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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

The recent special dispatch from
appleton, stating that A. /. Smith
of that city is in receipt Of a letter
from Postmaster General Villas to the
positive effect that no editor Of a
partisan newspaper can be appointed
to the position of postmaster, viii
be Of especial interest N this city
just now, in view of the names men
toned for the IMMORAL Point post
Office. But, perhaps, as is claimed
by some Democrats, the party has
no organ in this city. If this is so,
it may be that Mr. Villas rule will
not find application as Barring any
Of the present candidates.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

THE Republican party of this State
has treated Hon. Philetus Sawyer
with marked consideration, but it
must never be forgotten that he "be-
gan IT, by doing the party services
it could not well get along without,
In his speech at the banquet ON
Tuesday evening in Milwaukee, ex-
Postmaster Payne paid Mr.. Sawyer
a deserved tribute, and here is
another from Senator Hoar, of Mass
achusetts: 81 see you have elected
a young man to succeed Angus Cam
eron, Mr.. Spooner. met him anc
was impressed with his brightness
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

GENERAL GRANTS general condi-
ton is better now than when he
left New York one week ago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

TIE recent earthquake in the
Vale of Cashmere, Asia, ruined
10000 houses and killed 3,C8I per-
sons and $4,000 animals.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25
REUNION POEM.

BY Miss Medora Clark. Read at reunion OF vet
Grams at Dodgeyille, June {, 1885.
Twas five and twenty years ago.
The nations heart was usmb with woe.
Homes were divided, and each breast
Was filed with terror or usrest
Then strong the voice OF loyal men
Spake freely, bravely out again,
Awake. arise Our country stands
In need Of work from trusty hands"
And swift from schools and workshops. farms
And villages, you sprang TO ams,
In morn of youth, in midday refine
AND strength Of manhoods even time.
-Four logging years crept by, Of Death,
And pain, and battles sitting BREATH,
OF prison horrors and of scars,
And peril 70 the stripes and stars.
And then the smoke of battle cleared.
And dangers passed that you had feared
And all the lane from wars release
Lay IN the silent arms of Pence.
Ialt some who trod the Southern plain
with You, came never home again.
They fell, with faces forward turned,
Where thioltest battle ragged and buried
Sorae, wounded, waited for their death;
Some, scorehed with pestilential breath
OF rropic fevers, staid not long,
But Joined deaths unrclenting throngt
And those escaped from deadly harm,
Has lost. perchance a strong right arm,
A stalwart liulb or rugged health,
More priaei than glory, fame, or wealth
Some remnants OF that vast array,
Have gathered on this summer day,
The scattered Of that broken band,
TO feel the grasp of comrades hand.
You live once more the olden pain,
The oldeu glory thrills again,
And in this camp-hre's peaceful glow
You live the life of long ago.
You see, down vista Of the past,
Whose decades wrought their changes rst,
Low dropping clouds hang over all
Like gloomy shadows of the fail.
ltis the dusk Of battle smoke,
Where cannon thundcrs loudly spoke;
Fou hear their phantom voices yet
Like echoes of a souls regret
Across the years the muGed roar
OF CHASTITY muskery doth pour,
Fhe light % midday breaks athwart
The sands OF carnage. bare and smart.
'Ghe history Of every land
Is etched by Wars incisive hund,
His sinewy strength has paved the way
TO blessings we enjoy to-day.
Of Gew-crowned hills whore harvest lice
Beneath tho tender summer skies,
OF garden undisturbed, and lawns
inpeaeo asleep meath rosy downs,
OF rpencd fruit ana fragrant flowers,
Enbroken homes and tranquil hours,
Wears oiled with poesy and art
IHom warning clements apart.
And ye who won for us this day
Nay all your clouds have rolled away,
May Fate s;row blossoms on your paths
with Autumn's richest aftermath.
And when thc recall sounds at last
Deaths melancholy buglc-hlast,
Nay Peace enfold you with its wings
Whilc Hops her sweetest anthem sings,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

No people probably ever made
such remarkable changes in so brief
a time as the japanese have done.
Until after the middle OF the present
century, their cultivation, their social
condition and knowledge Of the
various arts and sciences, had been
for hundreds of years almost station
airy. Within the past twenty years
a wonderful transformation has oc-
CURED They have assimilated the
culture and dress Of Europe. They
hayeintroduced steamboats,, railways
and telegraph. They have adopted
the educational systems Of Europe
and they are about discardng the
characters in which their language
has hitherto been written, to adopt
the Roman alphabet.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

