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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

! HE age at which most suicides take
place in this country is thirty-fve. It
would seem that in early middle life
the disappointed hopes are most keen
and the effect Of an ill-spent youth
anost disastrous. At thirty-five many
Americans feel the wearisomeness of
old ape
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
The News Of the Week.
RY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL,
FIFTIETH CONGRESS-.


TUESDAY, Sept. 18 Senator Sherman
co., addressed the Senate at length upon
his resolution relating to the relations
Of the United States with Great Britain
and Canada. He favored making Canada
q part Of this country, and denounced the
Retaliation bill. The Deficiency Appro-
priation bill was reported. The President
submitted the correspondence in relation
to the Chinese treaty. In the House the
conference report on TIE Sundry CivA Ap-
preparation bill was discussed, but no &C.
ton was taken.
WEDNEsDAY, Sep. 19.-In the Senate
Senator Edmunds offered q resolution,
which was passed, approprlating &100, 900
for the relief of the suffering caused by
yellow fever in the South. Bills were
passed appropriating $4,000 for a post
Office building in st. Paul, MINI; to forfeit
lands granted to the State Of Michigan to
aid in the construction Of q railroad from
Marquette to Ontonaeon, and the Senate
bill appropriating So, 900 for public build
ing at Kalamazoo, Mich. The House spent
the entire session in discussing the library
building appropriation in the Sundry Civil
bill. A vote, which was finally taken,
showed the lack Of quorum.
THURSDAY. Sept 90.-1n the Senate the
AGRICULTURAL 'OcpaTILuout OH was O19-
cussed and the resolution to retain for q
time the Chinese Exclusion bill was
tabled. In the House the delay in sending
to the President the Chinese bill caused
long discussion. A bill was reported to
suspend the operation of the timber land
laws.
FRIDAY, Sept 81. 1.-THE bill to create
a Department of Agriculture was passed
in the Senate. Tho conference report
on the sundry Civil Appropriation
bill was presented and agreed to. Ad.
journed to the GATH In the House the
feature Of the proceedings was the passage
OF the measure to suspend the operation OF
the Presumption, Timber Culture and Des-
ert Land laws. At the evening session
thirty-two private pension bills were
passed, and the House adjourned to the
Oath
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
FIVE MEN DROWNED.


Only One Saved from q Yachting Party
of Rockville (Ont) Residents.
ROCKVILLE, Ont, Sept. PA terrible
drowning accident happened Sunday morn.
ing five miles west of here. H. A. Field, a
hardware merchant; H. B. Wright, a
fruit merchant; Henry Bagg, book
keeper, and Herbert and Fred Shep
herd, sons of Herman Shepherd, q
merchant, were drowned by the sinking of
q sailing yacht in mid-channel A gale
was blowing at the time and the yacht
shipped considerable water, and being
heavily ballasted she sunk. Frank Turner,
O druggist, was the only one of the party
saved. He was picked up by yawlboat
from g passing vessel
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

In order to fumigate the mails which
leave Jacksonville, Fla, they are
emptied loose into a large box which
has wire bottom and birthstone or
Other disinfectants are burned under
the box from eight to twelve hours. All
the smoke from the burning matter has
to pass through the mails.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

@ REPORTS made at the recent Inter-
national Conference of the Young
Mems Christian Association at Stock
holm show that there are now 8, 1O4
branches of the organization, a gain of
nearly 1000 since the last conference,
The associations property in this
country has increased from about
$3,000,O00 in 1884 to nearly $1,000, 600
in 1897
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

JAMES JAMES, a negro of Santa
Rosa, Mex, is said to be the oldest man
living: 1t is claimed that he was born
near Dorchester, S. c., in 1852. He was
with his master in the Revolutionary
war. was forty years old when Wash
1ngton was elected President, went to
Texas when one hundred and one
years old. moved into Mexico five years
.later. and now at the ripe old age of
one hundred and thirty-six lives in a
little hut, to which he is confined by
rheumatism, and is supported by con-
tributions from the citizens of Santa
Rosa.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
HEROIC HATTIE.

