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The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
lie Preferred the Cont.

In the following written prescription
addressed 10y medical man, resident at
Roemcrshausen, in the district Of Cas-
sci, to one Of his patients, will he found
q new and somewhat remarkable cure
TOR gout : 81 have measured your bap-
tismal name, and assured myself quite
exactly that it exhibits fully an inch
length Of gout. This is dcplorable; but,
II you have faith in my treatment, I pro-
pose, with Gods help, to cure your
malady for as long as you shall live.
This I shall do on the 18th, 18th and
18th Of the month. But, Gre those days
arrive, [ shall have mitigated your suf-
ferlngs. This is what you will have to
do upon the days i'll question. You
must not drink too much milk in your
coffee nor cat pork; upon 10 account
must you step across water, nor, indeed,
meddlc i'll any way with that liquid
Keep yourself nice and warm, prefera-
bly, in bed; the more rapidly will you
get better. You may drink little wa
ter, but it must be drawn by somebody
else. But, whatever may be promised
to you in the meantime, have nothing to
do with it. Nothing will do you any
good but my treatment. The recipient
Of this extraordinary prescription, like a
late distinguished nobleman, who had
tried q certain novel wine recommended
to him as an cfectual means of warding
off his hereditary disease, replied, in cf-
feet, II prefer the gout. ''-Londo,a
Telegraph.
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Great Works in Olden Times.

Wendell Phillips thinks the ancients
attained perfection in some arts. the
knowledge of which has been lost in or
time. It is certain that those most
f:.:n'liar with stfam-i,owcr and modern
machinery are puzzled to explain how
the grand structures Of the ancient world
were erected. Builders say that no
modern contractor could erect the great
pyramid in Egypt, and lift the gigantic
stones at the summit to the height of
fo'1r hundred and fifty feet.
A recent visitor 70 Baalbec, and the
ruins of the great temple of Baal, doubts
if any modern architect cauld rebuild
the temple in it's ancient grandeur.
Three huge stones, sixty-four feet long,
thirteen high, and thirteen wide, stani
in wall at the height of twenty feet,
Nine other stones, thirty feet long, ten
high, and ten wide, are joined together
with such nicely that trained eye can
not discover the line Of juncture. =.
A column still stands in the quarry. a
mile distant, which is completed, With
the exception that it is not detached at
the bottom. It is sixty nine feet long,
seventeen high, and fourteen broad, and
one cannot understand how it can be
separated at the bottom from the quarry
without breaking. The ruins Of this
vast temple inspire respect for the genius
OF former ages.
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Important Land II, ciS;on

The secretary Of the interior Saturday
rendered decision involving large pccuuary
interests, in the case Of the western railroad
OF Minnesota, now operated and controlled hy
the Northern Pacific Railroad company, in re-.
gard to the claim of that Company for lands
under the indemnity granted to the State q!
minnesota, OF the acts OF March ., 1857, March
3, 1860, and various amendatory statutes
This decision, which also bears directly upon
the similar claims OF the Chica"o, Milwaukee
& st. Paul railroad, and probably upon tllos c
OF several other Western companies, is fa1or-
able to the claims. It is to the efl;.t that,
First-Fhat such indcmnityran only be taken
for lands lost in place Of the respective lines
OF road, within the actual limits rrvsrribad by
the granting acts, aS can he distinguished from
tho grants, OF a quantity 10 the amounted any
designated number Of sections per mile for
thcl cngth OF road. Seconl-That indemnity
is provided for all land sold or pre- cm;tcd pri-
or to the date Of the definite loc alton Of the
respective lines, whether 80 disposed OF before
or after the passage of the granting acts. But
lands reserved by competent authority irfore
the grants are altogether excepted out of
their operation and can neither be taken as
indemnity nor ma,le the basis of such inaem-
nifty when so fonnd reserved within the grant
1imifs
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Wanted All the Facts Printed.

