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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-12

and we must await its solution by the auth
ity to which it has been exclusively COM
mitted, rendering such assistance through
our Representatives and Senators in Con-
gress as our experience and their wisdom
may suggest.
EXTENSION LINES ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC.
In 1857 the United States granted to Min
nesota a most munifcent quantity of land to
aid in the construction Of railroads. This.
endowment was increaseu in 1866. The
lines OF these roads were prescribed in the
act itself with president knowledge of the
destiny of country that was then almost q
wilderness. The system thus devised has
been completed with an important excep-
ton. That exception is the line between St.
Cloud and St. Vincent and the line from
Watab to Brainerd, in all about 1865 miles,.
A few miles OF iron have been laid south of
Brainerd toward Watab. The road has been
fully constructed for about thirty miles from
st. Cloud to Melrose, and the iron has bee1'
towns 1873 and 1913, of which there is no reg
nlar operation. The whole line between
Brainerd and Watab is graded and ready for
superstructure. The line between Melrose and
the British line is graded except about forty
miles. In the summer Of 1879 the work O
construction was suddenly stopped and has
never been resumed. The people of those
portions of the State to be benefited by
these roads have h waited patiently for the ad
the work has been frustrated. They have
waited in vain. The disputants hold each
other obstinately at bay, and in the. mean
time the prosperity of the region most di-
rectly concerned in these roads is checked.
1t would be an irrelevant undertaking to Ell
ter here into discussion of the merits of
this dispute. That question is now taxing
the ingenuity of lawyers and the.
Concluded on It'll Page.)
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@Whcrc'n.ye have thtse?" said a
hard-handcd man of Athens the 9th
ssiSss 9S il z4s aEf sRIisFE 5Rs dis Ms
setting down two gigantic, saudily:-
painted tin'jars on the table at which
the energetic Slack vas busily writ
ing with a thump that made every
thing dance again. =.
"Whcre will I have them?" said
the journalist. leaning back IN his
seat and gazing in establishment at
the two tin horrors; "why, Twill have
them of this table ia,thc first place,
and out of this room in the second
place"
il. You told me to bring 'cm here
and you'd gin EN- good place. -.
u told YOU to bring them here?
said Slack; "whcn! where! howl"
"Whv," said the would be exhibl,
tor, you writ it on to my letter and
sent back to me. Here it is, in a
big hand, plain as print" and he
produced letter which, sure enough,
was endorsed in the bold hand of the
editor: "Send them to the art gal
lcry, and if they are what You say
they are, we viii give them a good
place
Pulling over it for a minute, he
turned back the leaf, and his aston
ishmcnt subsidized into a smile as he
read:
q have got two of the handsomest
painted water-colors in Boston, which
/ want to show in the Mechanics
Fair"
"Young man, go cast, to the Quin,
cy Hall, and perhaps you can get
space, but next time YOU write q let,
ter about Your merchandise spell
cooler with two o's and an e.'-Bos'
ton Chronicle.
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GIRLS WHO SING.

A noted American songs:rcss pro-
tests against the popular folly of
sending girls abroad to be educated
in music. 1t is nothing in the
world but anabsolute waste ofmoney
for young American girls to go to
Europe. They have completely de-
moralizcd those foreign teachers, as
Americans have dcmoralizcd Europe.
There are the Milan masters; they
do their biggest business now swind-
ling American girls. They tell them
lies about their voices. and coddle
them up with great ideas as to their
s3tS64s sg SSa64s 5BAt 81 At}Em 81 iest t&es5G tssi ga2s
haveonly to hint that they come
fom America and they are taken IN
most woefully. Unquestionably they
can be educated here. They have
only to practice selfdenial and study
incessantly and hard, and the day
will not be far distant when the
voice of the foreign opera-singcr
would no longer be heard in this
land. Do YOU know, l am fairly dis
gusted with our people for running
after foreign singers as much as
they do, instead of trying to bring
out our home talent? Naturally,
American girls have the sweetest
voices in the world. No country on
the earth produces finer natural
voices, and if the people of this vast
republic would only encourage our
girls to perfect their musical ednea-
ton, and the girls would only give
up their folly and cultivate their
bodies and taste, we wouldsoon have
as fnc opera as the foreigners pro
duce.
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Distinguished Newsboy.

