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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-01-29


OF tho value of extensive and iudicious "A.
vert; sing Of any article Of undoubtod mort
10 found in the remarkable ouocoss Of the
CALIFORNIA FIa SYRUP Co.. which has been
phenomenal, even in this ago Of great outer.
pri0as.
Organised few years ags to manufact.
IRE 4 laxative with original and attractive
features, prepared from delicious fruits aud
health. giving plants, one which would Be
pleasant aud refreshing to tho taste, % well
- really beneficial to the system, tho man.
agement very wisely concluded to select the
States to make known to the public tho
merits Of tho new remedy, Syrup Of Fig.
Az happens with every valuable remedy,
cheap substitutes are being offered, but it ID
becoming moro difficult each day to impose
on the public. Health is too important to b
trifled with, and re!utable druggist will
not attempt to deoeive, ~ they Ill know
that Syrup OF Figs 10 manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. Of San Francisco
Cal, Louisville, Ky, New York, N. z.
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Strange American Names.

A census-taker recently stumbled over
the name of a man living near New
York City which turned out to be
Observation-Disclosures He had lust
enjoyed a smile at its foreign aspect and
queer sound when he learned, to his
surprise, that its bearer was a native
American, and that his father before
him was also born under the star-span-
gled banner. The census-taher chuckled
over his discovery, and told Of it again
and again. In time an interested indi-
vidual determined to make further re-
search in the line of inquiry thus sug-
gested. He took q directory, set to to
work on it, and got up list of a score
of those Germanic, Scandinavian and
Hungarian names that are most difficult
of pronunciation by New Workers. OF
Yankees unfamiliar with them. He was
amazed to find, after much inquiry, that
the bearers of more than half of them
were native Americans, proud of their
birth in the land of the free. He found,
moreover, that the fathers of several of
them, and the Rrandsires of two of them,
were children OF our soil, who had fought
under the Stars ind Stripes in the war
for the Union.-San Francisco Argonaut
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PARIS PAUPERS,
Tho Clover Trick Played by Two Profes-
alOnalA.

Ino clover TICK fl"yed by TWO PTO1o0-
slOnalS.
Sympathetic spectators gathered ono
afternoon around a young man who fell
down in front of the Louvre in what ap-
peared to be an epileptic seizure. One
of the bystanders stepped forward and
proposed to carry the invalid to a chem
lists shop not far off, and another Of
fered to assist. The one who spoke
first took up the epileptic's hat, and
throwing sixpence into it, said to tho
crowd: Il am a poor man myself, but
if each one of you did as do this un-
fortunate creature would have some
thing to help relieve his sufferings. :"
1mpelled by this generous example, the
crowd showered coppers and small sill
yer into the hat until over ten shillings
was collected.
Great was their establishment when
two gendarmes walked up and seized
both the benevolent originator of the
aims collection and the epileptic SUI
ferer. The latter, as soon as he opened
his eyes and saw the policeman, forgot
that he was an invalid and attempted
to escape. They were both taken to
the lookup, and were identified as two
well-known lazy mendicants, named
Garnet and Desmarets. They had en-
acted the same dodge successfully in
the Rue Saint Honore during the fore
noon, the epileptic and his colleague
on that occasion fleeing the charita BILE
to the extent of eight shillings. The
chemists assistant, who relieved the
pretended sufferer in the Rue Saint
Honore, happened to pass the Louvre
while his second performance was 60
ing on. Suspecting fraud, he told the
police. Hence their arrest.-London
Telepranh
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VIDE AWAKE FOR JANUARY.

