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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-04
The Chinese Trouble Explained,
From the Sacramento Record.

From the Sacramento Record.
A citizen who has had the curiosity
to ascertain the views of the Chinese
upon the prevalent anti Chinese ex-
citement, says the masses of the Mon
golians are opposed to the further i'm
migration of their race. He sends the
following as a sample interview :
"Hallo, John, you hear about the big
meeting in San Francisco?'' eyes,
me hear him. ALE same Chinaman
keep still allie time Mclean man raise
devil. Chinaman no wantee any more
Chinaman - "What, you are not op-
posed to the Chinese immigration, are
you!" ''Me sabe, Heap Chinaman no
money, Heap Chinaman no workee. "
"You think there are already too many
then?" ssAll Cinnamon no want more
Cinnamon. Fifty tousan Cinnamon
go home then Cinnamon make heap
money. Fifty tousan Cinnamon come
then Chin:.man gittee two bitee one
day. China Company he hetchee too
many. ALE same too many Cinnamon
like too many Mclean men. No
workee, no money. China Company
say two bitee one day.. Chinaman say
no. China Company say fletchee ten
tousan. Cinnamon like Mclean man
keepee Chinaman home. Rich China
man wantee heap Cinnamon. Poor
Chinaman no likee.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-04
Casar Smith as 4 Financier.

The "man and brother" is arriving.
though by slow degrees, at the distinc-
tion of securities. With him, as with
his less deeply frescoed fellow.citizen,
absolute security for capital invested.
is of higher moment than large inter.
est. Thus it was when Mr.. Cesar
Smith, who applied recently to his
|neighbor, Mr.. Tompson for advice. ''.''
"Mr. Tompson,' asked Fr. Smith !
wud you lem Cuff Jones fo1 ty dollars
eff you was me?'' -: ~: >.i. Il
"What security can he offer 2 -, =,
"a |morgidge." :, =:
A mortgage! What has he got to
mortgage?'' =
''Dat's wat bodders ME. Il I knows he
don t own muffin but de Oh, duds on his
back,'' =. .:.,;
swell, then. how can he give you =
mortgage =
':Dat's de queshun, Mr.. Tompson.
No he can't do it, an rs made up my
min dat he can't have de money on
less he gives me his, note hand.
|-Harper's Magazine. ~,
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THE DRIFTING BOAT.

It had aoated away from the beach and buoy,
Out Of sight Of tower and town,
An empty and battered boat,
And that boat would not 30 down.
The morning rose on the waters wide,
And the night fell cold and dark,
Yet ever on with the wind and tide
DriRed that battered bark.
The sail had passed from its broken mast,
And its painted pride was DIM;
The soft seaweed hung round its bows,
Which had been % sharp and trim.
Where were the merry mates and free
Who had gone with it ahoat;
We never learned; but the worlds wide sea
bath 1. lives like that drifting bot. :. s
Lives that in early storms have lost a..
Anchor md sail and oar,
And never, except on Lethe's shore,
Can come to moorings more,
Out of whose loveless, TRUSTEES days,
The hope and the heart have gone
Good ships 60 down in stormy seas,
But those empty boats drift on!
They had hearts to sail in the winds eye
once;
They had hands to reef and steer,
With stretch that would not stoop to chance
And a faith that know no tear;
But the wears were long and the storms were
And the rainbow flag was furled,
And they that launched for the skies have
grown
Butthe dritt-wood Of the world.
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Beyond the Wisdom Of Nan.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.

From the Cincinnati Commercial. .::.- I
She was a pretty girl, nicely dressed
and she sat diagonally in a rear corner
of the street-car, occupying about two
casts. Another lady came in, and,
turning herself sideways, sank into a
swan-like dip across the three adjoin-
ing seats. The young lady in the cor
ner looked at the others back and
shifted with her left nostril looked at
the languid contempt Of the attitude
and shifted with her other nostril !;
then regarded the lady's costume, and
finding it elegant, shifted with both
|nostrils. Beginning to get mad, she
rubbed her nose violently, first with
the second joint of her forefnger and
subsequently with her handkerchief.
Slowly their eyes met. One flashed
undying hatred and scorn the other
irradiated lofty pity, and disdain.
They had never met before, and now
they met for only moment. What
had happened We give it up. ~ 5,7''
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Marriage Among the Choctaws.

