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is Despair, and that the burden. and
refrain of The Ghost is ''Everfnore'
and "Forevermore," which is Hope.
The gist of The Raven is eternal sepa.
ration; the gist Of The Ghost is eter-
nal union for lovers in the Heavens.
He should have seen at once that the
Rayen stanza is adopted as the most
fitting form in which to embody tho
''reply." and if he objects to this .
limitation, he should know that AFT:
er time form becomes common prop.
erty in literature. Thus Byron to
e,nbody his ''Childe Harold,'' ana
Campbell. to embody his ''Gertrnde Of
Wyoming" adopted the Spenzerian
stanZa. ~
And if the Doctor objected to ghosts
land we suspect that this is the. real
cause of his inability to receive the
poem), he should have remembered
that to put ghosts into poetry. rs crea.
lures of the imagination, secures to
them the entree Of every household.
People who would not wish to have
ghosts walk into the parlor, welcome
them in literature. The ghost in. 20.
etry is admitted to the nreside rs =
welcome and delightful guest. Timid
people who would not like to meet the
ghost of Hamlet's father on the high
way delight in seeing him walk the
stage when the play of Hamlet is on.
In short. to leave ghosts out of liter.
ature, or out Of our lives, would be to
leave out the spirit realm, and then We
should have poems upon the "I.oves
Of the Beetles" instead of the Loves
of the Angels"
We make no apology for writing this
defence. believing that an author has
as good Il right to defend his "wares'
or his character as any other inventor
manufacturer or workman.
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COUNTY NEWS.
ELK.

The snowbanks get higher and
broader rs winter advances.
News Is scarce, winter being alto
Rether too severe to admit Of any If us
doing any thing that we are not oblig.
ed to.
Christmas passed off with the usual
amount of feasting and rejoicing,
especially among the little folks.
A number of onr citizans are feastine
on fresh fish, caught in the lakes at
Worthington by cutting through the
ice.
We hear a good deal aboat jack ral,-
bits gnavring young trees; people Of ex
periance tell us to grease the bodies ot
the trees as a preventative us tar paper
is injurious.
This being our last for 1886 we take
the opportunity to wish the ADVANCE
a prosperous and happy New Year
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ROUND LAKE.

ROUND LAKE.
OnAChristmas Tree was sncccss
How could it be otherwise being n u Q
hands OF the ladies? n. II. Elliott AS
Santa Clans, Was the right lnan in the
right place.
Mrs. SINNERS left for her home in
Ceder Rapids Christmas. Miss Clara
Horton and Lille Tripp spent Christ
mas day il Sibley. Mitchell Cox and
family. ate Christmas dinner with $. G
Robertson.
Elmer Trip went to Chicago Mon
day, where he expects to remain with
his father.
Our town clerk is looking after the
register Of births. lie reports an in
crease over last year.
Stock is looking well despite the cold
weather. An occasional loss by black
leg is reported.
Ice is frozen to the thickness #
twenty-five inches.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-30

GOOD RESULTS IN EVERY CASE.
y. A.. Bradford. wholesale paper
dealer o! Chattanooga, Tenn; writes
that he was seriously afflicted with q
severe cold that settled on his lungs;
had tried many remedies without bene-
fit. Beng induced to try DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption. did
so and was entirely cured by the use of
a few bottles, since which time he has
used it in his family for all coughs and
colds with best results. This is the ex.
perience of thousands whose lives have
been saved by this wonderful Discov-
cry. Trial bottles free 1T e. w. Smiths
drug store. 5
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BIGELOW.

Hugh Mitchell lost 40 hens last week
py a weasel getting into his chicken
house.
Chas. Yates had horse fall into a
well on Saturday last 10 tt deep, and
after one hours time it was taken out,
but not until it was thoroughly chilled.
and it is doubtful il the horse will be
of much use.
Jas Gray. of Iowa. is now visiting
relatives here.
MIR. Ryan, while cleaning over barley
in the elevator, found q silver watch
and chain.
Miss Mary and Addie Mills we're vis-
ting Bigelow over Sunday:
BIoELOw.
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RUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE.

