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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

ROBERT BROWNING did not think his
last illness serious one, and insisted
almost TO the end that he was getting
better. 1t is stated that just before he
died he turned to his son and asked for
news from his publisher. The son read
! telegram saying that the edition of his
last vol ,me of poems was almost ex-
hausted. The poet upon hearing this
smiled and murmurel: "How crafty
ingw These were his last words.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
HeAH Fallurea

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 The suspension OF
). o. Preble. & Co., manufacturers Of
olankbooks and envelopes, and j. b
shefaeld & Sons. manufacturers Of paper
and general stationary. is announced
today In ADDITION to these to firms, the
Wabash Manufacturing company, Of Chi
cago, Is involved. The liabilities of the
the two companies will exceed Il, GOO OOO
AS to the cause of the lailnre it may be-
stated in general terms, it is due to MS
management at the mills and in the manu-
featuring part Of the business.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

THE heet of new American war-ships
has its Little Buttcrcup" in Mrs.
Robinson, the wife of disabled man-of-
warsman: She was the successful bum
boat woman while the ships lay in New
York and Brooklyn, and followed them
afterWard to Boston.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Killed by m ExDlOsion.

LONDON Dec. 2o.-Several explosions
have occurred on board the British tank
steamer Ferguson, Captain Young, at
Rouen, from Philadelphia, by which one
man was killed and four others were in
jured. The explosions caused damage
to the steamer estimated at SIS. 600.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

LIVING within two and a-half miles
OF Mattapoisette, Mass, where all were
born, are nine brothers and sisters
named Bolles, who range in age from
slxty-nine to lightweight years. Al
together there were twelve children.
but three died, one at the age of sixty
two, another at the age of sixty and
the third when he was twenty-five. Tho
mother lived to be nonagenarian.
The father died in his fifty-eighth wear.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

EAST SAGINAW, Mich, Dec. 2o.-Ar-
rangements were perfected Wednesday
at New York and this city for perma-
nent route by rail and water from Min
neapolis to the seaboard. The distance
to New York will be thirty-four miles
shorter than by any other route.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Want Union With the KNIGHTS.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Dec. 2O.-At the
meeting of the Millers' Progressive
Union Thursday resolution was passed
in favor of consolidation with the
Knights of Labor, and committees were
appointed to attend the Columbus con-
vention and arrange details,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

SAYS railroad man: "A passenger
engine averages sixty pounds of coal to
the mile, and travels about $4,000 miles
per year, while freight engine aver.
ages ninety pounds of coal to the mile
and makes about $4,000 miles per wear,
while yard engines burn less. Freight
engines travel much slower than pas
sengers, and therefore burn more coal
per mile. The largest mileage made in
1888 by passenger engine was $1,000
miles, and by freight engine $1,000
ni1oo
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

Mis- J. P. Robson, Of Pittsburgh, Pa,
Is an aunt of the famous Emin Pasha,
whose right name is Joseph Schnitzler.
He was three years old when Mrs. Robson
left Germany for this country, since
which time she has not seen him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
A Mag. xine Eplodes.

ST.. PETERSBURG, Dec 21.-A she'll ex-
Ploded in the artillery magazine at
Baku, Russia. Other war munitions
were ignited and the building; was de-
stroyed. ~Quantitiesjof shells and rock
cts and 100,000 cartridges exploded.
-Four persons were killed and four in.
iured 49, - 50 = &: =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Beach win Rovv H.rl.,

SYDNEY, n. S. w., Dec. 21.-Beach.
the oarsmsn, has accepted the challenge
recently issued by Hsnlan for rowing
match, and is willing that the race
should be Sowed over the Paramatta
course, -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

THE Catholic Universe says that In tho
City of Mexico the saloons arc closed
from six at night until six in the morn
ing, and advocates the same plan for
this country.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
The Failu.a Reco-ll

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.-Business failures
number $50 in the United States this
week, against $40 last week and ss5 this
week last year. Canada had "a this
week against % last week. The total
OF failures in the United States January
1 to date is 1928, against IL, osa in 1885.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

The Bible is now translated into the
languages Of nine-tenths of the people
OF the world, whereas in the early part
OF the present century it could be read
by only one-fifth of them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

