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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-06

My eyesight was failing. my nose
was stopped up first on one side,
then on the other. My mouth was
dry and tasted bitter in the morn
ing. l had considerable stomach
trouble and was also a sufferer from
rheumatism. Ibegan treatment with
Drs. Stackhouse and Daniel two
months ago. and am now feeling
better than for Is years. l have
gained in flesh and am free from the
above symptoms.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-09-06

Daily. bDsily except SUNDAY. -Going nor,h.
:Goins south and cart. No. Is nuns between
Cedar Rapids and West Liberty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
An English "VVater Witch"

A young man Of the name Of Rodwell,
in the employ of the Grinton Coal COM
pany in north England, has shown Won
derful powers in his occupation as pro-
fessional "water finder or "water
WITCH" Professor E. R. Lancaster, the
great English scientist, stated very plain
ly in one of the journals that he doubted
the attributed powers of either the
tswitch' or the ''divining rod" with
which he is armed in all professional
operations. This evoked the following
from DR.. Mcclure, the chairman of the
Grinton company: II deny emphatically
that the lad is an imposter! He has been
tested time and again and has never
failed to locate veins Of either mineral Or
water, depending upon what the search
was being conducted for. The 'divining
rod which he holds only moves in obedi-
ence to the muscular contractions Of his
hands and arms, and he can use rod of
any kind of wood or material, providing
it be what is known as good conductor
of electricity Another oddity about the
lad, and one of which I have never heard
in connection with water witching,' is
this: The lad habitually walks with his
hands clasped behind him, and as soon
as he steps upon the ground directly over
a mineral or water he is powerless to un-
clasp them until he moves away from
the region of the lode or conduit. ST.
Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
The Salt In the Sea.

The amount Of common salt in all the
oceans is estimated by Schafhautt at
3,O51,342 cubic geographical miles, or
about five times more than the mass of
the Alps, and only one-third less than
that OF the Himalayas. The sulphate
of soda equals 633, 644.a6 cubic miles,
or is equal to the mass Of the Alps. The
chloride of magnesium, Al, S11.9O Gu
bic miles. The lime salts 100, 359. A
cubic miles. He supposes the mean
depth to be about 300 meters, as esti-
mated by Humboldt. Admitting with
Laplace that the mean depth is from
four to five miles, which is more prob
able, the mass Of marine salt will DO
more than double the mass of the Hima-
layas. The weight Of water in the oceans
equals 2,494, 500, 900. 900, 900 of tons,
and the percentage Of common salt in
the oceans is FL. Therefore, the amount
of common salt in all the oceans taken
together is about 673, 515, 600, 900, 600
of tons. Were all the salts of the oceans
precipitated and spread out equally over
the land they would, it has been COM
puted, cover the ground one mile deep
over an area of 1000, 900 square miles.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
WHY THE JUROR HELD OUT.
The Extraordinary Secret Impaired TO .
aE Chief Justice In England.

The Extraordinary secret impaired 20 =
Chief Justice In England.
The most remarkable case of jury
''standing OUT against what seemed
irrefutable testimony, and all through
tho resolution of one man, occurred be-
fore Chief Justice Dyer many years ago.
He presided at murder trial in viii CHI
everything went against the prisoner,
who on his part could only say that on
his going to work in the morning he
had found the murdered man dying and
tried to help him, whereby he had be-
come covered with blood, but when the
man presently died he had come away
and said nothing about it, because he
was known to have had quarrel with
the deceased and feared he might get
into trouble. The hayfork with which
the man had been murdered had the
prisoners name on it. In other re-
spects his guilt appeared to be clearly
established, and the chief justice was
convinced Of it, but the jury returned a
verdict of mot guilty."
This was Chief Justice Dyer's case,
and he put some very searching ques-
lions to the high sheriff. The cause Of
the acquittal, said the official, was I'M
doubtedly the foreman, farmer of ex-
cellent character, esteemed by all his
neighbors, and very unlikely to be OBJ
stinate or vexatiors. "Then, " said the
Judge, II must see this foreman, for an
explanation of the matter I will have. I"
The foreman came, and after extracting
from his lordship promise Of secrecy
proved at once that the prisoner had
been rightly acquitted, for said he,
lit was myself who killed the man.
It had been no murder, for the other
had attacked him with the hayfork, and
AS he showed-severely injured him,
but in the struggle to get possession OF
the weapon he had the misfortune to
give the man a fatal wound. He had no
fears as to his being found guilty OF
murder, but, the assizes being just
over, his farm and affairs would have
been ruined by confession. through
lying in Jail so long, so he suffered mat
tiers to take their course. He was hor-
rifed to find one of his own servants &C
cused of the murder. He supported
his wife and children while in jail;
managed to be placed on the jury and
elected foreman. He added that If he
had failed in this he would certainly
have confessed to his own share in the
business, and the judge believed him.
Every year for Is years the judge
made inquiries as to the foreman's exis-
tence, and at last, happening to survive
him, he considered himself free to tell
the story.-London News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01

The Worthington ADVANCE has
brought out E. G. Huntington as a
candidate for secretary of state. Bro
Huntington is one of the pioneer
editors of this part of the state
and for twenty-three years the Re
publican party and Southwestern
Minnesota has had no more earnest
advocate in this locality. The Re-
porter has done yeoman work in
building up this section and it's able
editor would fill the office of secre-
tary of state with credit to himself
and the state. We second the nom
ination.-Slayton Gazette.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
Trying to Right Himself.

