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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-03-11
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Facts for the Public!

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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
An Injurious Practice.

The practice of eating snow and ice,
80 common among the school l-children
of the Northern States, is q frightful
cause OF catarrh. It is common to see
boys and girls devour snowfall as
though it were an apple, or an icicle as
eagerly as q bit of candy. The hard
palate which forms the roof of the
mouth also forms the floor of the
nostri1s, and is no thicker than PASTE
board. The chilling effect of snow and
ice brought freely in contact With this
thin partition, the upper covering of
which is . sensitive secreting mem
brane, made up almost wholly of fine
blood-vessels and nerves, produces q
congestion, often succeeded by chronic
inflammation. As consequence, these
snow and ice.eating boys and girls
almost always have @colds in the head"
and running noses. This is the foun-
dation and origin of one of the most
disagreeable, persistent and incurable
affections to which the people of the
North are subject - nasal catarrh.
Catarrh is said to lead to consumption.
Whether this is 50 or not, the chilling
of the nasal membranes, q part Of
whose function it is to warm the air in
it's passage to the lungs, cannot but
lnjure those organs, particularly in
people of . delicate constitution
Rural NesU Yorker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26

In one of our sleeping-cars in Amer
ics there was IN old bachelor who was
annoyed by the continued crying of .
child and the Intellectual attempts of
the father to quiet it. Pulling aside the
curtain and putting out his head, he
said: Where is the mother of that
child? Why doesn't she stop that nui-
sance?" The father said, very quietly:
~The mother is in the baggage-car in
her coffin; I am travelling home with
the baby. This is the second night I
have been with the child, and the little
creature is wearying for its mother. I
am sorry If its plaintive cries disturb
any one in this car" wait minute"
said the old bachelor. The old man
got up and dressed himself, and COM
PEELED the father to lie down and sleep,
while he took the babe himself. The
old bachelor stilling the CRY of that
babe al night was . hero. And tho
man who, for the sake of others, gives
up . lawful qualification in his own
house or in the social circle, is ~ great
hero - though he stood upon the
bettlefeld.|. B. Cough.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26

Ten. Adams has succeeded beyond the expec-
tation Of the people OF Colorado. Few men
would have accomplished as much.
Advlces from Rome of Feb. II. state
that the papal encyclical argues in favor of q
removal of the rite of marriage from all civil
jurisdiction whatsoever. It traces the history
OF marriage from patriarchal times to Catho-
lie times aud declares Christ elevated it to q
sacrament, which only his church can admin
lister. The attempt made under various guls-
es by the modern spirit of irreligion to rob
the church OF that right, either to bind or loose
the marriage tie must be resisted by the whole
Catholic world. His Holiness indicates the
conditions whereunder the separation Of hus-
band and wife may be sanctioned kp the
church and concludes with an exhortation to
the universal E Episcapals to communicate his
teaching to the faithful for their welfare in
both worlds.
The Mark Lane Express says; The
weather the past week has been reasonable.
Rain was not excessive, and blowing actively
proceeded. It is still feared some autumn
sown wheat has been frosted, as many fields
where it should have appeared are nearly
bare, and on many where it has appeared it is
neither strong nor forward. Threshing is pro-
ceeding rather more freely, though the damp
has unfavorably affected grain, and the slight
advance in prices which has taken place only
applies to dry samples. Last seasons crop is
SO deficient that already in some parts of the
country, stocks of home grown wheat in farm
ers' hands have been almost exhausted. For.
eign arrived somewhat more freely, botn at
London and Liverpool Nevertheless, there
has been decidedly stronger feeling in for
eign wheat, particularly last Monday, when q
brisk and healthy demand was experienced for
all varieties, at an advance of Cd. to Is. per
quarter on the week. This improvement was
due to the legitimate effect of a diminution of
stocks, and the acknowledged scarcity Of wheat
in France. Toward the close of the week
there was lack Of animation both at London
and in the provinces in consequence Of the ex-
treme demands of holders, but Mondays prices
for red and white wheat were fully maintain
ed. Maize on the spot, owing to it's extreme
scarcity, improved slightly. Arrivals at port
of call have been very light. There was great
firmness in the early part of the week, large
cargo of red winter fetching SIS. for the CONT
nent There has been quieler tone since.
owing to advice of easier prices from America
and the continent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
Cause Of Poor Butter.

