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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17
Prayers Value.

IF there be spiritual life in you. Won
cannot help praying any more than rose
can help exhaling its fragrance. The
child does not sit dumb in the presence
of father and mother, because it knows
the love and care of his do not depend
on regular asking for them. The child.
heart seeks rest and love in the parent.
heart, and naturally pours out its
thoughts, hopes, fears and wishes into the
sympathetic ears. But if the child be
wise one, he does not expect to make his
wishes prevail against higher and better
wishes. And yet the prayer may be
very vital thing in the matter of our char.
acier and relation to God. What does
compliance with divine conditions do in
nature? Simply this: 1t does not change
any single law or force-it only sets Us
in new relations to them. Gravitaton
will hold me firmly on my feet, or 1t will
fling me down an abyss, according to the
relation in which stand to IT. When
obey them, laws help me; when | DISC
hey, they hurt me. SO prayer may set
me in new and higher relations to God,
SO as utterly to change, and grandly to
elevate, my character. When, by spirit
ual, aspiring prayer, reach out after
God, | comply with the conditions OF
spiritual health and strength If open
my shutters toward the east, the morning
sun will shine in. 1t will shine, anyway,
but will do me no good unless / obey the
conditions Of its shining on me. So, i'll
open the windows of my soul toward God
the light Of His divine truth and life will
shine in. In His spiritual realm it is
knowledge and obedience to divine laws
and conditions, precisely the same as in
the material 1t is one God and one or.
der in both, Study and work, then, ara
material prayer; and prayer is spiritual
study and work. will, therefore, that
all men pray everywhere"
For what are men better than sheep and goats,
That nourish blind life within the BRAIN
II, having hands, they lift them not in prayer
Both for themselves aud those that call them
frendsg
For so the whole round earth is everywhere
Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
III. j. Savage.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17
A TRAPPER'S STORY.

BY CHARLES Y. ADAMs 8Ts
Twas moonlight nighc." the trapper b cyan,
Az we lay by the bright camp IRE,
Come, fll up yong pipes and pile on the brands
And draw little higher.
"'Twas moonlight night when Bet and l.
Bet-sbe's the old mare, you know
Started for camp on our lonely route
Der the dreary waste OF snow.
II had been to the clearing that afternoon,
For powder and ball, and whisky. too,
For game plenty, furs In demand
And plenty Of hunting and trapping TO DO.
II mad no fear of danger that lurked
In the region through which my journey lay,
Till Bet OF sudden pricked up her ears,
And shifted the air in curious way.
81 knew at once what the danger was,
AZ Bet struck out at forty gait
Twas life or death for the mare and me,
And all could DO was to trust to fate
Wolves on our track, ten miles from hoIpe
pleasant prospect that eh, boyst
| could see them skulking among the trees,
And the woods re-echoed theii hideous noise
s. At last. as their number began 70 swell,
They holder grew and pressed us close;
SO Old Pll-Dnvcr' ! brought to bear,
Ard gave the leader "A leaden dose.
Now you must know, ~ you draw the blood
on one of the sneaking, ragen0us crew,
The rest viii turn on Ihs fOuble-quick,
And eat him up without more ado
This gave me time TO load my gun,
With ju-ta chance 10 breathe and rest,
When on they came, u gaining fart,
Though Bet WAS doing her l.yel best.
/" began to think It was getting hot;
tPill-Dfivcr,' says /. this VIII never do;
Talk 10 ZEN againl You bet she did;
Aud right III his tracks lay number two.
well boys, to maze a long story short
picked them of till but one was left;
But he was whoppcr, you better believe
reg lar mammoth In size and hcft.
Yes. he was the last Of the savage pack
For, "a they but followed the nat'ral law,
They had eaten each other a. fast hs they fell,
TN all were condensed in his spacious nav"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17

BE your hearts young and green, or
scared and withered, lay them ut ST.
vior's feet Let His glory be yourglorious
aim. Raised far above the comnon OBJ
Jects and base pursuits of the world, this
Is an end worth living for. A lfe such
as that eleyating and ennobling the hum
bleSt lot, shall command the regasis, and
nix on man the gaze of angels Lofty
ends give dignity TO the lowest officers.
He who lives Tor the glory of Col has an
end in view which lends dignitt to the
man and TO his lite. Bring common wire
into proper contact with the mgnet. il
VIII borrow the stran re, attraciiveyirtue,
and itself become magnetic. The interest
crystal fragment that has been fling out
into the field and trampled on the round,
shines like diamond when suibeams
stoop To kiss it. And who has nd seen
the dullest rain cloud, when il turied its
face to the sun, change into glory, ,nd, in
the bow that spans it, present to tie eyes
OF age and infancy. alike of the piiloso-
pher who studies, and OF the simple joy
Gus child who runs to catch it, the most
brilliant and beautiful phenomena in
nature! Thus, from what they lc,k at
and come in contact with, common lungs
acquire uncommon glory. Church UioH-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17

