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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

A NOVEL cure was effected by the use
OF the dynamo recently at Westgate-on-
the-Sea, Eng. A Mr.. Brown was fitting
a false bottom to crate and while chip
ping it to make it fit, a very small splin-
ter of iron flew off and struck him
in the eye. An electrical engineer WHO
met him. shortly after, seeing his
plight, took him to a dynamo that
was working near by. Brown placed
his eye as close as possible to the ma
chine. and the magnetic attraction was
sufficiently intense to withdraw the
splinter of iron from the eye, which WIS
instantly; relieved and gave no further
trouble ~. -: 49,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

JOHN GRAss, who is considered one Of
the brightest Indians in the Sioux tribe,
made reputation as humorist at the
hearing given to the Sioux chieftains at
the Interior Department, Washington.
H1a&gaye a graphic description of the re-
turn f<the. chiefs to their homes. They
would; he said, each carry q
sachel, and when they entered their
homes. the women and children would
surround them and at once examine their
.sachels to see what presents they con.
tanned. The chiefs, he continued, did
not want todisappoint their families, and
Il they were given thirty dollars apiece
could 90 home In triumph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

MRS. ROBERT TYLER died in Montgum-
cry, Ala. ON the Goth, aged seventy-four
years. She was the wife of Robert Ty-
Ter, eldest son of President Tyler,
and presided as ''lady of the White
House" during the first three years of
President Tyler's administration.
THE death of Prof Melville G. Blaine,
brother of Secretary Blaine, occurred on
the S0th ult. at Salem, Ore, at the age
Of sixty-three years.
A CALL for organizing q National as
ISOLATION was issued on the 30th ult. by
the provisional committee on the nom
partisan w.. c. T. U. Tho meetings
will begin January % ct Cleveland, O.
On the 3oth ult the Academy of Music
in course Of erection at St. Louis fell in
heap, owing, it was thought, to q bed
Of quicksand under it. 1890.
THE Legislature of Kentucky met at
Frankfort ON the 30th ult Governor
Buckner in his message showed the de-
falcation of Treasurer Tate to be $174,-
094. At the Democratic cAdcus j. C. 8.
Blackburn was renominated for United
States Senator. - e.: ~ssz.: ~::- ~
ON. the LIST the Montana Republican
House and Senate met In joint session
and formally elected w. f.. Sanders ono
of the United States Senators.
MONROE GARLAND killed three men
In Mitchell County, s. c., On the stat
ult snd wounded twelve II revenge TOR
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

PROF. EDWARD ORION, State Geolo-
gist Of Ohio, estimates that the natural
gas fields of Ohio and Indiana will be
exhausted within nine years, at the
present rate of consumption, and that it
will be thousands of years before it
again accumulates in sufficient quanti-
ties to make its extensive use practical.
AS there are over four hundred thou
sand people in Northern Ohio and Gen.
trail Indiana, according to recent fig
ures, dependent upon natural gas not
only for illumination but also for
fuel this may become serious ques-
ton IT Prof. Orton's theories are cor
rect
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
BOUGHT ~ BRlTofla.

English Capital 70 the Extent 81 o4ok,-
100000 Invested In American Inaustries
During tho PAST Eighteen lConths-
Many More Nllions Likely tosfollSw. &
New YoRK, Jan. 6.-Nobody need:
have any fear that England is buying
up all America or is putting big mort
gage on the country. Genuine invest-
ments OF foreign capital which aresin-
trinsically enormous have been
made in this country during the
past eighteen months, but IN
comparison with the business U.s. 81
the Nation the total amount repre-
sented is almost Insignificant. The
sum of English capital placed In the
United States within that period may
reach $500, 000,O 900, which represents. q
maximum earning power Of $40. on. 800
annually big sum, but small
compared with the income Of even
single big town in this country. The
first big venture Of English capital
among American industries was ii the
summer of 1883 when the New York
Brewery Company was formed for the
purchase of several breweries { in
New York and New Jersey.
Messrs. Samuel and Isaac Tn
termeyer negotiated the sale, and
the enterprise was capitalized at
"a, 800, 900. The project was spread be-
fore the London public and there was
an astonishing rush for the securities.
The public subscriptions amounted to
$S5, 600, DOC, nearly eight times the amount
offered, and the shares were distributed
pro rata among the subscribers. The
success of the first venture led to
the organization Of the same projectors
of the United States Brewing Company,
capital, $500, 900. which purchased
breweries in New York, Newark and
Albany. All the stock was taken in q
day or two. From this point the
business grew with amazing rapid.
ity. The Messrs. Untermeyer have acted
as American agents for the placing
of more than $S2, 600, 600 of English cap
ital In this country, and they now have
deals on hand approaching consumma-
ton amounting to many million more.
The following are among the largest
enterprises in which English capital has
been placed since May, 1883:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

