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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-04-16
Russia in 1884.

The Russian Noroe Vremya reviews
the year of 1884 in series of articles,
in which the affairs of the empire as q
whole are described as being consider
ably better than they have been for
some years past. The maintenance of
order, the establishment of better con-
troll over the administration, and the
r.gained dignity of the organs of gov
eminent have been especially marked
in the past year. The commission for
the reform of local administration has
counted among its members not onlv
those who advocate the Capitalization
of power, but the delegates of the SELF
governing party have been invited to
all the deliberations. One OF the great
reforms marking 1884 is that Of the
Russian universities, although it will
be a long time before the benefits are
fully appreciated. New statutes for
ecclesiastical seminaries and acade-
mics have been made, and attempts
have been made to increase the ini1u-
ence of the clergy in secular schools.
A special commission has been prepar-
ing a scheme for the establishment of
a system of technical schools such as
Wv SOA0AA4OA AA O"CuCus XAc6&SuE0S
regulating the employment of children
in factories have also been legalized.
Among administrative reforms the e.
Enlistment of the government in the
Amur district and the incorporation of
Poland in the empire in matters con-
corning the organization of the affairs
OF the peasants are the most important,
Curiously enough, tho financial posi-
ton has considerably improved in
spite of the continued commercial and
industrial depression. The expert
ment of building state railways having
proved too expensive. the construction
of the line Novorossisk, Rostoff- vladi-
kavkas will be conceded to q private
company. Recent legal actions against
banks have shown that the legis-
lation concerning them is in need Of .
radical reform. The St. Petersburg
maratime canal has been COMPLETED.
the port of Batoum is now in tho
course of development, and the canals
between the basins of tho Obi and tho
Jenissey are progressing.
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The new Indian Commissioner
promptly commits himself to the en-.
forcement of the progressive policy re-
garding the red men which Mr.. Cleve-
land laid down in his inaugural. Mr..
Atkins expresses the hope that the ad-
ministratlon of his bureau will be such
40 to teach the Indians that the Gov
eminent is not their enemy, and an
nounces that the system of educating
them into self-su2port will be given
precedence over the old regime OF mill
tary forcx..
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The defeat Of the French BY the
Chinese in the last battle in Tonquin
seems to have reached the proportions
ola disaster, the French general Negrier
being severely wounded, and his whole
army being forced to retreat, abandon
ing an important city, forts, md much
territory, with prospect of still fur
Their retreat, which will give up about
all that has been won during the last
long and costly campaign.
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One of the features Of campaigning
in the Soudan has been the use of a bal
loon. From one Of the camps around
which the Arabs were believed to be
lowering balloon was allowed SLOWLY
to rise. The effect on the enemy can
easily be imagined. Never before IN
their lives had such an object been seen
by them. The occupant of tho car wat
able to observe all the motions of tho
Arabs and report their number and 10
sitiou,
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The new German tariff bill increase,
duties upon large number of articles.
and upon some the increase is quite
marked. Though Injuries do not e..
cape the increased rates, these affect
Tor the most part the more common and
necessary articles. The most striking
features of the new law arc the IL.
creased rates levied on food products.
especially those on grain, intended to
guard the German agriculturists against
American end Russian ce,apetition.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-04-16
RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

