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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28
Col. lngers0ll on the Political Stu.
alton.

A heavy downfall of rain early this
evening doubtless kept the attendance at
Col Robert lngerSoll's lecture below
what it would have been in fair weather.
Steinway Hall. which will seat 400 per-
sons, was not quite filled The gathering
was largely made up of local leaders in
the Republican party. Somehow a rumor
had got circulation that the Colonel was
going to assail President Hayes, or at
least some of his acts. Whoever expected
TO hear anything of that kind went away
disappointed. The lecture was charac
tcristc Of the speaker in being odd and
humorous, but it contained no tendency
TO baCksliding 1t was received with nu-
merous plaudits and more laughter
Alonzo b. Cornell presided.
The most pertinent points were as fol
lows: He described the late heated can
vass in humorous language, picturng the
flying banners, the torches, the bitter
strife and the heat of debate. The con-
dition Of things after the election he de-
scribed thus: Rumors came about esti-
mated majorities, and returning boards,
and stuffed llot-boxes, and temporary
iniunctions, and contempts of Court and
Outrages, ana oCtorOon balls. Everybody
discussed the qualifications Of Electors
and Governors certificates, and going be
hind the returns, and how to prevent it.
and which were persons who held Of
fees of trust and profit Calls were
made for 100, 900 men. There was
no end of predictions and prophe-
cies' and vet, notwithstanding all this.
the name of the person really elected
remained unknown The last scene of
TIN. history n "a a tho 4lapfi,, l.,r+ In,
people was concerned was Cronin.
laughter and applause, | see him
nOW--C rOnin, the last surviving remnant
81 The grand army of honesty and re-
form '-Cronin, a quorum Of one laugh
ter l-Cronin, who elected two others upon
a plurality of his own vote Laughter.
| see him now, armed with a sound legal
opinion and Growers certificate. trudgiug
YEARLY over the wide and dreary deserts
of the West"
Reviewing the Tribunals work, he said
that this state of facts disclosed a defect
in our Constitution and laws that must be
remediej il our form of government is
TO be preserved. This being the only
form OF government that processes t. de
rive +, power from no other source hut
the Will OF the people
Next he condemned frauds on the bal.
lot, and said they had their source in New
York, where they inaugurated violence
and intimidation, repcaterS and false
boxes, fan tailed tickets and pastors, all
of which have now spread over the en-
tire country. Unless this is remedicd in
his opinion, all respect for elections will
soon Dee lost. Legislatures and Judges are
created by fraud, and every department. Of
The Government has become corrupt. He
favored an approved system of re-istra-
ton, whereby one years residence should
he required, with "a revision of the regis
Ey list sixty days before election.
~ soon - he began 10 talk about the
Cabinet, his complimentary allu,ion 70
Mr. Evarts elected earnest applause Ii
was SAD loud and long. continued as TO in
,cryUpr the speaker tor s. few minutes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

