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The most ingenious OF all gambling
tools, the diamond drill, does not al
ways play into the hands Of the Floods,
the Shar0ns and the FryS. Despite their
opportunities for acquiring the first in
formation about the mines, in seven
chances out OF ten they are discounted
by shrew stock operators, In every ms
portapt drift, cross. cut and Wine on the
Comstock there are miners in league
with spectators in san Francisco. A
notched pick.handlc, a rag or chip OF
wood often conveys the news OF a strike
from the bottom TO the surface, and ci'
pher dispatch will carry the tldln%' TO
the spectators in adyan"' T TIE uptI'
intendents official tclcgl > The oil
GERS OF the company. ar ease with
which the outsiders get Use advantage
over the insdri- IS illustrate by an in
cident which the Chronicle, Of Virginia
City. relates: One SUNDAY evening Mr..
Bonynge, OF the Uni tanned per.
mission OF Supt. Hardy TO take some la
dles through tHe OpHiI HIM. IHty ucs-
cended to the 900 foot level, aud vsi>
ted the drift which has since become Ia
nous. Without saying a word
Mr.. Bonynge put few
specimens in his pocket, and, on
assaying them the next morning, sent
dispatch TO Robert Sherwood, OF San
Francisco, VINO rushed into the street
and picked up all the Ophir he could lay
his hands upon, while tie brokers were
wondering why he vas dong it. On the
same day, one OF the shitt.bos.es in the
mine informed the superintendent that
there was change in the formation, and
after three assays had been made report
was telegraphed to President Weller
But the news came too late. The enter.
prising Sherwood had already bought all
| thn rhpop Dplir
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We also call attention
Boot and Shoe Department.

complete
II. 90 to 500 per pair.
We would public adopt this making change bel
entitled
their right change and should five article which should be
bought three We determined to sell goods heretofore The
business sell goods low margin, which ue an ncrcas, OF
Parties from the country who buy small job lots for family We Will say
calling Remember
Prices subject change market.
AGENTS LAM POWDERCO
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The ItRntlc Reward.

PIekneyvlTe IIlIsJ independent,
Parties In vt. Louis are making raid
on Gov. Cullom for payment Of the re,
ward offered In this state Tor the arrest
Of the desperate, Rande. " may be
that they are entitled TO tho rewards, but
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What Women Can pa.

TAIIltWtl Vnl,T IOWTIII,
The women of Illinois are coming 10
the front in school affairs. They give
satisfaction and are very attentive to theiI
duties TO the schools. Nine have been
elected superintendent OF the county
schools at the past election.
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THERE is a probability that conlinu>
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to secure the above result.
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"rHy woaAN's NATIONAL CHRISTIAN
TEMPERANCE UNION" RECOMMEND THE
on,ERyAScE OF THURsDAY,.p DECEMBER
l3rH AsApAY OF FASTING, PRAYER AND
THANKSGIVING.
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.x,,Ln.y PRAYER MEETING.

