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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
MAxlM'S FLYING MACHINE.
An Otherwise Successful Trial Spoiled by q
Surplus Of Lifting Power.

An Otherwise Successful Trial Spoiled by .
Surplus of Lifting Power.
Hiram Maxim's flying machine has
gained considerable notoriety the past
week. On Tuesday heinventor, with two
assistants, in a machine weighing 900
pounds, succeeded in flying 500 yards.
The experiment ended in an accident
because the machine insisted on flying
higher than Maxim wished. 1t started
along the track, but broke loose from
the check rail, which was intended to
hold it within few inches Of the
ground, and when the engineer shut of
steam it dropped on the turf.
The machine, with its four side sails
and "aeroplanes" set, is 100 feet wide
and looks like a huge white bird with
four wings instead Of two It is pro-
PEELED by two large two bladed screws
resembling the propellers Of a ship.
These screws are driven by two engines
which, in proportion to their weight,
are the most powerful ever made. They
develop one horsepower for every two
pounds of their weight. The boiler is
VI uOVoA ueSASu. ~ COASASUS " AAe"AAy
tiny tubes through which is a forced
circulation Of water.
On Tuesday Maxim started with a
pressure of $40 pounds, which had risen
to $50 when he had traversed 500 yards.
These 500 yards were run at the rate OF
45 miles an hour, the propellers making
500 revolutions per minute. The fuel
used is gasoline. The weight of the ma
chine is 5000 pounds, and the engines
were giving a lifting power Of 10, 600.
There was, therefore, surplus foata-
tory power of 2, 900 pounds. 1t was, Of
course, this surplus lifting power that
did the mischief by throwing on the
controlling axles strain they had not
been designed to bear.-London Letter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
MANCHESTER'S SHIP CANAL.
IL Is Beginning to Loom Up as q Large
Sized White Elephant.

II Is Beginning to Loom Up as . Large
Sized White Elephant.
It appears that the people Of Man.
chester are beginning to find that their
Wanted ship canal is something Of an
elephant on their hands. The chairman
of the canal company has submitted to
the municipal authorities a report which
does not make them feel very good.
His figures show that at the end Of the
current year the canal deficit will
amount to e146, 862, and unless some
thing can be done about it, nobody
knows exactly what, the city will have
to meet the interest of the bonds in
1896, which means an increase Of taxa
ton Of shilling ~ pence on the
pound, or about per cent.
It appears, too, that the canal COM
pany has entered into sundry obligations
which the corporation knew nothing
about and to meet which will make q
tremendous drain even on the resources
of the corporation. The canal will,
moreover, have to keep dredges at work
at cost Of about $50, 900 year, and
more capital is called for to meet the
extra expenses Of digging the canal.
The chairman advises the taxpayers
to make no further pledges to the canal
and announces that he proposes to re.
sign the position Of chairman, as he
does not feel equal to the task Of extri.
eating the canal from its difficulties.
This all makes showing very different
from the roseate reports Of the canal
which have been coming across the wa
ter.-New Orleans Picayune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
Grand Army Excursion to Pitts
burg, via the Nickle Plate
Road.

ttO0U.
Special train will leave Chicago
Monday, Sept 10th, at eleven o'clock
a. M, for the accommodation of G. A.
r. comrads, who desire to enjoy a de-
lightful and cool ride along the south
shore of Lake Erie, to Cleveland,
where an opportunity will be given to
afford visit to the Garfield monu-
ment, the shrine OF which no patriotic
American should fail to visit. The
gates of the Lake View cemetry are
situated within stones throw or the
Nickle Plate Road. The Soldiers
Monument, which has recently been
erected in the public square in Cleve-
land, is said to be the finest in Amer
lea, and among the many other at
fractions Of the Forest City by the
Lake, is Euclid Avenue, acknowl-
edged to be the most beautiful street
of its length, in the world. The fare
for the round trip is $1,000, good to
return until September 18th. In adj
dition to the special train returning,
the excursion tickets will be available
on any on of the three regular trains
each week day and two on Sunday.
For sleeping car accommodations or
other information, address
j. Y. CALLAHAN, General Agent
Qw4) 1913 Clark St., Chicago, Ill.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
An Infant Phenomenon.

