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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-06-22

that by morning the militiaman would
be dead and 4 soldier rise out of his
ashes; for there are few things like sad
die sores ard experience for developing
q man.
1T was posi- bly, long past midnight
when 1 was walked by shrill alterca-
ton and saw Kinks, standing over the
wrathful cook, who was damning
Joshua for a miserable, thick-headed
militiaman, waking q man up in the
middle of the night. Middle of the
night said Kinks, in disgust. It's
four o'clock in the morning by the
clock. You get out of those blankets
and get breakfast for the camp
Ye corn-crackin', jaw-waggin'
omadhaun,' yelled Tim. I don't care
if it's forty o'clock. Don't We wake me
or come near me agin until We see day
light, or be hevins I'll murdher ye.'
- thinks limped off and reused Sergt.
Fenwick, who looked him over in
sleepy disgust. Never mind the time,
you FOOL he growled.~ Go to pot out
O. here, and don't wake anybody up
until daybreak, if it doesn't come til
Christmas!' Kinks walked sorrowfully
back to the fire near which slept
WE'LL he remarked, this is the
longest night ever put in. There must
be an eclipse of the sun, or something,
for the moon is still shining at four
o'clock. l wonder if them fellows
played it on me. No; guess not! The
watch is all right. But, Pm sore all
over. It makes me SILVER to think of
that ride back to the post to-day with
this crowd. And that fool of lieu.
tenant will go for all he's worth.
Some of these officers amt got no con-
sideration for their men. They don't
know nawthin'.'
''Then he tramped off muttering and
l slept until dawn. to wake to the loud
outlaws of Tin. Maher. Tim had looked
at the watch and then at the barely
gray skies and had seen the trick played
on Kinks.
"'Oh, ye thick-headed :omadhaun,'
yelled Tim with delight "'Ye are the
buckle that thought militiaman knew
as much as an Guild soger. Oh, but ye
poor, .ham-skinned idjit; them two vii
lains played it on ye in great shape.
4Ou So UAA SChuuAn Sudru I'LL ul8nC.
Thin two divils docthored the watch on
ye- Go down there now to that wather
hole an soak yer head, for it's as thick
that ould plug of Barney Mullen's yer
ridin."
when the story got around camp
the boys howled.. He made a COM
plant to Lieut.. Carleton, but he was
an old soldier, if only kid. and he
kind O. suffered and said: Private
Kinks, we ca-ca-can't court martial a
-bull's-eye watch. It appears to
me that you have seen very remarka-
ble'phe- phe--phenomenon, an unofti-
cial eclipse Of the sun. Nothing else
can account for this be-be-belated
dawn!' 49,.
''In pain, in silence, and in meekness,
Kinks rode back to Eagle Pass, and we
never had any more trouble with him.
Six months later he vanished from Tex
as with horse and arms, and was
promptly charged up with six teams,
one grindstone, and ton of scrap iron,
and thereby did good turn to the
bookkeeping. Joseph Smith, in Illus
trated American. ''S'
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AN ENEMY or THE SPIDER.

the 1ohneumon Fly Of Ceylon and Ito
Strange Asthod Of Reproduotion.
{ A writer quoted by Leisure Hour
gives an interesting account of tho
curious habits Of the ichneumon fly Of
Ceylon. the natural enemy of tho
spider. This insect is green in color.
and In form resembles q wasp, with 4
marvslously thin waist. It makes it's
nest OF well-worked clay, and then
goes out on q hunting expedition. Its
victims are invariably spiders of vari-
GUS kinds, but all are subject to tho
same mode Of treatment. A scientific
sting injects some poison which effect
ually paralyzes tho luckless spider,
who Is then carried of to the nest and
there fastened with q dab of moist
clay. Another and another victim ia
brought to this chamber of horrors.
