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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31
XLIXth. CONGRESS,
Monday, Dec. II.


SBNAT1-Among the bills favorably re-
ported from committees were Mr.. Hoar's
bankruptcy bill, and Mr.. Edmund's bill
relating to bigamy and polygamy in Utah.
Bill PRODUCED: BY II. Cullom for q DOS
tai telegraph; by Mr.. Logan to increase
the efficiency of the U. 8. army, also to
eQualize the bounties Of soldiers Of the late
war, also to pension prisoners in Confed-
crate prisons. Ad journed to JAMS.
Houss-Being tho first day for call Of
states for bills, the entire session was taken
up in this order, the call being suspended
whom Name was reached. Among the bills
introduced to forfeit lands granted in aid of
railroads.; to amend the civil service act:
to protect homestead settlers within rail-
road limits; relating to the salaries and
duties Of q. 8. marshals and attorneys; q
constitutional amendment relating to the
election of president, vice president and
members OF congress; Appropriating S1O,-
700 for the erection Of q monument to the
late Vice President Hendricks at Indianap-
oils, Ind. to increase the pensions of SOL
diers' widows to $12 per month; granting
lands to soldiers Of the late war; for the
erection OF q monument to the
late Gen. James Shields; consti
tutional amendment allowing the
president to veto items Of appropriation
bills; to organize q portion Of the Indian
Territory into the Territory of Oklahoma;
for department of labor, to establish az
ricultural stations; to repeal the tenure Of
Office act; appropriating a, 0OO, 600 for the
improvement Of the Mississippi river. Ad-
tournament to Jan. s.
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THE MARKETS,
ST. PAUL.

ST. PAUL.
WHEAr-No. l hard. 500 bid; December,
SIC bid; May CSC bid No: Northern,
SIG bid; No. Northern, 73c bid.
s45o@17s asked; bakers, s4:s5@4'S asked
rye, $S.25@350.
Corn No: 8, $50 bid. May, SIC bid.
Oats No. 3 mixed, CSC. bid, 2S6c asked.
No: 2 white 2oc. bid.
Rye No. 2, 47c. bid.
Flax Seed 4l.OO.
Baled hay, *7:5o asked; timothy 5000.
Dressed beef, choice steers TIC: @ ~;
Butter, extra SOC. bid.
Cheese, 7@ 1oc,
Potatoes, COG per bushel bid.
Live Stock-Sales Of steers ranged $500
@ $50 per 100 lbs. Sheep sold at
$500 per 100. Hogs $3.50.
WHEAr-No. hard, cash, s9hc. January,
MS My 9y., %c: No H. Northern cash. 81
r T1ovS@ -:Ps, ea'i IN 'o'; sack. held at
349O@5.a: In barrels, $5@5 20. 1915
@6.O0 delivered at New England points;
$565@5.90 delivered New York and Penn
sylvania, points; bakers $4.00@4.@.
CHICAGO.
Wheat, Dec: 83H; Jan. $3.50.
Com, Dec. SIX; May. 40Hc.
Oats, cash 2756; Dec. 27Z.
Flax seed No /, $1.12
Pork, cash, &9.O0@975; Jan. S1O.77k.
Live Stock, Cattle $3.3O,95OO; h0Ks
e9.4N99.60; Sheep, e25093 so.
MILWAUKEE,
WH8Ar-Cash S3%c; jan. $40.
DULUTH.
WaEAT-Cash, Ole; Jan. Ole; No.
Northern, cash, 87xc.
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The "Caj uns."