the principal Oriental countries,
Turkey-in-A Asia, Arabia, Persia, British
India, Siam, BurInah, Ava, and in fact
all over the East, where maturity is
sooner attained, the nuptial period is
at what, with us, is an infantle age.
Girls OF eight or nine are frequently
married TO youths of twelve. The re-
suit is that there often NAV be seen
grandmothers at twenty-five, who look
as old at that age as European and
Well-caredf for American women do at
tifty-tive. Usually with the ancient
inhabitants of the East, the bride was
obtained by presents made or services
rendered to her parents-a practice
which still prevails III some parts of
that region.
In the Old Testament history we
find intermixed marriages of the wor-
shippers Of God with the heather
nations around them strictly forbidden
by Divine authority.
Plurality of wives was allowed by
Moses, and has been admitted by the
Talmudists; and Jewish harems. Of
their Princes particularly, were some
times extremely extensive. Accord
ing to the modern Rabbis, though
strictly legal, polygamy is not practical
~ convenient under "the chosen peo-
Pies altered circumstances. In the
tenth century, A. D., at great
council, it was formally declared abOl-
ished
The Koran gives four wives to the
no .t, 3.
stantial hours Of the future paradise.
Hesiod advises thirty rs the lowest
at which a man should take q wife,
fifteen as the feminine nuptial period
An old adage thus lays down the
proper days for wedlock: "On Mon
day, for wealth; Tuesday, for health;
Wednesday, the best day of all Thurs
day, for crosses; Friday, for losses
Saturday, no luck at all. )"
Other marriage superstitiOnS may be
mentioned. 1t is believed that the
lady who reads the marriage service
through, or she who completes patch
work quilt without assistance, will
never be married; also, that it is I'M
lucky for abride, about to go to church,
to look in the glass after she is com
pletely dressed Therefore, the Gus
tom is that she shall put on a glove, or
some other article, after the last look
in the mirror has been taken; also that
it is lucky if the initials of a welded
couple spell word.
Marriage among the Burmese is 4
most peculiar institution, and the
marriage knot is very easily un-
done. If two persons are tired of
each others society, they dissolve
partnership in the following simple
and touching, but conclusive manner:
They respectively light two candies,
and, shutting up their hut, sit down
and wait quietly until they are burned
up. The one whose candle burns out
first gets up at once and leaves the
house land forever, taking nothing
but that he or she may have on at the
time; all else then becomes the prop
erty of the other party. TROY az. ~
Times,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28
THE
NATIONAL DISEASE.
TIL e
IS 1T CURABLE?

THOSE who have suffered from the various and com.
l. plicated forms of disease assumed by Catarrh.
and Layc tried many physicians and remedies without
RELIEF or cure, await the answer this question with
considerable anxiety. And well they may; for no
disease that can be mentioned is universally preys
Leaf and so destructive to health Caterrh. Bron.
chuis, Asthma, Coughs, and serious and frequently
fatal affections the sEs follow in many cases case
of simple but neglected Catarrh. Other sympathetic
affections, such AS deafness, impaired eyc-scht and
loss OF sense ofsmc may be referred TO as minor bu.
nevertheless serious results of neglected Catarr bad
the dangerous affections Of the throat and lungs likely
To
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28
A Romantic Stage-Robbrr.

The Galveston tTexaS) NeinS SAYS
that a few weeks ago the Gillespie
County Texas Mounted Rifles cap
tured one Donaho and three other
chaps who had robbed amail-stage be-
tween Austin and Fredericksburg. ON
the person of DOnaho was found an
incomplete letter, which stamps him
rs one of the romantic and sentimental
sort OF robbers read of IN dime novels.
The young man will have to serve five
or ten years IN the Penitentiary before
he can lay his fortune at the feet of
gentle Anna Parsons and claim her
hand. His loving epistle reads thus !:
Miss Auna Parsons,
"DEAR DNHLING-'Tis with pleas
IRE that | seat myself on the banks of
llauo River a Beautiful stream Rip
ping It's, way through the Western
armament and ON each side as far as
the eye cam behold is Mountains and
prairits which vast herds of Buffalo
roam the lean Cyote Can be seen skllIk-
ing around and I'LL is lovely to the eve
OF one sad Boy and Could Anna But
know the sad and shocking feelings
that exist in my bosom When | think
OF my Anna who is So far away. Yes
the Rose the day star OF my life am
winding my way through this barren
Country To Mexico tor my idea is tobe
a Western Warrior desperate, ana
when | think of You Awua We may
never see each other again bat lne
with a hope. My desire is that we
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28

sold ~ all Druggists. Trice x cests Sent By -.
on receipt Of - cents for one, s. = for six. or -
tgNlye, car fully wrapped and warranted, ~ S&AS
S HGTIEA, IEoprist0ss, Boston. Mass,
The New York herald., 1877-10-23

