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INGENIOUS MATRIMOVY.

Benjamin Treat Mapes, if all the charges
alleged against him are true, is very inge-
niOus marrying scoundrel. He married a
Miss Harriet Flynn Jenkins in New York
last August, and has already deserted her
and gone into retirement of single blessed
ness, where he cannot be traced. The de-
scription of his pereon calls wildly to mind
one r. B. Martin, who, in 1877, performed a
slippery matrimonial feat with great address
and dexterity, and Mapes and Martin are he
lieved to be one. A Southern family
residing in New York were about to
remove and advertised for place
as q governess or companion for a
young girl who had been living with them
and in whom they had an interest. They
received a letter from Hartford, purporting
to be from Mrs. Helen Kingsley, who
wanted a companion to travel with her to
help her take care of an invalid brother.
The girl accepted the position at salary
that was salts actory. A place of meeting
Mrs. Kingsley was fixed upon, and the girl
had to travel some distance alone to get to
the place. When she got there she did not
find Mrs. Kingsley hut the invalid brother
in waiting. Mrs. Kingsley was somewhere
the girl went by boat. On the boat the in .
valid was seized with spasm and had to re-
tire to his state-room. It became
the girls duty to put mustard
plasters upon him. This she did and
was early broken into her position az nurse.
At the place designated Mrs. Kingsley did
not appear, but the invalid brother got a
letter signed Mrs. Judge Kingsley, and ex-
cusing herself for not putting in an appear
ance on the plea of sickness, and charging
the new companion to take the best care of
her brother, who was subject to cramps, and
liable to be attacked by them at any mo-
ment. The girl could not leave sick man
of whom she had taken charge, away from
home and friends. so she continued to travel
with him and apply mustard plasters to his
cramps, which he had very frequently
So they travelled to Buffalo, and
to jamestown, Ohio, where the
invalid said he had large estates.
He showed the girl his property and asked
her to marry him. This she refused to do
until their return to New York, where the
invalid brother married his caretaker. Very
soon he left for Northampton, Mass, to re-
turn in three days and embark with his wife
for Europe. He did not return, and never
has returned. Then another Kingsley let
ter came stating that the absent husband
was very sick, and telling the deserted wife
that if she did not get another letter she
might know that he was dead. She did not
get another letter of course-and that is the
way r. B. Martin got rid of his wife. All
the circumstances point to Mapes and Martin
being one.
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A MYSTERIOUS RAIN OF STONE.
akron, O., special to Cleveland Leader

Akron, O., special to Cleveland Leader
On Tuesday last while Mrs. Michael
Metzler, living in tho vicinity of the southern
corporation line of Akron, was huskine corn
in field, she was struck by several stones
which came from an unknown SOU CO. Later
in the day her children were struck in the
same way, and fed in terror to the house.
On Wednesday evening, while Mrs. NJ. was
again in the field, she was again struck by
large Jumps of earth and several stones
in similar manner as before. Yesterday
morning, as Mrs. NJ. and her little daughter
were standing before the cellar door,
a large pebble came up from tn cellar,
striking the little girl in the face. ALI this
is unaccountable, for the family reside in q
rather anc,en! brick house, and on last
evening party of eight gathered in the
main room. which contains two windows
and two doors. Father Brown, q Catholic
priest OF this city, was present, and about
10 O'Clock offered a prayer. Hardly had he
finished. however, before two large. sized
stones fell at his feet, followed by dozen
or more pebbles, which came from the cell
ing and walls, striking the persons who were
IN the room.
All these stories have been circulated
through the city, and to get the bottom facts
of the affair, the Leader correspondent, to-
gether with companion, paid visit to tie
house to-day shortly alter dinter. The
Leader man found the lady of the house and
her family busy at work making apple but
ter, and after introducing himself to Mrs.
Metzler, began a conversation regarding the
strange freaks Of the stones. At the time
both windows and doors were closed, and
the reporter and his companion we're sitting
in chairs near the door, where an excellent
view of the room could be obtained. Mrs.
Metzler, with tears in her eyes, declared it
was not ghosts or anything of the
kind, and said it must be a curse on the fam
lily. As she spoke she was standing in the
middle of the room, and had pointed out to
the reporter from whence the stones come,
when suddenly pebble. the size of hlck-
ory :.ut, dropped from the ceiling and fell,
striking Mrs. Metzler on the arm. The re-
porter witnessed all this, and picked up the
stone as it fell. Soon after this neighbor
came to the front door. and inquired if any
thing more had tr.nspired.
The reporter walked to the door and was
showing the stone which had just fell to the
neiRhbor. when lurger pebble, four times
the size of the first one, struck the reporter
IN the shoulder and fell to the floor. His
companion saw the stone come through the
ceiling about yard from where the other
one had come from.
Mrs. Metzler stated to the reporter that at
night the stones fell with whistling noise.
She showed to the reporter about twenty
stones that had fallen during the afternoon.
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Cooked Meats for fowls.

