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HOMES IN THE WEST.

Persons looking westward for homes
can procure full information concern.
ing the GARDEN SPOT of Iowa and
Minnesota, by subscribing for the
Worthington ADVANCE, published at
Worthington, Minnesota. Send So for
one year, 81 for six months, and SO
cents for three months, to ADVANCE,
Worthington, Mobiles Co.. Minnesota.
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The latest thing in the Bible revision
busines: is the proposition discussed in
Philadelphia. of Bible for Baptists In a
series of'interviews with noted clergymen
it scenes to be settled that the Baptist pub.
lication society will bring out new revis-
ion at once-one that more nearly meets the
views Of that denomination than any other
extent. Probably other denominations, in
the course Of time, will see the necessity of
doing the same thing.
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that he didn't have to 60 without his
Thanksgiving breakfast on account of her
ignorance an shiftlessness.

that he didn't have to 60 without his
Thanksgiving breakfast on account of he,
ignorance an shiflessness.
How did you know about the pie?" ask
ed one Of the girls.
Miss Patience bristled defantly. That's
nobodys businass but my own, she retort-
ed, tartly. II don't go round to find out
things that don't concern me, I'D have you
face, as you might say, I don't shet my eyes
no more'n other folks"
just here the door opened, and in walked
the subject of their conversation, her pref
ty face glowing With the haste that she had
made, and Wischievous twinkle in hel
brown eyes that nobody noticed, so occu-
pied were they in hiding the confusion
that her sudden entrance had created.
Walking to the table where most or the
ladies were sitting, she saluted them cor
daily: and then holding out the tip of he1
| slender finger q well-worn silver thimble,
she said archly-
Where do you think found the thimble,
Miss Patience?'
So pleased was Miss Patience to regain
her lost treasure that she forgot for mo-
| ment all assumed dignity and exclaimed
! joyfully--
"Well, I declare, I am glad to see that
| thimble once more! I told Mary Jane that
felt sure had it on my finger when I run
into your house Thanksgiven' mornin' arte1
that yeast. But when got home, it want
nowhere to be found. Now where did you
find it?"
Her shrill, high voice had attracted the
! attention of all in the room, and everybody
looked mp curiously as the minister's wife
replied, with an innocent smile.
In the chicken-pie that our good friend
here and she nodded brightly to Mrs.
Farrell-sent me. I left the pie on the
! dresser when 1 went down cellar af el
your yeast, and as soon as I came back
put it on the table, and when my husband
| cut it there was your thimble in it. How
| could it have got there? It was certainly
very mysterious anyway.
Silence, dead, profound, yet, oh. how
terribly significant to the deacon's wife and
her spinster neighbor, fell upon the group.
This was apperantly unnoticed by Mrs.
Graham, who, with playful adlnonition to
| Miss Patience to take better care of he,
thimble in future, began an animated con-
| versation with the ladies nearest her, that
soon restoredthe company to their wonted
| ease and good humor.
But poor Miss Patience! she never heard
the last of her thimble' While the deacon'e
| wife, to the day of her death, never trusted
any hands but her own to make Thanks
giving pies for her minister.
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REMlN1sENCE OF LINCOLN.
The Run From Indianapolis to Cincinnati
Twenty Years Ago.


