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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-21
The Important Question.

OF all loathsOme diseases Catarrh STANDS
pre-eminent 1t renders its victim as dis
gushing TO himself as to others. And the
most humiliating Of all is the consciousness
that his presence is offensive to those around
him. If any disease deserves the name OF
universal II Is this. Dictetic errors and the
follies which Fashion imposes upon us tend
to foster and disseminate it. To the piitul
cry OF its victims, is there any cure for "a
tdThF there is but one answer consistent
with Christian reason. God has never sent
one evil into the world for which he has not
sent the remedy. For the greatest Of all
spiritual and moral evils. the Great Physician
has prescribed a potent and neyer-falhng
remedy. Tie has given explicit rules
for the treatment and preservation
Of the spiritual and moral man, but
tie is silent in all matters relating TO the
physical man, 1t would be an uuwarranla-
bic dctractiOn from His beoetcent character
TO suppose that He has afflicted the greater
portion of humanity with an incura lie as
ease. The day of plaques Is past The COD
OF Christianity is n bod of Love, OF Mercy,
His message Is good will to all men, The
earth and AL contained therein, was intend
ed by the great Designer 10 supply man
wants: and surely he has no greater wants
than remedies for hi, iufrmities Science IS
rapidly proving that the earth is ntted 10
supply mans uttJrmust need. New meol
cinal plants are constantly being discovered
and new properties developed from those Al
ready known FOR Catarrh, the most potent
remedy yet discovered is Dr. Sa.e's CatarIh
Remedy. It's efficacy has been tested IN
many thousand cases with uniform success,
Cases that bad been repeatedly pronounced
incurahle, readily yielded to it. Ia confirmed,
or obstinate cases, DR. Pierce's Golden Meal
cal Discovery should be taken in connection
with the use Of the Catarrh Remedy. Fun
particulars in Pierce's Memorandum Books
They are given away by druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-21
of salt were extracted from the earth's
substance and added to its envelope. -
COrnhW MaQdzine.


1t will be remembered that among the
batch OF dispatches passing to and from
Democratic magnates and agents upon the
Oregon question was the following, which
has hitherto puzzled the wisest heads to
unraye:
PORTLAND, Oregon Dec T. 1875.
To the Hon. s. j Tilden, Is Gramercy Park, New
York:
Heed scantiness cramp emerge peroration
dollhouse survivor browse of piameter dot
tish dollhouse exactness Of survivor highest
cunning dotlish afar galvanic survivor by
accordingly respec full merciless Of Senator
in consequent coaiesce.
(Signedl GoBBLE.
We have in our possession the transla-
ton of tits message, and proof that it is
correct that amounts to an absolute dem
onstration. The dispatch, deciphered, is
from Gov. Grover, of Oregon, to Mr. Til
den, and is as follows:
" | shall decide every point in the case of
PostOfiice Eector in favor of the highest
Democratic EleCtor and grant the certificate
accordingly. Rule morning Of 9th In con-
sequence confidential"
The cipher is arranged on the diction-
airy method A small pocket English die
tionary of peculiar edition was used, and
there are facts in our possession. which
we are not at liberty TO publish which
prove, beyond all doubt, that this was the
particular book that was used, and show
why it was chosen. We have seen the
dictionary, and deciphered the entire dis
patch by its use
The dictionary has two columns on
page, and the plan was to choose the word
desired, and then turn back two pages,
and the corresponding word in the same
column OF words, counting from the top
OF the page, was the one that was taken
for use in the cipher dispatch. Accord.
ingly, taking the Gobble dispatch and de
ciphering it word by word, the right word
was looked for and found every time
two pages in advance of the word found in
the dispatch, and at the same numbered
word from the top of the column
The demonstration is perfect II would
be utterly inconceivable that the transla-
ton which we have given above and
which we have traced out word by word
in this particular dictionary, could fit the
political situation In Oregon ss ii does if
1t were not the correct and absolute KEY.
The signature alone defies translation in
this or any known way, and was undoubt-
edly agreed upon beforehand and under.
stood.
The same key reveals the fact that in
some of the Patrick kilograms where the
word medicine" was used the word
money" should be substituted to asccr-
tain the real meaning.
There is no doubt of the authenticity of
this key, and we could show still further,
and a. conclusivcly, how and why it came
To be used, but this information cannot
now, probably, be of any consequence,
and we do not therefore go into it,--Detrou
Tribune, FEB. Z.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-21
WAsutNGroN, Feb. Il

