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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08
characteristics.

Some one has brought to light pri-
vate letter from Lincoln to Hooker,
when the latter was entrusted with the
command Of the Army of the Potomac.
The letter is so characteristic that We
give it in full, as follows:
General have placed you at the
head of the Army of the Potomac. Ot
course, have done this upon what APP
pears to me to be sufficient reasons, and
yet think it best for you to know that
there are some things in regard to which
an not quite satisfied with you. | be-
lieyo you to be brave and skllllul SOL
der, which, of course, like. | also be-
lievc that You 90 not mix III politics with
your profession, in which you are right.
You have confidence in yourself, which
is q valuable il not an indispensable,
quality. You are ambitious, which with
in reasonable bounds, does good rather
than harm but think that during Gen.
Burnside's command of the army you
have taken counsel of your ambition
and thwarted him as much as you could,
in which you did great wrong to the
country and to Il most meritOrlOuS and
honorable brother officer. | have heard,
in such a way as to believe it, of your re-
Gently saying that both the army and
the government needed dictator. OF
course, it was not for this, but in spite
of 1t, that have giveny you the command.
Only those Generals who gain success
can set up as dictators. What | now ask
of YOU is military success, and | VIII
risk the dictatorship. The government
will support you to tne utmost OF It's
ability, which is neither more nor less
than it has done and will 40 for all COM
manders. Imuch fear that the spirit
which you have aided to inf,,1e into the
army, of criticising its commander and
withholding confidence from him, Will
now turn upon you. shall assist you
as far as | can 10 put it down. N-.'uol'
you nor Napoleon, if he were alive
| again, could get any good out of an army
while such a spirit prevails in it. And
now beware of rashness. Beware of
rashness, but with energy and sleeplcss
vigilance, so forward and give us We
| tories
This is letter that could only have
| been written by Lincoln, who was greater
4 than all ms contemporaries, broader,
simpler natured, freer from small ego
! usms.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08
THE BEAUTIFUL GATE

We speak, we write of the loved and LOST
Who have gone TO the land above.
AID the mists of the river of death ara cross.
By the rainbow Of their love.
sad hearts are yearuing in hall and cot
To pillow some dreamlesS head.
But we know the beautiful changes not
And our darllngs are not dead
The voice OF their melody wanders free
Through the wall of our broken song,
And the CLEAN of their snowy robes we see
When the earth grows dark with wrong.
We feel the touch of a vanished hand
That thrilled in the days of yore,
Ind leads US on to the summer land,
Where they live for evermore.
We speak when the work of day is done
OF the dawnng by-and-by,
And number our treasures, one by one
In our Fathers house on high.
And of we think when our rest shall come
Of the meeting there will be
Where the good and beautiful all go home
To . city beyond the sea-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08
"COME UNTO ME-"
BY ELEANOR KIRK.
a sweeter song than a was snng

A sweeter song than e'er was sung
BY poet, priest or sages,
A,soug which thru' all heaven has rung
And down through all the ages,
A precious strain of sweet accord,
a note Of cheer from Christ our Lord;
List as IL yibrates full and free,
Oh grieving heart, Come unto Me-"
Oh wise provision, sweet command,
Nouchsafed the weak and weary;
A friend to find on either hand,
a light for prospect dreary.
a friend who knows oar bitter need,
OF each endeavor taking heed;
Who calls to every soul opprest,
Come unto Ne, III give you rest"
Come unto Me-" The ways not long.
His hands are stretched to meet the,
Now still thy sobbing, list the song
Which everywhere shall greet thee.
Here Mt His feet your burden lay,
why meath it bend another day,
Since one so loving calls TO thee,
"Oh heavy laden, come to Ne"
a sweeter song than e'er was sung
by poet priest or sages
a song which thro' all heaven has rung'
And down thro' all the ages.
How can we turn from such strain,
Or longer walt TO ease our pain.
oh draw us closer, Lord, that We
May find our sweetest rest in Thee.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08
4 Gir,s CompositiOn on Boys.