We have said many hard things of
the manufacturers of bad butter. But
much of the fault is chargeable to the
cowardly conduct of country and city
grocers and store-keepers. For fear Of
the timber tongue and neighborhood
influence of some prominent farmers
wife who brings large quantities of
grease, dirt and buttermilk to market
each week and calls them butter, the
cowardly merchant pays just as much
for this conglomera as he does for
pure, sweet butter. It is then tumbled
all together, good, bad and execrable,
into a common tub or barrel, and mixed
up for fear some customer may by
chance discover the difference and in
quire for some special farmers butter.
It was hoped that the increase of butter
factories would supply SO much good
butter that all classes would be COM
PEELED to produce sweet, clean article
or find no market. Such, however, is
not the result. Nearly all the good
factory butter is taken to the Eastern or
foreign markets, and the home towns
and cities are mainly supplied with what
would be termed grease If taken to the
great cities of the Union. Every town
should have butter inspector, who
should be authorized TO grade and num-
Der the butter according to the quality.
The timorous merchant would then
grade his prices according to the number,
like wheat. This, it is true, would cost
considerable, but the world could afford
to do or pay almost anything to improve
the quality of butter. There is nothing
in human economy 30 filthy and de-
graded as the common grade of butter.
In some way the root of this evil should
be removed at any expense. The
chronic manufacturers OF hair grease
and buttermilk ought to be extermi-
nated.-Wester,a E1cha,age.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
Bed-Making Drill.

When the Indian boys now being edu-
Gated at Hampton first came to that
school, they used to get in bed with their
boots on. Thereupon they we're given a
drill in bed-making, which is thus de-
scribed:
When they first began to make beds,
the sheets were either tucked up under
the pillow, or laid On the outside. One
boy was found to have seven sheets and
did not know the proper use for two.
The janitor helped me carry bedstead
into the sittingroom, the boys were call
ed IN and seated in q semi-circle, and
began the process Of bed making, the
boys gruntiag and laughing as it pro-
ceeded. When the clothes were neatly
tucked in, and the Pillow shaken and
put into place, said, "Now, boys, Ill
show you how to get into bed," which I
did. Then, through the interpreter, l
asked who was willing to try it.
He had hardly put the question, when
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
SAoW Forts,

There is no sport among winter
games moro exciting and amusing than
mow-ball warfare.
All the boys must join in building
the fort, selecting the highest point Of
the Fairgrounds, or, if the grounds are
level, the corner of . wall OF fence.
Supposing the top of . mound has
been selected as the place where the
works are to be built, the first thing to
do is to make out the plan of the foun-
datons. The dimensions depend upon
the number of boys. A circle, twelve
feet in diameter, or . square with sides
OF ten feet, will make . fort that will
accommodate . company of ten boys.
1t is better to have the fort too small
than too large. The chief engineer
must set his men at work rolling large
snow'balls; the smaller boys can COM
mence and the larger ones take them
in hand when the balls have gained in
size and become too heavy for the
younger boys.
Make these balls of snow % large and
dense as possible, then roll them in
place upon the lines traced out for the
AONAN0sAOAs "o Will SuppOS0 IL 10 Do
. square. In this case, care must be
taken to have the corners of the square
opposite the most probable approach of
the enemy. This will leave the smallest
point possible exposed to the attack,
and the inmates of the fort can, without
crowding each other, take good aim at
the foe. After the four aides of the
square are covered by large snow-balls,
all hands must pack the snow about the
bottom, and I'LL up each crack and
crevice, until . solid wall is formed.
Then, with spades and shovels, the
walls should be trimmed down to q per-
pendicular on the inside, but slarting
upon the outside. The top of the wall
may be two feet broad and the base
four feet. When the wall is finished,
prepare mound of snow in the center
OF the square for the flagstaff. This
mound will be very useful as reserve
supply in case the ammunition gives
out. A quantity of snow-balls should
next be piled up, inside the walls, at
the four corners. This done, the fort
is ready for its defenders.-St. Nicho-
l18.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
Italian Postal Curiosities.