RUCKLEN's ARNlCA SALVE.
The best sa!ve in the world for cuts.
bruises, sores. ulcers, salt rleum, feve,
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains.
c"rns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect salts
faction. or money refunded. Price 2j
cents per box. For sale by g. W.
Smith.
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FARMER.
THE COUNTY PRINTING.

Under the law. the new Board of
County Commissioners should meet on
Tuesday next, January 4. This will
Ike the proper time to let the county
printing. but it may 60 over till the
March meeting.
Some of our contemporaries, We see,
have two erroneous impressions, viz:
l. That the printing can be claimed
by the paper having the largest circu-
lation.
2. That the board is bound under
the new law to let it to the lowest bid
der.
The law reads as follows:
Sec. ITO, Chap. II, of the Minnesota
Statutes.
The County Commissioners shall let
the advertising Of the delinquent tax
list, to the publisher or proprietor of "A
newspaper who will offer to do the
same in some daily or weekly newspa-
per having not less than four pages of
five columns to the page, each column
to be not less than two inches in width,
nor less than seventeen inches in
length, printed in the Englisl, lam
guage, and of general circulation,
which shall have been published and
circulated for ut least three months
prior tn the time of letting, for the
lowest sum, not to exceed twelve cents
Tor each description, and who shall
give q bond to the county, with at
least two sureties, freeholders of the
county, to be approved and in an
amount fixed by the Commissioners.
for the correct and faithful perform
anco Of such advertising,
A supplemental act was passed in
in 1879, (Chap. 20, Sec. ~ which pro-
vides:
And in all cases, when designating
the paper or papers, the character and
valuc thereof as medium for getting the
proceedings before the taxpayers of said
counties respectively shall he taken in
to consideration, which publications
shall be let by contract to the lowest
bidder.
The Board is just as much bound to
give the printing to paper of general
circulation in the county, one which
reaches the taxpayers generally, as it
10 to giveit to the lowest bidder. If pa.
per of merely local circulation should
underbid one of general circulation. the
Commissioners would not be bound to
accept the lowest bid.
The Campbell divorce case which
has been running in London is said to
be the dirtlest which has arisen in
England. The stories and the out
come show what vile and periured
wretches servants and envious people
can be when they wish to injure or de.
stroy their superiors. Most Of the
stories are evidently made out of near
" whole cloth. For instance, one per-
jurer testified that he saw the parties
in an ''improper position" through the
key.hole. An unprejudiced architect
was called and testified that the par
ties could not have been seen through
the key-hoie AZ stated. Here was
Villain who not only admitted that he
Va: peeking, eavesdropping, ETC., but
ooo'ly swears falsely as to what he saw.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-30
THE FARMERS WANT A CUSTOM

MILL.
Below we give communication
from u farmer ON the subject Of GUS
tom mill ut Worthington. In a priv.
ate note the writes says:
It is a matter of great Importance to
US farmers and much greater to your
town, and what eyer your business men
may 10 for the country III this line.
will rebound greatly to the b:neft Of
WorthiDgtOn.
Following is the communications:
EDITOR OF ADVANCE: l was very
glad to see. in the ADVANCE, your
briet editorials, on the benefit Grist
Mill would be, both to town Il country
in WOrthingt0n. 1t is An enterprise l
have long wished could be accomplish
ed, and have, 1T different times. spoken
with business men, in WOrthingtOn l,
about. In my estimation there IS no
enterprise, involving the same amount
Of money, that would be of so great
benefit to the farming community.
directions from your village, except to
tom mill, and the benefit to the busi-
ness men and merchants of Worthing-
ton, rs justly stated by you, would be
even greater. The farming commun-
ity are desirous of the prosperity of
Warrington, and the way to accom-
plish this is to start such enterprises rs
will benefit farmers. They are surpris-
ed tina, the capitalists of your village
have not. long since, taken such action
ns would insure the erection Of Il good
mill. This being accomplished. you
would see in your streets hundreds
where you now see tens, and each one
taking his grist to the mill, would make
his purchase il Worthington. I am
glad that the matter is being agitated,
and l trust you will not cease until
WOrthingtOn has the best custom mill
in the country.
FARMER
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A DEFENSE OF THE GHOsT.n

