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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
AMERICAN OFFICERS IN EGYPT.
DO They refuse to see Actual Service
Under The khediye.

The Turkish Legation furnishes the
following statement:
g According to information recently
published by the press, number of
American officers in the Egyptian SER
vice had, it was said, refused to fight in
the actual war. At the present date
that statement has not been positively
confirmed. Tho distinguished officers
who some years ago took service in
Egypt, and there are those among them
who were recommended by illustrious
American Generals, did not then make
any reservation relating to their active
aid in case the Egyptian army were to
participate in a war. Moreover, it is
quite generally admitted that when a
soldier enlists in time of peace in n
foreign army he can hardly leave it
when n great war takes place on ac-
count Of religious considerations. 1t is
therefore advisable to ascertain the fact
before specializing upon that incident,
and find the real motives which led
brave officers to resign their commits
sions or induced His Highness the
khedive to dispense with their ser
vices "
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01

Comparisons between the chief civil
lied nations as now existing, Weld veri-
iications. Note, first the fact, signiti-
cant of the relation between political
despotism and domestic despotism,
that, according to Legouve, Napoleon
said to the Council of State, "Un mari
doit avoir I'M Empire absolu sur les ac-
tons de sa femme;" and that sundry
provisions of the Code MS interpreted
10y Pothier, carry out this dictum.
Further, note that according to De Sc
CUR, the position of women in France
declined under the Empire; and that
g it WAS not only in the higher ranks
that this nullity of women existed.
The habit of fighting filled
men with n kind of contempt and as-
perity which made them often forget
even the regard which they owed to
weakness"
Passing over less essential contrasts
now presented 10y the leading European
peoples, and considering chiefly the
status rs displayed in the daily lives of
the poorer rather than the richer, it is
manifest that the mass Of women have
harder lots where militant organization
and activity predominant, than they
have where there is Il predominance of
industrial organization and activity.
The sequence observed by travellers in
Africa, that IN proportion rs the men
are occupied IN war more labor falls on
the women, Is sequence which both
France and Germany show US. Social
sustentatlon has to be carried on; and
necessarily the more males drafted of
for military service, the more females
must be called on to fill their places as
workers. Hence the extent to which in
Germany women are occupied IN
rough, out-of-door tasks-digging,
wheeling, carrying burdens hence the
extent to which in France heavy field
operations are shared in by women.
That the English housewife is less a
drudge than her German sister; that
among shopkeepers in England she is
not required to take so large n share in
the business rs she is among shopkeep-
ers in France, and that in England the
out-of-door work done by women is
both smaller III quantity and lighter in
kind, is clear; rs it is clear that this
difference is associated with lcssencd
demand on the male population for
purposes of otlonsc and defense. And
then there may be added the fact of
kindred meaning that in the United
States, where till the late war the de-
gree Of militancy had been SO small,
and the industrial type of social struc-
ture and action so predominant, wom-
EN- have reached higher status than
anywhere elsc.-Hcrben Spencer, IN Pop
uhr Science MoWhiy for Augua
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
Indians Concentrating.

HELENA, Mon, July 24--Advices
from the Missoula to the morning of
the Dist, report eighteen lodges Of hos
tile Indians having come over the Lolo
trail. The Indians are coming in fast.
All the settlers are moving into stokades.
The Indians appear to be trying to es-
cape through the upper end of the
Bitter Root on to the Big Horn country.
There is no doubt they belong to
Joseph's Band The mail-rider says it
is reported quite number of Indians
are wounded. A company of soldiers
left Fort Feforap for Missoula yester-
day. Others willfollw from other points
as speedily as possible.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
The Indians.

