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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-11
AN ECCENTRIC MAYOR.
RlD Unique Way Of Dealing Out Justice
to Offenders.

There are dozen eccentric characters
about the old capital worthy of mention,
says Milledgeville correspondent of
the Atlanta Constitution, but short al
lusion to one who has passed across the
river Of death will suffice for the pres
ent. The gentleman referred tG was at
one time mayor of Milledgeville, and =
more upright man never lived. His
chief characteristic, the one that i'm
pressed itself most forcibly upon those
with whom he dealt, was his most total
disregard for law or precedent and his
Arm adherence to right and justice
from his own views. He believed mur-
der and theft were crime and should
be punished. He believed that drunk
enness and disorderly conduct were a
crime worthy Of equal punishment. His
motto, Incorporated in his address to
the council, was that "ninety-nine inno-
cent men should be punished before one
guilty one should escape" and the rigid
ity of his reign impressed those brought
before him with the fact that he was
honest in his convictions. In dress and
style he resembled the picture of ''Uncle
Sam" as it appears in Puck and Judge,
and the sarcasm with which his fines
were imposed scorched worse than the
summers sun during sixty days on the
chain gang. The outside limit was
given to almost every case, and in max
ing his fine he usually said to the cul-
prit:
"Well, see you have taken the law
In your own hands, but there are some
a,,6 hot
looked that want to read. Please let
mo have your attention for just min
ute. But, before going further, let me
tell you not to think that the moder-
alton cf this punishment is due to your
chicanery; it is because of my benevo-
lent heart"
This speech was followed by fine
that usually paralyzed the mercy-ex-
pecting prisoner. When there was q
slight variation in the testimony, or
when there was any question as to the
guilt of party, witnesses and all were
hned, on the ground that the ''guilty
should not go unpunished." In case
Of fighting, all parties were punished
and the belligerents with equal severity,
no matter who was at fault, s'for it took
two to make quarrel" .-.
In those days-twenty years ago
Milledgeville was regarded as one Of the
most disorderly towns in the country.
| Drunkenness and fighting were common
occurrences, and the laxity in enforcing
the laws gave stimulus to the state of
affairs that was not retarded until such
= reign was given the city. It is hardly
necessary to state that the severe ruling
of Milledgeville's eccentric chief execu-
tive for four years had the desired
effect, and when he went TO join the
caravan which moves to the mysterious
realm" he left . city of law and order
/ for his monument. ,,..a
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-11

FOR SALE OR RENT.
Section Ransom Township, Mobiles
county. Will sell the whole section in
body; will rent if sale be not made, in
quarters or eighties. Address,
J.. N. BLISS,
d 2-4t. Rushmore. Mobiles Co., Minn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-11

MONEY TO LOAN for or 10 years at
lowest rates. No Commission. You
can pay PART or ALE of the loan any
time. Write or call on
az GEO. J. DAY.
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alton aS follows:

MINNEAPOLIS EXPOSITION AND MIN
NEsOTA STATE FAIR AT MINNIE.
APoL1s, AUGUST q TO
OCTOBER 4.
On September z, 8, 10, IL, IL and 13,
for the Minnesota State Fair, excur-
sion tickets to Minneapolis will be
sold from all stations on the line of
tie Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern R'y at ONE FARE for the
round trip: For the MINNEAPOLIS Ex.
position excursion tickets will be sold
to Minneapolis from all Burlington
Cedar Rapids & Northern stations g,
the above low rate on August ~, 2t
and 80, September 9, 4, 6, $, II, 13, 16a
l8, 70. 2S, 25' q and 80, October 2 an,
4. All tickets good to return Monday
following date Of sale.
: J.E. HANNEGAN,
&. 7, & r. A.
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follows {:

BY order of the Democratic Centr:.
Committee.
JOuN r. JONES, Chairman.
&. O. DALEY, Secretary.
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DR.: !: D. l.. Kenyon

Oh FICE AND REsIDE NCE-Correr Of Forr
u. Avenue and Eleventh street.
Calls Promptly Attended TO
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Of Minnesota.
OPEN TO BOTH SEXES.
The following Courses OF Study Of offered:
Classical, Scientific, Literary, Civil Engineer
Ing, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical En.
gineering. ,Architscture, Mining EnEinseripg
Iron ami Melal W0rkingl Industrial, freehand
and Mechanical Drawing. Wood Carving and
Desigpimg, Military Science and Tactic: Agri
culture [including the 'Sch00l Of Agriculture' J
Veterinary Science. Law, Medicine Irregular,
Homeopathic, Dentistry.
Tuition i6 Free,
!;ss E1septin tho Department Of La" and Aed'-
Next:year opens Sept 2, 1890.
sent free 70 Ill persons who apply for it. Ad-
6Hea8.
CYRUS NORTHROP, L.. D.. President.
Minneapolis, MINI.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-07-11
THEY FILLED WITH WIND.

