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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-08
Foreign DynaStieS.
From the Philadelphia Press.

! When Napoleon objected to Prince
| Leopold, OF Hohen1olern, as candidate
for the throne of Spain, because he was a
German, he virtually ignored the fact that
Eeariy every crowned head in Europe
traces his descent from aliens and foreign
ers. For example;
France has Louis Napoleon for her En-
peror, the founder OF whose dynasty, Gen.
Bonaparte, was Corsican by birth, and
Italian byrece.
Victoria, Queen Of England, reigns by
virtue of her descent from petty German
Prince, who had married the grapddaugh-
ter OF James Ia Scotchman by birth, his
mother having been Mary Stuart.
In Spain the Emperor Charles Y. was a
German by his fathers side. His dynasty
ceased IL 1900 for want Of mail heir and
q French Prince became King of Spain,
with the title Of Philip V, Thus the hated
Bourbon line, now nominally represented
by the little boy in Paris, who calls him.
self Alphonso XII, was established in
Spain.
King William Of Prussia is a Swabian by
descent
The Emperor of Austria represents dy-
: .sty winch was founded by Swiss SOL
der.
The King of Italy car show descent
only from the Counts of Savoy, and this
is actually rather French than Italian.
Christian TX, of Denmark, who is King
by arrangement rather than popular cleo
ton, belongs TO German family, long set
tied in Hostein.
Sweden is governed by the grandson of
a French lawyer. who having risen under
Napoleon l., to the rank of Field Marshal
and Prince OF Ponte Coryo, was elected
Crown Prince OF Sweden, and finally sue
ceeded to the crown.
Tie King of Greece has no Hellenic
blood in his veins, being simply one of the
sons of the King of Denmark who isnot
himself Dane.
Belgium has for her Monarch the son of
Leopold, petty German prince, by the
daughter OF French princess. He is
grandson Of Louis Philippe, OF France.
Strictly counting up, the only monarch
les of Europe governed by native princes
are Turkey, Portugal, Holland Wurtem-
berg, Saxony and Ba, aria. All the rest of
the European sovereigns from q Greek
family. Yet, whatever their descent, the
sovereigns whether native or foreign, be-
come national, in their respective localities,
when they reign. Louis Napoleon certain,
ly thinks more Of France than Of Italy,
whence his family came, and it has
ALWAYS been to the credit Of Louis
Bonaparte, his father, that he became
a Dutchman in heart and soul
as soon as he was made King of Holland,
Because of this his imperial and imperious
brother accused him of neglecting his in
terests, and the result was, that finding it
was expected that he should govern Holland
only as a French satrap, the mere ieuten-
ant of Napoleon, he took off his crown,
laid down his sceptre, and retired into pri-
vate life.
There is no reason for thinking that if
Spain had adopted Leopold, OF Hohenzoll-
ern, he would have governed that country
as German prince. His father-in-law, Of
the SAKE Coburg family, became so good a
Portuguese after his marriage with Queen
Donna Maria de Gloria, that the lament in
that country now is, that he, not his son,
is not the present sovereign.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-08
The Beaver in Alaska.

A stroll along the hanks of the small
river revealed many fresh beaver tracks.
The beaver when forced TO leave his home
by the spring freshets, which fill it with
water, seeks his living along the banks Of
the small river until the waters subside.
Ne is gregarious and playful animal,
fond of gymnastics for their own sake.
When he finds a steep, smooth, mud bank,
he usually amuses himself by crawling up
and then sliding off into the water, repeat
ing the process many tines, apparently
ENJOYING the fun as much as boys do
coastng. He is nocturnal in his habits,
and very timid. Taking tie small canoe,
Kurilla padded patiently up and dowu,
making as little noise as possible, and
scanning the water near the banks for the
beavers nose. This is the only part visi-
BILE, the rest being below the surface.
A crack followed by shout, told that
my old Scotch rifle had done its work, and
Kurilla soon appeared in triumph, bearing
a small beaver The flesh ot this animal
is to most persons disagreeaole. A slight
odor and flavor which accompany it fire..
quently producing nausea with those NJ
accustomed to it. | never ste the meat,
but the paws and tail found very good.
The former are covered withe black skin,
with only little hair near the junction
with the arm or leg. Whom thoroughly
boiled they resemble pigs feet. The tail
is composed OF muscular fine, contsiDiDg
o large amount of peculiarly sweet fat in
the iusterstices. The skin which covers
the tail has the appearance IF scales but
lhore are no real scales. The skin readily
peels off if scorched in the fire, and the
tail, when well boiled, is delicious NOR.
sell
The muscles and inner Skin are reduced
by boiling to kind of iellyand the whole
is so rich that one cannot est much OF il,
The castoreum which is used in medicine,
Is contained III two glands, which open
near the tail. Their use is moi clearly I'M
derstood, but is probably similar to that
Of musk glands in the mu kIltgnd musk.
deer A iayorite amusement among the
Krtchin indians consists in taking the
humerns in their hands and mdeaveriug
to break it; as it IL very short ind strong
this requires considerable strength. After
skinuiug the beaver, and stretching the
skin on o hoop Of green willow, we push
of. -DlHs Aaska,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-08
gonne FOLKS Department.
BABY'S RIGHTS.