THANKSGIVING,
ANAL DAY PRAYER MEETING.
1.-The Woman's National Christian
Temperance Union" in Convention as
sembled in Chicago, His, October q,
1877, decided to observe the second
Thursday in December, 1877 as Nation
al day OF Fasting, Prayer and Thanks
giving, and request all the Woman &
Christian Temperance Unions through
out the land, and throughout the world,
10 hold All-Day Prayer Meetings in their
respective Unions, ON the day appointed:
Asking that fuller reliance upon Goa
may be obtained, that greater Union
may be realized, a more extensive union
of earnest prayer secured, that will be to
us all the bulwark Of strength which we
so much need; that as far as the curse OF
intemperance Is felt and depLoyed the re-
medy may be sought and found by TN
tied force OF power in pleading with God,
that must and loikl prevail.
That the leaders be changed every
hour, and that portion OF the scripture
be ready by each leader,
TOPICS FOR PRAYER.
No. ]. That we ask the Lord TO increase
our faith and Tor deeper conservation TO
God Tor our work, and that all Christian
Women may become thoroughly aroused
10 their responsibility in tins Gospel lem
perance work.
No. 3. That we supplicate in behalf OF
the Pastors of Churches, the Supterlnten-
dents and Teachers IN our Sunday schools
that they may have courage to do their
whole duty in this matter to the Churches
and Sunday-schools with which they are
connected.
No. That our Houses and our Sanctua-
les may be thoroughly cleansed oil this
evil.
No. 4. That from 10 3p. m. be spent in
earnest believing prayer for the speedy
restoration to health OF Temperance
workers. All around us the women are
falling from their post OF duty from phy>
seial inability to perform the labor
Let us earnestly beseech our Heavenly
Father tor the restoration OF their health
No. ). That another hour be observed
In obeying the command ofour saviour
Pray We, therefore the Lord of the liar>
vest, that He send forth more laborers
into His Harvest.
No. 6. That young men and women on
the verge OF ruin may be rescued aud
saved from their SINS.
That mass meetings be held during the
evening whenever practicable.
That all Pastors be urgently requested
to make Temperance the subject OF their
discourse the previous Sunday.
That the notice of this meeting be eN'
tensiyely circulated, be published in
"Our Union and In all local papers
throughout the country. That the Noon
day Pledge OF Silent Prayer by all the
members of our unions be renewed and
faithfully observed.
Mrs. nj. J.CLARK, Chairman, Nh.
Mrs, SAVER, New Hampshire.
Mrs. J. NJ. RAVENS, Vermont.
Mrs. G.. M. AMSDEN, Massachusetts.
Mrs. M. A. STONE, Connecticut
Mrs, CLOUGH. Rhode Island.
Mira, r. B. FOOTE, New York.
Mrs. Col. DENNY. Indiana.
Mrs. A. Il. DlCkEY. Illinois.
Mrs. JULIA CHURCH, Washington
Mrs. H. Il. DAVIS, Pennsylvania,
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Prepared by II. v. PIERCE, NJ. D., Sole
Proprietor, at tie WORLDS DISPENSE aY,
Buffalo, y. \.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09
Harriet Martineau's First Literary
Venture.

1t was at the age of nineteen that
Harriet Martineau felt the sensation,
that is SO delightful to most authors,
of seeing her first contribution to lit
erature in print. The account of her
entrance upon the vocation of an
authoresS is full OF interest. For some
years, it seems, she had aspired to this
vocation. 1t happened that her broth
er James, who was going to leave home
for college, perceiying that She was far
from happy, advised her to turn her
attention to some fresh pursuit which
would distract and engage her mind,
and suggested writing for the press.
The very next morning. before six
O'Clock, she was at her desk compos-
ing an article on Female Writers on
Practical Divinity"-a ponderous
theme for a girl OF nineteen-which,
when finished, she sent to small Uni
tartan periodical called the Monthly
Repository. Keeping her design a Sc
cret from the family, she carried the
article to the Postollice, and awaited
with palpitating heart the arrival of
the next number of the Repository. 1t
came just before service on Sunday
morning.; and when she turned the
sheet her heart "thumped prodigious-
ly'' on seeing her article on the page.
In the evening her elder brother, by
chance, read the article aloud in his
family circle, where Harriet was tax
ing tea, praiSing it as he read. When
he had ended it. he turned to her and
SAID
80 Harriet, what is the matter with
you? | never knew you so slow to
praise anything before"
Ireplied, in utter confusion:
81 never could battle anybody. The
truth is, that paper is mine
"He made no reply, read on in 81
lence, and spoke no more till was on
my feet to come away. He then laid
his hand on my shoulder, and said,
gravely:
NOW, dear, leave it to other
women to make shirts and darn stock
ings; and do you devote yourself to
this.
81 went home" she adds, "in IA
sort of dream, SO that the squares Of
the pavement seemed to float before
my eyes. That evening made me an
authoress' '-Appieton's Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09
The Oriental Business.