Then the PRESIDENT mother ichneumon
dy proceeds to deposit her eggs, one in
the body of each spider, which can just
move its legs in q vague, aimless man
ner. but can offer no resistance. This
done, the fly returns to her work a. q
mason. She prepares more clay and
builds up the entrance to this CHASTITY
cell Then she commences q new cell,
which she furnishes in like manner,
and closes; then she adds yet another
cell, and SO proceeds until her store of
eggs are all provided for, and her task
in life being accomplished she dies,
leaving her evil brood to hatch at
leisure. In duo time these horrid lit
tie maggots come to life and find them
selves Graded in q larder of fresh
meat. Each poor spider is still alive,
and his juices afford nutriment for the
ichneumon-grub, until it is ready to
pass into it's chrysalis stage, thence to
emerge as a winged fly, fully prepared
to carry out the traditions OF It's ances-
tors with regard to spiders and fulfill
the purpose for which they have been
created, according to ichneumon be-
lief.
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JUNE'S FLORAL DISPLAY.
"Uncle John" Thorpe Provides q Fin
Programme for the Month.

"Uncle John" Thorpe Provides u Fine
Programme for the Month.
June is fine month for flowers as
as we'll as for weddings and will not
be ignored by ''Uncle John" Thorpe
and his assistants. During the latter
part of May the great flower beds about
the big greenhouses have blossomed
with a display of pansies and tulips
that have challenged the admiration OF
observers.
This month the pansics will be in all
their glory. Tulips will be about out,
but there are many other flowers to
take their place. Peonies will be out
in the greatest profusion. The big red
and white blossoms will make the
flower beds about the greenhouses look
like natural carpets. On the wooded
island all the hardy Towering plants
will he in bloom and that will he the
prettiest spot in the fair grounds.
Roses will not be forgotten. nor will
they be missed in the floral display for
the month. The great variety of the
flower affords an opportunity for un.
commonly fine displays, and the chances
will be made the most of. Designs will
be worked out in them, and the display
will be literally ''acres of roses"
Rhododendrons are flowers of great
beauty and adaptibility for display
work, and they will be found by their
admirers in profusion. So will the
campanulas, pretty, bell-shaped blue
flowers. So far no particular displays
have been arranged for special days,
but later such plans will be matured
All in all, the floral features for the
month of June will be unexcelled dur
ing the time of the fair. 1t will be the
month par excellence for lovers OF
nature in flowers and foliage to 20 TIC
Jackson park.
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- -s
Fenton's ranch, hot, dusty, thirsty and
hungry, our horses white with sweat
and dust, their tongues rolling out of
the corners of their mouths.
But Kinks! You should have seen
Josh. He had just had four hours that
the Lafayette fusileers had never
known, and he was dumb. When he
got ready to .dismount he did so slowly.
painfully and carefully, when he was
sharply ordered to unsaddle and water
his plug he walked towards the water
hole with straddling spread of limb
that indicated to the seasoned riders
that the hams OF Joshua were skinned
from hook to spine. When Kinks was
detailed for guard his courage van
ished, for his soul only ;,longed for q
chance to lie down and rest his aching
limbs. Tom Smith and were the rest
Of the guard, and / made up my mind
to salt Joshua that night. I called
Tom over and told him my scheme, and
the old fellow fairly choked with
laughter and delight. ~,
..srhe scheme was this: We were to
make running guard Of Il. Tom was
to stand the hrst trick up to about
haf-past ten, he being the oldest man;
4 was 70 take the middle OF the. night
and Kinks was to have the last trick
In the morning, SO as to- give him .
good long sleep. This part Of the pro-
CRANE was given to the confidin9 Kinks,
who lay down happy and went to sleep.
The next part was exclusively for Tom
Smith and myself. Tom had tho n,,lv
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sET fER THAN COLD.

= tsnder smile on the lips W kiss,
4 flush OF 10y on tho cheek: 50 y
The cltugin8 grasp In the hand We pseso
Love tone whom our dear ones speak,
All, friond, these arc better thousand fold
Than all your glittering heaps Of gold.
The swift warm touch Of dear little hands,
Tho music OF childish worda,
Sweet voices that ring from morn TIN eve
Like songs OF summer4Sime birds
Oh, these are treasures Of price untold
Better, far better, than silver or eold
The pleasant homo with its vine-clad door,
The song birds under the caves:
Tho bowers where childhood's fairies dance
TO whisper at wind and leaves,
70 better than castles grand and old,
u Letter than Ill eerth's gifts Of gold
So speed Away my ea.iy dreams
on treasures costly and rsre,
III take what my Heavenly Father gives,
With thanks for His gracious care,
He knoweth better . thousand fold,
And g1veth His children the truest gold
s5ss.5 49, ~ Western Rural.
