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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21
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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

There are sixty Catholic churches IN
Montreal.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21

The Nation receives about $3.50. 000,.
600 year from the New York CustoR
House.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1884-08-21
CHOICE VARIETIES
OF
SI,RA WBERRIES,
RASPBERRIES,
BLACKBERRIES,
REASONABLE PRICES
A. E. STEPHENSON,
ChARLEST0WM. O.

Offers to the people of Portage County the fol-
lowing unexcelled varieties, which have inva-
rlSolS received the higeest concentrations
wherever exhibited taking the First Premiams
IN every competitive test as to Hardness, Size,
FLAVOR. and Prolific Bearing.
WHITE ANN ARBOR GRAPE-Hardy, pro.
ilhc large and delicious. Ripens ten days or
two weeks before the Concord Never mIIdcws
nor rots. Second size, one year old. small. SO
cents each.
We, the undersigned, having been appointed
by the Agricultural and horticultural Society
OF " ashtenaw Co Michigan. to act as Judges
october. 1889. had under consideration 20 va i.
cites OF Grapes. and it was their decided opin-
ION that the White Ann Arbor" Seeding was
lar the most desira BILE of the lot.
For sise Hd0or and beauty, it took the lead of
all our standard varieties. and we believe it
Will yet become one OF the mos popular Grapes
In thls country. MARTIN LARK,
I'D. WILLIAMS,
Committee.
ANN ARBoR. Mich Dec %. 1882
RUSSIAN. ERRY-HARDY.-At taau-
tilui. quick growing tree for the lawn while
the fruit is valuable for table use Ry mail
IL To II inch size, Is cents each 81 80 per dozen
THE AGER PEACH This is. " ithout ex-
ception, tho best and ricnest Peach we are ac-
quaintcd with. for table use and canning pur-
poses Ii Is Ct good size, yellow kin, and fie. Ii
ms yellow as gold; thick meated, small pit, very
hardy. AMI one of the most abundant bearers OF
any sort known. 1t reproiuces itself every time
from the pit. One ear old trees by express Z
to ie>t. 25 ceuts each; $3.50 per dozen.
WATERLOO PEACH . to #. 25 cts. each
Ihe largest and best very early peach grown
Ripens about middle July.
"BIG BOB"-THE COMING STRAWBERRY
The biggest and most uniform in size the bes
Favored and mos, productive, ana the vines tn,
hardest. Price by mail 20 per dOx or s.
per 100. a. Il STEPHENSON.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
Caste in India.

A curious phase of the system Of caste
in India was brought to light in a recent
suit in the Bombay High Court. The
defendant was the eldest of three broth
ers, whose mother had been put out of
the Lohana caste for misconduct. The
plaintiff, who was manager of the whole
caste, made an agreement with the
family, under which the three sons
were to be readmitted into the caste
and married to girls Of the caste, on
their giving feast and making a pres
ent of caste vessels. The plaintiff, be-
fore he had performed the agreement,
lost his position as the representative
Of the caste, and his successor refused
to carry it out The plaintiff now
sought to recover 5000 rupees, which
he alleged was due to him under the
agreement. Mr.. Justice Scott held that
the plaintiffs successor alone could ex-
press the wishes of the caste. and he
thought the suit was not maintainable
on that ground, as we'll rs on the ground
that the the contract was immoral and
contrary to public policy, even in the
present state of matrimonial relations
in India. To marriage brokers', his
lordship remarked, legal status should
not be given, such as would enable
them to enforce their contracts by law
The tendency Of such a decision would
be to still further degrade the position
of women and to perpetuate the lnequal-
ity of their relations. In his opinion
the contract was void, and he gave q
decree fol- the defendant, with costs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
a Way to Make Paupers.