Fowls, as we'll as dogs, become quar-
felsome if fed on raw meat. Besides
cooking makes it more nutritious. When
raw it is rather harsh and crude, COM
pared with the mild natural diet of WORMS
and grubs, which are for the most part
soft, and easily dissolved by digestion.
Occasionally, for variety, little meat
may be given raw. Fish, when plenty,
is mole conveintly given boiled, because
in that state the fowls easily pick every
morsrl from the bones. and no mincing
is required. Chambers scraps have the
advantage of being already cooked, and
on that account, as we'll as many others,
they are excellent----TNe Poultry Workd.
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Buchan'S
Carbolic Balm Ointment

IS THE BEST eALVE IN TIE WORLD.
No other Salve or Ointment makes such quick
and startling cures. 1t iloals without u scar. It
sootSes burn or q scald In q Minute. It heals
cut and draws out tho poison OF Z wound or
sting like magic.
Balm Ointment contains no grease, and washes
of without soap. LIS value Tor use where fire.
quent dressings are necessary Is thus doubled
scalds, Cuts, Wounds, riles. e.re Eyes, Poison.
Gus Stings and Bites, BARRIERS Itch, Chapped
Hands, ScrOfulOus SOres. and any and every 9TH,
erpurpOse for which Salve or Ointment can be
used. Buchan's Carl'olic Balm Ointment is the
It Is beautiful Jelly colorcd article, sold III glass
bottles. See to Il thai you! druggist gives you
Bucham's, as above described. Circulars sent
tree on application to the manufacturers.
TORREf. TEMPLErON 4 co, New York.
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VARIOUS MONETARY RUMORS.
Washington Special (Oct. ~ to Chicago Tri-
bune]

Washington Special (Oct. l4) to Chicago Tri-
bune.l
Secretary Sherman, with United States
Treasurer Giltillan, have gone to New York
to be absent four or five days. There are
ing from the visit. Without vouching for
their accuracy, these rumors are herewith
given: The fact that the treasurer drew up-
on the New York syndicate bankers for
$4 ZOO, 600 last week, and the rumor that
another draft is to be made this week for five
additional millions said to be due the gov
ernment, has caused sudden and consider
able rise in the gold market. In connection
with this rise there are suspicious that
powerful combination has arranged to lock
up gal tenders and to create a panic in the
market. The National banks, too, in New
York are
FEELING VERY UNFRIENDLY
towards the treasury department at present
on account of the action Of the department
with respect to the order charging the banks
for the transportation of currency TO WASH
ington for redemption. Indeed, it is stated
that the banks are SO much incensed that
they have declined to send any currency hero
for redemption. The order making this
charge is regarded by the banks as unreas-
enable, as calculated practically to defeat tho
law organizing the redemption agency, and
as having no real object except it be to lock
up Sic, ,OO0, 900. possibly $15, 900. 600, of le-
gal tenders in the per cent. fund 30 that
they may not he presented Jan. LIST for re-
demption. Coupled with this is the belief
of many New York bankers that Secretary
Sherman intends to use bis $2OOOO,OOO Of
silver to
BARRICADE HrB GOLD
on Jan. l. and to force the payment Of silver
out first whenever 'eeal-tenders shall be pre-
sented for redemption. These circumstances,
in view of the fact that redemption is but
two months and a half of, have created such
conditions in the money market as the rise
in gold, increase in interest rates, and re-
ductlon of the amount of legal-tender re-
serve held by the banks almost to tho
minimum, that the personal attention of the
secretary OF the treasury has become neces-
sary.
The friends of the treasury here maintain
that the friendship of the national banks of
New York City, which alone have $50, ,OOO, 600
of legal-tenders, is very essential to assiss
the treasury department to resume. Should
these national banks alone be hostile, they
could efectually
BREAK DOWN ANY BARR1cADE
of silver, and by the presentation of tho legal
tender which they hold absorb all the silver,
and on the first day draw from the treasury
SIC, 100000 of gold. Persons holding init
mate relations to some of the New York
banks say that these banks would certainly
take speedy steps to convert their legal ten
ders into gold, first disposingo of the &C.,
O0O.OOO which they might be required to
taka in silver tn merch8nta fnr ryanfoyna
dues.
These rumors may not have good founda-
ton, but there evidently has been enough in
them or some of them to cause the secretary
of the treasury and treasurer of the United
States to visit New York 18th the expecta-
ton of remaining there . number of days.
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HOAES IN THE WEST.