Commissioner Harris of louisiana,
showed me several pieces of homespun
cotton goods which he says were made
by the ''Cajuns.'' ''Who are they?''
I asked. The word, he replied, is
corruption of Arcadians, and is applied
to the descendants of that people whose
settlement in Louisiana was immortal
lied in Longfellow's ':Evangeline.
Then turning to the map. he showed me
where the "Cajuns'' live, and gave an
account of their homes and their sim
plicity of life. In plain words he veri-
fed the words of Basil, the blacksmith,
as to the beautyof the country, the fer
tility of the soil and the ease in which
they lived. They are almost like the
''lilies of the tield''in their freedom from
toll. In little path around their house
they cultivate what cotton they need
for their wearing apparel and such veg
etables as they use.
When the spring rains cease they 20
out upon the prairie and examine the
depressions, from one to five acres in ex-
tent, which are then ponds of water,
and if found to be not more than eigh-
teen inches deep they prepare to SOW
their rice. FIRST they soak their seed
thoroughly, then scatter it broadcast
over the pond from the backs of horses.
The weight of the soaked rice causes
it to sink, and they have no further
care for their crop until the harvest time
comes.
Then putting up light fence around
his rice plantation he goes home salts
fed. In July his crop is ready for har-
vesting. For this he uses sickle.
tossing the sheaves as they fall, into his
cart. This is a cumbrous affair of wood
even to the wheels and axles. No iron
is used in its construction. The oxen
are not yoked, but the tongue Is made
fast to loops fastened to their horns.
The sheaves are spread out upon the
prairie and the grain is trampled out
by oxen, as it used to be when the
edict went forth, ''thou shalt not
corn
The commissioner showed on the
map place where for six miles the
chief crop of the ''Cajuns'' is gathered
from the orange trees. In selling this
crop a singular custom prevails
When the trees are blooming buyer.
the ''diego,' (why so called no one
seems to know, appears among them.
After week of conference, during
which he and they have had repeated
whiting matches. a bargain is struck
for the seasons crop, one-half is paid
down in cash, and security given for
the balance, and then the "Cajuns''
enjoy their dolce far niente with from
81 800 to $4,000 in hand for every head
of the family and as much secured for
the future. Basil, the blacksmith. did
not err when he told Evangeline of the
wealth of these teeming lowlands
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1T is said that the wives OF the men,
bers of the Cabinet have united in an
agreement not to return calls in per-
son, but TO do SO by card. This pro-
cedure has been before attempted,
but proved so unpopular that it was
abandoned. 1t is said with much force
that the Cabinet officer whose wife
supports him socially is always q much
more effective official and is much
more successful in accomplishing what
he desires in Congress-: To return all
calls in person growing out If weekly
receptions and in other ways, il, doubt
less great social tax, but whore
these calls arc punctiliously returned
the result Il great popularity,
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Mako Their Own Costumes.

A prominent costumer said the other
day that his business had been almost
wiped out of existence by the new
fashion, which had recently become
popular among managers, of making
all of their stage lresses and costumes
in their own theaters. For long
while two or three theatrical costum-
ers had monopoly of the business,
and they made money rapidly. When
comic opera was the rage, four or five
years ago, the number of costumes
that were needed by opera companies
was extraordinary, and as the Co.'S
tunes were tlimsy and perishable, the
costumers reaped a rich harvest.
1.-The blindness of theatrical man.
ayers re garding their costumers' sine
cure" said the manager of we'll
known opera company while talking
on the subject, twas remarkable when
we look at it now. 1t seems to be a
rule of managers to avoid any dealings
with their employees or the people
who supply their wants. The mana
ger of theatre nowadays, instead of
attending to his business himself, has
middlemen to act for him in almost
every capacity. He pays a stage man.
ager literally for one sort of work and
business manager lavishly for anoth-
er. The New York theatres are in
tested with managers of every degree,
and after the funds of the box office
have been distributed, the man who is
nominally the manager of the theater
finds he gets about one half of what
ought to be his share. Theatrical
managers found it was a very pleasant
thing to call in professional costumcrs
and order the costumes of any particu-
lar opera or piece in lump, and thew
did it for many years before they
found out how much it was costing
them. They would send for some
well known costumer, and say: How
much will you costume nv whole
troupe, principals and chorus, for the
opera of Patience or Mascot for?''
The costumer would name a good,
solid figure, and that was the end of
the matter, as far as the manager was
concerned, until pay day arrived.
Very often, when the managers were
short of money, they gave the costum-
ers an interest in their productions,
and thus costumers got into the mana
gerial ranks. Many of them had
heavy pecuniary interests in comic
operas, and as 1say, they had soft
thing of it until one or two managers
began to figure up the expense of cos
TUNES for which they had paid so law
ishly. They found that they had been
paying 80 per cent. too much-about
80 per cent. more for the work than it
would cost them to do it themselves.
Now nearly all the theaters in New
York buy their own material and
make their own costumes, and the re-
suit is that the professional costumers
have been hit very hard.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