There was little shooting scrape at Il
little town III the interior Ct Texas, and
IT Was not long before reporter WIS un
the spot interviewing one OF the pripci
pals.
SO you are going to write it up" said
the survivor
Yes, l walt all the facts"
IL don't care cent what You say
about the shooting, but have one little
favor to ask
The reporter said he would grant it
cli-crfully if he could.
WELL" said the shootist, Il want
You to put down that my grandfather
Was one Of Laftte's pirates, and the
worst cut-throat Of the gang"
The reporter stared a little, but tho
shootist went on to say:
Please put in that one OF my uncles
was hung by the Vigilance Committee
in San Francisco, and two more of them
are making shoes in the Illinois peniten-
tiary; that another one of them is prac.
ticing law in New York, and my only
sister ran away from home with tho
clown Of q circus that as far as you can
learn there is not a member of the family
that has not done something disgrace
full
why, what do you want all that III
the paper for?"
because am sick Of reading in the
papers that every fellow who has little
shooting scrape belongs to one Of the
most respectable families in the country.
Just put it down, for once, that one OF
the parties to the unfortunate affair be-
longs to a highly disreputable family. If
you don't putt that way you will wish
you had"
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Death from OyerVuri. .

1t Vas a saying Of Sir George Lewis
that, although he had heard Of many
persons killed by i.sleness, he had never
met with genuine case Of death from
overwork. It cannot be denied that ill.,
nesses attributed to excessive mental
labor are often due to other causes Of IL
less elevated kind-such as indigestion
produced by want Of exercise, or neglect
Of simple rules as to diet but, on the
other hand, deaths from overwork are
by no means unknown in the present
day among those engaged in physical
labor.
A melancholy case OF this description
formed the subject Of Coroner's iu-
quest at Sheffield, England The de-
ceased was striker at some steel works.
''Striking' is an occupation that involves
a great strain Oh the physical powers OF
those engaged i'll it, and may be de-
scribel in every sense of the term as
"hard labor. 1t being necessary to
get out an important order at the works,
the men were told one day. that they
must work all night. The deceased
continued to work accordingly through
the night without cessation, nor did he
cease from his labors until noon on the
following day, when he fell down and
died suddenly, his death, according TO
the finding of the jury, being due to
exhaustion caused lV overwork.
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
4 Gander Duel.

Might makes right among dumb Great
ures. Here is al illustration. A fight
between two geese took placein a vacant
lot OH Summer street, says the Nashville
american. A flock OF geese were en-
gagged in extracting from a large mud
hole such delicacies as are relished as
food by that festive bird, when strange
goose made his appearance and begun
quietly gr1lbbing, evidently deeming the
mud-hole common property.
For some time the appearance of this
stranger was not noticed, but at last one
of the geese looked up and behe]d the
intruder, and walking to his companions
seemed to communicate the intelligence
to them.
A short consultation was held, and one
Of the number approached the intruder,
and, as subsequent actions proved, ex-
tended a challenge for combat.
This challenge was accepted, and the
two began to fight, all the geese sur-
rounding the two and cackling fiercely.
For period of about ten minutes the
warfare was waged tiercely, and at the
end of that time the intruder began to
press his antagonist so hard that he took
refuge in flight.
The intruder, after following h1s all
tagonist q short distance, returned to
the spectators and was received by them
in silence. He raised his wings and
strutted around, cackling all the time
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
The Cologne Cathedral.

A dispatch from Cologne, Germany. Of
October l6, has the following: Tie city lis
sr'endid]y decorated to-day. the occasion be-
ing the celebration of the com pletion of Col.
osne cathedral. Large crowds Of visitors
from every part OF Germany are continually
arriving: Gen. Count Won Molkte, chief mar
shal of the empire is here. Tho run peror and
empress of Germany arrived aud were en-
Enthusiastically received, and were welcomed
BY the king of saxony, Prince suilhpold OF
bavaria, Prince William of Wurtembure, and
other royal personages. At II O'Clock
the imperial cortege proceeded 10
the western entrance Of the cathedral
"here II was received BY the dean
amidst the ringing Of bell; AMI artillery sa-
mtes. A IL Dtum was then sung, after which
the imperial procession trayersed the cathc.
dra'' and on appearing at the southern en-
trance there was tremendous and prolonged
cheering. The emperor delivered short ad-
oress' and adocnment recording the compile
ton of the cathedral was hoisted on the stec-
pie. The popular enthusiasm is remarkable
The emperor in his address thanked all Ger
man governments for cooperating toward
completion Of the cathedral, and concluded
as follows: MAY this splendid monument
remaiHby the grace of God, as a promise of
peace in all lands"
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Destructibi1itv of Hnman ROnns.