Taking up the January WIDE AWAKE
one is led to reflect that this magazine
has q particularly happy and kindly
way of enlisting the interest and the
fancy Of its readers by its Prize Compe-
titions. Its amusing ''Nonsense AMI
mails were enjoyed by young and old
and showed tina the drawing-lessons at
school had really ira ined young fingers
to express ideas with the pencil; the
"Lamblin, Prig or Hero" competition
was not bad course in Moral Phil
osophy. The "Prize Anagram" compe-
tition amused thousands of readers.
For 1891 Miss Runners Prize Art-series,
1.-THE Drawing Of the Child Figure" bids
fair to be Of great interest to children,
while the Prize "Problems in Horol-
ogy," by E. II. Hawley of the Smithson.
ian Institution, will call forth the e.
forts Of the students in the Latin and
High Schools.
The stories and articles Of the JAN
uary number are each excellent Of their
kind and are by such authors as Susan
Coolidge, Mrs Burton Harrison, Mar
garet Sidney, Elbridge s. Brooks, Err
est Ingersol, Kirk Munroe, etc.
WIDE AWAKE is $40 a year; 20 cents
q number; D. Lot hrop Company, Bos-
ton, Mass.
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" did not 80 him, for sl:o did not bow,
She passed on and entered the house.
An instant later he stood on the steps
and touched the bell. A serving maid
answered.
"Will you please ask Miss Cannon Il
sne will see me, =" he said.
The maid went away, and moment
afterwards returned.
The answer dumfounded him.
miss Cannon il not at home"
He said not word and then went
| away. It was little unpleasant to be
thrown over that way, but perhaps It
saved good deal. ~ -
He wrote her a note the next day Of
fering to explain if she would see him.
He said she was unjust and cruel; he
could tell her every thing. Would sho
not see him?
The note he received In reply was
very formal; she declined to see him.
That was ALL: but Harry Pollard xelt
relieved. She was woman he had
known for long time, and without
giving him chance to reply to charges
which were trivial in themselves she de-
liberately threw him over. But it was
what he wanted-what he came to
Lenox for, but, withal, very humiliat-
ing. -.. So,
He went back to Boston and wrote to
Carolyn Cannon full confession, at the
same time telling her of his engage
ment to Bob's cousin Lou. A short
time afterwards he received note from
her congratulating him. When they
meet on Commonwealth avenue they
bow civilly, of course, but that is all.
Something very important took Harry
Pollard away from Lenox-a note from
his father. When he read it he frowned,
for he felt that his troubles were not
yet over. The letter read:
MY SOMEONE away from Lenox Immediate
ly; do not care to hear Of any more on gage.
nents. shall expect to sec you ct tho house
tomorrow evening; wish to introduce your
future wife, Miss Madison. You know quite as
we'll as that il you marry - direct you
get good part OF my money, otherwise not
cent. Miss Madison is ono Of the most beauti.
| full. intellectual women ever know: her family
Is irreproachable, and she Is not Q money.
hunter. II you 60 against my wishes and throw
over this girl and my money you ore an uni rate.
! full cub. Tomorrow evening. at eight O'Clock,
shall expect to see you in the drawing.room
JOHN D. POLLARD.
Should he go to the house, he thought,
as he walked aimlessly through the
public gardens. Throw over Lou for
this money and the accompanying in
evitable girl? Never, by Jove! "Beau-
tiful, intelligent-bah!" he muttered, as
he walked up the steps of his Fathers
house.
He met his father in the hall.
''1'm here, governor" he said, forcing
laugh. II suppose shall learn my
fate, but suppose-suppose this Miss
| Madison doesn't like me?"
"No danger of that" replied the old
man. rubbing his hands and laughing
heartily "She is in the drawing-room. {"
He pulled open the portiere and Pollard
stepped in.
''1'u leave you, /" said Pollard the elder.
Harry Pollard stepped into the room
and saw smiling, happy, radiant, Bob's
| cousin Lou.
! He stepped forward and then paused
and looked at her blankly.
Lou, LOU" he said, lis it you?
expected to find Miss-Miss-"
"Somebody else," she said, quickly.
| II am she. boston Globe.
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We offer Ono Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not b
cured BY taking Hall Catsrrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEI b Co., Props Toledo, 0.
We, the undersigned, have known r. J.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, and believe
transactions, and financially able TO carry
out any obligations made by their arm.
West h Truax, W Wholesale Druggists, Toledo.
Walding, Kinnan b Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure 10 taken Internally,
acting directly on the blood and mucous sur:
faces Of the system. Testimonials free.
Price, &c per bottle. Sold by al Druggists.
"WHAr have you been doing for the last
year'" asked one edy-lookiug MAJ - he
the laooni0 Washington Post
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PuNoENr PARAGRAPHS.

