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Vanity.

There is no more common fOible in the
world than vanity, nor one which renders
its possession more ridiculous, unless it is
kept we'll under the control of good sense
and; as a lule, The vain person is too vain
to be conscious that ske needs anv re.
straint whatever; and if one should dare
suggest such necessity, true to her in.
stincts, she would believe that the hint
proceeded from envy and all uncharit-
ableness." 1t is q little, curious some.
times to examine into the causes Of the
weakness, which are often quite made.
quate to the effect: this one is vain of
"having made himself" as the saying
goes, when the result is hardly worth the
effort; that one plumes herself upon he,
conquests, when she has utterly failed to
CONQUER herself; upon the family tree
though it be nothing but sapling; upon
her talent, though it be wrapped in. 8
napkin; upon her refinement. which will
not allow her to call spade spade, bu,
enters no protest against the reputation
OF SANDER; upon her courtesy, which is
more precept than example; on her sin.
certy, which is mere preaching than prac.
ticc. We do not deny that a little vanity
like q homeopathic dose ofpoison,is very
excellent in its place enough I'd keep
one in selt-respect to insure self-posses-
sion, love Of fine society; amiability, an
agreeable presence, an unblemished: toi:
lette; but It is more of: those things Of
which little goes great way; it often
outlives the quality which" engenders it
beauty vanishes but the empty pride il
awoke remains, conveying an impression
as unseemly as flowers upon a deaths
head; the voice loses it's charm. the hand
its cunning, the brain its vigor, but nutri.
ment has been stored for the vanity to
feed upon all the same. IN fact it will
thrive upon the meagerest diet, wax 1at
and lusty upon huaks, and compliment
has been known to support it q lifetime
It is hard TO- say why we condone the
fauts in the young, and reprobate in the
old and mi'ldle-aged !; why it seems sc
much more natural and less offensive in
one than the other; why We listen with
interest to the sentimentalities, of youth
and amuse ourselves with the tender re:
mipiscences Of age-unless it is that the
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/: 8. The garden is a source OF. profit: Il
have known q man who realized as much
from what he sold fromhis garden of one.
half acre, as his hard working brother did
from what he sold from his farm OF more
than one hundred acres. It is said that
man consumes about sixteen hundred
pounds per annum.. How much OF this
could and should come from the garden,
Il can buy my vegetables" says one
standing by, and who calls; in the doctor
frequently, cheaper th@n 7 can raise
Them" Not 80, indeed, / answer, if you 20
take into account the health and instruc7
ton impaired blythe garden. Then it is
so delightful to see your, own lettuce
radishes, tomatoes, melones, peas, beans
:and-sweet corn growing. 1t is SO pleasant
to 60 out and pick with your own hands
your ow1 curfants, grapes; pears and
peaches: And what if you happen to
raise a few snch things to give away 10
your poor neighbors Does il not all come
in for profit? 4 garden then prom ote!ss
your health, 'ihparts Instruction and
greatly helps to sustain your table. TT
helps Other people also: Some things
;;you can afford t. do Without b4t I. see
not how you can live really happy; life
without 9 garden. Do youa-Cor., Ger.
1etegTlpA. ros ,,,,: y y, .
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A Dangerous Ifen,.

/ We do not remember in what journal
we first saw the following extract as an
Original item; but, since il has recently
been copied without comment by several
contemporaries, attention should be
directed to it. The article states that
"a poison of any conceivable descrip-
tion and degree of potency, which has
been Intentionally or accidentally swal-
lowed may be rendered almost instantly
harmless by SIMPLY swallowing two gills
of sweet oil. An individual with very
strong constitution should take nearly
twice this quantity. This oil will most
positively neutralizc every form of veget-
able, animal or mineral poison with
which physicians aud chemists are ac-
|iQuainted.
|: The idea that sweet oil will ncutralize
such poisons as prussic acid, nicotine,
strychnine, eurare and host of ethers
less speedy in their action, is almost too
absurd to demand refutation. In some
cases, when taken into the stomach in
large quantities, it may serve to envolve
acrid and poisonous substances and miti-
gate :heir action, until the arrival ot a
/ physician with specifics shall relieve the
patient from danger; but it is not to be
used in all cases, for its administration,
for instance, Immediately after the swal-
lowing of q corrosive mineral acid, such
as oil Of vitriol, would be followed by
most fearful results.
As the great multitude of poisons
known to the physician and chemist are
classified according to their varied molo
Of action on the animal economy, it is
evident that the method of treatment in
cases of poisoning most likely vary. There
can be no one specific for all.
1t is to be hoped that no one will be
simple enough to try this antidotc: for if
he does, the absurd person who penncd
the quoted statement may have human
life to answer for Scientific american
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-05-30
Cyclone In Wisconsin,.

