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The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
Tea Drinking.

No article on tea could omit mention of
DR.. johnson and his great partiality for
that beverage. In his review of Hanway's
Tea and its Pernicious Consequences, {"
he proclaims himself as q hardened and
shameless tea a-drinker, who has for many
years diluted his meals with only the in
fusion of this fascinating plant; whose ket-
tie has scarcely time to cool; who, with tea
amuses the evening, with tea solaces the
midnights. and with tea welcomes the
morning."
~Bozzy" says that he supposes no one
ever enjoyed with more relish the fraerant
leaf than johnson. The quantities he
drank of it at oil hours were SO great that
bis nerves must have been uncommonly
strong not to have been relaxed by such an
intemperate use Of IL.
II is related of him, but not by Boswell,
that while on his Scotch tour the Dowager
Lady Macleod, having repeatedly helped
him until she had poured out sixteen cups,
then asked him if q small basin would not
be more agreeable aud save him trouble. Il
wonder madame" he answered, roughly,
why all the ladies' should ask me such ques.
ions. It is to save themselves trouble,
madame, and not me-"
On another occasion he said: "What q
delightful beverage that must be that pleases
all palates st q time when they can take
nothing else-at breakfast. Croke men
tions that the doctors teapot held two
quarts.
Five O'Clock tea is by no means a modern
invention. It is Of Swiss origin, and is
mentioned in the "Almanach des Gour-
mands. About S o'clock in the evening
the lady of the house makes, in the middle
OF the drawlng.roon, some very strong tea,
softened by few drops of very rich cream ;
slices of bread and butter are served with
it.. Such is the Swiss tea in all its simplic-
ity but in rich houses there are added cakes.
preserved fruits, and even ices. It is
served every day, and it is the only meal to
which strangers are invited.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

ON1 Of the things most discouraaing to
lovers OF liberty is the readiness manifest.
ed by unthinking editors and unthinking
readers to abrogate or diminish the priv
ileges by the United States as an asylum
tor political offenders from abroad, and
this at the suggestion of those whose great
pride, is in Iae permanance of des-
potic institutions, and whose great.
est fear is that the people will
learn to govern themselves, as in the
United States. Every lover of republican
government. ever yhater Of tyranny, should
sympathise very strongly with exiles who
have riskcd life and fortune in resistance
to tyranny, and in every endeavor, however
mistaken or futile, to secure liberty for
their fellow countrymen. Martyrs Of lib
erty should not only have the protection of
secure asylum, but be cordially welcomed,
as they were, IN the earlier, not 10 say bet
ter days of the republic, to country where
safety and freedom are assured. The
country that harbored Kosciusko and Kos
suth must take 90 back steps towards the
Cancellation of imperialism, in whatever
form it may exist. The American. unless
he be craven bastard, and an almost in
conceivable snob, will not allow our freesoil
70 reconse hunting ground of hereditary
tymnts.
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from the place in which We had nailed him.
when, to our great relief, We heard shout
from Tapping. ...s +. e
"Hallo!' answered Shelvocke.
Its all right. sir. She's . splendid hip.
We've got the Frenchmen under hatches.
and liberated the prisoners.
whats the name Of the vessel?"
The Hanover. bound from London Ia
Jamaica. She was captured this morning
at three o'clock by French privateer, and
has prize crew Of fifteen men. Who vere
taking her to Havre. There are forty OF
her crew and the master aboard"
lis sho much damaged?" .--.r
Her foretop. mast is in halves, sir. and
the royal mast head rests on the forecastlo.
Her lower standing rigging is good deal
cut up, but I can't see anything shove her
tops. She has three men killed and one
slightly wounded :.
Very well. Mr.. Tapping. While this fog
holds, shall fire musket from time to
time, which you will please answer. Let
as they can"
Az soon as the sun reached the meridian.
the fog began to thin down in, the west.
One could see it breaking up into masses
like the clouds around the brow of q
mountain, glimpses Of the sky shining
amid the intervals, and the sparkling Of
the open waters; while, astsrn Of us, it
was as thick as cream, and tho ship iuvisi-
Die: We were all of Us anxious for sight
of the recapture, and every eye was turned
aft as the vapor thinned down upon the
ship. revealing first her hull and ne1t her
courses, until presently her main.royal yard
oozed out, then the whole of her Law cx-
posed; and q fine great ship she looked, as
her large black shape was thrown into
strongrelief by the solid snow. white bodies
of vapor which we're slowly rolling and
settling away down in the east.
l have been in many an engagement, but
this was the first and the last, and onlv
time saw ship captured in fog.-From
An Ocaan Free Lance"
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

