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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19
PERNiCIOUS WEEDS.
Most OF Them Have Been Imported Int
the fJniteh StAtea.

Most of Them Have Been Imported Into
the United States.
1t seems a curious fact that every c1e
OF all the more pernicious weeds known
in the United States is naturalized
foreigner. OF the less Objectionable
class, which may be styled trouble
some weeds, at least two-thirds arc
likewise Of foreign ancestry. The few
American plants that may be arranged
under the general term of weeds are
for the most part ANIMALS, and there
fore easily eradicated. Take, for in
stance, the common ragweed, or as it
is sometimes known. bitterweed; the
loug-leg daisies (Erigeron); fireweed,
beggar-ticks. ETC.; one cutting before
the seeds ripen is generally sufficient
to destroy them. as we'll as prevent a
succeeding crop. Carelessness on the
part OF the owner will often procure
for him a fine supply OF sumach and
other plants that increase by means OF
underground stems, but all such are
easily eradicated. The vile class OF
plants represented by the Canada
thistle, Convolvulus aruensis. couch
grass. etc.. which are comparatively
harmless at home but find on our
shores just the conditions needed TO
increase and multiply in wonderful
degree. are difficult to fight, but as the
late eminent botan:st. DE-. Darlington
once advised. BE continually cutting
of the tops; they represent the lungs
OF the plant ''4-josiAh Hooues. Il n.
:. Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

Yer jest right there" agreed Jack
son Lambert. didn't he lay Big Bill
out slick enough though?''
"Them city chaps" continued JAS
per, meditatively, ignoring the inter-
ruption of his companion. "don't look
so pow 'rful strong but Their almighty
pert and nimble on Their feet, and the
feller't pick 'em up thinkin' hiss goin'
t han'l 'em, thout exertion is li'ble t
git left. Their no spring chickens
when it comes to a fight. I've seed
that thing tried afore."
Mr.. Jasper Stricklan's prediction
was fulfilled. The school at Monk
corners recognized from the outset that
it had master. The young toughs
and DULLES who had not been witnesses
of Big Bills layout soon had authentic
information of it from disinterested
witnesses, and concluded to postpone
the exhibition of their physical prowess
until Mr.. Frost's successor should ap-
pear. Big Bill himself lost all interest
in the subsequent photographed con-
tests at 1.-The corners" contenting him.
self with the tanner recreation afforded
by the sundry dances. apple -parings,
cuttings and husking-bees of the
neighborhood. ISAAC HERR.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

vigorous effort 10 FREQ himsell 1rom
his vsctor's grasp, but the latter tight
.ened his grip on Bins throat and the
pressure of his knees on his chest until
the man beneath recognized the fruit
lessness of further struggle.
''Got enough?" was the laconic In
CURRY again addressed to him. Bills
head tried to nod an affirmative and
the grip was relaxed sufficiently to let
him speak.
Say you've got enough, them
enough" was the logged response,
and the two men rose from the ground.
The Eight was finished.
Their won't be no more trouble in
that air school this winter" was the
conclusive observation of MIR. Jasper
Stricklan to the little group who were
walking through the woods with him
by the light of a shell-bark torch. JAS
per was six-foot, strapping fellow Of
some thirty odd years, the best deer
shot in all that country. He carried
his rifle everywhere and had it now on
his shoulder. He was an admitted
judge of human character as exhibited
in physical contests.
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No Cure No PAY.

It 10 pretty severe test of any doctor's
skill when the payment of his fee is made
conditional upon his curing his patient. Yet
after having, for many years, observed the
liver, blood and lung diseases, by DR..
Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery. its
manufacturers feel warranted in selling il.
rs they are now doing, through all drug.
gists, the world over, under certificate Of
positive guarantee that it will either benefit
or cure in every case Of disease for which
they recommend it, If taken in time and
given q fair trial, or money paid for it will
be promptly refunded Torpid liver, or
''biliousness," impure blood, skin eruptions,
scrofulous sores and swellings, consump.
ton (which is scrofula of the lungs), all
yield to this wonderful medicine. 1t is both
tonic or strength restoring, ard Alternative
or blood-cleansing. ).
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MOSQUITOES BILLS.
They Can Not Got Thorn out while

