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The Progress., 1888-09-22
How 10 Measure Ones Growth.

One may measure his own growth by
looking back upon his own record of
his Likes and dislikes, his thoughts and
convictions, his moods and humors.
Have you an old scrap-book of your
own makingp Have you once favor
ite volume which, five, ten, twenty.
forty years ago you pencilmarkeda
How many passages that pleased you
then please you now? How many
statements that you disagreed with
then do you agree with nowp How
many that you agreed to then do YOU
agree to now? How many Of those
scraps that you thought worth pastine
in book seem puerile and as SO much
rubbish nowp Few of us there are who
have not some such record of our past
selves; and there are few of us who are
not half ashamed of our own measure
as thus disclosed. In the light of such
revelations of ones past self to his
present self, it would seem that one
would have no room for over self-confi-
dence1 lest the future should pass like
Judgment upon the present when the
present shall have become the past
3. s. Times.
"A Spanish astronomer has ascer.
tanned that there are rain and snow on
the moon. the same as on the earth.
The Progress., 1888-09-22
REFUSED HIS SALARY.

4 Governor of Idaho who wouldn't Take
Money He Hadn't Earned.
Another distinguished son of Keokuk
is Mr.: Irwin, who was guilty of an act
not many years ago which, if he had
been tried for it by a jury of office
holders, would have consigned him to
lunatic. asylum for the rest of his life.
!; He awakened an unspeakable horror
throughout the entire land. It occurred
an this way: President Arthur ap-
pointed him Governor of Idaho. He
went out there and took the oath Of
Office and remained awhile. Then busi-
less matters called him home and de-
tanned him there for several months.
He. found it inconyenient to 90 back to
'daho, and finally resigned his office.
Z }ut that was not the worst of it. The
horrible part of the story remains to
be told When the checks for the sal
ary were sent him by United States
Treasurer Wyman he returned them
to Washington with note explain
ing that he had been absent from his
post and had not performed the duties
of his Office. and he could not con-
scientioalsly accept any pay. The
officers of the Treasury stood aghast
1T such audacity. There was no pre-
cedent for the act and they did not
know what to do. They returned the
checks to Mr.. Irwin, saying that in
the opinion of the accounting officers he
was entitled to the salary of his posi-
ton until his resignation was accepted.
But he was inexorable. He declined to
accept the money (which amounted to-
$1,000 or moreand asked that it be
turned into the Treasury or used to-
ward the payment of the public debt.
Treasurer Wyman did not know what
to do with it, so he put it in the con-
science fund. This called out a pro-
test from Governor Irwin, who, declined
to be classed with repentant thieves
and conscience stricken sWindlers, and
he suggested that a new fund be started
to meet such cases as his own-of con-
tributions from officials who felt that
they were not entitled to their salaries.
But the Treasury officials smiled at the
credulousness OF the Governor of
Idaho, who seemed to think that his
example might be initiated d-and they
were right. It never has been.
asked Mr.. Irwin about this little
affair to-day, and he laid the entire
blame upon his mother. He said she was
with him when he received the checks
for his salary, and she said: John, it
is not honest for you to keep that
money, for you have done nothing to
earn it. 7 And he saw that she was
right. It was the old story. A woman
tempted him and he fell. The checks
were sent back by the next mall.
v, q. Curtis, IN Chicago Nes0s.
The Progress., 1888-09-22
PROF. PRocToR's DEATH.
The Notsd Astronomer Dies In New Yor
City Of Yellow Fever, Contracted WIN

