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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-11-24
attorneys of the northwest His brother il one
of the supreme judges Of the state.
Deputy Marshall Murdered in Iowa,

~ the Meroe boys stole all the potatoes from I
farmers field near Davis City. Warrants were
issued for the arrest and the marshal and bis
deputy, Of Davis City, attempted their capture,
when they shot their deputy dead, seriously and
probably fatally shot the msrshal aud wounded
woman who was . bystander near. The des-
peradoes made their escape. Their capture is
quite certain
Guiteau on the Oneida Community.
In the ong-winded farago Of stuff which
Guiteau wanted to be read at the opening of
his trial occurs the following: Ny brother.in-
law, George scoville, Esq, Of Chicago, is =
some Of his movements in the case, notably
his mixing with ''Oneida Noyes" For twenty
five years he was the Curse Of my father'slife
and for six years I lived under the despotism
he welded in the Oneida community lex
Iress my detestation Of Noyes, and them. To-
day, John q. Moves. the founder Of the Oneida
community is an American fugitive on British
soil Moves is q cold blooded scoundrel He
has debauched more young women, broken up
more respectable families and caused more
misery by his fanaticism than any man Of his
age. Had Noyes had his dues, he would have
mitted with his own flesh and blood, it would
have been godsend to great many decent
people If he had been. During my residence
in the Oneida community, l, like the most Of
the men In the concern, was practically Shak-
or. Noyes was the only man who had full
swing Of the females Of the concern, and he
took them all in above ten years.
One OF the Frequent Scenes Of the Guitea
Trial.
Guiteau, who had just been brought in by the
officers, said:
Will your honor allow me to address the
court : moment? In spite of counsel have
rights here which should be recognized want
to state my position.
Judge Cox-You cannot be heard now Tho
court is satisfied with your counsel
The prisoner-But am not l think it az
outrage to have incompetent counsel forced up-
on me- Scoville is doing splendidly l most
distinctly appreciate his services. want
chance to defend myself, aud there will be a
row all the way through If don't have it
All this time Guiteau was resisting the efforts
OF the officers to make him take bis seat, and
was talking in his usual jerky, disconnected
way. Il am not Satisfied with this business"
striking the table with his fist, "and 1 won't
have it,
Judge Cox lseverely)-1f you do not keep ST.
lence will have you removed.
The prisoner-1 do not care if you do The
American people have something to say about
this matter. 1t is an outrage that should not
be heard in my own defense.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-11-24

Shortly after Judge Cox took his seat Guiteau
was brought into court. He was escorted by
three officers, who took seats between him md
the crowd. The prisoner is invariably led into
court handcuffed and the irons arc removed
only when he has taken bis seat
= Tha a0pSt yas sWsi6pg The appeAEapce Of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
Bobby and the Plaster.

Bobby Blinkers was Nevada boy,
and didn't want to go to school. He did
not put in his appearance at breakfast,
and about 9 o'clock his mother went up
10 see what was the matter. Bob was
writhing about the bed from an impro,,
vised stomach-ache "All right, said
the ol dlady. ''I'll apply mustard plas,,
ter" and in few minutes a hot mustard
master containing two square feet o.
motive power was spread upon the boys
abdomen. Mother, how long must
this thing stay on?' Il gness III be
able TO take it off about A this afternoon,
and then if I can get an emetic TO work,
tin be all right. Lie still, my boy, III
bring Won through" Then Bob rose uE
Immediately and started for school, and
the plaster was the cause d his being
81 hour Iste,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
A Doubtful Apology.

Not many years ago, in the village of
Eatonton, Ga, man made his appear
ance and stopped at the tavern. He
was possessed of remarkable nose, one
which almost monopolized his entire
face--red, Roman, enormous. So great
show was it, that it attracted universal
attention. The glances cast at it, and
the r. marks made about it, had rem.
dered its owner somewhat sensitive upon
the subject A half-grown negro boy
was summoned by the proprietor t.
carry his baggage to his room. Cuffee
was much taken with the nose. As ne
came out of the room, unable to con.
tain himself longer, he exclaimed
"Golly, what nose r
Our traveller overheard him, and went
to his master with demand for punish
ment.
Cuffee was called up, and, at the sug-
gestion OF some bystanders, was let of
on condition that he would apologize to
the offended gentleman. This he read
lily agreed to do. Walking to the room
where our traveller was, and touching
hi hat and humbly bowling, he said:
"Massa, / was talkln' nonsense. You
amt got no nose"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
Not to Be Coerced.

