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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20

The New York papers give interest
ING figures concerning, the late ire
mcndous rains. With al acreage, in
round numbers, OF 25, 900 in tho City
OF New York, Il rainfall OF no less than
$4,000, 900, 900 gallons was expert
need. This rainfall aggregated 4.3s
inches i'll the lower part OF the city,
and little over 1926 INCHES above
Fourteenth street. This would give
an average OF 375 inches for the whole
city. AS there are 6,272,64O square
inches to an acre, rainfall OF 3.75
inches would make IL total, at the rate
OF 231 cubic inches OF water to the
gallon, OF about 1,00G, 900 gallons per
.rrn
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
The Cyclone In New York.

The storm at Norwood, N. Y, ragged over a
erritory fifteen miles in length md half
20 three-quarters OF mile in width. The
Wind was accompanied by terrible hail
'torm. The damage to crops and fruit is
not. to be estimated. The principal
osers in Norwood are the Norwood Lum-
Der company, tho Osdcnsburg 4 Lake
;hamplain Railroad company, whose
bridge and station were destroyed, and tho
Pearson broom handle and hoop factory.
over one hundred residences, and innumcr-
able barns and sheds were destroyed and
damaged. Several sugar bushes were totally
destroyed. The damage in Norwood and
vicinity is estimated at about $15O,OOO.
The loss OF life so far reported includes:
Michael Martin, n farm hand.
Mrs. David FitZgibbons.
The injured are:
Mrs. o. Or1nsby, aged eighteen, probably
atally.
Mrs. George Cramer.
Mrs. Oliver Lunderman.
S. E. Leslie.
Carl and Rufus King.
Charles Miner.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
From Washington,

Washington is already agitating the ques.
tion o! the removal OF Gen. Grants re-
mains there
Viee-Prcsident Hendricks says that he has
declined TO recommend 2 single applicant
for position under Postmaster Zones OF
Indianapolis.
The acting controller of currency has att
thorfzed the First National Bank of Aiding.
don, ILL.,, to commence business with CAPT
tai OF 5000
Commissioner Colman admits that he OK
poets to have Il hard time convincing con-
grcss,nen that it will be q good thing to stop
the seed distribution to their farmer con-
stituents.
There are about 200 small consular Of.
fees, paying small salaries, to be filled by
the administration. At 81 900 a year some
trouble is found getting good men Tor the
positions.
A correspondent OF Il local paper suggests
that the Washington monument TO Gen.
Grant take the form Of magnificent bridge
across the Potomac, to cost million or
two OF dollars.
The postmaster general has appointed
William Duff Hninie OF BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,,
chief clerk to Assistant Postmaster General
Stevenson, in place of jamcs II. MARI,
transferred to another position. Mr., Ha;n;e
is o lawyer and intimate friend OF Nj.
Stevenson;
The attorney general has decided that
pension agents are not entitled to fee for
paying pension attorneys their dues, the
law passed fixing the compensation OF pep.
sion agents repeats the law previously in
FORCE which allowed them a fee OF 80 cents
IN each case.
Thres officers OF the signal service-First
Lieut.. A. W. Greely, Fifth cavalry; First
Lieut.. Robert Craig, Fourth artillery, and
First Lieut.. H. H. G.. Dunwoody-are in
Guided in the provisions of the recent order
directing the officers who had been on de-
tached duty tos four years back to their
regiments. An exception, however, will
probably be made in tho case OF Lieut..
Greedy in order to allow him to complete
his report On the Arctic expedition.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
PareOnal News Nofas.

Ex-Congressman Robert Mallory died at
his farm near La Grange, KY, OF kidney
trouble.
George Alfred Townsend has an income OF
$50, 900 year, and cntertains handsomely
at his home on West Thirty-fourth street,
New York.
Cadet Davidson, who should have grad
uatcd at West Point in June, hut who was
tried by court martial, found guilty and
sentenced to punishment for insubordina-
ton, will have served out the sentence on
the 2Sth.
Charles Wright OF Wcthersfield, Conn.,,
seventy.four years old, was found dead in
his barn. Wright was one OF the leading
botanists OF the country. lie was employ
cd by the government in an expedition to
Texas and Arizona, and had also explored
Cuba for the Spanish government.
Lieut. Frank e. BrownclI OF Cleveland
Ohio, is ut Saratoga. He was the member
OF the Fire Zouaves who shot Jackson, the
proprietor Of the Marshall house, Alex.,n-
dria, who murdered Col. Ellsworth on May
"a, 1861, when the latter tore the rebel flag
from the hotel. Lieut.. Browncll wears the
insignia worn by COL Ellsworth and dis.
colored with his blood.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
\ Bit Of Limo Kiln Club Fhiloso
ply.

