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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24
An Elaborate Piano.

Toronto Mail. One of tho most
elaborate pianos ever made has just been
completed at New York for Mr.. George
Stephen, President of the Canadian
Pacific Railroad Company. 1t was de-
signed by the Canadian architect who
planned Mr.. Stephens house at Mon
treal. The piano is built of the satin
wood of South America, finished in
different styles, to produce contrasting
effects. The case proper is made of
nine pieces of satinwood veneering.
glued together, to form one continuous
body, which reaches from corner to cor
ner.
This is laid off in panels, which are
inlaid with rare and costly woods of
South America, and bright metal. One
panel contains Tyre, the frame of
which is of tulip wood, and the strings
of metal. The vine that leads away
from it on either side has stems of am
aranth, its leaves of cocobola, and its
leaf skeletons of glittering metal, while
the whole has a snake wood border. A
sprig of oak has its acorn cups of anna
ranth and its bulbs of metal, producing
the effect of nature. The legs of the
instrument are like arched doorways of
a palace. Each consists of two col
umns of satin wood exquisitely carved
and inlaid, which come together at the
top to form an arch. The value of tile
instrument is s., 600.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

The two Aztec children vic for sew.
eral years inspired visitors to The only
greatest show on earth" with sw@ and
venerstion are now inmates Of an Ohio
insane asylum. This melancholy fat
would afford one more illustration Of
the transitory nature of all earthly dis
tinctions were it not for the fact that
the Aztec orphans are and always have
been Caucasian idiots. When their
contract with the Snowman expired
they returned to the asylum whence
they had been taken. At least, this is
the statement Of General Taylor and
professor Gundry, of the Maryland In
sane Asylum at Spring Grove, who
have Just returned from IN inspection
Of similar institution in Ohio.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

Congress recently authorized the ap-
pointment of eleven skilled laborers in
the patent Office at salaries of $50 a
month, and applications for the places
been received from over 200 persons,
while for three places as watchmen in
the new State, War and Navy depart
ment Building, at less than 81 600 o
year, there has been over 700 applica
tions. These few places happen not to
be subject to the civil service reform
rules, and the contrast between such a
greedy struggle on the basis of "influ-
ence" and the common-sense system of
testing the applicants capacity by An
examination must impress even doubt
ers a. to the wisdom of the reform.
The craze for official positionsin Wash.
ington, even for those Of extreme by limit.
ed emoluments and not above ordinary
mental employments as regards honor.
able consideration, has been often de.
precated, but it continues with una
bated force, and no warn ings or re-
monstrances seem to have any ameliorat-
ing influence. Hundreds of bright,
active young men Of sufficient capacity
to wius their way anywhere, bitterly
rue the day when they beguiled from
other occupations by the glamor of
government service and Washington
life, which they have found to beanythine
but pleasant or profitable in the
long run, but . rut that holds them
against any effort to get into broad
eelds Of honorable ambitions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

f; A correspondent writes to the Toron-
to Globe that $50 great has been the So
cial distinction granted to members of
the legal fraternity, so many and so
splendid have heen the prizes reserved
for those learned in the law, that great
numbers utterly regardless in many cases
of their want of fitness have rushed into
the study of the law, needless of the
already overcrowded state of the pro-
fession." It is believed however, that
when it becomes generally understood
that multitudes of lawyers are continu-
ally on the verge of starvation (many
having to depend on the hard earnings
OF their parents or on the generosity of
rich fathers-in-law) those destitute of
the qualifications necessary to forensic
success will pause before entering the
legal profession without the mental
powers, the logical acumen, or the NOR
al stability and integrity which are in
dlspensable to permanent success at the
bar"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

-, The memorable and oppressive bur-
den of the military systems of Europe
is shown in q strong light by statistics
published in Germany. It is shown in
the figures that IA, 7O2 men were SEN
fenced during the past year for at
tempting to emigrate for the purpose
OF avoiding required military service.
Cases against 14,178 more offenders in
this particular line are still pending.
But worse still the number of other
men from whom reservice is due. and
who during the year past refused both
to report for duty and to furnish the
required excuses for the failure to en-
roll themselves, amounted to the extra
ordinary number Of 1O3,251. The i'm
perial government attributes the
trouble to the negligence of the officers
whose duty it is to attend to the enroll
ment of the inhabitants.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24
A General Insane Through Drink.