Calling early one hot morning in the
summer of 1859 at the residence of
Stephen A. Douglas, III Washington, /
found him earnestly engaged in CONVEX
sation with a Northern Senator, a sup
porter of the administration of James
Buchanan, who was endeavoring to Sc
cure his vote in favor OF a candidate for
an important Office, whose nomination
was to be sent to the Senate on that day.
At this time Mr.. Douglas, by his re-
fusal to support the Lecompton Con.
stitution" for the Government of the
Territory OF Kansas, which he consid-
cred fraud, and an insuperable obstacle
to the future prosperity of the Territory,
had incurred the enmity of Mr.. BIZ
chanan and his Cabinet advisers. From
them he had, according to his own state
ment, experienced annoyances and per
secutions which had aroused all the bit
terness of his nature.
He listened attentively to the appeal
of the Senator, an3, waving direct
response, proceeded to speak of the treat
ment he had received from Buchanan
and his subordinates in office. As he
proceeded he became terribly eloquent.
The blood mounted to his temples, and
his whole frame quivered with rage.
When Mr. Douglas had ceased speak
ing, the disappointed Senator rose to de.
part. On reaching the door which
onened upon the hall, he exclaimed,
with menacing look:
"Sir, if you vote against my candi-
date, / will vote against every friend OF
yours whose appointment is sent to the
Senate for confirmation y
Exasperated anew by this remark, Mr.
Douglas literally rushed across the room
with uplifted hand, and, standing be-
fore the speaaer, rapidly snapped his
fingers within few inches of his face,
exclaiming at the same time:
"Sir, I care not that for You or your
threats, and if you thought to iutimi
date me you had better have stayed
away from ny house T
The Senator, evidently deeming il
useless, or, perhaps, unsafe, for him t.
reply, made no response, but quickly
left the house, and Mr.. Douglas re
sumed his seat.
At this moment the door was thrown
open, and Mrs. Douglas, one Of tn
most beautiful women that ever grar; {
Washington society, entered the i, o
Ali traces OF anger had vanished iro
the face of her husband, VII, gre ted
her in tones of gentleness and affection
which BETRAYED the deep devotion OF his
heart. - Youths Companion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
Aunt salIy,s Talks.


I'm almost tuckered out Whats
the matter? Matter huff. I've been
over TO Henry's, taking care Of his sick
wife. Guess if they hadn't been able to
get me, old as am, they'd have had a
bouncing big doctors bill to pay. What
ails her? Well, | call it internal nom
sense. Maybe you never heard Of the
disease, and I'll explain. just wait a
mint"
The old lady took liberal pinch of
STUFF, busted off her nose on her check
apron, and sa d
We tried to bring that boy up SEN
sible, but when he was away to college
he got struck on this gal, and we never
knowed he was married until he brought
her home. Lands but you could have
knocked me down with O feather |
When they driv up thought Henry had
bfung home big wax doll for Emma's
little gal. When he said to me !:
Mother, this is my wife, Mollie,'
should have swooned away, only ]
thought my ernptings might run over he
fore they could bring me to. There she
was, green young thing, hardly taller
than boot-jack, face painted, false
hair, laced to kill, eyebrows blackened,
and proud as Lucifer of her small feet.
was roIlin' out pie-crust, and the thing
took me SO sudden aud illustrated me SO
much that / put a pie TO bake with
nothing but my spectacles between the
crusts."
She held the spectacles up to the light,
polished up the brass bows bit on her
knee, and went on:
We had to put up with it, but / told
Henry how it would be, and believe he
has repented in sackcloth and ashes
more'n dozen times. She was fash
ionable doll She couldn't sew, sweep,
bake, dust, darn or make her own bed.
She'd laced till her ribs were all out Of
shape. She'd been so fashionable about
her stockings and shoes and clothes that
she had chronic sore throat, and one
lung was half gone with consumption.
She'd painted TIL her face WIS blotchy.
She'd drawled around until she had a
gait between limp and crawl. That 5
the kind of a wife he brought home 10
be his consolation and help-meet. HI
father could do the work of two men,
and l could get up dinner for twenty
harvest hands aud keep the leach run.
ming, and he expect, us to be father
and mother to that doll r.
She shut her lips, trotted her foot,
and it was long time before she could
go on:
"They live across the road there.
She hain't seen a dozen well days since
he brought her home, nor done an
hours work. I've been over soaking
her feet, making her helb tea, combin'
her hair, fixin' up Cruel, and tellin' her
slovenly hired girl what's what, but I'm
discouraged. She may live few months,
but she's certain to die within year,
and l don't know but she'll be better
off. / tell ye, Uncle Richard, a wife
who is good for nothin' but to fill a cor
set an show off fine dupls can't git to
heaven any too soon. That's where she
belongs. TIL re are no husbands up
there. Babies in heaven never squat
They don't have to be washed and
dressed. There is no cookin' or washin
or bakin' or cleanin' house. Angels
don't have to plan or patch or darn. -
Free Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
To Rid n Loft OF Rats.

