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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-08

ton, although the reason is rather of a
private nature. l didn't want him to
make love to my daughter.
Your daughter 2"
Yes. She is at present on visit to
relative of hers in Dublin. In fact.
1T was at her request l am obliged to
remove our editor, with whom, in bus
mess way, l have no particular fault to
find. he was constantly addressing
verses to Kate in his "Poet's Corner .
When he became acquainted with nv
reasons, he took matters very quietly,
and so good humoredly, that we remain,
as you precieve, on friendliest terms
''Then he does not depend for his
income altogether on the Eagle ~
''No; he has small farm few miles
from here, and l think is rather glad
than otherwise at being relieved from a
fixed occupation. But, Mr.. Staunton.
there is something l want to say to you,
if may"
Certainly
"Well, to tell the truth, / dread in
IN Your case a similar difficulty"
l confess l felt considerably vexed.
What business had an old woman to
suppose that | was going to fall in love
with her daughter?
81 can assure you, Mrs. Brady, that
there is no danger of anything of the
the kind occurring. am not marry
ing man."
81 only wish to have your word on
the subject it will render our inter
course here less restrained, and 1 ex-
pect Kate home in three weeks"
The conversation then turned off on
this topic but l could not prevent my
SELF from feeling very angry, and regis
tering a silent vow that l would show
Mrs. Brady and her daughter that had
no desire for the honor of an alliance
with the family.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-08

We understand at once that Mr.. O'Brien
had been successful in his mission. and
Kate turned round and gave him hear.
ty kiss.
II pitched into your mother. Miss
Kate, said the noble creature. az
told her the Agile might go to the devil
If she acted harshly TO you
And SO we went In to tea; and Mrs
Brady saluted me on the cheek, and 81.
lently ratified the negotiation that had
so fortunately been conducted by M
OBrien.
Mrs. Brady has been entirely recon
clled to me for my breach of promise
and occasionally condesoends to visit us
without remaining longer than well,
regulated mother-in-law should.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-08
CHAPTER III.

Nothing could equal Mr.. O'Brien's
courtesy and attention to me when l got
the Eagle into hand. Our politics were
rather parochial than European, but
there were occasions in which we con
sidered it essential to warn Prussia or
| threaten France, or refer to our Difficult
ties with Central Asia. Our parliamen-
tary representative, who had promised
to develop the mining resources of Cas-
tletown, had to be looked after; so had
MIR. Disraeli and town commissioner.
| who was tailor in private life, and who
addressed letters to me signed as COW
rier, BY the time / understood nv
business | was thoroughly disguised
with 1t, and yet it certainly amused me-
1t was fortnight after this (the win
ter was fast coming on ard the river was
loaded with brown leayes) that I spent
an evening with Mrs. Brady; and, on
the arrival of the post, she told me her
daughter was returning the next day
81 have bad cold, and perhaps you
would meet Kate at the postoflice for
me, she said OF course 1 assented.
d accordingly found myself in due
time waiting outside the inn, at which
the ramshal<le 'Lightningn WAS expect
ed. was little too early, and spent
the spare moments smoking and specu-
lating with some interest on the kind of
girl she might be, with whom / was
not to fall In love on any account In n
quarter of an hour l heard the old fash
Toned guards horn, and a minute after
ward | was opening the door for young
Il ,rh so Il
oped in "A warm. cloak that | could not
distinguish her features. simply in
PRODUCED myself by saying "Miss Bra
dyg" and receiving a nod in reply, /
handed my charge out and then got her
boxes off the roof. When this was done
/ turned around, and saw standing next
to me my fair companion of the Holy
head steamboat She was laughing
heartily, and, putting out her hand,
said
81 hope the old woman and you are
getting on we'll, Mr. Staunton. You'see
| have waited all this time to surprise
youn
l scarce knew what to say. The ex-
PLANTATION of the mystery was simple
enough. Instead of pointing to one of
her boxes to direct me to an address,
she had shown me trunk that did not
belong to her at at ALL
'And then, you know, when you told
me what you were going to do, l knew
all about it, and wanted to have some
fun with you when | came home
Upon reaching the house, | was still |
confused, and felt an odd feahng of re-
AL y.c
her daughter afectionately, and I took !
my leave. passed over the little bridge |
leading into the town on my way to my
lodgings. Without being much of a
poet or mooner, l have a constant |
after scenery. / could not |
help lingering on the bridge of planks
to look at the shining stream passing off
into the dark under curve of low hills,
and | began to regret my promise to
Mrs. Brady.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-08
From the Atlantic Monthly for December.
THE PRAYER-SEEkER.
by JOHN q. WHITTIER.