1hey Can Not Got Them Out while You
Hold Your Breath.
Three or four men were sitting on
the piazza OF q seaside cottage smok-
ing. It was evening. Tho stars were
as thick in the sky as freckles on =
red-headed girls face. The waves
came in on the beach with swish
swash-swosh just as they have done
over since the second day OF the crea-
ton.
More piercing than the song of the
waves were the notes and more multi
tuulnous than the stars of heaven the
number of the mosquitoes that haunted
mat piazza. and every one OF them was
I."iooking for blood" The men had
ceased smoking; for fun. They now
pulled at their pipes and cigars to keep
the mosquitoes away. !
Something funny about moseuit-
oes." said one, rather absent-mind-
edly. ~
Yes. rather" was. the drawing 70.
ply.
Funny how much blood it takes to
I'LL one of them up" .@
! mo. but honest now; do you know
that it mosquito'd get his bill down
into your hand he can't pull it out while
you hold your breathp"
Don't believe it."
1T is true, however, for l have tried
it."
bot you the cigars a mosquito can
take his bill out at any time he wants
to do it. and we will try it right here.
1s it gop.'
1T Is. and I'll let them try.'
A lamp was lighted and the cigars
put out, and all waited. In less than
minute a mosquito had placed him
self on Toms hand and begun oper-
ations.
Now" said Tom, and placed the
forefnger OF his other hand down close
TO the mosquito. It did not bulge. He
placed his nail against tho abdomen OF
the insect and whirled it around. Still
it remained fixed.
'You can do it every time" said
TonS as he killed the mosquito and
drew long breath.
1t is fact. Go and try it-Pitts-
| burph Disnatch
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WELDING COPPER.
Tho Lost Art RedlscOvered at Last b
Pittsburgh Man.

The Lost Art Eedlscovered at Last by .
Pittsburgh Man.
The art Of welding copper was we'll
known to the ancients; but the secret
by which two pieces of copper can be-
Joined so as to present as perfect a
union as that made in welding iron was
by some accident lost, and many mill
lions have since been spent in resusci-
tating it from oblivion. The lost art is
stated to have been at last rod:scovcreG
by MIR. James Burns. of Pittsburgh.
The economic value of the process lies
in the fact that, even by the best
methods now known to metallurgists,
copper scrap can not be economically
utilized because of the difficulty in
welding mass OF pieces into one body.
Mr.. Burns recently demonstrated BE-
fore critical audience that his pro-
cess is not mere sham. After hatten-
ing a rod of copper three eighths of an
inch in diameter. he formed a discon-
nected ring. The usual ''scarfing' pro-
cess-forming union by means of an
oblique joint-followed and then the
operator, after sprinkling certain
powder over tho piece, proceeded to
make IL weld, which, when cooled,
showed a perfect union. He next took
the ring, which measured two inches
in diameter. and submitted it to a
strain until its longest width had bsvn
extended three-quarters of an inch, it's
ch0rfor width boinn ~ q rrouod IN ., nm,
responding degree. circle being thus
changed into an ellipsis. This was a
more severe test than iron is expected
to stand, and demonstrated conclusive
'ly that the union of the Two ends Of
the rod was not the mere "brazing" of
the coppersmith.
Mr.. Burns discovery opens up a new
field in working copper, and will in all
probability cause great changes in some
lines of manufacture. At present, to
make q copper ring for fitting over a
joint, or making a gasket or joint, it
had to be cut round out of solid plate,
causing great waste. To repair broken
or defective pipes. brass had to be used;
and should an intense heat strike the
brazed parts afterwards, the brass
would melt and ruin the piece. But by
the Burns process the economic use of
copper is assured, and copper scrap,
now worth but one-third it's weight of
new copper, would be as high in value
as ingot copper. It is said that the III
gradients which form tho powder used
by Mr.. Burns in welding are very
cheap. journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19
THE HUMAN VISION.
1t Extends From . Distance Of Ten N
to tho Stars.

