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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

SIDNEY Z. MoRsR, Q brother Of Prof.
Samuel F. B. Morse, the inventor Of the tele-
graph, died Of paralysis, q few days ago, in
New York city, at the age Of n. He was
horn in Charlestown, Mass, and graduated
at Yale at the age Of IL He subsequently
studied theology at Andover, Mass, and law
at Litchfeld, Conn. He edited successfully
the Boston Recorder and New York Observer
Mr.. Morse was better known by his well
known textbook on geography. He was the
inve ntOr Of the process known a cerography
BY which maps can be printed on the com
mon printing press. This art was not pat
ented and has never been made public. Since
his retirement from journalism, in 1858, he
had been engaged with his son upon the in.
vention Of the bsthometer,'' an Instrument
10 be used In making rapid exPlorations I'm
the depths Of the sea This was exhibited at
the Paris Exposition In 1857, and Il IN be.
lieved will prove useful 10 science.
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The criminal record Of the week contains
several more brutal murders. Lorenzo
Deagle, who kept an all-night drinking saloon
In Cincinnati, was shot dead early on Sunday
morning, by Charles Tolman, assistant press
man in the Methodist Book Concern, In front
of the office Of the Enquirer. Tolman had
been quarreling in Deagle's saloon with some
customers, and the latter had been kindly
showing him home when he was shot down
without warning or provocation.-Near Kane
Pa, the wife and child OF one Patrick Burni
have been found dead under barn near theil
house. The ehild's skull was broken, and iti
mother seemed to have been strangled.-Or
Sunday afternoon Mrs Weisert, Of Louisville
Ky, attacked her mother-in-aw, Mrs. Klor
ner, with a hatchet. and mutilated her aw.
| fully. When arrested, she professed to know
nothing Of the matter-Two desperadoes
Louis Swimm, and Texas Joe " alias Buck
skin, dubbed German named Henry SAILS
man, near Prairie City, robbed him, and left
him for dead. But the victim crawled back
to town, told his story, and the villains were
forthwith arrested at Seneca, Mo-, by Vig.
lance Committee, and lynched. "Buckskin'
confessed to IL murders during the year,
which had brought him in the sum OF t90.-A
man named Reynolds shot two negroes
through the head and killed them, near Mem
phis, on the 24th He had ordered them
away from a cOmmissary building Of which
them if they came nearer They did
not mind him and were shot The
murderer ned-RObert Halloran, dis
charged street-car driver, killed Thomas
Larkin, Third avenue conductor, on Satur-
day night, with q car-hook, and then escaped.
Milton McManaway, who, with his two
brothers, George and Thomas, had been
throwing stones through the windows, and
firing pistols through the doors Of John B.
Williams house at Cambridge, Ohio, on Sat
urday night, was killed by pistol shot from
the inside OF the building. -Gregorio PERI
the Italian saloon keeper who murdered two
men in his saloon on the night following the
great fire at Chicago, has been sentenced to q
life imprisonment W. c. Wallace was
shot and killed at Atlanta, Columbia County,
Ark, on the Goth, by man named Shelmsn,
who eseaped.-One Bechan, while resisting
the sheriff, Was shot and killed In Lafayette
County, Ark, on the 18th. .-Thos Hawkins
shot and killed Port Jelton at festive party
on Christmas night, near Cowan, Tenn, on
the Nashville x Chattanooga Railroad. They
had, during the day, quarreled, and meeting
at night, Hawkins immediately attacked Jel-
ton, the second shot passing through his
heart and killing him instantly. Jelton is the
seventh one Of his family who has met a VIC,
lent death. One brother was recently killed
in Nashville, resisting the police-On Christ
mas day, also, a bloody afEfAy took place In a
drinking saloon at East Arlington, VT Far
well q Lawrence, keepers OF the saloon, shot
five persons, two Of whom have died since,
and two more are mortslly wounded. One
OF the victims was Farwell's son, eight years
Of age. Farwell and Lawrence are under
arrest.
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TwATr's STYLE ON fEB RcsrKum.-A
Chicago reporter thus describes Twain In
his last lecture Mr.. Twain then shedged
toward his subject, "A he called u. and took
his auditors on flying trip TO OAlifOraia and
the mountain mining regionD-- -edvin9 alter
nate glimpses Of sense and satire that kept
the audience In the most sympathetir mood.
He never dipped into psthsa, and never ross
into eloquence, but he kepe sleddangs night
aloug In q fascinsting nasal snarA booking and
speaking like an embarrassed deacon telling
his experience, and punctasting his tardy
fun with the most complicated .aWkvardness
Of gesture. Now he snapped bis fingers! now
he rubbed his hands softly, Ike the estcher
Of the champion nine now he caresseA his
left palm with, bis dexter fingers, like the
end minstrel man pfppounding conundrnm /;
now he put his arms Rkimbn, Hike disgrsted
sactioneer and now he charned ne xIr in
the vicinity Of hls imperillcd head wish hin
outspresd hands, - u he was, Aghtine
mosquitoes at Rye Beach. Once he got biz
arms tangled 20 badly that three surgeons
were seen 70 edge their WY quietly tcwnfa
he stage, expecting TO be- sunmoRed but
he anwO1nd himsslf during the next
anseao4s."
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THE little Dutch island Of Curacao Is torn
by faction. The Governor disliked the At
toney General and arrested him. Whereon
the people arose, the troops were called out,
the crowd wa$hred upon, and one man was
Killed and ~ were wounded. In san Domin-
go, Baez and Cabral are fightingnow and then,
TO the present disadvantage Of the latter,wh
was beaten lately at Nieba. In Venezuela
..ls there is an insurrection, it appears, hut
LOO men under Blaneo are compelling the
revolutionists to retire, and the revolutionists
are getting ready for final struggle"
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

