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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-25


Pitch them up and pitch them in,
And he! he! no! no!
Along the shining bank we go,
With our he! he! and ho! hor'
Several of the Indians stealthily crept to
the top of the mound, and peering over
beheld a scene of the most startling char
acter. On the shore but short
distance from them was a
very large animal, apparently,
resembling the human race-with enor-
nous, protruding ears, peculiar hoofs,
dark, swathy face, horribly distorted; a
gay, fiery sash about his loins, long
caudal extremity resting upon the ground,
and in his hands a wooden pitchfork,
which he used with great dexterity. Gath
cred about him We're not less than thous-
and young figures resembling the older
one, and when they sang they all swayed
to and fro, pitching into the lake what ap-
peared to be human bodies. At the end of
each verse of the song the earth rumbled
with loud noise, fire belched out from the
many small mounds surrounding the lake:
dark, pitchy smoke flied the atmosphere
and all the region roand about was dense
with the smell of suiphur; and at this point
the song became deInoniacal, and the
dancing figures opened up to the imagin-
alton a vivid picture of hell itself, es-
pecially as they swayed back and forth and
sang "Re! he! anu 40! hop Confused,
frightened, Mortified al what they had seen,
the Indians ran down me mound, over the
blackened earth, SCREENING as they ran
"Minne- Wa-Kon! MiuueWa Konr' "Dev-
IFS Lake! Devils Lake." and from that
dav to this the Lake has ever borne this ne.
culiar name.
They continued rapidly on their march
south for three dsys, when the country
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01
About Women.

st. Louis Spectator.
They are the salt of the earth. They
are the fine linen and pure gold of so.
ciety. They are the most honest, the
most Just, the truest, and most exalted.
They are the quiet, noiseless agents
that make that public sentiment which
is always the best tribunal for the trial
of all great social questions. They
train tho best statesmen, teach the
greatest soldiers, and inspire the sweet
est poets. As the prattling child rules
by its weakness so does woman rule by
her serene gentleness. Her deft touch
puts the secret springs of the whole
world in motion. She speaks behind
the throne in whisper, but her words
turn the balance against the howl Of
the mob and calm the waters of tur-
bulent sea. She is the guardian angel
of the worlds destinies, the minister
ing spirit that passes noiselessly from
heart to heart and seals up all mankind
in one harmonious brotherhood. If the
millennium ever comes, IL there is a
time when the lion and the lamb lie
down together, when swords are turned
to plowshares, and spears into pruning
hooks, when peace, and love and honor
reign supreme in the minds Of men,
woman will have wrought the new
work, and she win be queen oi the new
kingdom,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

llull' buHlHul
OF minute and "doctrinaircn lccisla
ton, conspicuous example is Supplict
by New England The colonial gov
ernments began with most micro
scopic regulation of the life and con
duet of their individual subjects. Mat
ters of dress and diet, distinctions be
tween social classes, attendance n
church, speculative opinions, especial
| ly metaphysics of Quaker or Baptist
tendencies, were regulated with an
earncstness and conscientious rigol
which showed that the authors really
believed this TO be the true way to eS.
tabliSh Il perfect commonwealth upon
earth. The experiment has had full
sway for more than two hundred
years. What is the result? Is it for OF
against the principle that "the best
government is the one that governs the
leaSt?' One thing is certain, the lcO,
Pile show that they have had enough OF
the old system and are throwing of
the restrictions as fast as practicable.
Every agitation ends with n farther re-
move from the old anchorage. If we
are to believe the lamentations which
come up from the "Jcrcmiahs' of the
press and pulpit, not one of the expect
ed fruits of Puritanical legislation has
been realized. But the contrary. In
stead of u unity of faith, there is the
greatest disunity, n larger number OF
heresies, heterodoXies and "ismS'
having been produced there during the
last hundred years than in any other
region of the same size in the world. In
stead of Il permanent marriage tie.
there is frecr custom of divorce than
in any other portion of America. In.
stead of robust health, there is prev
alent cast OF sickliness. The original
stock is running out. Literary doctors
deplore 1.-THE decay of New England
thought" Medical experts note the
increase of insanity, inebriety and a
vast array of vices and crimes that
spring from u cranky" morbid
habit Of constitution. "Crankincss y
in the laws, it seems produces "cranKi-
ness" in hcpeople. Governor Butler
of Massachusetts says that the propor-
ton of illiterates i increasing. Au-
thorities no less res sbectable than the
Springfield Republican assert that the
whole hill country is slowly and surely
passing into an eclipse, a kind of in.
tensiiied hcathenism in which all moral
sentiment and feeling of social COM
panionship are benumbed and para
lyzed, leaving only the solitary pursuit
of the narrowest material ends.
Making due allowance for exaggera-
ton in this display of symptoms, we
are still compelled to admit that New
England is undergoing great reaction
and that the result is certain to be a
complete repudiation of the old ideal of
Puritanic law-making, and the estab-
lshment of the opposit principle that
"the best government is the one tha
governs the least
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