Her platform is only the cradle
Her speeches are funny and few
wise little head,
But all that's said
Is only vague little "gool"
But how baby's rights are respected
One nod of Ter dear, downy head,
Whenever she thinks she's neglected,
And down at her feet we are led.
She lifts up her voice in minute
Her protests are loud and long9
Each household affair she is in IL,
To see there Is nothing goes wrong.
The right 10 twist limbs that are dimpled,
In every eXtravagant way;
To maui and 10 tease
The cat at her ease
To crow and to creep all the day,
The right to love that is purest--
The night 60 mothers own love!
The right to guide that's surest
TO lead her wee footsteps above.
Her sweet little mouth she upraises
Aspire as rose, dew impaired
The right TO our kisses and praises
.. these are her rights over the world
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-08
j.. prOyerb.
Helping each other :


Do You not like proverbs We do
Perhaps you remember this short one
which kindly crept into our column OF
knowledge and Good Nature" short
time ago: Constant occupation prevents
temptation" 1t doesn't sound very mu-
steal, but it has rung in cur cars so con-
stantly and the thought as done us so
much good, that we are disposed to talk
about 1t little.
Some people think that word "tempta-
ton is fearful thing. Don't be fright
ened at it. 1t doesn't necessarily convey
ideas of lying, stealing, numbering and
such other horrible things bat may APP
ply to little things not nearly so friQhtful
and yet almost as powerful TO do evil. If
We could only learn that it is little things
that do US good and help us on, it would
be grander accomplishment on our part
than committing the whole dictionary to
memory, and far more profitable
How much happiness there IL sometimes
made in this world by q smile, how much
sadness by a frown Bat YOU have heard
this sermon about "iittle things" many
times already and We viii not repeat it.
What we began to write about, was how 70
keep from being troubled by temptations
Of any sort, little or large, foolish or hend-
ish.
The whole lesson is given in that little
proyerb. Constant occupation prevents
temptation" 1t is an excellent truth ex-
pressed in what q logician would call an
abstract manner, Stated "concretely"
it might be expressed as follows:
Ifyou feel inclined to trOica, the best
way to keep fon doing so is to smile.
II you are tempted 10 be la-N the best
way to drive away the Inclination is 10 90 to
lo0rk.
II you have heard some evil, corrupt
story which rings in your ears aud you
know is poisoning your mind, aud your
thoughts viii dwell upon IL, the best way
to drive the ugly thing away is TO think
oJ1t something e.se or read or talk about
sJHftaWg else.
In short it means this; + yon rant TO re-
.tr1jn from doing scmebing ,croag0r anpoti-
able 20 SOMETHING MONT AND PROFITABLE
Nrrrm IN A Rary STORM "Ain't you
aprist3 TO see met said fgo-yelr-old
girl, a8 she tripped into my house in the
midst Of q raiu-stCrm. "Ile rain fell al
over nae, like IL ran down tbrougha strain.
or, and / shocked 10 of, but ilwaullut
stay shocked ! asked God TO stop, but
there was q big hundar IN tile sky and DO
couldn't hc ME, 1 uGderspeo. and
most know he couldn't see me- cause q
black cloud go! over my head as black as
anything Nobody c9ulln't SEQ little
girls through black clouds. I'm going to
stay TIL the sun shines, and then when /
10 home God win look down and say.
why. there's N-tla. She went 10 $50
ter alntio right Ia the middle Of the
rain; and guess Hsa be jas as much a.
.s6I r. ron was" A. 7. J,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-08