From the Cheyenne Leader
The Indians talk little under any
circumstances. Thus it is naturally
|supposable that when young man
dons his. best (which is generally set off
with a calico blouse, having large fam
ing sleeves, and his hat stuck full of
feathers, with two or three yards of
scarlet ribbon hanging down his back,
he would be about speechless by the
time he arrives at the sold man's''
mansions. After dismounting from
his pony he takes his position on the
fence, and sits there till he sees his
fair one at the door, when he grins
|audibly, and if she doeth likewise he
takes it for granted that he is welcome
and goes into the house, which gener-
ally consists of one room and contains
all the family, and therein he has to
make his speech, which at the furthest
amounts to three grunts. His success
depends very much upon an invitation
to smoke by the father of the courted
lass. If the sold man. has any re-
spect for him he lights his pipe and af-
ter taking a Whit hands it to the
young man. who in turn takes Whit,
and so they proceed, Whit about. The
length of time they smoke depends al
together on the esteem the father has
for the beau. After a certain number
of such visits he finally musters up
courage enough to say, "Che-te-ha-li-
de-la-li;um-ni :" which means iii En-.
|glish, "Will yolthave me- If she saws
|"KEyo," which means ':No,'' he takes
himself off. If she gives grunt the
preparations are made.
On the day appointed for the we'd
ding the groom arrives on pony, and
leading another that hasa side.saddle
for the bride. On arriving at the
house, without dismounting, he fastens
her pony to the fence, and then rides
of short distance in the direction
they are to 60. Shortly the bride
steps out, dressed in the. height of
fashion, new calico dress, a white
pocket handkerchief around the neck.
and large red one tied over her head
and ears, and 4 pair of new shoes
across her arms, which she puts on
just before reaching the parsons. AS
soon as she mounts her pony the man
starts on, and she follows from SO ia
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me-" He then said to his own seconds }:
''Take this handkerchief, which con.
fide to you, to- the Duchess, my wife
l :enjoin upon her as duty to place It
among the. wedding presents Of my
daughter when she shall be married.
it is her fathers gift to her-the
purity of his name The words were
hardly spoken when the Duke fell back
dead and in death his features looked
calm and proud, and almost wore a
smile: His honor had been satisfied.
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Potatoes-Cause of Poor Oulitiv.

Col. D. G. Richmond in the Ohio
Farmer, says one cause for the poor
guilty of potatoes last year was that
planters permitted the bugs to prey
on the vines to a considerable extent
during the latter part of the season,
before the tubers were matured, and
holds that another reason for the poor
quality lies in the new variety recent.
II introduced which, while they pro.
duce well, are not of first-rate quality
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-04
A Fashionable New York ParsOn.

From the Chicago Tribune
People who visit one of the most ul-
Questionable Episcopal churches in
New York, and mingle with the rec.
tors family, have very little acquaint-
ance with the romantic history of his
wife, or the circumstances under
which they were married. They are
both well advanced in years now, and
it must make them both grin when
they contemplate their early acquaint-
ance. This was twenty-odd years ago,
in a Western city. where the husband
(the present rector) held a lucrative
Government office. He had about as
much idea Of being a clergyman then
as he now has of being a Tycoon of
Japan. His wife--then a miss-was
the proprietess of a dancing academy
in the city, and it was in pursuit Of
knowledge Of the light fantastic that
the young man made the acquaintance.
He was an attentive pupil, and learned
not only the use of his heels and toes,
but also of his heart. IN brief, he
saw, loved, and conquered the fair
preceptor, and in due course they were
married. Just before the wedding
the intended husband started a public
testimonial to his future bride by her
pupils-in other words, a;ball. It was
a success, and brought numerous due.
ats to her purse. After the marriage
the husband passed through several
stages of doctrinal belief, and finally
landed in the bosom of the Episcopal
Church. Here he has been petted and
made much of. The former danseuse
is an excellent wife, model Of beney-
olence, and pattern of goodness, but
probably she inwardly rejoices that
her early history is unknown.
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THEfFREsIDE!
THE EVERYDAY DARLING.
|1Y.n.~u.

