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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22

For Peace has silenced bitter Hate,
The blue and gray together mate,
And by each others hearths have sato
Since the long strife was DER.
Thank God for this! and from this day
May love and prayer keep clear the way,
And make US one in heart for aye
One country evefmore!
1t was woman's tender thought;
Her slender hand the first wreath wrought,
And she grateful Nation taugat
To garland thus the dead;
So long Us gallant knight shall ride
To win by valor lovely bride,
And music st;rs the true and tried,
Shall this Of her be said
And when We vaunt Of greatest fray,
Wen ne'er forget that far away
Our wives and mothers prayed each day,
In safety God would keep
The soldier clad in gray or blue.
AS comes Memorial Day anew
Let woman's hand the flowers strew
Where battle Heroes lie.
George B, GFimth, in Christian at Work.
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WOMEN TELEGRAPHERS.

They Have One Great Advantage Over
the Ordinary Gossiper.
An expert woman telegrapher was
telling odd things connected with her
profession yesterday.
do you know how many more ways
photographers have of communicating
among themselves than ordinary NOR
tails have?" she asked. "No? Well,
I'll tell you. Not long ago, in crowded
house, saw an associate to whom I
very much wished to say few words.
She was within easy hearing distance
of me, but l could not get close enough
to her to whisper what l wished to say,
and could not even catch her eye.
Suddenly I thought of something. l
noticed that the frame of the chair in
which was sitting was iron. took
my latch-key out OF my pocket and
striking the frame of the chair tapped
out her full name. Her practiced ear
caught the sounds at once. She turned
and saw me. Then tapped out my full
message on the rim OF my chair. She
took her latch-key from her pocket and
sent an answer in the same way. Not
a word was spoken. and only two or
three persons noticed the clicking, and
these did not understand what it meant.
''Then there are other ways in which
conversation may be carried on be-
tween telegraphers without word"
she went on. lin fact, if am sitting
next to an associate in an audience room
1 never speak. Isimply tap my message
on the hand of my friend. once sat
down in church directly behind friend
to whom told long and important
story during the prayer by tapping on the
back of her shoulder.
otis great fun to have so great an
advantage over the curious world, and
one can tell the most profound secrets
in that way without any risk of being
overheard" Y. Evening Sun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22

close OF Southern winter in 1856, and
the location was in ''border" State.
The child was small for his age, but
sturdy. On his head was an old straw
hat, through which the hair peeped in
places. He wore a short jacket, out at
the elbows, and trousers rolled up at
the bottoms. Several little toes thrust
themselves through cracks in his shoes,
and his shirt was unbuttoned at the COL
lar. Despite his unreasonable apparel,
the child did not appear to be cold. He
was ruddy as an apple.
"Where. do yon live?" asked the off,
Ger, Lieutenant, after surveying the
little figure contemplatively. The boy
on an eminence in the direction from
which he had come.
us your father Union or Confeder-
ate?"
''Union."
The officer scowled. During the civil
war the Southern troops were far more
bitter against the Union men of the
South than toward Northern soldiers.
II amt no Union man. though" added
the boy, thrusting his hands into his
pockets, planting his legs firmly at an
angle, and looking up at the soldiers,
resolutely. ''I'm REBEL"
There was a. burst of laughter from
the troop at his implied defiance.
whats your fathers name?"
TON Lane, and mines Tom Lane,
too"
The officer turned his head and glanced
meaningly at sergeant who was close
behind him.
lis your father at homer"
mo, SIR"
when will he be at home?''
II dunno" The bov knit his brows.
Then, with quick change of interest
and expression, he asked: "Whar you
uns a-goen'?"
The officer smiled. "Where are you
going, my ,lad?"
lover thar" He pointed with his
finger.
"Oh, yes, forgot. And what are you
going to do over there?" Tom colored.
"'Oh, amt a-goin' to do nothin' but
leave stump n in the post-ofice on the
fence"
The ''post-office'' was box with q
slit in the top which had been put up
for the purpose of children's CORE
spondence. The officer noticed that the
chubby hand grasped bit Of folded
paper.
sergeant" said the officer. speaking
low, ''Tom Lanes the man we are after
This is his boy. We must try to find
out if Lane is at home, or where he is.
I've orders to take him, dead or alive.''
MY little man" he continued to the
boy, will you answer some questions
for the good of your country?"
II reckon So"
''Then tell me where your father is i"
He amt mono O. US; he's Union.''
Eyes, but where is hep
"My pop amt got nothin' to do with
you-uns. Asst me some other things, n
I'll tell EN-
The officer was bafled. Indeed, he
was ashamed of his work in trying to
induce boy to betray his father. The
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ACQUIRING A TRADE.

