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The Morning herald., 1877-08-25
Under the ViO1etss

lands are cold; her face is whites
ara her pulses come and go
,os are shut to life and light;
/, ,be white vestures, snow on snow,
/ ,.v ber where the violets blow.
At beneath craven stone,
Head for ,.4rs With alien eyes,
fder cross Of wood alone
A say that here maiden lies
(o,ce beneath the peaceful skies.
rov old trees Of fhugest limb
4, wheel their eircling shadows round
9ra the scorchlng sunlight dim,
|, drinks the greenness from the ground
droop their dead leaves on her mound.
oar their boughs the squirrels run,
through their leaves the robins call,
t,uening in the Autumn sun,
acornrend tho chestnuts fall,
4 hi not 'fttat she will heed them all.
er the morning choir shall sing
natins from the branches high,
Very minstrel voice Of Spring
\ rills beneath the April sky,
Il greet her with Its earliest cry.
turning round their dial track,
fward the lengthenlng shadows pass,
|tle mourners clad in black,
crickets sliding through the grass,
4 ape for her.an evening mass.
\ the roctlets Of the trees
h find the prison where she lies,
ear the buried dust they seize
caves and blossoms to the skies,
bnay the soul that warmed 1t rise.
!, born Of kindhsT blood,
hid ask, "What maiden lies below2"
bly, this: "a tender bud,
h tried to blossom In the snow,
withered where the violets blow"
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Morning herald., 1877-08-25

Bishop Watson, an authority, says
the Sabbath is as old as the Creation;
and other authorities state that it was
an institution of Moses. They all agree
that it is the seventh day, or Saturday, and
that on that day only men ought to abstain
from labor.
The Morning herald., 1877-08-25
The lucky SHOT.

y wet day, sir" said the CHEEKY host
'Tavoler's Rest" as he assisted me
off my heavy riding coat.
y wet, indeed !" I replied. ''I've
share Of h during my thirty mile
a@!"
lsss ssnkasted 10 to a room with q
"a, bssrsss a IN CRATE, and, hav-
u served naih ssod hot supper and
ate sas sfAst brandy, I began to
rs solnSostbis.
wv up my chair to the fire, encased
in PAIR Of easy slippers, and
ny meerschalm preparatory to q
noke, when I was disturbed by the
be of my host.
n't you join the company in the
om, sir? We have social club held
bee week, and perhaps they may
you during the evening""
fh pleasure !" I replied. So, taking
Fs and pipe, followed my landlord
hrge room, which was almost filled
Numerous company.
ne moment of my entrance they
stening with evident satisfaction to a
Pld by one Of their number.
post briefly introduced me, and I
chalr close to the story-teller, and
ed to enjoy my smoke.
v, Mr.. White, you must begin your
Pgaln, ia honor of the gentleman.
White recommended.
must know, gentlemen" he be-
That the scene of my tale lies in Aus
puSt about the time of the gold fever
tones Of the speakers voice seemed
to me, and gave him q searching
did see?
looe Of his left ear was missing.
i,started from my seat, upsetting my
brandy by my elbow, and starting
ppany generally.
peg pardon, gentlemen; a sudden
'hat is all" I stammered out.
the same man, y" Isoliloquized.
AS supplied with a fresh glass of
and Mr.. White resumed:
L. was onlya young fellow at the
~ got bitten by the gold fever,
~ o'n'r people beside. Every pa
'"''ined dazzling accounts of the
DC found in that far-off land, SO
""''s up my mind to go and try
P''. told Mary, she cried, and tried
."ue NE, but it was of no use, I was
'"ea and soon after I left home for
Shefe entered my name on the
!, a Stserass passenger on board the
F''Silt' liner Australasia"
lry vas his sweetheart" interposed
''nahd neighbor.
'n remember the day we sailed.
'' a' the decks were very affecting.
.a' "ereparting from wives, brothers
''''erS' young fellows from their
'S' and was not sorry when the
'co us out to sea.
"'le a motley company. There
=. 'oyss OF all classes-laborers,
o'sksn-&svn lawyers and STU
a aesaH sprinkling, too, of
49, n as,'T town, and even a
Asshedst, ministers. All were
" w their .istunes at the new
4"o veg ~fsa weather during our
"Aa l. saffefsd but little from sea-
~ ~. l made many companions, but
'' one man, I took an aversion to.
>. caled Wrapping Bill. He was a
'aa-Shoulde red fellow, with great
The Morning herald., 1877-08-25

The Deadwood Pioneer predicts that next
year there will be employment in the Black
Hills for three times as many men a. there
ore now.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
Peace in Eul ope, Perhaps.

