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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

Mr.. CARL ScMURZ received $1,000
for each Of the speeches he made in
Ohio against Allen in 1874. He will
not support Gov. Hayes heartily
and actively" for less than he re-
ceiyed when Hayes was only running
for Governor.-N o. Times.
THE New Orleans Times is grossly
misinrormed. Mr.. Schurz not only
refused to receive dollar for his
speeches against Allen, but he in
sisted upon paying his own expenses.
He pursued the same course in 1872,
when he spoke for the Democratic
candidate. Schurz did not appear
in Ohio in 1874 as partisan, but as
man opposed to the greenback
Reputation doctrines represented
by Allen.-Cincinodti Commercial.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
WHEN Gov. Hayes received the

WHEN Gov. Hayes received the
news Of his nomination he became
silent and thoughtful, as if impressed
with a sense of the responsibility
that had been visited upon him. How
Tilden received the news Of his nom
ination is q secret that has just
leaked into the public prints. Ac-
cording to this report, he let thy the
festive cork, he exercised the eXecu-
tive prerogative and released the
ruby wine from its long imprison-
ment ; in short, he organized "ben-
der Of stupendous proportions, and
got so drunk that he couldn't pro-
nounce the word reform" in less
than fourteen syllables. 1t is a pity
that painter and stenoGrapher
could not have been lnyisihly present
at that scene. On that hillarions
accession, what bursts Of candor-tn
ci,ao ueritas-may he not have in
dulged in to the boon companions
around him! We can imagine him
chuclSling over the spectacle of q
soft-money party nominating hard
money candidate for president. di-
vulging, perhaps, in vinious conf
dence, the precise contents OF that
"barl of money" and fairly roaring
with delight at the idea of his being
a champion Of reform. Then as the
bottle made its rapid circuits Of the
table, and the fun waxed loud and
obstreperous, we can imagine the
great Democratic Sitting Bull Of the
pale faces, just before he sinks under
the table, exclaiming with enthusi-
asm in his heart, but some thickness
in his speech, Oh, If Billy Tweed
were only here.-Er.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

GnANTlsM.--The only argument
urged against Hayes is that he is
supported by the friends of Grant,
and that if elected his administration
will be n continuation OF Grantism.
The falsity of this must be apparent
to all who studied the proceedings
of the Cincinnati Convention, and
the canvass prior thereto; which
very clearly show that Mr., Hayes
nomination was accomplished 10y the
anti-Gyant element of the party.
Bristow's supporters almost unitedly
voted for Hayes in convention, and
they,aided by Hayes 'uriginalstrength
and u majority of the Morton men,
who were pronounced auti-Graut,
determined the result Grants pre-
e,ences were represented in the con-
yention first by Coukling, and Sec
oud by Blaine, and their defeat was
a positive declaration against what
is known as GrantiSm.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

II is privately stated that Tilden
viii deter writing his letter of accept
ance until after the adjournment Of
Congress, While Congress is in ses-
sion lac does not consider il safe to
promise anything 10 the Western
Democracy, for the majority in the
House is hard to manage, and might
break his promises Ior him just at a
time when the slightest breach of
faith would prove fatgl. After adj
journmeut he eau safely promise any
legislation the West wants.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

n the House, last week, Mr. La
mar reported the bill to extend by
eight years the time for the construc-
ton and completion of the Northern
Pacific Railroad, and moved for a
suspension of the rules that the bill
might be considered at once. The
motion was lost by vote of 43 III
the affirmative, and li9 in the mega
tive. Among those voting i'll the af-
frmativo were Messrs. Burchard,
Cate, Lyndc and Magoon of this state.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
NelC Advertisements.

TAKEN UP by the subscriber, of
or about July 2lst, 1876, in the town of
Miitln, Iowa Co., Wis, on lands owned and
occupied by him, to wit on Section 81, Town
5, Range East, the following described cat
tie, TO wit /: one dark red hciler two light rcd
heifcrs, line back and one light red steer, line
back. All Of said animals are supposed to be
one year old last spring. and have a piece cut
out IRON the under side of the right ear.
GEO. THOMAS.
Mtflin, Wis, July 27th. 1876. 3lw4.t
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
TIE True INDIAN POLICY.