The Noted Astronomer Dies In New YofA
City Of Yellow Fever, Contracted Whls
On . visit to F1orida.
NHw YORK, Sept 13.-Prof. Richard A.
Proctor, the astronfn1er, died ct the
Willard Parker Hospital In this city at
7:15Iast evening from yellow fever. He
arrived here from Oaklawn, Fla, where he
has an observatory, on Monday, and was
Immediately prostrated with q dis
case which the. best physicians un-
hesitatingly pronounced yellow fever.
Other doctors doubted that the disease was
really yellow fever but their doubts were
removed when the patient was seized with
the black vemtt last evening. and died
from its effects. The professor had en-
gagged passage for Europe, intending to
{ sail next Saturday. His family are still
at Oaklawn, Fla, where no cases Of yel-
/ low fever have been reported.
The health officers here are confident that
they can battle successfully with the dis
ease in any event. They deny that there
are any grounds for popular apprehension
even should other cases be imported from
the South. Prof. Proctor's remains were
placed In . metallic cofin, according to the
rules Of the Board OF Health, SO there can
be no danger from burial in any cemetery.
Every thiag in the hotel-room where Proc
tor stopped has been nremoved-uphols olstery.
carpets and bedding and the place thor.
onghly cleaned aud the room nailed tirht
lRichard Anthony Proctor, b A., was born
at Chelsea Eng. March "a 1881, and graduated
from ST. Johns College. Cambridge, ID 1850.
He was appointed fellow OF the Royal
Astronomical Society In 1855 and an hon
orary fellow OF Kings College,, Lon
don, in 1873. He edited tho Proceed
ings OF the Royal Astronomical Society
IN 1672-a In 1853 he created great Interest BY
maintaining against the almost universal opin-
Ion Of astronomers, the theory OF the solar
corona, and also that OF the inner complex 90
lar atmosphere, both Of which have since peen
accepted. In 1879 Prof Proctor severed his
connection with the Catholic church because,
as he said, the theologians Of the
church had convinced him that the
holding Of certain scientific views
which he believed to be correct was In
compatible with loyalty to that faith. In 1881
Mr.. Proctor was married at st. Joseph, Mo-, to
niece OF General Jefferson Thompson, OF Vir-
ginia 81
Mr. Proctor has written much on scientific
subjects and is the author OF more than sixty
books, mostly on astronomical subjects, the
principal one being Other Worlds Than Ours, y
first published in 1870, and ''rran sits Of Venus
1874 Isl ,.s y5lsSE 5
The Progress., 1888-09-22
PERSONAL AND poL1r1cAl..

The President on the 18th nominated
Lambert Tree to be Minister to- Russia
I. CANDIDATES for Congress were nomi-
mated on the 11th as follows: 3. P. Allen
by Second district Michigan Republicans
(renominated); M. 81. Ford by Fifth Mich
igan district Democrats and Greenback-
ers (renominated); Nathan Frank by
Ninth Missouri district Union Laborites,
and John Il. Rogers (renoninatedl by
Fourth Arkansas district Democrats
The Prohibitionists of Massachusetts
met in State convention at Worcester on
the 10Th and nominated State ticket, with
William H. Earle, Of Worcester, for Gov
ernOr
CoLoRAD Democrats in convention on
ths 18th at Denver nominated T. n. Patter-
son for Governor. The platform indorses
Cleveland's Administration and the ST
Louis nominations and platform, demands
the free coinage of silver and the prohibi
tion of Chinese and pauper labor. s5
IS. GOVERNOR HILL was renominated by ac-
clamation by the New York Democratic
State convention at Buffalo on the 18th.
The platform indorse5 the ST Louis plat
form and candidates; commends the Presi-
dents fisheries policy; favors excluding
foreign paupers and criminals; condemns
recent high license legislation in the State
/ do sAy pOCiltlCdl3 - duVOCaGeS nome rule
for cities, and favors the employment Of
convicts without competition with free
labor Governor Hills administration is
indorsed.
| CONGRESSIONAL nominations were made
as follows on the 18th: Wisconsin, Fifth
district, Gustave Kusterma ann (Rep) !.
Seventh, Ormsby B. Thomas (Rep.j
Seventh, Frank Coburn Dem) Ninth,
VT. Early (Dem.) Minnesota, Fourth
district, Edmund Rice (Dem renomi-
| mated; Fifth, Charles Canning (Dem !.
Iowa, Fifth district, J. h Preston (Dem.) ) !;
Ninth, J. r. Reed teRep}. Louisiana,
Third district, 81. j. Gray Dem) renomi-
mated Washington Territory, John b.
Allen Rep). Illinois, Sixth district, r.
| M. Cook dem. I'll
PROF. RICHARD A. PROCTOR, the eminent
astronomer, died on the 18th at New York
with yellow fever. He had recently re-
turned from his winter home in Florida
bringing the germs of the disease with
lihim. He was fifty one years of age.
The Massachusetts Republicans met in
Boston on the 18th and renominated Oliver
Ames for Governor. The platform insists
on q protective policy, demands an honest
ballot and favors a liberal pension law
The National Committee OF the Green
back party met at Cincinnati on the 18th
and decided not to put ticket in the field.
Resolutions were adopted against fusion
with any party.
The Progress., 1888-09-22
LATER NEWS.