A real infant phenomenon keeps all
the medical men and pedagogues Of the
good old town Of Brunswick in a state
Of wonder and delight. The little son
Of a local butcher, a baby just 2 years
old, can read with perfect ease anything
written or printed in German or Latin
characters. A few weeks ago three
Brunswick doctors had the baby intro
duced to them at the house Of one Of the
learned gentlemen. The first thing the
little one did when brought into the
consulting room was to stand on his toes
at the table, reading out from the books
that were lying about When IS months
old, the baby liked books and newspa-
pers better than lollipops and toys, and
whatever the parents playfully told him
he remembered, with the result that,
at the age of years, he reads with per-
feet ease. Westminster Gazette.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
4 MATRIMONIAL CONSPIRACY.

sevsr>l Naechuaaking Russian 1roAAsS Do
tscted In . Diss1aeenal sshs.ns.
Father John Sergien Of Cronstadt IL
probably the most universally popular
priest in the Russian Orthodox church.
His prayers and benediotions are be-
sought by the grievously sick and un-
fortunate in nearly every government Of
European Russia, by letter and BY tele-
graph, so implicit is the public conf
dence reposed in his piety and wisdom.
Father John himself is man Of simple
life. making no pretensions whatever to
extraordinary sanotity, Of modest habits
aud lavish to the last ruble Of his con-
siderable income in relieving the neces-
sitous, making no distinction Of creed
or race.
Not little indignation has there
fore been raised by the discovery In the
government Of Orel that the good ia
theirs reputation has for some time past
been wickedly traded upon by a number
of designing mammas who have unmar-
ried and dowerless daughters to dispose
of. These solicitous matrons, sometimes
acting in concett, but in different To-
calities, have fabricated letters Of ad-
vice, purporting to be written by the
worthy priest Of Cronstadt, recommend
ing particular matrimonial alliances be-
tween their daughters and certain pious
young bachelor neighbors as being d.
vinely ordained.
These spurious letters proved success
full bats in very many instances, but
eventually the maternal conspiracy was
detected, and it is now probable that
the more guilty of the intriguing
mothers and matchmaking spinsters of
Orel will have to do penance for their
indiscretions in a conventual retreat be-
fore Father john absolution is granted
and the civil authorities are satisfied.
Odessa Cor London News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16

Worthington ADvANcE-Bro. Pfeiff-
er, of the Avoca Independent, was
here Monday. Mr.. P. is the leading
Peoples party editor in this district:
Tony Schaefer was here also, Monday.
There's fusion in the air!
We hear from good authority that
Mr.. Schaefer was seen in conversation
with Dan Shell, the same day. This
is indeed suspicious. We, shall look
after Mr.. Schaefer, for fear that he
will fuse with the Republicans this
year.-Adrian Democrat.
Of course Mr.. Schaefer would like
to "fuse'' with any party that could
pull him out of the slough of democ-
1acy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
Sale of the Thousand Islands.

The government is rejoicing over the
sale Of the Thousand islands, which, it
appears, are going off cheap for cash.
Over 800 have been sold for the paltry
sum of $40, 900, or, say, $125 each. The
Ontario government was not given much
time to consider their purchase. The
Dominion government has had its own
way. The "nigger in this woodpile" is
yet to be discovered. Just what motive
is behind the determination Of the gov
eminent to sell the islands in spite Of
public opinion is not evident. Those
who remember all the Rykert and other
timber land deals, and who look back
over the Is years. record of this most
corrupt government, will look for reve-
lations in connection with this matter
some day.-Montreal Witness. \
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
OFFICIAL PAPER OF MOBILES COUNTY.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT WoRrH1NG-
TON, MINNESOTA.
Republican Legislative Con-
yentiOn.

A delegate convention of the Republican cleo
tors Of the Seventh legisla tive District. com.
prising the counties OF Rock, Mobiles PlRest9hhe
Village of Adrian, Mimi, on Wednesday. Sept
S, 1884, at II a. M, for the purpose Of placing IN
nomination one candidate for State Senator AND
county Will be entitled to three delegates at
large and one for every one hundred votes or
major fraction thereof cast for President Har-
rison at the general election in 1892. On this
basis the several counties will be entitled 70
representation as follows: Rock Il. Mobiles -,
Pipestone 8. Murray
BY order of Legislative Committee:
H.J. MILLER, Chairman.
l.. C. HERR. Secretary.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
UNCLE SANS NEW LIBRARY.
The Most Perfect Structure of Its Kind In
the World. %A