Take pint of common tar, half an
ounce Of vltriol, and a good handful Of
common salt; mix them all well to-
gether In any old deep pan. Get some
pieces of paper, and put some of the
above mixture very thick on the paper,
and place enough of this into the holes
sufficient to stop them, and then let the
bricklayer rake good after you, and If
yon should find any of the holes opened
again, it is quite certain you had not
put in n sui, lent quantity.
For smoE lg rats out when TIL get
behind the rainscot: Find out small
hole or crack, then take handful OF
common salt, and put it in at the hole or
crack, and pour upon the salt spoon
full or two Of oil OF vitriol, and this will
make such fumigation or smoke that
they cannot bear it. Then stop the
hole or crevice again that the smoke
may not come out Do this in two or
three places as near where You hear
they are as you can, and it will cause
them TO forsake those places. This
method is very safe, as no damage can
possibly ensue to the wainscot from the
smoke. - peynaia Catcher, 1853.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
speculations As 10 the Future Life.

Years ago, in the days of Bishop But
Ter. very much stress was laid upon the
analogies in nature illustrating, and sup
porting the idea of future life, and the
treatises then written were models of IN
tellectual power and patient research. A
great impression was produced, not only
upon uneducated but educated minds.
Since that period science has progressed
with giant strides, and ut every step has
so largely added to the list of striking
analogies or incidental proofs, that the
illustrations of early date seem few IN
number and dwarfed in proportion and
force. The idea of an unseen immaterial
existence involves, also, the idea of un-
seen activities and correspondence III the
rayless realm. The most stolld Of us can
not fail TO be impressed with the beautl-
full analogies which recent scientific dis
covery affords. Do we not every day
converse with unseen friends long dis
talces away, do we not recognize their
familiar voices, in homes separated from
us by rivers, woods, and mountains?
These voices come ont Of the darkness,
guided by fr,lil wire which science pro-
vides as pathway Even whentlie cur
tain of night is drawn about us the
voices are heard, and we have not
the shadow of doubt of their integrity
and identity.
And further, have we not analogies of
sight which startle us by their signifi-
canoe? Is it not true that when abroad
we are open to the view of unseen OBJ
servers long distances from MS, and our
every act and movement known? The
excellence of optical instruments is such
that we have seen the motion of the lips
OF persons In conversation, while sitting
on house balcony three miles distant,
the observed, of course, wholly uacon-
scious of being seen by any one. Ii our
friends in this life, dead to us hidden as
they are by the shroud of space, can be
seen, and we can hear their voices, their
shouts of laughter, the words of the
hymns they sing, the cries of the little
ones in the mothers arms, is it very alb
surd to anticipato time when those
dead to us by the dissolution of :.
body may, by some now unknown
phone, send us voices from realm
at hand, but hidden from our mo-
eyes.
We have no proofs to offer that this
realm of the departed, this home of tn,
soul, is close at hand, but i is certainli
more reasonable and sensible to ad p.
this hypothesis than the popular one of
a material world or place, somewhere
afar off in the depths of space. One
view seems possible, the other absurd.
-{}OstoJl Journal of CbeglliStfU
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
Aneednte OF BRYANT.

Mr.. Bryant was peculiarly considerate
of the feelings Of others. An associate
editor relates the following incident.
Mr.. Bryant, who was reading review
of little book of wretched verse. said
to me: II wish You wonld deal very
gently with poets, especially with the
weaker ones. /" Later, / had bad case
of poetic idiocy to deal with, and. as
was debating the matter in my mind,
Mr.. Bryant happened to come into my
room. / said to him that I vas emhar-
rassed by his injunction to deal gently
with poets, and pointed out TO him the
utter lmpossibility of finding anything
70 praise or lightly to condemn in tbs
book before me. Attn ! had read some
portions OF II 70 him, he answered: mo,
you can't praise u, but "~-~tllr,,ing the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06