Why Young Mon SHOULD he Sure Of .
Calling Whereby to Earn = Living.
An old soldier recently died whose
career may perhaps teach some of US
not yet launched into the world thing
or two.
He began life as a lawyer, then he be-
came soldier and fought in the war, at
the close of which he served as Judge.
Thon fortune deserted him, and he
went down-hill until he became street.
sweeper in New York, and afterward q
waiter in a restaurant.
Soon after he managed to 20 to Cali
fornia, where he became miner, thiuk-
ing there to grow rich by digging gold.
Having been cured of the gold-fever,
however, he went to England, Joined
the army, and served in the Crimean
war.
Then he went to the Argentine Re-
public. Fortune again deserted him,
whereupon he returned to England,
worked as railroad conductor, po-
iceman and a town clerk, until at last
he settled down to q quiet life in his
native country, dying there in a pitiable
condition
1t is all very we'll to try a hand at
every thing; but it is best to be first
proficient in one thing-to learn one
trade thoroughly before attempting
others. We know how the great phil
osopher Spinoza resorted to lens-polish-
ing-the trade he had learnt rs q boy
when he was miserably paid for his lit
erary work. So he was able to earn his
living by lens-polishing-he was quite
sure of tbis-and could become writer,
always reverting to his trace when he
was in want.
If we are sure Of one trade whereby we
can earn living, we can 60 ahead and
~ others; though tho best policy 10 70
consider, learn and stick.-Hanta CauA
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22
HOG RINGING STANCuION.

engraving needs no description excepo
to state that it is made of 2x6.inch hard
wood. AS the hog attempts to pass
through the stanchion the opera tor
catches him, and another person rings,
labels. marks or sprinkles him as de-
sired. BY this way old boars are easily
converted into harrows, and even calves
can be successfully dehorned. To sprin-
kle for lice use an emulsion of coal oil
onI 1ar6
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ERATE?"
lad started on. The sergeant was about
to ride forward and stop him, but the
officer ordered him back. The troop
rode on to cross-road which led to
wood to the right; then turned down
this road and entered the wood. Find
Ing spring of water, they went into
bivouac. man was detailed to ride
after the boy, and secure the missive he
intended to drop in the letter-box.
The soldiers picketed their horses and
cooked their supper. While they were
eating. the man who had been sent for
the letter came in. The officer unfolded
the little scrap of paper, and read this
scrawl in a child's hand:
MARCH THURD
DERE MACY: want you fur to be mi sweet
hart. Wen git a man agoen fur to be soger
MI pop Is agoen to bring me gun. He's oomen
hoam to-morrer. Nav she sails I'm to little fur
gun but reckon Ill get it any way. Yures
trowly, Tom LANE JuNYER
The officer spelled out this commune
ton with some difficulty, and put it in
his pocket It contained all the infor-
nation he wanted. He had now nothing
10 do but TO wait in order to capture Tom
Lane. guerilla.
Tho next morning the boy was play
Ing In the road not far from his fathers
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22
LEATHER GLOVES.


