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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-08
Tho Kydouor's StorE

He walked into the Health Office and
said he wanted a burial permit. Asked
for the physicians certificate, he said he
didn't have any but it was all right
she was dead.
The jauntiness and cheerfulness of
the applicant striking the clerk as some-
what peculiar in connection with the
solemnity of the errand, he questioned
further and asked the name of the
deceased.
"Her name? Oh! Why it's Dorothy
Ann Bugsby-my wife, you know. Yes"
continued Mr.. Bugsby, with unabated
cheerfulness, "she's gone at last, and it
makes me feel awful bad when think
of it; seems as if I'd lost friend.
Why, I hain't felt so since I lost my dog
last summer-shot, you know, by the
police-but, as Mrs. Bugsby always said,
amt easy knocked over, and conse-
quence after I'd buried him-the dog,
you know-and shed tear or two, I
braced right up again. No use givin' up,
you know, and SO when get the old
woman buried, l shall 20 right along rs
though nothing had happened. It's
kind o'sorrowful to think of, though.
and wish the job was over. But she
shall have good send-off, if 1 have to
60 without a spring suit to do it-that's
the kind Of q hairpin I am; nothing
mean about me. You ought to see the
coffin; nice black one, with silver-plated
handles and plate with her full name
and address on i'll mean her age; and
the nails! it's full Of them. Bossed the
job myself; told the carpenter wanted
it right, regardless of expense-within
limits, you know, within limits. Ahp
reflected the widower, with something
like sigh, "she was remarkable
woman. one in ten thousand. So observ.
ing; took SO much interest in my welfare {;
always had something to say when I
came home-specially when l came late
at night. Seems as though can hear
her now, rs used to when was com.
ingin quietly SOS not to disturb anybody.
But it never was any use, l don't renem.
her now of ever getting in once-speci.
ally late at night-that she didn't hear
me. Some women would been su!ky
like, then, and never said nothing. But
that wasn't her. Here you are, drunk
again, you old beastv she'd say. Very
outspoken was Dorothy, and l must say
she was purity clear headed and generally
got things about right. She'd a remark
able keen sense of humor, too, had
Dorothy, and l remember nearly
laughed myself to death one night at
something she said when come in. I
disremember just what it was, but /
know she got awful mad at my laughin,'
and said was long, gangling old fool
I an, little lengthy in the legs, you
know. But I never minded her; I knew
she meant we'll, though she was a little
queer sometimes in her way of carryln'
out her meanin'. Dear! dear! we'll, it
Ga1t can l. be h,nean neped; fGr s@t wouldn't have
"No~ said the clerk, much affected.
"Fact. Well, if you won't give the
permit without a certificate, guess I'll
mosey round and get one, for she won't
keep much longer. don't see any use
in it, though, for she's dead as herrin.'"
And wiping the perspiration from his
brow and remarking that it was warm
to-day but looked like rain, he departed
to procure the necessary certificate.
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Napoleon and Madame Racamier.

How very small and contemplate thi.
great tghting-lnan could be, is exempli
fed in his conduct to this lady, which
even exceeded in baseness his persecu
ton of Madame dc Stael. The first time
his eyes fell upon her she incurred hi
jealous anger. It was in the Court of the
Luxembourg on the occasion Of the
great reception given him by the Direc.
tory to celebrate his Italian victories
While Barras was delivering long ora.
ton, she rose from her seat to obtain g
better view of the hero of the day
Clad in simple white, her invariable cos.
tune, her wonderful beauty Immediately
attracted all eyes, and a murmur of ad.
miration ran through the assembly.
BonaParte glanced sharply round to ascer-
tain the cause and he saw that lovely form
Indignant that even Il woman should for
an instant distract the admiring gaze
from him, he Cast upon her a glance
so stern that she sank back upon her
seat overwhelmed with confusion. From
that hour he became her enemy. Being
present at the trial of General Moreau,
he demanded 50 angrily, "What was
Madame Recamier doing therer that
she was counseled by her friends, il
she had any regard for her safety,
not to attend second day. Yet the
jealous despot was no more insensible to
her charms than were other men. 1t
was at ball given by Lucien that she
met him for the second and last time
She observed his eagle glance following
her every movement, and presently
Fouche came up to her and whispered in
his insolent way: MADAME, le premier
Consul vous trouve charmantev After
the supper Napoleon himself addressed
her brusquely with: "Why did you not
come and sit by me at supper? You
should have done SO; it was your place" d"
The Great Mogul or the Sultan of Tur-
key, could scarcely have been more dicta-
torial to female subject. Through his
vile agent, Fouche, he made overtures to
her to take the post Of Dame du Palais.
1He has never yet" said Sir Pandarus,
"met with woman worthy of him, and
no one knows what would be the love of
Napoleon for pure-minded woman
she would assuredly obtain an influence
over him which would be most benefi.
cent" But Juliette Recamier's virtue was
proof even agains:. the allurements OF
this modern Zenghis-Khan, and she
eAAIdlIk 4IoIu lllS advances; tuereDy, OF
course, incurring his deadly hatred.
which became more or less extended to
those who frequented her salons. Hear
ing that three of his ministers had been
seen there, he demanded angrily since
when the Council had been held at
Madame Recamier's? and forbade them
thenceforth to appear there. He said
openly that he regarded as a personal
enemy every person, whether French
or foreign. who visited her.
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A MisAisSiDDi Overflow