Letter carriers here" says Salt
Lake City dispatch to the Alta Calitor-
Ma. ARE having a unique experience.
On account of the late polygamy ar
rests here all the Mormons have been
severely warned against talking to
strangers, giving their names or resi-
dence. The carriers in their rounds
knock at doors, and a scurrying ensues
inside. A child answers the door. 1t
is asked who lives there, and it often
refuses to tell. 1t does not know the
neighbors or where its father or mother
is to be found. The uniform is sign
OF enemy, and no Information is to be
had.
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meanwhile ascending until It was
checksd by Mr.. CoxWell, who seized
the valve-rope BY his teeth, q his
hands were helpless. s.=... 81:
| September Is, 1904, N. Gay Lussac
reached height Of 22,977 feet his
ascension having been mace for
scientific purposes. Blanchard claimed
to have assembled to q height of $4,000
feet. and Margat, Garnerin, Robertson,
and others have claimed to out do this,
but in most cases their balloons were
too small to have been able to carry
them SO high. Messrs. Rush and Green
ascended to an altitude of over $4,000
feet.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

The New York bookmakers who lost
$4,000 q few days ago by having the
news of New Orleans horse race an
ticipated on them, the name of the
winning horse having been gotten off
the wires in surreptitious manner,
will hereafter have all their news sent
in cipher, and close their books half an
hour before the horses are started.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

MIR. LABoUCHERE, himself an editor,
expresses the view that there is a
marked decadence of editorial powers,
and that the school master has been too
widely abroad for each citizen not
to be aware that he is just as we'll able
totorm an intelligent opinion upon mat
tiers political as the gentleman who
happens to own newspaper or to edit
one. As an English journalists vision
OF the scope of the press of his own
country, the opinion quoted is quite
fOrceful.
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The Greatest Heights Attained I
Balloons.

The GreStese Heights Attained by
Balloons.
Mr.: Coxwell, the English eronaut,
and Mr.. Glaisher, the eminent
meetorologist, have made number of
high ascensions together. The most
remarkable of these took place Septem-
Der 3. 1852. when they attained the
greatest altitude ever reached by man.
MIR. Glaisher estimates this to have
been between $4,000 and $1,000 feet,
or about seven miles. His last observ:
alton made before the greatest eleva-
ton was reached, showed an altitude
of2o, 900 feet. He then became in.
sensible and SO remained for the space
Of about seven minutes, the balloon
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

The last words of distinguished men
one OF ten quoted with JUNCTION and in
vested with sentiment, but as the last
words of the late Robert Toombs were,
LEND me hundred dollars, 1T remains
to be seen what manner OF applica-
ton can be made of them for guidance
of paternity.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

TWENTY-FIVE years ago Chicago had
population of 112, 900, says the Times,
OF that city; to-day her population is
not less than 10000, and it is pretty
certain to approximate a million when
the next census is taken.
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Five Hundred Dollars

is the sum DR.. Pierce offers for the
detection of any calomei, or other
mineral poison or injurious drug, in his
justly celebrated pheasant Purgative
Pellets.' They are about the size of
mustard seed, therefore easily taken.
while their operation is unattended by
any gripping pain. Biliousness, sick
headache, bad taste in the mouth, and
jaundice, yield at once before these
'.little giants" OF your druggist.
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MINNESOTA.
The p0nltontlarv.

The trial Of Joseph Blanchard at Benson,
Mimi, charged with killing George John
son in 1884, was ended abruptly the ed.
by Blanchard Withdrawing his plea of not
guilty to manslanghter in the second de-
gree Upon this plea Blanchard was SEN
fenced to four and half years in the peni-
Tertiary at Saltwater. When the murder
was committed Blanchard and johnson
were trapping together, johnson receiving
his death blow from an axe splitting his
head open. Blanchard was 10 years Of ago
ct the time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

Some men engaged in getting out
wood at Incline, Lake Tahoe. report
having had glimpse of tho famous
trout that has been seen from time to
time in Lake Tahoe. They say it was
about forty feet long, and was moving
through the water, with its dorsal Al
expanded, at the rate of about . mile q
minute.-Nrginia (Ne6.) Enterprise.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