Twenty Years Ago.
Ex- Senator A. C. Lord, of Riverside,
was in Cincinnati Tuesday morning for the
purpose of having some spots of mildew
erased from an OLD eard.sized steel engrav-
ing Of Lincoln's that bore the familiar auto
graph "a. Lincoln" below the engraving
The autograph being in pencil, it suggest
ed to commercial reporter that the picture
might have history
1T has history" said ex. Senator Lord
1T is memento of very memorable oc-
cagion. When Lincoln was on his way tc
to Washington for his Inauguration in 1861
/, as president of the /. C. & L. road, had
a special train to carry him from Indian
apolis to Cincinnati. Committees of the
city council and other bodies went up to In.
dianapolis to escort him here. Igave the for.
ward car of the train to Lincoln, and tool
extra precaution to protect him, by having
the road clear and six armed guards placed
on the train. Lincoln expressed desire
to be alone, and an unwillingness to see
A. ybody, or ever to appear on the platform.
accordingly allowed no one to enter, and
he, my wife and myself occupied the ca1
alone. He sat in the forward part, my wife
and I sat some distance in the rear. I
don't suppose spoke to him three times
on the trip, and then merely to ask him il
could be of any service to him. We did
not want to disturb him. He appeared
careworn, sad, and sat silently all the way,
apparently in deep thought, with his elbow
over the back Of the seat and his face bur-
led in his hand, occasionally changing from
the right to the left hand. We made O
very rapid run. AS we approached Cinein-
natl. N1r. Lincoln opened valise so old
and worn that it looked as though he had
carried it in his flatboat days, and taking
this picture from it, drew his pencil and
wrote his name as you see, and presented
it to my wife. I said. Mr.. Lincoln,
didn't vote for you, and I'm sorry for it,
Eyes" said Mr.. Lord, as he covered the
picture again, II prize the picture very
highly.
"A curious little coincidence occurred
the other day in connection with that trip,
he concluded. ''At meeting of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers-a
fine body of men they are, too--one of the
members came up to me and said, Mr.
Lord, I don't suppose you remember me?
I could not recall him at the time, and
told him so, when he said, I an the en-.
gineer that ran your train when you tool
Lincoln from Indianapolis OH his way t
the inaug 1ration twenty years ago. Yes,
said another, and Mr.. Lord, I'm the en-
gineer that took him back dead Itt
curious how these coincidents sometimes
crowd upon each other" said the genia
old gentleman, Us the reporter took hi
leave.
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FRANCE has lost another Of her chief
statesmen-Jules Orland Stanislas Dufaure.
He was liberal in sentiment, and conspic-
uous in the government from 1884 until the
coup dtat Of Louis Napolean, when he re-
tired. When Theirs became president in
1871. he appointed him minister Of Justice,
NJ. Dufaure was SO years of age, and was
one Of the soundest financiers and econ.
mists OF France.
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The Old OF. the New.

From the New Haven Register.
just as the church bells were ringing their
nine o'clock chime yesterday Mr.. Smiley re-
marked to Hannah, Pass me the book"
(Which will you have, Ichabod, the old
or the new verslon?" and she brushed the
crumbs from her apron and reached for the
mantlepiece.
Hannah, as long as live I shall read
from that old leather covered Bible. The
FIRST thing remember about my grandfath-
er was his reading the parable of the fool
ish virgins from that very book. I was .
wee little boy then; but remember cried
and asked grandma if she couldn't spare
some oil for those who were left outside.
And then, Hannah, I've heard my father
read from that very same book thousands Of
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THE MINISTER'S STORY.
Look here, Sally!'

Look here, Sally!'
Mrs. Deacon Farrell brushed he fourfrom
her hands, casting meanwhile complac-
ent eye over the we'll filled kitchen table,
with its generous arrays of unbaked pies
and cakes, the plump turkey stuffed and
trussed ready for the morrow's baking,
and the big chicken pie, to which her fin
GERS bad put the finishing touches, as she
repeated more decidedly:
LOOK here, Sally! There's enough
chicken left with the eiblets-that never
put IN my own pie, because the deacon
don't relish 'em-ter make thanksgiving
pie for the minister's folks. 'Twon't
need ter be very large" she added, in re-
ply to Sally's doubtful look, Only the
minister and his wifa-and you can bake it
IN that smallest yaller dish.
Now, I'm: going up stairs ter look over
them rags, an you make it an bake it right
of SOS can send it right over by the dea-
con. He's got ter go out ter the corner this
afternoon. and can take it along as well az
not"
She hustled out of the door, but the
next moment, seized perhaps With sudden
pang Of compunction, she put her head in
again, to say warningly:
"Be sure that you put in good parcel of
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The Presidents Boy