New York Letter :-''You have in
deed fallen low" was the remark of
Justice Scion B. Smith at the Tomb.
to an aged man, who showed every in
dication of a tramp.
'*For Gods sake forgive me, SOL"
pleaded the man. ''Liquor has been
my curse. For ten years have been its
slave; but from this day forth I will
be changed man. will quit drink
ing and make solemn VOW that not
another drop of that poison will pass
my lips again"
1T has now such strong hold upon
you that you couldn't stop it if you
tried ever SO hard" remarked the
Judge; land, besides, where could you
go? You have no home; your wife
won't recognize you any more, and
your friends pass by with horror and
disgust. Drinking has somewhat un-
balanced your mind, and I'll change
the complaint against you into insanity.
You will he better treated in an asylum
than in the workhouse. Officer, re-
move him."
"Please, Judge, will you let another
officer take him." said Court Officer
Finn, whose eyes were filled with tears.
"Why can't you? ?" said the justice.
HE was my general in the war, your
honor" said Finn, land he was so kind
to me that don't like to repay him in
this way, although know it is done for
his good. He treated the men who
fought under him as he would his
brothers. and others will see that he
is properly cared for at the asylum"
The man was none other than Brig
Gen. Thomas w. Eagan, one of the
heroes in the battle of Gettysburg under
Gen. Meade. He was a participant in
almost every battle at that time. At
the close of the war he was made an
internal revenue officer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

: The labor market on the Pacific coast
is at the lowest condition. Thousands
of young men are roaming along the
coast from Washington Territory to
Southern California, vainly searching
Tor employment in the various occupa-
tons to which they have been accus-
toned. They realize now, what they
should have known before, that it re-
quires some money to start paying
business anywhere, and especially in
that section, and that they were unwise
in going so far away from home with
out money or definite purpose for
which ample information is necessary
to success.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

A New York operator thinks he has
discovered the secret of the enormous
shrinkage of stocks. 1.-THE great secret
OF this never-ending shrinkage or val
ues, " says this gentleman, (which has
now probably gone beyond the point
where stocks begin to be . really good
investments, is want of confidence in
the official reports of railroad COM
panies and the sworn statements of
railroad officers. With New York Cen
trail selling at 96}, and paying eight per
cent. dividends, 1t is evident that the
public does not believe the reports is
sued by Vanderbilt as to the condition
of the road; if they did the stock would
go up to $50 tomorrow. It is probable
that this popular view has had q good
deal to do with the depreciation of GER
Saiu classes Of stocks.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