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fornia section is formed Of variegated
onyx and is exceptionally fine. The
stone and marble exhibits of some of
the states are also entitled by their
beauty to more than q casual glance.
But the center of attraction just now
Is the diamond exhibit of the Kimberly
mines of South Africa in the Mining
building. There is in the exhibit about
one hundred tons of diamondiferous
earth which is to be operated upon day
after day during the exposition season,
and the process of extracting the pre-
cious stones from the clay will be an
established feature Of the fair. The
machinery used is the same as that
used at the mines in Cape Colony only
built on much smaller scale the better
to demonstrate the process to the visit
ors "
In the operation of washing the dirt
1t is lifted into q great pan, where by
constant stirring it is worked into q
soft mud. It is then passed into q
cylinder with . spiral motion and holes
of different sizes The smallest peb-
bles pass through the first aperture,
the next in size through the second and
SO on until all have been dropped into
the sleeves. The stones are then passed
to sorter who spreads them out on q
table and looks for the diamonds The
exhibit is one Of great interest, in that
the entire process of getting diamonds
is shown. First. there are shown pic
lures Of the mines and the methods OF
getting out the "blue earth or dia-
mondiferous soil. Then begins the
practical part Of tho show. The ma
chimes for disintegrating the rock and
dirt, washing it and getting the dirt
away from tho stones are shown.
The big machines are run by Zulus, who
are brought from the mines for the pnr-
pose Of demonstrating the workings
These savages are dressed in short
trousers only. They refuse to wear
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THE GREAT NORTHWEST.
1ts Remarkable Development Shown b
Worlds Fair Exhibit.

AGB kk0m0ER8OA0 D0V0AOQm0nC SHOWN 0Y .
Worlds Fair Exhibit.
The Transportation building at the
Worlds Fair is the most interesting feature
OF the great exposition to all persons inter-
ested in the development Of the United
States 1t contains complete exhibit of
the latest railway appliances as well as the
quaint locomotive and stage coaches Of the
past. The Northern Pacific railroad went a
step further than other transportation COM
panies when it resolved to show two elegant
cars, especially built for the purpose, con-
tanning samples of products gathered from
the states Of Wisconsin, Minnesota, North
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Washington and
Oregon. The company was, no doubt,
prompted to make this display because the
completion of its transcontinental line
made the development of the states named
possible. Had It not been for the enter
prise and pluck Of the originators and man
ayers of tho Northern Pacific railroad,
North Dakota, Montana, Idaho and Wash
ingtop would still be frontier territories in
habited by Indians and wild beasts, instead
OF being progressive and prosperous COM
monwealths. The products exhibited by
the seven states are handsomely arranged
and include all kinds ofgralns in the straw ;
threshed grains and seeds, fruits and Der.
ries; wild and cultivated grasses; ores,
woods, iron and coal; precious metals and
stones; hops, tobacco and fax; -four, wool
aud fish; tanning bark and tanning acid ;
marble, Oulldlng stone, potter ana Drlck ;
aerated, dried, preserved and canned
fruits; vegetables, petritied woods, fine
mineral specimens, etc., etc. In the season
of fresh apples, pears. plums, cherries,
peaches, prunes, grapes, berries, melons,
roots and garden vegetables will be brought
from the northwestern states, daily. for ex-
hibition. In short, the exhibit comprises 4
general collection of all kinds of products
to show the diversified resources of the
seven great northwestern states traversed
by the Northern Pacific railroad.
Visitors who intend to invest money In
the northwest are reminded by attractive
placards that the company still retains con-
troll Of immense tracts of land In that terri
tory, the exact figures being as follows
Minnesota, 100000 acres; North Dakota,
6,s5O, 1000 acres; Montana, 17,SO0,0OO acres
Idaho, 1,74O, 900 acres; Oregon, SOC, 600 acres
and Washington, 8, 70O, 0Oacres.