Below is an article on the Indian
warfare, which we consider pointed
and well said, and hope the Govern
ment will adopt the proposed policy
"Some time since Clusters disaster,
it was thought by many that to tame
the red warriors it would be best to
deprive them Of their arms. Gener-
al Sherman proposes that they be de-
prived Of ponies, and the Hon. S. A.
Hurlbut, of Illinois, proposes, and
the House indorses the proposition,
to deprive them of ammunition. All
the ground is covered by these three
propositions. Let all of them be
faithfully carried out, and Indian
wars will cease, absolutely and for
ever. In discussing the feasibility of
this plan it is not necessary to con-
slider the question Of cost. If war
can be averted by issuing regular ra-
tons to every Indian in the country,
such course will be found far cheap
er in the end than the present sys-
tenn. Can the Indians be deprived Of
arms, ammunition, and ponies! This
is the question. They breed and
possess large herds of ponies. But
they obtain arms and ammunition
from the Indian agents on the reser-
vations, or from the "squaw-men"
ap1 half-breeds who infest the agen-
cies. Certainly the sale of arms and
ammunition at and about the Indian
agencies can be prevented as easily
as the sale of spurious liquors is now
prevented. The prohibition should
extend not only to members of tribes
liable to become "hostile" whenever
the war-paint is donned by any Sec
ton Of the savages, but to all Indians,
whether civilized or uncivilized,
peaceable or warlile. Let all arms
and ammunition found in the hands
Of Indian traders, or on the way to
their hands, be coniiscated; and let
the sale of single rifle or round OF
aiuiiHiIi tioi " oiil otorHp bo oNtiiieN
sufficient cause for depriving him OF
his commission. A rigid enforcement
of this policy would result in prac-
tically disarming the hostiles in the
course of a few months for, although
their present stock OF rifles would re-
main to them, they would be quite
useless for want of ammunition. The
Indians would be forced again to re-
sort to the bow and arvow for killing
game, or to return to the reserva-
tons. This would be really and in
fact a genuine peace policy. With
one hand the government would take
from the savage his rifle, and with
tho other offer him rations The
best way to civilize the Indian is,
first, to take away from him the
power to kill and, second, to furnish
him better subsistence than he can
secure by hunting and killing. And
this policy has the advantage of being
humane. Nor is it open to the
charge of being expensive. Our
wars with the savages have album
dainty demonstrated that it is cheap
er to feed an Indian than to kill him
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02
CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION,
Pll1tADELPHIA, PA,

This great International Exhibition, designed
to commemorate the one hundrcdth anniversary
of American Independence. opened May 10th. and
Will close November 10th, 1915. All the nations of
the world and al the states and territories of the
Onion are participating in tllis wonderful demon
stration, bringing together the most comprehcn-
sve collection of art treasures, mechanical in
yeutiuus scientific discoveries manufacturing
achievements, !aiuerRl specimens and agricul
Ura products ever exhibited. The grounds de-
voted 10 the Exhibition situated on the line OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad and embrace i50acrcs
of Fairmount Park, all highly improved and or
iiAs ever constructed, five of these covering an
arm of 30 acres and costing 2j,01OOW The total
number of buildings erected for the purposes of
the Exhibition is near two hundred During the
thirty days Immediately following the opening of
Exhibition million and quarter 0 + people
Ni.i
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

( MEMBER OF the British Parlia-
meat i about TO present Il small
claim To Cur Government, asking
compensation for damage done the
English submarine cable by the
American whaler whice carried off
the Australian Feuiau couyicts. Il
seems that the wire was cut in two
places at that time, for which $50, eO0
VII. be demanded.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

PROVIDED FoR.-Why should we
care whether Tilden or Hayes is
elected. Hasn't the Democrat as
sured Us the postmastership of Bar
reltown if Slippery Sam succeeds !;
and if Hayes comes out ahead we
shall put in new power press and
get rich publishing the TRIBUNE.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

THERE is report that Nnnne-
macher and Weinar, two members
of the Milwaukee whisky ring, have
been pardoned by the President.
1t is not probable that the rumor is
well founded.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

