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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-09
Mr.. Soley's Successor.

WASHINGTON, March S.-Assistant
Secretary Soley OF the Navy rendered
his resignation TO Secretary Herbert to-
day. Mr.. Soleys resignation, It is under
stood, is TO take effect Immediately. His
successor, II is stated. will be named to-
morrow. and from present indications
there is little doubt II will be ex-Repre-
sentative McAdoo. OF New Jersey.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-09
RANGE OF THERMOMETERS.

Range OF the thermometer at The Times
office yesterday. March $ lS9'
A. NJ. Al; y NJ, oS' l.. M., w, %
p. NJ. 81; 0 p. NJ. 81; midnight. 81
Average, So SIS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-09
Murderer Hanged.

NEW MAGNOLIA. MISS. March st.
X. Ford was hanged to-day for the muir
der OF Marshall II. Clay about year
aga. There Ma 10 disturbance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-09
Total Appropriation Of Congress.

WASHINGTON. March s.-There is the
usual dispute between Republican and
Democratic authorities as 10 the appTo-
priations made by the Congress just
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-03-09
Princess Kaiulani in Washington.

WASHINGTON. March S.-Princess Kali
ulani. of Hawaii, arrived In Washington
to-day. 4.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
A GrewsOlno FOreshadOWi ing.

A grewsome foreshadowing, of
which the subject was himself the
protector, is referred to by Dickens
in letter from Boston to Lord Lyt-
ton. At dinner party given by DR..
Webster, professor of chemistry at
Harvard, while the wine was going
it's rounds, the host, in whimsical
humor, ordered the lights to be ex-
tinguished and a bowl Of burning
minerals to be brought in, to afford
the company the novel entertain
ment Of seeing how CHASTITY they
looked by it's light.
Each guest was looking horror
stricken at his neighbor when Web
ster was seen bending over the phos-
phorescent bowl with a rope round
his neck, stimulating with CHASTITY re-
alism the aspect of a hanged man.
Within year of this weird fooling
the unhappy wretch had the hang
mans moose in deadly earnest round
his neck for murder.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Washing u Tag Carpet.

My rag carpet had covered my
dining room floor all winter and
spring and was very dirty. took
it up, busted it thoroughly, then
ripped the breadths apart. Each
breadth was yards long. l filled
the wash boiler half full of soft water
and put in half a cupful Of washing
powder. Then put in breadth of
carpet and boiled it half an hour,
stirring them constantly. The water
and carpet were emptied into tub
and the carpet run through the
ringer, rinsed twice and hung out on
the line. Each breadth was treated
in the same way, getting clean water
for each one and using plenty of
water to rinse it. It is now on the
floor again and looks like a new car
pet.-Minneapolis Housekeeper.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Russia and Education.

The Russian government forbids
any one possessed of a superior ed,
ucation occupying any post which
brings him into direct communica.
ton With the people. During Ger.
tain period. when the Russian revo.
lutionary party reckoned upon a
mass rising Of the peasantry and
wished to hasten this rising by pro.
paganda, several young people, after
having spent from four to five years
in the higher studies, left the uni
versities without passing the final
exams or taking their diplomas, in
order not to be considered as having
more than an average education, and
so being enabled to obtain employ.
ment in the villages.
This fraud" which consisted in
renouncing not only all hopes Of a
professional career, but also the
pleasures of living in a cultured and
intelligent society or enjoying good
books, etc., constitutes in the eyes of
the police a strong aggravatlon of
the Grimes discovered or even sus-
pected.-Idler.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Remarkable Feats Of Strength.

Louis de Boufders, who lived in the
sixteenth century, could break a bar
of iron with his hands. The strong
est man could not take from him a
ball which he held between his thumb
and first finger.
While standing up, with no sup
port whatever, four strong soldiers
could not move him. He remained
as firm as a rock. Sometimes he
amused himself by taking on his
shoulders his own horse, fully har-
messed, and with that heavy load he
promenaded the public square, to the
great delight Of the inhabitants.
At about the same time there lived
a Spaniard named Pedro, who could
break the strongest handouts that
could be put around his wrists. He
folded his arms on his chest, and 10
men pulling in different directions
with ropes could not unfold them.
Augustus II, elector of Saxony,
was a man of great strength. He
could carry man in his open hand.
One night he quietly threw out of a
window monk who paraded his
palace, pretending to be ghost
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
The Coming Window.

