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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
Lincoln and the Office Seekers.

Murat Halsted, editor of the Cincinnati
Commercial, now in Washington, tells an
anecdote of Lincoln which contains hint
for Office hunters: During Lincoln's time
there was great row over the postof6ce in
Dayton, Ohio. Two hotspurs were in the
field. Petition after petition in favor of
one or the other poured in upon the presi-
dent, and delegation after delegation hast
ened to Washington to argue the case. Mr..
Lincoln was a long suffering man, but his
patience gave out at last. He could not de-
termine that one applicant was in the slight
est degree more competent, or more patri-
otto, or better supported than the other.
Finally, after being bored by a fresh dele
cation, he said to his secretary: This mat
ter has got to end somewhere. Bring a
pair of scales The scales were broug ht.
Now put in all the petitions and letters in
fave of one man and see how much they
weigh, and then weigh the other fellows
pile 1t was found that one bundle was
three quarters of pound heavier than the
other. Make out an appointment at once
for the man who has the heaviest papers,
said MIR. Lincoln. and it was done.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
Eminent Mem from the Shoe. Makers
B0nCh.

No one but shoemaker could have
thought Coleridge serious in his strange
saying that the shoe makers bench had pro-
duced more eminent men than any other
handicraft. The Shoe and Leather Re-
porter has, however, compiled ''bill Of
particulars" in the shape of a list Of famous
cobblers which seems to act as an effectual
estoppel on all jealous craftsmen. Hans
Christian Andersen, who needs no intro
duction, may head the list, and Hans Sachs,
of Nuremberg, who, though he made shoes
all his life, yet also made 5000 poems plays,
farces, and rhyming fables, may be put
next. Sir Cloudesley Shovel was shoe
maker until he listed in the navy, and so
was Sir Christopher Minis, another Eng
lish admiral. John Hewson, one of Crom-
wells colonies, and signer of Charles I. s
death warrant; Samuel Bradburn, the
sDemosthenes of Methodism, % as well as
bishop; James Lackington, whose catalogue
Of publications reached the total-eno1mous
for that time-of 10000 volumes in 1887
all these were cobblers at first, if not at the
last. Continuing the English list, William
Clifford, whose is preserved by COM
plimentary allusion in Byron's 'Eng-
lish Bards and Scotch Reviewers, !"
and whose body is buried in Vest
minister Abby. George Fox, the arch Qua
ker; William Gary, a missionary famous a
century age, and who read the proofs of the
bible in twent- Oriental languages;
Samuel Drew, the Locke of the nine
teenth century," whose experience as an
author led him to formulate the sad truth
"that the man no makes shoes is sure of
his wages, but the man who makes books
is never sure Of anything Thomas Hol-
croft, whose name is not nearly so well
known as that of single one of his plays,
1.-The Road to RUM the Bloomfield broth
ers, whom Byron thus apostrophized;
eye tuneful cobblers still your notes prolong,
Compose at once slipper and songs"
John Pounds, whom school children cried
at being turned away from-an these, and
lesser lights too numerous to mention, were
English shoe makers. Coming to our
country, Roger Sherman, one of the 'tsign-
ers," leads the list in time, but vice presi-
dent Henry Wilson in rank. Besides these
there were congressman Shelly and Noah
Worcester, not the photographer, but the
founder of the Massachusetts, Peace society.
And ex- Cows. H. P. Baldwin, of Michigan,
and William Claain, of Massachusetts, il
they never made shoes, at least dealt in
them largely enough to be named here.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
SOPHIE PIEOFFSKY.
Highly Connected and Of supsriorEducation.
She was the Leader Of the Murderous Con-
RnirsatOrH.