A Young Girls Courage Prevents q Serious
Disaster.
BY the heroism Of young lady named
Hattie Wheeler few evenings ago what
would have been disaster was averted on
farm about three miles south Of Pipe
stone Miss Wheeler had built fire in the
cook-stove for the purpose of getting sup
per, when by some means large package
OF gunpowder caught fire. The powder
was wrapped in three or four papers and
the outside one was all afire when the
young lady picked the package up and
threw it out doors The powder exploded
with terrific force and the young lady was
seriously burned about the face and arms
There was powder enough in the bundle
to have blown the house to atoms had it
been within its walls when it exploded.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

JAZZ GOULD, it is said, pays $40, 600
a year to his attending physician, DR..
William Mum. and thus commands his
entire time. Tho contract is for
twenty years, or until Mr.. Could s
death. DR.. Mum has devoted his
time since his engagement, which be-
gan year ago, to Il careful study OF
the human nerves and their diseases,
and it may be assumed that Gould 8
nerves will be kept steady if the most
enlightened treatment can accomplish
that result.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
Shellin0 Sn0kl1n.

SUAK1M, Sept. 24.-The rebels are throw
ing shells into this town from position
within 800 yards of the British works and
strongly entrenched. A steady return fire
has been kept up by the guns of the garri-
son and the British guns in the harbor,
but apparently without effect. The gar.
rison IS in a dangerous position owing to
the likelihood that the rebels will capture
the wells
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

The richest mine in Australia, If not
In the world, is the Mount Morgan of
Queensland. One of the Rothschilds
once offered f19.0OO, 900 for it. and the
offer was refused. It's value is vari-
ously estimated at from $50. 600, 900 to
$500. DOC. OOO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

A YOUNG girl died mysteriously the
other day at Portland, Ore, and post.
morton examination showed an alb
scess in her stomach formed around
the india-rubber tip of lead pencil
which she had swallowed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
The News Briefly Chronicled.

John O'Dea, who had contract for mu.
nicipal improvement in Winona, has
brought suit for 81. 146 IA against the city
to recover the balance due On the contract
An infant child Of Captain Edward
Smith died suddenly the other evening on
the Omaha train shortly before reaching
Duluth
Judge William Barrett died of apoplexy
ut st. Paul the other morning. The Judge
mad been leading Democrat for the past
twelve years, having been q member of
the board OF public works for ten years.
A west-bound freight on the Milwaukee
road ran into train which was switching
at Minnesota City few days ago, and an
engineer and brakeman were seriously, but
not fatally hurt.
Carroll Bros, who were leading grccers
1T Duluth, 4ilel recently, with liabilities
of "a, 700; assets, Sc 500.
Brady's saloon, known a. N. P. Junction
as La Belle sa:oon,'' and residence at.
tached, with the entire stock and furniture
OF each, was burned the other day. Insur-
ance, $4,000. Brady and family were ab-
sent on visit in Canada.
The St Paul carnival directors have de-
clded in favor of another ice carnival the
corSing winter.
The contract for piling and br dying the
nrst twenty-five miles Of the Duluth road
has been let to w. II. II. STAFFORD, of Wi
mona.
The Grand Lodge of the Knights of
Pythias met in biennial session at Minne-
apolis few days ago. Grand Chancellor
mcdonald reported the total membership
OF the order in Minnesota to be 2,265, a
gain in two years of 762. A resolution
was adopted which prohibits the admission
to the order of those connected with the
liquor traffic.
An explosion in the gas works at Fergus
Falls the other night set fire to the builI-
ing, destroying all the wood work.
The entire stock of Shotwell, Clerihew
d Lothian, the suspended wholesale dry
goods firm at Minneapolis, was sold recent
~, the sale netting the creditors some
$S25, 900, or thirty-two cents on the dollar.
John Roberts, of Mobiles County, was out
on bail and took trip to Sioux City, H..
on a. borrowed horse. In consequence his
bondsmen had the sheriff go for him and
now he reposes in jail at Worthington.
George Liebenguth, q market man at
Redwood Falls, was thrown out of a wao-
on recently and injured so as to cause
death. He held on to the lines and was
dragged some distance
Minneapolis enrolled about twenty thou
sand school children the other dav, and
nine thousand were enrolled at st. Paul.
Wing Foo, recently arrived from San
Francisco. patronized leading gaming
house at Duluth a few days ago. His luck
was astonishing from the first, and he
ended by breaking the bank. His winnings
were over 81, 600 .....-- o.. 80
The passenger train on tho Burlington
road was run into by gravel train near
Winona few days ago, and travelling
man, whose name could not be ascertained,
and Mrs. Johanna Eve, Of La Crosse.
Wis, were seriously injured, and fourteen
other persons were bruised.
Several st: Paul business firms and the
Hotel Ryan were recently looking for
decidedly smooth looking young Individual
named T. 81. Cole, who had dstrsuded
thom Of considerable money.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
Frcderick.s DIarv