A simple mechanical contrivance
is being adopted by English builders,
by which window sashes may be
given two movements, the one up
ward or downward and the other in
ward. Practically only one action
is required to effect the change from
an ordinary sash to easement
window. By dropping a catch at
one side Of the sash the cord is &C.
cured, the window frame being re-
leased from the sash and slipping
into pivot hinges, when it can be
opened as a easement and keys itself
in so doing. When closing, the sash
again engages with the cord, which
runs in groove in the pulley slide
and serves as one of the guides to
keep it in it's place when working up
and down as sash. In this arrange
ment the beading, which is general
ly used to guide and separate the
sashes, is entirely dispensed with,
the sashes being guided by suitable
tongues working in grooves on the
right or hinge side. On the left side
the sash, when closed for use as a
lifting window, engages with metal
block attached to the end of the
weight cord, which serves to guide
it on the frame, the sash being also
so arranged that it cannot possibly
come off the hinges except when
closed. -Philadelphia Ledger. ny
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
The MOST RAPID BALER MA ID E.
Sold by J. D. HUMIST0N, Worthington.
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.
-Chas. Foot is at the Worlds fair.

-Chas. Foot is at the Worlds fair.
Keep an eye out for Day & Mich
OILS special ad. Nov. 9. l1-2
Miss Hastings is at Chicago,
visiting the Worlds fair.
Bob Smith, IL year old, son of
Milton Smith, left the first of the
week for the Worlds fair.
Mrs. Ray Humiston is at Chica-
60 visiting the worlds fair. She ex-
poets to be absent about ten days.
Ray accompanied her as far as St.
Paul, where he attended meeting of
the state board of pharmacy.
CLERK of Court Stevens has issued
the following marriage licenses since
Oct. IA: Knudt Law, Ida Eggleston;
Emil King, Emma Cunningham;
Frank Nelson, Emma Jeengstrom;
Bernard Esser, Margaret Ulrich;
Jno. Hotkamp, Aida Filing; Geo.
Miller, Catheline Herline; Michael B..
Burk, Celia F. Fury.
1t is reported that c. L. Herr, late
of the census department, is back in
Slayton and will again engage in the
newspaper business. l.. G. will give
the republicans of Murray county an
organ to be proud of. He is a bril-
liant writer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
THE WORTHINGTON ADVANCE.
EemAles And FAshiola.

A recent visitor to Samoa tells Of !
famous village beauty in that remote
region whose headdress is thus de-
scribed: Round her forehead was q
band Of small pieces of nautilus
shell. Above lowered a mass of hui
man hair that had been bleached for
months in marsh, with scraps of
looking glass arranged in front, the
whole surmounted with trail of red
humming birds feathers" =
DR.. Drummond, in his book of A.
rican travel, makes mention of the
chieftain's daughter, whose hair,
heavily CREASED with groundnut oil,
was made up into small sized balls,
like black currants, and then divided
into patterns-diamonds, circles and
parterres, designed with the skill of
a landscape gardener. Both these
arrangements" would in the eyes of
Regent street artists and connois-
seurs be probably regarded as savage
monstrosities, but it is to be doubted
whether they are not utterly sur
passed by the goldtinch and canary
arrangement, by a kingfsher's wing
crowned with red shivering glass and
sham jewels, both in tawdry inso-
lence and depravity Of taste. What
is called "barbarous" if found among
savages may, after all, be the very
height of fashion in Mayfair, though
the cheap inery of the Samoan or
African belle is marked neither by
cruelty to the victim nor by gain to
the artist.-Edinburgh Review.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
ALonR Horned Serpent {,

Professor A. L. Bubach, an attache
of the Imperial museum of Berlin,
who, with nine trusty men, has been
making explorations in northern and
western Brazil, sends this extraor-
binary information to the directors
of the institution named above:
Have had wonderful luck. We al
ready have over 9, 900 unnamed speci-
mems in natural history, including a
snake 81 feet long, with long tusks
like boar and a horn 2 feet long on
its forehead. st. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Work and Wages In China.