WALA WALLA, w. T., July 24,-The
Indians made a descent on kamiah
yesterday, stealing 400 ponies from the
kamiahs, and left for Little Camas and
the Buffalo country. 1t is evident that
Chief Joseph sent back this band for a
fresh supply Of horses and to revisit the
old caches and chastise the Indians
friendly to the United States. The
troops will go into camp at Lawyers
Canon to satisfy the frightened Kamiahs
and settlers until Sanford's arrival.
General Howard has returned and
reports not having seen General Sher-
man. General Howard has abandoned
the intention of going himself to the
Spokane country, and will send General
Wheaton instead with seven hundred
troops. He leaves tomorrow for
Croesdale's Farm. Camas Prairie, at
the intersection of the six trails, to es-
tablish Fort Debouch depot and to de-
fend the farmers getting their crops.
General Sherman telegraphs from
Bismarck that he will spend August at
Helena and Missoula, and will not go to
Fort Laywai till September.
DEADwOoD, ID. T., July 24-General
Dawson, n prominent citizen of this
place, received a letter tonight from the
town of Speartish, asking for Gods
sake to send them aid, and stating that
the Indians were raiding in the valley,
and burning ranches, all women and
children and people from ranches have
taken refuge in Spcarfsh, The letter
also contains a request that Senator
Spencer, of Alabama, who is now here,
be urged to invoke aid from the govern
ment.
DEADwooD, d. r., July PA. NJ. Ak
ford arrived this morning from Hay
fields, in the vicinity of Spearfish He
reports that train of forty wagons, sup
posed to be from Deadwood, bound for
the Big Horn, arrived at Spearfsh this
morning, having been driven in by the
Indians The bodies of the four men
that had been killed by a band of about
twenty Indians were brought in. Anoth-
er body was buried near where the fight
occurred. The names of the killed are
unknown. The haymakers in Speartish
Valley have nearly all stopped work and
gone into town for safety.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
General News.

Chicago received 4 1874 carloads of
corn, or upward of million and half
of bushels during the week ending July
%.
During the first six months of 1877
1853 miles of railway was constructed
in the United States rs follows: 164
were built in California, 1881 in Texas,
634 in Pennsylvania, 33 in Vermont, 27
in Tennessee, 25 in New Jersey, 90 in
Illinois, 20 in Indiana, Is in Wisconsin,
II in Michigan, in Iowa, etc. OF the
7O5i miles, 2S3 were narrow-gauge.
The southern gold mines are rising
again to prominence, the product Of
North Carolina for the fiscal year 1875
amounting to $l0,335 900, and that Of
Georgia to - ,379,O 900, and that of South
Carolina to 81 ,3S1 600 a total of 49,
03G,0O0. The product for the year just
closed is supposed to be much greater
Eleven stamp-mills are now running
near Dahlonega, Ga, and Boston capi-
tai is the dominant interest. Labor is
IS cents a day, and wood 81 cord.
The total organized and uniformed
militia force of New Hampshire is l ,395
men, who, with fl 495 enrolled for mill
tary service, gives the state force of
1850 men, and efforts are being made
to give it more efficiency and to place
it on footing where it will compare
favorably with that of adjoining states
A well regulated system in all the
states was formerly considered one of
the most essential features ofour govern
ment, but III many Of the states at the
present time there is no recourse against
turbulence, when too powerful for the
civic authorities to suppress, but to call
on the president for the troops Of the
United States. 1t appears a little singu-
lar that states which are most averse to
the exercise of federal authority within
their borders are the least prepared
to protect themselves from domestic
violence.
The time of the annual fair is APP
preaching. The Chicago Exposition
will open August 90, and close October
10. The Illinois State Fair will open Mt
Freeport September H. closing on the
%. Iowa State Fair at Cedar Rapids,
September II to %; Wisconsin State
Fair, at GAINESVILLE, September 10 to II;
Michigan, 1T Jackson, September II to
y; Minnesota, september 8 to s; Ne
braska, at Lincoln, september "a to %;
st. Louis, October to 6; Ohio, at Co
lumbus, September 10 to IA; Indiana,
at indianapolis, September "a to 20.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
tho Feeling Abroad Concerning the
Inv STRIKE.

LONDON. July 26.-Extraordinary an
.;atv is felt in all circles concerning the
4 i in the United States. The
,ndJeness, rapidity. and general extent
r. the strikes are regarded rs surprising
ND unexampled The strikes have
made a deep and more painful
;;,,,nression in England than
nnr event since the outbreak
aaFFtba war of secession in 1861. As yet
" ether the English people or newspa-
nsr. have been able to form any clear
tbeory or realization rs to the causes of
th ,e outbreak. The public find in the
London newspapers only cold state
ments, such as the location of each riot,
the number of people killed, and the
yaIue of the property destroyed. The
nawspapers have generally expressed
,ba hone that the United States govern
mont would succeed in surpressing the
ins,lrrection.
Tie Daily Telegraph, however, thinks
that the corruption and mismanage-
ment of the railway managers have
even to the employees both the tempta-
fion and the opportunity. Whatever is
the result of the governments inter-
terence the effect Of the strike must be
calamitous to American credit
abroad. A very painful i'm
nression is produced here by the
renorted action of Governor Williams,
Of Indiana, in declaring that he would
not interfere between the strikers and
the railway companies. 1t is the inn
pression, however, among the more
reasonable portion of the English peo-
ME, that Governor Williams remarks
We're incorrectly cabled to this country.
The thousands of holders of American
railroad securities in England cannot be
made to believe that the Governor of q
state in the Union would not interfere
to protect the rights of property.
In Germany the HeraHs correspondent
at Berlin telegraphs that intense inter
est prevails III the German
capital regarding the great Ameri-
can railroad strike Most of the
papers have daily leaders on the sub
ect. The socialist leaders are loud in
their eulogies of the martyred Molly
Maguires, and to show their sympathy
for the strikers have opened subscrip-
tons in their favor. Not much money
is raised, however.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
Fight II Ont.
New Haven Register.

