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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02
Can Storms be Controlled?

Ottn 0OOI1ASS w
Violent displays of natural force are
painfully hostile to human progress. If
the valley of the Thames were frequent.
ly rocked by earthquakes London would
be an impossibility. A very slight tre-
NOR would tilt the Egyptian obelisk
into the Thames and topple down St.
Paul Cathedral. A volcano in Middle
sex would lower the quotation for gov
eminent securities and seriously dimin-
ish the ratable value of the metropolis.
For prosperity there must be peace, es-
pecially with the powers Of nature.
America itself would not be what it is if
these horrible cyclones occurred in
everv state and at frequent intervals.
The question arises whether these at
mospheric disturbances may possibly be
affected for the better in course of time
by that sort of indirect influence which
civilization exercises on climate. It is
true man may mar 1. climate as we'll as
mend one. He distvrbs the rainfall by
unduly cutting dowE the forests, there
by producing alterations OF drought
and flood. But in other instances the
cultivation of the soil appears to amel-
iorate the climate, and nature grows
more kindly as man fulflls his mission
to 'subdue the earth" We seem on
the verge of learning how to disarm the
sea of it's FURY. It is one of the stranyest
we might say the oidest-dlscoverles
of modern times that the crested wave
which seems irresistible in its force loses
all its terror and much of its power when
encountering film Of oil. When the
storm threatens to overwhelm the ship
the skipper has merely to fetch up his
oil can, and. though the wind continues
to howl and shrek through the rigging,
the waves are power)ess under the OLE
aginous film. 1t is too much to expect
that the wild winds will ever be- subject
to human control after this fashion, ex.
cept by some long-contlnue, and occult
process unconsciously carried out. It
| would be a strange result, and yet 1t
seems q possibility, that man will be able
| to meet the storm more successfully at
sea than on land. More probably, as
population in these states becomes more
dense, and the consequent danger Of
disaster is increased, men will adopt q
mode of building suited to the necessi-
| ties of the case, as the Swiss have done
in the case of the avalanche. There is,
however, favorable element in the
problem, even If matters should not i'm.
prove. Cyclonic outbursts, such az
have been displaying their energy in
the United States, act in very circum.
scribed area. 1t is saddening to read Of
the mischief that is done-human be-
ings crushed by the fury of the blast,
and hard.won property irretrievably
destroyed. But the space thus visited
is q mere scrap compared with the
broad continent which spreads from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. The storm path
is diminutive line compared with the
smiling area on every Iand.-Lopdop
Standard.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02
The English Court.

The court etiquette has grown more
rigid and infexible during these months
of increasing morbidness, and soon it is
feared, the queen will be as far removed
from her people as Chinese Emperor.
She carries out her wilful insistance
upon etiquette in every least detail, and
even when it concerns her own children
and grand children. When the Princess
Louise returned from Canada, and ar
rived at Windsor, she was kept waiting
until she had changed her attire, and
until the queen had sent word that she
was prepared to receive her. It is re-
ported that the: princess entered the
drawing-room in the evening to await
dinner, dressed in q most lovely Grim
son velvet gown, with crimson silk hose
to match. The queen, happened to
espy the princess's feet said: 'Do you
know that colored stockings are not per-
mitted in my presence? Go to your
room at once and change your stock
ings." And 80 the poor princess came
down to dinner in . crimson velvet
dress, wearing white stockings. Not
the queen, except by special and formal
AAA AS~VAOns AAVA AAIny~CSy ssPF~AAAo ~AAS
hour for her own children to come and
for them to go. One can imagine the
unnaturalness of such household. Tho
Prince Consort was stately, but he was
a genial, happy, mirth-loving gentleman:
He was the most affectionate husband
and father, and no royal etiquette ever
heartiness. Since his death his children
have had no parental companionship,
and they are Is far removed from the
queen as though they had not been t.,5n
of her. It is we'll known that the Prince
Of Wales has very great influence with
his mother, and is personally deeply At
tached to her. He was . constant COM
panion of his father, and quite remem-
bers how his father managed the queen
in the old days. The .,rince is said to
be most charming his relation to his
mother, and is always upon his most
beautiful manners in her presence. He
1t times does approach her with great
affection, and even tenderness . Of fesling
aud Observation-Disclosures Cores
pondence CHICAGO Tribune.
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A Splendid Egyptian Spkynx.
From Anne Brewster's Rome Letter to the
Boston Advertiser.

