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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-13

duoed no effect upon that emotional Western
jury.
The verdict Of acquittal appears to be
fully justified by the evidence. But Il may
be questioned whether any jury would have
allowed 30 much weight to the testimony for
the defence had the conditions been reversed
and Walkup been on trial for killing his
young wife. The case has excited Kansas
and Missouri greatly, and II will certainly
take its place as cause ceLe6r6, for the facts
are remarkable. The prosecution made out
a most damaging exhibit on circumstantial
evidence. II was p1ima tacie 80 strong that
before the theory Of the defence was devel-
oped II seemed TO compel conviction. Yet,
when the case Of the defence was developed
the most formidable points In the prosecu-
tion were seen 10 have been met, not by sub
terfuge, but by explanatory and rebutting
testimony Of the most substantial character.
From case in which at the outset there ap-
peared scarcely any escape from . verdict OF
guilty, II changed to ono in which aequittal
was so clearly indicated as to seem in its turn
the only conclusion the jury could reach.
How HIagrudsr Fooled Mcclellan.
A Washington despatch Of the 7th inst
says: Army officers have spent most Of their
leisure time this week recounting the exploits
and military mistakes Of General Mcclellan.
The story Of the gigantic ruse played upon
him by General Msgruder finds many eager
listeners. Magruder had force OF 10, 900
men on the Peninsula when Mcclellan march,
cd down with his splendidly equipped army.
The main army Of the Oonfederates was not
ready TO meet him, and General Magruder
conceived plan Of delaying Mcclellan until
General Lee was prepared to fight on his
own terms and his own ground. For four
weeks General Magruder marched his hand.
full Of men up and down the Peninsula, dis
playing them at every point He sent out
spies in the guise Of deserters, who represent
cd him as having force of 100, 900 men. 1t
Was then that General Malone did yeomRn's
service by rattlng the empty cars of the
Petersburg railroad up and down day and
night, under pretence OF transporting troops,
when they had no troops to transport
General Mcclellan reported to the War
Department that there we're 100, 600 men op-
posing him. When ct last he moved for
ward, the Confederates kept up their show
OF force for q day or two, when they fell
back toward Richmond, and Mcclellan was
enticed into the Seven Days Battle, which
resulted in his defeat and retreat. He was
asked at the time of the official inquiry into
bis conduct IL he did not receive information
that General Msgruder was playing a game
with him. General Mcclellan said q man
named Bowden, living in williamsburg q
lawyer Of ability, but not of good personal
standing, came 10 him aud gave him exact
information as 10 MRgruder's weakness but
on inquiry be found Bowden's character for
truth bad, and so distrusted the startling
news he brought.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-13

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II cures Female Complaints, and
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1t is purely vegetable, and meets
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may be placed in it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-13
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1885-11-13
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

Is up!ifted over roof and dome, and spire Of the
multitudinous city. Long Eee tho republic Of
Of all its sons. long may It DO the asylum Of the
poor and oppressed of all lands and religions
long may it be the citadel Of that liberty. whict
writes beneath the eagles folded wings: We
will sell 70 no man. We VIII deny to no man nan.
of America! Filled with the FREQ maenani-
nous spirit, Drowned BY tho wisdom.
blessed BY: the moderation. lowered over
may they be ever worthy I'D ali things to bs de-
tended by the blood Of the brave who knew the
rights of man aud shrank not from this ssser-
ur.det kbe 4onstlt1tion. . perpetual temple Of
peace, unshadoiset ~. =. Gssaf's palace; at
whose altar may freely ooniniuiie ~. who eeek
live our Country! o. long the andyins
agcs may 1t stand. far removed in fact a. in
space from the Old Worlds feuds and follies-
tns and alone II Its End
Providence commissioned to teach man the
power of truth, and to prove TO the nations that
their Redeemer liveth.
before him, Mr.. Daniel referred to it but
once or twice during the course of his ora
ton. He spoke in an easy manner, his voice
being finely modulated to suit the meaning
OF his sentences, and his speech was &C:
centuatsd and End emphasized by graceful
by rounds Of applause elected by his clean.
cut and we'll balanced periods and by Bile
eloquent, style ct utterine them; As he
closed, Senators Edmunds and Sherman
Speaker Carlisle and Representative Long
warmly congratulated him, while once more
the audience testified their appreciation 01
the orators eloquence. After benediction
by the chaplain of the house, the dstin-
gu,shed guests departed and the speaker
called tho house to order. Adjourned till
Monday.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

When Senator Miller. of California.
introduced in Congress bill the other
day to increase the pension being paid
to the widow of General George II.
Thomas from thirty dollars q month to
two thousand dollars q year, it was re-
ceived with great surprise. There was
very general impression that Mrs.
Thomas was in receipt of larger pen
sion. There is list of the widows of
bureau generals and small fry warriors
who have political friends, list almost
as long rs the debate on interstate COM
merce, who are receiving pensions much
in excess of that paid to Mrs. Thomas.
Admiral Farragut's widow very proper
y receives two thousand per annnm. AT
the close of the war there was move
ment to give Gen. Thomas a very large
sum by private subscription but Pap
Thomas" stopped the whole matter at
its inception by declaring that he would
not accept such gift. He died com-
paratively poor;
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26
60 and Cure Yourself.