OfWhAt They are Mads-Teohnieal Tsrnaa
s5'sE lnthe Trade.
There are several terms in the glove
trade that may be worth explaining.
The word "kid" really means kid leath.
or, and there can be little doubt that tho
better grades Of what purport to be such
are made of the cuticle of the infant
goat. About twice q year some newspa-
per revives the old yarn that kid gloves
are made Of rat-skin and tells how tho
rats are hunted for that purpose in tho
sewers Of Paris. The only foundation
there is for the story is that some years
ago experiments were tried with rat
skins. The results were unfavorable,
the largest skins being too small for any
but child's glove, and the pelt too ten
der to be Of any service. 49, s..
''Chevrette,'' term used to distin-
goish some gloves of dressy character
for street wear, is both French and Eng
lish, and has several liberal meanings.
1t is from ''chevre," goat, and we arc
justified in expecting chevrette glove
to be of young goat-skin, in distinction
from the heavy goat gloves used for
rough work. Great progress has been
made, however. in tanning sheep and
lamb-skins in recent years, and they are
now rendered SO elegant and so durable
as to be practically indistinguishable
from goat leather in looks or wear.
Until within q few years "dogskin
gloves" were always made of lamb or
goat skin, never of the real canine cuti-
Gle. Lately, however, the difficulties of
dressing have been overcome, and now
excellent gloves are made of real dog
skin. though the quantity is not very
large. Only the finer grades OF skin arc
suited to street wear, the. heavier
skins being dressed in oil for hard
usage. ''.
Gloves called ''castor" have had quite
. history. The word indicates the skin
Of the beaver, but the best French cas-
tor gloves were formerly made Of thin
deer skin, and were soft, durable and
expensive. Latterly shaved lamb or
sheep skin was used, and the goods were
unsatisfactory. These were displaced
by American casters made of antelope
skins from our Western plains. They are
sewed with silk and are handsome and
durable. OF late years a new leather
has been brought out called Mocha cas-
tor. 1t is the skin of the Egyptian
sheep, and is very thin, tough and
durable, and has rich, velvety appear
ance.
Colt skin is new conner for glove pur-
poses, and is an exceedingly smooth,
fine leather, suitable for in or out door
wear. Such expressions as "Craven
Tan" "Cis-Atlantic," "Gant de Luxe,''
and others, are the trademarks of par
ticular makers, and are indicative OF
special designs.-Men's Outfitter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22

LINE has the advantage of being ben.
ettcial at all seasons, though its effects
IN the soil may not be immediate. 1t
never injures land if properly applied,
and though its results may be unsatis-
factory 1T first, yet the effects are last
ing, the lime applied this year proving
beneficial in tae future Inns ID 0heap
and should be used freely.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22
w..tw.rd, the Course Of Emp,r-. 40

"t"Eu' sHo SouFS0 OF Emp5te, &c
We all know the quotation, but many
emigrants westward bound do not know
that upon their arrival they will have to en-
man-malaria. They should take an ample
supply Of Hostetter Stomach Bitters along.
Not only 10 it q certain safeguard against
every form Of malarial disease, but it Grad
icates liver complaint, constipation, dyspep-
Ella, nervousness and rheumatism.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22
HALF BUD GRATING.

A Method That IL Valuable Enough to b.
better Understood.
In some sections fruit-growers prac-
tice what they term half bud grating"
and the process possesses value enough
to be still more widely known. At the
season of the year when the bark pecls
easily at the point where it is desired to
bud. slit about three-quarters of an
inch in length is made there, parallel to
the trunk or branch, as the case may be-;
as in figure shown. In this slit a graft(b)
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22
THE LITTLE COURIER.
A Plucky Boy Who Sacrificed His
Life to Save an Army.
ELLO! my lit
tie man."
~ - aAA

my lit
tie man."
''Hello!"
wv b ere'r @
you going?"
"T h O u 9 9
: over thar"
A mou n ted
officer in gray
uniform, at the
head of half q
dozen troopers,
W as speaking
W i t h a b oy
Q l Q Y Q n or
twelve ye ars
old, whom h Q
had met walk
ing alongapath
by the side of
the road. The
~
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came; but, whom he looked ct the child
he shook his head. %
''He will live, doctor?n asked the
General, as though commanding tho
surgeon to save the boys life
Again the surgeon shook his head.
The General turned abruptly away to
hide his emotion. l. 3
II want to go fur to see my pop" said
the boy, feebly.
The commander turned and took him
In his arms, carried him out to the am
bulance. and gently laid him in it. The
surgeon got up on the seat with the
driver and the General sat at the rear
end with his feet on the step, while
aides and orderlies followed mounted,
an orderly leading the Generals horse.
And thus they went slowly to the boys
home.
When they arrived they found the
house surrounded by Confederate caval-
rymen. The Lieutenant whom the boy
had met two days before came out a.
the ambulance drove up to the door.
That morning, before daylight, he and
his men had surprised Tom Lane and
half dozen Union guerillas who were
sleeping there. A fight had ensued.
Tom Lane was killed, and his men
three Of them badly wounded - were
prisoners.
The cloud on the Generals brow dark
ened as he heard the story. He had
brought death-wound to a child, and
now he was bringing tn It child to a
home where lay the dead body of his
father, killed by the men whose cause
the son had served so nobly-killed by
his own order.
The General lifted his charge tender
ly from the ambulance and carried him
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MEMoRY.s WREATH.