DEFENSE OF "THE GHOST"
The one paragraph which mars the
article is given below. 1t concludes
this excellent notice and we have sep.
arated it from the body of the article
because it requires some reply and
some ''self defense:"
The one poem which mars the book
and the only One-is entitled THE
Ghost" and is written in the style of
Poe's "Raven'" One would hardly
think it possible that the author of
''COme Close" and of the other ex-
tracts above. could possibly write aud
seriously send out to the world such a
production as that. We can only ac-
count for it by CHASING it among the
"eccentricitieS Of genius" Aside
from that the book is worthy OF high
commendation, and is credit to
American literature.
The public, 50 far as heard from, has
recently decided that "The Ghost'' is
the leading poem of the book and wor-
thy of place beside the "Raven."
Surely DR.. Miller was asleep when he
read it or was under some over.mas-
tering prejudice.
The best English authority has re.
Gently said that Poe is the glory of
American literature and the "Raven"
Is universally known as his MASTER
piece. Good judges have gone so far
as to say 1.-THE Ghost" is sequal to "The
Raven.'' One of the editors of The
Worlds Advance Thought, writes:
Your inspiration must have come
direct from heaven. 1t is even better
than 1.-The Raven.''
Will H. Herman, than whom no au.
thor. in America is better capable of
judging of a poem in the style of Poe,
writes:
''The Ghost" is my favorite, and is a
most magnificent contribution to
American literature. I know of no
other poet who could have written it.
As a work of art it is equal to "The
Raven"
DR.. Miller, with his experienced edi-
torial eye, should have seen at once
that "The Ghost'' il an attempt to
''reply" Poes Raven. He should
have seen that the burden and refrain
of The Raven is ''Nevermorc, - which
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Prof. Foster predicted intense colo
for the latter part of December.
IT. Scott Kan \ Mnn{for


While talking with u. A. Camp, the
popular book.keeper at Pages Imple
ment House, the subject of cough med
'c'nes was brought up. Says Camp
"there is one to which feel deeply in
debted. 1t has given relief time and
time again to my wife and children
In fact l feel under the greatest obi.
cations to Prichard Bros, Druggists
for persuading me to buy a bottle Of
Chamherlain's Cough Remedy.
would not be without a bottle of it in
the house for twice its cost. III regard
to all throat complaints of children
and for colds it is unsurpassed. Yor
just try it once and you will be sur
prised at the results.'' Sold by C. W,
Smith.
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BREWSTER.

SCHOOL REPORT.
Report of school taught in District
No. 10. county of Mobiles, for the month
ending Dec. a..
Whole No. of days taught 20;
No. of pupils enrolled 81;
Total attendance in days 33l;
Average daily attendance Is;
No. perfect in attendance 3.
Roll of honor.-Daisy Iverson, Mary
Beaton. Peter Geyermann. Hersey lver-
son, Willie Ebert, Rudolph Berreau,
MiIlie Berreau, Herman Berreau, Lena
Meyer, Hattie Kaufman, Nicholas
Kaufman, Tilman Kaufman, Katie
McCarvel, Minnie McCarvel. Philip
McCarvel. Amanda loren aud Hannah
IversOn.
Those perfect in deportmen. consti-
tute the roll of honor.
JOHN FITZPATRICK, Teacher.
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LORdIN.

Wish you all merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year.
Rabbits are pretty thick this winter
doing their misl,chief on apple trees.
Miss Stokes is home now. She has
been teaching school in Graham LAX es.
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The Rock Island railroad has come
int" possession Of the Dps Aloines and
Fort Dodge and the Jackson Republic
thinks it will lie extended in that d.
rtctiOn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-30

A man wrote to the WOrthington
land office the other day:
lost my tree claim culture and would
like if You would draw out another one
and send the same to me.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-30

The editor has lived high the past
week. AS two spring (of '79) chickens
were received on Rock
Rapids Reporter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-30

DR.. Barber sells only best Doane,s
Deodorized Gasoline, 43tf
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THE MIL.

