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The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

What is more charming than an agree
able, graceful woman? Here and there
we meet one who possesses the fairy
like power of enchanting al about her !;
sometimes she is ignorant herself of the
magical influence, which is, however,
for that reason only the more perfect.
Her presence lights up the home her
approach is like the cheering warmth :;
she passes by, and we are content she
stays awhile, and we are happy. To be-
hold her is to live; she is the aurora
with human face. She has no need to
do more than simply to be; she makes
IN Eden of the house paradise breathes
from her, and she communicates this
delight to all, without taking any great
or trouble than of existing beside them.
Is not here an inestimable gift?
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

William J. Coughlin, of Somervil!e, Mass,
says: "1n the fall Of 1876 was taken with I
VIOLENT BLEEDING OF THE LUNGS followed by
Z severe cough. 1soon began to lose my ap.
petite and desh. Was 80 weak I could
not leave my bed. In the summer Of 1s77
was admitted to the Hospital. The doctors
SAID had q hole in my lung as big as half
dollar. was so far gone report went around
that was dead. I gave up hope, but friend
tokl me OF DR. WIN. HALLS BALSAM FOR
THE LUNGS. laughed, thinking my case
them, when to my surprise commenced to
teel better. My hope, once dead, began to re.
vive: II write that those afflicted with Dis
eased Lungs will he induced to take DIR.
WIN. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS,
and be convinced that CONSUMPTION CAN
BE CURED. have taken two bottles and can
positively say It has done more good than all
other medicines I have taken since my
sickness. Sold by druggists.
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Tricked by q Minister,

"A celebrated and somewhat eccen.
trio minister in London played a little
trick on his people in order to get
them to come to church early. They
had been in the habit of coming when
ever it suited them, thereby causing
him much annoyance. This minister
one day told the people that he would
on the next Sunday have something
OF unusual Importance to commune
cate to them, but that in order to
avail themselves Of the benefits of it
they must all be in their seats at the
very moment appointed for beginning
the service. It turned out that all he
had to communicate was the expires.
sion OF his pleasure at finding them
all their seats in season. Only two
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
Treatment OF Women.

~~~~AO1AS
From the fall Of the Roman empire in
the West to the fourteenth or fifteenth
century, women spent most of their time
alone, almost entirely strangers to tho
joys Of social life; they seldom went
abroad but to be spectators of such pub
nc diversions and amusements as the
fashions of the times countenanced.
Francis l. was the first who introduced
women on public days to court but be.
fore his time nothing was to be seen in
any Of the courts of Europe but gray
bearded politicians, plotting the destruc-
ton OF the rights and liberties of man.
KIND, and warriors clad in complete
armor, all ready to put their PITTS into
execution. In the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries elegance had scarcely
any existence, and even cleanliness was
hardly considered as laudable. The
use OF linen was not known, and the
most delicate of the fair sex wore woolen
underclothing. In Paris they had meat
only three times week and elO was a
large "portion for young lady. The
better sort Of citizens used splinters of
wood and rags dipped in oil instead Of
candles, which in those days were lux
ury rarely met with. Wine was only to
be had at the shops Of the apothecaries,
where it was sold as cordial and to
ride in two-wheeled car along the dirty
streets was reckoned a grandeur so en-
viable that Philip the Fair prohibited
the wives Of citizens from enjoying it.
In the time Of Henry VIII,, of En-
gland, the peers Of the realm car
ried their wives behind them on
horseback when they went to London,
and in the same manner took them back
to their country seats with hoods of
waxed linen over their heads, and
wrapped in mantles of cloth to secure
them from cold.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
A Sly Cat.

On the plains of Nevada, mile from
any house, gentleman noticed cat, q
huge one. It lay on its back, its feet
uppermost, and was apparently dead
Around it, feeding unsuspectingly, was
q flock Of small birds. Just as he was
thinking how much easier it would be
for the animal to feign death and catch
bird by deceiving it than by slipping
up to it, he was astonished to see the
cat suddenly roll over and grab one o1
the feathered tribe that was very near.
The other birds flew away q hundred
yards or so, and alighted. The cat only
made one or two mouthfuls of the game,
and then crept around to windward OF
the birds, laid himself out again, and
once more successfully played the dead
dodge.
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Specimen Love.Nakin4

Specimen L0ve-NakinR,
"May call you Paula? ?" asked he.
eyes" she said, family.
"Dear Paula !-may I call you that?"
II suppose So"
"Do you know I love you?"
eyes. ;"
"And shall I love you always?"
"H you wish to"
"And will you love me?"
Paula did not reply.