No better evidence that the nomi-
nation OF Hayes was not d Triumph
for "Grantism' is needed, than the
course of the President and the ma
chine politicians since that event.
Indeed, from some. Of his actions OF
IaAe,-notably the removal of Post
ruaster-General Jewell and Commits
Pratt,--it would seem that Grant is
utterly indifferent rs 10 the result Of
the election in November. ii he does
dot secretly desire the defeat OF the
Republican ticket. Were it otherwise
he wouid 20. have given the oQpoSi-
non the opportunities he has o.
making political out of the late IN
popular changes in his Cabinet,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

WE are panied to learn that d. W.
Ballou, for the pas. % years editor
of the Watertown Democrat died
July 27, in the SD year Of his age
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

THE Darlington Democrat Of June
23d, 1876, said:
"lhc nomination Of Tildcn at st, Louis Is
SURE DEFEAT and the nomination of almost
any other candidate named, is success, and the
nomination of Judge Davis settles all doubts,
The only question to be settled Is, whether The
"od stngers' who seem 10 have come TO the
front In all THEN strength, prefer DEFEAT TO
SUCCESS There is hardly u doubt but that
souc of ,nom do prefer the election Of Mr.
Hayes to the election of u true Eciurmcr In
the interest of the people, II they arr strong
cpough to succeed at St Louis, the people
must attempt to defeat them by throwing the
election In the House of Representatives
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

THE Chicago Industrial Age de-
clines to support Tilden. and thinks
that no farmer in the west should
coun.enauce him.-The Age is not
fond Of railroad wreclers."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-08-02

SINCE theopenins of the Philadel-
phia Centennial Exhibition, the av
erage daily expenses have been
about $4,000 The average daily cash
receipts bave been Sl2,2s5.00.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-07
Ohio >leigh-Riding in 1866.

4 correspondent Of the Akron (OD
Argfs reYives some interesting bits Of
history regarding sleighing in Northern
Ohio. The great sleighing tournaments
Of S66 are still NiVidly remembered by
our citizens. Solon. Cuyahoga County,
naugurated the "strife" by getting up
party Of seven four-horsc teams. and
challenging any town To beat them.
Iwinshurg did beat them with fourteen
teams bedford went - Twinshurg
with thirty-fOur teams. Mortified then
sried il on, but fell short 81 the requ-
site number Of teams 20 take the ban
ner. Brecks,ile then entered the list
with fifiy-four teams. Royalton then
came in with siNty-cight teams. Then
Boston went TO koyaltOn with eighty
nine teams Richiield then bounced
down into Boston with one hundred and
fifty-four teams. and planted the ban
ner on the summit. This was on the
llth day Of March. 4 few days after
ward. summit, Medina, Cuyah1ga. a.
counties. entered into the contest, AMI
visited l,ichiield under their approprl
ate leaders. Medina having one hundred
and forty, Cuyah0Ea one hundred and
iifiy-one. and summit one hundred and
seyenty-one fuur-horse teams four
hundred anu >ixtl-twu in all. Not SAT-
isiied with the discontinue. Medina
was bound 10 try again, aud on the 18th
day IF March. though the sleighing was
rather thin. that county, with bands Of
music. and flying banners, drove tri-
umphanily into Akron with one hum
dred and eighiy-four four-hor,e teams,
the most extensive sleigh-r.lc from one
county ever before, or since. known in
the United States The Medina people
are now inviting ncighboring counties
to leone and take that banner Shall
il be .stook ?f'
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-07
A Female lligamist.