A story is told OF daughter of a
prominent person III the lecture field
which is peculiarly interesting and sug-
gestive of unconscious wisdom. A
gentleman was invited to the lecturers
house to tea. Immediately on being
seated ut the table, the little girl aston
ished the family circle and the guest by
the abrupt question;
Where is your wifcY'
Now the gentleman, having been re-
Gently separated from the partner of
his life, was taken so completely by
surprise that he stammercd forth the
truth
II don't know"
" Don't know!" replied tho cnfant
terrible. "Why don't you know"
Finding that the child persisted in
her interrogatorics, despite the mild
reproof of her parents, he concluded
to make clean breast Of the matter
and have it over at once. So he said
with IL calmness which was the result Of
inward cxpletives
"Wcll, we don't live together we
think, as we cant agree, we'd better
not"
He stitled II groan rs the child began
again, and darted an exaspcrated look
at her parents But the little tor
ment would not be quoted, until she
exclaimed
Cant agree Then why don't you
fight it out as pa and ma dor
" Vengeance is mine" laughingly re-
torted the visitor after pa and INA
exchanged looks of holy horror, fol-
lowed by the inevitable roar
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
THE WAR II JAPAN.
The Rebellion Apparently Spreading
In SDite Of ReyerSeS,

Since the famous siege of Kumlaski
castle was raised. the NEST severe con
flict before Higo was the bombardment
of Hitoyskium which lasted three days.
About one hundred Imperial soldiers
were killed and wounded At 6 A. NJ.
on the first of June, Lieut.. Gen. Yamada
entered the city. Two days previously
the insurgents had commenced to
transport their ammunition and pro-
visions. They set the city on fire and
retreated on three roads, viz, those of
Yoheyoshi, Oguchi, and Kakuto. An
insurgent force has erected fort at
Okabe, absut two ri from Hitoyoshi
Since the ID of June about six hundred
and fifty insurgents have surrendered
Among them was chieftain of the
Hitoyoshi Shlzoki, who surrendered
with two hundred and sixty men on
June 6. bringing large quantities of
ammunition and ten thousand men to
the imperialists. Each of the others
was found on examination to
have at least forty or fifty yen in his
pockets. The insurgents seem to want
leader. Among other plumber the
imperial troops found several stills for
distilling spirits, and various other ar
ticles, made of tin, which the rebels
had collected to make into balls. When
the insurgents were retreating from Hi
yoshi, several parties consisting Of the
Shigakka-to showed great courage in
| protecting the rear of the rebel army
Etsumi, one of Saigo's heutenants, is
ordering all matters and his influence
is equal to that of Kirino. He is now in
Oguchi. Fuchibe was wounded in the
battle on the Both of May 1t is
rumored that Saigo ordered all the
Shinto and Buddhist priets in the
provinces ofSastuma, Osumi, and Hiuga
to pray for victory for one week But
on the last day of the week of prayer
his headquarters in Hitoyoshi were Mt
tackled and seized by the imperialists.
A telegram from Lieut.. Gen. Hawaii
states that ON the 25th of June he had
removed his camp to lriki from the
castle of Miyanojo. About three hun
dred Sniders had been purchased from
a German merchant and forwarded to
imperial headquarters at Kumamoto.
| Etumi, the rebel leader who was wound
cu III lle nuttlc OF OStllua on the lUtll
of May, died in hospital on June 16.
A telegram sent by a foreign merchant
III Nagasaki, according to the Hochi
! Shinb,n, announced that the Shizoku,
in Tosa are much excited, and that
they have taken up arms. A rumor,
serious if true, is ahoat in Toxic, to the
| effect that n body of about three thous-
and insurgents have landed in Coshiu,
about one hundred and fifty miles
northeast of Shimonoseki, and have
been warmly received by the inhabi-
tants. 1t is also reported that kirino is
proceeding northward by the Bungo
coast, and that Lieut. Gen. Hawaii is
retreating from his present position.
Since the insurgents were expelled
from the castle Of Hitoyoshi they have
shown much encouragement, and
about two thousand men have already
deserted Notwithstanding this kirino
is yet endeavoring to make his way once
more into Bango Yokohama Gdseae.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01