Boys is strange things. Boys Il f;t 10
three kinds. The baby boy, me pc, me- i've
boy, and the big boy. I don't iiAe Sa9
baby boy, because lie squalls ana h ~
and have to rock him with eiau yl-
But if the big boy squalls orhckts' ! 5: t9a
rock him with stones. like the ~
boy the best when it SHOWS cause ne t.e ei,
haul me on his Sled. A boy is Q ! !. "
man. if he behaves himself, and Il ~
doesn't, he is a little devil; that j N ".
mother said brother Bob was. the olhst
dav. when he told old Miss Smith t,ls:
mother said She was an old bore. y!
papa saws he was little boy once eu.
mother says She wasn't, and she Wisas.
pana was i little hoy some more. s.s.s.
Julia saws she don't like boys, and VIZ
| saw her and Tom Brown slttirz Y z
the rocking chair on sunday nigh ss
said she was trying 10 squeeze lhe h.
cut of him cause Size didn't like mn,
but I don't think she was hurting e..
place. for ne wouldn't let her gel w
This is al l know about boys.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08
How a sedentary Life Affects Women

The Popul9r Science Monthiy remarks
that many of the ills or diseases preva-
lent among the women in our day are no
doubt truceabe to the sedCntary mode
of life among them. The progress OF
the industrial art has done away with
much Of the household drudgery To
which many women were formerly sui
iected. and in many cases want OF su1i-
cieut occupation for needed bodily eNer-
cis1. It saws: "Ihe fruits of this state Of
things are Strikingly exhibited in certain
observations made by the late DIR. Rob
ertson, Il Manchester surgeon, who IN his
practice as a specialist for Womens dis
eases found that women who themselves
performed all their household work
found no trace of certain complaints;
that these complaints begin 10 make
their appearance In women with one
servant, become more pronounced IN We
men with two servants, or worse Silti
with those who have three servants, and
so on. He showed Statistlcally that the
deaths from childbirth were four times
greater in cases Of women with four SER
wants than those with none. On the
other hand. we noticed ! statement the
other Guv that since the suspension oil
labor in the mills of New England On
account If the panic, many OF the female
operatives haze sought employment =
d0mesticS, ana as il consequence there i
much more sickness among them than
there was previously. This would seem
to show that homework is not rs health.
/ as labor IN cotton mills.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08

A TABLE OENAMrNr.-Sew coarse Ham
mel around goblet with stem broken
oil: put this shaDclv dome upon sauc'
er IL water; wet the flannel and sprinkle
over rs much flax seed as will adhere to
H. The flannel will absorb the water
from the saucer, which should often he
repleaished In about two weeks the
flannel Min lie concealed in I beautiful
yerdurc, which Will vie with any table
ornament.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08
THE PRTVATEER.

was probably the most desperate, fearful
and romantic that overlook place on the
ocean. She was Il little brigantine Of
only two hundred and forty-six tons, be-
longing to New York, and carried but
seven guns and ninety men including
officers. She was commanded by very
young officer, Capt. sam. G. Reid, then
only thirty years of age, who had been
midshipman under Commodore TruX-
ton. On the goth Of September 1914,
the Armstrong put into the neutral port
of Fayal, belonging to Portugal, for the
purpose OF obtaining water. Toward sun
down the British brig-of-war Carnation,
of eighteen guns, hove in sight, stood up
the harbor, and anchored within half
cables length of the Armstrong. Soon
after, the irigate Rota, Of torty-four guns,
and the ship Of the line Plantagenet, of
seyenty-four guns. came to anchor i'll
the roads. Admiral Lloyd, who COM
manded the fleet, had previously been
informed by the pilot that the Arm
strong was in the harbor, and he at once
determined upon her capture. The brig
Carnation Immediately began signaliz-
ing with the feet, threw out four hrge
launches, or boats, and commenced pass
ing arms into them. A.lthe movements
could be seen and the orders given were
distinctly heard on board the Armstrong.
Capt. Reid Immediately gave secret
orders to clear the decks for action, and
cautioned the crew to make as little noise
rs possible. lie then cut his cable, got
out sweeps, and commenced pulling in
shore to castle. The Carnation imme-
diutely dropped her top-salIs and made
sail, to prevent the privateer from going
out Of the harbor should she attempt it,
while the boats, which were lying along
side, We're ordered in chase of the Arm
strong. 1t was now about eight o'clock
in the evening.
At this time one of the large launches,
which was considerably in the advance,
pulled up under the stern of the Arm
strong, when Capt. Reid, with speaking
trumpet in hand, being in his shirt
sleeves, and all hands ut quarters, hailed
the boat three times. No answer Was
returned except 10y one Of the sailors.
who asked in Il gruil voice what was the
matter. The officer replied, Make no
answer, sir; pun away, my lads" At the
next moment the word was given to
''toss oars and with their boat-hooks
they hauled alongside under the port
quarter Of the priyateer. The officer II
the boat then cried ont Fire and board,
my lads - and as the men rose from their
seats, Capt, Reid instantly gave the word
TO his marines to fire, which was almost
simultaneous on the part of both. One
man on board the privatee" was instantly
killed, and the first lieutenant, Fred. \.
Worth, a brother of the late Gen. Worth,
of the United States army, was wounded.
The men IN the boat were severely cut
up, and they called out for quarter, while
the other three boats pulling up at full
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-07-08