The two exhibit cars are marvels of the
car builders art. They are vestibuled have
large bay windows reaching from floor to
roof; are decorated with ornamental woods
from the forests along the Northern Pa
cific, and are in themselves an exhibit
worthy Of thoughtful Inspection. The cars
are placed on one Of the tracks In the large
annex to the Transportation building.
"WHI is It," she asked ''that stolen
kisses are always the sweetest2"'.I guess y
he replied, ''it 10 because they are taken
sirup-titl0usly." -Boston Courier.
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1our hours, 90 that Il will read two
o'clock. See? Then III rout out tho
bold Joshua and make him stand guard
all night, Just a. he used to do ii the
fusileers I'll give him the watch and
show him the moon and let him work
the thing ont. Ill tell him to wake Tim.
Maher, the cook, ct four o'clock, and
that will furnish him with some excite
ment; and Eli advise him II Tim doesn't
get up, to report him to Sergt Fem
wick, and that will give him
q trifle more excitement. rather
think Kinks will remember this night on
the Pendencia.'
Kinks was snoring when Smith got
ready to turn over the camp to me. and
after Tom Was under the blankets I
gently stirred Joshua with my boot
Come. Napoleon! Shake yourself!
Turn out; it's after two O'clock. Third
relief, my SON.
Kinks sat up painfully and groaned:
Say! It isn't two o'clock, is 1t? I
thought I'd just gone to sleep. Lord,
how sore am!
Shake leg, Joshua says I.
You'll be sorer tomorrow. You've got
sixteen horses and the cattle in the cor.
raj to look after. Don't let the mos
quitoes carry them of. Challenge
parties approaching, and If they don't
answer, shoot. Don't shoot yourself,
my son.. Wake the cook at four o'clock
to get breakfast. Get him up; for he's
hard man to wake. Take no cheap
talk from him, and if he doesn't turn
out, report to Sergt Fenwick. Here's
the watch. Don't lose it. Good night.
I'll turn in . ~
II lay down next to Smith and
watched the tired and wretched Kinks
yawn over the mosquito fire and saw
his hands go tenderly towards his hams,
that stung him INCREASINGLY. knew
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TREASURE or EARTH
Enormous Wealth n Gems ana
Minerals at tho Worlds Fair. &
l8pecial Chloaso correanond[anoa,

Especial Chloaxo CoErespoudeuoa
There u in the various departments
Of the worlds fair enough mineral
wealth exposed to the gaze Of the thou
sands Of visitors each day to furnish
ransoms for several kings, and high
priced kings ut that Piled up in gilt
tering profusion in the different state
exhibits in the mammoth Mines and
Mining building and in the state build
ings Of several Of the western states
there are gold and silver bearing ores
enough to make q mountain of riches,
and nodded into various forms through
out the fai- there is enough more Of the
precious metals to- make q great many
men independently wealthy. Aside from
this there Is among the multitude of ex-
hibits, in the form of watches, jewelry
and ornaments. an enormous amount of
gold, silver and precious stones, sur
passing in quantity and richness any
thing of the kind ever before placed on
exhibition in this country. :=...s
People who have barely enough Of
the ''needful" to keep them on peace
footing with the butcher, the baker and
the rest stroll about among the golden
ores with as much unconccrn as if they
were gazing on SO much worthless rock.
There, close to their hands, are riches
enough to enable them to retire per-
manently from active business pursuits,
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INTERESTING LECTURES.
Forestry, Agriculture and Live Stock t
he Discussed At tho Fair,

Forestry, Agriculture and Live Stock to
BE Discussed ut the Fair.
Chief Buchanan is preparing . pro-
gramme for series of lectures or talks
on subjects relating to forestry, agri.
culture, horticulture and live stock, to
take place in the assembly hall adjoin-
ing the Agricultural building. The
lectures will begin June 10, and the
first ten days will be devoted to subjects
relating to forestry. 1t is the inten-
ton to have these lectures compiled and
if possible published in some perma-
nent form hereafter. The subjects to
be covered are: ''Tree Planting" "The
Science of Forestry" :'Wootls of
North America" woods Of South
America" "Woods of Europe" 1.-THE
Woods of Africa" '"rhc Woods
of ASIA" ''The Woods of Australia"
Effect of Forest on Climate" Couture
and Care of Seedlings" Government
Legislation and Control of Forests"
Diseases of Forest Trees Effect of
Grazing Woodlands" ''1nsects Injurious
and Beneficial to Forest Trees" ''Shade
and Shade Trees" effects of Careless.