"Will you, Paula ?" he repeated.
"You may love me" she said again.
"But don't you love me in return ?"
II love you to love me-"
won't you say anything more ex-
plcit?"
II would rather not. THE Leodicea.
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GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES.


Haunted.
I'm haunted By pair OF eyea,
Softly bright, of wondrous sise;
With pen or book
Do what viii,
with steady look,
They haunt mo still.
Il seems % strange that those two eyes
OF sv'rythlne beneath the skies
Should fl my heart
With Joys quick glow,
Then make mo start
With pain aud WOO.
Al mo, those Dyes dread their saxs:
They Al my soul with such amaze,
To know they eeo
What would hide,
But do not chide.
They do not chide, those dear, dear eyes;
But softer glow
On me the while,
As they, too, know
Loves own sweet vile.
In dreams they como, beyond my win,
can not tell
How 1t can be,
This magic spell
That's over me.
Nor how those eyes, cen when away,
Gan melt in mine their soft'ning ray.
They have no right
To haunt me 80,
Both day and night
Where'er they go.
would could forget those eyes,
That glesm like lights in Paradise.
With pen or book,
Do what will,
With steady look
They haunt mo still
.Gdlrest0n Nelcs.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
The Summit.

Johnny Boonspiller goes to school
and he loves eggs but, during the recent
egg famine, when the price was at such
point that one would have to mortgage
his house to buy straw out of hens
nest, Johnny had to give up his favorite
feed. About this time the class of which
he was brilliant member was called to
give definitions. Said the teacher:
"Tommy Tompkins, name something
very high"
"The big trees of California" said
Tommy.
"And you, Jimmy Jackson"
"The Himalaya mountains, answered
Jimmy.
"And you, Billie JONES'"
The clouds in the far-away sky" "
triumphantly replied Billie.
And you, Johnny Boonspiller."
Eggs" sententiously remarked that
young man, and, as strange as it may
seem, the teacher told him to 90 up
ahead.-Syeubenvitte Herald.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

The Rev. Mr.. Willis offered the Lords
prayer in tho Nevada Senate. When he
had finished, Doolin leaned over to
Hammond and remarked: "He stole
that prayer, and I'll let on it. I heard
the same ideas expressed at Eureka at 4
funeral over two years ago."
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
Trades Against Women.

Trades Against Women.
Some of the old writer's have said hard
things about the women. Socrates
averred that it would be more tolerable
to i've with a dragon than woman ::
Mohammed excluded women from the
paradise into which he admitted sheep.
whales, ants and parrots; Seneca vowed
the only thing which made virtue proba-
BILE in a woman was her 'ugliness Thu
cydides asserted the best woman to be
she of whom least could be said, either
good or bad Montaigne said that good
women are not to be counted by dozens :;
and Swift considered women to be only
. little higher than the monkeys. We
are told in French epigram:
When Adam, waking nrst, hi, lids un1olds
In Edon's groves, beside Inn he beholds
Bone OF bis bone, flesh Of his flesh, and knows
His earliest sleep has proved hi. last repose.
"Do you wish" says Madame Neckar,
to spread an opinion, address yourself
to women; they will easily accept it, be-
cause they are ignorant they will spread
1t quickly abroad, because they love to
talk they will long uphold it, because
they are obstinate" But all these ILL.,
natured remarks were applied to the
women of other days and to women in
other countries. In the United States
the women, as a mass, are superior to
tho sex elsewhere, and can afford to smile
ut these TRADES abroad. The American
women, as whole, are the best in the
world.
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lMuscatine { (Iowa) Daily journal. !

Mess: J. r. Bennett & Co., Muske.
gon, Mich, thus speak: St J acobs OF
Is the best liniment around here. W.
sell more OF it than of any other pro
prietary medicine we have in our store,
Our customers are continually praisino
It's effective qualities and we think
that 1t is the best remedy for rheuma.
tlsm, neuralgia, etc., we have ever
had in stock.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
PILES,

PILES arc frequently preceded BY sense Of
weight In the back, loins and lower part Of the
abdomen, causing the patient to suppose hs has
some affection Of the Kidneys or neighboring or.
gans At times symptoms Of indigestion are pres
ent, as fatulency, uneasness Of the stomach, etc.
ss "sst
getting warm in Ted, is very common attendant
Internal. External and Itching Piles yield At once
on the application Of DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy,
which acts directly upon the parts affected. ab-
sorbing the Tumors, allaying the intense Itching,
and affecting perWanent cure where all other
remedies have failed. Do not delay until the
drain on the system produces permanent disability
but try it and be cured. Price, 50 cents. Ask
your druggist for it. and when you can not obtain
1t Of him, 70 will send it, prepaid on receipt Of
price. address Tho DR.. Bosanko Medicine Co.,
Pious, Ohio.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

MrSxEAroL1s, Minn., Aprir q, 1ssl.-Mr.