WAShiNGTON, FEB. II.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections were in session until very
late hour this evening, occupied with the
examination of Alfred b. Human and
A. ". shaw of Detroit, Mich, who have
bad business transactions with j II y.
Patrick. of Omaha, and who communi.
Gated with him by telegraph in cipher for
some years past The key to the cipher
used hy them is n he Household English
Dictionary" and by the aid of this key
the following TRANSACTIONS of the cipher
dispatches relative to the Oregon Electoral
case we're made;
PORTLAND, Oregon Nov. %. 1875.
W. T. Pelton, 10 Ora .4ercy Park, New York:
Certificate will lie issued TO one Democrat
Must purchase Republican Elector TO recog-
nizc and act with Democrat and secure vote
and prevent trouble. Deposit $4,000 to my
credit with kountzc Bros, Wall street An
swCr. j. H. Patrick
fully indorse this. JAMES X KELLEY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-21
PoNrLANn, Oregon. Nov. 30. is76.

w. 7. pelton, IS Gramercy Park, New York,
Governor all right without reward. VIII
issue certificate Tuesday. This is a secret
The Republicans threaten il certificate Is
Issued 10 Ignore the Democrat, claim and I'LL
the vacancy, and thus defeat the action Of
the Governor One Eloctor must be paid to
recognize the Democrat to secure major
ity, Have employed three lawyers-the ed
itor of The only Republican paper rs one
lawyers fee, $500. II will take 5000 for
Republican ElcctOr. Must raise money.
Can't make fee contingent Sail Saturday.
Kelly and Bellenger will act. Communicate
with them, Must act prompt
mo siruaturaN
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-21

SANFORp's RADICAL CURE FOR CATAREH
8 a local and constitutional remedy, and .
prepared hy distillation Not particle OF
woody fiber or caustic chem Gals enters INTO
It's composition. 1t thus differs from SA
other CataTrh remedies.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-21

= :. = TWIIINNN, TTtC. =
" 7. Pelton, Is Gramercy Park New York:
Impossible TO convene Legislature. 2.
left before telegraph arrived. Can't draw
the 5 deposit, Charles Dimoud, lis Liberty
street, to order Of Bush Il Ladd. Salem.
Must have it Monday. Can't understand
hughable.' Everett House. Lost your
telegram. X for'P
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-21
P0HrLAND, ore. Dec IS. 1875.

P0RTINND Ore, Dec Is. 1875
W. Z Peltou, Is Gramcrcy Park, New York
will be at Grand Hotel, san Francisco,
Monday. Be in salt Lake City in three daNs
or Whereabouts, Have TO borrow money on
my individual responsibility in trust You
can replace it, X.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-21

SktEg. Oregon. Pee 3 1870.
W. T. Pc.tou, IS Grsuyl,y garN. y ~.
Can you deposit tar e-ht Nila Charles
Umunt, sahly,. 90 lae order % Iadd Is
Bush, OF SucmY Caat Eet money here
Nus have % Wednesday Telegraph tue at
salem. N!eE s.ll NJ. !aN. DvlIRlNAL.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16
Tho Confederate Generals"
TOinctpnatt Commercial.

The Confederate Generals" are not
a bad class OF men, now that there
isn't any Cenfederacy. Those OF them
in Congress manifest q strong inclina-
ton to reduce expenses, and, conse-
quently,I do not weep over this. At u
time when every family has to econo-
mize, perhaps we can stand little OF Id
at Washington without n pang Of sor-
row. And the conduct OF these men In
the late attempt to tilibuster Hayes out
OF the place to which We believe him
elected, and throw the country into a
condition Of anarchy, with all Its dis
tressing results to capital and labor,
was most praiseworthy. Had Hill, La
mar and few other leading Southern
men joined the Western flltbusters, they
could have defeated Hayes and forced a
new election. We have been told all
the time that these Confederate Gen
erals" would play the Old Scratch, with
the country II opportunity offered, and
when the finest opportunity for mischief
presented itself, these men were the
most conservative now In public life.
The time has come for the burial Of a
lot OF old prejudices, and I think the
country Is ready to see the funeral cere-
monies proceed.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16