NOTING the fact that Benz. F. Butler
has been chosen . delegate by the
Lowell Post, G. A. R., to the Grand
Army convention to be held at Boston
in January, a New York paper says he
will appear on that occasion in his
comic character of General
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Died in Jail.

l John Hamering ,of Cloquet, MIMI, q
United States prisoner, was found dead in
. cell In the Ramsey county jail, the morn
ing Of tho 26th. On the 22d, John and Nels
Hamering, brothers, were confined in the
jail by U. 8. officials. John was then suf-
fering from tho excessive use of LIQUOR. At
first the brothers were confined together,
but on the 25th John began to be violent
and Nels was removed to another cell and
and John locked up by himself. The next
morning when the turnkey opened the cell
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

The Paris correspondent of tho Lon
don Truth thinks that English electoral
oratory is inferior to either the French
or American, and declares that Gen.
Noyes, ex-United States Minister to
France, is his beau ideal of q stump
sneaker
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Senator Sabin III.

Washington dispatch Of the 21st says
that Senator Sabin Of Minnesota, had been
suffering from another attack of the illness
which threatened his life last summer, but
that he had safely passed the critical stage,
and was resting easily.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

JOHN JACOB AsroR, the elder, arrived
in this country in 1888, with nearly 800
in money. His first employment was
beating furs for the wages of $500 a
week and his board.
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MISS WNsLOw, the American
beauty. who has been dividing with
Miss Chamberlain the admiration of
the gay world beyond the Atlantic, is a
blonde, tall and stately, with regular
features and the air that people call
aristocratic. Her father was a wealthy
Boston merchant. and her mother a
member of the Train family of Rox-
bury, Mass, was the most beautiful
woman Boston has ever known.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

A MONTREAL alderman has sued a
paper in that town for printing a
speech he did not deliver. There are a
good many aldermen in this country
who would like to sue the newspapers
for publishing such speeches as they do
6o1ivor
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31
Milwaukee to Ut. Louis.

Tho 21st, articles Of Incorporation were a.
cd with tho secretary Of state Of Wisconsin
consolidating tho Milwaukee q Dubuque
and tho Beloit 4 Northwestern railroads,
under tho name Of Milwaukee, Peoria b st.
60 construct and operate Q road between
Milwaukee and st. Louis. The capital
stock II e6,00Q.000, divided into 60,000
shares.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31
Is it Really Consumption:

Many case supposed to be radical
lung disease is really one of
liver complaint and indi gestion, but,
unless that diseased liver can be re-
stored to healthy action, twill so clog
the lungs with corrupting matter as to
bring on their speedy decay, and then
indeed We have consumption, which l.,
scrofula of the lungs, in its worst form.
Nothing can be more happily calculated
to nip this danger in the bud than is
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery." BY druggist.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Sent to tho Senate.

Among the presidents nominations
sent to the Senate the 2lst, were the follow,
ilg for the Northwest; Collector Guernon,
st. Vincent: Collector Moore, Duluth
A. Bierman, collector internal revenue,
St. Paul; g: n. Baxter, district attorney, st.
Paul; T.: K. Delaney, district attorney,
Wisconsin; L. K. Church, associate justice
Dakota.
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GEN. LEW WALLACE who recently
paid visit to Turkey at the instance
of certain manufacturers of arms, has
received $50, 900 for that service.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

The Connecticut legislature has ap-
propriated $4,000 and commissioned a
Hartford sculptor to work a life-size
statue of the Worthy Spy, Nathan
Hale, which is to be set up in the hall
of the St ate Capitol.
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Ambushsd by Apaches.

A Silver City, N. NJ, dispatch Of the sd,
reports that detachment Of IS men OF
Troop G, Eighth cavalry, was ambushed
the 10Th by band Of Apache Indians in q
mountain pass, two officers and two troop
ers being killed outright and two officers
dangerously wounded.
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VIM Appeal to tho Country.

