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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
Preservation of the Forests.

The fourth annual meeting of tho Amer
can Forestry congress was held in Boston.
There was address Of welcome by Gov. Rob-
inson and addresses by Gov. Morton, Ben,
Perley Poore, and Hon. George Il. Lorne,
commissioner OF agriculture, who said:
At present the value OF the lumber wasted
Is greater than almost our annual product
from other sources. He believed we should
plant as much as possible from seed and
should select those that arc natives OF the
soil.
President Hesley drew attention to
the Importance OF the movement
for the restoration OF the forests
as touching agricultural, climatic, and
commercial interests. The Rev. Mr..
n. II. Egslest on, chief OF the forestry division
OF the department OF agriculture, Washing
ton, read IL paper giving some figures and
facts i'll regard to the forests OF the coun-
try and their consumption. He showed
that forests arc subject to an annual
drain of so, 75O,OS9 acres, which would
clear IL wooded surface equal in extent to
the area OF all the New England states, to-
gether with New Jersey and Maryland. 4
the paper. Ex-Gov Morton OF Nebraska the
father 81 arbor day did not think that the
question Of rain fall had yet been satisfac.
torily explained. In his state the rain fall
had greatly increased, and they found that
titled land contained one and la halftimes as
much moisture as the same weight OF prai-
RE land. In Kansas and Nebraska tho
state offered premiums for tho greatest
number Of trees planted on arbor day:
I'he consequence was over 10000
had been planted in single day
A cammittce Of three was appointed L.
urge before congress the passage OF the bill
introduced by Senat or Miller Of New York
with reference to the conservation OF for.
eSts. A resolution was adopted giving the
approval OF this congress to the movements
lately in;ugurated to the Grand Army
posts, by which Decoration day is trans
formed into arbor memorial, the planting
OF trees being substited for flowers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

john Russell Young, ex-minister to
China, who i.as just returned, says the
Chinese lady is always kept i'll seclu-
sion. lie never saw ONE III China and
nothing could be moro Offensive to a
Chinaman than to ask linn ABOUT us
wife and family. The family life they
hold completely secluded. As po'ysa-
my is accepted in China. OF course the
relation between man and wife is not
known to them, and when they call
upon the different legations the ladies
OF thelegation always withdraw them
selves and never meet the Chinese; not
that the Chinese would be rude % them
but they could not understand it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

Col Fred. d. Grant has mapped on,
a work that shall be supplemental to
his fathers book upon the inner his
tory of our armies during the REBEL
ion. The colonel is IN possession of
an immense amount OF material bear
ing upon matters that arclittie known
to the public; and yet that are 81
great public interest, and from these
purposes compiling Il book that viii
give the record of his father during the
time of reconstruction and the subse-
quent eight years of his presidency.
Many interesting points will be drawn
from Gen. Grants private correspond
.ence while he was president--points
thai will throw light upon the aiddeG
secrets If that time. Col. Grant viii
try to cor,t,,ense this matter into Z
volume of 500 p2ees, connecting the
private and official documents by a
necessary thread of e.pa&2ation, but
he will find impossible to present in SO
confined a space even the more inror'
tant papers that will be requ red to
clearly define the personal and politi'
cal situation Of his father during those
years. In compiling this work he
closely will follow the plan laid down
D." him by the general, with whom he
has discussed the subject frequently
and thoE ouphly, and there is. therefore
every reaso,., to believe that the result
will I've satisfactorily to himself and q
value to the public More interesting,
perhaps, than Gen Ora cts book, to
the great mass of readers,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
New York Democratic Convention.