Gam Stepof Johnsing In de hall dis
cavenin'?" asked the President, as he
rose up and winked at Samuel Shin to
stir up the fire and roast Elder Toots
out from behind the stove.
Eyes, sah!' replied high pitched
voice from one of the back corners.
"You will please step to de front"
Brother Johnsiug has always brag-
ged about the length of his heels, and
he now appeared to think that the hour
had come when he was to receive q
prize chrome. His face wore broad
grin, and just at that moment he would
have lent Brother Backslide Davis fifty
cents without the least security.
"Stepof1 Johnsing," said Brother
Gardner in his deep toned voice, II war
in feed-stoh de odder night to see
about gittin' two-bits wuth of meal fur
my hens, when you walked in an wanted
to git trusted fur bale of hay fur yous
mule"
"An' he trusted me, sah."
Exactly, an it plcnsed me to see it.
In few minits de ol6 man Cummins
limped in. De two OF you talked
about de gineral wicket1ness of mankind
fur o few minits, an den dispute arose
40 to de aige of de world"
Eyes, sab. De old man CUMMING
dean know muffin, sah.s
You called him liar"
aBut he called me fool.s
sYou called him q E;p0tS
AN ho called me humbug."
"'Zactly-'zactly-I heerd II ell.
Brudder Johnsing, an now want to Ak
You what you know about de aige OF de
world?"
I-1-knows as much as de old mar
Cummins."
SLOW old am de airth?"
II dunno, sah."
ooh, you don't! You an Cummins
call names an almost fight ober what
neither of You kin cum widin a millyun
miles Of KNOWN! OATS mankind. 'zact.
~. We kin be bluffed Oh what we do
know, but We won't back water for any
libin' man on what We doan' know.
When we git theory ve fight fur it
sooner dan fuu solemn Jacks. If We
can't convince dc. odder party by blab
we nm ready to do it by sluggin'.
Brudder Johnsing, it will be we'll for
you to disreckoleot a few Jacks. A gill
OF argument am worth bushel O. abuse.
1t takes man of strong common sense
to admit his fault an errors. You may
believe wild all yer might an still b9 in
de wrong. Find man who prides
himself on stickin' to his opinyuns, an
you has found dangerous member of
de community. You may now sot
down, an We will attack de reglar pro.
gramma Detroit Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
"l J11uAus

INV b 1saa do Cured Of sssans the Mon
From the Detroit Post
did you ever, have the tremens ?
was tho laconic inquiry made recently
by ohe Detroitet Of another.
"The what1"
1.-The tremens, snakes, shakes, tri.
angles, jimjams, side jumps or what
ever you choose to call them"
"Oh, l see, you mean the jerks. No,
l never had them and never will.
went through on experience once that
convinced me had no use for any
nervous disturbance of that character.
l was roominR with q capital young
fellow at hotel. He was q Southern.
or; came from Texas and had all that
generous, impulsive nature that is A.
trlbuted to the best class of Southern
ers. But that fellow would get on the
most hilarious batters of the most pro-
nounced type. He'd get blind, howl
ing drunk and keep it up until nature
would bring in her bill and send him to
bed because he couldn't meet them.
He'd spend all the money he had, all
he could borrow, and then run his credit
to the very limit. He was ready to be
anybody's friend and the fact was taken
advantage of while he could work
the bars. He was quick to anger,
and when his money disappeared
he was liable to be treated to q pair
OF black eyes or sore jaw. He
would come out of spree determined
never to have another one, and while
his resolution prevailed he was gentle
manly, tidy us fashion plate and the
best Of company. He was Democrat,
and Cleveland's election took the young
man clear off hia feet. He wak on thu
war path for two weeks. He was
drunken than q lord and made Rome
howl for weeks. He finally had to
give up and went to bed at the hotel.
he slept twenty-four hours and then
wanted vhiskey. Tho doctors said to
give reasonable amount, but the
debilitated politician wanted q quart.
H. was quoted for time and threw
myself on the bed for q nap. A voice
awakened me. 1heard the young fellow
praying and saw him kneeling by the
bedside. His petition was that the
Lord, his mother and I'll other interest
ed parties might forgive him for what
he WAS about to do. He felt it as lis
duty to murder me then and Their. be-
cause in his distorted Judgment I was
fit to cumber the earth no longer. I
was almost petrified with mingled as
tonishment and fear. I saw that he
had EN-. He was an athlete, six feet
tall, and out of his head. In the cor
ner Of the room were two Indian clubs
and & baseball bat. He rose from
prsyer, started for the corner, and
saw that must do something Q, be
beat into Jelly. l made spring be-
fore he knew I was awake, pin;oned his
arms behind him and let out two or three
terrific yeils. In few seconds the
porter with half dozen other men we're
helping put the Cleveland man to bed.
He got around all right and vows he's
done drinking, but / wouldn't sleep
with him after another Democratic vic.
tory for half Of the state of Michigan.
I'm cured and I'll never have the rat
ties.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED.
Tho Grasshoppers Coming.

