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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-18
CURIOUS SEIZURES.

Singular Liquors That Pass Through tho
Now York Custom House.
The custom house occasionally affords
interesting g.impses into the vast for
eign life of the United States. Recently
while calling upon friend, who holds
responsible position in that circum-
locutory institution. he showed me SAM
pies of . large number of invoices of
liquors which had recently been i'm
ported. Every one would puzzle the
average man about town. One was
greenish-yellow fluid called slivovitsch.
It comes from Austria and the Balkan
states, and is made from small wild
plum which grows in that district. 1t
is fiery and to Yankee palate very dis
agreeable, but is extremely popular with
the Hungarians and Wallaks.
A suggestion of the Holy Land was
given by samples of honey wine, pass
over honey wine and Jerusalem plum
brandy. The first and second. were
sweet and odorous, but trifle insipid.
In composition they are like the me-
theglin and honey mead used in England
during the middle ages. The brandy
was raw and almost vitriolic. The three
stimulants are consumed by the Slovaks
and Polaks from Russia and tho Greeks
and Syrians from Asia Minor.
Specimens of pulque and mescal
showed that Mexico has some influence
upon its sister republic. The former is
. beer made from cactus, and tastes
somewhat like that gaseous German hor-
ror, Weiss-bier. 1t is far stronger.
however, and is said to produce the most
intense drunkenness known to errinQ
man. The mescal is the distillate of
pulque, and can be described only by
the word atrocious.
The Scandinavians show their love of
the fatherland by unceasing importa-
lions of Christiania beer, Swedish
punch, and korn brandtvin. The beer
IL light, pleasant and wholesome; tho
punch is aromatic, savory, but 50 sweet
IS to be insipid: tho korn brandtvin ia
not corn brandy, as the name literally
translated would imply, but . whisky
made from rye, oats and barley. 1t 10
rich in fusel oil and consequently head
ache.
From Russia every now and then
comes vodka or wodky, an impure, reek-
ing, strong alcohol; from Central Amor.
lea some delicious cordials made out Of
pineapple, gusva. and banana: from
China not less than atty stimulants,
running from tea wine, rosebud wine,
and almond beer to heavy millet whisky
and rice brandy; from Turkey somo
liquid for making sherbet and from
Brasil lavangina, or orange-peel gin.
Over 5000 different kinds Of stimulants
ars known and recorded in the custom.
house. Of which $500 were unknown to
Americans fifteen years ago = N. Y.
Latter
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ALL sealskin garments have gone up
twenty-five per cent The crop of ap.
Piles in New England is failure. There
are no peaches in Delaware. There is a
shortage in the peanut crop, and paw
paws are selling at five cents apiece.
This is going to be hard season on all
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-18

AMONG the presents received by DR..
Oliver Wendell Holmes on his Slst
birthday, recently, was gold-lined sill.
YER spoon, the handle of which bore a
witch on broomstick, the word Salem
and the emblematic witch pins crossed,
which lady brought as token of his
latest poem, the "Broomstick Train"
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SENATOR HAwLEY possesses, in hand
some binding. George Washington's own
copy OF tho statutes Of the first Con-
gress, which met in New York in 1889.
The book is printed by Francis Childs
and John Swaine, of Philadelphia,
printers TO the United States It has
large, handsome page, but the paper
has changed color with curious irregu-
larity in the hundred years OF its exist
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE


TWENTY-TOUR new cases of cholera
and seven deaths from the disease were
reported at Valencia. Spain, on the 10th.
LABOR riots occurred at Southampton,
Eng, on the 10th, and many persons
were seriously injured by the charge of
soldiers and police, who were called out
to dispense the mob.
CAPTAIN PITTS. of the American
steamship Acapulco, made a satisfac.
tory explanation on the 18th in refer
ence to the recent shooting of General
Barrundia at Guatemala. The killing,
he said, was done in self-defense.
ADvIcEs from Vienna, Austria, on the
18th were to the effect that the influ-
enza had again reappeared, and was
causing much suffering and death. 1t
had the same manifestations as before,
but instead of being attended with
throat and chest troubles now appeared
as intestinal complaints.
BY an explosion in coal pit at
Leoderburg. Germany, on the 18th
twenty persons were entombed, and it
was feared that all had persisted.
On the 18th the United States man.
of-war Baltimore arrived at Stockholm,
Sweden, with the body of Inventor
Ericsson on board. The vessel made
the best time of any man-of-war that
ever crossed the Atlantic.
GENERAL EzETA was elected President
of Salvador on the 18th.
TH1HTY-oNE new cases of cholera
and twenty deaths from the disease
were reported at Valencia, Spain, on the
18th.
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THE youthful King of Spain has not
been oat of the cradle long, but he ap-
pears to have full appreciation of his
position in life. One day recently he
was served for pnch with breast Of a
chicken cut int s. small pieces. He at
once began to Help himself without the
aid of either spoon or fork. "Sire," said
his attendant gravely, 'kings never eat
with their fingers" This King does, {"
responded his Majesty, continuing his
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-18

