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Year: 1870

ADvERrIsE.-We question if an.
other town in the west, doing the same
amount Of business, does so little ad-
vertising as Mineral Point. A stranger
looking over our city papers, in compari.
son with others, and seeing the scant
amount of advertising, would naturally
come to the conclusion that the business
done here was much less than in other
places, and consequently be led to regard
our city as lacking enterprise or being a
small country village.


The benefits of advertising in home pa.
pers are not generally regarded rightly
Nine people in ten who advertise in local
papers, do so with an expectation of imme
date, direct benefit in an increase Of trade
when, in truth, the bene fit is generally re-
mote and indirect. The greatest benefit
derived from advertising in local papers,
is In supporting the papers themselves. No
one business-with the sane capitals so
valuable to a town as a good local newspa.
per. 1t attracts more attention abroad,
and goes farther toward drawing the notice
OF people to place, than mercantile
house with 10000 of capital, or 4 manu-.
factory employing 4 score of hands and
will have more influence in inducing imm.
grafton, than any,other business employing
ten times the capital


The convenience Of having a local organ
is worth to any town all it costs. Suppose
there was no local paper in Mineral Point,
and our people had to send away for every
job of printing, and could not advertise
their wives lost, co-partnership dissolution
and the thousand aud one other little things
which are occurring every week, without
sending to some other place. Would they
not find it great Inconvenience


without further argument, we venture
to say that nine-tenths of the people Of
Mineral Point and vicinity would sooner
pay double what they now do to the local
papers than be without them. Yet there
is class who, because they cannot figure
out immediate financial benefit, refuse to
contribute anything toward the support 4
their home organs; thinking, apparently,
that others Will give patronage sufficient
to keep them alive, and they-the blood
snckers-will secure an equal share of the
indirect benefits, and enjoy the conven.
fences We have pointed out, yet save their
share of the expense. Those In Mineral
Point of this class, (and they are not a
few will consider this article dedicated to
them.
Year: 1870

TARIFF REpUEp AT THE Cry BAKERY.
i have just received one of the largest
and best selected stocks of plain and fan-
cy Toys ever brought to this market, for
both young and old Those wishing to
purchase Holiday Toys will find il to their
advantage to call and examine my goods
before purchasing elsewhere. | would
also say to those wishing to purchase al
wholesale, that am prepared to sell as
cheap as any house west Of New York
City. Those wishing to purchase stock
will do well to make their selection "a
soon as possible also keep good
supply Of cakes, both plain and orna-
mented Weddings and parties supplied
with everything in my line on the short.
est notice. | keep the only frst,cla.s
bakery in the city. We also serve up
lunch, with hot tea and coffee, at all
hours Fresh oysters Of the best bv
the can or dish. also keep a COOL
supply Of candies, nuts, fruits, and jelle.
constantly on hand, and as cheap as any
other house in the city


JOSEPH GRAY
Year: 1870

+ WINTER seems about to set in. A
sprinkling of snow-the first of tho sea.
son-fell on Sunday and Tuesday. We
have no ground Of complaint The spring,
summer and autumn of 1870 have been as
enjoyable as any ever known in Wisconsin.
Pleasant weather has extended several
weeks later than usual. giving farmers and
Others opportunity for doing up their fall
work in comfort. If rigorous winter should
now begin, those who are unprepared could
offer no excuse on account of bad fall
Year: 1870

WE find the following in the Platte
vile Witness:


The authorities Of the city of Mineral
Point, IN compliance with the order of the
Circuit Court, have levied tax of S32, :
900 SO as a tax for the year 1870, to pay
and satisfy the share Of said city Of tho
interest and costs of the judgments in
said suits, as is fixed and adjudsed by
said court


Those in this region who are crumbs
ing about high taxes can take some com>
fort in the fact that they are not living
in Mineral Point.


