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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23
HAD BEEN TO CHICAGO.

How the Man Acted Who Visited the
Worlds Fair Buildings.
i, What's the matter with the man,
anyway?
Nothing much;so he has been to see
the worlds fair buildings.
How he gesticulates: He seems to be
giving it to those chaps pretty straight
So he is. You see he went out to the
opening. and he is telling them about it.
But that was months ago.
Yes, but the buildings are still there.
Look! what do those sweeping ges-
lures of his arms mean?
lie must be describing the roof of the
biggest room in the world"
And when he shades his eyes and
looks as. if he were viewing distant
landscape? gs,'~~' 5.'..~>
That's the man in the back of the
hall trying to make out whether it is
really Depew who is speaking.
And when he looks down over the
side like that?
He's telling'how he looked down from
the back of the gallery and saw two
regiments marching, company front,
past one another in the lobby.
And now what is he pulling and haul
ing at?
He must be explaining how you
could pull the auditorium out from
under the Auditorium hotel and leave
the hotel standing on its Independent
supports. !. ,
And when his hands 60 up with all
the fingers spreads
It must mean the great fountain,
with effects of the colored lights.
And what's that potato race that his
hands seem to be running with one an
other? .f.
He is explaining about the construc-
ton of that building where they started
the tower after the rest of the building
was up and had to put about a million
tons of PIP iron into the foundation to
settle the ground down even. You
should ask him about that.
You seem to have heard his whole
| story.
Not his particular story, but the
same narrative as given by other mar
rators. - " @-@ 5:s<
1t seems to be quite story. =
>-~- Yes; it makes you feel as though the
Chicago man must be seventeen feet
high and full of wheels. III
Well, is he?
lido not know; but next summer (
shall go out there and try to ascertain.
! -Harper's Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23
"DE LIFTIN' FLOOD TIDE"

Odd Whims of the Dwellers About tho
North Carolina Tide Estuaries.
Queer enough are some of the
notions held by the dwellers in remote
districts by the sea in North Carolina"
said a government engineer "Some
years ago l was aboard the United
States coast survey schooner Quadrant
in Pamlico sound bound for Charleston
The vessel could be trimmed to five feet
of water, SO rather than 90 outside we
tried to make our destination by way of
the narrow, devious channel of Core
sound. The vessel bumped along for
twenty-five or thirty miles and at last
grounded solidly. While we backed
and heaved in futile endeavor to get the
schooner afloat, an old negro in q dug
on.
"'Well, Uncle, what do you think of
it.? ! called. .. -
"He shook his head and looked as
wise as Uncle RemuA Is -
Yer can't git off now. boss he said,
with an air of certainty Yer mus
wait fur de food tide. DE food tide
am q liftin' tide. Yer kin float In foot
less water on de flood tide dan yer kin
on de ebb. Sas's@#ss $3.50 s''sss@$e:
whether or not. the colored sage's
theory would hold water, 50 to speak,
it is sure that we had to wait for de
liftin' tide when the vessel came of
the shoal without difficulty. =
@''Pursuing our way the following day
through the same shoal waters we
gradually came up with, a small
schooner whose patched, and dingy
sails were dou bic reefed, although the
wind was very Ii sht. hailed her In
passing with the rather presu mpt,,ous
inquiry: ii +t.' ..-.-. s'1<l@ i
81 Why don't you turn out those reefs
and make more sail?'
MACK came the answer in asaacla-
daisical twang from a goat bearded,
slouchy man, who was straddling the
tiller: ~,
'.'Why, yer burned fool. thar amt
half wind enough fur what sail I've got
set! IN. Y. Sun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23
PNEUMATIC TUBES ABROAD.
Their Extensive Use In London, Paris,
Vienna and Berlin.