Mrs: RICHARD A. PRocroR. widow Of
the astronomer, who was carried off by
yellow fever, is gaining livelihood by
delivering her husbands lectures. ..la
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

Rev. MELANcrHoN NJ. WILLIAMS, aged
ninety-two years, died recently st his
home in Cambridge, Mass. He was the
Oldest living graduate Of Princeton COL
lAna.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Silcott Indicted for Forgerv.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-Craven E. Sill.
colt, the defaulting cashier to Sergeant
alarms Leedom, was indicted by the
grand jury yesterday for forging the
names of Congressman to promissorv
notes. There are 112 counts in the in
diotment,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

THE influenza epidemic is likely to
drive the hay fever out Of business in
the affected localities. It is said to be
the same thing - pink eye in horses,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
q CHICAGO, KANSAS e. NEBRASKA nv
GREAT ROCK ISLAND RourE
Where Are You Going?

When DO you staxti Whers fro43 Howmany
Ia your par ~ What amount Of freight OF
baggage law Sodf What route do you praierf
Upon receipt Of an answer to the above aues.
lions you win be furnished. free OF expense, with
:; : -: sSifSs; SIS: =:
abe iasorm-vyo SA:vsAx Nation which
cali In pesuon where necesssry. Parties not
peady to A0ywee Aboyo questions should cut out
and pre.ervs this notice for future reference. Is
General Passenger Agent. st. Parl. MIN.
Dn1 ~ 1sv No. q Ne9thWa1A I# ....
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

THERE is said to be ''luck in odd num-
bers"-at any rate the figure will
continue to stand in dating all letters
and business for the next ITO years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Big Price for. y Noted Stallion.

PARIS, KY, Dec. 20-G. G. White, of
this city, has purchased of Miller & Sib-
ley. of Franklin, Pa, the black stallion
Clay Wilkes, by George Wilkes, dam by
American Boy, for $15, 1000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Michiran,s Lumber pro.,uct
Serious Fire I'M st.. Loula.
Jefferson Davi., E.t.ta

M1ssIssIPP1 CITY, Miss, Dec. 2o.-Ths
whole assessed valuation. of the late
Jefferson Davis property IN Harrison
County is $500. The personal assess.
ment was 1851. Beauvoir 10 assessed n
$500. -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Roasted and Eaten,

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22-The Sydney
Herald OF Nov. s says that according to a
letter received from Capt Woodhouse, Of
the trading schooner Elma Fisher, the
boat steerer. Nelson, Of the schooner En-
terprise, Of Sydney. and three Of the na-
tive crew of the Enterprise were killed
and eaten by the cannibals Of the Solo,
mon islands. The Enterprise was trading
among the islands, and the natives from
Hammond Island, one of the Solomon
group. induced Nelson and the others to
go ashore and make some purchases.
Once on shore they were knocked on the
head, and 1t is reported that the bodies
were then roasted and eaten. The letter
states that d. NJ. g. Roy alist shelled tho
villages on the villages on the island on
Capt. Hand learning the particulars.
AT Pensacola, Fla, Dec. "a, ]. II. Thomp-
son killed J. T. Carter. Both were promi-
nent citizens. The cause Of the tragedy
Vas that Carter had mnde remarks dero
eating Mrs. Thompson.
The town Of Pineville, Ky.. was de-
stroyed by cy clone on the morning of
December "a =
IT was discovered the night of Dec q
lat Niles. Ohio, that Charles Shellar. wife
AMI three children had been killed The
bodies were cold when found aud all with
their threats cut. The. theory advanced
j. that Shellar in At Of madness cut the
ehroats OF his wife and children and then
his own. s4--.-. .-. 1919
A RIOT was reported from POTTS Camp.
Miss, Doc ~, between whites and blacks.
several were wounded but none killed.
MRA Mary Goodwin, Of Oshkosh, Wis,
while intoxicated threw lighted lamp 1t
her daughter. The girls clothing caught
Ire and the wa burned . death,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Minnesota Leads the World

With her stock, dairy and grain producti
1000. 600 acres nne TIMER, farming and grains
snds, adjacent to railroad. for sale cheap On
asy terms: For maps, prices, r.tes, eta.,
:. h. Warren. General n eT,av,
oul, 1inn. "A n ffnn III
Ak Tor Book II. "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