As Iowa FAEM,--The most extensive
farmer in Iowa resides in Gruzdy county
The name Of this agricultural prince is
George Wells. He has q fam Of :, 900
acres, nearly al under cultivation, and wlil
raise this year 80 600 bushels OF wheat, and
corn, oats and barley in like proportion.
In addition TO this eoodly crop be win Gu.
$50 acres Of seed timothy. Mr.. Wells is
now busily Engaged in harvesting, and has
s0ma twenty foapers and mowers Of work,
giving employment to over one hunlrca
men. The above are actual figures,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-08

GERMAN ADMINISTRATIONS the battle
of Weissenbouig some OF the German
TROOPS lad only a three hours rest after
n seven hours march before going into &C.
ton. Before the battle Of Worth, when
the alarm came at midnight, they had to
march until il q. m. At this time, with
ont pause, they joined tho fight. No
friendly conveyance easea them Of @ single
ounce weight Of tie load they had to
bear
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-08

SrAEr1tSa. AT the June meeting Of the
Royal Irish Academy, Dr. Sigersou read q
starting paper on the atmosphere, Illus.
tratinq ut once the delicacy Of chemical
research and the harmful mixtures which
are sometimes bgea.hed by mechanics and
others. In the air Of iron-worbs be dis
covered hollow balls Of iron about ono ten.
thousandth Of an inch in diameter; in shirt
factory air there arc little hlamauts q lin
en and cotton, with minute eggs threshlng
machines and mills fill tho air with hbres,
starch graiua end spores;iuprinting Offices
au.imony from the types is breathed, and
In stables and in BARRIERS shops scales and
hairs Tobacco smokers breathe gloOule-
on nicotine. and in short every workshop
Glls Tie atmosphere with loatiug lla3
ments of the materials used
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-09-08

Gnrary CoLLEGE has sent ont 1886
agasss, O.. which 100 Lave died.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09
Legend of the Ass.

The Hours at Home has the fol-
lowing legend respecting Satan's S
invitation to enter the ark at the
time when the deluge was coming
The legends respecting the ass
are as quaint as they are innumer-
able. According to an old rabbin-
ieal legend, no being would enter
the ark unless Noah rendered a spe-
cial invitation. When the food
overwhelmed the world, the devil,
who as at the time wandering
rer the world, saw that he was
about to be cut off from contact
with mankind, and that his domin-
ion would be lost forever. The
ark being completed, and the beasts
being called to enter it in their
proper order, the ass's turn came
in due course. Sadly enough for
us humans, the ass was taken with
a fit of obstinacy, and refused to
enter according to order. Noah
finally lost patience, and struck the
animal sharply, crying at the same
time to the headstrong beast:-
ENTER, thou devil" Rash and
fatal words. The invitation was,
Of course, at once accepted-the
devil entered the ark. We may
be sure he gave the patriarch and
his family some trouble during the
voyage, and was on hand to begin
operations on dry land as soon as
the disembarkment should take
ploce.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09
A Persian Tale.

There was once a prince who,
having been much displeased with
one of his mobiles, determined
to punish him. The prince com
manded that he should he shut up
in high tower Into this tower
there was only one entrance, which
was walled up Immediately after
the nobleman had been placed there.
Thus all hope of escape seemed to
be cut off, and the unhappy man
was left to perish. Inside the tow
er there was long winding stair
case, by which the prisoner reach
ed the top. While looking down
from there, he observed his wife,
who had come, indulging faint
hope that she might be able, by
some means other. to aid her hus-
band in escaping from his place Of
confinement, On inquiring if she
could he Of any ecrvice to him, he
replied: "Oh! yes; 90 and pro
cure black beetle, little grease,
skien of silk, a skein of twine,
and long rope" The poor wife
FASTENED to obtain what her hus-
band asked tor-wondering, no
doubt at the strangeness Of his re
quest. She soon returned, furnish
ed with the things. Her husband
then directed her to put the grease
on the beetles head, fasten the silk
to its hind leg, the twine to
the silk, and the rope to the twine,
and then to place the beetle on the
wall of the tower. On being set at
liberty on the wall, the beetle,
smelling the grease on its head, and
not being able to discover where it
was, crept up the tower in search
of it, till it arrived at the top, The
nobleman caught it, and, taking the
silk from its hind leg, carefully
drew it up. When he came to the
end of the silk he found the twine,
and next he came to the rope
Fastening this to a crook, he let
himself down, and thus made his
escape.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

