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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

A SWISS chemist has invented a new full.
minating mixture that can be carried about
with perfect safety, but will explode with
deafening report If brought in contact
with drop of ether or alcohol. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

by the Normans all persons below a certain
rank were forbidden to wear necklaces
under heavy penalties
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

THOUSANDS Of people place necklaces Of
coral beads around the necks of babies. with
the belief that they will assist the children
in teething.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

ARE as small as homeopathic pellets, and
as easy to take as sugar. Everybody likes
them. Carter's Little Liver Pills. Try them
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

IT has cost the city of Boston to supply
school-books for the last five years an aver
age per year of sixty three cents for each
scholar: The number of scholars is set
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

TRUSTS are combinations Of men ana oor.
ruptions that can Lot trust one another.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

IT is estimated that the Protestant
churches OF the United States contribute
annually $ll, 600 for foreign missions,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

THE Roman church is said to have 200, 800
farms in Canada yielding an annual income
OF more than million and half. And this
does not include what belongs to the eccle-
siastical orders.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

"A POCKET mirror free to smokers of ssTan.
sil's Punch' &c. Cigar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

THs next thiag to having wisdom our
selves, IL to profit by that OF Others.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use Dr.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. Csc
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

MEN would be less wicked II they would
hu mt for fewer opportunities.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25
1t Don't Paw

to use uncertain means when suffering
from diseases of the liver, blood or lungs,
such as biliousness, or silver complaint,''
skin diseases, scrofulous sores or swellings,
consumption of the lungs) when DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is guaranteed to
cure all these affections, If taken in time, or
money paid for it will be promptly refunded.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25
MILTON DANFORTH.
The Story of a Dream and It's
Fulhllment.
Written for This PAPER.

1LTON DANFORTH
sat in a great arm
chair in his library
trying to interest
himself in q volume
OF recent poem
which he had pur-
chased that day
thinking that h Q
might find some
thing in it to divert
his mind from tho
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-07-25

$500 offered for an incurable case of Ca
tarrh in the Head, by the proprietors Of DR..
Sage's Remedy.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
The JackdaW and the Owl.

The Jackdaw, having heard much
about the Wisdom of the Owl, and
being moved by Jealousy thereto, de-
termined to hold him up to Ridic1le:
He gathered his friends together and
waited upon the Owl and said:
"You are Reputed to be the Wisest OF
all Birds. We have come to learn Wis
dom from your words. Give US Short
Speech" ,, ,,.4
kept Silent. ~. Tai,
Come, go ahead" urged the Jack
The Owl was still Silent.
"There, What did tell you'll" scream,
cd the Jackdaw to q Fox, who had
halted to see the disturbance. II nave
ALWAYS commended that the owl was a
Fool instead Of a Philosopher, and here
is the Proof. He can't open his MOULD
to say World" ~. poo1,>
"Mv Fellow-Traveler on the hocky
Road to Halifax" replied the Fox, IN
Keeping his Mouth shut N tne Pres
ence OF his Critics the Owl displays
more Wisdom and PHILOSOPHY 'ilaii
ever before in his life" 1855. =,
Moral-Talk is the weak spo1r . ~
every mans armor, - De"o" N'''
Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
He Wanted Piano That Winds Up