Lately, for number Of months. there
was employed IN several sewing
machine Offices in this city, says the
Cincinnati Commercial, a woman II
middle age, pretty good looking, bux-
ON, and with red hair She was rather
attractive in her graccs towards some
men. She gave her name as-Alrs. Po-
tent, who had married man Of that
name in Louisville, but had left him be-
cause Of maltreaiment. Her charms
captivated a man by the name Of Rat
ray, who l. now employed a. a Garden
er ~ the Cincinnati Hospital. aud was
married Ia him on the 18th % June last.
They lived together for while In hired
rooms until Mrs. Rairay left, on the
18th Of August, for Louisville. To visit
some friends, as she told her husband.
While she was absent a letter addressed
70 her by her loving Ratray fell into the
hands of old man Potent, 10 whom she
had returned, and with whom she was
living as his dutiful wife. The letter
disclosed the news 10 Potent that his
wife had gone away and married anoth-
or man. which, Of course, stirred up
considerable breeze On the next day
the woman secretly gathered mp her
goods and left for Chicago. it is the
snpposilion, in quest Of another man to
conquer.
Potent aud his wife had been living
together for about nineteen years, and
had twoe children, boy and girl,
pretty well grown.
MIR. Potent was in the city Yesterday,
and he and Ratray met in a sewing ma
chine Office on Fourth Street, where
they exchanged cards. showed each 9TH
er HERR pective marriage licenses and
talked over matters. As the woman
had gone from his gaze Ratray WAS in
clined to give mp ALI claim 10 her. but
Mr.. Potent expressed disposition to
hang on to her and get her back If he
could. On this point there was per
feet agreement. There was. however,
little matter that was not definitely
settled. This was little bill OF $3.50
presented To Potent by Ratray for sun
dry expenses incurred In keeping the
woman. while .he was Ratray'- Wife As
Potent had lost MS wife whilc she was
in Rairay's charge, and had. 10 All ape
pearances, subsequently lost her per-
manently, he was not in humor 20 pay
the amount. So the subject stands.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-07
THE TRUE Artist
M cARI.nrrA rEnRr.


Once in the ancient city Of kauroO
An artist liyed. patient, sincere, and true.
Who longed and sought some perfect work
TODD.
And 50, his heart being stirred for Arts sweet
sake,
PROM out the fGllness OF his heart he spake
In all imperfect work Time has part;
but any work whose aim u perfect art
full We'll know Time does not enter In.
Now such q work As this viii begin.
III make 4 staff a perfect one In all
Respects. No work ~ mean or small
which aims az aught - noble, and although
In All my HE no other work DO
save this twill be enough II 80 can
hut bring perfection 10 the eyes OF man."
ne straishtway sought the wood. 10 hnd the
Among whose boughs the future staff might be .
Ana up and down he sought. and FAR ana wide,
Ais neighbors icered and laughed. grew old
lie crew not Older. for his single aim.
His stcadfast purpose. and the pions hame
Within his heart his trust, and lows, and truth,
Gave him he knew II not perennial youth:
He made no compromise with Time, and 20
afar.
Time stood, and wondered greatly at the bar
Between them raised. and vainly sighed, be-
cause
One mortal lived superior to his laws.
And when he found " hat he 80 long had sought
The cirv OF kourOo had come 10 naught-
Her holy temples crumhled into dust.
Her stately palaces given a. IA. IN and rust
And there upon RI recovered mound,
The arrisl peeled the stick ihat he had found.
With faithful heart and loving hand he wrought
Into the carving many holy thought.
But ere that work was done the dynasty
81 all the CAniahars bad ceased 70 be-
re held tn slight perfection in his hand,
And with q rev ercnt mien wrote IN the sand
The last name Of his race, and bravely then
With tireiess hand took mp his work again.
he sought The brightest Jewels, 10 adorn
The caryen head. bur ere the Gay WAS born
That saw the finished task the ages swept
Tnccaslng ON their courSel Brahma haA slept
Aud waktned many times. But why repeat
The won9rous tales The work az last com
piete.
Before the patien, workers daxzled view
II gained strange beauty. vlyifcd AMI grew
lntO = fairness far exceeding aught
That he hal ever hoped or dreamed or thought
Like unto Hrlhma's best creations. Then
lie saw the glorious truth. and prayed that
men
Might also see Twas not alone a staff
Which he had made-el>e mi ght they lecr and
laugh,
But something better far-a glorious deed.
A loving lesson for the world % read.
And BvahmA said 80 man, thy work Is seen
A s;aa Whereon Truths seryitoFs may lean"
-IadspeHfenf.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-07
Cases OF Mistaken Identity

