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Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-28
THE OFFICE SEEKERS LAMENT.
rSor pY rovarrL1ow.l

Tr- las e cold ge- cold and dreary.
r want m office snt have grown 50 vcnry.
Now Ciar and's in hui thai j. All
Tie good ue rat who loudly call
Until We are so weary.
Wr ffs s cod aad dark and droary.
4 zaeS fnd seek and grow 80 weary.
Avn res rores ~ fhe Wondering past.
or txnnfr Yeer7. fiil thick In the blast.
And the day II cold and dreary.
r. stil oi3 -uv. and cease your sguealing.
Nn si' fhi- l.fu mr hrn'n il reeiinr.
Tfg fst - harl. hIf thsr7 are more bereft.
in chs rurrnst some wust rpt left
~uwe hegrfs must Erow 50 y AIRY
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-28
THE CAUSE

through which Collars, Cuffs, Shirts. etc,
become yellow and get that grayish, or
dark steel colored look, after having been
laundried but a few times,
is partly due to not having been
properly washed and rinse-l. BUT MOST
Ll 20 the extensive and continued use of
acid. cheap adulterated soaps, etc. Our
mode of laundering is different from that
Of most all others. and is done in such a
manner that the goods remain AS clear
and white as when new. neither is there
any more wear 20 them than whom done
IN the ordinary way at home Our work
is always uniform and satisfaction guar
antecd every time. We also promptly
call for and deliver goods free Of charge.
Telephone 30
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-28
J. W. EDDY

have usod Vans Magic Oil for Seuralg gia. ana
II has proved 20 be satisfactory. 81 n has eel
me entirely. also o8r naxf door naighbor VIE
cured hv if. Joeians kiafi. hg Internal Use for
-c-n Throat. combined with a severe luuFt ard
Hoarseness. also man hy fhe name II ofoife
back. j can never sey too much iB praise II 5nnr
Magic ihi.
Grand Haven. April p 1ssi
Yours truly JAG OBJ DFSrELDFk
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-28

The Primitive WeT p Scnt-pce e y -;
Punishment Il Carried Out in the SOU
.--s-
Grand Rapids morning telegram., 1885-03-28
Detroit, oFaad haven q Nllwaukos

Ul5IAH NIHI
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-05-20

The Right Hon. George 1liveson Cover
K. g., the eldest son Of the first Earl Of
Granville, was born May IL, 1915, and was
educated at Eton and Christ Church. OK
ford, taking his degree in 1884 In 1885 he
became an attache Of the Partisan Embassy
was elected to the House OF Commons for
the borough of Morpeth in 1886, and again
elected in 1887 In l840 he was rendered
and accepted the position of Under Secre-
tary Of State for Foreign Affairs. He was
next chosen as member from Litchfield
While in the House Of Commons he sup
ported the Liberal party and always adyo-
Gated the doctrine Of free trade. In 1S46
he succeeded to the peemge. and in 1s4S
was appointed President Of the Board Of
Trade. In 1851 he was made Cabinet
Minister, and in December Of that year sue
ceeded Lord Palmerson in the Foreign
Office, retiring from the position on the oc-
casion of the fall Of the Russell Ministry.
early in 1852. Lord Granville, who has held
the Offices Of Master Of .he Buckhounds
Paymaster General of the Forces, Chancellor
Of the Duchy of Lancaster, and Treasurer
of the Navy, was appointed President Of
the Council in 1853, and in 1856 undertook
the ministerial leadership of the House of
Lords, but was, however, unsuccessful. In
1856 he was sent to represent England at
the coronation ceremonies Of Alexander H.,
at st. Petersburg. He was made Lord
Warden of'the Cinque Ports in December.
1866, and in 1868 accepted the position Of
Colonial Secretary under Gladstone, re-
naming in the position until 1870, when he
was made Secretary for Foreign Affairs, oc-
cupying the position until the retirement OF
the Liberal Cabinet, in February, 1874. At
the commencement of the following year,
when Gladstone retired, the Earl Of Gran
vile became the acknowledged leader Of the
Liberal party. When Mr.. Gladstone was
returned to power. in 1880, Granville was
again made Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-05-20
An ExoINEER.s STORY.