Adj ces by telegram from Quincy, ILL.,,
Of Jun 4S0, state. that the Suy lcvee, which be-
gins aea point between Quincy and Hannibal
and ends near Alton, broke at three o'clock
this morning at what is known as the Cut on,
lust above Cincinnati landing, some fifteen
miles below Hannibal. At noon the creyassc
was 500 feet wide and constantly increasing in
size. There are several other very dangerous
placeein the embankmcnt which viii, doubt
less give way very soon. and ~at~tlais timeit
seems impossible to prevent the food
ing of u vast area OF fine farming land.
protected hy tho levee. The water is now
spreading rapidly, and an area OF several miles
in extent is already overttowetl. It is mpos-
sible to compute the Immense amount of dam
aye that will result from this flood, but it will
aggregate several hundred thousand dollars
A slight idea Of the damage may be gained
from the fact that an extent OF country forty
miles long and from four to ten niles wide
was protected by the embankmcnt. This is
probably the richest forming land in the State,
and the yield Of grain this year would be enor
nous. News OF the break at midnight spread
like wildfrc, bnt it scarcely proceeded the
rushing OF the terrible nood Of water, and
the excitement during The night was intense.
Families were compelled to leave their homes
in many cases with scarcely any
clothing on and flee Tor their lives
as the river at the cutoff where the creyasse
occurred is forty feet deep and the water pas s.
ed through in vast volume aud overwhelm-
ing force.
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The first thing Is to make your ser
mon plain. Mr.. Bloomfield preached on
the text, 'The fool hath said in his
heart There is no God.'" Wishing to
find out how it pleased his people, he
called a poor, foolish man to the pulpit
and asked him how he liked the sermon.
The reply which made Bloomfield a sad
der and wiser man was "Well, sir, I
must say can't agree with you. In spite
Of all you've said, I think there must be
God"
Talk about female curiosity-it's all
one-sided. Let one man stop on the
street to spell out a sign on the top of a
high building, and every other mothers
son that goes by will stand and stare
for ten minutes trying to make out what
the first idiot is looking at,
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so LIKE A FLOWER.

a lily grew BY the River Of Life
Tender and meek. and fair!
Out over the waves Of the troubled tide.
That tossed themselves by the liIy's side
She breathed o perfume rare:
And voyagers drifting down In the sea-
Weary with labor aud strife. maybe-
Were cheered by the fragrant air.
5weetly the sunshine. and softly the rain.
Fell where the lily grew:
And the wind that beat on the rivers breast
Scarce touched the leaves Of the lily's crest
As DER her head It few:
And when night clouded the strand aud stream.
@elene and holy the golden gleam
W welcoming stars broke through,
But Time stood thoughtfully whetting his scythe.
Close by the bank one day,
Where Hood OF glory. a vapor fair
AS II an angel were brooding there
Over the lily lay;
And ever the fragrance pure and sweet.
Rose from the gloon, that grew at hi, feet.
Seeming the soft breath OF May.
Then long DER the blossom with tender eyes
Time bowed his wrinkled head:
Christ besses the flowers that the earth doth miss
What II Isend to the Savior this"
That aged reaper said.
he turned the glass in his trembling hand;
Silently. swiftly the shining sand
Ran through in silver thread.
Re gazed down the river-the crimson bars
OF sunset filled the West:
sThe beautiful gates-they are open wide:
I'll lay the lily afoat the tide
On some warm ware at rest.'
And gently then as mother would,
He knelt where meekly the sweet flower stood.
And gathered her TO his breast.
And he placed her fondy aaoat the stream:
Peacefully there she lay.
AS child in its cradle sinks to sleep
When evenings earliest shadows creep,
Smiling as still at play:
And while Time stood in the twilight there,
The sweet wind kissing his snow-white Iai
She passed from his sight away.
The lily grows by the River Of God
Tender. and meek. and fair
Out over the waves Of the peaceful tide
That ripple soft by the llly's side
She brealhed a perfume rare
Aud voyagers passing the pearly gates
Find rest, at last. where the loved one waits
With Chrlst-her Christ over there!
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THE LATEST NEWS.
os1deRssd Daily from tho Most Reliable A.
seeiatsA Press and Special telegram.
Destructive Local Flood.