SoLUBILrTY OF THE SALTS OF LEAD
The carbonate of lead is soluble in So
900 times its own weight Of water. That
is, one gallon of water could only con-
tain 10000 of a gallon of carbonate
of lead. This means that 1t Is practl-
cally insoluble. The sulphate of lead
is soluble in 10000 times It's own weight
of water. As far as chemists have been
able to tell, the phosphate of lead * al
together insoluble The nitrate of lead,
on the other hand, Is soluble in only
three parts of water. That is to say,
that gallon of water has the capacity
of dissolving one-third of its weight Of
nitrate of lead. Chloride of lead is so
luble in 135 parts of water "a dangerous
degree of solubilityl The oxide OF lead
is dissolved by pure water at the rate OF
eight grains per gallon.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01

IT is difficult to see who are to be the
gamers from the present railroad com
plications. The railroad company at
tempted to save 10 per cent. on their
payroll, and have already perhaps lost
more than the reduction would have
saved in year Three states have all
their available militia under arms and
pay to check the trouble. The nation
al government is using the army for
the same purpose. The strikers not
only lose their wages, but probably
their places. They, beside, become
demoralized. Their homes are neglect
ed, and the innocent families must cry
for bread. Blood has been shed, and
murder is filling many a heart What
follows may be worse. 1t is written
that a soft answer turneth away
wrath" 1t is pity some one had not
been there to give the soft answer and
equally soft admonition at the right
time. The right is not wholly with
one, nor the wrong with the othcr.-L'-
ter Oceun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
MARKETS..
MILWAUKEE MARKETS.

MILWAUKEE, July 26.-Wheat-Quiet.
at l.45 for No. /; Las hard: l.S4a for
No. ,; 1.l6 for No. 3; lis seller
August; Lis seller September. Corn
Steady, at 4l!c forNo. >. Oats-Steady
at 2s!c for No. . Rye-Quiet at 65c
for No. l. Barley-Nominal, at Csc
for No. ,.
CHICAGO MARKET.
CHICAGO, July -Wheat-W and
easier; 81 3S(d139 cash or seller July;
81, IDOL. los seller August Corn-Stcady
at 479c cash or seller July; 4S(d4SIc
seller August. Oats--Firmcr, at oslo
(d29c cash or seller July; 27Ac seller
August. Rye-Steady. Barlcy--At lie
seller September. Pork-Easier, at
1925 cash; $l3.45 seller September.
Lard-Easier, at $500 cash or seller
August; $905 seller September.
Whisky-At S10S, Hogs--Market dull
and entirely nominal.
BALTIMORE MARKET.
BALTIMORE, July .-Flour-Steady,
firm and unchanged Wheat-St Steady
and firm; No. > Western Winter Red,
August delivery, at Sl.45(Gl .45l; Sept,
at l.42(Gl. 42i. Corn-Western quiet;
sole lower, closing steady; mixed spot
and seller July at 64c; seller August and
September at 62c; steamer at 59t Ga59lc.
Oats-Quiet and unchanged. Rye
Quiet at zoe Professionalism and
quiet. Pork-At $l50O{G15.65. Pero-
leum-Nominal Whisky--At $3.50.
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK, July $500 p. M.-Cot-
ton--Dull and declining; at 12lc for mid
ding uplands. Flour-Firm receipts
5000 bbls.; sales 5000 bbls. Wheat
Spot scarce held higher, but quiet
receipts 1000 bus. no sales Rye
Firm. Com-Spot scarce; lc better,
MT 6O(a64c for mixed western. Bar
ley-Nominal Onts-Firm sales 49,
600 bus, at 30(d39c for mixed western
4O(d63c for white do. Pork Firm at
Sl4.30. Lard-A shade iirmer; at
$3.50. Whisky-Nominal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01

:" ALWAYS did love to gaze on the
children in their sports" said Potter, as
he pensively contemplated a crowd Of
urchins "Tm carried back To-"
Just then the base ball came over his
way and tried to get i'll his vest pocket
and doubled him up. When his breath
came back he shouted: You young
ragmufiins, you, if catch you playing
ball on the street again I'll get the
police after you" And he moved
away and forgot all about his youthful
days
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01

Phillipopolis is intercepted and that a
Russian corps from Islimiveh-S liyrona
has reached Kirk-Kilissa, where bat
tie Is expected
Observation-Disclosures is thirty miles
east of Adrianople, and a successful
movement in that direction would place
the Russians between Adrianople and
Constantinople
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
" II w. HOWGArE.

