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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-16

HAVE the plaques of Egypt fallen
upon US! Minnesota and NORTH
western Iowa have grasshoppers
and locusts; Illinois has chinch-
bugs; Cairo has an earthquake ;
Kansas has Indian raids; Nebraska
and Ohio have drouth; Arkansas
has everything that is bad; LOUISE
ana has floods aud malicious ''lea-
guess" South Carolina has Moses;
New York has Havesneyer; Massa-
chusetts has Butler; Wisconsin, has
Taylor, and the whole country has
hard times, religious quarrels and
railroad wars. And then there is
the comet, which, between its pere-
CARNATIONS and the predictions Of
blunder NC astrologists, is fright
ming all the small children in the
land out of their growth. Whoever
is at the bottom of this had better
own up and as for the rest, in the
language of the ancient darkey,
"Down on your knees, every one
of We"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-16
: TATE OF WfSCONSIN-IOWA

County town OF High and In Justice Court
James Ciemnsou nd Christopher q. David ! ariies
dong busi under firm name OF David & Glenn
insou, plaintiff against thomas Persons, ,ltfeu.
dan, before $. II Fitch, Esq Justice of Peace
To Th' mas P'rsuus, above named
You ARE hereby notified that warrant II attach.
ment has been issued against you AID your property
attached to satisfy the d. mand II James CT, mnsnn
n christopher & David the above named plain.
tin- Amounting TO siNty-une llars and 27-O0 dol
| rs: now unless you sha appear before II Fitch
Esq justice Of the eace, In and for said county,
at his othce 10 said towi on the 81 day Of August
D.. lS74 at twelve o'clock noon. iudem ut will BE-
render agains on and your property SO d to pay
the debt.
Dated this 18th da, Of July. 1874.
JAMES CLENlNSON M ,~
CHRISTOPHER {. DAVID (''"''""''
j. r. SIN lker, Plaintiffs ATTY. Highland Wis. 29w3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-16
THEY UNDERSTAND l'E,

The Changers evidently under
stand the Milwaukee Ne,cS, the great
Reform organ, one editor of which
has been rewarded for his services
in the Reform cause last fall by re-
ceiving 10000 from the State treas
ury, while another is paid off in an
appointment by Reformer Taylor
as Railroad Commissioner. At a
meeting of the Rock county Gran
gers at Evansville lately, the follow
ing was passed with scarcely a dis
senting vote:
Resolved, That the course of The Mil
waukec News, claiming to be the friend and
supp lrtcr of popular rights and ut the same
time IN HE most VIC cnt language drnouncing
the 50 called Potter bill ana apoo5Hing for
and attempting to cover up railroad opprcs
sion, cannot he justified, The people should
pass it over 10 lis owner the Milwaukee II 81.
Paul Railroad Company, aud let it severely
alone.
The Nclcs is but representative
of the Reform organs Of this state,
they are all Of the same class, and
in this resolution denouncing the
Ne,cS as a wolf in sleeps clothing
the Changers of Rock county prac-
tically denouuce the whole Reform
brood at the same time, for they all
take their cue from the NclrS,'
THE new Chief Justice of Wiscon-
sin ON Wednesday received the fol-
lowing, enclosed with which was
500 III currency:
Rrcuv,ELp, June 80, 1874.
+. G. Ryan;
DEAR SIR; Please du for me what you can
il will win the cast give you hundred
dollars more.
(>igncdJ LUpwlG HENRY XAuS,
Eirhfeld, Washington county, Wis.
lvot for Mr. Taylor
The politicians are chiefly re-
sponsiblc for the decentralization in
dicated 10y this little experiment of
an Ignorant man. 81 vot for Mr..
Taylor" tells the story. Ignorant
voters, especially those of foreign
birth, are becoming impressed with
the notion that those occupying Of
fetal positions-even the judiciary
itseli--ale lin the market" ready
to be bought, either by money or
political considerations, to Go any
thing the purchaser may desire to
have done. Because II yot for Mr..
Taylor this poor fool supposed that
Tayiol's appoiutee tor Chief Justice
would, with the additional induce
ment OF SlOOiu hand and the prom
ise Of 500 more, be readily per-
suaded into complying with the dis
honorable demand made upon him,
We are glad TO believe that Chief
Justice Ryan is incolruptihle, and
rejoice at his prompt exposure of
this ignorant dupe OF the politicians.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-16

