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NOTARY PUBLIC, Real Estatss Claim,
IN Insurance and General Agent. once u
lopa Voter Office, Knoxville, Iowa. busines.
entrusted to his care will be promptly and
satisfactorily attended, to. i.eu
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J. B. Duncan, n. D.,

VYYILL DEVOTE his entire attention to
w the practice of Medicine and Surgery.
Odioe south side Of Public Square, nsar the
southeast corner. AA1u
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H.e. wINsL0w. J.W. "ILsoA.
Winslow & Wilson,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW and N0TARIEe
n PUBLIC, Newton, jasper County, Iowa.
viii attend the Courts Of Marion County. 81"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11
Wit and Hum0r.

DRAwBAcK--tooth
A DEAD reckoning-list q the killed in
battle.
ADVICE to base ballists-Never play ''ias'
and lose"
In summer the most popular side is the
shady SIDE,
In NEED OF A DocToR-the i'll wind which
blows no good.
ROME is being evacuated-organ grinders
are getting plentiful.
OLD maids don't believe in the proverb
"Man proposes 6c.
WouLD it benefit Prussia at the present
tine to have change of Diet?
The Prussians may not be very sleepy,
but they want to take NAP" badly
THE price Of California wine has got up.
Wine always had an elevating tendency.
TIE Scotch pronunciation Of summer is
not far out Of the way this season-simmer,
An old bachelor says that women are like
parrots-they are willing to be Gagged up If
! they only have ring to play with.
The Illinois papers tell Of recent tor
nado which strewed the ground with the
ieatherless corpses OF hundreds of birds.
THERE may have been no warrant for a
declaration OF war in Europe, but there
will be a plenty OF war rant before it is
over
A DIFFERENCE with distinction -Eu-
ropean monarchs travel to divert their
people; our President travels to divert
himself.
A Man who went fishing in private pond
complains that ne only got one bite, and
that was from dog whose master owns
the pond
The difference between the French army
aud an apple is, that apples have the core
inside, and the army has corps or two On
the Rhine
Two certificates OF death in the San
Francisco coroner's office read;"Dead from
rapture Of the head and "sufeocated
from eating poison.
A Mas At Peekskil. bet that he could eat
a dozen green apples, aud he actually Ton
the Bet The coroner wss Jf the opinion
that he died or cholera moruus.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11

An OK that died of sunstroke at Newark
was sold to the citizens OF Orange as the
best kind OF beef. The Orangemen seem
to doub, the honesty OF that butcher.
ABsuRD-After rolling all night in your
berth at sea, till you are niserably sick, 10
have steward ask You ia the morning il
you will have fresh roll for breakfast
OK Long Island, the other day, a wag
threw handful Of shot into friends face
lust as another man fred a gun. The
man struck fell insensible, aud nearly died
| from fright,
RECIPE for making dark hair sandy--Go
! into the surf lust after q storm-your hair
will be sandy enough when you come out
1T is not dye" (die) unless you so out
| too far.
A vERDANT Rhode Islander, looking at
the trench for the water pipes on William
street. New Bedford, the other day, and
noticing the gas pipes, asked a bystander
il all the streets were held together with
iron rods.
A YOUNG woman was recently seen sitting
beneath the shade of a large maple tree on
Broad street, Philadelphia, soliciting aims,
with the following placard fastened around
her neck: Blind for fifty years, and the
father OF eight small children"
A PARIS paper says that some fifteen
hundred Paris hackmen have enlisted to
fight the Prussians. If they were only
New York hackmen, and charged" the
enemy at half rates, King William s
treasury would soon grow beautifully less.
A CERTAIN genial, bald-headed gentle
man. while in Paris, went one day to the
Geological Garden. The weather was OPP
pressive, and he lay down upon bench.
Presently he went to sleep, but was soon
awakened by warmth about the head. An
infatuated ostrich had come along, and,
mistaking his bald head for an egg settled
down with determination to hatch it out.
SOME of the stanzas in the metrical ver-
sion of the Psalms used by the United
Presbyterians remind the Christian Union
of the following verse said to be in q hymn
book used on Block Island:
Ye mighty monsters Of the deep, .
Your Makers praises spout
Ye little codlings on the bea!h,
Ndgele your lails aDout!
An English nobleman once sent his stu
pid son to Rowland Hill, in order that he
might be educated, accompanied by
note, in which the father said Of his hope
ful son: II am confident that he has tai
ents, but they are hidden urdera napkin. "
The eccentric but shrewd divine KEEP: the
youth a few weeks under his care, and then
sent him back to his father with the fol-
lowing laconic message: II have shaken
the napkin at all corners, and find nothing
in it."
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11
guane Euiks' Department.
III Il LITTLE PET,
ny JULIA N. IHAYEB.