Along the aisle where prayer wss made
A woman, al in black srrayed,
Crose yelled, between the kneeEng host
With gliding motion OF ghost,
Paesed ~ the desk and laid thereon
soron which bore these words alone
Pray for mel
Bach from the place Of worshipping
She glided Like guilty thing.
The rustic Of her draperies, stirred
BY hurrying feet, alone was heard;
While, full Of awe, the preacher read,
As out into the dark she sped:
"Pray for meW
Bark 10 the night from whence she came,
To unimagined grief or shame!
Across the threshold Of that door
None knew the burden that che bore;
Alone she left the written scroll,
The legend Of y troubled sonl-
Pray for mel
Ghte M, poor ghost Of woe OF sin
Thou laay'st u common need within;
Each tcars, Ike thee, some nameless weight,
Come misery inaTiculaie.
Some secret sin, somo fhrouded dread,
Some household sorrow all unsad,
Pray for Us
Psas on The type Of all thou art
Sad witness to the common heart
With face ia veil and seal on lip,
In mut3 and strange companionahip,
fdke thee We wander 10 and fro,
Dumbly imploring ~ we go:
Pray for us!
Al, pho sha1 pray, since he who pleads
Our want perchance hath greater needs2
Yet they who make their loss the gain
OF others shall not AJAX in vain,
And Heaven bends low to hear the prayr
OF love from hips Of self=fr-pair
Pray for us
In vain rcmorse and fear and hate
Beat with bruised hands against q fat
Whose walls OF iron only move,
And open 10 tho touch Of love,
He only feels his burdens fan
Who, taught by suffering. pties all.
Pray for usl
He prsyoih best who leaves unguessed
The mysteries Of another's breast;
Why checks grow pale, why eyes o'ertiow,
Or heJlr are white thou need'st not know.
EuCulh 20 note by many a sign
That every heart hath needs Ike thine
PRAY for "a
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-08

A SAN FRANcIsco correspondent writes;
"But little respect or kind feeling is
expressed for the great Mercantile Ii
brary, which has been SO benefited by
the lottery. 1t has been begging in
rt<tution from the start. Few people
have ever heard of the Odd Fellows and
Mechanics Institute libraries, but in
the spacious and elegant rooms Of these
societies nearly as many, and perhaps
better selection of books can be found
than at the library bearing the proud
name of Mercantile and supposed to
be founded and supported by the mer-
chant princes q of San Francisco.
This, like every other mercantile pro
lect of this great city, goes a begging to
the country for help. First, there was
Mr.. Lieutenant-Col. w. II. l.. Barnes,
n. g. c., who for night turned actor
and gave the library benefit, advertls-
ing extensively the good object, and
5000 or Sc, 600 were netted for the mer-
chant princes. Then the enterprlsing
Camilla Urso proposed her series of
grand musical concerts in its aid, and
singers and musicians from all parts OF
the country, also thousands OF school
children of the city, were called upon
to lend their assistance, which they dld
but for whoml Chiefly for Camilla
Urso, Ralston, Barnes, Swaine, and the
Mercantile Library. These concerts
continued for several days, creating
great excitement, and calling in large
number of people from the country
Some pleasure was undoubtedly given,
and Camilla Urso and her husband
slowed several thousands in their capa-
cious purse, and $4,000 went to the
Merchant Princes Library"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-08

DR.. NEWMAN publishes letter deny
ing new version of the old report that
he is contemplating a return to the Ang-
lican Church. 4 have been Catho-
lie, he writes, {" for twenty-five years,
and through all that time the report has
gone about, now subsiding and then re-
yiving, that | ain going 70 return to the
Anglican Church and | suppose 1t VIII
60 about till / die For myself. he
adds, Il have never had single doubt
on the subject, thank God, since have
been a Cathode; and never the sllght-
est, however transient, wish to return to
the Church Of England, or regret q
having left it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-08