TIE receipts of the United States
Treasury during the fiscal year,
ending with this month, will be
about 3looo0,oo0 short Of the esti-
mates.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

left New York one week ago.
GEN. BLACK, commissioner o
pensions, is adjusting pension claims
about twice as rapidly as Gen. bud
ley did.
"THE naval orange" from River
side, Cal, took the medal at the New
Orleans Exposition as "the fines
orange Of the world"
"THE Democratic Aid Society" is
what they call the third-party Pro.
hibitionists in Ohio. That is precisely
what they are.
TIE recent earthquake in the
Vale of Cashmere, Asia, ruined
10000 houses and killed 3,C8I per-
sons and $4,000 animals.
TIE receipts of the United States
Treasury during the fiscal year,
ending with this month, will be
about 3Io,ooo,oo0 short Of the est
mates.
BIG BEAR is still gamcy, and the
Canadian soldiery, while reiterating
their intention Of surrounding him,
are forced to acknowledge their ina
bility to keep in the vicinity Of the
fleeing braves.
BosroN beats the world 1t beats
the world on beans, culture and the
prize ring, and IL beats the wife OF a
pucilistic brute in her efforts to get
a divorce from him. tits n kind Of
a beat town all around.
MARSHALL FIELD, the great dry
goods king Of Chicago, testified be-
fore the senate committee on inter
state commerce that railroad pooling
was a good thing for the commerce
Of the country Perhaps Mr. Field !
has concessions from the pools
which makes pooling q good thing
for Mr.. Field.
TuEpolitieal dead-ioekin England
is giving Russia splendid oppor-
tunity, and the Bear is not slow to
improve such chances as tumble in
his way. rs ;ho time England is
at liberty to return TO the consider
alton of the foreign affairs, it viii
probably lind another slice of AZ
ghani~tan gone.
ONE Of the most unpalatable rul-
ings yet made by Postmaster Gen
eral Villas is that which makes the
editors Of Democratic newspapers
ineligible for appointment as Post
masters. Ailtbe Democratic editors
are mad. Some of them are asking,
"yhat are we here for, anyhow"
and others are solomuly wondering
if life ia really worth living
THE De0p'o and the press have
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

W. Z. 4 3. J.rBEENETT, Editors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

TnEpolitieal deadloekin England
is giving Russia a splendid oppor-
tunity, and the Bear is not slow to
improve such chances as tumble in
his way. rs ;ho time England is
at liberty to return to the consider
alton of the foreign affairs, it viii
probably lind another slice Of At
ghani>tan gone,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

Entered at tho post-ofHce in Mineral Point Wis
as second-class matter.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

BosroN beats the world. 1t beats
the world on beans, culture and the
prize ring, and it beats the wife OF .
pucilistie brute in her efforts to get
a divorce from him. It lis kind Of
a beat town all around.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

lie Chicago Evening ,j0HrT8f
thinks that while it is true that the
English inancial system will almost
run itself, and that a great statesman
is not required in it's administration,
the foreign affairs of England need
the services of diplomatiss Of great
pluck, deNterity and resources. Glad
stones avowed policy of non,aggres-
sion aHd non-interference has caused
England to be snUbbed by every
nation in Europe, while hchas found
it necessary himself to abandon it
and to NEEDLE in n feeble, inconsist-
emit and Intellectual way with the
affairs of other nations, as he re-
Gently did in Egypt and Afghan
stan. This has brought a sense OF
humiliation home to Englishmen
everywhere, and it is not certain
but that q brilliant and courageous
foreign policy, if Salisbury should
attempt it, would make his admins
ration strong enough to stand alone
for some time.
1t is evident tha5 Gladstone and
the Liberal leaders have agreed that
the vast majority which they nom
inally control in the House of Com.
mons shall not be used to defeat the
necessary measures of Salisbury's
government during the present Par.
lament, and that q dissolution and
an appeal to the country viii follow
/ in the natural course of events. I,
will be the most important and ex-
citing election that England has
seen in two generations.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

MARSHALL FIELD, the great dry
goods king Of Chicago, testified be
fore the senate committee on inter
state commerce that railroad pooling
was a good thing for the commerce
Of the country. Perhaps Mr.. Field
has concessions from the pools
which makes pooling q good thing
for Mr.. Field.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-06-25

THURSDAY JUNE %, 1885.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
GrantsviIIe W. C. T. e.

