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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-13

According to some of the prophets
the earth is about to intlulg &c in huge
flop, or change Of poles which will put
It's on the south side Of the equator.
The cold weather we have had is pro-
badly because I}oreas wants to give us
farewell squeeze.
Gov. Miller received 4 handsome
holiday present from Miss Fanny
Dmncll, daughter Of Hon. NJ. H.
DunAell. Iii a wicker rocking chair,
with satin head cushion representing
the American flag. Across the back
also are three stripes Of red, white
and blue satin wrought into the
wicker work.
JAY u. DUNN1NG. Clerk, Wabash
Shops, Toledo, Ohio, says:-1 am now
wearing an "Only Lung Pad" and it
has afforded me almost instant relief
from asthma.-See Adv.
Our delinquent subscribers will
please read the article on 1881" and
then pay up. 1t will 60 hard with
all who Go not pay the printer when
the perihelia eliminate. People who
have paid the printer and have a
good conscience may count on getting
through all right.
For week or two past, trains have
been somewhat irregular owing
to q bad habit the cars have acquired
Of getting off the track. Friday last
a west-bound freight broke through
the bridge just this side Ri gelow and
ditched two stock cars, killing four
head OF cattle Thurs :ay afternoon
The train for Sioux Falls broke u
truck when a few miles out and did
not get to Sioux Falls till next morn
ing. Sunday night the up train from
sioux City struck broken rail near
Lcmars and wrecked sleeper and
one coach. Nobody hurt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-13
HAIR DRESSING.

nothing else can be found so desir.
able. Containing neither oil nor
dye, it does not soil white cambria,
and yet lasts long on the hair, giving
it rich, glossy lustre and a grateful
perfume.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-01-13
JURORS DRAWN.

Following is the list Of Grand and
Petit Jurors drawn on the 9th inst. to
serve at the coming March term:
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15
The Kangaroo.

In the large island of Australia-an
island so vast as to be ranked as con-
tinent- nature has produced singular
menagerie.
The first discoverers of this country
must have stared in amazement at the
strange sights which met their eyes.
There were widernesses of luXuriant
and curious vegetable growths, in
habted by large quadrupeds which ap-
peared as bipeds; queer little beasts
with bills like duck, ostriches covered
with hair instead of feathers, and legions
of odd birds, while the whole woods
were noisy with the screeching and
prating of thousands of paroquets and
cockatoos.
The largest and oldest Australian
quadruped is the kangaroo, member
|. OF that strange family, the Marsupialia,
which are provided with a pouch, or
bag, in which they carry their little
ones until they are strong enough TO
scamper about and take care of them
selves.
The acknowledgement head of this
strange creature, and its short fore-legs,
are out of all proportion to the lower
part of its body, which is furnished with
a very long tail, and its hind-legs,
which are large and very strong. 1t
stands erect as tall as man, and moves
by succession of rapid jumps, pro-
PEELED by its hind-feet, its fore-paws
meanwhile being folded across its
breast. A large kangaroo will weigh
fully two hundred pounds, and will
cover as much as sixteen feet at one
jump.
The body of this beast is covered
with thick, soft, woolly fur of a grayish-
brown color. 1t is very harmless and
inoffensive, and it is very pretty sight
to see little group of kangaroos feed
ing quietly in a forest clearing. Fheii
diet is entirely vegetable. They nibble
grass or leaves, or eat certain kinds OF
roots, the stout, long claws of their hind
feet serving them as a convenient piokaS
to dig with.
The kangaroo is very tender and
affectionate mother. When the baby
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

