The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-02-27
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n WOMAN'S FACE

. .. WOAAN'S FACN
why do you love me! Is It for the fall =.
y! my white hand on yours the sunny CLEAN
" ournished hair, falling shining stream
op"n your breast; the silent. mystic dream
hldoeh IN lustrous eyes OF changeful gray,
Aike.opal clouds OF a November day;
ihe touch OF ripe red lips; the witchery
And passion Of the subtle smile! You see,
Lear one. for less than this have strong men
- died,
Breeding and shot-torn for woman's call
with luce like this, time and the world defied.
anu questioning you, my poor wan face I hide
with sudden pain, because not one pale ray
VI my lost beauty, but has passed away:
ana men love beauty. They cannot SEQ love
III eyes that are not star like, and a smile
u never winning less the lips be red;
Inc Widest passion cannot once beguile
Hearts from their mooring, hut falls cold and
dead,
"heh beauty has not touched with magic grace,
And softly glorined a woman's face
best beloved. the years will only bring
more paElor and more gray to me 50 sad;
ANA II your heart should 90 a-wandering
FOR one least moment, 1t would make me mad!
hut ali! lie here Oh your steadfast heart,
knowing no powers Of earth. (nO powers above
almost dare to say,) can make us part,
we who have loved and suffered-and are glad.
FANNY DRIsCOLI-
Milwaukee, Wis.
D1ED-Of water on the brain, at the
residence of I. N. Dodge, at Round
Lake, jackson county, on the 22d day
of January, 1879, ErT1E, infant daugh-
ter of Mrs. Eva Green:
=, Our darling baby has gone. she has left US.
She has crossed the dark rolling river,
But Christ was the pilot that guided the bark,
we know she was carried safely over.
She has passed DER the icy cold stream of
death,
And now rests on the bosom Of Jesus,
Her sweet little spirit now beckons to us,
AND Jesus waits to receive us.
r. Her dear little form lies in the cold grave.
Her spirit has gone home to God,
He gave and took her she is free from all pain,
Then praise we the name OF the Lord.
Her sweet little prattle and musical tone,
No more shall fall on our ear
She Is singing with angels around the bright
And waiting to meet us up there.
We know that our darling is free from all
pam,
She has escaped al earths sorrow and care,
She has gained the bright shore, She has
crossed the GOLD stream,
She Is waiting for us over there.
We thank Thee, o God, for the hope Thou
hast given,
That when life and its SORROWS are o'e".
We may meet with our darling safe up In
Where parting Is known never more
Mrs. S. L. BILIINGToN.
The Worthington Young Mems
Christian Association will dedicate
their new room lover Barlow's store)
on next Tuesday evening. All men,
bers of the association are requested to
be present. There will he regular meet
ings of this association every Tuesday
evening. A cordial invitation extend
ed to all. W. w. LovELEss, Sec'y.
Many members of the medical profess
sion, from st. Paul and elsewhere.
were i'll town yesterday. in consulta-
ton in regard to two or three remarka-
BILE cases in this locality, lady at Mr..
| Grunstein's afflicted with Il tumor in
the stolnach.-Worthing Journal.
The stomach is II new place for IN O.
varian tumor. The Journal reminds
us of the modest lady who, in telling
her lover of legacy she was about to
receive, called it Il linbny.-Windom
Reporter.
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One Of our WortlIington ministers
preached a sermon recently against a.
musements, and enforced his warning
by showing that men had died sudden
" in ball rooms, theatres, etc. These
sudden deaths are supposed to he judg'
ments upon people for attending such
places. Mark Twain, we believe it was
concluded that he wouldn't 60 to bed
any more because SO many people died
in bed. 1t must lie wicked to go tC
bed, or there would not be so many
sudden deaths in such places.
} But here is something on the Other
side:
Sunday morning last, Mr.. Charles
Chase, father of Rev. Mrs. Dobbs, Of
Meadville, Pa. fell dead in the Congre
gatiollal Church at gainesville. Ohio
Mrs. Hills, of Glrard, Erie county, Pa.
died in the Congregational Church Of
that place at about the same time. The
same morning, and at almost the same
hour, an old gentleman fell dead il
church in Cleveland, Ohio. Neither
one of the three ever spoke, or made
even Il noise after becoming insensible