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National Republican., 1875-06-16
Speaker Rlaine,s Iniuriss.

CFrom the New York Tribune, June Is.
The Hon. James q. Blaine, OF Maine, was
among the passengers on the Boston and New
York express train which was wrecked near IRE
mont StstiOn On Saturday evening. A reporter
Of the Tribune visited Mr.. Blaine ct the FlftA
Avenue hotel yesterday. He has been confined
to his bed ever since the accident. In addition to
several scratches on different parts Of the body 3
severe bruiSe was received In the right SIDE which
gives him such acute paia at timeI IS to render
talking diticult. 1t is now thought, however,
that no bones were broken, and Mr.. Blaine ex-
presses the hope that he viii be up again in few
days as there Is evidence Of any serious inter-
nal injury. He states that he was sitting quietly
in one Of the parlor cars-the train running az
about 35 miles per hour-When he felt. by the De-
euliar lolting, that the wheels were off the track
and almost Immediately thereafter the car was
thrown around and over on its side, with men,
women, band-boxes, sofas, and other things, in q
Rromiscuous heap at the bottom. The passengers
were at least ten minutes in extricating them
selves from the wreck, en- account Of the difficulty
in climbing over the state room just inside Of the
National Republican., 1875-06-16

SOMETIMES Parson Brownlow is witty
and sometimes he is not but at all times
he is, to say the least, unique. A few
days ago the Greenville Is. c. Neus ad-
dressed him as follows
'This disreputable old Tennessee POLITICIAN
has been abusing General d. H. Hill. His
forte is abuse, and his abuse is founded on
falsehOod. He is a scoundrel, and If he will
come to Greenville, South Carolina, the editor
of the Ne,rS will open his columns to him to
enable him TO refute the charge, or ne will
meet him on the stump"
To this invitation we find the following
reply in the Knoxville Chronicle, of which
Brownlow is the editor, dated June 13:
"This understand TO be a cautiously worded
challenge TO fight a duel. accept the chal-
Ienge. The laws governing the code Of honor
allows the challenged party to designate time
and place, and weapons for a duel. ! appoint
that we fight in an open-top hog-peG, immedi
atelJ Ofter hard summer rain, 3pd that the
weapons be dzg,g-fOrks. Whoever snail tOsS
the other out shah be regarded as having killed
him in mortal combat
''W. G. BRowNLOw, Editor Nc
National Republican., 1875-06-16

FROM Baltimore, Charleston, and other
Southern cities, volunteer or independent
military companies have gone to Boston to
participate in the Bunker Hill Centennial
Celebration. When the Southerners held
their celebration at Charlotte of the fraud
ulent Mecklenburg Declaration, they studi-
ously avoided the possibility of the pres
ence of any Yankee" citizen military
organization. Judge Kerr's address on
that occasion would hardly have been ac-
ceptable to anything but rebel or State
Rights audience, and the entire affair was
characterized by spirit of venomous and
reasonable sectionalism. This, too, in the
face of boosted Southern hospitality and
submission to the results of the war.
National Republican., 1875-06-16

can institutions-our entire faith In popular
elections and q government Of the people,
for the people and by the people" Mr. Mad
igan, Catholic, and Mr.. Blaine, q Catholic,
both from one extreme section Of the country,
should be the candidates of the two parties, and
one Of them peacefully elected and inaugn-
rated. What . spectacle fer other nations
What an example for those who come after US |!
have only ons more letter towrite atpres-
ent on this question of leadership and policy
for the party, and that win relate solely to
sectional matters, but with it shall send you
several letters expressing warm approval of
Mr.. Madigan'S proposed nomination.
A NAME DRNoCRAT,
National Republican., 1875-06-16
IT MusT be admitted that Vice.presiJ,