1t Extends From . Distance of Ton Miles
to tho Stars.
"How far can a man see?' was the
not extremely definite inquiry made BY
a.reporter yesterday of physician who
is something of specialist in matters
pertaining TO the eye.
ITO the stars was the equally indefi-
nitc answer.
The line of inquiry in regard to the
scope OF vision was suggested by the
fact that no two persons will agree as
to the limitations Of human vision; of
half q dozen persons on the tower of the
Wilder building no two will agree. One
will claim that the limit is ten miles
and othe.:s will insist that they can sec
sixty miles.
The Physician appealed to said that
forty miles would probably be the limit
from the standpoint OF the tower of the
Wilder building to a person with nor
NAL vision. That would be the line of
the horizon. A long-sirhted person
could see no farther, but could see OBJ
jects on the horizon palmer. A near
sighted person would OF course, be cor
respondingly limited.
Another gentleman who was present
said that he had stood on the heights
ten miles north of Bowmansville. Can,
on clear day, and distinguished the
| outlines of the south shore of Lake On
tario. and at night from the same posi-
ton had seen the revolving lights at
Oak Orchard. The heights referred to
are four hundred feet above the level
of the lake.
The use OF telescope had verified
the fact that the shore outline had been
seen with the naked eye. The same
gentleman said that he had found that
on the ocean the hull of a vessel disap-
peared at Il distance of about ten p,iles
if the observer stood on the deck of an
other vessel, and themasts disappeared
at about thirty or thirty-1ive miles.
Rochester On. W Democrat
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to SEQ what was needed to put it In
order for the evenings entertainment.
Us work Of the interloper was at
once manifest Several OF the desks
were piled on top of one another in the
middle OF the room the whole sur-
mou0ted with the water bucket. The
drinking cup was nowhere to be seen.
The blackboard was covered with OUT
laudish caricatures OF the master aud
some of the mora prominent pupils.
with coarse comments in rude scrawls
above and beneath them. Many Of
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

MANY Industries having been established in
the South, particularly q the rapidly grow
ing city Of Florence, Ala, the Chicago g.
Eastern Illinois Railroad Evansville Route)
has decided torun tivepersonally conducted
excursions, as follows: Aug. 9th and Goth,
railroads in the Northwest have agreed to
sell for those dates excursion tickets to
points in Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi
and Louisiana, at one lowest hrst-class fare
for the round trip. Tickets will be good re-
turning 80 days. Persons desiring to join
these excursions can obtain full particulars
by wri ing to ]. B. Morrell, Travelling Agent
c. & f. I. r. r., sol First National Bank
Building, Chicago, or to William Hill, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, Chicago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19
THE STORY or a FLOWER.

A spotless thing enough. they said,
The drift. perchance, from foreign lands,
Washed in atop OF mighty tides
And lightly left along the MIA.
Was it the treasure of some sbeul
Some islander forgotten bead?
A wave-wGri pJlyp from the iesf!
The gardener said: at Is . Seed"
''Bury it, said he,s ''ii the .o'l; 80
The eurth will quicken here. as there,
With vital fOrce-so fl the seed.
The bosom must be wond"ou fair"
All, woo, to lose the ample breath
or the salt wastes: To sos no more
The sac.,ti.e OF ro ming burn
And blot the stars from shore to shore.
All. woe, to go into the dark:
Was it for this. the baoyant slide
Up the steep surge, the fight OF fam
The great propulsion OF the tide:
To lose the hall. developed dream
Ofunknown powers. the burstingthroe
OF destinies to be fulfilled,
And go into the dark-ah, woe!
Dut the mold closed above the seed
Relcntlessly; and still as we'll
All life went OF; the warm winds blew;
The strong suns shone; the soft rains fell.
Whether he slept. or waited there
Unconscious, utter that wild papg-
Who knows? There came to him at last
A sense rs II some sweet voice sang;
As ii. throughout the universe.
Each atom were obeyin2 law
In rhythmic order. In his heart
He felt the same deep music draw.
And one sharp thrill of tingling warmth
Divided him; Us II the earth
Throbbed through him oil her stellar might
With the swift pulse OF some now birth.
Up the long spirals OF his stems
What currents coming from afor,
What blessedness OF being Cows
Was he q blossom or a star?
Wings like their own the great moths though
His pinions ripping on the breeze
Did ever q kings banner stream
With such Respondent stains as these!
Over what honey and what dew
His fragrant gOssamers unourlcd!
Forgotten be that seeds poor day,
Free. and part of this high world!
A world Of winds, and showers aslant,
With gauzy rainbows everywhere,
Graded In silken sunshine. rocked
In skies full of delicious air!
Ah, happy world, where oil things live
Creatures OF one great law, indeed:
Bound by strong ROOFS, the splendid TOWER
Swept by great seas, the drifting seed!
Harriet Prescott Sporord, in ST. Nicholas.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19
Mere Bundles of Nerves.