A Hamilton, Ont, telegram ::of tho 2oth
says that Sir John Macdonald, Canadian
premier, has decided to appeal to the
country on account of the French hostility
to the government growing out Of tho Riel
affair, and also to head OF threatened ex-
posures OF corruption and Improvement.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

FERDINAND WARD who was pro-
NOTED from stove polisher to book
keeper, at Sing Sing prison, was not a
success in the latter position.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

Al. Underwood, editor of the Fergus
Falls, (Minn.D Journal, and one of tho old
the 2lst, Of paralysis. Mr.. Under
wood had been In poor health for
months, and had but just returned from q
sojourn in the southwest in tho hope Of
benefit.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31
DAKOTA.
Suicide In Dakota.

Edward Jones, . farmer living near
Brookings, OAK, having got himself into
trouble BY mortgaging property not his
own, suicided the 2Sd BY poison.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31
Fire EAtalitlaa,

BY fire at Georgetown, Mass, the 2oth,
which destroyed thirteen business PLACID
and inflicted loss of $4,000, two firemen
were killed and several injured by falling
walls. The killed were Joseph nlsley, aged
q, unmarried, and George A. Chase, aged
., married, with one child.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31
saloon Murder.

In saloon row at Two Rivers, MINI, the
night of the 24th, man named Anderson.
brother Of the owner OF the saloon. was
struck on tho temple with chair and in
saloon Of the time. have been arrestefi e.
await the action Of the coroner's jury.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31

William West, an employe Of the post
office at Des Moines, Iowa, was arrested
the 9th, for robbing the mails. Over 800
Of stolen money was found on his person.
He confessed his guilt.
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naath ofan nld Rav.r c.n<.s,

Capt. Robert Scribe Harris died at Du-
buque, L., Christmas day, aged y years.
Capt. Harris went to DUBUQUE In 1928. and
ran the first packet that ever Piled the
upper Mississippi to st. Paul, the steamer
st. Paul In 1888
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One War Settled.

A Paris cablegram Of the 22d, says that
peace has been concluded between France
and Madagascar. France is to have a
protectorate, and French troops will con-
tinue to occupy the country until q war
indemnity Of &c, 000, 600 IL paid.
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Riottng In Ireland.

A Dublin cablegram Of the 9th, reports a
riot between political factions in Limerick,
In which large numbers of men and women
took part, and resulting In the serious in
jury Of some twenty persons before order
was restored.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-12-31
FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
RntOmbAd In n Mine.

Cablegrams Of the Esd, report an explo-
sion in tho Ponty-Pridd coal mines,
Wales, in which there were $50 men at the
time. The latest reports state that $40
men had been rescued, and that at least 50
were killed and many more terribly in
tured.
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How Much Do 1 Cos Your

on her death bed. It was hard to part
with the pet Of the family; the golden
hair, the loving blue eyes. the bird-like
voice, the thruthful. affectionate child.
How could she be given up! Between
this child and her father there had al
ways existed, not relationship mere
ly, but the love of congenial natures.
He fell on his knees before his darling's
bedside and wept bitter tears. He
strove to say, but could not, Thy will
be done.' It was a conflict between
grace and nature, such as he had never
before experienced, His sobs disturbed
the child, who had been lying apparent
~ unconscious. She opened her eyes
aud looked distressed.
Papa, dear papa" she said at
length.
"What, my darling?" asked her
father, striving for composure.
''Papa," she asked, in faint, broken
tones: chow much do 1 cost you every
year?''
Hush, dear, be quiet!'' he replied
in great agitation, for he feared deliri-
UNI coming.
"But, please, papa, how much do
cost you?''
Too soothe her, he replied, though
with shaking voice, ''Well, dearest,
perhaps two hundred dollars. What
then, darling?"
Because, papa, 1 thought maybe
you would lay it out in Bibles for poor
children to remember me by
A beam of heavenly Joy glanced in
the fathers heart; the joy of one noble
spirit mingled with its like. Self was
forgotten-the sorrow of parting, the
lonely future. Naugl.t remained but
the mission of love, and q thrill of
gratitude that he and his beloved were
co-Workers.
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Gotta ALand OmcA .

F. N. Ziebach, the squatter governor Of
Dakota, and who has been . standing can
didate to succeed Gov. Pierce, was on the
21st appointed receiver of the land Office at
Yankton