THERE were SO new cases Of yellow fever
reported at Jacksonville, Fla, for the 10th
and 2 deaths, For the 18th there were "a
new cases and deaths reported. Total
cases to date 995 and l26 deaths
AN explosion occurred at the mill of the
National Milling Company, Cleveland, o.,
on the 10Th. The mill took fire and was
destroyed, entailing loss of $l25; OOO
Two of the mill hands were killed and sew
eral others injured
The business portion of Florence, Wis,
was burned on the l5th Loss $75, 1000
JOHN N. WoGAM aged 60 years, and the
nois was shot and Killed by constable on
the 18th
CHARLES A. PERCY, went through the
whirlpool. rapids. of the Niagara river on,
the 18th. His boat was lost but he swan
out uninjured
SIxTY-NNE workmen in the Hoosac t,ln-
mel were overcome by coal gas on the 10Th
It was only by prompts action Of q fagman
that they escaped being killed by freight
trains! 81,
JOHN SPn.ANEL, Bohemian tailor at
Omaha, Neb., on the 165h. shot his, wife.
fatally wounding her, and then blew his
own bruins out
Two freight trains eollided on tine N. 81.
P. Il @. railroad near Akron, @, ,fon the
10th. One engineer was killed.. also a
tramp and a brakeman seriously injured.
The accidentwas due to the carelessness of
q telegraph operator. The wreck was q
bad one, as the cars were piled up three
deep for over 100 feet
ANDREW RHuEI4 a farmer living near
| Manchester, Mo-, was thrashed by Fred
| Fink for disparaging remarks made about
| his sister. On the 18th Rhuel went to
Fink's house and shot Fred Finls dead, and
J from exhaustion and then shot her through
the heart There had been a feud between
the families for some time.
| At the 9th annual meeting of the etlito-
rial association Of Dakota, held in the
Grand Canyon Hotel in the grand canyon
| of the Yellowstone Park on Friday. the 9Th
day Of September, 1888, the following
officers were elected: President, George w.
Adams. Webster; % Vice Pres't G. F.
/ Hackett, Parker; Secretary, George Schlos-
ser, Blunt; Treasurer, "a N. Williamson,
Flandreau. Executive Committee, FL u
Sill, OF Aberdeen, Chairman; s. 81 Bronson.
Howard; F. ]. Corey, Redfeld; E b Miller,
Perre; James E. Rowins Sargent Dele
| gates to National Conve ention, Frank Crane,
Of Watertown. and j.. NJ shannon, Of HUI
ron. Alternates, w. W. Goddard, of Sioux
Falls, and Frank E. Everts, of Oneida The
committee on resolutions submitted their
report at Salt Lake. The National Jour
nalist Of Chicago was chosen as the official
organ
The Progress., 1888-09-22

NoMINATIoNs for Congress- on tha ,asn
Wisconsin, Third distriot, r N. "a rolette
(Rep renominated; Eighth. s. q Jnhn.
son (Dem.). Ohio, Eighteenth iliatrict. Cg
T. Ikert Dem Iowa, Fourth distriet.
j. q. Sweeney lRep.). Mississippi aeventS
district, Henry kornogan fRen. i & & Kan.
lucky, Third district, W. q. Huuter fRan s
renominated Arkansas, Third district
7. 3. McRae (Dem. renomin atad Tan,
nessee. Sixth district, j. II want
ton (Dem-) renominated. Massanhnsatts
Fourth district, ]. II Walker fRen. :. -
OFFICIAL y returns on the 18th from tho
recent election In Maine give BurleiRh
(Rep Tor Governor plurality 81 1e. 4s5.
The Senate is sunantmously Republican.
The House has lss Repubi iicans and % Dom.
Ocrats. G .
THE Official returns from the recent A..
kansas election were all In on, the 1sth. and
the majority Tor Colsnel Eagle. Democrat-
5lc candidate for Governor, Il 1I.Sel. S.'29.s-
DR.. e. u. NoRwooD, the 2ssion candi-
date for Governor OF Arkaassa. clained
On the 14th 20 have been electAd by "a ma
jority. and would contest the olectian of
Governsr Eagle {Dom.l ]. S q.
CANDIDATE for Congress were noninat-
cd on the 18th % follows: Ofarlas Rar.
wig, by SECOND Wisconsin district Deme.
Gratis; b. B. Gsdfrsy BY FiftA Nickiean
district Prohibitionists Z John ". Candior.;
by Ninth Massachusetts district Demo
Gratis. bt s
JOHN c. EDwARDs, who went TO Califor-
MIA In 1849, died at Stockton. on the 18th.
He was Governor Of Missouri from 1874 to
1S48 5;s 9Sssss4{ sssg Ss..s
The Progress., 1888-09-22
MlSCELE 4nEtJuSL

