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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29
A Now King on the Throne,

malaria" as ''popular ailment, -
has given place to q new potentate.
1t you have Rheumatism now, the
medical wiseacres exclaim-''Uric
If you have frequent headaches, thew
sagely remark-''Uric Acid"
If you have softening of the brain,
they insist it is-''Uric Acid
If Sciatica or Neuralgia make life
miserable, it is-"Uric Acid!
If your skin breaks out in Boils and
Pimples, it is-"Uric Acid
fyou have Assesses and piles, uric
Acid has set your blood on fire.
IT you have dull, languid feelings,
back-ache, kidney or bladder troubles,
govt, gravel, poor blood; are ill at ease,
threatened with paralysis or apoplexy,
vertigo; are bilious, dropsical, consti-
pated or dyspeptic-''Uric Acid is the
key to the situation, the cause of all
our difficulties!
We do not know as madam Malaria
will take kindly to this Masculine Usur-
per, but he has evidently come to stay.
Uric Acid" this Monster, is the pro-
duct of the decomposition-death-
constantly taking place within us, and
unless he is every day routed from the
system, through the kidneys, by means
OF some great blood specific like War
ner's safe cure, which Senator B. X.
Bruce says snatched him from its grasp,
there is not the least doubt but that it
will utterly ruin the strongest human
constitution!
1t is not q vO,1no fe1lOw nv anv moons
1t has long and well-known line Of
ancestors. 1t is undoubtedly the father
OF very great family of diseases, and
though it may be the fashion to ascribc
progeny to it that are not directly its
own, there can be little doubt that if it
once gets thoroughly seated in the hu-
man system, it really does introduce
into it most of the ailments now, per
force of fashion, attributed to it's balcfui
influence.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29
Their Wives Letters.

1--WE are not allowed to deliver to
husbands the letters addressed to their
wives" said the post-of1icc clerk. II
tell you, it is an eye-opener to many
men to discover that their wives have
any rights. 'What!' they say, "a man
can't get letter for his own wife with
out an order?' No, sir; it is rule of
the department. And then they boil
with rage. Yeu see, most men are in
the ha1eftof opening their wives letters.
They don't think it is wrong. Some
times married woman wants to carry
on correspondence without having her
husband party to it, and to protect
her rights that rule was made. OF
course, it is none of our business what
her correspondence is about. 1t NAV
be with her relatives, lady friends, her
lawyer, or her admirer. We don't
know. nor care. All that the depart
ment knows is that she is woman,
entitled to have her letters delivered
into her hands. If she wants her hus-
band or any other person to have them
she can write an order. Sometimes
the husbands will go off and come back
after while with an order which they
have written themselves and signed
their wives names to. In such cases
we get ahead of them by making them
sign a receipt, and the similarity of
the writing in the surname gives their
little game away. remember a case
where womans foresight was too
sharp fo- her husband. Evidently sus-
pecting that he knew she was getting
mail here, and that he would present
an order in woman's handwriting,
presumably her own, she left here a
written order that her letters were to
be delivered to nobody but herself
When Mr.. Husband came around with
his little order we presented his wife S
order, and he walked away as quick as
he could. But many times when men
ask for their wives letters here or at
the advertising window they do not
know of the rule, and the honest
amazcment that comes on their faces
upon discovering that their better
halves have some privileges not shared
by them in common, some rights which
even the husband cannot interfere with,
is quite comical. have seen men who
get mad at first, but who, / would be
willing to Say, started into train of
thought upon calming down that re-
suited in increased respect for their
partners and in the realization that the
husband is not nineteen-twentieths of
the family team
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

10000 sailors and marines. Xerxes'
expedition against Greece was under
taken with 100000 fighting men,
gathered from sc nations. Adding the
camp followers, the whole made up
some 5000, 600 souls, vast multitude,
which, as Justin remarks, were able to
drink up rivers on their march, but
could not exhaust the royal treasury.
Artaxerxes Longimanus used 100000
men to subdue the one province of
Egypt, :nd raised 1900, 900 to crush the
rebellion OF his brother Cyrus. Even
in the last throes of the empire Darius
Codomanus opposed nearly 100000
troops to Alexander at the battle of
lssus. And after his defeat he made
another supreme effort, and appeared
in the plain of Gaugamcla with we'll
equipped army of 100000 infantry.
10000 cavalry and 200 scythed chariots.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29
Marrying Frenchmen.

The instructions to our cOnSulS to
make studies of trade abroad have sug-
gested an odd article of trade to the
consul at Nice viz, the French trade
in the affections of American women.
The French youth, he declares, have a
habit of coming to America to SOW
their wild oats, and by contracting
marriages here they save trouble in the
sowing. Such marriage is not re-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29
One Day on Rr0adwaY.

