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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28

Nothing in the history of the New
World is more wonderful than the
growth of our industries. In thirty-two
years "ths number of manufacturing es.
adjustments has more than doubled,
and the capital invested in them is now
over five times what it was in 1850" At
that date the wages of operatives lin
GLIDING men, women and children) av-
eraged $148 year, while the wages paid
now average $345 year. If industrial
development continues at the rate of
the last ten years, by the beginning Of
the twentieth century Americas manu-
featuring interests will have reached
colossal dimensions undreamed of by
political economists Of the past who
aided in establishing our industries on
the solid rock of protection,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
After Th,rCy-Seven Years.


In the police court this morning an
incident occurred which for years has
never had parallel in that place. An
old man over seventy years of age, pros
ecuted his wife for drunkenness. They
have been married over thirty seven
years, and until lately have lived most
happily together. For the past few
months, however, the woman has been
drinking, ard has almost destroyed the
cnce happy home. The old man was
placed on the stand, and with quivering
lips and tear. bedimmed eyes told the
wretcl,ed tale. 'She is a good woman
and I love her, but I want her TO stop
drinking. We have a little adopted girl
at the house. and She" pointing to his
wife, ''makes her lite terrible. can
stand blows myself, but l can't and
l won't see that motherless and father
less child beaten. Size is nv only ioy
and hope, and won't see her abused.
Judge, please talk to her, and urge her
to reform. will do anything to make
my wife's life happy, but can't stand it
when she is drunk" Judge Egeleston
called the old woman to his desk and
gave her most excellent advice. When
asked to sign the pledge she refused,
giving az her reason that her father and
ancestors had never done anything of
the kind; but after threatening her with
term in Jail she consented, and mo-
ment later both left the COURTROOM
Hartford Evening Post
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28

Everybody knows that old Connec-
ticut does vast amount of insurance
business. Leaving out fire insurance it
appears from recent report of the in
surance commissioner that the life acct
dent and fidelity companies have assets
of sos. 823,172, an increase of s., O33, 1918
over lest year. The liabilities: except
capital, amount to So, AZ, 1884. Their in
come last year was over $4,000. The
Connecticut companies received during
1882 from policy-holders $S,O27 1888, and
they paid to them SIC, sol no, being ST.
564 ,437, in excess of what they received
from their various investments was 81,
54S,1l3. The little nutmeg state is great
in some things especially in that Of in
surance in nearly every other state OF
the union,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28

Referring to the charges of adulteration
of lard some of the southern journals in
dignantly protest that cotton.seed oil
cannot be regarded as an adulterant, as
they assert it is decidedly superior to
the tallow-larl with which it is mixed.
They add that just now there is a strong
disposition at the south to substitute this
product. which is pure vegetable oil,
for the impure hogs fat of the west,
which the south is now compelled to
use. In fact, in portions of Alabama and
Georgia cotton.seed oil is now used al
most entirely for frying purposes, while
those who have tried it are loud in its
praise,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
An Important Life Insurance Deois.

An Important Life Insurance Decis.
ion.
The recent Minnesota Supreme court de-
cision in the case of Annie d. Manson
against the grand lodge of the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen, is of interest 10 so
cieties who incorporate system of insur.
ance upon the lives of their members or
the use of beneficiariea named by the in.
sured, said Insurance fund being main
tanned by assessments upon the surviving
members.
1t appears that Mr.. Manson was a men,
Der of the above order, and was behind in
dues, but that there was provision in its
bylaws that the payment of The same with
in three months of the time after their due
would restore a mem' er to full rights and
privileges in the insurance bent fits of the
order. Mr.. Manson within this prescribed
time, handed his dues to the person ap-
pointed by the lodge to receive the member
ship assessments and dues in the street, but
they were rendered back to him by the
lodge and re refused to take them. On his
death the above suit was brought, which
illuminated in judgment for the $1,000
dement's which as member ofthe order,
fulfilling the requirements of the BY. laws,
ne was adjudged by the court to be legally
entitled to. Decision of district court a.
firmed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
NATHAN FoRD's ENTERPRISE.
knabe bY TclenhQna.