acres OF forests Of ~ fine timber as can
I'D found Ia North America. Our forests
stand silent and almost useless 20 the
State. and more thHn ssyen-e ighths 81
arr lands are tfneultivatsd, While. mil
lions upon millions OF farmers and me-
CHANCES In other States and oosntfisH
would vastly improve their condition III
life by moving To- this State.
Can our Legislature devise 20 msAhs
by which the laborefs Of tho world Elay
be made acquainted with Tho resources
and climate Of tbis State Can our laW |.
makers and riilsrs not pledge the credit
III The state toThe extent OF ten or ives.
ty thousand dollars TO secure benefits t9
tho extent Of hundreds or thousands, ana
even millions OF dollars 7 VIII our Leg.
islatufs permit neighboring ana more
entsrptising States 10 absorb oil OF the
emigration from Northern and Western
States and Europe, and We encourage nc
labefers but negroes to come 10 the
Btate7
Professor Hilgnrd has truthfully said
that +" Louisiana, though ono OIL the ear
lest colonies OF the continent, 10 ns vol
one OF the few States concerning whese
ASPECT and resources no reliable infef.
nation ID accessible. and whose climate
and physical Irregularities are grossly
misunderstood .,...,
80 DANIEL BENNETT.
Oily Hotel, New Orleans. March 10, lB77s
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16

continue 80 while he bas tho United
Htatea bayonets at his back. Do tho
Republicans who are demanding lgaa t aaa
aoy. Packard shall BIO reeognissa ana
upheld propose 10 repent Ia Louisiana
for for four years more, tho experiment
which Glen. Grant tried for the ls s.a teaf
years. and which by his owl, confession,
utterly failedp Has the country any ~.
suranee that military policy un a..s
President Hayes will be any more sue.
eessful In building up o N,spue ,las ~
party In the South, In Iest9sihs l peaauo
Han Hon s h the black people, than Y has b,
i bsen ,,ndar Gen, urantf DO they think
that President Hayes election was " a.. on
appfayal Of the Louisiana policy OF the
lsnt Aaminiatratien. and that the eou1-
t nv ID 10 anxious 60 500 The Republican
party In power Ia that State that u IL
Willing that that policy shall , DO
continued four years lengerf Aud how
elas can Mr., Packard be upheld except
by the use Of the army
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16

The Legislature Of Maine made an ap-
preparation, many years ago, to bring
Swedish farmers to the eastern part of
that State, and made money byit. The
results proved entirely satisfactory to
the taxpayers. Millions OF dollars have
been spent in advertising the Western
States and Territories, and Texas and
Florida to the world, and hundreds Of
millions of dollars and millions Of popu-
lation have been added to those States
as the direct result OF such appropria-
tons and expenditures by States, rail-
road and land companies.
No State or country on the continent
can hold out so brilliant inducement to
emigrants as Louisiana. It can be
demonstrated, from crops which have
been. produced in this State by a hun
dred thousand field laborers, that the
soil OF this State, under high state OF
cultivation is capable OF producing sta
Die articles for the markets of the world
Of the value of over. four hundred mil
ion dUttars. We Uhatfenge CUntradfc-
ton in any newspaper in this city. We
are prepared to prove what we state.
And our forests, and mines, and fac
tories. that might pay handsome divi-
dends might yield = hundred millions
on stats has oYer sixteen millions d
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16
ny WAY oH LIFE,
Il rallsn into tbs sers. tho ys,,s, Lsal

