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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14
A Home on the Farm.

IT would be a most betting char
acteristic of country life in the United
States to find the houses of farmers
built in good taste, and supplied with
every reasonable convenience to rem
der living in them agreeable and to
make the performance of daily labor
easy. A home in the city or village
is far more comfortable structure
than farmhouse now. A home in
the country in America possesses few
er conveniences, as general rule, than
the homes of well-to-do-fa farmers in
England, France or Switzerland.
We fear that the true idea of what
home in the country sh ould be has
never, or at least seldom, been worked
out by those who spend their lives
there, for it is a rare thing to see an
establishment which has IL genuine
house-look If a farmer builds q new
house and plants home which he
expects to be permanent thing for
himself and his heirs, he is almost
sure to run up a two-story and wing
and place it within shaking-hands dis
lance of the road; and then paint it
white. put on green blinds. and shut
them up forever. 1t looks firm, neat
and unapproachable as white rock in
plain.
This kind of home is represented
everywhere in the West. If there is a
front yard and front doorstep, they
are filled and covered with weeds
and then what is the doorstep?
There is a good deal of significance
IN front-door step. Dare we say that
the front doorstep exhibits the char
acter Of the owner and is an index OF
the size of his heart and the growth
OF his taste? We believe it. 1t is of
no use to say You do not use the front
door and front rooms much, and that
therefore there was no necessity Tor
erecting a broad porch and proud.
Toomy steps, and to indicate that the
front door was the chief and main
entrance to the house. There is
where the trouble lies; and farmers
should educate themselves out of the
notion that they must eat and live in
The Kitchen and sleep near it. And
here the influence of woman may be
eXerted in most efficient manner for
good.
She can open those "best rooms"
and let in the sunlight of Heaven and
OF her own cheerful heart and pres
eAee, and compel her family to occupy
them. Here, if anywhere in the
house, are the best educating infu-
ences of home. The mothers and
daughters should ever be found there
alter their household duties are over.
HeTe is the place of the family altar,
sacred to pure conversation. to gentle
and cheerful manners, to loving cour-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14
SWORN STATEMENT
BOSTON DRUGGIST.

Gsntsemen.- hereby certify that ! have had Ca
.srrSe w ~ ass
buzslng in the head, pains The temple, dizzy
sSn. hard aud constant Cough severe q PAIN scre..
the Shs. .ad svsss i9dieatEn
50 rapidly in head and throat that could not
them ~ e hight would out
would thon have recourse to every in my power
to disodEe the mucus from my throat and before
nasdf sns
could with dileuity ewsiiow: finally consulted an
but At his rsQges. poslponed It. The constant lna.n
s ssa b.
SO rritated and my lungs that coughed in.
began to show he elects Of this disease SO i lost
nesh. grew pale, and showed every symptom Of an
ssa ~ or SaSs saa
the use OF s.sFoRp's RADICAL CURE FOR CATARgn
IT, hena
not known II to be for years. IT seemed gradually to
days. BY using it as eargle soon reduced the in.
Elimination and swelling Of my tonsils so that they
ceased my senses airing and Of seeing were com.
to
by the use of ANFoIp 3 RADICAL URE ron CATARRr.
have ss and
hope to conyince many that this is great remedy.
USED the best physicians and have consulted the
most eminent about my case: have used every kind
period OF six years past. and have, while following
their use, takcl great of general health, but
obtained relief encouragement from any ofthem
Since curing myself with SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE,
I have recommended it in over one hundred cases
without single of failure, and have in
instances received Wholesale orders from parties to
medicine Ihave ever recommended never having he.
levcd In them before although constantly engaged in
nss .ss r ysFy sissfu yEoeE F. pSsMoRE
SurFoLk,ss. Feb. %, 1875.
Then personally appeared the said George !. bins.
more and made oath that the foregoing statement by
him subscribed Is true. Before me,
SETH j. THOMAS,
Justice OF tho pcace
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14