"A OpAouulO ESypClan SpkynX.
From Anne Brewster's Rome Letter to the
Boston Advertiser.
I must add few lines to tell YOU of
the superb basalt sphynx discovered
lately in Via St. Ignazio. near the trib-
une door of st. Maria sopra Minerva.
That erudite arch@ologist, Prof. Lancia-
nj, who knows the topography of Rome
as few others do, drew chalk mark on
the ground, and said to his workmen,
"Dig here" The immediate result was
this fine Egyptian spynx. Iffrof: Lancia-
nlcou!d be induced to give some lectures
in the Unite States on recent Roman
excavations and the ancient topography
OF the city, what privilege and treat it
would be to our students. He is the
best authority on those subjects, and q
most attractive speaker, not only in his
own language, but in ours.
The sphinx just found has the inscrip-
ton defaced, the nose and symbol Of
power on the head broken off; there
are also traces of these last having been
rest red in ancient Roman days. Egyp-
tian scholars have deciphered the de-
faced inscription on the base, and tell
this curious history: 1t is the portrait of
Amasis, the Pharaoh who reigned Just
before the conquest of his country by
the son of Cyrus, in 525 B. G. We all
remembered the sad story told by Herod-
otus iii ~ Cambyses sent to Amasis
a demand for the Egyptian King 3
daughter to be sent to adorn his harlem.
Amasis dared not refuse, but sent in
stead the daughter ofAprees, the Pbara-
oh he had dethroned. Cambyses dis
covered the fraud, invaded and con-
quered Egypt six months after Amasis'
death. The Persian king took the body
Of the dead Pharaoh from the tomb,
had it whipped in the public square and
burned, the crullest wrong and harm that
could be inflicted on an Egyptian. He or
dered also the defacing of every image of
Amasis, the inscription to be scratched
out, the noses and symbols of power to
be broken off. Centuries rolled BY.
In the time Of Nero this sphynx was
Isis that stood back of the temple OF
Minerva ION the site of the last named
temple now stands St. Marie, called SOD
"a Minerva.) The Romans of that day
repaired the broken nose and head or
nament; probably they were ignorant OF
what precious indications Of history
these broken parts afforded. Now the
beautiful Easaft cffigy of the Egyptian
Sovereign appears to us as it did to biz
Door, conquered subjects when they saw
their country in the power of the Per
slams, and their dead King lost forever
to the land of the immortals.
The workmanship is remarkably
beauti >ul, The fine cutting of the neck
lace, ornaments, drapery, in that hard.
est Of ell stones, black basalt is marve.
art will be placed in the new Capitol
Museum.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02
THE sEoRn.
CraShl
The thunder ca,md
The lightnins's Aanae

Cfashl
The thunder camel
The lightning's lame
Lat up the marky night,
The stars that shone 60 hrirhf
A moment since, and the RI moon.
me black clouds cover now, and soon
Inc tall 0eas Writhe and bend their Riant
forms,
rowing obeoiance to the King of Storms.
Who now rides on the winds Vim AM ror.
tentoos irown,
And following swift behind, the rain comes
dancing down.
Ine Dig drops 6ercely beat against tho pane,
Ihen tat1tly cease, and then surge ND again.
The rolling thunder grows less loud.
And swim athwart the darkest cloud.
A widening rift appears,
And from the heavenly spheres.
The star soon CLEANS,
And pale moon beams,
ATLANTA, 1888. y, TIL.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

The South Tredegar Iron Works. of
Chattanooga, nave decided to introduce
Swed sh labor altogether in certain de-
partments of their mill. Seven of these
Swedes haye arrived and several more
will arrive shortly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