2 "A cyclone struck the large framc house
oef Mrs. DiF. Brown, in the town of Fitchburg,
t1four miles from Madison, Wis, on the 2Sd
inst, demolishing the house and carrying the
sdebris OF 1t and straw-stack into the air. BY
amiracle almost, the family were absent from
the house when the storm struck it and no
49, one was injurned. 1t is reported that the
storm has donc considerable damage at
Oregon, ten miles south Of Madison. Several
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Nd IT In .Frs"ee-He Has Trouble With
French M0neH. '''''''

Old St IN. .Frsnee-He Ha. Trouble VIZ.
. 49,, French MoneB. -, '.'' =
=. lAtlanta Constitution.
"Fse)g )gwine ter git hankruptid of I stay
heah much longer!' said Old 81, after one Of
his morning excursions.
"What makes you think so?o
ffKase I,se bin heah two weeks now, an -
kant tell how much ten cents is in dis French
money, no. way dat kin fix it!''
"What is the difficulty?" ''''' ':'N
"Dat's hit-ef deyd only print dere 'rith-
meticks in Nunited States talk 20 dat could
git er grip on hit; I mought< sorteer keep
books wid desc folks, but dey don't"
"Oh, you will learn by and by!" ..'
"Jeds bout de time dat Use bustid I'll kno'
al bout hitA-zdat is, I'll kno' how; ter count
what hain't got, an devil kno' how ter keep
what Pse glib 'em! OATS jess de nine hole
dat Use tryin to keep outen.'' "..
Swell, what is it that bothers you about
the money! :.
"W'y,1I goes out wild dis ~silber piece dat
looks like er quartee to git achance; de- man
in de store gibs me er hundred centimes, ez
he says. Den thinks he's done cheeted his
sef, but dat amt my fault. goes. in. next
do an buys somethin' dat's mark'd twenty
five sous, which kno's fun New Orleens
means cents, an fore de Lord, de man takes
dat hundred centimes dat, I calls er dollar
an makes me glib him five cents mo- tier
boot! Dst's what I call highway and low
flung robbery"' 4, ; ., =, ~; q, =. ::
"But that silver, piece was onl y twenty
cents! and one hundred confines make ore
franc, or twenty cents, you seer"
II heah yer, but 1'se studyin' now!''
"What about?'
"Dey say dat er heap Oh dem Nuuited
States bonds is helt ober dis way, don't
dey?" >. -.
$50 they are.''
"Well, all Use got ter say is dis, dat I amt
no repudiashuner Of wuz fer de silber bill,
but when I gets home again Use fer payin'
de furrin bond-holders or hundred centimes
on de doller. Ise bound ter get eben sum-
howv' &!
Then he counted his money again and went
out after a pair of "galluses.''
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There was a cry of swatch! watch

There was a cry Of "Watch! watch !!
murder!''' from the corner Of Linn and
Richmond streets on Thursday morning
at one. o'clock. Three policemen and a
physician ran at high speed to the scene
of distress, and found man standing in
the middle Of the street. Upon being
asked That was the matter, he said that a
man had been trying to rob him. "Wcll,"
said one Of the policemen, ibid he rob
youg" "No,' said the man; II didn't have
anything"
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Strawberry Shord Gale. Ono quart Of
flour; pice of butter the size of an egg;
one teaspoonful of soda and two .oft
cream-of tartar; sweet milk to mix. Siftr
the cream-of-tartar with the flour; rub.
the butter thoroughly through the -four
and dissolve the soda in the milk: mix
soft and bake in flat tin; when done,
split open, butter and spread thickly
with crushed berries. cream and sugar or
berries and sugar only; spread fruit over
the top or cream and sugur.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-05-30
Floods In Dea0VvOOo.

