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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07
THE USEFUL WOMAN.

y lively and entertaining newspaper,
devoted, though not extensively, to the
rights of woman, tells us how one woman
fought the battle of life and won the vic
tory.
And this is the story:
There lives widow out West" says
this Friend of Woman, "who never did
anything useful until after her husband
died and left her halt dozen children to
take care Off
But here we pause on the threshold
with uplitted hands of amaZement. A
woman has borne and reared six children,
ami yet has never done anything useful!
Let the startled mind pause, however, till
the history of this useless woman is COM
pleted
"She thought great deal OF her hus-
band, but he did not leave her enough
substance to buy him a graye-stone; and
this fact set her to work. She determined
that the poor mans grave should have
respectable mark; so she got "A marble
slab, and went to work on it, making a
grave-slone for the departed. Thus she
began to carve out her fortune"-and end
ed by learning and prosecuting the sue
CesStul and lucrative trade OF stone-cut
ting.
In what touching tangle do facts and
opinions and judgments lie in the mind
of the compiler Of these short and simple
annals of the poor! Taking care of six
children is nothing useful, but cutting out
graye-stone for man who never had
Caliber enough to do it for himself is use
tulness. If we are to look upon this as
yeracious history, and not as mere ia
bic composed to teach that with sufficient
spur women can do whatever men can
do, We Immediately revert in Imagination
TO the necessarily narrow home of man
who is not worth his own grave-stone.
There are six children, the Oldest I'M
doubtesly about nine years old, and they
have all TO be nursed and fed and dressed
and housed; the table is TO be set, the
meals are 10 be prepared, the dishes to
be washed, three times day; the rooms
are 10 De swept and washed, the clothes to
be washed and ironed and mended, as
we'll as made, and some OF the children are
to be got to school. From morning till
night that woman can never have known
one hours cessation of work and watch
FuT, be 1t observed, her subsequent at
'einpts and success show that she was c.
fe>olute, energetic and able woman. She
vas not the kind to stuff an old hat
t"D me pane OF glass .lat nef DOy :
Dali-which she had rolled up for
Alm out Of the last desperate fragment of
an outworn stocking-had unhappily
broken, even though ner easy going, SHIFT
less husband had no more money to
spend on GLACIERS than grave-stones. She
vas the kind that would send for pane
oI glass out Of some old window that she
had observed standing lamely against a
neighboring fence, and, with penny
worth of putty, have that window mended
Two hours after ii was broken, and Johnny
vel warned that he was not to play in
such dangerous proximity again. Her
boards were always Secured clean, and
heF DIT OF carpet thoroughly swept, and
hsF rude furniture carefully busted. But
OF course she had no time for stone-cut-
Hng. Livery cent that her mild, mindless
husband earned she spent with the wisesl
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07
Street Scenes In Papeete. Tahiti.

There are no such things as pavements,
sidewalks or cutters, and everybody trav-
els in the middle Of the narrow streets
You pass along and step aside, now to
avoid running into a crowd of kanakas
stepping on an old native woman who is
squatting in the street, intent upon drying
some tobacco with match preparatory to
having smoke. Further on, at a corner,
is crowd of men and women lowering
around the stump of cigarette, which Is
successfully smoked and tossed around on
the ground for the next one to take up
and have Whit at On one side the
street a Chinaman, with nothing on but a
pair of big legged breeches, leans against
a door-post gazing into vacancy, ponder
ing on the wise sayings OF Confucius or
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07
A Machine that Moves by Light.