The hour was ten. the night was dark.
Tho fnet express was late,
And, r there y in railroad life
Ono thing norcely hate,
rs nnishing . run up like
An owlstrain or q freight.
The dear old engine shot ahead,
Though big the load she drew;
She shook herself and new:
And, spite OF grades, and curves, and cut
Idrove the darling through.
Thought knew the tricks and ways,
or every One-hOrse road
That crossed the track, and small respect
To any such / showed;
But whistled for the crossinss while
Our speed was scarcely slowed.
Just as we few around curve,
And darted through cut.
! saw sight that made me start
As IL felt shot:
A freIsht-train lay before us, IKE
A Awagon IN rut.
Across the track its length was Stretched,
And not a wheel was stirhr6.
While down the grade my big machine
Went flying like a bird.
1pulled the rope and worked the valves,
But could not speak, word.
did my best, but toward the freight
We 8 eeded like q flash
With not hope but that we might
Go through 1t with dash,
And could only stand and stare,
And wait the coming crash.
A level head, a lightning brain,
o, who can tell their worth?
Above all values wealth can give.
Or rank, or place, or birth;
And such head at such time
Outwelghs the solid Earth.
1t wasn't mine-some other MANS
A brakeman on the freight,
Who saw us aiming at his train
And coming for 1t straight;
And, when he got his work in, you
May bet he didn't wait.
As quick as thought that fellow jumped
And pulled cOupling-pin.
And thus he cut the train in two
Just where the rails begin.
And signaled to his engineer
To go ahead like sin.
The engine puts and pants; the train
Starts slowly like snail.
And through little space I see
Our iine of shining rail;
But, when we sped across the space,
My very beard turned pale.
The buffer Of the rearmoet car
We tore away with ease;
But that was nothing. Down dropped
And prayed upon my kne;s
That might never know again
So very tight squeeze.
little matter? Had you stood
Where was standing then,
You might have sad that IL would test
The powers OF tongue or pen
To well describe that brakeman's deed;
One of a million mn.
-Drakes Travellers Magazine.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-05-20


Pail Mall swarmed with cabs and
carriages. Il was the hight Of the
London season. We had lunched cozily
at the club. I forgot Adrastia under
the ihauence Of the Reforms dry
champagne and Reggy's gush about
Mra. Trenthan,. For the lady who had
won The young fellows heart and fancy
was widow. ! reminded Reggy that
3 cert8ia character in fiction had ut.
tered \ warning concerning widows
whic& d passed into . proverh He
simply said, with the blood rushing in
to his face, Dickens ia vulgar snob r
and then, as quickly. II beg Dickens
pardon, old boy, and yours;' and we
drove of to Mayfair. Reggy was hard
hit. I did not attempt to chaff him
about his passion. so ont of keeping
with the present tone of society, which
never GOES into raptures over anything.
1--WE met her at Homburg, and after
wards at Como" said Reggy's aristo-
cratic yet amiable and pleasant mother !;
"she was travelling with her uncle,
Count de Tour,er."
ut is rather short engagement" /
replied, "but we live in rapid age"
II hope he will be happy" reioined
his mother, but ] thought there was
something of doubt in the way she gave
expression to her hopes.
Our conversation, necessarily brief,
was interrupted by the arrival of
Reggys betrothed-Mrs. Trenthsm.
There was movement Of curiosity
among the people. Mrs. Gardner rose
from the tea-table to receive the latest
caller with especial honor. Reggy
looked at me triumphantly as he said,
"Come and be introduced"
/ advanced as one in dream. Twas
under spell. ! pulled myself together
as we'll as could.
"This is my oldest and best friend,
Marie, said Regey ;"he hopes, though
your newest, to be also your best
friend"
She looked me straight in the face,
and held ont her hand. It seemed to
me rs If her manner was o challenge
as if she said, I'VE are deadly enemies.
but you must pay homage to mel"
What she really did say was, II hope
80. Reggy."
Mrs. Trentham was Adrastia! The
knot of golden hair which fell in Q
cluster from her bonnet and rested upon
he. neck was, to my mind, tanglement
of snakes. The eloquence Of the serpent
was her own tongue, and she held my
friend in her fascinations as completely
as the serpent holds the bird that
eventually drops from the tree into the
expectant jaws. Reggy Gardner was
to marry the woman Of the snake
house.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-05-20

He Wrote Too Rapidly.