a good citizen of Croghan street was
reading the other day of a Persian
gentleman who always walked about
with smile on his face. When this
Persian was asked why he always
looked So happy when other men looked
sad, he replied:
i smile because it may be sun
shine to some poor soul surrounded by
shadows"
1t was very nice in the Persian, and
the Croghan-Street man said he'd be-
hanged If he could outsmile a Persian
or anybody else walking around on two
legs. He at once began to smile at his
wife. She stood it for a few minutes.
and then observed:
What's the matter, William-got
the collie AGAIN.
Il smile because | want co carry
sunshine to your darkenei SOUL" he
replied.
She wanted him to understand that
fifteen minutes at the woodplle would
help her more than all the grins he
could grin in straight week, ana
when he Went into the kitchen To
smile some sunshine at the hired girl
the wife followed him and raised a
row that put dinner three-quarters of
an hour behindhand However, one
can't get the hang of Oriental bust
ness IN day, and TINS man tried it
again on the stseet-car as he came
down town yesterday. Opposite him
sat an old woman with basket, and
he undertook To smile the shadows
from her heart. She watched him for
two or three minutes, growing mad
all the time, and presently she asked:
"Do YOU think YOU know me, that
YOU are grinniug across the aisle like a
cirCGS haDOon =
81 smile. madam, because-because
-" he Stammered, forgetting what
the Persian said. Il smile. because
"Nou are grinuing because I've got
sore eyes !" She shouted.
mo, madam. smile that THAT
| -
"Fu not stand it, she exclaimed.
and she hammered him with the basket
until ne escaped Oft the platform.
Now, grin over that, will you"
she called after him as she shook the
basket lu the AIR.
The Persian who went around
smiling Wa, fool. and I'm his first
cousin. ~r1wled the man, and he
G'ut smiling, and picked a night with a
A.FH'SS-mGNer-Ds'yoit Free Pros.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09

The modes Of salutation in the
neighborhood Of Ugaga are very Gu
rious:
when two grandees meet, the
junior leans forward, bends his knees
and places the palms of his hands ON
the ground on each side of his feet,
while the senior claps his hands six or
seven times. They then change round,
and the junior slapS himself first UNI
der the left armpit and then under the
right. But when q swell meets an
inferior, the superior only claps his
hands and does not fully return the
salutation by following the motions of
the one who first salutes. On two
commoners meeting they pat their
stomachs, then clap hands at each
other. and finally shake hands. These
greetings are observed to an unlimited
extent, and the sound Of patting and
clapping is almost unceasing"
The custom of "making brothers,"
or fraterniZing, which is common in
Central Africa, interested Command
er Cameron, not merely because Of
the odd ceremonies with which the
brother-making is accomplished, but
because he believes that the custom is
of Semitic origin, and that it was in
troduced into Africa by heather Arabs
before the time Of Mohammed. The
traveller was present at the brother
making between Syde. one of his fol-
lowers, and Chief. Pakwanywa, and
he thus describes the ceremony:
"The first operation consisted of
making an inciSion on each of their
wrists, just sufficient to draw blood, a
little Of which was scraped off and
smeared on the others cut, after
which gunpowder was rubbed in. The
concluding part Of the ceremony was
performed by Pakwanywa's sponsor
holding sword resting on his PAX
wanywa's) shoulder, while he who act
ed for Syde went through the motions Of
sharpening knife on it. Both spon-
sors meanwhile made a speech, calling
down imprecations on Pakwanywa and
all his relations, past, present and
future, and praying that their graves
might be deliled by pigs if he broke the
brotherhood in word, thought or deed.
The same form having been gone
through with respect TO Syde. The
sponsors changing duties, the brother
making was complete.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09
Transparency of Metals.

