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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-16
The Moment of Fear.

Bonaparte lost four aides-de-camp
during the short time he was in Egypt.
One of them, Croisier, appearing to Ma
poleon to lack the proper degree of bold
ness at the proper moment, he burst out
against him in one of his violent and
humiliating attacks of abuse and con
tempt. The word coward escaped him;
Croisier determined not to survive it;
he sought death on several occasions,
but did not succeed till the siege of Arc.
He was in attendance on Napoleon in
the trenches here, when such a sharp
lookout was kept by the garrison that if
an elbow or feather showed itself above
or beside them it was Immediately
grazed by bullet. Croisier watched
his opportunity and jumped upon the
platform. "Come down, command
youp cried Napoleon, in voice of
thunder; but it was too late; the victim
of his severity fell at his feet, Murat,
the chivalrous Drawer of all danger, had
also his moment of fear, which lest him
the countenance Of his general until
displeasure could no longer resist the
brilliancy of his achievements. 1t was
at the siege of Mantua, in the first Ital-
ian campaign, that Murat was ordered
to charge body of troops that were
making sortie from the garrison. He
hesitated, and in his confusion declared
himself wounded; he was removed from
the presence of the general, and in every
way discountenaBced. In Egypt he WAS
sent out on the most distant and dan
gerous services; in short, he more then
recovered his character before the
battle of Aboukir, on which occasion
Napoleon himself WAS obliged to declare
he was superb. The brave Marshal
Lannes one day severely reprimanded a
colonel who had punished q young officer
for a moment of fear. "That man, y
said he, is worse then poltroon who
pretends he never knows fear"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1879-10-16

In eight years the manufactures of
Chicago have more than doubled in mum
Der.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
APAINFUL SCENE.

Yesterday morning while seven or
eight old and reliable citizens were
holding down chairs and boxes in a
Michigan avenue grocery, and unani
meusly agreeing that this was the grea-
test country on earth, a stranger
entered and said:
"Gentlemen, suppose you arc all
familiar with politics !"
1--WE are" they replied, in chorus.
"And you know all about the
fundamental principles Of liberty? 2"
awe do"
"Well, Pm glad on it, for I've made
q bet with a tcller back here as to how
the reading fthe Constitution begins.
One Of you just write me down thu
first ten words"
While he felt for q stub of n pencil
every man began scratching his head
and cautiously eyeing his ncighbor
One began muttering, "Now lay me
-,"anda second said something abou,
"Resolved,' aud q third wrote on the
top of u cracker box: "On motion il
was voted tlat-tllat--." There was q
great deal Of coughing and sneezins
and nose blowing, when u boy came
in and said the strangers horse hat
run away. He rushed out, and sever
men took fresh chews of tobacco an(
tried not to look too important, whel
the grocer said:
"Thc Constitution 2 Why, ever,
one of you can repeat it by heart will
your eyes shut--of course you cam
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
BELOW PAR.

"That reminds me Of a little fnec-
'lote," is what every bright mali has
heard over and over again, a@ his
memory has been logged by tome
ones telling good story. When
good stories and ready repartees are
going on, one witty little thing il suro
to suggest another /
Thus we thought, a day OF two
since, when reading in an eyen,ng
paper that Charles Sumner wJs no
musicialI, and that u lady frieni| once
told him that il he were to ln,y Il
music box set to "Old Hundrcds" she
did not believe he could make is play
"mOre than sevcnty-five."
It was doubtless something il tho
same vein that prompted old Mrs.
Rothschild, when nincty-seyen, 10 say
to her physician: /
"Doctor, you must keep me UP for
three years more at least, it wenld bo
discreditablc for u Rothschild 70 90
off "undcr par!!" /
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

A BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT In Au-
gustin Daly's great play Of "Under
the Glaslight" Laura Courtland ut
tcrs these beautiful sentiments:
"Lct the woman you look upon be
wise or vain, beautiful or homely,
rich or poor she really has but one
thing she can really give on refuse
her heart. Her beauty, her wit, her
accomplishments, she may sell to you
but her love is the treasure without
money and without price. She only
asks in return that when yOu look
upon her your eyes shall speak u mute
devotion that when you address Ilcl
your voice shall be gentle, loving and
kind /; that you shall not dcspise liel
because she cannot understand, all al
once, your vigorous thoughts and
ambitious plans, for when misfortune
and evil have defeated your greatest
purposes-her love remains to con.
sole you. You look unto the trees fol
strength and grandeur; do not de.
spise the flowers because their fra
GRANGE is all they have to give--hu'
it is the only earthly thing which God
permits us to carry beyond the grave
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
GRIEFCHANGEs AS LIFECHANGES