situated on the corner uf Fourth and Main streets in
Dubuque beng one of th- most desirable business
locations ~ the City--.d 600.
one faru If tiIy aces within two miles nf Du
huquc, with hue brick ter, mrut, which cost Nine
Thousand Doll r. taIns graneries, etc With miu-
ciaI RIGHT, twenty-five Thousand Dollars
one Fine Ke-Idrucr aud grounds in Dubuque.
Nintt, en- iIuusaud Five llu drcd DO lars.
Eight Forty ncr. ia ms IN Fremont county, owa,
Eight hundred and Forty iioiars each,
Eight Forty acre larms In trawi"rd and Monona
Counties, / Eiyht llu dret and Forty Dollars each
one sixty acre farm, one Thousand, Two Hun
bred and ~iNt, Dollars
upr farm Of " acres about ~ of which tim
u Gated uvar assyile, Wisconsin
~ tine Eesldrtce and grounds, in Clinton, Iowa
H. -. L NJ LII IL : -.Ia
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-07-16
Musical Jubilee
Grand Concert |!
To be held at Dubuque, Iowa,
Sep. 18th and 18Th. 1874
TIE JUBILEE

VIII he under the direction OF he most able P o,
fessors IN u c,u4try aud pains will be- spaced in
making it one OF the most pleasant and attrsctive AS
well AS Instructive entertainments ever given in the
In order to Induce a. lirge an ATTENDANCE posi-
bic We shall give Present with every ticket sold.
These prese rs viii cons st Of VALUABLE REAL
ESTATE. CASH, PIANO., ORGANS, GcLp AND
SILVER WAT HE'S, JENELKf CT" 0NUS, GIL
TAR>, Won ms, g. We shall donate Two Ihsus
and Dollars to the Manufacturers Association One
Thnn.and polltrs 10 the AT Gallery tue thousand
/ ullrs to III. Agricultural Sociry, Five Hundred
d arr 10 the library Assncla ion of Dubuque;
thousand d liars III be given IA help 10 def|y the
EXPENSES Of mu -iciahs from abroad while IN the div
WHO take arr III the Jibllte and Concerts. We viii
also give IA iuil ct ul German SiiVer lust ruments
twelve mouth rieeesl base aud snare drains aud
CN mhal,. the best drilled band. All hands desir
ing 10 enter HE test mast notify US thlrty days
hulorr lhe CONCERT ) gwen fhts enterprise is heart
lily endorsed by the leading men of Dubuque.
We take pleasure in rel,rr ng to the following
gentlemen
W g. ile"art,'. -; * .,'ari'aSs
T.. Gile7 Co. observation-disclosures. jewelers.
| ". +. Hartman. ....... E. ...... Merchants
u R t"Wt".' '.''' .'.......''.'.,' DruRStt
VIM, q Fartar ,s...,. ...... ,... Mu ic Dealer
J. X Graves 800. :. President d & VI X Il
TRUSTEES.
j. X. Graves $50. -. ...,Presdsnt d 4 NJ r X
Is, X love-. President Peoples savings Bank
" Z. sieMard Esq
In order 10 have the ticket holders f. | perfectly
cure, agents distracted to remit direct to the
Bank Il 81 bN an a raugeueut between the Trustees
aud the BAuk. twurih rds OF the money RENTED
1t to be reta ned guarantee OF good faith
Below We give Lat Of presents ", purpose to do
nate 10 those purchasing tickets Tor the Jubilee and
grand Concert;
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10
THE OLD BARN'S TENANTRY.

THE OLD BARN - Il GA dAs III
,hs ,oo-,er stalks on the hangers ledge,
i,s has 4 tail like scimetar { edge,
.narshals plume on his afghan neck,
a. admiral's stride on his quarter deck,
ua ru,es the roost and he walks the bay
Wl;,h dreadful cold and a Turkish way,
r,vo broadsides fires with his rapid wings
This sultan proud, OF line OF kings
One cultural laugh, four blasts of horn,
Tiye rusty syllables rouse the morn!
THE Saxon lambs in their wooden tabs
Are playing school with ., b, abs;
e,I.ol All the cattle spell
Tin thry make the blatant yowels tell,
And halflaugh whinny fills the stalls
When down in the rack the clover fails.
A dove IL waltzing round his mate,
Two cbeyrons black on wings OF slate,
And showing off with a wooing note
The satin shine of his golden throat
II ia Oyid's art of Love" re-told
In binding fine of blue and gold!
All the buxom girls that helped the boys,
The nobler Helens of humber Troys-
A they stripped the husks with rustling fold
From eight-rowed corn as yellow as gold,
Nv the candle-light in pumpkin bowls,
And the CLEANS that showed fantastic holes
Tn the ouaint old lanterns tattooed tin,
From the hermit glim set up within;
By the rarer light in girish eyes
Al dark as wells, or as blue as skies.
I hear the laugh when the ear is red,
/ see the blush with the forfeit paid,
The cedar cakes with the ancient twist,
The cider cup that the girls have kissed,
And see the fiddler through the dusk
As he twangs the ghost of Money Muskl"
The boys and girls in double row
Wait face to face till the magic bow
Shall whip the tune from the violin,
And the merry pulse of feet begin:
B. f. Taylor, in Scribaer's Monthly.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10
$50 $50

