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The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
Total for whole Dime, .SiS3l .;

Total Tor WhOlC 0lnNCl Cl..,..............S Sti3l.50
Yet these rates scarcely approxi;nated
to the prices reached before the end,
when flour was held at 81 $40 barrel,
beef at SO pound. and other things III,
proportion. In strong contrast to the
above is the bill of fare of dinner given
rather later by General Robert +. Lee
in his tent. in speaking Of which we'll
accredited correspondent wrote:
"In General Lees tent meat is eaten
now but twice week, the General not
allowing it nftener because ofthe straight
ened condition of the country. HIS or
dinary dinner consists of a head of cab
bage boiled in salt water and piece Of
corn bread; But few days ago, having
invited number of gentlemen to dine
with him, the General ordered a sump-
tuous repast Of cabbage and middling.
The dinner was served and behold, a great
pile of cabbage appeared with bit Of
middling in the center about four inshcs
long and two across. The guests With
commendable po!iteness, unanimously
declined middling, and It remained III
the dish untouched. Next day, General
Lee, remembering the delicious morsel
SO providentialIy preserved, ordered his
servant to bring that middlinv.' The
man hesitatel, scratched his head and
finally said: DE fac is, Mars Robert,
dat ar middlin' was borrid middlin'; We
it back to de man Whar ] git it FROM
The genera! then dined as usual on cab
bage."
The substitutes invented by house.
keepers for articles of food hitherto
considered a. essentials are worthy Of
detailed history in evidence Of the inec-
nuity resultant upon necessity: Pota-
toes, rye, oats, wheat and meal, were
indiscrimlnately served AS coffee, and
sweet potatOe coffee was really very
good. Three eggs, with the requisite
Quantity of soda and meal were indef-
iitely expanded into an indefinite guam
tity of omelet foran indefinite number Of
guests. The substitutes for tea were
quite rs numerous, including nulneless
variety of herbs and other succulent
erowths never dreamed of before as the
basis Of q breakfast beverage:
Indeed, on one occasion in high life,
the James river water itself lowing to
its high COLOR was successfully served as
tea before distinguished visitors and
drunk in their presence by whole fam
ily without the r,,se being discovered.
On this OCCASION the guests were General
and Mrs. Robert Il. Lee. The fri.ntts
upon whom they were calling and with
whom they passed the evening had
just enough tea, AS it happened, to fill
two of the o!d family cups. This they
served to their honored guests, ingen-
io,,sly filling their own cups with smiles
and muddy water. Tho General not on
ly enjoyed his cup Of tea. but was charm
cd with the hospitality Of his Old friends
(thc M--s,, never dreaming as ho
1uafied the steaming decoction that it
was their all. No cup Of tea, fancy,
ever gave t" q whole family go much
pleasure rs TIT oDc.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

A German merchant of this city. going
to his sumner residence at Nantasket,
was accosted by . chance acquaintance
with, "Ah, Mr.-,howare you? Going
down the harbor?" The gentleman nod
ded, and, after the 9uerist passed on,
remarked to q friend: THAT mans a
rope in dis postSEi boston o. fa;az Re1sld. d. Ao
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

~ regard all alum powders as very
unwholesome. Phosphate and Tartaric
Acid powders liberate their gas too free
~ in process of baking, or under vary
ing climatic changes suffer deteriora-
ton"
Dr. II. \. Mott, the former Govern
mcnt Chemist, after Il careful and elab-
crate examination Of the various Baking
Powders Of commerce, reported to the
Government in favor Of the Royal brand.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

Decisions BY the Attorney General.
Attorney General Hahn Of Minnesota has
rendered two decisions, the first being to the
effect that an administrator of an estate has
no right to pay the taxes ont of funds in his
han DIS, but the property must be turned
over to the heirs subjected to the tax lien.
The second was in reply to letter from DR..
f. 5. Davis Of Mankato, member of the
state board of health, asking if there is a law
providing a penalty for shipping dead bod
disease, ,or if any penalty is prescribed for
issuing false certificates :s to the nature of
the disease. In reply the attorney general
states that there is nothing in the statutes
covering snch offenses although it might be
a question which would be covered by com
mon law, wherein provision is made con-
cerning the spread Of infections diseases.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

Mr.: George Dexter, Of Albany, eighty
four years old, is the sole survivor Of
fifty passengers on the first trip Of Full
toms steamboat, the Clermont, from Al
bany to New York,
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BEST BAKING POWDER.
Interesting Tests Made by the Gov
ernnlent Chemist.