Four men were recently stationed at
Fulton street and Broadway to count
the vehicles passing through Broadway
at that point from A. NJ. to 6 P. NJ.
The total number was 22,3O8 for the
period of eleven hours-about 1000 an
hour, thirty-three minute, or one
every two seconds.
The largest number of any one kind
of vehicles was of single and double
trucks, 1884: the smallest number was
two; these were ambulances. There
were $500 single and double express
wagons. The 2,310 stages and 1922
cabs were next in order of quantity,
peddler's wagons numbering 93S, pro-
duce wagons 44G, rag trucks 375, car
riages 354, coal carts 1924. and vendors
wagons 800. Then there was drop to
hacks, 28S, and butcher wagons 223.
The variety of vehicles was striking.
there having been eighty kinds, accord
ing to the schedule. Every conceiv-
able article of transfer appears to be
poured into Broadway. The private
carriages were completely engulfed in
the $50 ash-carts; the two ambulances
and three funerals made melancholy
showing amid the seventy-three loads
of dead hogs, the sixty-four garbage
and the seventy three dirt-carts.
The lager-bcer wagons and the Or
ange peddlers tlourishcd on an equali-
ty; the bone and lumber wagons went
neck-and-neck; the pie and sugar wag-
ons were half-and-half. which should
give the pies sweetness; the milk were
left behind by the swill wagons.
The mixture presented was some
thing appalling. Kerosene, milk. old
iron, saw-dust, rags, sugar, ice, beer,
bones, oranges, ashes, pie, hogs, tripc,
tin, tallow, tea, tar, and undertakcrs
were Commingled in bewildering con-
fusion. Broadway is certainly re-
markable thoroughfare.-N. Y Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

Mrs. Blank is a rather young woman
with an aged husband. He is scicn-
fist, who spends most of his time in OBJ
fuse speculation, although the neigh
bors say he is compelled to do most of
the work about the house. This view
of the case was recently strengthened
by what lady visitor saw. The wife
of the scientist was at home and greet
ed the visitors cordially, who respond
cd: "How do! am glad to see you
look so well. And how is your hus-
band?' ''Hc is quite wcll,' replied
the wife of the scientist; "hc is in his
studio engaged in solving some difficult
problems. Just at this moment the
voice of the scientist was heard from
the kitchen: 1--WE got through grind
ing coffee. What shall do ncxto'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29
Afraid of Grave Robbers.

Charles johnson, aged 80, an ecccn-
trio bachelor, was buried in the Nor
ristown. cemetery recently. He had
always had a great horror of grave
robbers. His coffin rested on stone
foundation. An iron cover was laid
on the coffin lid and firmly riyctcd to
an iron frame work that was securely
fastened into the stone work below. A
stone vault surrounded the coffin, and
the vault was closed by a hagstone,
which was securely cemented down.
Thirty years ago Mr.. johnson placed
$500 in his vest pocket, saying to his
bachelor brother, like, when [ die use
this money to bury me in such way
that grave robbers can't get at me. -
Ike replied: "All right, Charley, I'll
bear it in mind
For thirty years Charles carried that
roll of money constantly about him,
and when he died the bills, done up in
an oil skin, were taken from his old
vest. Isaac, true to his promise,
''buried his brother ri ght.' He order
ed a rosewood casket, and personally
superintendent the arrangements.
They had kept hotel together, and
then went into the lime-burning bust
ness. They accumulated nearly $780,
600. They never married, but kept
house by themselves, and their dwell
ling was as neat and clean as a pin.
Charles suffered from a stroke of pa
ralysis five years ago. Both brothers
had q horror IF hnrO1ars
Charles made two wills, but he had
a superstition that if he signed either
one of them he would surely die. He
postponed signing until it was too late,
and he died, therefore, without a will
His fortune will now be divided be-
tween bis brother and distant relatives.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

TO KEEP THE BLOOD PURE and the
bowels we'll regulated, be careful of your
diet; do not use rum or tobacco, and
take occasional doses of VINEGAR BIT
TIERS. Perfect health must follow such
course. The range OF diseases that
can be relieved by the use of VINEGAR
BlTTERs is literally without limit
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

DR.. Curran writes to the Lancet con-
corning the advantages of using elec-
tricity in killing criminals. 1T is q
pity" he says, 1.-The thing is not tried,
if only by way of experiment, on some
OF our lower congeners, whence it
might be transported in time to the
higher regions of Newgate and the
provinces. This man writes with con-
siderable nerve. THE apparatus" he
continues, ''of this fluid or force mirht
be packed swsy In an ordinary travel.
Ing trunk"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

