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The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
IN Nelson's Time and Now.

-, In Nelson's Time and Now. =
From the London Standard. "
The three opening days OF, August.
1796, witnessed Nelson's splendid victo-
ry over the French feet In Aboukir
Bay-the most glorious naval victory
since the defeat Of the Armada. The
opening days Of the present month find
an English feet once more in Aboukir
Bay with hostile intent. But the coin
cidence Of the situation are not more re-
markable than its contrasts. Less than
. century has elapsed since the guns of
the English and Frencl, fleets, engaged
in deadly conflict, awoke the echoes Of
the Egyptian shore. Yet, in that hm-
lted period 80 great . change has
come over the style of naval arma.
ments that if Nelson could return to wit
ness the transformation we may imagine
his Perplexity to be equal to that Of Q
coachman Of the old school if suddenly
confronted with the apparatus of = rail.
way. We neither travel nor fight after
the manner OF our fore.fathcrs, and the
difference between 4 stage coach and q
locomotive can scarcely be greater than
the contrast between Nelson's samR-Bnlp
and that of Sir Beauchamp Seymoure.
In one respect, indeed, our war ships OF
the present day directly violate prin-
cipal laid down by tho departed hero.
"1n naval action" said Nelson, "some.
thing must be left to chance, and those
who fire the largest number of shots
must have the greatest number OF
chances" But had Nelson been called
upon to destroy. the forts of Alexandra,
his array Of ordinance would never have
disposed of those defenses in that short
ness of time and with that completeness
of overthrow which signalized the bonn
bardment Of the other day. The victory
which shed glory on the British flag on
August !, 1888, and which was consum-
mated in the two following days, was
won by means of tactics adapted to the
arman1ents Of the period, but which
would be almost entirely inapplicable
now. The old 'hammer and tongs"
principle may still underlie our naval
tactics, but the development of that idea
will have to be governed by circumstan-
ces differing essentially from those Of
the past era.
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
YES, IT IL JOHN"
The St. Louis Man Who shaved on
His Beard, .5t!a


His Beard, .%a4!a
A St. Louis woman walked the other night,
and putting out her hand touched the smooth
face Of an unknown man. Sae jumped cut
ofbed and screamed for help. Her brother,
who slept in the next room, entered, and not
finding any matches, seized the intruder
by the hair of his head, punmeled him
soundly, expressing at the same time, in the
most vigorous terms his opinion of . scoun-
drel who would be guilty -of such an act.
Then he dragged him into the middle Of the
room, thumped him, kicked him and
threw him out ofthe window into the yard
below: The neighbors, aroused by tho noise,
came III, and light was procured; Nothing
had been taken, aud attention was directed
to the miserable object who lay groaning in
the yard. It would, says the st. Louis
Republican, be useless to describe that face,
with its nose spread all over the middle OF
1t, one eye bullying out and the other closed
up, both colored like an indigo bag, an open
mouth, and q row of twisted teeth, much
less to recognize it; but ~ the excitement
slowly subsided and cool reason began to
reign, a thought suddenly struck the wife
that made her turn pale with horror. 'Why,
it can't bet mus: be-yes, it is John! He
has b, ea to the barber's!" It was true, he
had. H2 was her husband, and on his way
home late in the evening, feeling his long
and heavy beard oppressive In the heat, he
had had it shorn. His wife was asleep when
he crawled into bed, and he soon fell into q
comfortable nap, from which he was rudely
awakened to the experience above related.
She is now making the best poultices and
chicken soup for him she knows how.
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A Heroine Who Flushed In = Way
Which Showed That Woman is
Woman.