It is officially announced in London
that the protocol has been signed. A London
Times leader says: We cannot but see that
Turkey is in the background; behind all
these fair arrangements of the powers so
much depends on what the Porte will do or
decline TO do, and Russian disarmament is
promised in expectation OF SO many things
which may not e~si,y be fulfilled. On the
contrary, the dominant feelirg IN Constanti-
nople is still defiance. In the present tempe;
of the two empires the suggestion t?at ne 20
tiations for common disarmament 20 be car
ried on by Turkish delegate at S.. Peters,
burg, does not appear promising 1t may he
S Id the success or failure of this new attempt
at p~ciication must t. decided at CONSTANT
nope. The government is in the circum-
stances lrlly justified in sending out Mr..
Layard. The Turks are full OF animostv
az inst Russia and distrust OF Russia's seem
ing abetio,s and may be even less re- sorable
than three months ago. Many Interpret Rus
sia's oveltu.cs as signs of pusi!'acimity and
weakness. Layard has had the experience OF
the Turks, and perhaps there is no English.
man TO whom they would more readily listen
than to him and to The other ambassadors
We must look to impress on the Porte the
pendency of doing nothing witch may be
represented fs nu!liiyjng the PROTOCOL
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
A Celebrated Diamond.

One of the finest brilliants in
America, and one with a romantic
history, is now for sale at Salt Lake.
This stone is 1-32 Of carat lighter than
the celebrated Tweed diamond, but
its cutting is much better, and it is
considered by experts to be more val
liable. 1t weighs l:2 carats, and is
exactly half an inch in diameter.
1t Was for many hundred years in
the family of an East India prince.
This potenate presented it to the ex.
Queen Christina Of Spain, who pre-.
sented it to her daughter, ex.Queen
Isabella, on the occasion of her mar
riage. The latter was forced to sell
it, with many other diamonds, and it
was bought at an auction of her dia-
monds, which was made in London ,and
it was purchased by St. Louis gentle
man with about $50, 900 worth Of other
diamonds. He was soon after offered
$l5, 900 in gold for it by the Americus
Club OF New York, but he refused to
sell it. Subsequently it was stolen
from him while visiting at Saratoga
Springs by thieves, who employ ed
what is known the umbrella game
While alighting from the cars, a man
spcead an umbrella in his face, and
as he started back the pin was stole,
from his shirt-bosom. The trick was
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05

ystem now being in process OF disintceration,
and although the season Tor planting is at
hand already, planters are unable, as hereto
foe, to obt:in advances OF money from mer-
chants and factors, and this disastrous con-
dit'on OF Affairs, they said would continue ur-
til some stable system OF government shall
have been established. In short, business =
raralyzed, and credit almost entirely Destroy
ed througont the State in consequence OF its
precent unsettled condition. Another 1eaeon
Or speedy action urged by those gentlemen
was that carret-baggers and others jn:er~ s: ID
IN the perI ctuation OF the Chamberlain rule
were constantly inciting riots and disafiec ion,
and the most assidious care and forbearance
had to be exercised to prevent open breaches
OF the public peace, the ever-present darger
being that they might become general throu gh-
out the State. Instances and illustrations OF
this precaiious condition OF aA.airs were prc
sented to the President with some particular;
ty and detail.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
Conversation at the Ba''.

Unhappy the man doomed for his
sins to dance with partner whom he
doesn't know, dancing including con.
versing! He soon exhausts his brief
series of conventional, phrases. "What
lovely evening!' ''Dreadfully warm
isn't it?'' ''Do you like dancing!" and
the like, and then is reduced to con.
versational want. Of course if he has
talent for slander or sarcasm, he has
the source of criticising the remainder
of the company; but failing this, he is
condemned to a twenty-oyster-power
the "Happy Thought" -fulness of my
friend, Anatole Dutremplin.
The other evening Anatole Dutcemp-
lin found himself at a ball, the pa tner
of a lovely girl Of seventeen, blue
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
California CrODs.