THE NILL
An earnest meeting of the Board Of
Trade was held on Monday afternoon
and the determination to have cus-
tom mill was stronger than ever. On
motion, a committee was appointed to
confer with practical millers with a
view to securing mill, the committee
consisting of Geo. J. Day, J. A. Town,
H. G. Shepard, IL. E. Torrance and s.
Mclean. A committee was also ap-
pointed to ascertain what amount of
bonus can be raised to assist such an
enterprise, the committee consisting
Of r. R. Miller, L. b. Bennett and
ID. Shell.
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was persuaded by friend to try
''Sa|vation Oil'' for neuralgia aud
headache, found it u great relief after
a few applications. cheertullv recon-.
mend it to all who likewise suffer. G..
II. MCGEE.
To unfortunate chrouic coughers we
recommend the timely use of DR.. Bulls
Cough Syrup. 25 cts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-12-30
A MODERN ANANIAH.

DULUTH, Dec. 20-Johr Bushnell. a
watchman ut elevator f. died suddenly
while on duty last night. He was sit.
ting in the engine room ut the time.
and but few minutes before had been
telling stores to other employees. the
truth ct which being questioned. he
expressed the hope that God would
strike him dead if they were not true.
The coroner deemed an inquest unnec-
essary, and the real cause of death ia
not known. The parents of deceased
1--we at Marquette, and have deem noti-
fed OF their bereavement.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
TEXAS IN TYPE.
Clippings from state Exchanges on Matters
of Interest.

Clippings from STAKE Exchanges on Matters
of Interest.
Vernon wants steel-roller Touring
mill.
The citizens Of Calvert sent S259 80 to
the Sabine sufferers.
Two-thirds OF the cotton crop around
Lanham has been gathered.
Wichita has shipped this year TO Fort
Worth two carloads of wool.
Stock Ct all kinds are said to be IN nue
condition in San Saba county.
Cleburne, in addition to the dengue
plague, has an epidemic Of sore eyes.
The mulberry trees around Victoria
have produced their second crop OF fruit
this year.
The grass is coming up rapidly in
Shackeltord county, and stockmen feel
relieved.
A Hopkins county farmer has raised
this year, two hundred bushels of COOLERS
on two acres of land.
There has been received at Gainesville,
$500 bales Of cotton, double the quantity
Of last year at this time.
The streams are getting so low In vii,
hanson county that the farmers will soon
have to resort to wells for stock-water.
The re-survey of the dividing line be.
tween Blanco and Burnet counties has
been completed in satisfactory manner
Col. j. L. Scott, prsctlciug attorney
OF Meridian, Bosque county, has been sent
to the penilentiary for two years foI
swlndling,
The Christian church of Breckenridge
had carload of provisions sent to them
which they turned over to the destitute
sufferers of that section.
John j. Darst of Gonzales was thrown
from his horse on the night OF the 10Th
and SO injured that he died from the eff
fects Of 1t the next morning
w. II Sidler of Temple, who was dis
charged from the asylum at Terrell few
| days since, has been sent back, as he wal
dangerous to the community.
The farmers OF Coleman county have
no further fears in regard to carrying
their stock through the winter, the crol
of afillet and sorghum being sufficient TO
that purpose.
Milt Sharp attempted the rescue of hi
step-brOther from the Haskell jail. HI
succeeded in Guiding pursuit for awhile
but both were finally captured by tn,
sheriff and his posse.
There was severe rain and hail storm
on Red river at Gainesville on Saturday
Although the storm only extended abou
hundred yards on each side, the stream
rose eight feet in two hours and wa
still rising.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

