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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

IT WONT WoRK.-The Darlington
Democrat labors drought half q
column to make it appear that the
defeat of w. E. Carter was accom-
plished by the friends of Matt II.
Carpenter, who took this occasion
to punish Mr.. Carter and others in
the district for their opposition to
Mr.. Carpenters return to the U. S.
Senate. Of course Democrats would
like to make Republicans believe
such nonsense, and get into a broil
over it; but the game wont win, for
in this county at least, where Mr..
Cothrens majority is greatest, and
where Mr.. Carpenter met as strong
opposition as anywhere, the Sena-
torial fight cut no figure whatever.
The strongest opposition to Mr..
Carter here, came generally from
Republicans who were specially ac-
tive in opposing Mr.. Carpenter ;
which is conclusive proof of the
fallacy of the arguments advanced
10y the Democrat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

FROM London comes the news
that the price of silver has gone up
in that market, and that for two
reasons. The first one given is the
fact that an immediate issue there of
a new Indian loan amounting to
about S20,000,0O0 has been an
nounced. 1t is supposed that remit
t.nce to India will have to be made
in silver, The second reason as
signed is the passage of the Silver
Resumption bill by our Congress. 1t
is not expected, however, that the
appreciation will be sufficient to
make it an object for spectators to
buy up silver for the purpose Of get
ting up "corner" and "bulling' the
silver market.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

STATUE OF LINCOLN. - Eleven
years ago last Friday transpired the
assassination of Abraham Lincoln,
10y tho rebel emmissary, J. Wilkes
Booth. The anniversary was cele-
DRAFTED at Washington by the unveil-
ing OF monument to the martyr
President, erected by mites sub
scribed 10y the oeloscd people OF the
country. The statue represents Lin
coin striking the shackles from a
slave. and is said 10 be very fine
work of art. There is an interesting
Incident narrated respecting the ori-
gin of the fund 10y which the statue
was erected. On the morning after
the assassination, colored woman
named Charlotte Smith, living with
MIR. Rucker, at Marietta, O., went
10 her employer with IS, and desired
IL contribute II FOR statue of Lin
coin. The money was sent through
with Mr.. James T.. lea,man 10 the
Western Sanitary Commission of st.
Louis. and that society. jealousy as
sisted 10y Mr.. leatman, entered upon
the work OF making a collection, and
succeeded in raising 1000. /,
must be admitted that the culortG
people have surpassed the whlt'. i.
the business. not al psu iectiug, bat
Of completing monuments.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

IT now looks as if the public would
soon have cheap passenger and
freight rates on the great railroad
lines between the East and the West.
The "treaty of peace and harmony"
between the several lines having
been disregarded by Vanderbilt's
roads, which have reduced their
rates, the other companies will at
once do likewise, and the prospect
is that, owing to the sharp COMPETE
ton, passenger and freight rates
from the West to the seaboard will
be very low the coming season.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

TIE will OF the late A. II. Stewart
was filed last Friday. BY its pro-
visions all his property and estate is
bequeathed to his wife and her heirs
forever, and Judge Henry Hilton,
who is made administrator, receives
Sl,0O0,O00. His executors are d.
rected to distribute gifts in sums OF
$4,000 to $4,000 to certain employees
who served him long and faithfully,
and in smaller sums to the servants
OF his household. Bequests are also
made to old friends and to the rela-
tives Of his wife. He leaves a letter
to his wife, asking her to complete
his various plans for the welfare OF
his fellow-be,ngs, and also requests
her to give sum of money to each
employo who has been in his service
number Of years.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

GEN. JOHN MCDONALD, late q. s.
Supervisor Of Interal Revenue, con-
victed ct st. Louis recently Ut con-
spiracy to defraud the revenue, was
sentenced Thursday to three years
10 the penitentiary and q fine OF
$1,000. w. o. Avery, the Washing
ton revenue clerk, convicted OF the
same crime, has been sentenced to
pay fine Of $1,000 and serve two
years ia the panitentiary. Discovery
Of corruption is surely followed by
punishment under Republican rule ];
not left to pass with simple men,
orandum of deficit on official records
as in the good old days OF Democracy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