The Democratic State Convention of New
York convened at Syracuse on the oath.
y: Fl. QCOnnor Qf Chcmung arose to nom:
mate Gov. Hill, and as soon as he men,
TONED his name, the convention burst
forth in wild yclls and cries OF lies
our next governor. Mr.. O'Connor spoke
briefly in naming his candidate for the
first place on the ticket. The nomination
was seconded by Daniel LOCKWOOD Of Bni-
falo, Senator Eccleson and Bourkc Coch-
rane Of New York, and others. The result
was announced as follows: Total votes
cast, $50; necessary for choice, 1911; Hill,
33S; Henri, BIB; Slocum, s; Flower, l.
Gov. Hills nomination was made unani-
nous. Coy. David 3. Hill was born
in Chemvng county, New York, in
lS43: At an early age he
manifested eren. interest," il, politics and
gave his allegiance to the Democratic party
In 1864 he was admitted to the bar in
Elmira, where he resides. lie was elected
in 1871. In his first term he succeeded in
in passing through the assembly bill for
the adjustment Of the contact system in
the state prisons. 1t was subsequently
killed in the senate When, in 1875,
Gov. Tilden appointed him member OF a
commission to- provide !. uniform charter
Tor the cities OF thc state, lie declined OH
account OF pressing professional work.
Elmir:l made him an alderman, and later
the mayor OF that city. Gov Hill
was elected lieutenant governor on
the ticket headed BY Mr.. Cleveland
tos o&erhor in 1882: Upon the res
ignation OF the govnorship by Mr.. Clevc-
land, Mr.. Hill, under the law, succeeded
to that Office. Gov. Hill has for many
years been proprietor OF the Elmira Ga
z,tte, Democratic daily. Heis a bachelor,
peculiar in his habits, Il good lawyer and IL
politician of experience and sagacity. His
chief rccrcations arc music and the drama:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

The Chicago journal, in discoursing
upon business prospects says that
thoughtful and considerable men are
stii. in doubt as to whether a real res,
toratfCn OF commercial and business
prosperity has come to stay. In Chi
cage and at the west generally, if not
at eastern business centers, periods OF
temporary activity sonnet ines appear
in the midst Of eras OF derress'o3 and
hard times. The Indications Ct these
*'spurts' are not greatly different from
those OF a genuine BOOM" and their
exact nature and prospective duration
can not be determined until settled by
thelAEse OF time Prudent merchants,
under such circumstances: spread sail
enough to catch the benefit Of the
breeze as long a. it blows, but not
enough to watt them into uncertain
seas, from which it would be difficult
to return il the favoring gales should
cease to blow.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
GEN: GRANTS LAST WORDS.
Col. Grant, at . Reunion Of his Father's
Old Regiment, Reads u Patriotic Dsele-
ration Made by the Dying General.

Ola Regiment, Reads u Patriotic HeGiR-
ration Made by the Dying General.
A reunion OF the veterans OF Gen. Grants
l,.I regiment, the Twenty first Illinois vol
untcers, WAS held at Neoga, III. Col. Fred
Grant was present, and was accorded Il
very hearty reception: In response to re-
ques is for IL speech, the colonel said:
have here Il document that would like
to read to you. 1t is the last line written
by Father pertaining to the war, and has
never before bee|; made public: As he en-
tered into the war with you for his first
companions, and us he always spoke 0f
is fitting that you should be first to bear
his parting words. This is what he
wrote upon the pages hold here: II teGl
that we are on the eve OF a new era,
when there is to be great harmony be-.
tween the Fcderals and the Confed-
e.&tee. | cannot stay to be a living wit
ness 70 tbs ecrrectness OF the prophecy, but
l feel within me that Il is to be so. The
universally kind feeling expressed for me- ut
time when it was supposed each day
would prove my last seems to me to be the
beginning OF the answer: Let us have peace
The expressions of these kindly feelings
were not restricted to a section OF the coun-
try n6f division of the people, They came
from Individual citiZens OF all nation;,lities,
from all denominations, Tho Protestant, the
Catholc and the Jew, and from the various
societies Of the land, scientific, educa ti6nal,
ter ITO the matter at ali: t am 1otesotis,
tical enough to suppose all }this" Significance
should be given this ma tier because l was
the object OF it. But the war between the
states was y very bloody and a very costly
one. One side or the other had to yield
principles they deemed dearer than lite be-
fore it could be brought to an end. COM
n,anded the whole OF the Mi hty host en-
gagged on the victorious side, it was no
matter whether desepyedly or not, repre-
sentative OF that sido OF tho controversy.
It is q significant and gratifying fact that
Confederates should have Joined heartily
in this spontaneous move. Ihope the good
feeling inaugurated may continue to the
end"
Ageneral amen went up from the audi
ence and then the meeting adjourned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
Foreign News.

