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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09
Gen. Grant on Tobacco.

1t was at the tail end of q rather
long interview ha6 with Gen. Grant
in the Office of the Mexican Interna-
tional R ailway Company, of which he
was then president, that tobacco be-
came the subject OF the conversation.
Gen. Grant had been sitting in his ia.
vorite fashion tilted back in an oak
arm chair with his feet resting on the
table. He was smoking an immense
cigar, the fellow of which he handed to
me. 1t was some time before Gen.
Grants troubles began with the in.
jury t' his leg as he was leaving his
carriage, and ne was in good spirits.
Exactly the words that he used / can
not reproduce here, but in effect Gen.
Grant said this: "You are g. very
young man and I am old enough to
give you advice, and ! suppose fought
to tell you not to smoke. But look
ing back at the comfort and refresh.
ment which a cigar has given me
through a pretty mixed career-most.
~ OF hard knocks-I have not the
face to advise any one to abhor
tobacco. It would be ingratitude
in ME to do so. And am tree to say
that even if knew tobacco was short
ening my life, it would take more than
my personal desire to live to induce
me to throw away my good friend here
forever. Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09
Crimes and CrImlnala,

Coy and Bernhamer, the indianapolis
tally sheet fOrgers. are sentenced to the
penitentiary and fined.
Tie trial OF Pete Barrett for the murder
oil Thomas Tollefsun, commenced in Min.
neapolis On the 3Oth ult.
Striking miners create q riot at Shenan.
doah, Pa, wherein many men were injured
and tho officer OF two magistrates are
wrecked.
A Chicago girl has Rev. J. p. Brushing.
ham arrested on charge of being the
father of her illegitimate child. The preach.
er denies the charge.
Henry Pedre, who was found burned in
his barn in the northern part Of Pipestone
county lew days ago, lived just on the
edge OF Lincoln county. He was some
what OF a recluse ard supposed to have
considerable money.
Gov. Gordon Of Ga. commuted tho sen.
tence OF Eliza. Randall, who was to have
been hanged in Clay county on the 9th
ult., to imprisonment for life. Elisa muir.
'tered her father with an axe. All the de-
tails Of the crime were OF the bloodiest de.
scription. and not ono word of extenuation
was urged In her behalf. Bubble sentiment
against the infiction of capital punish h.
ment was whatsaved her from the gallows.
At Wallace, Mo-, for some time past u
young man named Blakely has been pay
een.year. old girl. Her family objected to
fs'akely. A short time ago they attended
'hurch. After the services they wer4 met
outside by Peter Estes. her father, and
William, her eighteen. yser-old brother. A
quarrel arose a. to who should escort the
andskilled.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09
CarfieId'S Obscure Brother.

Mr.. Thomas Garfield. brother of the
late President, was in Cleveland ths
other day on his way home to Grand
Rapids, Mich, from Mentor, where he
had been to see his dying mother.
Speaking to a reporter he said: 1--WE
removed to Orange when l was six
years OF age. and can we'll remember
when all that part of the country was
a wilderness. remember when not q
single tree had been cut on the present
site OF Chagrin Falls. After leaving
Ohio went to the wilds of Michigan,
cleared up q farm and established q
home which l am now enjoying
live shout four miles from Grand Rap
ids and do not often visit that city.
On such occasions usually transact
my business and return home as quiet
ly as possible. Never having thrust
myself forward am not very we'll
known there. had expected to visit
Mentor in much the same way. No
one recognized me on the way there,
but on my return a number Of persons
spoke to me. have spent three weeks
at Mentor but the nature of my duties
at home was such that was unableto
remain longer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09
The Record of Casualties.

P:ttsburg Pa, was scorched by fire y
lew days ago to the extent of $500, 900
damage.
Winona, Minnesota, had an So, 600 in.
cendiary fire in the Loud Norton lumber
company's yard, one day last week.
A business block was burned at Malone.
n. Y. few days ago. the Howard House
furnishing an explosion ofgas which instant.
~ killed Isaac Chester, q prominent citi.
zen.
At Browns Valley, the largo hardware
store OF Barrett Bros. and nearly the en-.
tice stock of Erhlich's bakery. Whitney's
saloon and Mueller's barber shop were de.
stroyed by fire. Loss, $l2, 900: insurance,
$4,000. Barrett Bros. are the heaviest
losers. their loss being 5000.
There was a. fire in the hospital Mt New
York for the ruptured and crippled. which
resulted in a panic among the children
and the death of one of tla domestics en-
p:oyed in tho institution. 1t was evident
~ OF incendiary origin. One of the pa
tients. Mary Wilson, pretty and engas-
ing child OF eleven years, was discovered
sneaklng away from the spot where the
fire was discovered. and the fire marshal
charged her with the CRIME. She confessed
that she made half dozen attempts to burn
the hospital.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