Stimulates the food regulates the stomach and
bowels. giving healthy and natural sleep.
Vinegar Bisters is the great disease pre-
venter. and stands at the head of all family
remedies. No house should ever be without it.
Vinegar Bittcrs cures 1!aIarial Bilious
and other fevers, diseases of the Heart. Liver and
Kidneys, and a hundred other painful disorders.
Send for either of our valuable reference
books for ladies'. for farmers. for merchants,
our Medical Treatise on Diseases. or our Cat
echisn On InteInperance and Tobacco, which
last shoGld be in the hands of every child and
youth in tho country.
Any two Of the above books mailed free
on receipt Of four cents for registration fees.
R.H.Mc Donald Drug Co., 5s2 Washington St, NY.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

garded as a binding obligation by the
gay bridegroom, by his family in
France, or by the French government,
and the American wives of these inter
national gallants are left to live as best
they can. The consul would have the
government do something, what it is diff
cult to understand, unless the govern
ment thinks it its duty to warn our
young women against French oaths of
affection and cOnstancy
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29
A Printer'S Error.

Sweet are the uses of alrersity, the
printers copy said, but he set it up,
sweet are the uses of advertising.
Sweet, indeed, to those who in sick
ness and suffering have seen the adj
vertisement of some sovereign remedy,
which upon trial has brought them
from death door. The best thing I
ever saw in my paper was the adver-
tisement of DIR. Pierce's Golden Medi-
cal Discovery is again and again
the testimony of those who have been
healed by it of lung disease, bronchial
affections, tumors, ulcers, liver COM
plants and the ills to which flesh is
heir.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29
Ancient ArvnleA.

Mr. Pembcr, in his "Great Proph-
ecies,' states that when Darius Hy-
staspes invaded Scythia he took with
him 100000 men, and, in addition, a
naval force Of 600 ships, manned by
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29
ssGO 1T ALONE"
By JOHN @. SAXR.

There's a game much in fashion-I think
it's called Euchre;
(rhough never have played it for pleasure
or lucre),
In which, when the cards are in certain
The players I.;I;I appear to have changed their
And one of them cries in a confident tone,
Il think may venture to 90 1t olone.'' :.
While tS %at SaIa;gg the game tits whim of
A moral to draw from that skirmish of
cards,
And to fancy he finds in the trivial strife
Some excellent hints for the battle of life;
Where-whether the prize be ribbon or
The winner is be who can ''go it alone"
"hen I'll the e,,a great Re, Calico proclaimed that
In regular orbit was ceaselessly whirled,
ana got-not convert-for all of his
But only derision, and prison, and chains,
1T moves for all Matn' was his answering
tone,
For he knew, like tie Earth, he could Ego
it alone!"
When Kepler, with intellect piercing afar,
Discovered the law Of each planet and star,
And doctors, who ought to have Landed his
name,
Derided his learning and blackened his
Il can rait," he replied, "'till the truth you
shall own
For he felt in his heart no could 'go it
alonen'
Alas for the player who idly depends,
In the struggle OF life, upon kindred or
Whatever the value Of blessings like these,
They can never atone for inglorious ease,
Nor comfort the coward, who finds with a
grOan,
That his crutches have left him to Ego it
alone!'
There's something no doubt in the hand we
may hold;
Health, family, culture, wit, beauty and
gold,
The fortunate owner may fairly regard
AS each III its way most excellent card,
Yet the game may be lost with all these for
your own,
Unless you have courage to Ego it alone!"
In battle or business, whatever the game,
In law or in love, it is ever the same:
In the struggle for power, or the scramble
for Ielf,
Let this be your motto, "Rely on yourself!"
For whether the prize be ribbon or throne,
The victor is he who can "go it alone!'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

1t is the old, old story: Love at first
sight! A walk in the beautiful moon
light night: both catch a dreadful cold
and give up all hope, but finally find
relief in bottle of DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup, get married, and are at last
happy!
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Let tho Trial Proceed.