DR.. Edward G. Love, the present An
alyticai Chemist for the Government,
has recently made some interesting ex-
periments as to the comparative value
Of baking powders. DR.. Loves tests
were made to determine what brands
are the most economical to use, and as
their capacity lies in their leavnine pow
or, tests were directed solely to asce rtain
the available gas Of each powder. DR.,
Loves report gives the following:
Name of the Streneth
kaklng Powders. Cubic inches Gas
per each ounce Of Powder
Royal Cream tartar powder) )..........127.4
''Patapsco" (alum powder 1875 .2+
"Rumford's' (phosyhate) fresh. ...... 1922. s.:
''Itumford's" {phosphate) old. ...........32. =
Hanford# None Such," fresh. ..1216
"Hanford's None Such," ......,,......s4.35
heuneaus
''Charm' (alum powder) )................. .11G9*
Amazon" (alum powdcr) Ill .9s
.C'eveland's' (short weight 3-4 OF. ...I1O.S
Sea Foam .......-......................
'Czar" .1OG.s
frice lO2.G
Snowflake" (Groffs St. Paul. .1Ol. .SS
.Iewis's Condensed. ..9S2
Congress" yeast ....97.5
&C. f. Andrews l. Co's'( contains al,lm) IS. IL
Heckers. ..925
''Gillets'' s.........................,
nulk ...................."....SOJ
*In his report. the Government Chem
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

The drought of 1882 in Massachusetts
is said to be one of the severest on rec
ord.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
Increase Of the Cash Sales Of Public
Lands.

The report Of the commissioner of the
general land Office for the fiscal year ending
June 20, 1882 shows Il phenomenal increase
in cash sales Of public lands. The report
last year showed the disposal of lands by
cash sales to amount to l, 5S1 ,6lS acres This
years report will show under the same head
3,699, 800 acres Of agricultural lands alone,
including the trilling sales of Indian lands,
to which should he added sales of 81, ,OG4
acres under the mineral land act and 7,1ss
acres OF coal lands. The amount of sales
allotted to Dakota is GSs, ,O9l acres at 81, 75l,-
$50: Minnesota 218,Ss acres $o77,
Montana, PIG .677, S53S, 7lG; Wisconsin,
349, 39s', $53s, 764; Iowa, Gs5, 1868 The home
stead entries last year covered 5,O2S, 100
acres, while for the fiscal year just closed
there were taken under this act the enor
nous area Of G, 81, 729 acres The increase
in settlements under the timber culture act
Is no less striking, the last report showing
entries under this law of |, 7Gs, 100 for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1881 while for
the fiscal year ended June 20, 1882, the
number of acres was 1909, 737. The gran.
total of acreage taken for the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1881, was 10, 9S33, ,397, against
IL, ,G99, ,a4S for the fiscal year closed last
June. The increase in the receipts of the
office for the year was 50, az, 211.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
A FIENDISHPI.OT,
It is Frustrated, the Ringleaders Ar
rested and the Worst Offender Put



It is Frustrated, the Ringleaders Ar
rested ana the Worst Offender Put
to Death.
In Choctaw county Ala, on the 18th
inst, bundle of papers disclosing we'll
organized plot among negroes to kill the
entire white population of that county, was
found near one of their rendezvous by two
gentlemen who laid the matter before a So
licitor. On the 10th quiet meeting of citi
zens Of Mount Sterling and Butler was called
at Butler to consider the best mode of snp-
pressing the intended outbreak and massa-
ere. After discussion, it was agreed that
the following ringleaders: Jack Turner, r.
ID. Barney, Jesse Wilson, Peter Hill, Willis
Lyman, Ron Scott and Rongp West,
to whom had been assigned the duty OF
leading squads to Butler, Mt Sterling, Desc
'ovilie and other places and killing all the
whites at each place. should be arrested and
lodged in Jail. Their arrest was effected on
the 18th inst. without disturbance or blood
shed. The same day mass meeting of cit
izens of all classes was called tor Saturday to
decide the fate Of the prisoners. The plot
has been i'll existence since 1873. and the
cOnspiratorS now number 400. They have
powder, shot and guns, and think them
selves sufficiently strong to accomplish their
ticndish design. Sunday night, Sept. Z, had
been appointed for its cons,,malion The
papers further showed that this day was Sc
lected because the white people would
be at camp meeting unarn,ed and could
offer 10 resistance The meeting called for
Saturday brought together 100 men, among
whom were about $50 negroes, who. after
hearing the papers read, by an almost
unanimous vote, decided that Jack Turner
was 4 turbulent and dangerous character, q
regular frebrand in the community and
that the public demanded his immediate
death; He was accordingly hanged about
lis the same afternoon in the presence of
the assembled multitude The crowd then
dispersed and all signs of disturbance ceased
Everything was quiet Saturday night The
other prisoners are still in Jail to await fur
ther developments.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31