An instance Of the readiness with
which human bones disappear is shown
in the fact that the Dutch Government
in 1858 drained off the great Haarlem
lake, on which there had been many
shipwrec]<s and naval fights, and where
thousands had found a watcry grave.
The canals and trenches dug to con-
siderable depth through the rescued
land arc estimated to have an aggregate
length of thousands of miles, and yet
not q single human bone was exllu,ncd
from first to last. Some weapons and a
few coins, and one or two wrecked YES
sells alone rewarded the, efforts and re-
searches Of the curiosity hunters. Here,
as in cavern deposits and river gravels
generally, works of art alone furnished
evidence Of the existence Of man, even
though no part Of the deposit could be
moro than 300 years old, as the lake was
formed by ;,n inundation toward the end
of the sixteenth century.
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Diamond RObberieS.

The robbery Of Lord Eldon OF $780,
600 worth Of plate and jewelry calls at
tention to the fact that not all of the
clever burglars have immigrated to this
country. 1t is estimated that fifty thefts
OF this sort have been accomplished in
England within the last ten years, the
aggregate Of plunder exceeding 81, $780,
600. The most conspicuous robberies
beside this late one were those Of Lady
Ellesmore and Lady Dudley. The usual
plan is for the burglars, while the fami-
~ is at dinner, to get into lady's room
by ladder. The diamonds are taken
out of their settings, which are at once
melted, and then the jewels can readily
be sold to the trade. A well-known
London firm is said to have emerged
from obscurity within twelve months af-
ter Lady Ellesmore's $3.50, 1000 worth Of
diamonds were taken, and it is con-
jectured that many Of those stolen jewels
are now worn by fashionable ladies at
Newport and Saratoga;
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Sad Sunday TRAGEDY in St, PAul

st. Paul was the scene Of a sal domcs-
tic tragedy between 1o and O'Clock Sunday
morning the 17ih. The principal actor in the
tragedy was James I.owric, married man
and the father Of three children aged and +
and an infan: months old T'i. family lived
in small ho1lsc in the Northu. stern portion of
the city, lowric was carpenter but va, un-
e1apioycd owing to an affection Of the head,
rendering him at times temporarily insane.
Saturday night after retirin. at about 10
O'Clock; he complained of pain in the head
ana at about y O'Clock jumped from his
bed, and Notwithstanding the efforts Of Mrs,
Lowrlc, took seven shooting revolver from
his coat pocket and placed it at his temple.
A desperate struggle cnsucd, during which
the pistol was discharged, the ball entering
Mrs. Lowric's head just over the right eve,
Lowrie then tore himself away from his wife,
and entering an ajoining room placed the
muzzle OF the pistol against the back of his
head and discharged it, sending the ball crash
ing through his brain, and causing almost in
stant death. Mrs. Lowrit's wound though
serious is not thought to be fatal The coro
ner's verdict in the case of Lowri5 resulted in
finding OF death by his own hands while Ia
boring under temporary mental alteration.
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
English Grain,

The Mark Lane E1press of October 18.
IN ITS review OF grain trade for the past week
says: The weather has been very favorable
'or wheat sowing, and as farmers will be fully
occupied Herewith, threshing will be restrict
ca during the present month. In English
Wheat the proportion of first class SAMPLES, in
good condition., have been exceedingly small.
The demand for good qualities has been active
and at the moro importantprovincial markets
they advanced one shilling per quarter. In
London. Notwithstanding the reaction in the
beginning OF the week. good marketable En-
glish wheats sold rcdily and closed at Mon
days extreme rates. There was a fair
cons'lmpti7e demand for flour Barley
was in moderate supply, and prices
firmly sustained. In many provincial
markets mailing sorts were a shilling
dearer. Foreign wheat has been subject to
reaction and uncertainty during the week, but
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Care OF the Ewes.
The most serious trouble with re.d-
ers and writer's is, as might he nradictal