A man entered an Austin music store
Che other day and said to the propri-
etor:
"Have you got piano that winds
up?"
"You mean music boN?"
"No, not patent piano of that
description. What 1 want is piano
that will wind up same as man winds
up his business. don't care whether
it quits on account Of declining health,
retires with competency, or makes an
assignment, so that it winds up and
stays So"
"That would be queer sort of instru-
ment, wouldn't it?"
1T s'pose so, but that's what L yearn
for I have got one of the kind you
have here and it never uuits-keeps
going all the time, and it pears like it
never will wind up. I've seven daugh-
tiers, and they are all learning to play.
I've paid music-teacher nigh onto
twenty dollars to teach my Oldest girl,
and she's teaching the next in age, and
she's giving lessons to the next, and so
on to the last of the flock, and it takes
all day and half the night to go the
rounds"
II see," said the piano man; "you
want the furniture without the noise.
eyes, kind OF folding-bed piano
that is always let down"
Il don't believe that that kind of a
piano has been invented yet. You see,
it is the music that the people want. :"
els that 500"
Fact"
"Well, say! haven't you got one that
only works eight hours day, with an
hour for eating dinner; one that closes
at p. m. Saturday, rigidly observes
the Sunday law and keeps all the holt
days? You ought to have something Of
that kind
"But we haven't. I'll tell you what
you might do. Put combination lock
on your piano and then forget the com
bination. How'll that do?"
"Good scheme! I'll do it, sure.
Thousand times obliged to you for the
suggestion. Can tyou run out and take
suthin' ?"-Te.rdS SJti12ys.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
CLEANING A BLACK DRESS.

A black dress, whose owner had
worn it on fishing excursion in row.
boat, and was caught in severe thun-
der-shower while out on the water,
hung month after month an eyesore.
and, as she supposed, past cleaning
without ripping. As the time rolled
around that she might need it again
for another excursion, she tried an ex-
pertinent, and put the skirt and over
skirt, which was in one binding, into a
large tubful of clear, cold water. The
basque..did not need it. After soaking.
awhile it was brushed thoroughly, es-
pecially the plaitings, with cast-of
weavers' brushes, and hung out on the
picket fence by the binding, dripping,
not having been wrung or the water
even squeezed out. The folds and
plaits were brushed in place as we'll as
possible as it hung, and it being stiff
goods, and the day clear and warm, it
was soon dry, and ready to bring in.
It needed no ironing except in few
wrinkled spots, which she dampened
and pressed, and she felt so we'll salts
fed with it that it has been worn after
moons, sweet and clean.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04


the action of the rain, occupies less
space than the same material loosened
in the progress of the burrow, they
soon become hampered in their move
ments. They then turn toward the
surface and continue the excavation
upward until they have attained very
nearly to the open air. They then use
the great strength which they possess
to thrust a quantity of the burrowed
material upward until it rises above
the surface in the form of a cone, and
by the space in the burrow thereby
gained they are able to go few feet
further in their tortuous line of adj
vance, when they must again seek to
discharge portion of the earth in the
manner just described. -Popaln, Sci
elacc .MonthM.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
How the Southern Tortoise Burrows

Here and there, but rarely perhaps
in one amid hundred of these mounds,
we find the place where the reptile en-
tered the ground. This opening is at
once seen to be quite separate in char
acter from the mounds which first at
tract the eye. 1t consists of clearly
defined tunnel, the sides commonly
somewhat smooth and compacted by
the energy with which the body of the
creature has been driven through it,
The passage inclines steeply down
word, descending at an angle from
twenty to thirty degrees, then turn
ing at the depth of two or three feet
to a more horizontal position. On the
surface, a little beyon this entrance,
is a heap Of debris, v. ich consists of
the sand taken from ,rc passage. A
few feet in from the op aing, the pas
sage appears to be closed by loose
material which was not elected from
the mouth of the tunnel Although l
have been unable to catch these tor
toises at work, have succeeded bv
tolerably safe differences in tracing
their method of operation. When they
begin the burrow, they endeavor at
once to penetrate downward to the
level in which they obtain their food.
At the outset they manage, by fire.
quently backing out Of the passage and
thrusting the earth behind them in
their retreat, to clear considerable
opening. When they have advanced
q few feet in the excavation, they
cease to discharge the material they
excavated in their advance, but thrust
it behind them, and leave it lying in
the chamber, which it entirely closes.
With this storage-room provided. the
gophers are able to advance through
the earth for the distance of some yards;
but as the earth compacted by it's own
weight by the pressure exercised
through the expansion Of roots sad
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
Solved,