General John A. Dix once made
professional call upon DR.. Abernethy
and of course, got good advice, and be-
ing wise enough to accept it, he lived to
see four score years, a result of which
his dyspeptic youth scrace]y gave prom
Use. After hearing few words of the
chronic invalid's lament the eminent
but eccentric physician cut him short
with the following impromtu address:
"Sir, you are pretty far gone. and the
wonder is you are not gone entirely.
If you had consulted common-sense in
stead of the medical faculty, you would
probably have been we'll years ago. I
can say nothing to you except this:
You must take regular exercise, as
much as you can bear without fatigue,
and modest quantity of plain food, of
the quality you find bv experience best
to agree with you, There are a few
general rules which any man of COM
mon sense may learn in a week, such
as this: That rich food, high season
ing, ETC., are injurious. / can say no
more to you, sir; you must 60 and cure
yourself.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

Tennessee not only has laws to stop
pool rooms and gambling IN margins but
member proposes to send to tho peni.
tantlary anybody and everybody who
plays game of cards, for any stake
even for beer. He takes in dice throw.
ing, pedro seven-up, euchre, Boston,
whist all hearts, pinochle, sixty-six.
cabbage, casino, black jack, black maria,
marbles. base ball, foot ball, hop
scotch, last tag, hide and seek, pussy
wants corner, leap frog, flip, mumbly
peg, funk, backgammon, dominoes,
checkers, billiards, pool, last one over
the fence is niger. bunco, wheel of
fortune, film fans, bluff, kite flying,
Jug distemper, and all the other popu.
lar games of the day." His great aim
is to suppress poker, which is undoubt-
eddy bad thing, not only in Tennessee
but all over the South. But it is one
thing to enact a law-but good deal
more of trick to execute it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

A writer in the cincinnati Journa |
SAYS: Florida is an old fraud. The
beautiful scenery consists of pine bar
aens and sand hummocks and swamps,
the first named frequented by bull bats
and screech owls and wood lice, the
second by soldier crabs, rcd spiders,
earwigs, tarantulas, centipedes and liz
ards, and the last by alligators, slugs,
moccasin, garter, water, comprehend
and fourteen hundred other kinds Of
snakes. The "luxuriant tropical vcgeta-
ton" consists mainly of pine stumps anG
palmetto scrub. The flowers are con.
fined to the hot houses und private gar
dens; the oranges are in the orchards,
tie bananas in the kitchen gardens and
the oleander and magnolias are mcstiv
in your eye.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26
How q Horse Jockey Lives.

For steady boy in good stable,
who really rides we'll, obeys orders, and
is honest, the pecuniary rewards are
considerable, says the Mirror Of Ameri-
can sports. A salary of $50 or 500 per
month, supplemented by $25 for riding,
$50 for wining race, with occasional
tips for pulling off big event, easily
runs up to $4,000 or S., 600 a year, or
twice the emolument of an average law
yer, doctor or engineer, and fully up to
the income OF the captain of an ocean
steamer, with his great weight of re-
sponsibility. Great Jockeys, of course,
do much better than this. They
are paid like prima dome or fashion
able preachers. But the Jockeys
life has its shadows. His nerve may
fail, when his occupation is gone, for
race horses are often vicious brutes and
very quick to detect a lack of courage
and decision on the part of their riders.
Even worse, when the jockey may he.
gin to take on flesh, when he either be-
comes too heavy to ride or is condemned
to life of martyrdom to keep down the
growing corpulency. To this forced
wasting may be attributed many short
lives and broken constitutions. Then
there are temptations to drink and ex-
cess, destructive to nerve and brain and
insiduous temptations to dishonesty.
Lastly, there is an ever present danger
from falls and collisions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