tesy between parents and children, to
neatness, order and truth. Let no
one ever appear here without a coat
on, or with his pantaloons tucked into
his boot-tops, or with hat ont is
| no place for such boorish habits and
customs.
We have seen excellent, good
hearted people, who lived in the
kitchen, and who did not once year,
perhaps, enter the "best room" They
would do one a favor, and spring to
the aid OF distress. as readily as any
one; but these are no reasons for neg
lecting the best advantages and the
most sacred influences of home. If
they have pure consciences and kind
hearts, why not elevate them into a
purer and kindlier atmosphere, where
the surroundings are in better keep
ing With the spirit within.
How pleasant at evening, when out
door and indoor work is done, for the
whole family to gather into the parlor
and light up it's cheerful walls brill
iantly. Should some social neighbors
call, they would be at no loss to tell
where the household is gathered, for
the blinds are open, not shut like an
oyster-shell, and the lights CLEAN out
as though some joyous event had hap
pened. The table is in the middle Of
the room, and books and papers are in
abundance to suit the tastes and ca
pacities of all.
This is home; and here a home in
fluence is born and nurtured, which
grows. and spreads, and works, until
everything in and about home is trans
formed, and instead of weeds, and
brush, and disorder without, grass,
and flowers, and trees are found; in
stead of rough and awkward manners
and slovenliness of dress on the part
of the men, there is considerable court
esy, refinement of manners and ad-
dress, and visible care for personal
appearance, cleanliness and dress. -
Detroit Tribune.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14
Effects of the Brooklyn Fire.

A GENTLEMAN, who was curious
enough to investigate, tells me that
where a thousand people used to come
from Brooklyn to places of amuse-
ment in New York, before the great
disaster, scarcely score night have
crossed the river since. This state
ment is confirmed both by the ferry-
men and the proprietors of downtown
restaurants. One of the latter says
that above a hundred persons were ac-
customed to stop in his place for lunch
before going home, after the ride
down from the uptown theaters,
whereas he now regards himself for
tunate if half-a-dozen of this class of
patrons present themselves. In this
way the effects of the fire extend be-
yond theatrical interests to the hack
men, hOrse-car companies and restau-
rateurs, and in turn to the many de-
pendent on these. AS curious in
stance of the indirect operations of a
cause, some questions put to "A street
beggar who importuned me late at
night, and with a most pitiful story of
starving wife, disclosed the fact that
he had been waiter at a certain res
taurant, and was discharged because
of dull business. Happening at the
place shortly after, learned that not
only was the fellows story true, but
that the dull business was induced. as
limited above, by the cessation of what
may be termed the theater-going trade
of Brooklyn.-N. Y. Cor. Chicago
Trib3I,1e
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-02-14

cen wEEk MALE OR FEMALE. No capt
0VV u WIEN tai. We give Steady work that
will bring you $40 month at home, day or evening.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

large number of party journals have re.
marked within the last few days that Sena-
tor Conkling has CROSSED the Rubicon,"
and some Of them add that he is marching
on Rome" This loads us to say that the
Rubicon, which was never in historic times
as wide as the Mississippi or as deep as the
Amazon, is now. according to the most trust
worthy reports, o somewhat insignificant
rivulet. It's bed has probably become shall
low through the deposit of great quantities
of baggage-the Romans called it impedi-
menta-left in it by the vast number of emil
nent persons who, since Caesars time, have
essayed to cross it. At the favorite ford
there is, recent travellers say, q curious OBJ
struction caused by the heaping together Of
large quantities of scabbards, flung there
when those who crossed the Rubicon drew
their swords and flung away the sheaths.
When the Hon. Mr.. Platt, tho other day,
essayed to cross he impetuously threw in
not only the scabbard, but the sword too
Much may be forgiven to a man at SO ex
citing crisis, but we trust those who fol.
low Mr.. Plat will not have the ill luck ia
step on his sword. Lockjaw is sometimes
the unfortunate result Of a wound thus in.
hicted
p. S.-We understand that q petition il
circulating to change the name of the Rubi-
con to Salt River.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