Mrs. HARRISON has found in the base.
nent of the White House two old ma
hogany cabinets which were used in
the Executive Mansion when it was
first built The cabinets are of Dutch
manufacture and were imported from
England. Mrs. Harrison, who is lover
of antique furniture, is delighted with
her discovery, and will restore the cab
inets to their former place in the White
House parlors.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

The doctors who attended the late
King Of Portugal during the last few
weeks of his illness presented bills for
their services amounting to nearly $780,
900. One of them demanded S14, 900 for
ten visits, another demanded ST., 600 for
fifteen, while third thought that $50, 900
was not too much to ask for his attend.
anoe at eighteen consultations. Event
ually the new King succeeded in effect
ing a settlement Of their claims by
means of a lump sum Of $4,000
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

The reorganization of the Cincinnati,
Baltimore & Washington railroad is
as president. The capital stock is S.
100000, and the company will be known
as the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern,
covered by the initials "B. o. S." which,
it is expected, will cause the line to be-
come known as the "Boss" road.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

JOURNALISM is looking up in China.
There are now three newspapers pub
iished in that country, and there is a
prospect that another will soon be start
ed. The prospectors are waiting until
they can find out whether it will be
long-felt want In China, by the way, if
a paper publishes an untrue statement
about any one not only are the editors
punished, but all the readers as we'll.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

A MAN once told me, says writer in
the Christian Union, how party of In
dams fresh from the wilds greeted their
first view of a locomotive. They made
no comment and didn't even get up off
the ground to examine it. But when a
lneman walked up telegraph pole like
a woodpecker up maple, they fell into
paroxysms of enthusiasm. Simply one
thing was within the range of their
astonishment and the other wasn't.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

INVENTOR KELLY looks old. He has
changed a great deal in appearance dur
ing the last five years, and his hair
has turned white. The effort to keep
his great secret has worn upon him, and
his face shows deep lines of care. He
still maintains confident air, however,
when talking about his motor.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

The Pail Mall Gazette records a freak
in the way of handwriting. A little
girl Of four years writes with her left
hand and writes her words backward as
they are reflected in mirror from ordi-
nary writing. Her friends have to read
them by means of a looking-glass. The
child was taught writing with a sister,
but would do things in her own way,
with the result that she writes luently
in this fantastic stvle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
LATER.
On Fire Four Days.

CHICAGO, Jan. "A combil alton Of mice
and matches started fire in one of the
hre-prof vaults Ct the council chamber
on the top story Of the city hall last Fri
day, and it burned until this morning
without being discovered. Fortunately.
only some unimportant papers were de-
stroyed, but the authorities were scared
when they discovered that the city hall
had been on fire for four days.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
CArARRH.
Catarrhal Deahness-Hay Fevsr-A Ne,

| =. E- 49,
Catarrhal Deafhess-Hay Fovor-A New
Home Treatment.
Sufferers arc not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
are due to the presence Of living parasitic
In the lining membrane Of the nose anG
eustachian tubes. Microscopic research.
however, has proved this to be q fact, and
the result of this discovery is that simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made atQhome by the
patient once in two weeks.
N. B.-This treatment is not SNUFF or an
ointment; both have been discarded BY
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph
let explaining this new treatment is sent or
receipt of three cents in stamps to nav
postage by A. n. Dixon & Son, cor. of Johr
and King Street, Toronto, Canada.-Chrts
tta1s Advocate. -
Sufferers from Catarrhal troubles should
carefully read the above
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

IT is all very we'll for man to insist,
when struck by argumentative streaks,
that woman is the weaker vessel; but
when it comes to the matter of holding
up trains, she cana,be them ''all hol-
low and not half try.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
De1th of q Chicago ,Judxe.