A special OF June 20, from Warsaw,
ILL.,, says the levee which protects the bottom
lands of the vicinity has broken. and water is
pouring through the creEasses 200 feet wide.
All the wheat and corn and other crops will
be lost, and Il, coo acres Of land will be over.
flowed. Tie people are now engaged IN get
ing their live stock off the bottom lands.
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plainie 90 the violation Of their rights OF pro-
perty ~ domicile, and praying tor an order
OF reletement. Pending trial the govern
ment ~ contend that ordinary tribunals have
no jul1ldiction In such dispute between in
dividqab and the State, and that the council
OF stalecsn alone determine the validity OF
the ezpnlsion. The government, however, is
in ma1lfsst difficulty with the unrecognized
order As 1t never calculated on their refusing
to apl6 for recognition, and now they have
nrmlyRsolved on linking their fate with the
Jesui stha government must either shut its
eyes tolhe violation Of the decrces, or repeat
on much larger scale to-day's (Wednesday's)
proceedings:
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HOMES IN Tn WEST.

Persons looking westward 1or hons,
can procure full information coacernine
the GARDEN sFor Of Iowa and 1(in,s.
sofa, BY subscribing for the Worthi.s.
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Minnesota. Send q for one year; d
Tor SIX months, and 50 cents foe thru
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400
YEARS 400 WIEN WE WERE YOUNG
and CaARAINQ

Father Hennepin Roamed and Discovered
the Spot Which Now 10 vensrated Cole
bratiuG Notable Event whl.h 10 Older
Than George Warrington or tho Fourth
of July. and Right Royalty twas Done
by tho Minn.sota Historical Society and
Attendant Friends Scene nevor Dream.
ed OF by the veusrablo Explorer Who
Travelled Two Conturies Since-Sons and
Sentiment Join to Common ,rats What
Was and Ii 10 Bs-A Galaxy Of Speaker q
-Addreases by Gen. Sibley. Gov. Dayls
Secretary Ramsey, Gen Sherman, Bishop
Ireland and Con KOss-r,
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Foreign Grain Market.

The Mark Lane Erpress Of June %,
says: Despite somewhat too much rain, the
crops have made satisfactory progress, and
anticipations Of GOOD crops are becoming
more confident. rhe supply Of nome grown
wheat both at Mark Line ard il the country
are insignificant. Sales are only practicable
at shilling decline. Growers yielded with
reluctance, tut the abundant and relative
cheapoess Of tiue white foreign wheat render
ed mi!lcrs somewhat Indifferent to native,
The weather is now of paramount Importance,
still feeling OF depression is due in great
measure to liberal imports into London, which
we're $4,000 quarters during the past fort
night. Traac' during the week was confined
to the supply Of immediate wants by millcrs
who are able to satisfy themselves at decline
of fully shilling per quarter on white, and Cd
on rcd ;the weather and crop prospects have in
creased American shipments thatfavor buyers.
Maize was firmly held at last Mondays full
rates Trade closed with decidedly weaker
tendency for wheat The arrivals At ports of
call have been moderate. The demand for
wheat has been inactive. There has been a
few sales, mostly for the contincnt, at decline
OF shilling per quarter. Only three cargoes
Of maize were received, and owing to the
scarcity, 26s Sd was paid for mixed American.
In wheat for shipment the downward course
OF American and Australian prices continued.
There has been fair business in American
maize on passage aud for shipment, at about
late rates. Sales of English wheat last week
We're 23,2O5 quarters at AS Sd per qnarter
against $3.50 quarters ut 42s Cd per quarter,
for the corresponding period last year. The
imports into the United Kingdom during the
week ending June 10th-1,O ,O63,8 ,83l hundred
weight Of wheat, 55,SG3 hundred weight of
-four.
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A Female Fiend.

