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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-06
Canadian Knights ut a Discount.

Tho following notes upon Canadian
knights arc from the New York World
They are interesting; "The Canadian
aristocrats are not to be enyied. They find
that their corntrymen deride their titles
and they would quietly drop if they could,
but respect for her majesty forbids it. One
knight, having keptG drug store in the early
days, is irreverently called Sir Bolus;' o
second is dubbed Sir Mackerel,' because
he earned the honor at the Halifax fishery
commission; and third is styled Sir
Busted, inasmuch as he was the president
of q bank which went down in the last
panic. In the Dominion knighthood not
only exposes the wearer to scorn, but does
not shield him from public insult. as is
shown bya scene at Nanaimo, B. c., be-
tween Sir Charles Tupper, Dominion min
lister OF railways, and Mr.. Bunster. NJ. P.
for that district. The British Columbians
are a singularly democratic people.
Most of them are Indians and Chinese,
while the white minority are chiefly grad
faro banks. Mr.. Bunster wants the gov
eminent to build railroad from the main
land Of British Columbia to Vancouver's
Island project about as feasible as the
construction of road from Nantucket to
the west coast of Cork. This Sir Charles
refuses to do, and so Mr.. Bunster first re.
ceives him rs guest of the town, and then
publicly falls upon and rends him. 1t was
evidently mistake for the dominion gov
eminent to send knight as its ambassador
to the British Columbians. Sir James
Douglas. an old Hudson Bay man and gov
ernor of that colony before its admission
into the Canadian confederation, used to
say that he always doffed the Sir before he
went abroad among his mote]y subjects,
and that the secret of his successful states-
sans and IN bis eap@'y an TO; chsdgg ho'dng
expertness at poker;
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Who were either killed outright, or
died Of their wounds, was 80 officers and
1924 men, and the number of the wounded
Ill officers and ,222 men. In Zululaad 58
omcers and 1928 men were killed, and 27
officers and 272 men were wounded. In
the war with tho Secocoeni 3 officers and 9
men were killed. and Z officers and 249
men were wounded. Other South African
wars between 1675-1880 involved the loss of
IL officers and 1877 men. and brought
wounds 10 Is officers and 243 men.
Texarkana lies partly within Arkansas
and partly within Texas, with broad street
marking the boundary. 1t has two Mayors,
and the state laws governing on one side
have no binding force on the other. Az
kansas made severe enactment against
the FREQ sale of firearms, whereupon the
hardware merchants moved their stores to
the other side Of the street, thus going into
Texas. where the sale of revolvers, like
issued PROCLAMATION against the sale Of
liquors on Sunday, greatly to the advantage
of the saloonmenin Texas, until the vendeB
on the other side moved over and regained
their customers.
last week against tho superintendent of q
bath house in Indianapolis. and dismissed.
The judge held that circumstances made
the opening of the bath house on Sunday q
necessity. and that, therefore, it was not an
offence. It is the only cheap bath house
in the city. and there are great many poor
people whose work demands their attention
until late hour Saturday evening, and who,
if the place were not open, would be de-
prived of luxury that is essential to good
health.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-06
ORIGIN Of stllnclc Sam.1,

At the time of the war with England in
1872, an army contractor bought at Troyr
N. Y, large quantity of beef and pork foo
the soldiers. The casks containing tht
meat are branded ''E. A.-U. S." The hrs,
two letters were the contractors own initialse
the last two stood for United States. TIL
workmen engaged in handling the provi-
sions did not understand the letters, how
ever, ~. s." as an abbreviation for United
States being new at that time. One OF the
army provision inspectors was named Sam
uel Wilson. called fam.1iarly "Uncle Sam. .
The laborers asked the nan who marked
the casks what the letters stood for. Being
given to jokes, he told them that u. S."
meant Uncle Saln," the meat inspector.
The joke found favor at once, and spread
throughout the country. The name as So
briquet of the United States government
has been popular ever since.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-06
Some Words From DIR. Bljss.