The distribution of letters is, in fact,
one OF the weakest points in the Ital-
ian postal system. Except in large
towns the postofice does not profess to
make any house-to-house distribution
at all, except on the payment of q
small fee, generally a sou for each
packet delivered to the postman; and
in the large towns the delivery is done
in q very careless manner. The post
man rarely takes the trouble to climb
the stairs to the different apartments,
except just before Christmas, but con
tents himself with leaving all the let
ters for house with porter, who de-
ivers them whenever he happens to be
going upstairs; if the porter is not in
the way the letters go back into the
bag until the enext round is made, or are
even sometimes left at q shop near.
No wonder then that letters frequently
miscarry without such willful intention
~ the postman showed who was dis
covered one Christmas stufing all his
letters into sewer grating that he
might get the sooner to his Christmas
dinner. The excuse for non
delivery is that with houses of
five OF six stories the work is
too hard for the postman; but the
remedy for that is obvious. It is only
fair to say that the postoffice does not
recognize this haphazard distribution;
but complaints only remedy the evil for
. time, and somehow ones letters seem
to miscarry more frequently after max
ing them. As q consequence most busi-
ness houses pay . small fee to the post
Office to have box of their own, into
which all Of their letters are put, and
Withdrawn by q messenger.
The difficulties put in the way of cash.
ing postofice orders (and also, it may
be added, Of obtaining registered let
ters) are most vexatious. You must
produce some one to identify you who
il known to the officials, and it is easy
to sec how difficult this may often be;
otherwise . notarial certificate is re-
quired, and that il only removing the
difficulty = step further.-PaH Mail
Gdsette.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26

TIE late Duke OF Portland Wa
one OF the greatest of English land
owners. He was Of q taciturn na-
ture akin to madness, never marry
ing, and for many years was sub
ject to painful ma1ady. He was NOR
bidly averse to society Of any kind, de-
voting his whole time, and . part of
his enormous income, estimated at
$1,5OO.OO0, to keeping the estate at
Welbeck in the most superb order. h
employed hundreds of men, and, A.
though constantly among them giving
orders, he would allow no one to speak
to him, discharging any man who ever
touched his hat TO hin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
CASUALTIES.1