Cincinnati 1imes.star
EX-Collector Merritt. now UniteC
States consul general at London, in hi.
annual report TO the state department
gives his opinion on the subject of tar
if revision, substantially indorsing the
bill pending in the house, and adds that
the principle of protecting domestic
industries should be applied to our mer.
camille marine, (which admittedly on
all hands is in great need of encour.
agement and support, not only on nc.
count of its Importance in ITSELF as re.
CARDS our special commercial interests,
but also in Orderthat in general sense
we may as a people make ourselves in
dependent of the varied policies, ca
prices and jealousies of foreign nation
alities" This is clear, practical view
of our shipping interests, andthe won
der is that American statesmen can not
or do not see the necessity of granting
such legislation as will revive our
ocean carrying trade.
Twenty-Five years ago our vessels
carried five-sevenths of the entire
commerce of the United States with
foreign countries; in 1881 they carried
less than one-third cf the whole amount.
That is bad enough, but there is still a
worse feature. Twenty five years ago
the entire American tonnage trans
ported amounted to but 4,S0G 900 tons;
in 1881 the number of tons was l5,600,-
900. Thus, while our commerce has
increased S25 per cent, there has been
a decline in the amount carried by
American vessels OF twenty per cent.
The number of foreign sailing ves-
sells in the American trade increased
from $500 in 1857 to 1S,4S5 in 1881,
while the number of our sailing ves-
sells decreased from 9,731 to 1,76S. A
corresponding diminution in the build.
ing of sailing vessels in American
yards is to be noted also. In the five
years from 1858 to 1858, the number
of tons of sailing craft constructed on
the New England coast was 1875, ,412,
while from 1877 to 1881 the number of
tons built was but 3SS,1l The con-
trast between the condition of our
shipping that is engaged in the for
eign trade and that engaged in the
coastiLg trade is remarkable. The
American tonnage in the coasting
trade in 1857 was about 1,696,000 tons
in sailing vessels and 100000 tons in
steam vessels, and in 1881 about l, 1,446,-
900 tons sail and 100000 tons steam,
or decrease of 10 per cent in sail and
an increase of nearly 96 per cent in
steam. American steamers cut no
figure in the ocean carrying trade.
The coasting trade has been devel-
oped by protection. The Foreign car
rying trade has been unprotected and
unaided, and the ships of other ma
tions are exporting American pro-
duets. The cosmopolitical theory ap-
piled to foreign commerce has ruined
our merchant marine, just as the same
theory applied to our manufacturing
industries would bring disaster and
ruin to those interests. 1t is high time
that steps were taken to build up
American shipping and make us in
dependent of the world in this respect,
as we are in all other respects.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Twas December evening,
The moon was shining bright;
The bare-boughed elms and naples
We're quivering In its light;
The lonesome country turnpike
Lay sparkling white with snow
l harnessed Jerry In the pung,
Just fifty years ago.
He logged along sedately,
The bells made sllyery chime,
And to their merry Jingle
My throbbing heart Kept time.
Sweet Mollie Lee was waiting,
her shy face all aglow;
tucked her in, and off we sped,
Just fifty years ago.
She was farmers daughter,
And / farmers son;
Our willing hands our fortune,
For riches we had none.
And on this frosty evening,
While Jerry's steps Jagged slow,
told the old, old story DER,
Just fifty years ago.
And now our prancing chestnuts
Pace through the city street,
With coachman and with footman
In livery complete.
My Molle sits beside me,
Her nut-brown curls are snow,
But ah her heart is warm and true
AS fifty years ago.
But when the wintry landscape,
Lies buried in moonlight's calm,
dream see it cleaning
O'eE Maple Hollow Farm,
And long once more plowboy,
Where mountain breezes blow,
To drive old Jerry in the pung,
As fifty years ago.
Ruth Rcrerc, IN Demores's Monthly
February.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

