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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-16
THE POETS CORNER.
Where the Famous Bards Lie in VVes:.
minister Abbey.

Where the Famous 1sards Lie in vves:.
minister Abbey.
The report of the Westminster abbey
commission says of well-know1
poets grave: They put in concrete il
the case of Browning. 1t was certain
that a hole had been excavated in tina.
concrete and that Browning was th;:
third buried there. The others hat
gone to dust, with the exception O;
just the main bones. There was Nc
sign whatever of coffin. II knew
there was one body there" said one OF
the officers of the abbey, that !
moved a little way. Mrs. Simpson, a
barrister's wife, was buried there. Tho
husband was buried in the temple.
She was buried ninety-five years ago.
That is in the poets corner. We went
deeper in the concrete when Browning
was buried. Mrs. Simpsons body az.
peared to have been nearly out of the
cement. For instance, by the side of
Browning there is room for it to re-
main. It appears to have been irregu-
larly put in. 1t would be impossible to
say accurately-it would be impossible
w Say ccICdAAly-OuC CHlS concrete IS
not certainly to be depended on. For
the many interments which have taken
place in poets corner do not believe
that the concrete does fill up poets
corner But l found it here (pointing
to the map) when l buried Spottis-
woode and then when buried Brown
ing: But when buried Browning we
got partly out of it. Altogether in
poets corner there is room for three or
four. know one to certainty, and
know another, spot or two besides
Browning, two near Dickens aud Mac
aulay (pointing). believe there is
room for one here. know there-is
room for two or three here. am GER
tain of one by the side of Browning. -
Chicago News.
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ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANCISCO. cAl.
LOUISVILLE. Ky. NEW Y0Rk. n.y.
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NEW NOTES AND FACTS.

THERE is not now ship in the Brit
ish navy without a temperance society
on board.
SAN FRANCISCO has 1850 saloons or
places where liquor is sold at retail.
If the population of the city is 100000,
there is one saloon to every IS persons.
If the voting population is $4,000, there
is saloon for every 1917 votes.
A BARREL of whisky contains head
aches curses, sorrows, regrets, debts,
pains, blasted hopes, falsehoods, agony,
poison, poverty, ruin, terrors, hunger,
groans, orphans means, and serpents.
So an old song says, and there is a
barrel of truth in the song.-Ram's
Horn.
ONE young man who has had consid-
cradle trouble on account of his &C.
tions while drunk, got off q good one
election day. He was told that if the
saloons were shut up we would have
no sidewalks. WELL" said he, If the
saloons are open will have no shoes
IL prefer shoes to sidewalks"
THE wage earners of America an
nually pay six hundred million dollars
for liquors. Yet no labor agitator has
made much noise about it, and no la
| Dor organization denounces it. If
| whisky is necessary of life it is cost
ing too much. 1t could be male for
twenty cents per gallon. If it is a
| necessity, it's manufacture ought not
to be in the hands of trust as it is.
If it is not a necessity to those who use
it. its sale ought to be suppressed.
The circulation is through two sets
of blood vessels-artcries and veins
both obtaining their motive power
I from the heart acting as a force pump.
! Alcohol increases tho pulsations, and,
as the blood is sent from the heart to
the extremities faster than the veins
can take it up again to return it, con-
gestion results, and the nose, being a
remote portion of the circulation, red
dens and finally becomes diseased.
This, however, is not different from
other organs of the body; all are con.
| gested and similarly diseased by the
use of alcohol.-St. Louis Republic.
ACCORDING to official statistics just
published, the saloons of Chicago hum.
Der $3.50, furnishing occupation ia
17,050 men and 5000 women. For the
most part, we are told, the saloons OF
Chicago in which women are employed
! are combination of boarding-h house
and saloon, the fam ly living over the
saloon, and the man of the house EN-.
ployed elsewhere during the day. The
English bar maid is unknown in that
city, these family saloons being nearly
all of them modelled after q pattern
common to continental Europe, and
! very rarely the scene Of any inebriety.
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An AntIdOte Needed.

Miss fremont from Boston)-Have
you a copy of Emerson?
Mrs. Forundred (hostess)-1 believe
SO. Would you like me to send for it?
Miss Tremont-Yes, if you please. I
have been spending the afternoon with
some of your friends, and wish to get
the taste out Of my uouth.-N. Y.
Weekly. -.
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Had Read About 1t.

The trombone-player was fitting
mouth-piece to his instrument with q
good deal of care, and a young woman
was heard to ask, Mamma, what can
that man be doing?"
II don't know, my DEAR" answered
the mother, as she levelled her glass
upon the musician in question, unless
he is winding his horn. You often read
of players doing that, you know. ~
Washington Post.
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STRENGTH IN SWIMMING.
The Difficulties of Trying to Save a Drown
inr Person.

