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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22

+ Two MEN are now hard at work cut
ting the Lords Prayer in letters an
inch deep and six inches high on the
face Of big rock on the Bristol (vt)
road They are hired by DIR: Green. of
.Buffalo, who pays them forty five dol
lars for the job. The rock is as big as
house, and stands at a bend in the
road which here takes a sharp turn
and goes up a steep hill. 1t is about
the hardest place in Vermont for a
team, and in the, season when teaming
isliveliest there is more cussing there
every day than anywhere else in Yer
mont.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22

BRlDeEPoRr Comm boy was re-
Gently treated for cut in his foot at
the Emergency hospital. After probing
the depth of an inch the surgeon felt
IN object that was removed with diff
Guilty. 1t proved to be a live snail about
the size of a haze1nnt
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22

THE Alabama oyster law test ease is
decided by Judge Semmes in habeas
corpus proceedings. The test was
made to see whether the new law for
bidding the shipment of .oysterssin the
shell outiof the state at certain seasons
andby rail only would stand. The
judge decides that a prohibition of this
character is UNCONSTITUTIONAL, as vio-
slative OF the freedom of interstate com
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YhE Rop oRo i q.

81 N91SusOS $0UOuNsa ~ - sA8oQ - A00p
ueod 1alls. i ~ &
REDwooD FALLS, Mfnn.. OF IT.
William Rose was hanged 1t All q IA.
under tho new law;;aNvhich -feuuires
that oil executions must take place be.
tween midnight and dawn and ont Of
sight Of al newspaper men. The trap
was sprung ct 1856 i. m. There .Maa. Q
dull crash and the rope parted s
sleet from the neck. 81 Without asFword
being spoken By anyone, the limp. body
vas picked mp carried on the plat
form, laid down, face upward, upon
the readjusted trap. The second
moose dangling from above was pulled
down, adjusted quicklysand the. trap
sprung without any attempt 20 sfaiso
him tohis feet Then ensued . slow
process of stranRulation. .*Ns ~, "''.'s'
The murder for which Rose was
hanged was sensational one sbehind
which there was q romance. Rose
came to Redwood county from Pike
county. ILL, where he was born Janu-
airy 81. 1851. Here he fell in lovewith
Miss Grace Lufkin, ! pretty girl iof
20, the daughter of Farmer
Moses Lufkin. The girl recipro-
Gated Roses love, but on the advice of
her father refused to sec her lover.
Rose was angered at this, and one
evening at dusk shot cLufkin dead
through an open window while the lat
ter was conversing with a neighbour.
Miss Lufkin became deeply de-
spondent. and went to Chicago,
where at the home Of: . mar
ried sister she committed suicide by
cutting her throat with q razor. Rose
was given three trials, his case went
through the state supreme court and
the United States supreme court, and
the governor twice set tbs day for his
execution. =,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22

~ The ownerof q hour and feed store
III lndianapolis q year ago hired man
-, - to work for him for SIS per week.
:, Nothing, was said about hours, but as
me place was s open ten hours a. day,
the employees were, obliged to be at
=, their places for that number of hours.
- The: man recently left his old EN-
* and has sued him for $125
(which he claims is due him for over
work eight hours being the: legal
day s work in Indiana. A verdict has
been rendered in favor of the work
. g, man an in the superior. court, but the ST.
Eremc court will have. an opportunity
to pass on the case, :,.zs 5s.::''. s..sss :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22
DOWN ON DRINKING MEN.