Woman.
Newport Letter in the Baltimore Sun.
Within short mile of the qu,y At New
port, Lyme Rock rises out Of the waters OF
Narragansett Bay. On this rock stands the
old lighthouse which was tended for many
years by the father of Ida Lewis, and Of
which she now, under the seal ofthe govern
ment commits sion, IS keeper. Securing the
services of dimini,tive boat, l sailed on the
waters blue to her abode, for the purpose
OF payins her my respects. As we up reached
the rock an Immense mastiff, with head
and paws like lion and roar like far-Ofi
thunder, came to its extereme verge and
disputed our landing. He was entirely
successful until the heloiue appeared, called
him off in the lowest of tones and locked
him up in an clubhouse. She then invite d
me into the little house on the top Of which
rests the beacon light which has for SO many
years warned the Navigator of hidden
dangers, and at once entered into easy and
unrestrained conversation She said thaf
she had for twenty-five years lived on that
rock; that she used to he fond of going into
the city once III awhile, but that she cared
very little for it now; that she always had o
great many visitors in the summer, a few
years ago the number reaching thousands .
o@c season. She showed me her medals,
received from congress- the state Of Mas.
sachutts and the city of Newport, and solid
sill. er teapot from the officers 1t Fort Adams,
ell bearing suitable inscriptions in testimo-
nial of her heroism in resc,ling so many
human beings from watery graves. Miss
Lewis is rather above medium height, of
somewhat slender figure, good features and
great earnest eyes, between brown and gray.
While she cannot he called handsome, her
face is one to interest and attract Her style
Of conversation is piquant and vivscious
and although not educated she is very intelli-
gent. Everything about her and her apart
ments bore the evidence of neatness, care
and good TASTE Her mother, venerable
old lady, with thick silver hair was very
talkative and discoursed on matters and
things personal and otherwise, at length.
She informed me she had rheumatism in
her feet and Ida insisted that it was because
she had dyed her hair for 80 many years.
She communicated the intelligence that
her daughter was forty years old, ut which
Miss Ida evinced Sigh tinge of annoyance
and remarked: "Mother thinks she must
tell every one my age" But she quickly
added; well, don't care, it don't make
any difference. don't object to getting
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
The BrOlltc Family.

An old family servant of the Bronte
family says that the famous sisters had
very regular habits of indoor life. AT
precisely every evening all domestic
work was put aside and literary tasks
were begun. They talked over the sto-
ries they were engaged upon and de-
scribed their plots. Apparently there
was some writing during the day, for,
according to the servant: "Many's the
time that I have seen Miss Emily put
down the tally iron ~ she was ironing
the clothes to scribble something on q
piece Of paper. Whatever she was do
ing, ironing or baking, she had her pen
Gil and paper by her. know now that
she was writing Wutherlng Hights.'
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
A ROthschild MARRIAGE.

The marriage of Mile. Berthe de Roths-
child with Prince Alexandra de Wag-
ram gives the Rothschild family another
connection among the great families of
Europe. The Wagraus are related to
the Murats, the Clarys, and to the royal
family Of Bavaria: Their magnificent
castle of Gros-Bois is one of the finest in
France. Into this family Mile. de
Rothschild does not enter empty hand
cd, for her dowry is 100000 a year.
The young lady abjured Judaism, and
has become as good Christian as possi-
ble. The happy couple are to live half
the year in the country, and the other
half in Paris. where the brides sisters,
one of whom is Countess de Grammont,
reside.
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
Dining Cars i'm En3land .

Never having seen . dining-car till
this year, the Londonese are en-.
thusiastic over one or two which the
midland railway has just brought into
service between the metropolis and
Manchester and Liverpool. The cars
are genuine Pullmans, with all the
modern American conveniences. One
Of them will run regularly on the train
W.: ;cn leaves Liverpool for Londor at
4:O5 p. M, and another on that which
starts from London for Liverpool at 5 p.
m. General Manager Noble, of this road,
has . great deal more western enterprise
than most English railway men, and il
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first Napoleon He says that Wellesley
shows S I great nerve taking the sacred s bull bull
ing for the result of negotiations at Constan-
tinople. '..Ah, lie Is q great soldier, that
Wellesley" said the general, a great soldier.
The English papers will pay him well, and
he knows it," The general was evidently
thinking Of the difference between tho pay
Of successful general in the English army,
with his titles and the substantial flOO, 900
attachment. se==--E: .,sg,s ,z5 :.
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Died fin the Arctic.

Giovane Bove, the young lieutenant
who commanded tho Italian Antarctic
expedition, recently shipwrecked, was
borne in 1852 at Marazzo, near Acqui.
Always fond of fadventure and the sea,
he joined Nordenskjold' 3 expedition and
did good service on the Vega. Having
returned to Italy, he, was desirous of
emulating the Swedish professor and of
adding to the reputation Of his country.
but as the necessary subscription could
not be secured he went to South Ameri-,
ca, where he was cordially welcomed.
But money was still wanting, and he de-
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
HOw>tO Make KOllmiss.

