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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05
Russian Tactics =. Wholesale Mobiliza-
ton.

The Vienna semrotlicial Po{tische Cor
respondents confirms the statement touch
ing the %antiquated tactics ofthe Russian
troops. According To the Austrian Gov
eminent organ, the depression which
prevailed in the Russian army after the
recent defeat was far too great to be ex-
planned by the loss of asingle battle, and
this for n very grave reason. The Rus
slams We're not SO much dismaved by
the repulse sustained rs by the expert.
encc that the particular mode of attack
upon which their Generals relied for Il
century or two had proved entirely I'M
eiiectual now. Indeed, they realized at
Plevna that bayonet charge of massed
columns had become practically impos>-
Idle in these breechloading days; they
We're taught that a system of tactics
which always involved the sacrifice Of
thousands of lives, though in former
times 1t frequently produced good mill
tary result, in modern days is likely To
result in nothing but prohtlcss butchery.
Coupled with the doubt whether u new
system could be easily adopted, this ex-
periencc created a panic altogether out
of proportion to the magnitude of the
rebuilt sustained.
This statement Of the Austrian Gov
eminent organ is perfectly correct, and
only c~orroborates the views taken Mt
Berlin long before the beginning of the
war, However, rs the Russians are
now having recourse TO wholesale mob
ilization, the chances are that they will
eventually make up for defective eyolu-
tons by crushing superiority of num-
bers. In addition to the last three avail
able crops modified, gaps IN the operat-
ing army are fast being filled up from
the remaining reserve and the general
levy, over and above which the new
conscription will yield 100000 recruits.
In these circumstances, were it not for
the delay incurred by the transport of
troops, operations would have been re-
sumcd before this with the help of the
new arrivals, But the Russians have
only one railway line, with one set of
metals Mt their disposal, and it is be
heVcd cannot transport more than3,O0o
men per day ON Roumanian soil.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05
Egypt and England.
Correspondence New York llcral,

correspondence New \ ork Herald.
The fanaticism of the Mohammedans
is daily becoming more bitter and in
intense. The common soldier, the deal
er IN the b%a2aars, the donkey boys even,
all have Il defiant expression unknown
here before. The Greeks and Moslems
come to blows now much more fire.
%quently than a few weeks since. The
house servants even bear themselves
with u sullen, silent demeanor which
BODIES n good to Christians. The Killed.
i've is said to be very much annoyed Mt
these fanatical symptoms Of his sub
jccts, and sees in this u serious obstacle
to the wishcd-for civilization of his do
minions.
Surely England, in tanning this flame
Of ianaticism, could not have realized
the extent of the conilagratlon which
may cnsue. She has inaugurated a
measure which, if properly directed.
might have been an effective check to
Russia, but 0 it may recoil with ten
fold force upon her w head in India.
The Moslcm population there is very
restless, and in their bitter hatred 10 all
Christians they recognize no distinction
between Russians and Ensishmen. An
Egyptian pacha told me that one thing
might be deemed certain, "That should
England attempt to occupy Egypt she
would have to cross swords with the
Faithful, and at that moment u mutiny
would break out in India which would
cause British rule to trcmblc." And
such Is the unanimous opinion of all
Mussulmans who have recently arrived
here from Asia.
1t viii thus be seen that even should
the Turks bc driven from Europe the
" Eastern question" still remains I'M
solved. Every movement Of England is
most attcntively watched here, because
it is in her power to plunge Egypt III a
war which might undo all that has been
accomplished towards civilization in the
land for the last century.
Considerable activity prevails here in
repairing the sea-coast defcnses. Guns
of large calibre have been Sent to Alex
andria and Suez, and the government is
said to be very earnestly engaged with
the torpcdo-defcnses Of the principal
harbors. The British government has
also considerably strengthened the de-
Tense Of Alden.
The khedive will resist the attempt
of any foreign power to control the Suez
Canal. His Highness is reported to
have said that the canal would be Of but
doubtful use TO commerce should it
cease to belong TO Egypt ior then it
might be used by one nation as IA means
Of destroying the commerce Of another.
But as long as it remains in Egyptian
hands it will remain open to all trading
vessels Of any nationality whatever.
The officers Of the British army or
navy, who are also in the service Of the
Khedivc, have been allowed by the
government to remain in the
present position 50 long rs they are not
engaged in any warlike purposes"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05