I'm just wee bit lassie, with lassie's winsome
ways,
And worth my weight in solid gold my Uncle
johnny says.
My curly little noodle holds thimbleful OF sense;
Not quite as much as Solomon's-hut his was SO
immense
know that sugar plums are sweet, that mo, my
love-" means yes
That when I'm big, I'll always wear my pretty Sun.
day dress.
And can count 'leven, six, nine, hye-and say
myABC.
Now hare YOU any tafy dear, that you could give
20 me2
I'm Bridgets Torment Of her life, that makes her
brain run Wild"
And mammals Dazzling l'ttle En-" and gran ma S
blessed Child -
And Uncle Johuny's "Touth me not" and papas
EGYPTIAN Queen
make them stand about, ,ycr see; that must be
what they mean.
For opening hard old stony hearts, have two
precious keys
And one is. O, thank you sir; the others. If you
please
And If these do no answer, know another trick;
squeeze two mighty tear drops out that mets
'em pretty quick.
I'm sweet as any lily bed, and sweeier too s'pose
But that's no reason why shouldn't rumple up my
clothes
o. would be an angel, II an angel never cries
Nor soils its pretty pinaiore' maxim nice dirt
I'm but little lasse, with thimbleful Of sense;
And as to being very wise, best make no pretense;
But when ] am woman grown, now don't you
think III do,
II only just about as good as dear mamma and youi
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11
Excitement in an Express Office.

There is popular notion that In passing
through express offices certain kinds of
packages waste away in weight aud solid
contents those containing choice fruit
suffering most from this kind of marasmus.
A box, it is said, that arrived last Saturday
at the express office in Titusville. Pa, ad-
dressed to a well-known proprietor Of q
menagerie, was supposed from the inscrip-
ton upon it to be of this class. II was
marked Grapes. Do not annoy the con-
tents, People who send early grapes gen
orally have fancy that the p ckages need
peculiar care, and. are apt 10 mark them
with special instructions that are expected
to develop anxious solicitude on the part
of the express people Toward evening, as
nobody called at the express Office for the
box, some Of the Stats that covered its up-
per surface fell off. Immediately there was
a cry OF alarm from clerk who was near
it at the moment, and presently half a
dozen long armed monkeys We're travelling
around loose in the express office. To re-
late how the doors of the Office were quick
ly closed, how valorous young men accus-
toned to "sling ink" took to singing
inkstands, chunks of sealingwax, glue pots
and marking pots, would be going too
much into details. Eventually the animals
were captured aud boxed again. 1t is as
certained that the box was marked by a
clerk in the express Office whence it came.
His mistake WAS the reverse of that OF the
printer Of Carlyle's MS. who made Dead
Sea apes out of Dead Sea apples; the clerk
marked the box grapes by mistake for
gray apes
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11

FEMALE IMMIGRATION INTO CANADA. -
Miss Rye, the lady who is so humanely in.
teresting herself in extending the popua-
lation Of Cadada by bringing over from
London poor women and children. has ar
rived in Toronto with 1870 children and 20
young women. She is meeting with great
success in her efforts, which not only re-
lieve the Londsn parishes OF n great mum.
Der OF persons who are dependent upon
them, but supply 10 the colonies young and
active bodies, who will make tIeir way tc
responsibility and Independence under
proper guidance. S5e has the symp athy
and cooperation of some OF the most be-
nevolent people Of England. md IL herself
perfectly fitted for the work in which she
is engaged, being both capable and ener-
getic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11
Personal Items,
BAYARD TAYLOR is in New York.