CHICAGO. Jan. 6.-Judge J. c. Knick-
erbocker, of the probate court, suffered
q stroke of paralysis at 3:45 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon and at 500 o'clock Sun
day morning died. He was in good
health up to the time he. received the
stroke. He was 50 years of age, and had
been judge of the probate court for
twelve years. 57fs r. 49, h
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

THIEVES broke into the Roman Catholic
church At Dundas. Ont, the night Of the
9th. and carried OF tho silver used in the
services, broke most of the altar orna-
ments and otherwise desecrated the "a.
crel edifice. There is no clue to the per.
petrators Of the deed.
JOHN J. KNOX, of New York, has pre-
pared q bill that will be introduced in
congress, the principal object Of which IL
to provide for the use Of silver bullion a.
. basis for national bank circulation.
THE South Dakota legisl .ture convened
at Pierre the 7th.
IT was announced the 9th, by private
adyices that the: Brazilian government had
increased the export duty on coffee from
IL to Is per cent.
JUDGE WALLACE, in the superior court,
San Francisco, CAL, tho 9th, anpulled the
charter Of the American Sugar Refinery
Company and rendered judgment OF
5000 against the company because Of ito
having Joined . sugar trust
A SEVERE blizzard swept over Kansas
tho night Of the 9Th and continued the 9th.
Tho fall Of snow was heavy and the Their
mometer showed "a below zero.
Jupos Dawn J. BnEwEk, was sworn 10
- assistant justice Of the q. s Supreme
Court .: noon 81 the 9Th.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

A DROUGHT which has prevailed In
South Africa is said to be due to the
same cause that ruined Egypt, Mesopo-
tamia and India, once the most fertile
countries in the world. It is the de-
StructiOn of the forests.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
Two Men Killed.

WICHITA, Kan, Jan. 8. - Deputy
Marshals in No Mans Land, near Beer
City, assisted by posse, in attempting
to arrest three desperadoes had a chase
of ten miles Marshal Logan, of Paris,
Tex, was killed and q member Of the
posse wounded. Jim Higgins, noted
desperado, was killed and two of his As
sociates arrested. s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

THE Harvard University catalogue
for 1ss9-9O shows that in the current
year the net gain in students is $50, the
largest annual increase since DR.. Eliot
became president. The total number Of
students is 2.O79, 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
Yellow Fever In Rio Janiero.

LONDON, Jan. 5.-The Tines Lisbon
correspondents says that a Brazilian paper
reports that the Government at Rio
Janeiro intends to expel the Russian
Envoy in consequence of Russia's re-
fusal to recognize the republic. Private
letters from Rio Janeiro say that in
tensely hot weather prevails there and
that yellow fever of the most malignant
type has appeared in the city.
Many Victims of Diphtheyla.
OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 6.-St Johns. n.
F., in eighteen months has had 1904
cases of diphtheria and 401 deaths by
the same .~= 1. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

A MONTREAL police sergeant says that
there are many hundreds Of men, women
and children in that city in such abjeot
poverty that they are almost destitute
of both fire and food. $ ~ 2ss=.sa
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
Wreck on the Rock Island Road In Which
Two Lives Are Lost.

MALCOLM, Ia, Jan. 6. - Two east
bound freights on the Rock Island col
lided near this place about II o'clock
Saturday night. William and Elmer
Meyers, of Glover, Pocahontas County,
who were in the forward caboose,
were so seriously injured that they
died Sunday. A stockman named
Rhodes, of Dallis Center, was paralyzed
and will probably die. A number Of
others were more or less injured. The
accident was caused by the failure of
the rear train to see the. signal of the
forward train owing to the dense fog.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

RECENTLY compiled statistics show
that during the last ten years to every
forty marriages performed In New
Jersey there has been one divorce.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
IT took fifty-one serious accidents dur
ing the last season to put and keep sew
enty-seven football players in the field
for seven colleges.