The heavy snow storm in the vicinity
Of Deadwood, D. T., lately followed by warm
weather and rain, caused Deadwood and
Whitewood creeks TO overflow their banks
and food great portion OF the town A two
story building on Lee street, occupied by the
Mankato furniture Manufacturing company,
was carried with great rapidity down stream
two hundred yards where i. struck bridge
and went to pieces. a man whohad been un-
able to get out before lcapctl from the house
ON the bridge just before the collision. Several
smaller houses were also carried away by the
flood. Edward Prcblc was struck by falling
roof and knocked into the stream, but was
finally rescued. NJ fatalities have occurred.
Much Of the road between Deadwood Lead
City and Central City is washed away and
much damage to placer claims has resulted
The entire damage thus far is about 5000
principally to miners. Water still rising.
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Milwaukee Produce Market.


GRAIN-Wheat, opened weak and 10 lower,
and closed firm; No. I hard, 5l.o7K;, No. ],
1.06H No. 2, 1:0lh; Nay ,1.0Ah; June. l.03x
Jplyl ,Olas; No: 8, 90c, Corn shade nrlner, No.
Q, Soc; new 37@3sc. Oats easier; No. q, Ad;
Rye. Rys es.ier; No. !, 5ehc' Barley firm; No. Sc
PROVISIONS and nominal; mess pork,
81. rs. Lard, prime steam, o.o7h.
= Chicago Produce Market. T.
0RAIN-Wheat unsettled, active, weak, but lower,
No. Chicago LOS bid cash and Nay; sales 1t LOOK
@102 June; closed 1.0lH@1.Mx June; $500
9eK July; No: > Chicago e4K0seX. Corn unset
tied and generally lower and actve. high mixed aud
No. mixed Solic cash; Ss4e bid NAY; 38h@38A
June: sales 7A0ss7sc June: 3sMc bid July; re.
jected 36h@37. Oass aettve but lower; 24xc cash
24A bid juno; 2aA bid July; 24Ac August. Rye
duh and lower. at t9hc. Barley eesier; q 47kc.
PROV1S1ONS-Pork opened weak and lower, bui
closed hrm; ontside prices 47.6007 10 caah 7.6d
June; sales 7.e211@7. .6sh June; 1907 sX July;
1,;Mnoa@ AAnxg.t. A. % L:rd' IN good demand; bai
0eoo July; d.57h e.eoAusust. Bulk meats quiei
and unchapgecsl
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Ignatius Donnelly's 3 coachman took little
too much red-eye on Saturday, and allowed
his horses to run away. He did not find
them till the next morning, when one of the
horses was badly injured and the carriage .
wreck.
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A. lllin~is Horror.

An atrocious murder was committel at
Arlington Illinois, on the 2Gth inst. Sam Car
ney, yonng man who had been refused per-
mission to visit Mss Cullenbine, ia 'yodng lady
OF his acquaintance, went to her room, cut her
throat with . razor, shot her with revolver
and being met by Mr.. and, Mrs. Cullenbine
on his way down stairs, shot the father in the
hip, cut Mrs. Cullenbine severely with a
drew a razor across his own throat several
times, and expired almost instantly. The
parents are severely but not fatally hurt. The
daughter lived but few minutes.
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houses were torn down, and q number of the
inmates injured and two killed.
The Il reat 1scree.

1t is believed that the secret which
Williamson, the escaped convict from Sing
Sing recently convicted offorgsry lasLondon,
offered to impart for the sum OF s75OO0, was
the flooding OF European ports with $50 coun-
terfei4 Uuted tatesgnational bank currency
large amount OF which is finding its way 10
this country through emigrants. Another
counterfeit has been detected by Samhel Car.
penter, general eastern agent Of the Pcnnsyl-
vania railroad, and $50 treasury note was
offered to Mr.. Hyer, general ticket agent, who
not liking the appearance Of the bill, showed
it to Mr.. Carpenter, who pronounced it q
counterfeit. 1t was sent to a bank aud there
also pronounced a dangerous counterfeit
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-05-30
The PROPOSED Eles tlOn Law.