A NEW ZEALAND correspondent of one
OF the English printing trade journals COM
plains that types cast in the United States
are fast superseding those Of English make
and styles in Australia, New Zealand, and
in fact all the islands constituting Polyne-
sla. The journal in question comments on
this announcement in q rather doleful vein
and then admits that so far as job and fancy
styles OF types are concerned the complaint
will apply to England itself. as we'll as to
her south SEQ colonies. 1t says it is con-
stent!y in receipt Of specimens of printing
from all the principal establishments in
the United Kingdom, and that nearly every
card and circular received shows that it is
printed in part if net wholly with types of
American manufacture.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

Lucy Stone says: The waste of time,
the waste OF strength, and the waste OF
health which women accept on account Of
health is appalling. The shoes of wome !
have pegs for heels, half way under The
foot, OF which they walk with tottering,
hobblinR gait, like Chinese women. Frllls,
fringes, cords. straps. buttons, pullbacks,
but which have no other use. bnrden ond
deform even our young girls. II the rising
generation il to be healthy, there must be
return to q simpler, as well as more be-
coming styles. We need artists who can
devise simple and beautiful dresses. which
shall secure the weayer the free and IN,
tlamwelled ~ q ths who'll body,
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

THERE has been great deal Of falling
oh In the business of the Erie canal this
year. owing to the fierce competition Of the
railroads. One Of the largest canal towing
companies in the state has decided to wind
up because business has dwiudled to such
point that there is no profit in it. But
tho New York Bulletin says: That in the
nature of the case the decline must be tenn.
porary. The railroad war. as it is called,
may be terminated at any moment, in
which case the freight which they are lust
now carrying for next to nothing will find
its way back to the water route over which
1t has always been transported cheap
est. 1t is only question Of brief time.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

TIE newspapers are trying to find an oc-
cupation for ex-senator Conkling. Various
things are|named-foreetting that he was Cd
ueated for the law-but the cutest of all is,
that newspaper be purchased and Mr..
Conkling installed as editor. Then there
would be music in the air, provided he
could be persuaded to violate the inner.
sonaiity Of journalism and fight his own
battles in its columns.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

A Boston man took occasion to remark to
his wife: MY dear, the Infinite is always
silent. Tis the Finite only that speaks. !"
She came from Cape Cod. and was acoor.
dinRiy . dull woman, who didn't take hinis,
out she never forgot the remark, and long.
stterward when some friends expressed q
wish to visit the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
che tnrned to her husband and ssked:
What days. my love. is the asylum of tie
leenlse open Tor the EsesptiQp Of yIsitoss.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

The decision Of the supreme court Of
Minnesota, on tho application for writ of
prohibition against the bond commission.
will probably not be promulgated for at
1e"st week or ten days. It is the general
impression among those who have given
most attention to the subject, that the writ
will not be issued, and that no decision
may DO expected on the question of the
amendment Of 1860, though that has been
one OF the principal topics of discussion
before the court.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

REFERRING to the recent war between
the great railroad lines, whereby rates were
temp oEarily brought down without sense or
reason, it is observed that the facts that
these break occur periodically, and that
oil the through lines can afford to carrv
passengers and freights for little or moth
ing during part of the year without seri-
ously hurting their profits or diminishing
the value of their stocks, show conclusively
that the regular tariff of charges as agreed
upon are too hiph.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

MAUD 8. the famous trotter has made .
mile in two minutes aud ten and quarter
seconds (s:10 1-4)-and confidence is felt
that she is TIE animal that Ia destined to
do tho same work in two minutes,
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
HOMES IN THE WEST.