Highly Connected and Of supsriorEducation.
She was the Leader Of the Murderous Con-
spirators.
Dispatch from st Petersburg.
All the five prisoners will be charged with
belonging to secret society for subverting
the existing order Of things and with COM
picity in the assassination Of the emperor.
Public interest centers in the female pris-
oner. Sophie Pieofsky, whose aristocratic
connections, social position and superior
education excite general wonder. she is
the daughter of q former provincial govern
or and neice Of an officer Of high rank in
the army. According to the confession Of
Pieoffsky and Jalahof, they both knew land
they alone knew. of the attempt to be made
on the czar's life, and the time and place.
Their fellow conspirators in London and
elsewhere knew in general way that anoth-
er attempt would be made. Roussakoff was
only infrrmed of what was reqnired,,of hilA
on the day of the murder. Jelakoff and the
chief director in the matter, having been
arrested two days before, Pieoffsky became
the guiding spirit, and sent Roussakoff and
the other murderels, with bombs, to the sta
tons assigned to them. Roussakoff pro.
tests that he was not in any way admitted
to the counsel of the prisoners, but was
merely fellow worker. He asserts that the
nihilists had no money: that there was con-
siderable disagreement am ng them, anG
they would probably haye dispersed ha6
their last attempt failed. RoussakoH seems
to be a nihilist, pure and simple, having
| no project or desire beyond the destruction
of the present order of things. Pieoffsky
and Jelekof avow that the object of their
operations was to terrorize the government
disarrange the machinery of the government
and bring about three possible socialistic
republics after the fashion Of the Pari
commune. The other two prisoners, Mi
chaelof and the woman Helfmanna, seen
of less importance. Both refuse to answer
the charges made against them.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
Scientific Scint1latfons.

By means Of wonderfully constructed
apparatus, comprising series of "continu-
GUS" rolls handling the metal automatically
railroad spikes are now manufactured with
great rapidity. The iron, in the form of
billets two and half inches in diameter
and three and half feet long, is taken in
by the machine, and in thirteen seconds re-
duced in diameter and increased in length
10 rod thirty six feet long and nine-si
teenth Of an inch square; in forty seconds
more, this rod is cut in two, and is passed
through two spike machines, from which
finished spikes shower at the rate of forty
tons every ten working hours.
Scientific men have proved by actual
measurement that most Of the great silver
mines lie 10, 900 feet above the present sea
level, and among the richest are some which
lie 2, 900 feet higher STILL Very rich mines
have been found as high as 1871 900 feet. It
is notable fact that as rule the richest
silver mines lie over 10000 feet above the
sea level. The mines on Ruby Hill are be-
tween 5000 and 5000 feet above the level
Of the sea.
A trial recently made of new fire extin-
gushing fluid seems, according to the Lon
don Insurance World, to have been very
satisfactory. Two piles Of timber crossed
and their interstices filled with intiammable
material, the whole drenched with benzine
and petroleum and allowed five minutes to
become thoroughly ignited, we're then treat
ed with twelve gallons of the solution Of
sillicate of sodium and twenty two gallons
Of water respectively. The fire on which
the solution was thrown was extinguished
in one minute, while the other lasted much
longer. One Herr Windsperger is the re-
puted inventor Of this new chemical fire ex-
tinguisher.
Iron and steel do not rust when inn.
mersed in solutions of caustic soda and
caustc potash.
Prof. James D. Dana, Of New-Haven,
Conn, amply proves from several papers
published by him, and especially from his
Manual of Geology" that he had long ago
been fully convinced that the continental
areas had always been continents. He is
sure that this conviction of his would new
er have been set down among speculations,
even by the most e1acdng of British geolo-
gists, had attention been fairly given to
American facts.''
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
HOUSE AND FARM.
A Few Useful Reo,pes.