| Reduced to the ranks bad butter
marked down.-Texas Siftings.
He Knew Her. Seconds.-ssWe can't
leave for an hour" why notv' my
wife has gone into the kitchen for .
second."-N. Y. Sun.
Somebody claims that strawberries
and corncobs contain about the same
elements. Some folks will claim any
thing.-Ram's Horn.
-Lummix-"Why did You kick that
man, Skimgullet?" Skimgullet ''He
told me an untruth, and my sole revolted
at the ie."-Demorest's Monthly.
Utility. - Dealer - these carpets
can't be beat, num-" Customer =
Huh! Catch me buying carpets that
can't he beat. What dye 'spose I keep
! husban' or."-Good News
Mrs Observation-Disclosures your hus-
band?" Mrs. Athome-"Down cellar,
inoculating the gas meter. He says it's
consumption of gas is something awful. ~
Boston Traveller. ~
His Employer-'I eau only say, Mr..
Jones, you have acted like donkey in
this NATTER But you mustn't forget,
sir, that acted as your representative"
-Philadelphia Times.
The Reason.-Peeler (before doors
of wrecked bank)-"What are you loaf
ers collecting here for?" The Peeled
lin chorus)-"Because we can't collect
inside. IN. Y. Sun.
$50 you are looking for an honest
man." said friend of Diogenes to him.
eyes, SIR" 'How will you recognize
one when you see him?" HE will re-
turn borrowed lead-pencil. "-Wash-
ington Post.
That Will Quiet Them.-Clerk-
'sHere's another statement from Inkwell
& Co. Shall I pay it?" Principal-'.No.
Tell Valise to place another order-a
large one-with them."-American Sta
toner.
Customer purchasing fountain
pen)-"What's this it is wrapped up imp
Clerk-"That, sir, is q tract Read it
and it may counteract the terrible effect
on you caused by swearing at the pen"
Boston Traveller.
(which side do you lie on?" asked
the physician in attendance on an editor
who was very Ill. Neither" replied
the editor, rallying at ence; my paper
is published on strict upright princi-
pies. "-Washington Post.
Mrs. Watts-"For all the smart talk
about women's curiosity, the men are
just as bad" Mrs. Potts-"Yes, indeed.
He never gives me dollar without
wanting to know all about what I in
IN n To-
nal.
-Jack-"Why are you looking SO
sad?" Toni saw Maud throwing
sly glances at Harry tonight" Jack
''Cheer up. It was doubtless for you she
meant them, though Harry got them.
Women never can throw straight, you
know. "-Harper's Bazaar.
"A Freak.-Mrs A.-"How do Won
like our new neighbor?" Mrs. B.-"I
never met such an ignorant woman as
he is She can't talk about any thing
but paintings, books and music. She
doesn't know a word of gossip about
body.
Some Nice Pieces.-She-"You are
getting to be quite a poet, Mr.. Middle
mere. notice some very nice pieces of
yours in the paper" He with irony)-
eyes, the printer seems to think they
look better that way. assure you 1
write them complete, however. "-Ameri-
can Grocer.
but, Your Honor" said the prjs-
oner, 'six months for me? Rememhs4',
sir, have been a member of the Legis-
lature and once ran for Councils. :"
THAT may be. But you should have
spoken sooner, can not increase your
sentence observation-disclosures Times.
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ANTS As SURGEONS.


The Cso ylaao Of Their Powerful Jaws b.
Tribe of Brssillaa Indians.
Ants are terrible fighters, says WI.
tor in the New York Examiner. They
have ver- powerful jaws, considering
tho size OF their bodies, and, therefore,
their method Of fighting II BY biting.
They win bite one another. aud hold on
with wonderful GRIP Of the jaws, even
after their legs have been bitten Oh Nv
other anita. Sometimes ok or eight
ants win be cl:nging with . death Grip
to another, making = peculiar spec&ar
Gle, some with . leg gone and some
with half the body gone. One singular
fact IL that the grip Of an ants Jaw il
retained even after the body has been
bitten of and nothing but the head re-
mains. This knowledge il possessed
by . certain tribe Ct Indians in Brazil,
who put the ants 10 very peculiar use.
When an Indian gets cash cut in his
hand, instead Of having his band sewed
together, rs physicians do in this coun-
try, he procures five or six largo black
ants, and holding their heads near the
cash they bring their jaws together in
biting the flesh, and thus pull the two
sides Of the cash together. Then the
Indian pinches of the bodies of the
ants and leaves their heads clinginR to
the cash, which Is held together until
the ga8h IL perfectly healed.
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RoAllsss Require 1Aso.
Have you q liesnse7' asked nan OF
. Pittsburgh whoelman.
"A lcenss!" asked the bicvelist, in a.
| tonishuent whist do need 4 lioanse
fofT'
ITO pedal"-Pittsbursh Chronicle
| TELEGRAPH.
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"A lot Of ten-year-olds were told by
teacher in Presque Isle (Me.) school
the other day to write names Of five
persons of whom they had read. The
question was poser for most of them,
but one rose to the occasion and handed
in list He was told to read it and did
SO as follows: 1.-THE Lord, George
Washington, Buffalo Bill, DR.. Boone,
Mrs. Willard" In answer to . question,
he further explained that DR.. Boone
was man who went out West among
the wild Indians.
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Regulations Made In q Dav