mssses--the people who are supposed to
be most affected by drinking -maDifests
itself. People who can control themselves
aud have little money to spend can
drink liquor at home or in their places Of
business, for they can import it. But II
there are places In Atlanta where, for a
small sum, any man who wants It can get
whisky in small doses, they will soon re-
veal their presence In the police court
statistics, for the street drunksrd and the
habitual "bum" Atlanta has known 10
anli-prohibition days win assuredly turn
up IN the police dock and among the list Of
"drunk and down" Heretofore Atlanta
has been only halfway "dry" town.
Prohibition could not be said to be in
force when any man who could raise so
cents could buy quart Of whisky. The
crucial test has come now, and 1t will be
valuable one. II the result reyerses
what has proved to be the rule in all the
large towns in Maine, Kansas and Iowa
the country will be treated to decidedly
agreeable surprise.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27
MENDINq HIs .FENcES Ar LAs

MENDING HIS FENCES AT LAST.
Congressman Mills woke up at the
eleventh hour and is devotIng this week,
the last Of the canvass, to putting his
toned, for number of years, to walk
overs, that he could not, 1t is fair to sup.
pose, realize what vigorous, bitter pro-
paganda was being preached against
him. His friends throughout the dis
trict sent him warnings, but the good
natured congressman was slow to take
them. All the time, however, the secret
circulars were being sent out and DR.
Rankin kept up his unremitting still
hunt. Mr.. Mills has opened his eyes
now, and although it is late in the day,
he Is displaying practical ylgor In meeting
and dealing with the assaults on him
His statements Of what he has said read
altogether different from those made by
his opponents. 1t is PLAIN TO see thaf his
words have been distorted and quoted TO
his disadvantage. 1t is perhaps true that
he has been plain and outspoken con-
corning prohibition, which, according to
his own admission, he honestly believes
to be undemocratic, but this seems to
be the sum total of his offending
The insulting, fiippaut sentences charged
to him are, he says, utterly untrue There
ought not to be any doubt now Of Mr.
Mills reelection by handsome majority
Every county In his district but one
(Washington) is safely Democratic, ant
Democrats owe II TO the party to turn ou
aud see that Mills carries every one o.
the white counties in the district. He |.
not only the regular nominee Of the party
but man who is tried, competent anC
faithiul--who has battled earnestly for
number OF years against the sggresslv,
and perniclous policies of the Republican
party, and therefore in behalf of the hes
interests of his state and people. TIL
GAZETTE's domlclle is not In mis- dlstric
but THE GAZETTE is state paper in II
work aud interest, and, as a matter o
fact, has done more to call attention t,
the state OF affairs in Mr.. Mills distrlc
than some Of the papers located therein
The GAZETTE believes that Mr., Mills re
turn to congress is q matter Of grave i'm
portance, and will regret to see him g
back with majority so reduced as t
render his return, under the clrcumstar
ces, somewhat Illuminating TO the TexO
Democracy.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

To BOYCOTT woman is always mis-
take, as the affair OF plucky Mrs. Gray
demonstrated, but to boycott woman
for having opinIons, and those political,
is the most senseless of all The woman
boycotted In this case was Johnson
county school.mistress, There might be
danger in teaching the young idea to
shoot wild, but this is only possibility
Women ought not to have opinions, es,
peclally political,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

WHO is the true friend Of labor-the
demagoglo who destroys public cont
dence by arraylng classes of one com.
munity In hostility. or the man whose en-.
terprise and pluck provides work for
laborS The one destroys the confidence
and unity essential to prosperous trade
and progress the other builds up. The
bowling dervishes of demagogy rant and
rave at The GAzETTK, and yet this paper
has done more for labor than these polit
ical mountebanks and destructionists ever
did or ever viii accomplish. And TIN
GAzRTrE asks nothing of any one save
for Guild pro quo, while these apostle,
of evil ask for office In return for the harm
they work.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-27

CHICAGO, LII, Oct. 26,-The city Is
about to institute warfare against certain
justices of the peace known as change Of
venue officials, to whom are taken ali
prisoners desiring change from the reg
uiar police justices, These Justices have
not for long time made any report of
Hoes collected By them To the city. The
comprollef's estimate places the amount
! gally retained and appropriated by
he justices at $40, coo. The prosecuting
attorney wlll continue the investigation
de says full reparatlon must be made.