Several hundred of the prominent citizens
ofSt. Paul had the unusual privilege of listen
ing to the musical treat afforded by Mr.. Tit
combs recital last Thursday evening through
the telephone. The piano warerooms of Ma
than Ford, at 81 East Third street, were con.
nected by telephone with sixty-fiv residences
In different parts Of the city. The eagerness
OF those who received invitations to this tele.
Rhonic treat to insure connection in time.
showed Interpretation of the labor aud en-
terprise ofthose having the matter in charge.
Their assurance that the magnificent tones of
the Knabe pianos retained their richness not
withstanding the many miles OF metallic cir
cult. add another to the many laurels won by
the Knabe this season.
Truly marvellous are the wonders of cleo.
tricity. and the privileges conferred by its use
multiply daily. 1tnow becomes possible not
only to order Knape pianos by telegraph but
to listen to their tones at distance OF miles
by telephone. Intending purchasers of 1.-THE
best pianos made can hereafter ''rinR for
connection with Mr.. Ford's music store and
select their pianos and order them sent to
their residences without stepping outside
their co0rs, for electricity in tones, like sun
light in photography, tells the truth.
Mr.. Fold il to be congratulated on this
latest enterprise of his, and thu gratitude of
the citizens of the northwest IL daily mani
testing itself by their actions.
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DAYS at rd-On-AvOn.

Days at StratfOrd- ON. Avon.
shakespeare present life is felt in the
very aspect Of Stratford-on-Avon. He
determines the price of real estate; he
supports the public institutions, and the
church lives by the credit of holding his
bones. Possibly it was because Shakes.
peare's bones proved such valuable
property that the anathema was written
on his grave against all who should dis.
turb them. La ely Shakespeare has built
q pleasant theatre in his dear old town,
and every year his wand waves and his
beautiful creations are summoned from
the elements. Several times have at
tended these memorial festivals, and
have found nothing in Europe more
charming; for ii is simple charm that
casts it's spell upon one who WALKS amids
these meadows, or floats upon the
placid stream or witnesses the plays
: E, 800 + . i :.
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COttOn'S Slaves.

The cotton planters of the South have
not been able to catch up with their
business, so rs to carry it on without
discounting the value of their crops
from year to year. The credit system.
as dependence, which, of neces sity,
prevailed generally throughout the South
after the var, has been abolished in al
most every industry except that of rails
ing cotton, A Yazoo Valley planter re-
Gently lamenting the dependence of the
business on the commission merchant
and the storekeeepers says that he sees
no prospect OF improvement unless it
be brought about 10y q crisis that will
curtail production. He says, truly no
doubt, that planters can not long 90 on
paying eight cents a pound Tor rails
ing cotton which they must sell at
nine and ten cents. In the cost of pro-
mission for money lent to the planter
to put in and gather his crops. Then
there is eight per cent. interest on the
money and another commiss on to the
same man or firm for selling the cotton.
The whole business has to be done with
the same middleman, who never per-
mits the planter to forget that he is q
benefactor. The gentleman whose
authority is here quoted says that the
planters are serving under system of
financial slavery as relentless rs that { I
human slavery In the South once was.
To the advice that the planters might
improve their condition by raising mix
ed crops, thereby providing eelf.support
for the help required in the cotton.
fields, this Yazoo planter replied that
on large sections of the best cotton.
growing land mixed crops cannot be
raised. The cotton crisis, which he re-
fers to as q blessing in disguise will,
some where in the future, ne intimates,
cure the planters in good grain-growing
regions, like Texas, oftheir cotton craze,
and will convert them into legitimate
farmers. Then the cotton lands will not
only have something like monopoly of
production, but will also be able to pur-
chase subsistence stores in cheaper
market than they are now able to reach.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28

As was expected immigration has fa;-
len off this year, the number of arrivals
at New York being about $4,000 less
than last year. There are more Scandi-
navians, Italians. irish and English COM
ing now than last year, fewer Germans,
and no Russian Jews. Italians are con-
sidered the least desirable and the
Swedes the best. The emigrants COM
prise more young people and they have
more money than formerly.
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Minnesota Postal News.