Crop reports from all prominent
pa. IS in the interior Of California are less ia.
vorable than previous reports have Indicated.
In Sacramento Valley, where good yield had
been anticipated, m;ldew has made is appear
apce 10 such an extent as to cause serious
alalm. Il is reported throughout the greet
ga Ms owing counties OF Colusa, Yolo and
solano. Otherwise the plosl ccts in that
section Of the State ale still good, though
wan: Of rain is be:s ming TO be :elt, cspec;.'ly
lor late soNl whea:. The coat counties
moth o. SIN Flanc:sco are looking well, al
though last IS reported in some localities
IN the lower potion OF San Joaquin Valley
the c. ops are in good condition, but higher
up The river and in Los Angeles Valley there
will be but little raised except on corrugated
land.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
Seeking a Tea cher For linda.

She was at one Of the union school
houses for au hour before schoo! opep-
ed. She was tall woman, forty years
old, with jaw showing great deter-
miDation, and Linda was sixteen. and
rather shy, and pretty good looking.
The mother said she hadn't been in
the city long, and that it was her duly
to get Linda into school, and see j:,et
she was properly educated. When Tue
teacher came the mother boldly in
quired:" You know how to teach, do
you?" 81 think I do," replied Tie
teacher, blushing deeply. ''And you
ieel competent to govern the scholar S,
do you?" "Yes'm.'' "Do you pound
'em with ferule or lick 'em with a
a whip?" "We seldom resort to pun
ishment here, replied the embarrassed
teacher. "That;s better yet" contin-
ued the movher; 81 know that If Linda
should come home all pounded up I'd
feel like killing some one.
I suppose you are of respecGble
character, amt you?" "Why-abem
-why-' stammered the teache::',
growing white and then red. II ex-
pect you are," continued the womaD.
"It's well enough to know who our
children are associating with. Now.
then, do you allow the boys and girls
to sit tosethere' "No, ma'am."
''That's right. They never used to
when l was young, and I don't think
Linda is any better than I am. Now,
another thiDg-do you have beau 2"
"Why-why-'' was the stammered
reply. II think you do - resumed the
woman severely. 81 know just how
it works. When you should be explain
ing what an archipelago is you are
thinking Of your Richard, and your
mind is way, way off," 'But mad.
am ''Never mind any explana.
tions," interrupted the woman. 81
want Linda brought up to know jos.
gerfy, figures, writing, end spello.
graphy, and if you've got beau and
are spooking to the theatre one night,
condy-pull the next, a horse-race the
next, and so on, your mind can't be
on education. Come, Linda, we'll 60
to some other school-house.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
Another Railroad Combination.

The N. 7. Times of April lst says:
Messrs. Vanderbilt, Jewett and Scott, of the
New Yolk Central, Erie and Pennsylvania
railroads, held secret meeting in the G.and
Central depot Saturday, afternoon. They ac-
knowledge that they have come to an under
standing, but re use to 6;ve the p4lticula1s.
It: asset Led, however, on good authority
they have 10, med an alliance offensive and
defensive against the Baltimore Il Ohio rail
road. Another report SAYS measures were
adopted to instruct agents to make contracts
at same rates for freight as Bal imore & Onio
railro~d, and it necessary lower.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
A Proposition of South Carolina Re
publicans.

Gov. Chamberlain aud Senators
Patterson and Corb,n have proposed to the
President That comm's ion OF five ,rsons
be appointed to c--nvass the re.u:-,s O, tie last
election end declare who was elected Govern
or ard Lieat. Cove lor and also VINO were
eloc,cd members OF the Lcs:slatu- e. Iney
p opoae thee p1ars o: appointing the COM
mission as follows: F:ls;-A commission
shall be anpo'u'cd by the P4e,;dent OF the
UDi.ed State3 IN such manner as be shall
deem best; or, Second-1w wo crsons shall he
chosen by Zach pa,.y respectively which per-
sors, With the Chief Justice OF the Urit>d
Stat"s, shall co4ls:i:ue the comm's ~;on; o.,
Thild-1 NO Pc sols snail be chosen by each
p~r:y respectively; and a f>h Hson stall be
dla"n by the o.her four, by lot or otherwise,
as they may deem besS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05

80 dexterously turned that the victim
dld not discover his loss for several
hours: When, however, he found
himself minus the wonderful brilliant.
ne promptly te]egraphed to the daily
papers of New York city, offering 49,.
o0O reward and no questions asked. In
twenty.four hours his pin YVES return.
ed, and the thieves were richer the
amount Of the reward. Afterward
TINS same gentleman went to Salt Lake
City and traded his diamond for min
ing property valued at $4,000. The
mine developed well and the lucky
speculater realized over $4,000 from
this investment. The miner who re-
celved the stone was cheated out of it
6y Chicago gamblers: who sold it to a
the firm in Salt Lake City who now
possess it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05