The Feeling Against Them Growing
Stronger In Business and Society.
The progress of barring out from po-
sitions of trust and profit all men who
indulge in intoxicants is becoming
more widespread every year. With
some occupations it is almost an abso-
lutte rule that drinking men are not
wanted. All the leading railroad COM
panies of the country refuse to employ
men who drink, an this practice is ex-
tending even to street-car lines.
short time ago. the Fourth avenue
streetccar company. of New y ork city,
one of the principal ones in that city,
issued an order to al its conductors and
drivers notifying them that it would
thereafter be considered sufficient
cause for immediate disn.. ssal for any
of them to visit a saloon at either end
of the road between trips. The officers
of the road frankly said that the mott
hcation was issued to insure discipline
among the men, some of whom were
in the habit of leaving their car,
and horses unattended while they loi-
tered in saloons at one end or the other
of the line. The men themselves got
up some little excitement over the or
der, and even talked of organizing .
strike to have it rescinded; but wiser
counsel prevailed, when they reflected
that there were plenty of men in the
city who were perfectly willing to take
their places, and who did not make q
habit of visiting saloons.
The growth of the feeling can also be
ecen in many secret societies, which
condemn the liquor traffic and exclude
liquor sellers from membership. In
this case the objection is to the man,
occupation. One who makes it his solo
employment to minister to a debased
appetite among men is not considered
worthy of fellowship with the gentle
men composing the order. 1t will be
remembered that the grand lodge OF
odd fellows of the state of Indiana re-
Gently decided hereafter to exclude all
liquor dealers from the organization.
Similar action has been taken bv the
masonic order, and by the Knights of
Pythias, in different states. Every such
action reveals the deep-seated condem-
nation among the intelligent masses OF
society against int appearance and
against the men who make it their &C.
cupation TO foster it.
All these facts are cheering indica-
tions of the steady and sure, if some
what slow, growth of public sentiment
in opposition to the liquor traffic and
to drinking men. No more powerful
lever can be used to induce men to con-
troll their appetites, than to have pub
lie sentiment impress upon them the
conviction that they cannot afford to get
drunk. 1t is by strengthening this
sentiment that the frienis of prohibi-
ton must look for their most efficient
aid. When you can convince q man by
the stern logic of facts that it don't
pay to get drunk. he will be very apt
TO avoid the habit if he has already
contracted it, and to shun the saloon.
When the masses of the people are ed
ucated up to the understanding that it
don't pay, they will be quite willing
TO join in the effort to entirely suppress
the drink habit Toledo Blade.
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Cinnamon Crossing the Border

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Oct IA spe-
:ial to the Journal from st. Vincent,
Mimi. says: On account Of the strict
endorsement Of anti Chinese reRula.
saons elsewhere, the Celestials are be-
ginning to swarm over the Minnesota
and North Dakota borders, guarded by
only six custom officers -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22

, THE young emperor of Germany does
not appear, like that other product OF
his country. Rhine wine, to improve
with age. 1t is asserted that he grows
more arbitrary than ever and considers
himself infallible. The disillusion
when it comes--as it willis likely to
'be extremely painful to this young be-
lever in monarchies.
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A. GERMAN. doctor has been publish

-. a, GERMAN. doctor has been publish.
ing the results Of a long course Of Wis
Nal examinations He finds that in
only one case out of fifteen are both
eyes in good condition. In seven cases
out OF eyeryten people possess one eye
which is stronger than the other. In
two cases out of five patients are. at
fected with astigmatism. Nearly fifty
per cent possess an imperfect appre.
citation of colors.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22

The immigration for the past two
anonths has been more than twenty per
cent. greater than in the same months
of 1890. The conditions in the old
world and the prosperity on this side
will lie likely to further increase the
number of immigrants.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22

DURING the year ended March 81,
1891, thu inhabitants of Great Britain
consumed 27,sas, aS4 gallons of whisky;
OF this amount 4,s21, l46 gallons were
disposed of in Ireland. almost @ gallon
per head. In Scotland the average was
even greater, amounting to one and
One.half gallons per head
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22

X The army Is to be set to work at pro-
fessional studies, and an officer will
hereafter" find promotion harder than
ever: The new regulation will go into
effect ayear from next January. An
important feature of the forthcoming
order is the establishment Of lyceum
ct every post in the army. Every Off
Ger in the service svillzbe required 70
prepare and read a paper upon such
professional subjects as he may elect
at certain SPECIFIC times &c fore these
]yceums Attendance. is also made
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22
viii He Represented 1t CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. Oct 17.-Followin2 are the
names of the nations which have SO
Tar accepted the invitation to psrtici-
pate in the Worlds Columbian exposi :
ton, the number being thirty-five in
all: Argentine f. Republic; Bolivia;
Brazil; British Honduras; Costa RIGS;
Cuba; colony of Spain; Denmark;
Dutch Guiana; Chilli; China; Colon bia;
Ecuador; France; Germany; Great
Britain; Guatemala; Hayti; Honduras;
Jamaica; Japan; Mexico; Nicaragus:
Peru; Porto Rico; Russia; San DOM
lingo; Salvador; Siam; Spain; Trinidad;
Turkey; Uruguay; Venezu,a. -
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An AeSTAiNER'S EXAMPLE.
A Practic Il illustration OF Its Beneficent
Influence.