81 ncIH0 n in SVl"mINI,
The Difficulties of Trying to Save a Drown
in. Person.
There arc two periods in the year
when deaths by drowning are frequently
recorded: December, when skating
begins, and June, when swimming time
has come. Last winter was remarkable
for the number of instances in which
boys had the good fortune to save the
lives of their comrades who had broken
through the ice.
The Royal Humane Society of London
awarded their bronze medal to Cecil
Stanley Manning, boy of fourteen
years, for saving another boy aged
twelve years, who broke through the
ice in deep water seventyfve feet from
the shore.
They gave another bronze medal to
boy named Murray, who saved little
fellow one year younger than himself
from drowning in the Thames at Hamp-
ton Court.
Then there were two brothers, Anthony
and Charles Ellwood, who saved two of
their younger brothers, and to each of
CAASAaA Wiz oOSACcJ H"dAuCN IOuOIdDlc
recognition. There were several other
boys, from fourteen to twelve years old.
who saved or assisted to save children
only year or two younger than them
selves
1t is we'll for boys to become acquaint-
ed with such facts as these At the same
time they should bear in mind that a
human being in deep water has no great
amount of strength over and above what
is necessary to keep his own head above
the surface, and that it may mean two
victims instead of one if he tries to save
from drowning a person heavier than
himself, or one who will cling to him
and impede his action.
The strongest swimmer can not carry
in the water more than a very few
pounds, and that weight but short
distance. When he has plunged into
the water with all his clothes on, with
perhaps pair of high boots on his feet,
and dozen pieces of metal in his pocket,
much help to another.
We advise healthy boys and girls to
improve all good opportunities, not
merely to learn to swim, but to acquire
strength and confidence in the water
Our swimming-teachers very sensibly
require their pupils to battle now and
then in a complete suit of old clothes,
including pair of high boots, that they
may know how it feels to he in the
water thus equipped, and how to get rid
of some of their garments. A person
who has bathed encountered thus will
get an idea how much aid he could
render to drowning person.
1t is Il mistake to over battle; and in
this particular there is curious differ
ence between one person and another.
OF two brothers, both in apparently
equal health, one can. battle every day
with advantage, while the other will
discover that it is best for him to keep
out of the water except on hot days, and
then not to stay in more than fifteen
minutes. In this, as in all other athletic
exercises, zeal should be tempered
with prudcnce.-Youth's Companion.
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his attempts TO tnaw his comrade.s
stiRening limbs, one cannot but be
moved to the very heart at the thought
ct SO much energy, courage and noble
self-sacrifice being thus uselessly
thrown. away.-Un ited Presbyterian. =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-16

AT a recent exhibition in an English
town the queen was present, with the
Princess Henry of Battenberg. The
local mayor, a highly respected trades.
man, accompanied by his wife, was Of
the royal party. As usual, the queen
placed her name in the visitors book as
Victoria" the princess following with
Beatrice Then came the mayors
wife, who, seeing what had gone before,
wrote, with a bold, steady hand, Jane,
British American. ~ -: ! re-. ~,
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An Unhappy Misunderstanding.
SEC Ito her partially deaf lover)-Oh,
I dote on diamonds!
He (gleefully)-I don't own them,
either. think it's extravagant.-Jew.
eler's Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-16

You Don't Get What You Want,
il you expect to buy DR.. Pierce's genuine
medicines at less than the regular prices.
You can buy counterfeits, limitations, dilu-
lions, and substitutes, from unauthorized
dealers, at what are called ''cut prices; but
the genuine guaranteed medicines cost more,
and are worth more.
If you do get the genuine, they're the
heapest medicines you can buy, for they're
guaranteed in every case to benefit or cure,
Or you have your money back.
But you tcon't get the genuine, except
through druggists regularly authorized as
agents, and at these uniform aud long-es-
tablished prices:
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
(the remedy for all diseases arising from
; torpid liver, or impure blood), :, -:
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prostitution io 1o% ;the
remedy for woman's chronic weaknesses
Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets (the original
and best little Liver Pills., IS cents per vial.
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, -.
:. SO cents per bottle
The genuine guaranteed medicines can be
had only at these prices. But remember,
in buying them, ~" pay only for the good you
get. There's value received, or there's no
nay ut ALL
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Miss Pruyn-'So Bessie is not at
homer Well, give her my lore when
she returns, Bridget-.'Sure, miss, it
isn't nissisary; she do be out to de park
wild him now" IN. Y. Herald. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-16
STRONG TESTIMONY.
Wrong Impressions Which Lead to Terri
BILE Consequences.