Apprentices in China work long
terms, much of the time doing skilled
work at u total cost to the employer
of less than ST. per month. Sixty
cents to 81 per month and board
would include uncounted thousands
of boatmen, clerks and household
servants, and perhaps overstate the
Facts considerably. Many of the
blacksmiths, coolies or burden bear
crs basket and bamboo workers, and
others would almost likely fall into
tho same category. Carpenters work
ing by the day get about IL cents per
day aud clothe and feed themselves.
but take the risk Of course of lost
time. Other "journeymen" work,
so far as l know. does not vary much
from this figure-carpenters, masons,
b1icklayers, etc., being about the
same. Almost any of these, however,
would doubtless be glad to get work
at 81 per month gross.
But the difference in wages does
not give correct idea of the differ
ence in cost Of doing work. The
Chinaman goes at leisurely gait.
Carpenters will come late in the
neutrality-suspicious. at 9 oclock-and
as a prelude to work take a long
smoke and chat while sitting on the
timbe1s or stones of the unfinished
building Twelve or o'clock brings
the dinner hour, followed by another
smoke, and at 5 or + o'clock they
bundle up their tools. Chinese con-
tractors submit to this. It seems to
be the custom, and custom is law
with them. Those who work by the
month, however keep longer hours,
and many who work for themselves
are steadily at work from early morn
ing till dark.-Langhorne Leitch.
Late Missionary to China.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Not Quick Enough.

She wasn't blessed with much
beauty, but she was we'll dressed and
had the appearance Of being exact.
She came into the Union depot and
tripped into the ticket Office. The
big clock on the wall said it was ex-
actly p. m.
What time does the next train
leave for Chicago2" she asked.
1T will start in five minutes"
''How much is the fare2"
'Twelve dollars"
II thought it was only So"
twelve dollars is the usual fare. y
will it be any cheaper tomor-
rowe"
mot a cent"
"Well, Ill take a ticket"
Here you are
"Can you change $50 bill7'
Eyes, change $500 bill"
It took some time for her to gather
up her change and stow it away.
When she had performed the opera
ton, she smiled and asked:
"What time did you say the train
went2"
"Tho train is gone. There will be
another one to Chicago tomorrow
morning."
It was then that the woman vent
ed her wrath upon the ticket seller,
but three other people who had been
waiting in line behind her and who
had also missed the train smiled
grimly.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Cool Water In Mexico.

The Mexicans do not use ice, but
nevertheless there is no country
where man can get a glass of cool,
sweet water quicker than in Mexico
The water jars are made of porous
pottery, which allows the water to
ooze out through the material of the
tanks, and the evaporation keeps it
always COOL It is not cold like our
ice water, but it is all the better on
that account, as a man can drink
twice as much and never feel in the
least injured, no matter how large
his drafts.-St. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Do Babies Eyes Grow?

How big are "a young baby's
eyes3" We have heard it stated that
"a young baby's eye" is as big as a
grown persons eye; that the eye
does not grow as the body grows;
that it is the same size when the
baby is born as it is after the baby
has grown up to be man or a wom-
an; that it is born full size-is then
as big as it ever gets to be. This
statement has been submit tied to a
number of experts on babies, who
generally agree that "a young babys
eye" grows as the body grows,
though not in~the same ratio. But
is it truce
Authorities are sometimes in er-
ror. Expert witnesses frequently
tangle themselves up in all kinds OF
contradictory statements Of facts;
expert physicians do not reach the
same conclusions from identically
the same basis of reasoning; expert
cotton buyers oftentimes buy when
the slumps in the market prove
that they should have sold. It may
be that the baby experts whom we
have questioned upon the subject of
baby eyes have spoken without due
consideration. We should like to
have the puzzle settled. Do babies
eyes grove How big is "a young
baby's eye?"-Good Housekeeping.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
Certain Death.

ibid you hear about Blaggins'
shooting excursions'' said one mem
Der of the national guard to another.
"You don't mean to say an anna
teur marksman like Braggins had the
nerve to go hunting!"
yes"
"Hit anythingf"
Eyes. He got seven birds"
"Well, there's only one way to ex-
plain it."
''How is that?"
HE didn't know the gun was load
3D." -Washington Star.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
SUM MONS,
STATE OF MINNESOTA, D.,
To,,pfv NJ NohIoa 81

