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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-20
From Andrew lei. McGee, Esq an Old
Resident of Davannnrt. Towa.

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sworn to before me by g. l.. Watt,
this 10th day of January. 1880.
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Notrary Public, Scott county
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-04-20
Tine Efficacy of DIR. Cannoughton's
Treatment

Tne Efhcacy of DIR. Cannoughton' 8
Treatment.
Editor of the Gazette: Will you
please give this communication a place
i'll your columns. l have daily inquir-
les aid Mrs. Watts RECEIVES letters
from abroad i'll regard to the truth of
her certificate published in your paper
Mrs. w. called on DR.. Connaughton
in July last to see if he could help her
and told told him that she had lost all
hopes in physicians, and had very
little in him. The Doctor told her that
he could cure her and he has done it.
| had my doubts of IT being pertinent
but l am now sati fled that it is She
has taken no medicine since October.
and has enjoyed perle t health after
being sufferer for fifteen years. |
publish this for the doubling and
afflicted.
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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

DR.. Hamilton, one of the highest au-
thorities on nervous diseases, closed his
review of Guiteau's case, after the state.
ment that the prisoner ought to be
hanged as a matter of justice and policy,
thus: 'His success in escaping the gal.
lows will also have pernicious effect
upon other cranks like himself, just as in
a school when one boy goes unpublished
Others take courage and plunge into all
sorts of mischief Bad, vicious conduct
may just as well become chronic as good
conduct. 1t is q matter Oftempcrament
and training, the latter being of more
Importance than the first. He found all
his life that people would not punish
him for petty swindling or for gross i'm
morality, and he went from bad to worse
simply because he was not stopped be
fora
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
PROPER LIVING.

The rules for properly living the life
of this world are simple, and yet We are
constantly looking beyond them for
something we deem grander. We are
somewhat like the leper, NaamaR, when
told 10 go and dip himself in the waters
Of Jordan. That was not grand enough
for him. So the simple rules which we
know will bring conteniment are too
plain for US as n people. We love
splurge and noise, and will go TO any
extent OF strain and worry to make
them. "By the sweat of the brow" is
too homely for US. While moralists
preach that doctrine few of US are
willing To practice 1t. unless compelled
to; and yet in obedience TO the command
from the garden, and in the exercise of
a contenied spirit there is more true
happiness than in all the rush for
money and fame. According to current
notions people must be wealthy. OF, TO
say the least, well-to-do, to be comfort
able and happy, but it is an indisputa-
bic fact that 1t is not always, or gener-
ally. rich people who enjoy life TO
the largest extent or the best advantage.
If the wealthy have acquired the
important faculty of properly using
their means they may increase their IA
cilities for solid enjoyment; otherwise
not. II Is an important and most en-
couraging fact that we may have bappi-
ness In humble homes-happiness not
simply as the result of social intercourse,
but from sleeping. ealing and working,
If our natural and mental resources are
properly employed. There is more
genuine enjoyment in the thought,
when we lie down at night, that We have
done our duty during the day; that. we
have done some good deed that will last /;
that we have helped some weaker one
on the road TO gain g firmer foOt-hold
in the right, than there is in all the dis
play this world can furnish. The fame
that men generally strive for is very
fleeting. Worldly fame Is bubble.
Riches too often take wings and if one
succeeds in dying rich, he only leaves n
legacy for contention among his heirs;
and yet thousands OF lives are perverted
and ruined In obtaining these objects.
WoFld-worship Is one of the evils Of
the time. 1t begets selfishness and
jealousy. We are not IN advocate of
mere Flooding. We believe in progress,
but the object of progress should be
toward doing goOd-toward growth
that should not be empty of good re-
suits. Ruskin says that not only did
God intend that every man should work,
but that every man should be happy in
his work. Proper living consists sim
ply in having some good and useful en-
pIoyment; In industry AMI contentment,
and in the cultivation of our better fac
ulties. 1t is not in clamOr and strife;
not in trampling upon the weak; not in
the qualification of grasping and absorb
ing selfshness. There IS great comfort
in turning the affairs of every day life
to the best account for strengthening our
better natures. There is no comfort in
living a life that shall produce nothing
but leaves"
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
VENNOR AGAIN.
Vennor makes the following predic
dictions for the month of December:

Vennor makes the following predic-
dictions for the month of December:
hardly like the look of this month,
viewed from the present standpoint
(September 49,. 1t "looks ugly" and
smacks of cold, bitter, biting cold, north
and south, east and west, with but
sparsely snow-covered ground in north.
ern New York and Canada, and bare
ground west and south. The
month bids fair 10 lie cold
and dry. rather than otherwise, and
this cold may be somewhat proportion
ate to the heat of the past summer, and
extend TO extreme southern points The
entry of the month is likely TO bring in
winter abruptly in most sections where
winter is usually expected and expert.
enced. The first week of the month will
probably give the first good snowfall of
the season in New York, Canada and
westward with considerable bluster,
while cold, stormy and wet weather will
be experinced in southern localities.
Snowfalls will again occur about the
middle of the month in Canada and the
northern United States, and during the
last few days of the month, again as far
south IS Washington, d. c., where it is
probable the New Year will enter with
fair sleighIng for a brief period. These
90 rnanIr'd 1o~S S an. ale no' LlAeiy 70 De
a. .,.. 80 1uo seTSIe As InoSe Oh the
IL, Iot ...oIS Am i as Lave airSy stated,
se,; N UPS io"A io'niiuAoie IN most
SeI'Ions.
as DecelDer Is an important one OF
winter mouths, anu, Iurther, Is one about
whlch am particular las a miss there
Is generaiIy mss every~herel, ap-
penu me tolIoWlng more detailed fore
cast OF ~ Ior the Denent oil persons TO
mnon I1e chaIac'er .. the closing
.n NJ VI 'ue year 10 VI special inter-
eSI; 800,
,. Occhor' ISL, 2, .. storms or In
1,cAtlons OF STORM on the Atlantic. and
Oluslery WeAther II new YORK, Boston
ana o.neI seanoard cities; snoWfalls IN
the mlodle Gno nosthern states and Can
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
AS the reading of tho letters

AS the reading of the letters pro
crossed Guiteau occasionally comment
ed upon them or suggested a proper
word when Scoville hesitated. While
one dated from the Oneida community
was being read Guiteau said: "Weli,
You can see I was badly cranked about
that time"
AT another time Scoville hesitatcd and
said: "Here is a word cannot make
out"
"'Civilization' is the word - prompted
Guiteau. You can see how badly mixed
up was in that miserable community.
1t makes me mad every time l think of
it. wish those letters were out of the
evidence"
Seoville read from one letter: 81 am
with Jesus Christ 81 Co., and l am
working for them"
"That was my sentiment" said Quit
eau, ''and that has been my position ever
since"
In prior letter addressed to his father
the prisoner had requested two or three
hundred dollars. Guiteau commented
upon this letter saying: Father did
not send me the money. He always
thought was badly cranked."
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
The restlmony Of GuIteaa,s grother.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S-After recess j .
W. Guiteau resumed the stand. He had
heard his brother Abraham was insane.
His uncle Fracis Wilson Guiteau (men-
toned in the family as "Francis Guiteau
2d.'') died in an asylum. He understood
that in his early life Francis had fought
duel with a rival in law. The witness
had understood his uncle had killed the
man. The records at the asylum showed
his insanity TO be caused by mortifica-
ton at fighting some duel. Besides, Alb
hey Vanguard, a daughter of his aunt
Julia, and Augustus Parker, who was a
cousin of the witness, were insane; had
never heard any other case of insanity
in the family.
Scoyille-"What is your opinion now
as to your fathers sanity?'
Al think he was sane"
Q.-"What do you mean by saying
your brother was possessed of demon,
or deyil?'
A religious theory is that there are
two forces in the universe-one under
Satan or the devil, and one nnder God,
or Jesus Christ My father held the
who were seized of the devil or Satan,
and of Christ or God. He believed that
these two forces were at war, one with
the other, and that at present and since
the fall Of man Satan had, to a great ex-
tent, the dominion of the earth to
possess himself Of all those who were
not believers in the Lord Jesus Christ as
the Savior, and who had not been saved
from the power of sin by . complete
union with the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ; that ali evil, all disease, all de
tormity, all infirmity was the result of
sin or an admission of those who
haA
under the dominion Of Satan or an
evil spirit of an evil nature. That
was my fathers theological view. It
was my brothers and mine, and so / |
believe, at some time, in my brothers. |
life, as he had free will to choose the |
good or evil he must have, through his |
evil influences, through his stubborn
ness, through his pcrYefsity of nature, !
allowed Satan to gain such q control |
over him, that he was under the power |
of Satan That idea is one on which ! |
based my opinion that my brother was |
morally responsible to God, but prob /
ably not responsible according TO hu- /
man or legal responsibility, being in one
sense insane"
Prisoner-@You have that thing wrong |
side up."
Witness-"Perhaps haye''
Prisoner-ssThat is very poor theolo- |
gy and very poor position for Jon TO
take
Coming back to the subject of his
uncle Abraham Guiteau. the witness
stated that when he saw him last, in
1851. he was 'tof his base very badly
He was '1gassy, bloW-hefdyp The kind |
Of . man the witness would have said,
twas . little weak in the upper story
He remembered his brother in his In
fancy. He was so nervous he could not
keep still for ten minutes His father
once offered him Ten cents If ne could
10 50 and he did not get the money.
His mother had salt rheum very badly.
This disease affected the witness and his
sister. He never heard Of it in the
prisoner.
Sarah Parker, Of Chicago. . widow Of
Augustus and cousin of the prisoner,
esfifed that her husband died in the in
.ane ASYLUM. The prisoner and his
wife came 10 her house in Chicago. The
witness had then two children, q son and
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
Concerninp the scbcmc n ..,I.hanize,