PLYMOUTH CHURCH s(Beecher's) Of
Brooklyn during the year past lost 72o
members. The receipts were $44,O62.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

The King Of Siam has just married
twenty new wives. ps
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

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BE Fseae eess ana i asss
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THE CHICAGO, KANSAS e. NEBRASKA nv
GREAT ROCK ISLAND RourD
3en3s vest end southWes rom Kansse
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sa6 at HoSsg
THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE
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belt"
Cincinnati
Acheon Kansas
stssS. 6s1 oo
E. ~. J0HN, .- e. A. HoLBR00K,
eensta Aaasses Ot11CACO1 ILL., esnl Ticket Agent
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

MOBILES COUNTY MArp.
"A supply Of new Mobiles County
Maps tor sale ut this Office @ 10 oe,6
each.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26
Death Of . well-Known Physieasn,


JACKSONVILLE, I'll, Dec. 90. -Dr.
David Prince, one Of the most promi-
nent physicians in the State, died here
Thursday evening of pneumonia. DR..
Prince was q brigade surgeon in the
Army of the Potomac during the war
and was twice q delegate from this coun.
try to meetings of the International
Medical congress in Europe. &>:ea-<
Michiean's Lumber Product.
LANSING, Mich, Dec. 20.-The cut Of
Michigan lumber mills for the season
is estimated at 12S, 1000, GOO feet. The
lath cut is over $4,000, 600, which il
greatly in excess of last seasons output
Serious Fire In St. Louis.
ST.. LOUIS, Dec. 20.-A fire broke out
at o'clock this morning in the Com.
mercial Printing Company building,
Third and Locust streets, extending
quickly to other buildings in the block.
The pecuniary loss will probably: reach
$250, ZOO! Walls have fallen which may
have resulted in loss of life. :,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-12-26

At the Meeting of tho National Com mis-
sioners Sanitary Organization Il
Formed.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-04-18
Some Rich Bachelors.

New York has nearly 200 bachelors
who are worth upward of 100000
each. A list Of $50 of them foots up
over 800, 900, 0O0-an average of about
500, 900 each. George Vanderbilt,
grandson of the old commodore. heads
the list with $l00OO,000 The young
man is only "a years old and cares
little for society. Oakley Rhiuelander,
is u and possesses 5000, 600. William
Livingston HammersIey has about the
same amount. He is % years old, six
feet high, weighs about 300 pounds,
and is a cousin of the duchess of MARI
borough. Commodore Cheever is an
other tri-mllionaire. Tie is %, likes
the theaters, and rather shuns female
society.
Caldwell Colt Of the firearms fami-
" is 81 and has $6000,O00 He is a
great club man. Fred Gebhardt, the
world-renowncd admirer of the Jersey
Lily, is 33 and is worth 81, 100000. He
spends 800, 600 q year. Eddie Gould,
the youngest son of the great railroad
king, has S3.OOO,O0O and many more
in prospective. James Gordon Ben
nett is quoted at 100000. He is 40
and owns the New York Heraid.
Stanley Mortimer is 2G, with $3,0O0,00O
and hobby for good clothes.
William r. Travers, who belongs in
the $4,000, 900 list, is 70 years old and
a great traveller. Livingston Wash
burne is worth $6,000,0OO. He is 40
wears o.3, an athlete, and has reputa-
ton as a fighter from away back.
Henry Brevoort, George De Forrest
Grant. Edward Kelley. Eugene Hig-
gins, Eugene Hirgous, Herman Dell
richs, Lloyd Phoenix, and George
Warren Smith are credited with S.
100000 apiece. George Law, known
as the American Monte Cristo, is 80
years old. He is worth 81, 100000, and
is noted for his lavish distribution Of
valuable presents. The youngsters
who are worth only a single million
are; William Clark, Carl Harris, James
Kernochan, Thomas Maitland, Elliott
Roosevelt, Louis Rutherford, and Vim
cente Urtardo.
One Distinguishing characteristic Of
nearly all Of these rich bachelors IS
their Indifference to the allurements Of
anxious mammas aud their eager
daughters. Most Of them are young
nearly all under 80. As a rule they
are fond Of sports aud the clubs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-04-18