Colonel" said the new local" Of .
small daily paper, looking mp from his
desk and addressing the editor, "the
great trouble with American writer's is
hurry. We dash of . thing which
should receive hours Of study. Il il 0
comparatively easy matter to talk we'll,
for our hearers do not expect Us to de-
liver polished sentences; but in writ
ing it is different. When / decided to
take up journalism as the profession to
which my life should be devoted, re-
solved never to turn off bad piece OF
writing. Some OF our greatest writers
have worked for days upon sentences
which afterwards proved to be simple.
Now, / have been at work for some
time on sentence here, and have at
last reduced it to : smoothness that
pleases me-"
The editor approached the young
mans desk, took up sheet of paper
and read the following:
@See the advertisement Of cook
wanted in another column
This is certainly fine sentence"
said the editor.
Tho young man was pleased. He
could not conceal his satisfaction.
"Yes," continued the editor, sthis 10
remarkably fne sentence. Wrote II
over and over, time and again. didn't
your
@Yes, sir, but 1t last got it to suit
me-"
"Uh, huh. advertisement OF . cook
wanted In another column Certainly
very fine, but say, we don't want : cook
in another column. None Of our col
umns have cooks in them"
"Oh, no, Of course not replied the
young man.
"But by the way you have expressed
yourself, people are led 10 inter that
this coiumn-tbe one in which the mo-
tice appears has 8 cook and that IN.
other cook ID wanted in another COL
umn. ] am sorry to see that in this.
your first attempt - Journalist, you
have fallen into the pernicious habit Of
writing too rapidly. You must mot
dash it of in this way. II il danger
Gus to your future success. Go away
on the hillside somewhere and think.
Write the sentence on the broad page
Of your mind until II IL entirely covered
with characters. Then turn your mind
over and write on the other sidA Altar
yon have completed the work, sit down
on rock and wait until I call you.
Good morning. iii. Yss, The sun y
shining BEAUTIFULLY to-day. Good motn-
ing. -Arkd1asdtu zrarclsr.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-05-20

mask Of what ars called perfect fea-
tures, nor did be understand that face
TO be truly beautiful must IN some
measure reflect . pure soul One part
Of that conversation which she over
heard mot that Reggy ever suspected
her Of listsning) referred TO his will,
about which had made IN inquiry,
since he had only lately told mo ] was
one Of his trustees. II il possible
she had misinterpreted something he
had said about altering il think Of
these and other things now which. nm
der other circumstances, I might have
forgotten.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-05-20

Nicholas Carlovich de Giers is descend
ant Of an old Finnish family, and was born
in 1920. At the age Of l8 he entered the
Foreign Office at st. Petersburg, and rose
from step to step IN his position under the
Government. He thus became acquainted
with every detail in the department, and to
this thorough training is to be ascribed his
great success as a diplomatist and states
man. In ls4S and 40 he acted as political
agent for Rnssia during the Hungarian in
snrrection, and was for a greater part OF the
time upon the scene Of conflict in 1853 he
was made Consul General 10 Egypt, and
subsequently was sent to Bucharest, owing
to the Turkish complications. In 1872 he
represented Russia at Tehemn, Persia, and
from thence was commissioned as Amlas-
sador to Stockholm. He served as Director
Of the Asiatic Department, one ct the great
est in the Russian service. In 1882 he was
elevated to the position OF Minister Of
Foreign Affairs.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-05-20
GIN MOURNING =

GIN MouRNINa.s
had left Berkshire Tor London and
my servant was packing my traps for
Norway. Reggy and his wife having, ~
l understood, started for the Mediter.
ranean, when I received teaograns
from Reggy's mother: "Pleass come
at once; / fear my poor boy is dying. .
II was from Berkshire; so she was
there. l had only been in London
three days. hurried down by tho
next train. Mrs Gardner had been
sent for only that morning. She
thought I was there. The Count had
come, and local physician was in at.
tendance. A London doctor of great
eminence arrived with MS.
We were both too late Reggy Gard.
ner was dead.
He had been taken i'll the day came
away, and had gradually grown worse.
The end had been intensely painful.
His wife was with him to the last She
had attended him night and day. He
had died in her arms. Now she was in
conso!able, they said. and would not
sec any one. The doctors called the
fatal malady which had carried him of
inflammation of the heart" They did
not dream what grim satire there was
in the verdict.
At my request the London physician
examined the remains of the medicine
which had been administered to Reggy,
and made other inquiries, but every
thing, he told me confidentially, tended
to confirm the correctness Of the certif-
icate Of death which the other medical
attendants had signed. He diagnosed
the case for me, making the story OF
Reggie death appear perfectly regu-
lar and natural; and week afterwards
they carried the boy who had accosted
me that Friday outside the Zoo to the
family vault in the little Berkshire
church. A codicil had been made to
the will the second day of the poor
lads illness excluding my trusteeship,
and appointing the widow sole execu.
trix.
"And now good-byel" said Adrastia,
when all was over and we were alone,
face to face. I'VE never liked each
other; there is now no further cause to
dissemble our hatred"
"Mrs. Gardner" / answered, II
thank you for this frankness. Let
me follow your example. charge you
with the murder of the boy we have
Just buried!"
She stepped pace backward, but
her face neither changed in color nor
LaxpIession.
day may come when shall re-
hat declaration before an earth
de"
She swept across the floor in long
train OF rustling Grape. She was
dressed in deep mourning. Looking
defiantly at mo as she laid her hand
upon the bell-pull. she rang quick,
firm peal. It was answered by sleek
Italian servitor. She pointed toward
me as she addressed him.
"This gentleman is leaving us; order
the carriage round for the railway sta
ton at once"
The door being closed again, she
said: "Your malice outruns your dis
cretion, and your enmity overrides your
manners. Idespise and defy your
All the same, she killed that unhap-
py boy. and watched over his last ago
MES with the same cruel satisfaction
that chilled my blood in tie serpent
house. ! am sure of it. Have proved
it? No; not yet At present Reggy
Gardner's death is one Of the mysteries
OF London. HQftOu.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16