Washington Special-The signal service
observers in the Northwest have been send
ng telegraphic reports for . month past
N regard to the vista ton OF grasshoppers.
Many OF the observations give no cause for
serious alarm, but in q few localities the
oest has made its appearance in full
orce. The agent sent into the field
some two weeks ago confirms the worst
statements that have been made. Not only
are there large numbers OF this destructive
Rocky mountain species at work, but the
common natives" and non migratory spc-
:ics arc also more numerous than usual. At
Fort Buford and Poplar Creek agency the
ocusts are very abundant and are damag-
ng the crops. On July 20, during tho mid
lie OF the day. a large proportion OF the
Rocky mountain species left toward the
:ast and southeast. The outlook for a
General sweep OF the grasshopper plague
eastward another year is at this time pref
clearly indicated.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20

Senator Dawes, in vigorous letter
published in the New York Tribune,
states the origin OF the cattle-leases in
the Indian Territory and reviews the
difficulties which have beer cceasioned
by them Up to certain time, tho
Government dealt firmly with the ap-
plicntions which were made for per-
n,issio,, to lease the Indian lands.
Permission was refused, and the cattle
men were forbiddenroO erect Il rod of
fence or appropriate all aefe Of land.
Then came q time when Secretary
Teller suddenly changed front. A
printed letter was addressed 20 certa ain
OF the cattle men, informing them that
while the Interior Department had. 40
authority to ratify the leases, it
considered ti,e,p highly advantageous,
and would not i,;terfere to prevent
the Indians from mating them, but
would on the other hand. 80 long as
there was no complaint from the
Indians, keep other outsiders off the
lands so leased. This was all the per-
mission that the cattle men needed.
It gave them the quasi sanction OF the
Government, allowed them to make
their own terms with the Indians, and
assured them of protection in the &C.
cupancy OF the leased lands. There
was, of course, q great rush for this
new opportunity, and leases were
briskly made, at a rental of one or
two cents an acre, until almost every
available acre of land was covered by
y lease. - The Interior Department
meanwhile had virtually promised to
close its eyes and permit what it had
NO authority to approve.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
Roman Opinion of Gaul and Teuton.
Whowooc

Roman Opinion Of Gaul and TeutOn.
Whereas Taoitus and other Roman
writer's spoke In glowing terms of the
Ieutonic races, their remarks on the
Gauls, tho ancient inhabitants OF
France, were not only far from COM
PlimeDtary, but happened to touch on
points on which Frenchmen are par
ticularlv sensitive. Tertullian. who
was a great admirer of the Jews. IL
very wroth with Tacitus because he
used very anti-Semitic language. He
actually called Tacitus q :'brawl>r and
the greatest teller of lies" The
French do not differ much from that
opinion, not so much because Tacitus
spoke Ill of the Jows and likewise of
the Celts of Gaul, as because he smoke
so we'll of the paysQns du Danube. The
ancient classical writer's dwell rather
strongly on the unfavorable side of the
Celtic character. 1t Is we'll known how
low an opinion Aristotle formed of Gel
tic morality. Strabo says that the Celts
are simple, but proud and sensitive,
fond of dress and ornaments. 1t is
even admitted that they dyed their
hair, and allowed their mustaches to
grow, SO that it interfered with tho
comfort of eating and drinking.
Strabo goes on to say that they are not
malicious, but reckless, chaneeable.
fond of innovation, and never to be de-
pended on. They are quick In their
resolutions, but often incOnslderate.
fond of war, brave, but intolerably
conceitod if victorious, and quite de-
moralized il defeated. Polybius con-
firms that their first onslaug ht is ter
rible, but both Caesar and tivy agree
as to their want of steadiness and per-
severance. Other Latin authors add
that they are unmanageable and in
clincd to revolutions, and that owing
to continual faction, many are obliged
to leave their country and to try their
fortunes as Adventures elsewhere.
Still darker colors were added bv
others to this picture of national de-
pravity. The state of morality in Gaul
was such that it was considered in
famous for father to be seen in COM
pany with his son before the latter had
come Of ago. At the death Of noble:
man his widow was, as a matter of
course, subjected to trial as to
whether she had been the cause of her
husbands death. Strabo affirms that it
was their custom to cut off the heads
of their enemies after battle and to
hang them on the heads of their horses
or nail them over their doors. While
German scholars composed this mosaic
out of all tho stones that classical
writer's had ever thrown at the inhab-
itants of Gaul, French writer's retail
ated by either throwing disoredit on
Iacitus. tho supposed encomiast of the
Germans, or by showing that the &C.
count which Tacitus gives of the an
cestors of the Toutonie race proves
better than anything else that at his
time tho Germans had not yet emerged
from a state of the grosscst barbarian,
and were incapable, therefore, as yet,
of vices which they maintain arc the
outcome of a more advanced state of
civilization.-Mar Muller, in The Nine
tenth Century.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
The Aduao1ce.
A. r. MILLER. Publisher.
NORTHAMPTON, MINNESOTA

