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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
SENSIBLE SAYINGS.

WORK taken in proper doses is good
medicine.
"TuE highway of virtue is so little fire.
quented that collisions are rare'
LAz1NEss grows on people. 1t begins IN
cobwebs and ends in IRON chains.
SOME of the brightest lights go out In
consequence Of using borrowed oil.
AGooD many people know just what ia
the matter with others, but never found
out what the matter was with themselves.
MANY employers lose faithful service be.
cause they never praise when every thing
is we'll done: but always censure when any
thing goes wrong.
CERTAIN qualities are always necessary
to enable any man to succeed in his vocac
ton, and mans advancement above 9
competitor depends upon the magnitude OF
these qualities.
SOME men, like a hornet, are always
found sting uppermost. They sting their
friends to show their independence; their
enemies, to show their Importantly; and
each other, to keep themselves in practice.
PEOPLE fret too much about tritles
When a thing is beyond repair, waste nc
useless regrets over it and do no idle fret
ting. Strive for that serenity Of spirit that
will enable you to make the best of al
things. That makes contentment in its
best sense.
Too MUCH planning to avoid possible
future evil is as bad as too little The old
maxim not to cross q bridge until you come
to it, contains a deal of good advice. They
who are constantly nerving themselves to
fight with shadows find they have very lit.
tie strength to meet real trouble.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
RECENT INVENTIONS,

A "sAFETY BICYCLE" for women has been
invented.
AN Englishman has invented machine
for making illuminated theater posters.
A Swiss has invented a musical box which
initiates the human voice and also the trill
of birds.
A FRENCHNAN has brought out an inven-
ton whereby anybody can play piano
without previous training, by means Of a
crank and other devices.
A NEW electric invention is electric-lighted
spectacles for surgical examination. The
rim shuts out other light and a strong beam
falls on the spot under examination.
TUE occupation of the hand shearer Of
sheep is gone. A brother of Lord Wolselev
has invented a machine which will shear 40
sheep in eight hours, and again hands have
to give way to machinery.
A BROOKLYN man has invented a torpedo
that after being set afoat either on or below
the surface of the water will 'dive" on meet
ing an obstruction. It will travel for two
miles at rate of speed equal to ten miles an
hour, and will soon be given test by naval
officers.
WILLIAM PERKINS, of Owensborough, Ky,
IL blind and ingenious. The result of his
amiction and bis genius is writing ma
chine for the blind, which the boy has Just
perfected. 1t is said that San Francisco
firm has paid him 5000 for the right to
manufacture and sell the machine in the
United States.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
QUEER RACE cUsToM9

= II tho eyes Of Turkish girl ars noa
large enough for beauty the outer corner al
the eye-lids are cut to make the oyo the
proper size.
PoRTCo5EsE sailors have custom of
dressing their ship in mourning on Friday.
md OF scourging and hanging an enagy of
Judas at the yardarm.
In Russia ancient usage forbids the
presence Of the parents of the bride at the
seremony. In their place two of their old
sst friends represent them and escort tho
bride to church. 55
WHEN the doctors can't save a native NJ
China, the Ling Hoop, or pr yer man. IA
sailed In. For one-fourth of q cent he will
pray half an hour, and if the victim doesn't
rally with that he is left to 20 on with hin
lying.
TIE children Of Germany have a very
delightful gift which they call "The
Wonder Ball" They wind into a worsted
pail tiny presents; these presents NAV be-
expensive or not, just as the giver chooses.
The wonder ball may contain gifts from q
number of friends. or may be the Offering
IT family on birthday. The receiver Of
the wonder ball never unwlnds it faster
than she can knit.
In the South of France they make q very
peculiar love charm in very peculiar way.
Under certain ceremonies the young
woman catches and boxes up frog in q
box with e. lot of little holes bored in the
wood. The casket IS then buried in an ant
hill for two weeks. The ants, Of course,
stack tho prisoner and eat up all the flesh,
md all that is left ls the creatures bones,
Among these is a shield-shaped bone about
IS large as ones thumb nail, upon ono end
(which is a little hook. The girl takes
his bone ana has it blessed surreptitiously
" the priest without his lknowledge-that
s, she exposes it during the benediction at
lie mass-and then she hooks it on the
slothing of her sweetheart that is to be.
The charm. when properly prepared with
Ill due ceremony and care, has never been
known to fail.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
THE RESULT OF RESEARCH.