HOw,tO Make kOumiss. -
From the Boston Transcript.
You published some time ago recipe
for king:koumiss, which was used dur
ing the illness Of President Garfield. Will
you repeat it, and give some information
respecting it's nature, qualities and Pc
culiar effects?
Koumiss is . beverage which has been
used for centuries by the nomadic tribes
of Asia, aud was discovered In Tartary
by traveller. 1t is made by the Tartars
of mares milk, and liquor was fer
mented from it which was most pal
atable. It is, however, now made of
pure cows milk, with the addition ofa
little sugar, thus making it chemically
equal to mares milk. 1t is now regard
ed as Z great cure for dyspepsia. At
Ananieff, on the Volga river, near So
mara, Russia, there las been established
u Koumiss Cure, to which Thousands OF
invalids, some from this country, 30.
The foundation. of the course of treat
ment is the milk diet, The advantage
of koumias il that the first process Of
digestion, namely, fermentation, occurs
before it is taken, and the generation of
a small percentage of alcohol relieves
the stomach Of carbonic acid gas, one of
the most distressing symptoms Of dys-
pepsia. The koumiss assimilates most
perfectly with the organs of digestion
without taxing them. 1t can be made at
home, and at = cost Of about fifteen
cents quart.
'Fill 4 quart champagne bottle up to
the neck with pure milk; add two table,
spoonfuls of white sugar, after dissolving
the same in q little water over q hot fire;
add also . quarter of two.cent cake of
compressed yeast. Then tie the cork on
the bottle securely, and shake the mix
ture well; place it in room of the tenn
perature of so to IS degrees Fahrenheit
for six hours, and finally in the ice box
over night. Drink in such quantities -
the stomach may require. It will be we'll
TO observe several important injunctions
in preparing the koumiss, and they are:
First, to bo sure that the milk is pure;
second, that the bottle il sound; third,
that the yeast is fresh; fourth, to open
the mixture in the morning with great
care, on account of it's effervescent prop
critics; fifth, not to drink it At all if there
is any curdle or thickened part resem-
bling cheese, as this indicates that tho
fermentation has been prolonged beyond
the proper time"
The American habits IL to. make tho
koumiss % it is used, but under certain
conditions the beverage will keep for
some time, and age will improve it's de-
vor and strength ~ it does alcoholic
LIQUORS. It 10 transported in skin bottles
in Tartary. It has delicious and pun
gent taste, unlike any other beverage,
aud while it stimulates and refreshes,
there is no enervation or prostration
following it.
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
Personalities.

Sir w. Owen, Lawyer, colonel on Sir
Garnet Wolseley's staff was married, says
London correspondent, just before
leaving England, to the youngest, and, il
may be added, the best looking dauYh-
ter, Of Mr.. Joseph Moses Levy, of the
Daily Telegraph. -
General Ducrct, whose death at Paris
was announced on Thursday, was one ol
the heroes ofthe war between France
and Prussia: He participated in all the
battles, and when General Whimpfeu
assumed the command at Sedan and sur:
rendered the army, he refused to be
parolel, and soon after escaped to Paris
where lie commanded the Thirteenth
and Fourteenth army corps, displayina
great courage.
Mrs. Susan Clatlin, of Hopkinton,
Mass, celebrated her s9th birthday on
Wednesday, at the old Clatiin home-
stead, in which she was married when
Is, and has lived ever since There
were present four sOns-the oldest TO-
James and Isaac, Of Chicago; Jefferson,
OF Fall River, and &. Winslow, of Hop
kinton, and two married daughters, nine
Grand.childrcn, three great grand chill
dren; also, Mrs. Mary Parker, . sister Of
Mrs. Claflln, 16 years OF age. Mrs. Cla-
Tin lin remarkably good health.
The secret Of Mrs. l.angtry's beauty is
out, for the lady recently told an Ameri.
can interviewer that she was the only
girl in a family of seven children, and
shared the out-ofdoor sports Of six
stout brothers Noting this the New
York Hour remarks: "NIost American
ladies' whose beauty has survived their
3Oth birthday can tell similar stories,
and so u few red-cheeked, bright-eyed
women, who, though past three score,
are daily getting more enjoyment and
solid comfort out: Of life, at home and
abroad, than their over-indulxetl taaugh-
ters can ever hope to do"
Miss Rislcy Seward, daughter Of ex-
solicitor Of the Treasury Risley, became
great favorite with William Fl. Seward
while he was secretary Of state, and SUBJ
seQuently accompanied him during his
tour around the world. Mr.. Seward in
his will bcqueathed her SIC, 900 on con-
dition that she would adopt his name.
She accepted the money, adopted the
name, and now refuses to marry be-
cause she will not consent to change her
name. At present she is in Italy study
ing the old monasteries Of Tuscany.
George Washington Harris, the oldest
resident born citizen of Harrisburg, Pa,
died suddenly last Sunday morning.
Mr.. Harris was born June 23d, 1898.
Tie was a son of Robert Harris, who was
q son Of John Harris, the founder of tie
city Of Harrisburg, and grandson of John
Harris, the first settler. His mother
was Elizabeth Ewing, daugh er Of the
celebrated John Ewing, d. D., provost
of the university Of Pennsylvania.
The Rev. David Halliburton, of Ruth
ford county, Tennessee, one Of the oldest
baptist ministers now living, could not
see with his right eye until he reached
his seventeen year. BY the.use of double
eyeglasses to assist the sight of his
left eye, which was becoming impaired
with age, sight was gradually restored to
the other, out Of which he can now see
reasonably well, while the left eye has
become sightless. His eyes never were
sore.
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
Hotel in the National Park.

