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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-12-11
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
PROPOSED PEpopAfQ

The attorney general renews the recon-
mendation contained in his report of last
year, touching the fees of witnesses and
jurors He favors radical change in the fee
bill, the adoption of system by which at
torneys and marshals OF the United States
should be compensated solely by salaries;
and the erection by the government of q
penitentiary for the confinement of Offend
ers against its laws
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The Vermont legislature has refused
to create . railroad commission with
powers and duties similar to those OF
the admirably constituted Massachusetts
board, and has also rejected q bill tc
prevent discrimination against short
hou1a -
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HI: L Il Gregg Of wabasha, Who endorsed
ior senator lawrence, has made An .ssienn,e,t
to Q. D. Ford Of Naoeppe, - t'A'.ee''
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FINANCIAL.

THE SECKETAHY REPORT.
The condition of our finances and the
operations of the various branches of the
public service which are connected with the
cussed in the report of the secretary. 1t ap-
pears that the ordinary revenue for the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1884, were:
From customs .$195. Oo7.4s9 IS
From internal revenue. ........ 121,5S6O72 81
From all other sources. ........ 3l,SG6, 3O7 IS
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$3,312,W7 II
1,2G0,766 81
6.475.999 %
65,429,228 SO
ss,42e,eos So
17.292,eo1 Is
4s.os9,71o 90
3;4o7.o4s Ga
64,57S,37S 48
x6.7lO.o29 so

Total ordinary expenditures. 5000, GIG. 1873 50
pared with the preceding fiscal year there
was net decrease OF over $21 200, 900 in
the amount OF expenditures. The aggregate
receipts were less than those of the year
previous by about $74 900. 600. The falling
off of revenue from customs made up nearly
$2O, 600, 600 Of the deficiency, and about
$50, 600, 900 Of the remainder was due to
the diminished receipts from internal taxa
ton. The secretary estimates the total re-
ceipts for the fiscal year, which will end June
80, 1885, at $3.50 200 900. and the total
expenditures at 1920, 62O, POI, in which are
payable to the sinking fund. This would
leave surplus for the entire year of about
$39. 100000. The value of exports from
the United States to foreign countries during
the year ending June 80, 1884, was as
follows:
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SILVER DOLLARS

of coinage of silver dollars and, of the issu-
ance OF silver certificates, and this is mat
ter to which, in former communications,
have more than once invoked the attention
Of the national legislature. 1t appears that
annually for the past six years there have
been coined, in compliance with the act of
Feb. %, 1878, more than twenty-Seven mil
lion silver dollars, and the number outstand-
ing is reported by the secretary to be nearly
one hundred and eighty five million, whereof
but little more than forty million, or less
than % per cent, are in actual circulation.
The mere existence of this fact seems to
me to furnish of itself cogent argument
for the repeal of the statute which has made
and graver considerations that tend In the
same direction. The secretary avows his
conviction that unless this coinage and
the issuance of silver certificates be
suspended, silver is likely at no
distant day to become our sole metallic
and the impairment of the national credit
that wOulh be thus occasioned can scarcely
be overestimated hope that the secretary's
suggestions respecting the withdrawal from
circulation of the 81 and 81 notes will re-
siderable portion of the silver now incum-
bering the vaults in the treasury might thus
find its way into the currency. While trade
dollars have ceased, for the present ut least.
to be an element of active disturbance in our
currency system, some PROVISION SuOulu U0
made for their surrender to the government
In view of the circumstances under which
they were coined, and of the fact that they
have never had legal tender quality. there
should be offered for them only a slight adj
vance on their bullion value. The secretary,
in the course of his report, considers the
propriety of identifying the designs of our
subsidiary silver coins, and of so increasing
their weight that they may bear due ratios
of value Of the standard dollar. His conc u
sions In this regard are cordially approved
TAXATION.
In my annual message Of 1882 recon-
mended the abolition Of all excise taxes ex-
cept those relating to distilled spirits This
recommendation is now renewed. In case
these taxes shall be abolished the revenues
that will still remain to the government will,
in my opinion, not only suffice to meet it's
reasonable expenditures, but will afford q
surplus large enough to permit such tariff re-
duction as may seem to be advisable when
the results of the recent revenue laws and
commercial treaties shall have shown in
what quarters these reductions can be- most
judiciously effected. One of the gravest Of
the problems which appeal to the wisdom of
congress for solution is the ascertainment of
the most effective means of increasing our
foreign trade, and thus relieving the depres-
sion in which our industries are now Ian
gushing. The secretary Of the treas
nry advises that the duty of in
vestigating this subject Do entrusted
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For civil expenses. .................
For foreign intercourse. ...........
For pensions.
For the military establishments,
including river and harbor i'm
proyements and arsenals.
For the naval establishments, in
Guiding vessels, machinery and
Improvement at navy yards.
For miscellaneous expenditures, in
Guiding public buildings, light
houses and collecting the revenue
Fer expenditures on account of the
District Of Columbia. ......,.,...
For interest on the public debt. il. o..
For the sinking fund,
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Total ordinary revenues. .$:4S, s l 8, 1863 81
The public expenditures during the same
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Total exports Of merchandise and