The Ost Duestche Zeitung TINS des
cribes the patrol service of the German
troops before Paris: Gas soon as it be-
comes dusk the fires are extinguished.
the men put on their cloaks, and now
begin the active, but noiseless duties of
the patrols. The sentries take I'D their
nights quarters, frequently in singular
quarters. In the Park of Malmaison
on the white wall which was so hotly
fired at on the Dist, a patrol recently set
tied himself on a ladder with white
sheet round him, SO as hardly to be dis
tinguished from the wall. Our people
are first rate ut outpost d~ty-full of
endurance, and cunning in their task,
especially at dangerous points. Over
confidence sometimes makes them rash.
A house on the declivity of Mount Val
erian was for long time fevorite re-
sort of night patrols, without the French
outposts at the foot of the fort having an
inkling of it, till one of the patrols was
tempted to immortaIi2e himself by
scrawling his name. The next morning,
when the first French soldiers went by,
Ga road from the fort goes close by the
house, it was amusing to watch their
h'ely SeeoiSulaIlouS, ana tnelf polnIluR
at the treacherous ecce signum. The
commotion reached the fort itself. Of
ficers and privates hurried down to see
the phenomenon; even a General conde-
scended to convince himself by personal
inspection. A detachment of chasseurs
has since been posted there, who active
ly ride about the foreground, but never
till the morning, when our advanced
patrols are mile away
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-08
Astronomical.

curious and very rare planetary DO
s1tlon Will occur on the Sth and 9th of
next month, to which no attention has
hitherto been called, and il seems To-
have escaped the notice even of the
compiiers of the Astronomical Ephem-
erides. For the space of two whole
days and five hours the planet VEINS
will be behind the sun as viewed from
any part of the earth's surface The
planet is then on the further side
of her orbit, and her relative motion is
only 153 minutes of arc daily, while at
the instant of conjunction she will be
within AS seconds of the arc of the suns
center.
The bright planetary spot will appar-
emily touch the western edge of the spn
at IL O'Clock p. NJ. on the 9th of Decem-
Der, Chicago time, and emerge from be-
hind the solar disk, on its eastern edge.
at four O'Clock on the morning of the
9Th. The phenomena of immersion and
EMERSON will not be visible at Chicago,
the sun being below our horizon On both
occasions, but the two bodies NAV be
seen through the telescope as almost in
contact late in the afternoon Of the 9th
and early in the morning of the 9th of
December. The EMERSON will be inyis-
ible in Europe. The phenomenon is
about as rare as the transit of the same
planet across the suns disk, which oc-
ours, only once on the averge III fifty
eight and half years. The next transit
will occur in December, 1874
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Grafton Convention.

10 tho IHh6kHH0 LHtattsgneef: t"H' t.i ~.
i see in to-day's INTELLIGENCER what
regard as IN insult added TO a former IN
Jury, your reference to Col. Sam. Younga
Temperance and Woman Suffrage Con-
vention in Grafton, esd inst. You state
that the Democratic State Committee
convened there on said day, which Is news
to mo, as I never heard Of it until l saw
it in your paper to-day. You also say
YOU supposed l was at Grafton on the
same day and held the "Woman Suffrage
Convention. You supposed nothing d
the kind, / presume, as you felt sure that ln
fixing the State Convention the day before
you would most successfully defeat the
proposed Grafton Convention, which you
aid. You must have also known l was
not at Grafton, as Twas in Parkersburg
until the GATH Ibid not think II neces
sary to reply to tho wet blanket you threw
upon tho proposed Grafton Convention ai
the time the call was first made q
Thomas r. Oarskadon fully replied TO all
your structures. ii'!D ~
Permit. me; gentlemen, 70 soy TO you
that you may scott and fling al Temper
ance and Universal Suffrage, while they
arelin their infancy, yet the tim0 is moi
distant when such God-given rights will
triumph in power. You, and ! have stood
side By side politically during the last ter
wears, through the dark days otwar and
revolution. But now We part upon thC
question Of Temperance and Female
Suffrage, but trust that our personal ,and
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The Fren eli FIurry.

