Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1864-09-28
CLIPPINGS.

make Its appearance on clear sky it is
resolutely bent on cloud
The only real and spotless fame
worth possessing, is the good opinion Of
/ the good and wise.
| Hundreds of females in mems attire
are working in the British coal mines.
ana the morals of both sexes suffer in
consequence.
farlnl is walking the tight rope in Cam
| ada, At Ottawa, recently, he crossed tho
Chaudiere Falls blindfolded in sack and
with baskets on his feet
There is a church in Bridrenort
Conn, four Of whose deacons are bank
presidents
A living frog has been found in the
heart Of a solid rock excavated near Johue~
town, Pa
"A Boston gentleman who sent Gill
mores Band to the Chicago Convention
at his own expense (about S3 ,000) declar-
ed that he can't swallow the platform, and
considers himself sold hugely
"A hotel is up at rattle in st Joseph,
NJ. 1t is valued at $l25,000, and the
tickets are 81 each Slim chance for get
ting that hotel.
1t is said that the Smith family in
England numbers quarter of million
of people, and in Scotland Al 600
At Il recent railroad dinner the toast
was given "An honest lawyer, the noblcst
work of God ;" but an old farmer in the
back part of the hall rather spoiled the
effect by adding in louder voice, ''And
about the scarcest"
An Intelligent contraband" recently
made the following sagacious statement
Well, you see, honey, de Lord has two
great keys in his hand; one is de Oar
| hey with dat he unlock de Union go NIL
de niggas, as you call dem, Will come out
free; de udder is de Tan-Key, and with
dat de good Lord will lock de Union up
again.
"A Chicago merchant, not feeling very
well the other day, turned a few minutes
attention to poetry and Petersburg, with
| the following result:
! Says L. 5. Grant r. E. Lee
| Surrender Petersburg to me-"
| Says r. f. Lee to L. s. Grant
! ''ilave Petersburg? On you shan't."
q shan'tE" said Grant, ''oh, very we'll
! You say 1 shant-I say 1 SHE'LL"
In Europe the cotton famine has near
! ly ceased, and that without the aid of tho
! Southern crop. The manufactures have
/ nearly resumed their wonted activity, and
continue to supply most of the worlds
markets with their products, though at
considerably enhanced prices
1t is stated that the potato crop in
| Ireland is very large this season, and that
there can be 10 risk of scarcity of the
blessed root"
They have a corps Of four guides at
/ the New \ Iork Custom House, who direct
/ strangers among the pillars and through
the intricate passage ways to any DEPART
ment required.
/ "A correspondent of the Richmond
| Enquirer in description of the present
/ condition of Charleston says "In one of
the widest and handsomest thoroughfares
space Just wide enough for the cart
| wheels is all that can be seen of the pa
! wing stones; all else is covered by tall
grass and weeds reminding you of path
way through an old field in the country.
The young lady pupils of the Buffalo
high schools are to receive prizes for the
/ best loaves Of bread That's the proper
thing for the girls to get prizes for A
grave old examiner once asked a female
class in chemistry, what were the compo-
nents Of loaf of bread They gave ii
up.
Louis Napoleon's horses took fright
| the other day, when a most serious acci-
dent seemed inevitable. They were, how
ever, pulled up at(last The Emperor
/ said to the Princess Of Mettcrnicb, who
was with him in the carriage, ave mar
rowiy escaped death" Your majesty
DEATH Immortality" she promptly and
wittily replied
There is a crinoline rebellion in Vi
/ emma that threatens a serious revolution
! in the world Of fashion. The Empress Of
Austria having attempted to induce her
fair subjects to discard crinoline, the Pa>
risians are in state Of indignation that
/ a barbaric city like Vienna should pre-
sumo to take the initiative in any matter
| Of taste or fashion.
! Thinking leads man to knowledge
/ lie may see and hear, and read and learn,
whatever he pleases, and as much as ho
/ pleases; he will never know anything Of
/ it, except that which he has thought over;
that which, by thinking, he has made the
property of his mind Is it, then, saying
/ too much, that man, by thinking, only be-
comes man? Take away thought from
mans life, and what remains
General Mcclellan has adopted New
Jersey as his residence during the pend