JEssE R. GRANT, father of the President,
and postmaster Of Covington, had a paralytic
stroke on the h.-Representative Eugene
Hale of Maine, married Senator Chandler's
daughter ct Washington, on the evening of
the 9Oth.-L G. McCreery, who has already
sat in the Senate, has been chosen to that
body from Kentucky, in place Of Garrett Ds-
vis.-J. Bryant Walker and John L. Miner
have been appointed by Gov. Hayes, Of Ohio,
to iudgeships in the Superior Court Of Cincin-
nat, to fill the vacancies left BY Judges Hoad-
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

NEW Ontario Ministry has succeeded
that which was destroyed last week BY vote
ef want Of confidence on the part Of the
Parliament and people. ItcOnsists Of Blake,
President OF the Council, but without port
folio Mckenzie, Treasurer Crooks, At
t0rney- General McKellsr, Commissioner Of
Crown Lands Grow, Provincial Secretary.
Mr.. Blake "rose to explain" the policy Of
the new Ministry in the Legislature on the
I'D. According to his exposition that policy
tends to the future independence and suprem-
acy Of the Provincial Parliament. The public
funds, especially, are to be under It's control,
and Ontario IL not to meddie with the affairs
either Of the Dominion, or Of any sister Prov.
iuee, unless its rights are infringed upon
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

The Contmentin general appears to be com
paratively quiet. Theirs has decreed the dis
solution Of the Council Of Algiers, and has
graeiously received deputation of French
PrOtestants. So far, the Communist trials
have resulted in the conviction Of "A, ,37s per
sons, and the discharge Of 1885. Bismarck
is becoming reused at the outrages perpetra-
ted upon German soldiers by France, and
threatens to double the army of occupation,
thereby increasing the tremendous expense
to the French. The Czar of Russia has issued
ukase making the use of the Russian Ian
guage compulsory in Polish schools, and
fixing the rate Of conseiption 70, the army at
six men in every thousand The American
Legation in London notifies American citi-
zenS wishing to travel ON the Continent that
1t is desirable to procure passports therefor.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

ALEXIS was somewhat pitched about BY a
railway accident al Brockvfle, Canada, hut
was NOT ut all hurt. On the I'D he reached
Niagara Falls, crossed the new suspension
bridge and put mp at the Spencer House.
Then he went to Buffalo and was welcomed
by Millard Fillmore. On Sunday evening he
attended great choral festival at the North
Presbyterian Church, and heard 800 children
sing. On Christmas day he looked over the
town and visited Fort Porter, and on the 96th
he presented Parepa-Rosa with a costly
brscelet, as slight token Of the pleasure de-
rived by imperial higtness from her Christmas
oPerstie performance. On the afternoon Of
the 2oth he reached Cleveland, where he was
serenaded In the evening. He is expected to
bs in Detroit on the 2Sth, at Chicago on the
3Oth, At Milwaukee during the I'd Of January,
and in st. Louis on the 5th Of the same
month
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

Gov. ScoTT's impeachment is failure. 1t
was founded, a. has already been shown,
upon supposed financial Irregularities, which
seem to have been over-stated At any rate,
Scott has 80 many friends in the South Car
Olipa Legislature that their opponents dared
not risk a vote on the impeachment resolu-
tion, and somehow managed to block il, not
wishstandimg the vigorous efforts of Scott S
supporters 10 bring the question to division.
Thereupm, the Governor. in order to prevent
further Postponement, sent message and a
proclamation conyening the Assembly in ex-
trsordinaEy session for noon OF the 2Sd A
motion to strike out the resolving clause Of
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

