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Foolish Virgins /;

FOOLISH virgins
In olden times there were ''rfvE Fcot.
1sH VIRGINS" We are afraid that there
are fully as many as that number at the
present day, Some of them were bort
foolish; some of them we re made foolish
by the example of their weak minded
mothersj and some of them have made
themselves foolish.
See that dashing belle, Rounced from
her heels to her arm pits, and bedizened
with jewelry, pearls, gems and precious
stones. Her mother thinks her an an
gel; and she thinks herself an archangel;
but she is ''foolish virgin'-that is
all she is. He who made her, endowed
her with an immortal soul, and pointing
her TO an eternal hereafter, said to her,
"Let not your adorning be outward, the
adorning or plating the hair, or wear.
ing gold, or of putting on apparel, let it
be the hidden man of the heart, even the
ornament of a meek and quiet spirit.
which is in the sight of Gop of great
price ?" But all the adorning that this
foolish virgin has is out,card. She has
no solid education, no mental culture.
and no noble and generous heart. She
is not qualified for any usefulness in
this world, except as frame on which
to exhibit dry goods and the dress ma
ker's skill. And when she shall appear
before her Maker, stripped Of her 'out-
ward adorning," and without that prec-
ious "ornament of the heart" what
miserable figure that foolish virgin will
cut. 1t is awful to think of tie future
of these mere butterflies of fashion,
What is she good for? She cannot make
a loaf of bread, nor roast turkey, nor
bake pudding. She could not knit
tidy, though she often knits her brow.
She could not darn stocking, though
she often darns everything else. The
most simple article of dress that adorns
her useless body, she could not make.
"She tolls not, neither does she spin,
yet Solomon. in all his glory, is not
arrayed like her." She has very little
mind. Her head is we'll nigh as hollow
as yellow pumkin. She can only talk
of theatres, balls, fashion and beaux!
Her moral nature is wholly uncultiva~
ted. She spends more time in examin-
ing fashion plates, than in examining her
poor little heart mere time in reading
love stories than in reading the Bible.
What on earth is she good for? She is
bill of useless expense to her father,
and barren fig tree in the great moral
vineyard. The world would be better
off if this foolish virgin no longer cum.
bered the ground. And one of these
days the scythe Of Time will cut her
down, and the miserable firt will 60 to
her account. Girls, young women, con-
slider your ways. Have high and
worthy purpose. Make yourselves
blessing to this world. Abhor to be
Flora M'Flimsy, as you would to be
any other fool. Be useful. be modest.
be good, be "wise virgins" and when
the great bridegroom shall come you
shall go with him to marriage.
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Tale of a Mermaid.

An incident was related the other day
by an old sea captain, who swore to its
authenticity in the most vehement man
ner. He was speaking of the famine
which occurred some years ago in the
Azores, and other neighboring islands.
and in Madeira also, and of the straits
to which the inhabitants were reduced
for want of food.
You see,' said he, i was laying off
Funchal with cargo of hardware
vine shears, cultivators and such like.
I sailed the brig Skylark from New
York. Well, our provisions gin out,
and calculated to lay in a supply at
Funchal, but there want none there"
What = said we, none p
No, none. The cattle had all died,
consequently there warn't no beef; sheep
had all died, and there warn't no NUT
ton; hogs all got the measles, so they
warn't no pork chickens all eaten up
by foxes, so they warn't no fricasses.'
That's rather dismal picture was
our reply 'how did the people procure
food . t....s =.-s
Food! we'll, they kind lived on YARDS
and roots; stole mules-the only thing
that didn't die-and eat Them .'.
How about fish-couldn't take fish
as usual?
Nary fish the fish all went o. them
are attitudes. There warn't even sharks
left, let alone anything worth catching
why, that was strange.
yes; the only thing left in the harbor
was mermaids, and they were nigh unto
starvation, too
The mhot2' we asked in surprised.
The mermaids! Can't you hear p
yelled the captain, angry at even a hint
of skepticism.
What! do you believe there are such
creatures as mermaids =
DO l believe it? No, l don't be.
lieve it; know it! I reckon, stranger.
I've seen a dozen of 'em at time,
tumblin' in the surf like lot of mon
keys among the riggin' !
Indeed and what do they feed up
on?'
We'll, I reckon, principally fish. I've
ScCu Gil CdICl HCIIu StIduScES dIl4
eat 'em up raw, as fast as Dutch baby
ken eat pickles.
But how did they get along at the
time you speak of?' we inquired, en-
deayoring to assume an appearance Of
credulity. You said the fish had en-
tirely Disappeared
4 did, and the poor mermaids suffer-
ed badly. Why, one night, as / was
comm down from the town to the quay
where the briggs boat was tied. up, Iseed
fire burning on the beach. reckoned
first it was lot of drunken sailors max.
in punch. Well, l bore up towards it
and what dye think it was p
OF course we gave it up.
We'll, I'll tell you, and then see
the state ofstarvation folks was in, Stran-
GER and here the captain pulled on
solemn face, it was a mermaid setting
over a fire, cookin' her oacn tail for sap
per!'
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CHAPTER SO.