The petty carping at New York be-
cause Grants remains were allowed to
rest there-which was his home-is
simply disgraceful. New York is the
metropolis of this country, and will
eventually be the metropolis OF the
world.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20

It is certainly somewhat peculiar
that the cases OF cholera that have ac-
CURED in Marscilles have been not
among the squalid poor but among
the wealthy. While usually cholera
obtains it's victims in thickly settled
communities, where poverty prevents
attention to sanitary conditions, peo-
bio who habitually disregard the laws
of health, are likely to be carried oil
by it, even though they have the most
desirable surroundings.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20

It Is stated that indications are
favorable for an immense cotton crop
in most OF the States where it is a
staple. Texas will have the largest
cropthat it has over raised. This will
tend to keep the price OF all cotton
fabrics down to a level not higher than
present figures.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20

Blackwell, candy manufacturers. caused
loss OF $50. 900; fully insured.
A dispatch from Saratoga says the
storms, including rain, wind, thunder and
lightning, exceeded anything felt there in
fifteen years, and over four inches Of rain
Tell in three and one-hali hours. A team
ster named Chatterton was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
Casa.aty KecevA
John Ruskin is very ill.

Sturtevant Lumber Company OF Glove
land, o., lost 500, 900 by fire.
Mrs. ]. S. Lantz, and old lady living near
Logan, Ohio. swallowed her false teeth while
coughing and !choked to death.
Robert Williams, manager Western
Union Telegraph company at Butler, Co.,
shot and killed himself by accident.
Fire in the fifth story of No. 167 Duane
street, New York, occupied by Greene 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
.LAsffET
General NeWS.


There is a rumor that Chief Engineer An.
derson, Of the Northern Pacific, is to be
economical out of Office.
The Cass county, OAK, board of health
propose to enforce the law rega riding the
qualification OF doctors.
1t is rumored that consolidation will
soon be effected between the Pullman and
Wagner sleeping car companies.
The new census in Massachusetts shows
q gain in population Of about one hundred
and sixty thousand since 1880.
New York Central and the Pennsylvania
are sold to have reached an agreement
which will make them masters OF the Trunk
Line situation.
The official figures, just issued show the
property valuation OF Illinois to be $733,-
5a3, e51-a decrease of $4,000, 900 from
last years. record,
Chicago Times: It took nearly one hum
dred years to build the Washington monu.
mcnt But this brilliant record OF delay
will probably be beaten by Now York in the
erection OF a Grant monument.
The New York Worlds subscription list
to raise 500, 900 for the pedestal OF the
Bartholdi statue was filled in LAT days.
The go, 900 raised by popular subscrip-
tions ior the Bunker Hill monument was
obtained In eighteen Year,. 80
John w. Duncan, Long View, Tex, law-
yor, in order to prove his assertion that
promiscuously signed petitions were value.
less, secured petition praying that ono OF
the most respected men OF that town be
hanged, with the signatures OF all the county
| officers and fifty business men appended.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20

When baseball player strikes cut In a.
tempting not to strike out his feeling does not
show up with half the intensity of those Of tie
roller-skater who fails to strike out in attempt
ing to sttike out Washingtos Hatcha.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20

A bicyclicer in this city declares tha& he
Intends to go all over the earth on his machine
II he IS beginner hevtll probably succeed
Fostap Po,@
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20
The city census of Albany,N N. Y,
shows q population OF SO, 155 against
90, 0O7 in ITO. -