From the mul,itudes that crowd the
sidewalk of the west side OF Union
Square, New York city, many are at
tracted by a small machine that is in con
slant motion, but without any visible mo-
tive power. In front of the instrument
which is in front window, is placard
averring that perpetual motion is attained
by the radiometer the invention of Prof
William Crookcs, F. r. s., of London.
The claim is an exaggeration, as the raGi-
ometer moves only when struck by rays
of light, and is therefore no more perpet
ual motion than is windmill. The in
strument moves by the attractive and re-
pulsive power of light, and by means OF a
delicate scale can, il is said, be made to
weigh light to the one-millionth part OF a
grain. The radiometer consists of four
pith discs, black on one side and white
on the other, fastened at the end of tour
arms that are connected with a metal or
Jewel point in the center. This point
spins in glass cup at the top of IA rod
which is fastened in an upright position
in what the maker says is a perfect
vacuum. This vacuum is the interior OF
glass vessel shaped like an inverted or
very fat thermometrlcal tube, the four
discs revolving in the bulb al the top.
The light striking on the white surfaces
of the discs attracts them, and striking on
the black sides repels them, so that the
four discs revolye like the sails of wind
mill. In the strong sunlight they move
with such rapidity as e be undistinguish-
able: in reflected light their motion Is
much slower.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07
THE SHADOWS ON THE WALL.

Nv home a stately dwelling il,
With lofty arching doors:
There IL carving on tue ceiling high,
And velvet the floors;
A rich and/costly building,
Where noiseless servants wait,
And meath the escurcheon's gliding
None enter but the great.
But happier home IL near II, a humble cottage
And envy It's sweet mistress the shadows on the
wall.
NY pictures are the pride of art.
And drawn by cunning hands;
But the painted figures never move,
Nor change the painted lands;
Before the poorest window
More gorgeous pageants glide,
Within the lowliest household
More liielike groups abide;
Ard turn from the sou'less symbols, that crowd
my gloomy hall.
To watch the Il fitting shadows upon the cottage
wall
Nv stately husband never bends
To kiss me on the lips
His heart is in his iron safe,
His thoughts are with his ships
But when the twilight gathers
Adown the dusty street.
The little b. usewife listens
For sounds of coming feet;
Ana by the cleaning frelight see figure TALL
Bend uown TO kiss a shadow shadow on the
Ny garden palings, broad and ~ Oh,
Shut in lis costly spos,
And through the ordered paths all day
The silent gardener tolls
Nv neighbours is grass plot,
With hardy buttercup,
Where childrens dimpled fingers
Pull dandelions up;
Where baby's silken head all day the sun
beams fall,
TIL evening throws its shadows upon the cottage
wall.
Ny petted lap-dog, warm and soft.
Nestles upon my knee
My birds shut up their diamond eyes
That love to look for me;
Lonely, watch my neighbor,
And watching can but weep,
To see her rock her darlngs
Upon her breast asleep.
Alas. my doves are gentle, my dog comes at my
call,
But there is no childish shadow upon my cham
Der wall.
Ny beauty is the talk OF fools,
And by the gasight's glare,
In glittering dress and gleaming gems,
| know that | am fair;
But there is something fairer,
Whose charm in loving lies.
And there il something dearer--
The light OF happy eyes.
So | return triumphant, queen OF the brilliant
ball,
To envy the sweet shadows of the housewife ON
the wall.
My earthly lot is rich and high,
And hers IL poor and low.
Yet wonld give my heritage
Her deeper joys TO know;
For husbands thai are lovers
Are rare in all the lands,
And hearts grow fit for heaven
Moulded by childish hands;
And while go up lonely before the Judge OF al,
cherub troop will usher the shadow on the
wall.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07

Mr. STURGEON once went 10 preach IN
a church little outside Of London. The
day was wet and muddy, and the pants OF
Mr.. Spurgeon were plcptifully covered
with dirt A good deacon in the vcstry
said: Brother Sturgeon, let me get
brush and take OIL some of that mud, you
canu go into the pulpit in that state.
Don't be foolish, Deacon" said Mr..
Sturgeon, in his usual good humored
way, don't you see the mud Is wet, and
il you try to brush it off now you will
rub The stain into the clothg Let it dry,
and then it will come of easy enough and
leave no mark" There is an admirable
hint here for every one When evil
spoken against, rs we may be for the sake
of truth and men throw mud at Us, don't
be in hurry about brushing II off. TOO
great cagerness in this respect IS apt to
rub The stain into the cloth. Let IL dry,
and then, by and by, If need be, it can DO
removed by little effort
ii there Is little trouble in the church,
don't foster it by haste and hurry in do
Ing something. Let it alone, let it dry,
and it will be more easily settled than YOU
think now Time has wonderful power
il such matters, and it is surprising how
many things in this world would be lar
better arranged, and how many difficult
ties easily got over by judiciously letting
them dry. Boytist Standa I'd.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07
FATHER, HELP!
'ArHEs. teach me how to pray,