The most serious trouble with re,,d-
ers and writer's is, as might he predicted
from their peculiar work, weak ewes.
We find that engrayers, watcl-makers
and all others who use their ewes ccn-
stantly in their work take extra care to
preserve them by getting the best pcs
sible light by day and using the best ar
tlticial light at night. The great army
OF readers and writer's are careless, aItl
most Of them. sooner or Inter, pay the
penalty by being forced to give up night
work entirely--some to give up reading.
except at short intervals, under the best
conditions, and now and then one losea
the eyesight entirely after it is too late
to take warning. Greek, German, short.
hand, Or any other characters differing
from the plain Roman type, make y
double danger: The custom is to laugh
at all warnings till pain or weakness
makes attention imperative, and then II
is often too late to avert the mischief.
Few comprehend the vast number we
tlippantly call a million, but it takes a
million letters to make up fair-sized
volume OF 500 pages, forty lines to the
page, fifty letters to the line. A reader
makes an easy day of reading this, but
his eyes must go over q thousand thou-
sand letters We can do no better SER
vice to readers and writer's than to call
attention to this great danger of failing
to take the best Of care, which is none.
too good, for the eyes. Every tyro
knows that he should have the best
light for reading, should shun carefully
early dawn or twilight, should always
stop at the first signs OF pain or weari-
ness, etc. Most know that the glare
from a plain, white surface is very try
ing, and that the eye is relieved by a
tint. Recent experiments in Germany
are reported to indicate some yellowish
tint as easiest for the eyes. Dark pa-
pers, inks that show little color on first
writing, faint lead-pencil marks that can
be read only by straining the eyes, are
fruitful sources of mischief. So is bad
writing. The bad paper, ink and pen
ellis most OF our readers will have too
good sense to use. The intelligent pub
lie should SO clearly show its disgust at
the fine type, solid matter, poor paper
and poor printing which some publish
ers and most periodicals. except the
best, are guilty Of Offering, that no pub
Usher would dare attempt the expe>i-
ment a second time. The modern news
paper, which so many read in the cars
and by gaslight, is one of the most
fruitful causes of poor eyesight. We can
not control this at on<' !n:t Owe it us
duty to protest sto' against such
printed matter, and, ii possible, to re-
fuse to buy or tolerate it III any form
more than absolutely necessary. Print
eli matter ought to be loaded. A sir.
smaller.type with this extra space he.
tween the lines is easier to read than the
size larger set without it. As the loaded
smaller size will contain fully as much
matter to a given space, there is no rea-
son why publishers should not adopt it,
because it is onite as cheap.-LHfrary
Journal
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Danger Of an Indian War

CommssioncrMeacham tclcgraphs the
Secretary OF the Interior, Oct. l3 from Los
Pinns that the warrant for the arrest of Agent
Berry, in connection with the Jackson affair.
has been served on him at the Agency by a
special constable, and adds: I'm nv opinion
taking him away from the agency jeopardizes
everything. Can you send lawyer who is
not afraid OF Colorado prejudice? There is
no such lawyer here" This dispatch was re-
ferrcd to Attorney General Deycns, with re-
quest that steps be taken Immediately to pro-
toct Agent Berry by all proper legal means,
and the United States district attorney has
been instructed accordingly. Senator schurz
telegraphcd Gen. Pitkin, Of Colorado, Oct. ii,
appealing to him to cooperate with the Uni.
ted States authority, "to avert if possible from
Colorado the calamitics Of an Indian war;"
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
A Frequently.Married Woman.

A woman who has buried seven hus~
bands before reaching the age Of so
would, it might be thought, experience
some difficulties in persuading an eighth
to lead her to the altar. The Pesth
newspapers relate that Catherine Cesas-
sia, now 3 widow for the seventh time,
has found Courageous Hungarian will
ing and anxious to marry this oft-mar-
ried lady, who contracted her first union
at the age of II. Within fifteen months
she was widow, her husband having
died Of consumption but q year later
she donned bridal attire again al.l we'd
ded widower of 95. Considering the
advanced age Of this second bridegroom.
there is nothing surprising in the fact
that he survived his wedding day but
thirteen months and just month after
the funeral Catherine went to church
again with another widower, who was
carried off by dropsy four years later.
She mourned him nine months, and then
replaced him by a young man of 80, who
lasted four years only. The young man
was not apparently regretted SO much
as the old one, since eight weeks after
his demise the widow married butcher,
who, in his turn, succumbed ct the end
Of six years. Nine months had not run
their course ere Catherine found him q
successor, and this one, her sixth hus-
band, was SO robust and stalwart that
the neighbors predicted he would out.
live his wife. This prediction was not
realized, Catherine being a widow for
the sixth time four months after the
marriage had been celebrated. Number
seven having followed his predecessors
to the grave, this untiring widow is max
ing the requisite preparations for the
tying Of the eight nuptiel knot. This
wife of many husbands must, We would
think, have some difficulty in recollect-
ing what her name is, having changed it
eight times in the course of thirty years
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
Lively Railf0ol War

y st. Louis telegram Of October. Il,
says. The railroad war not only still goes on,
has is extending. Yesterday the Chicago and
Alton cut thNratc to Council Blnffs to $3.50,
and Omaha to 81 via the Kansas City, st. Joe
and Council Bluffs railroad, and to-day the
Wabash dropped to the same figures. Prices
to Chicago and Kansas City continue at 81,
and round trip tickets to Chicago, s34O The
Missouri Pacific, while not actually in the ight
met all cut rates to western points. Spccula.
tion and sales of these tickets have barely
stopped. There is some talk of the Eastern
roads becoming involved in the war, hut there
Is no public announcement Of cut in that di.
rectiou.
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
PITH AND POINT.