Associate Justice HARLAN Of the
United Stslss Supreme Court { Washing
ton, and family, haye left Newport for
Block Island, where they VIII spend the
sumuncl.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20
THE SUGAR BEET"


We have received the first number of an
illustrated quarterly journal of the above
name, published by Henry Carey Baird &
Co., Philadelphia As its name indicates,
it is devoted to the cultivation and utiliza-
ton of the sugar beet in the United States.
The publishers, ir their announcement, say
that it will be the province of the Sugar
Beet: First-To impress the community with
the great Importance of at once establishing
in our midst these useful and profitable in
dustries, no longer an experiment in Europe,
and which, as the great Theirs said, "twice
saved France from ruin" Second-To assist
those North American farmers engaged in
the culture of the sugar beet in obtaining the
largest and best-paying yield and the best
market, and to encourage others to under
take the culture of this crop. Third-To
discuss the processes and machinery used in
the manufacture of sugar, alcohol and other
beet.root products; stock feeding from the
beet direct, and from its pulp, etc. In
another column of the paper the following
reasons are given why the beet sugar indus
tries have not been introduced into the
United States:
1. Information in the English language
upon the subject has been wanting.
2. On account of a prevailing prejudice
that it is practically impossible, owing to its
having been several times improperly at
tempted, and in such cases proving failure
3. Attempts at American cultivation have
been made by those having but limited
knowledge of the subject.
4. The seeds that have been used have not
been of the best variety, and were not planted
according to improved principles long since
known in Europe.
5. On account of an opposing and inter-
ested prevailing element represented by own
eIs of Southern sugar plantations.
6. Unfounded fears of certain protection
lists that the yearly Government revenues
would be diminished.
Z. Undertaking the manufacture without
expert advice and with insufficient capital.
s. So many have waited for Others to COM
mence.
The specimen copy gives evidence that it
will be a valuable paper to all who propose
to engage in the culture of the sugar beet or
the manufacture of sugar from the same, and
we doubt not many of our farmers would
find that it will give them valuable infQrma-
ton to assist in making farming more
profitable by the introduction Of more di-
versifed agriculture.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20
BESIDE THE BARS.

Grandmother's knitting has lost its charm;
Uuheeded it lies in her ample lap,
While the sunsets crimson, soft and warm,
Touches the frills OF her snowy cap.
She is gazing on two beside the bars,
Under the maple-who little care
For the growing dusk, or the rising stars,
Or the hint Of frost in the autumn air.
One is a slender slip of girl,
And one a man in the prime Of youth
The maiden pure as the purest pearl,
The lover strong in his steadfast truth.
"Sweet, my own, as rose Of June"
He says, full low, Ger the golden head.
Il would sound to her like dear old tune,
Could grandmother hear the soft words said
For it seems but little while AGO
Since under the maple, beside the bars.
She stood girl, while the sunsets glow
Melted away mid the evening stars.
And one, her lover, so bright and brave,
Spake words as tender, in tones as low;
They come to her now from beyond the grave,
The words of her darling SO long ago.
"Ny own one, sweet as a ross in June.
Her eyes are dim and her hair is white,
But her heart keeps time to the old love-tune
As she watches her daughters child tonight.
world between them, perhaps you say.
Yes. One has read the story through;
One has her beautiful yesterday,
And one tomorrow fair to view.
But little you dream how fond prayer
Goes up to God through his silver stars,
From the aged woman gazing there,
For the two who Enger beside the bars.
-lAargzret E Sangster.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20
THE CROPS AND TIE WEATHER.