A Woman's Christian Temner.
ance Union was organized last
Saturday with Mrs. Mary johnson
President; Miss Lille Stump, Vics
President; Mrs. S. M. Westfall, Sec,
Miss Mahala Huffman, Treasurer
They will meet every two weeks
The organization is good one, the
object commendable, and the C6ron.
5cle wishes it success. A Band Of
Hope for the benefit of the young
will be organized in connection
with the Union, and we hope that
it will gather all the youths in the
country.-Calhoun Chronicle.
With a good hearty welcome, we
greet the Grantsville w. T.U
1t would have been great pleas.
ure to be in at it's organization, in
response to the cordial invitation
sent us, but being absent in the
lower end of the State we could not
be present.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
A Retrospect.

We did not realize until reading
Miss Fowler's report of the District
Convention at Charleston, how
much effective work had been
done.
Certainly if a realization of the
amount of information and sugges.
tions contained in that report had
impressed itself upon us, an extra
edition of the FREEMAN would
have been ordered for distribution
among the members of local Unions
who are saying, eve don't know
how"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
TO Band of Hope Workers.

Band of Hope Manuals by Mrs,
Mary B. Willard and Mrs. W. f.
Crafts can be had at the Union Sig-
nal office, Chicago, Ill, at 5 cents
apiece or $500 per hundred.
PRIMARY PHYSIOLOGY.
By Mrs. Mary Hunt, published
by A. S. Barnes & Co., New York,
is indispensable to we'll equipped
teachers of Juvenile organizations
of any kind.
Brief Notes For Temperance Teach.
ers-By B. W. Richardson, in cloth
cover, so cents, paper 25.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
10 Whom 1t May Concern.

Miss Fowler will send out a NM
Der of letters this week to those
desiring Mrs. Buell's services whila
in our State. Remember.
prompt answer is necessary to ena.
BILE us to make out her route, Do
not let the letter lay on your table :.
attend to it promptly. If each
woman will realize that she helms
Or binders just in proportion to her
promptness, we would not have to
follow up 60 many important bust.
ness letters, with postals beging
for a response.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
W. G. t. U. Machinery.

One of the questions in the recent
District Convention at Charleston
was, What appurtenances ought
every w, G. T. U. Workers room
to contain ?"
First, a table, desk or drawer,
that the children of the household
understand is sacred to the Tenn
perance work and not to be touch.
ed by meddlesome fingers. A "Path-
finder" our State Temperance
Newspaper and if possible the Ma
tional organ, bottle of muscilage,
pen, ink, scissors and scrap and
memorandum book. These last
may be of home manufacture. OF
course the more you add to these,
broader will be the outlook, and
the efficiency Of the worker will be
increased.
With a little determination and
energy, these first mentioned ''ln-
dispensables" may be acqulr~
ed. And no Temperance worker
need expect to be able to make
brick without straw. AS you drop
into a chair for moments rest,ln-
stead of "Butterick's last fashion
plate" take up your papers, clip ana
paste into your scrap book, tactS
relating to Temperance history
you may wish for future reference
Get into your memorandum books
items or suggestions CLEANED, re-
lative to the work that your Union
may utilize.
Clip out the articles on"Alcohol'
ic Poisoning" and enclose in an
envelope to your Physician; the
one on drugs in our Drink" to the
intelligent young friend who Is
just beginning to tipple; Captain
Deborah's Letter to the Band o.
Hope Teacher.
There is no end to the good things
good woman can do who WILL
learn to consider.
These she can do without neglecE
ing her home and children.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
NEW UNIONS.
In The Rich Kanawha Valley.
BROWNsTOWN w. c. T. U.

BROWNsTOWN w. c. T. U.
A new Union was organized at
Brownstown with Mrs. II. 7. Gro
gan, President; Miss Mary Hoover,
Secretary; Miss Octavia' Grass,
Treasurer.
Three delegates were appointed
to the Convention at Charleston,
Mrs. Grogan was the only one pres
ent. Eleven gentlemen rose in
the audience and said, "We will
stand with these women in their
efforts to shield the Home from the
Saloon"
MILTON UNION.
Milton has now a promising
Union differed by Mrs. L. w.
Bicknel, President; Mrs. Ri. Mar
tin, Secretary Mrs. Lucy Wilkin-
son, Treasurer. Both Mrs. Bick-
nell and Mrs. Martin were in at
tendance at the Convention at
Charleston and we doubt not are
better prepared for the duties Of
their offices.
ST. ALBANS UNION.
Unable to meet our Appointment
at St. Adams, Rev. T. G. John
son, after delivering lecture, Or
ganized a Union which he pronoun-
ced lone of the most promising"
We have not list of the officers
but take this occasion to ask the
Secretary of the Union to forward
it at once.
We call the attention of these
Unions to the "Indispensables"
mentioned in another column.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14