One Of the principal reasons for the
success of the English Actor Irving, at
home and in this country, is said to be
due to "the gospel of thoroughness,' as
exemplified in his system and manage
ment. The Chicago Times finds
the secret of Mr.. Irsing's success in
the fact that he gives. as rule, ahar.
monious combination, in which there is
excellence in every element" and their
success proves that the failure of the
Legitimate drama is due to ill balanc-
ed and poorly equipped dramatic COM
panies, and not to q decline in the
public taste. And our contemporary
truly says that IF stars and managers
do not learn the benefit of. rounded
performances, carefully arranged seen.
cry, close attention to minute details
and we'll balanced companies, from the
visit OF Mr.. Irving, they are beyond
reform"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

The electric companies have not only
refused to obey the order Of the Phila-
<lelphia authorities to put their wires
under ground, but are said to he con.
stantly putting up new poles. The
matter is therefore now before the
Legislature in the shape Of bill i'm
posing fine Of $1,000 for every pole
above ground after Dec. l, in any place
of 10, 600 inhabitants. Ifthe measure
becomes law, it will not be executed.
Certain corporations have openly pro-
claimed themselves above the laws, and
have hitherto maintained that position
against any effort to dislodge them. In
the large cities efforts to protect the
public have been abandoned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

A British scl'ccner arrived in Balti.
more the other day, having just COM
pleted tour of 80 900 miles on which
she started Feb. 20, 1888 when she left
New York for St. John, New Bruins
wick. A review of her sailing from that
date will give true idea Of the rowing
life Of the ocean tramp" as that class
of vessels are lenominated who have nc
regular ports to visit at stated times.
but go wherever freight offers. She
visited St. John, Liverpool, Cardiff,
Ceylon, passed through the strait of
Gibraltar, Mediterranean Sea, Suez
Canal, Red Sea and the Indian Ocean.
From Colombo she proceeded to CAL
cutta thence to Figi Islands, New South
Wales, Singapore, Calcutta again, Brit
'sh Guinea, Maritius, Cape of Good
Hope, st. Helena, New York, etc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26
Farm, FIELD AND mEsDE.


Some persons &6 now living whe can
remember the time when there was not
an agricultural or horticultural paper
published on this continent.
To kill the blue lice on cattle mix
one part kerosene with three parts lard
and rub it into the hair. The more
thoroughly it is rubbed in the sooner
will it exterminate the parasites.
To remove scurf from cattle use the
card and brush. Oiling the skin with
any soft grease viii hslp very much to
loosen the scurf. As preventive, use
more obleaginous matter in the rations,
like oil-ckke OF cottonseed meal. Scurf
comes mostly from peor keeping, es-
pecially from the use of food lacking
in the proper proportion of fatty mat
tiers. Cattle 90 kept that their coats
will be sleek and . little oily will sell
dom Ike troubled with lice or scurf.
Now begins that season of the year
when people may regret that they have,
no evergreen trees and shrubs sprinkled
about their homes to enliveR the drcary
winter aspect.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

sheep, nine to ten; and With che pia.
four to five. Thus, IN ono hundred
pounds of the Swedish turnip there u
ninety pounds of water, which i only
equal to the production Of one pound Of
flesh. One hundred pounds of Indian
corn will produce about nine pounds Of
flesh. But it has been ssoertained by
careful experiments that equal mixtures
of corn, peas. and oats, though seven
per cent. lower in nutritive qualities
than corn meal alone, may BE- fed out,
weight for weight, with ike results.
he also asserts that wheat, at its pres
ent low price, may be employed for mix
ing with other feeding stuffs, and with
profit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26
Personal Matters.

A magnificent tomb is being erected
in the cemetery of Pere-la- Chaise, fol
the remains of NJ. Theirs. It will cost
81, 600, 900 francs, and surpass any mon
ument commemorative of a Frenchman,
with the exception of Napo]eon's tomb
at the Invalides. The sculpture on the
front is the work of the eminent artist,
NJ. Chapu. This memorial is the gift
of Mile. Dosne, a sister to the late Nine.
Theirs, who is also erecting q still mob
Ter structure at Auteuil for the benefit
of deserving literary men. It is especial
ly designed to provide an attractive home
for young writer's of ability and enable
them to prosecute important literary
undertakings which since the suppress
sior of fellowships at French colleges and
the confiscation of their endowments at
the revolution, have been impossible.
except for men of wealth and leisure.
John G Calhoun was buried in st.
Philips churchyard, in Charleston, s.
c., in 1850, where his remains have
since lain. At the last session of the
State legislature $1,000 was appropriate
ed to erect sarcophagus as permanent
mark of the resting-place of the great
statesman The sarcophagus was built,
on the precise spot of the old tomb, Of
Vermont Granite. In design and execu-
ton it is one of the hansomest monu-
ments in the South. The grave of CAL
houn was opened Friday morning, and
the remains removed to their new recep-
tacle. Major Courtney. ex-Judge Nc
Grath, who acted as marshal of the day
at Calhoun's funeral, more than thirty
years ago, General McCrady, and sew
eral others were present. The coffin
was well-preserved, as we'll as wreath
of laurels and cypress placed on the cof-
fin wher it was buried. It was placed
ed up.
A writer in the Christian Union tells
the following story about DR.. Lyman
Beecher: DR.. Beecher was sometimes
absent-minded and forgetful. Mrs.
Beecher once received sum of money
and it was the occasion of great rejoicing
that it would enable them to pay bill
for q carpet, so she committed the mon
ey to her husband, charging him to At
tend to the payment Immediately. In
the evening the doctor returned from
the city In high spirits. He described
to us missionary meeting he had at-
tended. Doctor" said Mrs Beecher,
did you pay for that carpet to-day:"
Carpet! what carpet?" responded the
doctor. "Why, the one I gave you the
money to pay for this morning."
"There!" said the doctor, "that accounts
for it. At the missionary meeting they
took up a contribution. When they
came to me said had no money to
give them-wished had-at the same
time feeling in my pocket, where, to my
surprise, I found roll of bills; 20 +
pulled it ont and put it in the box, won
dering where it had come from, but
thinking the Lord had somehow pro.
vided."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26
Consult the Good Wifi.

