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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-18
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COMPTROLLER LACEY in communi.
cation to the secretary of the treasury
explains why the Keystone national
bank of Philadelphia was not closed
sooner and claims there is no ground
for criticising any of his actions. He
also absolves John Wanamalker from
any unjust dealings in the case.
TENERnEERD, MAY s. Co., wine mer-
chants at London, have failed with liza
bilities amounting to G25O,OO
AN excursion train went through a
bridge near Muenchenstein, Switzer-
land, and sixty persons were killed out
right and hundreds were injured.
BY the burning of tenement house
in New York Phillip Brady, aged IS
years; Catherine Brady, his wife, aged
40, and Phillip Brady, Jr., their IL
year-old son, lost their lives.
= THIEVES tortured with fire an old
man named Eli Brooks, living near
Conneautville, Pa, until he gave them
over $40, 900 in money, all he had.
SENATOR ABBOTT, of Montreal, has
been called upon by the governor of
the dominion to form new cabinet.
FIFTEEN Chinese malefactors were
beheaded at Kowloon. They knclt in a
row in the public square and the ex-
ecutioner cut off their heads with a
sword.
The International Typographical
union in session at Boston adopted a
resolution favoring a nine-hour dav
after October l.
ENGINEER CLARK was killed and
three other persons fatally injured by
a collision on the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad near Sebree, XIV.
FLAMES in the main building of the
Philadelphia Abattoir Company caused
a loss of $4,000.
A BARGE conveying 500 eonvicts to
Siberia sank in the Volga At Nijniil-
Novgorod, Russia, and over 100 of the
convicts were drowned.
The Anaconda copper mine in Mon
tana has been sold to a foreign svndi-
cate, headed by the Rothschilds, for
$40, O0O, 900.
The value of the exports of domestic
breadstuffs from the United States
during Nav was S12. 33O,23l.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the. National league for the week
ended on the 18th were: New
York, .es7; Chicago, ISL; Boston, .522:
Brooklyn, 500; Cleveland, AIS; Phil.
adelphia, .466; Pittsburgh, 43s; Ciucin-
natl, 400. The percentages of clubs
in the American association were:
Boston, .645; st. Louis, CPS: Balti-
more, .607; Cincinnati. 400; Columbus
.462; Athletic. .423; Louisville, .4a1;
Washington, 126.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-06-18
A Moustrous Prehistoric Man.

Two miners who recently returned
from Grand canyon, Arizona, report a
marvellous discovery. In the basin OF
the canyon, which was once sand bed,
and probably thousands of years ago a
broad, level plain. they came upon the
perfect imprint of a human foot, for
the toes. heel, and every portion were
plainly outlined, the imprint being ap-
parently made when the sand of which
the rock is composed was in a plastic
state. It measured twenty-six inches
in length and nearly twelve in width.
While they were puzzling over the Gu
riosity one of the mule drivers found
several others, all the same size as the
first. They were distinctively and
evenly eighteen feet apart, showing the
great distance which that monster with
= human foot could step at q single
stride.-Chicago Times.
salter with p.
Teacher - Dicky Ricketts,, can you
spell psalter?
Dickey (beaming)-Yes, sir. P-s-a-l-
ter.
Teacher-Good. What is the mean
ing of the word, Dicky?
Dicky hangs his head and little
club at the foot of the class holds up
his hand and shouts, "More salt, sir!
Salter'n twas first off. Judge.
, 1891-01-13


The action Of 1918 women voters of
Boston and its results show the eff
cheney of women as a factor in our mu-
uiCipal politics, In an election where
the Democrats carried their n by
1900 majority, with two-thirds OF the
council and board of aldermen. not a
single person was elected n member of
the school committee who was not nomi-
mated and supported by some organized
body OF women. The independent wom-
TN voters nominated eight candidates
and elected fourof them, no one Of whom
had the Democratic nomination.
The Public School union also ncmi-
mated eight candidates and elected four.
Last, but not least. Mrs. Emily A. FL
Geld, the only woman nominated by any
party, received n larger vote and a larger
majority by 1000 than any other candi-
date, although o nominated by the
Democrats. The unparalleled fidelity Of
the women voters is shown by the fact
that out of 7.9lS registered women over
$500 are known to have voted, with good
reasons found for the few absentees. A
prominent Republican politician said:
You ladies can account for your alb
sentees- We cannot account for ours. "
A picturesque incident was the voting
Of twenty-five old ladies in Ward 9, one
after another. Of ages ranging from 65 to
9O.-Woman's Journal.
, 1891-01-13