- n -
DOWN IN swamp where the a.sors bloom
=, = weary cat-iail hung lis uead
any htart II wrapped around With olooro
~ WOULD, would, that were deadi
Liie here is never hi'srlous
oit ~. a,Nayb somewhat Iaalarious.r
NHu Inis discontinued cat-tsil
y, y ny am not a fair naoss-rose
Or ~. = poet strain might tell Of me,
VI maiden press me 70 her nose,
And gently, tenderiy, smell Of rna9
IN now hemoan my humble waikiki
~ ~ : ~, "a ~ tear tricked down the stain
VI the sorrowful, weeping cat-taiL
But since my lot with grief Is -ife.
since fate, cruel fate, so DEGREES
~ 90 my best, aud the orange Of life
VIII most thoroughly squeeze:
and IN LIT my head--I viii, indeed
Aua put on for period going to seed n
9aAh TINS very yirtaots eat-taii
30 Il pushed aside the green leaves tb..
surrounded It like closet,
ANA the neighborng pia- i were aston,sbsa =.
It's great adipoee deposit -
"a other eat-tails it quite looked down
TOT none Grew so p.cthoric and brown
AS Ills noble-hearted cat-taii
ti ,,l; arli browner the eat-tail grew,
I'M at last, one summer day.
niaiden fair, with eyes of blue.
Cane driving along that wav
'h9 uad studied artistic decoration,
Aiu gave Delighted exclamation
When she saw the noble cat-tail
ohe spared It not; IN Its noble prime
she cut it short on The spot:
But i knew il was near its seedy time
AMI II would rather be cut than not
And il almost erupted its sleek fat sile
Win YIN III fervid joy and its honest pride,
This stout but modest cat-taiL
me maiden showed To Ill her friends
her cal tured cat-tail brown and tall.
She made it bow with loops and ends,
And hung it up against the wall
me humble oat-tal was much elated
In its position elevated,
AS decorative cat-tail.
For by lie side there hung in state
Some Kensingtop-work on flannel
"hte one-legged etork looked Tor his mate
FROM pleasing neighboring panel
Ah9 these with gorgeous peacock's feather
ana Japanese fan all hang together,
with the now msthedc eat-taill
-HorpeTS BdzGr.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
A DIFFERENCE In yalne.

Rosseau, alluding to the kindness of
neighbors, says that, when his wife died,
every father in the neigh borhood offered
to console him with one Of his daughters:
but q few weeks afterward, his COW hav.
ing shared the same fate. no ono ever
thought II replacing his less by tbs Offer
OF ENTHUSIASTICALLY proving tie different
value set upon their COWS asa children.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
Familiar Quotations.

The expression "a dim religious
hight may he found in Millions {" Pen
seroso, and the commonly repeated saw
that absence makes the heart grow
fonder is to be discovered in I. H.
Bayley's song, elsie Of Beauty"
Colley Cihber, as almost every one is
aware, took it into his head that he
could greatly improve upon Shakspeare's
tragedy King Richard Ills" and, in
pursuance of this Hdea, he made various
additions to the play, many of which
have, curiously enough, entered, as it
were, into the language. Among these
we may notice, $50 much for Bucking-
ham !" g richards himself again, and
My souls in arms and eager for the
fray )" but, in spite of them, Mr.. Glib
bers tinkering, though gratefully
adopted by more than one great actor,
has now fallen into well-merited disre-
pute. In criticising Lord Beaconsfeld's
speeches, hostile papers are fond Of
making effective reference 10 "apt allit-
eration's artful aid, /" but they seldom, if
indeed ever, allow Churchill, the satirlst,
any credit for the phrase. Mr.. O'Con-
nor, too, If we remember rightly, has
written of the gay Conservative states
man as "the gay Lothario of politics. !"
How many persons, We wonder, recol-
lect that the original "gay Lothario is
one OF the characters in Rowe's tragedy,
"The Penitent p Then, again, the
phrase " comparisons are odious" is
almost invariably written without quo
tation marks. It occurs in Burtolts
"Anatomy Of Melancholy" aud also
in Herbert's Iaeula Prudentum, "
and Shakespeare, in "Mnch Ado
About Nothing" says comparisons
are odorous-" A literary journal OF
some standing recently made itself a
laughing stock by remarl1ing that this
last was not classical English quite
sufficient proof that even he whom Ben
Jonson called "sweet swan of Avon" il
not as well known rs he ought to be.
The origin OF the term the midnight
oil /" is hard to truce, but it occurs in
Quarles, in Shenstone and in Gay, and
it was probably invented by the first.
"Devil take the hindermost opens w
another difficult problem; but perhaps
Beaumont and Fletcher may claim the
phrase, which was used in later days by
Butler, Prior, Pope, Burns and half u
dozen more. :" Diamond cut diamond
is traceable to Ford's "Lover's Melan.
choly, where it may be found in the
form diamonds cut diamonds," and
the expression, "neither tish nor fest
nor good red herring" seems to belong
to Sir FL. Sheers. "Turn over new
leaf says Middleton, in Anything foi
Quiet Life" and it was Mrs. Malil-
prop, in Sheridan's "The Rivals who
first owned "the soft impeachment. =
Oliver Golasseitsl, in "The Good-na-
tured Man, wrote measures, not men,
have always been my mark and
Burke Doubtless alluding to the popu
larity OF the phrase in his day, spoke OF
"tIle cant of not men, but measures Z
10 Milton we owe the saying that
Peace hath her victor es
No less renowned than war;
nd it was Goldsmith again who, it,
''She Stoops to Conquer, introduced
to 1.-THE very pink Of perfection. > -
Tanlfa91 Itssy2
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
An Interesting Experiment.