In the opera of the Lady or the
Ilger?" the mystery is solved. It has
beena p,lzzling surprise, throughout the
Notwithstanding world, whether the
lady or the tiger would have come out,
but the question need no longer puzzle
any one. In the opera the lady comes
out, and with good reason, too, for the
tiger has been poisoned.
One night, some time before the
opera had solved the perplexing oues-
ton. Mr.. Frank r. Stockton was re-
turning, in Washington, from a late
dinner. He had been merry during the
evening, and, that he might enjoy the
fresh all, he refused to take cab The
streets We're deserted. Not even po-
llceman was to be seen under the flick
ering gas lamps. Suddenly Mr.. Stock
ton was seized from behind. A sack,
which was Immediately thrown over
his head. rendered his struggles use
less. He was lifted into a hack and
rapidly driven away. He knew that
he was sitting between two persons.
Once lie said:
"Why am 1 treated thus?"
n deep voice answered, "Hush."
The hack stopped. Mr.. Stockton was
lifted out, carried up flight of stairs
and into room. He was placed in a
chair and the sack was removed. He
found himself confronted by two des-
perate-looking men. Both of them
were armed with pistols
do not STIR" said one of them.
care you going to murder me?" Mr..
Stockton gasped.
I'VE hope not, but fear that we shall
be compelled to. You wrote the story
OF The Lady OF the Tiger?' did you
not?"
"Ies."
well, now, sir, tell us which came
OUT
Mr. Stockton groaned
Come" said the man, cooking his
| pistol, "out with it."
"Can you not give me time to
think? 2"
"No. You have had too much time
for that purpose"
But think of my literary position.
If 1 should give the snap away-excuse
the slang-what would magazine read.
ers think Of me?"
I'VE can't help that. Tell us, OF you,
secret will die with you
"Now, gentlemen, turn your backs
while make the solemn disclosure.
have sworn to look no man in the face
and give away my secret. 1 beg you te
respect my OATH"
They turned their backs. Mr.. Stock
ton bolted down the stairway and es
capped; but, happily, the opera has an
swered the question. - Arha1esaa,
TrareEer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
Marriage and Tobacco.

George Eliot somewhere makes re-
mark to the effect that the man who loves
a cigar gives it the first place in his
affections. The English girl named
Watson, who gave her lover the choice
between herself and his tobacco, and
then, because he chose the latter, sued
him for breach of promise. has learned
something about human nature which
she did not know before. In monog-
amous country a man who is welded
to his cigar should not think Of taking
another wife. Ii he marries a woman
who does not like tobacco, his matri-
monial venture will be certain to prove
q failure George Eliot know men and
women pretty thoroughly.-Ne1c York
World.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
HousEKEEpERs' HELPS.

Dry paths tend to comfort outside
the house and cleanliness within.
Bent whalebones can be restored and
used again by simply soaking in water
a few hours, then drying them.
A wineg1ass of strong borax water
in pint of raw. starch will make col
lars and cuffs stiff and glossy.
. A faded carpet will get somewhat
new luster by putting half-tumbler of
spirits Of turpentine in basin of water
and keeping the broom wet with it
while sweeping.
Tough beef is made tender by lay
ing few minutes in vinegar water, or
put spoonful Of vinegar into the water
in which fowls or meats are boiling,
and it will make them tender.
To raise the pile of plush or velvet
dampen on the wrong side with clean
cold water, then hold tight across the
face of a hot iron and rub up the
crushed spot with clean, stiff brush.
To keep lamp chimneys from break
ing put cloth in the bottom OF large
pan, ill the latter with cold water, and
place the new chimney in it; cover the
pan and let its contents boil one hour,
then take from fire and let the chimney
remain in the water until it is cold.
Sprains are among the most severe
accidents to which we are liable
When joint is sprained swelling
comes on gradually. In dislocation
the swelling and loss of motion of the
joint happens Immediately after the
accident. A sprained limb should be
kept perfectly quiet. To prevent in
tammation use -poultices OF worm
wood, hops or tansy.
The following often acts satisfac-
torily in removing old ink-stains from
polished mahogany and cherry. Add
a very few drops of'niter to a teaspoon
full Of water, dip feather into this
mixture and touch the ink spots with
it, When the stain disappears rub the
spot at once with rag wet with clear
water, then dry and polish. This is to
prevent white mark coming in place
OF the stain.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
PEN-WIPER.