One day l made some reference to the
clumsy and long-drawn-out way in
which the Russian guns were taken up
to the front. True, the roads were fright
full, the mud being beyond all descrip-
ton, but l ventured to suggest that the
progress of that artillery was, in many
instances, lamentably slow.
"Wal," said the American, in broad
Yankee twang, Il think you're right.
They've been at it for months and there's
very little promise of increasing speed.
How long, now, do you think it would
take Britishers to accomplish the same
endg'
Actually, 1 had not the slightest idea,
but l was not going to collapse before
my Yankee interrogation, so / suggested,
as an improvement on the existing state
of affairs, that it would take us, say
about a fortnight or three weeks. by
the way" 1 continued, chow long do
you think it would take the Americans
to achieve a similar resultg'
Americans? Oh, that's a very differ
emit kettle o fish, Americans and with
this he took out his watch, and glanced
at it several times in m~editative silence,
THE Americans? Wal, 1 should say, as
near as l can calculate, somewhere be-
tween twenty-five minutes and half an
hour" and with this he turned on his
heel with a ~self-satisfied air, leaving me
to digest the comparison.-Irving Mon
tague in Camp and Studio.
, 1891-01-13

or the people who are likely to be
brought forward this winter more prom
inently than ever before AS social leaders
in New York none viii stand a better
chance of success than the wife of ex-
Secretary Whitney. She has already
given n few breakfasts and dinners that
have been attended by the best people
here and in Washington, and she prom
ises 10 give the Astors, the Vanderbilts.
and the others a very lively chase in the
matter Of elaborate entertainments.
Mrs. Whitney is peculiarly fortunate
in having n house TO entertain ina house
built on a princely scale. filled with rare
pictures and works of art, a veritable
museum Of treasure. And to these may
be added a superb chef, a retinue of
well drilled servants and a dining room
large enough to seat forty couples at din
ner.
Mrs Whitney is as clever a diplomat
as was Talleyrand, and with a fortune
that brings her an income of half n
million a year, she may be depended
upon to more than hold her own in the
contest One Of her most intimate
friends at present is Mrs. Joseph Pulit-
ger, the wife of the owner of The World,
who is also likely to be heard of during
the winter as an extensive entertainer.
Mrs Pulitzer is n singularly attractive
woman. a delightful Conversations and
Rs charming a friend US one need have
New York Letter.
, 1891-01-13

The best paid women in New York
city or any other large city, said a lead
ing employment bureau proprietor to
me yesterday, are the first class compe-
tent housekeepers. There are few wo-
men who are really competent to take
charge of households like the Wander
bits, the Astors, and so on. who are
willing to undertake it The competent
woman has had a large house of her own
at some stage of her life and has lost
her fortune. She prefers to make her
living in some other way than house
keeping. because it seems to her a loss Of
dignity.
''In England women are bred to the
profession Of housekeepers, Just as they
are taught to be cooks, housemaids, lady's
maids and so on. Here housekeepers are
housekeepers by chance more than my
thing else. That is the reason why big
salaries are paid to really competent
women. | know one such woman who
enjoys a salary Of g n year, has her
separate table and a servant to run her
errands. II is not infrequently that
salaries Of g. 900 to $500 are paid
New York Press.
, 1891-01-13
NO HOPE FoR ENGLISH LITERATURE


At the debatin' club las night we all discussed a
cure
Tor the d~obniAted state OF English Ht'rachure.-
The stun thst's writ for folks. l said. don't
move EN- an delight 'em,
Because the folks who write the things don't
know enough TO write EN-
The folks who write, they stun their heads in
some big cyclopedy,
witch Amt no place fer mental food 10 feed the
poor an needy;
They're huntin' on an em'ty shelf, like poor OF
Mother Habbard.
An go right by the open door OF Mother Satur's
cupboard
They crawl into some nbery far from the worra
inspection.
Bury themselves in books beyond all hope OF res
direction:
They cry out from their tombs, In which no SUE
nor star eau gltsten,
An, weep because the Iy'n' wori' don't I'm no
time to listen"
Then Elder Pettengen he asked: Can you sug.
gest a cure
For the debilltAted state of English lt'rachureg"
Amt none; our authors Ignorance is far too
dark for nghtin',
While we who know enough 10 write hain't got
no time for writin'."
s W. Foss In Yankee Blade.
, 1891-01-13