Special service stablished-Minnesota
Lower Sioux agency, Redwood county,
from Redwood Falls, nine miles from July
l; Root River, Mower county, from High
Forest, seven miles; Dayton, Hennepiu
county, from Anoka. eight miles. Wiscon.
sin-Dallas, Barron county, from MONEYS
Mills, five miles.
Special Service observation-disclosures
ia: Ansted. Otter Tail; Bainbridge, Cotton
wood county; Boone Lake, Renv,lle coun-
ty; Carson. hecker county; C,oquet, Carl
ton county; Fairwatsr, Winona county;
Foster, Big Stone county; Hanover, Wright
county; Lake Valley. Traverse county; Ida,
Otter Tail county; Manter, Hubbard coun.
ty; Moland, Rice county; Mound City, Hen
nepin county; Park Rapids, Hubbard ooun.
ty; Providence, Lac qui Parle county; Rol-
log, Clay county; Selma, Cottonwood
oouaty; seeley, Faribault county; Shooka.
tin, Lincoln county; Sioux Valley, Jackson
county; Tower, s.. Louis county; Waller,
Lac qui Parle county; Webster, Rice coun.
"; Wesley. Rice county.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
The Ghost of Tehachapl.


Railroad engineers are queer fellows,
and are as full of superstition as an egg
Of meat. Last week, while the big
ninety, ton engine was filling her tank at
the depot. a Journal reporter and
ENGINEER Drifting. who has taken seven
OF these monsters down to Tehachapi,
mad the following conversations:
Did you ever take train up the
Iehachapi grade at night meaa since
the horrible accident?" asked the re-
!" Yes, made trip over that part of
the road the last time ] was down."
replied the engineer, land, SO help me
God, l never want to see another sight
hke the one l witnessed that night"
:W lat did you zee, If might ask?''
=, .Welr don't like to talk about such
things, for I'm different to most of nv
brethren, and don't believe that spirits
visit this earth; but what l saw that
night aime st convinced me that they do
on some occasions. l had had a very
hard days work, anu the night was one.
OF the most fearful that ever saw m
the mountain, and I've been over the
road more than Il thousand times
Well. just as we were passing where the
cars jumped the track. nv fireman
the young man in the cab now-called
my attention to n man lying on the track
only short distance ahead. It WAS
only moMle.ts work to stop the engine
we didn't have tram. The 1.ow
catcher was within about three feet Of
the body when we stopped. 1 thought
II was some poor tramp who had fallen
down and frozen 10 death. l could see
the body just as plain as see you now.
but when l got down and went in front
OF the engine couldn't see the sign of a
man, nor where one had been. This
was stickrr, for there were several
inches OF snow on he ground. and had
any one been there could have seen
the print in the snow. l was 30 much
astOnished that could not sneak for a
few minutes. At last my COMPANION
asked it ho was dead told him there
. was no ono there, and he replied what's
the matter, with you? see him right ut
your feet This caused me- tn faIa - !.
second look, but not tina syn ola man
could find. got back into the cali.
and strange to say, conld see that:bodv
just - plain as day. l sent nv fireman
down aud watched him. He walked ali
over the body, and came back with the
whitest face / ever saw on. a human
being. Neither of US conld speak a
worl. 1t was terrible; 80 started IN
the grade, determined to get away from
the horrible thing. When we passed
over the spot where the body seemed to
be never beard such yells in nv life,
They came from both sides OF the road :"
They both stick to the story, and saw
others have seen Il. :. :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
THE JUNE RISE.