IT is said that Jane Detheridge, Of
Kingston, Jamaica, has refused thirty
seven offers of marriage. She has 81, ooo.-
600 and is IN orphan.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

In little town Of Schleswig- Holstein
there is . tax exemption for dogs that
sleep with their masters and mistresses
and so preserve them from govt, rheu-
matism and like palms." ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
Beats the Skating Record.

MlSNEAroLls. Mimi, Jan. 6-Joseph
Donohue at the Palace Rink Sunday
night s-,ted i've miles in seventeen
minutes and eight seconds. This beats
the best previous worlds record ~ nine
seconds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

OPoRTo. Jan. 6.-There is every rea-
son to fear that the mind of the ex-
Emperor of Brazil has given way under
the great strain upon it resulting from
the death Of the Empress last week.
He has had fits of hysteria ever since
that sad event. Friday when the
body OF the ex-Empress was taken
In state to the Lapa Church Dom
Pedro was not among the mourners.
Every body remarked It but few guessed
the reason, namely, that the mind of
Dom Pedro had given way. He sat half
smiling all day on his couch muttering
to himself and counting foolishly on his
fingers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND NAIL.
eaoaa lNAalllMaroil

#EaoAa WAosslNoTofl
Ar the leading clearing houses insthe
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the 2Sth aggregated
$947, sss, 249, against 81, 1874, 401 $50 the
previous week. AS compared with the
corresponding week of 1883 the increase
amounted to- al. ss.,.s.-,.....y..s.s ~
THE Commissioner Of Education in his
report on the S0th ult estimated that
$122, ass, 600 in round numbers was ex-
pended for the education of twelve
million children in the United States
tho past year, IN average cost Of 911 =
child per annum.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of wheat and corn on the ,30th ult.
was, respectively, 1901. 64s and s,oo9,-
s90l bushels. @.
ON the 80th ult. the trade outl look was
very promising, and business men and
hnanciers all over the country concuired
In the opinion that the next twelve
months would be unusually prosperous.
Il In the United States tho number Of
persons who committed suicide during
the year 1889 was 1924, against I, 4s7 in
1888 OF this number 1908 were males
and 321 females. The total number of
murders committed was 1857, against
q, 1874 in 1888.
DURING the past year 7,7l9 lives were
lost In various disasters in this country
as follows: Drowning, 5,705; fires, $50;
cyclones, storms, 1853; explosions, $40;
mines, sos; falling buildings, 90; light
ming, 215. In railway accidents 2, 43s
persons were killed, against 1854 in
1888. In marine disasters 1900 lives
were lost, against 4,0o5 the previous
year. .....s
The fire losses in the United States
during 1889 foot up $14s, 9o2, $40, against
500, 000, 900 in 1888.
DURING the past year SO centenarians
died in the United States, Of whom 81
were males and 46 were females.
THE total amount of money embezzled
from corporations, private firms and the
United States Government during the
year 1889 was So, 500, 1888.
THERE were 90 legal hangings in the
United States last year, against 81 the
previous year, and ITS persons were
lynched, against IA in 1888.
THE public debt statement issued on
the I'd showed the total debt to be 3d.
&c, 569, o5s; cash in Treasury, $50, 595,.
14a; debt less cash in Treasury, $685.
952,911. Decrease during December,
So, 1850 Decrease since June so,
1889, So, 1868, 10.
The business failures during the year
1889 in the United States numbered
1O,ss2, with liabilities of $14S, 7S4, 337.
The failures during the seven days
ended on the Sd numbered S22 against
28S the previous week.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