This will no doubt be news to the tax
payers, and makes the Office of city COL
lector fat take-perhaps
Year: 1870

she tried the Florence, and then the Howe,
with the same result. Next she bought u
Singer, and has had no trou BILE to do her
work since, This should convince anyone
Of tho superiority of the Singer
Year: 1870

OF the treatment of the peasantry, and espe-
ciay Of the women by the victorious German sodiery
Mr. A. Seymour write as follows TO The London Telegraph
OF Sept. 10:


The village OF Bazeilles which was suburb OF 1000
inhabtants T. now mass OF smoking ruins, although
there was little lighting there and one house alone
remains standing OF the once fourshng village. gen
tlenan there told that the wool on the looms was
taken TO make litter for the horses and the furniture In
the chateaux was all wantony destroyed. An English
gentleman long resident at Sedan told s he bad seen
the Chateau Of Bellevue, belonging 10 q NJ Amour IN
which the Emperor slept the Friday night on tho
Saturday the day, he went there ana nndng that
tbe whole interior OF The chateau intact be on his
return 10 sedan that evening, informed the owner
of tine fact OF his house not having been injured
Tn consequence OF this information, tho owner
M Amour applied for a guard to defend his property,
which was granted him. but on his arrival there IN the
forenoon Of the following day Sunday he found the
whole house ransacked, and what was not taken away
was DESTROYED Much could tell yo, sir, ana the
public but have occupied your space suncenty one
last statement however, must make-that there are
the souls OF many innocent girls. debaucbed ana then
shot crying for retrbutiOn II not for vengeance Az
Claire and AT BaZeies heard Of cases Near the latter
place an eyewitness told Inc he saw the corpse or
peasant between two women, prOpped up against thc
wall where they had been shot, not content win what
may or may not been severe but socaeu heccS
sary example, their executiOnerS had fastened them 10
the wall and placed flower In each OF their mouths
making death more horrible by such hideOus n0ckery
These which relate facts, not matters or OplOh
and doubt not that many OF your readers VIII some
day, il not now, be able to confirm them.
Year: 1870

FINANCIAL DIFFICULTIES-THE NEW GOVERN


NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR THE sIEGE-THE


BALLOON sYsTEM-MIsCELLANEOUs NEWS.


lPROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE


PARIS, Sept. 12.-In my last letter reference
WAS made 10 the danger which the Government may
have to spprehend from within. The who have
undertaken the guidanc, OF affairs at this critical
moment have accepted responsibility unprecedented at
any perod OF French history The financial position Of
the country may, without extreme care become des-
perate The metallic currency is reduced TO minimum
God ia scarcely TO be had at per cent premium an
e.orbtant rate in Paris Payments in cash almost
u,pepded the Bank Of France having been authorized
by the late TO refuse payment in specie and
o an excess of notes beyond Its charter quantity
amounting to l6O0OOOOO francs, equal TO scoOoOoO
We have been expecting that considerable quantity OF
small nots would be put into circulation for the conve
nence Of ordinary trade. They are, however 10 DE met
with very rarely and then only as monetary cuosines
which are stuck up in the windows of the money
changers. To people accustomed as our farisans 70
peddiDg purchases the want Of a convenient tmode OF
psymept Is a serious calamity A 60franc note, at
present the lowest In circulation is not convenient
tender for loaf OF bread pound Of meat packet OF
bouses or other domestic necessities, and the shop
keepers sharp enough TO refuse change unless ad at
the rate OF per franc for accommodating then
customer The trade OF the country is utterly dsorgan-
lied The suddenly brought about CONNER
eal disturbance which necessitated decree by the
late government extending for month the date OF
liquidation for ali bills falling due. The present Govern


eDt has found necessary 10 grant further extension OF
the indulgence for similar period. When expires II is
doubtful whether recOveries will be possible and there
Is every probability OF further extension OF tne per
haps until the has been brought to close. The
tire Imperial system Of administration has been found
rotten TO the core. Public men bewildered IN their
Year: 1870

san of which there absolute want at the ambulance
which Is established here and which Ia full of soldiers
faInished and dying.
We are told that many soldiers already dead OF hun
ger and we saw one corpse still I'm the river.
We therefore take the liberty OF asking steps could
not be aken under the srctest possible regudtions to
establish place where they cOnd buy for Themselves
for many Of them have little money-Just the
ries OF life.