Wrong Impressions Which Load to Terri
BILE Consequences.
In that fascinating book of Arctic
travels, 1.-The First Crossing of Green
land" it's Norwegian author, DR.. Nan
sen, takes the following stand against
alcoholic and all kinds of stimulating
drinks:
The idea that one gains by stimu-
lating body and mind by artificial
means betrays, in my opinion, not only
ignorance of the simplest physiological
laws, but also want of expert
once or perhaps want of ca
pacity to learn from experience by
observation. It seems, indeed, quite
simple and obvious that one can get
Nothing in this life without paying for
It in one way or another, and that arti-
fetal stimulants, even if they had not
the directly injurious effect which they
undoubtedly have, can produce nothing
but temporary excitement, followed
by a corresponding reaction.
Stimulants of this kind, with the ex-
ception of chocolate, which is mild in
its effect and at the same time nourish-
ing, bring practically no nutritive sub
stance into the body, and the energy
which one obtains in anticipation by
their use at one moment must be paid
for by a corresponding exhaustion at
the next. 1t may, no doubt, be ad-
vanced that there are occasions when
momentary supply is necessary, but
to this would answer that I cannot
imagine such state Of things arising
in the course of a protracted sledge ex-
petition, when, on the contrary, as
regular and steady work as possible is
generally the main thing to be aimed
at.
To many this will no doubt appear
SO plain and obvious that it is scarcely
necessary for me to touch upon the
subject But ut the same time it must
be remembered that even in recent
years Arctic expeditions have set out
from home with large supplies, not
only of tobacco, but of such fatal slim
ulants as alcoholic drinks. For the
most characteristic example of this
tendency one need only turi. to the
list of dri nkables taken by the second
German polar expedition on the two
ships Germania and Hansa. 1t is sad
indeed when a wrong principle of this
kind leads to such terrible conse-
q:eaces as it did in the Greedy cxpe-
dition, the last great tragedy in the
history of Arctic exploration. When
one reads, for instance, how the plucky
Sergt. Rice, tamished, frozen and
tired to death, imagines he can save
himself by dose of rum, to which he
has even added ammonia, the very
worst thing he could have hit upon,
and then; dies shortly afterwards in
the arms of his friend Frederick, who
is meanwhile stripping himself of his
own clothes, down to his very shirt. In
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-16
He Gave an Order,

~ =.
A drummer for New York grocery
house took shelter from a thunder
shower in q small grocery kept by q
>colored man in the suburbs of Nash
vile, and pretty soon the proprietor
asked:
''Was 20 stranger around here,
sah?"
II represent this house." replied the
drummer as he handed out q card.
II see. Does yo' own de bizness yo'-
self?''
'Oh, no."
"Was 20 de senior pawdner9"
"No."
''De junior?''
mo"
"Was yo' backing de concern wild yo'
capital?''
NO"
''Jist sent out to take orders?'
''That's all Perhaps 1 can take an
order from you?"
"Wall, sab, if dat house has dun sent
20 clean down yere to git an order from
me l amt gWine ter be mean about it.
Put me down for TO pounds of brown
sugar, an draw on me arter sixty days
fur de bill!'-M Quad, in N. Y. World.
Two Babies.
Mrs. Newma-Oh, l wish you could
see Mrs. Winkler's baby. It's perfectly
lovely! Such delicate, sweet little
creature as it is! It's a perfect little
cherub, with the loveliest eyes, the
sweetest little mouth, the cunningest
little nose, and eyes of heaven = blue.
1t looks as if it just dropped from Heav-
en- and every tiny feature had been
fashioned by the angels.
Mr.. Newma-Is it as nice as our baby?
Mrs Newma-Mercy! no. not half
N. Y. Weekly.
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PIcknickers.

DULL
PIcknickers,
Ixcursionists on the "briny," yachtmen,
commercial tourists, sojourners in the
ropes. mariners, miners, emigrants to the
lar W est, provide yourselves betimes with
he finest defense against fatigue, the eff
ects OF Il Wetting. malaria, unaccustomed
ilet and exposure in existence. The world
Knows it as Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
..overeign for dyspepsia, biliousness, cos
tiveness and rheumatism
DoN'T whistle until you're out Of the
woods. And then, if you forget to, no one
will be mad about tn. Y. Herald
Donor suffer from sick headache a moment
onSer: 1t is not necessary. Carters Little
Liver Pills will cure you. Dose one little
I'LL. Small price. Small dose. Small pill
In order to fight flies successfully COW
has to make u good many flank movements
Buffalo Express.
BEAUTY marred by Il bad complexion may
be restored by Glenn's Sulphur Soap.
HIPS Hair and Whisker Dye, 80 cents.
Docs and men both have summer pants:
but a dog has fit Observation-Disclosures
Recorder.
THOSE who wish to practice economy
should buy Carter's Little Liver Pills,
Forty pills in vial; only one pill DOSE
MANY men tic their horses very carefully,
but let their tongues run loose-Ram' s
Horn.
The best cough medicine is Piso's Cure
Tor Consumption. Sold everywhere. Csc.
The clerk who had been stealing for a
long time finally got it.-Elmira Gazette
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MISS CL1NToS-''Why does that young
man ape the Engish!" Miss Tulle- "Be.
cause he is a monkey, presume. '-Wasl,-
'rston Star.
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FREE to the WORLDS FAIR CITY !

