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'coatestsa seats In Congress.

The following is a correct Ast OF
the contests for seats in theHouse
Of Representatives,: -. -,
First District ofsyAlabamas -
Brombere LIB. Rep.) VS.. Harai-
'0e seeess nss District Of ,FioriS.- Fin
ly Dem. vs., Walls Rep.lA
Third District of Illinois-Le-
morine dem. ys. Earwell Rep
Fifth District OF Eooisiana-Spen-
cer Dem vs. Morey Rep. c
Third District of Louisiana
Broaux vs.. Darrall (Rep1. = ~
Foarth Disiriets OF Massaehu-
setts-Abbott Dem; vs. Frost
(Rep.l,HOVIH%
Second District OF Minnesota
Cox Dem. vs.. Strait Rep.
Thirty third District OF New
Nork-Lowry (Dem. VS.. Nortvou
Fs.,s District OF South Carolina
Lee vs.. Rainey Rep. ,.tss III
Second District OF South Carp
linaAButtz Rep. VS.. SMackey
lind. R,fIrmer). o. i.ra b
Second Distyict .ef yirginis-
platt (Rep.) vs.. Coode { Dem. VI
Id.1s Tsrriso@ry-F @y R FeRrn ,Tr V Ben Ben
Utsh, ,Tsrri,ory-Baskia rs, Can
uoa tsiorn4ony - y 1GOl
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which they are the natural culmi-
nation. In them there is no mys-
terry. A life wasted, black horror
overhanging the reluctant soher
hours, q shattered nervous system,
and brain gone to utter ruin,
bring them within the class of will
ful insanity, or of hopeless non-re-
distance to an unmitigable destiny.
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julius, a Western darkey, hav-
ing landed at Chicago, saw an adj
vertisement notifying those who
wished to be clean that they might
get good bath for quarter, and
thought it would be good idea to
ask the use of them of another
darkey, who said-ABaths were
used by white folks to wash in"
Accordingly, Julius started with
n bundle under his arm, and being
shown into a bathroom, was left
to his ablutions.
Considerable time elapsed, and
Julius did not come forth; and,
after waiting for about an hour,
the keeper of the baths went to the
door and screamed out:
"Say, darkey, are you coming
outr'
"Yes, as soon as I get troo my
washin." tt @ i
''How long will that be?7
"P'rhaps an hour to an hour an
a-haif," coolly answered Julius. a
With that the man burst into
the room, and there, all around
the room. was the darkey's freshly
washed clothing hanging up to
dry; but not noticing it just then,
remarked
3 "See, you just clear out at once;
you've been in here over two
heursi''1-s z,aEvsz Hsm .sssr =
'Iook-a-here," said Julius, in an
enraged manner, pointing to his
drying clothes, which rather took
the bathing man down, "Pd like
to see you wash and hang onte two
dozen pieces in less time than I've
been at itr' .r lf
In another minute julius was
landed in the street, surrounded
by his washing. 54s ~
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BIsHoP HAyEs has brought that
third term spook out of its grave
again With a tremendous bounce.
HAH, see here! VIII you treat
YOUR New Year's callers TO ogwines,
or merely to coffee and cold waterf
GLASGOW has church in which
this notice is conspicuously posted:
"'ermous for People in Working
Clothes
PKoF. ,WARD Hf Rochester is the
posscssor OF the skeleton OF the
horse Traveller" upon which Gen.
Robert = Lee rode during the
closing campaign of the war.
Ir the Presidential campaiga
continues to develop liveliness at
the rate of the past few days.ihere
will he music ia the air three or
four mOat ths from new.
An eating Louse in New Jersey
still reads. Coffee and eggs frosh
laid by. Mary Joues.''s.~Ths h1Dgry
man cares hut little for punctus-
ton, and Mary Jones is doing well
Iris said that Tennyson wrote
Come hto the ssrdea. Maud. \
fifty times before he got it right,
and forty fve Of those times he
wrote il 4sCone into the garden
mud."-.%tOOD HLl Z
A GOAT followed Louisville girl
two miles the other day, and she
was finally, obliged to rush into a
house to escape the wrath of the in
furiated antnIaly The girls striped
stockings caused the trouble.
CoScERNINS the engagement Of q
pastor by church in Kentucky a
member writes: ..We'have secured
his services tor the ensuing year at
the salary ot$lO0. and are looking
forward for great blessings"
WIEN a man expires without
making any provision for the pay
ment of his doctors bill it is unI
commonly lard for the doctor 10 60
20 church and listen to-a prayer for
the release of thnt mans soul from
purgatory.
ALrrrLE variation in the form Of
"a letter made venerable preacher
who said that ''clergymen should
work and play too" utter in print
the remarkable doctrine, that ''cler.
gymen shoaId work and play floo.H'l
''BRETHRES," said n good Baptist
in Indiana, while giving his expel
ri.nce. 1--we been trying this nigh
onto forty years to serve the Lord,
and get rich, both az once; and I
tel yer all, l find ITS mighty hard
Shedding"
An Erie canal boat captain, who
had been reading of Moody and
Sankey. determined 20 live q better
life, and. calling his crew around
him. he said: @See here, you lying,
skulking, wicked, dissrsceful set,
you've got to tend prayers every
morning or III lick the whole pile
of you in q heap"
Amour two years ago a young
man from the country, while visit
ing our town, lost his silver watch.
Last week he repeated his visit.
and while walking up Main street
about dusk saw something glitter
ing along the curb, aud hastily
picking it up was greatly surprised
to fnd-a backing box lid-instead
Of his long lost watch, as he had
hoped. Norristown Herald.
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BOUNCING GRANT.
The way Ex.SenatoFS EAenderson
Dad is In tlae A serysEs.ses
lSt. Louis Special tDeese8 TO Ssts. es'issia-i
natl Enquirer