Persons looking westward for homes
can procure full information concern.
Ing the GARDEN SPor Of Iowa and
Minnesota, By subscribing for the
Worthington ADVANCE, published at
Worthington, Minnesota. Send 81 for
one year. 81 for six months, and 50
cents for three months, to ADVANCE,
Worthington. Mobiles Co., Minnesota.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

LORD LoRSE, after giving the Winnipeg
gers taste Of bis quality, departed for tho
Tar west and will not reach Winnipee on
his return until the 11th Of September.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
CURRENT NEWS.
, RAILROADS,

The contract for the bridging, piling, truss
ing, ana al other timber work on the Chippe-
Va Valley Lake Superior railroad and Red
Cedar branch to Red Cedar Falls, has been let
10 G. G. Smith Of La Crosse r..-2'
A correspondent asks sundry questions re-.
gssdi3G sas.p rates from Boston. the answer.
from Boston hold good only for . few hours
after the passenger arrives in Chicago. Nc
road but the Grand Trunk ia now selling round
trip tickets. Tho roads do not touch st Mag.
ara. No stop over tickets are issued.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
The Great Wisconsin Scandal.

The committee Of Methodist clergymen ap-
pointed to hear the case of Rev. Mr. Atwater
on the 4th. Two Witnesses swore positively
that they saw the ACT Of adultry, and two others
swore to circumstances under their own OBJ
servation strongly confirming the CHARGE To
this Mr.. Atwater and Miss Northrup interposed
q sworn denial Of the main charge, aud pro-
Great establishment was created BY the decision
OF the committee that tue elder was innocent OF
the accusation. As soon as it was known q
warrant was Issued for Mr.. Atwatcr's arrest
to answer to the 'rime of adutry with Miss
Northrup: A trial in court of justice, what
ever may te the result, will give greater eatis-
faction to those who seek only Justice. than an
ecclesiastical finding.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
Death of an Dltl General

Gen. Robert Patterson OF Phladelphia died
on Sunday evening last in tho 98th YER of his
age. He had been suffering over two weeks
from Drights disease and fatty degeneration
OF the heart. Gen. atterson was general of
divisions in the war Of 1912; was alec gener-
al in the Mexican wer, and also 4 ajor- gen.
eral in the civil war. He leaves number Of
pr perty in the city Of Brotherly Love.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

TIE president is able to sign such docu.
uments ~ require his sie.atnre. :@-l

ATno year since the war has fruit keen
20 scarce and so poor 40 it has the
present season. g. -.
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: ~ : =
found them all In most admirable shape The
competent financial clerk, Mr.. Nixon, has them
al 20 arranged that there is nothing to criticise
or correct
|. On Tuesday at 2 p. m., Secretary Blaine
sent tos Minister Lowell, at London: 'sIhe ply
sicians. give IN encouraging report of the
presidents condition. Pulse and Temperature
are slightly diminished since morning. The
pus is flowing freely. His appetite is improved
and he has been able to cit up with comfort
and lie on his wounded side.
!; The report Of the supervising inspector gen.
eral OF etesmboatS will sh0w . less number OF
deaths than last year, except from the. disaster
to the city Of Vera Cruz and AlpenA These
OF inspection would have enabled them to sur
yive. For the eighth district, which includes
Lake Michigan, Huron, Suaerior and = part Of
Erte. the report will q ow 8 deaths from fire,
II from collisions, 60 from ahipwreck, 4 from
accident and 2 from gmiscellaneous Causes
total for the district Of 90.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

The great alarm Of the British govern
mentsover Fenian torpedoes is pronounced
without adequate cause. -,
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
Tie Terrible Heat,

In New York city 148 persons died Satur-
day afternoon and Sunday morning In about
sixty cases death was either caused or has,
tened by the heat which prevailed last week.
Such was the opinion of physicians by whom
the certificates were signed
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18

sChinese BARRIERS shave without lather."
This reminds us that our old schoolmaster
used to lather without shaving. Ous is said
70 b ~ painful ~ opesattoe ~ the other.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
Sensational Suicide in Massachusetts,,

bly, shocked by the news that Judge Colt of the
Massachusetts supreme bench had been found
dead in his Office, having committed suicide
He had his Office in the rear of 4 savings bank,
and in the evening Treasurer Day returned from
supper to the bank and entered the judges
and near his right hand five barreled revolver.
which belongs to the bank, and which was kept
on the treaturer's desk. Day at once sum-
noned medical aid. Life5was extinct, though
tie body was warm The revolver had been
placed against the right temple. Tho ball
passed upward, and out OF the top Of his head,
the floor at the dead mans feet Judge Colt
was born October 8, 1916. He WAS appointed
to the supreme bench in 1865. He had filed
several important offices, and at bis death was
trustee Of Williams college. For some time
ho had been in very poor health
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
British View OF Population.