lev " vasosvsl nen tiS 1sAs u 1sl
0'0alAWin.
The story of the trouble between
John L. Sullivan and Patrick Coakley.
IN this city, last week, has not been &C
curately told. From all that can be
learned, Coakley was playing pool with
some friends in Mckay's saloon when
Sullivan and his friends entered. Coax
Icy asked Sullivan to join him in drink,
and Sullivan refused. When Coakley
had finished his game of billiards he
was about to retire, when Sullivan
asked him to "take drink" Coakley
remarked: mo, I don't care to do that,
but I'll play you one game of pool for q
bottle of wine." II go you" remarked
Sullivan. The balls were placed and
Sullivan won the bread, or first shot.
He failed topocket ball, and Coakley
followed with stroke which resulted in
two balls pocketed. Sullivan played
again without effect, and Coax
ley followed with run of sev-
eral balls, whereupon Sullivan's
chums displaced the balls that re-
NAMED on the table and broke the game
up. Coakley then put his cue in the
rack, and Sullivan followed him up,
telling him he was "a fraud" "a suck
er," etc. Coakley told John L. that lie
knew better than that. Sullivan an
swered that he had known Coakley
when he kept little "gin- mill" at the
south end, and when he didn't put on
so many airs as he did now, and didn't
have cent. Coakley told John L.
that the statement was untrue, and that
he had plenty of money before Sullivan
was born; moreover, he had befriended
Sullivan when he was in hard lines, in
fact when he didn't have shirt to his
back" Sullivan thereupon became ex-
ceedingly wroth, made an aggressive
movement towards Coakley, and con-
tinued his abuse. Coakley warned him
not to step a foot forward and drew
revolver. Mckay had seized Sullivan
meanwhile, and pushed him toward a
billiard.table. Thoroughly aroused by
what had taken place, Coakley called
Sullivan an Irish and fol-
lowed the epithet with the remark If any
one called me that I'd kill him." Sui
Ivan had now made another forward
movement, so that Mckay did not fully
shield him, and Immediately Coakley
raised his revolver and pulled the trig-
ger. As his arm went up tho barrel of
the revolver was grasped by a bystander,
and the hammer falling with force made
an ugly wound, but saved the mans
life, for, if the hammer had fallen with
out striking his hand. he would have
been killed instead of Sullivan, as the
muzzle of the "gun" was pointed in the
direction of his abdomen when the ham,
mer fell. Here the trouble ceased, but
those who know Coakley say that he
will always be on the alert for Sullivan,
and if the champion ever lifts hand or
makes an aggressive movement toward
him he will surely kill him if he gets
"the draw" Men in the gambling
fraternity say that Sullivan was not
justified in acting as he did with Coax
ley, but that the pugilist's mind had
been poisoned against the gambler by
stories of bunko men and petty game
sters whom Coakley would not allow
in his place of business. It is needless
to say that all parties had been drink
ing.-Boston Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24
THE LOVE OF MONEY.
The Georgia Philosopher 14oralizas on q
Common Human Weakuess.

The osorgis Philosopher 1foralizes on q
Common Human Weakuess.
knew hard working man, says Bill
Arp in the Atlanta Constitution, who
was SO anxious to get ahead that he
stinted his family and invested part of
his earnings in the Louisiana lottery for
five years ana never drew but $40. He
told me he had lost $500 that way, and
every time he saw the list published Of
the lucky men who drew the prizes it
fired him up and he tried it again.
Sometimes wish Uncle Jubal and Gen.
Beauregard would tote fair and publish
list of them fellows who didn't draw
anything. But reckon that would be
80 long and occupy so many columns
in the newspapers they couldn't afford
it.
It is just human know to want more
money than we have got, especially if
We are hard run and live on strain.
lwant more myself and if was to find
800 in the road I couldn't help hoping
that the owner would never miss it, and
never call for it. Just like boy who
finds pocket-knife and feels like it is
his, but that sort of money is not as SOL
i'd and satisfactory as money we work
for. I know an old preacher who had
$40, and his son had $40, and the young
man went down to Atlanta and took all
the money to buy some things, and he
came across wheel of fortune and saw a
fellow win $40 just as easy, and so he
was persuaded to try his luck, and,
sure enough, he won $40, and it hope
him up nightly, and he tried it again
and won some more, and he kept on
until he had won $50 and become a fool,
for right than his luck changed and he
lost it all and his $40, and his daddy's
$40 besides, and he had to borrow 81 so
to get home on, and like to have persisted
to death in the bargain. Well, he be-
longed to tho church, and they had him
up and tried him, and he made clean
breast and told how he was overtaken
and tempted, and how he went on and
on until he made $50 clean. "And
right there said the old man, is whar
Johns sin begun. If he had stopped
right there it would have been oil ri ght,
but like fool he went on and on to de-
structiop. ''Well, John wasn't such
dreadful sinner after all, for he wanted
the money to buy something to please
the old folks. But money don't come
that easy very often. I know a man
who has been kept on strain for five
years working out his losses ON cotton
futures. Sometimes luck runs along
with man for ten years and more, and
that makes him vain and he thinks his
judgment is infallible and suddenly he
oollapses like Seney and Emo and Keene.
No money is safe except that made by
honest men.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

Tried by the test Of increased real es-
tate valuations the growth of New York
city in the last three years has been
something remarkable. The assessed
value of this class of property in 1881
was $976, 735, 1919, and the increase in
nine years had been $140,O ,219. Ac-
cording to the assessment rolls recently
completed, real estate values this year
have advanced to 81 ,119, 761 ,597, an in
crease in only three years of $143. 026.-
400
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

