davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13
a PARABLE OF The eA1Es.

How shall man surely save his soul!,'
Twas sunset by the Jordan. Gates
OF light were closing, and the whole
vast heaven hung darkened as the fatea.
HOW snall man surely, save his soulr, he said
AS Tell the kingly day, discrowned and dead
Then Christ said: Hear this Parable:
And reached q place ere darkness fail,
And closed the gates ere thew hal na..aa
Two worthy men, each free alike Of sin. : !.
But one did seek most sure to enter in.
And 20 when in their!path did Law ~ q
A cripple with broken stan,
This one did pass straight on his wav
While ono did stoop and give the half -
HIS strength. and all his bread did noblv sharo
I'LL they 1t sunset saw their city fair
Theu he who would make sure ran fast -
To reach the golden sunset gate. - ~ .'
Where captains and proud chariots passed.
But 10! this proud man came too lute!t ;, VS..
The gate was closed, and all night long he cried
he cried and cried, but never watch replied.
Meanwhile the man who cared to save
Another as he would be saved se.~ q. :
Came slowly on; gave bread, and gave -
Cool waters; and he stopped and laved Z
Tne wounds. sAt last, bent double with his
weight -. - =. -
He passed, unchid, the Porters private gate
Hear then this lesson; hear and learn:
he who would save his soul, say,
Must lose his soul; must dare to turn
And hit the fallen by the way; -
Must make his soul worth saving by some deed
That grows and grows, as grows fruitful seed
Joaquin Miller. in N. Y. Independent
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13
NO WORK, NO PLEASURE.
Labor Is Absolutely Necessary to til
Happiness OF Mankind.

Labor Is Absolutely Necessary to the
Happiness OF Mankind.
Some polemics argue that but for that
unfortunate affair in Paradise we should
now be living in a play-day instead Of
a work-day world. Yet labor seems so
essential to the happiness of the human
family, as at present constituted, that
one can scarcely conceive of trne enjoy
ment without it. 1t is not reasonable
to suppose that Adam was ever an idle
man, or Eve an indolent woman.
When we are last work, the remem.
brance of our labors, il they have been
honorable and useful. is the chief
solace of our retirement Does man
derive the same pleasure from the pos
session of wealth, when he has received
it as an Inheritance, that he would have
derived from competence won by the
sweat of his brow or the energy of his
brain? Every one knows that he does
not. The veteran merchant takes com.
fort in the recollection of his business
enterprises, when the pastimes and
recreations of his youth and maturity
seem to him ''stale, fiat and unprofit-
able" j'.'1= - - 1905 :.
Yes, the memories of labor are sweet.
Let the father who desires the real hap
piness of his children set them to work
-endeavor to give them relish for em.
ployment No matter how rich in this
worlds goods he may be able to make
them, he is not their true frie.d If he
brings them up in idleness.-N Y.
Ledger. -..s-~s-e -..l : ~.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13
ELECTRO.MO1oRs.
How Electric Power 10 Transformed, II
= Mechanical Power. -

How Electric Power IL Transformed, Into
Z Mechanical Power.
An electro-motor is device for trans
forming electric power into mechanical
power, and all practical electro-n1o tors
depend for their operation on magnetic
attraction or repulsion... The general
principle involved in all motors is the
transmission. of power to shaft and
thence by belts and pulleys to any
source desired.
When this electric power is accumu-
lated in sufficient force it can be used
for either light, heat or power. -,
The electro-motor furnishes power for
traction purposes in two ways-t. e., by
wire or storage batteries; the power be-
ing the same in both cases. but differ.
emily applied. When a car is run by
wire, connection is made between the
dynamo under the car and the primary
dynamo at the electric works by means
of metal trolley running on the wire.
The driver of the car breaks connect on
at will with d 'rut-off" The wire may
be either overhead or Underground, pro-
vided it is we'll insulated.
storage OatterleS are reservoirs to
hold the electricity which is led into
them from a dynamo or primary battery.
A storage battery consists of a glass jar
containing lead plates and some water
slightly calculated. There must be at
least two lead plates in each jar, and
there may be any number more than
two. On one of these plates-called the
posltlve eectrode-there is spread paste
made of red lead; on the other plate
the negative electrode-is spread paste Of
litharge. These plates are put into the
calculated water in the glass jar, and
wire from each plate is connected with
dynamo and the current turned on.
A number OF these jars are thon con.
nected in battery, put underneath the
floor of the car, and the driver turns Oh
the current, running the car until the
supply of electricity is exhaustod.-
Golden Days.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13
A RUNAWAY. BELLE,
Tho Crew Of . Barkentino Demoralix
by q Pretty Samoan Girl.