This sense of things tempers men to
men, and to their circumstances. 1t
limits the avaricous desires of men
who seek to grasp the world. 1t takes
away the domineering influence from
time and change. Men live as if they
were of universal and illimitablc ener-
gy; but no man carries it, it is cOntin-
ually changing or modifying more or
less. We are never the same for two
days in succession. There is enough
of sameness to maintain consecutive
life; but life itself, more narrowly
viewed, is perpctually changing in its
aspects. The things we desire, we
desire till we get them, and when we
get them they turn to ashcs-and am
bition mere than almostanything else.
In the very strife 10y which we reach
out we loose; and no men are less
what they were when they began their
race and their conflict than the men
who seek power, position, amplitude,
that they may rule life; but high or
low, men are ruled by life; and only
to very limited extent do men ever
become sovereigns ofthe affairs around
about them. We do that which we
propose; the will searches out and
selects here and there a few things
for accomplishment; but we stand in
the very gulf stream of time; and we
are acted upon by imumerable inhu-
ences-ten thousand times ten thous-
and of them-tllat are working at the
flesh, at the nerve, at the bone, al
thought, at emotion, at the will, that
are working within and without, and
that are perpetually changing us
These changes of life will direct men
to a better view of themselves as they
have passed out Of the material stage
and into the spiritual condition in the
higher cline.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
THE LOSS OF A WIFE.

In comparison with tho loss Of 4
wife oil other berenvements are: tri.
fling. The wife! shc who fills 80 large
a space in the domestic heaven, the
who busted herself 10 unwearisaly
for the precious ones around her; bit
ter is the tear which fall on her cold
clay. You stand beside her coffin.
and think Of the past. It seems an
amber-colored pathway, where's Che
sun shone upon beautiful flowers, Or
the stars hung glittering overhead.
Fain would the soul linger there No
tllorns are remembered save those
your hands have unwillingly plabted.
Her noble, tender heart lies open to
your inmost sight. You think Of her
now as all gcntleness, purity, !all
beauty. But she is dead. The head
is laid upon u pillow Of clay. Tho
hands that have ministered 80 untir-
ingly are folded beneath the gloomy
portal. The heart whose every bent
measured an eternity Of love lies a,D-.
der your feet. The flowers she skent
over with smiles, bend now over her
witt, tears, shaking the dew from
their petals, that tho verdure around
her may be kept green and beautiful.
There is no white arm over kour
shoulder, no speaking face to look up
into the eyes Of love, no trembling
lips to murmur, "Oh, it is too kldw
There is so strange hush in very
room, no smile to meet you at night
fall. Aud tho old clock ticks ) and
strikcs-it was such music whell she
could hear it. Now it seems to knell
OH tho hours through which you
watched the shadow Of death gatler
on her sweet face. And everyf day
the clock repeats that old story. Ma
ny another tale it telleth, tob, Of
beautiful words and deeds tla4 are
registered above. You feel--ol,. how
oftcn-that the grave cannot Keep
her that she will live again. /
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

A very rich old man who had: mar
ried /" young wife died suddcnly1upon
which the widow raved like a mlniac,
and exclaimed to the doctory who
stood by the bedside of the departed,
"Oh, III not believe that myi dear
partner is dead he could not die and
leave me! No, no, he's alive; Pm
sure he's alive. Tell me, doclDr, don't
you think so?" Madam replied
the medical man, with much gravity,
| confess l have the means BY which
he may be revived. / will apply tho
galvanic battery" "Oh, no. now
cried the grief stricken widow. THard
as it is to bear my fate, ! will have
no experiments against the law of ma
turc. Let him rest in peace"
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
HOW NOT TO GET THE LOCAL
NEWS.