The New Orleans Times-Democrat,
after careful observation of the system
for several years, is satisfied that the
policy of issuing rations by wholesale
during times of overflow is mistake
There are instances of special ana urg-
ent necessity in remote and thinly-set-
tied districts were, perhaps, it is advis-
able, but as a general rule and especial
II in the case of the river banks and
t;.ic'Iy populated regions, the Govern
ment could not pursue more unwise
aud miscellaneous policy than that of dis
tributing provisions broadcast among
the laboring classes. The system has
tendency to demoraliZe them, to accus-
tom them to depend ence, and TO recon
Gle them to disasters from food The
Times says: They are being taught
that overi1ows mean Government sup
port, free food, idleness and irresponsi-
b;lity. The floods possess no terrors
for them-in fact they are getting to he.
welcome visitors in the eyes of the indo-
lent. They are looked forward to
without apprehension and met without
regret A few years continuance of
this policy will produce community
of spiritless and degrading medicants
They should he fed, but obliged to
work for their rations, and their labor
should pc expended in erecting levees to
prevent future overfows.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
Could Add to His Beauty.

An uptown pastor, who enlivens the
Friday evening talks with anecdotes, is
so fond Of g joke that he would rather
tell one at his own expense than not tell
one at all This is his latest: II was
writing by my study window, and lit
tie child was busying himself by throw
ing beans at the window Losing all
patience rushed out of the house, de-
termined to frighten the boy. 1t hap
pened that his mother was coming after
him at the same moment. and we met
by his side. / stormed at the child, and
then, as the mother seemed excessively
stupid, [ gave her a piece of my mind
Finally, as a grand and overwhelming
conclusion to my scoldmg, said: 4
little discipline now with your children
will save YOU much pain, if not disgrace,
in the future. Think of that, madam:
that is, if you ever do think Think:
is it . she replied: [ think if you'd &C
back to your bedroom and wipe the ink
off your nose you'd lie prettier, even if
you didn't make so much av sensation;
1t was not soft answer, but it had the
effect of turning away wrath. "-Har-
pers Bazaar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
HIS Wife Was q jambo.

Two Jersey City farmers, Hiram
Bauman and Christopher Kaufman,
were arraigned at the Tombs to answer
charge OF intoxication
please, sir, let us go this time,"
exclaimed the former, "we"-
"Hold Your horse, Hiram, interrupt
ed his friend, "and let me do the chin
Ming, for you might say too much and
spoil all. Judge, we are two hard
working farmers, and our old gals are
Watching anxiouslv for us; to come
home. Cheer up our hearts, sir, and
let us depart"
"lour wives know where you went.
why should they feel anxious over your
absence?" asked the Justice.
eff YOU knew my old woman YOU
wouldn't ask me such question" an
swered Christopher. ave told our wives
that we were going to dying lodge
members bedside, and sup pose when
we didn't turn up last night they went
there and:!earned that we lied. That
suggests to me another reason why you
should discharge us"
And what is that?
"lou amt married man, judge. or
you'd know. I amt afraid of nv old
woman, for she's little but goodness
help nv friend, Hiram. His wife is a
jumbo"
They were discharged.-New York
World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05

Assuming that the tariff will not be
disturbed by the present Congress.
either at this session or the short ono ~
next winter.-and that seems to be rea-
sonably certain-it follows that the
present duties on imports aud the exist.
ing internal taxes will remain as thew
are until the Both of June, 1885, as the
Congress which will come in next year
will hardly make any changes to take
effect sooner than that. If nothing un-
foreseen shall occur, therefore, to inter.
fers with the application of surplus rev.
enue to the reduction of the public
debt, the total amount of 3-per-cent
bonds now outstanding will all be paid
of in the next two years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05