OK seeing house being whitewashed.
small boy asked, Man, if you please,
are you going to shave that house,"
"YoU see how bald I am. and I don't
wear wig "True, SIR replied the
servant: "An empty barn reqnires no
thatch!''
A LITTLE girl. noticing the glittering
gold filing in her aunt's front teeth. ex-
claimed, "Aunt Mary, Iwish I had cop.
per-toed teeth like yours
BK1DGET-'' And how shall / cut the
pole, mum?" Lady Of the house-"Cnt
1t into quarters Bridget" how
mlnny quarters w71d l cut it into,
m1m?"
WHY is a cows tail like the letter F.?
because it's the end OF beef. Here's
another quite as bad. Why is an eg.,
like a colt? Because it is not fit to ust:
until it is broken.
AN article is going the rounds entitled
"What Kissing Really Is." Gentle
men, there's no use in trying to explain
what 1t is, for you can't Be satisfied
that it is and always will he.-Kcntychu
State Joa,rnoi
HERE, johnny, go to the store and
get some brads. "Some what, father?'
"Some brads. You know-nails with
out heads" Johnny goes, and the store.
keeper is informed that IS Father wants
some brats without heads"
cLorHEs-I1SE is harmless thing
When stretched from pole to pols
Until YOU step across the yard
And step into hole.
Then, as you make forward Iunge
1t stops You, so to speak,
And throws You down and jerks YOU to
The middle Of necks tweak
--ktokuk Gate City.
WOULD announce to the conRresa.
ton that, probably by mistake, there
was left at the meeting house this nom
ing small cotton umbrella, much DAM
aged by time and tear, and Of an exceed
ingly pale blue color; in the place
whereof was taken a very large black
silk umbrella OF great beauty. Blunders
OF this sort, my brethren, are getting d
little too common"
WHERE are you goinG?" said young
gentleman to an elderly one in a white
cravat whom he overlook few miles
from Little Rock. IT am going to
heaven, my son. have been on my
way for eighteen years." "Well, good
by, old fellow! If you have been tray
cling toward heaven for eighteen years,
and got no nearer than Arkansas, will
take another route"
PoMPoUs lawyer, WHO SUPPOSED
himself to be very sarcastic, said to the
keeper Of all appIe-stand 1T seems to
HE that yon should quit this trying
business and go at something which is
not S" wearing on the brain" "Oh,
'tain't business, said the apple. seller.
1T is lyin' awake nights tryin' to decide
whether to leave my FORUM to orphan
's,vlum OF to a home for played-out old
lawyers as is a-killin' me-
THEN AND NOW.
iwas in the gloaming
BY the fair Wyoming,
Lat lett my darling many years ago,
And my memory tender,
Brings her back in splendor
!" It'll her ,Leeks of roses and brow Of s1ow
But where in thunder
Is she now, wonder:
On. LII, sill, be quiet, and my SAD le.l1 husL'
Under tho urbrelier
vi another teller
Al, tlift: see ler ps,:l.inG tro IL. =:.i:,
Li,aid voi p.uneer
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
aOAEs IN TIE WEST.

Persons looking westward for homes
-
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The GARDEN SPOT of Iowa and Mime
sofa, by subscribing for the Worthing.
ton ADVANCE, published at Worthington
Minnesota. Send 81 for one year; 81
Tor six months, and so cents for thre,
months, to "ADvANcE, .Worthinstcr
MOBILES county, Minnesota
The Worthington advance., 1880-10-21
The Wrong Note.

A lady Of rank, says London 1ru,h,
had received the honor of an invitation
to dinner from the Princess Mary Of
Teck, for a day when she was engaged
to dine with an old friend. She wrote
two letters-one to the Princess in her
sweetest manner, acknowledging the
honor, etc.; another to her friend. be-
ginning: "Such a bore, dear! Fat
Mary has invited me to dinner on our
day, and, of course, I must CO." To
her horror she learned by the next post
that her friend had the letter for the
Princess in her envelope. The mischief
was done, and she went prepared to
throw herself at the feet of her royal
hostess, when the Princess met her with
open hands and smiling face as she said ::
''Fat Mary is very pleased to see you,
and hopes you won't find her bore"