On tho principle than "A little learn
ing is dangerous thing" there are not
few dangerous characters in the world.
But it is better to be q little dangerous
in this respect than to be a wart on the
face of nature,
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The tide Of immigration continues to
As1se. The increase thus far this year
over the CORRESPONDING months of 1889
already reaches $4,000. and these by no
means OF the best class Of immigrants
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THE two meanest men the Seattle
Journal has heard Of live In Tacoma.
They conspired to evade the law that
Furnishes wife-beaters, swapping wives
for the time and each whipping the
others better half.
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Tho News Dsr,etiv cnron,c,ed.

Hans Hanson, of Fergus Falls, fell from
scafolding the other day and was
probably fatally injured.
There was no truth in q rumor sent
out from Duluth recently that the ferry
boat May1ower sank with fifty people
on board during gale.
During August the Minneapolis fire
department responded to forty alarms.
The total loss was $81, OS4; total insur.
ance, $48,500.
Five hremen and q man named John
Rtnehart were painfully burned by the
explosion of q gasoline stove in fire at
. residence in st. Paul recently.
William H. Donahue, of Minneapolis,
has brought suit against the Minneapo-
lis, Lyndale & Minnetonka railway for
50, 600 damages for injuries received in
an accident last July.
F. A. Beau, of Faribault, with Dulu tn
capitalists, will erect . 2,500-barrel
Touring mill. increasing Duluth's an
nual output to 1900, 600 barrels.
A prospectus of the St. Paul, New
Ulm & Northwestern railroad, a pro-
posed short line between St. Paul and
Omaha, has been issued by the promot-
ers Of the enterprise.
Joseph Marsh, an employe of the
!, Northern Pacific railway at Brandon,
committed suicide recently by hanging.
Cause unknown, but supposed to be from
excessive drinking. 49,,
The State Normal School, At Winons,
opened recently with the largest enroll
ment in the normal department ever
known in the school New entries,
l45.
b. j. Cole resigned the position of as
sistant general superintendent of tho
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul rail-
way at Winona recently to take charge
Of the Winona willow ware works His
place is filled by B. c. Babcock, former.
~ ticket agent
. The courthouse commission that have
In hand the Minneapolis courthouse
have decided to alter the plans SO as to
reduce the cost Of the building to
81, SOY. 600. .......s-..
st. Peter was disappointed at tho re-
!, suit Of the census returns. The popula-
ton is only 2,760, while the citizens
were confident that it would show I'M
1000. e>r. ~+ "-... H.. .-s.-st S.. 49, =
Recently the south-bound Great
Northern passenger train found the
body .of Ole Anger lying beside the
track near Garfield with his head
crushed in. A half empty jug of a.
cohol told the story of his death.
An old man named John Gray commit
ted suicide tho other night at the Hotel
Roessler in Minneapolis BY taking
laudanum. No cause was known for
the deed. o.z
Gustav w. Strapf, treasurer of South
St Paul, while riding home with his
wife the other night was pursued BY
highwaymen and shot, ct but was no in
jured.
Sharpers have been travelling through
some sections of The State claiming Z.
have sure cure for hog cholera. In ons
instance one Of these hog doctors limos.
ulsted" 212 hogs in one day 1t twenty.
I'VE cents for each animal
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strong Evidence Of Foul Play.

The case of Walter F. Horton, tim
Der inspector of the Northern Pacific
line, charged with drowning his wife
and daughter in the Mississippi, came
to sensational end at st., Paul tho
other afternoon when the coroner's jury
found that the circumstances connected
with the drowning pointed to Mr.. Hor-
ton as being guilty of the crime.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-18

MINISTER PHELPS, interviewed at
Berlin, said he believed American pork
would soon be admitted to Germany,
anu GIiaJ Cne CnaTge IN cue laws would
be caused by the demand of the people,
not by the action of diplomats.
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For Chicago's Fair.