Reports from eastern Ohio and western
Pennsylvania indicate severe damage to early
vegetables and fruits by the heavy frosts. In
some sections ice formed . quar-
ter of an inch thick. Great damage
was done to crops in Canada The reports
that have come in from all parts Of Michigan
show that the damage from the frost was
quite serious, althoug h it was still hoped the
first was exaggerated. In eastern central and
southern Michigan the frost was severe, cut
ping corn, and even seeming to injure wheat
somewhat on the low lands. In the REGION Of
the fruit belt but little damage was done.
Frost did great damage alf over New
England last night; In the strawberry district
thousands of dollars, is said to be quite ruined.
In Northern New Hampshire several inches Of
snow fell: Around Norwich ice quarter Of an
inch thick formed, and all the crops that can
be killed by cold, ruined. In Vermont tender
crops which are killed, though corn il not ad-
yanced sufficiently to be hurt much. Fruit is
badly injured The loss is heavy: There
was heavy snow-storm in the neighborhood
of Buffalo,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05

Beer manufacturers are more cele-
DRAFTED than statesmen. A St.. Louis
paper mourns because there are MANY
people in every civilized nation of the
two hemispheres who never heard Of
Thomas H. Benton, but with whom the
names of Anheuser, Best and Lemr
are familiar words. Inventors of ar.
tlcles IN common use are very much
better known than philosophers OF
writer's, while the name of the Slugger
Sullivan of Boston is familiar to thou.
sands, perhaps millions, who never heard
Of Daniel Webster. Poetic fame i.
neither extended nor of longalife. Pos
slbly Longfellow and Bryant may live
out thescentury, but their names are
absolutely unknown to half their coun-
erymen. Shakespeare and Burns NAV
be considered immortal beside
the thousands of small beer poets who
now fill the magazines with senile trash,
but how many millions there are who
never heard these names mentioned,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
A. Maiden Lady's Heirs.
From the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald, May, 16

From the Cleveland (Ohio) Herald, May, 1G
A conclusion has finally been reached
in the Lucas County, Common Pleas
Court in the case of a single lady who
died in South Toledo, some years since.
She was about three years of age
at the time of her death. She left a
small house and lot, and having 10
brothers or sisters living, the property
reverted to the next heirs. who were on
her fathers side. This was the manner
in which the heirship stood, after being
figured with Italian tincness: There
were II unclcs and aunts, 10 cousins,
and second cousins, which would make
the share of cousins children IT of Ill.
or ITO Of the whole amount. The
property at sheriff sale brought $3.50.
from which 1921. 40 cost had to be taken,
leaving S23S.30 to be divided among the
heirs. This leaves division to each of
the uncles and aunts or their descend
ants of $,2l.67; to each of the 10
cousins 50 II, and to the Z children of
the third cousin about 30 cents These
heirs are scattered through Chic, Penn
sylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wis
consin, Virginia, and California, and
one and one-half pages of legal cap was
required to record them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
Crimes and CrininalA.

Monroe Rindskopf, son of Milwaukee's old
Whisky king, is in San Jose quod for forgery
Sullivan and Mitchell have arranged fight
with soft gloves in Madison Square Garden, on
a date yet to be fixed.
Monroe Rindskopf, son of Rindskopf the
great illicit whisky king of Wisconsin, is in
Jail at San Jose, CAL, on a charge Of forgery
The young fellow represented himself as a
correspondent of the New York Herald and
Chicago Times, and succeeded in obtaining large
sums of money on forged checks He was once
very wealthy.
George DeToulgnes de Nera, said to be
scion of one of the most noble families of France
was found in his room in a hotel in New York
city, suffering acutely from poison. He had
stepped the heads of matches in water and swal-
lowed it, de Nera has been drinking of late and
Respondent He has ample means, and is con-
sidered out of danger.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Warrington News.