he named, bound on distant voyage.
The mystery of the bank-note was
thus cleared up: jeffrey Raeburn, Mrs.
Ross's brother, was on visit at his
sisters the day suspicion fell on
George, but had left before Mr..
Woodrow's return. While he was in
the library, gust of wind through an
open window blew the note off the
table, and he picked it up and laid
it in book and went away, forgetting
to mention the circumstance.
This all came out when Jeffrey
Raeburn came to help in the search for
Georgia. The poor mother wept
bitterly, but laid no blame to her
conscientious husband, who, she was
sure, had meant everything for Geor-
gie's good. As for Jeffrey Rqeburn,
he felt tingling in his fingers that
would have been greatly relieved by
wearing out on Eliab's sanity hide
what remained of his own horsewhip.
Weary months and then years passed,
but brought no tidings of the ship on
which little George sailed. She was
finally given up for lost with all on
board.
Mr.. Ross, Georgie's father, had died
leaving Il handsome property to which
Georgia was heir, subject to his mother s
rights as widow. When he was lost at
sea, she succeeded to his entire in
terest; and not long after, being in
declining health, She made a will
leaving all to her "beloved husband,
Eliab Woodrow
Three years after her second marriage,
Mrs. Woodrow died leaving an infant
daughter and her said beloved husband,
with fine estate to console the lattcr's
grief.
More years passed, and Florence
Woodrow grew into tall and comely
maiden. Her father planned for her
what he called suitable marriage with
gouty retired banker of fifty, who
looked several years older. Florence
declined the honor, and chose hus-
band for herself. Eliab Woodrow's
conscience was much too tender to
overlook so ilagrant an act of lilial dis
obedience. He called in his lawyer
and made a will, disinheriting his child
in favor of some miscalled charity, so
trammeled with impossible conditions
that nobody could ever possibly be the
better for it. And when misfortune
pressed sorely on his daughter, and her
husband died leaving her and young
babe destitute, and she appealed to her
fathers charity, he spurned both child
and grandchild from his door, and
closed it in their faces.
His conscience was in the height of
its approval of this crowning act of
justice, when his mcditations were dis
turbed by the appearance of q stranger.
Eliab Woodrow needed no second
glance to recognize the stern, deter
mined man who stood before him to be
George Ross, in right and law the
master of the house in which they were,
and of all the wealth he had esteemed
his own.
II have learned your treatment of
my sister," said George, land it would
be but just to drive you hence as you
did her. Nor shall it be due to ne that
you meet n milder fate. purpose di-
viding my fortune with my sister, and
it is TO her bounty you must look to
shield you from beggary."
George Ross kept his word; and Eliab
Woodrow, on Il moderate pension al
lowed him by his daughter, now lives
retired with his conscience.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