Perry Davis Pain Killer is an excellent
regulator of the stomach and bowels and
should always be kept on hand, especially
at this season of the year, when so many
suffer from bowel complaints. There is
nothing SO quick to relieve in attacks of
cholera
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

them to share their future. They do
not then consider that she will be the
most real, active force in their whole
lives, almost irresistible, with power to
drag them down or to lift them up in
body, mind and soul,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02
Fln,;f3a conatr,,ctod m

Florida constructed more miles of rail-
road last year than any other Southern
state except Georgia; and at her prese
rate of railroad building she will dia-
count GoorRis this year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

CoNYERs. Ge,-Dr. W. II. Lee SAYS:
Brown" Iron Bitters is good medicine and
many are using it in this place."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02
Wise's Axle Grease never gums

Not drink not sold in bar.room, but q
reliable, non.alcoholic tonic medicine. use
full ut oil times, and in oil seasons, ID Browns
Iron Bitters.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

Twas troubled from boyhood
with Catarrh and Hay-Fever.
and never obtained permanent
relief until l used Ely's Cream
Balm. 1t cured me. f. L. CLICK
ESER. New Brunswick. N. j.
Havin. been afflicted with
Hay. Fever for years lgave Ely's
Cream Balm a trial. Ihave had
no attack since using it. E. R.
RAUCH, Editor Carbon Co. Dem.
Ocrdt, Mauch Chunk, Pa.
CREAM BALM will. when ap-
Piled by the finger into the nos
trils. he absorbed, effectually
cleansing the nasal passages of
catarrhal virus, causing healthy
sccretions. It allays inflalnma-
ton, protects the membranal
Innings of the head from colds !:
completely heals the sores and
restores the sense of taste and
smell. Beneficial results are
re allied by few applications.
A thorOugh treatment s0fH cure.
in the head. Agreeable to use.
D cents q package. by mail or aS
Owego, N. Y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

Chicago's internal revenue Office COL
lects from &c, 900 to $25,O 900 aa1.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

The New Hampshire legislature has
passed bill prohibiting the sale of toy pis-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02
Astoniahinr Resnlt.

ASTONISHING .He0UJC9,
Homer and Plato both said of the ancient
Egyptians that they we've nation of phy,i-
clans, yet history has no record of tho die.
oovery BY them of any such peerless com-
pound q Aliens Iron Tonic Bit e1s, Which
is the hest remedy extant for Dyspepsia, Sick
Headache, Loss of Appetite, and general de.
preston of the ]. ind and system. One bot
tie shows astonishing results. All genuine
bear the signature Of J. P. Allen, ST. Paul.
MINI. 49,
| would recommend Ely's Cream Balm 10
any one having Catarrh or Oatarrh Aathma.
have suffered for the last Eve vears so I
could not liedown for weeks ut time. 9inoe
1 have been using the Balm can lie down
and rest nicely. THANK God that you ever
! invented such . medicine-Frank P, Bur.
leigh, Pennington, N. 81.
Lyons Patent Metallic Heel stiffener. kern
new boots and shoes from running over. Sold
by shoe and hardware dealers.
Aliens Brain Food botanical extract strenethens
| tho Brain and positively cures Nervous Debility.
Neryousness: Headache. unnatural Losses, and al
weakness: OF Generative System: it never fails. 81
lens Pharmacy. 5i5 First Ave-. n. 7. ''' a.
Personai-Men Only.
The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall. Mich, will send
Or. Dyes Celebrated Electro Voltaic Bolts anal
AIlcCNIC dppuAuCcS Ou iI8 IOT tnIrly DAYS to men
young or old who afflicted with nervous debility
| lost vitality and kindred troubles. guaranteeing
| speedy and complete restoration Of health and
manly viger. Address Is above. n. B.-No risk
10 incurred. - thirty days trial il allowed
preparation Of beef containing its entire ,s,tifefoa:s
Properttes. It contains bood-making TO, oeeeners.
Indigestion, Dyspepsia, nervous prostration. and
all forms of general debility Also in all enfeebod
whether the result of exhaustion
prostration, overwork. acute disease particularly
4 resulting from pulmonary complaints. CAsWELI
druggists. ~ ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