The claim Of Maj, McElreth, late receiver Of
he land Office At Niles City, for unpaid salary,
has been allowed by the commissioner Of the
general land Office
Controller Cannon is Of the opinion that the
passage Of the Mcpherson bill would bring all
aeeded relief to the stringency of the eastern
money market 1t would, he says, increase tho
circulation Of the country more than $3O, 600,
NW, and the national banks would be able to
increase their circulation without disturbance
or risk.
On Thursday, the Goth, in the house, various
cd Tho legislative bill was considered, and
amendments agreed Is reducing the number of
interne! revenue collection districts to forty
three; consolidating and reorganizing customs
collection districts 80 that their number shall
not exceed sixty-seven, reducing the number
of internal revenue agents to five, and prohib-
iting any government clerk or employe from
privately serving senators, representatives,
department heads Or campaign committees
The house adjourned to Saturday.
In the House Wednesday, the legislature,
executive and judicial appropriation bill was
considered. Mr. Belford then offered An
amendment providing that In conformity with
civil service reform principles, no committee
clerks shall perform any service Of clerical or
any other character for any member Of the
house, rendering him liable to removal for vio-
lation of this proviso and subjecting to CEN
sure, fine and imprisonment, at the discretion
OF the house, any member requesting or per-
uniting such service. This was adopted amid
q good deal Of merriment After completing
the consideration Of thirteen Of the ninety-six
pages of the bill, the committee rose.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
Petrifed Land.

On the farm of John Reese, nea,
Kimberton, East Pikeland Township
Chester county, Pa, is plot of ground
which, it is thought, will petrify things
buried in it. \ quantity of petritied
chips was recently picked up there
which still bear the marks of an ak. In
that spot the earth is of an entirely diff
ferent character from that found in any
other parts of the farm. The soil is OF
rather a gummy nature, and it differs in
color from the surrounding dirt. In
order to test whether the soil will pet
rify foreign substances, pieces of wood
and the carcass of small animal are to
be buried there and to be examined af-
ter lapse of four years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
French Dislikes of Gen. Grant,

Rochefort, editor Of tho Paris Intransgcant,
continues violent attacks upon Gen. Grant It
is reported that his reason is that Grant re-
fused to receive him when in Hmerica. Ro
chefort, in replying in his journal to the state
ment regarding Gen. Grant, says:
never solicited Gen. Grant for an audience.
would have received one, but guarded my.
self from accepting. would not forget how, az
president of the United States during tho war OF
1870, he lost no chance to show his hostility to
France Not only were our defeats saluted at
the White House by tcasts to German success
IS, but Washbnrne, American minister to
France, abused without shame his diplomatic
immunity, and mado himself an active agent
of Bismarck, and twice week passed
through his hands advices of tho state of
the siege addressed to King William Keratrv,
now project Of Police at Paris, arrest
ed several American agents who were
spies in the service of Prussia, and
whom he expelled from the country. In
1873, President Grant was entertained at
state dinner in Berlin, following a
review of German troops given in his honor
He proposed toast to the Emperor Bismarck
andthe German army which had beaten France,
saying: sand after what re have Just seen,
will always beat her" This style of tho recog-
milton Of the services Of France during the
struggle for American independence arose from
the need grant felt to manage tho German vote
in his campaign for third presidential term.
Rocheforts statements are attracting unusu-
al attention in Paris.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05

Rev. George Worthington, D. D.,
just elected Episcopal Bishop of Nebras.
ka, was born III Massachusetts in 1912.
was educated in New York, graduating
from Hobart College in 1860, and three
years later from the Theological Gen.
eral Assembly Of New York. His dea.
conate was passed in the ministry al
Toy, N. Y, where he remained yeal
and half. His first parish was at
Balston Spa, and there he remained
until 1868, when, at the age of. 26 years.
he was called to st. Johns parish in
Detroit, Michigan, where he has since
labored. His great work was Iona
since recognized by the cpiscopacy, and
he came very near being elected Bis
hop OF Michigan, some years ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
Macaulay's Opinion of HIMSELF

