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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15

LAND MEASURE-ON THE SWING.

1
point to point, and this must be an OBJ
ject of having correct. The right legix
feet from point to inside, where it is
joined to the other leg by a tenon go.
ing right through; the left one is
inches longer, ~ inches counting fo1
the slanting thickness of the top of the
right leg attached to it, and the remain
der for the handle. At the center OF
each leg, , feet 6 inches from the points
and eqna-distant from inside apex OF
triangle, is an iron rod, of 5-16 of an
inch in diameter, stuck right through,
having on the insidcs. meeting the legs,
small collar, and on the outside a fiat
nut. afterwards bent to fit the con.
vexed surface, or the end of the rod
riveted to a head over small plate,
securing it firmly. Instead of this rod,
a wooden bar, of diameter of the leg
it joins, might be substituted, tenoned
and wedged from the outside, holding
it equally firm.
MEASURES.
The handle is six inches.
Distance from points to bar, and from
bar to inner apex, four feet
Right leg, five feet.
Left leg, FIVE feet eight inches.
Linear measure of base, six feet.
And lastly, on either leg, yarc
measure might be divided off in inches
TO manipulate this measure, both
points being lightly fixed in the
ground, lay the palm of the right hanc
on the highest point of the right leg,
encircling the handle with the thumb
Place the right foot at the side of the
right leg and commence walking by
striding ont with the left leg, and a,
the same time, which occurs in:utitive-
~, press the ton forward till the right
leg OF measure assumes an elevated
position, and then give the top shov.
ing hoist, by which the handle re.
wolves in the hollow of the hand and
performs an outward half circle; mean
while the operator has taken three
more steps. and the right foot landing
at the same time as the right leg OF
measure, having been steered in as
straight line as possible.
A few trials master the use of it,
which thus for every four steps meas.
ures twelve feet. A smaller person
having to use such measure, nigh,
lower the apex to suit himself, say tc
three feet six inches; but never leave i,
out of view that the distance between
the two points must always be sin
feet.
Irrespective of it's usefulness, it i.
recommended to such persons who are
fond IF q xerciSc and SnO"t for II moi
only forces to healthy, brisk walk
but also to a muscular use Of the arm:
stimulates to precision. count of swings
and an eagerness to reach the &C ALA
Broome, in Farm and FiresiGe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
STRANGE APPLICATIONS.

Peculiar Wants of People Who Visit the
Bureau of Information.
The Salvation Army has in London a
bureau OF information where ladies
may obtain servants and those in need
of employment find work. It has been
extraordinarily successful. During the
first year thirteen hundred employers
found servants, and thousand girls
applied for work.
Strange applications come to the Of
flee. One lady recommended her de
parting servant as "clean, tidy, honest,
sober, truthful and good worker"
Wondering why maid and mistress
should part under these conditions, tie
bureau found that terribly bad ten
per was the cause of separation.
''But, strangely enough" said tl,e
chief, lit happened that lady ha,l
just applied to us for a servant with a
bad temper, believing that such gi, Is
make the cleanest landmarks. So we
are able to meet every requirement
Some OF the wants sent to the bureau
are OF peculiar nature and oddly ex-
pressed.
hlndly send me girl who is ve;::-
etarian,' writes one lady, ''or who X
willing to become one."
"A red-hot Christian, but not tc o
DID,
Not taller than five feet two. A gill
who does not talk loud. She must nc t
sing or laugh loud.'
Neither are the servants who appl.;
easy to please.
Get me place with two quiet. e.
derby people" says one. II like to b.,
alone
81 am a good singer and COOL
speaker, and l want a good place."
writes another.
Il have had a good education, and
can play the piano.
please get my daughter a place, a.
she is unmanageable at home and has
an awful temper" asks fond and
candid parent.-Youth's Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
The Small Bows Outing.