AN Ohio girl claims to have invented
process by which barrel Of oil can be con-
verted into ten thousand cubic feet of gas
IT has been stated that the reason wbv
oil Gains the waves during storm is tina,
it FACTS as lubricant between the air and
the water, preventing the wind from tax.
ing hold upon the water, and by the great
cohesion OF its particles preventing also the
breaking Of the waves"
IT has been demonstrated that in pipina
natural gas in pipes of one size, consider.
able OF the pressure is lost, about eight
pounds per mile; but by using the telescope
system, smaller pipes at the well and grad.
ually increasing the size toward the point
OF consumption, that the loss of pressure il
reduced to about three pounds per mile.
The extraction Of gold in what Ia called
the "wet way' seems to promise to super
sede the amalgamation process. The ore ID
treated with chlorine gas, the soluble chic
rides formed extracted with water. and the
gold precipitated from the solution 50 oh
tanned, either by fltering through bed OF
powdered wood charcoal, or by heating t.
boiling with small quantity Of tho char
coal - n =: III
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
STRAYS FROM ABROAD.

QUEEN VICTORIA has announced her be
lief that marriage is not q failure.
A CHINESE has been admitted to practice
in the Supreme Court of the English colony
at Hong Kong.
THE palace built by King Louis, Of Ba-
varia, was very expensive, but tho receipts
for admission there last summer were $780,
600.
struction in Egypt for the purpose Of stor-
ing water for irrigation when tho annual
overflow of the Nile fails.
TEN per cent. of all infants been in Eu-
rope die in the first month, twenty per
thirty per cent. of the remainder dar1ng the
first five years.
IT is calculated that there are aver 200,
600 lepers in British India, the minority of
whom have places IN alms-houses and asy-
lums, the others roaming over the country
and subsisting on charity.
The most monotonous city in it's buildings
is Paris, the houses there being almost all
alike. An attempt is now being made tc
vary this by building houses of the style OF
the Renaissance and Louis XII, and hope is
expressed that the example will be followed
generally.
LONDON spends between 100000 and
$S,OOO,OOO a year on potted plants and cut
flowers. Many Of these flowers come from
Holland, France and even Italy. A single
culturist in Southern France claims to send
every year $50, 600 worth of white lilacs,
snowdrops, Internationally and roses to
London.
LORD SALISBURY has aroused the hatred
OF the people in India by referring to Mr..
Dadabhai Naoro]l an Indian candidate
who ran for Parliament recently, as black
man. His political opponents have taken
the matter up, and accuses him Of insulting
the whole race in India, zoe, OOO, 600 Of which
are subjects Of the Queen.
JAPAN never imports workmen, but sends
its citizens to study the arts and sciences.
Three young japanese men are now in the
Office OF the Surveying Architect of the
Treasury at Washington studying drawing.
A bank is to be built at Toxic, and these
young men are permitted copy the draw.
ings Of suitable buildings designed for that
purpose.
ACCORDING to "American Notes and
QUERIES" IN one Of the cellars of the Rath-
skeller at Bremen, there are twelve large
cases OF wine, each case containing "the
celebrated 'Rosenwein,' which was de-
posted there in 1924. One case of this
wine, containing 204 bottles, cost 500 rix
dollars at that time Taking all expenses
into account and compromising the interest,
single glass, one-eighth of bottle, would
cost about $500 or about $500 drops
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
One More Unfortunate,

Eyes, you bet marrige is a failure!'
he exclaimed ashe came out of a saloor
wiping his chin. Here's my own case
to. prove it,
'Don't you live happily?" asked one
of the crowd.
'No!'
"Whyp"
why! Because I have only three
dollars week to run on. My wife
earns five. but she won't give up bu,
three, and I've got to squeeze along or
that while some other husbands have IF
teen. Yes, marriage is a dead fat failure
None Of US husbands are loved ant
supported as we ought to be!''-Detyoi
Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
DEMENTIA AMORlS.