One Of my inquiries was for anecdotes
as regards the mistakes made hy near
relatives between the twins They
are numerous. but not very varied IN
character. When the twins are chill
dren they have commonly 70 be dislin-
guished by ribbons tied round their
wrist or neck; nevertheless. the one is
sometimes fed, physicked. and whipped
by mistake for the other. and the de-
scription Of those little domestic catas-
trophies is usually given 10 me by the
mother in a phraseology that is some
what touching By reason Of its serious
ness. | have one case in which q doubt
remains whether the children were not
changed in their bath, and the presumed
A is not really b, and vice versa. In
another case an artist was engaged on
the portraits Of twins who were between
3 and years OF age he had to lay
aside lis work for three weeks, and on
resuming il could not tell 10 which child
the respective likenesSes lac had in hand
belonged. The mistakes are less nu-
merous on the part Of the mother dur
ing the boyhoOd and girlhood Of the
twins, but almost rs frequent on the
part Of strangers. have many instances
Of tutors being unable t. distinguish
their twin pupils. Thus, two girls used
regularly to impose on their music teach
er when one Of them wanted . whole
holiday they had their lessons AT sep
aratc hours, and the one girl sacrificed
herself to receive two lessons on the
same day, while the other one enjoyed
herself Here is a brief and compre-
hensive account Exactly alike in all,
their schoolmasters never could tell
them apart; AT dancing parties they CON
stantly changed partners without dis
coyery; their close resemblance j.
scarcely diminished by age" The fol-
lowing is a typical schoolboy ancedote
Two twins were fond Of playing tricks,
and complaints were frequently made
but the boys would never own which
was the guilty one, and the complain
ants Were never certain which Of the
two he was. One head master used TO
say he would never Hog the innocent for
the guilty, and another used 10 fog
both f0Pul0r Scscncc Monthly for Ian
uary.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1876-01-07

10 the minister, aud old Miss CRANKY A.
that was me l--and the doctor, until he
knew his lesson and we'd nearly split
our sides laughing.
"Of course, seeing the interest we all
took in il, we weren't going 10 do the
thing half, 50 we dubbed together and
got Kirby a suit Of storc-clothes and a
shiny valise, and he went of as proper
rs parson-begging your pardonl ~
and we settled down again. He wrote
pretty prompt, and said every thing
was going on as smooth n oil. The
old man had called out that ii was Clint
Is soon As he saw him, before he'd said
a word, and Kirby wrote il would have
been kind Of cruel 10 have told him bet
ter. So he didn't. He wrote several
more letters, and once Jack White had
, letter from his sister saving that Clint
Bowers had come home, and il was said
that the old man Was tickled 10 death
with his manners and meant To leave
him all he had. This clinched il sure
enough, and Clint became tip-top
among the boys, and his credit was
good for all the drinks he chose To or
der, and | must say he was liberal
enough. and nobody contradcted him.
He wrote 10 kirby-he was all the time
writing 10 him-but this time he told
how handsome he thought it was in him
to do all this, considering every
thing. When the answer came
Kirby said he didn't profess much re-
ligion. and he thought that
generally speakin' heaping Goals Of fire
on any ones head was against the grain,
but Clint was more than welcome to his
services"
" He Was a good fellow" exclaimed
George. 4" don't wonder YOU liked
him -
Yes, I alters stood up for Kirby
when the boys Were hardest on him.
But 10 finish up, for I'm telling an on
common long yarn. at last letter came
saying that the old man was dead and
the money fixed. How much it was
Kirby could Mt say yet. but he meant
20 hurry matters up, he said. OF course
he did Mt put all he meant into plain
words, for il would nit DO to trust il,
and he was alters more careful than
lint, who never knew when 10 hush.
But now Kirby said he "a have every
thing straight inside " two weeks, and
we We're Mt to look for another letter
from him.
well, it waS surprisin' how many
birds Clint broiled Tor Kirby the next
few weeks, You see Kirby alters was
q gentleman in his tastes, and had n
particular liking for birds on toast, and
Of course Clint wanted 10 give him
proper welcome home We knew Just
when the boats We're likely to come, and
Clint was alters ready for surprise. =
And he came just when !e was least
expected, said George, with a bright
smile. "that is the way things always
happen in this world. am sure of
that"
Why. no. bless your heart. H. never
came back, alters knew he wouldn't,
He bought a share in circus with the
money, and went down South. They
said he married the girl who did the
flying trap,ze, but I'm not sure about
that. ANY way, il appears he's done a
good business, and I'm sure he's kept
Clint's letters to him. There was true
grit in Kirby, I've alters stuck TO thlg
Does the pipe seem too strong for you
The wind does blow il your way, that's
a fact - Ailniiic for December.