A Practic Il illustration OF Its Benefcene
A well. known Christian merchant of
this city not long ago had an urgent
telegram calling him to see an OIL
friend residing in a suburban town:
When he arrived at the house of hi
friend he found the latter very i'll and
only expected to live for a few hours
The friend asked to see him alone,
and when by themselves, said: MY
doctor tells me that can live at the
most but twenty-four hours. want
ed once more to see you and say to you
something that have never told YOU
In early life. as young men, they had
met in this city in business relations,
and it was at that period that the
close bond of personal friendship was
formed. They went much together in
society. and had great happiness in
each other. The one who was about
to pass away had in their young MAN.
hood q cousin, a beautiful young lady
in this city. in whose society both these
friends passed much time. On one
occasion she gave an elegant party,
at which both were in attendance.
During the evening when refreshments
were served, she came to the friend Of
her cousin and asked him to drink
with her glass of wine. Very fond
of her. the young man was sorely per-
picked, but finally declined. saying:
Il will do anything for you that !
properly can. Tut cannot drink the
glass of wine" Turning from hin
with somewhat of an air of displeas-
ure, she said: swell, will 60 to"
cher cousin), ''he will drink it with
me-" She crossed the room to her
cousin, extended the invitation to him
with the air of confident expectation,
but he also declined, greatly to her as
tonishment, and not little to her cha.
grin. In this last interview, many
years after the party in question, one
thing which passed between these two
Did friends was the statement of the
one who was about to die, which he
wished to make as som ,thing of a con-
fession, to the effect that he was at
that time an observer across the room
of what transpired with his cousin. and
although he had never before thought
Va oOSISSlAAAS AIOtA AuCOA'CdOluS OcScT"
ages, to the social use of which he had
always been accustomed. Influenced By
the example of his friend IN declining.
he also determined to decline. He
wished now to make acknowledge
ment of his gratitude for this eventful
incident in his life, which he had no
doubt had saved him from excuses and
ruin which, in his case vOnld have al
most certainly followed the contiru-
ance of the drink habit.
In this incident may be seen prac-
tical illustration of the power of right
example. Its influence is sometimes
more potent and farreaching than words
of counsel alone, however good they
may be- May every one, young aud
old, realize in the light of this dying
tatement of one friend to another, the
great value and Importance of the alb
stainer's example to others---Nationa1
Temperance Advocate.
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- - q q. = - : = y = -
decided recently bv 1

4, 1T was decided recently BY the Eng
lls 81! courts that !, the, magistrates by
whom saloon licenses are granted have
3 absplntes discretion in the matter.
Nj Hitherto old Il licenses have been re-
newed or new ones granted as 3 mat
*sser Of course, except when it was known
~athas Che applicant had been guilty Of
eome misdemeanor. Men who have had
~ esnses s' for years have been refused re
on the ground that there were
enough places. for the sale Of LIQUOR
WITHOUT theirsa The magistrates say
that they will decide how many public
hon, = ) 4a85srl slhlsels, ind WI aiso have
hing tasal 70 their. heasion. l,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22
FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