We have the honor subscribe ourselves your humble
servants, ALFRED SEYMOUR


Member Of British Parliament.
DUDLEY CARLETON, Colonel
Year: 1870

Dom Pedro has just declined the honor
o. a public statue, which his subjects
proposed to rear to him. He writes to
his Minister of State: / wish to say at
once to the commission appointed for
the purpose, that, if they desire TO per
petuate the remembrance of how much ]
have eonhded in the patriotism of the
Brazilians TO vindicate the national honor
and the prestige of the Brazilian name,
in such way as will not conflict with
the satisfaction have Of having served
my country only from dictates of duty, !
would be very glad to see them employ
ing their energies in efforts to obtain
funds necessary for the construction of
buildings appropriate to the teaching of
primary schools, and for the improve
ment Of those establishments Of public
instruction already existing. Thanking
the commission for the honor they would
do me by the erection of a statue, am
certain that ] shall not be forced to de-
cline II NA - -|
Year: 1870

heard no voice, sitting there in the
sombre shadows Of the darkened room,
waiting, patiently waiting for the final
summons. 1t was not long delayed. In
pity the Father of all called him home
to his own. Twenty days from that June
morning on which we followed the re-
mains of sweet Bessie to the grave, we
laid Uncle John beside her. And there
they sweetly rest together, sorrowing no
1nnOar E
Year: 1870

Pere Felix the celebrated preacher at
the Notre Dame, in Paris. has ended his
career there, as the Archbishop Of Paris
and the Gallican clergy Of the Cathedral
found fault with his preaching on the in
fallibilitJ of the Pope in his Lent ser
Year: 1870

There was time which we have all heard of,
though some of us many not remember, when
young ladies of the age at which elaborate
eouifures and customs of japanese tendencies
are now considered necessities, wore obsolete
things called "pinafores," and played with such
obsolete things as hoops, and were supposed to
be subjected to the comprehensive process of
being q whipped and sent to bed " when they
were not good. Who would dare to associate
such play and such process with juvenile girls
of the present day? Times change, and we
change with them, some of us at least and they
must feel strange who are not one OF the number.
The old girls must astonish them not little,
but the young girls must astonish them great
deal. The change is pretty to look at Wat
teau's and Bouchers pictures are pretty to look
at but the result is strange to regard in real life.
There is a great deal more " taste, we are told,
in these days than in other days. II may be so
in a certain sense but girls always looked
pretty, and always made meu fall in love with
them admiration is as old as the hills and
marriage by no means new institution. so
the same results were obtained without resort to
the present process; and against the present
process there is good ground for protesting, at
least in its exaggerated forms. Modes-T mean
in the milliner sense of the term-change from
time to time but there are certain standards
which must always prevail, and excesses of any
kind should be avoided. Look at the conse-
quences of inattenton to this principle. You
are madly in love with girl who is conspicu-
ously in the fashion. few years hence and
her portrait, so arrayed, becomes a caricature.
Rowland and Gray could not have made her
more ridiculous then she appears TO differently
educated eyesight; and even as depicted by
Leech, in whose time there was very little &C.
centricity in dress, she is beginning to look
strange. 1t is a mistake, you may depend upon
it, to carry fashions into great extremeties In
the East women wear the same style of dress
that they wore thousands of years ago. Their
fashions never change yet they are as attrac-
tive as they ever were, and in the East women
are as influential as in the West. however little
their influence may be recognized and avOwed.
Our own. countrywomcn would hold the same
place here that they do without being girls of
the period, and it may be great deal more, to
judge by signs which promise to be in the
cendant And by being girls of the period, and
nothing more, they give an opportunity to
gloomy women, whom nobody cares for, to go
about lecturing and bothering about " women's
rights" and assuming a superiority which is by
no means to be taken for granted. They are
just as clever girls as these in general society


who would be thought just as clever if they would
not make geese of themselves but if they give
themselves up to following, and never think of
leading, and become slaves to the carcaturists,
they must not be surprised if society accepts
them at their own valuation and believes them
to be no better than they seem.-London Society.
Year: 1870

