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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-02
A Lucky Man.

Great excitement has prevailed here over
IS, 600 having been drawn in the last draw
ing OF The Louisiana State Lottery, May
18th, and we sent our reporter to personal.
~ interview the lucky man. He found him
when the following cOnversat ion took place:
What is your name and occupation?
H. N. Chandler, bridge carpenter.
Do you live here? Yes. I board at the
Stacker House and room in one OF the cot
tages near the park,
How long have you been patronizing the
Louisiana Lottery?
Ever since my accident last December.
Was it you that we reported lying at the
Stacker House last New Years day with a
broken arm?
Yes, while in the company's employment
Tell from the top of an ice house, injuring
| myself very seriously.
lslt true you severed your connection with
the company the day you heard of your
good luck?
No, I continued at my usual employment
ing, and left.
Where did you purchase the ticket?
Direct from A. Dauphin, manager of the
| company at New Orleans. 1t was a one
fifth ticket OF $4,000.
When did you first learn that your ticket
had won q prize? ] saw it in the Kansas
City Times.
Had you any trouble in gettiug the
5000? None whatever. asked Adams
Express Co. to collect it, and it came all
| right without any delay:
Were there any drawbacks or deductions?
No. Nothing but the usual rates for col
lection made by the Express Co.-Ottawa
(kas.) Republican, June IL.
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Climate of ENGLAND.

The first view of England indicates a
warm and agreeable climate. Yet all
that part OF Europe is ALMOST directly
opposite coast of perpetual ice, and
the wonder is we find the country with
any climate other than perpetual win
ter. 1t is due to the warmth and
moisture which the gulf stream brings
that the climate is endurable. Charles
II. once said that man can be out OF
doors more days in the year in Eng
land than in any other country on the
globe. The frost rarely penetrates
more than an inch or two. Water is
drawn from pipes out Of doors all the
year round. This climate is conducive
to the beauty OF the country, the
beauty of serene cultivated fields,
lovely lanes, shaded by enormous trees,
hedgerowed fields, a turf as glossy and
thick as anything possible on earth
and q wealth of wild flowers that be:
gin in the earliest spring and last all
the year. And then the residences
the vine-embowed, rose-smotheredc cot:
tage, the houses of the Tudors and the
castles hoary with age; and the rivers
not such as cities are built on, with
mills and lumber and logs, hut like
the Avon. That is the beauty of the
English landscape.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-02
Where the Scorpion Gets His
pnisnn

When he strikes you with the end of
his tail, like a wasp, he exudes a ven
omous liquid, and a man might better
hold a red-hot iron in his hand than
to get a tenth part of q drop of this
liquid into his blood. It is not neces-
sarily fatal, particularly in the Bahia
mas; but it condenses the heat offorty
furnaces. In some parts of South
America scorpion bites are frequently
fatal, but have not heard of any one
having been killed by them in Nassau.
This is easily accounted for. The
scorpion likes to feed on decayed wood.
In South America, where dye-woods
and other poisonous woods abound,
the scorpion feeds upon them, and
thus work into themselves a good sup
ply of outside poison, which, taken to-
gether with his naturally poisonous
liquid, does it's work for whoever is
unfortunate enough to be stung. But,
in Nassau, such poisonous woods are
few, and the scorpions have to fatten
themselves respectfully on pine, cedar
and mahogany.-Fro Nassau Let
ter
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SententiOuS Preaching.

Here are some of the sententious
sayings of Rev. Samuel Jones, an un-
educated Georgian who is conducting
an extraordinary revival at Nashville,
Tenn: "What is culture worth if it's
nothin' hut whitewash on a rascal?
I'd rather be in Heaven learnin' my A
3 C's than in hell reading Greek. ="
"Some preachers are 50 elegant that
they speak of hell as the burnt dis
trict, but this sort of dignity is the
starch of a shroud." Heaven is on
dead level with every good man, and
every good man will be provided for in
some way" "Willhonest men starve?
God will feed an honest man if he has
to put the angels ON half rations. ="
"Be honest and pay your debts.
There's too many men in the church
boarding with their wives" "Pull up
your doubts by the roots and you'll
find a seed at the bottom, and that
seed is sim" "A lie is always on the
down grade, but the truth you haveto
hitch an engine to-"
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111uo 1osns.