Capt. Mayne Reid, the story-writer, is
as eccentric in his clothing as Attorney
General Brewster. He has been seen
wearing a red vest, a high, striped collar
with points reaching his eyes, and coat
and trousers of equally grotesquc appear
ancc.
The Worthington advance., 1882-08-31
RICHMOND IN WAR TIMES,
Chapters OF Unwritten Hist0ry-Pic.
lures Of Social Life-Carna9e OF
1862 and Merry Making-Poverty-
War Currencv

Chapters OF Unwritten History-Pic.
lures Of Social Life-Carnaae Of
1862 and Merry Making-Poverty-
War Currency
Matoaca Gay in the Philadelphia Times.
1t is impossible to make any sketci, Of
life in Richmond during this period,
apart from or to the even partial exclu-
sion of military events as they followed
each other in the field. These events
controlled all others-from them eyery
phase of life took it's current and color
ing; in short, as life in the field and the
issues of actual battle developed the mil
itary history of the war, 80 all social and
domestic life was simply another side of
those same events and constituted the
home history of the war. Take the sum-
mer Of 1862. What else could life have
been in Richmond but the handmaiden
to carnage ITSELF When from the first
guns of Seven Pines, May 81, through
out the entire summer the entire city
was hospital; every house had its
stranger sufferers, or worse still, its own
dear ones wounded, and l dare assert
that in the whole community, from the
boy and girl of ten years of age to the
man and woman of eighty, there was not
one who did not witness during those
horrible DAYS repeated sights of agony
or minister in some way to the physical
needs of some wounded man. Our hos
pitals, though much increased since the
battle Of Manassas (the summer Of 1861,
were still wholly insufficient. In this
dilemma the private houses left tenant
less by the frightened occupants during
the spring panic were pressed into SER
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tain calibre find their mental sustenance ~ G"no
rel cous newspapers and they 90 tiur nish " ,
thar is nonrisbIng aud stimulating fllsl OF Ias'
resumes Of muth that is excellent IN pru1f n',u
noetrv find Mace i'm their columns one couIu ontS
aek tbat the scraps so presented might Tempt .nc
annefite to vreater keenncss; hut, as .they n'Y,
when the nc spapers or magazines are Iedu' 'iio'0
Is no time for anything else. Hill ,ooI;oo 20
And On this very rea, some honSehoS ''co, III, W
bari mr. floating literature of any sort: ln'N1
aCnostics are delightful 70 meet Nhit Il 49,, 80
time n newspaper man has IN hrlnRlhR such no,s'I IN
hors mn 70 arei But this total aus lhehcr' nm
intcunrrauce has its penalties. III Is "lnuSn III.
crcliblc that a teacher of rather uncommon culture
in several departments. hut who IepudiaIrh lile
nnvsnonnrs had never heard of PHILLIPS bIoohS
last winter although she had lived WITHIN lrniy
minutes Of New York the last twenty years. IeI
hans IL was of no consequence: bat II was uur'l
I'm thc same town there was q cleyeytnans WIDOW
Who could say, "a If rcicyantly, whcn an eNpu',iIo
clnisonne collection was under discussion " AZ
miro Drcalcou luia too" H. became necessary 70
ind reason for tbis-shall we say I-stopp'He ~
circulation And vigorous search reNca,cn ohy
an inter lack of free reading matter. while Togo
machy AMI anagrams were the i1v0ritn evening
camrsi Anagiams, per sc, a'c not criminal uut
ap1graus cons Tered i'm relation u th'ir encclN
uuon human beings are vile con>piraioFs. hs
corollary to the Lords Prayer the comhhhd 70
Go We into all the world and preach SO lar INC
eve runs down the panel. and at the wor pIe'rh
finds itself i'm such middle of pea. par ear eaCH
ace ache that temporary lGlocy ensueo, No. II y
certain that not a. read 1T all ~ worse IMAM noF''
reading BIT the novcl-rcadcis badly heeu pio'c0-
ton from their propensity.
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LITERARY NOTES.