Master Irwin Garfield, who is a lad about
eleven years of age and next to the young
est of the president g sons. is immense, it
matters not in what way he is looked at.
He isn't in any sense what is called bad
boy, though full of life. He can't bear the
idea of being Gagged up, as it were, in the
upper rooms of the mansion, and insists
on coming down stairs to see the folks that
call He would much rather 90 out into
the streets and have game of base ball
but this is not allowed.
As soon as his private tutor leaves, gen.
orally by eleven o'clock in the day, Master
Irwin puts in an appearance in the public
part of the mansion. He is net still
minute from that time until he is forced
into his little bed at nil int.
As bicycle rider he is a great success.
Not being allowed to take the machine out
on the concrete streets, as other boys are,
and ride to his hearts content, he manages
to get his bicycle riding in the house, and
can be seen any day flying about the east
room or the tilted main hail. He claims the
right of way in Ill cases. and if people don't
grant it willingly, be asserts himself by nd
ing right through them, regardless OF the
consequences.
A couple of weeks since he made up his
mind that he could walk on the top of an
iron rail fence with the skill of the most ac-
complished tight-rope walker. He tried it
and failed. When he was picked up it was
found that he had given his ankle severe
twist. Three days in bed was the punish
ment for his effort, being unable during that
time to walk, even if he wanted to.
As soon as he was able to get about he
did so, Notwithstanding DR.. Boynton's or
ders to tho contrary; and though unable to
walk for couple Of days more, he crawled
about the floor. His next enterprise was to
contract with carpenter who happened to
pass the house, by talking from an upper
window, to make him pair of crutches so
he could get about more readily. The
crutches came, but he was not allowed to
use them. A day or so after he was able
to get about as we'll almost as ever, though
the swelling has not left his ankle yet.
Doing some fancy riding on his bicycle,
! he attempted to ride out the front door and
out on to the p,rnc co and down fight of
stone steps into the rive in front. He failed
again; and though in this case he escaped
injury himself, the bicycle met with a So
| we're injury, the trout wheel being broken
and the handle broken OF. To-day he could
be seen flying about the east room on the
machine minus handle and one OF more
spokes in the wheel.
He kicked up big sensation several days
since BY trying to pull out lis teeth with 9
shoe hook, and actually had pulled out one
tooth before he was discovered.
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Minnesota First Collectors District.
rom the Winona Republican.

MtnnesOta First Collectors District.
From the Winona Republican.
In this district, which embraces thirty conn.,
ties. tho bond Of the new collector, DR.. Wedge,
has been placed ut 100000. The division
prises at present the counties Of Winona, Hous-
ton, Fillmore, Mower, aud Freeborn, but it is
probable that some changes may he made
under thu new regime in the assignment OF
with view TO accommodate the operations Of
Lea. It il also rnmlored. and doubtless % upon
good authority, that thero viii be an entirely
new Get Of deputies appointed go far a. the
Winona division is concerned The position
now held by George T. Flint has been formal
ly rendered to ". g. Dye of this city, who will
the cordial approval Of the business commu.
nifty. He was manager Of the Republican for
over twenty years, until the 1st Of January
last, and rs we'll and favorably known.
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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Gen. Miles will leave in Z few days to assume
command Of the department Of the Columbia.
Formal notices Of contests for fifteen seats in
the house of representatives, in most cases ac-
coMpanied by voluminous testimony, are
now on file in the clerks office Thirteen of
these contested cases are from the south, Ala
bama alone having four, one from Maine and
one from Iowa.
Under instructions from the general Of the
army, dated June Is, 1881, recruiting rea-
devious has been established at Fort Smelling,
aid re- e-enlistments for regiments serving in the
department Of Dakota First Lieu:. E. 3
Hardin, adjntant Seventh infantry, has been
detailed as recruiting officer, aud he will pro
cee1 At once to establish and take charge Of the
rendezvous
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THIRTY Thousand bushels Of wheat
shipped from St. Paul on barges to New
Orleans arrived at that port in excellent
condition and was Immediately transferred
to steamer bound for Glasgow, Scotland
The result Of this experiment during per-
iod of intense heat, is regarded as highly
favorable to down river shipments at all
seasons of the wear.
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nounced by experts who have examined it
The work has ill been dono by the day, and tho
structure 10 paid for 70 far. When finished
the state will have capitol coating nearly three
million. without : debt on it. TO show the
perfection Of work in the stone cutting, stone
IN the cornico Of the west front was discovered
to be defective after it had been placed nearly
year: 1ts weight was over five tons, yet It
was removed entire and was replaced by an
other without the least fracture to the abutting
wall. 1t will will require two years yet to COM
plote tho whole work. The central dome will
be finished before fall The windows will be
put in and the heating apparatus arranged at
once 20 "a to dry out the walls 1t is reported
it will require nearly agar to season and dry
tho wells 80 as to put in the inside finish.
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The demands of working-men in New
York this season have been for half holi-
day on Saturday, oftener than for an in
crease Of wages. Employers have generally
consented to the demand, are fully satisfied
with the amount of work done, and believe
it is even greater than would be accom-
plished by working week.
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FOREIGN NEWS NOTES