BAYARD TAYLOR is in New York.
ELISHA BARREr is at home again.
GENERAL wAhaEN ard family are at New
port
BLIND Tom is rusticating at Warrenton,
Virginia.
THE Prince of Wales is going to India
next year.
ANNA DICKINSON has gone TO the White
Mountains.
GuRor has taken to writing a children's
history of France,
A GEORGIA paper dominates Grant for
President in 1872.
A DAUGHTER of Senator Revels is being
educated at Xenia, Q.
"GNeERsSApsn is the name of new
book by Fanny Fern
AlE. SEWARD Is said to be preparing for
voyage around the world.
GEORGE SAND has sued her publisher for
the sum of 225, 900 francs
GENERAL JOHN S. LAVENDER, Of st. Louis,
is at the Metropolitan, N. Y.
Christine Nillsen gets $3.50 night for
singing, Patti $500, and the tenor S400.
CHARLES LoNGFELLow, son of the poet,
returned to this country in the Dauntless.
CAPT. WARD, of the British Legation, is
stopping at the Clarendon Hotel, Boston.
The new fve-hundred dollar legal-tender
notes are to bear vignette of John Quincy
Adams.
FoRNEY is anxious to get out of the
newspaper business and sell one OF his
papers.
THE widow of General George Fl. Thorn
as has received his life insurance money,
$751; 61.
Mrs ADMIRAL DAHLGREN, with her
fatherless family, has taken a cottage at
Cape May.
"CoNvrviAL HABITS" are said to have
fastened the demise of Senator Norton, of
Minnesota.
GEN. NEAL Dow is speaking on temper
ance in New Jersey. where there is ere.
vival" on this subject.
BoYToN, the pearl Diver" is at New.
port aud attracts much attention at the
beach, where he outswims everybody.
The Rev. E. N. Lit.leiohn, Bishop 4
Long Island Diocese, and General John
4. Dix, are summering at East Hampton,
l.. l.
JANAUsCHEoK's English is now so nearly
perfect that II is thought she will have no
further use for the German, except to
dance it.
THE FAT CONTRIBUTOR, as Mr.. A. NJ
Griswold is best known, is going to start a
paper of his own in Cincinnati, and write
only for it.
GLADsToNEs salary as Prime Minister,
is to be made $40, 600 year $28, 600
more than is paid Henry Ward Beecher--
who is also a prime minister.
KEY, author of the "Star Spanged Ban.
ner," was one of the early opponents of
slavery. So actively hostile was he to the
peculiar institution that he was called "the
Niger lawyer"
THE city of Brussels was making great
preparations to celebrate the thirty-ninth
anniversary of the occasion of Leopold |.
to the throne when the war broke out.
GEN. JUDsoN K1LPATG1cK will return home
from Chile about the last of September
His friends assert that he will attend en-
tirely to private business ard will take lit
tie part in politics.
IDA LEWIS has recently had presented
to her pair of white lace stockings by the
White Stockings of Chicago. They are
made of rare lace, the emblems Of the
great American game wrought on them,
and were imported at cost of $500 IN
gold.
VIM MORRIS, the English poet, has for
some years been at the head of London
firm, which aims to mould the public
taste in domestic and church ornaments,
especially in painting on glass and designs
for wall paper.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11

A COMMON CASE. "A lady concerned in
the publication Of periodical devoted to
"Womans Rights" complains that she is
involved IN debts amounting to SO, 600 by
the enterprise; and that the wealthy ladies'
protesting sympathy With tho movement,
with only two exceptions, have declined to
give her a penny toward the expenses.
When the ladies who would revolutionize
the world attain a little more experience of
it, business ways, they will discover that
periodical which requires donations to sup
pos; it is not likely to have much influ-
euce. And they will discover further, that
those VINO make themselves responsible
ior iae expenses Of party publication win
find their "patrOns' much more ready to
la.ea' complaints Of their management
tlan to RAISE supplies TO sustain them
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11
Chinese Servants for 1t. Louis,