In n recent number OF the Schlesiscle Zcitung l..
Pletsch gives an account OF visit to IuIgeneh.
Mention was made IN the course OF converse ION Oh
the little fantastic tale, dedicated by the Russian
novelist TO the memory of FiauDert," and entitled
1.-The Triumph Of Love" In it Iurgcnich has
adopted the style Of the old Italian novel; lie Jus-
ned THIS change from his former manner By saying
In the house on my estate IN Spaskry there IS an
old library which dates from the time of my grand
father Last summer found among the books an
Old edition of BoccacciOo tales. l read good deal
in it, ana then reached the conclusion that this was,
after all. the only true way OF telling tale. had
10 try whether was able to write something in the
same manner. The older | get the more in
rolerabe become to me III tale all those
pocucal illusions, 1owery speeches, meditations,
reflections clever thoughts, wel-rounded periods
and high-sounding words. | hate and dctest all
this stuff and also those lOng-wInded and detailed
DESCRIPTIONS upon which the modern realistic school
brides itself 50 much. The one is as cheap As the
other and both are far from being the work Of Il
true poet 70 be great in such detailed descriptions
il is only necessary to have a wide-awake eye, a
good memory, and to take cOpious notes And
then those ingenious IDEAS and the fine speeches,
and the wcll-rouuded periods. | have read good
deal in Goethe OF late Faust don't know fox the
bov many hundIedtn time To some of my young
cobntryInen who came here recently to ask my
opinion about some of their literary work,
pointed out one passage. In If you recognize
at once the poet. You see how poet succeeds with
one word TO place before your eyes living hunh
beng. and that without mentioning anything about
the outward appearance of the person, or telling a
long tale about his or her qualities, or udulgmg III
reflections fuh OF so-called clever ideas refer
10 the passage where Faust says 10 Margaret IN
the garden scene: Trust me. dear heart, what men
call sensible is oft mere vanity and narrowneSs'
And what does she return for an answer Only
this: How SOP This How SOP is sublime. One
sees and knows the whole girl from head to ioot.
That Is the way poet does It,"
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THE READLNG or NOTELS.
h.om Ia BoAton nanserinL


That miScellqne reading Is not an entirely
unmixed good must have been suggested TO many
an observer Of the crowds III the lower haIl ol our
Pubic Library any Saturday afternoon. between
daylight and dark. The rule that restricts the re-
tentiOn OF new books TO one week suggests that a
book must be OF very light quality that can be read
in 20 short time. by ordinary readers. 1t can be
safely assumed That patron OF circulating reading
ssimIlates very little OF the nutrlment he receives.
George Macdonald draws pretty picture OF a boy
was it Robert FalcOneI lying on the grass
under the sky, to hiHk out his subject. because no
UNIVERSAL CyclopadIa at hand 10 do his work
for him. One may agree with DOI0thed Brooke IN
her impatIence at seeing lifetime wasted over
work already done; and one may also nave opinions
as to the merits Of 1ransldtlOns vs.. originals, ana
vet not regard human mind species de tOtc Grds
TO be stuffed, stimulated and rendered UNIV hole
some. Perhaps an epigrammatic knack can he ac-
CURED by continued reading, but to make That
effective it must appear as spontaneous develop
ment speaking OF guns" will hardly answer,
often Borrowed eplgralns entertain when patty
and sparngly employed but the wit to use almost
people who read with the avowed purpose OF dong
50 that they may thereby learn TO talk, Is not
small. "Oh, have you read Delilah ~ Yes.
seen Tn IN Balloon =" :" Mo- is 1t good ~ TOO
lovely for words don't fail to get it," Il won't;
nave YOU had 'Skyrockets ~ Oh, yes Il: doto
n nSoo all all OF her books" Who wrote sky
rockets ~ "Why, RhOda BroughtOn." No no,
sue wrote IvanhOe >; let me see-who did write
'Skyrockets Z Well | can remember. and II Is no
matter; they went of beautifully" etc., etc
What have you girls been talking about so long y
{" Oh. about books Efie has read everything;
and the satisfied maInmas exchange approving
QIances and say TO each other. such literary
tastes are very becoming IN young girls. do
thank Heaven my children are not frivolous"
Now, the good pastor of The South Congregational
Church SAYS that with change OF scene ana change
of name few nOyelredders would know ne" poor
from an old These discriminating critics bate
Daisy Miller" and think Mr.. james real mean 10
have made that yivaclOus young woman type Oi
an American girl though why DAISY Miller Is oiteh
alluded TO as typical it would be dliicull 10 guess.
Bessie Alden who is never 80 mentioned, might lar
better DO considered ~. Men and women VI cer-
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IN SANCTUARY.
THE CENTURY,