Company, Anchor Oil Company, and
many individual operators employ
these men to be constantly on the
alert for the indication of an oil field
When well comes in anywhere that
gives the smallest promise of opening
up new pool men are rushed in to
lease and buy as much of the territory
as possible. All wells drilling in new
or wildcat districts are watched
with great vigilance. 1t is often neces-
sary for the ''oil smellet" to visit these
wells disguised, and his makeup at
times would do credit TO an actor or a
detective. A common disguise is the
outfit of hunter, and to make it more
complete the game is often purchased
before the hunter starts out. Thus
equipped he may ride a hundred miles
on a railroad before embarking on a
few miles journey over the hills to
some well he may be intending to look
up.
An "oil smeller" does not have to
depend upon the information given by
workmen on a well as TO the depth of
it, or when they expect TO reach tile
VII DNoi th7 AONhs u tue NOthlu4 OF
the machinery alone his expert eve
can determine about the depth of the
hole, and if the machinery should be
stopped and no one aoout the premises
he can tell by the appearance of the
cable that is wound around the 'bull
wheel shaft. BY means of a little
instrument which he carries in his
pocket he can "leyel up" the well with
other districts, though they may be
miles apart, and determine Just how
many feet remains to be drilled before
the well reaches the level where the
OIL ought to be found. These "oil
smellers' are familiar with all the diff
ferent sand rocks in which oil is found,
and once seeing the sand taken from
a well they can estimate its probable
production aud form a correct idea
as to the character and extent of the
pool. After seeing the oil that is
taken from a new well they can CLASH
fly it as to the district it belongs to or
IS IA otrshoot of, and in this way also
estimate the probable value and ex-
tent of the newpool. These men COM
mand salaries ranging from $125 to
$500 a month.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-04-18
Cured ofa Dclusion.

THAT IS queer freak, said one Of
the newspaper men when tho women
had departed, "butI knew of case
stranger than that 1t happened in
my own family, and the victim OF the
hallucinatiou was my uncle. He was
a farmer aud wealthy man. When
the war broke out he enlisted and
fought brayely TO the end He had not
been home six months when tho
strange fancy seized him that there
was small drum sccretod in the top
of his head aud that he would never
more have peace. He was sent TO
private insane asylum Except for this
peculiar idea he was apparently as
sane a. you or /, and his conversation
on any topic but this was rational
Finally the physicians hit upon happy
idea. They told my uncle that they
would perform surgical operation
and take the drum out So they had
a miniature drum made, and one Of
them kept it in the palm Of his hand
where the patient could not sec it.
They then cut the scalp on the top OF
his head until blood came, and the
physicians pretended to draw out the
drum through the top Of his head,
stitching the wound after doing so.
Ny uncle was cured the minute he
saw the drU-" HiDautee Sentinel.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-04-18
The Engine Was SuIky.

lie was the engineer Of one Of tho
biggest locomotives on the New York
and New Haven road, and as the train
stopped at Stamford he jumped out Of
his cab and began fussing about his
iron steed. A little oil here and little
tightening there, and all the while he
was talking apparently to the engine.
1t seemed silly. but inquiry revealed
the fact that he was in dead earnest.
III tell you what the trouble is,r
said he, as with a grimy hand he patted
the glisteniug plston-rod. "The old
girl is balky and sulky You may
laugh, but I'm telling YOU nothing but
the truth. This is one of the best en-
gines on the road and one Of the larg-
est. She isn't but three years old and
is as sound as n dollar. | will defy
any mechanic in the world TO find any
thing the matter with her machinery,
vet she is not working worth a cent.
The truth is she is snky. Last week
she was changed from her regular run
to this one. The first two days she be-
hayed all right, but the last two or
three she has been as nasty rs pos
sible.
Il have one of the best fircmen on
the road, the coal is first class, her
trains are never heavy. yet she won't
work worth cent When / start out
the steam is in good shape, her fires
are drawing and everything seems
just right, but by the time get across
the Harlem she begins to silk Her
steam comes slowly, the fires don't
draw and she seems all out Of gear.
There is but one thing to do, and that
is to lay her up for a week. She don't
need any tinkcring3 all she wants is to
be left alone. Inside of week | can
run her out and she'll work as we'll as
ever. Oh, no; it's not peculiar or I'M
common at all. Ask any locomotive
engineer in the country and he'll tell
YOU the same thing. Why, out on the
western roads au engineer won't start
out with sulky engine. They have
been known TO die on theroad between
stations. An engine is said to die, you
know, when her fires keep getting
lower and lower, her steam gets soggy
and weak, and the first thing you
know she is stone cold with her fires
out Then you have got to getauother
engine to pull her in, for she won't be
worth cent until she has rested
awhile and he climbed into his cab
and rolled out of the depot with his
train and sulky engine.-NcW York
Mail and Express.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-04-18