There is now very interesting and
useful forestry exhibition at Edinburgh,
Scotland, embracing the most complete
variety which has ever been attainable
in this department of human riches.
IT is interesting to note that
in the British Isles, where
wood is scarcely a necessity for fuel,
that public attention is enlisted in be-
half of preserving forests and growing
trees that are useful and almost indis-
pensable for other purposes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

There is as much difference in eggs
as in beef, according to The Poultry
World. Those from thin hen, poorly
sustained with garbage, slops and little
grain, spread in thin, watery way ov-
or the dish, or look milky white in
stead of having lively, slightly yellow
tinge. On the other hand, plump,
healthy hen, with daily rations of nour-
ishing food, lays rich eggs which when
broken retain their form, yield with
more resistance and give the idea that
you are beating something thicker than
diluted milk.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

There IL reason TO believe that be-
fore long the days OF Broadway New
York as the most famous promenade in
the world, are numbered. Hitherto
any attempt to get q railroad track on
that street has been defeated, but the
Tribune asserts that now the requisite
assent Of enough property has been Oh
tain ed and = road propelled by cable is
likely to be in operation within . brief
period.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

For the third time within year the town of
Cedar. Springs, near Grand Rapids, Mich, was
swept by fire. johnson Il Links's mill, the
Wagar house, the Grand Rapids l. Indiana de-
pot, Cedar Springs house and the whole bust
ness part; two squares, both sides of Main St.
were entirely consumed. The losses are GEN
orally estimated at $50 600 to 42OO, OOO, chiefly
in small amounts; we'll insured
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

Paul Martin, of Milwaukee, has gone
to the penitentiary three months tor
stealing . kiss from Miss Ernestne
Curtis.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-07-24

fred out of the door in about two or three
minutes, and the flashes were toward me- We
got around on the other side of the shack
There was commando scatter out and shoot
IN the shack. There were several shots fired.
Then Fred fell down in front Of me with his
hands near me. After he said, my God, I'm
shot!' he never spoke nor moved"
Bells further description was of Elliott
pleading for life and Uline's saying, "Don't
kill this man." On oss-examination Col Ball
subjected him to a severe test, and confronted
him with his statement before the coroner.
which were different He varied some, and
admitted some were false.
The defendants excepted to the land
It'll title cont. controversy being ruled out on
closed, unsurveyed and subject to peaceable
occupation by any one choosing to do so, as
long as he did not interfere with the improve
ments Of others, and that the question of tres
pass did not arise in the case. The evidence
torneys, however, have adroitly argued these
questions in the hearing of the jury, and the
eject OF their speeches is apparent though
the evidence was excluded
The defense is all in the Ward case, and the
rebuttal on both sides closed the 10Th. Counsel
for the defense Is preparing requests for in
structions to the jury, which will be argued
Monday, 14th and will consume all the ilay.
The prosecution will give no instructions, but
vii! reply to the requests, and have asked an
carly COpy. 4Ao evidence IN the forenoon was
mainly given by the codefendants, Carpenter.
McQueeny and Cole Huge McFadden testified
to = conversation month before the murder
with Charles Ward at Bartlett, where Charles
said that if he had been there when Creels
party moved the Ward shanty of the Bell
claim ne would have shot the stuffing out of
them" and he was going to move the shanty,
back and hold the claim, if he died for II.
George Carpenter, sworn:
He was druggist twenty five years old. and
saw the beginning of the fray; was next to
window; looked through; could SEQ on the
floor double barreled shot gun moving about.
Johnny Bell first spoke; called to Wsri
G;neb BODY. insids" Ward s.,d, AN right
there was gun moving about and thew mie6t
get shot Fred etepped out an the door With
CHARLES Wards SHOOTING
Charles rushed up and fired i've sbote ha-
14re anything was done. Witness heard Pat
AoQueeny say boys I am shot Lair and
witness went to the east; did not see the frscas
between Fred and Bell; saw Fred after lie VAS
down; Lair and witness Wss oyer lOO feef 80
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-05-09
The First ice-Palace.