On board steam boat the other
evening strange thing occurred,
which teaches valuable lesson, says
the Historian. A shy young man de-
cided to abandon venerable pair OF
trousers to their fate, having just
secured a new pair as he went on the
boat. So he said to himself: Il will
just drop them out of my cabin window
into the remorseless tide, and all will
be buried in the great calm bosom of
the old Columbia.' He rolled them
up carefully and SHE'D them far, far
out over the gunwale of the boat near
the bow. AS they sped through the aiT
PUNK. They filled with air and looked
as they struck on the crest of the
waves. like Il man looking over to peer
into the depths of the tide.
A nervous woman about nlidships
heard the impact of the abandoned
trousers, and looking down with a
shudder, said: '.Me Gawd, a human
being has went to his account" She
then became the author of a loud
yell and all hands rushed to the
guards with cry of Man overboard!'
that awful cry which once heard can
never be forgotten.
A hundred hands ran to the lower
decks, and, amid the cries Of women
and the quick-drawn breath of pale
men, a tall roustabout jabbed the
drowning man in the vitals with Il
jabber, and, while fainting passengers
looked the other way, he pulled out the
now collapsed trousers and found on
the inside of the Waist-band the name
OF the owner, also the leg and waist
measurement, together with the name
OF an Astoria tailor.
Then they began to hunt over the
boat and in the dregs of the river for
the man who had occupied the trousers
aforetime, and that shy young mans
name was in every mouth, and he
didn't dare to come down to breakfast,
and his jet black mustache, which
could be distinctly seen when he left,
from very fright turned around and
went back again.
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Rare attractive Vivid
ectrfving and Am;in ReaI Vest Exrosiio
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A Diabolical Time-Piece.

1t is said that one can have too much
of good thing. Tom Edison is Il good
thing; ergo, one can have too much of
Tom, or rather too much of the fruit
by which we all know him. Mr.. Edi-
son has lately invented clock. One
of them, it is understood, is now on its
way to St. Paul. The startling possi-
bilities Of TIE new time-piece are said
to be diabolical. 1t is talking instead
of striking clock. When it is l. 2 or
3 O'Clock, Edison's invention comes
right out and tells you so to your face,
and when it is high or low II, the me-
chanical liend jumps into you with an
extemporaneous lecture on the waste
of time. horrors of eternity. ethics of
tempus fugi', homily on the lark,
and roast of ail-night eating-houses
and export beer. Remember these are
not set speeches. They can be varied
each day according to the satirical flu
ency of your own wife. There is a
measly photographic attachment. with
hew-gag exhaust and tom-tom escape
ment. just here is where turks the
danger. While man is downtown
tossing the bears and hugging the type
writer, his wife at home can be wind
ing the combination and putting up
job on him. What if the man dsas
telephone that he can't come up to dim
ner? The patient clock runs right
along, giving out monosyllables and
civility to the rest of the family
with its big storage battery of caus-
tic invectire bottled expressly for his
own private use-something like this:
'.Ah, there, Flimham, it is now 9
o'clock a. m. Nice time to crawl home
to the house where your love lies dream
ing the weary hours away! What's the
matter with going to roost when white
folks do? It's no use to put up the old
club and lodge room chestnuts. Books
out of balance is, also, a trille stale.
Where did you get that hat, and whose
is it? Mothers coming tomorrow to
stay three weeks. She wants to see
for herself if things are as bad as has
been represented. Yes, there's a land
that is tairer than this. land where
they don't shovel snow. and you are en-
route for it on schedule time unless
you slow up and drop off at the next
station. Yes, myself, Tom, Lizzie, the
baby are all down with the influenza,
but / didn't know we had given you
proxies TO take whisky and quinine for
the whole family. Now hang your
boots over the gas jet and 60 to bed.
If you wake me and the baby remem-
Der there's a second edition of this
monologue in the origina: tongue, and
you will get it. ."-SL. PaWt Pioneer Press.
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No Change in Her Weight.