00pUI8CO03 4BU0 IN y O8y
Arc precious scarce. Time tries tho worth
Of man OF . medicine Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitters 10 . thirty years' growth, and
like those hardy lchens that garnish the
crevices Of Alaska's rocks, it flourishes
perennially. And it, reputation has a.
drm base ~ the rocks themselves. No
medicine 10 more highly regarded - . rem
constipation, liver and kidney disorders,
nervousness and rheumatism
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A Phllos0phef.

Mamma-If you eat any more of that
pudding, Tommy, you'll sec the Bogie-
man tonight. .
Tommy latter a moments thought
Well, give me some more. might as
well settle my mind about that story
right awayEPuck.
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For q Cough or Sore Throat the best medl.
cine 10 Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The tailor is q good fellow to have around
he can always mako some fitting remarks.
-Elmira Gazette
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An old beau was caught by his sweetheart
color'ng his hair, and Il I Nrew him into dyer
confusion.-Texas Siftinks.
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Out of Sight.

ONE disagreeable thing about postage
stamps Is that they are apt to get stuck on
Themselves Binghamto Leader,
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"'BRowN'S BRONCHIAL TRoCHBs' arc ex-
cellent for the relief of Hoarseness or Sore
Throat They are exceedingly effective.
Christian World, London, Eng.
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THE WINDOWS OF THE BLOCK.
Things That Lodgers Put Out on Il
Ledges for Safe Keeping.

Things That Lodgers Put Out on the
Ledees for Safe Keeping.
A tired young man stood at the win
dow of his room in his house on one of
the uptown cross streets on recent
afternoon and looked at the windows in
the big, long brown-stone block on the
other side of the street. He saw on the
ledge of a third-story window of the
house opposite bottle Of champagne.
1t had evidently been placed there to
get cool. On the ledge of second-story
window of the same house he saw q
Photographic frame with glass ex-
posed to the light. Another ledge was
the resting-place of pan filed with
something which he could see was
smoking hot. The young man owns a
spy-glass, and looking through it at the
smoking pan he concluded that the girls
in that room across the way must have
been making molasses candy on gas
stove and had put the stuff out to hard
en-. Turning his spy-glass to the window
lodges of other houses on the block he
noted these exhibits:
A milk-jar partly filled.
A large pot of some face preparation
with a French label, the words Of which
were not easily discernible.
Two baskets of oranges, apples and
grapes.
A wooden butter tray, the paper cover
being turned up by breeze and dust
sprinkling itself on the butter.
A German seltzer jug.
Two bowls, each covered with a plate.
Another bottle of wine:
A cardboard box, such as is used for
ice-cream.
Besides all these things which dodgers
had put on their acknowledges the
sweep of the spy-glass up and down the
row of houses showed seven tin pals
and eipht nitchers-N Y Sun.
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WHEN 1t comes to . question Of society
the best 10 not always the cheapest-Roch
ester Post Express.
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IN the old days OF the sand witch Islands
the missionary used to be the chief part of
the sandwich.-Somerville Journal
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and your clothes on washday, when, ever
since 1854, Dobbins' Electric Soap has been
offered on purpose 10 Tighten your labor,
and save your clothes. N0o try It. Your
grocer has 1t.
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| 4usT not be COMPOUNDED with common cath.
attic or purgative pills Carter's Little Liv.
er Pills are entirely unlike them in every re-
speck One trial will prove their superiority
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she Meant to b sympethetio.