The Russo Afghan Fight Likely to Prs.
oipttats War Between England and Rus.
sia.
The Official Messenger, at st. Petersburg,
published the following:
Gen. kamoro1 reports that in consequence
Of hostile manifestations by the Afghans he
was compelled to attack them. The Afghans
were posted on both banks ~ the River Knskh
in an entrenched position The fght occurred on
the 30th of last month. The Afghan force wasS s.
GOO men and eight guns, and was defeated with
the loss of all tho field artillery, two standards
Of banners and the entire camp outfit, aud all
the provisions Of the Afghans we're captured
The Russian loss was three subalterns and ten
soldiers killed and twenty-nine wounded.
When the fighting ended Gen. Kamoroff return
ed to the position he had formerly occupied
A diepatch to the London Times from Gulran
Of April 3 states that the Russians, while max
ing pretext of changing their outposts on tho
Afghan frontier, attacked Penjdeh, March &c.
and drove the Afghans out of their positions
Mr.. Gladstone said in Parliament England
had kept her part Of this agreement Up to
March 80, at least, the Afghans had made no
kind. ee far as the information possessed
by the ministers weat, the government must
Penjdeh as unprovoked. The government
had asked tor an explanation OF this
attack from Russia, but, of course SUI
fcient time had not yet elapsed for the re-
ceipt Of an answer to this request. Sir Ed
ward Thornton, the British ambassador at
St Petersburg, had, however, telegraped
that NJ: De Giers, the Russian prime minis
ter, had expressed for himself and for tile car
an earnest hope that this unhappy incident
might not prevent the continuation Of the ne
gotiations for peace.
This remark was greeted with shouts Of
derisive laughter and the impression is
that war between England and Russia cannot
be adverted
The anti Russian feeling in both parties in
the house Of commons amounts to a passion
If Russia's explanation of the attack on tho AZ
ghans be delayed or incomplete, the British
government will be forced to declare war or re-
sign. Decline in consols since the opening of
Afghan frontier dispute has been per cent,
which equals the fall IN consols at the opening
of the Crime an war.
The London Morning Post states that Gen.
Wolseloy has been ordered to withdraw one
third of his entire force from the Soudan for
services elsewhere.
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CRAFTS LIFE PRoIoxo4n.
Ths 1Gsdieal Aspects Of the oass Present.
Cd Clearly.

New York Special: There has been 80 much
unsatisfactory speculation about the danger Of
an immediate fatal termination of Gen Grant's
disease that the Pioneer Press correspondent
gained an audience with gentleman who
knows - much about the medical and other
aspects Of the case as any one. He allowed
himself to be interviewed on the condition
that his name would not be used. It is SUM
Gent, therefore, to say, that tho gentleman has
been . regular visitor at the generals house,
and has seen the sick man every day for !
month. He said:
1t will surprise Gen Grants physicians very
much if he dies within week The chan ces
are that he will live two weeks longer. and
would not give much odds that he viii live un-
til May. OF course, some unforeseen ACCIDENT
such a. sudden faintness of the heart. NAV oo.
cur at any moment and upset my pbrophesy,
bn 9', With that possible exception, I think you
What is to be feered most!' was asked.
sFirst Of ell, blood poisoning. The trouble
Tuesday morning was caused BY the lodge
ments in the rear Of the larnyx suddenly g.
coming loose aud leaving tho raw sores nm
covered Thus, Ct the first friction they be-
gan to hlsed Fl thstr present exposed coudi-
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General Grant less Dsspondsnt.

