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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09
CURRENT TOPICS.

JAPANESE dentists pull teeth with the
fingers.
A LEIGH has three jaws which form 4
triangle * a
EUROPE reports 70. ooo, 900 people wear.
ing wooden shoes
A SCHOOL for spinning has been
opened in London.
81 THE cost of the capitol at Washington
has exceeded $50, oOo, 900.
! A PENNY changes hands 125, 900 times
, in the course Of q lifetime
/ sssCoSsUAPTloN4zas~sa said to be unknown
where cows milk 10 not used.
! A LARGE boulder of galena recently
mined at Carterville, Mo-, il said to
:have'weighed 2, $50 poundA
"A HANDSOME park, in memory of Ed
ward T. Roe: the late novelist, il to be
laid out in Cornwall, New York.
ORIENTAL gardeners produce ''chanRe-
able roses" which are white in the
shade and blood-red in the sunlight.
Two Chattanooga policemen were
held mp" by one man: He got the
drop on them, but that was al he did
get. ...s-.5,:, - =
AILrailroad lines leading to the south
are short of cars This indicates good
movement into q country fast develop
ing..l sAE4 s,'t'-~,:, : 3a:7u 49, "a -.
NNEs PATTI is SAID to have relin-
quished her intention to visit the birth
place of her father in Sicily, owing to
her fear of possible capture BY brig
andx z - s4%Fets 9@s ~
; IN the south an average mule i.
worth so, and q pair. of extra good
ones viii bring $3.50 or more. Louis-
vile; = the great mule market Of the
saats;121laa 1s$ii i>4 t2"se :,
IN the British patent office, whore Of
al places in the world one would e.
pect to find things ordinarily up tc
date. :" the steel pen is unknown and the
antediluviap goose quill absolute and
supreme. 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09
Claims He Saw Heaven.

Geo. Wupderlich of Red Wing, who
has for some time been suffering from
structure of the stomach, has curious
story to relate. About week ago he
passed into a trance and was uncon-
scious for several hours, and he MAIN
tains that during that time he was in
heaven, spoke with Jesus and the an
gels. But Jesus said he was not ready
to receive him yet, and so the angels
lowered him little by little until he was
in place of darkness. Suddenly he
was seized with a pain and regained
consciousness.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

The subcommittee from the joint sen
ate and house committee have made
draft for the new legislative districts.
They figured that with a population of
100, SEQ the basis should be "a, 10s for q
senator and 1l,4l9 for a representative,
and these figures were followed as
closely as possible in mapping out the
new districts. They make the. re-
adjustment as follows:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09
ATTEMPTED Robbery.

An attempt was made last night BY j.
Harity and companion to rob Messrs.
Bemis and Young, brakeman and fire.
man, respectively, on the Chicago, St..
Paul, Minneapolis T. Omaha road at
Mankato. The latter had received their
monthly pay during the day. They
were successful in their struggle with
the robbers and escaped without losing
anY money.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

WH1TEvER ones lot In life, he shout,
have good deeds to show for it-Phila
delphiN Times
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

A FEARFUL. FATE.-Van llem,tt-''So he's
. cynic, eha Been disappointed in love,
has hea' Van Aradt-"No; in his cook."-
Vogue.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

USE Browns BRONCHIAL TRocHEs fol
Coughs, Colds and allknher Throat Troubles.
-'Pre-eminently the best."-Rev He.rr
Ward Beecher.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09
ALEolSLATivE NOTES.
(eems Regarding tho Doings Of Lesislatoea
ut the CAPITOL. $e

tesas Regarding tho Doings Of Lesislatoes
ut the Capitol. -
The investigating committee called.
for in the resolution of Senator Keller
promises to be the most important in
aesti6sting committee of the session.
aheminphkct Of DEMONSTRATION is
to look into the matter of pine stumpagc
taxation. The pine stumpage on state
lands, It's veil known, is sold to lum-
bermen. The title to the land remains
in the state and only the pine is sold.
The lumber, however, is generally as
valua Ole as the land on which it grows,
and the object of the investigation is to
ascertain why the o ders are not taxed
the same as owners of other property.
Senator Keller says the ownership Of
the pine constitutes q property right
and value, and the right should be
zedstasessamesasso other property.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