The main feature Of the bill reported
in the Senate by Mr., Edmunts on The esubject Of
- tho electoral vote for President md Vice Pres
ide 1T, Is provision that no electoral vote from
any State from which but one return has been
aFreeeiycd shall be rejected, except by any af.
~ firmatvc vote OF both houses of Congress, and
that in case where more than one return is
!, received from any State the votes only shall be
counted OF those electors whose title of electors
the two houses acting separately shall con-
= cervently decide is supported by the decision
( cf1he lawful tribunal Of such State, provided
; for by its legislature.
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Terrible DiaAktpP,

IT. pleasure steamer, Empress of
I"aia, with II party Of about Is persons on
BOARD, became unmanagcablc and capsized
over Il dam on Grand river, at Gait, Ontario
on the ed inst. All passengers were plunged
into the river below. AS yet only ore body
has been recovered, that of Harry Jatfray, OF
Gait, reporter of newspaper. Among the
missing are Edward Wren, Thos. Elliot, Fred
Kane, John Frazer, James Montgomery, one
Of the proprictors Of the boat, Andrew Jack.
son and David Scott. Excitement in the
town is intense. Little reliable information
can be obtained. Diligcnt search is being
made Mt and below the scene of this diaster.
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.Allrxed lkrench uY Trust

John G. Tappan has brought suit
against Amherst college in $4,000 for breach
Of conditions, whereby it holds the bequest of
his father John Tappan, who left $4,000 to
found professorship of the pastoral case
1t is alleged that the college neglected to ap-
point a professor within the stipulated time
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NEWS OFTHE WEEK.
ESl,xn sArnIn Ma, ket.

The Mark Lane Express in reviewing
the British corn trade the past week says:
IhE abundant rainfall and lower temperature
last week have occasioncd apprehension re.
garding the cereals, especially on heavy lands
and q speedily return OF dry and warm days is
,ecdedte alley anxiety: The general agri-
cultural prospects would be seriously leopard
lied by a continuance Of the present cold damp
weather. Trade is excessively dull both in
the country and Mark Lane, although sup
plies Of home grown wheat come forward
spairngly, and farmers have shown more de-
sire to realize in spite Of the declining prices.
Offerings OF English wheat at Mark Lane,
although scanty have been in fair condition
but there was decline OfOnc shilling to two
shillings per quarter on Monday, AMI buyers,
showed little disposition to avail OF conces-
sions and similar reduction was neccssaryto
effect sales Of foreign, Of which the imports
into London haye been more liberal, owing to
the rcopcning Of the harbor of Cronssadt and
the arrivatof some recent heavy shipments
from the Atlantic ports Of the United States
large proportion Of the weeks supply con-
sisted OF rcd wheat OF the total import OF
about 50 1000 quarters nearly 10000 were con-
tributcd by America and Northern Russia.
The supply is outstripping the demand, and
ns no fresh political complications have
arisen business Is very restricted and sales
are only practicable In retail. Should present
backward weather continue rally may
speedily take place, as the imports, although
large, are not so excessive but an unfavorable
state Of the home crop will exercise its full
influence upon prices. Arrivals at ports all
during the week hayc been fair, and trade
ruled steady for American wheat. Russian
was not much wanted and declined one shin-
ing to TWO shillines per quarter.
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Kesnlna atlons CONFIRMED.