1t is this last surprising fact which has
mite idea in regard to the materials of
which the sun, the planets and the most
distant stars are composed
Chemists commenced to operate upon
all known substances, and were soon able
to map the spectra of gold, iron and all
the metals, the various alkaloids, blood,
the coloring matter of plants and flowers,
and in the course of their experiments
hit upon q thousand discoveries of great
interest and value. In the meantime
Kirchof and Augstrom made maps of
the solar spectrum twelve feet long; and
it was then ascertained that large num-
Der of the spectra of terrestrial substances
AS, for instance, sodium, potassium,
iron, calcium, barium, etc.-dre found as
reUersed dark lines in the solar spectrum.
OF course, the inference is a very OBJ
vious one that these substances are burn
ing in the sun and that their vapors are
floating about in immense quantities In
the solar atmosphere This is a fact of
singular Importance to those who incline
to the belief that the constitution of all
the individuals of the solar system is
pretty nearly identical, and that the sun
and planets originally existed as vast
nebulous vapor which gradually cooled
down and settled, first into q system of
rings, and finally, breaking continuity,
became a system of planets and satel-
lites.
The various discoveries which have
been made by means of the spectroscope
may be classed as follows:
First, in regard to the sun, it is now
believed that that vast orb is simply a
bubble, whose interior is filled with gas
heated to an enormously high tempera-
ture. The materials of which the bub-
BILE is made are much the same as those
found in the earth's crust. The excess
i've heat is perpetually driving these
materials off in vapor; then they are
condensed by the outer cold of the ether,
and fall upon the bubble again.in metal
liferous hail-storms. While in the con-
dition of vapor they become visible to US
in the lines of the spectrum.
Secondly, in regard to the planets. The
light reflected from the smaller planets
merely gives the solar lines. But 1t is
believed that Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune shine by inherent light of their
own. The spectra of Uranus and Nep-
tune are very remarkable. Instead of
lines superimposed on their spectra they
show large belts of blackness, great
spaces of the ribbon of colors being com
pletely biottcd out.
Thirdly, in regard to comets, it is found
that they exhibit spectrum very much
resembling, if not identical with, that of
carbon.
Spectrum of electric spark through olire oil.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10

Fourthly, in regard to fixed stars, it is
found that they have spectra more or
less resembling that of the sun. Thus,
we find good many of the lines COM
mon to the solar system, but we also find
lines which are apparently those of sub
stances entirely unknown to US.
Filthy, the astounding inference is
forced upon us that the nebulg are vast
volumes of glowing gas-probably hy-
drogen-as they give three lines very
nearly coincident with those of that
substance.
Sixthly, t6return again to earth, the
following discoveries have been made: :
Four new metals, names c9sium, rubid-
ium, thallium, and judium, have been
added to the list of terrestrial elements.
The spectrum of blood-stains has been
ascertained with wonderful accuracy,
and exceedingly minute portions OF
blood have been detected by this method,
so that an instrument of great power
promises henceforth to aid the inquiries
of the criminal jurist. The coloring
matter of plants and flowers has been
subjected to spectrum analysis, and sew
eral new substances of interesting char
acteristics have been discovered. The
spectroscope has been used in the manu-
facture of Bessemer steel, and it is
found to indicate the moment when the
process is completed with remarkable
precision.
Finally, Mr.. Norman Lockyer Is now
engaged in prosecuting experiments in
reference to molecular physics, in which
he finds that the spectra of bodies have a
peculiar relation to their specific grayi-
ties.
1t may be added that the prism is now
almost entirely discarded in spectroscopic
observations. 1t is found that piece OF
speculum metal ruled with number Oh
exceedingly fine lines gives much more
satisfactory and manageable spectra than
those Of glass or bisulphide OF carbon
| prisms. Metal plates thus prepared are
| called "diffractors but il is more com
mon to speak of the lines as the graf
| ing" / have had opportunities OF OBJ
serving the solar spectrum by means OF
| gratings in DIR. Rutherford's observatory
| ia Second avenue, and DR.. Diapers, al
| Hastings on the Hudson, and in both
cases the principal lines were admirably
| defined DR. Rutherford prepares hli
own gratings," ruling from Q, 600 TO z ,0W
| lines to the inch. When / visited his
observatory recently his assistant, Mr.
| Chapman, brought the suns limb upor
the slit of the spectroscope, and l was
| enabled to see one of the most remarka
BILE red protuberances, which the instru
ment shows to be vast volumes OF mean
descent hydrogen gas. The three line,
| of this gas were plainly visible in the red
greenish-blue, and indigo portions OF thu
spectrum-AJred Ford, IN Hearth an
| Home
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10