New York Special: Gen. Grant Is not a
moody and Respondent as he was . few days
ago While one Of his physicians was with
him early this morning reference vas made.
incidentally, to the fact that ono week ago to-
day he was on the point Of death and only saw
ed by the timely injection Of brandy.
..You saved my life then, doctor, Gen. Grant
said, "but what was the use of it,"
Eve had been doing tho best We could, WAS
# aPpreciate It 3 T. continued the general;
'though don't say much about it. 1 would
trumpet you from one end of the world to the
other if you could cure me entirely.
As the sick man, lying back amid his pillows
on his arm chair, said this; he looked his ply:
sician straight in the eye. There was sudden
CLEAN and Frightening up in his gaze, Is hi
was trying to read the doctors mind before
he could speak. The physician hes
itated but few seconds. yet it told the tale Of
the hopeless battle that was being fought
Reading his fate in the doctors mind, the gem
eral continued, without waiting for an answer:
ut is only question of days"
"There you are mistaken, general, said the
doctor, quietly. 'sYou will i've for weeks and
perhaps months to come"
ut must be with less suffering then, if do"
came the response. and the conversation
closed
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ton, these tissues may absorb sone Of The
poisonous matter from the cancer, and thus
It viii enter the blood. The physicians. I I'M.
derssand, are now directing. their efforts to
1arding' Oh this danset, ind thsy wilE probably
least Whom you sss Gen: Grants tenn a.
Ing rseeS1a1 lh.n ana loos put out ,d 1se S.n
ger. That will mean that the poison
mas reached his blood. The second cause Of
, 10 exhaustion. A bad spelf from Sleep
right around, and before reaction can cot in
ne vii! die The contingency 10 made all the
moro liable BY the generals recent loss Of
Dlood, which can never be regained Tho can
cor itself, think 10 the last source Of danger.
VAL. = nov %hs ststtonssy ard h.. been % fsr
ing sumcient 70 become fatal for Two months ct
least, and with proper treatment it could bo
neid IN allegiance until fall think"
Mhst are the chances Of another hemorrh-
not think It viii alarm tho phy.ioia s 0oi o s0
5e stopped before any material damage il
done: That on Tuesday last was expected BY
the doctors, though it came little too soon
Inere y little trouble now with the throat, a
II 10 under control Whatever pain he suhere
nov - believed by the constant application II
v, "fou regard tie generals condition a. Il.
vorable thenyn inquired tho reporter.
j., Undoubtedly. Els faculties ars p clear -
they ever were, and he 10 fully capable of trans
acting any business that might como to man
in active life He would be a. able to direct
the movements Of IN army in the field to-day
e. he wes twenty years ago, 90 Tar - his men,
tai condition 10 concerned"
'Does the general show the effects Of hin
long confinement"
"0nly in measure, and not 20 greatly. .,
has been stated in the newspapers. Tho {ace
IL full and inclined to be Auehed, rather than
pale. There il, ! worn appearance and sink
ing in behind the ears and in tho
back: Of his mock, but that comes
mostly from his = loss Of blood Tues
day: would nots : that his body 10 enact
ated That is not the word His arms and
lungs have become small and thin, and he has
lost flesh, but it is far from condition that is
implied by calling it emaciated- OF course his
eyes are not 40 bright a. they might be, but
to-day there was CLEAN in them that I have
not seen before for Z month"
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THE CASUALTY RECORD.

THE CASUALTY RECORD.
The recent depreciation Of the Indians in the
vicinity Of Battleford seems to have been rath-
or expensive, being estimated at about $780,
OOO, pretty large sum when the circumstances
of the settlers afe considered.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-04-16

early chicks" says . bucol:c writer,
''should be Matched this month, % the suaallet
st1es are usually In demand when they Dirt
reach the sales" We warn the creduloui
reader not to infer from this that they vfl
reach the boarding house table earliee thar
1865 Waskisobom HdseAk
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-04-16
Tho reduction of the national debt in
March was only 1888 ,OOO-but for The
nine months previous Il Was "a, &c.,

Nearly dozen States East and West,
have selected days in April for the
planting of trees. In the Northwest,
the first day of May has usually been
known as ".Arbor. day."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-04-16

SUAOAo0 " ~AJV8 AO"O4 Oh " A0CO00x0s
COL s. c. Mower, one of the proprietors Of
the Milwaukee Sunday Telegraph, and = gen-
tleman well and favorably known in business,
social and military circles, has shot
himself in the head at tho Kirley House
in that city. No one is able to ascribe cause
for the suicide. His partner, Col Watrous,
says that Mower has been ailing for
five weeks, and has only been at the
office occasionally during that time.
Col. Mower was about forty-two years Of ago.
he was born in New England, and had lived in
Wisconsin since 1857, when he came west with
his mother, who was q widow at tbs time, and
who afterward married Gen. Harrison O. Ho-
bart He was educated at Appleton, and enlisted
at Chiffon soon after the breaking ont of the war
as private in his step fathers regiment At
the close of the war he came out q captain.
since the war he has spent most of his time in
the government engineer corps, and was for
many years stationed in Michigan while on
government work. He went to Milwaukee
about year ago, purchased an interest in tho
G,,,,dny. TAonra r,h which Lo A>s si.>o> editoa
conformity with Col Watrous, the senior pro-
prietOr.
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he peopa. q Texas y, calling II Tho '.s,s
4s4 gr
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Massacre BY Risl's Indian Allies.