To see through milestone or
brick wall has usually been regarded'as
a feat requiring for its Accomplishment
powers possessed by human beings
only when in a splritualiStic trance.
or when otherwise rendered clairvov
ant and to see through mass of
metal is ordinarily regarded as equally
impossible TO human visual organs. ii
is true that it has long been known
that gold-leaf may be beaten so fine as
to transmit greeniSh light tolerably
readily; and, indeed, this is utilized as
a practical test Of the quality of gold
by the gold-beater, the admixture of
small quantities of silver with the
gold employed causing distinguish
able alteration in the tint of the trans
mitted light. Hitherto, however, this
property of translucency when in thin
films has been regarded as peculiar to
gold, and belonging to no other metal,
the reason for this being, no doubt, to
some extent, that few metals other
than gold can be success ully reduced
by hammering to the requisite degree
of tenuty save silver and platinum.
iiioCot ~ iiteoio tPPtodCil IOSOlu. DN
electrical means, however, thin films
of gold and other metals can be OBJ
tanned which readily transmit light.
the mode of operating to produce these
attenuated sheets of metal being SIM
ply to cause electric sparks to pass
from wires of the required metals pass.
ing into tubes of raretied air or other
gases, when the particles of metal de-
tached from the wires by the sparks
become deposited on the sides of the
glass, forming ar excessively thin film
quite continuous under the microscope.
Gold films thus prepared transmit
fine green light; silver gives fine blue
| color; copper dull green; platinum
blush gray; zine and cadmium a deep
blush gray; iron a nearly neutral tint,
but slightly brownish. - London 50.
ciety.
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TitanA and Wen.

4" Blessed are the mock" excalms the voice
81 inspiration, but can man be meek with
the consciousness that dreaded monster Ia
consuming his vitals. We are not = race Of
Iitans. A Prometheus might stand chained
to the torturing rock, with vulture perpet-
ually gnawing his liver, and his face ever
wear an expression of heroic and even meek
endurance. But Prometheus has left no de.
scendants. With yultures (disease) consum-
ing his liver, the modern man makes himself
and every one around him miserable. Fret
full, gloomy, hypochondriacal, he sees thu
world and life all on the wrong side ae
dark side-and whoever dares to assert tina.
there is a sunny side, he regards as an enc
my, or at best mocker of his imaginary
woes. Unlike the mythical Titan, the victim
Of disease is not succorless. There is an arm
to rescue-a balm to cleanse and heal. As
remedies for this most depressing of all dis
bases" Liver omplaint'-none are more
efficient or popular than DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery and Pleasant Purgative
Pellets. The Pellets cffectually remove the
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the entire system They are sold by drug
gists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09
An English Clergyman's Crusade
Against Finery.

The Chelmsford Ne1CsHGn publishes
an account of "a strange and distress
ing scene" which took place "A few Sun
days ago in the old parish church of
Great Icy. The vicar, the Rev
Roger Burton, after giving out his
text, intimated that he had been very
much grieved of late to observe the in
creasing taste of his pariShioners for
jewelry and fine raiment. After
mature consideration, he said, "he
had that morning drawn UP some regu-
lations for the SundayScl provid-
ing that no collars or cuffs, artificial
flowers, feathers, brooches, lockets, or
earrings were to be worn there"
Not content with prohibiting these
vanities in the Sunday School. Mr..
Burton next began to criticise in an
unfayorable spirit the dress of his
grown-up hearers, whereat the hard
ened sinners became very excited, and
"a great many people left the church,
banging the doors, and using strong
language This was, indeed. "a
strange and distressing scene" but
that was not all. Mrs. Burton was
equally resolved TO rebuke human
pride, and performed prodigies of
yalor in the Sunday-School. One
child had small penny locket on.
which Mrs. Barton tore off. An
other child was put on a form, and the
other children told To go round and
laugh at the peacock. " Eight big
girls We're turned ont because they had
small sprays OF flowers on their hats.
But the heroic lady was batiied by
the cowardly tactics of the enemy.
= The teachers and the children rushed
out oi the school, and being joined by
the older boys and girls and their
mothers, the scene OF hooting and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09
ance of Quinn, who might yet be