&. Blackford, 146 West Third street, st.. Paul.
Sir: Please send US another groes Of DR.. Hal.
ltday's Bood Purifier-both sizes; also Throat
Cargle and other medicines in proportion "A
before. These medicines are Just boominr
herr.- The boys from the pineries say TIE
Throat Garglc and Wash and Injection With
the Blood Purifier are 'boee." They ou1ht
70 know. Crosman 4 Plummer, city Han
Drug store, Minneapolis. -. -, -. :.
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persons were late, and the others
grinned at them as they came in on
tip.toe and took their seats. It was
the impression Of most OF those who
were thus lured into spasmodic
punctuality that the minister had
sold them very cheap. i. ;=3r
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

SAMCAL J. TILDEN's niece, Miss
Simmons, nice 100000 girl, has
made herself famous by composing
the Raqnet ga'op to which the giddy
youth of the United States and Eu-
rope are all dancing.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
Gloomy ThOughts.

Dull, depressing, tlingy days produce
dispiriting reflections and gloomy
thoughts; and small wonder when we
remember that the mind is not only a
motive but receptive organ, and that
all the impressions it treceives from with
out reach it through the media of senses
which are directly dependent on thee con-
dltlons OF light and atmosphere for their
action, and therefore Immediately influ.
enced by the surrounding conditions. It
is common-sense inference that, if the
impressions from without reach the
mind through imperfectly-acting organs
Of sense, and these impressions are in
themselves set in minor aesthetic KEY
OF color, sound anl general qualities,
the mind must be what is called
"moody." 1t is not the habit of even
sensible people to make sufficient allow
ance for this ratio male of dullness and
subjective weakness. Some persons are
more dependent on external circum-
stances and conditions for their energy
than others but all feel the influence Of
the world without, and to this influence
the sick and weak are especially respon-
sive. Hence the varying temperaments
of minds changing with the weather.
the outlook aud the wind.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

For THE COMPLETE CURE OF COUGH,
pains in the chest, difficulty of breathing, and
all other lung diseases, which tend to Con-
sumption, you will find ALIENS LUNG BAL
SAM most valuable remedy. Cures have been
made, which have astonis he'd every one who
witness its effects. Sold by all Medicine
Dealers.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

WHEN a woman leaves a man who
has not earned his salt for years. he
Immediately advertises that he will
pay no debts of her contrscting..
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

Fer Dyspcpsle, Indigestion, Depression of
spirits aud General Debility IN their various FORMS
ohsr Fe*ers. The :@ ssx sa
1.c ntss Eii1ir - e. CSli:aya." made by CaswsI,.
HAZARD so.,0f New York and sold by oil druggi3 s.
is the best tonic: and for patients recovering from
FeverUr other sickness II has NO cousl.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

ARE you bald? CARBoL1NE, a deodorized
extract OF petroleum, the ou!y cure for bald
ness, has been improved, so that it is now the
most delightful dressing in the world. The
only real natural hair restorer ever pro-
duced.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

THE wife of the new czar of Russia,
Maria Dagmar, of Denmark, is the
sister of King George, of Greece.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
lir"y (S. " Prcss.]
G,t;f,.r...i l.,n,,n.s

.Hr. v. J. Melvin, E:iitor Warren
.''ass.. Etra!d: was cured OF sever,
Az nEa'sia. 10y The use Of St. jacoh:
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

LIEUT.. COMMANDER G0RRINGE is
suggested as the proper person to un-
dertake the proposed Arctic expedi-
tion. He has plenty of pluck and
GOOD sense.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

Pure Cod-Liver oil made from selected livers.
on the eea-ehore, by CAswELI, HAZARD d Co., New
who have ouce taken it prefer It to I'LL others. Ply
stcians have decided IL superior to any of the other
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EeQp(e &lkletld

foul humors, and by giving strength TO ths
liver, kidneys and bowels to perform their reg
ular functions. Kidney.Wort will do n.