II have written, he wrote with great
candor, to Mocvey Napier, "severa1
things on historical, political and moral
questions, of which, on the fullest re-
consideration, [ am not ashamed, but
by which I should be willing to he esti-
mated. But J have never written a
page of criticism, on poetry or the fine
arts which I would not burn if had
the power. ] leave it to yourself to
make the comparison. l am sure that
on reflection YOU will agree with me-
HaZlitt used to say to himself: I am
nothing if not critical The case with
me is directly the reverse. have a
strong and acute enjoyment Of great
works of imagination; but Ihave never
habituated myself to dissect them"
Not less sound was his estimate of his
great history. A fortnight before
its publication he wrote in
his diary: The state of my own
mind is this: When compare my own
work with what imagine history ought
to be | feel detected and ashamed; but
when [ compare it with some histories
which have a high repute [ feel reas-
sured." At a subsequent stage of the
publication he writes: II dawdled
over 1ny b Ok most of the day, some
times in good, sometimes in bad spirits
about it. On the whole, think that it
must do. The only competition, so
far as I perceive. it has to dread is that
of the two former volumes. Certainly
30 other history Of Williams reign IS
either so trustworthy or so agreeable"
The following entry is interesting: II
looked through two volumes. He
is, see, an initator of me. But am
a very unsafe model. My manner is, I
think and the world thinks, on the
whole a good one; but it is very near to
a bad manner indeed, and those charac-
teristics Of my style which are most
easily copied are the most questionable"
Chambers journal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
Some Streaks Of 1Goonslins.

The Rev. DR.. Willis, of Louisville,
KY, has been lecturing on the illusions
of moonshine, in which he tells some
truths and gets off some anecdotes:
The true mission of wit and humor,
he says, is to be the spice of sensible
talk. An old preacher delivered num-
Der of sermons on Jonah, and even made
that a dry subject. Said parishioner:
IF the whale was as sick of Jonah Is
am, don't wonder it threw him up"
Moonshine, said DIR. Willis, IL used to
express illusiyeness. Illusions attacb
themselves to every passion, to
every faculty of the mind, to the
senses of the body, and to all
periods of our lives. An old gentle
man was with great difficulty persuaded
by his nephew to ride for the first time
on the steam cars. In the car the old
man and the young one were separated
Presently they came to tunnel, about
which the nephew had forgotten to tell
his uncle. When they emerged from
the darkness the old gentleman was
cropping his way through the aisle, with
his eyes tightly closed and crying out:
"John, John, am struck blind, struck
blindw Once when the doctor himself
had bird stuffing craze he looked into
window where he saw stuffed OWL
He said to himself: "The wings are
much to low, the pose is not ife-hke,
and the eyes are at least a third too
large" Just then the owl turned its
head and winked at the speaker is if to
assent to all that was said.
Another class of illusionists consists
of the dear old croakers who are always
complaining of the degeneracy of the
times. In that good o]d-fashioned time
they continually talk about how people
spent half an hour trying to light the
| fire on a cold winter morning, and often
did not succeed. In that good old time
the express train came into town and
announced its arrival by blowing a horn,
and it came on horseback. Then men
were blistcred and bled and cupped, and
when they had fever they could not even
! have drink of water, unless they got it
| by fitting up the bucket when the nurse
| was asleep. Now they can even have
ice. Oh, what glorious luxury to have
a mouthful of ice while in a fever. The
fever is not a luxury, but the ice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-06-05
Special Railroad Passenger Tartrf.

Commissioner Ristine of the Transconti-
mental association, has issued the new special
passenger tariff adopted last week, as]follows:
TO the clergy, from st. Paul to Portland,
$50; to the press, from Missouri river points
to San Francisto, or st. Paul to Portland, SO;
for charity, Missouri river points to San
Francisco, or st. Paul TO Portland, second
class, 500; emigrant, $50: to commercial
travlcrs between Missouri river posnts and
San Francisco, OR st. Paul and Portland, SIS
not more than two hundred pounds of baggage
will bo carried, and the tickets will be limited
to thirty days. To government officials between
Missouri river points and San Francisco, or
St Paul and Portland, $50; st. Louis and San
Francisco, SO. To railway employees mot ent;-
tied to passes), between Missouri river points
and San Francisco, or St. Paul and Portland.
sou, and half the usual baggage rates.
Theatrical rates remain unchanged. =.