Truth Is the only basis upon which
true character can rest that will bear the
scrutiny Of the Z" Eternal Ages" When
the dignity of truth is lost sight Of, the
nobility of the soul Is forfeited. Rank
and titles may be purchased for money,
but they do not make true honor. An
immoderate desire to possess wealth,
or position, contaminates and destroys
truth in the soul, before which, virtue
and honesty will flee away. All beauty
radiates from truth. There is little at
traction where the loftier sentiments Of
the soul beam not to give. an assurance
the character is founded upon that
basis which only can bear the test Of
eternity. Custom cannot change the
nature of truth, OF the opinions Of men
justice.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05

l"FtL warning to tramps: a tramp,
MO sald he had a father and brother
.4jPylng good positions in ne New
1Ioth Nustom-House, asked for work ut
'.'o4ue 50 as to get an old pair of
3'lS, ms feet being nearly naked. The
>-.a'hc housekeeper pointed him grim
d lrst-pllc Of knotty wood from which
-,oNandS Of tramps had recoiled in ter
out this exceptional tramp split
~ wood, piled it neatly. cleaned up
~, laFd and mended the fence and side
r1 The lady approvingly gave him
sou meal, a pair of boots, a good suit
clothes and a dollar, and her neigh
w. Mr.. George Lagen, a livery-stable
per, noting his industry, employed
+ ramp at fair wages. Such are the
Iohsequences Of q tramp's forget
IN me dignity of his profession and
"'"shg with an IKE.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05

RAISING RABBITS o THEIR SKINS
In some parts of Europe it has been
proposed to raise rabbits for their skins.
but Il note Of warning comes from New
Zealand that these animals multiply at
such Il rate rs to prove destructive to
crops. In parts of New Zealand large
tracts of rich pasture-land have been
converted into a wilderness, and sheep
farming and cattle-ralsing are becoming
impossible. Farmers that used to keep
1900 sheep cal now scarcely keep rs
many hundred. One landowner in
closed with a stone wall an area of TO-
900 acres, the work taking seven years
to complete, and involving an expendi-
ture of $4,000. About 100000 rabbit
skins We're exported from Hobart Town
in 1874.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-05

is now tight in the wreck, making the
eighteenth person known TO he killed.
Three cars are 50 firmly t~elcscoped to-
gether that it is impossible, so far, to pry
them apart even with block and tackle.
The name of the last man taken out was
Thomas Dunaw&y Of East Des MONIES,
who recently ran away from the insane
asylum.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06

Lung-Sing at once and he put his finger
on his nose and softly said: Lung
Sing somebody's fool, maybe"
The redskins got terrible roasting.
1t has been twice stated by members of
the same band that not savage escaped
injury, and it is certain that more than
a dozen cooked and charred bodies were
found in the passages weeks afterward
by white men. Those who got out were
terribly burned, and several died at
their village. AS the redskins had found
no one in the cave the fire appealed to
their superstition. They believed the
place to be occupied by the spirit of
some outlawed warrior; he had kindled
the flames in revenge on them for daring
to intrude. None of them had ever
been near the cave again up to six weeks
ago.
Lung-Sing, rearranged his signal, and
returned to his work. In the gray of
morniug, six weeks after he had been
driven out of Boston Town, an early
riser caught sight of him again. He
was trotting along at the head of four
pack mules and dozen Cinnamon, all
loaded down, but he hadn't time to stop
and explain whether they carried goods
to set up an "original dollar store in
the Hills, or had the material which
yellow-boys are made of. The miners
had their own ideas about that, and after
close search they discovered the cave
and ITS great riches,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
Japanese GrOg.ShOps.

The grog-shops of Japan are neither
more nor less than tea-shops. All along
the public roads, at frequent distances,
are planted pleasant tea houses. The
"tea," according to q correspondent,
when they must stop by the wayside,
and in such little bits OF cups that one
could drink the contents of twenty of
them, and then want more. Pretty tea
girls stand by the entrance, and their
teeth not yet blackened) with pretty
ways and courtesies so fascinating that
tea even without sugar or milk becomes
agreeable. On pretty lacquered walters
the tea-girls hand you little tiny cups
with mouthful in them, and you squat
down on the nice clean mats, if squat
you can, and You sip, and sip, and sip
this mouthful of hot tea, as if the gods
nectar was going down their throat in
intinitesimal drops of microscopic in
visibility. The keeper of Japan tea
house picks out as pretty place for a
tea-honse as he or she can get. The
keeper covets, if possible, view of and
the air of the Bay of Yeddo, along which
the most of the way here runs the
Tocaido. The grand tea house is cut up
into numerous little rooms, with paper
partitions to part them, running on
slides, but all removable at will, to re-
store the whole to one grand room.
Cakes, sweetmeats and candies are
brought in with the tea, all put ON the
clean matted floor (there are no seats) and
all squat or stretch out on the floor.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
Sunday i'm the Black Hills.