With so simple an article as a red
cabbage, very old, but pretty little
chemical experiment may be made by
the young people, with the result Of
amusing and astonishing those around
them. The effect may be striKingly
shown in this manner: Cut three leaves
OF the cabbage into small pieces, and,
after placing them in a basin, ponr q
pint Of boiling water over them, letting
them stand an hour then pour off the
liquid into deeanter 1T viii be Of d
fine blue color. Then take four vino.
glasses, into one Of them put six drops
81 strong vinegar into another, six
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
The French Peerage.

France has no peerage officially recog-
nized, or baronetage, while the confer
ring of knighthood is CEREMONY unin-
telligible to even t,.ucated Frenchmen.
Several other fashions in which the
British sovereign delights to h nor her
lieges by making them 2rivy Conn IL
lors, or of her counsel learned IN the
law, . are wholly unknown 70 her u. igh-
bars. The scross, /" which is a star oi
ave rays, and the various other grades
if the /" Legion Of Fl nor, esta alished
ky Napoleon IN 1872. are the only sisi-
bio hoiiars with which france egast!.
Leg illustFioas sons. Any citizen can
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-06
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Ir is proposed by DIR. Oppermann to
construct roads in this way First, bed
six to eight inches thick of coarse De-
ton with hydraulic mortar, is laid down,
and then on the top of this bed thin
ner layer of smaller beton, cemented
with "A mixture of lime and one-half part
OF Portland cement or Boulogne cement,
and one-half part OF Stag.
FRICTION tapers are mnda ia England
from mixtme OF one ounce salfpstra,
one-half ounce powdered orris root, one
eighth ounce mnpanl, and one ounee
phosphorus on the latter being dis
solved one or two ounces Of castor oil
are added, the quantity varying accord
ing to the resultant tenaclty or heyibih-
ty required. v@r~s
The Consolidated railroad is building
at its shops in New Haven, CT, new
palace car, i'll which there is device for
keeping out the smoke, dust, and Gin
ders that come IN at an open window.
1t consists of an extra outer window.
shaped somewhat like curved bay win
dow, IN which the glass is only half the
width of the window. ana slides up and
down. When pushed TO the front side
1t presents curved surface against
winch the cind rs and smoke strike and
are thrown outward, while ar can enter
from the open half.
The effects of professions and trades
on mortality ara ,reat, the term of life
varying from 65 We; r. ii months for
clergymen to 40 years 10 months for
lIthogrnphers and copper engravers. In
England, according TO the census-oflice
statistics, the duration of life has been
found most defective among the steel
workers, polishers, and grindt rs and
next to these the life of the collier--that
fearless deliver in the bowels of the earth
lis least secure, owing greatly, no
doubt. to the occurrence of accidents in
the mines.
In a memoir pFfaMfie0ra at Christina
Herr Sophus Iromboldt considers that
1t may be accepted rs certain that the
aurora borealis is local phenomenon.
circumscribed by very narrow limits
and occurring not far from the surface
Of the earth. The light, lie finds from a
careful comparison of large number OF
observations, Is generally white, though
sometimes red or green; but further
north than Bergen the aurora often pre-
sents spectral colors. Hebelieves, also.
that there is now evidence enough to ac-
cept the statement that auroral displays
are sometimes attended with sound.
Some late inventions ought TO be able TO
set this last alleged fact beyond dispute.