Some peevish, querulous people seem mere
bundles of nerves. The least sound agitate
their sensoriums and ruffles their tempers.
No doubt they are born so. But may not
their nervousness be ameliorated, if not en-
tirely relieveds nquestionably, and with
ing their digestion, and insuring more COM
piete assimilation of the food with this adj
mirable corrective, they will experience a
speedy and very perceptible gain in nerve
4uletude. Dyspepsia, biliousness, constipa-
ton and rheumatism yield to the Bitters.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

Tho Missouri. Kansas g. Texas Railway,
Double Daily Train Service with Pullman
Buffet Sleeping Cars. Chicago, Hannibal,
st. Louis and Kansas City to the principal
cities of Texas and the Southwest. Direct
connections at Fort Worth with Sleeping
tonic with Sleepers for Points in the Re-
public of Mexico. The Only Sleeping Car
line between Chicago and Galveston and
Kansas City and San Antonio without
change. For Tickets and further Informal
ton apply to nearest Ticket Agent.
CASTOR MEs11ER,
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Sedalia, No.
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"A movement towards Christianity
among the Jews Of Siberia is reported.
the leader being Polish Jew, Jacob
Sheinman by name. Exiled TO Siberia
twenty years ago because of avowed
belief in Christianity. he there began
to proclaim his convictions.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19
Sioux City Cora Palace Festival.

only one fare for round trip over .'Ihe
Northwestern Line" G. st. P: NJ. & o. Ky.
The Corn Palace of 1859 far exceeds in
beauty and size the two previous ones,
and with the low rates offered no one
should fail to visit Sioux City, and its
wonderful and original Palace Among
the tens OF thousands who aw it last year
not one person was disappointed, and the
pre- ent festival will be far more elaborate
and on Il more magnificent scale Excur-
sion tickets will be on sale every day dur
ing the Festival from within $50 m les Of
Sioux City, and from North and East of
St. Paul will be sold on the 23rd and 3Oth
of September and October 1st
For further particulars call on any
agent or address + w. TEAsDALE, Gen
eral Passenger Agent, st. Paul, Mimi.
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IF not cborc being taught by a man, take
this good advice. Try Do1biass' Electric Soap
next Monday 1t went cost much, and you
wilt then know for yourself just how good it
IL. Be sure to get no imitation.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19
Rheuma,ism Can Do Cured.

It has bafiled the skill Of our hest nhvsi-
cians and there are to-day more men, women
and children suffering from this terrible
disease than ever before, and the opinion
seems universal that it is incurable, but
this ls 9 mistaken idea. for it can be cured
BY using as directed Hibbard's Kheum atlc
Syrup and Strengthening Plasters Pre-
pared by Rheumatic Syrup Co, jackson,
Mich: price 81 90 per bottle or six bottles
for 800: First ask your druggist, if he
does not have it we will send It to any ad-
dress on receipt of price.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

ABOUT 2500o, 0c0 letters pass yearly BE-
tween. the United Kingdom and North
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WILL be found an excellent remedy for
sick headache. Carter Little Liver Pills.
Thousands of letters from people who have
1sed them prove this fact. Try them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

H1NDOsTAN Is about twenty-five times
larger than the STATE of New York.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

PENNSYLVANIA has Il big trout farm near
Emans station, on the East PENNSYLVANIA
railroad. There are eight ponds at the farm
(which number by actual count "a. 700 brook
trout and 1850 California trout from one "a
four years of age"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

THE effects produced by sulphur baths are
accomplished by CLIENTS Sulphur Soap
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye. so cents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