An intimate friend of Mrs. James G..
Blaine, Jr., told me yesterday that this
unfortunate young woman, who has seen
30 much trouble, was trying her hand Mt
authorship, and that n novel from her
may be looked for within the mex two
months. Young Mrs. Blaine has had a
good education, has travelled and read a
good deal. and | am told hat writing
comes very easily TO her. AS the public
knows, the young woman's circum-
stances are not Of the brightest, she be
ing still confined to her room, and if she
makes n profit of her literary venture it
will be a most welcome one. At any
rate, understand she is going to try it,
and if she misses her goal it will simply
be an expenditure of time, and "of
that" as she herself says with a deep
sigh, Il have 30 much, so much."-Ed-
ward w. Bok's Letter.
, 1891-01-13

Mr. Custer is one of the most widely
sought women in New York society.
Though by no means a society woman,
and permanently saddened by the death
of the general, she frequently yields to
the opportunities of friends and goes
forth to become the life and soul of the
circle that she chooses TO enter. Two
classes of society hold u welcoming
hands to this gifted lady; the literary
world, on account of the excellent books
that she has added to their libraries, and
the social world, because her name and
family entitle her to enter its domains.
1t is said that Mrs. Custer suffers
acutely in writing of her own and her
husbands war experiences. Each pen
stroke brings back the past as wildly as
if days, INT not years, had intervened
between it and the present. After an
evening Of such scenes with her dead
hero and love, Mrs. Custer retires to her
room to walk the floor till morning
light-New York World.
, 1891-01-13

The interest and discussion which
Mrs. John Sherwood's delightful paper
on THE Salon and Its American Posi-
bilities" have evoked, hazards the proph-
ecy that society may take the matter
seriously in hand when the pedigree fever
has somewhat abated. Mrs. Sherwood
puts the case very clearly. American
women are equal to the task if they will
nd themselves of the groveling toys, the
selfish and sordid ambitions which now
debase them. Their wit, tact and intelli-
gence, h urges, are undisputed. More
perseverance in study and less pursuit of
gilded follies would bring them 10 their
birthright Of brilliant intellectual leader
ship. Who will be the immortal twenty
10 band together to establish "a salon for
the publication and organization of
American sOcietyT-Her Point OF View
in New York Times.
, 1891-01-13

In Mr.. Warren's All Souls choir there
are some distinguished singers, chief
among whom are Miss Margaret II.
Elliott, the solo soprano, and Mr.. Perry
Averill, the baritone. Miss Elliott is
already quite well known in New York
both AS a concert and society singer.
She has been in this city only a year,
having recently returned from a two
years course Of instruction under the
famous teacher, MmelM archesi. and it
is TO her schooling that she owes much
that is beautiful in her art. Miss Elliott
during her long stay in Paris became
very well known among the members OF
the lively American colony in the worlds
capital, and often sang at the houses OF
Mrs. Pell. Mime. Sulsemeyer and Miss
Fanny Reed. Her Partisan success has
followed her to New York. During the
last summer season she attracted gen
erul attention by the beauty of her voice
and face and the artistic quality of her
work. She has won several notable tri-
umphs. She sang at all of Miss Leary's
celebrated Thursdays" first AT Bar
Harbor and later on at Lenox-New
York Herald.
, 1891-01-13

Before leaving Corfu the Austrian m
press stated that or the completion Of
the beautiful villa she is having erected
there her majesty and the emperor of
Austria, with their daughter, the Arch
duchess Marie Valerie, intended to a
a visit to the island. The Empress Eliza
beth finds the climate of Corfu agrees
with her better than that of any other
Place. The empress, who e to be
recovering from the effects of the terri
BILE calamity that befell her in the loss
Of her son, the Crown Prince Rudolph,
has been diligently studying Greek, and
astonishes every one with the fiuency
with which she car already converse in
the language. - Athens Cor. London
Standard.
, 1891-01-13
WOMANS WORLD.
The UNTRoU5LEo LIVES OF ARls-
TocRATIc SCHOOL GIRLS.