Gen. Escobedo has declared that he
will not accept the services ofAmericans
in his attempt to overthrow Gen, Diaz.
rs such measure would injure Mr.
Lerdo $ popularity among his own
cOuntrymen
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01

THERE is nothing more to be esteemed
than manly firmness ana decision of
character, / like a person who knows
his own mind and sticks to it; who sees
at once what is to be done in given cir
cdmstances and does it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-01
The Next Polar Expedition.

New LONDON, Conn, July 20.-The
telegram to-day publishes the following
1.-The recent official communication
from the Secretary Of the Navy to Cap
tain Howgate, relative to detailing Cap
tain Tyson rs commander of the pre-
iminary expedition to the northern
seas, has been varously interpreted,
generally to the effect that it foreshad-
owed an abandonment of the enterprise.
This latter, happily, is not the case. The
expedition win sail as originally intend
ed and under command of Captain
Tyson, arrangements having been per
fected to that end by Captain Howgatc.
In letter dated July IS, written to the
Telegram, Captain Howgate says
"WAR DEPARTMENT
COFFEE OF CHIEF SIG. OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, July -, IT.
"The refusal of the Secretary Of the
Navy to detail Captain Tyson only APP
piled to such detail with pay He had
previously given him permission to be
absent without pay, and in anticipation
of this adverse action on the part of the
department had arranged with Captain
L y sui W pay ilio i'HNA iiioiieiiiy
sum during his absence on this expedi-
ton. had also provided the necessary
instruments, and have therefore no
reason to antici pate any delay in the
starting of the vessel. To do this it has
been necessary for me to advance more
money than had originally intended,
but have made the advance, and trust
to its reimbursement by such public
spirited citizens as may feel disposed to
aid in the enterprise. would gladly
give YOU details if | had time, but in
the press of urgent public business |
must crave indulgence.
VERY truly yours,
H. w. HowGATE,
UNITED States Navy"
Several students from the academic
and scientific departments of Yale Col
lege have asked permission to accom-
pany the expedition. Should the Gov
eminent grant the desired permission
the professors at Yale will pay the ex-
penses Of the volunteers
, 1877-03-30
THE OFFICES.
INDIAN AGKxT4,

epAttd4 Ntpafeh 10 1ks Tribune.
WAsI1Horon, D, e., March sD.-The Neeras-
ka Senators stated yesterday that they should
oppose the confirmation OF any Indian Agsuts
appointed 10 stations within Nebraska wllo did
not come from that State. Tho Prcsideut ssems
to have kiyeu these SeuAtor1 defiance By tbs
appointment to-day of tlfee 1ud1An Agsuta to
TINT State, nouo vi whom are from Nebraska.
Thug arc james Lawrence, of Dakota, Tor the
Spotted Till Agency; Isaiah Llghtner, Of Mary
land, to tho santcu Agcncy, 4nd Jesse ". W.
GgEest, Of Pennsylvania, 10 tbs 0toc Agency,
tho last, QUO OF tho Society Ut FHcn.la. In
making these appointments tho President seems
ot Friends that waited upon bin yesterday.
SECRETARY sHsgMAz's L1nuTkkAkT.
Richard q. Mccormick ha4 been appointed
AsxtstAut-Secretafy Of the Treasury, and has &C.
ccptod tho posisiou+ Iio will enter upon bis
duties about thu 10th Of next month. A&si.taat-
Secretary Conant will sail &oF London On tho
lath OF April, tu become Chicf Of tho syndIcnte
Bureau Ia tho pixee Of BIgcIow. who will take
subordinate position there, McCofnick was Of
itse.l foreign mission By the President i1nn,e-
diately after tho Inauguration, but private con-
alterations prevented him from accepting.
About ten days ugo the President. at the
suggestion Of Secretary Sherman. offered TO
make him Assistant Secretary uf tho Treasury,
and the appointment haa been approved by the
Cabinet: Secretary Sherman says that thh
change ~ not made on account Of anT dlsaatts-
faction with the adtulnistration Of AE. couAot.
He has proved himself
MOST E1osLLrxr OFFICER,
and the Secretary d fully ealnslnecd that tho
kte &cca1satlolA asa1nat h1l1 we're wholly With