NEW YORK, Sept 3O-Dr. W. W. Bliss. who
is preparing his report on President Garfield's
case for the medical record at the house of. R.
Brady Of this city, said this evening that he
had no doubt the medical profession would be
satisfied from his report that the treatment
could not have been different from what it had
been. The presidents wound was mortal.
said he. Any attempt to remove the ball was
by cutting the abdomen, lifting the stomach
and searching for it. or We might
have cat through the back, sawed
througha rib, or done something else equally
futile, AZ we did not know where tie ball was
It would have been plain that the ball was en-
cysted, 60 it was not an important factor. Again
even if no particles of bone had been carried
forward into the soft parts of tho body, the in
jury to the vertebra would have produced fatal
results ~ rotten pieces of the bone parenthexs
would have resulted, and this distracted pro-
cesses attending it would have entered to the
spinal cord, producing paralysis with all its at
tending evils. And then If the president had
survived sufficiently long an abseess would
have resulted. If the bali had been removed
promptly without serious surgical interference
death would have resulted In the light of the
autopsy it WAS fortunate that no serious attempt
was made to extract the ball, for by the con-
servative course pursued the greatest comfort
was secured tor the president and his life pre-
served the longest possible period. As for
and myself both tested it at first with the fin
ger, but were stopped by the broken rib. In
conclusion he said: 81 am perfectly satisfied
with the treatment of the presidents wound,
and believe the profession will admit, when
the report is made, that the wound was mortal
It was only question of time when the pres
dent would die"
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Burnside After Fredericksburg.

Nathaniel Page in the New York Tribune.
After the defeat and retreat of the
army across the river, I was sitting late
At night in an old house in Falmouth writing
my account of the battle by the light of a
tallow candle, when, to my surprise, I saw
General Burnside enter the room. He
looked like man stunned and dazed.
Obllvious Of my presence he threw himself
upon big, old fashioned bed, which, beside
the table on which was writing, was the
only piece of furniture in the room, and
exclaimed. my God, what have done!
What {, dreadful calamity! What terrible
sacrifice of life for no goodl' For some
minutes he continued to groan and lamen
the disaster in broken calculations.
After while he became calmer and
seemed to gradually realize where he
was. Suddenly he rose from the bed
and walked out Of the room without
noticing me. I never mentioned to him
his strange nocturnal visit to my quar-
ters, and of course said nothing of it in
my correspondence. He was no doubt
half. crazed by grief over the defeat at the
time, but by the next morning he had re-
gained his soldierly dignity and calm.
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Whole number Of votes cast t.................284
Tho tellers had thrown out two ballots which
were Pas'ed together, and the chair decided.
probably under misapprehcnsiou, that there
was ue On motion Of G. A. Camp OF Hen
nepln third ballot was taken, tho chair having
appointed Col. Fred Hooker Of Henncp,n as an
additional teller.
"A COMPLIMENTARY RESOLUTION.
During the progress OF the ballots 8. p. Jen-
nlson rose and offered, on behalf OF many OF
the delegates. the following resolution, which,
wss heartily seconded by Capt Blakeley and
adopted unanimously:
Resolved. That the convention recognize tho pre-
party for the past six years by Hon. Charles W.
Johnson as member Of the State central commit
tee Hs has performed his duties fairly, unsefshly
than he has yet received.
The third of these tedious ballots was then
proceeding, amid increasing confusion aud
such crowding around the telle.s that the in
tervent!on OF the chairman to clear q space Was
called Tor. Before the count was concluded
q announced, the tellers were called upon by
Ar. Jennlson for q statement as to whom the
pasted votes wore for. 1t was finally decided
that At least one Of them was for Nichols So
ne had clear majority, anyhow.
yGn motion Of Maj. Camp, Mr.. Nichols was
declared the unanimous choice Of the conven-
ton.
On motion of Gen. Baker, the thanks Of tho
convention we're rendered the chairman aud
other officers Of tho convention.
motion by Capt Blakeley, that succeeding
conventions should be on the basis Of one dele
gate to each county, one to each 600 Repdb-
lican votes, and one to each major fraction
thereof, was carried, viva voce vote being
taken.
The convention then adjourned sine die,
having boon in session from 2:3O to $50 D.
NJ continuous session CT six hours.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-06
STRANGULATUS PRO REPUBLICA.
The Words Written by tho Preslden4 In.
stead of His SjenA9urc.