The conservative papers in London &C.
c"se Gladstone Vi plotting the Roumeliq
revolt.
The illness OF King Alfonso has become
serious. The officials OF the palace endeavor
to conceal his actual condition.
Hon. P. A.. Collins, who keeps posted,
says: 'There is little room to doubt that
within three years Ireland will have a legir-
lative body on her own soil for the enact
ment OF laws relating to her own affairs
The petite bourse Of Paris is agitated
over reports that an insurrection is immi-
nent in Macedonia, in fayor ola union with
BplsaEiA, and that 44 adXanee by Anstria
.ian orNupatlon Of the Rosp4orus, is proba-
BILE.
cert given by Christine Nilsson at Stock
holm recently, that seventeen persons were
crushed to death. The accident occurred
ritter the concert and while Nine. Nilsson
was sins.Yy iALln the balcony OF the grand
hotel The crowd numbered 10000 at the
time Of the accident. '''' u
rEe reports from Palermo regarding thu
progress OF cholera show distressing state
jof affairs prevailing there. Thirty thousand
persons have fled from the city, all the
shops pre closed and the streets are almost
deserted: There is a great scarcity OF food
and water, and the epidemic is increasing
with frishtiul rapidity:
Primes Alexander has issued q proclama:
ton announcing THAT in aeeordance with
the wishes Of the entire popuiaee, he as
sumes sovereignty over the two provinces
OF North and South Bulgaria. Measures
VIII Re taken to preserve peace, and all who
oppose ttae Hew government WILDE severely
punished: The prinrc expresses the hope
thnt the people win defeh!dl 't4ta ::niion at
any eaet4Gee.
Severe fighting has OCCURRED between
Turks and Albanians al Ojak9fo: Both
sides lost heavily. There is al increasing
belief in diplomatic circles on the continent
that IL conference of the powers will be con-
yened for the purpose Of settling the Roumc-
han AffAir, TheAlbanians OF Djakoro, Ser
via, are rising - rebelli III. A dispatch from
Vienna says thy rqpt1r that Austria is
mobi3iz;ng her arms is untrue.
King Hqmbert's message Of sympathy to
the inhabitants ST Palermo, where the
greatest suffering exists, owing to the prey
alence OF cholera, was received with en-
thuslastic expressions of gratitude: FAe
epidemic in Palermo is stationary. Stormy
weather prevails throughout Italy. King
Hnmbert is anxious to visit Palermo, but
his m,a;Sters have strongly dissuaded him.
rs they insist thlre is no reason whatever
for his presence there,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
How Texas Became t|The Lone
STAR State.

The use Of sealing-wax with an i'm
preston of some device or initial
thereon having become fashionable for
scaling letters. it is interesting to note
in connect Jon with curious things which
have been used as seals when one made
for tho purpose was lacking, that the
clone STAR in the banner OF Texas
originated in that way. When she was
struggling (many years before we an
nexed herr for Independence, on one
occasion some of those earnestly in
terested in her behalf were preparing
a document to be sent to Gen. jackson
while he was President, and when it
was concluded ,one gentleman remark
ed, '"rhis needs seal, and we have
none."' To which another instantly
ANSWERED, "We;will use this for a seal"
And pouring melted wax on the paper,
he stamped it with one of the military
bottoms cut from his coat, which but
ton having single star upon it., that
became the emblem of the state
Harper's Razar. u SO -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
Criminal Calender.

August Kuesman of Chicago, committed
suicide by poison.
A. Il. Mayteld and his young son were as
Fascinated by an unknown at Watcome,
Wash.
H. F. Bocndel was arrested in Chicago
charged with having obtained So, 900 on
forged notes at Chiffon, Wis.,, several years
ago.
In Il fight in Letcher county, KY, between
tho Jones and Wright factions, Dolph
Draughn, deputy sheriff. Sam Cool and Will.
iam Francis were killed.
Newton F. Chance has been arrested at
Sherman, Texas, charged with the murder
OF E. Julius Foster, editor Of the Sherman
Patriot, ON October 10, 1866.
Sixteen colorcd soldiers from Fort Meade
avenge a fancied insult to a drunken COM
rade by firing Il volley into Hills saloon at
Sturgis, killing Richard Btll u cowboy from
Nebraska.
0. 4. Culbrcath, was lynched at Elgefield
Court House, s. G. He was charged with
killing William Hammond, II young man
who was guarding the house OF Mrs. Cul-
breath, from whom her husband was sep
arated.
Susan r. Buck, who claims to be sister
OF ex-Lord Mayor Shaw of London and OF
New York for grand larceny. She is we'll
educated and refined, and has acted as
governess in wealthy families.
Thomas Bardett, an Englishman, is
charged with having two wives in Montreal
for a long time, with the women knowingit,
and by both OF whom he has families. He
has absconded. lie supported the two
families up to the time OF his departure.
The late DR.. Adelaide Richardson, who
committed suicide at Mt: Holyoke Semi
nary, Mass, was IL fine physician and an
accomplished woman: Some years ago she
imagined she had commit tied . crime and
the trouble the notion gave her drove her
to insanity,
Arthur Merwin and Catharine Woldes Of
Newport, r, L., were married in January,
1882, aged respectively sixteen and four
teen. Now they are taking measures to
secure IL divorce in Chicago. Mrs: Merwiq
charges the youth with adultery and deser-
ton.
Two months ago Robert Houghton, then
manager OF the Toronto branch OF the Ca
madam Rubber company Of Montreal, was
discharged from that position. 1t has
since been discovered that he had cmbez-
zled $4,000 from the company. a war
rant has been issued for his arrest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
Dispatches from the CITY ~ Nox