Chamois leather pen-wipers are the
most seryiceable of all, because they
wipe the pen thoroughly and leave no
lint or fiber as do those of other mate
rial. The latest fancy is to adorn them
with an artificial rose from which q
tiny face, made of chamois and painted,
peeps out. Others are made of chamois
with the edges cut in fine points. The
top leaf has an appropriate legend or
MERRY Christmas, with the initials
or monogram written in quaint charac-
ters in colored ink. A chamois- covered
button finishes the top, holding the
leaves in place. It should be run with
silk the color of the ink.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
FOOD FOR. MocK1Na-B1Rps.

A Reading (Pa. fancier recommends
the following as the best food for
mocking-birds: Take the yelk of a
hard boiled egg and about the same
amount of a boiled potato, and mix
Then add as much prepared mocking
bird food as will equal the egg and POI
tato. Mix the whole thoroughly, and
feed in small dish. Give plenty Of
clean water, and strew the cage with
gravel. Wash the cups daily. A meal
worm or grasshopper once day, with
a little fresh beef occasionally, is good.
He also states that if the bird becomes
drooPy feed it a spider.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

The young Emperor William II. has
abandoned the use of the word 1--WE, "
and says 81" President Hayes used
to say we" in speaking of his plans
and Intentions regarding the admins
tration Of affairs. The best editorial
writers on newspapers avoid the use of
we" wherever possible, and it is gen.
orally possible. Roscoe Conkling said
that "a man with q tapeworm" might
properly speak of himself as 1--WE" but
no one else could.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
DooR-MATs.

To make handsome parlor door
mat, take piece of black or red cloth
q yard long and twenty inches wide.
Then cut strips for three ruffles, one,
red, one yellow, and one black. Have.
one edge of each pinked, then box.
plat, laying one rutfle trife over the
other. In the center put square Of
black velveteen worked with worsted,
and for the border of the work a slip
of gray canvas with worsteds of various
bright hues. A mat of this descrip-
ton is very pretty, and can also be-
made of any size, and laid in front of q
sofa or an open CRATE.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

Mrs. NUNs1LL. of Hartford, Conn.,,
who is one Of the beneficiaries from the
fortune made by Borden's condensed
milk, has peculiar fad. She takes a
phllanthropic interest in twins. When
ever twins are born in Hartford she at
once calls upon the mother, whether
she knows her OF not, and presents
each baby with handsome silver por-
ringer. Mrs. Munsell has never had
twins herself, but has a warm admira-
non for women who have.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

MATTHIAS Rock, fashionable tailor
in New York, has gotten judgment
for s3s6.s7 against Berry Wall, the ex-
dude, and the paper is about as valu-
able as piece of court-plaster. Mr..
Wall doesn't deny that he has had the
clothes Mr.. Rock wants pay for, but
says that the simple fact of his con-
descending to wear them was an ad-
vertisement for which the tailor should
have been extremely grateful.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

Mrs. ELIZA WEBSTER JONES, grand
daughter Of Noah Webster, of diction-
arv fame, died at her Massachusetts,
home recently, aged 81 years. She
WAS born in the old Benedict Arnold
house at New Haven, and at her birth
was so small that her nurse placed her
in a silver quart tankard and closed
4ha lid.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
Not Much.