GAN ALE FELLOW WELL MET. -
At a certain college in England
one of the students, being remark
ably fond Of ale, managed to snug
gle into his room a barrel of the
beverage, without the knowledge
Of the preceptor of the institution,
one of the rules being that mo liq-
uors are to be used in or carried to
the rooms"
When the student was found out
in having secreted a barrel, lie as
sured the Principal that his health
was such that his physician had or
dered him to imbibe a certain
amount of hops morning and night,
well, sir" said the Principal,
do you feel any better since you
have been drinking this ale ?"
"a great deal, sir" said the stu
dent. when the barrel first came
in couldn't move it, and now I
can carry it all round the ROOM"
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09
From the Rural New Yorksr.l
S ELFIS H N Es s.
ny W. QUlNBY.

We admire and applaud generos.
ity; we dctest and condemn selfish.
ness. This is true of humanity
and the verdict it implies is ANAL
The voice of the conscience of man
is the voice Of Him who made
man.
And yet seldshness lords it over
the world as does no other power
this side Of Heaven, See the pal
aces it builds, the thrones, and all
the instruments Of power. See how
navies sweep the seas and armies
the lands to do it service. Nature,
obedient to him who learns the Sc.
cret Of obedience to her, drives the
huge machinery of the commercial
world in the interest Of sel6shness.
That a few may sit in splendor,
wear purple, WELD power, the mil
lions sit in want, and rags, and
weakness. Or, that a few may en-.
joy srt,-music, painting, scenic
display, and selfshly drain the cup
Of the most refined and fastidious
pleasures for seldshness is quite
compatible with the last material
refncments,- the many must still
be content with a place low down,
with no time and opportunity, and
soon with no capacity for the max
ing Of thoughts and feelings, above
the 10y level to which they have
been condemned. That there is
thus sometimes no consciousness
Of what is lost,-of what ought to
be,-may afford a thought of re.
lief, but true humanity Weeps over
it, and the tears flow faster to think
that insensibility, this most lament
able Of the results ofinjustice, sho'd
come SO soon.
So selfshness rules the world,
and the world-the Christian world,
the world that builds churches, sup
ports missionaries, and prays to
God to hasten the time when right
eousness shall reign on earth as
well as in Heaven-condemns it,
Is that condemnation honest =? How
willing is the spirit that prompts it
to sell all that it possesses and give
to the poor? Nay for that is by
no means all,--how far will it 90
as brother to brother and sister to
sister, with swift foot and ready
hand, kind look and helping word
to those who have been sitting all
these ages in the fearful shadow of
this black selfshness, and lay not
merely money on the altar of their
good, but the sweet blessing of
Christian presence, sympathy and
encouragement ? 1t is a great thing
to feel the joy of an unselfsh heart
for ourselves; is it not agreater to
lift many others where the Possl,
bility Of this great Joy shall come
to them?
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09
Statistics of Intemperance

The Hon. Chas. Buxton, Of Lon.
don, says, ut is intoxication that
fills our iails. 1t is intoxication
that fills our luna.ic asylums. 1t is
intoxication that fills our work
houses with poor, Were it not for
this one cause, pauperism would be
nearly eXtinguished in England
The Westminster Review says,
drunkenness is the curse Of Eng
land; a curse SO great that it far
cclipses every other calamity under
which we suffer. 1t is impossible
to exaggerate the evils Of drunken
ness"
Rowland Burr, Esq, for nearly
thirty years a magistrate at Toron-
to, stated to the Canadian Parlia-
nent that mine. tenths Of the male
prisoners and nineteen-twcntieths
Of the female, are sent to jail by i'll
toxicating liquors. In four years
there were 25,000 prisoners in Can
adian iails, of which $4,000 owed
their Imprisonment to drinking
habits" Not only is intemperance
the great curse of other nations it
is no less so of America. Its
blighting, whitening, deadly effects
are more or less seen and felt in
every section of our land. 1t not
only afliicts one class of our popu-.
lation, but all classes, both male
and female. Let number Of eX-
amples out of the many that might
be selected, be presented as a proof
Of this humiliating truth.
Carefully compiled statistics
show that 100000 lives are annual
ly destroyed by intempcrance in the
United States; 100000 men and
women are annually sent to prison
in consequence of strong drink;
100000 children are annually sent
to the poor house; 800 murders
are committed ; 400 suicides; 200,
600 orphans are bequeathed to pri-
vate or public charity; 100000
600 are spent to produce this shock
ing amount of crime and misery,
and as much more is lost from the
same cause Rev. Thomas Ldpe.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