Arab Pasha when he heard he had
been denied tho benefit of English
counsel, promptly fortified himself
with bottle of Aliens Iron Tonic Bit
tiers and quietly remarked; Let the trial
proceed. All genuine bear the sigua-
ture of j. P. Allen, St. Paul Mimi.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on
earth for pain, may be relied on to
effect cure wherever an external APP
plication can be used. Price only
twenty-five cents bottle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

The emperor of Japan can trace his
ancestry back to an unbroken line for
$500 years. Every once in while
something happens to humble the pride
of Boston man.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

Vinegar Bitters, a
purgativc and tonic, puriflee
the blood, strengthens the
liver and kidneys, and will
restore health, however lost.
Vinegar Bltlersisthc
best remedy discovered for
promoting digestion, curing
headache and increasing the
vital Dowcrs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-10-29

Jeweler Ito new boy)-Did you sell
anything while | was out, Johnnie?
New Boy-Yes, sir; I sold six plain
gold rings. Jeweler Every much
pleased) Good, my boy. Well make
tirst-class jewcler of you one of these
days. You got the regular price. of
course? New Boy-O yes, sir. The
price was marked on the inside, 1Sc.
an the gentleman took all there was
left, sir.
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Gen. Putnan's wolf Cave.

The cave of which Israel Putnam
dragged the wolf is seldom visited be-
cause it is in stony, mountainous
forest, in a remote corner of Connecti-
cut. A picnic party recently made the
tedious trip, which involved several
miles of rough walking. There are
pictures in primers of Putnam entering
the cave erect. with blazing torch
held above his head. The hole is really
so small that it can only be explored
on hands and knees, and an adult can
not turn around in it. The length is
800 feet, and tradition says that the hero
followed the beast to the further end,
shot him between the eyes by their own
glow, and then was drawn out with
him BY means of a rome
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-24

WATERFORD, Sepl. 23.-TSpes,al.
The Crystal Palace n lller Mills
company received an order this morp-
ming from Bruce & Wilson, Glasgow,
Scotland, for 60 tons OF -four, to be
shipped to them In ono lot. It was
o dersd to be put in seamless sacks Of
lO) pounds to tue sack. TIE MIL COM
phnY have been IN correspondence
with sevsral parties In Englaud aud
Scotland, aud expect 10 eet NOR,
orders oil this nature from that coun-
try. rms speaks well for our CITY, and
.spqcl''ir for tho Crystal PAlacn
MN company.
IhN oo.,0a receipts were about 80
bales, sailing stsi2 cents Oar co..
ton meu ars laughing IN ihr'r sleeves
attho cotson RI.i0io IA SudAy'R Ga-
hstte, hoGded "BJomiug Upwagli."
10 this article tho Gazette srknuvl-
edges that their facmeIs have hereto
i1ro b0eu swludltd In weiahia and
otherwise by Fort Worth buyers, aud
promises that H. shen't happen any
azure. burnt child breads fire; az y
cousequeac', Wa ara getting v good
ueai OF COTTON from the Fort.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-24
Alvord

ALvoRp, Sept. 2s.-[Spsolal. There
has been no rain for two weeks, and
we have had fine weather for cotton
picking.
Farmers are putting in their tirae In
getting out tho fleecy staple. Our
town is receiving about 10 bales ptr
day. The first shipment for the sea,
son WAS made to-day by Hatohstt and
johnson, for Il. Sweeney d Co. II
poss 10 st. Louis Missouri
Business of all. kinds is improving.
and every body looks forward TO better
times, which they think is In the near
future.
Colonel J. G. English returned home
yesterday from All extended visit to
see relations in Eastern Texas. He
thinks Wise county Is coed enough for
him.
Alyord is still improving. We
now have three churches, a Tine school
house, and Masonic hall Is being
built. The Masonic lodge from Audu-
bon has been moved to this place, and
will soon bs comfortably quartered la
their new hall.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-24
Wsatl,crfora.

WEATHnRRonD, Sept. 23.-[special.l
The trial Of James II. Milliken 10 sst
for Friday, September .. He will DO
tried a. Granbury, Hood county.
Rev. ]. h. Graves, OF Memphis, Ten
nessse, will prsaon At the Rspti,t
church. He IL In bad health, being
partially pArslyzed.
The Max Thomas Opera company
werc reported ~ having maue ar.
iangsncnIs to play here tonight, but
fsi cd tn como.
Mrs Dora Scsllorn, q Sister OF Mira.
II. Mckay, tho propri.tress Of the
Carson u Lewis house, left this morn
luz Tor visit To Corsicans.
About 90 bales Of cotton were re.
c.,ved to-day, and IL quoted hero at
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-24