AMUSEMENTSs
| EAGLK THEATRE. aAEI1T00NA."
n''''''''' ''1 IaHHssH sssyEss A '''" '4A'
Of the startling Missrs Drama, BY MAJOR General XII.
AAEHEt4sEESS$sS iSs, THs H$r JHSGSs aASsbF
'' " s'sSs sbEsfSSS Si4
The above play produced under the auspices Of the
iss 6
DSos 72s sSs 7so broadway opposite Now York Hotel
EHEEET4Ass$ na&sS l&ass SiSSsEsEEs
bS1STS ;s s ass 81,
THE GREAT NEW YORK AQUARIUM
broadway aud 35th st.
Larges. Sea aonsssr ever seen.
xAS.Es%Tfsa lAi s.sf,Se'i bEair EsHi f'TsS rfsu.
Twenty times Aryfs ylsar saan asS ssS one d'''Sedby
Ame.i amazing sIonstss .
Two s.x E.TE Now Fishes
the copsSr NELL sMHTas rsoImns Dogs
Sacred Concerts every sunday afternoon and evening
4His GuHsba5 HAH EVENING October s. %EosIsHE
FOURTH iakDAf ak9S6 PofuLaR CONCERT.
swEpsn voo%L St "a SsvgssarEr
Fourth 5i Si15s
,ss
harmonic society and the former Thomas, Orchestra
DSfSS pS SSE RS
sale s y @
7oi BrSsdway E. sshussrn S e. % Union square. ana
+ Rl$ 1SShssS32ssrn Asp SEASON.
The and the public arc respectfully informed
s sf viii S S Con
fhe Pnbs ehearsa WIN be gvon on tho Thursday
PRiCE OF SUBSCRIPTION TICKETS
To symphony Concerts. with reserved dseat........%
To Public Rshesrsa!s. with reserved
,Ss ss
circulars can be obtained
UPooLT DoyNELLY. Lcssees and Manassa
Box office opsn daily y. from A
CROWDED HOUSES
UNCLE TOMS CABIN
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Mrs. G. @. HOWARD. .as.................ToPs
200 GENUINE SOUTHERN NEGROES
shS sNS AT
TIFTH. AVENUE THEATRE OPERA.
"a fashionable event and popular ."-Hersd.
VERY GREAT SUCCESS
HESS ENGLISH q oFEnA tiS COMPANY
THIS EyEs,Se ssH1 Sgs, time me English.
''rHE CHIMES OF NORMANDY"
sTHE CHIMES OF NORMANDY"
--latest and brightest Of Partisan SUCCESSES "-HorAld
Hiss EMELIE MELVILLE,
Mrs. ZELDA SEC UIN.
Miss LOUISA SEARLE.
Mr. WILLIAM CASTLE.
Mr. c. II. TURNER,
Messrs. Edward seguin, Charles Morton, j. Bents, Ia
Box Office 8 A. NJ to 1UP. NJ. USUAL PRICES.
nLYMPIC THEATRE. 624 BROADWAY,
FEAST OF FUN BEGINS AT 8
LOOK AT THIS ARRAY-GENUINE TALENT,
Helene Minzoli, 90 Mullen and Msgee
Blanche SeIwyn. ~ Parker Sisters.
j. w. McAndrews Sy Cummings and
Wilson Brothers. 81 Harrington.
I,9s| Thoa. Barry.
Maftt and lSGa.i Bartholomew.
Many and S-- many Others
Cheapest prices 2s.J III the city.
Admittance, % cents. sSs
- 80 Reserved seats.
LIS 35c-, Soc and 75c.
The New York herald., 1877-10-23

NTIBLO'S GARDEN.
Last week of Mr. JOSEPH PROCTOR In his great
original role,
THE J1BBENAINOSAY. In the NICK OF THE woods.
MATINEES WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY.
MONDAY October % grand opening OF the fall and win
tor season. which will bc the production
OF Anbers Spectacular Opera,
MASANIELLO;
THE DUMB GIRL or PORTICI.
with ontre New Scenery Costumes Properties
Effects Places for the are sale at boz
Office Ruman's IL Broadway and all the principal hotels
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
MISS ,JANE RICH NORTH.