RnxExnER that in Garfield Tea you have
IN unfaihng remedy for Indigestion, Sick
Headache, and every attending i'll that an
druggist sells it, Csc, SOC, and $780,"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

REV. H. P. CARSON Scotland, OAK, says:
1.-Two bottles of Halls Catarrh Cure complete
ly cured my little GIRL"
w. H. GRIFFIN, Jackson, Michigan, writes:
''Suffered with Catarrh for fifteen years, Halls
Catarrh Cure cured me-"
ALBERT BuRcH, West Toledo Ohio, says:
"Halls Catarrh Cure saved my life"
CONDUCTOR E. D. LOOMS Detroit, Mich,
says: 1.-The effect of Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful"
E. A. ROOD, Toledo Ohio says: "Halls
Catarrh Cure cured my wife of catarrh fifteen
years ago and she has had no return of it. It's
sure cure"
E. B. WAIrHALL & Co., Druggists Horse
Cave, KY, say: "Halrs Catarrh Cure cures
every that takes it,"
J. A. JOHNSON, Medina, N. Y, says:
"Halls Catarrh Cure cured me-"
MANUFACTURED
F: J. CHENEY & CO., TOLEDO, O.
Testimonials sent free. Sold by Druggists
IS cents per bottle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

CURR your cough with Hale's Honey Of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

FRENCH IN ONE LEssoN.-'!Bontelle meana
bottle, frontage, cheese, and friend, and 90
On with the other words" - Fliegende
Batter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

PEoP1R who live in small apartment
houses are now called "Folding Bedouins.'
Wide Awake,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09
G. A. X. Omcera.

John Day Smith, commander of the
department of Minnesota, Grand Army
of the Republic, has made the follow
ing appointments of staff officers:
j. K. Mertz, Minneapolis, assistant
adjutant general.
+. N. Leavens, Faribault, assistant
quartermaster general.
Reuben c. Benton, Minneapolis, judge
advocate.
Harrison White, Beaver Creek, de-
purtment inspector.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

AoTHER-1N.1Aw-"Ugh! you haven't th,
manners Of . Pig" Son.in-law-'' YoI
havei"-Judv.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

An exchange Gays q mans full mental
power ID not reached before the age Of
twenty-five. Either this is wrong or the
college freshman has been misinformed a.
to hlmself.-Boston Transcript.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09
The Virtue OF Promptltutla

4s Ia nothing more forcibly shown than In
the escape from disease of those who heed
its warnings. Foresight is wisely practiced
by persons who, observing that their kid
full impulse with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters. BY 50 dong they avoid Bright's dis
ease and other destructive renal maladies.
Chills and fever, indigestion, constipation.
liver trouble, rheumatism should be nipped
in the bud by the Bitters,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09
Hr worlx wHo wopu

V1AW WaO "VkIANs
and. = tired, WIN ind Q
special help In Doctor
1ierce's NSvueibp Pre-
suip6on. Perfectly
harmless II any conG-
ton OF tie female sys-
tenn. Npromotesal tbs
natural functions, and
builds up, strengthens,
regulates, and cures.
For women approach
ing confinement, nurs-
ing mothers, and every
weak, rundown, dali
cate women, It Il an in
V&NNNAAASN~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

dred and fifty pounds, and 1 weigh in the
neighb0rhoody OF three hundred" 'Oh.
well, If you want to ascertain your exact
weight, drop nHckle in twice, and foot up
the aggregate. "-Harper's Bazar
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

On motion of Bob Dunn. the chair ap-
pointed the following committee to in
vestigate the charge against the state
auditor of the sale of state timber in
private: Messrs. Dunn, Celeb, Fleming,
German and 7. Cole
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1893-03-09

by vuie Of % to 5 the senate wer
Il record in favor of annual sessions
ne legislature and a salary Of 81 600
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29
How Fires Affect women.