THERE is no hope of temperance re-
form through the agency of any pollti-
| cal party or faction that carries beer
on one shoulder and water on the other.
Christian at Work.
Mrs. JULIA A. CHASE. superintendent
among soldiers for Kansas, has been do.
ing splendid work in the military prison
at Fort Lcavenworth. Four hundred
men have taken the pledge. Many of
these have gone into civil life again
and many letters are received from
boys on the outside, as we'll as in, tell
ing how much good the pledge has
done them.
In recent card to the public Frances
E. Willard says with regard to the
''Keeley cure'' that she is friend to
Dr. Kelley and an advocate of the cure
She admitted that some Of her remarks
in a recent speech concerning the news
papers that advocated the Kelley cure
were too sweeping in character and
said if DR.. Kelley would make the
secret of his method known the w. c.
T. US around the world would try and
supply it free to any unable to pur-
chase for themselves.
The lack of the right kind of food is
the cause of much of the drunkenness.
After drinking what many of our
Rrocers call coffee, sweetened with
what many call sugar. and eating what
many OF our butchers call meat, and
chewing what many of our bakers call
bread, many of our laboriDg classes feel
SO miserable they are tempted to put
into their nasty pipes what the tobac-
conist calls tobacco or 60 into the drink
ing saloons for what the rumeellers
call beer. Good coffee would do much
in driving out bad rum.-'ralmage.
You've men are learning the every
day commercial value of temperance.
The "good fellow" man is he who stays
at the ladders foot, AMI his comrades
profit by the object lesson. In no walk
of life are the higher paths open as
they were, not so very long ago, to the
man who drinks. Business men, pro-
fessional men. look upon an employees
convivial habits as menace to them
selves! What once found ready excuse
now suffers not even liberation. This
is plain lesson of the times. And this
is the reason common sense is every
day forwarding the cause of practical
temperance.
The war against drunkenness is
spreading in other countries besides
our own. In fact there are signs that
continental states may move with more
earnestn ess against this social foe than
we have done. The English people
have talked long and loudly, but have
politically done very little in the mat
ter of repressive legislation. In fact,
our great love of popular liberty very
naturally inteyferes with repressive leg
islation in every direction. One day i,
will be understood that liberty to do
right cen only be secured by the denial
of liberty to do wrong. Christian Com
! monwealth, London.
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Tragedy 1t . Wedding.

There was an Austrian wedding at
Soudan and during the dance that fol-
lowed all of the participants got more
or less drunk, when man named An
derson attemptedrto run the house to
suit himself. The Austr:ans objected
and one Of them took a double-b,tted
AK and struck the Swede over the left
ear, nearly taking the top of his head
of, death resulting almost instantly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-22
Hosy's Properly sel.ed.

New YoRK, Oct u. Upon applicar
lion OF the officers Of the Adams En-.
press Company an attachment against
the properly Of John Hoey, the deposed
president Of the company, q issvatl
! for the sum Of sra, ESQ
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Good WordeE Tor fhe m. n

LONDON, Oct i6.-James Dredge and
Sir Henry Wood, OF the Royal scommis-
sion to represent Great Britain ct the
worlds fair, have prepared : report
eulogixing the prospects and arrange
ments for the fair and urging active
participation by the people Of Great
Britain. - 50
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BANKERS ASSIGN,

NASHVILLE. Tenn, Oct. 17.-Ata late
hour news was received here that as.
signments were made ut Columbia by
the Bank of Colum bia and the Column
bia Ranking Company. The capital
stock of the former is 800, 900 and that
of the latter $50, 600. The liabilities and
assets are not known. bnt it is said
the officers Of both institutions claim
that creditors will be paid in full
In time. Failure to make collec-
lions q assigned as the cause. These
banks have been in business for Some
years and the news of their assignment
will create q sensation. 5S.s$H I'll
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F1ve l3urno,1l ~ ..Il..tl,.

LONDON, Oct Five persons, in.
Guiding m old woman Of %, younger
woman and three children, were burned
90 death In . fire which destroyed !
tenement house in Millwall, in the
dock district, B e 81: s5 "A s35
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posTA 8oHENlEo,