specie. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 1907, GAG, 992
The cotton and cotton manufactures in
cluded IN this statement were valued at
$2O8 900, 415, the breadstuffs ut 1852, 544.-
us. the provisions at $ll4, 416, 547 and the
minerals ut $47. lO3, 24S. During the same
period the imports were as follows:
Merchandise 5000, 697, 500
Gold and silver. .............. 37426,262
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Bishop Pierce on the Bible.

Here is the treasure which never wakes
old. Here. is knowledge without decay,
truth which erdureth forever. From it
comes all pure morality, out of it pro-
ceeds all the sweet charities of life. In
it is the motive power that is now reform
ing, and by and-by will achieve the ref
ormationof our race; The old man lean.
ing upon his staff and tottering to the
tomb reads it and thanks God lie was
born to die The gray.haired matron
soothes her sorrow By its records of love,
and the light of her hope kindled by its
inspiration projects beyond the desola-
tionsof death. Children and youth pillow
their heads upon its truth in natures last
struggle and die with their fingers be-
tween its prornise,freighted leaves, In
the house of mourning its footstep is as
noiseless as an angels wing and its power
to cheer more potent than an angels
tongue. At the grave of the buried, it
chants the hyrnn of hope, breaches the
patience of faith to mourning friendship
and stricken love, exbales and crystalizes
the tears of sorrow, and gems the crown
of life with trans6gured mementoes of
earthly suffering. e.
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George T. Jackson a Defaulter.

AUGUSTA, Ga, October 29.--For sew
eral days past there have been rumors
afoas Of heavy defalcation on the part
of George T. Jackson, President of the
Enterprise Cotton Factory, and com.
miltee was appointed to investigate the
books of the company. Jackson con.
fesses to a defalcation, but cannot give
the amount. He claims all responsible.
ty for the deficit. Enough is already
known from the investigating committee,
however, to state that the defalcation is
over 100000 aud may reach 100000.
The money, it is stated, was lost in yari.
GUS operations. Notwithstanding the
defalcation, the company is reported TO
be solvent and the mill will continue to
run until the stockholders meet GU No.
yember 9Th. The matter creates general
surprise, as Jackson las been one of
Augustus most prominent and public
spirited citizens.
It will be several days before the full
amount of the defalcation is known.
The loss in running the Enterprise mill
and the defalcation will together amount
to s1SO,OOO. These losses will make the
mill stand the stockholders in round
numbers one million dollars. 1t is capi-
talized at S500,000 in stock and first
mortgage bonds to the amount Of $780,
900. The mill cost when finished over
sSOO,O00. The developments have
created sensation.
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Building His Own Pyre.