Concerning the scheme TO "Mahonize''
the south, the Washington Star says:
South Carolina has been selected as The
next southern state in which the Malone
policy is TO be organized and pushed.
II is stated that Judge l.. J. Mackey is To
be the political Moses who will lead
South Carolina out of the bonds of Bsur-
bonism. Judge Mackey's political ex-
perience has been varied enough, If that
were all that is necessary ~ constitute
skillful leader. He emerged from the
rebellion as Stalwart Republican, but
drilled over TO the Democrats as soon as
1t became evident that his own party
was on the down grade. There is un-
doubted dissatisfaction in many, if not
all, the Southern States with the Demo
cratic party. This is natural result of
few years of uninterrupted rule by q
party. Disappointment occur and dis
sensiOns grow up which drive men from
the ruling party, but it will require a
skillful, courageous and popular leader
10 organize revolt against the domi-
Dant party in any of the Southern States.
1t must be admitted that the result in
Virginia is due more to Mahone's able
leadership than to anything else. The
first thing for those who are seeking to
overthrow Democracy in the South is TO
find Malone in each State to lead the
movement.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

A dispatch from Geneva, Switzerland,
says of the vast nine and a half mile
tunnel under the Alps, connecting Ger
many and Italy. which has been some
years in boring:
The first journey in carriages from
end to end of the St. Gothard Tunnel
without interruption took place last
week, the passengers numbering about
sixty. They consisted of members of
the contractors and engineers stats and
their friends. Locomotives have arrived
at GOschenon ready for the opening of
the line. 1t has been decided, on
grounds of economy, not to light the
tunnel with electric light. The Journey
by express train from Basel to Milan
will occupy eleven hours, and from
Basel 10 Florence twenty-four hours,
and from Basel to Rome thirty-three
hours. The Federal government have
directed that the st. Gothard road be
kept free from snow until the line is
completed between Fluelen and Bellin-
Zona-that is, throughout the coming
winter. A bad part has been met with
in the Arlberg Tunnel, similar to the
windy stretch of the st. GOthard under
Andermatt.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
GnIteau and bis Letters.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-AnOther of
Guiteau's letters was read, in which he
criticised severely the Oneida communi-
ty, and referred to a circular enclosed,
which also denounced the community
and their practices.
Guiteau exclaimed: Several of the
New York dailies took up my circular
and devoted editorial comments to it.
That was little bit of revenge l had
for living in that miserable society. l
am glad to know they are broken up
now. was virtuous man all the time
was there. want that understood"
The reading of the letters was finished
at noon, and Guiteau resumed the wit
ness stand.
ScoVille began to question him rela-
tive to his early life.
Guiteau responded promptly and in
diligently and with perfect GOODNESS,
and for some minutes apparently enjoy
ed the situation and his freedom to talk.
Abiding to his fathers second marriage,
he said smilingly: "He went off one
day without consulting me at all, and
got married. thought that was q fun
ny way of doing, and got very mad over
It,"
Whenever allusion was made TO the
Oneida community Guiteau became
very much excited, and denounced the
community and his fathers course in
persuading him to go there.
'Why do you blame your father 81
asked Scoville.
Guiteau-"Because if he had been out
of the way never should have gone IN
der the influence of that miserable fanat-
icism. There never was such spiritual
fanaticism in the world. am glad the
miserable, sinking community is
broken up, and l hope the United
States government will break up that
miserable Mormon community in
Utah"
Guiteau gave his views and his faith
er's religious belief, and was asked if
he or his father had any peculiar views
on healing diseases.
He replied: "Oh, yes; father was a
full crank on that subject"
Scoville-"What do you mean by
crank 81
Guiteau3"Well, that's short way of
putting it when you want to say man
is pretty badly crazed."
Guiteau, in reply to question, said
he did not believe in any religion until
his conversion, which was IN 1859, when
he came under the influence of Beecher
and the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton. "Beecher, up TO that time," said
Guiteau, "was supposed to be virtuous
young man."
Recnaa
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01
An Agrlcullural pepartment