stead Of His Signature.
Letter from Warrington.
Among those who stood on the platform
at the railway station waiting for the funer-
al train was Steward Crump, the faithful
attendant on President Garfield until he
himself was laid on bed of sickness e
sufferer from an attack of nervous prostra-
ton, not malaria, as he emphatically in
formed me. Iasked him something of
the presidents illness, and especially
as to the illusions under which ne
was reported to be delirious. 1t will be
recollected that it was denied that the pres
ident had any delusions, but Mr.. Crump
tells different story. He says that the
mental wandering Of the president was not
confined to the moments just after awaken
ing from sleep. He said the illusions came
on at all times. As an illustration of this
had lain silent long time he said:
"Crump, what are those men doing
there?'
There are no men here, Mr.. President"
Crum2.
Certainly there are," insisted the presi-
dent, and you must tell them, Crump
that cannot see them to- day. Tell them
to go away"
Mr.. Crump could not convince him that
he was laboring under delusion, aud
he rose and said:
Gentlemen, the president cannot see
you to-day. You must go away now"
The president thanked him, and then
anHeusly inquired if he had hurt the feel
ings of his imaginary intruders. At an
other time he was choking from an accumu-
lation of phlegm and insisted that some one
had him by the throat, nor
would he be satisfied until Crump had
beaten off the assailant. 1t is i'm
probable that the president did not realize
the extreme danger of the situation. To-
day heard very interesting and some-
what startling confirmation of this. It will
be recollected that it was announced that
the president had signed his name one dsy,
simply to test his nerves. It was before he
wrote the letter to his mother. The sigma
ture was said to have been good, but the
fact was concealed that the sick man wrote
something else of very significant charac-
ter. He took the pen from the doctor, and,
awhile, wrote these words:
"Strangulatus Pro Reputica. (Stran-
gled for the Republic).
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Terrible Disaster mt Sea

from Glasgow md reports striking and sinking
French vessel. All on board we're lost
passenger says. II was in the main saloon
when the crash came. The steamship reeled
and We thought we were going to the bottom.
Women screamed Some tainted, and all that
could, rushed for the decks. saw hands on
the steamship throw ligh ed buoys overheard.
Manned boats were launched in about ten or
fifteen minutes. Then it was too late to save
any one on the unfortunate vessel She sank
almost instantly. We heard cries for assistance
but the poor fellows were drowned before we
port bow OF the Anchoria, and her fore CON-
partment soon filed, owing to tho high wind
and heavy seas. Capt. Theddick says the An
choria lay to next morning, and our boats were
kept out all night, but We could find zone Of
the crew. Before getting under way again We
put patch over the hole made in our bowaL
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-06
Things in Brief.

The new city hall in San Francisco, now
nearing completion, was estimated to cost
81, 500, 1000. Up to the present 5000, ,213
have been expended upon it and the ad-
ditional sum of 81 500. 900 will be ncces-
sary to finish it, San Francisco keeps up
with the times. That's the way public
buildings axe put up.
The terms originated in the stock marke
but have extended to produce dealers. A
bull is an operator who is "long" !. e., has
stocks or other articles to sell, and desires
high prices. A bear is one who is short, ii.
g." has stocks or goods to buy to meet
contracts, and desires low prices.
Five Jewish papers are published in New
York, one in Philadelphia, one in New
Orleans, two in Cincinnati, ,one in st. Louis
four in San Francisco, two in Chicago, one
in Milwaukee. There are several other
journals, not exclusively devoted to Hebrew
affairs. aud the Hebreac Revieac is pub
lished quarterly in Cincinnati.
Cannon Farrar fays:-"He alone, by
whom the hairs of our heads are all num-
bered, can count the widows because of
alcohol; and gray heads that it has made
gray; and sad hearts thatit has crushed
with sadne ss; the brilliant minds which it
has quenched; the unfolding promise which
it has cankered; the bright and happy boys
and girls it has blasted into misery: the
young and gifted whom it has hurried
along into disEonored and nameless
graves"
The bridal veil for the Princess Victoria
of Baden, who is about to be married to the
Crown Prince of Sweden: is being made at
Wechselmann's g lace factory at Hirschberg.
The ends of the veil display alternately the
arms of Sweden and Bader; the general
design is composed Of oranges and myrtles.
the borders representing wreathes of vari-
GUS flowers. Every bit Of the work, even
the foundation, has been done with the
needle. The length of the veil is six yards.
TIE Atlantic constitution invites the
frost-b bitten and fre-scorched dweIlers of
the north to seek homes in the heart of the
south, in the piedmont" region, 80 called.
It may take time, it says; may take years OF
bitter experience; it may take the sacrifice
of life and property and hope, but. as sure
as our sun is bright, as sure as our breezes
are healthful, our water pure and our sea-
sons temperate and delightful, it will be
demonstrated beyond dispute that this scc-
ton is Gods own country"
The wonderful development this coun-
try is capable OF is shown by some OF the
advance sheets Of the census report. In
the state Of Mississippi there is small Sec
ton known as the "Yazoo Bottom" In
1879 this section produced only 25o, 600
bales of cotton. The census report declares
that by the exclusion of the Mississippi
overflow and by improved cultivation, this
same section OF land would be capable of
producing S, ,737 ,257 bales annually, or near
" as much as the present production Of the
whole country. What enormous wealth
the United Suites is capable Of producing.
England has just learned what was the
cost in blood Of her South African and
Afghan wars, from 1875 to 1880, inclusive
For the war in Afghanistan tho number
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-06
HOMES IN THE WEST.