fArHER, teach me how to pray,
How TO ask for what need.
so TO live that every day
Shall be Thine in thought and deeGl
Father, help me every hour.
Grant me grace for every day,
So 10 live that b. Thy power,
Imay put all sin away
Father. let Thy will be mine,
All my will absorbed in Thee;
Let the Graces In me shine
Gifts of mercy unto me-!
Father, NIL my heart with Love.
Keep II pure and free from sin,
That its thoughts Thou canst approve,
so that Peace may enter inl
rather. keep me evermorel
Keep my heart at peace with Thee,
Let Thy Holy Spirit pour
Its reyiying breath on me,
f. @. Wh.eler, IL ". y. hideptndsnt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07
International Sunday.School Lessons.

SECOND QUARTER, 1876.
June II The Ap site before the C'ncil Acts 521-aa
June IS. The Seven Chosen. ...,,... Acts 6.i-i5
June Is. Review; or Lesson selected by tho
school.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07

WHEN men receive information that
they may possibly be among the heir OF
some deceased rich man, they immcdi-
aicly become interested and go 10 work
searching all the family records to decide
The matter When God tells men that
they may become ''joint-heirs with our
Lord Jesus Christ" to an Inheritance
incolruptible, indebted and unfadins,'
they listen To it a. idle tales or complain
Of the tediousness and style OF him whom
Goa sends % tell them about r.--Church
Union
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07

TIE true spirit Of religion cheers as well
"a couposes The soul; ii banishts, indeed,
al the levity of behavior, all vicious and
dissolu,e mlrih, but in exchange fills the
mind with a perpetual serenity, gninter-
rupled checrfulness, and an habitual in
clinaton 10 please Others as well Is to DC
pleased in itself. addison.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07

THREE.FouRTHs Of all the plaster sold
and used north ana west OF the Ohio
River, comes from the gypsum beds at
Grand Rapids, Mich. 1t is claimed TO be
the purest and best which has yet been
worked in the United States.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-06-07

THE indifference ofthe people of England
to education was painfully illustrated the
other day in Yorkshire village. A lee
turer on the Feejee Islands offered TO
show the native manner Of preparing food
if any lady present would lend him a
baby No one offered
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11
The LIGHTNING Mail Train.

The fastest time that has been made on
the Central Hudson railroad with the fast
mail train since it has been on the road
was that made with the eastbound train
Sunday evening by locomotive No. 386 in
charge of Fred II. Horstman, engineer, land
G. NJ. Wsdleigh, fireman. The train left
Syracuse fifty-seven minutes late, and ar
rived in Albany three minutes ahead of the
card time, the train having struck its reg
lar time at Schenectady. The run from
Syracuse to Utica, distance fifty-three
miles, was made in slxty-six minutes or
nineteen minutes faster than the regular
running time. From Utica to Fonda, dis
lance fifty-one miles, the run was made in
seventy minutes, or eighteen minutes faster
than the card time. From Fonda to AL
bany, distance forty-four miles, the RIM
was made in fifty-seven minutes, or twen-
ty minutes faster than the regular running
time. From these figures it IS seen that
the run from Syracuse to Albany, distance
147t miles, was made in three hours and
eighteen minutes. Deducting from this
seventeen minutes lost in stops at Utica
and Palantinc bridge and the 147b miles
are found to have been run in 1871 minutes.
This is not only the fastest time that has
been made with this train on this road, but
upon any road in the whole country
through which the fast mail passes.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11