TIE Secretary Of the Treasury calls in the
following 5-3O bonds, known as the second
series Of February -, 1852, the interest on
which ceases on the 18th of March next
Coupon, second series, SO from No ), ,46l to
No l0. 775, both inclusive 800 from No.
1904 to No. y, ,Gs4, both inclusiyes $5OO
from No. 1856 to 1919, both inclusive
81 l,0OO from No. II, ,lal to No. q, 443, both in
elusive. Total, $lG,OOO,OOO Registered
bouds-e5O from No. 69S to No. S40. both in
clnsive; 800 from No. 500 to No. 1891,
both inclusive 800 frem No. 2,44 TO No.
1855, both inclusive 1000 from No. II 0o9
to No. IL, $50, both inclusive s., 900 from No.
3,4OS to No. 4,l02, both inclusive $40, OO
from No. $500 to No. 4, 724, both inclusive.
Grand total, s20,0OO,OO0
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

A SOUTH AMERICAN earthquake, nine hours
long, has destroyed Oran with ~ different
shocks, and killed one person. Every house
WAS ruined, the streets gaped wide, and the
inhabitants camped out away from the town.
The province Of Juquay was also shaken, and
a nevr volcano has burst into existence in the
Andes
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the impeachment resolution was then brought
up, and finally carried by 6S to 81; the Gov
ernor revoked his special session proclama-
tion. aud the Legislature adjourned till the
ccming 5th Of January. But the Legislative
Joint Investigating Committee has decided
that the State government is responsible for
shocking corruption and fraud in the finances,
and that the Republican party is responsible
for the government, and should subject it to
proper discipline
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

THE New Mexican crops having failed
badly, have left about 5000 or 9,UO helpless
Navajo Indians dependent upon the Govern
ment for something to eat The Secretary
Of the Interior therefore recommends an ap-
preparation Of $S5 OOO for their relief
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

TEE uproar in the spanish government has
resulted At last in new Ministry to succeed
that Of MAlcampO, which felt compelled to
resign The latest Cabinet y headed BY
Sagosta as President Of the Council aud Min
lister Of the Interior.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

Out IN Illinois the other day q man was 1T
tackled and knocked down by Wild steer,
which attempted to PIN him % the ground
Luckily, the animals horns passed between
the mans body and arms. Possessing great
muscular power, the man seized the horns
and with all his force twIsted the steers neck
and threw him. he then jumped up end fnn,
but his fight wss needless, - the steer wus
found dead the next rnDRmlnG Just where he
was thrown, Nm Aeek hnvThR been broken.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

BISHOP OsMAN Z. BAKER, of the Methodist
Church, died at Concord, n. H., ON the 10th,
at the age Of 59-On Friday, Daniel d. Dris-
coll, a well known Chicago lawyer, died Of
heart disease venerable Sidney Z.
Morse, brother Of the inventor Of tele-
sraphy, died on Saturday morning.-Edward
Law, Earl Of EIlenorough and formerly Gov
ener General Of India, died on Thursday
night Of last week.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

