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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-23

think we were both half crazy now, for
Frank pulled out one of the pocket
books from the inside of his vest and
laid it open on the table and asked me
angrily if I dared to match it. OF
course I dared, and l dared more. l
put down beside it all mine,
valued at wholesale rates at
fifty thousand dollars, and he
emptied his other vest pocket Ia an
equal amount. Our two friends tried
to stop us, but we were wild and would
listen to nothing. Frank threw first,
and l called tails 1t came heads
1t made me SILVER. Then l threw
heads and he called tails and we
were even. don't know how felt as
he picked up the dollar, and looked at
those glittering gems, for don't know
anything clearly, though had a vague
idea that somebody would be ruined
forever on the next throw. Frank
tossed the dollar to the ceiling, and
called heads 1t struck the floor and
rolled over towards the register. All
four OF us made a rush for it, and Frank
fell headlong. The dollar had dropped
through the grating and was lying on
the closed shutters of the register, Just
below
Get a match almost shrieked.
81 stepped back and my foot struck
Frank. He did not move. bent down
and shook him. He was still. tried
to cry out, but could not. The other
two men caught hold of him then and
turned him over. His face was blue and
blood was gushing from his mouth. He
had died in an instant. The three were
sober men in a second and at once
alarmed the landlord and sent for a
physician, but he might as we'll not
have come. lie told us death had been
instantaneous. l put my diamonds back
into my pockets and took care of
Franks, and the balance of the stakes
divided, taking what had put up and
setting his aside, and the next morning
we started home with poor Franks
BODY
"llow about the dollar in the regis
ter" asked the listener. "Who won?''
''Oh! said the old drummer, with a
start, II almost forgot that part of it.
| never thought of that dollar till Just
before we left, and going back fshed
it out and pat it in my pocket and this
is it. 1t was 'heads.''
mo wonder you don't gamble any
more" exclaimed the listener, with a
sigh of relief Lets go and take a
drink as forgetter.''
And l don't drink any more, either,''
said the old drummer, quietly.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-23
THE CLOCK WOULD TALK,
1t Almost Broke Up the Clergyman's
Wedding PRAYER.

1t Almost Broke Up the Clergyman's
Wedding Prayer.
Something unexpected happened in
East Twenty-eighth street, around the
corner from Madison avenue. There
was quiet parlor wedding at the house
of physician-a well-known doctor,
by the way-and about twenty friends
were present to witness the ceremo-
ny. The bride was the physicians
eighteen-year-old daughter. and the
groom was the son of BROOKLYN
brewer.
There was to be honeymoon trip
after the marriage, and the mother OF
the bride, with true maternal foresight,
had put French travelling clock in her
daughters pocket. It was a little bit
Of clock. Somehow it got wound up
wrong. AS the couple stood up with
the minister under the floral bell
hush fell on the small assemblage,
and the hush deepened as they kne,t
on velvet cushion while the preacher
prayed.
20, Lord,'' said the preacher, "let Thy
blessing rest upon this ~
Br-r-r-r! pink! pink! pink! burst out
the measly little alarm clock in a tone
of awful distinctness.
The venerable preacher opened one
eye ENORMOUSLY, but quickly Siosed It
again as he saw the groom's father
scowling at him over his spectacles
from the corner of the ROOM
20, Lord,'' said the preacher, begin
ming again, 'let Thy--''
Br-r-r-r! pink! pink! pink! came
out from the depths of the brides
pocket.
20, Lord" said the preacher, in
voice of desperate calmness, opening
both eyes and closing them again like a
flash, ''let thy bless
Br-r-r-r! pink! pink! pink! pink!
pink! pink!
The minister stopped. The bride,
whose face was very red, and who had
been trying in vain with her lef: hand
to choke off the clock or shake it into
submission, snatched it from her pocket
and passed it to the groom, who handed
it to his best man, who handed it to the
brewers wife, who glared at it and
handed it to her husband, who went out
into the hall, actually shaking his fist
at it as he went.
The minister began his prayer once
more, and as he said 20 Lord" for the
fourth time there was loud bang out
in the back yaI, which indicated that
the alarm clock had struck the fence
with terrific force.-N. Y. Times
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Aunt Rachel, with a meaning look at
the display OF ribbons and lace heaped
upon the bed.
"Of course every girl wishes to look
her best on her wedding day." said
Ruby, following the direction of her
aunts eye. "You know that important
event is supposed to come but once in a
lifetime"
much allowance is always to be
made on these occasions, and if people
are able to afford so much extravaganza
just for the purpose of gratifying
their vanity for a single hour, do not
know that anyone has right to OBJ
ject,' returned the aunt, charitab bly,.
Ut is the after-living that is most i'm
portant, and hope that your love will
prove deep enough and broad enough
and lasting enough to outlive all the
discomforts and Inconvenience of a
home in the wilderness"
II am certain it WILL" responded
Ruby, gayly. Love In cottage-with
Dick as its object-will be as enduring
as life ITSELF
II trust you will not be disappointed"
sighed Aunt Rachel, but there is so
much difference between the lover and
the husband that it is not safe to meas
ure married life by courtship."
"You are speaking from general OBJ
servation, aunt. You must take into
consideration the fact that Dick is not
like other men," urged Ruby. "IIe will
never lay aside his lover-like attentions,
am sure. He is too tender and true
TO neglect me-"
And are you enough unlike other
girls to make the honeymoon last
through lfe?" insisted Aunt Rachel,
I'VE shall see, aunt. Come and visit
me this TIME next year and see what a
model wife and housekeeper l make,''
laughed Ruby as she tripped merrily
downstairs to meet her lover.
Dick Walton was thrifty young me-
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Syrup %