The event Of the commencement of
Bates college, Lewistown, Me-, this year,
was the graduation of Miss Jane Rich
North at the head of her class. She was
the valedictorian, and carried of the
honors over the head of thirty-eight
young gentlemen. Miss North is no
prig either She identified herself
with her classmates to the extent Of
being present at all their class contests,
whether in physical sports or intellectual
encounters, and when they won her
handkerchief or bonnet they went of
and up in honor of their achievement.
She declined to join base ball club,
but in gymnastics she was the peer of
the best.
1t was not, however, till the senior
year that the young men began to sus-
pect that it was the intention of Miss
North to contest for the highest prize.
Then a dozen or so of them buckled
dewn to their work, and studied late into
the night to overtake and pass the am
bilious lady. But all this energy was of
no avail. Miss North could extract
Greek roots and cube roots easier than
dentist extracts teeth. She was letter
perfect in her recitations. There was no
problem too deep for her, no sentence too
involved In her class-books. She rode
triumphant over all difficulties and came
off smiling; and so it happened that she
came to the front on commencement-day
wearing the honors.-CincinnaH Com
anerci0I
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
HOW THE RULERS DINE.

Marshal MacMahon is frugal and
never makes any observations on what
is set before him. He is not a great
drinker, but very fond of fruit.
Queen Victoria is not a great eater,
but she likes beef and pastry.
The emperor of Russia is fond of
game. BE drinks plenty of Burgundy
and champagne.
The emperor of Germany drinks
anything he can get-Marcobrunner,
Liebraumilieh and Reederer. He is
simple-hearted and merry guest. He
likes beef and sweet dishes.
The emperor of Austria is a serious
eater. He prefers beef and mutton to
poultry. He drinks Hungarian wines
and Bordeaux.
Victor Emmanuel has strong ap-
petite; loves small birds; does not
touch the boars he kills. Burgundy is
his wine.
The king Of the Netherlands is a
splendid eat. Give ''im anything
and salmon, with good old wine. His
cellars are the finest in Europe.
The king of the Belgians has a
stomach no bigger than a sparrow's.
Cannot eat much; larks will do and
old Burgundy.
The ex-kingof Hanover likes pleas
ants, grouse and smoked ham, Rhenish
wines and Moselle.
The king of Portugal is a miserable
,a-+ oo+e I;+tJa drinl-e loss
Alphonse XII. has brave stomach.
Plenty of poultry, veal, dessert and
claret.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
TIE POPE,S HEALrH.

Late accounts of the Pope's failing
health lead to the discussion of his sue
cessor. The cardinals, sitting in the con
sistory the other day, were evidently
alarmed about tie progress of the Pope's
disease, dropsy, for they discussed the
arrangements for holding conclave, at
which the P0pe's successor is to be
elected. ten days after the Pontiff's death.
Up to the eleventh century the Pope
was elected jointly by the clergy and the
people, the supreme secular authority
requiring that the election should receive
its sanction. By a decree of Pope
Nicholas IL, in 1859, the election of the
Pope was given to the Cardinal Bishops
and other cardinals and the clergy, the
fs>eFsle appraxing it. The decree OF Al
exander Ill, in 1179, vested the power
of election exclusively ia the college of
cardinals, two-thirds of the body securing
the election. The council of Lyons, in
1874, prescribed the form of election, so
as to exclude secular or political in
fuence. The present peculiar relations
of the Roman See to the European pow
ers, makes the election of the next Pope
of great importance. Interference from
Germany is feared, and also from the
Italian government, in consequence OF
which the election in the event of the
death of Plus TX, will be held as expe-
| ditieusly and secretly as possible.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
Il LITTLE 4" BUSrER. -