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.-The national
grange, which has been IN session in
Washington, appointed a committee To
wait upon George H Lori0g, the com
missioner of agriculture, with the pur-
pose of making an effort to Lift the de-
partment of agriculture into the pest
ion of an executive department of the
government, the head of the department
to be . member of the cabinet. Mr..
Benjamin lie FevTe, member of the
house of representatives, from the Fifth
Ohio district, will introduce q bill to
this effect upon the assembling of con-
gress. II will be urged on behalf of this
proposition that about one-half the peo-
pie OF the country are engaged in agri-
culture, and that this commanding in
dustrY has never received proper atten-
ton at the hands of the law making
power The farmer does not visit the
national capital as lobbyist or knock
at the doors of congress supplicaDt for
special favors. In all the history of the
country, though this is nation of farm
ers, the farmer is almost the only
man who has not been at the gates
of government asking for assistance.
But the proposition that there shall
be at the seat Of government an execu-
tive department, TO be known as the de-
pertinent of agriculture and secretary
of agriculture, who shall be the head
thereof, and cabinet officer of the gov
eminent, will not be unresisted. These
executive departments OF the govern
ment are all unknown to the constitu-
tion. They are all the creatures of the
statutes. At the formation of the gov
eminent congress created four of these
departments oniy--the department Of
state, the department of war, the depart
ment of the treasury AID the department
of justice. These four departments were
created in 1883. and these four cabinet
positions date from statutes of that year.
The next executive department TO be
created was that of the postoffice, la
1884, In 1798 the navy department was
created, and not until 1919 was the int
ioE departm ent made an executive de-
partment Of the government 10 be headed
By cabinet officer. II IS illustrative Of
the growth OF the country that the latest |
Of these departments 10 be created has |
gradually became the most important /
save one in the government in the extent /
and character OF its jurisdiction. The
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-12-01

New York Tribune: Friday, for the
first time since the G uiteau trial began,
Justice Cox referred to the behavior of
the spectators. For a number of days
the trial has been frequently interrupted
with bursts of brutal laughter, whenever
the prisoner chose to exert himself for
the amusement of the crowd, and on
several occasions they have insulted the
judge with such applause as an audience
gives to a stump speech or to a new
joke at the theatre. These afironts to
the selfrespect of the court have been
accepted in the meekest silence, for rea-
sons best known to the court. The
antics of the prisoner and the horse
play of the audience make the trial
shame to the American people,
and filled foreign countries with
establishment where il is not known that,
in the punishment of crime, Washing
ton ceases TO be the national capital and
becomes Maryland village. Ysstcr-
day the judge at last demanded order,
and commented severely on the disorder
that prevailed-aiter having allowed it
TO go ON for Ave days without word of
protest. The crowd which caused the
court room to present. yesterday, "more
the appearance of the auditorium of a
theatre" than ever before-the "hand-
sOmely dressed women" with their
''opera glasses" and the rest-paid some
attention, but not great deal. 1t is u
satisfaction, however, to know that JUS
iice Cox has begun. If he will perse-
we're, he may, by the time the trial has
ended, attain a modified degree of dis
order which would not be disgracefGl
at a comic lecture.