From tho London Spectator.
The gigantic f. hting strength of Prussia,
before which nations have gone down, was
developed before her population exceeded
Is, ,0OO, 900. Napoleon conquered Europe
with 28, ,000, 600, and vas crushed when he
controlled 5O,OOO.O0O Britain emerge
from the great war in which she defeated
him with l6, ,OOO. 900 only-less than half
her present numbers-of whom nearly half
were disahected Irishmen. IT the United:
KINGDOM were reduced in the next ten
years by a passion for emigration to e, ,OO0,-
600, but had in the interval been compelled
conscription, che would, as far as material
strength is concerned, hold her empire
twice as easily as she does now, and be in
finitely more secure. Organization for war
is not Q noblest object, or indeed, unless
independence be endangered, a noble one
at all, but 1t is rough test of national
strength, as national strength is estimated
by historians, and su tested. Prussia
under Frederick, with her 5,OO9, 900, was
stronger than the United Kingdom is now.
He kept 10000 splendid soldiers fighting
for seven years, for much of the time against
allied European monarchies. disposing of.
l,2 5000 white soldiers. Could We, with
our institutions do it? Our ''great past his
tory, OF which JlDgoes are always talking
was transacted by five or six millions of
people. We were not five wnen ". held
down France for half century, and not
ten whom We founded the marvellous gloup
of colonies, Who, with only 5000 defeated
us, and now, as the United States, bid de-
fiance to the world. That, we shall be told,
is becanse Of their increasing numbers; but
the facts would not be altered, now that
they have reached the level imperatively
required for the development of their pos
sessions, if they never increased man.
A great feet would make the Union more
potent in the world than another &c, ,000, 900
Of wheat producers.
Germany has nearly 400, 600 shoemakers
and coblers, or nearly ninety to every
1O, 600 of her population. This is greater
proportion than in any country except
Italy and England. Italy takes the lead Of
all. Then come in order namely, England
Wales, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, Den
mark, France, the United States and Swe-
den. 1t is . curious circumstance that
warm Italy should have within fraction
of 100 coblers to 10, 900 Of the population,
and cold Sweden less than eighteen.
0NhineaA hArhArR shave vikhnr,t 1afhnr
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
FOREIGN FLASHES.

In = trial Of sheaf binding machines in con-
nection with the Royal Agricultural society
held at Derby, England, there were twenty
entries and nine competitors The Mccormick
York manufacturing firm received . silver
medal. - - = :. = :
In>the house of commons Forster. chief Sec
retary for Ireland, replying to various ques-
tions, stated that John Dillon had been released
because = report was received that further
confinement would endanger his life This
report, on investigation, was confirmed by 9th
or doctors. Under the circumstances it was
not thought necessary to ask Dillon to sign any
condition.
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.

The Parry house at Beach Haven, N. J.,
burned and the guests lost all their property
The loss on the building will reach $50, 600.
The loss Of $50 boarders is considerable.
IroAgar, Indiana, had bad fire. Fourteen
business houses burned, leaving only three in
the town. Sparks from railroad train set the
fire. Loss $4,000. Insurance small.
Mr.. T. G. Smith. farmer living near Ches-
ter, Pa, told bis grandson, little fellow of ton
years, to go and get some green corn for the
horse. After . some little time, not seeing or
hearing anything Of him, they commenced look
ing for him, and his grandmother soon found
him hung to pole by q bride rein, his toes
Just touching tho ground. They suppose he
was playing and got fast and could not help
himself
The Worthington advance., 1881-08-18
The Presidents Condition .