To Rogers the poet beautiful face
was one that was "arch and full of
mirth." No woman waiting for her
husband coming home from the lodge
at night would have appeared beautiful
to him.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

A WRITER in the Vide A1cahe relates
being present sat the house Of Parsee
merchant when their evening service
took place; and, to my great surprise,
it was the simple act of lighting their
evening lamp. just at sunset, the
doors and windows are closed, and the
family assemble around the large hearth
lamp. The mother repairs to an inner
chamber, lights her taper at a sacred
light, kept ever burning in most Parsee
houses, mingles her breath with it by
lightly blowing on it, then returns to
the family room, and lights each one Of
the seven wicks Of the hearth
lamp; while the family stand around,
and, with hands crossed on their breasts,
murmur their evening prayer"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

Two CITIZENS of Washington, Ga,
started out in the early morn toward
the outskirts of the town, where they
were TO tight bloody duel. The way
was long, and when they arrived at
their destination one proposed a rest
before they commenced hostilities.
While they rested their rage cooled
of, and at last accounts they were still
,,oetinp
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

SENATOR ALLISON is said to have
written letter to : friend in New
Work in which he declares that under
M circumstances would he accept q
fabinet Office, even if one were offered
him but that no such tender has been
made. nor does he expect that one will
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04


LIE fig harvest this year has been
good. The whole crop that practically
supplies Europe and America and a
great part of Asia is gathered from a
very limited acreage. The average
yield is about 25,ooo,Ooo pounds. The
ns gardens lie along the valley of the
Meander, especially around the ruins
o. aEphesus. The gathering employs
al The population Of the neighboring
"nages. and the subsequent processes
u ofSlng, sorting, and packing give
Employment to all creeds and nation.
antics. Turks and Christians work to.
seeher side by side.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

Mrs FLORENCE Wall, of New York,
L,,o has the income of 5000 o year
=, her own use, says that the annual
hlowance of $4,000 for her 6-year-old
Io,7ohter is too small, and wants it
i sod 10 at least So, 600.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

PRINCE LUDWIG, of Salm Kryburg,
making name as q spendthrift. His
Iorsonal debts now amount to over
ooo 600 marks, and his creditors have
hont as much show of getting their
b,onev IS Of picking strawberries at
!, . North Pole.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

JAMES M. NEW, who disappeared
IRON, New York more than thirty-six
vears ago leaving wife and five chill
,ren in destitute circumstances, has
,,on heard from and is now on his
uav home. He is wealthy cattle
ranchnan in Montana Territory.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
WASHING wooLENs.

To wash WOODEN goods so that they
will not shrink, put three or four pals
of cold, soft water in the washtub; then,
take two tablespoonfuls of borax and
one-half pint of soft soap, dissolve in
about one quart of hot water; when.
thoroughly dissolved stir into the tub;
of water. Putin goods and let stand
an hour or two before washing. Rinse
in cold rain-water. Bright colors'
should stand but short time.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04
HOUSEHOLD Torm.
FURNITURE POLISH,

An excellent furniture poliah thsf
will keep for any length Of timeis made,
by this recipe: One ounce of white
wax, one ounce of yellow wax, one half
ounce of white soap and one pint Of
boiling water. Melt all together'in q,
saucepan over the fire and pour into q
bottle. Apply it by rubbing little on,
small space with a cloth Of any kind,
rub with a second cloth and polish with.
a third.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

WEBSTER FLANAGAN, of Texas, who
pecame famous by his question at the
republican National Convention of
'0oo: What are we here for?" is al
,eaoS a pronounced candidate for the
Japanese mission, now filled by Hub
usfa' another Lone Star statesman.
lanagan would make an "envoy extra
'iolnafy in the full meaning of the
Noro' he is one Of the great poker
payers OF the age, and the boldness
Win which he backs a bobtailed flush
a - considered o' a triumph in the art of
''''ilns. But, if Texas Republican
= 10 De sent to Japan, may we not
psuse 10 inquire what is the matter
Wv. alsn Vol Thomas Pinckney Ochiltree,
o leu ranger of the Rio Grande?
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-01-04

LIFE consists in the alternate process
of learning and ,unlearning; but it is
often wiser to unleaxu than to learn.