1T MUST be admitted that Vice President
Wilson has made many narrow escapes,
among them recent railroad accident, but
his most remarkable adventures were con
fined 10 the cities of New York and Brook
lyn. During late visit TO this modern
illustration of SOdOm and Gomorrah he
was seduced into Outlaw Weed's-beg
pardon, Tweed's s; no, Reid's-or Jay Gould's
den, and when he reached the top of the
tower, was te9pted with the sight of mag.
niticent prospects until he did talk. Yea,
he became garrulous, and forgetting the
biblical examnle under a similar case of
temptation allowed a political Satan to
stlnd before him, and listened to enchant.
ing though delusive prophecies of future
greatness and power. Subsequently, we
National Republican., 1875-06-16

A RECENT publication regarding the
cavities of the human system and the ne
cessity that they shall be thoroughly washed
out by the free use of pure drinking water,
has attracted the attention of Philadelphia
editors. The idea of washing seems to be
a novel one to them, and we would advise
them to begin their experiments with an
outside application. A clelnly feeling of
true inwardness' would be too much for
them at the beginning of this needed re-
National Republican., 1875-06-16

AMONG the Personals in the New
York Tri5uns of yesterday, is the follow
ing alIusion to the railroad accident of last
Saturday:
at will be lesson to the Speaker, and to
the Yice-President too. They will know the
next time not to go around tempting Provi-
dence by crowding two Presidential candidates
into a single car on the same train"
National Republican., 1875-06-16

s.LET THE SICK DE-" is the caption Of
leading editorial in an Iowa Democratic
newspaper. ThereupOn the Republicans
of the Hswkeye State remark, (Which the
s'same bit of advice is rough on the Demo
''cratic party, because it is the sickest thing
'this side of tophet, its certain destina-
GGt;oD -
National Republican., 1875-06-16
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Nav Publioationa.

"A Norsemsn's Pilgrimage" By Hyalmer
Hyorth Boyesen. Published by Sheldon & Co..
New York. For sale by Vim. Ballantyne.
can Outline History of the United States"
By Benson ]. LOSING, LID. Published BY
Sheldon & Co., New York; For sale By Vim.
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HOOE BROS. & CO.,

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Are now opening = fun line OF Spring eoodE,
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MARRTEn-
DIED.

COX-DAHT.-on the 10th Of June, by Rev. C.
H. Stonestreet SAMUEL W. Cox and LAURA A.
DANT, both Of W Ashington.
National Republican., 1875-06-16

"CLUB-LIFE"- is sought for in Chicago.
From this it should not be inferred that the
citizens Of that reconstructed mud-hOle are all
endeavoring to get appointed to be policemen.
THE Intellectual and Mechanical Departments
of the Milwaukee Sentinel recently engaged in
baseball match. Hence the following sig-
nificaut semi editorial advertisement in the
columns of that journal:
Lost. While fOoling with base ball on Ma
son street last evening, two fingers. The finder
will be suitably rewarded by returning them to
this office"
National Republican., 1875-06-16
YATTON...THE, SUMMER RESORT.

As summer resort for wGShIngtOnIans YAT-
TON, In Loudoun county, Virginia, W. q y. r. X.
offers fne attractions. Only nye minutes' waIk
from the depot. Fifty miles from Washington,
butter and cream. Every thing for health and
comfort. Terms moderate. Address GEO. w,
W. y. x; r, Reference Z. G.. MArIOw, lsls =
National Republican., 1875-06-16

INSURANCE.
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No. 6S2 street, Washington, ID. c.,
represent BRITISH and AMERICAN COMPANIE
and write all kinds OF insurance at reasonabl
rates. my4-n
GIG 00 WILL SECURE IN THE PRO
%1OsOO lection Life Insurance Company, ei
Chicago, policy OF q $50. The cheapeEt, most
popular and successful company in the world.
Buildings. mGrl-Iy
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NNn.ONONHNNNNH
DINEY POINT FOR RENT.-THE DE-
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Point, in sc. MGry's county, Md, is offered for
rent tor the season. This point has all the accom-
is . large hotel, together with 9 number OF cot
tages, arranged IN the most comfortable style.
mer resorts on the Potomac, and the near prex-
unity to Washington, and the steamboats, running
from this city and stopping at the Point give add-
tional charm to the place. The rsp1tation Pinsy
Point has borne tor years past speaks for ITSELF
and II might be safely said that 1t has equal
the Potomac. For particulars inquire OF JOHN
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HxdEIA HoTWh,
oLDPoINT COMFORT, VIRGINIA.
This splendid Hotel will be open for the recep-
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has enlarged the building and completed number
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18
The Backslider.

