Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-01-18
SATURDAY. NIGHT,

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western ocean Of time 10 usher in a Sab
bath morning Again has the wheel of
the week rolled around, crushing the life
out OF many strong man and loving wo-
man-the heart out of many true love,
who, a'one, uncared for, and neglected is
| left to wander over the shoals and broken
! rocks on Times shore,t die broken heart
! ed, and with DO loving hand to smooth
the hair and drive the death damp there
/ from. Saturday night Blessed night of
| all its brethren. Priced night of all the
week-loved corpse of all the six which
have been lain under the place of mid
night. Night of respite from labor and
communion with the heart Night of re
pose for the mind and the resuscitation of
driven energies Who Of our readers do
not thank God for this boon ? And how
viii it be spent? We can look into its
hidden leaves and see, as in an album,
full many picture.
Happy fresides and home circ es where
sit the loved ones Of mature years, caress-
ing each other with hearts full of added
love, and toying with the innocent gifts Of
God. How blessed is this night to such.
and how fervent should be the prayer of
thanks for His mercies. And there are
rooms where lovers sit hand to hand
palm to palm-eyc to eve-heart to heart
silently threading the labyrinths of the
wierd future which allures far more than
it repavs. And there are deserted homes
= wives alone, weary yigils keeping
widows mourning, for their hearts lie OF
Southern fields of fdeath-mansions where
even love is gilded - cottages and cabins
where affection lightens up the hour as
the MONDAY sun lights God S temple-mo-
theirs praying for absent children, and in
fear lest those with them will not honor
mans high estate-children running wild
on the road to ruin-the tempter and the
tempted-the good and tn. bad-the old
and the young-ever forming a separate
picture Why, the world is full of pit
lures.
Saturday night is an index. We can
/ look back on hours misspent, words we
would but cannot recall, vows we have
broken, hopes which have died rs rose
| leaves fall from your hands and float over
! the brink Of Niagara, promises we have
made but to be broken, friends we have
betrayed for nothing, kind acts we might
have done but did not, relief we might
have granted but for seifishness, happiness
We night have given but for wicked heart
/ How the flood gate Of the week opens on
/ Saturday night, Yet we learn no wis
dom from the past The same old story
at might have been" Who will fortify
the coming week with new resol-es for
good ? We can do it. 1t viii not he long
ere the grave closes over us, few thin
tears, q few sobs, few looks, few sad
thoughts, a few regrets, q few sho7els full
Of earth. q few feet under the sod, few
days of sadn ess, real or counterfeit and
our souls are away on the sea Of eternity
and those who know us now will kiss an
others lips, viii clasp other hands, wi !
TGdI tkCl OIlItIS eyes, VIII ItGuI II
others embrace, will mingle their tears
or wed their joys together, viii loFe those
they now wot Of will forget Us forever
Do you ever think Of this, think how thin
earth and its allurements are? Is it worth
while for us 70 hate each other for so brief
a time? VIII the sheen Of selfshness mel
low the mould in which we must lie. or
whiten the marble which may perchance
stand sentry over our bed for til great
sleep? Let us look back over life, and
the time to do it is on this Saturday night
ALIIGAToRs NEsTs.-They resemble Hay
cocks, four feet high, and five in diameter
at their base, being constructed with grass
and herbage. First, they deposit one lay
er of eggs on n floor OF mortar, and having
covered this with stratum Of mud and
herbage eight inches thick, lay another
set of eggs upon that, and go on to the top,
there being commonly from one to two
! hundred eggs in q nest With their tails
they then beat down round the nest the
dense grass and reeds FIVE feet high, to
prevent the approach of unseen enemies.
/ The female watches her eggs until they
are all hatched out by the heat Of the sun,
and then she takes her brood under her
own care defending them and providing
/ for their subsistence DR. Lutzenberg, Of
+ New Orleans once packed up one Of these
nests. with the eggs. in box, for the nu-
scum of st Petersburg, but was recon-
mended before he closed i. to see that
there was no danger of the eggs being
hatehed on the voyage. On opening one
q young alligator walked out and was soon
/ fol owed by the rest, about hundred OF
which he fed in his own house, where
they went up and down stairs, whining
and barking like young puppies.
s@- The most noteworthy act Of Maxi
milan for some time past has been the is
suing a decree forming n council Of State
The council consists Of president, eight