AN ACT regulating the Criminal Jurisdiction of JUS
tices Of the Peace.
SEcTIoN !. Be IL enacted by the General assembly Of
the state Of Ioca, That the punishment clause in each
of the following sections Of the Code of Iowa. namely
Sections 259, 26s7 223, 2725, 27l7 27lS 212S $780,
2737 273S, 2739, 2740, 27i2, $685. 2719, shall be
changed as to read, shall be punished by imprisonment
in the county Jail not more than thirty days. fine
not exceesing hundred dollars and not otherwise,
in the discretion of the Court
a. That section 26l2 of the Code OF Iowa. be SO
changed that when the value of the property stolen
does not exceed twenty dollars, the punishment shall be
by fine not exceeding hundred dollars or mprison-
meut in the County Jail not exceeding thirty days
3 g. Section 1922 Of the Code of Iowa, Is repealed,
and Justices of the Peace in their respective counties
have jurisdiction Of and may hear try and determine
all public Offences when the pun hment imposed by law
does not exceed hundred dollars ue or thirty days
Imprisonment.
, A. That part of Chapter 165 of the Code which il
Of force. only applies to those offences which the mags-
rate has not by section third of this act the
to try and determine
5. In proceedings under chapter 165 OF the code
when it shall appear to the examining magistrate that
the offence committed Is which he has jurisdiction
to try and determine he sha before d;scharging the
accused on such examinaton, order an information to
be filed against Inn, upon which proceedings shall be
had in other cases within his jurisdiction to try and
determine
Approved March 18th, 1858.
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Paul and Virgiuia.

It's great pity that the pretty story
of Paul and Virginia is not true. There
is, however, come consolation in know
ing that it was suggested to st. Pierre
by an incident in every respect worthy
of eternal remembrance:
Mademoiselle Gallon, aged eighteen,
and very beautiful, was returning from
France to Mauritius. M. Montendre
was passenger by the same vessel, and
they naturally fell desperately in love.
The vessel was wrecked very near Port
Louis, and most of the passengers and
crew were lost. The lovers were on
the ships forecastle, among others,
with the sea breaking threateningly
around them; others of the crew were
aft on the quarter deck. Many were,
it seems, trying to save themvelves in
one way or another, some of whom
eventually succeeded. NJ. Montendre
might have been among these latter,
but he would not make the attempt un-
less Mademoiselle Gallon would accom-
pany him. This the lady shrank from,
eSS ~ WOulu ucCtosltdtc tiio TciloNdl VI
her apparel. In vain the gentleman i'm
plored her to resort to it as the only
chance of escape-her resolution re-
mained unshaken.
very we'll. he ended sadly, 4 will
die with you'll
And the green waves washed merci-
lessly over them. and the white boiling
foam covered them as with winding
sheet. They were never seen more
Such was the death Of Paul and Vir-
ginia.' When last seen, he was stand
ing erect. with his strong arms folded
over a hopeless breast, and she, with a
depending hand resting upon his neck,
and eyes Of despairing love lifted to the
averted ones of him who could now no
longer save her.
There is something grand in this
piece of self-devotion; something SUBJ
timely beautiful in the purity Of this
modesty which shrank from violation.
but not from death. st. Pierre had a
ground well worthy the creations which
his lofty genius reared upon it. Alas!
poor Paul and Virginia'
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CHAPTER 1873.
AN ACT to provide for taking the State Census.