In fire you get very close down to
human nature, observes the n. Y.
Sun. The other night an apartment
house took fire. There was no time
but for that which was closest. A
mother, scantily clad and crying, took
out her two little children. A wife
buttoned herself in her long Newman
ket and ran, leading her brown-eared
setter. A devoted son and daughter
ON the top floor dressed warmly their
helpless old mother of 80 and waited
to carry her, if need be, across the
fire-escape. One woman put on fur
lined cape over her night-dress and
came forth with a travelling bag filled
with silver. A young widow ran for
her new Sunday frock and took down
the departed ones portrait. Another
came forth fully equipped as for
church, in jacket, tippet, hat and
crimps. Another young woman left
all her belongings and fed in her
night-dress, blistering her bare feet on
the cinders and ran down the street
calling for a carriage. Another put
her valuables iu sealskin coat, and
finding the smoke not too threatening
tished out her long tailed gown and
the black silk silhouettes of her grand
father and grandmother, which she
knew she couldn't replace. One man
contented himself with bath robe,
and another dressed himself in his
four-in-hand tie and scarf pin.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29
APPALLING DEPTHS OF SPACE.
Stellar Distances That Stun the Mind and
Battle Comprehension.


Sir Robert Ball at the Royal Institu-
tion recently delivered the last of his
lectures on astronomy. He took for
his subject "The Stars" those orbs
which, though appearing so small to
us because of their immense distance,
are in reality great and shining suns.
If, he said, we were to escape from the
earth into space, the moon, Jupiter,
Saturn, and eventually the sun would
become invisible; but, far as we are
from the stars, they still shine bright
ly to US. Many of these stars are
heavier than our sun. For instance,
Mizar. the middle star in the tail of
the Great Bear, is forty times as
heavy as the sun. To the naked eye
there are five or six thousands of these
heavenly bodies visible. In all prob
ability there are worlds revolving
round them.
Sixty-one Cygni is the nearest star to
us in this part of the sky. Alpha
Centauri, in the constellation Centaur,
in the Southern Hemisphere, is the
nearest of all the stars. The sun is a
long way off, 93,0o0,000 miles. Now,
multiply this by 200,00 and the re-
suit is, roughly speaking, 20.000.000,-
009, 900; and this is the distance we are
from Alpha Centauri. Take the speed
of an electric current, which is nearly
the same as that ght-1S0,0 900 miles
per second-suppose a message to be
sent at this speed from point on the
earth's surface, it would go seven
times around the earth in one second.
Again, let it be supposed that messages
were sent off to the different heavenly
bodies.
To reach the moon at this rate it
would take about one second. In
eight minutes message would get to
the sun, and, allowing for couple OF
minutes delay, one could send a
message to the sun and get an answer
all within twenty minutes. But to
reach Alpha Centauri it would take
three years; and as this is the nearest
of the stars, what time must il take to
get to the othersp If, when Yelling
ton won the battle of Waterloo in 1915,
the news had been telegraphed off i'm
mediately, there are some stars so re-
mote that it would not yet have
reached them. To 90 a step further,
if in 1866 the result of the Conquest
had been wired to some of these stars,
the message would still be on its way.
If the tidings of the first Christmastide
in Bethlehem had been sent to the
stars, there are some orbs, situated in
the furthermost depths of space, which
could not receive the message for 8
long time yet.-Londom Telegraph.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29
A Honeymoon Incident.