~ SSAAOIA
Now let us lift the heavy, quilted,
leather curtain which closes the common
doorway, and the church, which sur
passes all other churches in the world.
What marvellous temple is before US.
We are dazzled by its splendor and
awed into silence by it's yastness and
grandeur.
vastness which grows, but grows to harmo-
| ALI musical in its immensitics.
It is hard to realize that it is the work
of man. And it is impossible to com
prehend it's amazing proportions at first
sight. But it's colossal size will grow
upon you more and more every minute
every hour, every day
Thou seest not all; but piecenleal thou must
break:
To seperate contemplation, the great whole.
The floor, formed of rich mosaic work,
stretches away great plain OF yarie-
gated marble before us. The lofty
pancled vault Of the nave, profusely
adorned with gliding and paintings
lifts itself $50 feet above us. On every
hand are gorgeously decorated affairs,
marble and alabaster vases OF holy
water, sacred shrines, before which
flame golden lamps; costly statues
beautifully MOSAIC copies Of world re.
nowned paintings, sculptared tombs Of
departed kings, magnificent monuments
Of dead popes, massive columns, grand
arches, colossal piers, golden ceilings
splendid side chapels, each as large a.
an ordinary church, and, above. all
that stupendous dome, E
The dome! the vast and wondrous dome,
| TO which Diana's marvel was cell
How can we give even a meager outline
of the wealth of decoration or the wilder
ness Of architecture in this great
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
Personal Gossip,

Grant smokes a medium strength CT
gar, which he imports from Cuba. He
talks while smoking, never lets a cigar
go out, and smokes the stub on wood
en- toothpicl. Sherman smokes nerv-
ouslv and is always relighting his cigar.
Sheridan enjoys q qniet smoke, but
can't do anything else while he is smolz-
ing. Butler rarely lights 81 cigar. but
carries the wrong end in his mouth.
Logan smokes only at long intervals,
but when he smokes at all, tits inces~
sanity.
It is we'll to be posted in the French
names q some Of the brand new shades
which fashi,n has introduced; "Gris" -
is d steelcy drab shade. "Shauvette, :"
p shade Of lrab beige. "Arlnande," a
delicate salmon yellow. "Isard," an
ashes of rose or pinkish, beige shade.
"Channpignon" is a yellowish soft drab,
or, as its name suggests, a mushroom
shade.
Judge Dickey, of The Illinois Supreme
Court, shed tears when on the Shiloh
battlefield few days ago. lie told the
three hundred Union veterans around
him how the h usband of his daughter
General Wallace, was killed near the
spot then under foot. During the ',at-
tie Mrs. Wallace, approaching to join
her husband, met a messenger, who
told her of the Generals fall.
At a station in Montana the other
day a Boston girl stuck her head out OF
d Northern Pacific car and exclaimed :
'"The bewildering womance which
cwowns this twanscendental soenewy
with such indescwibable facination and
tinges it's evewy foatuh with such over
powing interest quite oweaks me up!"
And a number of members Of the local
vigilance committee standing on the
platform look grinly into each others
faces and muttered, "Oh, if it was only
man."
The Montreal (Can.) Witness says
Among other worthy deeds, She late
Joseph Mackay left $40, 900 for O. Pro
fessorship in Montreal Presbyterian
College, His surviving bryther, Ed
ward. supplemented this by gift Of
$40, 600 and called the professorship af-
ter his brother At his death the late
Edward Mackay left $40 900 to found &
chair in the college. Now his three
nephews have added $4,000, and cal
the professorship after their uncle.
"The Indian girl Of Eureka, Nev.,'
SAYS the San Francisco Chronicle, "wh,
| had been given all the benefits Of civil
| ization. including dresses of the lates
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
Extension of the Russian Empire