We have Just experienced oneof the best sus-
tanned northers We remember to have passed
through in this portion of the State for many
year. The wind not only blew heavily,
but it blew almost constantly fer whole
week. The cessation was but for day. The
soil was not damp at the commencement of
the wind, and it certainly was not wet at its
elose. but we are glad to be able to state that
the wind did not carry off with it as much
moisture as we supposed it would. The dam
ACE to the growing crops was not serious and
not as great as it is generally believed to have
been. The wind was luckily unusually cold,
and was not of that drying. poisonous nature
which frequently characterizes the north
wind when the temperature is higher. The
piercing GOODNESS of the blasts was evidence
of dampness in the atmosphere through the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20

whole week, and the absence of damage to
the crops is also conclusive of the same fact.
The slight shower following SO closely upon
the heels of the norther has repaired what
injury was done and restored to the surface of
the soil its former favorable condition. With
the small amount of rainfall we have had the
past winter the ground is wet down well,
and there is 10 reason to despair of good
cr,,,s ,-at
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toward collection for her. Her desire
now is to be supplied with a horse and
buggy to go about the State delivering adj
dresses and distributing their socialist
tracts At several of the women's rights
meetings here she spoke, being stranger,
but after time or two was known and
allowed to speak no more. She finds her
self in her element haranguing now to
the public every afternoon. being thus in a
position of notoriety. Although at the
point of starvation she refused situation
as domestic in a small family with wages
at S25 per month. And yet it may not be
so. She advises burning and destruction
OF property as last resort. | went away.
quietly and peaceably, with the rest, when
the meeting closed, and 1 was glad to CO.
l saw nothing dangerous and nothing that
looked like war, but as a sandlot it didn't
smell good 1t smelled like man that
ought to be put in bath-tub, soaked over
night and rubbed down with sand paper,
then given a clean suit of clothes In the
meantime there are
PLENTY OF POOR PEoPLB
Needing assistance in San Francisco.
Every day men and women ring the bell
and come round through the area for food
and clothing, and yet one can tseta freetable
and spread half-worn clothes ON the line for
everyone. KATE HEATH.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20
Answers to March 9Th.

Answers to March 9Th.
COL. Thought.
Co., Reach.
6O3 N, tit, nitid, tip, D.
604 Sacramento.
Cos Good penmanship.
6O6 Wear, Hindu, echo, anvil, thief !;
-four.
co., "Eel' in every first word.
COS. Berry, ferry, Jerry, merry, terry,
serry, perry.
600. Banana.
6lO. ~ Argonaut; ~ fgurative. These
two we consider especially fine samples of
puzzle lore. They do Trinity" credit.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20
New Tangles.

New Tangles-
GIT. Enigma, by Viola:
stay the rapid rivers course;
guard your goods from fraud or force
Aud yet, fair ladies, form part
OF charm which binds a lovers heart.
6lS. Enigma, by Ora and Carrie Brad
ley:
proverb containing 81 letters.
My 26, %, 10, II, a. 20, 80, % is an ex-Empress
Ny IA, 81, s. IA is State
My l5 "a, %, 25, 81 81, IA, 50, 32 is novel by
a wel-known author.
My g. Is, II, l, 10 ia poet.
nv IT, II, 8, 6, 30, q, 9 is an eminent divine.
My 49, 81, 80, SO, 25 4, q is Prime Minister.
My 20 81 Is the initials OF Scottish chief.
Ny 2, Is, %, "a, 20, is desired by all.
My IL is q consonant
GIG. Beheadings, by F. M. S.:
Take patriotic act Of thieves, ct al, behead and
have necessary act OF birds; again, and have my
own act of commnutng nutmeg again, and have
one that holds wood out OF the ashes; again, and
have the dearest English word to railroad men !;
again. and have what men involuntary did with their
bad words; again, and have the symbols OF a metal
again, and have the heart OF bread.
620. Square word, by Trinity
The cowslip primrose odor the mountain daisy;
copy; ways
62l. Diamond, by Maud Tucker
consonant; directly a novelist; part of the
head consonant The same across as downwards
622. Beheadings, by Casper:
As stand am addressed to woman trsnsp Sc
and remain the same now behead me- and am
mans name; again, to obstruct; again, verb ;
again, caDsonant.
623. Puzzles, by Hattie Heath:
~ Numerals: so, 9, 4, l., s.
(2) 1000, l, 100.
Isl Square word mountain black white num-
bers.
az Word puzzle
A word of seven letters, pronounced with two
Twice curtail, and the same you will view
(5) Conundrum A word that, without changing
letter or the accent, has two meanings directly
contrary to each other. To unite and to divide.
624. Charade for Augusta Blake, by
Rose:
[PREFAcEI
SAN RAFAEL March 18th.
Ny "Quiet Hour" Friends Although have ne
elected you for some time have hot lost my inter-
est in the family, or been unmindful OF the puzzles
written for me- 1t is pleasant to think that have
an interest in Sacramento STILL even though my
home will be elsewhere One word for Amethyst ::
Perhaps as rule "women tell everyth ng," but
believe am an exec ton to the rule, or | would
tell what know as to the identity of the Quiet
Hour" ROSE
1.-THE cHARApB.l
Much of my first must tanglers do
To unite the "Quiet Hour" knots;
Oft it is performed by yon
In sober second thoughts
Ny next has meanings more than one;
Adds to dainty baby grace,
Outlines It's found upon gun,
And above the brave soldiers face.
Nv whole l surely have mislsid,
Which is the excuse make
For failing to answer the puzzles made
For me by Augusta Blake.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20
PLENTY OF POOR pEoPLB
THE QUIET HOUR.
THE "TANGLER's" PARADISE OF CHA
RADEs. ENIeMAs, ETC.