a deeper flush upon the air.
From roses in full bloom:
Methinks the summer looks this way,
And viii be on ~ soon
che garden bushes like girl
At loves first whisper sweet;
and delicate tho rare perfumes
That all our senses greet
II these spring roses throw such charms
Upon our daily way,
What will it be when summer opes
The portals Of the day.
and, coming through the garden gates
Laden with perfume rare,
rhrOws beauty over al the ear.
And fragrance everywhere?
How beautiful tho roses seem.
Clasped in the arms Of spring!
fried dearly both for what they arc.
And what We know they'll bring.
\ brighter blush Of color rare.
An urn Of sweetest scent,
Blue skies, gold rays, and green arcades.
In one far picture blent.
E. B. CHEEsBoRouou
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Mrs.. G hilds's China.
'rom tho Philadelphis Times.

from tQo x0n10olp0l8 1uue0
It is doubtful If there is city in the
country where there is so much luxury
of the table as in Philadelphia, or where
so much attention is given to dinner
table decoration. OF late there has
been o rage for what may be termed
dinner-table brio brac. It is proba-
BILE that Mrs. George w. Childs has the
finest table decorations in Philadelphia.
She has great many very choice
things, such as large platteaux; carved
vases, candelabra and gold ornaments
for the centre Of the table that are IS
fine as can be procured in Europe.
She is said to have one of the finest
collections of dinner plates in the coun-
try-9evres, Worcester, Derby. Dres-
den, Minton and Copelands-and o
great variety, no two as rule are alike
and each gem. Many Of her plates
have cost several hundred dollars q
dozen, She gives orders to people of
experience to be on the lookout for verv
rare specimens. It is said that for q
dinner of twenty persons Mrs. Childs
can. without any difficulty, set table
the decorations of which alone will
represent expenditure Of $30, 900 or
80, 600.
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How the Old Wings Did.

uncle Rube Claiborne, of UpatOie,
was in town Saturday. He is jolly
old bachelor, and always has his body
full of fun when he comes to this town,
where he was brought up. In street
conversation Saturday the talk turned
upon the administration of Cleveland,
and something was said about the
delay in turning out republican Office
holders.
Uncle RUDE said:
"Well. they ought to do like we
wings did when we beat the demo-
Gratis. There was no waiting. When
the viii gs got in, it wasn't five days
before every democrat went OUT. And
as to the postoffices, why, wejust took
'em. No waiting for a commission,
we walked in and took possession"
Capt. James Mcneil smiled and
said: Eyes. You remember how
Uncle Billy Walker did Uncle Dick
Rolfe about the Talbotton postoffice IN
1910. Uncle Billy Walker was a great
whlg, and quite popular old gentle
man here. as we'll as good joker.
Uncle Dick Rolfe then held the post
Office as democrat. Uncle Billy had
an old negro servant, Neddy, by name,
whom everybody knew and who in
physique was said to have resembied
Henry Clay. The night after the
election of Harrison, in 1910, Uncle
Billy was sitting in front of his hotel
in TalbOtton, for he was the keeper of
the hotel, and he called Neddy and
said:
"Neddy, take that large hamper
basket of mine and 20 over Wonder
and tell your Mars Dicky Rolfe to send
me the pOstoffice-"
''Neddy presently appeared at tho
quietly in front with a party of friends,
fe cling sore over their defeat and dis
cussing the incidents and result of
the hot contest through which the
country had just passed, and he was
really in the midst of very fiery de-
nunciation of the whig party when
Neddy apperaed with large hamper
basket on his head. The democratic
postmaster suddenly stopped and
asked:
"What do you want, STRIP
''Mars Billy Walker sent me ober
here an say fer yer ter SEN i'm dat
ar posoffis in dis ERE baskit, and e
wants yer ter SEN it ter i'm rite away
"You black whig rascal, if you don't
get away from here Ill smash you to
the earth, said Uncle Dick full of
spirit.
"'Well, boss, Mars Billy son't mo
fer de pos offs in dis basket, and .
tole me not ter cum back dar dout it
neeaer. An boss Use gotter hab it,
shore. Now den, boss, doan do de ole
niger datter way. Doan fool longer
de ole darby datter way. Des git up
dar and 60 fetch it ter me, won't yer,
b0ss?'
Uncle Dick arose in silent wrath.
"'You old scoundrel, if you stay
here another instant will kill YOU
with this chair
"'Well, boss, Mars Billy sont-'
"'Git out! Git out!' shouted Uncle
Dick, at the same time starting
for Neddy with his chair. Ned drop.
ped his whig basket and left his hat
and skedaddled in double-quick time
back to Mars Billy and a 1argecrowd
of exultant and happy wings who had
been witnessing the fun at safe dis.
lance. 1albotto', (Ga. Mew Era.
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American Girls Abroad.
Berlin Letter in Hartford Ourrant.