A well-known local carpenter tells a
story that is intended as a good joke
on his wife. When they were married
they rented apartments in block, the
rear of which overlooked one of the
rivers, and among the wife's earliest
culinary efforts was batch of bread.
The young husband sampled his wife's
contribution to the worlds stock of
the "staff of life," and, arising from
the table. playfully remarked:
"My dear, cast your bread upon the
waters"
The wife took offense at the injunc-
ton, and, as her husband left the
house, she flung the remaining loaf out
of the window into the river. 1t struck
passing boat, crashing through the
bottom and sinking in the waters
murky depths. The next she knew
the boatman, dripping wet, made a
tour Of the block, bent on discovering
who dumped the hod of brick into his
craft. BinqhGnaton Leader.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29
READING IN ICELAND.
Culture as 1t Exists Away Up Toward
the North Pole.


w. E. Mead, in his paper on Books
and Reading in Iceland" in the Atldsa-
tic, thus speaks of the universally of
the reading habit in that far-away isl
and:
One naturally expects the clergy to
be more or less educated and to have
books as a necessary accompaniment,
but one hardly dares to expect much
of the ordinary farmers of SO poor a
land as Iceland; yet in spite of all
draw backs the Icelandic farmer man
ages to have at least few books, and
sometimes remarkable number.
On my trip to Hecla and Krisuvik l
omitted no opportunity of looking over
the books in the farmhouses. Some
times found nothing but the bible
and the psalmbook, or an old treatise
on farming,or some practical religious
work, but little inquiry usually
brought out few volumes of the old
sagas. At a farmhouse almost under
the shadow of Hecla found, on the
chest of drawers in my bedroom, sew
eral schoolbooks-one for learning
Danish-a volume of tales, and the
usual psalmbook. Against the wall
hung portfolio partly filled with Ice
landic newspapers.
The members of the family appeared
to be very intelligent and by no means
to have limited their reading to the
few books in sight. A day or two later
we were at Skumstathir, on the south
ern coast. AS we had just come from
some of the places most famous in Ice
landic story, asked our host if he had
copy of the Njalssaga. He was a
tall, shrewd-looking man of over 60,
with strong face, mighty, hawk
like nose, little fringe of beard under
his chin, and sharp, penetrating eyes.
He thought there was copy in the
house and presently returned with a
well-worn volume published in Copen-
hagen in 1872. having a part of the
title page printed in vermilion. Other
books were lying about the room. A
bunch of newspapers published at
Reykjavik hung against the wall, and
the first number of religious news
paper was handed about as specimen
copy.
Books turn up in unexpected cor
ners. While we waited for the wind
to subside, so that our horses could
safely swim the Olfusa, we stayed at
the house of the ferryman. He opened
a bottle of port wine for US; and when
asked for book to while away the
time he brought a small armful for
me to choose from.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29
The serpent's Venom.

A physician while talking with a
group of friends remarked: at is
common to hear people speak about
poisonous serpents. Serpents are never
poisonous; they are venomous. A poi
son cannot be taken internally without
bad effects; a venom can. Venoms, to
be effective. have to be injected di-
rectly into the circulation, and this is
the manner in which the snakes kill.
Their venom, taken internally, is in
nocuous.
%Another popular error is the suppo-
sition that snake bites. Probably no
creature i'll the world provided with
teeth and jaws has so little power of
biting. The jaws are not hinged, but
are attached one to the other by carti-
lage. Thus a snake can have no lev
erage in opposing one jaw to the other,
and could not in this manner pierce
the skin. The fangs are driven into
thesfesh by a Stroke and not by bite
A snake is harmless unless in coil.
From its coil it throws it's head and
body forward, and slrikes or hooks its
fangs into the object aimed at. The
entire work is done with the upper
jaw, the lower jaw having nothing at
all to do with it. A man striking a
boat hook into pier furnishes an ex-
ample of the way in which snake
strikes. Biting is-a physical impossi-
bility. ."-NeW Orleans Times Democrat.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29
LIEE.REGAN Al TIE POLES.
The Earth Was Too Hot Elsewhere, but
Is Now Growing Coldss