''Imparting doubleth the joys while
it halveth the sorrows of life." We
men do not, as rule, realize what good
level-headed wives we have, and con-
suit them in our business matters as
much 81 would be for our good. Not
one in ten of the rascalities of men.
would have ever been committed If
their wives had been called into con-
sultation: their intuition on all ques-
tons involving our honor or integrity
is worth almost as much as mans
conscience (and much more than that
Of some) and the man who heeds both,
need not be afraid of doing thing for
which his children will ever blush. We
would not give cent for man who Is
ashamed to say, II will consult my
wife," and we will greatly fear for the
success of the man who does not.
"Surely two heads are better than one.
if one (ours) is sleeps head. "-Rurai
New Yorker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

Halfway Station for Wtndow-Plants.
Early frost, as in September and
October, renders it necessary to take
up geraniums and such other bedding
plants as we wish to keep. These
should be potted at once, and the old
wood cut away, long stems shortened to
make the plant shapely, leaving as many
blooming points as possible. The pots
may then be set in cold frame, or
empty hotbed, which is similar. OF
course there is no heat in the bed, but
with the covers down it becomes O &C.
cure shelter from wind and storm and
frost. while the warm flom the sun is
sufficient to start new growth and ma
ture fower-buds. This is good place
for young plants that were started from
slips in the spring. They grow and
bloom and become truly ornamental
when brought to the sitting room win
dows some time in November. To bring
in pot plants on the approach of frost
makes the winter seem long, and if we
can delay doing so to the advantage of
the plants, there is two-fold gain.-A
Florist.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26
The Dog Ought to %.

Professor E. M. Shelton has long
dared to maintain that "a dog is a nui-
sance" (even an alleged good" one)
which no careful farmer will tolerate
about his premises. Confrmatory of
this radical assertion he records, in The
1ndustrialist, the following observation !:
"Some days ago we attended sale,
which included among the offerings
several valuable mich COWS, and very
bright, intelligent-appearing mongrel
shepherd dog. The owner expatiated at
length upon the merits of that dog;
how he would drive 'headoff,' and
bunch cattle, until we began to think
we were guilty of hasty generaliza-
ton about dogs. The dog sold for s..
Shortly afterward We made some in
quiries of one of the attendants about a
graded Jersey cow of considerable val
ne. The young man told us that about
month before, this COW, when tied to
fence, had been attacked by the dog,
which bit her severely about the heels,
throwing her into paroxysm of terror
which caused her to lose her half grown
calf within an hour. On account of
this abortion the COW sold for about $40
under the average price of similar COWS
sold at this sale. We stand firmly in
our old position on the dog question.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26

The grand army camp at Fresno, CAL,
of "blue and gray veterans" recently
passed resolutions favoring placing Gen.
Grant on the retired list A copy of
the resolutions was sent him. The camp
received u letter is response, in which he
said! Coming, as it does from an as
sociation composed of veterans of both
armies in tho great sectional war the
compliment is greater. I hope the
fraternity practiced by the veterans Of
Fresno may be patterned after by all
citizens OF our country before many
years roll over"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-02-26
Flesh Produced Prom Food.

An English farmer says that it is to
the proper admixture of feeding stuffs
that we must, in these days of good
wages and low prices for produce, trust
for economical meat production. In
speaking of the value of certain kinds
of food. he says that with the OK it
takes twelve to thirteen pounds of nu-
triton to make one pound Of flesh with