My niece, Etneline Hawley, was,
taken with splitting blood, and she
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds of medi-
cine but nothing did her any good.
Finally she took German Syrup and
she told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. It
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite. I
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. e.
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A PHILOSOPHER,

Go TOOK the Gifts That the Gods Had Pro.
viled.
81 am very sorry" remarked the wife
when the waitress brought in huge
cube of corncG beef and placed it on the
table, "that we have no mustard in the
house,
1T is really terrible, replied the hus-
band, ''h"t come 70 think Of it, wo
haven't any champagne in the cellar,
have wc?"
''No," said the wife
"And don't suppose we have such a
thing as a bottle of picked walnuts be-
tween the roof and the coal bin, have
we?"
mo, we have not"
"And suppose if were to start at
the present moment on still hunt /
couldn't find such thing as venison
stew from one end of this house to the
other, could I?''
''You could not"
And now, that think of it, there is
no money in the house, is there?'
"Not a cent"
Nor q bond, nor share of stock upon
which dollar could be raised at short
notice?'
''Not onc,' said the wife impaticntly.
Then let's try to be happy. If we
can exist without champagne, picked
walnuts, stewed venison, money, bonds
and stocks, don't you think we ought
to be able to pull along without mus
tard?'
Il think we ought" said the wife
cheerfully.
"Thcn let's try to. could go all my
life without mustard, couldn't you?"
"Yes."
"Then don't apologize any further for
its absence. Just try to imagine that
there is no such thing as mustard in the
world, and think how much worse it
would be if we had lots of mustard and
no corned beef"
And then they fell to in philosophic
silencc.-Detroit Free Press
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VOW that in the future the doors o!
her lips should be kept with all dill
gence.
1t was weeks before Dick was able
to go about his daily work again, but
these days of pain and waiting were
not lost, for out of them grew an IN.
derstanding between the young couple.
which enabled them to keep their lives
from drifting apart by faithfully OBJ.
serving the little home courtesics
which have so much to do with keep.
ing the fire of love burning brightly in
the boscsns of those who day after day
gather around the same hearthstone.
BELLE V. CHISHOLM.
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TIE sh0dO1cs

The sh0dOacs
that fill your life, if you're a feeble,
suffering woman, can be taken out
of it. Tie chronic weaknesses,
functional arrangements, and pain
full disorders peculiar to your sex,
can be taken away. The one
unfailing remedy for them is DIR.
Pierce's Favorite Prescription.
1t corrccts, cures, and builds you
up. 1t improves digestion, cnriches
the blood, dispels aches and pains,
melancholy and nervousness, brings
refreshing sleep and restores health
and strength. For periodical pains,
internal inflammation and ulcera-
ton, weak back, lcucorrhca, and all
kindred ailments, it's a positive spe-
cific-one that is guaranteed If
it fails to give satisfaction, in any
case, the money paid for it is re-
turned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-23
RUBY'S LESSON,
Her Hasty Words, and What
Came of Hhem.