No one does more harm than the back
slider. Is there any reason for his acty
Is he ever happy | never knew one To
be. There is no reason why YOU should
not come back to God, There is bread
enough and to spare Did you ever
think what the prodigal lost while. away.
Why he lost good food clothing, health,
the love Of the iather--evcrything. Back
slider, you went from God; God did not
20 from you. The shortest way back il
the best; the quickest is the way to take.
Before they had railroads in Chicago the
farmers brought in their crops in wagons
Once father sent his son into the city to
sell the grain and he did not return. Tic
father went to the city and found his son
had been into a gambling house and lost
all had even sold the horse and wagon
and gamblcd them away Then, instead
of going back to his father, he thought it
best TO run away. Did the father let him
go? No. He arranged his bust
ness and followed his son over to the
Pacific coast. He preached in a church,
telling the story OF his lost boy. The boy
was there and heard it, He came TO his
ia.hcr. His father would hear no word
OF apology he was 50 glad to get him
back. Dear Christians pray for any back
,lldcrs here tonight. Oh, wanderer,
leave the dark fountains of sin and come
back ,-htt from one Of Nr. Noody's
Heceit Sermons.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18
The Crosses Christians Bear.

Some do not fear personal danger So
much as responsibility for others. TO be
decided Christian is TO be marked
man, whose errors are n scandal to the
weak, IA burden to the tender, and an eX-
cusc to the wicked. But the same burden
is upon the shoulders of every living
man; and it only presses specially upon
the Christian because he has II second and
deeper life TO live. There is no little child
whose behavior does not make ill-be-
haycd children either ashamed or shame
less. There is no young man or maiden
whose very look has not an effect upon
the words and acts OF some Comradc,
since God has allowed the cruel frost of
utter isolation to close over no human
heart The merchant influences the mo-
ralily of trade; the lonely student cannot
deepen the flood of thought without also
cleansing or dciiling it. To dread re-
sponSihility is to dread life. 1t is only u
statue that sets no example to creatures
who have hands which can help or hinder,
and eyes which can flash with rage or
soften into sympathy. You will not be
Christian because YOU shrink from danger
or from responsibility Then why have
you submitted for so many years to be
alive?
To be Christian is tI labor A cross
has to be borne, u race has to be run, there
are uncarthly enemies with whom 10
wrcstlc therefore, men shrink IRON the
din OF battle and the dust of pilgrimage.
But yet the sap and salt, the freshness and
the viCor of our daily life would be lost
II there were no contests, no campaigns,
no victories. What names are great in
history? whose monuments are sacrcdy
whose birthplaccs are venera,ed? Those
which belonged to men who scorncd de-
lights and lived laborlous days; soldiers,
who slept on the ground and hungered
and bled; writers, who built the lofty
line in solitary days and sleepcss nights,
with painful thought and deep experience;
rciormers, who stood alone against the
world martyrs, whom they burned. These
are the men whose lives we applaud. But
even the most ignoble and dishonorable
life is full OF labor and vexation To re-
fuse all toll is TO groan under the hatred
OF strangers and the reproaches OF kins.
men; to indulge every appetite is to writhc
under hundred diseases The reveler
Of tonight aches and ircts tomorrow. In
dolcnce never knows the Joy Of bounding
pulses and well. braced system No
man is so heavily laden rs he who bears
no cross none so miserable as the man of
pleasure .-Chrtstttn IdgOcdte.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18
THE CHOICE OF AMBROSE.
BY THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH

BY THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH.
Ambrose of Cluny, abbot (new a saint,
Thus, at the altar kneeling, made his plant
HFather, Thou knowest how l have striver
to be
Faithful through many weary years to Thee
Not that alone | mortified the flesh,
Lest Thy Sons wounds might cape and bleed
afresh;
Not that to poverty my aims | gave
Aud made each step as walking on my grave
Not that with vigil and with zeal untold
ceaseless guard the sheep within Thy fold;
But ease and honors, all most dear to me,
Have, with my being, been consecrate to
Thee.
Yet anxious thoughts and heart-pangs will
not cease,
Leaving me wretched. Father, give me
peace"
Then 10. all heaven was opened to his sight,
With the Inetfable enthroned in light
His vision could not pierce that glory
through;
No definite figure smote his ravished view;
But dazzling splendor, brightness so intense,
he only felt, not saw, Omnipotence;
And from that Sun of suns Living Word,
Not by the ear but by the spirit heard
Choose, Ambrose, thou, of these conditions
twain,
And. having chosen, in that choice remain:
Take thou lack of pity for mems woes,
And to their misery let thy vision close,
And with this GOODNESS let thy sutferings
cease;
Orfor thy fellow-men lay down thy peace,
And take the power, coupled with thine I'M
To make the suffering ones around thee
blest'
Then Ambrose answered. Lord, if unto me
The choice be given, the latter let it be.
To walk indifferent through the world alone,
Callous and ruthless, asks heart of stone.
Such happiness were woe. Let me possess
The soul to pity and the power to bless,
To give, with cheering words and kindly
deeds,
Relief to al, according to their needs"
$50 be it" said the Word. Then gloom came
DER,
Intenser from the glory there before.
Ambrose resumed his work; for many years
Strengthened the weak and dried the sufferers
tears,
Nursed the sick poor, and shielded the OPP
pressed;
Yet knew nor happiness, nor ease, nor rest.
Followed by blessings, yet retaining woe,
To white haired age he passed existence SO.
But when upon his dying couch he lay
Into his chamber came steady ray
Which widened till Of light there seemed a
hood
And in its midst the blessed Savior stood.
"Comei" said the Presence. Freed Of every
i'll,
Good Ambrose felt his soul with rapture
thrill
Death had no sting! Caught to the Masters
breast,
Who blest his follow men in turn was blest.
". Y. independent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18
"PECCADILLE."
from the French. |


1t was after the events of 1890. The
leading question of the day was to per-
suade Austria to accept the revolution OF
July and the change of dynasty. To con-
duct this difficult negotiation the Gov
eminent had chosen Marshal Maison, a
brave old soldier of the Empire, but more
used to the tactics Of war than to those of
diplomacy and politics. The Marshal ac-
cepted reluctantly the post contided to
him, and, before his departure he turned
his steps toward the hotel Of Prince Tai
leyrand, in order to receive from the
Machiavel of the Rue st. FlorentiD his
last secret instructions.
When the Marshal was announced the
Prince was at work in his library. When
he heard the name of his visitor his sly
little face assumed an expression of ma
liCious glee, like that which is visible on
the features OF a naughty child when he
sees a chance of tormenting dog or a
bird.
He fastened to change his dressing
gown OF wadded brown silk for more
appropriate garb, and he then limped to
the Saton where the Marshal awaited
him. The latter was standing, clad in
the uniform of his grade His stern,
manly face, framed in long, white hair,
gave him, in spite of his rather ordinary
aspect, an appearance of simple, rough
dignity.
The Prince opened the conversation,
Ii was AT first unimportant, as are all con-
yersations. The Marshal tried to lead
the talk gradually toward politics. but
then the Prince instantly changed the sub
irCt The Marshal's efforts 10 accomplish
the aim OF his visit were utterlyyain The
more serious he was the more frivolous
became his adversary. There was a sort
ri struggle between them, a struggle III
which, as may be imagined NJ. de Tai
leyrand had all the advantage. If the
Marshal attempted to speak OF alliances
To conclude, or Of treaties 10 sign, the
Prince talked OF the corps dc ballet OF the
opera, or Of other things of the same
diplomatic importance.
" How shall open the question with
VI. De Netternich :" said the Marshal. al
last ont of patience.
Come and see my cabinet of Chinese
cUripsitieS." answered Talleyrand, cOolly
The Prince had really a very fine col
lection.
Poor Marshal. he was obliged to endure
ail the pagOdas, to admire all the teapots
and pa into eCstacies before all the screens
Ialleyrand watched maliciously the i'll.
disguised impotence of the old soldier
who silently but heartily cursed all tho
IacquerCd WATERS and mandarins past
present and To comet
That is all, &" said the Prince.
II last Heaven be praised.' thought
HE Marshal and his face beamed with
-t.-.agtioa.
Ialieyrand saw this CLEAN Of joy, ant
-e La>tcned 10 add:
An. think that have forgotten the
most curious thing in my collection, tht
EEat slipper oi the Princess .Fo- Afo, The
daughter of the Emperor Ton-kang.
..E~1t also the little saihng-yeSsel, which
Is al exact model in miniature OF ihos,
..-at navigate the Yellow River"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18
TIE PRAYER.