LONDON, Sept M.-The diary OF the late
Emperor Frederick contains many re-
marks showing that he had resolved to
cultivate most intimate relations with En-
GLAND, though apprehensive that the predi-
lection Of Germany for America and Rus.
% would render IL difficult to do 70,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

To MAINTAIN patrol of some fifteen
vessels to keep foreign fishermen be-
yond the three-mile limit Canada paid
for the season of 1887, $1O4, 593. r-'~ =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
TEEMER'S Def.

The Noted Oarsman Challenges the
World to Produce Better Than He.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, September 24-John
Teemer has issued a challenge to any man
in the world to row a three or mile
race for the championship of America and
the Police Gazette cup, emblemat:c of the
same, which he now holds. The race is to
be rowed on any water in the United
States from Maine to California. New Or
leans to theC,northern border line,
within three weeks from signing articles.
The def remains open until January l.
Five hundred dollars has been posted with
the Leader, and no attention will be given
any talk until this amount is covered
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

KENTUcKX's State Geologist, John
r. Proctor. says the pearls found in
the limestone streams of that State are
among the most valuable produced in
this country.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

! CAPTAIN ANDREWS, who attempted
to cross the ocean in little 'dory, but
abandoned the trip when half way
over and returned to New York in a
steamer, said he was scared by q sea
serpent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
CAPITAL and Labor Profit AlIka.

c: A. Pillsbury & Co., the Minneapolis
millers, have made their annual distribu-
ton OF profits to their employees. The
amount distributed is the largest ever
given employees Of any concern in the
United States under the profit-sharing sys-
tenn. 1t exceeded $4,000 Yet the distri
button was made so quietly that no one out
side of those benefited were informed of il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

JOHN LUCAS, the head-waiter who
died at Saratoga Springs the other
day, left fortune of $50, 900. 1t took
a fee of at least $40 to secure any
tavOritism from him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

FRANK GL1DDEN, of Beverly, Mass,
while catching Holsters on the flats
near his home recently got into a mud
hole and gradually sank until the mud
closed over and smothered him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
Three Children h, r,cd to Death

MoNcroN, N. B., Sept. 4-Calvin Du
Binson and his wife, who live in a settle
n,ent called Catamount, in Kent County,
went to call on q neighbor, leaving their
three children In the house. They had
gone but short distance when they no
ticed the house in flames, but arrived too
late to save their children, all Of whom
noriahed z.-l ~ fE
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
A Fight in a Church.

A free fight took place at the West
minister Presbyterian Church in st. Paul
recently between members Of the congre-
cation. The church had been divided in
factions for some time, and the feeling had
become very bitter between friends of
Rev: W. H. Roberts, the former pastor,
who was wrongfully charged with i'm
proper intimacy with one of the ladies of
the congregation, and the accusers. Rev.
Roberts was forced to resign, and Rev. NJ.
d. Edwards his successor, occupied the
pulpit The fight took place Immediately
after services
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

Prof Betz, teacher of modern Ian
guages at st. Paul, lost his sight in the
winter of 1885, and medical treatment
failed to restore it. Recently he has re-
sorted to the faith cure and is slowly re-
gaining the use of his eyes. His system is
to make the sign Of the cross after each
meal and utter prayer. He can now see
his hands when close to his face. Much in
terest is taken in the case
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
A NOVEL RACE.
A Trial of Speed Between Locomotives
Rival Roads.

on Rival Roads.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. 24.-For some
time there has been rivalry between fast
trains on the Erie & Pittsburgh and Pitts
burgh & Lake Erie railroads, and numer-
Gus trials of speed have taken place be-
tween them. From Wampum station to
Beaver Falls, distance of twelve miles,
the tracks are parallel, divided by the
Beaver river Saturday afternoon q trial
OF speed between express trains was made
and the above distance traversed in 1Ox
minutet. The engineer on the Erie & Pitts
burgh arrived at Beaver Falls just one
length Of the train in advance of the
other
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
A New Mail Division.