Berlin Letter in Hartford Currant
A large contingent of the American
COLONIES in Berlin and Dresden is made
up of young women who come abroad to
study German and art, generally music.
Now and then there is an aimless one
among them, and of those who merely
want to have good time there are more
at Dresden I am told than here. But
most of them are hard students and de-
serve great respect. Yet have Won
dered anu still wonder whether young
girls, and girls not so young, ever take
into account, as they settle down in the
boarding-houses of these cities, what is
the estimate put upon them and their
mission here by the average Europeans.
lam persuaded that they do not. Peo-
pie here have no idea whatever of q
state of society which allows young
ladies to travel alone, live alone.
receive call when and where they
will, go anywhere and with whom they
choose. This to the average European
is simply the sign of being dissolute
person; and there are hundreds of our
contrywomen who are watched and
commented on, both by men and women,
who, coming with the American free
dom, go to and fro entirely unaware OF
the severity of the Judgment passed
upon them. And then the gayety of the
American manners, not to speak of what
passes as innocent Irritation with us, is
looked upon as an open flinging out Of
the banner of readiness for immoral
relations. Many girls do not care for
this even when they know it. They
fling it off with careless and contempt
nous shrug. The only way to escape
being taken for people of the demi-
monde is to be 80 entirely devoted to
study as to quite silence all suspicion, to
be really in love with work and to give
all time and thought to it. OF course
there are some of these in all the great
art centres, but there are enough of
the other kind to bring discredit not
only on themselves but also on the
American name.
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A Fit for q Drummer.

Tw 9 New York drqmmcrs travelled
through Texas last summer. When
they left the railroads they hired q
team and leisurely went from one
town to another. One of the drum
mefs discovered that his companion,
Immediately upon retiring at night,
would invariably grit his teeth to-
gether, not unlike the bad man from
Bitter Greek who was itching for a
fight Some affection of the muscles
of the jaw caused them to contract and
rub his molars together. Both men,
we're full Of pranks. and generally
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Needed in his Business,

A Brooklyn lady found the follow
ing bill attached to large box lett at
the house by an expressman:
:'Une cr0sscut saw, one adj, one
brace and bit, ten pounds of ten-pennY
nails, one rip saw, six chlsel5, two
gimlets, one cheese knife, one sledga
hammer, one tack hammer, one jack
plane, one surveyors measuring tape,
six pounds of dynamite, and . receipt
for the cure Of delirium tremepa,' u
She was sure that the expressman had
made a mistake until her husband
came home and the following CONVEX
satlon ensued:
''There are lots of things down liz the
basement and here is the bill. Are
they yoursp"
Eyes, that's all right"
"Well, that beats me. Are YOU
ggs Sing to make a carpenter out Of your:
"oh; PC. my DEAR but ! need then!
what businessP'''
':Im going to DO the cartoons 70,
the pictorial press. "-Brookly's Times.
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A Modern Miracle.

ibid yez be afther hearin' about
Grant, John?"
'Phwat Grant, Jim2''
:Gineral Grant.''
.:Gi9erai J., Grant tibet put down the
"rhe same. John.''
!. :oi thought he wur Dead Jim, wild
$50 it wur supphosed, John, but IN
stead Az the gineral havin' the cancer,
one av his docthors he'd it,
''Oi thought from the furrest, Jim,
they wur somethin' raymarkable about
the case, Jim. Oh cudn't understhan'
it at all, at all, Jim. It's q modern
miraycle, - shure as yo're aloive.
Jim. "-Weeklr HaUe5ick.
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'e0ttmonhAl Of 4
Boston Iody.