this and equip themselves with
necessary machinery, we will
have successful and intelligent
work done in our State and not
until then.
Let each Union supply its officers
with at least two Pathfinders,
two copies of the Union Signal and
4 copies of the W. VA. FREEMAN,
and appoint woman to see that
these are passed around.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
W. C. T. u. Notes and Items.

A delegation Of prominent Tenn
perance women called upon Philip
Lucas, confined in the county jail
for shooting bis wife. Phil said
whisky was the cause of his troub-
lie, signed the pledge, and declared
that he would never drink another
drop.-Pan Handle NeaOs.
We are glad to see this notice in
the Mountain Herald:
"The Band Of Hope and Blue
Ribbon Army will meet in the
Baptist Church, Saturday next, at
4 o'clock, p. M"
The happy day is coming when
all our country papers will be
graced and enlivened by frequent
notices and accounts of Bands of
Hope, Temperance Cadets and W.
G. T. U. meetin
1t is encouraging to note the &C
tivity of the Morgantown w. C. T.
U. We see in the Dominion that
Miss Jennie Smith has been Sc
cured for a series of meetings in
the University city. Please give
us accounts, friends, of al such
meetings.
An exchange says: "The Grafton
w. G. T. U. celebrated the one
hundredth anniversary of the Tenn
perance movement by meeting
in the U. B. Church. Addresses
were made by Ada Sherman and
the President, Mrs. M. M. Love-"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
What are They DOings

Do you ask what is the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance I'm
ion doing in West Virginia?
We proudly point you to the
three lectures delivered by the Rev.
J. E. Smith before the Methodist
Conference at Charleston, crowd
ed house at Huntington, and a good
audience at Parkersburg.
Witness also the telling speech
es delivered by the Rev. T. C.John-
son at Brownstown, Maiden, Mil
ton and St. Adams in behalf of the
w. C. T. U. and Woman's Work,
and Rev. w. P. Walkers powerful
presentation of the conflict between
the Home and the Saloon at Mil
ton.
If the law of sowing and reaping
holds good in this work, the har-
vest for the "Home" will be plen-
tiful.
The District Convention held at
Charleston not only gave new ideas
and inspiration to the workers, but
quoting the Evenimg Star, Of that
city, it set not only women but
men to thinking on this question
of vital and National interest.
The children are being taught in
our Bands of Hope, and the people
are being aroused and enlightened
through our Free Lecture Bureau !;
our jails are being visited and the
suffering victims of drink are be-
ing bel ped and comforted; our
physicians are being solicited and
induced to discuss the subject of
alcoholic poisoning in their associ-
atoms; the Press is being petition
ed for a higher standard of journal
ism, and the Pulpit pressed by plea
and prayer into preaching the
Gospel of civil peace and prosperi-
ty as set forth in the doctrine of
Prohibition.
To accomplish all these purpo.
ses and aims requires much time,
labor and money, and shall not the
West Virginia W. G. T. U. nave
the sympathy and practical help
50 necessary to success in this great
work of Temperance reform?
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
WEDNESDAY, OCT. IA, 1885,
Three indispensable Agencies for
Every w. Z. T. Z. Worker.