Tho Crew Of . Barkentine Demoralixed
by a Pretty Samoan Girl. -
The barkentine Malay. owned by
Nick Richards of this city, was.reeently
the scene of little romance, the de-
tails of which have been received in this
city from the officers of the vessel. The
Malay is expected here in a few days.
Previous 10 going north she. departed
from this city for Tongatobee, q port in
the Samoan Islands.
After discharging her cargo she
loaded with ballast and set sail for the
north. When the vessel was three days
out a superstitious sailor approached
the captain with fear and trembling.
He said that he had heard some unearthly
noise seemed to proceed from the hold
of the ship. He wildly described it as
similar to the groans of some suffering
spirit confined in the lower regions.
Hardly crediting the story, but
rather with, a view to squash it
before it spread among the crew,
the captain, backed by.*his entire
crew, lifted up the hatch. The un-
earthly noise was again heard, and with
greater distinctness, and the investi-
gators were thoroughly frightened The
captain peered through the semi-dark-
ness and saw, to his astonishment, a
Samoan girl arrayed in the restrictive
dress of her country: She was lying in
the hold, sleeping soundly and snoring
loudly. With foreboding that he had
an elephant on his hands, the captain
reused the dusky sleeper. She did not
appear startled in the least but COM
lained of being hungry. Every sailor
on the ship offered to share his mess
with her, and an intense rivalry for the
possession Of her affections at once en-
sued.
The stowaway could speak a little
English. She managed to say that
she had deliberately secreted herself in
the hold. She wanted to see the world,
and she begged not to be taken back.
The captain was between two fires. To
return her to her home would cause a
loss of weeks time; to allow her to re-
main on board was to risk insubordina-
ton on the Malay. He chose the latter
course, however, and the dusky islander
accompanied him to Port Moody. On
the way she had half dozen offers Of
marriage, all of which she politely re-
fused with a occurrences that would
have created envy in the heart of an
American flirt. When the Malay arrived
at Vancouver the Samoan beauty was
takeu ashore and put into service with
family residing there.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13
I Z: ::@@:|l2

mind my leaving this tin box here until
tomorrow afternoon? The road is
dead blocked with yesterdays snow
drift-an awful time for your poor
mother1 to be buried in, Selenda,
wasn't it?-and I've been tele-
graphed to go down to Quarter. Mile
junction to take old Jones' place. He's
frozen his fingers and can't handle the
ticker. sEOf course, I've got to 70 on
muleback, and this hanged box is too
heavy to:carry, besides the probability
OF its attracting attention among those
brutes Of miners who would cut a mans
throat to:get his tooth-pick!''
/: What is 1t, Abram?' with curious
glance at the battered tin receptacle.
He glanced cautiously around, and
leaning forward SO that his lips nearly
approached her ear, whispered the two
monosyllables:
Gold coin!'
Selenda's eyes sparkled. She lifted
the box and set it softly down again.
':All that?' said she.
In the whole course of her life she
had never seen SO much.
ITO be forwarded to Ditson's bank by
express" explained Ayres, still in q
whisper. 'But there can't no express
come through so long as the road is
blocked. And the blamed box has got
to be taken care of somewhere until to-
morrow when Ditson's people will como
Tor It, Your house is the only one within
u mile Of the station, and I reckon it'll
be safe here"
Selenda smiled.
II shouldn't WONDER" said she. mo
body will think Of looking for box of
gold here"
Just then the outer door creaked-the
cat came in, carrying miserable half
frozen squirrel between her teeth.
:.But all the :, same" said Abram,
you q best keep the doors boltedr',
''Oh! Ill do that" said Selenda.
'T've had no heart to see to any thing.
It's hardly an hour since they carried
poor mothers corpse out"
''What's that standing up in the cor.
ner of the bedroom?' asked Ayres, with
start "A clock?"
sNo," said Selenda; 'it's q coffin.
Father always keeps it there. It's for
himself He's carved and polished it at
odd times. See how it shines? It's
real cherry, solid all through. 600 He says
he likes to look at it of nights when he
wakes up and can't get to sleep again.
don't mind it; but it always used to
make poor mother nervous"
: Ayres shivered.
II don't wonder,"' said he. ''Your
father was always peculiar man. But,
Sclenda. you're sure you're not afraid?"
Afraid? Why, what is there to be
afraid of?'' +-~-- ...r~ - -
Il most wish your father had been
at home" added Ayres. thoughtfully.
Tits not necessary" said calm Sc
lenda. II can take care of your precious
tin box, Abram." "a
You're the pluckiest girl out
Selenda, and the best. And if ever I'm
able to keep wife, If ever the company
puts my salary up =.
Nonsense, Abe! Good bye"
And Selenda Griffin shut the. door in
Abram Ayres went whistling on his
way. thinking of Selenda's dark hazel
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13
GRIM CONSCIENCE.