"In this countryof ours, every boy,
has it in his own power to illustrate
the fact that "honor and shame from
no condition rise" Each and every
one, by acting well his part, can,
with industry, economy, honesty and
intelligence, find a ready road to
wealth anddistinction. Many ofthe
wealthiest most honofed men Of the
Republic to-day, have risen from the
very bottom of the ladder to exalted
position, by energetic, honest effort.
These remarks are called forth by the
perusal of an account Of the remark
able rise ofone who, but a few years
ago, was ragged newsboyin in a West
ern city. Steadily advancing, at the
early age of twenty-si3, he has been
called to fill the Office of probate Judge
"a most important and lucrative
position. The very paper that he
once called out for sale, now devotes
considerable space in making person
al mention of him. The name OF the
whilom newsboy is J. j. Gainey, now
GG5fl54std2a GGft2 lg4grfs g4grfsafieF If aGf3Galt j5aaf3Rat: GAtv
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A Brave Girl.

A Liverpool paper mentions that
on a Sunday morning desperate
encounter took place between a
housebreaker and 4 girl fourteen
years of age, named Alice Slack, ata
village near that city. John Wall
work and family went to church in
the forenoon, leaving the girl and
baby in the house. The girl was go
ing into the yard for a rug, when the
man, who was lying under the win
dow, sprang into the house, seized
her by the threat, and swore he'd
murder her if she did not tell him
where the money was. She refused,
and he pushed her down the cellar
steps and threw a chair after her.
She get up and found that he was
going up stairs. She screamed and
went up after him, and pulled him
down by the jacket. lie turned and
knocked her down, and pulled her
across the kitchen floor by the hair
of the head. He then got a heavy
walking stick from the lobby, with
which he struck her twice on the
head and several times over the
back. He then got her against the
lobby wall and kicked her severely.
She screamed and struggled hard,
and at last he pitched her into the
parlor, shut the door, and left the
house, hayingobtained nothing. On
the previous Friday, the same man
came to the house with big bull
dog, and said MrsssWallwork, who
had just gone out, lad sent him to
get his tea at the lieuse.s The girl
then shut the door iIHhis face.
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Fat or Thin.

A story is told about Perlet, the
well known French actor, whose
leanness is described as something
phenomenal" and who therefore nat
urally desired TO ''get some flesh on
his bones" A well known physician
advised him to go to one Of the bath
in@places in the Pyrenees. Perlet
accordingly asked for leaveof absence
from his theatre, and went off tothe
prescribed locality, where he drank
and bathed with.the utmost zeal and
perseverance. But neither drinking
Or bathing seemed to have any effect
on him, and he remained just as
much of a skeleton as before.
Patience urged the local doctor,
in reply to his expressions of disap-
pointmcnt. There is nothing like
the water of our springs for making
people fat!'
One day when Perleet was perfectly
soaking himself in a bath in the hope
of an increase of weight, which SEEM
in no haste to declare itself, he heard
a colloquy in the bathing cabinet
next his own, between the local Es-
culapius and lady Of enormous OBJ
esity.
doctor" remarked the, lady, a
am really losing 'hearranupaUleEpe'H'
aWhy so?" inquired the doctor.
Because, though l have been ta-
king these waters regularly for two
months, am not an ounce lighter"
"Patience, madam" " said the doctor,
in his most persuasive tones; "there
is nothing like the water of our
springs for making people thin"
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Useless Worry.