Dispatches from the city of Mexico
state that there is a stron. feeling
there about favoring commercial and
financial alliance with England and
that 1T is believed London capt. alists
would like to- Secure control Of III:
central "a and National railroads; also
that the English government is not
a alc1;s e making q. strong friend Of
Mexico, the policy being build up tho
country and secure the growing trade,
now being diverted to the United
States. The Mexican Government inst
now is in such desperate financial
STRAITS :. mat one can as easily conceive
ITS readiness to listen to any PROPOSE
ton which promises to bring it relief
as to the willingness of John Rull tn
take a mortgage on the country bv
lifting its debts and getting control Of
IT'S railroads, much after the same
fashion as he obtained control of the
Suez Canal. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
SHlna Plaque In Wisconsin.

Beloit, Wis, Special: The malady which
is destroying he hogs in this vicinity is
said to be hog choler:. Of the most malig-
mont type, and its prevalence. is proving
most disastrous to the farmers who will
have scarcely any swine left in the affected
districts. The heaviest losers are reported
on the farms near the state line, a short
distance west OF Beloit, where nearly every
raiser has lost from 500 to $500 worth
Whole droves Of fifty to seventy five have
died. The tat hogs and youngest pigs ure
the first to 90 by the cholera, brood sows
and shoats being as a rule the last to catch
it. The most careful and intelligent stock
men suffer us badly as the shiftless and no
particular breed is exempt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

The Ontario Bureau of industries
publishes its report on the condition
and outlook OF the cereal crops in On
tario, Dominion OF Canada, under
date OF September 10, i'll which it il
noted that tho yield OF all wheat
throughout the province is 24.3 BUSH
els per acre, as against an estimate OF
1913 bushels by the August report; T
Il total product according to the for
mer OF p, $50, 543 bushels, us against
2O,474, 729 bushels by the latter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

The value OF dairy products exported
from the United States during the
four months ended August 81, 1885,
rs reported by the bureau OF statistics,
was $3.50, 5O4, against S7,733,6l9
during the corresponding period Ct
last year. During the ten months
which ended August 81, 1885, the
shipments OF beef and pork amounted
in value to 1913, ,45l, an increase
of $2,O24,641 compared with those OF
the corresponding period OF 1884.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
Ladies with Time to Spare Knit
ting Silk Stockings for Men.