:. 'sr.Hu.
She /. neithera beauty NOR genius.,
And no one would call her wise
In . crowd Of other women
She would dsaw no Strangers eyes;
Even We who love her are puzzled
TO say where her pseeiousness lies;
ene !, Just IN every y-day darling =.
ri In that her pred diousness lies.
She 10 sorry when others are sorry,
eo sweetly, one likes to be sad:
And II people around her are merry.
She u almost 1ladder than glad.
Her sympathy ij.the swiftest,
-, The truest = heayt ever had :
She 10 just IN every day darling,
The dearest thats hearts ever bad g.
Her hands are so'white and little.
It seems a. II Il were wrong
They should ever work for moment.
And yet they arequick and strong.
II any dear one needs helping,
She will work the whole day long:
The precious everyday darling.
Every day and al day long.
She is loyal Is knights were loyal,
In the days when no knights lied,
And for sake Of love orsof honor,
If it need be, 4 true knight died;
But she dreams not she is bfayer
Than the woman by her side.
This precious every day darling,
Who makes sunshine at our side.
All, envy her, beauty and genius,
And women the world calls wise:
The utmost Of oil your triumphs,
would be empty in hers eyes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-04
Planting Grape Vines.

Doubtless some of our readers will
plant out grape vines this spring for
the first time, and various questions
will arise as how it should be done.
Of course, it is not to be supposed that
everybody knows how to plant vine
or tree any more than to build ship
or steam engine. There is not much
science or skill required in doing it !;
still, there is little, and that little is
quite important if the operation is to
end successfully.
New beginners in vine or tree cul.
ture are usually impatient, and want
to obtain fruit as soon as possible
hence, large vines and trees for Tim.
mediate bearing" are especially at.
tractive, and purchasers often pay
large prices for large specimens and
then have to wait longer for the COW
eted fruit than if they had commenced
with smaller plants costing far less
price. Large plants are generally in.
jured more in transplanting than small
ones, starting slowly and progressing
less rapidly therefore, what is gained
at the outset in obtaining large spec.
linens is frequently lost in the years
following by feeble growth.
No matter how large and vigorous a
vine may be at the time Of transplant
ing, the canes should be shortened or
cut back severely-say to one or two
feet of the ground. With young vines
of one or two years. growth, cut off all
but one cane and shorten this within
one foot or less of the surface of the
ground. From this shortened stump
one or two shoots may be permitted to
grow the first season, but never more
than the latter number, and as gen.
eral rule, one is enough. This cane
should be kept tied up to stake dur.
ing the growing season, all sprouts
starting from the base or on the old
cane broken off-in fact, keep in view
of the one object of producing as large
and vigorous shoots as possible.
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:
200 yards behind. On arriving at the
parsonage he gets. of, ties his horse,
and goes into the house and makes his
business; knawn. BY the time the
lady arrives, dismpunts, secures her
horse and goes to TIKI, house; leans her.
self on the side OF itunear. tile. door,
and patiently waits till some one dis
covers her. AMI bids her enter. All
things beingi in Eeadipess, the minister,
who is usually 4 white missionary,
motions the, couple o>stand up, and
performs 4he :ceremony in English,
which is about as fntellfgibie to them
as Greek but when the minister stops
talking they depart leaving the poor
clergyman without fee or thanks.
They usually go'to the husbands s pa.
rents and stay about a year before at
tempting the arduous duties of '.house-
keeping" After getting married a
Choctaw does as they do in Indiana
that is, if he doesn't like the squaw he
gets 4 divorce, which is granted on
the most frivolous pretext.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-04
4 Golden D : Girl.