DOVER, N. H., November News of
q horrible occurrence that took place at
Brook6eld, in this State, reached llerc to-
day. Horace Deland, eighteen years of
age, the son of respectable farmer of
the place, committed suicide by crema-
tion.5 1t is said that he met young
woman of Brookield a. dance in the
village last winter. He fell in love with
her and paid her a great deal Of attention,
finally proposing marriage. Her name
was Ella Dinsmore. She thought more
of another than of him and rejected him.
For several weeks past he has been seen
lingering about her residence, but he
never succeeded in getting an interview.
He refused to associate with his former
companions ard fell into dependency.
Last Tuesday his, feelings reached the
climax of despair. He went out into q
clearing close by his fathers house,
chopped down q lot-of dead trees and
dragged them to the centre of the clear
ing, where he stacked them together,
fastening then, as firmly as if they were
rooted in the ground He stuffed lot
of dry grass and paper underneath ready
to ignite and thS.--ert back to his room,.
where he sat down and penred pathetic
note to his parents, telling them that he
felt that his life was already blighted
and that he had not the courage to face
it; thai he had to face death. He told
them where to find his body, and left the
note iu bis own room, knowing that when
he was missing the room would be
searched. Securing two or three chains
that his father had used for fastening the
fox hounds to their kennels, he returned
to the pile of brush and succeeded in
lashing himself tightly to the old trees.
Then he set fire to the brush. The
frightful agory which he endured is
shown by the fact that after being lashed
to the pile he tried to cut his throat with
an old razor. The note was, of course,
found by the parents, and yesterday
morning the body, which had been
burned beyond recognition, was found
also. He had been seen collecting the
brush by a farmer, but nothing was
thought of the circumstance at the time.
It was after that that an inmate of the
house saw him writing in his room. 1t
is believed that the unfortunate lad had
been demented for long time.
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Laughter as a Medicine.

A short time since, two individuals
were lying in one room very sick, one
of them with the brain fever, and the
other with an aggravated case of mumps.
They were so low that watchers were
needed every night, and it was thought
doubtful if the one sick of fever could
recover. A gentleman was engaged to
watch over night, his duty being to wake
the nurse whenever it became necessary
to administer medicine. In the course
of the night both watcher and nurse fell
asleep. The man with the mumps lay
watching the clock, and saw it was time
to give the fever patient his portion.
He was unable to speak aloud or to move
any portion of his body except his arms,
but seizing pillow. he managed to strike
the watcher in the face with it, who thus,
suddenly awakened sprang from his seat,
falling to the floor and awakened both
the nurse and the fever patient. The
incident struck the sick man as very
ludicrous aud they laughed heartily at
it for some fifteen or twenty minutes.
When the doctor came in the morning
ne lOunQ MS PatlenC vastly improved,
and said he never knew so sudden turn
for the better, and now both are up and
well. Who says laughter is not the best
of medicines? and this reminds the
writer of another case. A gentleman
was suffering from an liberation of the
throat which at length became so swollen
that his life was despaired of. His
household came to his bedside to bid
him farewell. Each individual shook
hands with the dying man and then went
away weeping. Last of all, came a pet
ape, and shaking the mans hand went
away also with its hands over its eyes.
1t was so ludicrous a sight that the
patient was forced to laugh and laug he'd
so heartily that the ulcer broke and his
life was saved.-Sanitarian.
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Electi0neering.