SAN Antonio, Sept %. II Especial -
The United States Commissioner, Mr..
D. ID. Stevenson, this morning examin-
cd into tho caeo OF Constable +. ~.
Scott, OF Leon Springa, Bexar county,
charged with robbing the Keudslla
posiofico, Ssptember 8, 1881. AfSor
hearing tho evidence, he released the
fri'oner from custody. The Witnesses
In the case were James j. Mershon. the
postmaster aud storo keeper OF Ken
dslin, ma Emnet Jonca, one of ths
parties present at this robbery.
Carroll Braunar, who In q brother Of
Joe and Dick Bcanner, was seatencsd
for lie 80 Chester penitonliary, for
mail robbery.
Mrs. Pits, the youns ard comfy look
ing wifs and tho late James Plus who
with Ysrger, killed poor Hsl Gosling.
ana VINO ~ tho woIan that banded
Der husband the pistol with which he
uld tho bloody wors, IL the sistar OF
scott. Scotta mother, was also wit
meas. Tney we're present to prove an
abb for Scott. None OF tho govern
meprs Witnesses could positively tes-
MY that Scott was the guilty parry,
tapuRh they stated thst no resein plsi
one oi the robbers good dasi
Vho news from Eagle p-si ssys.
ABOUT ons NesS ago some L3y,, at61
sOOuL III ysals, NgrJ seGL bIu,aiy
Daating another boy, named Cy, on
'he outskirts Of piefrgs Nls'rss,
MoNicO. since then, Young Coy mas
not been seen, aad Iilisent satoh fails
10 discover his body. Hts father, ma
old resident OF San Antonio, mnds np-
plication to tho local judge, aud no
not'ns bs'ng taken of Inc application :,
no sppll'd to ColOsel Monuraio, ths
now judiciary for THE district
who hss had the bows
ass1ilants arrested, ana In in
yes.ig Rtlug tho case. H. universally
believed the bows murdered youpg
Coy aud hid his body.
rho X mAn Cn5holics are slill rod hnJ
over n late italiAn celebration, here,
of the iall Of II me, ami headed by
Bishop Ngraa. Local societies and
delegations mut lost night an q fornu.
lated the following:
hasolV sdi That We, M represent tive
members Of the Catholic societisa Ia
san Antonio, do protest against tho
lAtU Italian celebration, on tue lvsh ,u-
slant, Vt tho all vi Rlml, as ~ up.
proves OF tho actisn oi tue Italian gov-
rnmcnt In robblng thpp ps OF the
Roman states, which belong ed, by
universal couleat, tO the head OF the
Oath Q church TOR II centuries, aud l.
IN also an iusnlt to AL Catholics, and
especially 10 those Of San Antonio.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-24
Waco.


WACO, Sept. % -[3Decial,1--There Ia
q bitt srer feeling to-day ov.r ,h. adm.
ton ~ d.
'"' oleoti'c HthS tnah
was eXpected. Inc council drove d
close bargain with the ,Jenuay com-
pnpv. and If tho con,n.rvis oo,a
$50 e.. - 30 o'."p'-
'''' W o"' 'pe PROVISIONS Oh Inc
contract the city has undoubtedly
made q good bargain, With reference
In ths to,vr which r,,u h.no
"oN VAL h"Ve NV nv
iEu's ~ iGs summit, ono OF tho stipu-
iat,ons IS IN on clear night 1t snail
% practical 20 read from page printed
~ pics type anywhere WITHIN radius
VI ~. ono'ial nitloiton saiu town. there
"i'I 20 OUT one towsr-ln the center of
.ne city' inc III arc lights or 1000 can
uie.poNsr each are 10 be placed on
hlRn poIes tnroughous the residences
poit,on ol inc Town. me rates Tor in-
cshuesceht lights, Tor private
consumers, are plsced at very
rohsoh%ole rates. The contract
uli po lofwafded TO Indinna
PARTIES So-notro" Tor the company to
sisn l., me onlet apprehension 10 thai
Sno coslp'hy win not agreo 90 all tue
s.oorai eohcsssiohs which lts repre-
ssnsStys ~ sac.
lho cry mus some trouble In hling
.nS posi'loi ol we oeooed "srn puolio
schoui, 'or Whlte pupiis' rIoiessor
Nuu'ias' MO was hrst appointed, 70
slsn.u; inen the school BOARD APP
poiuseu Miss LOUISA GarfetC, anu now
MISS Sarrett mas res gned, This IS
one Oh tne new nflck pulluings, OF
liio mo- ,Ih construcuon, costing Slu,C0o,
enu 10 was supPoseu tnere "ouiu De
e asei,i = 70 get ,he position: me
sunool ara IS ai,o having trouble
WIN the trustees OF Howard Institute,
oNned W INC coloreu people, ABOUT
VIZ aunooi iurhltuIe tnereih.
nshl estate agents report the great-
1s. ooo"i '" reaI estae mere lhev nave
snoWn IN years iho demand for
HOUSES 10 rent 10 9upreceaehteu, anu