The Pathfnder-This shows us
each step in the forward march of
W. CT. U. Work how TO organize a
Union and how to make it inter-
esting after it is organized. 1t
shows us how to get up Mass Meet
ings; how to conduct an Institute.
Indeed it is the w. G. T. U. log
book and by it we sail.
Not only the officers need it, but
each member; to make the very
best use of such time as she may
have to give to the work by adopt
ing the best methods.
THE WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
The Organ Of the W. c. T. u, is in
dispensable to acquaint her with
the lines of work laid out by the
State Officers; the progress in this
WORK as reported by the various
Unions.
Throrgh its columns the State
officers and superintendent issue
their instructions to local Unions;
and there would be saving OF time
and stationery that would be quite
consideration while our treasury
is so lean and our workers are so
few, if all took the FREEMAN.
Time and thought is given by
the Editor and State President to
select the most practical methods
for our particular conditions, and if
every Union was supplied with 4
sufficient number to pass around
among its members, there would be
less complaining" We dontkno1o aohat
to do" You never will know,
Dear Sisters, till you study. One of
the most discouraging features Of
work has been, "Our Women do
not read temperance literature anC
keep themselves informed as to
what is going on in the busy world
of w. G. T. U. Workers.
The UNION SIGNAL-For broad
er outlook. The Union Signal is
needed, to help West Virginia wo-
men to realize the possibilities in
our ownState work by seeing what
is accomplished in other localities
The Union Signal bears the same
relation to the State work that the
FREEMAN bears to the local work.
And the woman who tries tc
evolve from her own resources, ways
and means to interest the Union
will fail as utterly as the sailor
who attempts to navigate the
Ocean without chart or compass
Just as soon as our Unions realize
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
Temperance Centennial at Noun.
tain Lake Park.

From the Oakland Republican
We clip the following account of
the Temperance Centennial Day
at Mountain Lake Park:
GAS we. so earnestly hoped, the
good weather continued until our
excursion day was over. The peo-
pie began to gather here early in
the morning. By ten o'clock sew
eral thousands had gathered on the
grounds. The excursion trains
from Grafton and Cumberland ar
rived about this time. The Oak
land Lodge Of Good Tenn plars join
ed our Lodge and all marched to
the Depot to meet and escort the
other Lodges to the Auditorium.
The procession was headed by the
cornet band of Homecoming, which
furnished excellent music through
out the day. Mr.. Carskadon, of
Keyser, gave brief address of well
come, which was responded to very
earnestly by Rev. Mr.. Baker. Mrs
Mary Woodbridge, of Ohio, then
gave a very interesting and telling
address, which will not be soon for
gotten by any who heard her. She
stands second to none in this grand
movement and 1 suppose stands
number one in abundant and eff
cient labors. At two o'clock a
meeting was held for the children,
principally by the children, which
was just splendid. Especially a
performance gotten up by Mrs. DR..
McComas for this occasion. Mrs.
Woodbridge gave a very pleasing
address to the children, after which
brief reports were given by differ
ent ones Of the R. R. workers of the
work done at different places
among their own people, with earn
est solicitations for help and SYM
pathy in this direction. The crowd
then gathered at the Depot and
awaited the returning trains. All
passed off very pleasantly and qui-
city, and everybody appeared to be
pleased with their trip.
NOTE. Our friends in this part
of the State will be glad to know
that Mrs. Woodbridge will address
the people during the coming W.
G. T. U. Fourth District Conven-
ton to be held at Parkersburg
about the middle of November.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
W. G. L. Z. Meeting.

The Gospel Temperance Meeting
held at Rail Road Hall, last Sab
bath, by the ladies of the W. c. T.
u, was in every sense a success.
The opening devotional exercises
consisted Of singing by the choir,
Miss Ida Carroll presiding at the
organ, and prayer by Sallie Carska-
don. Then followed the reading of
the Crusade Psalm, the 146th,
by Mrs. Burr Stevenson. Mrs.
Parsons, president of the Union,
read a chapter of the original min
utes of the crusade of Hillsboro,
Ohio, Also an Outline History of
the rise and progress of the work
during the twelve years of its ex-
istence.
The ladies have great encourage
ment to continue these meetings so
auspiciously begun.-Keyser Echo.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
Scotch ChiId's Prayer.

These are the words in which
the little Scotch children say their
evening prayer. 1t will be seen
that while the language differs,
the thought is very like the "Now
lay me-" so familiar and dear to
US all:
"This night, when l lie down to
sleep,
| gle my soul to Christ to keep !;
| wake a. moo, I wake a. never,
[ gle my soul to Christ forever"
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-10-14
The W. G. T. U. in Charleston

Considerable interest is being taken in the
in session in our city not only by the ladies,
but by gentlemen who heretofore have kept
aloof from such organizations. Last night
a large audlence was In attendance at the
the speech of Mrs. G. B. Buell., of New York.
This lady is fluent speaker, possessed of a.
good voice, and presented her claims in q
very forcible and, at times, eloquent man
ner. Referring to emigration she said that
"the great pioneer of American civilization
was the saloon. Itprecedes the Church, and
Is the first institution to greet the emigrant
in his new home. - Charleston Star.