subscrhe send 2c Tor sample 7and convassers out
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DoN'T whistle until you're out Of the
WOODS. And then, it you forget to, no one
will be mad about tn. Y Herald
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I caught my hat and rushed to her
dwelling-place.
''Oh, my, Mi. Parl<in! Is it you? The
family thought you must be deadr'
said the girl who opened the door for
me; land Miss Marcella has gone with
her aunt to Europe and master and
missis have gone to Chicago, and Mas
ter Bob is at boarding school, and there
amt nobody at home but cook and me
except Hanuer, and she's got holiday.
We're lonesome and real scary''
So was I. I staggered down the steps
with my hand to my forehead, and
through the open window heard the
waitress inform cook thatEit was plain
my heart was broken by Miss. Marcel
las cruelty. What should I do now?
Whittier fly? l went as far as the
corner, and ran into the arms of man
who was stalking along with bowed
head and a general air of desperation
Involuntarily we clutched each other
"Thank God it is Parkin!'' said he.
*'Doughty!'' said 1, but added no
thanksgiving. r. -
eve been looking for you for days
about that ring" said he.
''All right" said. I. 'But you remem-
Der you gave it to me?'
II did," said Doughty. "But want
you to save me from dismissal by say
ing you picked it UP yourself" ~
II did not" said I.
II have chance for promotion and
capital salary; I lose it if You won't
SAY that" said Doughty. think of
my. wife, it can't matter to you; old
Glitter has your ring safe; you'll
get it." 4 IL -. @St FI4.s*t
"Hang the ring!'''' saidNI. Think of
my feelings! wonder I'm not dead!
You see, 4 gave it to her and sha is in
Europe, and .-='':55
make laugh Of it." said Doughty.
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DoNoT suffer from sick headache moment
onger: 1t is not necessary. Carter's Little
Liver Pills will cure you. Dose, one little
Jill. Small price Small DOSE Small pill.
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The clerk who had been stealing for
long time finally got it.-Elmira Gazette.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-16

Silk gives SO it never shrinks, never can
shrink, and the travelling man who wrote
that he meant to use it because the hotel
laundries shrank his wool undershirts SO
he could not wear them was entirely level
headed. Silk shirts don't shrink; they
stretch by washing, SO that they have TO be
made small purposely to begin. This elas-
ITCHY makes them very easy to get in and
out of after being once washed. At first
there is crispiuess to the fabric, owing to
its gummy nature, which softens when it
is warm on the skin and wholly disappears
after washing once. But you don't want
to put such fabric through laundries, for
scaldin2 and boiling will ruin it.
All silk should be washed in lukewarm
water, with mild soap, and rinsed in clear
lukewar1n water the same temperature. 1t
does not need the scalding which wool and
cotton require to get the sweat out. as old
washerwomen say, for it does not hold it
as they do. Consequently it has not the
rabid scent which common clothing will
acquire in warm weather when travelling
without baths. It is not pretty, true, but
it has all the other good qualities, and
every time it is washed it improves, taking
the clean, Witty look of nice crash, whole
some look that wears vastly better than
your cream and pink and blue silk "trip
pery.-Shirley Dare.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-16

In the latter part of 1880, at time when
the Washington monument had reached n
height of 100 feet, an adventurous and
patriotic cat assembled the interior of the
shaft by means Of the ropes and tubing.
When the workmen arrived at the upper
landing the next morning and began to
prepare for the days work, pussy took
fright and, springing to the outer edge,
took "header" of 100 feet to the hard
earth below. In the descent, which was
watched closely by two score of men, the
cat spread herself out like flying squirrel
and alighted on all fours. After turning
over on the ground few times in dazcd
manner she prepared to leave tho grounds
She had Cotton almost beyond the shad-
ow Of the monument when dog belong
ing to ono OF the workmen bounced upon
her and killed her, she, of course, not be.
ing in her best running trim after per-
forming such an extraordinary feat. Ono
of the men procured the body OF the dead
feline, smoothed out her silky coat and
turned the remains over TO representa-
tive of the Smithsonian institution, who
mounted the skin and placed it under a
glass case. The label on the case tells this
wonderful story in few words: "This cat,
on Sept. 49, 1880, jumped from tho top of
Washington's monument and lived. "-St.
Louis Republic.