Why New York Man "Comes Down.
Whenever Struck by a Beggar.
''That fellow'sa fought"
Eyes,"
He'd hold you up at night"
81 believe itv'
''He'd rob your housed"
II think he would" -.
''Then why did you give him a quar-.
ter?'
The above conversation occurred be-.
tween two gentlemen standing on tho
corner of Broadway and Fourteenth
street
''I'll tell you why" said the one who
had promptly handed out the piece Of
silver when "struck" for lodging money.
lone day two or three years ago was
down on Canal street. A tough-looking
chap asked me- for money, and I not
only refused, but threatened to have
him arrested. didn't exactly mean it,
but he thought that did, and in his
hurry to get away he ran in front of q
big truck team, and was knocked down
and run over. The wheels crushed his
hips and he didn't live over ten min.
utes. helped carry him to the walk,
and I'm telling you straight when say
that he kept his eyes straight on mine
until they closed in death. There was
that in his look which made me feel
contemplate compared to worm, and
for the next month it seemed to me that
everybody in New York looked upon
me as worse than murderer. That man
died blaming me for his death, and I'd
have given Ave hundred to see him live.
That's why come down whenever Pm
struck; and if hadn't but half dollar
on earth I'd divide it If called upon. -
N " Sum-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13
THE FRENCH PEOPLE.
Their Number: Occupation, Distributions
and Naalth

Their Number: Occupation, Distribution.
and Wealth. '' ..
From an analysis Of the figures of the
recent French census it is found that
the number of persons depending upon
agriculture was 1893, 402; upon indus
trial pursuits, 9,2S9, 2O6; trade. 4,247, 1914;
liberal professions, 1904, 233; transport
service, 1000, 721; public administration,
I'll. 027; public forces. 613, 1852; independ-
ent persons, 2,295, 966; giving total for
the classified population of &c, $40, 6s1.
The difference is made up by 49O,3
persons not classed, 237, 500 persons
without professions, and 231, SO5 per-
sons with unknown professions. The
mean proportion of the agricultural
classes to the total population is 4S per
cent for the whole of France. but it
varies from 1876 per cent in the depart
ment of the Lozere to 2.3 per cent. in
that of the Seine. The proportion Of
the agricultural population is much
larger in the center and west of France
than in the north and east. The agri-
cultural and industrial classes in France
absorb torether three-fourths Of her
total population, and they are dis
tributed In inverse ratio. to each other.
The mean proportion of the indus
trial population Of France is IS per
cent. but it is not found in any
department, the nearest proportions
being IL and % per cent. The
average extent Of the French trad
ing classes is liz per cent. of the. total
population. The following departments
are essentially commercial: Seine,
27.5, per cent Bouches:du- Rhone,, IS
per cent; Rhone, % per cent; Alpes-
Maritimes and Iscre, 10 per cent; Gard
and Seine Interieure. II per cent; Her.
ault, Nord and Seine-et-O Disc, rs per
cent. The proportion of the liberal pro-
LESSONS to the total populationof France
varies but little in the several depart
ments. Its mean is about per cent. of
the population. Finally. as to the class
o. the population described as indie,
pendent, its mean proportion over the
Mholc OF France is liz per cent. We
ind the highest percentages in the
following departments: Seine-et-O Disc,
p 3 per cent: Haute-Garonne,s Is per
sent; Seine. II ger cent; Seine-et-
MAR e. L! pc. cent, The lowest mean
ir.,:' s; Ier cent. of persons living
n ..,p,.rtY is found in the Au-5
s;:s:, IS. sa'os and brittany
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13