The other day an old and respected
citizen came into our Office, and after
paying his last years Subscription,
took q seat and remarked:
81 guess you needn't send me the
paper any longer; have just sub
scribed for q PHILADELPHIA paper which
suits me pretty well, and it doesn't
cost as much as the Obseyycr.'
Here he handed us the paper for
inspection. We found it to be u neat
looking sheet, handsomely printed,
witha large engraved head, containing
about fortyeight colums of miscellanc-
Gus reading matter.
Fair looking paper" we remarked
as we handed it back to him; but did
you ever see anything in it concerning
our parish 2"
"Well, | don't know as I ever have.'
"Anything in regard to this State ~
Nothing"
"And yet you give up paper that
contains the local market reports, the
state of the crops, the deaths and
marriages, and the thousand and one
happenings from week to week, which
make up the history of the region in
which you are most interested, and
which you can get from no other
source and take instead q city paper,
simply because it comes little
cheaper ayes, and it contains more
reading MATTER" he added.
"Certainly," we remarked, "but
what is the character Of the matter
Nothing in regard to you own village
your schools, your churches, your
local improvements and the thousand
and one things that happen in your
parish. There is nothing in it that
helps build up your parish and sup
port home institutions. 1t is as for
eiyn to you as the city in which it is
published. 1t may contain more
reading matter, but your neighbor-
hood is not represented in its col
umns."
"But why can't you furnish your
paper cheaper, if they can afford a
much larger one in the city at a low
price ?" he queried. 'Iabor is GER
tainly cheaper here"
"FOr the reason that country
paper has a small circulation COM
pared with city paper, and the labor
expended upon 900 papers is about
the same as on $4,000, especially when
it is taken into consideration that the
city weekly which is furnished for a
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
A GREAT SPANISH ACTRESS OF
THE LAST CENTURY.

During Cumberland's stay ut Mad
rid no Witnessed a performance Of the
great Spanish and gypsy actress, IL
rama, about whom he tells some anu
sing anecdotes. Upon hearing that a
famous English play-writcr desiredt to
see her act, she sent word that lie was
not to come to the theatre until she
desired him, as it was only when
in the llu,nor that she could play well.
After waitingscyeml days he ut length
received the expected summons. But
be had not been many minutes in his
box when she sent word that she felt
no inclination for acting that night !;
she would not be able to do justice to
her talents or to his expectations, and
that he was to 20 home again. He
obeyed the cap,icious creature, and
another week elapsed before he re-
ceived permission to attend the thea
tre again. ~ had not" he says,
"enongh Of the language to under
stand much more than the incidents
and action of the play, which was Of
the deepest cast of tragedy, for in the
course of the plot she murdered her
infant children, and exhibited them
dead on the stage, lying on eachotller,
while she, sitting on the bare floor be-
tween them (her sdhitude, action and
features delying all description, pre-
sented sucl, u high-wrought picture
of hysteric frenzy, laughing wild amid
severest woe, as placed her in my
Judgment at the very summit of her
art" So tremendous was the effect
Of this acting upon the audience, who
rose in kind of tumultuous frenzy,
that the play was not suffered to ter
inmate, and the curtain was abruptly
dropped. Presently u gentleman
brought her around to Cumbealand's
box. "rhe artificial palcness Of her
cheeks, her eyes, which she had dyed
of q bright vermillion around the
edges of the lids, her fine arms bare
to the shoulders, the wild magniii-
cence of her attire, and the prDfusion
of her dislleveled locks, glossy black
as the plumage of the raven, gave hel
the appearance Of something more
than human, such a sibyl, such All
imaginary being, so awful, SO impress
sive, that my blood chilled as she ap-
preached me, not to ask but to claim
my applause, demanding Of me if
had seen any actress that could bt
compared with her in my own or any
other country. 4 was determined.
said she, ito exert myself for you this
night, and if the sensibilityIof the au.
dience would have suffered 1ne to have
concluded the scene, ! should have
convinced you that do not boast OF
my own performances without resl.
son."
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
Sqlqtt Wlistellanp.
LIKE HIS DAD.

/ hear his mothers chiding voice:
GLOW came your trowsers tornf
And black rs ink, sir, is that shirt
You put on clean this morn.
"Your feet are wet, too, declare;
You're muddy to your knees;
1t is too bad you only care
Your moth. sir, to tease.
"And those nice shoes--yourSnnday best
That but three times you've worn,
Are scratched and scrapcd and run down
The heel of one is gone.
"Your hair is twisted in snarl,
And just look at that hand:
1t looks as though 'twcre never washed
How dare you say 'ts tanned
"You've been a-iishing, sir, guess
What been to see the match I
You'll have fit Of sickness, sir;
A pretty cold you'll catch"
And thus she talks for half an hour,
And only stops to say:
"Your father'll hear of this tonight;
wonder what he'll say ~
My friends in complimentary way
Declare to me they SEQ
A close rcscmblance--vcry marked
Between t he boy and me.
But nothing that they sec, in him,
In either form or face,
Bcspcaks my son AZ do his pranks--
In these my own ! trace.
And why should l at tattcrcd clothes
Or dirty ones repine.
In him | live my youth again--
God Bless the boy-hc's mine!
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
THE FRANkLINS.
BENJAMIN, THE FATHERS FIRST VISIT
TO NEW JERSEY-WfLL1AM, THE
son, TIE COLONIAL GOV
ERNOR.