RE YOU quite
sure, my dear,
that you w i'll
never regret the
step you are
about to take?"
a S k e d A IL n t
R 4 c h e |. anx-
iously, glancing
from the white
garments a n d
or nge b 10 S.
SONS S tire wv n
over the dainty
bed, into tn e
blushing face of
h e r re t t Y
n lie ce, r u b Y
Ir~,i1+@~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-23
AvertinR Attach of Aafhma.

According to the Journal de Medicine.
OF Paris, the fumes of bromohydrate Of
ammonia have a beneficial effect in
asthma and bronchitis. BY an inhala-
ton OF the fumes, under certain condi.
lions. an attack Of asthma may be
sverted.
Agonizing Twists Eelow the Waistband
Are produced by drenching cathartic.
why use such an irrational means of rem
edying costivenessa That pure, botanic,
painless, philosoplic remedy, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, produces the desired re-
suit dccistyely, but without convenience
or gripping: Dyspepsia and inaction of the
liver and kidneys are likewise rectified by
this benign restorative of health. There is
no finer tonic for the debilitated and ner-
Voua Cures malaria and rheumatism
1T was very tender-hearted young lady
who refused to strike an octave-Boston
Transcript
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-23

Speaking Of. missing things,
needle il haystacl is nothing to Il
railroad timetable in country house.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-23

The TINE Laxative Principle
or the plants used in manufacturing the
pleasant remedy, Syrup of Figs, has per-
manently beneficial effect on the human
system, while the cheap vegetable extracts
and mineral solutions, usually sold as medi-
cincs, are permanently injurious. Being
well-nforneh, YOU will use the true remedy
only. Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co.
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The great, gripping, ola-fashioned
pills make trouble. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets prevent it. Theirs
is the natural way. Sick Headache,
Biliousness, Constipation, 1ndiges-
ton, and all arrangements of the
Liver, Stomach ard Bowels are pre-
vented, relieved and cured. Small
est, cheapest, easiest to take.
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HALLS CATARRH CURE is a liquid and is
blood and mucous snrf:,,.as If The svste,1,
Send for testimonials, free. Sold by Drug
gis,s, 75c. F. j. CHENEY & Co., Proprs,
Toledo O.
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The Only One Ever Printed-Can You Find

1Ho OH1y One EVeF PTinted-CaM You Find
the Word?
There Is 3 inch display advertisement
in this paper, this week, which has no two
words alike except one word. The same is
true Of each new one appearing each week,
from The Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This
house laces "Crescent'' On everything
they make and publish. Look for it, send
them the name of the word and thcy will
return you book, beautiful Autographs or
samples free
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The TIME IaYafivo pr1n c{r,Ye

THERE are iifty-one metals, but if you
nave gold you will not worry about the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09
Anusernents.

Hallen and Hart. with their sprightly
farce. Later On" will be at English's
Opera-house next Thursday. Friday and
Saturday nights. These jolly players stand
first among those VINO have ATTAINED q
great success in the farcial type of enter
tainment. For the present season the skit.
Later On" which has served their merry
purposes for three or four years. has been
entirely changed in the matter of dress,
songs, dances and music. as well as their
usual company ENLARGED. Seats arc now
on sale for It,
English's was filed again last night by
a highly entertained audience. and Mr..
Hopper and his excellent company repeated
the success of the opening night Of" Wang"
Nothing in the comic opera line has been
So sol 1ea "a, s'aseu ~ TINS CITY ana IS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09
Receivership Proceedings Annulled.