Their Extensive Use In London, Paris,
Vienna and Berlin.
Pneumatic tubes for local transmits
sion of kilograms are now used in all
the principal cities of Great Britain
At present about fifty miles of such
tubes are in operation, requiring an
aggregate of 400 horse power, and
transmitting daily average of over
1O5, 600. messages Tor 3O,O00,000 annu-
ally), more than half of these in Lon
don The lengths of tubes vary greatly;
the average length is $50 yards; the
greatest single length in London is
1892 yards The tubes are of lead laid
in cast iron pipes for protection, and
are usually of ~ inches inner diam
eter; some tubes of ~ and some of
inches inner diameter are used. As
general rule, with the same air pres
sure and diameter of tube, the speed
varies inversely as the length of the
tube. In tubes not over q mil. long
the usual average speed is 25 to 80 miles
an hour The carriers are of gutta-
percha covered with felt, with buffer
At the front end, and an elastic band at
the back or open end to hold in the
messages. An ordinary carrier weigh
ing 2N ounces holds dozen messages
The marked success of the British
pneumatic service led to the adoption
of similar systems in Paris, Vienna and
Berlin. The pneumatic system of Paris
was put into operation in 1866, and has
grown steadily, SO that to-day in Paris
tubes are used almost exclusively for
transmission of local kilograms and
letters demanding quick delivery, A
small stamped envelope. the petit bleu,
costing so centimes, or 10 cents, is used
for the message, which, dropped into
special post-box, is delivered anywhere
in Paris within an hour, often in;
twenty-five minutes.s
In Vienna the ''tubc-post'' was estab-
lished in March, 1875. The nine dis
tricts of the city are connected with
central station. The ''tube-mair' is
dropped into special post boxes, COL
lected every half hour, forwarded to the
central station and distributed. Pneu-
matte envelopes cost Is kreuzers (about
cents), ordinary letters kreuzcrs
''Tube letters" are delivered within one
hour after mailing. The Vienna system
| consists of a main circuit of 5. 81 miles,
with three branch lines; total length,
~ miles
In Berlin the Prussian postal authori-
ties began in 1862 discussion of measures
! of relief for the overcrowded local tele-
graph system, and q pneumatic line was
opened in 1865 between the Central
telegraph station and the Exchange
| building. The beginning of the present
extensive tube post of Berlin dates
| from 1876, since which time it has been
enlarged, until there are now over %
miles of tube line in the city, with 50
| stations. Tube letters" are to-day de-
Iivered in Berlin more quickly than
kilograms at cost equivalent to TX
/ cents and tube postcards at64 cents.
The tubes in Berlin arc OF wrought iron
and have an inner diameter of 2.55
inches. The system is operated by eight
steam engines, aggregating only 1913
horse power -Engincering Magazine.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23
OUTLINED.
Behind the walls Of the past s

Behind the walls Of the past B
Is y country of sun and shade,
Where the roses bloomed too fast,
And the children laughed and PLAYED.
And thousand joys were planned,
And . thousand songs were sung;
Oh, that was lovely land
Where we lived when we were young!
~
= Behind the walls OF the past.
1sEa country OF wild regret, s
Where the roses died too fast
And the sur tn darkness set.
Full OF thorns that pierced ~he hand, !
And gifts 10 the thankless flung; ~
Oh, that was bitter land
Where we lived when we were young!
Yet when we think OF il all
OF the passionate grief long spent,
: The tears that have ceased to fall,
The pain that is deep content:
or the yearning soothcd and stilled,
The shadows that passed away
We know that the life God willed
Is the life We live to-day
Sarah Doudney, in Golden Days.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

"A boy called on a merchant con-
corning q place. II want an Office
boy" he said, in reply, If Lean get
che right kind OF q one. DO you want
.asjoh?''fe* Yes SIR" responded the boy;
y.but before take it I'd like to know
if there is any change of promotion"
s.:Well,' . said the merchant, thoughtful-
", that depends on the boy. The last
one we had here owned the whole
place before he had been with us sixty
davas
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