11efe IS servant Rlfl living IN a
family on Howard street who wouldn t
be permitted TO- change places If $40
per week would be any inducement for
her to stay. She makes it her special
duty to meet agents and beggars at the
door andsto dispose Of them without
the least annoyance to the family.
She has rule to meet each case, and
her rules are perfection. The door.
coll never fools her. She can tell a
callers ring from beggar's ring as
certainly as the bell is touched. When
she opens the door and finds a man
with a red goatee having a clothes
wringer in his hand, she doesn't wait
hor him to hem and haw and say that
his clothes-wringer beats all the other
wringers ever made. She gets the
start by saying:
''You seem like a decent, respect
able man, and as a friend I warn you
that the owner of the house saw YOU
come up the steps and he ran into the
back yard to unchain his Russian
bloodhound"
The man with the red goatee sings
the wringer over his right shoulder
and canters out of that neighborhood
with his teeth on edge and cold chills
playing tag up and down his back.
The next one may be young lady,
who boldly inquiries for the lady of the
house, and has new kind of face
powder to sell.
''You can 60 in," whispered the girl,
land l will stand at the door so as to
rush in when you call. If the mistress
asks you to take anything, beware of
Olson. She may not have her little
-evolyer with her this morning, and
guess it will be safe for you to 20 in"
"Why--why-!" stammers the
young lady.
''Go right in-she may not be dam
|gerous
a hurry!''
And that settles that case.
The next is one of those old chaps
who go about with tears in their eyes,
willing to work if work can be had,
but never finding any work their
health will permit them to do.
''Madam,' he says, as she opens the
door, ''for mercy's sake. let me work
at something long enough to earn a
slice of bread !"
She motions him to go around to the
side door, and is there to let him in.
She hands him all ak weighing seven
pounds, with straight handle, points
to three or four big knots which have
become almost petrified, and softly
says:
"You look hungry, and as soon as
you split those up, I'll give you the
best meal you've had in a month";
She goes in, and he spits on his
hands, looks at that old ak, and then
folds his little tent and slips through
the gate like shadow of fate.
Then the little girl who canvasses
for the orphan asylum, rings the bell.
She is met with smile, and the hired
girl says:
"You poor little thing! pity the or.
phans, and I'd like to give you some
money. If you will get the mayor to
come here and say that it is alright, l
will give you three cents.''
The little girl thoughtfully pursues
her way, and another case comes, is
met and disposed of, and the mistress
of that house is never disturbed or an.
noyed.
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II reckon yeou amt from these
parts," said a native to Brooklyn
man who had just emptied his glass
for the twelfth or thirteenth time at a
Boston bar. 'Whazzer mean by that!''
asked Brooklyn with gleam of true
inwardness in his watery eyes. "Well,
yeou've got such an almighty thirst
that kinder thought yeou must have
past most of your time in the dessert. -
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They fed him with whatever he
would eat, and the only drawback to
the donkey's pleasant ]ife<was that his
tail was plucked good deal for me.
ment0es. e. ):
Yacob said, and says still. that the
luckiest day of his life wasswhen he
was spoken t9 by the american gentle.
man ina tilted chair. fS
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Farm, and. Household.

20Brittle ,Feet.-Wash the horses feet
clean every night, and when dry ap-
ply a. locating OF. the following:-Fish
oil, one part; vegetable tar. one part;
oil Of tar one.eight part, Apply to
the hoof 0nlv. 'x,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1876-05-04
A Terrific Fall Of Cats.