How FALSE REPORTS MAY ORIGINATE. - A
curious illustration of this is found ia an anec-
dote told in a lecture by Mr.. Spurgeon. A min
lister lived opposite one of the deacons of his
church. A report got abroad that the minister
had been seen TO beat his wife, and the matter
was brought before the deacon's meeting.
There the minister said he had traced the spread
ing of the report to the deacon's daughter. The
good man, the deacon, said be would not have
spoken, but his daughters name having been
mentioned, he must then state that when he was
gong to bed on a certain night, he did see,
through the window-blind of the lighted room the
minister beating his wife, and heard her scream
Ihe minister was non-plussed but he requested
that his wife mght'be sent for aud questioned
When she arrived, she explained the whole mat
ter. She said Z" Don't you recollect there was
a rat in the room that night, that it got upon my
dress, that you got frightened and took up the
poker that ] could not stand still, and ran
round the room you running after me with the
poker. This is the explanation of the whole af-
fair" Well, then, the lecturer would remark
to his bearers, the next time they heard story
against good man let them say at once,
" There Is rat at the bottom of il, | know ="
ana that some simple explanation may account
for the hole thing.
Year: 1870

CARE OF THE TEETH.-Th child should be
taught at five to dampen the brush in water
ever morning and night, rub it over a cake of
CASTLE soap, anG then brush the teeth well in
side and out, front and rear until with the aid
only OF the saliva the mouth is full of soap suds
then rinse with tepid water, twrling the brush
sldewise over the back of the tongue so as to
cleanse 1t fully of the soap aud leave good
taste after each meal tue mouth should be we'll
rinsed with tepid water, also the last thing on
retiring. The mouth main aims a temperature
OF ninety-eight degrees hence, if any food
lodges about or between the teeth it begins TO
rot very soon, giving out an acid which immed-
ateiy begins TO eat into the tooth preparatory to
decay If solid particles are observed to lodge
between the teeth, the child should be taught to
use very thin qoill to dislodge it, but not with
out clean tooth does not decay. Acids ard
sour fruits always injure the teeth instantly. If
tooth-powder Wa never used the teeth would
not be so white bat if kept perfectly clean they
would last for life .-HaLtS HedHh Tract
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and efiectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hdtr as soon restored
TO ats original color
acih the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

FOUR THOUSAND APPLICATIONS for appoint
ments in the Treasury Department are on file
and as the force is being reduced instead OF in
creased, the chances of applicants are not very
encouraging.
Year: 1870

TIE CKNsUs.-The assistant marshals in the
principal cities of the country have experienced
much difficulty during the past month or tive in
taking the census, on account Of the large
number of persons out OF town. The servants
in charge OF the houses are generally unable to
answer the necessary questions; consequently,
those residences have to be revisited at a later
date, In order to see some member Of the fam
ily and obtain the desired Information.
Year: 1870

The San Francisco Morning Gail, in his
tory or the life of Peter Bernard Forster, one
of the proprietors Of that PAPER relates the
following incident, which should be warning
against the prevalent practice of buryins per-
sons supposed to be dead without a positive
knowledge that such is the case:


prior to his dissolution Mr. Forster re-
quested that poSt>mortem examination be
made of his body. The reason for his de-
desiring this to be done was that, when only
about twelve years of age, he bad laid in a
trance for sixty hours. He had been i'll for
some time. aud finally fell into a trance,
which was pronounced by all those in attend
ance upon him. with the exception of his
mother. to be death. She, with a mothers
hope and love. refused to believe that he was
dead, Gnd resisted all suggestions as to the ne
cessity of interment. She watched by the
side of her child for period of sixty hours,
and then had the great joy of discovering
signs of returning life. Proper means hav>
ing been applied. he recovered his health -
During the time he was in the trance he knew
everything that took place in the room where
he Law. could hear and understand all that was
said, but could not move muscle or make a
sign This caused him to express a wish
that he be not buried until his death was
certain"
Year: 1870