The United States senate has pass.
ed joint resolution proposing an
amendment to tho constitution. 1t
provides that the term OF Office of the
president and o. the Fittieth congress
shall continue until April 80, 1880,
at noon; the senators whose existing
terms would otherwise expire on
March 4. 1880, and thereafter, shall
continue in Office until April 80 sue.
ceeding such expiration; that April
80 at neon shall hereafter be sub.
stituted for March 4. as the com.
mencement and termination of the
official term OF the president, vice
president. senator's and representa-
tives in congress-; and that the
twelfth article Of the amendments to
tho constitution shall be amended by
striking out the words '.Fourth day
Of March" and substituting the words
'Thirtieth day in April at noon. The
resolution will probably be adopted
BY the House Of Representatives,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

Several counties in Michigan pay
bounty on sparrows. and boys there
find killing the birds quite a paying
business. In Monroe countycompet-
tive sparrow hunts are held for
church benefits, the church securing
thelargest number getting those bagged
by both parties. One church secured
100 in this way netting SIT.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

In the lobby of the capitol at Wash
ington has hung for years a crayon
portrait which could not be identified.
About q year ago, two women recog-
nized it as q picture of John w. Tay-
lor, OF New York State, who was in
congress for twenty consecutive terms.
Taylor was speaker OF the sixteenth
congress after Henry Clay left the
chair to construct the Missouri COM
promise bill. He was also speaker of
the nineteenth congress. As old Rip
Van Wrinkle says: "How soon are we
forgot"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

Women have the right to vote in
municipal elections in Kansas; on
school questions, in a more or less re-.
stricted way, in Colorado, Indiana,
Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Michigan. Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire. New Jersey, New York,
Oregon, Vermont, and Wisconsin, and
in the territories OF Dakota, Ida
no, Montana, and Washington. In
Wyoming Territory they vote on
equal-terms with men. In Arkansas
and Mississippi they vote Ito petit.
tion) on the sale otliquor. No mark
ed effects OF the experiments in won.
an suffrage have yet been noted, eth
er good or bad.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

The legisl allure OF Washington Terri.
tory has re.enacted the law granting
the right OF suffrage to women, and
the governor has signed the bill. The
original measure, which was passed
in 1883, was declared unconstitution.
al by the courts last year, but the
people are evidently determined that
it shall remain on the statnte books.
There has been the usual opposition
to the law, and it has been charged
that it resulted simply in bringing to
the polls the less desirable class Of fe.
male voters. The defeat of the pro.
hibitory constitutional amendment
was ascribed to this cause, and va.
rious other reasons have been given
why it should not remain in force.
But the people wanted to try it again,
and the legislature has consented.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

In Massachusetts, dogs are put to q
good purpose. A county tax is levied
on them, and the money, after all
damages done by dogs have been paid
for out of it, is returned to the towns
to be used by them for their public
library. In Middlesex county last
year the receipts from the dog tax
were S36, 372.7O; the expenditures for
damages SCOOPS, leaving hand
some sum for the encouragement of
letters.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

The failure OF the Panama canal
scheme will doubtless soon be an
nounced in France and the results will
be simply appalling. The French ma
ton has subscribed nearly 5000, o0O,-
900 toward NJ. de Lesseps's only TAIL
ure, the subscriptions coming mainly
from the poor and Industrious middle
Glasses. 1t represents their savings.
and the news that it has been sunk in
a useless ditch in the new world will
ruin thousands and seriously embar-
rass the government itself,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

The English publishers of the revised
edition OF the Bible, especially the re-
vised New Testament, complain very
much that the venture, in business
point OF view, ia a dead failure. There
is no demand for this revised Bible,
either in part or in whole. Much
money has already been lost, they
say, more will be lost, and they pro.
TESS not to be able to understand why
the sales are not larger and the profits
more reassuring.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

The Mississippi house Of representa-
tives has not only passed q bill for
the pensioning OF disabled Confeder-
ate soldiers who are unable to work,
but they included in it a provision for
the "colored servants ofthe same who
are similarly situated" This beats
anything in the pension bill line that
has ever been proposed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09
Trick q Youthful millionaire
Played on His Mamma.