Persons looking westward for homes
can procure full information concern
ing the GARDEN SPOT of Iowa and
Minnesota, by subscribing for the
Worthington ADVANCE, published at
Worthington, Minnesota. Send 81 for
one year. 81 for six months, and so
cents for three months, to ADVANCE,
,Worthington. Mobiles Co., Minnesota.
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FOREIGN FLASHES,

Aid. John Whitaker Ellis, Broad street, land
agent and surveyor, has been elected lord may
or of London. He is Conservative and q
Free Mason.
A dispatch from Vienna says VIM. Walter
Phelps, United States minister to Vienna, has
asked to be relieved of his functions az soon
az his successor can reach Vienna
:, The Irish bishops in resolutions adopted by
them At Maynooth college, say they expect their
focks to avail themselves Of the advantages Of
the lana act and urge tenant farmers to use tho
means provided ia tho act and every other
means in their power to improve the condition
of laborers.
dispatch from Rome says tho destruction
caused by the earthquake in Abruzzo far cx-
The Archbishop of Chicta appeals piteously
for help: He says the disaster is only compa,-
able to that Of Casamaccio]a. Over 1000
houses are uninhabitable and the remainder
more or less tissured. Four -fifths of the pop
ulation are sl,elterless Abruzzo is former
division Of the kingdom Of Naples, on the Ad-
riatic.
The Spanish minister sent the following
from New York: Christopher Columbus, duke
of Vergua, descendant OF the illustrious COL
umbus, sends mo the following telegram: The
American congress, assembled in Madrid for
the first season, unanimously asks you to con-
Vey to the widow, mother and children of Gen.
uaA AAeAu, "ou ~ I1o AMoFlcan poopAe, smceFo
expression Of its sympathy and coincidence of
the great loss experienced by America.
DR.. Edward Weldersheim, DR.. Ludwig
Schriener, Julius Eberhart, aud Ludwig Clock
Of Hohenheim college, Wertemberg, Germany,
the gentlemen composing the commission sent
out by tho Canadian government to examine in
to the agricultural resources of Manitoba and
report thereon, have completed their examina-
ton and spent last Sunday in Duluth, on their
way to Ottawa. They were walled upon by q
delegation Of German citizens, who marched
them up to Turner hall and entertained them in
sumptuous manner. A most enjoyable and
pleasant time was had.
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CURRENT NEWS.
RAILROADS,