CONGRESS reassembed on the 5th......
Among the Senate bills introduced was one
by Mr.. ingalls,, to provide for the sale of the
reservation Of prairie land of Pottawatomie
Indians in Kansas. The Vice. President sub.
mitted from the Secretary of War papers
showing tbe. maintenance OF channel at
South Pass, Mississippi River, for the quarter
ending Move mbcr Q, 1880. The bill for the re.
lief of Ben Holiday was taken up, but with
out action the Senate went into executive
session......ln the House, Mr.. Springer
ID, 1ll.) introduced bill providing for the
appoItionment of Representatives under the
new census. The bill recognizes the princi
pie OF minority represent alton 1t was refer.
led to the Committee on Census owing to
the illness of Mr.. Wood d., n. ", the Fund
ing bin was not taken up, and the House went
into COmni tee on the Army bill, whi h was
completed ana passed. The Inter. State Com
mere bill was then taken up and Mr.. Reagan
a., Mo- smoke in favor of his substitute for
the pending bill.
JAN. 6-In the Senate, the Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill was reported
and placed on the calendar. In the House,
the morning hour was dispensed with Qnd the
Funding bill was taken up in Comm tee OF
the Whole, speeches being made by Messrs.
Kelley (R., Pa, Weaver (Gr., Iowa., McLane
ID, Md, Springer d., ~, and others, in
a., \. ~ in its favor. MIR. Phillips d., Mo-
also spoke in favor of his substitute for the
propceed bill.
JAN. I'm the Senate, the Consular and
Diplomatic Appropriation bill passed. Mr.
Jonas presented the memorial OF one w. j.
Moore. of New Orleans, alleging that Senator
Kellogg procured his election by bribery and
corruption, and asking to be examined
before the Committee of Privileges
and Elections. Mr. Kellogg said Moore
/ had recently been discharged from the
| New Orleans Custom House Tor attempted
embczz ement, and denounced him also rs q
/ periurer. blackmailer and liar. Mr.. Hill ga,
/ said that Moore had once before offered
| TO testify against Kellogg, but upon be.
| ing given place in the Custom house
he testified in his favor. lie was now
repeating his plan. No action was taken
The senate adjourned till Monday......
In the House, Mr.. Springer d., lll.) introduced
a resolution calling for Information in regart
to the Halifax fishery award, alleging by i'm
plicRtion that the S5,50O0O0 award paid by thi!
Government to Great Britain was obtained
through perjured testimony. Mr.. Newber:y
| Qt., Mich) made speech in support of Tho
resolution. 1t was referred to the COMMITTEES
on Foreign Affairs. Several bills of private
nature passed.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15

is born it is the most helpless creature
imaginable, blind, and not much bigger
than a newborn kitten. But the moth
er lifts it carefully with her lips, and
gently deposits it in her pocket, where
It cuddles down and begins to grow.
This pocket is its home for six or seven
months, until it becomes strong and
wise enough to fight its own battles IN
the woodland world. While living in
its mothers pocket it is very lively. 1t
is very funny to see little head emerg-
inc all of sudden from the soft fur of
the mothers breast, with bright eyes
peeping about to see what is going on
in the outside world; or perhaps moth
ING is visible but little tail wagging
contentedly, while its baby owner is
hidden from sight.
The largest kangaroos are called
menuahs, or boomers, by the Australian
natives, and their flesh is considered a
great delicacy, in flavor something like
young venison. For this reason these
harmless creatures are hunted and
killed in large numbers. They are very
shy, and not very easy to catch; but the
cunning bushmen hide themselves in
the thicket, and when their unsuspect-
ing prey approaches they hurl lance
into its body. The wounded kangaroo
springs off with tremendous leaps, but
soon becomes exhausted, and falls on
the turf. i).,.,.
If brought to bay, this gentle beast
will defend itself vigorously. With its
back planted firmly against tree, it
has been known to keep. off an army of
dogs for hours, by dealing them terrible
blows with its strong hind feet, until
the arrival of the hunter with his gun
put an end to the contest. AT other
times the kangaroo, being an expert
swimmer, will rush into the water, ami
if II venturesome dog dares to follow it
will seize him and hold his head under
water till he is drowned.
Kangaroos are often brought to ZOO
logical gardens, and are contented in
captivity so long as they have plenty OF
corn, roots and fresh hay to at.--Har-
per'S loung People.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

