The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-04-14

James +. Wilson were sworn in as
members of congress for the first time
in the darkest hour of the rebellion.
Mr.. Window, who had served one
term, at the same time was sworn in
for his second term.
DANIEL BAsr1EL WARNER, the
president of Liberia. is dead. lie
was born near Baltimore, Nd, in 1915,
of slave parents, who, however,
obtained their freedom shortly after
his birth. He had been in Liberia
ever since and was Il statesman of
considerable ability.
MIR. BEECIER set out to give
Brookl"H great religious revival.
He preached, and prayed, and sang,
and gave up good-paying lecture en-
gagements in order to do all these.
But Brooklyn wouldn't be revived.
The sum total of his recruits was one
woman, probably buxom.
GEN. BENZ. LINCOLN was the first
secretary of war. lie was appointed
in 1881. The last secretary of war is
Robert Lincoln, appointed in 1881,
just one hundred years difference in
the dates Of appointments. 4 picture
OF the first secretary hangs upon the
walls of the department, and Il picture
of the present will be placed along
side of it. There is no relationship
between the two.
THE REV. Mr.. JASPER, of Rich
mond, colored, still insists that the
sun do move,' and is announced for
another lecture upon that subject.
Mr.. Jasper pins his faith to the bible
and he can demonstrate from that
sacred book, rs we'll as by the ocular
investigation which any man may
make. the luminary does indeed move.
REVISED editions Of the Bible bid
fair to be thick as leaves in Vallam-
brosa very soon. Besides the English
edition, there is promised the results
Of a German commission, which has
been at work since 1871 on revision
of Iuther's version of the Bible.
Luther's is said to be the only version
that merits comparison with the King
James edition. In September the
new text will be published for crit
icism and amendment.
TIE men employed at Krupp's
manufactory are working night and
day in supplying orders for large guns
from abroad. Roumania has ordered
100 Greece, 700; Sweden, so; Holland
120, and Italy, 400. In the presence
of facts like these it is little difficult
tC preceiye from which direction the
millennium is approaching. 1t looks
very much as if the blast of wars
great organ woald shake the skies for
a considerable time to come. unless,
indeed, the planets are really engaged
in the mean designs against the uni
verse with which some people discrdit
chem.
VARYING opinions are expressed in
London over the assassination of the
czar. That the court would go into
mourning was matter Of course, for
were not Alexander and Victoria
grandparents Of the same grandchil-
dren, and was not the daughter-in-law
OF the emperor, now the empress, a
sister-in-law Of the prince of Wales {?
All the better feeling of the island is
with the court, but it is reported that
something of the old jingo feeling has
broken out afresh, and that some
ladies of high rank say that they will
not go to court while required to wear
mourning for the czar.
IN spite of the reinforcements sent
by the porte to the provinces border.
ing upon Greece, security Of life and
property in those regions does not seem
to be expected. The other day band
of robbers made their appearance in
the valley Of Pelion, near the city of
Volo. in Thessaly, upon the IEgean
sea, and proceeded to the village
school. All the children were marched
out, and, in spite Of the remonstrances
and wailings of the parents, driven
away into the mountains, none of the
men of the village daring to offer re-
sistance, because the rebels were
armed to the teeth, and looked as
though they did not mean play. The
next morning the greater number of
the children came back, but on inquiry
it was found that only the poor peo-
pie had got their offspring, all the rich
children having been detained by the
robbers, who, at the same time, sent
messenger demanding a ransom of up.
ward of $4,000 before sending back
the little ones.
ONE of the most recent and singular
manifestations of uniuue social energy
is found in the formation at Paris of
a Post -Mortem Examination Society,
whose members pledge themselves to
utilize their bodies. after death s'for
the profit Of the semitic idea "b by
leaving them to the anthropological
laboratory for examination, dissection,
or whatever other purposes may seem
fit. The results Of the post-mortem
will he drawn up at the lowest price
for the family of the deceased. Every
member is expected to pay five francs
annually, in return for which his
autopsy will be performed free of
charge, provided he dies in Paris.
The prime object of the Society is to
increase the value of post-mortem
examinations by Offering subjects
whose character and personality are
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