The rumors that Gen. Haupt of tho Northern
Pacific would resign arc again current and are
gaming genera credence in railway circles
. A meeting Of the general freight agents Of
the chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis h Omaha
me northwestern, aud Chicago, Milwaukee 4
81 o. faul roads was held in Oh cago Monday.
they agreed upon uniform grain rates to and
from Al common points on their roads,
o. Intculgence from tho north shore OF Lake
superior is that new survey has been made
locating the line Of the Northern Pacific rail
road some miles further north from the lake.
passing through mere level country bv the
nesd waters OF the Moose river. It is said that
the change will gain about 100000 for
tne Canaalan Pacific railroad company.
=, construction train, on the Des Moines and
Northwestern railroad, at Greenbria township,
Iowa, flew the track. The train consisted Of
locomotive, six hat cars and . caboose, and was
carrying construction party to work on the
Ane All the cars loft the rails and the caboose
was badly smashed. Three men were killed
outright and thirty more or less injured The
names Of Of the killed arc N. Reardop. John
Murphy and c. J. Gilbert.
In the Wisconsin Supreme court, In the
case OF Kelly vs.. tho Chicago Milwaukee Il st.
Paul railway company, Judge Taylor decided
tnat fatal accidents occurring in railroad yards
are necessarily consequence of the manner of
doing business; that switchmep must be aware
or the character Of their work, and that.de-
ceased had full knowledge of his business long
before he wGs killed. Decision was rendered
in favor of the company.
The following general order has been issued
by General Superintendent G. F. Hatch. of the
Chicago St. Paul. Minneapolis l. Omaha rail-
way, under date Of st. Paul, October l, 1881:
Hereafter all persons. before being appointed
to the position OF either conductor or locomo-
tive engineer on this railway, must pass an ex
animation before board consisting of at least
master mechanics. as to their knowles ige of the
general and special rules of the road. The
board will give each person who paeses tho ex-
animation satisfactorily a certificate which,
after approval by the general superintendent,
will put the applicant in the line Of promotion
when vacancies OCCUR
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A man who had done his own milking
employed a boy to do it; he shrunk the
milk one third in two weeks. The owner
resumed the milking and in two weeks got
the same as before. Afterward he set
hired man to milk. and he shrunk the milk
ten per cent. in two weeks; and in two weeks
more, the owner milking again, got as
much as before.
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It is said that the reason why bigamy is
OF 30 rare occurrence in Hungary is that
once on q time man who was convicted Of
this crime was sentenced by the court to
live for tive years with both wives. The
punishment was considered cruel, but it
had the desired effect.
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some give him, is an agreeable addition to
ones collection.
OF course it Is possible, and very easy If
ones purse strings are opened wide enough.
to make such collection of either of these
two classes Of birds as would but put to
blush those named: but to those who are
so fortunate as to be able to gather COL
lection Of any size or cost these suggestions
are not made.
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Feed dairy cows literally. Give them a
d1e proportion of succulent food, and vary
the food. Bran, cotton seed, inseed cake
and:: d::corn meal should not be omitted, es.
pecially when the pasture is short.
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Whole number Of votes cast. .....
NeceRsaPv To n chojca

There was considerable discussion during the
taking taking OF the above ballot, and most Of the
tellers were at work. Tho result seemed =
surprise to many who thought 4 result would
bo reached on the frat ballot After the read
ing, Senator Rice withdrew the name of Mr.
johnson, and requested his friends to cast
their votes Tor MI. NicholA The result of tho
second formal ballot Was % follows:
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Windows ResiSpation.

From source only less authoritative than
would be the utterance of Secretary William
Windows own lips, the Pioneer Press learns
that the present head Of the treasury ineists
that President Arthur regard his resignation,
rendered upon the present executive session,
~ bona fide and accept it at once,
accordingly, in order to give the tenderer tune
to reach st. Paul before the 10th of this
month, the date Of the assembling of the legis-
lature in special session. The same authority
gives Mr.: Windom's reasons for resigning:
nov with the eclat Of never having
made mistake. but having proved
one Of tho best financial heads the country
ever had-one under whose comparatively
short regime, millions Of dollars present, and
tens OF millions prospective, have been and
will be saved the nation. Second, he does
not propose to take the chances of being in
timately connected! with an administration
which may make some grave mistakes, some
Of the odium from which will, in the very ma
ture of things, attach to the cabinet He pro-
poses to come to st. Paul and ask that he be
returned to the seat in the senate which he
resigned to take the treasury portfolio. The
information here given may bo relied upon as
accurate, and was told the Pioneer Prees re-
porter with no uncertain sound.