If anyone went near him. It was the
RED wine that made him SO, mother
said. And then one night he died, and
there was great funeral. After that
mother packed up our clothes, and
went to live where she could get some
money. We've only two little rooms
now. Mother sews on a machine
Sometimes sine cries all night, ]
He had been talking very fast. but
stopped suddenly.
Mr.. Leonard moved uneasily.
"Ihls is what you wanted to tell
me!"
eyes, sir. Every time I come by
the window and see you sitting here,
T 1%'oHHdehred TT II You You had any little boy at
home, and how. he and bis mother
would feel if you should die because
of tha red wine; and then the tears
came, and Eddie Boynton slid down
from the big chair, and stood beside
Mr.. Leonard, who bad turned his face
away. Eddie wondered if the gentle.
man was crying too. lie could not see
the big, brown eyes, for his head was
dropping ur o1 his breast.
.'l,m going home, now, sir. Mother
will have my supper all ready and be
frightened if I don't come home,''
and before Mr.. Leonard rorsed from
his painful reverie, the child had slip.
ped from the warm, CHEEKY room, and
was running down the dark street,
home to his waiting mother.
In all the years 10 come, Arthur
Leonard aud Eddy Boynton, man and
boy, may never meet again. The room
in the luxurious club house is deserted;
the fire is out. the room is dark, the
heavy curtain drawn at the big win.
dow; but in beautiful home the
brown eyes LOOK lovingly at sweet
woman, and to the rosy boy who HANGS
about his| neck the father whispers
"God ble=s you, my child, end keep
US from the destruction Of the red
wine.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
April Ch2~icte, i.iic7.

April, at it's best, is the tenderest of
tender salads. Its type is the first
spear of grass. The senses sight.
hearing, smell-are as hungry for it's
delicate aud almost spiritual tokens, las
the Cattle are for the first bite of it's
fields. How it touches one and makes
him both glad and sad! The voices of
the arriving birds, the migrating
fowls, tue clouds of pigeons sweeping
across the sky or filling the woods, TIE
elfn horn OF the first honey-bee ven
turing abroad in the middle of the
day, the clear piping of the little frogs
in the marshes at sundown, the camp
fire in the sugar.bush, the smoke seen
afar rising over the trees, the tinGe of
green that comes so suddenly on the
sunny knolls ard slopes, the full trane-
lucent streams, the waxing I'd warm
ing sun,-how these things and Others
like them are noted by the eager eye
aud ear ! April is my natal month,
and am born again into new delights
and new surprises at each return Of it.
Its name has an indescribable charm
to me. Its two syllables are like the
calls Of the first birds-like that OF
tue Phnbe.bird, or o. the meadow
lark. It's very SHOWS are fertiliziDg,
and are called tho poor man manure.
Then it's odors I an thrilled by
its fresh and indescribable odors-the
perfume Of the bursting Iod, of the
quickened roots aud rootlets, of the
mold under the leaves, of the fresh
furroWs. No other mouth has odors
like 1t. The west wind the other day
came frauyht with a perfume that was
to the sense Of smell what wild and
delicate Strain Of music is to the ear.
1t was almost trapscendental. walk
ed across the hill with my nose in the
air taking it in. It lasted for two days.
l imagined it came from the willows
OF a distant swamp, whose catkins
were affordjpg the bees their first pol
len,-or did it come from much
farther-from beyond the horison, the
accumulated breath of innumerable
farms and budding forests? The main
characteristics Of these April odors is
theil pnc1oying freshness. They are
not sweet, they are ofSener bitter they
are penetrating and lyrical. I know
well the odors of May and June, of The
world Of meadows and orchards burst.
ing into bloom, but they are not so
inefable and immatelial and so stim-
ularing to the sense as the incense of
April.
One characteristic April feature land
one that delights me very much, is the
perfect emerald of the spring runs
while the fields are yet brown and
sere,-strips and patches of the most
vivid velvet green on the slopes and
in the valleys. How the eye grazes
there and is filled and refreshed!
had forgotten what marked feature
this was until I recently rode in az
open wagon for three days through a
mountainous, pastoral country. re.
markable for its fine springs. Those
delicious green patches are yet in my
eye. The fountains flowed with May.
Where no springs occurred, there
were hints and suggestions of springs
about the fields and by the roadside in
the freshened grass-sometimes over.
flowing space in the form of an actu.
al fountain. The water did not quite
get to the surface in such places, but
sent it's influence.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
M de- er Convicted at Mankato.