= @ H on . oHsS
10 g & gs 9 aa5 S

- = e SN C2@~S
VIOLET. RED.
The first question that occurred to
astronomers and physicists upon the
discovery of these lines in the solar spec
trum was: What do they signify?
To give history of the successive
steps by which Frauenhofer, Fox, Tai
bot, Kirchof, Augstrom, Thalen, Higgins
and Bunsen solved the mystery of these
lines would occupy far more space than
l can command / shall, therefore, sim
ply sum up all that is known at the pres
ent time of spectra and spectrum analy-
sis.
First, any solid substance, as bar OF
iron, heated to white heat, gives OIL a
continuous spectrum, that is, spectrum
without any dark lines whatever.
Second, any gas at ordinary pressure,
heated to great heat. as, for instance,
by means of the electric spark, gives Oh
q spectrum of one, two or more lines sit
uated in different parts of the ribbon.
But if the gas is subjected to pressure
the number of lines increases until at a
certain degree of compression the spec
trum becomes continuous like that OF a
solid body. Thus hydrogen gas, at
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10
SPECTRA.

If a small beam of light is allowed to
fall on a triangular piece of glass called
a prism" it is Immediately split up into
a ribbon of brilliant colors, beginning at
one end with dark brownish-red, and
ending at the other with dark violet
This ribbon is called the "solar spec
trum." The formation of this spectrum
is caused by the fact that what appears
to our eyes as white light is really COM
posed of number of colored lights
which were formerly thought to com
prise seven distinct tints--red, orange,
yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. The
reason why the prism decomposes the
white ray into these colors is that they
possess different degrees of "refrangi-
bility;" that is, some of them, as the
violet, go through the glass at an angle
nearly approaching a straight line, while
the red rays bend themselves nearly to
right angle. The cause of these wonder
full peculiarities we cannot at present di-
vine, but they are probably in some way
related to the wave-lengths of the differ
ent rays and the velocities with which
they travel through space. The length
of a wave in the extreme end of the
violet is about IS, 900 ten-millionths of a
millimeter, while in the extreme brown
ish-red the wave-length is about $4,000
ten-millionths of a millimeter. These
magnitudes are SO small as to be beyond
human conception, but they have been
determined with the greatest accuracy
by physicists.
AS long as we form thee spectrum by
means of a ray of light coming through a
round or irreeularly shaped hole we can
perceive nothing in regard to it except
tho boa,tu ond hrilliancu nf itS pOlorG
and it was because Sir Isaac Newton
made use of no other means of forming a
spectrum that he advanced no further in
the study of this phenomenon. But it
occurred to DR.. Wollarton that if the
position of the various colors was due to
their different refrangibilities, then the
best way of forming the spectrum was TO
dltoo the light to drop upon the prism from
q narT0U slit. He tried this experiment,
and in SO doing arrived at discovery
which completely revolutionized all
former conceptions as to the constitution
of the heavenly bodies, and introduced a
test Of inconceivable delicacy into chem
istry, which has already led to the dis
covery of four new metals, and opened
such new views as to the elemental and
molecular conditions of bodies as promise
to lead to results Of extraordinary value
in the future.
The discovery which DR.. Wollarton
made was this: That while the back
ground-as we may call it-of the solar
spectrum is the many-colored ribbon
above mentioned, this ribbon is crossed
by great number of dark lines, some as
fine as the finest spiders thread, others
gathered together in groups so thickly as
to form bands. These lines always main
tain precisely the same position. Apart
from the vast number Of small lines, OF
which we cannot now take notice, there
are eleven principal lines in the solar
spectrum which are usually designated
by letters, and whose wave-lengths are
roughly indicated as follows:
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10
Receipts for Making DIR. Sage's Ca
tarrh Remedy and DIR. Pferce's
Golden Medical Discovery.