= A friend of ours--a minister
of the Society of Friends--well
known in Wilmington, was recent
ly preaching in one of the meeting
houses of that church, when an
amusing incident occurred. An old
man, with a white head sat just
before the minister. Our friend is
in the habit of using his handker-
chief while preaching. and laying it
on the railing Immediately in front
of him, when not in use. In the
excitement Of an oratorical flight
our friend had need of his handker-
chief, and fancying that the white
head of the old man was the re
ouired article, he made several IN
etfectual efforts to raise it to ms
nose, the old man wondering why
the minister, while preaching such
good things, should be pulling his
hair. Considerable amusement was
caused by the incident.--LWilming-
ton Journal.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

- The Democracy is jubilant
over a "great victory in New
York. There was judacial cleo
tion-the Democrats went to the
polls-The Republicans didn't
and the result was a Democratic
majority of $4,000. This is not
unlocked for in New York, where
the city is run on the "'repeater''
system, where the required major.
ity can always be made in few
hours notice by setting these cor
rupt courts to grinding out new
voters from the foreign element,
thousands Of which land daily at
tho Battery. While such is the
case, New York may always be put
down as good for ''great Demo
cratic victory ChRltcothe Ga
zette.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

i think the judgments form
ed at night are never SO solid and
fresh as judgments formed in the
morning. If in the morning a man
is without charity, if he is despond-
ent, if he is dull, if he is unnerved,
you may be sure that he is living
wrong. For the order Of nature is,
that a man should rise from his
bed in the morning, as birds rise,
singing, and in perfect health. Fan
cy for the night; judgment for the
day. And l would say to every
young person whom it concerns
form, if it is a possible thing, the
habit of doing your study in the
dSy time, and reserve your nights
for lighter tasks, and keep early
hours with your bed.-i Beecher.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

- A negro named Ambush is
giving the loyal of the CuyahOga
District great annoyance by per
sistently announcing himself as q
candidate for Congress- OotWm-
bus CRISIS. On the contrary the
negro named Ambush, instead Of
giving the loyal of this District
the least annoyance, is giving the
Plain Dealer a great deal of pleas
ure, Ambush being the Democratic
candidate, nominated and support
ed by the P. D. ClerelaAd Her
aid.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09
r.. A. NJ.

Fayette Chapter Royal Arch Masons
meets on the Wednesday evening before the
full moon Mills Gardner, H P; J
F. Ely, King; A. c. johnson, scri6ei
P. Robinson, Q. H.; A. NJ. Stmson, P. s.
II. L. Robinson, h. A. o.; J. P. Popejoy
G. NJ, Sd Vale; John Millikan, G. N. %
Vale; R. A. Robinson, 4. M, let Vale
John Miser, 1r.; B. H. Mllllkan, Sec'y
L. @. Karney, Guard.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

lively and intelligent Prenchman,
and wishing him a pleasant pas
sage, returned on board the Cher
okee. A fresh breeze soon sprong
up, and we again parted compa-
ny, he for France and | for Eng
land
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

Fayette Lodge, No lG7, of Free and Ac
ceptsd Masons, meets on the first Wednes
day evening after the full moon and when
the moon fulls on Wednesday, on that
evening. Mills Gardner, W. NJ; j. P
Robinson, S. W.; j. A. Mclean, j. W
"A, M. Stimson, S. D; II. L. Robinson, j
D; John Miser, Treas; B, II. Millikan
ec'y; J.. G. Karney, Tyler.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-06-09

WHERE SPICES GRow.--The nut
meg is the kernal of large hand
some nut like the walnut. ltis in
closed in the same sort of spongy
coat as the walnut; the husk opens
at one end when the fruit is ripe,
Mace is that which is found be-
tween the coat Of nutmeg and the
kernal
Cinnamon is the dried bark of a
tree which grows in the East In
dies and the Island Of Ceylon.
Pepper is the product of creep
ing plant which grows in Java
Sumatra and Malacca,
Ginger is the root of a plant that
grows in the East Indies.
Cloves are the buds of tree
which grows in Malacca.
Carrawav is the seed Of plant
growing wild in this and many 9TH
er countries.