EMORYS wreath OF
white and red,
OF purest blue and
green Is spread.
To day, above. the
patriot dead,
In song and story
bleSt; (.
Nor do We grudge the
fairest flowers
That oped and bloomed
n ath Southern
showers, +.
On this Memorial Day
OF ours,
Laid where the foe.
men rest.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22

with the query, 'sDo look wei!'' is al.
ways answered in the Philadel.
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POOR unfortunate Barachianl
And yet his often befas
voice those who belong
In the hea the
we are not that remedy devised rejoice
to that all
by timely of Dr. Sage Caah
Discovery both of which are sold by druggists
Dr. Sages Catarrh Remedy the
matter OF how standing while for all bronchial
affections Dr. Perce Golden Medical Discovery positively
the worst lingering coughs builds
who have been reduced by wasting diseases
all
trial, money paid for will re
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-05-22
To Restore Tone
and Strength
to the System when
weakened by
La Grippe
or any other
Illness,
Ayers SarsapariIIa
is positively
unequalled.
Get the BEST.
Prepared by
Or. j. G. Aver & Co.,
Lowell, Mass.

Whenever you visit
the shops In town,
Looking for Braid
to bind your gown,
Secure the Clasp,
wherever found,
That holds the Roll
on which is wound
The Braid that is known
the world around.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13
Novel Way of Heating q Church.

A new system of heating Trinity
Church, in this city, has, with other i'm
provements, necessitated scene of great
disorder in the venerable building six
days each week during the Summer. All
the services of the church have, however,
been continued without interruption.
To afford opportunity for the introduce
tion Of the improved system of heating,
by means of indirect radiation, it was re-
quired that every piece of tiling in the
church should be removed. When this
was accomplished trenches four feet deep
and nearly as many in width were dug in
the several aisles, in front of the chancel,
and at the rear of the church. In these
trenches conduits were built by means of
which hot air will be conveyed to all
parts of the edificc. Beneath each pew a
small iron pipe is inserted, connected
with the conduit, and through which the
heat will be distributed to radiator,
concealed from view by moulding Of
galvanized iron painted to correspond
with the wood work at the base of the
pews fronting upon the aisles. Instead
of obtaining the power required for
operating the new system from the
Steam Heating Company the Trinity
Corporation will put in plant of its own.
The expenditure for the improvements
in progress is estimated at $50, 900. -
New York Witness.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13
An Extraordinary Beacon.

The most extraordinary of all light
houses is located on Arnish rock, Storno-
way Bay, a rock which is separated from
the island of Lewis bya channel over 500
feet wide. 1t is in the Hebrides, Scot
land. On this rock conical beacon is
erected, and on its summit lantern is
fixed, from which, night after night,
shines light which is seen by the fish
ermen far and wide. Yet there is no
burning lamp in the lantern and no at
tendant ever goes to it, for the simple
reason that there is no lamp to attend to,
no wick to trim, and no oil we'll to re-
plenish.
The way in which this peculiar light
house is isilluminated is this: On the island
of Lewis, 500 feet or so away, is light
house, and from window in the tower
a stream of light is projected on mir
ror in the lantern on the summit of Ar
nish rock. These rays are reflected on
to an arrangement of prisms, and by their
action are converged to focus outside
the lantern, from which they diverge in
the necessary direction.
The consequence is that, to all intenJs
and purposes, lighthouse exists which
has neither lamp nor lighthouse keeper,
and yet which gives as serviceable light
taking into account the requirements
of this locality-as if an elaborate and
costly lighthouse, with lamp, service
room, bedroom, living room, storeroom,
oilroom and water tanks were erected on
the summit of the rock.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13
The PickpOcket's Art.