Madam, may 1 kiss these beautiful
children ?" inquired Uncle Oglesby, as
he leaned over the front gate.
Certainly, sir; there is no possible
objection"
Dick, after he had finished the eleventh.
"I have seldom seen more beautiful
babies. Are they all yours, marmS"
The lady blushed deeply.
"Of course they are-tbe sweet little
treasures. From whom else, marin,
could they have inherited these limpid
eyes, these rosy cheeks, these profuse
curls, these comely figures, and these
musical yoices7"
The lady continued blushing.
"By the way, marm," said Uncle Dick,
''may bother you to tell your estimable
husband, that Richard J. Oglesby, Re.
publican candidate for Governor, called
upon him this evening2"
"Alas, good sir" quoth the lady, Il
have no husband"
"But these children, madam you
surely are not widow?"
II feared you were mistaken, sir, when
you first came up. These are not my
children. This is an orphan asylum.
Chicaqo Ne,Us.
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What a Pity.
WILLIAMSON Ndiad.

My good neighbcr Barr has very
bright and promising daughter Miss
Sallie who, by her gentle conduct and
cheerful air, has won high place in my
esteem. Her father is a thrifty farmer,
with every needful comfort about him;
and, though not rich man, he is out of
debt, and usually has little money laid
up for rainy day.
Being good friend of his, and feeling
deep interest in his daughters welfare,
l took it upon myself the other day to 60
over to his house to induce him to send
Miss Sallie off to a good school. l found
him plowing in his field nearthe road;
and, it being nearly dinner time, he
unhitched his mule, and took me to the
house.
AS soon as could bring it around, I
told him and his wife what had come
for; and what do you reckon they said ?
| am sorry to tell it; but noticed that
up to this time Miss Sallie was not to be
seen. The fact is, she was down in the
back field, wnere she had been picking
cotton all day long, and where she had
been regular hand, they told me, all
the season.
They told me that they had intended
to give Miss ssallie good education, and
had expected to start her to q high school
this fall. But in the mean time he had
the offer of nice tract of land very cheap
and on easy terms; and they thought it
would be good thing to have it for the
children; and so, although lie had no
present use for it in the world, he bought
it. One of the notes was nearly DUE
and the whole family-father, mother
and children-had to stint themselves
and work hard to raise the money.
Now, if that was all of it, it would be
bad enough. But, no doubt, next year it
will be the same thing over to meet the
second note. And things will very
likely run on so till Miss Sallie will get
so old thatshe will be ashamed to 60 to
good school, and publish her ignorance.
At last some unworthy fellow will court
her for her land; and she will drag out
miserable life doing, drudgery for him.
What pity RUsTIcus.
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The Burial at Sea.

There is scarcely any ceremony more
impressive than burial at sea perhaps
because nowhere does man.feel littleness
more than when the mighty ocean sur.
rounds him. The graves of the dead on
shore in measure localize their inmates !;
and our associations are fortified by the
power of referring to the departed as
beings who slumber in green places and
are at all seasons visitable.
But q burial at sea is the launching of
the dead into in6nity. The sense of his
extinction is absolute. He is swallowed
up and annihilated by the universe of
water, which also seems to overwhelm
his very memory.
At twelve o'clock the body of Johnson,
sewn up in canvas, with a weight Of
lead attached to his feet, lay extended
upon one of the gratipgs of the main
hatchway, one end resting on the bull
warks of the ship, and the other upon
the shoulders of two sailors. The crew
stood round, holding their caps in their
hands, and near the body stood Mr.. Sher.
man, reading the Burial Service. The
mournful and; impressive spectacle was
greatly heightened by the tollingl of the
bell on the quarter deck, which mingled
its clear chimes with the words delivered
by Mr.. Sherman. The vessel was sailing
on an even keel, her white sails swelling
and soaring one above another, and
forming a lovely picture against the
bright blue sky. The water leapcd and
sparkled and frothed against her clean
sides, and those swallows of the deep,
the stormy petrels chased her flashing
wake, and gave by thei- presence fin.
ishing detail to the whole of the sun.
lighted scene.
How unutterable the mystery hedging
the motionless figure in the canvas
shroud-his name unknown, waif of
dead humanity snatched for brief mo-
ment from the imperious deep, whose
will it was to keep him! The seamen
sent shrinking glances at the bundle on
the grating. That be had suffered; the
famine had made a skeleton of him /;
that thirst had twisted his lean face into
an expression Of agony which death was
powerless to smooth out, vas all they
knew.
"We, therefore, commit this body to
the deep, TO be TUNED into corruption"
The captain motioned with his hand;
the grating was tilted, and its burden
went like a fash from the bulwarks; the
,steersman turned his face upon his shoul.
der, hearing the hollow plunge; but
those on the maindeck stood without
move among them, listening to the
final comforting, glorious words:
Looking for the resurrection of the
body (when the sea shall give up her
dead), and the life the world TO come,
through our Lord Jesus Christ, who at
his coming shall change our vile body,
that it may be like bis glorious body,
according to the mighty working where
by He is able to subdue all things to
Himself"
The reader closed tie book; the graf.
Ing was restored to its place; and the
men in twos and threes moved slowly
forward, talking in subdued tones; and
for the remainder of that day at least,
no sound of loose laughter or reckless
words was to be heard 10 the forecastle.
". CLARK Russell.
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A Tramp's Victory.