Two men in Peoria, ILL.,, died Feb. 10,
distillery.
A St. Petersburg dispatch Of Feb. %,
states that six men soldiers wounded in the
Winter palice have died.
A Geneva, Switzerland dispatch says,
he village of Rien, in the Gresons Oberland,
was destroyed by fire Feb. l8.
The spoon factory of Holmes, Booth &
Hayden, and their works we're burned Feb 19,
Loss $4,000. Insurance $4,000.
The Imperial cotton mills at Derby,
Pa, were destroyed by fire on the night of
Feb. 10. Loss $4,000 insured $4,000.
Three men were drowned at Provi-
dence, R. l., on the night of Feb. l9, while at
tempting to board vessel during gale.
A dispatch from Madrid, Feb. %, states
that Intelligence has been received from Tri-
poll that 500 houses have been destroyed by
floods.
D. T. Gilman & Cos grain elevator,
at Atlantic, Iowa, was burned, Feb. % with
oO'OOO bushels of corn, an adjacent crib with
IS bushels Of corn was also burned.
At Reno, Nevada, Feb. 21, four men
were buried by snow slide near Franktown
that morning. William Foul was rescued
badly injured. Samuel Kennedy, Alex Nc
Lane and John Burney were not found.
Reports from Dublin of Feb. 81, state
that the distress in Ireland is increasing, in
stead Of diminishing, and that if subscriptions
should cease now the funds would soon be
exhausted and the people would die of star
vation.
There was tornado the other night, at
Cedar Chapel, a small town in Harden county,
Tennessee, about 60 miles northwest OF Mem
phis. Houses were blown down and manv
persons injured. Three houses took fire dur
Ing the storm, and were burned down, Loss
about $4,000.
A telegram from Chippewa Falls, Wis,
Of Feb. II, states that Lars Grinvall, a swede
working in Chas. p Barker's camp on the east
branch OF the Chippewa, was crushed into
sAapeless mass last Saturday afternoon bv
the falling OF tree which struck him on the
shoulder, breaking his back and both legs
bis brother. living at Lake City Minn., has
been telegraphed in regard to the disposition
of the remains.
News from the interior of the Russian
empire, Via st. Petersburg, Feb. 81, is heart
rending. Famine and diphtheria are decim.
aung the population. The provinces of Sara.
sof and kiefi, which annually export in ordin.
sry times an enormous quantity of grain, had
scarcely any crop last year. The calamity ia
aggravated by want of fodder for cattle, and
peasants are forced to sell them. In the eau.
casu' the famine is still greater, where the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26

q boy who had objected. to having his
hair cut when he first came, stepped tor
ward. He began as did, and followed
every movement. so closely had he OBJ
served. No sooner did he finish, than
there was stunning applause. He was
then asked to show US how to 20 to bed,
and when his head touched the pillow.
and he drew the clothing up over him,
up went another shout.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
THE JAMES BOYS.
n Correspondent sch0 Betteues They Were
Not n. the Northt1eld Raid.

n Correspondent scto Betteues They Were
Not II. the North1leld Raid.
Correspondence St. Louis Republican,
I sec every now and then in your paper
illusions to the bank robbery at Mortified,
Minn., in connection with which the
"James boys'' are mentioned. was within
five miles of Mortified at the time of the
conflict there and spent the afternoon
and night of the next day in the town. l
saw the photographs of the almost naked
bodies of the two men killed, conversed
with the man who was said to have shot
them both and had all the men who took
part in the atfray described to me by eye
witnesses. Ivas present when the chief of
police of St. Paul received and took down
the description of the fugitives. Shortly af-
forwards saw the body of the man ca lied
"Charley Pitts, but whose real
name believe to have been Samuel
with Ed Miller to Faribault and was present
Cole, James and Robert Younger, who were
at Faribault in jail. waiting their trial. l
had then, a. you see, ample opportunity to
judge of the appearance of six out of the
eight men who committed tho Mortified out
rage. / saw Robert Younger's arm, and
heard him say that it was hurt at Northfield
Now the description given of "Pitts'' and
the three Youngers, and of the wound of one
of the robbers in the arm by tho people of
Northfield, was wonderfully exact. They
had evidently met the difficulty like men not
liable to be panic-stricken.
Now they described the other two, those
who finally escaped and who eluded q very
hot pursuit, as short, stout men, very heavily
built, with fair complexions and heavy red
boards.
These men had been about St. Paul and
then about Mortified and Dundas for sew
eral days. They bad been seen by many
persons, so that the parsons who described
them did not depend entirely upon what
they saw during tho affray. Now, the James
boys do not answer at oil the description of
tbs men who escaped, and /, in the neigh
borhood at the time, have always believed,
and now believe Cole Younger's statement
that the Jameses were not of that party.
James and Robert Younger struck me as
Goals SO, uneducated men, with little or 10
moral sense to be shocked at the condition
IN which they found themselves; but they
were quiet and civil and free from bluster
and Dragging. Cole is very different man.
He is . sad wreck of what might have been .
good citizen and a gentleman; but, felon as
he was, he preserved quiet dignity and ap-
pearanos of self respect. He refused to an
swer questions when he pleased; but whatever
else he may be, he is not liar.
It has always seemed to me that the au-
thorities might have found the real men had
they not insisted upon going off on a false
scent after the "James boys"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26
MISCELLANEOUS.