A mother sent her small boy into the
country, and after week of anxiety
received this letter: II got here ali
right and l forgot to write before. 1t is
a very nice place to have fun. A felle,
and l went out on a boat and the boat
tipped over and man got me out, and
l was so full of water that l didn't
know nothin' for good long while.
The other boy has to be buried after
they find him. His mother came from
Lincoln and she cries all the time. A boss
kicked me over and have got to have
some money to pay the doctor for fixin
my head. We are going to set an old
barn on fire tonight, and should smile
it we don't have bully fun. lost my
watch and am very sorry. I shall
bring home some mud turtles, and
shall bring home tame woodchuck If
can get 'em in my trunk. Chicago
Journal
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
A DANGEROUS FACTOR.

Notions Set at Variance by Drunkes
Subjects.
A drunken br:lwl that may end in in.
ternational complications, occurred re.
Gently at Madrid. Itappears that some
of the crew of German ship at that
port had been allowed to 80 on shore
and took advantage of their oppvrtun.
ity to visit the various sailors resorts
in the town and get drunk. When they
returned to their ship they were in a
quarrelsome mood and became involved
in fight in which IL local watchmar
interfered to restore peace, but was in
turn stabbed in the head by the
drunken sailors Spanish friends of
the watchlnan, when they saw the
murderous attack by the German sail
ors. entered into the fray and the &C
count says the quay was covered with
the blood Of the wounded men. Then
the civil guard was called upon to queL
the disturbance, but when they APP
pearcd the Germans fled and managed
to get aboard their ship without being
captured, and then continued Il fight
from her deck, throwing all sorts OF
missiles at the crowd on the quay TIL.
German consul and the port authorities
after time succeeded in quieting the
riotea'. but the end is not vet, an,
serious difficulty may possibly ensue
between the two countries. Alcohol il
y dangerous factor which has MANY
times been the cause of national anc
international conflicts. National Tenn.
perance Advocate.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
ST. LOUIS EN- FETE,
The Exposition Opened-Addi-
uonal Attractions Announced.
sAmore's Band and Its Special Concerto
Extraordinary Success of the Street
Examinations and Electro
PyrOtechnic Display.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. THE exposition
opened this evening in the presence of
IN enormous crowd, and its Ninth an
dual season was inaugurated in a most
opportune and successful manner. 1t
will continue open until October 22d,
and four times daily Gilmore's magnif-
icent band of one hundred pieces will
give its concerts. The band is even
stronger than expected, and the pro-
gramme includes an immense number
OF new and irresistible Attractive tunes.
Special nights are reserved for Irish.
Scotch, German and American music,
while two days will be devoted to
exercises. On o.
tobe: LIST the Travellers Protective as
ISOLATION will take charge of the build
ing and one of the largest parades of
travelling men ever seen will take place.
The Examinations continue to prove a
glorious success and a ncver-failing
source of entertainment to the crowds
which throng the streets every evening.
An illustration is given of the mammoth
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15

aected In the artists imagination, was
taking hold of her. Oh, how she hated
the picture that had stolen her only
possession! had cheated her of Henri's
love. She arose and looked savagely at
the lovely ''Lilac Witch. :" Then, glauc-
ing wildly around the room for
weapon, she spied on little table
Henri's mixing knife. 1t was IF steel
and quite sharp. She ran to it, seized
it, and then coming up so close that
her hot breath made the canvas moist,
she Kissed:
''There, you thief, you''-and with
few strokes of the knife she cut and
slashed the lovely face and tore out the
gray eyes, and hacked the poor head
and bosom into shreds. Then, throw
ing back her head, she stood upright,
painting and trembling, before her dis
figured rival.
At that second it seemed as if the
scornful, plying, triumphant look of
the Lilac Witch had passed to her own
face.
just then came rustic at the curtain
and rattle at the door. Henri slipped
in quietly from the inner room, and
Sophie's father came bursting in from
the hall. The two men anne forward
and greeted one another cordially; then
they turned toward Sophie and the
picture.
With sharp cry Henri bounded for
ward, and, pressing his forehead against
the mutila ted painting, cried like a
| child.
Sophie looked wildly about, and
staggered toward her father He rough
| ~ led her to a chair. Then, pulling
his hat down over his ears, he said
hoarsely. half aloud:
II must go and find Jean Bertrand. -
Charles w. Shope, in Harvard A6vo-
cate.
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globe at the corner Of Broadway aud
Olive street No picture can convey an
adequate idea of the extraordinary ma
ture of this attraction. The globe re-
wolves on it's axis, and is studied with
upward Of 5000 electric lights and
globes, these marking out the outlines
of the continents and oceans with geo.
graphical accuracy and a dazzling
spiendor which must be seen to be APP
preciated.
All the railroads running to St. Louis,
and their name is legion, are making
exceptionally low rates to the city, and
the opportunity to visit a great metro
politan center and to enjoy 1nagnif-
cent carnival is one that it would be
foolish to ignore.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
The Early Presidents.