THE WORLDS MAMMOTH HOTEL is the 100
room. f1reproof, summer hotel, the "GREAT
EASTERN" at St. Lawrence Ave. and Goth
St., Chicago, two blocks from Midway Plat
sance Worlds Fair entrance and overlook
ing famous Washington Park Worlds Fair
visitors can avoid annoyance and extortlon
Of sharks by engaging rooms now at $1.5O a
day, each person (European) by addressing
Copeland Townsend, Manager, (formerly
mgr. Palmer House), AZ Rookery Building,
Chicago, Ill.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23
HOw's Thisi

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Cartarrh Cure.
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
TRANSACTIONS and financially able to carry
out any obligation made by their firm
WEST y TRUAx. Wholesale Druggists, To-
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

For BRONCHIAL, AsTHMATIo AND PUIMo-
NARY COMPLAINTS, ''BrOru's BvOnchtd
Iroches' have remarkable curative proper.
ties. Sold onkA in b0xes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

DISEASE is unnatural, and is but the proof
that we are abusing Nature. 1t is claimed
that Garfield Tea, simple herb remedy,
helps Nature to overcome this abuse
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

SOME of the funny stories told about the
fireside are enough to make even the fire
roar-YOnkers Statesman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

WHEN person considers himself as zone
in thousand he naturally regards the
others as ciphers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

WHEN some people 20 forth to bury their
prejudices they merely plant them.-Dallas
News
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

Miss PERT says that others may have
their love in a cottage, but love in a cortege
is a better way to put it.-Boston Tran
script.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

DON'T Neglect a Cough. Take some Hale's
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23
You Needn't Live In q Swamp

To have malarial trouble. It is as wide
spread as it insidious. But you do need Hos
letters Stomach Bitters to get over it
speedily and completely. Persistent use of
this professionally commended remedy and
preventive will floor it, though you have
tried other medicines in va n. Tackle it at
the outset. The same advice should be
taken In cases Of dyspepsia, debility, liver
and kidney complaint, rheumatism and neu.
ralgia.
II s'PR1srD my teacher in school today
said Nancy. "She told me couldn't whis-
per,and showed her right of how could"
-Harper's Bazaar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

BEECHAM's PILLS are not a new remedy:
They have been used in Europe for 50 years,
and are we'll tested and excellent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

"DoN'T wait for me-" said the boots to the
beaver hat. "Why not?" asked the hat
because it's your business to 60 on a
head, ," replied the boots.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

A "RUN DOWN"
and "used-up" feeling IS
the first warning that
your liver isn't doing
its work. And, with a
torpid liver and the
impure blood that fol-
lows it, you're an easy
prey to all sorts Of all
ments.
That Is the time to
take DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. As
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23
A "RUN DOWN.

OTHER garments influence a woman, but
1t ia her hat that dominates her.-Puck.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

:. IN HppeC1ZIIgf IeSCOlH-
tive tonic, to repel disease and build up the
needed flesh and strength, there's nothing to
full action, purifies and enriches the blood,
braces up tho whole system, and restores
health and vigor
For every disease caused by disordered
liver or impure blood, it is the only guardn-
teed remedy. If it doesn't benefit or cure, in
every case, you have your money back.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-23

$500 is offered, by the proprietors of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, for an in
durable case of Catarrh. Their remedy
perfectly and permanently cures the
worst cases.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