the cot1in IS they did go Solenda Grimm
must have swooned away, for the pink
light of dawn was irradiatin9 all the
room when more voices reused her from
utter Inconsistencies. But twas her
fathers deep, CHEEKY tone 10 time
and, could it be posi- bile? Abram Ayres
as we'll! She sprang from her dismal
couch to bid them welcome--sha ransto
open the door.
Are you alive and we'll, .Selenda ?''
cried Abram. Thank Heaven! And
the money? Those brutes have got it
suppose?'' r ~
mo. they have not got it" said Sc.
lenda, snatching it from the coffin head.
1T is here" !.
Explanations ensued, and each drew
, deep breath of relief.
my girl is heroine!" said old
Griffin. s i. -, 80. :.
''She is an ANGEL" cried Aaron. g : :
And then Griffin told Selenda how, re-
turning through the heavy SHOWS, lest
she, his only child, should need him,
he saw the camp-fires lighting up Sc
cluded spot, and, led by its lurid CLEAN,
found the young ticket agent alone and
securely bound lying beside it, and how,
startled by what Ayres told him. they
had both made all haste to the little
cabin where Selenda kept her solitary
vigil 7s.< - .'i- -
"And thank Providence" said the
old man. "she is safe and sound, And
after this nights work shall set more
store by my cherry.wood coffin than
ever" 49, 80 t+s5ss.5... ,#%,r< hssye
selenda was quite composed and
quiet, but she never forgot the: horrors
of that night And it was not until
Abram Ayres had married her and
taken her to . pretty home in the
suburbs of San Francisco, where he had
charge OF picturesque gothic railway
station and old SGrifin oflciated as
fiagman, that her eyes lost their fright
ened look and became sweetsand serene
again.
For there are momentssin every ones
life that cast their.lurid shadows over q
whole lifetime. -Fireside Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13

OlacK crepe, with which she had been
trying to trim a bonnet, and knotted it
around the porch pillar-mute emblem
of death. Then, with the strength of a
mountaineer's daughter, she dragged
the heavy, cherry.wood coffin, which her
fathers wbim had kept stand ing in the
| angle Of the bedroom wall all these
years, into the little front room, mount
ed it on two wooden benches instead of
trestles, and, lighting pair of candle
in lead sconces. placed them at the
head and foot on homemade pine
stands. She wrapped the tin box in a
towel and put it under pillow in the
coffin head, and then, hurriedly envel-
oping herself in a sheet of homespun
linen, coarse and worn, but beautifully
white, deliberately got into the grisly
receptacle and stretched herself out
there straight and stiff as any corpse.
Her head, covered with one of her
mothers close-fitting caps, lay on the
precious treasures; her hands were
folded on her bosom, and her eyes were
closed.
II think they will scarcely disturb
me here!" she thought, strange thrill
creeping through her veins. .'But have
l nerve enough to keep this up? I must
have! I will have! Once the very
thought of such horrible masquerade
as this would have driven me wild with
terror; now think only of guarding
the money which Abram Ayres has
committed to my charge"
Hush! Voices were sounding outside
in the winter dusk.
Hang it, there's Grape on the door!
You told me she was buried"
That was the tone of Pierre Subiton.
$50 she is. Vokes told me the fu-
neral was this morning." growled
Simon Dollard.
''Vokes is liar. Look for yourself"
''That's nothing! Knock at the door;
they've forgotten to take the Grape of"
''Knock yourself; I'll have nothing to
do with it. don't rob dead people!"
!: A low-muttered imprecation suc-
ceeded. 49,.
dead or alive!" growled old Michael
Dindeau, 1--WE commenced this thing,
and I mean to go through with it."
Selenda lay quite still, but even
through her closed eyelids she was con-
scious of the $stealthy fash of dark
lantern. The cabin door had been
opened-the little band was crowding
noiselessly in. Suddenly Pierre Subj
toms voice sounded through the room
in terrific yell as he beheld the oblong
object in its center. He turned and
fed. .Dindeau and Dollard, shrinking
back, exchanged hurried whispers, dur
ing which Selenda's heart seemed to
stand still with horror. - a.. IS
j.. He never left it here" said Dollard.
s'Mike Vokes' last drinking bout un-
settled his brain. The girl has gone
with her father. There's nobody but a
corpse in the house. just let me get Q
grip on Mike and I'll teach him to put
such = pack OF lies down our throats!''
''But there's a room upstairs Let's
search that =: r.: .a. - 4
? ''Search where you please; it won't
do no good. i don't b. lieve there was
no money to begin with; and any way.
IT amt here"
Dindeau. not SO easily discouraged,
opened tho bureau drawer, rummaged
through the little chimney cupboard,
even assembled the ladder to the loft
overhead; but, it is scarcely necessary
to say, without success, and the two
miners vepS muttering away, casting
scared glaaces over their shoulders Il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13
WHAT cuREsq
sfatorial splnsrSss q. oplaiSSas Z . :. IA
portAnt Subject.