A dastaldly murder was committed
in Mcdo, Blue Ea's sh county, Mirroso:a, some
two ye~rs ago, Mrs. Jane Gilbert, widow
lady being tue victim. She was sitting near
her w.ndow sewing about 10 o'clock in the
evepipg, with DO one n.e~ent except her son,
twelve years old, when the murderer ap-
p:o4ched within about e:3yht<en fret of the
window and discharged at her gun heavily
lo~ded. She was ms. .4n:ly killed. Suspicion
at once fell upon one And ew A. Weston, a
eishhor who had been sued by NJ 8. G. for
SANDER, which suit was sill pending. He
was arrested and indicted, and his tri~l COM
menced at Mauka:o, March e5;h, and con-
Guided on the Goth by verdict of "Guilty."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05

We hear OF miracu 'ous cues performed bv
T. :snew princip eremedy, Dr.. }. H. Mel ans
Cough and Lung He:lirg Globules. Coughs,
Goes and Consumption yield to its trfreece.
Trial Boxes % cents, by mail. DR.. J. H Nc
] an, 3l4 CHI tnut, street s.. Lo1is.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05

The thirty-fourth University boat
race in England between the Oxford and Cam
bridge crews took place on the oath and was
declared dead heat. Oxford would b: We
won but the breaking of an o<;.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
Wade Hamp: o1 Calls on the Pc >,leu,

11''7''P VI 0H:10 Oh CQB f1e-lQeGt.
Wade Hampton, Senator Gordon and
Attorney Gene !! Conner, of South Carolina.
called upon the President at the apk o;2tcd
time on the 29th, and lunchcd with HIM.
The conv"rsstion in the interview which to,-
lowed was OF free and general character. l.
related psiu:e''y to tie quec on as to the
probable condition Of tire State in case the
troops should be Withdrawn. The po;n:s
urged by Governor Hampton and his friends
were as follows: Fhxt, they Claimed that
there is an imperative necessity for SPEEDY
actic1, as the planting inte.e-:s of South CIR.
olina are absolute danger Of destruction by
the present unsettled state Of af irs, the lsbo,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1877-04-05
Speeches by Wade HamntOn.

While en- route to Washington Wade
Hempton was greeted by a &c crowd at
WilmiD, ION, N. c., and spoke as follows:
My lends, l go 10 Warrington simply to
state te'ore the President the TACT that the
r>ople OF South Carolina have elected me
Governor OF that Site. I 90 there to say to
him that we ask no recognition from any
President. We claim the recognition from
the votes OF the people ofthe State. got there
to assure him that we are not fighting for
party, but that We a'e fighting for the good
of the whole country. l lam going there to
demard our rights, nothing lesa, so help me
God, to take nothing less. l 60 to tell him
the condition that South Carolina has been
in Tor years past, and that our people have
been under disadvantages never encountered
by any people on the continent; that they
carried the election, we,e successful, and that
they propo-e to enjoy the traits OF Their VIC
tory" At Richmond 5000 people greeted
him with music, cannon and fire works. He
spoke as follows: ''The people Of South Car
DINA are in ea.nect. We have tlicd compro-
mise in vain, SO last all we planted our feet
firmly on the constitution, and began the bit
tie Tor our rights. We remember cd that ours
was one OF the original 10 States, and strong
men and noble women joined hands in the
struggle, declaring by Almighty God they
would sacrifice everything to win. ICheers,
ana voice, "And you DID ~;n" Yes my
friends, we did win. You cannot imagine
what those people bad to bear to win their
constitutional victory, but they won, and
fully 10000 colored men ce-operAted With
them, and now thousands and tens of thous-
ands OF colored men are Plying taxes to my
government. fCheers.1 And now all we ask,
is that the federal troops lie witbd avn Gom
the State House fsouth C~rolina, the only
place in the Site where my Authority is rot
respected. Send the soldiers to the barracks.
where they t:lorg and leave the government
OF that sia;e to men who are strong enough to
sustain it. My people tell me 70 hold on, and
60 long as they have the right to sive me
such advice, so help me God viii hold on. -