/
The loss of the Atchison Champion
newspaper files by the recent fire wa
a public as well as q private calamity
Last February in an anniversary article
on the history of his paper, Col. Martir
said of these files:
"Piled up in the corner of the Cham
pion office is the most complete history
Of Atchison that will ever be written. il
is comprised in thirty-tivc bound vol
umes of the Champion, weekly ant
daily, from the first issue made by the
present proprietor, February Goth, 1858
up to the present time. In these pa,
pers, many OF them beginning to take
on the yellow hue of age, every essen.
tial fact connected with the growth and
development and daily life of the city
of Atchison is recerdcd-marriageS and
deaths; the establishment of buSines,
and manufacturing enterprises, and
their changes; transfers of property,
the erection of all important buildings
the result Of elections; the opening OF
streets, the building of railroads; fires
and floods; the municipal policies sug.
gested, discussed and adopted; and the
daily life, thoughts, hopes, triumphs,
and disappointments of an aspiring and
energetic community, are all embodied
in these files ~
Now the Champion says, speaking of
the appearance of its editorial room the
morning after the fire: "In heap in
the corner is a square pile still retaining
q certain outline. That heap represents
the toll of twenty-five years. What
miles of writing traced, what countless
acres of paper toilsomely covered,
what days and nights of labor are rep
resented by those twisted pastcboard
covers and scorchcd pages. The
charred rubbish was once the history of
Atchison, of Kansas, of the United
States, of the world to some extent for
quarter of a century. The author of
Il book, though it be Webster's Die
tionary, could sit down and write it
again if lost; but no human mind can
reproduce newspaper file, which is
the recollection of thousand people,
What the Champion files were to
AtchiSon the files now contained in the
rooms of the State Historical Society ut
the state house are to the state Of Kan
sas. Of these there are now 1925
bound volumes. These may be said
to contain the absolute history of Kan
sas, and of every county, town, ham
let and neighborhood. They come from
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

WHILE attending spiritual seance
in Philadelphia, a few days ago, a lady
received a communication from the
alleged spirit of her husband, direct
ing hor to dig up q certain portion of
her cellar, where She would find lot
of gold. She followed the instructions,
but instead of finding money, opened
the mouth of an old well and fell into
it, and was nearly suffocated.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

A YOUNG man living few miles
from Salisbury, Md, went to see Il
lady he had been paying attention to
for some time without having had
courage to make known his devotion
in words. After sitting few minutes
he tremblingly said: "Id like to see
you few minutes" She replied;
"Dave, I've got no words for you, any
how" The poor fellow was so crushed
that he fell on the floor in CONFUSION
and was taken ho~le in that condition.
Fit after fit followed and at tho last
account received he was still in crit
cal condition.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01
Sickness OF Imagination.

fnllauAlpnla Item,
Among the papers left behind him
bya German physician who died few
weeks ago is one containing notes OF
certain conclusions he had arrived ut
during professional experience of
more than forty years. In one of these
notes he expresses an opinion that at
least a third of the illnesses of the pa
tients who sought his advice were
purely imaginary. He found it not
only against his own interest, but also
against that of the self-alleged suffer-
ers, to destroy the illusion by inform
ing them that there was really no
cause for anxiety. Ill health was to
them q matter of almost vital import
ance. To destroy the pleasing belief
that they possessed this blessing was
an absolute cruelty. In the few in
stances in which he broke to them the
terrible truth that they were quite well
he found that the result was genuine
illness. For the patients, all interest
in life departed with their favorite oc-
cupatioD of nursing themselves, and
their health became seriously affected
by nervous depression. He also found
that, rs rule, weakly persons live
longer than'strong ones. Without go
ing so far as to say that the best lives
are those rejected by the insurance
offices, he thought, nevertheless, that
persons "with q screw loose'' more of
ten attain longevity than those in
whom no trace of disease can be de-
tected.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

THERE are in Maine at present fifteen
corporations engaged in the manufac.
ture of cotton goods, with capital of
S10,840, 900, and fourteen wooden goods
manufacturing corporations, with 49,
$4,000 capital. There are in addition
a number of woolen-mills operated by
individuals, with probably an equal
amount of capital invested. In both
of these concerns the employees are ex-
pected to work eleven hours daily; but
a powerful movement has been inau-
gurated for the enforcement of the ten
hour rule. The character of the oper-
atives in both branches Of manufacture
ing is excellent. About rs per cent of
the wooden and SO per cent of the cot
ton operatives are Americans and the
rest are foreigners. The weavers in
wollen mills now average from SSS to
s42 per month, the spinners about
sl.4O per day, and the day help from
sl.4O to S15O per day. The opera
tiyes in the cotton mills are paid at
about the same rate,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