Life has great troubles in store for
all of us; and few live to be men and
women without knowing terrible
grief But, fortunately, these intense
moments cannot FIJI all the years.
Time helps us to forget at least, the
sorest of the pain. To every one
would come some JOY but for the lit
tie worries that happen with the
passing hours-cares about money
and the cost of things, small quar-
rcls, petty jealousics, false shame,
and an awful dread of what "they''
will think If We take a little com
fort, and dress and eat to suit our
selves, and know people We like
whether they are "gentcel" or not,
and say what We mean, instead OF
what is expected.
Worries eat the life away. They
gnaw and bite wrinklesint the face,
and bring gray hairs on the head,
and half the time they are not only
absolutely needless butabsurd. Why
in the name of all that is sensible,
can We not wait until the draught Of
sorrow is forced to our lips, and moi
sup nccdlessly at the cup of gall and
wormwood2
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forstlie lnteie BaA;, ..--..
the Nottheras Con nfaittee sleull e
ommend, and she Sorthern1 AsseilE I
ly should adopt, a resolution declele
ing that all acts and deliveran&s
complained Of BY the Southern are
disayowed and regretted
This demand was of course reject
ed, and SO the conference ended
We trust that the Prcsbytcrians Of
the North will now perceive that
sclf-rcspect, future union with the
Southern Church, and the honor of
the Christian religion, will be best
subseryed by leaving this subject to
the kindly influence of time and that
healing spiritual power which works
great changes in the minds of the
most decided men. thousands OF
our dear brethren in the South will
be saddened by hearing the action of
the delegates from their Assembly,
but they and We wait patiently for a
better day. If ourcorrespondence is
any index to the state of opinion in
the South, VIC must believe that the
result of this conference will be deep
ly regretted by many who are sin
cercly dearous that the last yestiges
of disunion should be. oJliterated,
and the country and the Church re-
stored to that peace andunity which
it enjoyed IN former years.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.
EDrrok ASD PRrHiErQE.

Judge Circuit Court-HoS. Jos. SMITH
Ravenswood, Jackson County
Clerk Circuit Court-C. 3. WAGGENER
Clerk County Court-E. kMBEHLISG.
President County Court-B: J. REDMOND
Prosecuting Attorney-D. W. PoLsLX.
Sheritf-CoLuMBC SEiEoN.
Jailor-J. JEwErT.
Surveyor of Lands-GEo. W. PrLLiN.
Assessor Dist. No. l-JAcoB RouSl.
Deputy Assessor-D. S. NASMATRE.
Assessor Dist. No. 9-JouS c. BUCKLEY.
Sup't Public SchOols-D. ?. GUTnRIE.
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\ patron of a. certain newspaper
once said to the publisher: @Nr. Prin-
ter, how is it YOU have never called
on me gor pay for your paper?' "oh:
said the man Of types, I'VE never rask
a gentleman for money" 'Indeed,"
replied the patron; chow do YOU man
age to getalong when theydon'tpay?"
"Why." said the editor, +after a GER
tain time we conclude that he is not
a gentleman, and We ask him" 90!
-ah-,yes!-Isee! Mr.. Editor, please
give me a receipt" and hands him a
V. make my name all right on
your books
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no fher 9Iiss me lad Home.

Do they miss me at home-do they miss me?
'Twould be an assurance most dear
To know that my name was forgotten,
As though l had never been there.
To know that the tailor and landlord,
And the banks where my.paper is due,
And hosts whom I now cannot mention,
Had banished me quite from their view.
DO they miss me at home-do they miss me?
When the market for money is tight,
And collectorsin haste are pursuing
Their debtors, by day and'by night
Dothefriends who once loanedme o Fifty"
: And the Others who loaned me q ssen,' =
Heaye a sigh OF regret as they miss ne;
And wish they could see me again u
Dotheymiss me at home-do they miss e?s
When no longer I'm seen upon Change
And do. those who were wont to assist me
ssy. .His conducts internally strange?
Does the sfglock who loaned me hismcncy,
s.46 beassaetds s;nahnogr :. Z;
Look in vain for occasions to dun me, = Z;
And wish again were at home?
But know that memory fingers
Around the dear place, as | roam;
And while Eve my wits, and my creepers
They'll miss me-they'llmiss me at home!
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Three of our town girls of the
Methodist persuasion having met to-
gcther, concluded to pray for the wei
fare of their lovers, but the first one
had not got very far along in her pc
tition when it was discovered that
they were all engaged to the same
man. The religious exercises were
at once terminated and an indigna..
ton meeting organized, the result of
which was that the gay deceiver was
was obliged to leave town, Instant
er.
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Do your own thinking. Yes, that
is the idea. Think Of yourself. 1t
is well to listen to the expressed
thoughts of others, and it isan agree
able pastime to give expression to
your thoughts; but when alone, weigh
what you have said. 1t is well to do
this, for it will assist in curing you
of false notions, and eradicatins un-
profitable ideas, but in time make
YOU m better men and women. You
will thus gain from surroundings,
YOU will unwilling transmit to the
rising generations, and the result
will be that you will do your share
in the glorious work of elevatlng the
human family. Do your own think
ing.
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. ". HOGE' - '%'
Hoge & Timms,
Attorneys and COunSellOrs at Law,
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,

POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
lOlIicc in the Court House, first door on the
right-!Iain Entranee.)
VIII practice-in the Circuit Court Of
w Mason county; the Supreme Court OF
Appeals; District Gout at Charleston.
Judge Hogc will practice in the County
Court OF Mason; also, and will be in regu-
lar attendance upon the above Courts
Collectionssolictcda cdandrcmittancesprompt,,
" made. John L. Timms having procured
an official seal is prepared to do any buSl-
ness OF . Notary Public. Address, J. W.
lIogc, Winfield, West Virginia, or John L.
Timms, Point Pleasant, West Va.
jan.29, lS74-ly.
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ess.sssszssssss;

fkSzxsSeSrSzsskeSi = .rs=s'
.s.i.3sS5 lSis:siIq sersacsf
sand nj S;,bbaths oi each month, morning
and evening. Rcr. D:. l&ac, Pastor. SAT
Lg,h school every Sunday morning ai DO
clock. i. Gilmore, Superintendent.
pgrsnYrEwlAS CuCErIL-Ma+p street; be-
twecn dh and Sih, y. I. Hill, Pastor; heS-
ijencr Wand and S;hs Preaching every
sunday nj TO- 4. NJ. Sunday School al I"
An Lecture every Wednesday crcnlH...'
Sermon 10 children every sccnad SUNDAY,
alternate months at 7. II. Preaching III
Pleasant Fia,ts. TIE Isl and =! $abba!hs 1t
"Jr. II. In Brucc's Chapel, Mercer ; lot
tom. on the ith Sabbath AT y Z NJ. Al
Piscafl Church every other month al > J..
", and at the Upper Flats whcneye: a'th
SUNDAY occurs. ,r
PrnrfsrASr Er.scurAL Cur2cIT-l'cr. /.
II. I.acv. Rector. Services Is follows: Al
Christ Church. Point Pleasant, every sun,
d,r morning at l0i o'clock, except the %
SUNDAY in each month, and every Sunday
evening, at &! O'Clock, except the sd sun
dsv in each month. sunday School At J
O'Clock. T. Slriblin., SIp'i. Nestry meet
Ing on the evening OF the26 oloaGaT IN eV-
cry month. Services 1t Bruce's Chapel on
the ID Sunday NJ 10! 4. NJ. Mason City
on tho ID Sunday at )! P. NJ. West Col
umbia the Cd Sunday at 81 ?. N.
N. =. CurRcH-Services on the lst and
ID Sabba;hs OF each month, in the even,
inc. &. c. Wilding, Pastor. Sabbath school
every Sunday morning at 9 O'Clock. T.
Pribble, Superintendent.
N. E. CurRcu, SorTH-ServiccS on the
9Th Sabbath OF each month. Rev. {. +.
Crooks. Pastor. Sabbath Schoo! every
Sabbath morning at 9 o'clock. Robert 5.
Bickel, Superintendent.
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Using the Same Towel.

Health follows ncatneSs, and dis
ease the departure from it. The use
of the same towel by many, common
in public place, though more allow
able than the use of the same tooth
brush, is nevertheless a much health
icr practice.
A prominent occulist says thatthe
contagious Egyptian or granular IN
famation of the eyes is spreading
rapidly throughout the country, and
adds: 81 have in many, and | may
say in the majority of cases, been
able to trace the disease to the use of
the so-called rolling-towels. Such
towels are generally found in our
country hotels and the sleeping
apartments of the working classes,
and being thus used by nearly every
one, are made the carriers of one Of
the most dangerous, and as regards
its symptoms, most troublesome dis
eases of the eye. l therefore would
strongly recommend that the use of
the rolling-twowel be abolished, for
thereby we will discardoneo ofthegreat
instruments for the spread of such a
dangerous disease Of the eye, by which
thousands of working men are annu-
ally deprived of their means of sup
port"
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4yIA, THURSDAYS FEBRUARY IS. TS75.
Ifeyery u1an could say 10 himself,

Ifevery man could say to himself,
asmall worries shall most certainly
not leagthennly face" if. every wo-
man could refuse to fret over such
triaes asimpudent cooks, and nap
kins with untimely- holes in them,
more. of US would liyeout the three
seere and ten years.allotted to us by
Heaven, and We should all certainly
pc much better company while swe
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1imc, of Loldinn The Conrts.