STATE OF MINNESOTA, D..
County of Mobiles, %
District Court. Thirteenth Judicial District.
Nellie Small, Plaintiff,
Against
Alfred Small, DEPENDENT.
The State Of Minnesota, to the above named
Defendants
You are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint of the plaintiff In the
above entitled action, which complaint has been !,
Court, at the village Of Worthingt0n, County OF
Mobiles and State Of Minnesota, and to serve a
copy Of your answer to said COMPLAINT on the
Heron Lake, in the County of Jackson, and
State aforesaid, within thirty days after the
service Of this summons upon you. exclusive OF
the day Of such service; and # you fail to an
swer the said complaint within the time afore-
said the plaintiff in this action will apply to the
Court for the relief demanded in said COM
plainf.
Dated September 10Th. 1893:
L. +. HAMMERS, Plaintiffs Attorney.
6.7t. Heron Lake Minnesota.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
A Hot Weather Meeting.

A Dutchman the other day, read
ing an account of a meeting, came to
the words, 1.-The meeting then dis
solved" He could not define the
meaning of the latter, so he referred
to a dictionary and felt satisfied. In
a few minutes a friend came in, when
Honty said:
''Dey must have very hot wedder
dere in London. ret an ACCOUNT of
a meeting we're all de people hab
melted away. "-London Tit-Bits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

A peculiar result of lightning was
noticed near Dion, in France, after
a severe thunderstorm. A bolt struck
asmall pond just outside the city, and
it was discovered that the electric
shock had killed all the fish in the
pond, about 1000 in number:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

Astronomers are agreed that we
are moving through space, but the
direction of the movement is much
better known than the pace. The
rate is sometimes set down at about
80 miles second.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

An employee in an iron working
shop in Baltimore recently turned
from lathe steel shaving GO feet l
inch long. AS the shaving, or turn,
as it is called, comes from the lathe
it curls up like spiral spring and
forms tiny tube about one-eighth
of an inch in diameter. The shay
ing had 1850 circumference.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

Thurman dwellings were construct
ed on the same proportionate scale
as the ant hill of Africa, private resi-
dences would be mile high.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
SUMMONS.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, 90
County Of Mobiles. %
The State Of Minnesota to Levi S. Rowland.
defendant.
You are hereby summoned to be and appear
before the undersigned, one Of the Justices
of the Peace in and for said county. on the End
dayOf November 1898 at ten O'Clock in the fore
noon at my office in the town Of Ransom in said
action. Should you fail to appear at the time
and place aforesaid, Judgment will be rendered
against you upon the evidence adduced by
said John Widman. for such sum as he shall
show himself entitled to.
Given under my hand this 9Th day Of October
1893
ROBERT SHORE,
9w3 Justice of the Peace
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
She Could Find Out.

Caller-Are you sure the young la
dies are out?
Bridget-Yes, sir.
'tHow long before they will re-
turn2"
:; II niver thought of that, shure,
but wait a bit, an I'll go up and ask
thin. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26

Uncle Ben Churchill of Galesburg,
Ills, who died recently at the green
old age of 1O2, rode with Robert Full
ton Oh the Clermont's first trip and
had a medal which George Washing
ton personally gave him. He had IA
children.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-10-26
REPORT
OF the Condition of the State
Bank Of WOrthingtOn
REPORT

At Worthington, Minnesota, at the close of
business, Oct. 3, 1893.
RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts, 49.7lS73
Real Estate, Fixtures, Etc. 100000,
expenses, l,O0-.c4.
Insurance Prem. advanced. $780,
Suspense account, ........ 1920.
Due from other
banks, 14,998.49
Cash on hand 7,932,73,
Cash resources, 80. ......22,93l,22
Total resources, 9l,S03-1 10
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock, 100000.
Undivided profits, l,597,0s.
Deposits subject to check, 36,3S5.T.
Cashiers checks, 213.0O
Time deposits, 3GO7.34.
Total liabilities. 9l.so3, 10.
State OF Minnesota, ! ss
County Of Mobiles, 90
l, Geo. ., Moore, Cashier of the State Bank
of Worthington, at Worthington, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the
best of my knowledge and belief.
GEO. c. MOORE, Cashier.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 9th day
ARTHUR H. PALM,
Notary Public, Mobiles Co., MINI.
correct-AtestGs so " y D %iifon Directors.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-18