his face. The head came out in high
relief from the background. aud
around 1t score of tiny cherubs aut-
tered.
Over all this hung a canopy of black
SILK covered with real Spanish lace.
and black satin and orange bows were
tastetully arranged around the corners
and draperieS. This thing of beauty
was made for young couple now out
of the city on their bridal tour and
awaits their coming in a handsome up-
town residence. II cost very nearly
$1,000 aud it took three months to
make it.
"Cf course these are very rare o,
ders, said the merchant, after ex-
planning the article as described. "W q
do not expect to get another one like
IT. although we may. The same thing
may be made up in linen, or even mus
lin, but of course it would not pay
to put all that fine embroidery on
them.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1889-04-18
Tricks of Diamond Smugglers.

1t sometimes happens, said a New
York jeweler, that the Collector is
notified of the coming of diamond
smugglcrs ashe was in the case of James
Marriott some five or six years ago.
Marriott stole diamonds valued at
$50, 900 from Paris jeweler named
Kramer. Marriott was n clerk in a
picture store, and, with his booty and
young girl named Peteux, fled to this
country. Two persons answering
their description soon after came in a
German Steamer, and hardly had they
landed before United States Deputy
Marshal Bernhard was on their track.
They were finally traced to Staten
Island and arrested at the Battery
while coming up to the city. Nearly
all of the stones were discovered, some
of them being found sewed into a PIN
cushion, muif, and a pair Of trousers
in the room of the thieves. Sometimes
diamond smugglers are reported by
fellow passengers in whom they have
contided or who have had their sus-
picions excited by some chance word
or act. Diamonds have been found
concealed in soap, in women's back
hair, and in some instance fastened to
the plate of an upper set OF false teeth.
Some people who are constantly on the
go between this country and Europe
are habilually watched. One of the
strangest cases that ever came under
my observation was that of IA man who
had subjected himself to a great deal of
bodily pain TO effect his purpose. 1t
was generally understood among his
fellow-passengers that he was "A great
invalid and was suffering from some
incurable blood disease that would
eventually end his life. When he came
off the steamer, supported by attend
ants, he was indeed frightful looking
object, his face being mass of erup-
tions. What it was that excited my
suspicious | can't say, but something
told me that the man was an impostor
and decided to have him searched.
You never saw such an indignant lot
Of people as they were and their
protestations that search would en-
danger the life of the i. -alid almost
made me forego my resolution. The
look of satisfaction on the invalid's
face, however, when / hesitated, set
tied me, and had him brought into
the inspecting room, aud sent for a
physician before examining him, as |
wished to take no risks. When the
doctor came he felt the mans pulse
and looked puzzled. "There is moth
inc the matter with the man. he said
finally, except eXtrancous skin
poisoning" You may be sure / had
him stripped pretty quickly. Would
YOU believe itP His skin was as white
and soft as a baby's, with the excep-
ton Of five red Jumps on the inner side
of the thighs that looked like large,
undeveloped boils or carbuncles. The
physician examined these curiously
and then said to hold him. Three or
four Of us held him while the doctor
made an iucision over one Of the Jumps
and extracted-a diamond You
see, the fellow had road that the Dig
gers in the African mines sometimes
used this way for concealiug valuable
gems. and he tried it. lie was the
most crestfallen invalid you ever saw,
for. besides having had all his suffer-
ing for nothing, he was out about sl2,-
0Nl