CrRcrrr CorET-rirst Monday in April,
and first Monday in October.
CorSTY CorRr-Thisd Monday in Janu-
ary: Third Monday in March; Third Mon
day in Nav; Third Monday in July; Third
Monda, in November; Third Monday in
December.
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Andy Johnson, forty-fve years ago,
crossed the Cumberland mountains
and took his seat as member of the
Legislature of Tennessee. He had
previously held municipal offices,
and has been almost continuously in
Office since. Should he survive to
the end of his new Senatorial term,
he will have been in public life for a
longer period than any other man in
this country. And throughout all
the long term.his honesty and intcg-
rity have never been questioned.
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DrNrv0IENT SOCIETlES.

MAsoxIc-Nin;urn Lodge 10. 19, meets
ON the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. c. SuREwsEuRY, Secretary:
Odd Fellows-Point Pleasant Lodge No.
SS3, |. 0. 0. F., meets every Thursday
night, in Fishers Hall. JONI 6. SroRrz,
Secretary.
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>sharpBoyss
So

The Harrisburg, Penn, Telegraph
says; @TRe small boy (o,>a number of
him of Ridge Avenue has been in
the habit of coasting down Herr
Street, from. the Ridge TO PennsyF
yania Avenue. The residents of
Herr Street didn'tlikc that-itmade
the street to icy and slippery, and
so they threatened theboys with an
imaginary ordinance forbiddins
coasting, but the boys got .'ein by
saying they used the middle of the
street tedo their coasting and they
dcfed the old 4'uns. Then a police
man was stationed TO stop them on
the crossing bnt he was in 50 msch'
danger Of having his legs SnccseF
from under. him, and he vas. conf
slled tsskeep up his continual o
ie eSsrritpp n ndisgast.
El4ti j man $
spread coal asscsSds eas ot me
street, but the small boys had him
where they wanted; they threatened
him with prosecution for throwing
ashes in the middle of the street, and
the man had to. 60 and sweep the
ashes up and carry them away
Then a policeman was stationed at
the bottom of the hill to arrest the
small boys as they came down, but
they elluded him so that. he used
strong language, and the boys had
him; the promised to report him for
using profane language, and he
thought it best not to linger about
the vicinity. Boy like, as soon as
the opposition was gone they quit
coasting.
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King Kalakaula, in reply to a
question from a Western reporter,
dWhat does your Majesty think OF
American women?" said: a think
thew are handsome bold and forward;
why, / actually received several let
ters from ladies in New York, Wash
ington, and Boston, plainly propos-
ins marriage. am bachelor; but
when want to marry woman |
will askSaer. / do not like to have
a woman propose. It is, in my opin-
ion. wrong"
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The depression in the shipping in
terest is said by no means to be con-
fined to this country. The same
trouble exists in England, where a
competent authority estimates that
there are now over 500 steamers un-
employed, many of them being for
sale, while sailing vessels crowd the
ports Of the United Kingdom, and
even when employed for some foreign
voyage, are apt to come back in bal
last. A similar state of affairs exists
on the Continent. Dullncss in the
carving trade reigns the void ever.
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There is said to be a birth every
five minutes in London, and a death
every eight minutes.
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A IL the type now in this office is entire.
n ly new. We have all the late styles Of
carfand poster type, and fatter ourScll
,ha. We can do as good work as any office
in the State. Give rs trial.
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CITY DIRECTORY.

Mavor-JAYEs II. Coycu, jE.
RccorAcr-M. II. HALE.
Sergean;--J .IEwErT.
Cuuncilmen-John ". English, Dr. ".
7. yra!c, Robert foung, I. Stribiins, and
Col. &. &. Thomas.
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Michigan men don't feel as if they
had cloped if they don't leave wife
and four children in destitute cir
'cjTmstanccs.
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A Californiaman pounded his wife
and was fined $780, he sold her silk
dress to pay the fine.