The opening paper i'll The Century on the 8 Border
lands of Surrey" gives some gay ghmpses III text
aud plcture of sunny English scenery. The region
ia associated with many noted names IN literature
aud art. There Tennyson, shyest of poets has a
stately home; there Gilbert White wrote his
"Journal of Adam in Paradise" as Lowell calls ms
books: and there in a rose-covered latuced cottage
George Eliot set down the marvellous chapters OF
'Middemarch." The local Squire upon occasion
relates some small "reminiscences OF the noveust L
visited Mr. and Mrs. Lewes several tlmes," he says
"before they went back 10 town, and found the
suthoress a very agreeable woman, both In manner
and appearance ; but her mind was evidently com
ple,ely absorbed III her work she seemed to nave
no time for DythlDg but writing from morning I'LL
night. Her hand could hardly convey her thoughts
10 paper fast enough. 1t exception
ally hot SUMNER and yet through il all Mrs. Le~es
would have artificial heat placed at her feet to keep
M the circulation. Why one broillng day L came
home worn out longing for gray sky and cool
breeze. and on going into the garden found her
sitting there her head just shaded by deodora on
the lawn. writing away as usual. expostula'ed
with her for letting the midday sun pour down on
her like that. -
..Oh,' she replied. i like it! To-day is the hIss
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Ono can perhaps pay Mr.. Renhart no greater
commitment than to say that the beautiful llustra
lions which accompany Mr. Lathrop's pleasant
"Spanlsh Vistas" are worthy of an artist so neh
in ideas and in technical ability. They have been
charm1ngly treated by the engravers and are in
every way honorable to the pages on which they
appear. One OF the most agreeable papers in the
number is light sketch of summer
Yachting cruise delicately illustrated by
SONG of our cleverest young artists.
The leading article, on "Some Western Resorts" IS
also bright with Illustrations. The first OF Colonel
U,gg;nson's historical papers concerns THE First
Americans" The writer leans toward Mr.. l.. Il.
Morcan's theory that there never was prehistoric
American civilization, properly SO called, but only
IN advanced and wonderfully skilful barbarism or
Contamination. J. W. ShackiOrd makes a strong
Mica for change in steamship routes in the North
Atlantic he is convinced that with the appliances
of modern science and in the light
of present experience the passage across
the Atlantic III properly constructed
sbDs can b. made as safely as that from New-Iork
10 Brooklyn, either by steam lanes or by gong far
enough south to clear the fog and ice. in a
Rebel Mr. Julian Hawthorne presents what Is
perhaps the strongest short story he has ever writ
ten. 1t is withal dIsagreeable, and has an ending
which affects the reader like slap in the face. IT
may be possible that woman Oh Pds'ioHd" DVu'u-
ern Temperament can step back from her lovers
arms. and with the fire of their first kiss still
on her lips. shoot him through the heart but it Is
in description TOO shocking TO be artistic.-Among
tho noems of the number is this tender and musical
strain by William Winter:
IN SANCTUARY.
While pale with rage the wild surf springs
Athwart the haTbOT bar,
TIE safe ships fo.d their snowy wings
Beneath the evening star.
IN this calm haven rocked to sleep
All night they swing and sway,
Till mautles DER the morning deep
The golden blush OF day
Here. safe from all the storms Of fate,
Prom worldly rage and scorn,
Thus let me fold my hands and walt
The coming of the mOrn
While all night long DER mOonht turf
The wind brings IN from far
The moaning OF the b4tied surf
Athwart the hdTbor bar.
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n II -.
~ 1supisl German Boarding ana Day school,
tFuIInerIy MISS 1. 4. Benedct 81
tulo.r. t. 40. Is " est OUti-,t
Tl,nrnucl, la .trucfion. adj departments
For Both Sexes-Citv.

MISS GRINNELL'S French and English
vi Bulplus and pay school for Young Ladies and CHI
dren has removed from o. l. Jit-st 10 JJ H. 1Jt-sl
DRlVATE instruction in all branches gwen
dining summer month, al the NrW-1ork LAllh Scnoo.
Address icv. T.. II. TIKI f. last 4Ith-st.
TINHE CONSERVATORY of ELOCtTION.-
/ 4s7 5tlave Glasses and private inst uctlOn Address
Mis-. ANA NANDALl~DlEtl@ Principal
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