Blue Earth county is congratulating itself
on losing little grain by the storm.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

WELLS trough ON CoRNs-I5c Ash for u
Complete. permanent cure Corns. warts, bunlons
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

Lyons Patent Metallic Heel stiffensrs keen
new boots and shoes from running over. Sold
by shoe and hardware dealers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

-Four dwellings and stores at Shenandoah,
Pa, was burned recently $4,000.
WATERFORD, s. Cdr. J. M. Klien saws:
Browns Iron Bitters have given univers al
satisfaction
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

BUCHU-PA1BA:".Qu complete cure. al annoy.
ing Kidney and Urinary Diseases 81.
The free book system for the public
schools of Brooklyn will go into effect on
JAM l.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

Edward spencer, . Baltimore Journalist
and writer, Is dead.
SKINNY MEN-"Wells Health Remover restores
health and vigor. cures dyspepsia. impotence. 81.
Reports of Minnesota and Dakota crops
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

The losses in Elgin and vicinity foot ur
$57, 1856. Rebuilding has already begun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

The unpleasant appearance of even the
most amiable and Intelligent face, when Gov
cred with surface irritations a from letter.
pimples, or eczema con be dissolved naturally
ny Dr.. Benson's Skin Cure, an excellent toilet
dressing. It cures dandruff of the scaln-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

Ne Qu1te eHcourSg1ug.
M.. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is most valuable medi cine for ladies
Of all ages who may be afflicted with any
form of disease peculiar to the sex. Her
remedies are not only put up in liquid forms
but in Pills and Lozenges in which formsithey
are securely sent through the mails.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

The Bayfield, branch of the Omaha will
be open to Ashland the 22d inst.
ROUGH ON RATs"-Clears out rats mice FLEA
reaches. Ded.bQgs ants Nermin. chipmunks. &c.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-08-02

The hay crop of Dakota county promises
TO be the largest ever known there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-15
MEMPHIS U SOUTH.
Kansas City to Memphis without Change
Of Cars.

The attention of the people Of the
west and northwest is called to the
Memphis extension of the Kansas City,
Fl. Scott & Gulf Railroad, now complet-
ed and in operation between Kansas City,
No. and Memphis, Tenn. The compile
ton of this short line to the south brings
that heretofore to the west practically In
accessible section into close relation with
the west and north west to the very great
advantage of all.
Through trains for Memphis with Pull
man Palace sleeping car and elegant day
coaches leave Kansas City daily, saving
frequent changes and many hours time to
Memphis, Jacksonville, Fla, New Or
leans, and all Southern cities. Tourist
tickets via this short route to Jackson
vile. Mobile, New Orleans, and all the
winter pleasure resorts of the South,
will be on sale at all coupon offices
throughout the west. A map of this new
route has just been prepared and will be
mailed free on application to j. E. Lock
wood, G.. P. T. A., Kansas City, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-15

The elegant residence of Mr.. Rufus
Hisey in South Mexico was the scene
of one of the most brilliantsocial parties
on last Thursday evening ever given
in this city. The party was in honor
of Miss Nellie May Wi!es, of Ripley,
Ohio, a bewitching brunette, who has
been the guest of the Misses Hisey
for the past few weeks. About fifty
couple were present, and every one
spent a most pleasant evening. At
IL O'Clock the guests were invited into
the spacious dining hall, where they
partook of a most sumptuous repast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hisey, assisted by their
charming daughters. Misses Belle and
Lille, and gallant son, Mr.. Robert,
spared no pains to make the evening
an enjoyable one, in which capacity
they succeeded most admirably. II
was indeed a most joyous occasion,
and will be ever remembered as such
by every one present.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-15