Ottawa Intelligence just received from Brit
ish Columbia, is to the effect that Mr.. Ouder-
donk Of San Francisco is pushing forward his
contract on the Canadian Pacific railway with
great energy. His contract is for l27 miles OF
very difficult country. There are three tun-
nels to be made, and t. work is tedious One
tunnel is !, 900 feet long. There 5000
men, altogether, employed on tho Onderdonk
works, Of which one half are Chinese.
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NINE candidates are already named on
the republican side for speaker of the next
house. viz: Dunnel of Minnesota, Kiefer
of Ohio, Kasson Of Iowa, Hiscock Of New
York, Robinson Of Now Jersey. Burrows
and Hubbel of Michigan, Reed of Meine
and Orth of Indiana.
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GES. WILLIAM W. DUDLEY Of Indiana,
the new commissioner .gho has taken charge
OF the pension Olreau at Washington, was
born in Vermont in 1912; moved to Wayne
county, Ind, Mt an early age, and remained
until the year 1861. when he enlisted in the
army as private. He was soon commits
stoned as captain by Governor Morton, and
promoted to colonel and brevet brigadier
general for gallanty in action at Gettys-
burg while leading a charge against the
enemy, where he losta leg. He resigned
in 1866. returned to Richmond, Ind, and
was elected county clerk, which position he
held for eight years. He then commenced
the practice of law, and 80 continued until
1879. when he was appointed United States
marshal for that state, which he has re-
signed to accept his present position.
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GREAT damage is reported in fe " local.
tiles from tearing tempests Of wind, rain and
hail, but it is surprising how soon after
one Of these events things begin to straight
nup and how little they are remembered
at harvest time
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Tho New State Capitol of Iowa

The first stone Of the new capitol was. laid
August l, 1871. The last stone was laid June
18, 1881, at 10 o'clock ?. m. There only re-
mains now the central dome and the ineide
work to be completed. During these ten years
most substantial capitols in the Union, 30 pro-
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! who knew her best that she was well nigh
bursting with some important secret that
she was only waiting fitting opportunity
| to divulge. Tharopportunity was not long
in coming, for Mrs. Dea. Farrell, who was
| constitutional crcaker, took occasion to
soy, in reference to the ha-d times:
1.-The deacon had been trvin' ter collect
the church tax, and he says he never found
money so tight in oil the years he's lived
here. It's as hard to git five dollars now
as It used to be to get ten"
And no wonder" spoke up Miss Pa
tience, with the stony severity of q sphinx.
"You can't expect folks to feel like payin'
out their money when they see it fairly
! thrown away an wasted"
| Everybody looked curious, and some of
| The minister's sweet young wife was evi-
IDENTIFY favorite with them, at least.
| "What do you mean by that?" asked Mrs.
Farrell, pointedly. "Irs. Graham is young
and inexperienced, te be sure; but as the
deacon was sayin' only yesterday, she does
very we'll indeed considering"
Patience tossed her head knowingly. II
don't want to say nothin' to hurt her, but
living next door as do, I can't always help
seeing and hearing things that other folks
can't be expected to know about, and when
I see and know things like,
Like what?"
Chicken pies, with legs and feet of the
chicken baked inr
Had thunderbolt fallen among them il
could not have caused greater surprise to
those tidy, thrifty New England house.
keepers than this dreadful revelation Of
the incapacity Of the pastors young wife.
| Are you sure of it," gasped one matron,
breaking the ominous silence. Il know il
for fact, was solemnly returned.
"Chicken legs in pie"
"She's born fool, CALCULATED the dea-
cons wife, Indignantly, and I'm thankful
| for her poor husbands sake that sent he1
over one Of my pies yesterday. They had
to throw hers away, Of course, and it's lucky
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-06-29
Comets.