natl Enquirer
The great sensation in whisky
ring matters tonight is ex-senator
Henderson, arraignment of Presi-
dent Grant and his administration
in his closing argument for the
government in the Avery case.
Between Henderson and Grant
there has been an Invetcrate hatred
ever since the former took sIch a
bold stand in the Andrew johnson
impeachment trial, and neither
have failed TO go for each other
whenever opportunity offered.
Henderson indirectly arraigned
Grant for all the ring frauds, to
which the country has been sub
jected during his administration.
He alluded in very strong and
bitter terms to the arbitrary inter-
ference of President Grant with
the affairs of Commissioner Doug
lass, styling: ..What business had
Babeock to interfere with the du-
ties. of Douglass? None. When
an official goes into his position he
should know nothing but the law.
What right had the President to
interfere with the duties of the sec
retary of the treasury None.
What right had he to interfere
with the duties of his commissioner
of internal revenue? None; and
Mr.. Douglass displayed lamenta-
bic weakness inc listening to the
interference. of the President, of
Eahcock, or of any other man. :" q
Mr.. Henderson claimed that it
was to the imperfect manner in
which the government had been
administered that these stupendous
frauds were due, and that in Eng
land or France they could not have
occurred. Party, he said, was
running the country, and we are
constantly dragged down to ruin
through the name OF party vlilainy;
and fraud had been so long perpe-
trated under the name of party,
and had SO taken possession of the
country as to threaten the stabili-
ty of the govern
Senator Henderson's speech is
understood here to be q part OF
the programme laid down last sum-
mer, or since the President was so
far committed to Bristow's policy
that he dare not interfere. 1t may
be safely stated that all the rumors
heretofore put forward as regards
the good feeling between the Presi-
dent and Bristow have, in fact, no
truth in them.
Henderson has been bitterly de-
nounced here tonight by the init
mate and close friends Of the Pres
ident--that is, what few are left.
ID. w. D. Barnard, the Presidents
relative and the national bank
examiner, is particularly active in
trying to place upon Bristow his
connection with distilleries in Ken
tucky. Barnard remarked yester-
day that the government had some
strong evidence against John A.
Logan, and that immaculate poll
tieian stood in Imminent danger OF
having his good name tarnished
with charge of conspiracy to de-
fraud the government. .-'ss.ss
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shells are removed by some pro-
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entitled
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
To Prevent Stacks from Leaning.