THE CHILDHOOD or DIcKENs.-The nrst
light thrown on the childhood of Charles
Dickens BY his biographer, Mr.. Forster,
reveals what interests without surprising us
People who suffer are commonly the onsS MhO
can depict suffering. The pathos, not TO say
Dickens writings tell an unmistakable story
to all analysts Of human character II now
appears that st ten years OF age Dickens waS
poor little drudge in Q blacking factory
De weB through phvafi0n, Insult and misery
Hie companions were coarse aud aggressive,
and their enforced society was torture TO him
In letter Of his, nov arst published BY Mr.
Fcrster, he WHITES No words can
express the secret agony Of my soul N
sunk into this compa1l6nship compared
these yery-day associates with those OF
my happier childhood and felt mE
early hopes Of growing up 10 bes learned ed
distinguished man crushed In INV breast.
The deep semembfance Of the sense had or
being utterly. negieeted and hopeless: Of the
shame felt In my position; Of the misery n
was 70 my young heart 10 believe that, day
BY day, what had learned, and thought. ad
delighted In, and raised my fancy and my
emulation up BY, was pAssing away from me,
q yer to be brought back any more-cannot
be written. My whole nature was ors
penetrated with the grief and humiliation OF
such consideration, that sten nov, famous
and eareesed and happy, ! often forget IN my
dreams that l have . dear wife and children
even that lam man-and wander desc
lateiy back to that time Of my LIE" The
picture 10 sonowful indeed yet we cannot
look upon 1t without perceiving how much
Dickens future ability and usefulness TO the
world depended upon his going through just
such an experience. Poets "Iearn In suffer
ing what they teach insoag," and the lsason
kan6ht by the novelist mnst be grained, 70
the most part, in much the same way.
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lTHE DossUN TEA PARrF.--The New Fora
TEtfe3e saFs that the MAsaaehpsetts BIS
torical Society has fately been presented VIA
. .panch bowl out OF whiehi puneh wAs
straightvay proceeded IN Indian 'diSknise 70
the Whhrsss, thefe t0tAfUw inte ems sea the
obnoxiCuB ten Neem n 70 mistake about H.
the bowl u aqthsptie. gpd % y he story o.
the punch told inn isttsr &rssnen IN 1ss6 By
Mr. Fstsg Edsss IwhoAn 17w mhxsdfhe punch
afose ssAd for the bold aY,bgnaksgL = BE 1Ays
the avengers EAthsrs@ Nd hlp tAther.s house,
and 4e odds TIA imppgtsnt hct ihat ~ nlled
the bowl which de arnajeur ekof1K Klks4 Of
course, must have emptled sevwl tGmeal
IL appeafa, therefore, that the tea-ymEay mew
% Mmous IN nlsfesy, wss % es.A.s9hle
deEfes depemauntCm the cmp which asaAElNtes
aaWeAl M rhcsrsy end ahsA AkAn aeNealF pNkxdpfs
whom We have been acensk6msd 70 fsEnfd
wiah 90 much reFersntiAl swe, wpFN rum
Scrt az fshowa aftar all 'ff i
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lev and Tah.-Prof AkAbaln. has asdkS ~
st. ThOmas.-Rear Admiraf EneieaedG 81 "a
the Royal Navy, has the sppolntmenE
OF naval attache in the British Legation tB
this country. Morrison K. Waite, Of Tddes3oi
Judge Curtis successor a. counsel at GenA$a.
was to leave for Europe on the 27th.-On DE
2lst the Phi Kappa Pi brotherhood, inclnafnf
members from 80 colleges, closed its sanunb
festivities at Philadelphia, having listened ~
an oration from Tilton, aud chosen CharAes
Summer orator for next year.-MIss Nilsscms
persistent lover, Mr.. Busch, has al last essk
committed to a hnatic asylum. -Drury, to
city marshal OF Boston, while quieting dik
turbance ON Christmas morning, was sh08
several times.-On the 2Ist, Mr.. Trumbulls Iii
behalf Of Mrs. Stanton and others, presepked
q memorial demanding female suffrage, and
asking permission for the ladies to speak 10
Congressional session upon the sahjsc4s-@,
.Hsrce. shsrtf o. Fond an Lar,, comfzafhala,
suicide in the Union Hotel at st. Louis, on
the 23rd, and left letter In which he said
that his reason for 50 doing is the business
of nobody but himself k"-Schenck, 1t appears,
has Withdrawn from the Emma Mine director
ship, in order to spPease the clamorous.
Secretary Fish advised the withdrawal, al
though he said that investment In stocks was
as proper for a diplomatist a. for anybody.
The English papers, also, seemed TO take the
same ground, and cited as precedent the
case Of the Portuguese Duke Suldanha, who
was allowed to engage in private speculation
while Minister to foreign power.-Johnny
Clem, the little drummer Of Shiloh, has been
appointed to a second ieutenancy in the
24th Infantry, and has thanked the President
therefor.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK

THE Georgia Legislature wants Congress to
give t10,OU0 OO0 for the building Of ship
canal through their State from the Mississippi
to the Atlantic.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-12-30

A ChARK's sTORr.-Whan l used to tend
store ut syracuse the old man came round
one day, and says he ''Boys, the one Who
sells the most between now and Christmns
gets vest pattern m A. present" Maybe
we didn't work Tor That vestpattern IteI
you there were sOme tAll stories told In praise
Of goods just about That tfrne; but the taIlest
talker, and theione that kad the most cheek
OF any OF ns was certain Jonah Squires, who
roomed with me He~oEid take q aOllmr out
OF n mans poeAet when the IMAM only intend
ed 70 spend s1sixpsnse and the women
Lord bless you-they jnst handed over thear
pocket books 70 hltA, and Inc him hay cut
whist - liked, fer them One night Jonah
woke me UP with, by 10, old fellow, II VOC
thirk that efe'a rot COTTON IN it, Tsh bring
Gown the sheep tRat b was cut from, and
make him own his own wool 'Twont wear
out, either wore d apEir or pants Of that stu6
for ave years, and they are a good now a.
whea 1Fst pps them on lake Il st 80 cents
and IN Aay you don't owe me knythng. Eh,
too dear wen, en- n ~ cents. What
dye sAy Snail teMr NJ An Tlahk, k's a
bargain" e0ald HeeI Jommh'B hand playing
about the bed clothss fcr an Instant, thsn
rip, tear wens somsthing. os other, end hid
my head under the, blanketa, per&ectly con
vulseds with slAughtef., and gare that Jonah
had torn TIE best iheet from top 70 bottom.
When awoke the next morning 4nSmMa
that the back Of my night-shirt was split frOm
tail to coar bend y. ID sse---7f
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-24