THE April number of the Baptist Ms
stoRdry Magazine gives the following fig.
ures respecting the foreign missionary
societies OF the United States During
the year 1915 the amount received by the
American Board of Commissioners of For
eign Mission was St6S, 620; Ivy the Pres
byterian Board, S450,.1S; by the Metho-
dist Board, $500, 200; by the BAPTIST Mis-
sionary Union, S24l $40. The number
of native members in the mission churches
Of these societies are as follows: In the
churches of the American Board, emitting
the Hawaiian churches, there are II $40
native members: in those of the Presbv-
terrain Board, 6,90l members, in those of
the Methodist Board, l. .15i members: in
those of the Baptist Missionary Union,
IS, sol members.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17
Read Your Bible Daily.

THE celebrated painter, Benjamin
Robert Hayden, gave the following ad.
mirable advice to his son at a very crit.
cal time of his life: "You are quite
right to read history make yourself
master Of the histories of Greece and Rome
The English people are in many respects
not unlike the Athenians without their
art, and like the Romans without their
protligacv. Read your Bible daily
There is no more interesting book in the
world, and il is becoming more necessary
to read and study it, because | already
perceive a tendency among our scientific
men, in all their pride of knowledge and
what they call discovery, to set the Bible
aside as an oriental legend. Do not be-
lieve them. The Mosaic account of the
creation i, the most simple and the most
natural, and will be found, you may rely
on 1t, confirmed by science, when science
has got down to the real facts. Generali-
cation founded on our present knowledge
of the laws OF nature, is the very thing
which our present acquaintance with
those laws does not justify. | am con-
WINGED that no thoroughly established and
settled theory will be found to contradict
the truths revealed in the Bible. But you
are too young yet for me to enter further
on the subject only tell you of it to put
you on your guard You will find MANY
men, old and grown.up men, who will
laugh at the Bible. Don't believe them.
Mathematics are all very well; but the
diflerential calculus, my dear boy, can
never prove or disprove the existence of
God. Read your Bible, do your duty,
and leave the rest TO God"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17
A PRAYER.

o Lord. forgive me, fos trust
Entirely to Thee.
What have done and said aud thouch.
All my peryersity.
Okeep me, in temptations hour.
From every shameful sin.
Dear God, without Thy loving aid
No soul can enter in.
Sin is so strong. and we are weak,
And have faithless grown.
o Lord. in my extreme Distress
cling to Thee alone.
from the Prorsncql
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17

MrsTRUsr the man who finds everything
good, the man WHO finds everything evil,
and still more, the man who is Indifferent
70 everything - Lacatsr.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17

IMMIGRANTS eighty, ninety and one
hundred years old are piling into America.
\ PREACHERS word should De law only
when il is gospel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17

The London SPORTING Times offers a
reward of five shillinss 10 the man who
will send The worst ioke, and when it is
awarded claim il.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17

COPS grapes OF blessing are notya,h-
cred from the thorns OF wrong, n,r the
figs OF his abiding peace from The tkstles
OF evil.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17
international Sunday.Scho0l Lessons
SECOND QUARTER, 1876.

SECOND QUARTER, 1876
May 81 Christian Fellowship. Acts 4ss :,
MAY vs. Lying Unto God ...,..... Acts 5.I-J,
June 4. The Apostles in Prison Acts 40 "a
June H.. The Ap's tls before the C'ncl Acts 527s
June IS The Seven Chosen. .... Acts S.l :;
June y. Review: q Lesson selected by thu
school. -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-17

She was good woman, and brought up
her family in the fear of God. She has
gone to heaven, and hope | shall soon
follow her"
As the world receded, leaving him moth
| ing but soiicitude, he iancied that the
| angels came to visit him and to minister
| unto him. Old friends long dead came
back again; they wandered about his
lonely rooms and sat down in the empty
chairs; they clustered around hun at the
time OF prayers. His heart was ever turn
ing To the past, IN the friends OF more than
a half century before.
Music seemed to collect his thoughts
and soothed his feelings, and the piano
and harpsichord were his tavorite instru-
ments, In 1911 he, for the last time, mace
the selection Of pieces tor grand sacred
concert. Ii comprised Handel'S famous
passages descriptive of madness and blind
ness, lamentations of Jephthah on the loss
ot his daughter, and the list ended with
| God save the King, The performance of
the last moistened all eyes, after VIII; had
gone before.
Thus passed the last ten years OF the
monarch's lite, in gradual decline. amid
an obScurity lighted by occasional CLEANS
of reason and always full Of the keene,t
pathos, until, in 1880, the great bell of 81
Psurs announced his final release -
Hc.otioh BattsrqeortA, u. Atl1rtic Notify.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-22