As matter of fact, says writer in
the Catholic World, this world of ours
has long passed its youth. 1t is now
verging on old age, and, with its poles
covered with everlasting ice, it may
be likened to body whose extremities
are bleached and paralyzed with years.
Even in the geological period which
Immediately preceded our own and
which is known as the postplfocene, or
quaternary, great changes took place,
and man has been witness to them.
The rivers of today are mere brooks
compared to what they were then, and
in North America we can trace the
shore lines of immense quaternary
lakes which no longer exist. But while
this fact may interest and perhaps sur
prise US a little, it does not tax our
credulity so much as when we are told
that once, instead of snow and ice,
from the poles Indeed, the French
naturalist Button believed that on our
planet, which was slowly cooled and
consolidated, life began at the poles,
and that from thence it spread in the
direction OF the tropics, where at first
the heat was too intense to admit of
recent wears that we have been able
to get glimpse of the ancient arctic
zone, which is much more accessible
than the antarctic, and what has thus
far been brought to light makes Buf-
fon's daring conjecture not so very inn
probable.
In Spitzbergen and Greenland, in
Alaska, along the banks of the Mack
enzie river, even in Grinnen Land be-
tween 80 and SO degrees north latitude
the farthest point yet reached-fossil
plants have been found belonging to
the carboniferous, jurassic, cretaceous
and tertiary periods, and these plants
have been described by Professor Os-
wald Heer, of Zurich, in his admira BILE
work, "Flora Fossils Arctica." The
fossil sequoias of Grinnell Land bear
an unmistakable resemblance to the
living sequoias of California, while the
fossil laurel-Laurus primigenia-of
ancient Greenland is said to be the
direct ancestor of our present laurel.
The cold which overwhelmed the an
cient polar regions is not arrested in
its progress; the cause which first
brought it on is still at work. Our
sun is becoming more and more con-
densed, and by and by it will no longer
find in the contraction of its diameter
source sufficient to keep up its
energy, and with the extinction of the
sun our earth must perish. The ap-
proach of this deadly world chill is
Infinitely slow-so slow that history
takes no note of it; but in time the
now crowded, busy portions of the
earth must meet the fate of Greenland
and Spitzbergen. This day is still
buried in the distant future; but fa1
off as it is, the lesson of the past tells
us that it is coming.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29
CARPE| :
1t
ABSOLUTE
OST.

We find we have much too large a
stock of Carpets to carry over. In or
der to reduce it, we have decided to
make horizontal reduction that
will move them at once.
We are not prone to indulgence in
sensational head lines or extravagant
boasting, but " at this time and place"
positively assert that we shall plsce
lower prices on Carpets than they were
ever before sold for in Portage County
"a bona fide cost basis
"There is reason in all things" and
our reason for this sacrifice in price is
that we want the room for our Fall
stock.
Now is your opportunity. You will
scarcely have another such an one in
life time to buy elegant Floor Cover
ings untsinted with profit to the seller,
1t will pay you to anticipate your
purchases in the line of Carpets.
We mention in particular our large
and superb stock of Body and Tapes
try Brussels. The prices we have
marked on them will meet your APP
proval, and cause you to willingly part
with your bottom dollar, if needs be,
in Carpet Investment. Just think
of it: An elegant Brussels Carpet at
but trifie more cost than an Ingram.
Our Moquettes, Art Squares, Rugs,
Mattings, Oil Cloths and LinoIeums
sre all dumped in the cost hopper
These prices necessitate strictly cash
sales. Respe ctfully,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1893-03-29

Miss Ida Hewitt, of Cairo, w. Va,
who is known as the only female loco
motive engineer in the world, has been
engaged by the lady com missioners of
the Worlds Fair, to run the first train
over the grounds on the opening day
of the Exposition. She has made all
her arrangements and will leave for
Chicago about week before the date
of opening Miss Hewitt has had an
elaborate and unique wardrobe pre-
pared for her own use during the fair,
one ofthe notable costumes being that
of Spanish girl of the fourteenth CEN
tury, which she will wear on the en-
gines during her first trip. She
is pretty girl of a pronounced bru,
nette type, and the costume is wonder.
fully becoming The road on which
Miss Hewitt learned her business and
on which she is now running regular
ly is known as the Cairo & Little
Kanawha, and is feeder of the Balti-
more &Ohio at Cairo from the lumber
districts lying back from the railroad
in that vicinity, It is mostly owned
by the father OF the young woman,
who is a man of prominence and
wealth.