G. +. Hobart of Fargo aud w. +. and
James Douglass of Fort Yates have perfected
a lease for hotel site and for lumber, fuel
and agricultural facilities for carrying out
their plans for establishing hotel in the
Yellowstone National park. The contli-
tions of their lease are quite favorable to
their purpose to establish and maintain a
good hotel during the rather abbreviated
season in the most marvellous and pictur-
esque place in the world. With railroad
and hotel facilities in the park tourists
would find it comfortable from the middle
Of May to the middle of September, in the
Geiser basin and at the lake falls, canon and
other extreme attitudes from early in June
until late in September. The best points for
hotels are in the Geyser basin and at the
mammoth hot springs. The lake, the falls
and the canon would be romantic sights
but the season would be unprotitably short
for such an investment.
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.
Ne,rs IRON. Dvssl.i,,uto,s.

Some doubling officers smile when they
reed Pap sherman's assertion that he will
retire next year, and say the general has pc.
retary of war. He retired once before to St.
Louis, but returned. For two years he was
saying that he would voluntarily retire at
sixty-two years of age, but although he did
nothing to prevent the passage of the bill.
which would have made his retirement at
that age compulsory, and exhibited lofty
indifference in regard to It, it is certain that
every relation and friend OF his worked hard
to defeat the bin unless he was made IN ex-
ception to the rule.
The attractions of Gen. Shernlan's Office
in the war department has been enhanced
to-day by the exhibition of large painting
representing battery OF artillery going into
action on the brow Of hill behind q line OF
infantry skirnishers. Every detail is care
fully brought out by the artist, Walker,
and the waving plumes of the artillery-nlen.
There is considerable uneasiness al the
treasury department because the secretary is
making the annual promotions. and the op-
Grafton Is usually performed coincident with
other changes not 50 pleasant. There are
the usual rumors atloat regarding changes,
tary French will be asked to resign, aud dit
to of Supervising Architect Hill. Chiet
Brooks, Solicitor Raynor and Col. Irish.
No instructions have yet been Issued for
the commencement of work under the pro-
visions of the river and harbor bill, except III
one or two special instances where river or
harbor instructions interfere with navigation.
The employees of the engineers department.,
however, are busily engaged in preparing
the instructions referred to.
Brig. Gen. Martin d. Hardin, United States
army (retired), is appointed governor of the
Soldiers home at Washington, d. c., and
will report for duty accordingly, relieving
Col. Samuel d. Sturgis, Seventh cavalry.
Col. Sturgis on being thus relieved will re-
sumo command Of his regiment.
The total number of patents issued to
Thomas A. Edison is 39G, of which q were
issued during the past week. This is the
largest number issued from the United States
patent office to any one man in the history
of that office.
The 10th call has been issued for the re-
tlemptiOn of bonds
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
Funny Paragraphs.
Modern courtship and marriage have
been wittily described as