THE situation in Europe in refer
ence to the Turkish imbroglio, is
daily becoming more threatening.
Turkey is making no Roadway in
>uppressing the instructions in
the outlying provinces, and Russia
aud Austria, jealous of each other,
are evidently drifting into war;
like attitude by their interference
ia the affairs of these warlike neigh
bors Germany and England in the
meantime are watching the develop
ment of events with interested anx-
ietv A general war over the EAST
earn question is becoming more and
more imminent. Such au event
weu 4 be more highly beneficial to
American trade and commerce.. and
it may h,, that this threatrurd Euro
pecan ca rhi,y viii Prov eur way
uut " ..",' itp5.-. 5,. n,tcn
happens tuat r'-, i,vu. .... rai-
son i auother'> met
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

SMITH, the successor Of the veteran
Barclay as journal and parliamentary
clerk Of the House Of Representa-
tives, swore that he was not aud
would not be interested in any claim
or measure before Congress. He has
already violated his oath. He has
sent to soldiers throughout the coun-
try circulars in which he sets forth
that there is now before the House q
bounty bill which will bring sum
of money to each of them, and agrees
to secure its passage and collect
claims under it for twenty per cent.
of their value.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

THREE gentlemen, each OF whom
Is well known on both continents,
have been much talked about in con-
nection with the vacant office OF
Minister to England. They are Mr..
Longfe!low, DR.. Woolsey, and VIM.
Nj. Evarts. Ii either Of them should
he nominated, the country would
feel that an honorable thing had
been done.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

With s54.0O worth of prnknives
to sharpen his pencils, 80 many gold
pens, expensive inkstanks, trays, etc,
it is not surprising that the Colonel
should write so much ana so well on
the subject of Reform"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

IT is thought In well informed cir
cles at Washington that the Presi-
dent will veto the bill reducing his
successors salary. We hope he will.
The attempted reduction is o miser-
able piece of demagoguery.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

WINTRY weather, more severe
than before known in fifty years, is
prevailing in France, with heavy
snow. The vincs at Bordeaux have
suffered greatly.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

SILVER "change" will probably
come into circulation in very short
time. The Secretary Of the Treasury
IS reported as being already prepared
to begin to pay out silver coin In
exchange for fractional currency.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

THE Greeley mansion at Chappa-
qua was destroyed by fire last Fri
day morning.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19

TIE Evansville Courier has ar
rived at the conclusion that the diff
ferences between Holman and Ian
ders, the two Democratic aspirants
Tor the Governorship of Indiana, are
irreconcilable, and boldly dominates
the Hon. ID. w. Voorhees,, "the tall
sycamore" etc, as compromise
candidate. 1.-THE announcement OF
his name at the head of a ticket,
says the Courier, "would Mt once set
Democratic hearts to throbbing as
they never did before, and Demo-
cratic hands to working as they never
worked before" Aud then it goes
on to predict under Daniels leader
ship a brilliant Democratic victory.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-04-19
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
RAILWAY.

Passengers for Chicago, Detroit, Toledo. Cleve.
land, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Pittsburg, Cincinnati,
Rochester, Albany, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec,
Portland, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Ra'
more, Washington, St Louis, Cairo, San Francisco,
Sacramento, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Denver, Coun.
ell Bluffs, Sioux City, ST. Paul, Marquette Escan.
aba, Menasha Madison, Cheyenne, Omaha. iank.
ton, Winona Duluth, Green Bay Milwaukee, and
all points North, West, South, and East, should
buy their tickets via Chicago and the
CHICAGO s. NORTHWESTERN II. Il.
Close connections are made at Chicago with the
Lake Shore 4 Michigan Southern, Michigan Cen.
trail Baltimore 4 Ohio. Pittsburg, Fort Wayne Il
Chicago, Kankakee Line and Pan Handle Routes,
for East and Southeast, and with the Chicago n
Alton and Illinois Central for all points South.
Close connections are also made with the Union
Pacific X. X. at far Omaha for all west points.
Close Connections arc made at junction points
niM trains Of all crOss roads.
PULLMAN PLACE CARS.
These celebrated cars arc run on all night trains
on all the lines Of this road.
This Is the Only Line running these cars be.
tween Chicago and st. Paul, or Chicago and Mil
waukee.
At Omaha our Sleepers connect with the Over.
land Sleepers on the Union Pacific Railroad, for
all points west of the Missouri River.
Among the
Inducements offered By this Route
to the travelling public are all the modern i'm
Steel Rail- Rock and Iron Bridges, Parlour and
Drawing Room Day Coaches, Smoking and Loung
ing Cars, Westinghouse Safety Air Brakes, Millsrs
Patent Safety Coupling and Platforms, Speed,
Safety and absolute Comfort.
Running Through Flee Great States,
and operating over 1900 miles of road, this Com.
pany presents to the traveller facilities that not
and cannot be offered by any competitor.
All ticket agents can sell you tickets via THIS
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-11
Strange Tancies OF the Little Rus.
SLAMS.