Persons looking westward for homes
in procure full information concerning
he GARDEN SPor of Iowa and Mime
TIA, by subscribing for the Worthiug-
IN ADVANCE, published At Worthington
Minnesota. Send s. for one year; 81
or six months, and so cents for three
months, to "ADvANcE, Worthington
Mobiles county, Minnesota"
The Worthington advance., 1878-10-24

Lady (giving an pple to little boy):
"Give this apple to the one of Us three
here whom you think the h&ndsomest."
The Worthington advance., 1878-10-24

Square silk neckerchicts. cream. white
or with dark cen,ers and Scotch plaid
borders, will be much worn around the
neck outside of wraps,
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IMPORTANT.

On and after April lst, the Train heretofor
known rs the st. James Accomnodat lion,
on THE
St. Paul and Sioux Citv r. r..
Will be run through between
st. Paul Il Worthington.
This will enable Emgrants and Land Seekers
to 60 THROUGH BY AYLIGHr
Passengers from p,ints east OF Mankato. on
the Winona and ST. Peter railroad, leaving Wi
MankatO, and reach Worthinston the same af.
teInOON.
J. w. BISHOP, J. F. LINCOLN, j. c. BoYpEN.
Gen. Manag'r. Supt. Gen. Tiki A. rt
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BUSINESS CARDS.
BANKS.
OFFICERS.
OF,FICERE
JOSEPH CHADWICK.
Register of Deeds,

Worthingto'e, MOBILES County, MINI.
Has the only complete set Of Abstract Books
IN the county.
viii furnish abstracts OF titlc pay taxes for
nOn-re>i.lentS, procure land patents. etc.
Keeps supply Of Blank Deeds, etc. Gives es.
peel u attenti ~ to executing and acknowledge
ny Deeds, Mortgages, etc. Corresponding, So
lei ed. {G.lNy
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PHYSICIANS.

GEO. O. MOORE,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Graduate OF Ann Arbur, Michigan. Residence
on 10th street below the public hall Otfice at
the Colony Drug Store. opposite the W0rthing-
ton Hotel, Worthington, Mimi.
|Vill attend promptly to all Calls, day or
niQht. f27ly.
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RALR IO1DS.
st. Paul & Sioux City
AND
Sioux City & Saint Paul R. R.

These Companies now otter In Northwestern
iowa and Southwestern Minnesota 9OO,OOO acres
OF the Finest Lana in TIE State. At low prices,
Vn long Credit, With easy payments, At low
4, lhese lands are very productive, Easy Of Cul
tivation Convenient to markets, and TO Villages.
Churches and Schools -
residents: climate pleasant and Healthy
for circular giving full information, or for
p;css ot particular lands, apply by letter per-
paly, At st. Paul, Minnesota.
]. W. Blsuor. General Manager.
The Worthington advance., 1878-10-24

At the town OF Agalla, Bartholomew
county. Indiana, on the occasion of marriage
supper. some fiend, in the nomentary ab-
sence Of the guests from the supper room, put
strychnine in bowl OF chicken salad. All
who partuok Of it were seized with violent
cramps and spasms, but by the SPEEDY pres
ence Of physician the lives Of all were saved
though some remained seriously Ill It is
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-05-03
My spectacles.

use the following maxim, viz, Chat
he ia the true possessor Of thing who
eniovs it, and not he that owns it With
out the enjoyment of it), TO convince
,ovself that amusemeuts are designed 70
delight my eyes, and the people are gAily
attired TO please me. ] have a real, and
they only an imaginary pleasure from
their exterior embellishments. Lave
discovered that am the natural proprie-
tor of the diamond necklaces, tie crosses'
hrocades ard embroidered clothes, which
7 see at a play, as giving me more de-
light than to those that wear them.
looked on the bellies and beaux IS 70
many tulips in a garden, designed ior rmy
diversion.
The same principles ] use in private
economy. / have purchased several
landscapes and persPectiyes,' which are
more pleasing to me than unknown iaces
done by the best masters. Every aay
behold my fellow creatures laboring IN a
toilsome pursuit OF trihes, which re-
card as a bit Of riband that has an agree
able effect on my sight, but makes 1he
want of merit more conspicuous.
I look upon fair weather and blue SKY
as part OF my possessions, though not
without wondering at men, who In their
race through life overlook the feAl en-
ioyments Of it.
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The Mexican II evolution.