LAUNDERING, y Care of Woodlands" /.
Among the persons invited to discuss
these topics are: Prof. Il. E. Fernow,
chief forestry division United States
department Of agriculture; Prof c. 8.
Crandall, Fort Collins, Ia. r. W. Fur.
mas, Brownsville, Neb.; Prof. c. B.
Waldron, State Agricultural college,
Fargo, $. D.; Prof. John C. Smock,
Trenton, n j.; Robert Hudson, J.. p,
New South Wales; Alfred b. King,
commissioner for Liberia; ]. ]. Grinlin-
ton, commissioner for Ceylon; Prof. c.
s. Sargent, New York; DIR. Charles
Mohr, Mobile, Ala; H. P. Kelsey, Linn
Vile, n. G.; Prof. E. r. Lake, Pullman,
Wash; Prot. John Peasley, Cincinnati.
O.; p. B. Southwick, Central Park. n.
Y. The lectures will be free 10 all Wis
5iiors q the fair.
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> FRESH FISH.

the Government Building.
You can see fish Matching by the mil
lion in the northeast corner of the Gov
eminent building, where the fish COM
mission has its display. There are
lnyriads Of yellow and pike perch
breaking out of their tiny globular &C.
latinous eggs there every day. Some
OF them are fed to the big fish in the
:aquariums and sonic are turned loose
in the lake. The process of the fish
hatchery seems simple enough. but the
commission people want it under
stood that it took a long time to per-
feet il.
The impregnated eggs are brought.
into the exhibit in big cans nearly every
day. They are put into glass jars and
slow currents of lake water at the nat
ural temperature are kept flowing
slowly through them. The eggs look
like a mass of translucent jelly glob-
ules. One jar will contain as high as
$50, 900 perch eggs. 1t takes from twen-
ty days upward, according to tempera-
ture, for the eggs to hatch. Each fish
as it matches seems to consist of two
tiny black spots which are eyes and an
infinitesimal strip of gelatine, which is
the rest of the fish. They can all swim
though at great rate right from the
start. and as the young fry are drawn
off through the escape tubes OF the jars
into vats that contain a million or more
exceedingly fresh fish they seem to be
always on the go.
OF tic eggs that are being Matched
now, those of the pike perch, known
generally as ''wall-eyed pike" come
from Lake Erie. The yellow perch
eggs come from the aquarium. Within
few days the commission expects to be
matching black spotted trout eggs
brought from Leadville, Col, and later
in the season shad, lake trout and Cali
fornia salmon.
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thing - and under, these th1y
have their native trousers. II such they
can be called sgs
n The method Of cleaving the aianoncs4
TO prepare them for cutting IS shown ~.
skilled worlmen, and then the al 8
monds are polished after being cut All
the processes are carried on IN full
view Of the audience, for whose e..
pecial benefit elevated platforms hsve
been erected about the machinery
Thus the production Of diamonds, from
the mining Of the blue earth in which
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and they pass it by with but little more
than passing glance. OF course they
couldn't make away with any of it if
they wanted to, as there are always
plenty of lynx-eyed guards about, but
it seems strange that so much loose
wealth does not attract more attention
than it does.
In the Montana section Of the Mining
building the other day an oldish couple
paused before the silver statue OF JUS
tice worth seventy-five thousand dol
lars on a pedestal of gold worth two
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
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after looking it over for few moments
the woman said:
II wonder what that fgger is made
out of? suppose it's lead, amt it?'
eyes, guess so," said the man, care
lessly, ''it's lead or tin, mebby," and,
without deigning look at the largest
block of gold in the whole country,
they passed on and became deeply in
terested in pile of coal in an adjacent
exhibit.
Several of the mining states of the
west have made extensive and elabo-
rate exhibits of ores and minerals. and
in some cases the displays of agates
and crystals are extremely beautiful
and artistic. The facade of the Cali