Wednesday wac bad day for the president.
His pulse ran uo to 1OS with high fever and
hope began to die out, but in the evening he
was better and slept well. The old wound
mouth Is partially Covered With new n formed cd
skin
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-14
Carson Items.
AppraI, March 3,

Rattlssnaks Dick. who robbed lawyer
Stone between Carson and Silver City
some years ago. and Who was q leader in
ons OF the State Prison emeutes. will be
set adrift early next month. when his
term Of incarceration expires.
The Cowipg and Zsbriskis mine. upon
which considerable money has been e1-
pended, appears TO have been entirely
abandoned. and everything connected
with II In the shape Of improvements 10
going to the dogs.
A petition for the pardon Of George
Roth. incsroerated for forty-three years.
10 being circulated. Roth 10 tired Of his
ssclusion from good society and wants
10 have . time with the boys again.
Frank Mccullough formerly Super
intsndsnt Of the Mexican mill. has gone
into business at Woodland. California.
Mrs. Mccullough left for that place last
night.
Judge Lorenzo Sawyer Of the United
States Circuit Court will not b here un-
tile the commencement Of the regular
term Of that tribunal on the 2lst inst.
The new sandstone sewer Of the Mint,
gao feet long. 10 completed. Il 10 . sub
stantial piscs Of work and will last many
years TO come.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-14

In reply to "Jus,ics'' We will say that.
although we have several times publish
cd that clause Of our State Constitution
which prohibits lotteries and have once
published the oath taken BY the Gov
ernor Of this State when he was iuaugu-
rated. to obligs him we will publish both
again. Section "a Of Article Nv. OF our
State Constitution reads Is follows
No lottery shall BE- authorized BY ali. State.
nor shall tks sale IF lottery tieksts BE- oii0rsd.
Section 2 Of Article XIV. Of our State
Constitution prescribes the Governors
oath Of office. 1t reads about ~ follows !:
do sois~,niy seear or ctirm that 4
,eiU support. protect. and defend the Consiiha-
tion and Government Of Nsrada. oyaiast all
s~smie.. rAetAsr domssfie or (orsiya, aud that
IsiH Isv tru, faith. allegiance, and loyalty
10 ae sams. any ordinance. resoiuiisn. or LAW
OF AMI STATE LEGISLATURE 10 the contrary
notwithstanding.
We may further say to ''Justics" that
No are not the keeper Of any mans con-
science.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-14
MARVELLOUS

In the tslegraphic accounts Of the re-
cent defeat Of the British BY the Beers
in South Africa, everybody noticed that
the principal version given was from q
newspaper reporter or correspondent who
was with the British troops and was cap
tured by the Beers. The poor fellow
was one Cameron. who went out to the
Trsnsvaal a. correspondent for the Lon
don Standard. He WA on top Of the
big hill. the Spitzkop. where the British
troops had taken position. and in their
pell.msll retreat before the victorious
Beers hs was knocked down. run over
and trampled under foot. kicked and
rolled down hill and finally picked up
by the Beers in . very demoralizsd con.
dition but still taking notes. He showed
them by his notebook and pencil that
hs Was . newspaper reporter. and they
at oncs took him to camp. fed him some
beans and let him 60. He soon reached
the British camp and prepared the dis.
patch giving the account Of the affair.
which wss frst put upon the army field
wires. Its subsequent transmission to
its points Of destination Is thus described
by the Chicago Tribune:
Hence 10 travelled up the east coast Of
Africa. over 5000 miles, and tapped the
East Indian wires In the Gulf Of Alden,
thence on the bottom Of the Red Sea, IN.
other 1000 or 5000 miles, to the Mediter.
ranesn. thence on the bottom Of the Medi-
tsrranean to Italy: thence through Italy
and over the Alps and through France and
across the English Channel 10 London.
Not stopping there, II goes to valentia, on
the west coast Of ireland, and speeds across
the Atlantic to Newfoundland. thence to
New York. and from New York across the
continent to San Francisco, and On tho
following morning II 10 printed In every
daily Newspaper In the civilized world-a
thousand Of them In this country alone.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-03-14

The vienness are nearly as much cd.
dicted to gambling In the public lotteries
as the populations further south, and as
the death OF an ecclesiastical dignitary Is
supposed to have o mysterious connec.
ton with the chances OF the lottery, q
rush was made on the ticket offices du.
ring the two days following the death Of
the Cardinal Archbishop. The iavorite
numbers were 10. the year OF bis birth;
81, the year Of his death; and IL. the
year Of his age. There vas scarcely q
combination hazarded without at least
one OF these numbers. Next to these in
favor came those indicating the day. hour
and minute OF his death. Fortune on
this occasion, however. did not favor the
supsrstitous. None OF the above were
drawn. but after the drawing II was OBJ
served that 4. one OF the numbers that
came out, represented the years OF bis
archbishopric.