Naturally when i lady puts nickel
in the slot and steps on the scales, she
is anxious to ascertain her live weight
as near as may be. A few days ago
the Listener of the St. Paul Pioneer
Press was standing in d hotel corridor
where there is one of the nickel de-
vices, when party of ladies came in.
They were out making some purchases
and were loaded down with bundles of
various Sizes shapes and descriptions.
They thought it would be great fun to
have weighing bee then and there,
and began to fish deep down into their
pockets for 5-cent pieces. One of them,
the first to get upon the scales, had a
pound package of saleratus in her
hand. "Why, Laura" exclaimed one
of the others, you'll weigh a pound
more than you actually do; you've got
that saleratus in your hand" ''Oh, la,
how stupid of me-" exclaimed the wo-
man on the scales. And she slipped
the saleratus into her pocket. A puz-
zled look came into her face, and in an
injured tone she said: II don't see
that it makes a bit of difference; the
old scales are not good for anything; !
weigh Just the same as did before. y
The other ladies laughed and said
nothing, and it was fully five minutes
before Laura realized that a pound in
the pocket is as good as pound III the
hand.
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She Was Unweicone.

We once took in wedding at which
the only attendant besides the grooms-
man and bridemaid was q stout, de-
termined-looking, elderly female, who
did not come up with the wedding
party to the altar rails, but seated her.
self in one of the choir stalls not far off,
says writer in Chambers Journal.
We observed that both bride and bride.
groom looked at her with very dis
quieted glances. Once or twice we
noticed that the elderly female seemed
to be about to make a move, especially
at that part of the service when possible
opponents are requested to ''speak OF
else forever hereafter hold their peace. y
When the service was over we in.
quired of this good dame why she had
come to the wedding. "I'm the girls
mother" was the reply, land I came
to prevent the business"
We naturally asked why she hadn't
s'prevented the business, u and we foune
that the thought had struck her at the
last moment that ''they might do worse
than get married after ALL" We have
often since thought of what must have
been the agitated feelings of that bride
and bridegroom until the irrevocabla
words were said over them.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-07-11
Didn't Have to Sing.

Excuse me-" he said after having
followed young man into an office on
Congress street west, ''but isn't your
name Blankp"
Eyes, sir"
Il thought so. You are singer, are
you not?"
81 am"
"One of the best in Detroit?''
''Undoubtedly, sir.'
"Well, my errand may seem strange
to you. have an uncle at my house
an old, old man. who is dying by
inches. He has the idea that he can't
die until he hears some one sing fav-
orite sweet. sad song of his. If 1
should want you to come and sing it
would you do so for money?'
Certainly"
very we'll. will take your tele-
phone number and let you know this
evening"
And when evening came the singer
was called up to hear the message:
Say! he died about an hour ago, so
you won't have to sing him to death?''
Detroit Free Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-07-11
At a Rough Estimate.

First Passenger (standing in carl
am going to make that man move up
and give me half of his seat.
Second Passenger-Go slow, that's
old Specie. Do you know what that
man is worth?
First Passenger-If pork is 8 cents a
pound live weight l should think he
ought to be worth $16 easy enough
PascE.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1890-07-11

The following the official of the State officers
late June election, made Monday June 3O Dy Secretary
State Mcbride ard his assistant secretary Ed c. Giner The
for supreme judge secretary of sae school
and state printer The governor
but will be during the first days Of the coming
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TIL e

235 Miles Shorter; 20 Hours Less time
than by any other route. First class
through passenger and freight line from
Portland all points in the Willamette valley
to and from San Francisco, Gal.
TINE SCHEDULE Except Sundavs.)
Leaves Albany 100 p N Leaves Yaqnina6:4a a. IA.
Leave GoIva;iis1:i0 p Leave Cor. ailis 1885 ''
Arrive Yaduina $50 p. Arrive Albany 1i:i0 a.
Oregon & California trains connect at albany and
C,rvaiijs The above trains connect at Yaqulna with
the Oregon Development ca line OF steamships BE-
tween Taquina and san Francisco
From Y.quina.
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STEAMSHIP.
FROM san Francis 20.


This Company reser> the right to chang sailing
dates without notice.
n. B.-Passengers from Portland and all
Willamette valley points can make close
connection with the trains OF the Yaquina
route at Albany or Corvallis. and if destined
to San Francisco should arrange to arrive at
Yaqnina the evening before date of sailing.
Passenger and freight rates always the
lowest. For information apply to d. W.
Cumming, freight and ticket agent. Corval-
lis. or TO &. G. HOGUE,
Acting Gen. +. and ?. Agent, Oregon Pa
ellie Railroad Co., Corvallis, Or.
C. II. tiASW ELL, Jr..
Gen f. and P Agent. Oregon Develop
ment Co., 3O4 Montgomery ST., S. T., Cal.
REhENIBER the Oregon Pacific Summer
Excursions. Low-raae tickets are now
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-05-24
Conservation de In vianie.