the World. %A.
No such library as this new one of
Uncle Sans was ever planned before.
You must imagine, to begin with, two
iron bookcases, each 65 feet high, 112
feet long and As feet WIDE They tower
up through the building story on story
in nine tiers Each bookcase will hold
800, 900 volumes The metal framework
is made gridiron fashion to permit the
free passage Of the atmosphere. for
books need fresh air as much as human
beings, else they rot. The floors are
sheets of iron, and fire could do no dam
age worth mentioning, for books will
not burn. They will only smclder under
favorable circumstances. &
The library has 1900 windows.
Those which admit light to the great
book stacks above described are single
sheets of fine plate glass. Looking from
the interior courtyards, the walls in
closing the book stacks appear to be al
most wholly of glass. Thus the title on
the back of every volume may be easily
read The shelves already provided will
accommodate /, 500, 900 books-twice as
many as are now in the library.
The building has been SO constructed
as to afford space for other stacks, which
may be put up at any time, and will
hold 2, 700, 600 volumes more. A mil
lion books in addition may be accom-
modated in the courtyards, and there is
room for more besides. The librarian Of
congress a century hence will not find
himself cramped in the least. -Wash-
inptOn Star. y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
CARNO1 AND SEVEN.
The Strange INTERVIEWING of the Number
With Events In His Life.

The Strange INTERVIEWING of the Number
With Events In His Life.
An interesting discovery has just been
made by a contributor to French peri
odical, who has apparently touch OF
superstition in his character concerning
numbers. Whether or no he believes in
the mysterious and uncanny influence
Of number Is is not stated, but he points
out that the unfortunate President Car
not was throughout his life under the
influence, SO to say, of the figure Z.
He was born in 1887 and entered the
Ecole Polytechnique in 1857. he be-
came president Of the republic in 1887
by virtue Of the seventh article OF the
constitution. On the 18th Of May in the
present year he presided at the cente-
nary fetes at the Ecole Polytechnique.
He died in the fifty year Of his
age and in the seventh year of his presi-
dency.
In the carriage in which he was seat
ed when assassinated there were, in
Guiding the driver, etc., seven persons,
the crime being committed on Sun
day, the seventh day of the week, by
Cesario, an italian, there being respec-
lively seven letters in these two words.
To conclude this list Of sevens, it is
pointed out that NJ. Carnot's remains
were laid in the tomb in the seventh
month of the year and on the seventh
day after the murder was committed.
1t might lie added that Cesario came
from Cette to commit it, and that the
pronunciation Of Cette and sept (seven)
is identical. London Standard.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
He Got the Russell Shoes.

Oliver Van Ostend, the New York
electric expert, is very fond of driving
and day or 80 ago told his groom to
have the mare he most favors for spin
in the park freshly shod. Being in a
merry mood, he added, IF the black
smith has any russell shoes, tell him to
fit her out with that kind" What was
his surprise to get bill for complete
set Of fine copper shoes, especially made
to order; but, as the joke was on him,
he paid up without protesting. New
York Mail and Express
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
80. 7Itl-. = }. 10 --,r. ~,
CAPITAL AND CONFIDENCE.
An That 10 Needed Fur the American Roo
pie 60 Start Up Again. u& 9a

An That 70 Needed Fur the American Peo.
pie 60 start Up Again. wv a2
Everybody who has money il tired
Of getting per cent or no per cent tor
1t. Every business man who has been
lying on his oars is crazy to do some
thing or engage in something he under
stands Every enterprise which has
been dormant is feeling its way for cap
ital and confidence. Labor is every
where eager for work and employers
still more eager to open their works. 1t
only requires the normal machinery OF
the country to move in . normal way,
for consumption to again make demands
upon production. ~-..
When the history Of the late panic
comes to be written and the troubles in
cident to it, one of its remarkable fea-
lures will be the effect upon. railway
traffic, upon all business Of IS, 600, 600
people, of those who had to and those
who had no need to eoonomize, but did
so in every possible way. When one
family uses the old stove with the
cracked lids and pastes paper over the
broken pane of glass and does not renew
any of the furniture or crockery, when
they wear last years clothes and go
from food which might be luxurles to
food which simply supports life, the eco
nomics are demonstrated which follow
total or partial loss of income.
Precisely that process has been going
on for two-thirds of a year among 90
per cent of our population. It has made
clear the fact that the American people,
who are charged, and probably justly,
with being the most extravagant people
in the world, can live as closely as any
body when it becomes necessary. But
the effect upon merchants, middlemen
and carriers in the volume Of their bust
ness and their profits is disastrous be-
yond any process which has ever affect
ed the business Of the country.-Chaun-
oey NJ. Depew in New York Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
j. M. Barrie Going to Samoa.