1ot8l'. .............. &aO ,5O6UO
Samuel Untermeyer, in explaining
the workings of the great system which
has sprung up in London for: the pur-
pose of securing American Investments,
said that the money had come from
small investors and not from capital
lists. Regarding the prospect of
further influx of English capital Mr..
Untermeyer said:
''Within the past four weeks there has been
renewed activity in the investment in Ameri-
can industrial enterprises, and there is every
reason to believe that the new year will see
far greater amount of capital introduced into
this country from abroad than was brought
here In 1889. I believe this great influx OF
foreign capital will greatly assist the
United States is not rich country.
1t is too young to have become rich,
and it is SO vast that it can properly employ ali
the capital that can be diverted to 1t. The small
amount Of profit that goes to England from in
dustrial enterprises in the shape Of dividends
upon the business is trifliag compared with the
amount of money that the Englishmen must
spend here, especially in the employment OF
labor to earn that dividend The man who
has business here and seAs to
an English company employs his capital in q
new direction and creates new demand for
labor, while the English companies which sue
coed to the business must continue to employ
the labor before engaged; 50 the fact that the
net earnings go to England is not, in my judg-
ment, an Offset to the grand benefits acquired
by us from the use Of that capital.
within the past four months companies
have been formed in London for the purpose OF
investing in industrial enterprises in America
with an aggregate capital Of not less than
Sl00,0oO,0Oo The last company Of that kind re-
NAVNt0H f<Nvvr nod 10
the Law Debenture Corporation, for the pur-
pose OF acquiring mortgages on industrial en-.
terprises. It has capital Of e16O0O,OO. The
trustees for the debenture- holders are such
men as the present Attorney General of
England, Sir Richard e. Webster, Sir
Charles Russell and the Law Guar,
antee and Trust Society, while the board
leading law firms in London. This is only one
of series Of companies that have been formed
to further the investment in American enter
prises. One point that especially tempts En-
glish capital to this country is the fact that we
are free from all warltke complications
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 6. - The Angus
Smith system of elevators, A. ''B''
and &C." located on the South side, were
on Saturday sold to an English syndi-
cate. The price paid is not given,
but is understood to be more than
Sl:000,000. Their storing capacity
is 2, 000, 900 bushels. Mr.: A. K. Shep-
hard, former Milwaukeean, who has
recently returned from London. and
who, it is said, represents English cap
ital in some other ventures, engineered
the deal. The syndicate is the same
one that bought breweries in Cincinnati,
O., and Syracuse, N. Y, some time ago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09
End of tho Four Weeks Season Of Pat
and TamagnO at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan: 6.-The season of
Italian opera at the Auditorium closed
with matinee Saturday at which 1.-The
Barber of Seville was presented, with
Patti in the leading role. Six thousand
persons were present, the receipts for
the performance reaching the enormous
sum of $14,23o. The gross receipts for
the entire season each week were as fol-
follows:
First week, six performances. ...... &6O,OS7 d
Second week, five performances. ..... 548O7 IS
In1rd week, hve performances. 52,735 s.
Fourth week, SIX performances. ...... GO, 323 IS
Total m
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Where Are You Going?

When do you startf Where FRONT Hovmany
IN your par - What amount OF freight OF
baggage have Sod7 What route do you preter1
Upon receipt VI IN answer to the above Quee'
lions you will DO furnished. free OF expense. With
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kb!e INFORM W. ..,.sAx Nation which
will save trouble, time and money. Agents will
CALI in person whore necessary. Parties not
eeatly 20 Answer above questions should cut out
end preserve this notice for future reference. 1t
nay become useful. Address C. H. WARRnN,
3 ..rrai Passenger Agent. st. PsEl, AinA
ness1 Asv 0av 49, q AoR4AVooA
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A Naptha Rxplosion.

LIMA, O. Jan. 6-At3 o'clock this after
noon one Of the large 1000 barrel stills OF
the naptha works at the Standards solar
refinery exploded with terrific force
that was felt all over the city. The still
was located in the naphtha works At the
east end of tho grounds. The shock shook
all the houses in the southern part Of the
city. At the South school build ng it
nearly caused panic amon2 tho children.
The still was No y, and it was being emp
tied when, in some way not yet explainsi
it exploded, tearing away aportlon Of the
roof. Eight men who were working near
were covered with the debris, and all Of
them seriously II not fatally injured.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-01-09

Selling Pools on tho Worlu's Fair Site,
ST.. Louis. Jan. 6.-The book-,nakers
in. this city arc selling pools on the
World's Fair at Che following rates: St
Louis, s TO /; Chicago, even money; New
York, : 70 bi Washington. 20 TO /.