Word was received at St. Paul the other
morning from Washington that the Post
master Gen eral had decided on two new
railway mail divisions, one of which will
be in the Northwest with headquarters at
st. Paul. Heretofore Minnesota has been
part of the great Chicago system. The
new district will probably include Wis j.
consin, Minnesota, Dakota and Montana.
leaving iowa still part of the Chicago
syotCu.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

No New Grade for Frosted Wheat.
The State Railroad Commi ssioaers have
decided not to esta blish special grades for
frosted wheat, but to leave the whole ques-
ton to State Grain Inspector James. He
states that he will grade frosted wheat
strictly according to it's value. If badly
frosted it will be classed mo grade.'' II
not so much injured it will be given the
grade to which it belongs. The same rule
will apply to wheat coming into this State
from Dakota.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

Over the desk of q bright young
man who handles other people money
in one OF Chicago's big banks, is the
placa1d do not ask questions when
you see I am busy with figures; it you
are tempted to do SO. please remember
that there is nothing 90 deaf ss an
odder.' ~.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

john" said Mrs. Billus, affec-
tionately, II wish could do some-
thing to relieve your toothache or at
least to help you to forget it. Shall
sing for your" And she seated herself
at the piano. Ill guess I can stand
1t, Maria," moaned MIR. Billus, bracine
himself in his chair; "go ahead. -
Chicago Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
| THIRTY MILLION trees have been
planted in Kansas this year. -z2

JUDGE DAVENPORT, of Kansas City,
has decided that women can wear
trousers whenever and. wherever they
please in Missouri.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27

A Georgia man has been married
ten years, and his wife one morning
suggested that that was her birthday.
He said to himself: 1--we got a good
wife; she has been kind, self-sacriicing
and true in all respects; 1 must buy
her present." So he went down
town and bought himself a new hat,
consoling himself with the thought
that nothing would moro please good
wife than to make her husband pres
ent of a new hat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
THE CHICAGO, KANSAS f. NEBRASKA R'N
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Where Are You Goiug2

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Upon receipt of IN answer to the above ques-
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VII! save trouble, time and money. Agents VIII
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
On their return from the country

On their return from the country
children's minds are filled with the
story of their summer pastime, and
they :'re eager te recite their expert
ences, sometimes with a little too
much attention to detail. This latter
point was illustrated the other day by
one loquacious little fellow in CONVEX
sation with another about his own
age, who was a fellow-passenger on
the train to Boston. Funny folks is
an'lords," said the too-communicative
child; 1.-The one we boarded wifi bor-
rowed pas gold watch wen we was
goin' away, an he won't get it fer a
week. "-HoteL Mail
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-09-27
IN HUMANiTY's NAME.

The City OF Louisville Opens Wide Her
! Gstos snd Welcomes An Yellow Fever
Refugees to Participates In Her Hospi-
tality-A Desperate Consiition Of AnAirs
= at Decatur, Als.-The Fever ut Other
Points.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. A.-Ata meeting
OF physicians and others called by Major
Jacobs, 1t has been decided to open
the gates Of Louisville to yellow fever
refugees. A train brought in 1856
from Decatur this morning There Is
no excitement here. At the meeting Of
doctors it was the sentiment that Louis
vile was in no danger. When the physi.
clans had given their views, almost EN-.
phatically to the effect that the city should
not be quarantincd, but that it should
rather repeat its humane act Of 1873 in
welcoming the refugees with open door,
President Hewitt called for the report of
the committee, which DR.. Marvin, after q
short while, read as follows:
The experience Of years warrants the ply
sicians Of Louisville in stating confidently to
the citizens and those visiting the CIV that on
account of our geographical and climatic con-
ditions Louisville can be in no danger from
the spread Of yellow fever by contact with
those from the infected districts Of the
South who may seek refuge here.
The lateness Of the season and the meas.
ures OF safety adopted by the State Board of
Health justify US in assuring our citizens that
gaining foothold in this city. Signed,
WILLIAM BAILEY, Chairman.
w. H. GAIT.
SANuEl, RR ANnRTo
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ton to any reduction of the tariff on
lead, and to his answering fidelity
to the cause of Idaho's preservation.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-10-02
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