The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-24

time since a rchOlShOp Ireland made
the statement that the saloon is a pow.
erful element in politics. To substan-
tiate this he cited some statistics made
up by the secretary of the Protestant
Episcopal church of New York. In
the year 1884 the political party known
as Tsmmany Hall held in saloons six
congressional conventions. II assembly
conventions, II aldermanic conven.
tions and l6 primary and district meet.
ings. Irving Hall held In the dram
shop seven congressional conventions,
ls assembly conventions. 19 alderman
ic conventions and l9 primary and dis
trict meetings. The Republicans in
like places held nine assembly conven-
ti0ns. nine aldermanic conventions,
and nine primary aud district meet
ings. The county Democracy outstrip-
ped sll competitors by the remarkable
recOrd Of 10 congressional conventions,
63 assembly conventions. 81 alderman
ic conventions and 4s7 primary and dis.
trict meetings. These are facts, and
20 to show what a firm grip the saloon
has On the throat of justice in New
York.
It has been said that the routes of
slave CARAVANS in Equatorial Africa
can be traced by the bones Of the neg.
roes thas strew the way. A large part
of the slave raids of to-day. however.
do not include single Arab among
the raiders. Their native allies have
become 80 expert in the art of slave
catching, that they are alone on the
hunt and bring their wretched captives
to the Arabs to sell them for trafic paid
in ammunition or other mercb andise.
Jerome Becker, who has passed three
years At Tankanyika, says that none of
the Arab merchants there now take part
personally in slave hunts Capt. Wiss-
man says that the chief enemies of the
negroes are now the negroes theme.
selves, many os whome entertain so
high IN admiration for tho dauntless
Arab. ~ to be willing to serve him as
soldier slaves, and help them to tyran-
nize over their fellow negroes.
Attention to a few general rules
would prevent many strange appear
ances. For instance. woman should
never be dressed too little. nor girls
too much: nor should q woman of
small stature attempt large patterns.
nor bad walker flounces; stout throats
should not carry feathers. nor high
shoulders shawl. From the highest
to the lowest, there is not ! style of
beauty with which the plain straw hat
10 not on tho best Of understandings.
It rednes tho homeliest and compoees
tho Widest: it gives cog quettish young
lady little dash of demurement, and
tho demure onsa slight touch of CO.
qnstry, it makes the blooming besuty
look moro fresh, and'the pale one more
interesting; it makes tho plain woman
look, at all eyents. lady. and the lady
8ose ladyiiks still.
Cotton seed was, few years ago, al
most or quite worthless. 1t Is now
very valuable commodity. greatly in
creasing tho value of the cotton pro-
duct. Cotton seed oil Ia used for many
purposes, and 10 becoming more and
more popular. as q purely vegetable oil.
Sardines are packed in it. Bakers,
cheuists and druggists use it. Miners
use It in their lamps. it being . safer
illuminant than petroleum. The crude
stock and the residue, sitter the refined
oil 10 extracted, is made into soap.
The caked meal 10 used to feed cattle
and is exported to England for that
use. There 10 also IN ash made from
the huals which is used by farmers % =
fertilizer.