The star Of Russian empire is taking
its way cast in g manner very unpIoas-
ant to Englishlnen. According to =
paper lately read before the ROYAL
Asiatic Society the Russians are display
ing remarkable acti ;-ity On the Caspian
and Black Seas. and have SO maNa@rd
matters that corp, d'armce mAyIt
be we'll on the road to India before
the movement attracted much at
tention, England having no consular
agent in either place. Baku is a risi''s
Caspian port, whr;, IS attaining no.
toriety for it's rr'uirlzable petroleum
wells. This, has led t. the collection Of
a largo fleet to convey the kerosene to
various parts, and, to the establishment
of the Russian Government. they have
thus an unlimited lumber of steamer:
which could in twenty-four hours tran
sport the corps d'arnlee to Michaelovsk,
Oh the eastern shore of the Caspian.
From this port there is already q rail"
road to Kizildavat, distance of LAT
miles and from the latter place to
Askabad, 1876 miles, there is aroad, and
railway is proposed. Thence to
Saraskh is 1855 miles, and from the last
Dalned place to Herat is 202 miles, and
a Russian surveyor has already surveyed
the entire distance and proved that "a
line can be easily made.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16

style, and who recently cast them aside
and went to live in wickiup with
Piute buck, has repented of her passion
for savage life. Recently, after drink
ing bad whiskey all night, he arose in
the morning and began to beat and kicF
her. She escaped to town and has once
more donned the garb Of civilization
Perhaps it would be o good thing tt
send her east as lecturer on the beau
ties of savage life.
The present wife of the emperor OF
Germany was not his first choice. The
lady whom he wanted to marry was the
Princess Elizabeth Radziwill. The lat
ter returned his love to the highest de-
gree, but she was much too noble
minded to accept tho sacrifice Of his
hand, and, in last interview with this
prince, she besought him to release her.
She went into a nunnery, and Wilhelm
welded Augusta, but their married life
was not for many years very happy
one. It is only since the different at
tempts OH the emperor's life that their
relations have become warmer, and on
those occasions the empress always
spent many hours daily near the bed
side of her husband.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
The German Army.

The greatest numerical strength of the
German army in the late war with
France never exceeded 100000 men;
but writer in recent number OF the
Fortnightly Review declares that in a
future war half a million more soldiers
could be sent into the field. He esti-
mates that Germany can almost imme'
lately mobilize an army of $4,000 off,
GERS, 1,450,U men. $1,000 physicians
and officials, aad 100000 horses; for
which number all clothes, ornaments,
outfits, carts, ETC., are provided in peace
time, and held in readiness in the differ
ent garrisons, To the modified army
would have to be added the surplus OF
drilled reserve and militiamen number
ing 150, 900 men: the depot reserves OF
the first class, numbering $4,000 men:
one contingent of recruits, one-year Vol.
unteers, Volunteers under twenty years.
and ten contingents OF Landstrum;
which makes up grand total of $780,
600 trained men, commanded by officers
who have fought some of the greatest
battles of the century, and have never
turned their backs upon the enemy.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-01-16
Carers CT a. Cyclone.

Mr. Robert Wilson, whose mo1hera
house WIS demolished, Mas blown out
into the yard, but not seriously hurt.
He had retired before the storm came
on and laid his clothing On chair. In
his vest pocket was g watch. The next
morning he found his watch hanging on
q small limb of tree that had blown
down in the yard, the chain wrapped
several times around the limb. It WIS
ticking away as if nothing had hap
pened MIR. Stewart, who was killed at
Daniel Watson's, was very fond of hnnt-
ing, and always kept his gun near the
head of his bed. When Mr. Stewart
was found after the storm his gun was
lying near him, but it had been dis
charged, the entire load passing through
Mr.. Stewards body. In one place We
noticed large Fat pine log, which would
weigh at least 5000 pounds, which WAS
taken up from the ground where it was
lying and carried 6 distance Of twenty
to twenty-five PAGES and piled across
some other logs.--North Carolina
Rocket.