Voici un procede qui est, parait.
il, usite dams la Haute .Sa6ne pour
conserver Ia viande pendant les
chaleurs de Pete, dams les termes
6loignees GU meme dams les villages
on le plus solvent les bouchers ne
tuent qu'une fois par semaine.
Cette methode consiste a plonger
la viande dams de granies terrines
on dams des pots de gres, places a
la cave on dams un cellier, ct rem.
pills de lait caill6 lou de lait ecr6me,
qui, dans ces conditions, ne tarde
pas a 80 GALLERY Pour forcer la
viande a plonger, &c qui est essen.
tiel, on Ia charge avec des pierres
bien propres. La viande Sc con.
serve ainsi pendant plus de hut
jours, sans prendro- le moindre
mauvais goht /; au moment de sen
servir, Oh Ia lave ct on ressuie.
Quant az lait caille, il peut etre
employs ensnite a la nonrtiture
des pores.
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Les Modes Franchises ulustrees.

Nous ne sauri0ns trop recommandsr aux
danes ct jeunes files de prendre en- oOnside-
ration les immenses avantages que leur offre
I'm Advancement dun an aux Modes Francai-
ses lHtstrees puisque Get Advancement leur
donne Il patrons gratis Il par moisl dc
grandeur naturslle choisis dams les modeles
les plus nouveaux ct les plus p~ratigues DIES
gravnres don nees dans le journal Les Modes
FRANCHISES Wustrees. Chaque abonnS dun
an recevra aussi deuce romaucos on mOrceaux
do musique pour piano u par mois Les
recus d'abOnnement pour fannee 1890 porte
ront IN num6ro ayant droit au tirsge dune
lOterie don't Ia date sera ixee ult6rieurement
Valeur des lots $500.
Les Nodes Franchises Iuastrtes t~raitent
toutes les questions qui peuvent interesaer
simultanement tsus lee membres dune
.Anille.
Jugez-sn par le nombre ct ID variete dec
rnbriques suivantes.
Explications des gravures de mode, Oh ro-
niques de modes, travaux de fantastic pour
danes ct jeunes files, broderie, crochet,
tapisserie. ETC.. etc., avec dessins explicatifs,
~toilsttes d'interieur. costumes d'enfanta pour
tous les Ages. lingerie, trousseauI, lsyettes.
Tn magn:6Que feuilieton dur ,les auteurs
~frapcais rH rensm. Uue colonna ouverfe aux
''Qnestions ct Reponses" offre a nos lectrires
une occasion axcellente de correspondents
avec les 6d,teurs GA entire Giles ct de Sc rem
seigner mutuellement sur les mile chooses
qui sont du domaine de IL Mode.
Csuseries sur PEtiquerte education ct
Instruction ; Hygiene Causeries tamilieres
du Docteur Amsublement Meubles; Ten
lures Decorations de la maison Ecouomis
Domestlque recueil dc reoettes indispensa-
bles B cohnaftre Varieties les dcvoirs dune
maitresse de naisou; Cuisine pratique.
Guide p~recieux pour les jeunes temines ct
les jeunes lilies.
Num6ro specimen. 5 ct.. Envoi dun man
dat poste de ~. so pour nm AN d'abonnement
Les Nodes Faancaiscs IHnstrees. boite lie pOste,
1 lilo on au No.t26 cote st. ! ambsrt. Montreal.
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La prohibition q New-York