AT Milwaukee. June 20, excitement
vas occasioned hy the arrest OF womsnnamcd
Mrs. Van Kirk Oh the charge ofpoieonirg her
stcpmuther snd brother. The stomachs of
the deceased are being examined scientifically
The name Of the Victims is Leahy, and the
supposed object Of Mrs Van Kirk was 10 get
possession Of certain property that they pos
Sassod
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"A celebrated wit was asked whv he
did not marry a young lady to whom he
was much attached. II know not" he
replied, except the great regard we have
for each other" ~ ':~-c-
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Unfavorable Harvest Reports.

The frequent and heavy showers
throughout the North west have already great.
ly delayed the harvest Of wheat and impcded
the cultivation Of corn and hay making. IN
central Illinois last night there were heavy
rains, which damaged the grain already cat
and made it impossible to get in the ripening
fields for some days. Unless the weather clca,s
and remains dry damage equsl to that of a
year ago may result.
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Steam boat Collision.

The excursion steamer, Long Branch,
after casting of from the dock at New York,
on the morning of June Goth crowded with a
sunday school party on the way to Long
Branch was run into by an oil boat and crushed
below the water line, and the boat began to
fill, causing great alarm On board among
the children and teachers, and made frantic
friends Oh the shore who witnessed the coils
ion. The boat speedily returned to the dock,
and ali were laEded safely; boat :;st sinking.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-08
Religious DEGREES.

Paris telegram, June 20: Evening
Journals announce that the directors of all
religious houses have made preparation in ex-
pectation Of the action Of the authorities to-
morrow. All doors Of religious houses will
be closed, and the police will be obliged to
effect forcible entrance and break open each
individual cell. The Jesuits' houses only will
be dealt with tomorrow. Up to the present
time thirty magistrates have resigned, sooner
than execute the religious DEGREES. The
ministers of justice filed their posts without
delay. Jules Simon has refused to act as re-
ported on the senatorial amnesty committee.
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Terrible Disaster at White Bear Lake.
A sad casualty occurred at White Bear
Lake. twelve miles from St. Paul, on the after.
noon Of tho 9Th. A party cf fifteen, compris.
Ing employees Of the St Paul & Manitoba Shops
in st Paul, with their families went out for 4
sale ON the Lake. +. The boat was being man.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-07-08
Communist Amnesty

A Paris dispatch says in the voting Of
the bureau OF the Senate June %, for COM
mittee On the plenary amnesty bill, Ss pro-
nounccd for amnesty ll9 against it, and for
amendment to the bill including murderers
and indenaiarics. There are II blauk votes
and 10 absentccs, 80 that the fate of the bill is
uncertain. The conservative senators mostly
voted for amnesty, and moderate republicans
opposed it. Although these proceedings are
not conclusive US to the ultimate result, the
coincidence OF the anti.Jesuit DEGREES aud am-
nesly bill is favorable to the chances Of the
latter. Many senators rec2il from the tri-
umphal entry Of the communists at the very
moment when the Jesuits are driven out.
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and, as class, by no means rich. Pre-
vious to emancipation, about twenty
years ago, a land proprietor was not
thought wealthy unless he possessed at
least five hundred serfs. But only 3.6O3
proprietors had more than that number,
while II 900 had less than twenty-one.
Judge Yellott's acquittal on the charxe
Of drunkenness, while on the Supreme
Court bench, in Baltimore, was wholly
on technical grounds. Some of the
| counts in the indictment were stricken
out because they related to intoxication
more than year ago, and those that
charged recent intoxication did not A.
Iege that it was while in the discharge
of his official duties.
The dry goods trade now has a repre-
sentative pape called by that name and
published in New York by Peters 4
Richards. 1t starts out in the first num-
ber with several useful articles, among
which may be named one which con-
trasts the present with the proposed new
tariff, showing at glance tES changes
proposed 80 far as they relate to the dry
goods trade.
A movement is In progress to estab-
!ish in Birmingham, England, a college
for the training of Wesleyan ministers
peVdd eV% q for this pnsposs ra1 %snx sxud s:
vested and to this amount tho Wesley-
ans of the district have now promised
an addition of $4,000. The remainder
Of the required outlay, and the cost Of
maintaining the college, will be met by
the Wesleyan Connection generally.
An exchange says: I'VE give ceIe.y;
almost daily to our canary birds, and It.
cures them Of fits they are little AMI
mails with very delicate nerves. easily
frightened, and therefore they need:
such q remedy; and the relish With:
which they take it is proof that it b
good for them,p - -.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-06