These are largely if not wholly social
topics. We do not suppose that the
spiritual suicide of Mr.. Gulick is in she
least degree caused by Mr.. Queens love
affair in the Wilderness and yet the same
congregation will hear about both. As o
preparation for expected revival labors DIR.
King will ask his people who they are work.
ing for, and will wait for their response,
and DR.. Crooke will insist on earnestness in
doing the work of God. Mr.. Pullman will
give some needed hints to unsettled minds
and troubled souls. and Dr. Armitage will
prove that Christ's silence touching future
life is equal to positive testimony to it. The
serpent of brass which Moses reared in the
wilderness will also be used by Mr. Lloyd
to illustrate life and Immortality. DIR. Yves.
colt will indicate how church may pro-
mote revival of religion, and Edith O'Gor
man will discuss the school question. which,
it appears, is still one of the living ques
tions Of the day.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

The Board of Estimate and Apportionment
on Friday last voted to transfer four thousand
five hundred dollars from IN unexpended
balance in the Department of Charities and
Correction to the account of salaries in
that department for the present year. That
is to say, the department is allowed this sum,
and perhaps has been or will be allowed
some others, in addition to the very liberal
amount appropriated to it in the yearly
estimates for the salaries of it's employees.
and which amount it had no right to exceed.
At the same time the Board of Estimate
and Apportionment replied to communion
ton from the Board of Aldermen that they
had no funds out of which an appropria.
ton could be made for the relief of the suf
ferers by the disastrous fire on Thirty-ffth
street and Tenth avenue
Many people will believe that the four
thousand Ave hundred dollars unexpended
balance in the Department of Charities
might have been better and more appro.
priately used to relieve the suffering and
misery caused by the recent confagration
than to swell the salaries of the Tammany
politicians who draw pay from the city fol
services supposed to be rendered to the
costly Department of Charities and Correc
tion
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

Mr.. Tweed continued his evidence before
the Aldermanic committee yesterday and
further succeeded in convincing everybody
that any punishment he could receive would
be inadequate to the rascality he has
practised, that the sympathy once felt for
ing comfortable parlor in Ludlow street
he ought to be working in chain gang at
Sing Sing. With his accustomed cffrontery
he glibly told of contract for pipes which
were not to be furnished, and the profits of
which he was to receive, and of other
equally interesting robberies. His testi-
mony wandered over variety of subjects,
most Of which were mere dribblings, such
as that he paid ex-Police Commissioner
Disbecker and Deputy Secretary of State
Apgar sinecure salaries while in the Public
Works Department. and that he bribed
sut-editor of the Albany Eren;ng
Journal, whose proprietors he, of course,
could not approach, TO put articles
into that paper. He was desperately
urged to criminate in some way the present
proprietor of the Albany Argus. But this
was failure Mr.. Apgar gives an explana-
ton of his connection with the great COR
ruptor. Singularly enough, Tweed could
remember no names but the. two on his pay
roll and Mr.. w. Hastings, nor was any,
thing developed that would tend to prove
him valuable informer, unless corrobora-
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

Columbias will compete for the four the
Nautilus will endeavor TO hold its own
against the efforts Of the Atalantas, Seawan-
hakas, Athletics and Friendships in the pair
and the six-oared gig race will prove an ex-
citing struggle, with the Columbia. Daunt-
less and Friendship SKIES competing Tor
supremacy. The field of scullers is an I'M
usually strong one, with such men as Miils'
Lee, Content. Gaisel, Pilkington, Coulon'
and host of Others not SO we'll known.
If the weather is fine and the water smooth
on Tuesday there is every indication that
the first open regatta on the Harlem River
will prove one of the most successful events
of the rowing season.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