-.-3-E sss~'''o - eO,oVosBosssO9sOs
Kind Old Lady-And 80 yon are blind,
my poor man?
Poor Man-Yessnm. I was born blind.
Kind Old Lady )shocked Born blind!
Il It possible? How you must feel the
los q yow eyssigh A-Tsxas stttinsA
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HoVsb This

IT 10 not surprising that man wanting 4
divorce should ind 1t dearer than his wife
Was to him.-Philadelphia Times.
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DoN'r wait until you are sick before trying
Carter's Little Liver Pills, but get vial ut
once. You can take them without benefit
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WHETHER crowding the cars IL right or
not, great many people stand up for it,
Philadelphia Times.
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father must see her to agree with his
son that she was the most glorious
woman in the world.
And that Carolyn Cannon affair
how could he get out of that? He
would go to Lenox. at all events. and
face the music. Perhaps something
would turn up. But how could he ex-
plain his sudden departure? Business?
yes, very important business took
him away.
When he got to Lenox it was about
eleven o'clock in the morning, and he
felt very seedy, having had but little
sleep the night before.
He went to the hotel and freshened
up a bit, and then started to walk to
Miss Cannon's cottage, which was but a
short distance away.
On the way q blackboard drove by,
and he saw Miss Aspinwall-Jones and
her scheming mamma. The latter
bowed coldly, the former effusively, as
If to show she didn't care much, after
all. Pollard returned her bow a little
awkwardly. He felt sheepish, remem-
bering. what had passed in the
brougham that night. As he neared
Miss Cannon's cottage he nerved him
self up as to what he should say.
Should he deny the existence. of their
engagement, say she misunderstood
him, or should he throw himself on her
mercy and say they had both made q
mistake. .a.-#
About hundred yards ahead of him
he saw her turn corner-how we'll he
remembered that tall, graceful figure
and that languid, deliberate gait. He
fastened his steps to overtake her, but
she turned into her gateway before he
could catch up with her. He would
have called out to her, but some
people were passing and he did not
care to attract their attention. She
turned her hsad earalsssly, but ovident-
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ONB Of the worst forms of the 'deadly
parallel" Is the double-barrcllel gun.-Phil
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THE girl who wears "shoes like gun
boats should be Q feet footed creature.
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TIE best cough medicine is Piso's Cur
Tor COnsumptiOn. Sold everYWhere 25I
Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-03-06

into committee of the whole to consider |
the special order for 3 o'clock, which was
house bill 1926, the revenue bill.

into committee of the whole to- consider
the special order for 8 o'clock, which was
house bill 225, the revenue bill.
Mr.. BROWN was called to the chair.
The bill was carefully considered sec
ton by section, and, after some amend
ment and considerable debate, participated
in by most of the members, Mr.. Oliver
moved that the committee rise and depart.
in the interest of the tax-title sharks, and
that it was as full of woodchucks as a dog
is of feas. He moved to indefinitely post
pOne. Lost.
Mr.. LUTZ moved to amend Mr.. divers
motion so as to have the committee of the
whole recommend that amendments be al
lowed on third reading. Carried.
The committee arose ana reported, and
the report was adopted.
Mr.. LuTZ moved that all bills in general
orders be taken therefrom, and, under sus-
pension of the rules, amendment allowed
on third reading. Carried.
On motion of Mr.. Oliver, all standing
committees were instructed 70 return, not
later than 2 o'clock Tuesday, all bills in
ports.
On motion of Mr.. Gill senate bill 1856
$4,000, for Mayville normal school-was
brought up.
Mr.. BENNETT wanted the same done
with senate bill 178-an elections bill.
and Mr.. Beardsley asked like action on
lSO, relating to boiler inspectors: but the
tlOnS II upon the other.
Mr.. BEARDSLEY moved to adjourn.
Lost.
The clerk read senate bill 1856.
MT. GILL arose to speak in favor of the
bill.
MIR. DAILY moved to adjourn, which
carried on division, but was lost on roll
call.
Mr.. BURKE moved that further censid-
GRAFTON of No. 1856 be put off until Monday,
Mr.. FARRAH moved to adjourn. Car
ried, and the house adjourned.
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Legislative GOasiD.

A REPRESENTATIVE: What a difference
there is in the trend of opinion sometimes
as between a yea. and-nay and a roll call.
MONDAY in the house is about as full of
special orders as it we'll could be,
THERE will be music in the air when
senate bill 1914 strikes the house.