George Washington, surveyor an6
farmer, left his profession and planta,.
ton to minister to the necessities Of
his country, and returned, like Cincin
natus, to the tilling of his broad acres.
after serving that country sixteen
years in war and peace. John Adams.
lawyer and scholar, brought his learn.
ing and eloquence to lay at the shrine
OF liberty, and by their exercise did
more perhaps than any other to ad.
vance and uphold it. Thomas Jeffer-
son. as Trainer of the declaration of in.
dependence, will forever shine like
star in the memory of his country-peo.
pie. James Monroe, another soldier,
served his country nobly in the time OF
need, and afterward, when the national
treasury was empty, pledged his own
means for the defense of New Orleans.
Such were the four earliest. presidents,
leading thinkers and workers in those
heroic times, and worthy predecessors
OF worthy successors. Free
Press
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
Feeding Coops for Chicks.

To feed chicks so as to prevent the
fowls from securing the food, make a
coop of lath, about two feet wide, four
feet long and eight inches high. A few
openings should be made for the in
gress and egress of the chicks. When
the food is placed under the coop the
chicks will be able to 60 under at will
to secure their food, while the adults
will he compelled to look on from the
outside.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15

sides to be symmetrical and Just wide
enough apart to be included by those
of the other ladder at the upper round
A pin is pulled down by wire, d, to
admit the round c, and showed back
into place by spring, b. Such devices
for other purposes may be purchased at
the stores or the separate parts may be
devised and fashioned by anyone famil-
lar with tools. The No. 16 wire is
passed through staples on the inner
side and attached to the round grasped
by the upper hand in moving the ladder.
This round is loose so that it can be
turned. Care should be taken to have
the arrangement as compact and
smooth as possible so as not to catch
small limbs when used singly. Both
ladders may then be used for general
purposes.-Amcrican Agriculturist
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
THE CURSE OF GOLD.
Apparent Fulfillment of a Strange SUP
Htit;On.

apparent Fu1hllment of 4 Strange Super
stit;on.
The goldseekers of both America and
Australia have a singular but we'll
grounded superstition that the discov-
crers of hidden treasures are sure to
meet with violent deaths. The original
proprietors of between thirty-tive and
forty of the most prosperous gold and
silver mines in this country are known
to have come to just such ends. Out of
the forty or less twelve were shot or
stabbed to death in saloon and other
broils; five committed suicide; three
were engulfed by landslides; five turned
murderers or robbers and were caught
and executed in various ways; one fell
into boiling spring and had the flesh
literally stewed from his bones, while
the others disappeared and no one
knows what ever became of them.
George IL. Fryer, once the millionaire
proprietor of the Fryer Hill mine,"
committed suicide in Denver after
spending the last nickel between him.
self and starvation. The discovercr OF
the great Standard mine California;
was caught and swallowed up in an
avalanche; Col. Story was killed
by Indians; William Fairweather of
the famous "Alder Gulch mine" died
with the ''frenzied horrors after a con.
tinuous two-years' debauch. ''Farrel
of Meadow Lake, died with a terrible
disease in San Francisco hosoital.
The owner of that great mine, the
'Hamestake," became highwayman
and was shot while robbing a stage
coach. John Homer tried the same route
that Fryer went. ''Doughnut Bill
'Ninemile Clarke" "Old Eureka" and
many others were killed in saloons.
Plummer, known as "Montana," the
discoverer of the richest mine in the
world, and at one time ''sheriff of the
largest county in the United States"
was finally hanged on his own scaffold.
st. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
MODERATE DRINKING.