MISCELLANEOUS
ssood authoritieg say the Mexican
horse is a servicesble animal. good for
long Journeys, easy in canter, intelli-
gent, full OF fun at times, but rarely
vicious, and could he be domesticated
in the United States would be, very
popular.
a roaring gas well back of Canons-
burg, Pa. is said to have the greatest
registered pressure of any in the eworld.
The gas looks like solid piece Of blue
8 steel for some distance after it comes
out OF the pipe. Solid masonry twelve
feet thick surrounds the we'll to hold
the cap on. When in drilling the gas
was struck, tools and ropes weighing
5,OOO pounds were thrown cut as
hough they were feathers.
The following story comes from
North Vassalboro, Ne. On Tuesday,
the Oath ult., q man died and left q sor-
rowing widow to mourn his loss. On
Wednesday. the 25th, she had fled her
intentions of marriage in the town
clerks Office. Thursday she followed
the remains of her deceased husband to
the grave. On the succeeding Monday
she was living happily with husband,
No. 2. and on Wednesday. the 1st inst.,.
the loving couple started on their we'd
ding pilgrimage.
In village in Central New York
there was a great: deal of aristocracy
and wealth and eligible matches were
scarce, or at least the supply Of desira-
bic men men was not equal to the number
OF women, and there was much wire
pulling to bring about results. "A little
girl, whose father was widower, used
to have her compositions praised BY
the teacher, who was we'll preserved
maiden lady. A little schoolmate said
to her one day, after hearing it: s.If
my father was a widower, my compo-
sitions would be just as good as yours!'
-Egchange. h
Not improved workmanship but
rapidity is the distinguished feature Of
the mechanical arts and trades nova
days An instance Of this was notice.
able in the experience of lady who
went into an umbrella makers store
one day and asked for an umbrella of
peculiar size and make which she
wanted to take with her at once to
Liverpool. The dealer did not have
one In stock but said that he could
n make one in short order if she would
wait. She sat down in anticipation of
dreary afternoon Of waiting, but in
precisely twenty-five minutes departed
with the finished article. 1t had been
made up entire from the raw materials.
The Boston Journal of Health says:
''It is recommended that the milk sup
ply of cities, at least in hot weather, be
scalded aus soon as received by the con-
sumers to prevent it souring. To scald
milk properly the following method is
advised: Take thin glass bottle with
rubber cork, fill it with milk nearly
up to- the neck, and place it uncorked
IN a kettle of water, which should then
be gradually brought to a boil. When
steam has commenced to escape from
the bottle, cork it lightly and continue
the boiling for thirty-tive to forty min
utes, and the process will be complete.
A bottle of milk thus preserved, it is
said, will remain sweet month if kept
in q cool place and tightly corked.''
The Progress., 1888-09-22
4 France,s Crv for. Bread.

I4oNDoN, Sept. 1s-The bad harvest in
France has led the bakers already to raise
the price OF bread. This action has aroused
the people and is, provoking a public pro-
test against the corn tax which was re-
cently imposed, which, it is declared,
keeps out foreign corn which would other
wise be brought into the country. The
effect Of this prohihitory impost is to bene-
at the bakers, while it is. detrimental to
the welfare Of the working classes
The Progress., 1888-09-22

Two Hundred and Fifty Lives Lost.
& SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 13.-Advices from
the Philippine Islands say that the Mayon
volcano was in violent eruption in July,
and that at least 100 persons lost their
lives.
Japan advices by the same steamer say
that $50 lives have been lost by terrible
floods at Gifu.
The Progress., 1888-09-22
MET DEATH in THE. FLAMES.

a Supposed Incendiary Fire at Junction
City. KAN. Results In the Loss of TWO.
Lives and Damage to the Extent of
S125,OOOs
TOPEKA, Kan, Sept. 13-Early Wednes-
day morning fire was discovered in B.
Rockwell & Co.'s general store. at Junction
City, this, State. A gale was blowing at
the time, and the flames spread rapidly to
other business places, causinga total dans-
age OF about $l25,00A The bodies of
Albert Franks and !. Milo Everleigh,
clerks in RockwelIs store, were found in.
the debris this afternoon. It is supposed
the young men made an effort to extin4
gllish the flames and were overcome by,
smoke. It is thought the fire was Of in
cendiary origin
The Progress., 1888-09-22
THE AUGUSTA FLOOD.