THE London World made the startling dis
covery that kleptomania was common in fash
ionable society, and that thefts of jewelry, furs
and wraps were frequent in the ball rooms and
cloak rooms of the West End. Instances were
given, names and places being suppressed.
1'7th followed in the same strain and told how
hght-fngered lady of title stole a sable cloak
from ducal mansion; also how another lady
OF title stole diamond necklace. 1t was said
that these conveyances of property could not
have been inadvertent seeing that expensive
overcoats, costly lace shawls and other property
were invariably replaced by shabby articles. In
several cases the thieves were caught in the act,
cut protesting error, were permitted to go on
restoring the plumber.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-06
boiler Explosions.

One of the boilers of the Enterprise flour mill
at Pomeroy, o., exploded on the Sd inst, scald-
ing severely two boys who happened to be in
the mill.
Two boilers in Pitts & Crsnage's mill at Bay
City, Mich, exploded on the LIST inst, demosh-
ingthe boiler house, drill house and badly shat
tering one end of the mill. The boilers were
carried 45O feet. Geo. E. Parker fireman, was
buried In the ruins, Robert Bennett and Peter
Henmons We're badly injured by falling debris,
$4,000.
Early on the morning of the 3Oth ult, the
boiler of the Touring mill owned by Henry
Shaber, at st. Paul, MIMI, exploded, totally
wrecling the engine-house. setting fire to the
mill, and killing the engineer Jacob Raap,
young man "a years of age. The fire was put
out by the mill hands, and the damage from
that cause is light
Adispatch from Princeton, Colusa county, CAL,
says the boiler of a steam thresher exploded on
the 9th nit. on the rancho of H. G. Glenn,
near town, killing the fireman and two China
men, and seriously soalding the engineer and
six Others
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-10-06
Birth of a Volcano.

The account of the bursting forth of a
volcano in the middle of the Lake of
Ilopango, In San Salvador, last January,
has been fully confirmed, and detailed
descriptions of this extraordinary phe-
nomenon have been furnished by the
French consul in Guatemala 4 long
series of earthquakes preceded the erup-
ton, and the waters of the lake rose to
an extraordinary height. Then they fell
quickly, and three smoking peaks shot
up out of the lake. The main peak,
from which flames were belched forth.
attained height of ninety feet above
the water level. The waters of the lake
about the valcano boiled, and the fish
were not only killed, but cooked by the
heat. Similar phenomenas have been
witnessed before in this curious volcanic
region. On February %, ITO, vol
cano suddenly rose out of the cultivated
plain of Izalco, thirty-two miles north
of San Salvador. Its appearance was
preceded by heavy earthquakes. This
valcano continued to increase in height
for many years, finally reaching an ele-
walton Of some 1900 feet. On the night
of September 2S, 1859, volcano sprang
out of the plain of Jorullo, in Mexico,
and in a few hours reached height of
more than 1900 feet above the plain,
and over 1000 feet above the sea.
Equally astonishing are the instances of
volcanic mountains that have tumbled
down. In the latter part of the fifteenth
century the summit of the Capac-U Urea,
prince of mountains, in Ecuador, which
before exceeded Chimborazo in height,
fell in, SO that it was depressed 5000
feet below the top of Chimborazo. It
was originally dome-shaped, and the
lava discharged from it's interior, found
outlets along its tanks. catastrophe
that robbed it of it's precedence among
the neighboring peaks followed an erup-
ton that had lasted for seven or eight
years. After that the volcanic peaks In
the Andes have suffered a similar abase-
ment