The Perils of Tamperins with Alcoholic
Stilnulants.
That the immoderate use of intoxi-
cants and stimulants is injurious to
health, says Rev. Jesse Gilbert. and un-
favorable to longevity, admits of no de-
bate. That moderate drinking has a
like tendency many will question, and
yet we believe such to be the case. In
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-09-15
PeculiaritieS of Birds and A nimala

"Some animals exhibit queer lack
Ut sense" says man who has observed
them. Put a buzzard in pen about
six feet square, and open at the top, and
it is as much of prisoner as though it
were shut up in box This is because
buzzards always begin their fight by
taking short run. and they either can
not or will not attempt to fly unless
they can do so. Again, take common
bum blebee and put it in goblet. It
will remain d prisoner for hours, trying
to escape through the sides, without
ever thinking of escaping from the top.
SO also bat can not rise from per-
fectly level surface. Although it is re-
markedly nimble in its fight when
once on the wing, and can fly for many
hours at time without taking the least
rest, if placed on the floor or on fat
ground it is absolutely unable to use its
wings. The only thing it can do is to
shuttle helplessly and painfully along
until it reaches some trifing elevation,
from which it can throw itself into the
air, when at once she is off like flash.
N. y. Tribune.
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EFFECTS OF TOBACCO.
strong Tobacco and Cigars Cause an A
fcctlOn IF the Eves

strong Tobacco and Cigars Cause an AT.
fccti"n of the Eyes.
The warming to smokers'' recently
published in the New York World, EN-.
bodying the report of the British Royal
society's committee on color vision,
which declares that Though alcohol
rarely If ever causes color blindness it
results very frequently from the smok.
ing OF strong tobacco" is made the
subject of interviews with leading ocu-
lists by Il Philadelphia newspaper. One
physician was found who has three pa
tlents, each an excessive smoker, suf.
fering from this defect of vision-am.
blyopia, as the doctors technically term
it. Another physician, professor at
the Wills eye hospital, said: "Beyond
any question the toxic effect of nico.
tine poisoning produces optic neuritis.
And this is SO very largely with those
who smoke tobacco in pipes; it is more
injurious than the use of cigars, and if
those so affected do not abstain from
the use OF tobacco they are apt to lose
their sight entirely or at least for
time. and the first symptom that indi.
Gates the total color blindness and sub.
sequent atrophy in smokers of tobacco
is the failure to quickly distinguish the
color of red in the center of the field OF
vision. In tobacco amblyopia the ex.
cessive pipe smoker is affected first,
next the cigar smoker, while the chew.
er OF tobacco is affected last and not
frequently. Middle-aged people are
usually the victims, and to show you
how virulent the nicotine poison is a
case l" reported of a woman who be-
came affected with optic neuritis while
attending her husband who smoked in.
veterately. '-Chicago Herald.
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Misft Condolences.

Linda-Bella, I'm greatly puzzled
over a matter
Bella-So am I. Tell me your trouble
and Ill tell you mine.
Linda-Well. Dick IIardaway told
me last night he loved me, but did not
ask me to marry him.
Bella-And he asked me to marry
him, but didn't say word about love.
Judge.
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&. A. X. EncaEapmcnt,, Vashington,. ID. c..
Septic go, 1892.