MIR. KINGDOM CLIFFORD recently said in a
lecture before the Royal Institute that at is
quite possible for conventional rules of action
and conventional habits of thought to get
such power that progress is impossible, "a tru-
ism for every walk, work or profession, and
a proper heading for en- advertisement for
Fellows HYPoPHosPHIrEs. This prepare
ton has been before the public several years,
has been tried,teste and approved by the lead
ing men in the faculty of medicine, and yet
there are fossils in the profession. who persist
in prescribing the old palliative remedies OF
their grandsires in such disease as Consump-
ton, Bronchitis and others indicative of pros
tration of the vital powers, and pronounce
them incurahle. Progress in medical science
is indeed impossible where conventional hab-
it of thought has such strongholds.
mar2l-+&wlw
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the second largest State in the country, in
point Of population.
The "human hair"exported from Bohemia
to the United States during 1870 represented
the value of Ss545.
Chicago paper closed its record of births
on Saturday with this item :'In Lagonier,
Ind, to the wife of Isaac Akernfan, daught-
er. No cigars
The damage to the planting interests by the
floods in the Mississippi has been very great.
All the lowlands have been overfowed
Mustard does not go well with apple pies,
nor, indeed, with ice cream. Neither will
sugar do on raw oysters. These are the dicta
of recognized culinary authority.
At the town meeting in Pembroke, Mass,
last week, Mrs. Robert Barker and Mrs. n.
X. Randall were elected Overseers of the
Poor, and Miss Sarah J. Brown a member of
the School Committee.
Some of the representatives elected to the
New Hampshire legislature are claimed by
both parties, hence the confusion about the
political complexion Of that body
"Shall help you to alight?" said young
gentleman, addressing a bouncing country
girl, who was preparing to jump from car
rage in front of his office. THANK you, sir,
sweetly replied the girl, ''but don't smoke"
The Dayton (Ohio) journal says the farm
ers of the Miami Valley are preparing to put
out an immense tobacco crop the present sea-
son,
Chicago is to have an Industrial college and
home for unfortunate girls, but the papers
object to its being raised by means of the pro-
posed lottery.
1t is not work that kills men; it is worry
Work is healthy yon can hardly put more
upon a man than he can bear. Worry is
rust upon the blade 1t is not the revolution
that destroys the machinery, but the friction.
Fear secretes acids; bnt love and trust are
sweet juices
The Michigan legislature has received
petition, written UPON perfumed paper, and
signed by Mrs. Sarah Martin, of St. Joseph,
declaring that she is in favor of hanging MUIR
lerers, and asking &c be appointed: state exc
The matter looks like a CHASTITY
oke, but may be genuine.
A witness was examined before judge, in
| case, who required him to repeat the precise
words spoken. The witness hesitated till he
'iveted the attention of the entire court upon
him, then, fixing his eyes earnestly on the
Judge, began MAY it please your honor,
Tou lie and steal, and get your living BY
stealing" The face of the judge Redeemed.
md he Immediately said. Turn to the jury,
sir"
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out permission. Ilove that man, and ev.
erybody loves him. Come, let's be going
It's getting dark"
There was bright tear in the eye ofMr
Watts, as he turned to look upon his con-
panion.
Frank Grey " murmured Green, while
his face showed the modification he felt.
The lesson that had thus given to the
farmer was not lost upon him. 1t had
struck him too forcibly, too keenly, to be
forgotten, that kindness could only be Sc
cured by kindness and forbearance and a
generous hospitality commensurate with
his means.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1871-03-24

Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails and Their
attendant ills, have been in years gone by and
will be in years TO come, a source of much
discomfort and unhappiness to those who are
annoyed with them. By persistent efforts
and untring perseverance, DIR. J. Briggs gave
to suffering humanity his Observation-Disclosures
tor and Curative. The popularity which they
have gained, and the entire satisfaction de-
rived from their use, is well known and can
be'attested by all classes who have suffered
with Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Nails, Chill
bains, Frosted or Blistered Feet, &c. Sold
all druggists.