We publish elsewhere communication
from prominent citizen of the state, ask.
ing why we placed "the cart before the
horse in suggesting Benjamin II Bristow
for president, and Luke p. Poland for vice
president We very cheerfully give place
to his communication, and have no partic-
ular comment to make, or answer to give,
having, long ago, learned never to sigh for
the impossible. 1t is sufficient for us to
cay, that We see no particular reason for
changing positions, no call to abaie lot in
our hearty support of Mr.. Bristow, or in
our honest belisf that he, of all men, is the
one man demanded by the times for presi-
dent. The ground for the faith which is
IS within us, we have oft times given and
need not here repeat. We beg, however.
TO remind our correspondent, that although
Vermont actually became state of the
Union before Kentucky, yet the bill for
the admission Of the latter passed An1 the
Bill for the mission of Vermont was not
passed until two weeks later, namely, Feb
ruary Is, 1871.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11

The delegates from Maryland TO the
Cincinnati convention are 'insructed" for
Blaine, and why? Because James G.
Blaine, while "ordinarily unwilling TO ex-
"press any preference to what state con-
vention might do for him" wrote TO a.
delegate that a pronounced expression
from the Maryland convention in my
" favor would at this time be gratefully re-
" ceived," and 60 the pronounced express
=" sion" was made, and, however ''grate-
fully received" by Mr.. Blaine, its recep-
ton by the country must be otherwise than
grateful to him, and rather damper TO his
hopes. Thus the Hartford Courant, Joe
Hawley's paper, says that "Mr. Blaine
makes an egregious blunder in pushing
his candidacy SO sharply; the people
" want to have some voice in the matter
&" themselves" and even the Troy Times,
copying the Courancs remark, says that,
" severe as it is" it sis justified by the
provocatioo, as it is pretty sure 10 be
verified by the event" Benjamin Ii.
Brlstow is the second choice of these dele
gates, not from personal solicitation-he
would never receive vote if it depended
on his seeking-but because his fitness
Commends him for the position.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11
Political.

With less than half of New England
what chance has Mr.. Blame in a national
convention, asks the New York Public.
Last Wednesday morning, the Louisville
Courier-Journal printed extracts from IS
democratic newspapers at the south that
are Satisfied Mr.. Tilden ia the man.
The South Carolina democrats send Gen.
John Bratton, w. ID. Porter, ID. Wyatt
Akin, and Gen, j. ID. Kennedy to the ma
tional convention, unlnstructed save to vote
for the candidate most likely to win.
II ia said that Mr.. Seymour was beaten
onece in the presidential race. So was An
drew jackson in 1924, but he ran again in
1928, and was then triamphantly elected.
-Neto York EIpress.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11

The special correspondent of the New
York Times, writing from Little Rock,
says, that while eight of the twelve dele
gates to the Cincinnati convention, from
Arkansas, will vote, on the first ballot, for
Morton, and the remainder for Conklng,
yet when it becomes apparent that neither
of these can be nominated at least eight, if
not all, of the delegates will vote for Bris-
tow. He says that the cry that Bristow is
"border state man" has no terrors for
Arkansas, for there are number of men
who served under him during the wal, who
are enthusiastic in the belief that he is
" unflnchingly faithful to the republican
"party and to the Union and that the
bttcrest Of radicals say that they "would
" trust Ben. Bristow anywhere" The dis
trust of Blaine is equal TO the confidence
in Bristow, and under no circumstances,
can he obtain the vote of Arkansas.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11