cEUln the new 1OfK Times.
The recent mosquito shower, bad as
it was, has been eclipsed by a still
more recent and Objectionable shower,
which occurred in California. It was
restricted to the narrow area of sim
gle city lot, on Van Ness, street, Cal
ifornia ; but it was of unparalleled vio-
lence and malignity. EARLY one eve-
ming the Van Ness street family were
quietly seated around the social center.
table, the father explaining to casual
Eastern visitor the unequaled beauties
of the California climate, and the
mother hushing her baby by reading
IN monotonous murmur the report Of
the days sale of mining stocks. Sud.
denly loud pattering was heard on
the roof, mingled with the last des-
pairing cry of some strange tom.cat in
his agony. The pattering and the
cries increased. and shower of heavy
objects fell from the caves and ratified
on the pavement below. The whole
family rushed to the front piazza, and,
by the increasing light of the full
moon beheld scores of cats pouring
from the roof. Cats of all sizes and
colors were sliding over the shingles
and turning wild somersaults in the
air. At one moment a gigantic TOM
cat would clutch the pitiless gutter
pipe, and failing to break his fall,
would shoot, meteor-like, with out
stretched tail, through the astonished
night, and impale himself on the iron
spikes of the front fence. At another
moment Staid tOrtOise-shell tabby, of
untarnished reputation, would make
the fatal plunge, uttering blasphemous
and bloOd-curdling yells until she
Drained herself on the brick nav ement:
The Mortified family fled to the cell
lar, where they passed the night in
denouncing the weather bureau, in
vainly attempting to convince their
eastern friends that an occasional cat
shower in no way detractcd from the
unequaled excellence of the California
climate, and in searching pocket New
Testament for the account of the de.
struction of Sodom and Gomorrah.
The shower did not last more than fif-
teen minutes, although it sprinkled
cats at intervils until morning. When
daylight came every fence.spike was
ornamented with an impaled cat, and
the yard was 50 thickly strewn with
the dead and wounded that an expert.
enced meterologist, who subsequently
Investigated tt e affair, reported that at
least eight inches of cats must have
fallen during the night. The theory
put forth by this skeptical man Of
science in order to account for the
shower hardly needs to be refuted.
He invented small boy, whom he &C.
cused of having creased the roof with
imaginary butter, which caused some
hundreds of cats, assembled on the
ridge-pole with a view to singing the
praises of love and mice, to loose their
footing. 1nasmuch as he failed to pro-
duce either the boy or the butter, and
also failed to explain how boy could
keep his footing on creased roof,
where the most skillful cat, even with
the aid of four feet and full set of
claws could not maintain a position,
we can only pity the weakness and
despise the effrontery of the scientific
skeptic.
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J. D. :Gennet, a:railfoad agent at Co.
lumbus Grove, Putnam. county, O.. is
accused Of 4 system Of defraading mer.
chants and others by raising freight
bills. ) rTT,9
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Food Facts.

kOOQ E8CtS.
It has been observed that a small
quantity of beef tea, added to other
articles of nutrition, augments their
power out of all proportion to the addi.
tional amount of solid matter.
The saying that "an egg is equiva.
lent to pound of meat is a mistaken
notion. It is a question whether
weight for weight, eggs are equal to
beefsteak. With many people, partic'
ularly of nervous or bilious tempera.
ment, eggs do not agree. Almost any
one can eat an omlet who would find
pound of beefsteak superfuous, and
yet the former may contain several
eggs.
The nutritive power of milk, and of
the preparations from milk, is very
much undervalued; since there is near.
ly as much nourishment in half pint
Of milk as there is in quarter Of a
pound of meat. Hence, milk might-be
taken as sort of representative diet,
and as better adapted to sustain the
the body in health, or to strengthen
it in sickness, than any other one arti.
Gle of food.
The almost universal testimony OF
men and women who have undergone
great fatigue, such as riding long jour.
neys without stopping, or sitting up
several nights in succession, is that
they could do it best upon an occasion
al cupof tea-nothing else. But lit
tie tea or coffee restores quiet as well
as a great deal; and a great deal of tea,
and especially coffee, impairs the pow.
er of digestion.
The question is often asked at what
time in the day fruit should be eaten
In tropical countries, where fruit is
the chief article of food, the rule ap.
pears to be that the earlier in the day
it is taken the better it is, and the lat.
ter the worse. In hot weather. many
wise people will eat none after noon,
alleging that the digestion then de-
clines in power with the decline OF
the day, and the fruit tinstead of digest.
ing, decomposes, owing to the pres
ence of the saccharine matter. The
objection to fruit and certain kinds of
vegetables late in the day, be the ex'
PLANTATION what it may, is certainly
justified by an ample experience:
though some persons can eat fruit at
all hours without feeling any incon'
venience
1t is made a frequent recommendation
to persons about to incur great exhaust.
ion, either directly, and with the least
trouble of digestion, or from the nature
of the service, or from their being not
in fit state for it, to eat piece OF
bread before they 60. If they can take
bit of bread with cup Of hot tea, SC
much the better, but not instead o1
It. The fact that there is more nour'
:shment in bread than in almost any
thing else, has probably induced the
mistake. That's fatal mistake there
is no doubt. It seems, though very
little is known on the subject, that
what "assimilates" itself with the hu
man body, is the best under the above
circumstances. Bread requires two Of
three processes of assimilation befor.
it becomes like the human body.