A Few Useful Recipes. 9
EGG OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES batter Of q pint
Of milk, two well beaten eggs, teaspoon
ful Of salt, and -four enough to make bat
ter as thick as for pound cake. Have
clean saucepan Of boiling water let the water
boil fast, drop in the batter by tho table,
spoonful (four or five minutes will boil
them take them with SKINNER on
dish, put bit of butter and grated nutmeg,
with syrup or sugar over.
SooRcHED GooDs.-If white goods are
scorched, rub well with linen rags dipped
in chlorine water. Colored cottons NAV be
dyed, woollens may have fresh surface
raised on them, for silks there is no
remedy.
SOFT WATER. Hard or lime water can
be much improved for washing clothes by
adding potash, ammonia, or even borax, be-
fore the clothes or soap are put into it.
There ale also several preparations on sale
at most grocery stores for improving lime
stone water when used in washing.
MILK VESSELS. Ne soap nor any
thing that contains caustic potash or lime
should be used in cleansing tin milk vessels,
The first is nasty. and all corrode the tin.
sal soda; for cleansing, wash first in cold
water, then with warm, and scald with boil
ing hot water and drain without rinsing or
wiping. Infections from wiping cloth
may undo the effect Of scalding.
GOLD CAKE.-To use the yolks. make
gold cake. One cup butter, two cups sugar.
one cup sweet milk, three cups -four, two
teaspoonfuls baking powder, davoring and
yolks of eleven eggs.
RYE MUFFMs.-On pint -four, one pint
rye-meal, two tablespoonfuls yeast, milk
enough to make thick batter.
INDIAN MUFF1Ns. One quart scalded
milk and poured on Indian meal, one pint
Hour. four eggs, and little salt.
A MOE B1sCU1T.-One pint Of scalded
milk cooled, two quarts of sifted flour, three
tablespoonfuls of shortening, one teacupful
of yeast, and a little salt
CHICAGO GRAHAM MUFFINs.-One pint
Of Graham -four, one-half teaspoonful of
sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder;
wet with water to make it soft as ginger
bread.
SPRINGFIELD SODA BISCUIT. One
quart flour, one pint milk, piece butter size
OF an egg, one teaspoonful soda dissolved
in milk, two teaspoonfuls cream tarter sift-
ed in flour, with salt.
MINNIEs WHITE MUFF1Ns.- One half
cup Of sugar, one-half cup of water, one
and one half cups of -four, the whites of
three eggs, one teaspoopful of butter, one
and one half teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der; bake in muffin pans.
BAKED P1cKEREn. Clean and wipe q
large pickerel and put in baking pan with
a very little water, in which scant table,
spoonful Of butter has been placed. Bake
the fish slowly, basting from time to time
with the water in the pan. Make in a
double kettle, over the fire, sauce of cup
of rich milk thickened with scant table,
spoonful of -four. Add to it a little finely
chopped parsley, piece of fresh butter size
of walnut, and the gravy from the baking
pan. Let it come to boil, and when the
fish is placed uubroken on hot platter,
pour the sauce around it.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
What Makes a legal Marriage in New Yorl

Troy Ba1dget-The Court of Appeals,
through Justice Folger, has lately clearly de-
fined what constitutes marriage contract
in this state:
By the law of this state man and womal
who are competent to marry each other, with.
out going before minister or mag istrate
without previous public notice given, with no
form n ceremony, civil OF religious, and
with no record Or written evidence Of the
act kept, and merely by words of present
contract between them, may take upon
themselves relation Of husband and wife,
and be bound to themselves, to the state
and society as such. And if after that the
marriage is denied, proofs of actual cohabi-
tation as husband and wife, acknowledge
ment and recognition Of each other to friends
and acquaintance and the public as such,
and the general reputation thereof. will en-
able a court to presume thata bona nds
marriage.
From the Battle Creek Mich Daily Journal.
Upon being spoken to, concerning St.
Jacobs Oil, our fellow townsman Mr.. Theo-
dore Wakelee said: ] had been suffering
with rheumatism, and obtained the great
est relief from the use of st. Jacobs Oil.
It has also been used in my family for some
time, and has never been found to fail in
giving prompt relief.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13

o. the bottom Of each handful Of
bonedust or some other fertilizer. Take
the plants up carefully set them in the holes
prepared for them, and pack the Ioi closely
around them. Set q stout stake four or
five feet long three inches from each plant,
and tie the top Of the plant to the stake.
The plants will not need watering or shad-
ing, and will scarcely be checked in growth.
After the plants have been set out, and
sometimes while in the hotbed, they are at
tackled by small black flies; these should
be kept off by sprinkling them with plaster
OF SCOT. As the plants grow, tie them to
the stakes with strips Of cloth or bass.
Sometimes more than one stake will be
found necessary; but generally one will be
enough. At first, pinch out the suckers
chat start from the axis Of the leaves. AZ
ter time they grow so fast and require so
much attention that is better to let them
grow. After the tomatoes have begun to
color, cut off all new blossoms that appear:
cut out some of the leaves where the fruit
is too. much shaded. and let the fruit hang
on the vines until ripe. The tomato season
is SO short that it is desirable to have as
many as eau be used from the very first.
In order to have plenty from the time they
begin to npen, great many plants must be
set out,-I00 are none to many for an or
binary family. Perhaps with so many
plants, at the close of the season some to-
matoes may rot on the vines, but usually
even these may be saved by giving them to
the neighbors. John M. Bell, Saratoga
Co., n. Y.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
Streaks of Luck in Mining.

