---- y re r Ietry NiH be si5 as adyc--
~s--- GEORGE u. NEFF
49,. D. = 49,. 4.
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sr,sS nIsr.Asrs.

acne ID ia. fle.-l -lli. lkagafsl- Sgllpt11s- Hard
sulal pllufics, Nib black IaintE. n -. numerous
in rtc cEerAs. toTclea1 aua uesc.
IruFlgu. intense Iteiing.) which 5eeils y ilcn
he clstl3ng - ssH0Fef; lneTesset ~ fe W rnt .
q the bed NJ cruf,iau exscpt that prod atal hy
sts2tchiu-.
TIE at.ore lRl al skin Diseases peEInancntls :
cured. EnlIre cgst @! trcatulenl ~ ~ per wee <
~ - per uon-i. Address Dr. =. II. SANDlkk
lis n al7ul S.rsai, ih.l-leiI4-i4- raar-5.