oaggostlsN - - 1lasee ~ IN wa,
. lsFsla IN = Sssl xsls1ssph
So nasiae nRahs "a Iskessslea q u
s5 1fss lllliSssy syae ~ H Ur1stl. 81
81 VAsAlNeIox, Oct ~. postmastss
General vvanamaker 70 collecting tn
data for his annual report q conxress
. So far IS can Be ascertained, tho spe,
sci q features Of the report will 81
similar TO those Of last year. nur'
Ing tho last yssr hs has bsen making
experiments IN one 81 two branches
Of the service, g and he Il. likely "a
make . special point for their develop.
lnent His postal telegraph, scheme Il
not dead, all reports to the contrary
notwithstanding. The last congress
ut down son il, but now Wan.
amaker proposes asking the next
house to look into Il and q IA.
:vestigate the arguments and ag.
ures he is now preparing in It's sup.
port Much the Same arguments will
be used. The same. may be sid Of the
postal savings bank. MI. Wausmakcl
is thoroughly convinced that one 81
the most beneficial additions to the
present postal service would be the es.
adjustment of savings banks in post
offices. I His experiences and the reports
from the country generally during the
last year convince him moro thorough.
lysthan ever. of its practicability. The
demand for such institutions ii farm.
ing districts and small villages where
there are no regular banks has been
growing steadily. ] Hns recommenda-
tions in this line will DO sim liar ia
those of last year, when he urged the es.
adjustment Of postal savings banks in
states having no laws regulating say.
ings banks, and in any other states
upon petition Of a considers BILE number
Of residents in any one locality. He
will recommend that there be NO more
than one bank for every 10 miles OF
area and that the interest paid on dc.
posts be one-half Of per cent. lower
than that paid by private bankers.
With regard to penny postage the
postmaster general is not SO enthusias.
tic as he was. While in his recon.
mendations he will not recede from the
position taken in his former reports he
will not lay special stress on this rad
ical change. The postmaster general
Is anxious to see the penny postage
adopted, but congress will have to
make the change possible by increased
appropriations.
The extension of the free delivery
system is one of the points which will
receive much attention in the report.
The last congress appropriated o,ooo
with which to try the free delivery
experiment The postmaster general
is now engaged in. figuring out
results from these localities. AS far
a. they go they indicate the success
of the plan. He anticipates that the
increase of business and revenue in
country towns will about balance the
expenditures made in the experiment.
With the results in hand he pur-
poses going before the next con.
gress and asking for assistance in
extending the free delivery throughout
the country. The amount of money
needed to put the system into operation
has not been estimated, but Mr.. Wana-
maker feels justified in guar anteeing
that the increase Of revenues will rec
ompense the government for the
necessary outlay.
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ls ~ s2s s;s sS;ssss; AZ
'1he moon is 100000 miles from the
earth it is thus, to all intents and pur-
poses,i brought u within z1so miles 81
tho oorth
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5TNEEEA5T,

CUSTOMS rec. ITS at New York during
the first ten, days of sOctoberwena ST.
ss4. $50. sheing s'bss,8e6> less tinah they
were during the corresponding period
AT least stwenty i've. wer.ns Ill oir
the Rockaway IN. J.) beach during
the recent storm. 1000,
ANDREW Lup's three children living
near Martinsville, N. j.. built bonfire
near barrel of benzine and all were
burned fatally.
STATISTICS compiled by Treasurer
Manning, of the barge Office at New
York. show that 80. 1lS steerage pas
sengers were landed during Septem.
Der. OF these SO, 59l were immigrants
and "a 81: were citizens of the United
States.
THE Adams Express Company has
chosen Henry Sanford, Of Bridgeport,
Conn, president, to succeed John Hoey.
The senate of Pennsylvania assem-
bled in speci II session at Harrisburg to
consider charges made by Gov. Patti
son against the state treasurer and state
auditor.
"A 0oH.DAT.nS aAO SSAOIo lOuulUCuL
at UTICA. n Y, which cost $35, 600, was
unveiled in the presence of thousands
of persons.
By the falling of a cage in the
tunnel shaft at Niagara Falls three col.
tored men were killed and two white
men fatally injured.
IT has Teen decided by the Sabba-
tartan society to sinaugurate war on
Sunday newspapers in Pittsburgh and
to arrest al editors. reporters, COM
positors and pressmen found working
after midnight Saturday night. ..
RUTHERFORD Il. HAYES was reelected
commander in chief at the meeting in
Philadelphia of the Loyal Legion of
the United States .
In Boston Rev. DR.. Phillips Brooks
was coEsecrated bishop of Massachu-
sets. :
BY the bursting of fly wheel in the
Amoskeag cotton works at Manches-
ter, n: IL, three men were killed and
nine injured. ~. g 80 a. 49,
In session at Reading, Pa, Joseph e.
Palmer, of Brooklyn, was elected ma
tional commander of the Union Vet
eran Legion. p : !
! Improperly Of John Hoey, the de-
posed president of the Adams Express
Company, has been attached for s712,.
$50
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Settling Russian Jews.

Fifty families of the exiled Russian
Jews will shortly be established in
homes at Mile Laos on the Great
Northern railroad. President James
L. Hill, of the road, has Just had COM
pleted fifty houses of neat and COM
Portable appearance, which, on behalf
OF the company, he has presented to
the committee in St. Paul having
charge of the Baron Hirsch fund.