The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-02

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POET WHITTIER begins to feel that not
the labors of life are virtually over: and
His fast failing sight is shutting him off ter
from literary work. the
! DARLINGTON Booth and Mrs Booth ayr
are about to start on q nine thousand rain
mile trip to inspect the various branches eral
OF the Salvation army. exp
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= QUEEN VICTORIA, having completed u
her seventy-second year, has exceeded Ma
In age all other English sovereigns ex- por1
cept two-Georges II. and III. Sta
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noN 'fa"eS'aen recently re- SS4e
ceived an order for sixty-four pairs of r.
shoes for the daughter of tho Grand S+ot
Duke Paul. of Russia, child less than the
year old. rrs,
KAISER WILLIAM pitches the tunes in spo'
Fatherland There is socialist song IT
in Germany called "A Free Man Anil" cao'
a soldier sang it in barracks aud was the
ordered locked up five years. the
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THE news comes via German sources BEEF
that Thomas A. Edison is writing a !Gt
novel which is to be Grammatical for the Eur
stage. If anybody should be able to the
electrify an audience it is Edison
y A. j. DRExEL heads the list of Phila- II
delphia rich men with twenty-five mil New
lion dollars. The city has one hundred New
and sixty millionaires whose total hold elgf
ings foot up over four hundred million II
dollars Leaf
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+ THE slot machine has been put to A.
new use in Birmingham, Eng, being Cou
aPplleu W the gas meter In tenement Seer
houses "nen gas Is wanted you drop Apr
two-penny piece in the slot and get to S
gas for an hour, at the end of which F,
time it goes out and it requires another caus
coin to turn it on. A,
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A BALTIMORE surgeon has restored q l;fa
mans eye to usefulness after supposed ried
blindness of three years by putting a o;r1
new lining in the eyelid. lie found the vas
material for this on the mans own per- A.
son, process involving much less suf- tho
fering than cutting samples to match and
from willing but unfortunate friends. A
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MRS. ROSETTA r. HosrETrEn, of nee
Pittsburgh, is one Of the five richest s4 us
women in America. She is the widow
OF the manufacturer of the celebrated c C
bitters, and enjoys an il.come larger
than that of most crowned heads.
She travels great DEAL and is accom- W.
panied only by maid and \ secretary lor
who assists her in taking care of the We:
$50, 100000 her husband left , no.i
JOHN RUSSELL You've, who knows Sir II
William Gordon CUMMING we'll s,vs - Con
him: "A high-tempered, impetuous. Colt
brusque, outspoken, resolute man, with was
CAPACITY for instant anoer sens;+;,, time
irritable, ready with word or blow, the II
military temperament at times undulv hle'
developed; stern with men, infinite svm- MS
pathy for dogs and dumb domestic ami IN
mails, could imagine anything of Sir leat
William Gordon Cumming rather than II
his cheating at cards. OF
will
THERE has been openedin Boston the qua
first womans outdoor gymnasium o.
which the world has SEEN 1t is on the fielC
Charles river embankment, and is sur ever
rounded by high board fence All tive
suitable appliances for exercise are SUD- ven
piled, together with running track r.
having eight laps to the mile. A CITY Fitz
ordinance has been passed that will al 1ten
low the arrest and punishment of those an {
who even stop in teams to watch the of {
gymnasium classes at work mar
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The schoolgirls at Stamford Conn.,. mil,
have by self-sacrifice secured and 14:2
opened summer home for the New lens
York shop girls, and several hundred of Cor
these servants Of the shopping public T.
will be entertained at the home this has
summer MS may not strictly belong of {
W 'ne curriculum OF the school, but it ing
q" eNceiAelC Illustration That board acts
ing schools and colleges while furnish A
ing higher education for girls do not Con
create gulf between them and their NV
less fortunate sisters which cannot Il
be brdged by sympathy practically ex- dea
tended. -.
AFTER all it takes a Yankee to do a
thing The universal nos+,1 ,n;o,, 49, Fer
been endeavoring for years to lure the Tor
Australian province into it's list of pos 1all
tai patrons, but they held coyly off L
until the American delegates took up Yal
the affair. The other day at the Vienna Con
postal congress Delegates Brooks and eie'
Potter, who represent Uncle Sam. had sect
the pleasure of welcoming them into
the combination This means cheaper :.
rates and better service on all mail -,
matter addressed to any Australian a" IT.
office, and is a notable step forward in ~
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IT would ha- =, Cod 49,. and
some special statute for furnishing ade- =. n
4uate punishment for the practical a. q:
Joker: The latest was perpetrated by MS
pair of bicyclists in central New Jer-
sey. One of the oldest engineers on the 1ole
road was at the throttle "a +ha ..poa1 sup
Blue Flver.' going at the r,+a ~ ~" city
q minute, when two red lights were
flashed hefora. hin, -, 49, t.s,- "eo a.,
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