Editors Dispatch: The nature OF comets,
especially OF the tall, IL matter OF great
uncertainty TO our scientific men. Astron-
omers say the radius OF the comet, or that
part Of the comet at the end OF the tail
which looks like star, obeys the laws OF
gravity, uninfluenced by the motion OF the
tail. The material Of the tail, like long
radiatiug fan, first moves towards the sun,
and is then repealed from 1t. This evident
polarity leads to the natural conjecture that
the tail Of the comet is electricity itself.
Suppose the sun to be the centre aud source
of electrical forces for our universe, and
then suppose the comets are the distribu-
ting agents Of this electricity Eight IN some
way as vet undiscovered to us being asso-
cisied with this distributing power, and
we have then an idea OF the purpose Of
comets, Invested Of vulgar superstition,
which the unthnking associate with these
mysterious visitants to our terrestrial
sphere OF observation. They are Gods
regularly.appointed messengers Of utility,
and not what the foolish notions Of the
people would lead them to imagine, as re-
presented by Shakespeare in his opening of
the play 81 Henry vi;
"romets. importing change of times and states,
Braudishing crystal resses In the sky"
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By Robert Ii. Lyme,
Real Estate Auctioneer,
1912 Main street.

COMMISSIONERS SALE OF VALUA'
" BILE REAL ESTATE LYING IN THE CITY
OF RICHMOND ON THE EAST LINE OF IHIR.
TENTH OR GOVERNOR STREET BETWEEN
MAIN AND FRANKLIN STREETS; AND q
SMALL TRACT OF L AN LYING c,TY IA pEvAL
JOINING THE LANDS OF THOMAS HOOPER
AND THE LATE WILLIAM a. ROBINSON. All
PUBLIC AUCTION.-In execution OF decree oil
the Richmond Chancery Court pronounced on The
SIst day OF June, 1881, In a suit STYLED Schoield
rs Ebers. therein pending, the undersigned VIII
oner for sale, upon the premises, at o'clock L. NJ
on - 80,
THURSDAY, JrLy 7. 1881,
the LARGE THRFF-sIURY STOCK BRICK
STORE aud DWELLING on the east line Of Gov
ernOr street between Main aud Franklin streets
now occupied by Mr.. J0hn trophy The,lot fronts
2Sx feet on Governor street aud runs hack about
l25 feet. The dwelling contains about ten rooms.
Al a small outlay Ihis properly could b. MADE a
rst class stand. beirg situated In the very centre Of
the business portion OF the city. and should COM
mand the attention of those seeking good invest
ments.
ON the same day. 1T o'clock L. NJ, we will ofr'r
for sale a SMALL TRACT OF LAND. containing
SIX ACRES. lying in Duval'S adGi ion, last outside
of the cify limits. and b.tween the Brook road and
the North Tor first.Sirect road. aud adjoining
the lands OF Thomas Hooper and the late William
A. Robinson. ans Is the same land of which the late
Rev. W. Krlschman died seized.
This land being situated 80 very near the city,
should command the attention of those wishing To
purchase nice little market-garden
TERMS: one third cash residue IN fqual install
ments at six and twelve months, the purchaser 70
give negotiable notes, with PER cent interest add
ed from day Of SALE and The tile to be retained I'M
III the whole or the purchase.money Is paid and a
conveyance ordered by the Court.
EDWARD Y. CANNON,
MARSHALL NJ. GILLIAN,
Special Commissioners.
ROBERT b. LYME Auciioneer 90 oos,.o,e,
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Tom Marshall and the Judge.

Tom was engaged in the trial Of case
somewhere in the interior OF Kentucky,
when a decision OF the Judge struck him 50
bad that he rose and said
"There never was such ruling as that
since Pontius Plate presided On the trial Of
the Saviour"
"Mr. Clerk" responded the Judge, "fne
Mr.. Marshall ten dollars for contempt OF
court"
81 confess, your Honor" continued
Tom, "that what said was little hard on
Pontius PLATE but ii is the first time 10 the
history Of Kentucky iurisprudence that it
Is held that to speak disrespectiully of
Pontius PLATE is contempt OF court.'
"Nr. Clerk, make the fine twenty dollars
foI continuous contempt" said the Judge
solemniy.
swell, judge" Tom added, "as you
won all my money last night at poker lend
me the twenty"
"Mr. Clerk" cried the Judge hastily,
"remit the fne. The State can better
afford to lose the money than can"
~ congratulate the Court upon its re
turn to sane condition." said Tom, resR,
ming bis seat amid roars OF laughter.