B1dtoFial Ol6br6vee 81 0Diaf6 p - - -.
portsnt ash,s.s. =
What Il the force that on.ts. A,.a..a. And
which is the most conyenient annaratns "a,
applying TT How Tar q tha recnlar nhvsi:
oian useful to US beransa "a heiieva IN rim
and how far are his pills and powder. and
tonics only the material represantativas.o 81
his personal influence on our healthl
The regular doctors cure. thu hom.nath,t
doctors cure; the Hahnemannitea cnra. ne
% do the faith onres and tha tnind onres
and the ao.calaS ~, ~ w.
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES advarl3sins , sne
Grants, and the patent medicine men. They
Ill hit. ana xhev III mic. .,,d A ~. .,s ss
difference sSreat dit,s,. nv :. ~ ~. -
suit Il that when Ara raa r doctor. ~ ,
,afiant ~ =, ~ - 49,.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13

noW-lay still. There ain,t NO rood
hopping bout not unless you want to
get hurt Take him into tho wooda
boys Lay him down alonRside the fire.
! amt no special friend O. his'n. but i
don't want no fellow to be froze "a
death. . S -
In vain were the poor ticket :gent's
irantio struggles Helpless az an IN.
rant, he was laid down on the trodden.
haif-thawed snow beside huge camp
nre, whose cracking came with muffled
sound to his ear. In an instant his mind
mad grasped the situation. These half
civilized miners had in some way be-
come aware Of the bank gold, and were
determined to possess themselves of It
by fair means or foul. 1t was not the
cat alone who was responsible for the
breaking of the door at George Grifln's
cabin that self-same evening. There
had been an unseen auditor 10 their
conversation-and q chill went through
his veins, as he thought Of the possible
consequences to Selenda! Bound =
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was to be the
end of all this? Isl ri: =. y
In the meanwhile Selenda herself had
shyly run out Of the back door to watch
her lovers departure down the glen
path. There was an old fir-tree on the
heights from which she could look some
distance down the gorge. Beneath its
dropping boughs she herself was hidden
--and, as she stood there, waiting, her
black shawl blown backward by the
strong gusts, the sound of deep, sup
pressed voices come up from the narrow
pathway under the cliff. ~ SO
there's corpse in the house! Old
Mother Griffin is lying there dead!
tell you, wouldn't 60 there for twice
the money" .e.---.-.s rs @s-.sg
"Shht up, you foolv' returnedsa shril-
Ter accent "She was buried this morn>
ing"
''She WARMTH Z -
''She was. Sim Dollard says sov' .
''Sim's liar! He can't tell the truth
If he was to try"
Hes told it this time, you'll see.
Fifteen hundred dollars in gold! Think
OF that. Pierre! Such find don't come
our way every day in the week. And
nobody in the house but grip
AAAoAo "ut1oSAuS-uOE0 6ucl0u RrOWl.
1ng-and then the tones died awav.
Selenda stood there very pale, with
clasped hands
II must hide myself and the money
somewhere in the woods" said she to
herself. But haven't time. They're
not the people to lose secondhand be-
sides they would track me at once! Oh,
what shall do?"
Selenda Griffin. brought up in those
widernesses, was not girl to ask ques-
tions or depend on the opinions of other
people in an emergency. She was quite
used to making up her own mind, and
this occasion was no exception to the
general rule. She was determined to
guard the gold, even If it should be at
the expense of her own life-and she
was we'll aware of the idiotic super
stittons common to these ignorant
Canadian Frenchmen. Even to make
themselves rich they would not invade
the dreaded presence of death.
Over the frozen snow she fed swiftly
back to the cabin, from whose window
her mothers sweet, pallid face would
never moro smile greeting to her, and
rushing in, she caught up a piece OF
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-11-13

This seems a paradox, but It is ex-
planned by one Of New York's richest
men. II don't count my wealth i'm
dollars" he said. ssWhat are all nv
possessions to me, since I am victim
OF consumption Ny doctor tells me
that have but few. months to live:
for the disease is incurable. I am poor.
er than that beggar yonder.n But
interrupted the friend to whom he spoke.
consumption can be cured. If taken
in time, DR.: Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery will eradicate every vestige
of the disease from your system" "iIl
try it." said the millionaire, and he did;
and to-day there is not q healthier:
happier man to be found anywhere.
The discovery" strikes at the seat Of
the complaint Consumption is a dis
ease of the blood,-is nothing more nor
less than lung scrofula it must
and does yield to this wonderful remedy.
"Golden Medical Discovery is not
only an acknowledged remedy for that
terribly fatal malady, when taken in
time and given q fair trial, but also for
all forms Of Scrofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases, as White Swellings, Fever
sores, Hip joint Disease, Sait-rheum,
letter, Eczema, Boils, Carbunclea Ery.
sipelas and kindred ailments.