From the st. Louis Republican, 18th.
We are informed on reliable authority
that about hundred gentlemen, household
ers of this city, have completed arrange
ments for the introduction Of Chinese house
servants into their families. The neces-
sary negotiations have been consummated
with the Chinese emigration society in San
Francisco, and the first installment Of Chi
nese for st, Louis will number about three
hundred almond eyed sons of the howery
kingdom.
The houseReepers who have Joined in
this movement recognize the fact that
house servants are exceedingly scarce, and
that there is a vacuum to be filled in this
species OF labor without in the least inter-
fering with any existing class OF laborers.
They must have reliable servants for wash
ing, cooking and other house. work, and
they regard the -inese as entirely capa-
ble Of filing the void. They have accord
ingly agreed with their agents in Calltor-
MIA TO pay them good wages, certain
stipulated sums, and to afford them
all necessary protection for the term Of
years for which they are employed. On
the other hand, guarantees of good service
hft gwen Ny Tue LulltbH uuutI IbIIcILuIS
of contracts. These arrangements have
been very quietly made. In short time
the Chinese will come in here Just as quiet
ly and at once drop into the homes that
have been provided for them. There is no
necessity Tor any stir or commotion in any
department Of industry or labor on their
advent III 81. Louis, because they disturb
no one and merely occupy waste places.
A PEcULAR practice is now introduced in
every theatre Of Russian Poland. At the
conclusion Of the performance the doors Of
the theatre are closed, like those Of the
English House Of Commons previous % q
division, and everyone is locked in. The
curtain having been raised, all the per
formers appear on the stage the
gentlemen in full dress coats; the
ladies' in white-and bow before an
painting, on which are The in
itials of the Emperor The orchestra plays
the Russian national hymn, and the whole
audience, rising from their seats, take part
ir j The police Keep sharp lookout TO
see hat every one contributes bis or Der
sAara to this vocal tribute. II is not Til
the hymn is over that the doors are IN
.anE-3. ara tie audi nee at liberty to de-
PSI,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-08-11

A LADY in Detroit, Michigan, was awak-
ened by noise, few nights since, and on
looking round the room saw the outline of
q man in the mirror, She alarmed her hUs-
band, who rushed into the yard, pistol in
hand, just in time to see man in the act
of jumping over the fence, Ii was subse-
quently discovered that he had not been
in the house at all, but the moon shining
through The window at the point where he
stood, ref cted his face in The mirror OPP
poslte the bed o, the lady. The story is
strange one, and If il be not all "moon-
shine, they furnish some food for 'redec-
ton"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-10
GOVERNOR HOFFMAN.

Speech Of Governor HoHmnn nj buffalo.
BUFFALO, Oct. g. 1870.
After the sereDade 10 Governor HOFFMAN at the
residence OF General Howard, last night hts Excel
lency was loudly called for by the large assembly
which had met TO do him honor In the
course Of his remarks he expressed thank
fulness that there was one organization, the
National Guard which was free from the influence
Of political craftsmanship, an organization in which
men OF all nations, OF all religious, OF diverse p0ti
cal sentiments OF every calling could stand side by
side as brothers and soldiers.
In referring BREEZY 10 the canal policy which the
Suite should pursue he said II Ii duty to induce,
by every means al our command, the great West
and Northwest TO pour into our State the great
wealth OF which they are the producers. To do
this, we must keep our waterways open and free;
our canal transportation must be cheap and no bar
rier should be set against the great commerce
whose legitimate channel Is through the Empire
state. He said what interests one part OF the State
interested the whole State. and whatever 10ws into
the regular channels OF trade benefit alike the whole
State aud every part OF It, and no ctzen can be In
different to that which vttaIly Affects the welfare
and prosperity of the State In which he lIves
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-10
KENTUCKY.

Settliag Disputes Among the Chiv. Try.
Bloody ARRAY nj Colupibus-One MAJ
Killed aud Five Desperately Wounded.
CAIRO, oct. ., 1870.
terrible and fatal ARRAY occurred at Columbus.
KY. last evening. 1t appears that nvo men who
had Difficulty fortnight ago met IN town and
proceeded to settle matters in free light with the
following uit:--Smith Gibson was stabbed twice,
ana died instantly; George Gibson stabbed aud dan
gerously wounded; = AUSTIN had his skull fractured
by club aud VIII probably die; Conrad was
hope OF Mis- recoveryi Buchanan was stabbed
and terribly beaten, but he was taken 30 his homo
in the country and The Iesnt Of his injuries will
probably never be known. The desperate nature Of
the encounter shown by tho fact that all those en-
gagged were h0Ts du combat In three minutes from
the commencement Of the array.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-10