The grand Inauguration of the centen-
NAL exhibition, if carried out in accordance
with the advertised programme as our dis
patches indicate it was, must haze been one
of the greatest wonders Of modern times,
surprising even the most fabulous Of the
famous Eddy Chittenden seances. Besides
those "favorite sons" Of ours William
Jenninge, John 4. Cain and George s.
Prescott SO gracefully and appropri-
ately represented the honor, dignity and in
telligence of Vermont, and demonstrated
the truth of our proud boast that Vermont
can raise men, VIC see that Circuit Judge
Lewis Is. Woodruff, of New York, was in
vited to take seat on the platform. His
death having occurred just eight months,
TO day, before his materialized spirit
takes seat there, his appearance WAS a
demonstration of the truth of modern splr-
tuallsm, as taught by Bill Eddy, that must
have been good for the heart Of Colonel
Olcott. Another materialized spirit, too,
will be there, If we may credit the state
ment of the Philadelphia correspondent of
the New York Times that rooms have been
engaged for to-day, at the Globe hotel, for
Ex-Governor Grape of Michigan. His
death occurred some three or four years
ago, and it would seem that, like the Ed
dys, he prefers private seances, not having
yet, although longer dead, reached that
state of development to be able, like Judge
Woodruff, TO give manifestation before the
assembled multitude in the open air. Al
together, the centennial exhibition bids
fair to be "big thing"
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11
Union Republican Convention.

Tho next union republican national conven-
tl0n Tor the nomination OF candidates for presi-
dent and vlce-presldent OF the United States
VIII be held In the city OF Cincinnati on Wednes-
day, the fourteenth day of June, 1876, at noon,
and VIII consist OF delegates from each state
equal to twice the number of It's senators and
representatives IN congress, and of two dele
gates from each organized territory and the
District of Columbia. In calling the conven.
lions Tor the election Of delegates. the commit
tees or the several states are recommended 10
invite all republican electors and all other
voters, without regard TO past political differ
cnces or previous party difficulties, who are
opposed to reviving sectional issues and desire
70 promote friendly feeling and permanent
harmony throughout the country by maintain
OF every citizen. including the full ana free
exercise or the right OF suffrage without intim-
ldatlOn and WITHOUT fraud who are in favor of
the continued prosecution and punishment OF
all official dishonesty, and OF an economical
administration OF the government by honest,
faithful and capable officers; who are In favor
OF making such reforms in government az eX-
perlence may, from time TO time. suggest; who
are opposed to impairing the credit OF the ma
ZION ny depreclating any OF Its obligations, and
Ia faV0r Of sustaining In every way the national
latin and financial honor who hold that the
common school system is the nursery OF Amerl-
can liberty and should be maintained absolute
that for the promotion of these ends the direc.
ton OF the government should continue to be
cOnided to those who adhere to the principles
OF li16, support them as Incorporated in the
constitution and laws and who are in favor Of
recognizing and strengthening the fundamen-
tal principles of national unity in this centcn-
NAL anniversary OF the birth of the republic.
Il. ID. MORGAN,
Chairman Republican National Committee.
WM. h. CHANDLER, Secretary.
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-11
Brief Chronicle.

Cardinal McCloskey is rapidly recover
ing from his illness.
In Syracuse they are filming boys So for
jumping on the cars.
The Glass Burial Casket company is a
new Syracuse enterprise.
H. Il. Keefe, stranger, was found dead
in his bed at the Frankfort House, Satur-
day.
The United States senate will consider
the question of regulating foreign immi-
grafton.
General William Cogswell Of Salem will
deliver the Memorial day address in Dan
vers, Mass.
Col. Tom Scott has offered to deadhead
congress oyer his portion of the road to
Philadelphia.
The annual meeting of the Society of the
Potomac will be held in Philadelphia, on
the 9th of June next.
1t is now expected that the New York
state sportsmens convention at Genesoo
will be called on the 10th inst.
In the match between the Geneva and
Rochester rifle teams, Friday, Rochester
was loser by score of 2l5 to 1893.
1t is rumored that series Of heavy de-
falcations have been discovered in Brook
lyn which will lead to important arrests.
Rev. A. M. Cotton is to deliver the de-
coration day address, and there will be a
soclable at the Mansion house in the even
ing.
Jean Berrachia, the Troy counterfeiter,
was taken to Rochester Monday, where he
will be held for the United States grand
jury.
The spring meeting of the Elmira driv-
ing park association is announced for June
IS, IA and 10. The premiums amount to
$4,000.
been raging In the lower part OF Pike coun-
ty, Pa, for several days, were extinguishcd
by the rain, Monday night.
Mrs. Marian Stockton of New York, has
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