New York Sun.
If anecdotes OF princes are consider
cd readable. no matter how mild, Why
not tell one concerning John Jacob
Aston the Fourth. who has just come
into society from college? It is abso.
lutely true. if not thrilling. When he
was an urchin his mother one evening
was having q swell party at the house.
At an early stage in the proceedings
the maternal mandate went forth:
''Now. Johnnie, 60 up stairs and stay
there. This is no place for you. Your
turn will come by and by, and then
you will have good time OF your
own. John was outwardly calm but
seething, as he tenderly en-
braced the authoress of his being and
repaired upward. A half hour later
found him sliding down the balus-
trade, on his way to the basement.
Here lay a basket of onions. 1t was
but the work of an instant to bring
forth the trusty jackknife. Ten min.
utes later various chunks and layers
of the savory esculent were fry
ing in their own fat amid the hot
air pipes that led to the parlors.
Whew! What on earth? And where!
Delicate se!f-control marked the de-
meanor of those who ''smelt some
thing" Then came sudden lcavetak-
ings. A discounted hostess merged
into q wrathy mistress, and servants
wept in dismay in the fruitless hunt
for the smell. Search high and low
was unavailing. The house smelt to
heaven, while young Johnnie held his
robust little stomach with both
hands, like a young cholera victim,
though his trouble was laughter. He
got a good spanking, but he never
seemed thoroughly to repent Of the
trick. Probably the fun of it was too
great.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09
Bismarck,

Prince Bismarck never goes to bed
till 2 in the morning, and doesn't get
up till noon. In his bed loom light
is kept burning all night. numbers Of
messages often requiring his personal
attention being brought in during the
night. In consideration OF the late
hours kept by the prince, supper is
served late in the evening and seldom
finished before midnight. Besides the
Princess Bismarck, Count and Count
ess Rantzau partake of almost every
meal. regularly leaving the palace at
lO:45 pm, when a second-class cab
always takes them home. Bismarck
birthday is always great feast and
holiday for the servants OF the house.
In the kitchen g. barrel of wine is pro-
vided by Princess Bismarck, two
bands are in attendance, and the SER
wants families appear on the scene.
The prince comes down, talks with
tho guests and distributes sweets
among the children. The pleasant re-
lations between master an servant
are also evident from the fact that
the princess always gives Six Easter
eggs to each of the servants. The do.
nestle police of the prince consist of
g. SERGEANT and eight constables. If
the prince is away from home four
constables 60 with him and four re.
main at the house, aud all of them
are entitled to arrest lny suspicious
person, be it at Berlin, Fiiedrichsruh
or at Varzin. 1t was at Varzin where
Bismarck's large dog Sultan was
poisoned. The princess declared at
the time that she would make provis-
ion for life for anyone who could
point out the poisoner. Sultan was
more intelligent than Tyras., but
Tyras is more faithful of the two, and
will take food out of the hand Of any
member of Prince Bismarck's family,
but never from a servant, as one OF
the footmen has learned to his regret.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

Little Nellie. aged three.-"Papa,
why don't mamma come to BRET.
fast?" Papa-'Why, my dear, didn't
you know the doctor brought you
new baby brother?" Little Nellie
"Well, why don't it tome to breffast!"
Papa.-'.Why, it hasn't any teeth to
eat with yet" Littl. Nellie latter de-
liberating awhile).-,''Well. papa, l
wish you would tell the doctor to
take it back and finish it, Boston
Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

During December past 22.331 i'm.
migrants arrived in this country.
against PITTS in December. 1883.
During the year 1887 immigration
to this country amounted to 209, 281,
against 1886, 36l in 1886.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

Mrs. Ella Wheeler Wilcox is q firm
believer in inherited talent, and it ia
said that she attributes her genius for
poetry to the fact that her mother
read "Lalla Bookh" through with
great interest just before her talented
daughter was born.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09

The bitter bit.-PopsonbY: "Real-
~. me boy, l can't see why you wear
such high collars" Griggs: "Cawn't
you, deah heart? It's just to keep me
from wagging my chin foolishly.
Might try it, Ponsonby." It'd, Bits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09
The Advance.
A. p. MILLER, Publisher.
wonTg1NGroN, MINNESOTA.

The balance of trade with the world
for the year 1887 was in favor Of the
United States to the amount OF
$6,513,647.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-02-09
A PATHETIC APPEAL.