The Monom Route to Cincinnati in connec-
ton with the Ches tnedkc d; Ohio Roue to
WGshi"yt ~ is the Official Route OF the De-
partment of State of Illinois. Special trains
will leave Dearborn Station Saturday night
and Sunday morning, September II and Is,
arriving ut " ashington the following day.
This route passes all the famous battle.
fields of Virginia via GordonSville. On the
return, tickets will be honorcd from Rich
mond, passing Lynrhburg and Appomattox.
Only - Washington to Richmond via tho
Potomac River and Old Point Comfort.
Special stop over privileges will be
granted, enabling all to visit the battlefields
without extra cost.
For circulars, maps and further informa-
ton call or write, F. j. REED, G. P. A.,
232 s. Clark ST., Chicago, Ills
A STAB.-Doctor-''No man has to die
more than once" Maud-''Aren't you
Snrl.l: 2,l-AI ifa's lvolendar
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ton which an artist has for something
into which he has poured his whole
soul. This is my masterpiece. l shall
never do anything as good, as rich, as
expansive again!-no, never! All the
strength, all the purity, all the poetry,
of my inmost soul are er2 bodied in that
one painting, and now-now, l must
part with it-must say good-by forever
to what has been meat and drink to
me for months past. You cannot know
what it has come to mean to me; how,
like Pygmalion, have worshiped it as
l created it. It is more than a portrait.
1t is all ideal in which have lived for
months. Oh, where-where shall I
find anything to take it's placer
And Henri, kneeling before the pic
ture, spread out his hands in supplica-
ton. Sophie knelt beside him, and
gently passing one arm over his Shout
der whispered softly to him, as if they
already knelt before the altar:
''lIere, Henri, here l am! have you
not me? Did you not paint that picture
to marry me? and now it's done, are we
not to be married, and you are to have
me always?"
She paused Henri slowly looked
around and gazed long and steadily,
with blank. searching look. into her
sweet, pale face. Then he turned to-
ward the Lilac WITCH" shuddered
and sorrowfully shook his head. He
noticed that in spot near the edge of
the canvas the varnish had worn a lit
tie rough. He got up from his knees,
and pushing aside curtain, went into
a side room to get pot of varnish
Sophie remained motionless, kneel-
ing before the picture, her bosom heav-
ing, her eyes flashing, her hands clutch
ing convulsively at her dress. She re-
peated his last words: ''Where shall
find anything to take its place?''
jealousy, cruel as the grave, jeal'
ousy of her own idealized self, jealousy
of the image of her own person re-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-02-18
NOTES AND PERSONALS.

4 GOLD watch was recently dug up
near Atlanta, Ca. on the old breast.
works in Coke's district Cobb county
The case was in good condition, but the
works were entirely eaten up by rust
The owner is supposed to have been
killed during the war.
IT is a sad fact that Webster Bell
who was Gen. Grants special courier to
Gen. Sherman, in Georgia, bearing the
news of Lees surrender, died recently
in Roxbury, Mass, with none to care
for him but strangers About year
ago he applied for pension. but the
papers granting him pension arrived
only after his death and burial.
An interesting little war story has
Gov. Jones, of Alabama, for its hero
At the time Gordon was resisting Sher-
mans advance, Jones, then staff cap
tain, was delivering message from his
chief, when he saw little child. clad
only in its night Clothes hiding in ter
ror behind frame house in the direct
tracks OF the bullets from each army.
Jones rode forward, took the child on
his horse, and galloped with her to the
confederate line. When the union
forces saw the act they ceased firing
and there was an impromptu cessation
of hostilities until the child had been
carried to point of safety.
Few union generals are held in high
er esteem by the people of the south
than Gen. Galusha Pennypacker, for
whom the Tennesseeans especially
have warm feeling of admiration. In
Nashville, just after the close of the
war. and during the gloomy days of
the reconstruction period, his patient
and kindly treatment of his former foes
did much to allay the bitter hatreds of
the time. Gen. Pennypaelers notable
war record is recalled by the recent
action of the secretary of war in grant
ing him a medal of honor for bravery
at Fort Fisher. He was one of the
youngest of the prominent command
ers of the north, having been brevetted
a major-general when only twenty 1.-TWO.
GEN. WILDER's Brigade of mounted
infantry famous in the Army of the
Cumberland, will be one of the first to
mark its position on the battle field at
Chickamauga- The park commission
ers have granted permission to the bri-
gade to place its monument on the site
of widow Glenn's house, the advanced
position gained by Wilder after Sheri-
dan was driven from his position on the
right wing of the Federal forces. A
suitable tablet will be erected. The
executive committee of the brigade is
now asking for designs in marble, gran
ite and bronze. The selection will be
made and the monument erected so that
it can be unveiled and dedicated on the
next anniversary Of the battle, when
the society of the army of ths Cumber-
land will meet there.