AaSSacro BY R1ol's Indian Allies.
Gen Middleton the British commander 10 In
communication with both Battleferd and
Prince Albert by wire. News comes via
Battleford of massacre by Crees 1T Frog
Lake, eight miles west Of Fort Pitt
Eight whites were killed, including two
priests. The garrisons at Battleford
and Prince Albert are safe as yet
but anxious for succor The force will push
as rapidly as possible. It is reported that
Riel is entrenched at Batoches, and has cannon.
This is doubtful Middleton had . short CON-
ference with Indians. They expressed loyal
ty. The wires are crowded with official tele.
grams, and particulars are impossible TO OBJ
tain.
In the Dominion house on tho 9th, Sir John
Macdonald said:
No confirmatory information has been 70
ceived by the government ~ to tho Sensational
reports respecting the advance of the Indians
across the International boundary. We have
message from q reliable source ct Calgary
stating that it was generally believed that these
reports were unfounded and that they were
got up by interested parties
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-04-16

uSnt D8ttery ~ fOrt Snelll0g JOIN with tho
regiment in its encampment.
News was received at O~atonna from Bridge
water Nova Scotia, of the arrest of man an
swering the description Of Furnival, the sup
posed murderer Of Rev. G. c. Tanners daugh-
ter, Mra. Perceval, and family, and two other
parties At Fullerton, Mob. An attempt was
made to have . photograph taken to eend TO
Owatonna to have him identified, but ho resis-
ted 90 that an accurate picture could not be
taken. Hon. G. Buffom Of Owatonna left to
indemnity him, he having been IN inmate Of his
family for years. An affidavit that the
Furnival was made to enable tho officers to
extradite him.
Josiah Payne Of Etchheld has queer relic
in tho shape of letters patent for the first
leather splitting machine, invented by his
father, Stephen Payne. It is printed on parch-
nature Of Thomas Jefferson a. president and
James Madison ~ secretary OF state. II 10
dated 1906
G.. s. Gordon Of Owatonns lost his barn
and contents BY IN incendiary fra Loss
A man came from the lumber woods to Cale-
donia, loosing his team by drowning in Money
SosS<AOAAA~
him and got away with Ills watch and $50 in
cash, but was captured and jailed
J. W: lawrence has been appointed local
treasurer Of the Minnesota Northwestern, and
W. H. Morris Of Austin has been eiven charge
Of the erection Of al depot& Il 10 SAID the
Minnesota d Northwestern and tho Minneapolis
b st. Louis will elect joint freight and pas
senger depot 1t Cascade
At the election recently, M. Barr was
elected mayor Of Mankato; d. B. Moore mayor
Of Duluth; @. l. Lowell mayor of Faribault;
g: T. Ives mayor Of It Peter; Charles
Eepenscheid mayor of Hastings; G. D..
Wright mayor OF Fergus Falls; K J. Non
tagne major Of Crookston; n Bean major Of
AnokA
Ole Hokonson came to America because hie
scandinavian parent would not let him marry
tho girl Of his choice. He worked three years
70 make her homo as st Peter, but lately his
father has relented and Ole has gone homo e
marry tho lady.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1885-04-02

"N ben n whale Is killed hels towed
alongside IL the ship and all hands so
20 work stripping Oh the hlubher anu
throwing II into the hold When laiso
amount has been obtained, Tao trying
out commences. The try-setllel nro
placed between tho foremost ana the
main hatch, aud are fired with refuse
blubber or SCRAPS from the kettles, Inc
sbIp Il nut before the wind with ohly
enough sail set 10 give her sleerageway'
,bo helm Is dashed and all hands ialI-to
az tho Kettles. The strips uf hlnbber hfn
first eut IN into chunks called morse
njeces then cut into thin strips ealIeu
HIhIe Leaves, then minced In trough
A ,c,y buckcts Of oil from whhlrs
head are first poured into the try'po's,
and when that Il hot the minced biNngF
n mi in. Woe 10 tho boy who has TINS
10 Joi The men who no tho SURFING
ALWAYS stand aft Of the pots, AMI every
limo no pours In n bucket oi mlnccd
blubbcr tho sitting smoke from the inT-
mace and oil yapor from the pots nhSh
tnII In Ills face. lie can avoid suiloca-
tion by not breathing. but his eyes no
must usa. and tho SMOKE causes lISIh
intense pain. In "a short umc thcy DC
come terribly inilamcd ana the agony
seems uncomfortable. ! was thahkinl
how whcn | placed my fest on the DOCK
nj New Bedford"
"What wages did lou get'"
"Thoy don't pay wages on board
whalcr but everybody gets u share OF
the ,catch;' the Captain one.'wen'lcth;
the First Mate onc-forticlh, tho Second
Mate one-iiitieth, and so on, the com
mon sailors, or green hands, as they arc
called, getting Lut one barrel IN one
hundred and thirty"
GLOW many. barrels did You get Tor
your share2" ,,,
ave brought about three hundred
barrels. so my share was n little over
two barrels"
"Worih how much''
"No matter how mnch Not as much
~ owed tho slop chest, so didn wait
for tho 'divyy.' "--DctroH Free Ff'SS'
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GIVEN AWAY FOR ONE YEAR.