The first ice-palace was built by the
Empress Anna Ivanoyna, on the Neya.
in 1889
In the construction of this work the
simplest means were used. First, the
purcst AMI most transparent ice was
selected. This was cut into large
blocks, squared with rule and COMPASS,
and carved with all the regular archi-
tectural embellishments. No cement
was used Each block when ready
was raised to its destined place by
cranes and puleys, and Just before it
was let down upon the block which
was to support it, water was poured
between the two the upper block was
Immediately lowered. and as the water
froze almost instantly, in that intensely
cold climate, the two blocks became
literally one. In fact, the whole build
ING appeared to be, and really was,
single mass of ice. The effect it pro-
duced must have been infinitely more
beautiful than if it had been of the
most costly marble-its transparency
and blush tint giving it rather the ap-
DtNi ilINN vi " IhSNAONo SAputs
In dimensions, the structure was
fifty-siX feet long, eighteen feet wide,
twcnty-one feet high, and with walls
three feet in thickness. At each corner
OF the palace was pyramid of the
same height as the roof of course
built of ice, and around the whole was
low palisade of the same material
The actual length of the front view,
including the pyramids, was one hun
dred and fourteen feet,
The palace was built in the usual
STYLE of Russian architecture. The
tdcdGc was plain, being merely divided
into compartments by pilasters. There
was a window in each division, which
was painted in imitation of green
marble. The window-panes were
formed of slabs Of ice, as transparent
and smooth rs sheets of plate glass.
AT night, when the palace was lighted
the windows were curtained by canvas
screens, on which grotesQue figures
were painted. Owing to the transpar-
ency of the whole material, the gem
eral effect of the illumination must
have been fine, the whole palace SEEM
ingly being filled with delicate peary
light. The central division projected,
and appeared to be a door, but was, in
fact. large window, and was illumi-
mated like the others. Surmounting
the tiicdis OF the building was an or
namental balustrade, and at each end
OF the sioping roof was huge Chin
ney. The entrance was at the rear
At each side OF the door stood iec-
limitations of orange trees, in leaf and
flower. with ice-birds perched on the
branches. s.-St. Nicholas for april
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-05-09

TRAINS LEAVE CAIRO:
5::5O M. Mail,
Arriyugin ST. Louis 90 am. Chicago, s:SO p.m.
Connecting at Odiu and bingham for Ciuciu.
atiytoulsvllc, Indianapolis and points East
12:55 y, IN. Fast st. Louis and
Westc n Express
Arriving IN st Loui- G4J p, m, and conuectinI
for all points West.
3:4D p. IN. Fast Ex press.
FOR 81 Louis and Chicago, arriving at ST, Louis
lO:l5 y. IN. and Chicago 20 4. IN.
3 40 y. IN Cincinnati Express.
Arriving al Cincinnati 200 a. IN Louisville 6 %,
a. IN indianapolis ~ IN. Passengers by
this tram reach the Ab We points 1 = to 80
HOURS IN advance OF any other route.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-05-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
AGENTS WANTED!

Reader, your name printed on circulars show
cards, wood signs etc to establish you p,rmanent-
ly IN selling our SAFETY LAMP BURNER; it's
long needed; fits all lamps; gives large light; has
ing or explosions or turning down wick; puts it.
self out ii upset Gun MI II without removing burn
er or chimney; no wearing out screws or collars
It lasts ten years Sells at sight; exclusiv, terri
rtory given; sumplc, postpaid, 3ic. For illus
trated circulars, testimonials accents reuorts
terms, etc, address THE PHOENIX MFG. CO., AZ
Mechanic St., Newark, N. j. Please mention
this paper.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-05-09

"You've lost your umbrclla-cover,
madam, said II gentleman to the bride
Of the Living Skeleton" politely
handing heran article she had dropped.
"Thank you, she replied, pleasantly,
"but that ain't an umbrclla-cover. lis
my husbands ulster. " -BrOokiyn Eaqle.
The daily Cairo bulletin., 1884-05-09

Newly imported scarfs for gentlemen
are not as gaudy and brilliant as thev
were--a fact men Of refined taste will
appreciate. .-...