The New Flag and an Appropriation.
Our colored brethren in South Carolina
mean to beat Colonel Sellers. That emil
nent patriot used to labor for 1.-the old
fag--and an appropriation - but sundry
colored men in South Carolina propose to
transfer themselves to q new flag--that of
Liberia, and we hear will begin their
movement by petitioning Congress for fifty
thousand dollars toward building a railroad
in their proposed new home. Of course
their project is absurd. Congress has no
authority to build railroads in foreign coun-
tries. Nor ought it to help the colored mon
or anybody else to emigrate from the coun-
try. If any one wants to remove to
Liberia let him pay his passage, and il
he has no money now to do this let him
labor and save until he accumulates sufi-
cient sum.
We notice that the Colonization Society
takes an interest in the South Carolina emil
grafton movement, and we take the liberty
TO suggest to that eminently respectable
body that if it has any funds to devote to
African colonization it would do good
stroke of business by fitting out a trading
expedition to the Upper Congo Stanley
has lust shown tho immense Importance of
that river, which rises in Eastern Central
Africa and. with the exception Of two or
three falls or rapids, is navigable almost the
whole of its length. 1t is cruel to encourage
American colored men to migrate to the I'M
healthful and narrowly limited State of
Liberia. But if any considerable num-
Der of colored South Carolinians wish
to 90 to Africa it would be wise
and practical for the Colonization So
ciety to help them in commercial ex-
ploration of the Congo, with view to set
tlemcnt in the healthful and no doubt pro-
ductive highlands OF the interior of Central
Africa.
Liberia and Sierra Leone, two fever
stricken colonies, are and always were q
mistake. The lowlands Of the African coast
are not fit for settlement. In the highlands
of the interior Christianized colored men
from this country and England may yet
found State, if they really desire to do so,
which we doubt There they would have
room and the conditions of O sound and
rapid growth and, fortunately, Stanley
has now shown that this interior is easily
accessible.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

Anti-Russlan feeling in Hungary was just
about to find expression in an armed attack
from Pennsylvania on the Roumanian rail-
roads, and q consequent breaking OF the Rus
sian line of communications, when the
Austrian government stepped in and seized
the arms and ammunition of the conspira-
tors. The Magyar loves to be recognized
by his foes as chivalrous enemy, but when
he is found posing as an assassin even the
fact that he is the countryman OF Kossuth
will not blot out the stain OF treachery
with which this conspiracy brands him.
1t is fortunate that the Austrian
government has stopped move
ment which could not have failed to
involve it in a quarrel with Russia, and pos
sibly with Germany; but the contemplated
raid could scarcely have affected the Russian
plans very seriously, as it would have been
conducted with a very doubtful prospect
of success. On the western side OF the
theatre Of war the Turkish troops are being
concentrated with the double object of
holding Mostar, the capital of Herzegovina,
and Of watching the Servian frontier. 1t is
not improbable that the recent victories OF
Prince Nicholas of Montenegro may have
encouraged the Servians to assume n more
hostile attitude toward Turkey, especially
in the districts separated from Montenegro
by a narrow strip of Ottoman territory.
The Russian medical department is called
on to deal with what is termed "a tremen-
dous number Of wounded from Plevna. '"
These unfortunate victims of the blunder-
ing OF the general staff suffer terrible tor
lures in transit from the field to the per-
manent hospitals in Russia as well as from
the want of proper surgical aid and nurs-
ing. It is only by an experience such as
this that the responsible Russian generals
can measure the magnitude of their recent
mistakes. Turning from this sad spectacle
we are confronted by what purports
to be a Turkish official joke. The order
to the troops Of the Sultan not to fire at
any Russian general for fear of killing or
disabling him, and thus making room for
perhaps more competent men, is very
sensible one if it has been issued. Had the
Gar only caused several Of his distin-
guished generals to be shot after the first
disaster at Plevna there is no doubt that
his army would now be stronger by at least
thirty thousand men, and the Turks would
not be in any humor for joking. Snow on
the Balkans and rain on the Bulgarian
plains warn of the approach Of the season of
inactivity, or, in other words, of that in
which the contest will become one of mere
endurance between the opposing armies.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

Every man in search OF wife believes
the old statement that it is not good that
man should be alone, but Mr.. Moment will
remind his young men of the fact to-day.
And this subject is not very distantly re-
lated to husbands and wives, which Mr..
Esray will portray, nor to Christian socia-
bility, which Mr.. Hull will present, nor to
old and new manhood, as they shall be dis
cussed by Mr.. Davis. Life's ills and bless
ings, as they appear to the mind of Mr.
Hatfield, no doubt have connection with
the sins and sorrows of city life, and
the amelioration of the sorrowing and
downcast, as viewed by Mr.. Martin.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30
The Revival Of Manly Sports.