In 1923 the direct route between
New York and Philadelphia was by
way of Perth Amboy and Burlington;
by land to Amboy along the road lead
ing from Communipaw, Or to the city
by water in sailing vessels through
the Kills.
In October Of that year small sail
boat was making her way down New
York bay, bound to Amboy, with
three persons on boald-the skipper,
Il Dutchman, and Il lad of seventeen.
In sauall which struck the vessel
the Dntchman, being intoxicated, fell
overheard. The lad seized him by
the hair and drew him safely on the
boat again. Thcreupon the drenched
IIolIauder drew from his pocket u
book, and handing it to the lad, asked
him to dry its wet leaves. 1t proved
to be copy of Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress, an appropriate and timely
tract for the lad, though coming from
an odd colporteur.
Heavens hints sometimes come in
strange waysgnd by odd hands, but
still they are hints from above.
The lad had left his home in Bos-
ton, and was on his way to seek his
fortune in Philadelphia. He was a
printer boy. Printers were few at
that day. His name was Benjamin
Franklin.
The s1uall had torn the rotten sails
to pieces before the boat could reach
Staten Island. She could not make
the entrance of the Kills, and was
driven towards the beach of Long Is
land. Here she lay helpless all the
night. No provisions were on board
and no water; only bottle of "iil-
thy rum," which the printer boy did
not relish. On the next day the voy-
ayers managed to reach Perth AmbOy,
after being on the water thirty hours.
Friendlcss and alone, the youthful
wandcrcr landed at the dock at the
foot of Smith street, and entered the
ancient metropolis of the Jerseys. He
was wet, dirty, in his working clothes,
his pockets stuffed with shirt and
stockings, and with scarce u dollar to
carry him on his way.
After a day of abstinence and expo
sure he roamed through the streets of
the old town, until towards evening
he found himself very feverish. He
then sought II shelter and went to bed.
Having read somewhere that cold
water, drank plentifully, was good for
afoycr, he followed the prescription,
and, as he afterwards wrote, che sweat
plentifully most of the night"
His fever left him, and in the morn
ing he crossed the Long Ferry to South
Amboy, and started on foot for Bur-
lington. Thus began and ended Bcnja-
min Franklin's first visit to Perth
Amboy.
TRAINED hard all the day, and the
young wayfrer became thoroughly
soaked. He had made so miserable a
figure in his .iourneyings that he found
by the questions asked of him that he
was suspected to be some runaway in
dcntured servant, and was in DANCE,
of being apprehcnded on that suspi-
cion.
After some days of privation and
exposure he reached Philadelphia
Here, within the few following hours,
his life of great events had its real be-
ginning. Passing up Market street
with three penny rolls of bread under
his atm, he ate his first meal as he
stroiIod along. and thus his unkempt
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
ELEPHANT AND MONKEY.

Max Adcler reports the following
only too brief remarks managerie
manager made while he was Max's
seat mate on train: ''l've got the
finest elephant out Of Asia! Perfectly
amiably and goodlumored. Hekilled
his keeper two years ago, but that
was the mans own fault. The keeper
was green and not perfectly familiar
with elephants, and appearedto to have
an idea that both ends of the animal
were exactly alike; so he would per-
sist in trying to lead the elephant
around by the tail, and act rs if it
was ~ matter of indifference whether
the animal picked up his hay with his
trunk or his tail. So one day when
the man was trying to persuade the
eleghant to drink by holding the end
of hls tail in q bucket Of water, the
elephant put out his hind leg, and
kicked him into immortal chaos !!
people, you know, never do get sense.
There's no money in the business any
more, though. The losses are too
heavy. l had % boa-constrictor that
stood me $4OO, and he did well enough
for u while. But one day he gotloosc,
and when we found him he was STAN
ding on his head out by the railroad,
with his tail in the air. | tried to
coax him to come down, but he re-
maincd perfectly quiet, and when |
came to examine him found that he
lad swallowed the top of u telegraph
pole, and he had eat his way down
until his nose touched the ground. He
was dead. What killed him | don't
know. 1t may have been electric
shock, or it may have been dyspepsia.
Howsomever, he was q corpse, and
there were $4,000 gone.
"rhe monkey seems to amuse the
people most. like a monkey myself
Do YOU know / believe it's u positive
loss to human beings that they
havn't got tails like monkeys. Why,
u monkey can take hold Of any thing
with his tail, just like you can with
your hand. It's really q third hand
Now, s'posin' you had such u tail , II
you had to hang on to the platform OF
a crowded horse-car with your hands
you could hold your umbrella with
your tail. If you were walking up
and down the room at night with the
baby, you could carry him in your
arms and give him y spoonful of para
goric with your tail. If you wanted
to take your family out for al airing
you could grab a child with each hand
and pull your baby-coach with YOU
tail. tell you, sir, it's q dead loss
to you that you're not built like 6
monkey. Freehold, is it :? All! must
get ont here. Come round aud see
my show, won't you? Good morning.
And Mr.. Pottls disappeared through
the doorway of the car.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
From our Extra Of Tuesday.
The"H "Highland City" Car
ries the Day !!
THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CON-
VENTION MEETS At
! !BATON ROUGE {!
OCTOBER 9TH, 1879.
THREE CHEERS FOR RED sTIOKv'
Especial to the CArlToLiAN.