The statement is repeated, and it
seems likely to be true, that Mr.. and
Mrs. Barrie are contemplating honey
moon jaunt to Samoa to visit Mr.. r. L.
Stevenson. The South sea exile's visit
ors have been many and varied, but
Mr.. Barrie would be the first brother
novelist to make the journey.-West-
minister Gazette. ".. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
Republican County Convention,
Mobiles County.

A delegate convention Of the Republican ele
ctors OF Mobiles County will be held at the G. A.
r. Hall, in the village OF Worthington, in said
county, on Monday, September, 8, 1894, at II
O2) delegates to the Republican legislative
convention. to be held at Adrian, Minnesota,
Wednesday. September s. 1894: also to noml-
nate candidates for the following county Off
GERS: County auditor, County Treasurer. Sher-
if, Register OF Deeds. Judge Of Probate: County
Attorney, County Surveyor, Coroner, Clerk OF
the District Court Court Commissioner, Super
intendent of Public Schools.
Each voting precinct in the county will
be entitled to one delegate at large and one Tor
every fifteen votes or major fraction thereof,
cast for Pres Harrison at the general election
in 1892. On this basis the several precincts will
be entitled to representation as follows:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
For Register.

EDITOR ADvANcE.-Please announce
in your paper that I am a candidate
for the office of register of deeds, sub
ject to the decision of the Republican
county convention. Respectfully,
Qw9 THos. BA171FF.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16
How's tariff reform?"

Hennepin county candidates for
the legislature are instructed for
Senator Washburn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16

A Worthington lawyer by the name
of Cross is being pushed forward as a
candidate for county attorney.-Adrian
Democrat.
Mr.. Cross is not so ''obscure" as the
Democrat would have us believe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16

Adrian village. .................... ....... IL
Biglow Township. ........... ..............
Bloom Township NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Dewald Township. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Ellsworth Village. ..... .............
Elk Township. ...........................
Grand Prairie Township. .......... ........
Graham Lake Township Observation-Disclosures.
Hersey Tow nship. ..........................
Indian Lake Township. Observation-Disclosures.
Larken Township ....................
Leota Township. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
LiSmOre Township NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Little Rock Township. Observation-Disclosures.
Lorain Township. ...........................
Olney Township. ..........................
Ransom Township. ........ INSTRUMENTATION.
Seward Township. .......... ..............
Summit Lake Township. ...........
West Side Township. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
WilmOnt Township. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Worthington Township. -. .::.:.: ..........
Worthington Village, First District. :
Worthington Village, Second District.
the hour named above, so that those coming by
train can reach home by afternoon trains:
By order Of County Commute.
j. A. Town, Chair
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-08-16

Some fear that President Cleveland
will not sign the tariff bill. Grover
wanted the House bill passed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-26
The Queens Guard of Honor.

During the queens residence at Bal
moral there are frequent illusions in
the official court circular to her ma
jesty's guard of honor. The fact is
that the queen is really guarded" at
Balmoral by a few men of the A di-
vision of the metropolitan police, and
the same arrangement prevails at Os-
borne. The soldiers never come near
Balmoral, but they are kept nine miles
away, at Ballater, where their duty
is to attend at the railway station
when royal personages arrive or de-
part. The guard (about fifty men and
three officers) is usually furnished by
the regiment stationed at Edinburgh
castle The practice of sending a mill
tary guard to Deeside while the queen
is at Balmoral was begun about 1867.
The soldiers were originally billeted
on the villagers at Ballater, but this
arrangement was uncomfortable for
them and inconvenient to the inhabit-
ants, so the present barracks were
built by the government.-PaH Mall
-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-26
col. Throckmorton,s Prnrer.