Just so soon as Diaz got raidiDg stopped
on the Rio Grande, the greasers Of that
region became restless and kicked up
revolution. If the rebels are not inn
mediately put down By the Mexican
government, chaos and misruIe will soon
reign supreme along the river, and the
old system of raiding into Texas will
again prevail. The result will inevitably
follow that the United States, to protect
the people of Texas, will be forced to
recognize Diaz, and aid him in keeping
his turbulent subjects in proper sub
lection to law. A strong government
in the city of Mexico, with a long arm
reaching to the Rio Grande, is the only
thing that will put an end to our troubles
with those people And the government
at Washington owes it to the people of
Texas, that they may live IN security, to
see that Mexico has a government that
can control its people and make them
respect the rights of Others. Diaz has
been keeping things quiet, and the adj
ministration, instead of recognizing his
government and strengthening bis hand p,
has been fddling and fooling over the
subject, until a revolution has broken
out, that may raise for the people OF
Texas very hell along the border
rSan Antonio Herald.
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Deep Mining Shafts.

The Chollar Savage Norcross shaft has
reached perpendicular depth of 1000
feet, and is low without doubt the
deepest perpendicular shaft in America.
It still lacks, however, $40 feet of having
reached as great perpendicular depth
below the surface as either the Savage or
Imperial consolidated inclines. If con-
tinued downward until the west wall of
the Comsteck lode is reached, it will
have attained a depth of not far from
3 $500 feet, and will then be one among
the deepest-if not the dec est--perpen-
dicular mining shafts in the world. Over
q wear ago the Adelbert shat, sunk on a
silver-l.ad mine in Prizibram, Bohemia
had reached perpendicular depth Of
$3.50 feet, and is, probably, the deepest
perpendicular shaft in the world. That
is very old mine, its workings dating
back to the year 1900 or more. The
attainment of that depth was celebrated
at the time by the striking off of large
number OF commemorative silver medals
of the value Of form each. There are
other mines, however, where greater
depths have been attained than at the
Adelbert shaft, but not in perpendicular
line. One Of these is in the coal mines of
yiviers Remus, in Belgium, where, by
sinking and then boring, depth of 9, ,542
feet has been resched. Another is the
Rock salt Bore bole, near Sperenberg,
not far from Berlin, Prussia, which few
wears ago had reached a perpendicular
depth OF 4,175 feet The deepest bore
hole in the world is probably the Artesian
spring at Pottsdam, in Missouri, which
has a depth of $500 feet.-LGoId Hill
News.
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Mind Your Own Business.

IF people would only abstain from in
termeddling in things with which they
have no concern, and which an unjusti-
fable interest, arising from a prurient
disposition of petty curiosity, prompts,
how smoothly affairs would proceed in
families and society, and how much mis-
chief might be avoided and vexation
spared! The happiness and tranquility
of life depends upon trifes, and by such
is much misery and disquietude caused.
A prying spirit only administers to its
own uneasiness; and those who are on
the watch for. causes of offense, find, that
one day or another, they come home to
them in an accommodating wave, like the
Dutchman, centuries ago, who cut open
dyke to injure neighbor, and drowned
himself and laid two provinces under
water. Great events spring from little
causes, and matters, unimportant in
themselves, have direful effect in con-
nection with others.
1t is always best to look upon the
shining aspect OF things aud not worry
ones self in torturing every look, gesture
and expression into a preconceived
notion, and converting an imaginary
grievance into a real trouble. There is
an unhappy fancy in some people to
parade themselves as injured and long
suffering individuals as patient martyrs,
and ostentatious victims OF the neglect
and indiference.of others. This proceeds
from obstinacy, pride and an ill-temper
and querulous temperament, of which
they are not conscious. They fancy that
they are personifcation of amiability,
and while the world is ringing with
praises of their exemplary resignation,
they little think that they have occa-
stoned themselves the very sorrow of
which they complain; and thai, had
they known how to practice the great
maxim, "bear and forbear," the farce of
the self-tormentor would have wanted a
prominent illustration.
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Babylonian Literature.
Nation al Repository. ]