County of Kings this great city of the Republic com
from State which gave the last Democratic presi,
its Senator and Congressman to the Democracy OF tne
republic need not say am but too happy to be W.
YOU and address You this occasion. The dstngtbe&
Senator from Delaware who spoke before me has 1We
length upon and freely exhausted the subject wnch
we have deal with t0nigh-the necessity Tor
to effect which have for SO many months past with
Others been abOrng, discharging duty not self-im
Of the Democratic party to discover the fraud cOrup
ton, maiieasance in the high places Of the Gov
r repr@Gs " that this committee Of which
had to be the chief produced such evidence
lcan senate. The Committee OF the House OF Repre-
sentatvcs would not tnrn from the investigation made
by them. From this hnal investigation by them u is
seen that corruption and mafeasanee In ofce existed IN
every department Of the Government even to the Exec
say to you, and mean to be understood and
sponsible for any blame which may be attached to nc
was not that within q few months there would be a
change of the administration, impeachment would be
the door OF the President Of tho United
states. tell you that know from my knowledge
and from the investigations of the committee that nc
has been defiant OF the Jaw; he has puposey dlsFe-
aed the statutes he has been guilty Of high crimes ana
misdemeanors say now, If Il were MOI tnat WILLIE mn
people, that his would have been presented to the
Unea se HS6 tat This U man and the
policy which he represents, and which he brands Win
the name Of Grantism, and which no other name but
ransln is capable OF expressing and that nothing less
express the infamy and dishon0r Oh sucn
@eor policy o S not SS expected eee saa
This present Republican ticket presents all that is
Fupt aud bad all that is vicious and dshOnOrable and
disgraeeful IL you want all this elect Rutherford D.
Hayes for President And why, fellow-citizensf Be
cause he nominated by the men within the ranks OF
the Republicans, and representing Grantsm; Tor no
must &c Of them To he elected and when elected, ne
their tool and instrument, and viii be thoT tool
and instrument And If he were not TO be their tool
and instrument, he never would have been their
candidate These broad deductions fair deductions
from all that has been said by the honorable gentleman
preceding And il is TINS way that they would At
tempt to reform the body polite And yet there must DC
reform the body polite but with such reform
in four years IL would not be worth preserving.
Congressman Beebe followed Mr.. Clymer with brief
speech His words loudly applaudcd at almost
every sentence from the beginning to tie close Of his
discourse. The meeting not over until nearly mid
night
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-22
WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, Thursday, Sept. 2i, 1875
The Secretary Of the Treasury has to-day called IN ior
redemption $1O0O00O0 of fve-twenty bonds OF leoo'
May and November upon which the interest Will cease
on the list day OF December next They as follows:
Cannon Bonds-$5O Nos. 6j1 TO 7IS, both inclusive
800 Nos COL tO 400; $500, Nes 1oool ~ 1900
Al 900 Nos as g5I to 49, $685. total coupon, SloOOOOo
RegsIered Bonds-S50 Nos to 81 both inciusiye SdVO
Nos lOI TO 1850; $500, Nos liOl TO d6d0;
Nos 37OI to $3.50 So 900, Nos 23O1 to 300 SlOOOO
Nos 3iOI 70 1850; total registered SoOoSOOi aggTgn
% do 600 600 IL is expected that another call VIII
he made before tho first OF October
There IA every to suppose that the sensational
statement which Customs Agent W. r. Moore had pre-
pared against exocitor Wilson and exsecretnry Brs-
tow will not row be published 1t stated that fends
nj The President with the direct approval OF Gen. Grant
requested that no such publication should be made 80
lar m can be- discovered there rs every reason 70 DecFc
thai the wnoe story born in great part OF private
malice. -
No doubt Ia expressed In official quarters that mr.
Tweed will be brought home In tho United states steamer
Franklin spain having surrendered him 10 the United
States act OF triendthlp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-22
CARD FROM GEN. NEWTON.