From the CineinnGa Gazette.
II France means to 60 To. war with
Prussia, in case Prince Leopold shall be
elected King of Spain, she will have an
opportunity, 30 far as Prussia is con-
cerned. In q war for such cause France
would bc wholly tho aggressor If Spain
chooses Prince Holen2ollGrn for King II
Is Of her own Yolition. Itisnot known
that Prussia has anything 10 do with it
It is not probable that she could do any
thing to bring 1t about. And it Is stated
that she disclaims having any part in it.
But If Franco demands Of Prussia that
she shall prevent the HohenzOllern from
accepting, because ghe is related to the
Prussian royal family, Prtlssin cannot nc
Cede u 1t without humiliation. ltmny BIO
considered certain that IL sucll a dcmand
has been made, 1t has met with a prompt
rebuff. .F',. Ira'-'
ut would be one Of tho strangest causes
that war was ever made for. A Bona
parte Gun hardly. question the right Of an
independent kingdom to choose king.
If Spain chooses Prince Leopold, no ex-
captions. can be taken SO for us the man
himself is concerned. Nor can France
reasonably complain to Spain because
she has chosen 4 relative Of the King OF
Prussia. But on the other hand, she can
not reasonably complain 10 Prussia, be;
cause Prussia has had no hand In tho busii
meas. And such u complaint would be
equivalent to demand that Prussia shall
make relationship 10 her royal family q
disqualification for any other throne in
Europe. Prussia Is not going TO pronounce
this selEostracisnl. II, sl..,t rill
There Is yet no certainty that an issue
will be presented by the election OF Prince
Leopold. His nomination appears TO have
been side issue Of General Prim's. It Is
said that tho rest Of the Ministers APP
prove. We know not II this Is true, The
Cortcs has yet to come together 70 make
the election, and we cannot tell what Of:
feet the unftiendly demonstrations 'ot
France will have on their voice, nor how
much may BIO done to stir up Spanish
prejudice against q foreigner for King.
It was before thought very doubtful II
they could agree upon any ono.
But ifthc Oorte8 shall elect Leopold,
the issue which, France seems, 70 haYe
raised viii DO SqtatSly presented To her;
for Prussia will do nothing TO prevent y,
Should Franco make II an occasion tof
war itmust,be because she desires war
on general principles, and has been pre-
pairing for Ii; for surely this would be a
most unreasonable occasion, and II
would not be at all certain that she
would not rush into immediate destruc-
ton 10 escape a vague and imaginary
danger IN the future,
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For the LadieS..How Summer Suits
RhOnld be Worm

sum,rSaer g6its I Sc z ( SHedrlS III made 81
white or buff linen, pique, cambria or mus
LIN, and the art Of preserving the new ap-
perance after aShill' is1 nlRttef pt the
very greatest Importance
Common waSherWOmen spoil every
thing with soda, and nothing Is more lte:
quent than To- lee tie delicate ttntgsOt
lawns or percales turned into dark blOtches
and muddy streaks by the ignorance and
vandalism OF alaundfeSsl tS'lJ n I'll
It Is worth while for ladies to pay at
tentlon to this, and insist upon having
their summer dresses washed according
10 the directions which they should be
prepared to give their laundresSes them
selves.
Y In the first place, the water should be
tepid; the soap. should not be allowed 10
touch the tabfic;l Il should he wished and
rinse(l quick, turned uppnithe wrong side
and hung n lie shad 80 diF;ysSnd when
starchcd Tin thin boiled, but not boiling
starcl) ,shOuld be folded in sheets OF tow.
els, and ironed upon the wrong side, rs
soon as possible,
But linen should be washed 10 waterin
which hay has been boiled. ora quart bag
Of bran. This list will be found to an
swer for starch as well, and Is excellent
for print dresses Of all kinds, but a hand
full Of salt Is very useful to set the colors
Of light cambriCs and dotted lawns; and
a little beef's gall will not only set but
heighten yellow and purple tints, aud has
q good effect upon green.
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Sumner. Cuban Resolutions:

It seems likely that Summers Cuban
resolutions will not again be heard Of be-
fore adjournment 1t,iS understood that
at tho time they were reported Che State
Department was in such q situation that
tho Secretary believed he would soon be
able to get England to join our Govern
iiient III protesting against the way tho
war has been conducted In Cuba, They
contain some language that could not 10
agreeable to the British authorities, and
t66Ip K reason to kn0wthat tho President
Hinkgi Nghlill not DC. cxpedlent to yput
them through Congress. The indications
arc that the whole subject, including the
House resolution, will be allowed To- go
over 70 the next session. HA |
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A Co1oRED boy named Jacob Smith,
living at Princess Anne, Delaware, edits
and publishes a paper. Il Is printed with
q pen, on ordinary foolscap paper, and Is
sent to subscribers for one dollar a year;
in advance. The "printing" Is very well
done, the letters being moro OF the Itallc
than tho Roman style. Tho paper rs
made Up OF original and selected matter,
tho original matter being entirely fur.
nislietl BY Smith, and giving evidence that
his educational opportunities have not
cqualled his ambition. 1t also contains d
number of advertisements. The boy gets
out several copies Of this week, working
OF nights, and It must require an immense
amount Inpatient labor 70 form each copy,
letter by letter. "
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Cor. JAMES Fisk, JR., has determined
to add 10 his velvet, coat, and Ills big di1-
rnonds, and his Erie Railroad, and his half
dozen theaters, still another stunning
accomplishment It is three million dol:
lar hotel. Il Is to DO in tho region Of Wall
street, and is to eclipse everything that
ever was. OF course there Is no question
that 1t will pay. Fisk will patronize 1t
himself and there are SO many of him
that the hotel will be constantly running
nvRr .. s...
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A SOUTHERN Judge refused to accept
the plea OF newly appointed juror that
lie was not freeholdet, on the ground
that he had kept bachelors hall six
months, and "no man could keep bach
elors hall that length OF time who had
not dirt enough In his room to make him
ffeeholder," .a.
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LAWRENCE sTERNE, who never asplred
TO the reputation Of special morality,
once wrote: IL should never. drink; |
can't aGbr1l II itCosts mo three lays-lhe
first In shining, the second in SOLDERING,
and the third IL repentlng." .-..E-
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REFERENCE nj PEHAIAhloN'
HIM, Vim, Z, Stevenson, Governor West Va.
II R,Ii Berkshire, lJudgcs ehpFeme Collft p
James II. Brown, Appeals o. West VA
!. j. Jackson, it,, Judge OF U. ). DIsttlet
Court, ". Va.
D. b. I. + rrnswOFtl, President Of SsnatS,
%erpInggr, member Senate.
Jacob IIOrnbrOOk, Prest. WeAt Va. ms 20.
JAeob VI, BiChCI, Vice Prcst.
Caieb BOgresE, Attorney, ClArksburg, W. Va.
samuel Weeds, Phillippl,
d. WhIte. Sheriff Mercer county, JiI:'sH
n, q, Davis, Senate, Mineral county,
in. Camden, President u First National bAuk,
PAIkeEshuEg
And the following members Of the House OF Dele'
gates Of West Virs iuiG: p, --..,.....,,,
Hou. b. II. Smith, kAnawhA county!
@. G. Burgess, Wayne ~ NJ % A''}
James Guthrie, Wet1el :: ~ y! 9a!O ii
Nathan GOtI, Harrison
Joseph Teter, Barbour
l. u. Hill, Marion
James Hervey, Brooke
Martin Judy, Grant
r. Davidson, Taylor !"
Henry BEAnn0n, Lewis
Floyd Nicely, DOddridge -
J. T. BOwyer, Putnam
I s9)TpHfln'Sn' I 1fa'pS19 ri 5 I,saaS
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AccoRD1Ea to Grace Greenwood. John
A. Logan wages daily war upon tobacco
destroying more Of It than any other
man in Congress. ~ ,gn3it1t ats ,as!ua
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ORGANIC WRAKNRaa
.rp DR., JOHN9ON.

Member Of tho Royal College Of Surgeons, Lon.
don, GAdnate Of one Of the most eminent Col.
lege9 In the United States, and the greater part
OF whose LIE has been spent In tho hospitals Of
London, Paris, Philadelphia and elsewhere, has
ehected some Of the most astonishing Gurus that
were ever known. Many troubled with ringing In
the head and ears when asleep, great nervous.
ness, being alarmed Of sudden sounds, bashf1l
ness, with frequent bluuhlng, attended some
amss with arrangement OF mind, were cured In.
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The many Thousands cured ut this establish.
merous important surgical operations performed
by DR.. Johnston, witnessed by tho ropOrtcrs Of
The Sun and many other papers, notices Of which
have appeared again and again before thepubiIc,
besides his standing As q gentleman Ofcharactef
and responsibility, Is sufficient guarantee 10 ths
afflicted.
-: SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY CURED.
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MARRIAGE

reflect thRta sound mind aud body are the most
necessary requisites to promote connubiRl happl.
life becomes q weary pilgrimage; tho prospect
hourly darkens to tho view, The mind becomeS
shAdowGd with despair and filed with tho mel.
ancholy reflection that the happiness Of another
becomes bllphtod with 0flF 6NVIt
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Married Persons, OF Young Men contemplating
marriage, being aware Of PhyaEcal Weakness,
Organic Debility, DeformlLies, speedily cured.
lie who places himself under the care OF Dr., j,
may FeliglOlsly cOntide In his honor a. gentle.
nAll, and confidently rely upon his akin ID 4 INV
RiciRn - r " '' - - FN5
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especially, who have become the victims OF Soil.
which AnhuAlly'BWeeps ~ an untImely grave
Thousands OF Young Men Of tho most excellent
talents and brilliant intellect who might other.
MlSs have cntraneed listening SeanteS with the
hqndsta Of eoqas1ee q ykOd p ecsacY tho