ID fallen into tias seFe, tho Ysliaw GEtat.
The Varieties Theatre season comes
to u sudden md untimety close on Mon
| day next, after about twenty weeks o.
psffnrmnhees. As fHr us our notice mud
| information goes. tho season ttt The w"
fistiss has not been nearly as unprotit4
| able as in recent previous Seasons liz
| dead. ,tt To Mhrdi Gfas tho theatre had
not only made expenses, but was profit
able. With the engagement Of Mr.
| Geo. r. Rowe. u little over three weeks
ago, tho theatre began TO lose money.
| If VIC may Judge by the slimnssE OF
houses. aud has continued TO do so
until tho present time.
The sum, however. must be small,
and particularly so rs compared Win
| former seasons besides, the Lost weeks
Of SEASONS ut the Varieties, after Lent.
have usually been fsnHtnsratiFs. But
| Ii il limited that the deficiency in the
receipts ID not the cause OF tho closing
of the Varieties Oft such an early period,
and this belief is supported by tho fhct
TINT the lessee has fueed greater risks
with much libefality,
| Howbeit. the f,rettiest theatre Of New
Orleans. aud ono Of tho hahdsemest IN
the country, doses Its doors before the
season ID ended. This denouement Ii in
strict harmony with It's career since 1t
opened In November lhst, and since
which time no less than thirteen
OF tho members Of the troupe have
severed their connection with II. viz
Wheelook, Bouthard, Hhrkihs, Fanny
Lee. Agnes Proctor, Mrs. Proctor. Brad.
ley. the ViyiGhs. Soggs, Dressed ana
| Marble.
This strange condition may be natu'
raj. but II certainly appears extfaordt.
nary, and II IL hoped that nobody Will
have to say with jock FalBtaR;
IL have ntisu ted the Kings press damnably.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16

sx.4G& Z
IA gbakspsnrs's areat play q Mac a.as
IL With Charles Pope In tho tito,
se,a and q good distribution Of. ptsrts.
' RIA a .l of Miss Pomeroy u ffaught
With dangers which howg IKE s shsfs viii
good reason ., e a ss,s aesa mo not entirely
a over them. At oil events curiosity
Ia ssaitsd TO SEQ how she will cross this
Kittredge'H list is fllling, up han y.
someiy for his benefit, which ogeu .s,, 9n
lar pt he s ssas for ths Varieties Thea-
ire. We take occasion to repeat n, y
that Miss Rosa Rand will BIG the -
mills OF the evening, o part Wnloh sns
played on Wednesday last ut tho fnams
nee, with the talent which sha aiWa gl
brings into everything she 1ndertahhgg.s.
We bespeak large receipts Tor MI ~.
tredgs and an enthusiastig far5Weil IoI
Miss Rand on that evening.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16
TYPOS
The TraubicS of a Chinese Printing
0f1ice.
tSan Francisco Monitor.1

san FRANCISCO Monilof.i
A Chinese printing office is q greater
curiosity than one would think. The
alphabet numbers way into the thou
sands, and a cap and lower-case goes all
the way round the Inside OF two.story
building, and half way up to the roof.
It takes an apprentice twenty years to
learn the case, and then he has to use u
step-ladder to get at the higher
branches. A case was pied once in Can
ton, and 1t took five days TO remove the
type from the form Of the foreman.
Tney punctuate wherever they can drop
a dot, without regard to the prospective.
When the editor coins a word the
printer whittles out q new character
with his jack knife. The journeymen
set by the square foot, and never belong
to a Union. They do their press-work
by hand, and use boxing gloves to ink
the type. They have one paper in the
empire thousand years old, and the
bound volumes half fill q pagoda. Ii Is
rumored that Bennett has started &c
edit that venerable paper. The editors
head is responsible for all items pub.
lished in the paper, and is taken of
whenever an article OF news Is pub
lished. Not an editor has been be.
headed in China for the last five hun
bred years. The Chinese have just III,
vented twenty-five cylinder press for
printing tea chests, with which they
are able to print one week.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16
CITY Ann Potter ITEMS.

CUrTtHa THE Gas orr AT THE ~. Louie
HoTrt..-Last evening tho Gas Company
shut the gus off ftetn Tho lower portio,nl
OF tho &c. Louis Hotel. The agent of
the company stated that Packard " 90.
had agreed 10 pay their gus bill tn the
morning, but had failed TO keep their
agreement. and hence tho gas was out
off. The gas Ia the upstairs portion OF
the building was still allowed Thorn.
A CeHnHeftoH, The reporter, In ststta
Ing that Lilly Train, residing Of No. DO
Basin street, had robbed United states
soldier OF sixteen dollars, made mis-
take, Ms 1t WAS Lilly Twaius, " nsEress
ef basin street netorlety, who com
mittsd the deed.
SERIOUSLY INJURED y yesterday boy
named Mitchell. while playing on tho
ship Louis. lying ut The head OF Itch.
ord street, accidentally fell down tue
hold OF The vessel and was seriously it-
jursd. Hs was taken out md sent to
his residence In the vicinity.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16
In u.nc,.ara,s main.