Yesterday tramp stopped lawyer
to get his dinner. The lawyer replied ::
"Why on earth don't you get out into
the country?"
s'What fur?"
"Get piece of laud and go to farm
ing" ,.,,
had the land, which I can't get, I'd
know no more about farming than you do
about sailing ship. You are smart
mau-ten times as smart as / am-but
can you tell me when to plant corn 2"
"Why-ahem-why, in the spring, of
course"
."But themonth."
"Well-ahem-I suppose it's along
after the snow goes off,"
"About rotation of crops?"
"I-I never heard of any,"
"And what about sub.soiliug
"Sub soiling? Why, it's something
connected with farming"
tAnd how much wheat do you SOW to
the acre ?"
The lawyer couldn't remember Whether
it was twenty or forty bushels, but lodged
the case by observing:
"The great trouble with the country is
that we have too many consumers"
"Then how is it that breadstuffs,
groceries and clothing are down, and so
many factories are shutting up? Haven't
we really produced too much?" queried
the tramp.
"But as I remarked" continued the
lawyer, as he shifted around, "this coun-
try can never hope to improve till We
have protection"
"Then how comes it that the lumber
business, already so heavily protected, is
fiat as a fish,"
"say, you shut up !" holly exclaimed
the lawyer, as he handed over quarter
and moved of. GAS l remarked in my
opening address, we are living beyond
our MEANS"
"Well, I dunno, replied the tramp as
he pocketed the money. II propose TO
make this 'ere pay for three meals and a
bed, and l don't see how you can fgger
any finer" ."-DetroH Free Press.
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An EDITORS Dream.

He fell asleep after time, and 10 ! he
dreamed again. And it seemed 10 him
in a vision, that having armed himself
with certain papers and books, he turned
his steps once more towards the place,
and knocked at the gate. "Hello! is
that you, again 2" said Peter. "What do
you wish 2"
"Let those persons again come forth" +"
replied the editor; and Peter this time
made them all come through the gate
and stand outside.
They came as before and uttered the
same cries as before.
"Why didn't you notice that big egg /
sent you?" yelled the first.
ut was rotten"
"Why didn't you write up my soda
fountain?" said the druggist.
"You had your tickets printed at the
other office" calmly replied the editor.
"Why did you write up about old
Tomlinson's hens, aud never speak of my
new gate?"
"Old Tominson paid for his advertise
ment and you didn't. Here's the bill p
said the editor.
"Why did you spell my name wrong
in the programmed" groaned the local
talent.
"Take a look at this manuscript OF
yours and see for yourself" said the editor,
with q grim smile.
The rest of the company yelled their
complaints in unison, and the editor
calmly sorted out series of bills for nn-
paid subscriptions, and presented each
with one; and it was so when they re.
ceived them that they tore their hair and
rushed violently down steep place into
the sea. and Peter, taking the editor
calmly by the hand, led him within the
gate,