A sample Of II. L. Hallock's style OF
high jumping is here given. be has
record of over feet at the sport.
The illustration shows him about to
clear the bar. He is jumper who
makes every movement count for some
thing, and clears feet six inches in ex-
actly the same manner that he does
feet, though with less effort.
E. B. Bloss, of the B. A. A., gives the
following as his mode OF high jumping:
when 1 jump approach the bar
slowly and depend entirely on the spring
/ get from my leap. ! do not turn, but
get over the bar the best way | can"
Bloss has public performance OF 5
| feet 81 inches, and does better work
indoors than out. In practice he has
done considerably better, and 1t would
not be surprising TO see him clear over
six feet before he retires,
| He stands only 5 feet 4 inches In
height and can jump more inches over
his head than any jumper living, with
the possible exception of Sweeney.
A cut of j. E. Morse OF the b. a. a.
given below represents that jumper
making his famous "wiggle."
Morse's wlggle is known to all lovers
Of athletics throughout this section OF
the country, and it is q remarkable
! jump In many ways.
In the first place there is less spring
used than in other styles OF jumping.
1t will be noticed that his head is hard
I ~ foot over the lar.
Nearly all Jumpers pull their legs up
| close to their body, and manipulate
their feet and lower limbs. Morse draws
| his body up to level with bis head and
manipulates his legs and body in his
endeavor to clear the bar.
In the accompanying Illustration
Morse has leaped from his right foot
and has got his left foot clear of the
stick. His right foot he shoots up In
rnid-air and by adeXterous movement OF
the body clears the bar safely, though
| he has on one occasion knocked 1t off
with his head on landing after clearing
six feet.
Morse jumps with his shoulders.
That is, his shoulders play almost as
impo rtant a part in the effort to clear
the bar as do his legs.
Morse has no imitaters, and will prob
ably always remain without rival In
his style of high jumping.
He seldom clears more than feet 4
or 5 inches when practicing. His rec
ord In public is feet IL inches.
He much prefers indoor jumping, as
he can always gauge his run and take
off" to better advantage.
Like Golf and Bloss, he depends a
good deal on his nerve" to help him
over the bar.
The aim Of the writer has been To
convey to the beginner the manner OF
practicing the running high jump by
showing how experts perform in public
and private, indoors and out.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

His best record is 6 feet IL inches,
and he held the Canadian record OF 8
feet l inch made in 1891 until M. e.
Sweeney, OF the Xavier A. A, OF New
York, broke it this fall.
Nickerson's jumping days are thought
to be over, as the cords OF his jumping
leg, strained in competition last June
have necessitated his retirement.
One Of his greatest efforts was In the
Hemenway gymnasium at Harvard,
where, in 1891, he defeated such men as
Fearing, Green, Morse and Haywood,
clearing feet 4 inch.
G. Z. Fearing, who holds the indoor
record of 6 feet "a inches, made In
February, 1891, is very natural jump
er. and clears the bar without the
twists and kicks common to most
A very good idea Of Fearing's style is
here given, showing him just turning
to avoid contact with the bar before
landing.
Phil c. Stingel, of the Cambridge
Athletic Association, one OF the best
known jumpers in New England, gives
his mode Of practicing in the following
words:
'In jumping the running high, 1 first
mace of nine strides back OF the bar,
and there make mark on the path. l
then pace of eight more and stop with
my left foot in front.
~ commence running from this point
toward the bar, and strike the nine
stride mark with my right foot, and
then take four long strides and leap
from my right leg.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
CrInolInes Coming.

The return OF the crinoliue some time
10 the near future seems to be one Of
the accepted facts. Already fashiona-
Die dreSsmakers are stiffening their
dresses as far as the knees. They are
also introducing in street dresses the
long-abandoned facing Of horsehair, in
order 70 give to the edge Of the skirt
the little flare necessary TO make the
ample skirts OF to-day hang gracefully.
One OF the newest skirts for walking
dresses, while it follows the general out
lines of the bell skirt, is the exact oppo-
site Of it in the way 1t is made. Instead
OF dispensing with seams, as ia the case
Of the bell skirt, the modiste uses as
many as six in the new skirt, and these
are trimmed up half way or nearly their
entire length with the narrow fur Dor
ders that edgo the skirt. In order to
give this skirt the proper effect the
cores must be Of about equal size all
round, and the fullness at the back is
laid in large, hollow box plat.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
"nnlx waiting"