The South has 233 cotton mills in
operation. running over million
spindles.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-08-20

Barnum has thirty-eight elephants In train
Ing in winter quarters at Bridgeport
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-04-30

The letter given below is the --latest
evidence frOm the West on the work.
ing Of Woman Suffrage. Il was
written In reply 10 letter Of inquiry
from Bismarck, Dakota
nv DEAR MADAM My preiudices
were formerly all against woman suf-
frage, but they have gradually given
away since d became an established
fact In Wyoming.
You ask, Has woman suffrage
worked good OF evil an Wyoming ~
/ answer unqualiflediy, 4 has worked
good.
Again yOn ask, SWhat class Of
Women 90 Go the polls % Ilanswer,
all eaasses. Women vote as generally
~ men, and are no nuiore restricted
Ga Tire use % the ballot. --s
Nv observation OF the working OF
woman sufirSge, extending over q Pc
FiOd Of fifleen years, satisfies me oft
entire Justice and proptiety. Tmpar-
tial observation has also satisfied nte
that Ca the use q the ballot women
eKeroises fully ~ good Judgment AS
men, and In some particulars are
more discriminating, ~ Cor instance
Yes fertilizer SIX: 'fHas q y deErRdz
ing influence p Again / answer
positively, uo-a very loud 80.
should laugh st this last question n il
were not asked IN such evident good
faith. Gusf thsnk q the Fidieulous-
ness 0f a. Ny wife goes With me 70
the Theatre, the opera, 90 church and
prayer meeting. We also assoclAte
in The family circle from day b. day,
WithOat apparent injury 20 her. She
slso tskes my arm and we walk 90 the
polls together and deposit our ballots.
Isn't & ridiculous b suppose that our
assOcia9ion IN the latter act would be
more Injurious thHnin the former II
seems 20 30 me.
as the report true that ladies there
are petitiuning the I.eFialafure 60 re-
peal THE law ? YOu ask. answer
no-lcsitively M. Any such stale. !
ment q unQualifleily false.
I believe have answered your sew
eFal Questions. / will onlyl add, In /
cOneiusiuB, that Wumanis suffrage Is |
~ firmly established. q. W yofuing Rs |
mans suffrage, aatl The latter IL I'm a.
much danger % repeal or abridge-
ment e. The former. Our people are
sasislsesi with 4, and are proud % the
fact that the youngest 81 territories
has 81 an example that All the nidef !
ones and the several Slatea az thei
Union ere sooner OF later sure g. f0i- 1
low. ] an, madam, your most ObedI-
eat, MELVILLE g Brown.
Laramie, Wyoming, Feb. 10, 1885.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-04-30

When. Gen. Oglesby. now Govern
or Of Illinois, was carried from the
bloody Geld Of COFinth, MORALLY
wounded, ~ Il was supposed, ne was
carnd for by the surgeons brave wife
Louise WardneF. The deadly shot
and shell fell bursting around them,
unnerving the General and arousing
the surgeons fears for the safety OF
his wife, while she only thought Of
aiding the suffering and soothing the
dying The surgeon desired a place
60 sbe prepared for the General and
other wounded men farther from the
conflict and there was no one 10 20 to
prepare u but his wife. A horse was
brought, aud away she rode in the
face Of the death-dealing batteries,
alone, with the smoke Of the battle,
the night and the stars. Mrs. Ward
ner lsbOred side by side with her hus-
hand equal In the noble work and
yet, although Gov. Oglesby says he
owes his life 60 her, he Is unwilling 10
lend his influence toward allowing
her and her contemporaries and
thousands OF other women the same
liberty they gave their life's best
years and gifts TO save.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-04-30

eaha aAAb p,u,s.i 49, s--g. ssas ~
g: -. ls..'. 2 -. - 3 2 =, -
valne fh1t Eill San yu1 o. p1rk ttat yin e a8ca
hiring yuu a. uoneY faster dan anytAlnr ~
Amsliea- An steel Ne sloa0lo in pFele1ls uilh
sex u 40 arsa f1f al he tlIse osspafc the only
20 WcFf f1r = e ihelF on hgasl- Fulian@ ~
nh Vq5k9n a1sollislg suaEet; poat aelsJ.
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-04-30
DOYLE & MOFFETT,
-sri ri q f-.fs.r.rsa
RealEtate Dealers.

Have now large amount Of proper
y on hand, and win, on or about May
1si, publish.a oompleis Nat hoE OiFea-
lation among lard Agsais Of The
East. A rare opportunity IL offered
10 secure --l'