This remedy 10 now prepared in liquid - well
- In dry form. Ocean,
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

Ha1e's Honey of Horehound and Tar over.
powers tie most troublesome coughs within
forty-cight hours! Pixies Toothache Drops
cure in one minute.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

EVERY farmer and teamster should know
that Frazer Sxle grease cures sore necks and
scratches on horses.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

and weary Of life, do not give up; it Is not
trouble that causes such feelings, but disor-
dered kidneys and liver, which Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure win invigorate, restore
and thus bring you happiness once more.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
Durl,u,,, short horn CATTLE,

Thoroughbred and Grade Cows, young
Thoroughbred Bulls and Heifcrs for sale,
Address J. DUNCAN EDMoNDs,
Hancock Stevens ca Minn
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What Is q Cold

In the first place, we must be para
doxical, and affirm that it is not cold
at all. 1t is rather heat, if might
SO express myself is, it is form
Of fever, but. of course, of very mild
type, when it is uncomplicated by other
diseases. It is certainly, in the ma
jority of instances, due to the effects of
cold playing upon some portion of the
body, and reacting upon the mucous
membrane through the intervention of
the nervous apparatus. What is called
a cold, then, is in reality a fever and
though, in the majority Of instances, it
is of such trivial nature as to necessi-
tate few precautions being taken during
its attack, yet in some cases it runs q
most acute course, and may be followed
by great prostration. Even when the
premonitory symptoms of cold are de-
veloping themse1ves-when. for exam"
pie, what medical man calls rigor.
or, as it is popularly designated, a shiv-
ering is felt, when we would naturally
suppose that the animal temperature is
below par, it is at that very moment
higher than the normal; thus showing the
onset of fever. Chambers Journal.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
Something About Fans.

Kan 81 was the first lady who carried
a fan. She lived in ages which are past.
and, for the most part, forgotten, and
she was the daughter of Chinese man.
DARN. Who ever saw a mandarin. even
on q tea-chest, without his fan? In
China and Japan 60 this day every one
has fan, and there are fans of all sorts
for everybody. The Japanese waves his
fan at you when he meets you, by way
Of greeting, and the beggar who solicits
for aims has the exceedingly small coin
"made'on purpose for charity present.
ed to him on the tip of the fan.
In ancient times, among the Greeks
and Romans, fans seem to have been
enormous they were generally made of
feathers, and carried by slaves over the
heads Of their masters and misstresses.
to protect them from the cum. or waved
about before them to stir the air.
Catherine de Medicis carried the first
folding fan ever seen in France; and, in
the time of Louis XIV, the fan was a
gorgeous thing, often covered with Jew
els, and worth small fortune. In En-
gland they were the fashion in the time
Of Henry VIII. All his many wives
carried them. A fan set in diamonds
was once given to Queen Elizabeth upon
New Years day.
The Mexican feather fans which Cor
tez had from Montezuma were marvels
of beauty, and in Spain a large black
fan is the favorite. It is said that the
use of the fan is as carefully taught in
that country as any other branch of
education, and that, by well-known
code Of signals, Spanish lady can carry
on long conversation with any one, es-
pecially an admirer.
The Japanese criminal of rank is po-
htely executed by mearts of fan. On
being sentenced to death he is presented
with fan, which he must receive with
a low bow, and, as he bows, presto the
executioner draws his sword and cuts
his head off. In fact there is fan for
every occasion in Japan.-Harper's
Young Folks,
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12

MAYOR BEATTY, of Washington, has
for two years given his official salary
to the poor.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
BITS OF IMPORTATION.

A TON of cast iron contains about I've
cubit feet.
The very best of steel is improved by a
very slight alloy of silver.
IT has been estimated that the earth
has tifty-three hundred millions of mill
ions of tons of air, and about 23O times
as many tons of water as of air.
IF history is to be believed, Phatyllus
OF Crotona could jump distance of fifty
| six feet.
In February, of the year 1717, there
was remarkable snow-storm through
out New England, the snow falling for
six consecutive days and nights.
The inventor of gaslights is said to
have been = Frenchman, Phiilippa le
Bon, engineer of roadG and BRIDGES.
who, in 1772, adopted the idea of using.
for the purpose of illumination, the
gases distilled during the combustion of
wood.
The Egyptian obelisk, now in New
York city, was originally set up in He'll
opolis. Herodotus speaks of the two obe-
llsks Zone of which is the New York one)
at Alexandria, and Rawlinson fixes the
date of their remonal from Heliopolis at
1863 B. G. According to that, their age
is 3043 years. The companion obelisk
is in London, England.
THE origin of many of the curious
English tavern signs is explained in AU
the Yea, Round. What was formerly
Boulogne Mouth has become Bull and
Mouth; CBur Dore Golden HEARTY is
now Queer Door; Bacchanals has been
turned into Bag O Nails Peg and Was
sail (referring to an old custom) into Pig
and Whistle; George Canning into
George and Cannon, and God Encom-
passed Us into Goat and Compasses. A
gaming house, kept by a Frenchman,
bore the sign Pique ct Carreau (Spades
and Diamonds). which, under the next
occupant, an Englishman, who didn't
understand it, became Pig and Carrots.