intrsnched camp, rendering that side of the city
impregnable
THE PEOPLE WERE OPPOSED TO THE WAR
The Journal ONcfe, publishes the answers Of oil
the projects to the circular Issued by the Minister Of
the Interior ct the date Of the declaration OF war;
These dispatches prove, contrary 70 the assertions
made at the time that the sentiment OF the people
was vastly in favor Of peace.
ECONOMY WITH LIGHT AND FOOD.
Economical measures are now closely studied In
Paris. There are fewer gas lamps In streets and
shops Extreme care Is taken not to waste food.
The poor classes receive by order OF the authorities.
for two sous large bowl OF soup and a piece OF
bread Whom 1t Is evident the parties are very poor
they are fed gratis. Much hsrsenesh Is eaten.
AN AMERICAN GENERAL WANTED.
La Vertte calls the attention Of the government 70
the fact thas an American general asserted TO be IN
Paris, means TO defeat the Prussians and cut or
their supplies, and says that such general as
Sheridan. with $4,000 cavalry could easily accom-
plish thia
MEETING OF DIPLOMATS REMAINING IN THE CITY.
The diplomats still remaining In Paris met at the
Papal Nuncio's TO examine the condition they are
placed IN by the refusal OF Count Bismarck TO permit
them to send out courcrs unless their dispatches
are opened. to which the diplomats unanimously re-
fuse TO accede. This is 10 be signined Count BIS
mdICk, anu NC pe.slsIS TIC uipionihts VIA 10
forced to suspend all communication with their re-
spectlve governments.
THE PEOPLE REsoLUTE AND THE GARRrsoE
DRILLING.
Nessrs. May ana Reynolds report that the Parisans
are determined on the defence Of the city, which
quiet and orderly. The yoyagers add that 1t il
impossible for the Prussians to capture Paris cx-
cept through famine. The appearance Of Paris is
much as usual The shops are opened daily, but
are closed earlier than before the siege as also
the cafes. The Garde Rationale are constantly drill.
ing and fun OF desire to tight to the last.
COMPLAINT AGAINST VERSAILLES.
The Figaro complains that while Paris Is under
gong siege the Inhabitants OF Versailles treat the
Prussians over c0urreously, and says:-"surey tins
IL not true The ladies who flock TO hear the Prus-
sian bands play must be women OF i'll repute.n
THE MITRAuLEUsEs IN USE.
The mtrailleuses now made are not such were
first used, OF whose construction the Emperor has
the secret They now make the Montigny
VARIOUS ITEMS
The Guu,ots says ssveral companies Of franc.
tireurs have mitrailleusea
The Pays says there are still many spies In Paris
VINO manage to convey information to the enemy.
Franc-tireurs have been organized IN Paris.
The Gaulots says that in nearly all parts OF Paris
good wafer Is obtalnabe by sinking wells, as Is
proved by experiments just made.
| More pamphlets containing imperial correspond.
ence have been published Some OF 1t il of o very
| scandalous nature.
Many attempts had been unsuccessfully made by
special correspondents TO leave Paris or send Out
| dispatches.
Mr.. May, who left Paris as q balloonIst saw Mr..
| Washburne, who was well.
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GERM

fuses TO Pardon JaeOby--Thc Position Of Bu-
vafia.
BERLIN, Oct. Q, 1870.
1t has been nnally decided at headquarters not to
reassemble the present Prussian Chambers, but to
dissolve them and order new election, when
more trustworthy majority Is expected
Bismarck has refused to release Jacoby.
Negotiations with Bavaria were banned by the re.
fusa Of the Bavansn governments to yield the army
diplomatic representation and the postal ana tele-
graph systems TO the Prussian CONTROL Tho
Prussan plan therefore now IL to receive Baden and
Hesse DarmstadS Immediately into the North Ger
man Confederation. wdrtemburg wall probably
come also on the same terms. Bavaria, thus iso-
lated viii be- obliged, finally, 10 enter the conedera-