AN ACT to provide for taking the State Census.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by The General Assembly of
the state Of IoWd That the Township Assessor of each
Township in this state shall, at the time Of assessing
property in the years eighteen hundred and fty-nne
aud sixty five, eighteen hundred and sixty-even. egh-
teen hundred and tynne and eighteen hundred and
seyentyfve, and every ten years thereafter take
enumeration of the inhabitants in his township.
a. Said Assessors shall make return before the
first day Of June, of such enumeration to the Clerk of
the District Court Of the county, who shall make and
to the secretary ofsae before the first day
Of September in the current year, abstract of
| said census return showing the total number of
males.
The total number of females.
The number of persons entitled to vote.
The number Of the militia.
The number of foreigners, not naturalizcd.
The total number of children between five and
ty-one years of age.
The number of families and the number of dwelling
houses.
The number of acres Of improved and unimproved
lands.
An enumeration of Agricultural, aiming and manu-
featuring statistics including the value of products
the farm herd orchard and dairy EACH and the value
Of the products of the farm herd, orchard and dairy
each, and the value Of manufactured articles and of
mineral sold the year preceding the census.
The number Of miles OF Railroad finished and untin-
ished.
The number of Colleges and Universities with the
s3. The Governor and Secretary Auditor and Trea-
of State or any three Of them constitute Census
Board for the state.
In addition to those herein before stated to be
tanned and returned as they may deem expedent.
as. The census board must prepare and to be
printed suitable blank forms for this purpose, which to-
gether with such printed directions will be calculated
to uniformity in the be furnished
OF the respective clerks of the district of the
ty and by them to the township before
the first Monday of JAM of the year in which the
is to be taken.
s6 The secretary of state shall file and preserve in
his Office the abstracts received from the district court
and abstract thereof to be recorded in hook
to DO by him prepared for that purpose, and pub
lished in such manner the board may
direct.
81. When any township fails to make an
curate return of the herein provided, the
county court upon the request of the clerk of the
district court appoint suitable person to take the
according to the provisions of this act and at
early day practicable which shall be doue at the
expense OF the county in which the service is peform
ed.
2s. The board shall require any clerk failing
to make returns as herein provided to send up the
turn practicable at the expense OF delinquent
county
S9 The secretary of state shall keep journal of the
acts of the census board.
10. All acts and parts Of acts conflicting with this
act are hereby repealed.
IL. This act to take efeo. from and after its publ
cation.
Approved March 23d, 1885,
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POETRY.
The Song OF Steam.


BY a.. w. CUTTER.
Harness mo down with your iron bands,
Be sure of your curb and rein
For scorn the power of your puny hands
A the tempest scorns chain.
How laughed as I lay concealed from sight
For many a countless hour,
As the childish boast Of human might,
And the pride Of fhuman power.
When saw an army upon the land,
A navy upon the seas,
Creeping along snail-like band,
Or waiting the wayward breeze;
When marked the peasant family reel
With the toll which he daily bore,
As he feebly turned the tardy wheel,
Or tugged at the weary oar.
When measured the painting ccurser's speed,
The fight of the courier dove,
As they bore the law king decrccd,
Or the line of imp atient love;
could not but think how the world would feel,
As these were outstrippsd afar,
When should be bound to the rushing keel,
Or chained in the flying car.
Ha hal hal they found me at last,
They invited me forth at length,
And rushed to my throne with thunder blast,
And I laughed in my iron strength,
Oh! then ye saw q wonderous change
On the earth and the ocean wide,
Where now my fiery armies range,
Nor wait for wind or tide.
Hurrah hurrah the waters DER,
The mountains steep decline,
Time-space have yielded to my power
The world the world Is mine
The rivers, the sun hath earliest blest,
Or those where his beams decline;
The giant streams of the queenly West,
Or the orient foods divine.
The ocean pales whcre'er sweep,
To hear my strength rejoice,
And the monsters of the briny deep
Cowor, trembling at my voice.
carry the wealth and the lord of earth,
The thoughts Of his god-like mind,
The wind lags after my flying forth,
Aud the lightning is left behind.
In the darksome depths of the fathomless mine,
My tireless arm doth play,
Where the rocks never saw the sun decline,
Or the dawn of the glorious day.
I bring earths glittering jewels up
From the hidden cave below,
And make the fountains granite cup
With crystal gush o'eraow.
blow the bellows, forge the steel,
In all tho shops of trade;
hammer t he ore and turn the wheel,
Where my arms of strength are made;
manage the furnace, the mill, the mint;
I Icarry, spin, weave,
And all my doings put into print,
On every Saturday eve.
I've no muscle to weary, no breast to decay,
No bones to be "lad on the shelf,,'
And soon intend you all "may play"
While manage this world by myself
But harness me down with your iron bands,
Be sure Of your curb and rein,
For scorn the strength ofyour puny hands
As the tempest scorns chain.
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CHAPTER lis.