A boy was passing along Fifth street
the other day when e man beckoned
him into an alley md whlsperingly in
quired =,
boy, do you see anybody in front OF
the fourth house down that way?
YES" replied the boy after stepping
back to take look.
"Male or female?"
''It's woman"
"Anything in her hands?"
eyes. looks like one OF these swamp
elm stakes which come around bales OF
hay" 80,
"Whic h way is she headed?"
"This way"
GLOW is she looking In the face?"
Every pale, and her chin seems to be
working as IL she was chewing gum.
ANY one you know?"
"Great gunsl but it's my wifel /
should say l did know her! Coming this
wsy?"
and is looking both ways. Waiting for
lyon bet she isl Probably been
waiting ever since daylight. One more
favor. my son. You may be married
some day and know how 1t is yourself.
lust stand out where you can see her
and I'll 20 in over the back fence. Al
ter get into the house / can argue
with her. Keep your eye on her, ana
II she goes in whistle to me. You are
good boy and don't say nothing to no
body. First-rate wife, but little ex-
citable. Here go and II she moves
YOU whistle, and whistle Ike elszes!"
As she didn't move the boy didn't
whistle. and he Will never know what
the climax wnA
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15
Fancy Carriers.

Very few women nowadays wear the
regulation old fashioned garter, though
many cling to the ''elastic" band in yell
low worn below the left knee. This Is
the emblematical luck bracelet, ond Is
worn simply because it is regarded as q
msscot, and not because Of its especial
efficacy in keeping up the stocking. To
make one feel perfectly taut and trim
the silk elastic harness that anchors at
one end to the corset aud at the other
to the stocking is the most reliable
style known. Besides, in this there Is
nothing unhealthy, which is more than
can be said Of the baud either above or
below the knee.
Women who possess handsome garter
buckles will of course wear them, even
though they know the shape Of the limb
is sure to be distorted by the tightening
process brought TO bear upon it-that
is, IL they wear them above the knee,
and no one but a real old fogy would
wear them below it, though the single
yellow one might be tolerated just for
good luck. The side straps can be
made Just as dainty and can utilize six
buckles instead Of two, which ought to
be a certain recommendation to the ex-
travagant maiden OF the day.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

The various portions Of the skirt are
shown by the diagram, which takes i've
widths, or six yards, of the material.
The front Is folded TO avoid seam, and
the measures given apply only to the
half shown, and here, il twenty-five is
the material employed, there must be a
corner formed az each side to continue
the slope of the width, This skirt is ex-
ceedingly simple in make and suitable
for all soft wooden material. 1t is lined
throughout, and as it is not the fashion
for the bottom edge to stand out well
there is usually q facing Of horsehair
crinOline.
The granny" skirt has no darts at
the top. The front is very slightly
leased" into the band, and in each side
gore are four fat plaits, quite small,
aud running of 70 point al the hips.
The back is very closely plated, the
plaits turning backward and lying one
over he other.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-01-15

when they started to discharge q thin watsry
fuid, with very offensive olo', waion lastea
four or Ave months, or until began usatmsnt
Al the Copeland Medical Institute.
Il was continually hacking and coughing,
the cough was dry bsiBg cable TO false any
thing with pains through the centre or my
cheat to my shoulder blade, stebbing Ike .
knife. Ny stomach WAS entirely Knocked ou'
had no appetite At all, and what little ate l
forced down. | often would not Try TO eat ~
Ali. tut when did eat could not eigest my
food, As Il lay heavy on my stomach, and would
often bloat nae up. Bowels eosiive all the TINE,
soreness over my kidneys 50 bad could not
bear the weight OF anyones hand on my BACK.
lost In weight from l55 pounds to r2s pounds
but now weigh about my usual weight again,
II now feel ike new man, ears are wen,
breathe freely through my nose. no more drop
pinx from my head and throat soreness In
throat gone, eyes are feeling all right, appetite
good, and relish my meals and l do gooa
days work now with some pleasure. me
bowels are regular. do not have that tired
feeling on arising frequently felt much
worse when got up than before went TO bed
before I began treatment Ny broiheriniaw
recommendss me TO the Copeland, Bell and
Davis treatment, and now feel IL my duty 70
recommend any one suffering from complioA.
ton Of diseases TO try these doctors AZ once, a.
they surely can cure them II any one can"