ance Of Quinn, who might yet be
saved. !.
They hurried to the spot indicated
and found the unfortunate fellow in
the condition already described, with
one leg severed from his body and the
other crushed to pieces. He was still
alive and they took him up in their
arms to carry him to the slope, but he
never reached it alive. He died in the
arms OF his comrades. Mooney, who
is severely wounded, is expected to re-
cover. lie played the part of "a hero
i'll the unseliish manner in which he
rlsked his own life trying to save his
comrade. -Ne1c York Herald.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09
Crushed In the Dark.

One. of the most heart-rending acct
dents which has been recorded for
some time has just occurred at the
Empire Mine, near Scranton, Pa.
Two men, named John Mooney
and Patrick Quinn, were employed
in No. 4. slope, laying track, dis
lance of about two miles from the
opening, and mile from the other
workmen. When they least dreamed
of danger there was a sudden convul-
sion overhead, and IN instant later
they wer, overwhelmed by "a fearful
fall of root. The terrible accident put
out their lights, and they were il
utter darkness. Mooney, after con-
siderable difficulty, succeeded in ex-
Treating himself from among the
massive powders, which fell about
him IN such a way rs To form a sort of
cave, and upon freeing himself his
first thought was for his companion.
He called aloud for Quinn, but re-
celyed no anSWer-only the echo of
his own voice beaten back by the rocks.
He felt himself growing faint, and
realized that he was seriously injured,
but WAS determined to ascertain the
condition OF his fellow-mlner. After
calling aloud IN vain for some time, he
CROPPED about in the dismal place among
the rocks, hoping To lind Quinn and fear
ing that he was dead. AZ length he
touched him, but the pooI fellow was
lay upon one of his mangled legs The
other leg had been completely severed
from the body by the fall. 70 release
him was hard task, but Mooney,
forgetting his own injuries, set about
the work with will and succeeded
in getting Quinn free.
How to carry him to the light of
day was the next trial, but he was de-
termined to do il, and, taking him
upon his back, he began gropug his
way through the pltchy darkness in
the direction of what he considered
was the foot of the slope. For two
hours he wandered about the living
tomb. with his dying comrade on his
back moaning IN the most piteous
manner. The situation WAS awful,
and. after roaming thus for long
time. poor Mooney was disheartened
To find that he had come back To the
very point from which he had set out,
and where the accident occurred. He
summoned up his taSt-talllug strength
and made another effort, still taking
Quinn on his back, but, after proceed
ing a short distance, he grew faint,
ana was unable TO 20 further vita ms
precious burden. Then, laying the
dying man down in rs comfortable a
position rs he could, Mooney crawled
ON his hands and knees toward what
he thought WAS the slope. AT half
past six o'clock party of miners,
while proceeding down No. s slope,
were startled 10y the apparltIon which
their lamps revealed. 1t Was Mooney
crawling slowly up the slope on his
hands and knees, 'hIS ,ace black ana
bloody, and his whole body sore nom
contact with the Jagged pieces al c"'a
and rock. His ewes were at htSI a,tl-
rlyd by the light, he had oeea ia u,'iN-
ness ,1 long and trying 10 see, dnd he
WAS >peechleSs with JOY Tor some Sec
auds 10 lind relief nj last.
This was eight hours after the acci-
DENT had happened, and they were
.,.,r hours of awtu. mortal agony, rs
.s1n "a Mooney found words to speak
n, r,},ted the story IN brief, Jud beg.
e,d the party TO hasten to tile assist.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09

yelling was painful in the extreme"
All the more painful that thisparisb
has hitherto always been noted for it's
peaceful and respectable inhabitants.
Mr.. Carlyle and Mr.. Ruskin should 90
TO the assistance of these reformers
who are born too late into too old .
world. London Examiner.