: The Lay torpedo boat, which has been
lying in q shed built for the purpose on
the beach for several weeks past, was this
evening launched in Lake Erie, and at
fifteen minutes to seven o'clock the signal
was given, and the little monster started
in straight course for the stake, driven
half mile from shore, which it reached
in three minutes and a quarter. Making
circle around the stake, it returned as
straight as an arrow to the starting point,
making the distance of one mile in six
minutes and fifty seconds. Among the
spectators present were Messrs. Yung
Wing and Yung Yuen Poo, Chinese as
sistant minister and secretary; seven
officers of the United States, navy, and
about one thousand people, who came to
witness the novel sight Its appearance
in the water resembled a long, black,
straight los about one-ffth being above
water when in motion. Its shape is very
much like a sky-rOcket, one end being
conical, the other end tapering slightly
and having a rudder attached. The ma
chinery is all electrical, and is atall times
under control of the operator. 1t is con-
nected with a cable, in which are three
conductors, controlling, by means of a
battery, the apparatus which regulates
the rudder, the explosive material and
the speed. 1t is said that the torpedo
can be run at the rate of twenty miles
per hour. The Chinese visitors, for
whose benefit the trial was made here,
are highly pleased, and they have au-
thority to buy fifty of these torpedoes,
which, it is understood, they will do at
once. Mr.. Lay, the inventor, is now in
China, on business connected with his
invention
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
THE MopEKs FARMER.

New Hampshire correspondent of
the Manchester Mirror expresses his
views on the deserted farm question thus
blnntlv. "Iffarms have run down the
people who occupy them are long way
ahead in the race. We have got on our
farms to-day class Of people who can
cipher through the algebra, play the
piano and boast Of an acquaintance with
the fine arts, but they can't work. They
have got fine minds, but their bodies are
sickly, puny ind weak. To talk the
matter plainly, We have bred the bone
and muscle out ofour families until we
have got kind ofhuman Jerseys, fine
bred miId-eyed. and nice to look at, and
put ON exhibition, but so tender and
weak that they are fit neither for our
climate, our worksor our circumstances,
Our fathers worked twelve or fourteen
hours day, ,assi rss:sr thought of getting
tired xsssHse are used Up when we work
four hours. Our mothers made butter
and cheese, fed the pigs and chickens,
made the clothing for the family, and
when a shower was coming, could rake
or load hay. Our wives want a maid to
tend the baby and another to do the
housework, boy to do the chores, and
if we keep more than one COW, cheese
factory to prevent the milk from spoil
ing. 1t is san ito say tha ten farmers
wives to-day cannot do as much work
as would two fifty years ago. As farm
ing people we are played out. II the
young farmer, who wants a wife to help
get living, instead of one to hang rib
bons on and pour patent medicines into,
would just go down to your city and find
good, strong, vigorous, industrious and
frugal Irish or German girl, he would
find his farm would pay better than ii
does now, and his children would be
likely to be worth ten times as much as
farmers as will be any of the next gen.
| Grafton.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
PINNEN RIGHT DOWN.

A grocer doing business on Michigan
grand avenue was yeterday asked tC
trust a colored man one day for q
quart of strawberries.
Cant do it-you'd never pay, he
replied.
''Ill pay de money afore eight o.
clock in de mawning, earnestly con
tinued the colored man.
Perhaps you might, but / don't
believe it. If you have no money
now how will you nave any then.
"Don't ak me, boss-Tll nave de
cash suah. lie just perspiring to
death for the want of strawberries.
Does any one owe you?" asked
the grocer.
Then Tos Sie, how do you Arpeot to get
any money ?"
" Oh, de pay viii be all right.
81 guess not. You'll have to try
some one else.
Boss, you hez pinned me right
down to cold facts, said the customer.
" wants Strawberries, an dey hez got
to come, an, derefere, let me say dat
| wasn't going out tonight to steal
chickens an sell 'em to git money. "
"Ahl you wasn't?"
No, sab, cause 1 dun pulled 'em in
last night, an dey'll be sold to a
butcher dis evening. OATS de cold fact,
mister, an now wrap up dem strawber-
ries an don't abuse my confidence. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
NO NC fE SIDE-s45DLEs