nls!1aUIRSa Humors, HumilfatinR Rruptions Itchina
~ Tortures Scrofn'a, Salt Rheuni and Infantie Hu-
mors cured by the CuT1cuRA REAED1Es.
CUT1cU1A REsOLvENT, the new blood purifier
c!eanses the blood and Precipitation of impurities and
poisonous clements and thus removes the cause.
CurIcURA the great Skin Cure instantly alays Itch
Ing, and Inflammation clear the Skin and Scap heals
Ulcers and Sores. and restores the hair.
CUTICURA SOAP, an exquisite Skin Beautifier and
toilet Requisite prepared from CuTIcURA, is indis-
Rensab!e In treating Skin Diseases Baby Humors Skin
Blemishes, Chap!ed and Oily Skin.
CUTlcURA REMEDIES are absolutely pure and the
only 'nfable Blood Purifiers and Skin Beautifers.
sod everywhere. Price. Cuticnra, 50 cents; Soap,
ICAL Co., Boston.
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The man who takes his family into tho
country Tor the summer should remember
that he will save his children a great deal
Of pain and himself a large amount of mon
ey in doctors bills, il he is thoughtful
enough to carry a supply Of PERRY DAVIS
PAIN KILLER. The medicine is standard
specific for all cases ofcramps, colo, cholera
morbus, diarrhea, or dysentery.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-07-02

Fort Ntobrara, Neb., which now accom-
modates four companies OF cavalry, will be
increased In size necessary for the accom-
mediation OF an entire regiment. Thirty
thousand dollars will be expended during
the coming summer upon this post. Foet
Robinson will receive it's share OF the up:
preparation for the repairs oil: military
posts, .''..- = -
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preparation Of beet containing it's ENTIRE NulRi
iloUs PRoPERTlEs It contains ood-n,aking
force generating and life sustaining properties in
prostration, and all forms OF general debility al
So in all enfeebled conditions, whether the re
suit OF exhaustion nervous prostration, over
from p p compaints GAswE ieso HAz
ARD 4 Co., Propretors, NeW YORK. Sold hl
Druggists,
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The Davenport woo'len mill burned at a
loss Of &45 900. =

My mother began gaining from first dose
she took Of DR.. Graves Heart Regulator.
She is rid OF those had feelings about her
heart now, tho relief is permanent, other
remediea only helped her few minutes
Miss Clara Bradt, Lawton, Mich. $1.OO
per bottle. Free pamphlet OF +. f. Ingalls,,
Cambridge, Mass.
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II feel bad!' Hunts kidney and Liverl
Remedy encourages sleep, creates an appe:
tite, braces up the system, and repairs the
wasted powers. $l.25 per bottle at drug
gists.
Pains in back, or loins cured by the best
kidney and liver mcdicine-Hunt' 3 Remedy.
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kept the landlord where tney stopped
in state of nervous excitement at I'VE
antics and practical jokes they played
upon each other. One day they
separated and the drummer who did
not grit his teeth at night went day
ahead of the other. The hotels he put
up at were always notified to have a
nice room ready for the drummer, who
would be there the next day. After 4
week oftraveling apart the head drum
mer thought it was monotonous. He
told the next landlord that he had q
friend coming on day behind. He
said that his friend was fine, clever
fellow. but required watching little
at night. II was best to have some
one sleep in the same room with him,
as he was subject to fits. which assum.
ed the nature of mania p0tu. These
tits were always preceded by his grit
ting his teeth together. The only way
to prevent harm was to seize him and
pour half-dozen buckets of water
over him. The landlord promised he
should be watched. The unsuspecting
drummer arrived and was warmly
welcomed by the proprietor of the
hotel. That evening two cowboys in
spurs and buckskin rode up. They
were put in the same room with the
drummer, ard informed of his ma
lady.
IF he should grit his teeth" said
the landlord, '.just rush over to his
bed, seize him. hold him there and
call for me. Twill come with water"
This is q night for fun" the cow
boys said. They kept on their spurs
and clothing, and lay down quietly on
top of their bed" They waited for
the drummer to come in and 20 to
sleep. His bed was some ten feet from
theirs. He came up finally and saw
the two cowboys sleeping side by side.
"What barbarians," he said, Ito
sleep with their clothes and boots on"
''Quietly pulling off his outer clothes
and putting on long silk gown, the
elegant drummer retired to rest. He
sighed once or twice aud muttered
something about failing to sell bill.
His teeth gritted together. The sharp
ears of the cowboys heard it. Both
sprang up and leaped like panthers to
the bed of the drummer. They seized
him and yelled. The drummer thought
he was being robbed aud fought and
yelled at the same time. His desper-
ate struggle resulted in his being held
down by the weight of the cowboys,
who kept astride of his body. The
landlord rushed in with bucket of
cold water and dashed it over the head
and shoulders of the PROSTATE man.
The servants came in with several
more buckets, which were poured over
the bowling drummer.
care you well?' asked the landlord
kindly.
''No" roared the drummer.
"Do you think, you will have anoth-
er it?''
''Fit?' screamed he, "who said had
iitsP''
"Why, your friend who has gone
ahead said when you gritted your
teeth you were going to have terri
BILE fit
The cowboys were drenched with
water, but they enjoyed it. The drum
lner got up and chartered the nearest
saloon. Before the moon was down
he saw the landlord and the cow boys
lying on the floor, and ordering his
vehicle he put out post hast to over
overtake and murder his friend.- New
York Mail and Erpress.
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HugO's Love for Children.