Further Details OF the Floods Near
Crops Destroyed.
Alton, ILL.,, Special. When the break oe.
CURED in the Madison levee on the ed, the
water came in slowly ct 6rst, but gathered
force and made break in the levee nea.
Mitchell $50 feet long, sweeping away the
earthwork like so much straw, a. 1t rushed
in great and high torrent into the bottom.
1t travelled fast, taking southeast course
down toward Long lake, an arm Of the
Mississippi. The body of water was at least
fifteen feet high st the start, and 10 ,ked
like cyclone ~ it moved on. The topo.
eraphy Of the country was completely
wiped out. Roads were washed, ont,
rail fences were taken nm
and aoated away, the tops of the smaller
houses were completely covered, and in
some cases the houses themselves were car
ried of. There was general rOut and
panic among the people, who were f1vipp
toward the bluff and higher ground. Many
head OF live stock were drowned. whic
could not be saved in the hurry and conf,l.
sion. The waves swept towards Mameokio
and Vengo; two small villages located at
TIC lower eOO OF tue OOtVOm. Inc most
fertile farms in the valley were covered out
Of sight. The area covered by the waters
embraces about 800 acres and the value
Of the crops upon it cannet be less than
500, 600 and may reach 81, O0O, 900.
Advices and dispatches from different
points on the Missouri river say nearly all
the bottom lands along the river are inun.
dated; and hundreds of thousands of dol.
lars worth of crops have been totally de.
stroyed, and thousands upon thousands of
acres OF splendid farms laid waste. The
same kind of reports come from places on
the Mississippi river
The amount of farm land On American
bottoms north of st. Louis, is said to be
from 10000 acres. and loss to crops is COM
puted at not less than 5000 This is the
moderate estimate. the other estimates put.
ting both area of land and loss to crops at
much higher figures. Previous estimates oil
damage il this region are said to be mich
too low. 1t is now stated that fully 10, GOO
acres of wheat alone are from two to
six feet under water and as much more
0fcern, potatoes and other crops submerged,
causing q loss of 100000 1t is also stated
that the st. Louis Il Cairo and the belt road,
part of " ich extends to East Carondelet,
have been damaged fully $50. 600. The
Ohio & Mississippi is above the food line
of 1874, which is several feet higher than
present rise, and therefore no apprehension
is felt for it.
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. - u $ + > "a 80
The above shows that the amount in the
5000, 90 gsllons.
In relation 10 the suit for 500, 900 against
ex-Tre asurer Haven, Of the Rutland VI,
railroad. it Is now found it is based upon q
shortage just discovered in his cash &C.
count. Haven also 0verissued 3. 600 or more
shares Ofstock.
At Hartford, Conn.,, the cushion carom
game between Vignaux and Schmfer, 500
points, for 800, was won by SchHfer after
several brilliant runs. Vfgnaux led the
first half of the game. Schmfer's highest
run was 20; Vignaux's 80.
Monday, Bunker Hill day. Roston mer-
chants closed their stores and some of the
papers forbore to publish. Salutes were
fired and bells rung ut sunrise and sunset.
A military parade, including the CONT
nentals OF New Orleans took place.
The flint glass manufacturers at Pittsburg
recently decided not to work Tor six weeks
after the last day ofthls month, and to stop
each wear for the same time. This will
avert the expected war.
Judge Day, Of tho Iowa supreme bench,
will be beaten In the state convention, be-
cause he sided with the anti-prohibition
judges in declaring void the constitutional
amendment.
The town Of Cleveland is excited over an
elopement. Miss Rosa Everett, daughter OF
the county treasurer, escaped from the Sec
ond story window and went off with Club
Davis.
G. A. Hasbrouck was appointed receiver
for l.. B. Day & Co., Milwaukee carpet
dealers, who owe $4,000, with assets be-
lieved sufficient to cover that amount.
The camp meetings Of Red Rock near St.
Paul. began on the 2lst. They will be con-
tinued until the 4th of July. The grounds
are reached by rail and steamers.
The Woodruff sisters, in New York, were
the leeches who, in ten years, secured $780,
GOO of John ellis money, aud sent him to
an insane asylum.
The Mahoning Furnace company of Ind
lana, Pa, have made an assignment. Liabil-
tiles, $40, 900; assets cls1me6 to be SIS, 900.
Ten thousand barrels of whisky were de-
stroyed by fire in John Gibbons & Sons
distillery ut Gibsonton. Pa.
The New Hampshire fish commissioners
have planted 1 zoo, 600 shad in Merri-
mac river.
The latest figures on the Minnesota log
drive give total drive of 391 500, 600
feet.
The California wheat crop is now figured
at Sc, OO0, 600 bushels.
The Illinois legislature adjourned sine
die on the 18th inst.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
Waggftig the Ears:

That humanity possesses within the
compass of its frame q considerable
number of examples of useless parts,
which, as G.. Fl. Lewes remarked, have a
reference "to former state of things"
is readily proved. If, for instance, we
make superficial examination of the
muscular surroundings of the human
ear, we may discover certain plain ex-
amples of the rudimentary organs, to
which the modern anatomist attaches &
high importance as clews and guides to
the past history o.! the race that exhibits
them. The power to move our ears, is,
of course, non existant in the vast ma
jority of mankind. Now and then we
meet with an individual who can fulfil
one Of Lord Dundreary's tests of super
iority in that he "can wag his left ear"
and can move his right ear also.
produce feeble but distinct
depends upon an unusual development
of muscles which. in ordinary individ.
nails, exist in rudimentary state. The
ability to move the ear is held to be q
telic of f. power once we'll developed in
the ancestry from, which the humane
race has sprung. Darwin tells lis that
he saw zone man who could draw the
whole ear forward; other men he con-
tinues. "can draw it upward" another
could draw it Backward" and adds
Mr.. Darwin, "from what one of these
persons told me, it is probable that most
of us, by often touching our ears, and
thus direct our attention toward them,
could recover some power of movement
by repeated trials" Three little muscles
named in anatomy the attolens, attra-
hens and retrahens a rem, respectively
Tor the "raiser," ''(orward-drawer' and
"back- drawer" of the ear), are found as
sociated with the outer ear in
man. Theyare so small as to be useless
Ior any purpose OF ear movement, as we
have seen; but that their former and
ancestral function was that of moving
the ears admits of no question. In lower
animals We find corresponding muscles
well developed; while we may also dis
cover additional muscles to be repre-
sented in the belongings Of the ears Of
many Quadrupeds. In the ear of the
and we can readily conceive that the
wonderful pliabiIity and range of move-
ment of the outer ear in this and other
animals would demand an increased
musculat supply over that found in
higher quadruped life, where ear move
ment becomes of less importance than
in lower existence. Thus We discover
that in such apes as the chimpanzee and
orang, whose ears closely resemble
those of man in form, the ear muscles
are we'll nigh as feebly developed as in
the human subject. and the cara OF
these animals do not appear to be cap
than a is s' exiibitei py 81 mam ovf%ens
mans Magazine.
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In reply to letter written by Col. John
Harrington regarding the location of the
passenger and freight stations at the city of
DEVILS Lake, President Hill. of the Mani
toba, writes: The company's buildings will
be situated on the reserve, as plated, be-
south side of Fourth street will intersect
the center line of the track. The material
for the buildings has been ordered forward
at once, and the bull dis g will DO COM
nlenced Immediately after the track il
lad, which We hope to have finished by the
LIST of July. As this point will be the end
of division. the structures will be such O.
are usually built at diyisional points.
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The papers are uttering the usual
warning against burning gunpowder on
the Fourth Of July, but the boys will do
it all the same.

One Of the striking indications that
the bloody chasm has at last been SUBJ
stantially bridged is found in the re-
ception speech Of Gen. Ben. F. Butler in
Boston to the continental guards of New
Orleans, which was vociferously ap-
plaudei by the guards ~ it deserved to
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-06-28
"A GhOu1lsh Sensation in Philadel.
Dhia

Philadelphia Special: The police re-.
Gently found in the cellar of the dwelling
2,243 North Fifth street, formerly occupied
by DR.: Isaac Hathaway, the alleged abor-
ZIONIST, the bodies of several children and a
large number of human bones. DR.. Hath
away was arrested in March 1881, with Rev.
Thomas B. Miller for committing criminal
malpractice upon Mary Butler. whose child
died after the operation. Both were admit.
ted to bail and Hathaway fled. He, how
ever returned to the city some time ago, but
has never been rear tested on the charge.
Three months ego his wife charged him with
brutality assaulting her and threatening her
life. She asked to have a warrant issued
tor his arrest. but subsequently withdrew
the charge She told the officials at the
time that her husband had performed sew
eral criminal operations upon her and she
knew he has nerforned hundreds of Others.
Up to O'Clock this afternoon tweuty-one
skulls or portions of skulls of infants had
been found buried in the cellar of the dwell
ling. DR.. Hathaway ia now in the county
prison, charged with assaultine a relative.
The coroner lodged detainer at prison
against him.