A black dog named Mig followed me
home from school quite number of times
He belonged to n neighbor. Then they
gave him to me, and, OH how fond he is OF
cakei One day papa had piece of cake in
one hand and my hoop In the other. He
held the cake in one hand and the hoop In
front of it, and Mig jumped right through
after it. Papa then said he would learn
easily. Since then l have taught him a
great many tricks He meets me coming
home from school and carries my lunch
basket for me.
He always meets us when we come from
driving, expecting to get something to car
ry into the house. lie will catch iirecrack,
ers when they are going off and will face the
balls of a Roman candle and try to prt them
out. One day we were burning wasps' nests
ont of n tree with a ball of rags filled with
coal oil, and Mig wanted to put that out.
He jumped for it, shook it and at last put il
out. When they bring wood from the pile,
he carries stick In his mouth each time
and lays it by the wood box He will waltz
with me, get the cows, lead the horses from
the field by their halters, say his prayers,
throw food from his nose and catch it, sit
up and walk on his hind legs, take hat of
his head with his paws while on his hind
legs, pick up his tin plate and carry it to
the pantry for his food and do this until he
has had all he wants. These are his good
points, His bad ones are few; growing
and not making friends are his worst
Mamma says you won't believe all this, but
it is so.-Cor. New York Recorder.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-18

Who ever thinks of connecting such O
commonplace article of diet as the lemon
with the romantic history of i'll fated Ann,
Boleyn? Yet indirectly she was the causC
of its first introduction into England and
so into popular notice. Henry NIII-who
if he rid himself of his wives like brute
certainly won them like prince-gavC
such splendid feasts and pageants in honor
of the coronation of Anne and of their pre-.
vious nuptals rs had seldom been accorded
to queens of the blood royal These kingly
entertainments were in turn followed by
the great civic feasts of London, for which
the whole world was searched for delicacies
to add to the splendor.
AT one such banquet, graced by the pres
ence of the royal pair, a lemon was intro
duced as an elegant novelty. To au epicurt
such as Henry the acquisition of a castle il
France would have proved less acceptable
and such was the importance attached tt
the discovery-so says an old biographer-
that II special record was made of the fact
that the cost of this precious lemon was siS
silver pennies!-Knte Fields Washington
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-18

The announcement of the death oil
Alfred v. DUPONT, at Louisville, KY,
on Tuesday afternoon, was q grea,
shock to his mother Mrs. Alfred Du'
Font. who resides at "Goodstay," OF
the. kennett pike, short distance this
side OF Geen Hill Presbyterian Church
Mrs. DUPONT Is between so and OK
years OF age, and although remark
ably we'll preserved and retaining hel
physical aud intellectual powers In
an unus uai degree. the sad news un
nerved her and completely prostrated
her.
Although her son Bidderman sur.
Wives. and who has familyat Louis
Vile, Alfred was her favorite, ant
hence the blow was more keenly felt
Mr.. DUPONT located In Louisville
when quite a Young man. and engag
Ing In the manufacture of paper, liz
accumulated quite large fortune
some S2.000,000. He was also at the
head VI the street car system in that
city. A few months ago no built and
equipped at all expense OF 100000 {
manual training school and transfsrr
ell 1t to the school boards for the ust
of the boys of the city,aEd 1t will stanc
Tor years to come as n monument tt
his memory.
His remains arrived In our city thi,
afternoon. and were conveyed to til,
family cemetery on the Brandywine
where they were Inferred with cere
monies of the Episcopal Church In thu
presence Of numerous relatives anC
friends.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-05-18

The weight Of the rail used on the Amer.
lean roads has been increasing steadily
these 20 years, Notwithstanding the abun.
dance CT timber for ties. This is due solely
to the increasing weight of rolling stool;
Cars of every description are much heavier
than they We're formerly, and their cnpacity
ia grenter. Twenty years ago the maximum
capacity Of a freight car was from 20, 900 to
to "a 600 pounds. Today it is from co 900 to
$4,000 pounds, and indeed n few cars have
been built that will carry 600 pounds oil
freight. A 80 ton engine was regarded rs
of fair size some years ago, bat we see them
now weighing 80, 10 and 80 tons. Until
within the last ten or n dozen years the av
crege weight Of rails in Use here was 81
pounds to the yard York Tribune.