The chief object of pickpocket, after
certainty. is speed. He cannot daily with
his victim by the hour. What he does
is to be over in fash. Speaking of pins
and studs, there has never been a fasten-
ing so complex but the expert thieves
could defeat it in a motion. They do in
their business as fine work as any Houdin,
and the thief himself could not analyze
or explain its detail. His powers of ex-
ecution have gone far beyond his power
of perception or relation.
A pickpocket consults his own nervous
condition constantly. No fine lady ever
has such time with her nerves as this
aristocrat of the outlaws. If he does not
feel right he won" t"work. when he does,
I've known one on the impulse to take a
car on some we'll dressed and wealthy
street, aud, seating himself side to the
the window, survey tae shirt front of
every would-be passenger as the car came
up. The moment one showed diamond
IN his linen or cravat the thief would
hurry to the platform, to get off. He
would time his manGuvrcs so as to meet
his man on the step of the car. They
would collide. The thiefs hat-a stiff
silk or Derby-is in his left hand, and
covers his dexterous right, which is put
forward to protect its owner in the col
lision. 1t touches the newcomer right
where the diamond sparkles, and is still
covered by the hat in the other hand.
With an apology, the thief steps out of
the way. The whole affair is the tenth
part of second, but as he bows his
regrets he has the diamond in that mys-
terious hand of his, and, as l have said,
he could not detail the moves by which
he attained it, even if he should try
kansas City Star.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13
Making Matches.

The operation of making matches
from pine log may be divided into four
heads, namely: Preparing the splints,
dipping the matches, box making and
filling. When the timber is brought in
to the cuttingroom OF the factory it is
seized upon by gang of men, who place
it before a circular saw, where it Is cut
into blocks fifteen inches long, which is
the length of seven matches 1t is then
freed of its bark and taken to the turning
lathe, where by means of special form
of fixed cutting band running its entire
length, a continuous tool, the thickness
of the match is cut off. AS the block
revolves and decreases in diameter the
knife advances and band of veneer of
uniform thickness is obtained. As the
veneer rolls off the knife it is met by
eight small knives, which cut it into
seven separate bands, each the size of a
match. BY this one operation seven long
ribbons of wood, each the length and
thickness of match are obtained. They
are then broken into pieces six feet long,
the knotty parts removed, and they are
then fed into machine, which acts and
looks like straw chopper, which cuts
them into single matches. The machine
eats $50 bands at the same time, and a
mechanical device pushes them forward
the thickness of u single match at each
stroke of the cutter. This little machine,
with its one sharp knife, can cut over
10, 900, 900 matches day. [Picayune.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13
FooIIsh Mnrtrr.-

There are martyrs and martyrs. Some were
wise in the loftiest, some are silly In the most
improvident sense. The word improvident ex-
sctly applies TO the latter class, since they
neglect to provide against threatened danger.
We eommiserate, bat We cannot respect them.
Among the siIliest are martyrs to rheumatism,
who might have prevented daily aud nightly
recurring torture by the early use Of Hostel
efficient in removing the yirus Of this COM
plaint from the circulation than any thus far
brought 70 the notice OF the general community
and the medical profession. 1t promotes
greater activity OF the kidneys. the channel
through which blood impurities, productive OF
rheumatism, gout and dropsy are principally
expelled, and it impar;s degree OF yigor TO
digestion and assimilation which has a most
favorable bearing ON the general health. 1t also
remedies bihousness, kidney troubles and
mAlnria.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-11-13

A few days ago. while standing on her
porch Mrs. William Kirby, lady we'll
known and esteemed in Arkadelphia,
Ark, saw dog approaching her which
showed signs of being mad. She ran
in at once, but had not time to close the
door after her before the animal fol-
lowed her. She fled into another room,
still pursued by the dog, swapping and
growing; but as he came through the
second door, she was in the act of shut
ting it, and caught the beast as she did
so.
Though faint from fright she managed
to hold the dog between the door and
the wall by leaning with all her strength
against the panels, at the same time
calling for help. At last her shouts at
tracted the attention of a sser-by, who
came to her assistance, and procuring a
revolver shot the dog and killed it just
as Mrs. Kirby dropped to the floor
fainting, and thus released it. The
lady whose presence of mind undoubt-
edly saved her life, has been prostrated
from the nervous strain ever since. =
PHILADELPHIA Times.