Social Leaders In New York-rhe wom-
en- Voters Of Boston-How to save
IN Bfns-How Mrs Custer sur-
fer--Nrs. blaine to Write n Novel.
The most expensive young ladies'
school in the country is near Philadel-
phia- Only the daughters of bonanza
kings and railway magnates can afford
TO go to 1t; but it is not so very exclus-
i've, ever with such people as patrons.
Jay Cooks old mansion is .urned into
dormitories-rather palsual, too-and
the ti1e grounds eTs appropriated for
hide-and-seeK when the feminine Greek
and Latin scholars feel so inclined.
Once a month the young ladies are al
lowed the privilege of coming TO New
York or Of going to Baltimore OF where
ever their wills lead them for a days
outing. OF course they are provided
with one of the teachers as chaperon,
and equally, ~ofcourse, they behave them
selves in a most exemplary manner.
The only thing needed for as much
fun as they have Is money. and with
that they are well provided. Last
months excursion was to New York.
They left Philadelphia at Z o'clock in
the morning and, landed in Jersey City
at $. They went directly out to the
Metropolitan museum, and spent an hour
or two examining all the treasures there.
One o'clock sharp found them in "A pri-
waite room at Delmonico's partaking of a
delicious little luncheon, which had been
previously ordered: a little later they
were at Days theatre absorbedly lis
tening 10 Ada Rehan's last word: the
matinee over, they leisurely betook
themselves 10 the railway station. ate
their dinners in the dining room car Of
the train hat whirled them back to
Philadelphia, and 8 O'Clock found them
all tucked up in their snow white beds
dreaming of the next months holiday.
all Of thirty days away.
The school entertains all sorts Of
celebrities as they make their p
ance in the neighboring Quaker city.
Ellen Terry visited the girls when she
was in this country, and although she
never reads for anybody she did read
for them. Privileges are accorded To
them which are sometimes refused to
Others. They wanted to visit Mr.. Wal
ter's house in Baltimore. whose collec-
ton is as fine a. that in many museums.
They got permission aud went there ina
body.-New York Sun.
, 1891-01-13

Directly it begins to freeze there is a
demand On plumbers toopen frozen pipes.
IL is strange that in nineteen cases mi Of
twenty II Is the escape pipe from the
sink, and not the supply pipe, that
freezes, although the latter is always
full of water. Why is it: Simply be-
cause pipes indoors seldom freeze and
more than half the time the escape pipe
is blocked with rubbish. The bend is
generally half full of fragments which
have been forced through the trap holes.
Then when it gets very cold the greasy
water that is poured down settles quick.
ly, and the whole becomes a CONCEALED
mass, which is Only frightened D. at
tempts to force water through it.
Boiling water, in which as much sal
rnan NJ - lii -nl-n L. -. H.
, 1891-01-13

Many plants taken up this fall and
potted for display indoors during winter
win show the want Of skill in the gar
dener by dropping, by change of color OF
leaves, and by other signs Of slowly
dying. When plants get to that stage
nothing will restore them but heroic
treatment, rs none but a gardener can
restore them, and as gardeners do not
hang around our houses, to be Mt hand
in such emergencies, and as the plants
will die at any rate, we will give a treat
ment which will ave them if they have
not gone too far.
Heat water mp to about 40 degrees,
and with it water the plants as usual:
next day use water up to 1875 degrees,
next day up to 100 degrees; pursue his
five or six days and a fine growth will
result. The rationale is that the hot
water expands the sap and sap channels
and thus forces the sluggish sap into
vigorous circulation, and when that is
established the plant only requires
common attention I'ele-
graph.
, 1891-01-13

Mrs. Douglas Gordon, Mrs. Henry
Winter Davis and Miss Mary Garrett,
who were mainly instrumental in secur-
ing the sum Of money which is to open
he medical school of Johns Hopkins uni
versity TO women. are now laboring to
raise the half million endowment fund
which is necessary to the practical sue
cess of the new scheme. Women are
working so generously and wisely all
over the south for the higher education
of women that northern colleges must
look TO their ways or suffer in the com
parison.-San Francisco Argonaut.
, 1891-01-13
A FEW REASONS

Why you should try the celebrated Dr.. H.
Wagner methods OF cure
l. "Dr. H Wagner is a natural physician"
o. s. Fowler,
The Great P~hrenologist-
2 ~You are wonderfully proficient in your
knowledge OF diseases and medicines"
DR. ]. MATHEWS.
j rev can excel youas "A doctor"
4 The afflicted ind ready relief in your
presence" On ii STsrMs
s. DIR. H. Wagner is a regular graduate
nom Bellevue Hospital, New York City; has
had very extensive hospital practice and is
thoroughly posted on all branches OF his be
loved science especially on chronic disease"
8. "Dr. II. Wagner has immortaIized himself
BY his wonderful discovery OF specific RENE
dies Tor private and sexual diseases."-Vir
giniA City Chronicle.
Thousands of inyalids flock to sec him."
San Francisco Chronicle,
g. The doctors long experience as a spe-
ciAlist should render him Very successfulS-
Rocky Mountain News.
, 1891-01-13