Commissioner w. Il. Harrison ap-
pointed Mrs. Mary Allen Hurlbut of
Duluth, and Mrs. Frank B. Clark, Of st.
Paul, as lady managers of the worlds
fair for the State of Minnesota. Mrs.
Hurlbut is one Of the most popular
ladies in this city, and Mrs. Clark is the
wife OF the general traffic manager Of
the Omaha railroad
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-18

CHARTS have been prepared showing
sthat the eye has seven hundred and
stwenty-nine distinct expressions. con-
veying as many different shades of mean
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Insurance Mon Called to Account

The other day Rev. L. G. Powers, OF
Minneapolis, fled with the State Insur-
ance Commissioner an application ask
ing him to wind up the affairs Of the
Knights Of Aurora, benevolent secret
organization. The general charges
against the affairs of the order include
obtaining money under false pretenses,
embezzlement perjury and forgery.
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! For the benefit OF some inquirers we
will say that the census of the United
States and Territories by the count of
1880 was SO, l52. 866. ...

GERMANY has one doctor to l, 500 Of pop
ulation; France, one to S, 1877; the United
Kingdom, one to 1924; but the United
States has one to $40. z,-- .sz.s-- .e--.r.
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: WEST AND SOUTH.

DEMOCRATS in State ton at St.
Paul, MIMI, on the 9th nominated the
following ticket: Governor, Thomas
Wilson; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, E. G..
: , PAIL; Secretary of State, A. T. Lind.
| holm; Auditor, Adolph Bierman; Treas
! urer, Charles NJ. Foote; Attorney-Gen-
eral, David T. Calhoun; Clerk Supreme
! Court, T. r. O'Hare.
The fortieth anniversary of the ad.
mission of California to the Union was
| celebrated by a great parade at San
Francisco on the 9th.
DEMOCRATS and anti-Prohibi tionists
| OF Kansas united on the 9th in nom
! mating Ex-Governor Robi oson for Gov
ernor.
| FRANCIS MURPHY, the temperance
! lecturer, was married on the 9th to
Mrs. Rebecca Fisher at Rock Island,
Ill.
The following nominations were
made on the 10th: Wisconsin, First
district, Clinton Babbitt (Dem.). Ar.
kansas, First district, L. P. Featherston
(Rep). Michigan, Fourth district, J.
c. Burrows (Rep), renominated. In
diana, Fourteenth district. David H.
Patton (Der,.); Tenth district, Rev. R.
D. Clarke (Pro.). Iowa, Sixth district
John F. Lacey (Rep). Mississippi
Fifth district. J. r. s. Pitts (Rep. J.
Ohio. Eighth district, d. S. Hare
(Dem.). Alabama, Fifth district, James
E. Cobb (Dem.). Georgia, Seventh dis
trict, r. W. Everett (Dem.); Ninth dis
trict, Zion A. narnell (Rep.). Kansas
First district, Case Frederick (Rep.)
Missouri, Second district, James Petit
john (Rep.).
DEMOCRATS of Michigan in State con
vention on the 10th nominated the fol
lowing ticket: Governor. E. Il. Winans
observation-disclosures, John Strong
Treasurer, Frederick Broastad; Attor
ney.General, A. A. Ellis; Supreme Court
Judge, John w. McGrath; Secretary o.
State, Daniel E. Soper; Land Commits.
sioner, David Baker; Superintendent o.
Instruction, Ferris H. Fitch; Membe,
Board Of Education, David A. Ham
mond.
! The Interstate Temperance Union,
in session at Lincoln, Mob, on the 10th
elected ]. A. Troutman, OF Kansas
president y. H..
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A NlrrOw Escane.