Contributions to this department should be adj
dressed "Quiet Hour" RECORD UNION. Write
upon but one side OF the sheet. Accompany all
contributions with the answers, the true NAME
and postoffice address. Contributors will receive
advice and assistance and are privileged to engage
IN courteous criticism OF the productions pub
lished
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THE DAILY RECORD UNION.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
PRACTICAL IMPORTATION FOR TEE
FARMER AND TIE oRCEARDIST.

fexfnRp-IJNToN by its Agricultural Editor. All
matter relating to the agricultural interest," WIZ 1e
fund under this head-i
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SEEDS AND PRODUCE.

LY0N d BARNES
CoMyIssIoN MERCHANTS AND DEALERS II
Produce, Vegetables, Butter, Eggs, Cheese,
Poultry, Green and Dry Fruits, Honey, Beans, etc.
ALFALFA SEED.
ssr Potatoes In carload lets or less
d23-1pti Nos q and % J street.
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S I X T HI:

ar IT Is BECAUSE ALL THESE COUNTS
ARE TRUE THAT ITS INCREASE OF CIR.
cULATIoN Is UNPRECEDENTED, AND ITS
STANDING AT THE HEAD OF JOURNAL
ISM Is MAINTAINED.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20

SEC ND:
TIE WEEKLY UNION" rs THE ONLY
PAPER WHICH PUBLIsHBs FTRgY-
CLASS ORIGINAL STORIES, AND n
THEREFORE TnB VERY REsT LPB-
ERARY PAPER PUBLISHED IN CALI
FORkLA.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-20

Or the Gray Ulster of the Sand Lot, rose
to speak. She was the best and smartest
looking woman among them, but the black
bands of her Derby hat much needed a
whisp broom, and her shoes sadly wanted
brush. She spoke well, used good Ian
guage and made a point here and there.
She hoped the East would get a stomach
full of Cinnamon. Henry Ward Beecher
wanted to convert them, but if they
get his religion, heaven help the souls
OF the Cinnamon, and then there
were grins in every direction. Some one
tells me that Mrs. Anna Smith goes, one
night a week, to cellar on Tehama
street, and addresses gathering of for
eigners who meet in secret as plotters
and Socialists. No other woman is
present, and before the evening is
done one and another gives ten cents
, 1880-05-08

cession either to Socialism or to the
old Fenian party. In Wexford an
attempt to prescribe a Home-rule can
didate caused the serious riot men
toned elsewhere, in which MI. Par
nell was personally assaulted; and
everywhere the cry is raised of "No
dictation." Nh. Biggar's suggestion
that Hartmanns might arise in Ireland
has given deep offence to genuine
Catholics, and may yet be noticed in
the House of Commons; and in Cork,
the priests are calling on their congre-
cations to resist the Obstruction
candidates. Mr.. ParnelPs own
seat is threatened by a Tory
candidate, who hopes to enlist
respectable Liberals on his side.
and though there is little chance that
MI. Parnen will be rejected, he will
certainly not return a "great power"
to the House, while it must be remem-
bered that Home-rulers at the begin
ming of a Parliament are much more
independent of a%gitators than Home
rulers at the end of one. Mr.. Parnell
has evidently gone far beyond the
general feeling of his countrymen,
and his reputation has not been in
creased by his failure in America,
where his "collection" for political
purposes only reached a sum which,
had he been popular, would have
been given ten times owe by New
York alone. 1t did not amount to
Mr.. Gordon Benefits single cheque
for the distressed Irish. There is no
O'Comell in Mr.. Parnell's coat.-Spec-
f1tOr.