should be poured down, OF If n PIPE Is
full of cold water the next best thing is
TO get as much soda into it as possible.
This viii soften the mass below and
make it as soluble as soap, and in a few
hours all will pass away. This beats
trying TO thaw out a lead pipe with a
red hot poker, which process is equiva-
lent to killing a man to avoid hurting
him. a lead pipe will melt under such
circumstances before enough heat can be
got through it to dissolve ice if there is
any there.-Interview in st. Louis Globe
Democrat
, 1891-01-13

walked with most a~r1stocratlC Ianguor
Ead apparent insensibility of the pleas
ures Of life until around the corner.
Lets get these plaguy things off and
have some fun, said one.
In a trice the unwieldy leggins were
hanging on a fence, and the two aristo-
cratic d~arlings were only two jolly little
boys, playing tag and shrieking with
laughter as they chased one another up
and down the sidewalk. By and by nurse
appeared on the scene, grabbed the
leggins and led the two tiny culprits
home looking as unhappy as possible for
two healthy little boys. 1t cannot be
that the two darlings got n plebeian
spanking.-New York Telegram.
, 1891-01-13

A f. Roedei. druggist, desires to in-
form the public that he is agent for the
mos: successful preparation that has yet
been produced for coughs, colds aud
Group. 1t will loosen and relieve a severe
cid ~ less time han any, other treat
ment The article referred. to is Cham
berlaln's Cough Remedy. 1t is a medI
zine hat has woe fame and popularity on
It's merits aud one that can ALWAYS be de-
pended upon. It is the only known
remedy that will prevent croup. 1t must
be tried to be appreciated. 1t is put up
in so cent aud.:$l bottles. For sale b5 A
u RoedeI
, 1891-01-13

There is not the slightest foundation
for the story which has been going round
the papers that "the queens health is
the cause of some anxiety in the inner
circles of the court" The queen is per-
fectly well, and has driven ont every
afternoon since her arrival at Windsor,
even on the coolest days. 1t is only nat
ural that the queen should not be quite
so robust and active as she was twenty
years ago, but she is in excellent health.
London Truth.
, 1891-01-13

Joannes Zahn in 1896 first gave the
world information as to this valuable
plant. The planta tartaricas bowmetz,
according to Mr.. Zahn, grows in Tartary
like any other plant, and when it gets
ripe a lamb forms on the top of the
flower stalk, After a while the stalk
bends over and the lamb grazes till all
the grass in the vicinity is cropped off or
the stem is severed. Then it dies.
Wolves are said to be quite ono of this
vegetable mutton.-John Ashton in Cnri-
ons Creatures in Zoology.
, 1891-01-13

Travellers may learn a lesson from
Mr.. c. d. Cone, a prominent attorney
of Parker, Dakota, who says. Il never
leave home without taking a bottle of
Chamberlain's Cole. Cholera, and
Diarrhea Remedy with me. and on many
occasions have ran with it to the relief of
SOM sufferer and have never known it to
fail. For sale by A. E. Roedei.
, 1891-01-13
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES,

Mr. John Curtis of Peoria, ILL.,. writes:
USED one box of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay $50 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me-" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, Kas.,
Tor particulars, and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists. Sold by
w. N. Hunt, Cheyenne.
, 1891-01-13

A hotel where you can get solid and
substantial value for the money expended
is the Occidental. Good table board 25
cents per meal, or 81 per week.
Board and room 81 per day.
The Occidental has good rooms and is
well and comfortably furnished through
out. Visitors to the city will find the
Occidental a good stopping place. 1909
Thomes street.
, 1891-01-13

II 50 you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY? Because in the fret place it is
to many Of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and. from
poinu in the Rocky Mountain region. on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, to cap
the climax of luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
@. NJ. HAMPsoN.
Commercial Agent, Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-01-13


w. I'm a DISCUSSION otthe secret vice
MasSn,Hely AVOIDED by- the profession ana
hardly mention il.
Io-day the physician is OF a different opin-
ION; he Is aware that II is his duty-disagree-
Aoie as IL may be-to handle this matter with
out gloves, and speak plainly about 1t and
intelligent parents and guardians will thank
MN Tor doing so.
-
10 all those engaged in this dangerous prac-
tice 1 would say nrst OF all, stop Il at once.
make every possible effort to do so; but II you
tail, II your nervous system is already too
much shattered, and, consequently your will
power broken, take some nerve tonic to aid
you In your effort Having freed yourself
nom the habit, / would further counsel you
to go through a regular course OF treatment,
for 1t is a great mistake to suppose that any
s ~! 5 .$si:.@ q : $ ii; 9]s: :s#ssIs: ! 81 III: 5s$s
The number OF young men who are incapaci.