We are pleased when field sports seem to
be as actively encouraged as has been the
case during the season now nearly passed.
In yachting, in boating, polo, ball, cricket
and in fact in all the forms OF outdoor sport
there has been display of vigorous ac-
tivity which has kept the sporting columns
Of the HERALD and Of its enterprising con-
temporaries we'll and readably filed, and
which gives evidence Of sharp revival
from the time when Oliver Wendell Holmes
characterized the young men of America
as ''sallow-faced, pasty-complexioned and
sott-muscled." The sports Of the saddle
especially have become popular, and polo,
in spite of its dangers, is now q recog-
nized and favorite addition to the list Of
muscular games The fine old sport of
''riding to hounds" il still comparatively
unknown on this side of the Atlantic, but
we are glad to say that vigorous effort will
be made this fall to bring it into favor.
Through the enterprise of Aessrs. Griswold,
Purdy, Center and Peet ten couples of
hounds have been imported from Ireland,
and it is the intention of these gentlemen
to run drag or bag fox twice week during
the autumn. A suitable hunting ground has
been chosen near East Meadow Brook, ut
the easterly end of Long Island Plains, on
tract of twelve thousand acres, generously
putat the disposal of the huntsmen by the
courtesy of Mrs. A. Il. Stewart The value
of this exciting sport as means of acquir-
ing thorough and graceful horse
manship can hardly be overrated.
The rocking horse riders who can
ter gracefully over the bride paths of
Central Park, painfully conscious of every
gesture and carefully studying every motion,
can be called horsemen only by great
stretch of courtesy. The experienced hunter
or polo player, on the contrary absorbed in
the sport, forgets for the time whether he is
on horseback or on foot or in the clouds.
In the mad rush for polo ball or the
'staking" of high gate that has been for
gotten by the ''gaters" every trace of stiff
ness or elf-consciousnesslv anishes, and the
rider becomes graceful simply because he is
thought of how he is riding he, as matter
of course, rides easily and well. No excr-
else that has become second nature can be
done badly, and the old huntsman or the
trained and expert polo player could not
ride awlzwardly if he would We trust the
efforts of Messrs. Griswold, Purdy, Peet
and Center to establish hunting among our
popular sports will be completely success
full and that the enthusiasm for outdoor
games generally will continue to increase
and spread its beneficial influence through
out the country.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-09-30

other in the general business de-
preston. But it is certain that the
building business is looming up into ac-
has been done this year and is in contem-
plation in building and real estate transact
tions, published to-day, sufficiently indicates
that the first ripple of returning prosperity
is already felt. The substantial settlement
Of the rapid transit question will give n
wonderful impetus to such speculation.
especially in uptown property, and we find
thus early that shrewd and capable
business men are turning their at
tention to available sites for stores,
hotels and other large buildings on tho
direct line OF the Sixth avenue rapid transit
road. which we were told was to be such a
detriment to adjacent property. There are
rumors that new Stewards dry goods
palace may occupy site at the Broadway and
Sixth avenue junction, and that a hotel ven-
ture seeks the same locality On Fourth
avenue and in the upper wards of the city,
which will no doubt soon be reached by rapid
transit. large number Of buildings have
been erected this year, and this, ac-
cording to the testimony of leading real
estate men, is only just the turning of the
tide. The times favor building specu-
lations Labor and material are probably
lower than they will be when the stream of
revival flows more swiftly. Besides, as the
city grows in beauty, real estate. having
reached bottom prices, will no doubt inns
prove What is true of private speculation
is also true of public improvement. We
shall find no more propitious moment than
the present, when business generally feels
an onward movement, for undertaking such
necessary public works as the interests of
the city demand. We should secure OF
once the Reservoir Park improvement on
Fifth avenue and the reconstruction of our
dilapidated docks and piers. Above all we
should make rapid transit fixed fact. The
main difficulties in it's way are happily
swept aside, and no further factious OBJ
structions on minor issues should be sub
mitted to by the people. Our progress will
never be SO rapid or so we'll assured MS when
the first train of steam cars runs through
from the City Hall to Harlem Bridge