A little kiss,
A little bliss.
A little ring-'tis ended.
A little jaw,
A little law
And 10! the bonds are rentle.l.
Boston Post: Next we shall have a
coat tail filtration code. Having the
tails covered with mud will mean IL
don't like her father"
Boston Transcript: Barrels Of gin
have taken to exploding. There must
he terrible schnapps when they 60 off,
''What is = yacht?" we inquired of y
around the wharf. "Wot's a yot?" said
the fisherman. "Weli, You GETS any
sort Of a craft you please and fiji her up
with liquor and scegyars, and get yer
frens OH board, and have q high ole
time-and that's IL yot.' We thanked
him with fervor, for we had long been
trying to find out what yacht really
was.
An Unkind Reply:-Therc is a slight
Misunderstanding between McGinnis
and his wife's mother. II came about in
this way; Hostetter Mciinnis is think
ing Of taking q trip to Ell Paso for his
health, but his mother-in-law has been
telling him that there is danger of his
being sca;ped by Indians, and that he
had better stay right here i'll Austin.
Nonsense" replied Hostetter McGin-
mis-; "there used to be Indians on the
Ell Paso road, but they have all been
driven of. l don't believe there is an
Indian in the whole country" every
well," replied his wife's mother; "when
YOU get ont on the plains, and one OF
those wild beasts comes at you whooping
and yelling, then you will think of ine.' .
II don't doubt it," replied Hostetter
McGinnis; and now the entente cordiale
has been spilled, and there is 4 coolness
between them.
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
Miscellaneous .Ne,cs Notes.

Rev. DR.. Neven, pastor of the American
Protestant Episcopal church at Rome, who
is now in New York, reports that Italy is
watching closely the events in Egypt, and
that there is q strong feeling among the
people and on the continent that the inya-
sion of Egypt is not going to be as light a
task as Sir Garnet Wolseley imagines, and
that it may lead to an act of retaliation on
the part of Russia, who will eventually seize
the BOsphorus as counter move to Enelands
seizure ofthe Suez canal. In such an event
he regarded q general. European war ineyi-
table and that it would be greatly to the ad-
vantage of Italy, who, while remaining a
passive observer, would be able to throw
her assistance on the side which will be
best for her interests. He regards the Ital-
ian army, 80 far a. discipline and efficien-
cy is concerned, as second only to that of
Germany. While the king and his cabinet
are on excellent terms with England, the
Italian people regard the war against Egypt
as unwarranted and unjust and look upon
the English with as much aversion as they
did the French when they invaded Tunis.
At the Kansas democratic convention Geo.
w. Lyke of Atchison was placed At the head
ofthe ticket, and the remainder ofthe ticket
filed upas follows: Lieut.. Governor, Frank
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07

The -four mill Of DENLY aud Smith, itua-
ted At Moscow, Freeborn county, vas
bnrned Wednesday morning. Extensive
repairs were made on it Last fall, and there
we're five run of stones and rollers. The
value of the property is estimated At 81, 600;
insurance s. 600. Cause of fire unknown.
The Worthington advance., 1882-09-07
Cholera IllfalltllRll.
Youths Companion.

1Outn companion.
One-third of all who are born die be-
fore reaching their fifth year. A large
percentage Of these die of cholera infan-
tum and kindred complaints. 1t is gen.
orally supposed that the chief causes are
improper feeding, bad milk, teething
and impure air.
A pape, on the subject, read before
the American Medical association, takes
different grouud. We give its leading
ideas.
The above causes are in operation
equally the year round. But statistics
show that the mortality in the case is
mainly confined to July, August and
September, and that three-fourths of
these have the origin Of the attack in
July; that these diseases are much more
numerous and fatal in our large ci ies
than in the rural districts; and that,
even i'll our large cities, with warm
climate, they do not greatly prevail, if
these are characterized by cool breezes
at night.
The proportional mortality is in Bos-
ton five times, and in Chicago six times.
=
New Orleans it is not one fourth Of what
it is in Chicago.
The real cause seems to lie succession
Of hot days, unbroken by cool nights and
with but little stir of air. The air being
thus heated and stagnant, there is less
oxygen to breathe, while the ability of
the blood to take MP oxygen. and thus
get rid OF Its carbonlc ACID, Is lessened
by profused sweating.
Indigestion, instead of being a cause
of the complaint. is itself an effect cf the
over sensitive and relaxed condition of
the whole inner surface ofthe digestive
canal. 5:
The remedy is fresh air and q toning-
up of the system. During the heated
months the dwelling, and especially the
nursery and the sleeping-room, should
be kept thoroughly ventilated. Where
it can be done mothersand nurses should
take their children to elevated locations,
or to floating hospitals, etc. ...>'
To tone up and soOthe the relaxed and
sensitive system. there is nothing better
than spongin9 the body night and morn
ing, but especially at night, with cool wa
ter. This should be done whenever the
temperature does hot fall at night below
seventy degrees. -. sI.5