William Semple, president of the Pitts
burg. Akron d. Western railroad, tele-
graphs from Upper Sandusky. o.. as fol-
lows: ION Saturday. March 8, while in
New York. q telegram came from here ad-
vising that some disputed claims amount
ing to less than $500 had that day gone
INTO court without any notice or process
of law. and within an hour q receiver had
been appointed for the Pittsburg. Akron IL
Western railroad. 1 came here Immediate
ly and the United States Court issued an
Injunction this morning against the re-
ownership. which Is not needed now. ms
the court here which appointed the re-
ceiver has set aside it's action. vacated the
reoeivership and discharged the receiver,
who had not taken possession of the prop
ertvv
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NOTABLE LECTURES.

DIR. Lyman Abbott, of Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn. Talks Upon Creeds.
Under Which Creedp was the title of
DR.. Lyman Abbott's lecture last evening at
Plymouth Church. Eighteen hundred
years ago." said the Doctor. "a man stood
mp in synagogue in Palestine and said: I
have come to make the poor rich, the ig-
norant wise and the enslaved free.' Dur
ing the eighteen centuries that have fol-
lowed the book that told the story of his
life has gone into all lands. When he
came one half the population of the Roman
empire were slaves. To-day there is not q
slave in any land on which the
light of the cross is seen. Wherever
that cross has gone. has gone education,
and in our land. by the side of every
church, stands the public school. When
Christ came the governments of the world
were absolute despotisms To-day. avak-
ened by the touch of that cross, has gath
cred Its strength. The beginning of it's
glory is in America. but it is in England
and in France, and is stirring in Germany.
in Spain. and even in Russia. ChrIstiani ty
is no theory. When any man will bring
me Q power that will set free education,
bring together the family. emancipate gov.
ernment with more effect than Chri.tian.
ity. then will look at 1t. l do not believe
that God 10 one who has heard
love the truth; that He has heard only
those who knew how to spell His name
has elasped his hands and called for mercy
his witness has been q true witness. put
before you tonight these two creeds. Un-
der which will you livef Under which
train your child Under which leave this
Nation? Under one there 10 no God In
heaven, no soul In man. no great laws of
right and wrong. no great hope be-
yond the grave. The other cries. Our
Father 1t gives rs God We may know
and love. unitss Us in one great brother
hood and uEder ono sublime law. One
creed has furnished no mission aries, built
no hospitals, cared for no poor. sucoored
ho suffering, served no humanity. Where
ever the other faith has gone, despite its
errors its superstitions, its CONFLICTS. hos.
pitfalls have sprung up, school houses have
come. churches have multiplied. wealth
has been ditfnsed. souls have been olsen
thralled, bodies emancipated, governments
been made free. Our faith rests in the very
essential nature of man.
When we have finished this period of
transition our creed will be shorter but
deeper. Ii is better to believe q little a
great deal thaD's great deal q little. In this
city in tho month of August the graes is
, dry and parched. Go to Newport, by the
seaside, aud you will see the grass green
and the leaves of the trees clapping their
once or twice q week fog comes
in from the sea and rests upon
the land and goes away again leaving the
moisture upon the trees and the grass.
When the fog of skepticism has done ts
work there will not be a leaf in Gods vine-
yard that will not be brighter and greener
when the fog has been swept away. When
this skeptioIsm shall have dashed itself to
pieces at our feet as the waves on the rocks
In the Bay of Fundy. we shall be standing
firm on the Rock of Ages"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09

are completed which are now under con-
sideration. It is understood that the rIght
of way has been secured. and, as IL Is
through level country. with no Interven-
ing obstacles of an expensive nature. the
work of track-layIng Will consume compar-
atively very little time. The &. & q. *.
runs only TO Danvilie. a fact which will
necessitate the building of 123 miles of
track from Danville to Chicago. FROM
DanvilIe TO Sidell the company now uses
the G. Il l.. j. track. The southern terminal
is at Olpey. Ill. Business goes south by way
of the p. ID. 81 c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09

Ask your doctor what hap
pens to cod-liver oil when it
gets inside of you.
He will say it is shaken
and broken up into tiny
drops, becomes an emulsion;
there are other changes, but
this is the first.
He will tell you also that
it is economy to take the oil
broken up. as it is in SCOTS
Emulsion, rather than bur-
den yourself with this work.
You skip the taste too.
Let us send you an inter-
esting book on CAREFUL LIv-
ING; free.
Soorr & Bowie. Chemists. r,s South s'h Avenue,
New York.
Your druggist keeps scett's Emulsion Of cod-li"sr
eil-ai druggists everywhere do. FL
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The Indiana Mutual Building and Loan ASS'nS

