Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-02

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hammers his legs good and strong,
wears off the hair, and raises row
of blisters, but then the next
day they change him to the
other side of the pole, so that the strain
on the legs averages correctly, and gives
the other side chance to callous. In
time, his skin, at the sggrieved points,
becomes as thick as that Of a rhinoceros,
and thus he is broken for genuine service.
| The wagons are q shocking.lookin
| affair, without paint or comlness. Each
has brake, operated by crank and
screw at the drivers seat, and likewise at
| the rear, for use when the driver is walk.
ing. AT the least declivity, these brakes
are applied, as the harness is not organ
! lied 10 enable the horses to steer the vehi.
Gle down hill. He has all he wants TO do
to sustain the barking of bis hide by the
recurring blows of the pole.
After visiting numerous other points of
interest, we halt for few days
AT HEIDELBERG
to see the famous old castle 1t is, in.
deed, a grand old ruin, one of tho most
extensive and interesting in the entire
country. l shall not attempt to describe
| it; it is about the forteth or fitieth one
we have seen, and differs only in its
greater size, completeness and good
! state OF preservation from most of the
! others. Each he's it's bloody and eventful
! history related by the guide; built by such
a prince in such century; destroyed by
! the French in such another; restored in
the style Renaissance by Count de What's.
his name in another century; improved
! in another by the Elector What-you-may
call him, and now owned by Duke Won
! DusENBuRG, at whose expense the present
! repairs are being msde, and who gra.
! ciously permits the nobility and gentry of
| foreign countries to be shown through the
premises by his only licensed guide, al
about a quarter q head, or more, If the
stranger insists on giving it,
THESE OLD CASTLES
mark the beginnings of strong govern.
mepts among the people who lived here
in the ancient days. The way the thing
was worked up was about this: Some
sharp follow, wiser than his time, and hav
ing q considerable number OF barbarian
followers - lawyers, probably - would
select an elevated spot, not easily acce-
s.ble, and commanding view OF
considerable extent of country,
and would build an impregnable castle
upon it, 80 that he and his followers
would be safe from attack. He would
then issue an edict announcing himself
as the head center and governor, dlvinely
appointed, over as biga portion of country
as his audacity happened to dictate, and
require the entire inhabitants to pay an
annual tribute TO him OF say
one-tenth of their products. If they
objected to paying it he would
send out gang OF his retainers
who, crying "God save the King" would
gobble the whole, and butcher the object.
ors, or sometimes generously spare their
lives but cut off their ears, or one of
their hands, or sometimes slit their
tongues. At his death this high priv-
lege fell to his Oldest son, unless some
other chap happened to he bold aud
strong enough to suppress The young gen
tleman and usurp his place and power,
which often happened. This was sub,
stantially the origin OF the "Diyine right
of Kings" and the origin also of taxa
ton. AS time wore on and money came
into use, these taxes in kind were
graciously miugated, and money accept
ed in lieu OF them. With this the Gov
ernor could buy all the neCesssries and
Injuries for himself and his pets, and
arms and grub for his soldiers, and could
carry on war against his neighbors or
| defense against them as suited
the time and his inclinations. In mon
archical countries, and indeed in our own
loved America, the resemblance between
the ancient and modern methods Of doing
these things is easily ,raceable.
1t was not long before aa0iner set Of
enterprising men sprung up, Tor whom
there was no chance to be
KINGS OR GOVERNORS
IS there were TOO many alrety, and these
chaps discovered that men hal souls, and
we're greatly In doubt as to what would