From the New York Mail and Express.
Here is a startling piece of informa-
ton. The fashionable amusement
this season is to be knitting silk stock
ings-men's halfhose, girls. The days
of Macrame lace are in the past. The
crazy quilt has fulfilled it's mission and
gone-but knitting beautiful, useful
and gracious employment-is just the
toniest thing out. It has a practical
side which appeals to the grosser i'll
stincts of men- Hand-knitted stock
ings are the very acme of elegance
Neither the Prince of Wales nor vet
Barry Wall can have anything more
truly refined and dainty than hand
knit stockings. But they cost from
81 to So a pair. The raw material,
however, for pair only costs about
81, and If the charming fingers of a
lovely woman supply the 1925 worth
OF labor they are only that much more
valuable
A woman to be attractive must pos
sess the power of sitting down quietly
and listening. If she is always GALLON
ing over lawn-tennis ground or kick
ing up her heels over croquet wickets
she will be very interesting to boys,
but very tiresome to men, Then if
she sits down she must be employed.
If she is utterly idle she will fasten her
mandibles on the first man that comes
along from the desperation of idleness.
and finding it difficult to get away from,
woman who evidently has nothing
to do but to talk to him, the man be
comes a willing captive, and spends
his time devlsing methods to escape
Now, ii she has four shining knitting
needles in her hands, flying back ana
forth through silken meshes of
red or blue, or royal purple.
she is plainly not dependent up
on chance Corners for company,
and the chance comets will appreciates
this fact by remaining in the neighbor-
hood. Everybody is familiar with the
row OF rocking-chairs, with its burden
OF idle, clacklng, nOvel-reading femin-
NIFTY. Give these women some kind
OF useful and picturesque employment
and see how quickly they are trans
formed into misunderstanding human
beings. And the employment must be
obviously useful. Man cannot grasp
the time inwardness OF cutting out lit
tie pieces to Pot them together again
as patchwork. Crotchetu. is all
blamed nonsense to the masculine.
understanding, but they can take in
stocking knitting with scarcely Il nlen-
TIA! effort. 1t means sonnet hing tangi-
BILE to their blunte.i sensibiities, and
the prospect OF having pair or two
OF hand-knit hose gently thrust upon
him is not without its charm to the
average man.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

There is a loud call for an extradi-
ton treaty between the United States
and Great Britain that shall include
the large number OF defaulters that
are domiciled III Canada. The pres
ence of an asylum so near and so
convenient OF access gives a promise
OF impunity which cannot but be
powerful incentive to crime.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
Casualty Record,


The Troy (Ohio) Buggy works were
burned. Loss, $25 ZOO; insurance, $751;
900.
John c. Barr q compiler in the coast sur
vey Office, has been dismissed for giving out
confidentialinformation to newspaper men.
Myron r. Bush, a prominent citizen and
business man OF Buffalo, died ofcongestion
OF the brain. He was sixty.five years old.
The actual damage from the cyclone at
Washington G. H., Ohio, il 1912, 900 in the
city and 500, 1000 in the vicinity. Assist.
ance is needed.
A seriously fatal malady is affecting large
numbers OF horses in the upper Yellowstone
valley, particularly on the Cascadia side OF
the river. A large number OF ranch men
and stockgrowers are having their herds
decimated by the disease.
At Titusville, Pa, Barnums big tent,
holding 10000 spectators collapsed in a
violent wind and rain storm. Halt that
number OF people inside cut their way
through with knives or crept out under the
canvas. Twenty-Five persons were slightly
injured, but none killed or seriously hurt.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
Five Cclestials Lynched in Idaho.

Five Cinnamon, implicated in the murder
OF Daniel Frazer and robbery in Pierce City
were taken from Jail by citizens and hanged
one Of the pioneers OF Southern Idaho, was
well known and respected. His room in the
rear OF his store was entered on the night
OF the l lth inst, he was murdered and his
body horribly mutilated. Anattempt was
then made to blow open the sale, which
proved unsuccessful. Tracks on the out
side OF the building showed that Cinnamon
had done the decd. In the next five days
fifteen Chinese were arrested and finally
five OF them confessed to- the deed. These
were taken out and summarily disposed Of
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

The manufactures OF Connection.
are reported in booming condition.
Nearly all are running OH full time, and
not few on extra hours. Among
these mentioned as doing we'll are the
hosiery, carpet, silk, velvet, brass,
silver plate, knife, pins, clock. arms,
ammunition factories, etc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01
Concerning Collars.

fittshqrg pisnatch.-The paper
COLLAR is a thing Of the past, i few
eld-fashioned and impecunious young
men STILL cling to pasteboard neckwear,
but most people who wear collars now
use linen. The paper collar had it's
points, howeves. 1t was always ready
tor use, and a man wasn't 50 deDend.
emit on his washerwoman as he is now.
1t was so cheap that it could be thrown
away whenever it was slightly soiled.
Why, when papergoods were the style.
a man could buy a pair of paper COL
lars and cuffs and q "dickev's Of tho
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-01

move his lower jaw, is recovering hopefully
His tongue has been tied to card on his
breast for ten days to prevent it's iallingin-
to his throat and choking him. His re-
covery has been SO rapid that this precau-
ton has been abandoned s5as7&