In love, all men are just the same,
Both prodigal and absent minded;
Lot Beauty her desire but name,
And common-sense at once Is blinded.
There Is no difference in caste,
BE may possess pipe or peerage;
Love IS thing tina: can't be classed-
1t travels cabin style or steerage.
A mild insanity it seems
A temporary alterations;
The stricken man, as one who dreams,
Is rambling in his conversation.
No heed takes he how runs his purse,
TO count expenses savors. treason;
He buys enough of silly verse
To make young poets lose their reason.
Oh. you who never have felt
These symptoms OF happy lover,
Nor to blushing girl have knelt.
Nor timidly have leaned above her,
A word with you: When you have found
That only one for whom you tarried,
Don't be engaged twelvemonth round,
And make yourself Ounce. Get married
Idle Nlyller, in Life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
COMMERCIAL OUTINGS.

! -. -
Cxu1s1 fur d said to be the akin Of the
poodle.
Tn total production Of the silk manufact-
ories Of America now amounts to tee, 000, 900
per annum.
LAID ranks sixth in value in the list OF
Amer1can exports; e40,000, 600 worth is ex-
ported annually.
TIE State Of New York has produced this
year more than 1,000,000 boxes Of cheese,
valued at nearly $5.oo0,0Oo.
AMERICAN wagons have the market in
South America, and the American wheel
barrow is to be met with in every portion of
China and Japan.
Most Of the buhach grown in California
is raised around Stockton. From it Dalma-
tian insect powder is made, which retails at
81 per pound.
LAST year our imports from Japan, in
Guiding raw silk, teas, fans, handkerchiefs,
bamboo and the like, amounted to nearly
$500 600. Moro than was bought by any
other nation.
II is said that the great oil fields of New
York and Pennsylvania are rapidly becom-
ing exhausted. The supply has fallen from
100, 1000 to 4, 600 barrels per day.
THERE are forty-two firms in the United
States engaged exclusively in the manufact~
ure of chewing-gum. Their trade is increas-
ing, and it is estimated that the value of
their product this year will not be less than
O,5O0,000.
CA1IToRN1A is destined soon to supply the
market Of this country with raislns. The
production last year reached about 16, COO.
700 pounds, worth in the market &15, OO0, coo.
The total consumption Of raisins IN the
United States amounts to about $4,000, GOc
pounds.
Quill toothpdcks come largely from
France, which possesses the largest factory
in the world. This factory, which is To-
Gated near Paris, was originally started to
make quill pens, but when they went out OF
use the proprietor turned it into tooth.
pick mill, the present annual output OF
which is 10000. 600 quilts
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
IMPORTED CLOCKS,
They Arc Moro Gaudy, But Not as Goo.
as American Time-Pieces.

They Arc Moro Gaudy, But Not a. Good
as American Time-Pieces.
There are good many imported
clocks in this country. Those imported
in late years are here for no other
reason in the world than because it is
the fashion to buy things made
abroad. The imported cloc'r is not as
good a time-keeper as the American
clock. On the contrary, it is WE'LL
known that the foreign-made clock
will not compare with the American
clock so far as telling the hour of the
day is concerned. But there are good
many people in this world who do not
buy clocks to keep time. It is, in a
very cheap way, fashionable to possess
French or a German clock, and that
is all there is to it. Fashion covers a
multitude of deficiencies. These i'm
ported clocks are mounted in fancy
cases, and there is quite large class
of Americans to whom the name of
Paris or Berlin has a sort of underlined
fascination.
1t is safe to say that the American
who buys an imported clock does it
from some other motive than q utilita-
rian one.
The fancy cases in which French and
German clocks have been enveloped
has undoubtedly had something to do,
in Gthe past, with their importation.
are used. 1T is English, you know"
But to-day American clocks, put up in
cases bizarre enough to salt the taste
of the most fastidious. can be found.
The style of the case or the quality OF
the work done does not cover the rea-
son why foreign-made clocks are
bought in this country. And as to
cost, the American clock is much the
cheaper. The simple reason, to-day,
why the French clocks are popular is
because they are French.
American clocks are exported in
large quantities, and sold just where
French and Grrman clocks are made.
The exported clocks are sold because
they keep time, and are cheap as to
cost.
A great many things of foreign make
are used in this country for the same
reason that French and German clocks
or 1T is French, or German, don't
you see?'' has good deal to do with
lt-Anae1'tcGn MGchinist.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17
SOmethinp Now.