The Merchants of the Georgia City Are
Cheerful, and Declare Themselves Ready
for Business-No Outside Aid Needed
Fl Twelve Lives Were Lost, and the DAM
age to Property VIII Reach Nearly
s1,O00,OOO.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Sept. 13-The streets are
still partly covered by water. Merchants
met here yesterday and passed the follow
ing:
We have had the greatest freshest in our
history, but we are glad to report that with a
very lew exceptions our merchants are as we'll
prepared for business as II we had not been
visited by our water guest. Our cotton mer-
chants, sellers and buyers, are ready for all
the business that can Offer"
Not cotton warehouse in the city is in
jured, and the demand never better for
cotton. The railroads will at once repair
their washouts and the steamers on the
rivers are in splendid condition and the
cotton compress is intact Mayor May
says Augusta needs no outside help He
will put ], 600 men on the streets repairing
the damage Of the foods Damage to prop
erty will reach nearly $1,OOO,OOO Cotton
mills on the canal are all intact, but will
not be able to run for several weeks on
account Of break in the canal banks. The
railroads are heavy sufferers Runlors are
rife Of great loss Of life, but may lack CON
frmation. The list of deaths I'D to this
time numbers twelve.
The Progress., 1888-09-22
FOREIGN.

TIRE Dr0Ke 0ut on tA0 llth IN the coal
bunkersfof the steamship Pembroke Castle,
plying between Southampton and Capa
Town, and ten coolies were smothered to
death by GOAL gas. 81 t15sF
ADy1oEs q the 11th say that the rivers
Xenit, Guadelfso and dranada in Spain
had overfowed their banks and destroyed
the mountains for refuge. Great loss Of
life was reported
In q threshing- nachine explosion on the
11th at Ciron, Frsnce, eight persons were
killed and five others wore injured
The msrriage0f the Duke Of Aosta to
Princess Letitis Bonaparte was celebrated
at Turin on the 18th. The Duke reigned
for two years is King Of Spain andryolun-
tarily abdicated in 1873.
ALL hope Of q further rise in the Nile had
been abandoned on the 18th and famine
was feared In Egypt
f CONsTANTINopLE advices of the 18th say
that eighty cooks connected with the Sui
tan's palace, who struck on account Of
their wages being unpaid, had been exilod.
The shortage Of the wheat crop in France
was on the 18th estimated at forty million
hectolitres.
The steamer Laurance, when entering
the port Of Luz, in the Canary Islands. on
the 18th ran into the Italian steamer Lud
America, and the latter vessel was sunk,
forty persons being drowned
ADvICEs of the 18th report great suffer-
ing and many deaths from starvation
among the Indians of the Canadian North.
west Territories. III
SECRETARY OF STATE CHAPLEAU In a
speech at Montreal on the 18th said the
action Of President Cleveland on the re.
taliation question was dishonorable and
would leave an everlasting stain on the
American escutcheon. Canada's attitude
would be one Of dignity and self respect.
a HAVANA advices of the 18th say that dur.
ing the recent hurricane entire fishing vii
lagos along the coast were swept away,
eight hundred persons lost their lives, and
hundreds Of cattle were drowned The
loss at Vuelta Abajo alone was placed at
81, 500, 900.
ADv1cEs Of the 18th say that fifteen thou
sand acres Of land were submerged Ia the
Canton of st. Gall, Switzerland, by q
freshet. The crops were destroyed and
many villages had been abandoned.
ADvIcEs of the 14th say that Major
Bartlellott, leader of the expedition in
search Of Henry NJ Stanley, was betrayed
and shot by his African followers, and it
was feared that Stanley had met like
fate.
g WILLIAM REDMOND, member Of Parlia-
ment for the county of Fermanagh, Ireland.
was on the 18th convicted under the Crimes
act and sentenced to three months impris.
Onment FSs.. .SztsS &5 5f9.5ss
The Progress., 1888-09-22
Frost in Dakota.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept 13.-Various Cen
trail and North Dakota points report frosts
Tuesday night Aberdeen reports corn in
iured in some localities, and in others far
enough advanced to escape. Flax appears
uniniured. At Nandreau only the vines
were injured, corn and fax being well out
Of the way.
The Progress., 1888-09-22
A TERRIFIC STORM.

Hatl-StOnes and Lightning Cause Much
Damage In Ohio and Pennsylvania
Lives Lost. l
hail-storm, accompanied by thunder and
lightning, passed over Eastern Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania last evening, doing
great d amage. At Barnesville, O., Light
ming struck o tobacco house on the farm Of
Ezokicl Grier, fatally injuring Charles
Gricr. son. Three other persons, were
prostrated and rendered insensible At
Johnstown, Pa, a young man named Mer-
ritts was struck by lightning and Instantly
killed, and a young lady was seriously in.
jurcd At Washington, Pa, hail-stones,
measuring from five to eight inches fell
Window panes by the hundred were broken
and fruit trees stripped. p: j. Finn was
struck on the head and seriously injured,