GOVERNOR MURRAY, of Utah, has
certified the election Of Allen G. Campbell
as Delegate to Congress, on the ground that
Cannon, his successful Mormon competitor
at the polls, and the sitting Delegate, is not
citizen. The vote at the ele:t,on stood,
Cannon, 1865; Campbell, 1857. The Nor
mons are highly indignant, and hold that
Congress has already passed upon the ques-
tion of Cmlnon's eligibility by admitting
him to seat.
A BREAKUP of the ice in the Ohio
River at Cincinnati occurred on the Sth,
Several steamers and other craft were badly
damaged.
CAPT. JAMES B. EADs made an ad-
dress before the st. Louis Chamber of Com
merce, on the Sth, explaining and ilustrat-
ing, by maps, his proposed ship railway
across the Isthmus Of Tehuantepec. Reso-
lutions were adopted memorializing Con-
gress to give official recognition and aid to
the great work.
Mrs. G. e. GALLEY and Mrs. e. o.
Ellis, wives of two prominent farmers in
Greenfield Township, while crossing the
track of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at
Havana, about twelves miles from
Norwalk, o., were struck by train run
ming at a high rate of speed and
both killed, almost instantly. They were
riding in cutter, and the sound of the
sleigh bells drowned the noise of the ap
preaching train, which was also hidden from
sight by an intervening building. Their
horses neck was broken and the cutter
smashed to atoms.
AT Lake Providence, La, on the
night Of the 7th, a mob broke open the Jail
and took therefrOm prisoner,
James Brown, and hanged him to 8
tree. Brown was flatboatmar
from Illinois. In January, 1880, he and q
party of twelve others arrived in town, and
becoming unduly boisterous from
drinking, the City Marshal, Ber-
nard Mcclure, attempted to arrest
Brown, who acted as ringeader of the crowd
Brown Immediately pulled revolver an6
shot the officer dead on the spot. The mur.
derer escaped, but was subsequently recap.
.tured and held for trial.
A HEAVY snow-storm prevailed
Throughout the Southwest on the 9th.
THE Senate was not in session on the
Sth. In the House the Funding bill wa,
further considered in Committee of the
Whole, a general debate being held undel
the tive-minute rule. Mr.. Wood d., N. W
who has charge Of the bill, endeavored t.
cut short the talk over the bill and bring i
to a vote, but a motion to adjourn was in
;eliecied, which. being supported by tht
ureenbackers and other opponents Of the
bill, was carried.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15
QuarrelsOme NeighbOrs.

THE Limekiln Club being formally
called to order, Brother Gardner arose
and said: "Doorin' de pas week one
man tole me dat he'd got to move kase
he couldn't stand it wild his nay yburs; a
second had got to move kase de nayburs
couldn't stand it wild him; third said
dat somebody frowed stuns agin his
doah an hurled taters frew his winders,
and fourth had some odder sort o.
complaint. Some folk fink dat de test
of goodness am gwine to church, or Civ
into charity, but l doan'. L believe
dat mans good an bad pints am de-
veloped in de way he uses his nayburs
an in de way dey like him. If yer nay
burs am bad, let 'em alone; if dey am
good, incouraige 'em. Keep no chick
ems, build no high fences, maintain no
howlin' dogs, have no rows, return all
favors, an your nayburhood will be ali
right. If George Washington had tried
to keep sebenty Five chickens on a patch
of ground thirty by sixty, wild a garden
each side OBJ him. he could not have bin
de Father of his Kentry. If Henry Clay
had KEEP a howlin' dog or q brayin'
mule, his oratory would hab bin declare q
sham. If Benjamin Franklin's wife
lad trotted to dis nay bur fur flour, to
dat one fur sugah, to de mex for tea, an
50 on aroun', de philosophy oh Poo
Richard wouldn't weigh ten ounces &c
de poun'. To sum it all up, de family
who quarrels wild its naybnrhood quar-.
rels among itself. De manners in 8
family crops out in outside rows. DE,
troit Free Press.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