From the Los Angeles (Cal) Heraldl
Six months ago middle-aged man. a
former resident of Gospal Swamp, had to
borrow money to buy burro to 90 to Santa
Catarina Mountains, prospecting. He sold,
the other day, - mine for $4,000 and has
better mines still for sale. Another former
resident of Los Angeles discovered a mine
in the Dragon Mountains and kindly plac-
ed friend in the claim. After while he
was offered $75, 900 for it, and, on finding
the other half owner, discovered he was in
an advanced stage of intoxication. The
wkisky-eyed individual, who had not put a
dollar in the claim, concluded; "Worth /,
million, if it's worth cent. Won't sell for
$75, 200. Our wives will be dressed in silk
down in Los Angeles" The result was the
parties bought out the sober partner and
are now engaged in freezing out the would
be millionaire. Another instance and I
steam, ana the sand box, instead or pelng
near the dome, is in the sheathing covering
the driving wheel. A modoc looks like a
pigmy alongside of this monster. 1t will
be kept at Altoona for few days and run
on regular trains until its capacity is tested.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13

A Boston physician who advised dys-
peptic patient to take plenty of exercise was
quite taken back when the patient told him
he was q letter carrier
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13
The Poultry Business.

~.
Under this head, the Germantown Tele-
graph, of last week, says: Sowing to the
high price of eggs during the last three or
four months, it will doubtless induce many
persons to go into the poultry business who
have paid little attention to it heretofore.
And if such shall be the fact, it will be
something to commend. By this we do not
mean to say that any considerable invest
ment should be made in it, but only to
such an extent that, while the outlay will
scarcely be felt, the income will be far
more than proportionally realized. Just so
much time should be given to this pleasant
minor branch Of the business Of the farm
as will merely fill up the leisure time of the
family in the way Of enjoyment; for we do
not consider the care Of poultry as labor
On the contrary it is beautiful pastime;
and it the fowls are of solid breeds of es-
tablished value and proftableness, so much
greater the pleasure and the income" Such
is the testimony Of an agricultural editor Of
fifty one years for last weeks
telegraph was the first number of its SD
volume); and as this is the season when
poultry breeders afford amateurs all op-
portuni ty to restock their yards, we deem
the rem arks pertinent to the occasion.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-04-13

From the South Bend Evening Register.
When certain powers are claimed for an
article, and everybody testifes that it does
more than is claimed for it, to gainsay its
worth is useless. This is the substance of
the st. Jacobs Oil record
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-29

upon by the Empress and the principal
ladies Of her court so that when some
novelty was adopted two or three of the
leading milliners of Paris always had
cognlzance of it, through the orders
given by these ladies. But to the mass
OF m1lllners, as well as to the public at
large, the new fashions always came as a
surprise; so that, Immediately after
Easter, there would be grand rush of
ladies, clamoring to their modistes to
trick them out as fast as possible in that
"sWeet new thing that had looked so
becoming on the Empress, the Duchess
de Mouchy, the Marduise de Gallifet and
others.
1t was a grand time for dressmakers.
The Easter orders they received were
sometimes of kind to set all the silk
factories IN Lyons working double tides.
and to give lucrative employment to
thousands of Partisan working folk of
both sexes. Sometimes, too. the capri
ciously-sudden introduction of some
startling novelty would operate as a rev.
olution in the trade, as happened when
the spoonbill bonnet was abruptly cast
aside for the bonnet no bigger than
cheeseplate, which lay fiat on the. head.
This unexpected novelty must have
thrown nyriads of speonbills out of wear
within less than three months, and was
presumably regarded as an unmixed
boon for the operatives who were re-
quired to manufacture large stocks CT
the new article. All these violent
chances hownvnr ara now thip0s tff tho
past. There are now no recognized
leaders of fashion in Paris; and though
every year brings some new modes with
it, these are neither so generally nor so
rapidly copied as they used to be. Then
some fashions which have been found
comedy and convenient have maintained
their prestige for several seasons in sue
cession, defying all extravagant at
tempts to supersede them.-Londoa
Me2US
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-29
Gnnd Manners.