Strange Tancies OF the Little Rus
SLAMS.
Cassell's Family Magazine.l
The Little Russians inhabit an
inland district in the southwest of
Russia. They are a primitive peo-
pie, and of their funeral rites a
striking account has recently been
given by member of the st.
Petersburg Geographical Society.
When any one dies in Little Russia,
jug OF water is placed on the
window-sill, that the soul may be
able to perform its ablutions be-
fore setting out on its long jour
ney. That it may have the sun to
light it on its way, the funeral
takes place at sunset. Within the
coffin are placed various articles of
food and clothing along with some
money, that the deceased may have
a prosperous start in his new life.
The shayings of the wood of which
the coffin has been made, and the
tools used by the dead man, if he
has been an artisan, are also in.
closed in it. With these are put
the parings of his fnger-nails,
which both men and women in
Little Russia preserve all their
lives, in consequence Of supersti-
tious notion that they will enable
them to climb the mountains
that separate the earth from
the mysterious region of the dead.
Female mutes are invited to follow
the coffin, and an old woman scat
ters handfuls of wheat over the
mourners and along the road, pro-
ceeding which is considered lucky
for the living. The coffin is sur
rounded with cows-this being the
continuance of an ancient custom
prevalent among the Hindoos; it
is thought TO purify and disinfect
the dwelling in which the death has
taken place, The Little Russians
believe that the soul remains for
some time in the house in the shape
of a butterfly; and cats and fowls
are driven away for fear they should
cat it up. After the funeral a ban
quet is held, at which a cover is
laid for the deceased, who is sup
posed to preside during the festlyi-
ties. The dead are held to be hurt
| lul rather than well disposed tc
their surviving friends, This
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-11

world; Napoleon fell; the nation
was filed with festive rejoicings
over the battles of Vittoria, the
Pyrenees and Toulous-but he was
oblivious of all.
His sister died, his beloved queen
died, his son, the Duke Of Kent,
died-but he knew it not.
He was often confined in pad
ded room; his beard grew long; he
seemed like a personification of the
character of Lear.
Once he was heard repeating to
himself the sad lines in "Samson
Agonistes;
"0hl dark. dark, dark Amid the blaze Of
IrrsvOcably dark Total eclipse.
without all hope of dayl"
Some incidents of this period are
very touching.
One day, while his attendants
we're leading him along one of the
passages of the castle, he heard
some one draw quick aside.
Who is there?" asked the king,
He was answered in well known
voice.
81 am now blind" said the king
i am very sorry, please youl
majesty"
"But," continued the king. 81
am quite resigned; for what have
we to do in this world but to suffer
as well as to perform the will Of the
Almighty"
He at one time supposed thai
George III was some other person
than himself, VINO was now dead
He prolessed to feel great respect
for the deceased monarch.
He was once heard saying: g.
must have suit of clothes, and
will have them black, in memory o
George Ill"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-11
The Prayer for Rain.