Affairg around tho BIT. Louis Hotel IRE
brilliantly dull Just now. md II 1t WASH &
for the almanac they wouldn't know The
day Of the month.
The guards go on duty and Off ut the
door. the quondam members OF Tho two
houses take their seats, read tho papers,
call for quorum, find none, aud nd
iourn: the sun shines In through the
Chartres street windows In the morning
and sends Ito rogeate hues vt setting
through those on Royal street
and the Packard government knows not
of change. There 10 only one eonsola-
ton, one panacea, and that balm In
Gilead In the arrival of kilograms from
Washington from the true and tried
Pitkin and the unctuous Pitt, telling Of
recognition and the good time IL com.
ingg;" ,..... - ,...,> .so ..,r,.a ,,a
and cheer the souls Of those who are
''aweary with watching and waiting"
Once In n while the report circulateg
that another recalcitrant member OF
the Nichols Legislature is coming
down, and that produces ripple; but,
when he doesn't come, and when the
hope sinks into disappointment, then
| they fall back upon the kilograms.
Thursday morning there was consid-
cradle falling back upon kilograms, for
nothing WIS astir andeyerybody looked
tired.
There was the usual gathering Of
those whe desired to play IN the role OF
legislator in the old House OF Repre-
sentatives at the Infirmary yesterday
noon, and accordingly there was the
same amount Of palayer consequent.
With nothing else to do and with the
solemn fact staring them In the face,
| the members OF the Packard house
sought'to beguile the time during the
afternoon with humorous discussion
over mileage and per diem. when their
treasury Is below that zero 30 terrible in
thermometrical language. One sable
aspirant for oratorical honors arraigned
those who had voted for the remission
or surrender OF their mileage as enemies
OF the State and guilty of Inconsistency,
and these members came boldly Tor
ward with points Of order and other
strategic moves to keep him down.
Their Senate still looks hungrily up
at the frescoes Of their chamber for
that quorum, and as hungrily send out
their petitions for the absent Allan or
some ether man or two, as yet without
response.
It Is too true that senatorial candi-
dates for the short term feel the ground
gone from under them, and they. long
for O. step-ladder or anything else to
serve to keep them above the rising
tide Of approaching disaster.
When the afternoon dispatches reach.
ed the Infirmary, there was o marked
change in the demeanor Of those who
had previously been most confident,
and matters and things about the place
wore more of the aspect OF O. genera!
breaking up than usual. Not that there
was any intention on the part Of the
faithful to let go, but that benign conf
denee so steadfastly displayed upon
party spirit and party allegiance was
manifestly their only support, and tc
this alone they look for salvation.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-03-16

The protnigsory docket Of The Fifth
District Court ID now cleared OF oil cases.
Strawberries have made known their
arrival by. II picard OF "seVehty-hve
cents per boz"
Thepeanut mania seems to have tn ken
possession of Our citizens, and vendors
Of these nuts crowd Canal street.
The Peoples Bank will have II new
editiee soon finished, Mt the corner Of
Customhouse and Old Lsvee streets.
The crossings on Common street, In
the rear OF Enmpart street, ore In an
almost impossible condition for pedes-
TRANS.
Strawberries have made their ap.
pearan5e In our fruit stands, and sell
ut about one dollar and quarter
apiece.
A young husband, who accompanied
his wife on shopping tour yesterday,
has been whistling ''Sweet buy and
buy" ever since.
There was meeting last night OF the
Taxpayers Association, over Hawkins
saloon. The question OF tho Criminal
Sheriff's fees was one Of the sabjects
discussed.
Col. w. Rufus Crane. that bitter OPP
ponent of snakes and cattle" in Lou.
lsiana, Is now, 1t ID reported, being
pushed for a responsible position by
friends to President Hayes.
Mr.. j. Burckett, q prominent mer-
chant OF Shreveport, and ut tho last
election Democratic candidate for the
Legislature from Caddo, is In the city
with his wife on visit to their son-in-
law. M. s.. Jones, Esq, formerly of the
Bulletin. Mr.. Burekett was formerly a
resident Of New Orleans and has q
large CIRCLE OF acquaintances.