Something over a year since, periodical
issued in Berlin, Prussia, and laying claims
to scientific character, published what was
represented as being the formula or receipts
for making DR.. Sage's Catarrii Remedy and
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. The
people were left To infer that these had been
deducted from careful chemical analysis Of
the medicines, which are rapidly growing In
popular favor in that as well as In this and
most other civilized countries. The receipts
were evidently invented by those jealous OF
the reputation and large sale which these
medicines are rapidly acquiring and who are
pecuniarily interested Ia endeayoring TO check
their sale So ridiculously preposterous are
those receipts that medicines compounded
after them could never have gained any repu-
tation or sale In any country, for they would be
so caustic poisonous, Immediately and posi-
lively Injurious. as In every case to be prompt.
ly condemned by the people on the first trial
as miserable, dangerous and wicked hum
bugs. Whereas, il is a weli-known fact
that all my medicines enjoy the reputation,
honestly earned, OF being not only EN-
cacious, but perfectly mild, pleasant
and harmless in effect. Notwithstanding,
however, that the bogus receipts were so n
diculously prcposterous as scarcely TO have
been believed by the most unscientiBe,
thoughtlcss and unsuspecting people, yet,
strange and incredible az it may seem, pa,
per Of high scientific pretensions, published
m this country, copied the fictitious receipts
| from the German paper. This they evidently
did without a moments reflection, for that
| much consideration given by an intelHgenl
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10
Twenty Imp0lite Things.

/. Loud and boisterous laughing.
2. Reading when others are talking.
3. Reading aloud in company without
being asked.
4. Talking when others are reading.
8. Splitting about the house, smoking
or chewing.
g. Cutting finger-nails in company.
7. Leaving church before worship is
closed
s. Whispering or laughing in the house
of God.
o. Gazing rudely at strangers.
10. Leaving stranger without seat.
H. A want of respect and reverence
for seniors.
12 Correcting older persons than your
self, especially parents.
49, Receiving present without an ex-
preston of gratitude.
H. Making yourself hero of your own
story.
10. Laughing at the mistakes of 9th
ers.
16 Joking others in company.
H. Commencing talking before others
have finished speaking.
Is. Answering questions that have
been put to others.
10. Commencing to eat as soon as you
get to the table; and
20. Not listening to what one is saying
company.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10
ordinary pressure, gives spectrum Ike
this:
Red, Greenish Blue, Indigo,
n r. g.,
CSC 4S6 43O

But at pressure of twenty atmos-
pheres its spectrum becomes continuous.
Third, if the salt of any substance DE
introduced into the flame of Bunsen
burner or alcohol lamp (both of which
give continuous spectra so faint as to be
almost invisible) one or more bright lines
will appear in different parts OF the rib
bon. But if sufficient quantity of the
substance is burned lin closed lantern,
for instance) so as to produce vapor,
the spectrum is rerersed, as it is called +;
that is, a dark line appears precisely IN the
spot sohere the bright line tcas previously OBJ
serred. Thus. if small quantity of
common salt is placed in platinum loop
and held in an alcohol lamp, immediate
ly spectrum of two very bright yellow
lines is SEEN But if sufficient quantity
of salt is burned to produce sodic
vapor round the flame sthe spectrum is
reversed, thus:
Red YeHoB. Violet.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10

The Great Preserver OF Health.-TAR.
RANTS EFFERvEscKNT SELrZRR ApERIKNr can al
ways be relied upon as pleasant. mild, speedy and
positive in all of Costiveness Dyspepsia,
Heartburn Sick Headache. Indigestion Sour Stom.
ach, Liver Complaint. Biiousness, Flalency Fulness
of Blood, and all Innarnmatory Complaints where a
gentle, cooling cathartic is required So says the
Chemist; so says the Physician; says the great
American Public of the nineteenth century. Heed yc
then and be not without bottle In the Before
life is imperiled, deal judiconsy with the symptoms
Remember that the slight internal disorder Of to-day
may become obstinate, tncurabfe disease to-mor-
row. Sold by oil druggists.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10

Many rich man, in bringing up his
son, seems ambitious of making what
Aaron made--a golden calf.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10

Notwithstanding the fact that
slavery was abolished during the war,
there is still surf on the Nantucket
beach.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-10

Summer is like the letter N because
il makes ice nice.