o God, come to Thee,
In this, my time OF need.
o! listen Thou tn me
While in anguish plead;
feel to-day
How much need
For aid To plead,
And therefore pray
'Tis sweet to think that Thou
On yonder shining shore"
Dost see me when bow,
Aud lov'st me all the more;
Lord, Thou do,t see
feel my need,
ANd as plead
Bring aid to me
Iknow how good Thou art,
And how unworthy, ].
o, come and touch my heart,
As |, in anguish, sigh,
And win give
My all to Thee,
And faithful be
While shall live.
Yes! Lord, know Thou wilt
Show pity ms bow,
For though Thou scc'st my guilt,
Thou know'st I'm honest now
Thou scc'st within
This heart of mine,
And that pine
TO cease from sin.
Christian Era.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18

The reader is not required TO believe
any more OF the following story than he
chooses John King, in 1862 lived in
Tennessee. Soldiers OF both parties
raided on his farm. So he removed all
his produce TO a cave in the serland
Mountains 4 storm threw down a rock
which closed the mouth Of the cave.
Therein he lived for thirteen years, in the
dark. eating from his produce and drinking
from sprlng The other day a railroad
company, blasting for tunnel, blasted
him out.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18

BLESSED forever and ever be that moth
er's child whose faith hes made him the
child of God. The earth may shake the
pillars OF the world may ,rcmble under
US, the cOuntcuanCc of the heaven may be
appalled,, the sun may lose his light, the
moon her beauty, the stars their glory;
but concerning the man that trustcih in
God, what j. there in The world That shall
change his heart, overthrow his faith, alter
his affection toward Cd, or the ahcc-
ton Of God to him :-Hchard Hooher.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18

A TrrTlE hoy in W came in to his
mother one day, saying Mother, the
boys out there are swearing and would
not play with them, but canc right into
the house, Swearing" said me moth
q, who thought her child was perhaps too
young TO know what proiancness was.
. What is swearing my child@ +" Why,
ii is s0Bing G0d 0,ttsidc II Their prayers"
was the ready and original, az well az
Just, answer.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18
VARIETY AND HUMOR.

The voice of the stump-speaker is
heard no more in all the land
A woman was arrested at st. Adams
VT, lately, by the customs authorities
with 400 yards of black silk upon her per
son.
The President has threatened the
peace of Europe by his Thanksgiving
proclamation. All Turkeydom is in a
tlutter
"A Pennsylvania named Wingert cut
his toe off because of an aching corn, and
then hung himself because Of the aching
of the amputated toe.
Table Salts served in China dissolved
in water, it being used in a fluid state.
Why don't they scoop it right out OF the
Pacific Boston Adrertiser.
Santa Anna has gone into the poultry
business, and will now raise hens instead
of rebellions, though he confesses that
he'd like one more little rebellion.
Leaves have their time to fall,
Now, in November;
Falls have their time TO leave,
Next month, December.
Detroit Tribune.
"A sign in Louisville reads:
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
PLAIN SOAI
NG Ana WA
SHING 4 IRE
MING
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18
Peccadille
81 geutille, etc.

He seemed in a high good-humor, and
c0nversed for "A long time with the French
envoy. The next dav the promised inter
view took place Shortly afterWaTd the
Marshal returned 10 France. having ac-
complished his mission in the most salts
factory manner possible.
1t now only remains to us TO solve this
riddle, which is what we are about to do.