Special to the CAp1TOLlAN.
New ORLEANS, Aug. 26, 1870.
The Convention Of the Democratic
Conservative party Of the State Of
Louisiana will meet at Baton Rouge
our lovely "Highland City" The time
fixed by the State Executive Com.
mittec for holding the Convention is
the 9th day of October, 1879.
The parish of East Baton Rouge
obtains it's eleven votes.
The Executive Committee adjourn
ed late yesterday evening.
Pass the word along to the boys!
LEON JAsTREMsKI.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

| inry the man that kan talk three
hundred and sixty-Iive days in a year
on one subjeckt, and thinkshe IL orig
inal and interesting all the time; but
| don't want tn be sun -hi-law oy
one ov these kind ov people Josh
DUIings. i
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

"This," said the dentist, .'is my Of
fee" "And tbat!" inquired 10 yisi-
tor, pointing to the apartment whefs
stood the pulling chair. "Ah,
that" replied the proprietor, :'that is
my "drawing" room." i!
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

Wit loses its respect witSS thcIgodt.
when seen in the company of malice
and to smile at a jest which pldntIa
thorn in the breast Of another rs d
become a principal in the mischief
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

Johnny says his mother makes d
great cry if his sister goes ont without
her shade hat. She don't want her to
get freckled, but she doesn,1 seem to
care q bit how much his father tans
him.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

ooh, 60 way, you gweat big Gath
hopper" cried George Alfred Town
sends girl, when he tried to kiss her
among the new mown hay, out in the
country the other day. Somebody
was looking.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

Imaginary troubles are Ithe most
difficult to cure. No one fan locate
the disease for the purpOse;of apply
ing remedy. i!
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
dollar per year, is "made up' Of the
type set for the daily"
trrho+,a Auou,,1, y nvc1o;,,o1 TIM 1,lI


"'rhat's enough exclaimed the old
gentleman, rs he pulled out his wallet,
'.just send me the Observer for another
yearw
AS he bade lis good morning, and
passed through the sanctum door, we
heard him remark: OTIS my belief
that man who stops or refuses to
subscribe for his local paper, simply
because it doesn't contain as much
reading matter as one "made up"
from daily and published in the city,
should be supplied with medical
almanacs at the public expense"
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

All the snobs are not deaili bj any
means. MOral-attend to gIout own
business !" i.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

Blatherskites and pullbacka ase
still on the rampage. Move aside! !.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

The apostate Vaudry is like Ito
end Of this COLUMBIA blank!
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

Old age overtakes all, and there
comes a time when dimpled chin
loses its cunning.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

A little fun, now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30

Groans. Remarks, "No won; Ter lie
didn't do 1t. Sold"
No sympathy with anything per-
tanning to the public interest!
No.
No informations, no knowledge, no
opinions, no taste for reading, no de-
sire to know what's going on in the
wOrld7
None whatever.
Good. You'll do for " juryman.
You arc accepted.
Louisiana capitolian., 1879-08-30
THE INTELLIGENT JuRYMAN.
New York Graphic.

Counsel--Do you know anything Of
this case?
No.
Ever read it !
No.
What! never!
No. Applause.
Have you formed any opinion us to
this case7
No..
Any opinion rs to anything ?
No.
Never have opinions
No.
What !! never!
No. Applause.
Ever heard "pinafore I"
No.