NOW issues certificates Which ADM ssiop fee
il charged. This sleek be withdrawn ut any
time without any loss whatever bearing interest at
tho rate OF eisht per cent per aHnuni provided that
the Is left for 3 term OF twelve months or
longer and sA per cent left IN for six months or
longer This stock 10 secured ~ nrst mortgag on
Real Estate for more than douoie the amount.
DIEEcIeRs-Wn. Z. Niblack. Z. G. Cornelius,
Charles Kahlo, Alex. Il shroycr n p. Dalton. Caleb
s Denny. George w Powell, Charles Mayer. Charles
Il Krsgefo. sohn C. Ingram. Phiiander III. FItsgcr.
aid
81 20 and 81 Thor pc Block. Indianapolis, Ind.
CHARLES kAdLO. Secretary.
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Rev. James A. Davis to Lecture.

Rev. James A. Davis. a coiored orator Of
more than local fame. will deliver his popu.
lar lecture on THE Tourgee Movement"
at Bethel A. NJ. E. Church next Tuesday
evening. The discourse 10 critical survey
of the negro problem built upon elevated
lines. and is said to contain some sugges-
tions for the Improvement of his race. A
high tribute is paid to Judge A. w. Tourgee.
who has written a number of works relat-
ing TO the race question, and protector Of
what is called 1.-The Torrgee Movement" in
behalf of tho colored people. The lecture
abounds In beautiful sentiment, impas-
stoned oratory, and wifi no doubt attract q
large audience. George l.. Knox, we'll
known In business circles. will preside.
and music will be furnished by the Bethel
church choir.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-09
Rate-Cutters To BE Routed.

Several times of late mention has been
made In the Journal that freight rates were
being shaded by roads, which caused sur
. prise as none should be more interested In
the maintenance Of rates than the owners
of such roads as the Nickel plate. the Ches-
apeake & Ohio and the Chicago q Grand
Trunk. In commenting on the shaky con-
dition of rates the Philadelphia Press says:
"a state of affairs exists as to freights
which IS entirely dlscreditable to railroad
managers. There is about as much busi-
ness as the roads can conveniently handle.
Notwithstanding this there Is such serious
cutting OF rates that it has been necessary
to call the presidents together to try 10 ar
range peace. Cutting rates IS bad enough
when traffic is scarce but when it is plenty
it argues cOnclusively a vital defect in
management, which 1t seems in this coun-
try can only be cured by ownership and
consolidation. The presidents will get to-
gether this week or next. The January
net earnings are much less favorable than
they should have been. because of damag-
ing cutting of rates. The next important
movement in railroad economy ought to be
To rout out the rate-cutters. January, 1891,
was favorable month and the comparison
Is therefore unfavOrable, but the railroads
ought to have done better than last year
because they had a larger business. but
they did not do as well. Proprietors of
calamitous paradox long"
Getting Ready for Fast Running.
The general manager of the Big Four
lines has asked Chief Engineer Kittredge
to prepare estimates for placing troughs
between the tracks for engines to take
water, while running. between Cleveland
and ST. Louis. and Cincinnati and Chicago.
at proper distances. and at fourteen cross
ings of other roads interlockIng signals are
to be put In this season. Between Indian
apolis and st. Louis every road crossed is
to be equipped with the Interlocklng sig
nal. IL is stated officially that the time of
the Southwestern limited is to be shortened
two hours between New York and st.
Louis. and the improvements spoken of
must be made to admit of such speed. The
timetable has been prepared for the new
trains to be put on between Chicago and
Cincinnati. which are to be known az the
Royal Columbian" trains, and, as sched-
uled, they will make their run between the
two cities one hour atd thirty minutes
quicker than under any former schedule.
IL has not been definitely decided rs to the
time of putting on these two trains: posi-
bly, not until the spring timetable tskes
effect.