TAXING the States in alphabetical or
der their nicknames are as follows Ala
bama, Lizard State Arkansas. Tooth
pick; California, Golden State Colora-
do, Rover; Connecticut, Wooden Nut
meg; Delaware, Muskrat, otherwise
the Blue Hens Chicken Florida, the
Beaver State Illinois, Sucker; Indi-
ana, Hoosier Iowa, Hawkeye; Kansas,
the Jay. .Hawker; Kentucky, Corn
Cracker; Louisiana, Creole; Maine,
Fox, otherwise Lumber; Maryland,
Gray Vampire; Michigan, Wolverine !:
Minnesota, Gopher; Mississippi, Tad
pole; Missouri, Puke; Massachusetts.
Bay State !; Nebraska, Big Eaters; Me-
vada, Sage Hen; New Hampshire, Old
Granite; New Jersey, Blue, sometimes
Clam Catcher; New York, Knickerbock-
er, or Empire; North Carolina, Old
Tar Ohio, Buckeye; Oregon, White
Foot, or Hard Case; Pennsylvania,
Broad-brim Rhode Island, Gun Flint
South Carolina, Palmetto, or Weasel
Tennessee, Whelp; Texas, Beet Head ;
Vermont, Green Mountain; Virginia.
Pitch; Wisconsin, Badger:
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LYDIA +. P1xxnAn's V1orrA1LE Con-
1ouND will at all times, and under Ill clrcum-
stances, aet IN harmony with the 3laws that
EoyeS1 the female oy6tem. Address 4rs.
Lydia !. fnkham, 2SS Western Avenue, Lynn,
Mass, for circulafs. -.
MINISTER CHR1sTIANCY gave his
private secretary $1,000 with which
to get testimony damaging to Mrs.
ChristiancY.-
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Use Redding's Russia salve.-Cuts, Burns.
The Worthington advance., 1881-05-12
USEFUL HINTS.

.s COMMON lye of wood ashes will soften
hard putty in q few minutes.
The fine siftings of coal ashes are OK
cellent for securing knives with.
DISHES should always be rinsed in
clear cold water after having been washed
in soapsuds.
To REMOVE grease from wall paper.
lay several folds Of blotting paper on tho
spot, and hold a hot iron near it till tho
grease is absorbed.
To STAIN floors-Tp strong lye Of wood
ashes and enough copperas for tho 70
quired oak shade; put this on with q
mop and varnish afterward.
The MosQu1ro PEsr.-Prof. Fontaine
gives some hints for abating the mos
quito pest which is sure to come with
the advent Of sunny days. First, he
says, mosquitoes require water for the
deposit of their. eggs and the rearing Of
their larv@ or wiggle- tails. Therefore.
al cisterns should be made close and
covered with close-woven brass-wire net
ting, to prevent them laying into them.
No old tubs, barrels or receptacles Of
water ought to be permitted, and no
stagnant pools left undrained within .
mile of any dwelling. Then they can
be killed by the cheapest and most album
dant of alkalies, common lime. There
fore this ought to be poured into every
cesspool and spring. A pound of strong
lime to every 100 gallons of stagnant
water is sufficient. But even q pound
to 1000 gallons of cistern of drinking.
water will kill them, although it will
probably give the water an unpleasant
flavor, and make it too "hard {" for do
mestic purposes.
To CLEAN MIRRORS q news
paper, or part of one, according to the
size of the glass. Fold it small and dip
it into basin of clean, cold water: when
thoroughly wet squeeze it out in your
hand as you would a sponge, and then
rub it hard all over the face of tho
glass, taking care that it is not 30 wet
as to run down in streams. In fact,
the paper must only be completely moist.
ened and damped all through. After
the glass has been well rubbed with wet
paper, let it rest for few minutes, and
then go over it with fresh dry newspa-
per Qolded small in your handy till it
looks clear and bright, which it will a.
most Immediately and with no further
trouble. This method, simple as it is,
is the best and most expeditions for
cleaning mirrors, and it will be found
so on trial, giving cleanness and pol
ish that can be produced by no other
process.
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BOOK FOR THRE9HERME
Worth. $75. For sale for IS C,s
IHRESHERMAN's BookkHEpINc
including all blanks needed to
make settlements with customers.
Money refunded If not entirely
satisfactory. Address,
The A"i:xnr & Taylor Comfy
Mansfield. Richland Co. a.