correspondent, writing from Dead
wood in the Black Hills says On the
Sabbath day the streets present per-
feet Babel of confusion. OK trains and
mule teams block the streets, their
drivers shouting and cursing in q vain
attempt to unravel the tangled teams.
Auctioneers strain their throats, while
the eating-house keepers. add to the
clamor by inviting with bells and gongs
the poorly-fed miners to walk in and get
square meal. The sidewalks are
crowded, and locomotion is difficult.
Bootblacks invite the passers-by to take
seats in their comfortable booths on the
edge of the walks, while the newsboys
lift their shrill voices and announce the
latest news from the strikers, the
Indians, or the road agents. While the
city is thus in the possession of people
from outside camps, hundreds of those
who can get away roam through the
country, and the roads in every direc-
hon are lively with pedestrians who are
visiting the various mines, or going to
see how their own ventures are pro-
crossing, for nearly everybody has a
claim of some sort, and all expect to
realize fortune. A ride through the
country is refreshing, indeed, after one
has tired of the confusion in the city on
a Sunday. The greater portion of the
cabins are of course closed and locked,
as their proprietors are "seeing life, +"
but occasionally one Is found. where the
inmates are more frugal. Some are
reading, some playing cards, some re-
sumo practice on their fiddle and ac-
cordeon, and some are busy in pounding
rocks, snxious to find colors. Once in a
while you will come across cabin
which is distinguished from the others
by an air of neatness and taste. The
path before the door has been swept.
The window has curtain and perhaps a
few plants, and a.little bed of vegetables
is visible. III the door is open, you will
see clean floor with perhaps strip of
carpet on it, and rude bedstead with
snowy sheets and pillow slips. Look
carefully, and you are sure to find a
woman and probably a baby. When
you discover such habitation, if you
will examine those Immediately about it
you are certain to find a comparative
degree of neatness prevailing, although
they are inhabited by men alone, for
one woman has a refining effect on a
whole neighborhood, and the rough,
lonesome bachelor miners are ashamed
to live in dirt while their neighbours
woman can see IL
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
Girls Attacked by a Buck.

Jennie Morgan, Kittie Vail and Ger
trude Dykman, aged eighteen, seventeen
and fifteen, respectively, all of Brooklyn,
N. Y, came to spend brief vacation
with some relatives who dwell near the
Blooming Grove Pa.) Park associations
pond. A fishing excursion was arranged
for them, and they took an old boat and
rowed out into the water and anchored.
They fished for several hours, and then
rowed once or twice around the pond,
and then started to row across to the
point from which they started. Near
the center of the pond the head of a
buck hove in sight. The maidens took
the situation as coolly as the circum-
stances would admit, and began to pad
die with a will. But the animal gained
upon them, and seeing that further eff
forts to reach the shore would be futile,
they stopped padding and prepared for
an attack. And their preparations were
not in vain for, slashing and plunging,
and with eyes like balls of fire, the buck
bore down upon them. When he was
within few feet of the boat. one with a
piece of seat, and the others each with
one of the oars, made thrust Mt the
bucks head. The blows sent him under
the water, but in an instant it shot up,
and the buck planted his fore feet into
the side of the boat, nearly capsizing it.,
and throwing Miss Dykman and Miss
Morgan out into the pond. Miss Vail
seized the opposite side Of the boat and
saved herself. The two girls now, each
with one hand, seized the buck by the
antlers, and chung to the boat with the
other. Miss Vail began to bring heavy
blows to bear upon the bucks head, but
with little effect. The snorting monster
swayed and plunged, yet the plucky girls
maintained their hold, and screamed.
Within few rods of the pond lives a
German, who, hearing their cries,
hastened to the pond with his rifle. The
girls still clinging to the boat, which
was about five hundred yards from the
shore, the buck had freed itself, and was
swimming for the opposite shore. Get
ting into an old scow, the German pad
died ont to good range and shot the
buck dead, After the German had land
ed the maidens, Miss Dykman and Miss
Morgan tainted. They were cared for in
a farm house near by The clothing of
the two girls who had been in the water
was nearly torn from them, and they
were considerably scratched and bruised
by the deer's antlers. The deer was
brought to the shore, and when dressed
weighed over two hundred pounds,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
Window Glass.

There are seventy establishments in
the United States devoted to the pro-
duction of window glass. Twenty-seven
of these are in New Jersey the others
are scattered through New England, New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio
and elsewhere in the West. The capital
invested in the industry is about So, 900,
600 in New Jersey alone, while the an
nual production.of that State is between
100000 and 100000 boxes of the
various qualities and sizes of glass. The
window glass manufacturing interest is
now one OF the principal industries OF
this country, and is destined to check
the importation OF glass to America iu
fact. many of the American manufacture
ers 'are now exporting large quantities OF
glas IS and glassware.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
Words of Wisdom.