A new and very effective thing which is
taking hold on the market is a valuable dis
covery made known through The Charles A.
Vogeler Co., Baltimore, Nd, proprietors OF
the renowned st. Jacobs Oil, and known as
Diamond Vera-Cura, for Dyspepsia, a posi-
tive cure for Indigestion and all stomach
troubles arising therefrom II not found in
the stock of druggist or dealer, it will be
sl.0O in stamps. Sample sent on receipt OF
two-ceut stamp. 1t has been found on trial
to bea specific for sour stomach, heartburn,
nausea, giddiness, constipation, nervous:
ness and low spirits, and it is spoken OF and
recommended by hundreds who have used
it and have found lasting benefits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

A DEVICE has been invented which en-
ables the engineer. when IN his cab, to turr
a switch which can be closed again from the
rear of the train. 1t is operated in connec
ton with the central throw switch auc
consists Of ''shoe," which is dropped from
the forward and rear trucks. This strike.
crank, which is overthrow and the switch
closed or opened as the case may be. A
switch left open carelessly may thus bt
closed by the locomotive while at high speed
or a train side-traoked quickly in case 0,
danger.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

IN their ssat4 thas Il e they could an1
thsm which In many cases was tmpossib!e
for many were NOT put back into the same
plaos they oocup Cd before the ball Fol
the drst time tho chaplain was present and
opened the session with pr yeE
Tho chair not being ready to announ6e
bis committee there was very little molina
ton to attempt to transact any business
After the usual routine Of the opening,
Speaker announced Reps Hoppin, faircy,
Ellipgs,n, Roberts and Sinclair az commit
tee on MI cage 49,.
Tho first bill Of the session was intro.
duced BY Rep Earring: It was bill rela-
ting to loss by fire by insurance companies
Rsn Reyes introduced bill amending the
Whiteman cleo ion law and introducing
the Australian system.
The House then adjourned having been
In session just 40 minutea
Tho Senate was not In Session on the l ! tn
having adjourned until Monday night the
14th.
The House Opened on tho 18th at 10
a m. with the usual routine A resolution
was adopted directing the immediate pub.
lication of the bill amending the election
laws. resolution was adopted asking fol
a joint committee TO devise means for con-
viot employment
By Rep sevatson bill exempting farm
mortgages from double tax tion. That
farm land that is n ortgaged, the fee owner
shall pay taxes only upon that portion OF
the value that Is not covered by the mort.
gage and that the NOR g.ge shall bear ita
proportion OF the land tax Bills authoriz.
ing the village of Glencoe, McIoad County,
to issue bonds for fair ground purchase,
and the erection of village hall we're passed
under suspension of the rulea By Rem
Wilbrick bill regulating the costs in JUS.
tice Courts Rep. Flynn introduced bill
which was passed under q suspension of the
rules amending Sec, Is, Chan, 8, Of the
laws Of 1873, allowing the memlers, in the
computation of their per diem, pay for the
first. last and all intervening days of the
session. Heretofore members have been
allowed pay only for the days they were
actually in attendance upon the Legislature
when it was in session
Senate file relating to Fergus Falls was
passed under the suspension Of rules az also
was Senate file No., 5, authorizing Kand
yohi County to issue bonds for Court House
improvements The Speaker increased the
Committee on rules to five. The members
are Benson, Estes, Morgan, Crosstield and
Comstock The House adjourned unit
Tuesday at p. m
Rep Benson, of Auoka, announced the
following as the Republican eau rus Com.
mittee: Reps Flynn, Hay, Stevens, F. W
Diment and McNely.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

The gentleman on the left took Mercury, Potash
and Sarsaparilla Mixtures, which ruined his diges
ton and gave him mercurial rheumatism. The
gentleman on the right took SwIFT's SPECIFIC
e. g. s. which forced out the poison and built him
up from the first dose.
SWIFTS SPECIFIC is entirely vegetable medt'
cine and is the My medicine which has ever cured
Blood Poison, Scrofula, Blood Humors and kindred
diseases. Send for our books on Blood and Skin dis
cases. mailed free. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co.
Drawer 5, Atlanta, Ga.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