A hitherto unpublished anecdote of
Victor Hugo will at the present mo-
ment be of interest to many. During
the days of the poets exile in
Guernsey an English lady, who had
for some time been living with her
family at st. Savior, near the center
of the island, missed her youngest son,
an intelligent child of about 5 years
old. The boy, it afterward appeared.
had strayed from his nurse. and,
wandering aimlessly about, had grown
weary, and had quite contentedly gone
to sleep in the open air. Victor Hugo.
on one of his solitary ramples, found
the child just awaking, and recognize
ing him as the son of lady whom he
knew by sight, he hoisted him on to his
back, and, greatly delighted, cantered
with him across the country to his
own house. A storm came on. and it
was decided that the younsster could
not be sent back that night. A mes
sage, however, allayed the mothers
anxioties, and next morning the boy
was returned, together with profuse
apologies, many thanks, and huge
basket of flowers and fruit. Upon be-
ing asked how he had enjoyed his up-
premeditated visit, the child said,
"Very much, indeed! Mr.. Hugo
played at lions with me all the eve
ming. He was the lion-under the ia
BILE. And, do you know, once when
he came out of his den and growled, he
pulled off the table-cl0t and broke
ever so many glasses. 1t was such
fun!' 1T is not given to eVerV one to
have played at lions with the author
of .'Les Mlserahles." Another anec-
dote-also unpublished-is equally
eloquent of Hugo's love for children.
Some months later the little daughter
of the same English lady fell sick of
scarlet.fever. The poet heard of it,
and, after bringing several offerings
of grapes, he one day, although he
was still comparative stranger, beg
ged as great favor to ba allowed to
see the patient, who was by this time
beginning to mend. He laughed At the
idea of infection; and, upon being led
to the sick room, he sat down by the
bedside, and, gently taking one of the
child's hands in his, was soon in-
venting for her benefit q most en-
chanting fairy tale. He came again
on the next day, and on several snbse-
quent days, always with a new stony,
and always in the best of spirits.
When the child was well he came no
more; but each year since, on his
birthday, he has sent to hor-she now
has children of her own-somo little
token of his kindly recollection of her.
ST. .TnDaes's Gnzetke.
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As il by magic ones pains vanish II he be a
sufferer from rheumatism or neuralgia and
applies St. Jacobs Oil, the pain banisher.
For Coughs and Colds Red Star Cough
Cure is q sale, pleasant, sure remedy.
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Important.

Grand Union Hotel opp. Grand Cent Depot, N
Y. city, Go elegant rooms, 81 a day l. upward
Travellers arriving at this depot save g car
riage hire and baggage transfer. European plan
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0R8. Whittier.

~ East 7h Street 81 Paul. Mnu Regularly Graduated and
legally 4aaed onsss engaged Ia Chronic ervous Skin and
nood Hs.Ates than any physicians in America Medicines
mail express Diseases Indiscreon Excess q
Aapos9re Nervousness Debility Melancholy Loss Spirits
marriage improper privately
No Pauphle, symptom tss friend
cloth aud gs binding Sealei for 80
marriage disease decline Sse Pspsr eova. IS e.
~ mall sealed STATE got time and coat of cure
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A MEMBER OF the Pioneer Press staff, troubled for
"A eleven years with CD tnatc letter his hands, has
completely cured it in less than month"; by the use OF
Coles Carbolisalve. "-Pioneer Press, st. Paul.
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The Daily News says that parliament will
dissolve as soon as the seats bill goes into
operation, and that an election will be held
in the middle of November The queen has
conferred the knighthood of the garter upon
the marquis OF Northampton and the earl
OF Seton, baron upon Viscount Powers
count, Lord Henly, Sir Robert Collier and
Sir Arthur Hobhouse and baronetcies upon
Millais, r. A. p; George F. Watts, R. A. p;
Charles Terrent, NJ. p, and Thomas Thorn
hill, N. P. Shaw Lefeyre, ex-postmaster
general, has been granted yearly pension
of FL 200.