Professor Tyndall does not be-
lieve in the power of prayer to alter
the material laws of the universe,
and very probably he is right. We
do not indorse him, for the reason
that our knowledge Of the universe
is limited. But when Romeo pray
ed that the sun might not rise and
seperate him from his beloved Ju-
liet the sun rose all the same and
divided the lovers forever. What a
million Of men pray for another
million of men pray against. One
man wants rain, another wants
sunshine. How can local interests
affect the wisdom Of Heaven? Is it
probable that Providence hesitates
between its clients and says to
James, whose arid potato field is
withering for want Of water, "Dear
James, it will rain tonight" and
to Smith, whose hay is not yet
stacked, "Deaf Smith, your hay
will all be soaked" No; these are
affects of prayer which are not log
ical in the mind, and so far the
challenge Of Professor Tyndall, TO
have one hospital prayed for and
the other prescribed for, must be
held to be likely to result to the
advantage of his theory.
Prayer, however, while it cannot
influence material laws may effect
those unknown spiritual laws which
have so much to do with our mys-
terious nature. Who has not prayed
for some desired end? A dying
child, a dying wife, relief, perhaps.
from some trouble. There is q
story of a poor woman who prayed
for a loaf Of bread, and her prayer
was indirectly answered by party
of drunken men, who, in sport
threw loaf down her chimney
No one can solve these mysteries
for there are men of this world and
men of the next world. When thu
entire christendom of humanity
kneels every Sunday in church ant
implores Heaven for especial bless
inQs. is that ceremony a farce? |
it is a useless supplication, thel
one-half Of our religion is a mock
f ely. People say that every wish i
, a prayer, but that statement is
mistake. A wish is only the de
{ sire tor a result; a prayer is a re
quest for a reply.
We want rain badly now. TIL
earth is dead with drouth, an,
the crops will suffer from the lac
t Of water. Shall we pray that tn
: heavens may be opened, and til
mechanical laws of the universe b
suspended for our particular bent
r fit? Certainly we have the righ
: to demand, but it is doubtful if W
5 possess the reason to expect com
, pliance. In our churches on Sun
day, prayers for rain will probabl
be offered, and if the rain comes
the eloquence of the clergyma
, will be held in high estimation b
> his congregation, and if it fails
then Providence must take the IT
. Sponsibility. Our own humbl
t opinion is, that if we look for raj
. in this unhappy drouth, we ha
better study the weather reports
which at least indicate probabili
} ties. When we kneel in reverence
> to that inscrutable Power, which j
r above us all, let our supplication
be for spiritual blessings more thai
: for earthly gains.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-11

however, is not always the case /;
mothers sometimes, for example,
revisit their children and lavish
great tenderness upon them. But
it is essential that the children keep
the visits secret, or they will call
down the vengeance of the mother
on their native village. These are
strange notions, and we linger over
them with pleasure. They invest
death with a sort of romance, and
rob it of half its terror.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-11
MISSISSIPPI g. TENNESSEE
RAILROAD.

Change of Schedule.
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Reforms In womon's Garments.

Reforms In W0men's GeEments.
Conventions for the considera-
ton of radical changes in the shape
and modes Of wearing garments in
tended for women and female
children do not appear to impress
the public mind favorably. The
failure possibly arises from the fact
that many of the women and nearly
all of the men engaged in agitating
the reform are propagandists OF
other irrelevant notions which have
not SO vital a claim upon the atten-
ton Of women as the subject of
reform in dress should undoubtedly
have. The question of SO fashion
ing a garment that it shall be sup
ported by the body with the least
tax upon the strength, and be least
hurtful to the health, is not q Wis,
ionary " "ism." 1t is, therefore, very
much to be deplored that it should
be entangled in any way by either
men or women with any sort of doc
triniaire preaching or preachers
with which a majority of sensible
domestic women are sure to disa-
gree, and perhaps to hold in abhor-
renee. The reform desired would
certainly be great boon to female
humanity, but it will never make
a material step of progress until
it is totally separated from all the
disturbing notions with which it
is generally complicated. The
present style of dress for women
and female children is utterly and
mischievously defective. We do
not now refer to "apron-fronts,
or "pull-backs," or "pannierS," " OF
anything commonly understood by
the word fashion )" but to the
style which compels the garments
to be suspended from or supported
upon the body In most unnatural
wayG. The weight of mans
dress is borne upon the shoulders
The burden of every garment he
wears, except that of his hat, stock
ings aud boots is upheld upon that
part of his body best adapted to
carrying the weight. 1t is just the
opposite with the weight of the
garments worn by women and fe-
male children. With them the
burden falls mostly upon the hips
and loins, literally dragging down
their strength and greatly dam
aging their health. Men, who have
greater masculine strength than
women, carry the load of theil
dress supported from that part Of
the body where the burden is felt
the least; women, who have less
physical strength, carry the weight
Of their garments supported from
that part of the body which mus
inevitably make the weight most
burdensome and exhausting. Look
at a porter bearing a Saratoga trunk
He walks away lightly with the
great mass after he once gets it or
| his shoulder. How far could he g
if he had it swung from his hips
Yet it is precisely such an inversion
of the natural way of bearing {
burden that is brought about by
the prevailing style of garments
T for women. The real reform pro
{ posed is not a question of short
Bloomer skirt" or Of masculine
trousers, but of such a mode o.
wearing garments as will not weai
away strength and health and life
If the majority Of women do no
like the leadership Of those WIZ
hold public ccnVeptionsof the sub
ject, they should consider the mat
, ter earnestly in their private circles
and thus "extend the area Of free
DOM" as the anti-slavery champions
: used to say.
! An Austrian paper tells how al
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-09-11