Colonel Throckmorton, a distinguished
Kentuckian in his day. said Mr.. Charles
f. Joy, whose seat the committee on cleo
tons few days ago decided to give to his
contestant, Mr.. O'Neill, was once unon
time in subsequently the same predica-
ment that | have been in since 7 became
connected with the House of Representa-
ttves- He was q passenger. on a wooden
sailing vessel when a frightful storm
burst and the vessel became Nater-Iopged
The ship was pitching and dancing about
like straw in 2. whirlpool. The pas
SengerS were crying and appealing TO
heaven for aid Colonel Throckmorton
with all the gravity of a Kentucky gen
tieman, viewed the scene with comDos-
ure. The storm increased in fury. The
were shouting, and everything was in
confusion About this stage of the pro
ceedings the colonel edged over to the
side of the captain and said:
Tell me. is there really any daneer?'
'Yo on see what the rest Of the passen-
gers are doing, replied the captain; they
are making their peace with God If Won
ever do any praying, colonel, you might
do so with perfect propriety at this juno
ture- The vessel can't live five minutes.
The next pitch OF two will send her to
the bottom with all on board.
The colonel Strengthened himself, lift
with q reverent mein, and exclaimed:
Almighty God, If you ever intend to
do Colonel Throcknorton of Kentucky
a favor. now is your time to do it,
Colonel Throckmorton," concluded Mr.
JOY. lived to tell the story himself which
illustrates that man should not DESPAIR
until the last,"-W Washington Post
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-26
GRAND CHARITY CONCERT.
1t Was an Artistic and Finan-
cial Triumph.
BOBBY BURNS BIRTHDAY.
THE Draw SCOTS FITTINGLY OBJ
SERVE THE ANNIVERSARY.
s.For Surely You'll ha' Your Pint
Stock and Surely I'll ha' NIine''--
The Svvitchmen's Mutual Aid AS
sociation's Annual BalI-Amnse-
ment Notes.

It was a rare feast of music of which
the audience at the tabernacle partook
last evening. No more varied or at
tractive programme has ever been
rendered in this city.
The opening number was an over
ture finely rendered by the theatre
orchestra whose excellent music has
made the waiting between acts a
pleasure at the Salt Lake theatre.
Prof. George Careless, the conductor,
won new laurels.
The tabernacle choir, the Choral
society and the Orpheus club form a
rendition of a "Lombardi'' chorus by
Verdi and HandePs HalIelujah chorus
was most praisworthy. Prof Daynes
acted as conductor, in the absence of
Prof. Stevens. Prof. Radcliffe presided
at the great organ for the first chorus
and Miss Kate Romney for the second.
The chorus BEST of All' by the
Orpheus club. A. H. Peabody, conduc-
tor, was beautifully sung, as was the
encore How Can 1 Leave Thee?"
The club never sang better and it won
many new admirers last evening.
Mrs. Edwards, Mrs Woodrow, Mr..
George ID. Piper and Mr.. Horace En-
sign won stormy applause by their
artistic rendering of a quartette from
"Rigoletto' The audience would
take no refusal and for an encore
the quartette repeated portion of the
selection.
Mrs Lizzie Thomas Edwards ex-
quisite soprano and Mr.. Pypers' superb
tenor blended beautifully in a duet
from Rigoletto. AS an encore they
repeated it
The mezzo soprano made a good i'm
preston in an aria, "Seguidilla" from
Carmen" and for an encore Dream
ing" by Tosti. She has a flexible,
highly cultivated voice.
Miss Cecilia Sharp, the gifted young
pianist, played 'Tarantelle" and for an
encore Nfurmuring Zephyrs' by Jen-
sen, and was accorded richly deserved
applause.
Mrs. Bessie Dean Allison was at her
best in the beautiful song IF Thou
Dost Love Me- with an exquisite vio-
lin obligato written by Professor H.
S. Krouse. Her rich contralto was
also heard to great advantage in ''Ah
Mel The Journey Is Long,
Professor w. E. Weihe has the char
acteristic Of a true artist, every public
appearance of his is an improvement
upon the last, and this was noticeable
last evening. He played Fantasia
from Faust" and a ''Mazourka'' by
Musin, and received an ovation.
The baritone, F. w King, sang 90
Fill Me a F'lagon," by Nevin, and for
an encore THE Young Mountaineer, .
selections well suited to his powerful
and sympathetic voice
Professor Kr9use accompanied the
soloist.
The audience was large, as we'll as
appreciative, and a handsome sum will
no doubt be realized which will be
turned into charitable channels.