An Earnest Address to all Ex-Prisonors O
War in Minnesota to Cooperate in thu
Association That Has Been Organized.
Mention has frequently been made Of the
organization of the association of ex-
prisoners OF war in this state Those in
terested are making strenuous efforts to get
a full membership and an efficient and
strong organization. To this end the fol.
lowing appeal and statement has been pre-
pared and It's general publication by the CITY
ana country press is desired.
No one can witness without a tinge of
emotion the gathering of veterans at reun-
ions or around the camp fire in these piping
times OF peace. and this feeling of comrade-
ship ls commended by all, vet what deeper
significance attaches to the gathering OF the
survivors of the prison pens of the South,
how strong their claims upon the govern
ment for which they endured long, weary,
months OF captivity, the authorities not
coming to their rescue lest they reinforce
the depicting ranks of the Contederacy with
men In better condition for service than
when captured. receiving in return the
ave, many for the asylum. The govern
ment records show that out Of every seven
prisoners in rebel hands one died. while the
ratio of those killed in battle was but ono
out OF sIxty-hve.
An association of such survivors has been
the cementing of ties formed amidst suffer
ing and death. and to effect the passage Of an
act for their relief. It has on it's rolls MANY
such, but aims 20 gather In it's fold all ex.
prisoners resident Of Minnesota. They are
widely scattered and difficult to reach Cir
cu!ars have been sent to all known. and now
we appeal to the patriotism of the public
press to acquainJ them with the effort being
made. Let each one who reads these lines
tell those interested, advising them to send
name and address to the secretary. Gcorpa
w. Grant. Minneapolis. when full Informal
zion as to the association will be promptly
mailed.
John Watkins, one of the oldest residents
OF Lansing village. Mower county, died re.
c,ntly. He was "a years OF age. He went
there in 1856. and was a prominent mem.
Der OF the NJ. E. church.
At Wjnona, Richard Bourne has been
arrested on the charge OF bastardy. The
girl who prefers the charge was Lorn out OF
wedlock but her parents were afterward
married. She was only Is years old last
July, when the alleged offense was commit.
tod. Bourne, whom she accuses Of the
crime. is young man of respectable an
teceflents and good reputation. He has
been teaching school. He denies the charge.
swenrs no never had criminal intimacy
with the girl, and promp; ~ furnished $4OO
trial.
The trial OF Peter Barrett for the murder
OF street car driver Tolleisen is begun at
Minnea polls.
The railroads arc nearly all opened to
blockaded points and it 10 found that very
little suffering existed. -.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-31
The Ways of Nature.

In the universe every thing is changing
and every thing is in motion, for motion
itself is the first condition of vitality.
The firm ground, long thought to be
immovable, is subject to incessant mo.
ton; the very mountains rise or sink:
not only do the winds and ocean cur-
rents circulate round the planet. but
the continents themselves, with their
SUBMITS and valleys, are changing
their places and slowly travelling round
the circle of the globe. In order to
explain all these geological phenome-
ma 1t is no longer necessary 20 i'm.
agine alterations in the earth's avis
ruptures of the solid crust, or gigantic
subterranean downfalls. This Is not
the mode in which nature eenerally
proceeds; she is more calm and mora
regular in her operations, and. charv of
her right brings about changes of the
grandest character without even tho
knowledge of the beings that she nonr.
lshes She upheases mountains and
dries up seas without disturbing the
flight of the gnat. Some revolution
which appears to US to have been nro.
duced by mighty cataclysm has. per-
maps, taken thousands of wears to 90
complish. Science. az
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-31
MIND YOUR BUSINESS,
Bob Burdette Tells How One May Grow
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise.

Bob Burdette Tells How Ono May Grow
Healthy. Wealthy and Wise.
"Diligent in his busincssr' 1t is the
man who is diligent in his own bust
ness to whom this exalted position is
promised. There are people, dearly
beloved, who are diligent in every
body elsc's business and have, there
fore, no time to attend to their own.
They do not stand before kings; they
more frequently stand before the po-
lice judge. Their diligence is not COM
mendablr. A workman is known by
his chips; so, alas! is the faro banker
Do you be diligent in your own bust
ness and be content with its rewards.
You may not walk so many miles in
six days as Fitzgerald. but you can
sleep great deal more in that time,
and if you do not get so much money
for it, neither do you get so many Bills
ters On your little salary at the sus-
pendor counter you can not clean up
$500, 900 on Wall street this week. But
then neither can you be cleaned out of
$3.50, 600 next week. You may
rY,s be able to set the fashions
in male attire, but you can fill
your soul with nameless joy and an ex-
altation of celestial birth, and climb to
the top of high Olympus, and lean
back and pile your feet on the sofa,
and make yourself easy with the inn
mortal gods, by paying your landlady
every Saturday and keeping even with
your tailor. You may never be the
Washington correspondence of society
paper, but then your hair won't turn
white in the agonized effort to explain
what it Is about Senator'S wife, who
has red hair. freckles, no upper teeth,
n hair wart on her nose, and a twang
in her shrill voice that makes her so
bewtchingly beautiful and universally
admired" just be diligent in your
business and wait in patience for the
reward of your diligence. 1t may be n
little slow in coming The mills of
the gods grind slowly. so does a hand
organ on the Last Rose of Summer"
stop. but it always gets there. And
don't pay more for the reward than
the rewards worth. A man who lives
on twenty-nine cents day will be apt
to die wealthy, but he won't die very
fat 1t is the liberal soul that shall be
made tat.-Bardette, IN DenUer Repub-
!tcaR.