The other day the tug Adams, towing
q scow loaded with stone, attempted to
make the harbor entry at Duluth in q
tremendous gale. The scow broke
away and was washed upon the shore.
Seven mon were aboard, and only the
heroic efforts of the lighthouse keeper,
Pryor. saved their lives. A sail-boat
was capsized in the harbor and five &C.
cupants narrowly escaped drowning.
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Refused to Concur.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.-In the house
to-day Mr.. Kinley OF Ohio, from the
committee on ways and means, reported
back the tariff bill with senate amend
ments, with the recommendation that
the amendments be non-concurred in.
Referred to committee of the whole.
Mr.. Mckinley then offered resolution
from the committee on rules for the i'm
mediate consideration of the tariff bill
in the house. After two hours general
debate it shall be in order to move to
nou-concur in the senate amendments
in gross and agree to the committee Of
conference asked for by the senate, and
the house shall, without further delay
or other motion, proceed to vote on said
motion.
/ Wyoming Goes Republican.
CHEYENNE, Sept. 16.--Returns from
ten counties in Wyoming show that the
Republicans have elected their entire
state ticket. C. D. Clark 10 elected to
congress over George T. Beck, son of
the late Senator Beck, by 1900 majori-
ty. The state legislature will be Re-
publican by thirty-ive majority on
joint ballot. The legislative session
will begin within sixty days, and can
didates for the United States senate are
coming to the front. q
Ar Grand Mound, TO-, on the 18th, j.
w. Bevan shot and killed Mrs. w. NJ.
Langdon, wife Of . railroad contractor
and Langdon immediately killed Bevan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Langdon had been mar
ried but a short time and Bevan had
ormerly been engaged to Mrs. Lang.
lon.
TIE Democratic state convention Of
Montana on the 18th, nominated Judge
Nv. w. Dixon for congress-.
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GEORGE BATTER and Steve Crump
(colored) were taken from Jail by mob
and lvnched at Annoy, Miss. on the 18th
after being convicted of an assault on
two white women.
T. r. TILLMAN was nominated for
Governor by the Democratic State con-
vention at Columbia. $. c.. on the 18th.
TIE Washington Legislature adj
journed on the 18th, having passed q
reapportionment bill.
THE first snow-storm of the season in
the United States was reported from
Fort Assiniboin, Mont, on the nth.
Miss ANNE AnAMs, aged IS years, and
her nephew, aged years were asphyxi.
ated ON the 18th by gas from gas stove
at Mansfield. O.
CONGRESSIONAL nominations were
made on the 18th as follows: Missouri,
Seventh district, w. D. Barnett (Rep. y;
Wisconsin, Seventh district, Frank Co.
burn (Dem.); Kentucky, Third district,
Lewis Jones (Rep.).
GREAT damage by floods was reported
from Pennsylvania, Ohio and several
Southern States on the 18th, CAUSED by
the recent heavy rains.
The death of Joseph Bell occurred at
Cincinnati on the 18th, aged ~ years.
He was distinguished as a builder Of
machinery and as the first to take .
steamboat across the Gulf of Mexico.
RETURNS from the election in wy.
oming on the 18th announced that the
Republicans had carried the State by
from 1000 to $500 majority. The State
ticket. majority in both houses of the
Legislature and the Congressional can
didates were elected.
REPUBLICANS of Nevada in State con-
vention at Reno on the 18th nomi-
Mated Theodore Winters for Governor
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FROM WASHINGTON.

The Census Office on the 18th an.
nounced the population of Maine as
66O.26l, an increase in ten years of
1925.
I. NJ. SCHILLER, Of Tennessee, was
nominated by the President on the 18th
to be Consul of the United States at
Amsterdam.
DURING the seven days ended on the
12th the business failures in the United
States numbered 1913, as against 2O3 the
preceding week and 1856 the correspond
ing week last year.
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REPuBLIcANs Of Indiana In State con.
vention at indianapolis on the 10th
nominated the following ticket: Score.
.tary Of State, Milton Truslsr; Auditor,
]. N. Walker; Treasurer, George w.
5Pixley; Supreme Court Judge, r w.
Mcbride: Supreme Court Clerk, Will
lam I. Noble: Acknowledgement. John
w. Lovett; Statistician, John Worrell;
Superintendent Instruction. James Il.
Henry; Geologist. John Nj. Coulter.
ABEL HuGIlEs and his vito and child
were drowned on the 10th near Parkers-
burg, w. Va. by being thrown OF .
bridge into the river by : runaway
team.
z II. g. WILSON, = Kansas City livery
stable keeper, was indicted by the
grand jury Oh the 10th for conspirlng to
kidnap the children Of wealthy parents
for ransom.
REPORTS on tho 10th say that the
seven peaks on the Blue Ridge moult-
aims in North Carolina had been smol-
Ing for some weeks. As this occurred
just before the Charleston earthquake
persons In the neighhborhood were
-. ZsF - +
CONGRESSIONAL nominations we're
made on the 18th as follows: Wiscon-
sin, First district o. b. Thomas (Rep.
renominated. Tennessee, Third dis.
trict. H. Clay Evans (Rep.) renomi.
mated. Ohio, First district, Otway J.
Cosgrove Uem.). Illinois. Ninth dis
trict, Robert Steivan (Pro.). Montana,
First district Thomas II. Carter (Rep.
renominated. Ohio, Second district
Oliver Brown (Dem.). Minnesota, Sec.
ond district. o. NJ. Hall (Dem.l; Third
district, Morton s. Wilkinson (Dem.).
Maryland, First district, Henry Page
(Dem.).
FIRE on the 18th at Park City, q. T.,
destroyed the business portion Of the
town, which is the principal mining
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"lntoxication habitual or FREQUENT use OF
PERSONS employed IN rannins spans
In any capacity, who are known to practice
drinking Intoxicating liquors, will be forthwith
C.H CHAPPELI. General Manager.
CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE 4 ST. PAUL RAILWAY.
Since about three years ago the rue in regard
to the use OF Intoxicating liquor by employees
copy Of which is inclosei herewith, has been
printed on our time cards apd is strictly en-.
forced AS far AS my experience goes, it has
proven to be the most practical rule governing
the matter that We could devise.
The use OF Intoxicating drinks has proven q
most fruitful source Of trouble to railways as
we'll as to individuals. The company will ex
ercfse the most rigid scrutiny in reference to
employe who has been dismissed on this &C.
count will not be re-employed. Drinking when
on duty or frequenting saloons will not be toler-
atea ana preference will be given to those who
ROSWELL. MILLER President.
OHIO 4 MISSISSIPPI RAILWAY.
This company has issued no order recently
with regard to the use Of intoxicants by en-
ployes; but in our book OF rules governing en-
ployes OF the transportation department., which
took effect in November, 1888, the following ap-
pears:
The use Of intoxicating drinks while on duty
Is prohibited. Employees known to use them in
At viii mot b in the
These answers, remarks the lnde-
pendent editorially, present most one
sided view Of great question. But it
is none the. worse for being one
sided. for there is only one side to it.
The fact that it is so one.sidcd makes it
impressive. e7ee@s
We wanted to know what are the
rules enforced by the railway companies
OF the Nation in reference to the use of
Intoxicating liquors by their employees;
and here we have them-a long.
~onotonous, emphatic repetition OF :
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-28
Iancasfer As n Summer Resort.