TO the Editor OF ThC TrtbhHf
SIR: The explosion at He'll Gate is fixed for
sunday the Gath nst $3.50 p Sheer necessity has
compelled the appointment OF this day. which In many
other respects IL Objectionable Guard boats VIII be
stationed across the East River at the head OF Bac"els
Leland at tue southeast point Of Wards hland and
obduey from Wards Island 10 The Ncw-York pier line
A space will thus be nclosod having radius 81 about
900 wards measured from aetts Point, While. will be
kent clear of boats t and the time Of the explosion
Aiter the explosion vessels should give Halc;rs Point
wide hcrth "a the surface Of the reef may IN points be
elevated above s present level. AZ soon as possible
after tho explosion the reef VIII! be marked out With
hoys gpcctatOr5 warned not 20 come TO Astoria on
. TIC day named, there arc no points ~ ihe town
Iron witch the explosion De secn while eor!0n OF
police and re- gar soldiers viii keen spectators back To
OF yioy will he from the New-YOik shore and from
Wards Island. ,--..
panic has been created {, some extent by persons
WAC nave knowledge Of the matter except tgrt derived
from the cxfl sion powder other explosives, IN the
oncn air EYplosVCs Undecided IA rock III small charges,
ana thoroughly tampcd, will have an action IN all
essential rcs poets widely different upon The surrounding
medium There will be cOmnOtlJn OF the air. anu te
uIdergr ound effect viii be sufficient only ~ jar build
lst in the nrighbo hood, win do well to have wsndows
and door. open and 10 look out for teir ccifgs The
bs thing 10 10 will be 10 stand outside until the cSp0-
sion In over The mine will be nred at the cese moment
named john NEWTON,
IIicut Col Engrs Brcvot Major General y. Z. A.
Tafied States Government HOrks, HaHeHS POhF,
Astoria, Srps. q, 1876.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-22
OBI UARY.
WILLIAM X. KITCHEN.

William K. Kitchen, President Of the Ma
tioua Park Bank Of this city, died suddenly about A.
M yesterday, his residence at No. III West Forty
ninth-st Mr. Kitchen, who was about 62 years OF age,
was born i'm Philadelphia In early manhood he went to
Georgia. where he engaged as druggist for sew
eral years aud where he married the daughter OF Sena-
ter Hill He afterward removed 10 this city, where he
became a member OF the firm OF Harrall, Rsley d
KIte,n Wholesale druggists in Readest As their bust
ness was principally with the sOuth It was broken up
by the war; and 1854 Mr. Kitchen was elected Presi-
dent OF the National Park Bank OF which he had long
been director. He the third president OF the bank,
which was organized In 1883. having immediately sue
cceded william II. FOgg. He Is spoken or as having
been conscientious, carefGl Official whose devotion 10
his duties for bank and for himself an excellent
record.
On Wednesday he at tho bank attending TO his busi
ness az usual and Wednesday evening, accompanied
b. his sons attended Prof HuXleys lecture at Chick
eIng Hall For several years he had been troubled with
bronchial affection, and afCer returning home nom the
lecture he complained OF pain IN bis chest Induced by
paralysis Of the lungs from watch he died almost immt-
datcy. Mr. Kitchen was member and an officer OF 81.
ThOmSs Church He leaves wife, three sons, and three
daughters. Two of the latter are married.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-22
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

CHICAGO Sept. 21.--On Change to-day 200. 900
bushels wheat elevators here posted being
OF condition"
SALT LAKE Cry, Sept. 21.--John ID. Lee is sad
and threatening times There IL rI0f That he intends 10
expose more uan h already known.
BosTog. Sept. 21.--The 81, 000, 900 water loan Of
Boston was day awarded "a Blake Brothers AZ ll07 cur
rency OF interest beng fye per cent, gold.
EIMIRA N Y, Sept 21.-The winners in the
races today were: 23O for $780, Baron Lu;
oT $500 Lady PrtchaTu running race for $500. miles,
Hartland.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept 21.-The Board Of Health Of
Augusta esabhe stringent quarantine agans; Charles
passngera They viii BE- qnAIantned 81 days. and viola
lions quarantine Will be punished.
HARRISBURG, Penn, sept 21.-The National In
surance Commission session for the past three
asseabed at o A. business Of the
closed and the body adjourned sine die
Boston, Sept. 21.-Yesterday tramp decoyed O
little rl into the woods Midway Mass and after attempt
ing to outrage her threw her into pond she rescued
aud crowds OF porsons secured the woods without nnd
Ing him
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-22
THE HE'LL GATE EXPLOSION
COMPLETING THE ARRANGEMENTS.
PUTTING IN TnR PRIhERs-PREPARAIloNs FOR
FLOODING THE MINE.