We learn tina, Ed. O.. A. Carr, of
Columbia has been unanimously
chosen State Evangelist for Missouri,
under the auspices o the Christian
church. His work will be the estab-
lishment of churches, setting in order
the things that are wanting and the
supervision of missionary work in
the State. Mr. Carr has had a large
experience IN e~vangelistic work in
Australia, Eengland and the United
States, 10 a classical scholar and the
oil gian, being a graduate of The
classical and biblical course in Ken
lucky University and we prophesy for
HIM eminent success in his honorable
experimentation Telegraph.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-15

The Press must consider the LED
GER a model newspaper, because
every time it catches a letter upside
down in it, something is said about it.
If Cross won't have to 60 to the
springs for his health if he continues
to draw SO extravagantly On his sup
ply Of wit and humor.
Mrs. Jno. j. Gill has returned from
q pleasant visit to her daughters at
Boonville and Brownsville, Mo.
Elder E. B. Cake speaks on tenn
perahce at the Christian church next
Friday evening.
Mrs. G. M. Lakeland is visiting her
mother at Montgomery City.
Miss Carrie Edwards and C.. F..
Moore are to be married tonight.
Fay Templeton Dec. |.
R. D. Alexander goes to Florida
to reside.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-15
TWO OF KIND.
Tired Of Lifs~torphine and Rough


Mrs Hart. wife of the shoemaker
Hart, is very fiek, She has neural
gia Of the st:.95Rh. We see it stated
IN the fog horn that lie tried to COM
NIT suicide by the morphine route.
She says she hau a headache and
took morphine to free her from pain,
hut took a little too much. She is
now out of danger from This cause
John ~Schloss,r, last Sunday c
ing, took about one-half box of rough
on rats. He was tired of this life.
The physician ain and he is still
alive. He will have>to take IA dose of
rough on fools. He is not satisfied
with this life and thinks maybe his
wife does1fot love him as much as
she might. A young nan of his age
who has no more sense than he has
shown, should be sent to the pen for
life for attempted murder. He is out
of danger now. Next time he will
try to cut his throat with a stick of
wood. We always feel sorry for a
mar who has acted like Schlosser has Z;
sorry that he did not have more sense
or did not take more rough on rats.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-11-15
SURPRISE SALE.
Lots Of Fun and Plenty Of Old Clothes
What Did Yon Get3

The sale of unclaimed Pacific Ex-
press packages came off IN this city
last Saturday, as had been advertised
in the LEDGER, according to law. All
express packages not called for after
a certain time are required by law to
be advertised for M month, giving
parties a chance to claim them, and
then they are sold to the highest bid
der to pay costs and carriage. The
sale here was managed by G. W.
Walters and A. Roth, two clever and
live men, who can do more work sys-
tematically in one day than some men
could In a month.
Mr.. j. A. Glandon of this city,
had nothing to do with the sale except
to assist in handling the stuff.
The Johnsons' and Stephens were
the auctioneers, and they are good
ones too. The sale lasted all day and
the boys had lots of fun. The goods
sold cheap as far as they could be
seen. A good rifle sold for Sc, one
elegant ice chest for 81, a fine lot of
medical books for a mere song. The
small packages which could not be
examined is what got the boys. They
would not bid much on q. horse If
they could see him. Most any sealed
package was run away up. Some of
the boys had regular surprise boxes
when they went around the corner to
open them. Packages of this kind
sold all the way from 20 cents to s..
SO no one was very badly left, no
matter what he found in his package.
One young man found he had about
one-half a ton of condensed infant
food. He will try to get married at
once. A farmer friend got a trunk
of wind, packed in with a collar and
a pair of socks and some real estate.
A gentleman just out of town got
5000 aImanacs for 1854. He will
send them to the fog horn for them
to get news out of. A friend from
Thompson got a pistol that shoots
both ways and a watch that runs up
hill. But we have not time to give
the boys all away. There was more
hustling around and hiding to open
boxes than we ever saw. They we're
all in a good humor, and if they did
not get much they were not surprised,
and if they did find a bonanza they
said nothing about it for a week to
come. Every person who meets an
other will say, "What did you get?'
Answer: what dld you get?"