We want 100000 subscribers before
April LIST, 1885, TO our large Illustrated
publication, THE FREsIDE MAGAZINE. In
order to get above number of subscribers
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wear. and the second year We will make up
The loss us most of them will subscribe
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Order Tor yourself aud friends and you VIII
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Sna;chcd From the Grave.

Mrs. Sarah Il. Turner and her moth
er, Mrs. p. T.. Bryan, for nineteen
wears residents of Humboldt, Tenn,
make the following statements as to
the merits of Swifts Specific. Mrs
Turner'S case is well known In that
community. Sho says:
II was afflicted for two or three
years with Eczema and and Erysipe-
las combined. My whole system was
broken down, my strength and oppe-
tito gone, and 1 became rs helpless as
n child, being lifted from place to
placo by my friends. | was treated
by the best physicians in the commu'
nifty with Iodide Of Potash and the
other usual remedies for such cases.
[ was given up by my friends. Ny
suffcrings were beyond DESCRIPTION
and I lost all hopes Of recovery. Last
January | was induced to try Swifts
Specific, having received II pamphlet
from tho Company detailing It's
merits. The first halfdo2en bottles
had the effect to bring back hope to
my hourt, and the thought OF beng
well again brought joy and gAdness
to the household. l have taken al
together "A bottles, the sores have all
healed up and disappeared; my
strength has returned, mdI am able
to do all kinds of housowork.
Swift's Specific honestly believe,
snatched me from tho grave, and l
do not know how to be grateful
enough for my recovery.
NIRs. SARAH A. TURNER.
I know that S. S. S, has saved my
daughters life. Sho was tho most
wretchod looking object that ovel
saw when she commenced taking 1T
being perfectly helpless. L THANH
God that we ever heard of it. 1t has
saved my child,
Mrs. p. e. BRYAN.
Humboldt, Tenn, Oct, |, 1884.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
TIE SWIFT Specific Co., Drawer 3
Atlanta, Ga.
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PLUCK AND PRAYER.
yoaErHISE POLLARD,

There wan, any uso o frsl,lng,
Aud told Obadiah so,
For o. No couldn't hold an 10 things,
Wo'd Jest got 90 lot 'em go,
There were lots u folks Ihat'd snaeE
Along with tho rest OF "a,
An Il didn't seem ~ bs wnrth our while
10 mako such dreille fuss,
To DO sure, the bara was most empty
An corn an pertaters scn'ce,
An not much Of anything plenty an cheap,
hut wateF-an' apple Sass,
But lhen--as told Obadiah
II want any use 10 grOHn,
For flesh aud blood eouldn't stand H. aud h'
Was nothing but skin and bone,
But, laws! Of you'd only hoord him,
Al any hour OF the night
A.praying out ia that closet there,
,Twoull have set you crazy quite
I patched the knees OF those trousers,
With cloth that was noways thin,
But il seemed AZ 81 tho pieces woro out
As fast as | 80 'on In.
To mo he said mighty little
OF tho thorny way ho trod,
But at least dozen timos day
Ho talked II over with God.
Down on his knees in that closet
Tho most Of his timo was passodi
For Obadiah knew how 10 pray
Much better than how 20 fast.
But am that way contrary
That ef things don't 90 jest right,
l feel like rollin my sleeves up high
An gittin' ready TO fight.
An tho giant Il tuw that wintor
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Plain OHe,tions.

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