These are the days when city people
plan their summer pleasure trips or ut
any rate enjoy the anticipation Of more
- - time in the mountains, at the sea
.--," s'Lasant coup'"y~ place
sWh6feA .. ASIDE the cares
- life as.> AuxD nealth and vigor from
pnse air and change Of scene. Summer
fsooorts all over the country are now ad-
xertising their attractions in every con
aeelvable way, and many desolate and
dfeary scene is painted in glowing colors
10 the circular OF the hotel-keeper eager
l0r guests, or in the local papers Of the
Toeort where the innocent natives may
really think their scenery unrivalled
ard their climate superb. The frequent
failure of the successful pleasure resorts
~ show any substantial natural claim Of
attractiveness provokes inquiry rs to
what may be the causes Of success, and
the answer seems to rest partly upon
the whims of fashion, partly upon
the skill Of the managers of hotels and
boarding houses
Our own city OF Lancaster, for example,
has natural advantages in its position
and surroundings which might be used
~ make 1t as popular as Saratoga under
Iakillfnl and liberal management. II is
true that We have no mineral springs,
blt people do not now find any excuse
I Necessary to justify summer leisure, and
~ proportion Of genuine invalids
0ho visit mineral springs for the water
= small The drives, races and
aseiai gayety make the prime at
tsoctions Of Saratoga. Lancaster has
~ most beautiful drives within an easy
&eircuit of an hour or two from the centre
seg the city. Our county Is admitted by
unveiled experts to own horses of a
j noeter average quality aud In greater
unmbers than any other community of
y ~ size In this part of the world. Com
roeDd with the average Of summer
1oeosts our livery charges are wonder
E MY cheap, and the street car and hack
q pgvice make delightful country walks
S1Adey accessible to those who prefer
Vtews afoot. Along the banks of the
Cnnestoga, Mill Creek and the Little
& Hnnsstoga may be found stretches of
3 Iondsespe and bits Of scenery unsur-
ssd, and over all this fertile county,
~ the haunts of the Buzzards in the
Rehh mountains t. the homes of the
+ nekers Ia the river hills Of the lower
- there are many scenes Of more
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1890-05-28
RRowxs sAssAPARlLLA.
Are You Nervous?

Next 10 blood. kidney and liver anfictio0s,
nervousness and nerve irregularities are the
most common.
within the last twenty-five years the number
Of nervous diseases has increased largely, and
the medical fraternity have given then, great
deal of attention.
As 10 the causes Of nervous affections, their
name IL legion high living. dissipation. irregu-
lsritles Of diet, late hours, overwOrk, great
grief the hish-pressure mode Of liic, with Its
csaseless round Of activity aud exertion. call
Ing for constant expenditure Of nerve force. all
tend 70 dcpress and exhaust the nervous sys-
tenn. The merchants bend for hours over their
books, or are whiried at lightning speed over