AN ACT relating to the crime of placing obstruc-
tions rail road tracks removing any rail thereom
or committing any injuries to rail roads.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly ot
the state Ioca If any person persons shall wllfnly
and maicously place any obstruction the track Of
any railroad in this state, remove rail thererom
any other way nure such railroad, do any other
thing thereto whereby the life of any other pers
may be endangered he or they shall be punished by
confinement in the state Penitenary for fe for any
term not less than two years..
Approved March 22d, 1858.
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Fountain Saloon,

TIME subscriber would respectfully announce to
i the citizens of Northern Iowa. generally, and the
travelling public in particular together with the rest Of
mankind he has just opened his and spacious
EATING SALOON AT CLERMONT,
Iowa. where he will be at all times ready to treat his
guests with the best Of
Oysters, Pies, Cakes, Crackers, Cheese,
Tobacco, Cigars, Mats and Candies,
OF all kinds, together with the very best of
Ale, Ice cool Lemonade. Soda and Zoe Cream,
OYevery flavor. In short he intends to keep every
thing generally found in first class Eating House, and
hopes by strict attention to business to merit liberal
share of public patronage.
Call and young Iowa.i L. A. DOUD,
Cicrment, Iowa, March 3, l9rap73yl rr""rn.cr.
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CHAPTER. LAT.

AN ACT to amend an Act entitled can Act to Pro
tect game
SECTION l. Be IL enacted by The general Assembly o
the state Of Iora That much of entitled ssAn
Act to protect Came" approved Jan. 18th, 1857 be
and the same is hereby amended far relates to-
any wild deer elk fawn, wild turkey prairie hen
chicken grouse quail" to read follows to-wit
'between the first day of January and the fifteenth day
of August in each and every year,
Approved March 23 1858.
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IMPUDENr QuEsTIoNs.--To ask an
unmarried lady her age. To ask "a law
yer if he ever told lie. To ask an edi-
tor the name of his correspondents, or
the number of his subscribers. To ask
subscriber whether he has paid the
printer.
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~ A printer determined to COM
NIT suicide, on account of a love affair,
was prevented by the Devil, who told
him to peep into the sarctum. where
the editor was writing duns to delinquent
subscribers. aud that picture Of des.
pair reconciled him TO his fate.
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HA very small pattern Of man
lately solicited the hand of fine bux-
ON girl.
oh, no. said the fair lady, 1 can't
think Of it for a mome4 The fact is
Tommy, you are too big to put in cra-
die, and little too small to put in q
bed
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~'Ayer's pills for the ye.re-sip-
las! said Mrs. Partington. wiping her
spectscles. 'Dear-a-me what names
they do have now days! But my eyes,
poor as they are, must so a spell yet
without any pills for their sipplelias.'-'
And the old lady sat absorbed in the re-
Election, that whore her poor. dear Paul
had gone, we are all going.
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~What is the difference between a
young girl and an old hat? Merely a
difference of time-one has feeling, and
the other has felt.
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re- Tongue little horse that ~
WAYS runs away with women. 80
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MISCELLANEOUS.
From the Chicago Press and Tribune.
BURNING OF THE STEAMER GAlENA.
Personal Incidents.

Thrilling Account By one Of the Passengers.
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Dubuque.

GEO. L. CHASE.
(Formerly Styles s. Chase,)
Manufacturer and Wholesale dealer In Boots Shoe, and
Rubbers No % Main opposite the Julien House
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r. d. HALL. A. j. FELT.
HALL & FELT,
Attorneys and Councillors at Law, Bradford Chicka-
saw Co., Iowa We do a general Land Agency busi-
moss. Collections made promptly.
Good reference given ifrequired. Sotf
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II. g. MARTIN, NJ. d.
EVANS & EGBERT.
DEAN, FRENCH & EMERY.

Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods Groceri
Hardware Nails Crockery. Stoves. Iron Glass, Queer
Ware Furniture. Sash and Farming Utensils.
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ELISHA HURLBUT

ELISHA HURLBUT,
Attorney and Counselor at Law Notary Public General
Real Estate and Insurance Agent and General Col
lectng Agent for northern Iowa and southern Mime
sofa. Fort Atkinson, Iowa.
REFERENcRs.-Dissell, Mills Il Shires, Dubuque
Cooley Willett, Decorah; Hon. Oran Paville, Mitchell
June 10, 1S5SnSSy1
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-08-19

What say you, settlers, are you ready
for the judgment-not to come-but al
ready at hand |? No use for Projecting
Associations" Your only resource nov
is to go to some accommodating land agent
and procure of him a land warrant at the
reasonable sumof two hundred and eighty
dollars, and the same accommodating
agent will give you one year TO pay II in,
and, in consideration of his kindness, will
only ask you to give him a deed in trust
for your land, and make him an assign
ment of your certificate of entry, and by
this piece of slight of hand you can enjoy
the benefit of the pre-emption right for
II year longer!
Happy Squatter! Accommodating
Land Agent! Glorious Administration
Blessed Prescription Law!
.ONE OF THE SqUATTER SOvEREIGNs.
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-08-19

We really endeavor to act friendly,
neighborly, kindly, and-"unbiased'' to,
ward our brethren of the quill. If any
has visited our city and we have fail
ed to let our readers know of it, we have
failed to do so inadvertently. In the fu-
ture we shall be very particular and chro-
nicle every arrival with all the extrava-
giant ~ixins,' and try to make one feel
as If he rere omebody-though he live
in a bemighted region and upon the hard
est times" Far be it from US to compel,
or be the means in the least, Of any CO.
temperary going go, 40 or 80 miles, Or
a siM greater distance, before he could
find an editor from whom he might be
assured of a hearty unbiased reception. =
What say you, Mr.. Banner? Do Won
Join us in our efforts to make amends for
past delinquencies?
Nebraska advertiser., 1858-08-19
Sen. Douglas Position Sustained.

Relieved from the quiCksands of Kan
saS and LeComPtOn, and turning out upon
the broad blue waters of the federal
constitution, Mr.. Douglas rides the waves
as gallantly as a new war steamer on a
cruise for pirates. In other words, taking
up the glove thrown by Mr.. Lincoln, his
Republican competitor for the Senate,
Mr.. Douglas assumes an attitude upon
State Institutions, State rights, and con-
stitutional~ obligations, which is impregn-
able, because it is perfectly consistent
throughout, and absolutely indispensable
to the harmony of this great c~onfederacy,
and to the best interest of the several
human races here thrown together. Mr..
Douglas Is right in assuming that the
American constitution was framed upon
the free white basis; that it contemplated
a government of white men, the predo-
minance of the white race. and the sub
mission of the black and aboriginal races.
He is right in defending the bred Scott
decision upon the broad and general in
depreciation of the constitution; and his
arguments against the equalizing of the
blacks with the whites, as drawn from the
deplOrable results Of the experiments
made in Mexico, Central, and South
America, are conclusive In every view
against this most false and atrOcious phi
lanthropy of negro equality.
In relation to State rights, Mr.. Dou-
glas has equally the whip hand over his
niger wOrshiPping competitor, Mr.. Lin
coin. The latter assumes that there can
be no peace in this Union until either the
free or slave States 90 to the wall, and all
the States shall be slave States or free
States; while the former maintains tina!
these diversities of State institutions are
the very lie of the Union, and that, un-
der the constitutional law of State sover-
eighty, they may be extended indefinitely
in every directiOn-each State adapting
itself and its institutions to its peculiar
climate and productions, and all, without
interfering with each other, moving on
their glorious career around the constitu-
ton, as the planets circle around the sun.
Between these two men, upon the great
issue touching the general scheme of our
federal system, there can be but one Opin-
ion. Douglas Is right, and Lincoln is on
the high road with Lloyd Garrison and all
his ~ungodly abolition crew, to bloody re-
volution, disunion, anarchy, and all the
horrors of an endless war of sections,
factions, races and religions.-N. York
Herald