The usual way OF keeping stack from
leaning Is to thrust one end of rail or
pole against it and set the other end in
the ground. This sometimes turns up
the courses so as to conduct the rain
toward the middle of stack To avoid
all difficulty from this source let it be
braced by setting one end of a plank a
few inches in the ground and the upper
end pressed fatty against the bulge of
the stack. This plank should stand per-
pendicularly, so as not to turn the courses
OF the sheaves up sidewise. The upright
plank is kept in position by rail or pole
resting against broad stake in the
ground, while a cleat upon the plank pre-
vents the other end from sliding Several
such braces may be fitted to a stack, which
VIII hold ii III correct position while set
Ting. This manner of bracing stack be-
fore 1t has settled, when there is danger
that high wind may blow it over, will
often be found very convenient When a
stack is braced in this manner the props
can be removed at pleasure; whereas,
when thrust against the side. it settles so
heavily on them that it is difficult to take
them away If desirable, after it has settled
firmly into place. Stacks will sometimes
lean To such degree that all above the
bulge must be pitched off and the stack
re-topped. When most of the pitching is
done on one side Of stack the opposite
Side does not get pressed down SO firmly,
and II therefore settles more than the side
where the material was pitched on. This
causes the stack to lean; and by leaning
the courses will be turned sp to such
degree that on one side it will be down
hill toward the middle of the stack An
other reason why stacks lean is that the
bulge is laid out farther from the center
on one side than the other; and as the
side that is laid out the farthest will settle
most, the entire stack often leans so far as
to fall over.
If the tops of stacks lean, or If they are
too flat, let a portion be pitched off and
new top built before long and heavy
storms come on.--N. Y. Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28

What we can reasonably afford to az
pend for books, for works of art e..
travelling, for rational amusements for
ourselves and families, though not canital
that yields a cash return, is yet good in
vestment. And this is especially true Of
what we devote 10 making our homes
pleasant to our families and friends.
1t has been said that no man is SO door
that he need have his pig-trough at the
front door; and may add that no farmer
among US is so poor that he cannot have
not only a pleasant house but pleasant
surroundings, with a neatly kept door.
YARD or lawn, with shade trees and fruit
trees and noWers--and finally such attrac.
tons as we'll as conveniencies ahon.
home that farmers daughters need not re-
solve, as has been so often stated in onr
club that many do, that they will never be
farmers wives
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
Big Books.

Beyond doubt too many books are pub
llshed, a well AS too many editions of
good books. There would not be much
chance of the latter if they were of the
bulk OF the Chinese version of the Bud
dhist scriptures, a copy OF which has Just
been given to the India Office Library in
london 10y His Excelency Iwakura Tom
oml, Chief of the japanese Embassy
which visited England some years since.
This work, the Itbeadum tells us, is put
up in seven large boxes, weighing about
three and quarter tons, and will REQUIRE
room to itself Big enough. certainly.
10 be entitled 10 It's three names-Tripita-
ka IN Sanskrit, Santsang in Chinese, and
lssaikio in japanese. There is another
good little book In the same library, a set
OF the Tibetan version OF the Buddhist
canon, IN 3S4 volumes Whether this be
the same book in different tongue is a
question, for an answer to which | must
refer to MIR, Conway, whose studies have
for long time been vigorously pushed
among Oriental literatureS and religions.
\ third treasure of TIE India Library is
the Pail Tipitaka," written on palm.
leaves, in the Burmese character. in fifty
boxes. One is not much in the habit of
computing books by boxes instead of vol
umeS, but il will be safe to conjecture that
"A number of volumes may be contained in
one boN,-Smalley'S L"EGoH Ger. ". Y.
Tribune
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
\ Curious Freak of Nature,

a curious freak of nature is found at
Nillough Lake. in the northern part of
Vermont, where Mounts pisgah and Uor
rlS' $500 feet from the water. and 4 OO0
icct above the sea, and are less than amile
apart, while the lake below is OF unknown
depth-all efforts 10 sound il have failed
anu Is supposed 20 rest at the level of the
sea. \ few years ago an immense rock.
weighing over 800 tons, was started from
u, bed at the top of Mount PiSgah, and
teli down the almost perpendicular face
Oh me mountain into the lake, tearing
away the carriage road and everything
mat opposed IT, shaking the Whole region
round and being heard ten and fifteen
miles away. The lake is an immense
spring, Is hardly brook flows into il but
river flows out large enough 10 carry ey.
tenSire mills. \ winding foot path con.
ducts to The summit of Mount pisrah
which Il abruptly cut oil on the side
nearest the lake, forming a pcrnen.
dicuiar preciplco nearly 5000 feet high,
tran ,nN Snwh which lies water of such singular
100 fee, below hat one can see more than
ton to leap from suEl!aee The tempta-
irresistible, and no one hai9lght Is almost
place of strong enough nerve 'Sited The
erect and look over the brink. but yis;,NNId
crawl up on hands and knees To sa,;sfr
their curiosity. The view from this Leirt,
is grand. To the east can be seen ibs
White Mountains and the Connecticut
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC.