II HAVE been occasionally troubled with
Coughs, andin each case have used Browns
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs, which have never
failed, and I must say they are second to
none in the .''-Felir A. May, Cashier,
st. Paul, MIN.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

THE man who first suggested the use of
an K as the signature Of person who
could not write was no philosopher The
fitness OF things should have led him to
select the cipher, which as nautograph
Is emiDently significant in most cases
Binghamton Leader
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

You hardly realize that it is medicine,
when taking Carter Little Liver Pills: they
are very small; no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

Strangely Contorted
Are the joints by rheumatism. Extirpate
this atrocious disease, as well as govt and
neuralgia, at the outset with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, and avoid possible life
long agony. 1t is a tempting of Providence
to delay when rheumatism assalls you, as ii
is not only obstinate, but dangerous. Chills
and fever, kidney complaints, nervousness,
debility. constipation and dyspepsia are
also routed by the Bitters. Use regularly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

CURE your cough with Hales Honey of
Horehound and Tar
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

TIE abutments of = bridge over river in
Austria have settled twenty feet in the
river bed since 1884 As the settlement prog
resses the masonry Of the bridge IL built uI
correSpo ndinRly 90 % 70 MAINTAIN the sams
road lovol. q S
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

In good and regular standing-the man
in the street-car full of women.-Life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

ANY one can take Carter's Little Liver
Pills, they are so very small. No trouble to
swallow. No pain or gripping after taking.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

WHEN corn pops it gets CHASTITY white.
1t is much the s. me with bashful young
men. -Harpers Bazaar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

''THE sAME'' is said to be the most popu-
lar drink in the market.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

AN elevated road-the milky way
Tina
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Strangely COntOrtetl

TALK is cheap, but not the affectionate
talk of pretty girl; that is dear.-Bos-
ton Courier.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

AN unsatisfactory meal "a domestic
broil.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

An Exciting and Novel Way OF Bagglng
Game-Pursuing the Anticipation
tho Birds Are Blinded-A Sue
cessful Flight Rewarded.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

AAo inauguration O8ll ana Governors re.
ceptlon the night before seemed to have a
depressing influence upon the members of
the Legisla ure Yet when the gavel fell in
the Senate on the morning Of the 10th, the
Sena ors were nearly all PRESENT. The
reading Of the Journal was dispensed with
Senator Durant offered resolution provi-
ng for the reference of that part of tho
Governors message relating to the States
prison to the prison committee. The res
olu:i0n was adopted
Senator Holmes introduced a bill provid-
ing for the furnishing of seed grain to those
farmers whose crops were destroyed last
season The farmers to file applications
viii. their County Auditor before March LIT.
such applications to give definite state
ments Of condition of the farm. amount Of
acres number Of bushels needed, et>
No applicants to receive grain in excess
of $500 President Rice announced tho
standing committees
Senator Durant introduced bill radically
changing the system Of pa1doning convictA
Several bills relating to school affairs were
introduced :sss
IN the House most Of the members were
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-06
TAKEN AT HIS WORD.

The Presidents Invitation to Patriotic
Office Seekers Promptly Accepted.
Probably General Harrison would have
blue pencilled the paragraph in his inau-
gural message inviting the patriots
of the country to come on and ask
for Office if he had foreseen that it would be
taken so literally as one Maryland man
took it during yesterday afternoon. The
man had worked his way down to just be-
hind the President, as the latter was stand
ing to review the procession. The Mary
land troops had just passed by when theman
leaned over, and tapping the President on
the shoulder said: 'Mr. President there's a
lot of good Republicans in that State, even
if you didn't get the vote; yes, sir, they
work just as well as they march; were red
hot for you there, Mr.. President, and we
don't want you to forget u.s."
As he talked the man continued to patthe
President on the back in very patriotic
fashion. General Harrison retained his
temper, and attempted to get rid of the fel-
low by some commonplace remark that he
had no time to talk of such matters now,
but he finally had to move out of reach of
the mans hand