A rudeness is worse than CRIME; IL Isl
O. hIunder. because it is so easy to be-
polite. .. so,o.;o,
is wrong to his Gn'oe" proPre.
sT,etters which are warmly sealed,
saws Jean Paul Richter, ''are often coldly
onened." When writing remember the
character of the person you are address
inc and don't waste your sweetness
Don't "cut'' anybody; that is, take
care not to know anybody whom you
will be obliged to 'cut. "
Always present the person OF lower
rank to the person of higher, gentle
man to lad; the young to the Old
Never make introductions uItess you
have good reason to believe that DOM
parties are agreeable.
Never seal a letter of introduction
The bearer ought to know on what terms
to approach a stranger.
No business is well done that Is done
through any other agency than your
own. .. al.
IF Won pass an acquaintance with O
Jadv on his arm, do not nod; take OIL
your hat, so that your salute may seem
10 embrace both your friend and the
lady. ,.uou,.oe
respect: if a man be worth knowing, he
is surely worth the trouble of approach
inc properly. 1t will likewise relieve
Won VOC from the awl1wardness of being ac-
9uainted with people of whom you
might at times be ashamed, or be Obliged
under any circumstances to ''cut.
Never give letters of introduction
unless you are prepared to be response
be for the persons to whom they are
oiven Why should you trust upon the
Society of a friend those whom you
would not admit to your own? Or why
ask his good services for individuals
whom YOU do not know to deserve
them? .,.o4;o,,
The holder of letter of introduction
should not take it in person, but should
send # with his card of address, The
receiver, if he be gentleman, will cali
upon YOU without delay. At all events,
you are bound to give him an opuon'
whereas, by taking your letter IN person
you force yourself upon him whether ne
will or not.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-07-29

am certain.
How much would such an expedi-
ton cost?
CT could make it for 10000 francs.
This would include the support of nv
wife and children during my absence.
with the assurance of something to them
if I died on the expedition
Nothing more was said. The next
day the Patron said to me:
You heard the Conts of LIE Roux.
what do you think of it?'
"s It was blaguer
You do not doubt its truth?'
"No, but the government has long
since traced that peasant and that mule.
It has shot the peasant and dug the
ground for miles around the charcoal
camp
What, to find all those diamonds at
once? There they dig down mountains
for few Js crois ca, moi ?
50 But do you think the search would
be worth $4,000 frsncs?'
"'No. Brazil is a country of dense
vegetation A man working In the
night, in fear of his life, would not re
gard the surrounding objects with suf-
ficient care to identify them again. Re-
member that thirty years have elapsed
since the diamonds were hidden.
6 I think differently, said the head of
the house. I know LIE Roux to be a
man of truth. He would not have
otherwise retained his employment so
long. If they were in the United States
the men who have invested their money
in search for the treasure of Capt. Kidd
would form society for this search
For me, have resolved to invest %. 900
francs in the enterprise. | shall entrust
the execution of the enterprise to LIE
Roux. You will have charge of the
money. Prepare to accompany him
This decision took me completely by
surprise. 1t involved quitting Paris.
which was to me then as quitting the
world. 1t was bouleUerseneent totoLe
of all my plans and pleasures. 1 was an
industrious, accurate and honest clerk.
but then one is not always bending over
the ledger. There was the theater, the
Boulevards, La Bal, the restaurant, the
gay companions, la ,-etite file ouvTiere
a quiez'eme Rue La Harm.
"'Aha, said la PeTe Remand, 'Je vous
connais bien, Mons. Paul; vous etes
bon garcon, mails 0e&ssi an gdrcOW 6ien
gal sur occasion, NEST &c pas
"Upon reflection I determined to dis
suade the patron, If possible, from the
adventure, and if failed in this, to tell
him that for me to go it was impossible.
"He yielded to my arguments, but l
have since thought it was because he
saw could not be persuaded to go, and
he had no one else SO trustworthy.
Years afterward I lived some years in
Spanish America, and thought more ia
vorably of the chances of success, if I'M
dertaken in company with the old sol
der of Napoleon.
"'And LIE Roux?'
Gas the patron had never mentioned
his purposes to him, the subject was
never referred to again. l have, how
ever, often wondered whether, with a
little more enterprise, I might not have
succeeded in finding the deposit Of le sac
q cur DIES claimants and fat. AuSsi
mes re1ateS q Paris. "-NeaO Orleans
Pic0alLYtE,