Omaha sent another $1,000 for the
Irish relief fund Feb. 20, making 5000 in all.
The Dominion House of Commons,
Feb. 20, voted 100000 for the Irish relief
fund.
The Mansion House relief committee
contributions, Dublin, to Feb. %, amounted to
as46o4.
A correspondent at Bucharest reports
that Greece has recognized the independence
of Reumania.
A Berlin disaptch says It is reported
that the Car wishes state Of seige TO be
proclaimed all over Russia.
Experts estimate the losses to the
farmers or the United Kingdom of great Brit
ian during 1872 at Gl00,OOO,OOO.
An illicit stilll has been broken up in
Crown Point. Indianna. Feb 81, by the
hasrp pursuit Of internal revenue officers.
Feb. 10 the treasury department pur-
chased 494 900 ounces of fine silver for the
San Francisco , New Orleans, and Philadelphia
mints.
J. B. Hague & Co.'s banking house at
Peoria, ILL.,, will retire from business on &C
count Of the failure Of the principal debtor,
Thomas Neil.
The Governor General of Canada Feb.
II, sent a message to the house Of commons
recommending. q vote of $10O, 600 for the relief
Of Irish sufferers.
A dispatch form St. Petersburg to the
London Times Feb. ~, says it Is stated that
the commander of the Winter nalaca has
been placed under arrest.
A cable dispatch Of Feb. 10, from
Archbishop McCabe of Dublin. says distress is
increasing in some districts and famine ex
tending. Money is greatly required for food
and seed.
A large excursion party from New
Mexico was entertained by citizens of Atchi.
son, Kan, on the night of Feb 18 Twenty
wo years ago, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe railroad was organized, and Monday next
through trains will run from Atchison to
Santa Fe, the territorial capitol of New Mex.
leo.
A Los Pinos Agency, Col :, dispatch of
Feb. 16, vice Lake City, Feb. lS, states that the
contractor failed to furnish transportation at
the time appointed, aud Gen. Adams and Otto
Mears were unable to leave until the morning
OF Feb. l6. The delegation Is composed of
nine Indians, four Uncompagues and five
While River Utes. Three of the later, Doug.
lass, johnson and Thomas, are prisoners.
The delegation Is above the average in point
of intelligence, and as representative men are
ahead OF those who accompanied Chief OuraY,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-26

EATING Snow Oh 1cE.-Any one who
has observed children must know that
it il . common practice among them to
eat snow and ice in winter. It is com.
mon to SEQ boys and girls devour q
snow.ball a. thong h it were an apple, OF
an icicle a. eagerly - . bit of candy.
Tho hard palate which forms the roof
Of the mouth alss forms the floor Of the
nostrils, and is no thicker than paste
board. Tho chilling effect Of snow and
ice brought freely in contact With this
thin partition, the upper covering of
which Is sensitive secreting membrane,
made up almost entirely Of fine blood
vessels and nerves, produces . conges-
ton, often succeeded by chronic infam-
nation. A. . consequence, these snow
and ice eating boys and girls almost a.
ways have "oolds in the head" and lay
sure foundation for that most dias-
greeeble complaint, nasal oatarrh. The
habit 'ahould bs corrected.
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HO1ES IN TIE WEST.

Persons looking westward for homes
can procure full information concerning
the GARDEN Sror of Iowa and Mime.
sota' by subscribing for the Worthing.
ton ADVANCE, published 1T Worthington
Minnesota. Send $2 for one year; 81
tor si1 months, and 50 cents for three
80
months, to " "ADvAKcE, Worthingter
Mobiles county, Minnesota