An Austrian paper tells how an
Austrian swan one hundred and
sixty miles without a rest. Ameri-
can newspapers have got to give
truth The go-by or else see some
foreign publication climb over them,
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sAlLROAp nxE TABLES.

MEMPHIS AND LuUIEvILLR RAILROAD.
Arrives. Leaves.
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JOHN T. FLYNN, sup't Memphis Div;
JAMES SPEED. Ticket Agent. IzI
MEMPHIS g. CHARLESTON R.R.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, AUGUST
" 81. 1876: Ar,;vos
Mail train, daily ly...........l2 .0l am 33g pm
Express train, daily........ 5.OO pm lz'V0 an
Somerville accom- datiOn
Except Sunday. ............ $40 pm o'zs am
jackson, Tenn, accom- ,,,s =,
modation lex. Sunday 4.20 pm II. 10 am
Mail train will not stop at flag stations DO
tween Grand junction and Memphis.
Trains connect at Grand Junction tor al
voints. and az Decatur closely for Montgom'
cry and points South. Close connection lol
Nashville by both trains. Close oonheclion
at Chattanooga for Eastern ana oouUneasI'ii
points.
No change of cars between Memphis an'
The new and magnificent sleeping car I'M
will have one Of their new sleepers leay'
Nemphis daily on Express train at , W pm
for Lynchburg, Washington ana baltllloI' N s
without change 0Rly one change 70 New
York and Philadelphia. Time toeHty m'n
utes faster than city TIM.
Ticket Office, 275 Main street.
WI. ROSS. sug't;
Tow D. DUrN. Ticket Ag't. 4O-t
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MEMPHIS AND CHARL sTON R.R.
Arrives. Leaves.
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STOCKS.
LEGAL.



In the Chancery Court of Shelby county, Ten
nessee-W. B Galbreath vs.. Seth W. Bolton
ct al.
1T APPEARING FROM TIE BILL IN
L this cause, which il sworn to, that the de-
fendant, Seth W. Bolton, is a nOn-re9ident of
the state Of Tennessee aud resident Of the
State of Arkansas; that he is indebted to the
complainant in the sum Of (50Ol q and in
terest, due by note for that amount, and at
tachment having been issued and returned by
the Sheriff, levied on the property Of said
Bolton; it is therefore ordered that he make
his appearance herein, at the courthouse,
in the city Of Memphis, Tennessee, on OF
before the first Monday in November, 1876
and plead, answer or demur 10 complain
ants bill, or the same will be taken for con
fessed as to him and set for hearing ex parte
and that copy Of this order be published
once week, for four successive weeks, in the
Public Ledger.
This 10Th day Of August, 1876.
A copy Attest:
EDMUND A. COLE. @. and N.
BY E. B. McHENRY, Deputy Q. and NJ.
Wright & Folks, Solicitors for complainant.
1873 SILLY