The San Francisco (Cal) Chronicle,
in an article on the Fire Department of
San Francisco, gives the following from
Asst. Chief Engineer Matthew Brady:
| have been subject to an aggravating
pain in my chest for over four years.
| resorted to various modes of treat
ment to obtain relief. have had my
chest terribly blistcred. No physician
could tell what was the matter with me.
Two weeks ago | commenced using St.
Jacobs Oil. II has cured me.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

Chicago World
It would be well if theater goers gen.
orally possessed the cool head of Gen
eral 'Conrobert. A play was once be
ing acted in temporary theater, con-
structed of wood in the camp at Chal-
ons. The house was crammed to suf-
location, when cry of fire made itself
heard. Instantly every one rose, and
a stampede more dangerous than fire
would have commenced when Con-
robert, who was in one Of the boxes
with his wife, cried out in a ringing
voice: "Let etevery one stayin his place."
The soldiers Immediately became mo-
tionless, and The marshal resumed:
"Let every one go out quietly and in
order, the young soldiers first, then the
older, after them the non-commissioued
officers, then the officers, the highest to
go last" In few minutes, though it
was no false alarm of fire, the theater
was empty without a single mans toe
being trodden upon. The general and
wife went last.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

SIR julius BENEDICT, the veteran
English musician, now soventy-twC
years of age, is as hale and hearty as
he was when he came TO America with
Jenny Lind, trip of which he is still
fond of talking. He recently sat ur
composing music for forty hours with.
out moments sleep or rest, and
when at last the work in hand was fin.
ished, and Lady Benedicturged him tc
60 to bed and rest, he gayly responded
"Yes, after I've read the evening
papers"
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

In Pennsylvania it has been the Gus.
tom, it is said, for the secretary Of
state to spend "by law" over $4,000 in
advertising for department supplies,
when the actual purchases of papers.
pens, and other needed articles would
not exceed in amount the sum thus
given to favored journals for adver.
tisements. A few hundred dollars
would place circular in the hands Of
prin ers and others interested through.
out the state.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

A SALMON fishery has been started at
the mouth of the Salinas river, .Califor-
mia, by party of Monterey capitalists.
They are making good catch, and are
shipping large numbers of fish to market
every day.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

To the Editor Of The Commonwealth.
OSAGE CITY, January 22.-I see that
an attempt will be made to improve
the present law in regard to rcgistra-
ton in cities of the first and sccon1
class. This is commendablc. The
present law is ascandal. The constitu-
tional provision requiring residence
of thirty days in n township or ward is
bad enough. No registration should
be required in towns of less than eight
thousand inhabitants. At present,
Winfield, Wellington, Newton, Council
Grove, Usage City, Salina, Abilene,
and l don't know how many more
such sized towns are governed by the
provisions of this law, which was real
ly only intended to suppress wicked
ness and deviltry in Topeka. The law
provides that mo person shall be
registered unless he appear in person
before the city clerk, at the city clerk S
Office, during usual office hours &C.,
and unless he does all this he shall not
be allowed to vote. 1t makes no al
lowance for absence, sickness, I'M
avoidable accident or even death. The
city clerks in cities of the size and
dimensions named have no "usual
Office hours" and half the time could
not be found by the closest search.
The right to vote large salaries to
other fellows is one of the things our
forefathers fought for, and it ought
not to be abridged on so slightprovoca-
ton as mere failure to register ten
days before an election.
The whole law in regard to classified,
ton of cities in Kansas is enough to
make dog laugh. Very Truly.
j. V. A.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

CHARLES WILLIAMS, who lives at
Los Angeles, is the possessor of a jenny
which proposes to make herself famous.
She has given birth to four colts, each
of them lively. The little fellows are
about the size of a small dog.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-02-01

A CONSCIENTIOUS member of the
legislature of Georgia, who during the
session of the legislature obtained five
postage stamps from clerk in one oi
the state departments, insisted upon
paying for them, although they were
to be used for state business. This
looks very commendablo in the lcgis.
lator, but it is asserted that at the same
time he had railroad passes in his
pocket, and had used them and charged
the state mileage both ways.