To WASH A SHEEPsKIN MAT.-The first
thing to remember is that it must not be
washed in too hot water. az that would spoil
the colnur Of the wool and max it quite yell
low Boiled soap must he used in sufficient
quantity to clean the skin we'll. after which it
must be thoroughlvsrinsed in cold water un-
til the whole of the soap is removed. II
should be put into water with blue in it. of
which enough should he used I" make it
clear White. The mat may he pnt in the sun
to dry. but care must he taken not to leave it
too long. nor to put the skin uppermost but
always the feecy part. otherwise it will be-
come stiff and will crack. To prevent all
chance of this. II must he very frequently
shaken while drying as this is an important
part of the process and is of as much conse-
quence as the washing If the mat be a col
ored one. some OK gall should be mixed with
the boiled soap to preserve the dye.
Year: 1870

LONDON June 20, 1870.
Lord Amberley on the occasion Of the laying OF
the corner stone Of Congregational schoolhouse
at Newcastle to-day, made an address, in the course
OF which he said he believed that It was the duty OF
the government to supply the means Of education
out ne could not accept any substitute for voluntary
sschOOls.
Year: 1870




From the Byran Appeal


Thank God that we have
never seen nor heard of any
Southern women perambula-
ting the country with green
spectacles and hermaphrodite
apparel, preaching 'women's
rights free love- and spirit
ualism,' as we have often seen
those lantern;jawed, thin.shank-
ed and forked-tongued strong
minded women do, who hail
from that region whereof Bos-
ton is the social center. We
feel grateful that we have new
er heard a Southern woman
contend that the holy ordi-
nance Of marriage should be
solely a time bargain, like con-
tracts of hire and partnerships,
and dissoluble by consent of
parties. We all feel proud Of
this, and at the same time, if
these green-eyed spinsters Of
the East want to believe there
is no God, and no fixed code
Of morals, and to enjoy their
free-loveism, and to drink hard
cider on election days, they are
welcome to do so.
Year: 1870

Coleridge tells of four kinds
of readers. The first like the
hour glass-their reading like
the sand, running in and then
running out, and not leaving a
vestige behind, The second
like the sponge, which imbibes
everything, only to return it
in the same state, or perhaps
dirtier. The third, like a jelly
bag, and retains only the dregs
and refuse. The fourth, like
the slaves in the mines of the
Golconda, casting aside all that
is worthless, and retaining only
the diamonds and gems. We
should see to it that we are
like the latter class, gathering
riches from all we read.
Year: 1870

Senator Sprague is Of the
opinion that the negro voting
in Rhode Island will so disgust
the people that the State will
60 Democratic next year by an
overwhelming majority. This
will be the case in more States
than Rhode Island.
Year: 1870

A peculiar black measure
worm is preying upon some of
the orchards in this locality,
stripping them of every ap,
pearance Of life. The orchards
of VIM. Brouse, N, Long and
Others have been visited by
these pests, and now have the
appearance ofhaving been Wis
tied by a sweeping fire. When
ever the worm is disturbed by


a jar of the tree, it drops down


to within a few feet of the
ground, suspended by an almost
imperceptible web, and after
quiet is restored it winds itself
back to the tree. Farmers
should be on the lookout for
these pests and guard against
them. If remedy is known,
we hope it will be communi-
Gated to this office for publ
cation. IL Napoleon Northwest.
Year: 1870

Ladies, make your beds early
in the morning; sew buttons on
your husbands shirts; do not
rake up any grievances; pro-
tect the young and tender
branches of your family; plant
a smile Of good temper in your
face; carefully root out all an
CRY feelings and expect a good
crop of happiness in return.
Year: 1870

From reliable authority we
learn that the Radicals of this
county have a scheme on foot
to colonize negroes in the vari-
GUS townships for the purpose
of voting them at the Fall
Elections. The matter has been
canvassed by the Radical lead
ers and in measure determin-
ed upon, Let Democrats in
every township in the county
keep a vigilant watch for this
Kind of roguery. The Central
Committee should at once. have
a poll book made and the
name..of every negro, and his
voting place, inscribed thereon
for the purpose of guarding
against the contemplated fraud.
-ChiLicOthe Advertiser.