There are few traps for the female
sex any more deadly than the side
saddle, and no one of any sense grieves
at the decay of the "nobIe art of horse
manship, as long as art cannot be
practiced except at the imminent risk
of the ladies doing So English people
are devoted horsemen, and the ladies
as well as the men take the highest
pleasure in galIoping after the hounds.
But recently an English lady, who en-
lows @ what is considered an enviable
fame for skill and daring, in riding
close to the hounds, and who is also a
pattern wife and mother, has an
pounced that she will risk her life no
more riding on side-saddle, but in
the t next season will ride masculine
fashion. Her announcement has set
the whole fashionable world to talking,
since she is woman of spirit, and it
Is believed she will do as she says. If
she does she will have followers with.
ont doubt. and it may be that this will
inauqurate the long expected dress re-
volution.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
JUDGE HILTON's ORDER.


In reality, to persons thoroughly ac-
quainted with the business of hotel keep
ing, and conversant with its exigencies,
the question is purely one of business
policy Such an exclusiveness has,
though more unobtrusively, been prac-
tised Tor years at various summer estab-
lishments, that could be named did the
occasion require, and practised purely
upon business principles. Indeed, as
will appear from consulting the adver-
tising columns of the Jewish Messenger
our Jewish fellow-citizens advertise their
exclusiveness openly in the cards of sum-
mer hotels. The Grand Central at Far
Rockaway claims patronage on the
ground of being a " tirst-class Jewish
family hotel;" ano, on scanning the
whole column devoted TO hotels, the
very first thing that strikes the reader
is the expressed or implied intimation
that none but Jews will be accommo-
dated. The same remark applies to the
several boarding houses advertising for
summer patronage In that newspaper
This fact is not instaneed in the way of
criticising Jewish hotel proprieters. 1t
would not be pleasant for fervent
Methodist family to summer in a house
wholly frequented by Presbyterians or
Baptists, or Uice Uer8a. Hence, places Of
summer resort having an air or religious
exclusiveness are not at all uncommon.
Such are Ocean Grove in New Jersey,
Sea Cliff, l.. l., and Martha's Vineyard,
Mass. Notably in the family hotels of
this city, it has always been customary
for the proprietors of such hotels to con-
suit the ideas of their guests in relation
to new admissions.-Hom journal.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
A BLOODTHIRSTF BIRD.

The red-headed woodpecker is pro-
nounced to be a carnivorous bird by
a correspondent of the Naturalist, who
relates the following incident as having
occurred in Humboldt county, Iowa,
last summer: During that summer
a friend raised large number of black
Cayuga ducks. 1t was noticed that
while the birds were still very young
many of them disappeared, one after
the other, and the bodies of several
were found with the brains picked out.
On watching carefully to ascertain the
cause, a red-headed woodpecker was
caught in the act. He killed the ten
der duck with a single blow on the
head, and then picked out and ate the
brains. Though my friend was an
enthusiast III protecting the birds and
squirrels that came about his premises,
this provocation was too much. The
woodpeckers were speedily shot.
The Hickman courier., 1877-07-27
TART ON BRET HARTE.

In criticising Bret Harte for too
striking resemblance between his latest
poem, "On a Naughty Little Boy
Sleeping" and a poem entitled "The
Toys" first published in the Pail Mall
Gazette, and afterwards repeatedly
republished in this country, the Boston
Traveller says:
The idea Of Mr.. Harte's poem was
plainly suggested by the other, though
there is little similarity in the language
or form of the verses. 1t is not the
first time that we have lad occasion
to point out Bret Hart S indulgence
in this discreditable practice. He has
evidently written himself out since
coming east, and can only maintain
his position as an active Htte1Gteur by
trading upon the revamped idea of
others. Plagiarism may be excused
in the case of Shakespeare whose
mental alchemy transmitted the base
metal into the pure gold minted with
the royal stamp of genius, but where
the process is reversed, as in the pres.
ent case, there is no palliation for it.