These pills arc scientifically compounded,
uniform in action; No gripping pain so COM
adapted to both adults and children with
perfect safety. We guarantee they have
no equal in the cure of Sick Headache, Con-
stipa1ion, Dyspepsia, Biliousness; and, as an
appetizer, they excel any other preparation.
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"THE best thing yeti" That is the way q
young man put it who made arrangements
to work for B. F. johnson & Co., Of Rich
mond, Va. You can get further Informal
ton BY dropping them card.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

IT is estimated that the Paris Exposition
this year has caused nearly s15O000, 900 Of
American money to be dropped in Europe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

IT is no longer necessary to take blue pills
10 rouse the liver to action. Carriers Little
Liver Pills are much better. Don't fOrget,his
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

RENO, New, possesses young lady Of
twenty-five who weighs 218 pounds and
stands six feetand one inch in FER stocking
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

MADAGASCAR is about as large as New
Hampshire. Massachusetts, Vermont, Con,
necticut, New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey. Virginia and North Carolina com,
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GREECE is about the size OF Vermont.
Pales,iuei is about one fourth the size of New
York State.
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Aftar Rre.Lta.t

You may take the most elegant and COM
plete Vcstibule Train ever constructed. leay-
ing Chicago daily at 10. A. NJ. via the Chics-
go and Atlantic Railway. These magnificent
trains oner UNSURPASSED accommodations
for all classes of travel to New York.
Boston and eastern cities. Pullman Din.
ing Cars are feature of this new de-
parture and run through, i'll either d.
rection between Chicago and New York.
instead OF exacting extra charges for fast
time and the peerless accommodations prof
fered, the Chicago and Atlantic through its
own agencies and those Of connecting lines
quotes fares to eastern cities from 81 so to
s. 90 less than is charged by other routes.
Consult your local ticket agent on this i'm
portant Item, or for maps, folders and time
cards giving full Information of the Chica-
60 and Atlantic, New York and Chicago
vestlbuled Limited carrying all classes Of
Passengers. 80 - :"
! Address for prompt reply,
F. G. DONALD,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
lnciose two green stamps for an anus
Ing, novel and paradoxically ingenious toy.
a harmless, tireless, powderless, everlast-
Ing Fire Cracker. 49,. =
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THERE is said to be little doubt in En-
gland that Sir Edwin Arnold will be tho
next laureate.
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Il you goin' t. the
spellin' might.
Bill?"
The party ad-
dressed pulled the
old mare he was
lazily riding in to-
wards the woodpile
at the side of the
road where Abe
Hinchew was chop
ping the evening
wood, and, throw
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Hibbard's Rheumatic and Liver Pills,

1T is suggested that the most probable
means of propelling the air-ship OF the
future will be by electricity.
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HE town Of Milford. Conn.,, lately cele-
orated the Two hundred and fiftieth ami
vcrsary of its settlement.
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ATHENS. Go, has COW that walked on
the crcss ties over a trestle sixty-tive feet
high and $50 yards long.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

GREAT BRITAIN and Ireland are about thu
size Of New Mexico.
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IT'S said that Paris, when full, can &C.
commodate nearly four millions of people.
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LORD TE;NIsoN devotes the pension OF
$1,000 year which he receives as poet
laureate to the relief of the members OF
the literary profession who are in pecuniary
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WOODWARD & COMPANY, the enterprise
ing Grain G mmis1ion men of Minneapolis
are loaniug large sums of money on wheat
at per cent. 1t looks as though 1t would
pay to hold grain at present prices.
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. BRoNcnlTIs is cured ny frequent small
loses Of Piso's Cure for Consumption
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The Caspian Sea would stretch from st.
Louis to Kansas CITY,
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IF afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. lsaat
Ihompson's Eye Water. DrC ygists sell it. 25'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-09-19

A BOX wind matches free to smokers OF
'Tanslll's Punch sc: Cigar.
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UPWARD of twenty-eight large bales of
steamer that arrived the other dav from the
N-.1
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BIG BILL.

An Episode Of Life at Monks
Corners
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Chronic Nasal Catarrh positively cured by.
DIR. Sage Remedy. so cents, by druggists.