L'assembl6e. d'Albauy Went de
voter q Ia majorite de 66 voix
contre A une resolution deia adop.
tee par le senat, aux termes de
laquelle sera soumise au suffrage
populaire, = roccasion dune cleo
ton spectacle qui aura lieu le IS
avril de Pan proclaim, IN amende-
ment q la constitution prohibant
la vente ct pusage des BLOSSOMS
fermentees on distill6es dams pEtat
de New York. Nous s0mmes bien
shrs que pas IN Francais ne votera,
QuaDd le moment sera venu, Ell
favenr dune resolution par laquelle
il Sc condsmnerait q perp6tuit6 au
regime des auimaux herbivores on
des h6tes de Ia Maison Blanche.
REIMBURSEMENT la chose nest pas
serieuse, parait.il. Les legisla,eurs
ct lea politicians mont pas plus
que nous le govt exclusif de reau
claire. ct il ny Q pas de danger
qu'ils nous forcent q nous y resi-.
gner. Maisils veulent, assure.t.on,
WIDER une fois pour tOutes Ia ques-
ton de Ia prohibition, qui Sc jette
CONSIGNMENT en- travers de Ia
politique des parts ct y entretient
IN element permanent d'incertitude
en- portant les votes tant6t dun
cote tant6t de rautre, suivant des
inter6ts transitoires egalement
strangers a Pun ct a rautre. Quand
Ia proposition aura etc soumire au
peuple ct rejetee peremptoirement,
CONNIE ellie lie sera sans ancun
doute, alors lie partl prohibition
niste n'anra plus de raison d'6tle ct
devra disparaftre. &c sera un
alea de moins dams les cenfts cleo
taraux, ct III point dc gagn6, par
consequent. Une fois au moins,
les cabaretiers mettront, on peut En-
6tre sur, leur influence AL service
de la bonue cause.
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Mails fixons notre pens6e snr des
sajets plus gals. Les nusges qui
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PARFUMERIE.-Le bean sexe, les
ieunes gems ct les hommes mhrs
qui veulent singer la jeunesse, nj.
ment ct r%ecberchant les parfnms les
plus saves, lea essences lea plus
pures. les savons les plus odOrants
les articles de toilette lea plus in
dispeRsables ct les plus q Ia mode
tells que brosses q dents, peignes
br0sses q chevenx, etc. ETC., tr0uve
rOnt, en- quantite tOus ces articles
dams Ia Pharmacie Thibodeaux q
des prix qui defent toute concur
renee.
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HlsToIRE DE CHAssE.-Un CO

Historic DE CHASSE.-Un com
pOsitenr, sc trOuvant a la campa-
gne await etc conduit a Ia chase
par son ~aubergiste. C'etait la pre-.
miere fois qu'on parmait dun fnsil.
On l'avait pose an coin dup bois
en- lui recommandant de bien faire
attention.
An bout de trois minutes, me
dit-il, rennuie me gagne; je tire
un livre de md poche. je pose mon
fusil dams rherbe ct je me NETS a
lire. Tout d coup un bruit me fait
dresser POrellle, un lievre sort dun
buisson ct file. Je veux le tirer, mails
il etait deja trop loin.
Cette fois, me dis.je, il fault bien
prendre garde. Cling minutes Sc
passent, rien ne parait. Je re-
prends non livre ct me VOLTA tran
guile. All bout dun instant le
feuillage s'agite ct un lievre effare
saute pres de moi /; je veux saisir
mon fusil ct lie coucher ell joue...,
lie coquin etait a cent pas.
All! pour Ie coup je ne lirai
plus ; repris-je, ct, Parme au bras,
je plonge me- yeux au plus epais
de la for6t. Trois minutes sc pas.
sent, puts ciuq !; une Ieflexion me
saislt: Deux lievres ont passe de-
ia il est clair quill men viendra
plus d'autres.
La dessus, je pose mon fusil con.
tire m arbre, je rouvre mon livre
ct Ioublie Ii chase, lie gibier ct les
traqueurs. Mails VOLTA qu'uD bruit
de pas legers sur les feuiiles seches
me tire de ina meditation ; je re.
garde: IN llevre sortait du bois 10
saisis mon fusil, je rajuste, ct j'al.
lais lacher la detente lorsque, s'ar.
reliant en- face de moi:
-Avez.vous va mes deux CANA
rades : me DIT &c lievre.
J'abaisse mon arme:
-Oui, repondis-je un pen sur.
pris, ills ont passe tout q rheure.
Eft de quel cote sont.ils allies
repuend mon lievre. i.
Je lai indique Ia direction que
ses denx predecessors ont suivie.
-Merci, repond lie lievre; il me
saline de Ia pate ct sen va.
vous comprenez que ie mai pas
tire.
-Et depths Iors, ajouta mon
compositeur, avant do faire fen,
'attend toujOurs I'm instant ponr
savoir 81 les iievres out rieu d NJ.
! dire.
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ATELIER

Ayant tout le materiel necessaire. nous
sommes 4 meme d'executer tous les ouvrages
typographiques qui nous seront confies. Les
briefs d'avocat. carries d'affaires, entttes de
features, tickets d'habifation, blancs. circu-
laires, ETC., seront imprimes dams lie plus BRET
d6lai ct \ des prix qul detient toute concur
renee.