The Senate has confirmed the follow
ing nominations: John A. Smyth, North Car
olina, as minister resident aud consul general
to Liberia; Timothy c. Smith, vice consul ut
Galatz; F. W. Oakley. United States Marshal
western district Of Wisconsin; Rogers. Green
Of Washington territory, associate judge Of
the supreme court of Washington territory;
VIM. B. Chandler, OF Illinois, Surveyor general
OF Idaho. As receiver Of public money, Ed
ward NJ. Burn, Bismarck, D. 4.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1878-05-30

The tornado which passed over Madison,
Wis, on the 23d., proves to have been more
widespread and destructive than was thought
at first. The storm came from the direction
OF the southwest. In the vicinity OF Primrose
twenty five miles southwest Of Madison from
there through Mount Vernon to Paoli, the
storm seems to have done wide spread damage
From o5 to 80 barns and farm houses were
blown down. some Of them utterly destroyed
and the debris csrricd of before the mighty
avalanche of wind, some of it falling at II or
10 miles away, one shutter If house falling
in Lake Mendoza near Madison Some IL or
Ii per-nlls are known to be killed and large
numbers seriously injured. Graphic vet ter
riblc descriptions are given Of the terrible
effect Of tho tornodo. Teams and wagons are
reported taken from the roads and carried in
the air and dashed to the ground. At Dr. Geo.
FOX's, near Oregon, his valuable horses in q
pasture were taken up hundred feet in the
mir carried fifty rods and dashed to the carth
killing them instantly. The storm came from
the direction of Mineral Point where it
wrought much terrible damage, raised from
the ground, seven or eight miles southwest of
Madison and again striking tine earth
near Fort Atkinson northeast OF here. Near
Primrose and Paoli the storm seemed from
half Il mile to a mile in width and swept
everything bcforcit, moving down trees, s,fcnces
barns houses and shr,lbbery as if it were a
scythc
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Sian Privat~ers,
1t is reported by the captain Of the
steamship Gamma, from Bermuda, that the
English ironclad Serious, swift cruiser, left
that port with sealed orders, supposed for the
coast of Maine, to look after the movements
OF Russian vessels in that quarter. The Brit
ish fleet at Bermuda, consisting of several
quick sailing gunboats, also received orders
to sail at once for Halifax
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-27

The recent death of two prominent men
Of New York, viz: VIM. Foster and VIM.
Orton, serves to illustrate the advantage, or
we might say, the superiority, of invest
ments in a good life insurance com pany over
many other investments. Notwithstanding
the almost unprecedented success which at.
tended the efforts of these men, in promot-
ing great business enterprises, they both
would have died poor, but for the few thou
sand dollars which their keen business fore
sight and proper estimate of mans duty
to his family prompted them to lay aside, for
the purchase of life insurance, that each
would leave at his death large amount OF
wealth for the benefit of his family. One
left nothing, the other comparatively moth
ing. Mr.. Foster was insured for 100000,
Mr.. Orton for $4,000, and these sums will
be paid to their families, without the incur
ring of any legal expense whatever. These
two cases out of many similar ones, in them.
selves, prove the benefcence of the system
of life insurance. Statistics show that 95
merchants out of 100 die bankrupt, and it
really does seem that lite insurance, in this
country, where men are the architects of
their own fortunes, is of the greatest advant-
age, These two men appreciated this fact,
and now their families realize the benefits
and blessings of their thoughtfulness.
The Portland daily press., 1878-06-27

"Ihe uery man OF all others avho has the
deepest interest IN sound currency, and
,oho suffers most By naischierous legislation in
money matters, is the man avho earns his dai-
ly bread By his daily toll. a deprecated cur.
rency, sudden changes of prices, paper money
falling betaoeen morning and noon, and fal.
ling still loauer betaueen noon and night, these
things constitute the oery harvest time of spec
ulators, and Of the ,ohole race of those aoho are
at once idle and crafty. 4 disor-
dered currency is one of the greatest political
epils. Hundermines the yirtues necessary for
the support Of the social system, and encour-
ages propensities destructive to its happiness.
1t acars against industry, trugality and econ
omy, and it fosters the eril spirits Of ertrou-
agance and speculation. Of all the contri-
uances for cheating the laboring classes of
mankind, none has been more efectaal than
that aohich deludes them NTH paper money.
This is the most efectual Of intentions to fer
tilize the rich mani s fields By the saveat of the
poor mans bro,u. Ordinary tyranny, oppres-
sion, excessive taration, these bear lightly up
on the mass OF the community, compared ,oith
fraudulent currencies and the robberies COM
mitted By deprecated per."-DanieI
Webster.