The Babylonian and Ninevite libraries
were pottery. Their books were plaques
of clay, on which the letters were i'm
pressed, and the plaques, being baked,
became such enduring pages of history
that in this nineteenth century after
Christ we find them as legible as when
first printed. Innumerable Egyptian
records are found in hieroglyphic charac-
ters on the various potteries of that peo-
ple Greek story and history are abun-
dainty illustrated on relics of Greek ce-
ramic arts. Wherever the Roman Ie
gions went tLey carried with them the
art of making pottery, on which they
impressed historical facts, from which
the modern historian derives information
otherwise unattainable. In short, it
may be affirmed that next to the art of
writing, and in connection with it, the
ceramic art is of more Importance to the
student of history, and of men, than any
and all the other arts.
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Washington Celebrities on the
Road.

Correspondence Of the Buffalo Commercially
Nowhere in the world are there better
pavements for driving within the city
limits, and in the country round about
are, some delightful drives, which are
wellpatronized on pleasant days, and one
may meet in the hours between the close
of business and dark nearly all the nota-
bles of official and social Washington.
President Hayes and his wife are sell
dom prevented from taking their daily
drive between four and, seven O'Clock,
and only in the most stormy weather are
they missed on the boulevard. The presi-
dents horses were a matter of much con-
Germ during the first few months of his
administration. Rogers bought them of
liyery-stable keeper in Alexandria, and,
as is usual, was imposed upon. They
were ill-matched, and were disgrace to
the nation; hundred hacks in Wash>
ington were drawn by better pairs. Last
fall. however, after suffering much ridi-
cule, the presinent authorized the pur-
chase of another pair, and an educated
horseman procured them for him in
Kentucky. They are handsome, we'll
matched, easy-traveling grays.
President Grant, as almost everybody
knows, used to drive a four-in- -hand,
before dog-cart, and it was familiar
sight to see him sitting on the box, with
his habitual cigar, driving them into the
country. Grant was averse to making
himself conspicuous. He drove for the
pleasure of it and not for the show, and
was never found on the fashionable
streets with his four-in-hand, but always
took back street until he came to the
country road. Grants
skill as a horseman is national, and it
required an accomplished driver to man.
age his team. Senator Conkling drives
i fne, large black horse, which he calls
9 Douglass" before light, narrow
Brewster buggy, and generally alone.
When the senate adjourns, Douglass
5 generally waiting for his master at
.he east front of the capitol, and takes a
stretch of six or eight miles before
Inner.
Senator Burnside drives a handsome
pair of bays, large and fast, to a sort of
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Florida FIeas.

Taere appear in June or July two sets
of mos1uitces-a grayish fellow, who
stands the day watch, and big black
devil that relieves him at sundowu.
They cut right through an ordinary
mosquito bar as if it were q piece of
cobweb, and chew at their helpless
victims until, as gentleman who has
had experience expressed it, they swell
up like poisoned pup" Then little
later comes the boss flea, muscular and
pestiferous bug that takes a piece out,
every time he bites, as big as leothpick
Ben eau take ont of section of custard
pie. These nuisances hunt the human
family in detachmentsot OF a couple of thou
sand at a time, and so thoroughly subdue
the object of their attack that six or
seven hundred will head OFF, seemingly
with the maguanimous reflection, He's
got enough. we can afford to let him
alone" The iavorite watering place of
jacksonville people in the "warm"
summer months is Fort George Teach.
There is considerable ocean there ard
myriads of insec's of all kinds, from The
boss flea down 10 the busy little gnat.
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Foreign Items.

A dispatch from Havana states that the
time for the surrender of the Cuban in
surgents having expired, active opera
tions viii commence in the eastern de-
partment against Waco and few more
chiefs who ere still under arms.
The phonograph has carried Paris by
storm. At first the story was actually
spread abroad that the machine was
simply mysti6catIon, and that the per-
son who exhibited the phonograph was
merely clever ventriloquist and imita-
tor of other peoples voices. No mind
but that Of Paris cockney could have
conceived of such an idea as that AS
soon as the Academy of Science had tes-
titled to the genuineness of the invention
the town went wild about it, and Edison
has had such advertising as in his wild
est dreams he could not have expected.