COMPLETING THE ARRANGEMENTS.
PUTTING IN TIE INTERPRETATIONS FOR
FLOODING THE MINE.
In conversation with n TRIBUNE reporter
recently Gen Newton said that Il was matter Of re-
gret with him. and with all the officers in charge Of the
work that Sunday must be the day for the explosion
bpt as the preparations would be concluded By Saturday
evening they thought It would be wrong Ia delay tie
EXPLOSION single hour longer than could We avoided
The iardiness Of the contractors IN delivering the OK
ulosiyes VIA the cause u the delay.
The work OF completing the arrangements Is being
ushcd RAPIDLY forward that Il may be finished In time
10 begin flooding the mine Saturday afternoon. An
iron nine sphon form, has been put IN posOn' ana
IL will conduct the water from tho river into the mine
As there arc 900 cubic yards Of rock to b. broken up
and as Il has been stated By Gen. Newton tat be has
about threa-quarters Of pound Of explosives 70 the
cubc ward the quantity which will be discharged VIII
be I'm the neigborhood OF $4,000 pounds The last por-
tou OF this quantity TO be delivered landed At Hal
letts Point on Wednesday morning. aud yesterday morn
iug the men began removing the plugs IN the Aoes ahd
mi ting iu what are led thc pimelt IICas are thc
small cartridges OF dynamite connected Wa the WIS
from the battery, which put List into hc hn!es ticc
other charges each % inches long anG about Two lhc
IN diameter having been pat in before th~H Inc pf'h
Inc viii fake until this evening and the rest " the time
until Sunday afternoon Will be OCCUPIED IN connecting
tile wires flooding he mines, &c There VIII bc no put
nnnenent Of the explosion under any but eAtfnouhhy
aud unforeseen circumstances.
card has been published 10 the Astoria papers ny
Gen Newton, thanking the citizens Tor telf rLeNt c
durauce Of the accumulation OF ,urh lug 80,
ur inc - pO.iOn and Eating that force OF police Anu
soldiers of the regular army VIII guard the c oil fl.
tun-st from the ferry to steYenst up steSsHgtL 10
frauklin-st Frank inst 10 hclhsch-sI, anu IViio"
M PI-bt HUtaFH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-22
CAPTURE OF THE HoRrHFIELD RoBBEES
THEY ARE HUNTED DOWN on THE PRAIRIE AND ONE
KILLED,

THEY ARE HUNTED DOWN on THE PRAIRIE AND ONE
KILLED.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 21.-Tho Pioneer Press
has a special from Madclla, WatOngan County, Mum,
announcing the capture of four Of the Norhlcd Bank
robbers The four captured are those who we're lost
track Of IN the timber around Mankato and two OF whom
are supposed 10 the notorious Younger brothers The
four missing robbers went 10 house this morning
about seven miles north OF here, bought some
bread and butter, aud started west OH foot
News was sent In IA fast horse
could travel, and 40 90 after them
as horses could DO procured The party drove
the robbers into slough about eight miles north al this
place Then, having them the prairie they opened
ire which the rODHcrs returned, but kept working their
way toward the river, at last reaching there and AIDING
ia the bush. At this time the puTsuars
were all together and surrounded the bush.
Firing became general our men advancing all tie
time At last the robbers saw t,erc was use, and
gave up. One Of them Killed, and the other three
are wounded. Perhaps two viii die Of their wounds
One Of them bas old wound In his arm and Is sup
posed 10 be Of the wounded nj Mortified. Capt
Murphy was wounded in the side and George Bradfords
arm was scratched, but they are only slight wounds.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-09-22

stanley who died last Tuesday, under circumstaneee
which led the suspicion that death was caused ~
criminal malpractice IL Is stated that the woman was
the wife of Francis Hought0n, whose mother. mIs'
Hought0n Is the person suspected OF the CRIME.
UoughtOn Is held To await the result OF the inquest
post-mortcm examination Of the body, which was OK
humed for that purpose has been made but the result
TO friend spoke OF taking medicines TO induce prena
fure delivery administered by Mrs Houghton ana OF
her refusal to take any more Much excitement has been
caused In Flushing and in Whtesone, where the Hough
ton family lives.
STATEN ISLAND.
CLIFroN.-A meeting of the Republican
Of the I'D District OF southed will be held at
Swartzkofs Assembly Room tomorrow evening Ior ene
purpose OF forming Hayes and Wheeler CLUB.