Envy shooteth at Others and woandeth
herself,
Most of our misfortunes are more sup
portable than the comments OF our
friends upon them.
One ungrateful man does an injury to
all who are wretched.
Fruwns blight young children AZ
frosty nights blight young plants.
A cheerful face is nearly as good for
an invalid as healthy weather.
be not hasty to cast off every asper-
sion that is cast upon you. Let them
alone for while, and then like mud on
clothes, they will rub off of themselves.
The memory of an eye is the most
deathless of memories, because there, II
anywhere, you catch a glimpse of the.
visible soul as it sits by the window.
No charity should be extended to
those who are not as willing to do justice
as they are to receive it.
The wealth of ma1i Is the number of
things which he loves and blesses, and
which he is loved and blessed by.
True happiness is of retired nature,
and is an enemy to pomp and noise. 1t
arises, in the first place, from the enjoy
ment of ones self. and in the next, from
the friendship and conversation of few
select companions.
The willow that bends to the tempest
often escapes better than the oak which
resists it, and so in great calamities it
sometimes happens that light and
frivolous spirits recover their elasticity
and presence of mind sooner than those
of q loftier character
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
Lake SuneriOr.

There are few persons in this country,
and still less in the old world, who have
anything like an adequate conception of
the immense extent Of this great inland
sea. To the lakes of Europe it bears
about the same relative comparison in
point of size as the Missouri and Missis.
sippi bear to the European rivers. The
lakes of England and Scotland are mere
puddles compared with this leviathan.
Lake Superior is 800 miles long, and its
greatest breadth is 100. It's circumfer-
ence is about 100 miles, or about half
the distance from Boston to Liverpool.
Lake Superior contains one island near
~ as large as Scotland and has several
as large as Rhode Island and Delaware,
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
How Some English Girls Marry,

According to an English paper, the
richest heiress now on the engaged list
is Miss Crawshay, the daughter of the
Vulcan of the Hills in South Wales, Her
dowry is said to be 95OO, 900, and she is
about to bestow this with her hand and
heart upon briefiess barrister on the
South Wales circuit. should be very
happy to take her sister upon the same
terms, if l felt inclined to marry-for
money. These iron masters daughters
have very considerate way of selecting
poor men for their husbands, for Sir
George Elliott's daughter married one of
the special correspondents of the DaiW
Ne'os. and few days ago the heiress of
a Durham colliery proprietor bolted with
the editor of north country newspaper,
1t is said of one of these ladies, perhaps
it would be cruel to say which-for the
man9uvre after all was innocent enough
-that'meeting with gentleman on board
steamer which was engaged in laying
deep sea cable in the Atlantic, they very
naturally took to flirting on the quarter
deck. The lady was all alone except
with papa. The gentleman made him
self agreeable, and, being tall and hand
some OF course soon ingratiated himself
with the iron-king's daughter. One day,
finding himself alone, he proposed there
and then. "Hush !" said the lady,
papa is asleep on the sofa and might
hear you. Let us take stroll ON deck. {"
" l am very sorry" said the lady, re-
Stunning the conversation on deck, "but,
OF course, you did not know when you
were talking to me below that I was en-
gagged. But have sister at home who
is exactly like me; you would not know
us apart, and when you return home I
will introduce You to her," The intro
duction followed in due course, and the
marriage within six months. The court
ship all took place by proxy.
The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-09-06
VOL. VII.
Bennington.

DcuuluSJO
Tread at the Centennial celebration Of the
'attle of Bennington, at Bennington, VT,
August 1871
On this fair valleys verdant breast
The calm sweet rays Of summer rest
And dove-like peace benignly broods
On its smooth lawns and solemn woods.
A century since, in flame and smoke,
The storm of battle o'er it broke,
And, ere the invader turned and fed,
These pleasant fields were strewn with dead.
stark, quick to act and bold to dare,
And Warmers mountsin band were there
And Allen, who had flung the pen
Aside to lead the Berkshire men.
With fiery onset, blow for blow,
They rushed upon the embattled foe,
And swept his squadron from the vale,
Like leaves before the autumn gale.
oh never may the purple stain
OF combat blot these fields again.
Nor this fair valley ever cease
To wear the placid smile of peace.
Yet here, beside that battlefield,
We plight the vow that, ere we yield
The rights for which our fathers bled
Our blood shall steep the ground we tread.
William Cullen Bryant.