The fluidity of the Berlin iron, from
which the finest and sharpest, although
not the strongest castings are made, is
attributed to the presence Of arsenic in the
iron.
An engine has been invented in Paris
which is driven by the alternate expansion
and contraction Of oil or some other liq.
uid contained in cylinders. The liquid
is heated so as to expa~d by the appica-
ton of hot water passing through small
tubes, and cooled so as to contract by
means of refrigerating mixture similarly
applied.
In relating his experiments with in
sectivorous plants Dr. Moore, of Glasne-
win, states that in one instance he found
in single pitcher of Nepenttes the re-
mains OF ninety one ants, sixteen wasps,
four large blue-hies, one cockroach, five
earwigs and seven od-lice--in all 1926
massachusetts putrd mass Of the dead
bodies of creatures too decomposed to be
recognized.
A French machinist has discovered
that, by keeping his turning tools con
stantly wetted with petroleum, he was able
10 cut metals and alloys with them, al
though when the tools were used without
the oil their edges were soon turned and
dulled. The hardest steel can be turned
easily if the tools be thus wet with a MKT
ure OF two parts of petroleum with one
part OF turpentne.
Among the most interesting conclu-
sions arrived at, recently, by those astron-
omers who have specially directed their
attention to the solar spots is that, during
periods of great disturbance, there is a
tendency in the spots to change alternately
from the northern TO the southern hemis-
pherc, and rice versa, the period of such
change being about twenty five days. On
the other hand, it is only when the solar
disturbance is inconsiderablc that the
spots do not present any such systematic
oscillation. Connecting this generaliza-
ton with previous discoveries, it is re-
garded as aemonstrable that outbreaks
probably occur in pairs, at opposite ends
of the same solar diameter, at an interval
of twelve or thirteen days. -Erchonge.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-10-28
Patch. Work.

WE pray to be saved from our enemies;
it would be as well if we should pray once
IN while to be saved from ourselves.
1t takes d lifetime to learn to play even
poor game of chess, and yet we expect to
sit down and see clean through man at
the first sitting.
Most everybody wants to be praised for
something they haven't got
The sterling virtues are the growth of
strong and vigorous soil; very weak per-
sons may be very innocent, but they can't
be very virtuous.
Whipping hoy to cure him Of fear is
just about rs sensible as whipping beer
barrel to keep it from working on Sunday.
Envy is probably the most common
passion of the human heart, and yet it is
the one which we all are ready to swear
that we have got the least Of
1t is often impossible to define happi-
ness or unnappiness because it IS the re-
suit of such multitude of nameess little
hings
The miser works harder and for less paw
than any man living.
don't doubt the truth of the following
saying: The more man knows of him
self the less he is surprised at the failings
| of others
There are two men who need close
watching; the one who is always praising
and the one who is always condemning
himself
He who suffers the most and endures
1t the best, is the hero.
Fortune and happiness are something
alike in this respect-those who hunt for
them the most find them the least
We often see people who think they
have got good deal less than they deserve,
but never see those who think they have
got more
One reason why there is not more hap
piness in the world is because there are so
few who know how to enjoy what little
they have got.
There are plenty Of people lazy enough
to die, but not quite dead enough to bury.
i never have known a man of genius
but that found his Incidence the strongest
| passion he had t. contend with.
There is nothing so valuable to a man as
his passions so long as he is master of them
The first evidence we have that we are
growing wise is when we begin 10 discov
or our ignorance.
have known people who spend one
half OF their time in repenting of their
blunderS and the ether half in committing
some more.
There may be a great deal of philosophy
in laughing when you have got the jump
ing toothache, but there is no fun in it.
The reputation that a man gets from his
ancestors often wants as much altering to
lit him as their old clothes would.
| | like 10 see man practice what he
| breaches even If he has to drink cold
| water once in while to do it.
1t is great gift to know the real value
OF things when we have got them; after
they are lost any thirdrate fool can tell
| what they were worth.
Cunning men get caught as often as
anybody, and the worst is, they have moth
ing nor nobody to console them.
Sudden wealth is very apt to make a
man foolishly profuse; it is just so with
bear when he finds a hive OF honey; he
eats himself sick first and then wastes the
rest.
As long rs man can blush there is
hopes OF him.
Young man, you can't outlve disgrace;
II will follow you to the end of life, and,
like ghost, will appear to you when and
where you least expect it.--J0sh Billings,
in n. 7, Weekly,