HYDRAULIC cement, naked with Oil,
forms an incombustible and waterproof
paint for roofs of buildings.
In some recent experiments at Paris
the fumes of burning coffee were shown
to have disinfecting power quite re-
markable.
DR.. VAN LENT has been commission
ed to study epidemic diseases in the
United States for the Government OF
Holland.
IT appears to be settled now, through
the researches of Gustaye Hausen, that
it is by their antenn@ that insects are
able to distinguish odors. When the
antenne were coated with paraf1ine or
removed altogether, flies, for instance,
took no notice of tainted meat. But it
does not follow, however, that the an
tenna haveAo other-tse.
A BUG has turned up in Asia Minor
which feeds upon the eggs of the locust.
Where cluster of locust eggs is exam
ined the destroying insect appears in the
midst of them. LOcusts from time i'm.
memorial have made themselves dis.
liked in Asia, and the new bug, which i:
believed to deposit its eggs in the live
locust's body, has general sympathy and
encouragement
FROM the inquiries conducted by Pro.
fessor Hermann Cohn, of Breslau, since
1865, it appears that ort-sightedness is
rarely or never born with those subjec.
to it, and is almost always the result ol
strains sustained by the eye during study
in early youth. A better construction
of school desks, an improved Typography
of textbooks, and sufficient lighting O
class-rooms are the remedies proposed
to abate this malady.
One of the advantages pertaining t.
the new method of engraving by elee
tricity-an electric spark pen having
been invented for the purpose in Paris :
is that the artist does all parts of hi
work, and with no more trouble than j
working with an ordinary pencil, anC
can even operate in dark room, with
out any other light than the glare from
the induction spark. If a sheet of thin
paper be attached to plate of coppe
or zinc, it is said that an engraving ma,
be made with extraordinary facility b,
this device.
DIR. CUTTER states that the increas
of nervous diseases, decaying teeth, pre-
mature badness, and general lack o
muscular and bone strength are great,
due to the impoverished quality of tlou
now in use, the gluten being throw
away in order to make the -four white
He urges the use of unbolted flour, ant
of eggs, milk and butter. He denie
that fish is brain food, or that Agassi
ever said that it was, and claims tina
butter, being nearly all fat, is bette
kind of brain food than any other.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15
PlTH AND POINT.

AN attractive but uncultivated woman
is very like brown sugar-sweet but un-
refined.
THE Detroit Free Pres. says 1t is
very hard to be poorsfT That is our
recollection of it.--Miltoaabee Sun.
THERE is an old saying that elf you
keep anything seven years it will come
in style" All right; then poverty is
stylish, and we're in style.-OI city
Derrick.
A Missouri man with an ingrowing
nail chopped his toe off. This remedy
never fails. For sale at all hardware
stores. Beware of mutations Norris
tom Herald.
1T is the opinion of Hans Pfeiffer that
murderer upon the scaffold, although
in a very serious position, is always
bound to have his "leedle choke. -
Ya,cc0b Strauss.
WE would like to inquire If the man
who sat with bated breath got a bitep ?
II so, the plan might be at once adopted
oy our ignoble army of tramps.-Yon-
PERRY MARTIN, of Arizona, climbed
tree to shake down coon. Just how
he felt when he found the coon to be a
bear will never be known, as bruin
cuffed him off limb and he had fall
of fifty feet. t.-DetrOH Free Press.
There was once poor pitiful plumber,
Who was meekness itself in the summer,
But the frost made his "pile,"
And he now has the style
OF brass mounted St Louis drummer.
Indianapolis Herald.
CARE you a good riderp" asked a
livery man. 81 am" replied the Gus
toner, and just then the horse snorted,
stood on its hands, came down and
bucked. And the customer went on,
from his high seat in the haymow, "See
how easily | get off,
MEN AND WOMEN.
"Women have many faults;
Men have but two;
There's nothing right they say
And nothing right they do
"But If naughty men do nothing right
And never say what's true,
| What precious fools we women arc
Tolove them as we dop
NJ o. Picdntne
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15
Five Cents.

"WELL, my boy" said Johns en-
ployer, holding out his hand for the
change, "did you get what l sent you
for?"
"Yes, sir" said John; "and here
is the change, but l don't understand
it. The lemons cost twenty eight
cents, and there ought to be twenty
two cents change, and there's only
seventeen"
"Perhaps made mistake in giving
you the money"
"No, sir; counted it over in the
hall, to be sure it was all right"
"Then perhaps the clerk made a mis-
take in giving you the changer"
But John shook his head: "No, sir;
Icounted that too. Father said we must
always count our change before we
leave store"
Then how in the world do you &C
count for the missing five centsg How
doyou expect me to believe such queer
story as thatp',''
Johns cheeks were red, but his
voice was firm: Il don't account for
it, sir; cant. All | know is that it is
so."
"Well, it is worth a good deal in this
world to be sure of that. How do you
account for that fve-cent piece that is
hiding inside your coat-sleeveP"
John looked down quickly and
caught the cleaning bit with little
cry of pleasure. "Here you arer' he
said. Nov it is all right. Icouldn't
imagine what had become of that five
cent piece. knew | had it when /
started from the store"
"There are two or three things that
/ know now," Mr.. Brown said, with a
satisfied air. 81 know you have been
taught to count your money in coming
and going, and to tell the exact h,
whether it sounds well or not three
important things for an errand-boy.
think L IL try you, young man, without
looking any farther"
At this Johns cheeks grew redder
than ever. He looked down and up,
and finally he said, in low voice, !"
think l ought to tell you that wanted
the place so badly | almost made up my
mind to say nothing about the change
if you didn't ask me-" ytirr lfs III
Exactly" said Mr.. Brown; "and If
you had done it you would have lost the
situation; that's all. l need aboy about
me who can be honest over five cents,
whether he is asked questions or not. "
The Pa11Sy.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15

that Frye is to succeed Blaine in the Senate.
1t is said to be with this understanding that
Frye consented to withdraw in favor of
Hale.
G.. b. WILKINSON, well-known news
paper man, died suddenly Of heart disease,
in Denver, on the 7th p lie was sitting up
in conversation with friends five fninutesi5e-
fore his death.
The Army appropriation, as passed
by the House, limits the enlisted men to
$4,000, and authorizes the continuance of
the Signal Service with a force not exceed
ing 800. The sum appropriated is $26, 3l5,-
500.
IT is thought that the Maine Legisla.
ture vii refer the Gubernatorial matter to
the Supreme Court. Paisted leads Davis
by 237 votes on the straight count. The two
Fusionist factions have held conference,
but could not agree, and consequently no
future alliance is anticipated.
A. j. THOMAS was hanged at Walla
Walla, w. r., on the 1th, for the murder Of
G. w. Brumfeld. The execution was wit
messed by $500 people.
THE announcement that General
Grant is about to visit Albany, N. Y, as the
guest OF Governor Cornell, has given rise to
rumors that he may be presented as the
Conklng candidate for United States Senator
from the Empire State. Chauncey NJ. De-
pew is the anti Conkling candidate.
BISHOP ATKINSON, of the Episcopal
diocese of North Carolina, is dead.
THE court-martial for the trial OF
Cadet Whitaker will meet in New York on
January 30.
IT is estimated that our production Of
gold in 1880 was $33,522, ,1S2, and of silver
40,0O5,36l.
THE message of Governor Fostor an
nounces that the funded debt of Ohio az.
gregates S6, 476, ,SO5, Of which thirds Ii
payable in July next.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-15
A Fatal Wedding Day.

1t has been an open secret for some
time among their intimate acquaint-
ances that Mr.. Douglass Warwick. of
Richmond, and Miss Nellie Burwell, of
Franklin County, were betrothed, and
they were to have been married about
the first of this month. Everything
was in readiness on the evening ap-
pointed for the wedding and carriage
was sent to the depot to meet the ex-
pected bridegroom, but instead of the
gentleman message came, stating that
sudden illness prevented his presence
and asking that the wedding be de-
ferred. Three times successfully twas
postponed for the same reason. But
last Wednesday-when for the third
time everything had been prepared for
the nuptials came the most cruel blow
of all. Twas but natural that the
young lady should have felt some trep-
idaton at the approach of the carriage
that had thrice failed to fulfill its mis-
sion-and the sad sequel proves that
her apprehensions were not groundless.
Instead of greeting her future husband
she received telegram conveying the
shocking intelligence that he was dead.
Let us draw a veil upon the scene that
followed, for the poignant grief of
widowed bride is too sacred to be cx-
posed to the curious gaze of an unsym-
pathetic world. Miss Burwen was very
popular among her acquaintances, and
her sad misfortune elicits the deepest
sympathy from all who knew her.-Big
Lick (Hd.) Nea0S.