EDITOR ADVANCE: In the ''raw and
uncalled for remarks concerning bus
mess men" that I made at the con
vention at Rushmore, Jan. 24th, 1
had in mind what are called middle
men, retail merchants, and I think
that my position is correct. During
the last ten or twelve years I have
often called the attention Of some
Worthington merchants to the fact
that Bedford, of Rushmore, was sell
ing the same--quality of goods cheaper
than they were. and I asked the rea-
son for it, often the reason given by
the Worthington merchants was that
their taxes were much higher than
Mr.. Bedford's. By that statement
they admit the we'll known fact that
their taxes are factor in determin-
ing the price at which they sell their
goods, and that they make their ordi-
nary profit just the same whether
their taxes are high or low.
Everyone does the same thing if they
can, but the laboring man cannot do
anything of the kind, neither can the
farmer, if their taxes are raised fifty
per cent they cannot add farthing
to the price of their labor or it's pro
duct, for the reason that they are not
able to set the price on what they
sell or buy. Wheat that costs the
farmer 75c per bushel to raise and
get to market he can get but SOC for,
but if the farmer could set the price
on his produce I have no doubt but
what farming would pay better than
it does. ,4S*E
As for intending to find fault with
or cast slur upon the business men
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01

Of Worthingtop nothing was further
from my thoughts. I have known
and dealt with the most of them for
years and a fairer and a more accom-
modating set of business men I have
never found. l know that some Of
them have carried customers on their
books when they could i'll afford to
do so. But return to the main ques-
ton, the tax levy for court house.
It appears by what was said by a
gentleman from Worthington at the
Rushmore meeting, that the tax
payers Of this county have no rights
in the matter except the right to pay
their taxes, and he told us further
that the commissioners could, and
doubtless would, levy similar tax
next year and also the next, and that
we could not help ourselves, that the
commissioners could bond the county
for ten thousand dollars for jail and
for an unlimited amount, at least so
he intimated, for court house, and
that the voters and tax payers could
do nothing about it but pay the in
terest on the bonds, and the principle
when due. He said that was the law
of the state and that we could not
help ourselves. Now if that gentle
mans position is correct, and I pre-
sumo it is, how is that for self-govern-
ment, or as Lincoln put it "A govern
ment of the people, by the people
and for the people," It looks to me
more like centralizining all power in
to few hands; it is evidently done on
the supposition that the people don't
know enough to govern themselves
or don't know what they want. It
seems to me that it would be more in
accordance with our republican in
stitutions.to let the people vote on a
question of so much importance as
the taxing or bonding the people of
the county for thirty or forty thous-
and dollars. The law giving the
commissioners such extraordinary
powers was not generally known to
exist at the time of their election, it
therefore seems to many to be taking
an unfair advantage of the people.
If the voters in the second and third
districts had known in 1890 and 1892
of the existance of such law, and
that Mr.. Mack and Mr.. Graves if
elected would vote for the tax would
they have been elected? think not,
and so do some people in Worthing-
ton; that is why they are in such
haste to push this matter now, as one
that favors it told me "Now we have
the chance and we are going to i'm
prove it." J.H. MAXWELL.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
How tn Save Slippers.

A recent advertisement emanating
from bootshop reads like this: "Slip-
pers for ladies should never be used for
spanking purposes. 49,,
Careful mothers with unruly chill
dren will be presented with fine, well
made rattan carpet beaten with every
pair of shoes. The wearing quality
of our slippers will not then be endan-
gered by using them for correcting pur-
poses. .
bring your boy with you, and we
will show you how to use the carpet
beaten. Pearson s Weekly. =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
The Court House Tax.

The ADVANCE was in error last week
in stating that the $4,000 levied was
for the purpose of building a Jail
We understand that bonds will be is
ssed for this purpose, in the sum OIL
$4,000, and the money procured from
the state, at very low rate of inter.
est, from a fund for this purpose
The $4,000 is to be used in building
a court house. Of course this does
not materially change the situation
but we deem it proper to make this
statement. The ADVANCE has no de-
sire to state anything but the plain
facts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
Hon. Alex. Fiddes is proposed for
Lieut. Gov. That strikes this Office
very favorably.

The country is saved again. Cor
bolt knocks Mitchell out in nine min
utes. Corbett gotas much money forthe
job as thirty average preachers will
receive in a year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01

A nice 100, only three miles from
from good town in Butler county Kan,
to trade fol land in Mobiles county,
MIMI, will take wild or improved land.
33-tf ~. (: M. E. LAWToN.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01

Jackson county will furnish the
next Lieut. Governor for Minnesota
in the person of Hon. Alex. Fiddes
the old republican stanby in South
ern Minnesota.-Jackson Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01

The following will be of interest to
many ADVANCE readers: A driver of a
vehicle who attempts to pass another
on the road does so at his own peril,
for if an accident occurs to the man
he is passing, the rear driver is held
responsible. This does not mean that
the man he is passing is obliged to
yield part of the road when notified :,
but that the burden of care rests on
the rear driver who is in a position to
see and avoid danger while the other
is not. If any injury to the leading
vehicle results from an attempt to
pass, whether on crowded thorough
fare or on a country road, the rear
driver is held responsible"
L. G. Long, state lecturer of the
Farmers alliance, thinks that organ
ization can never prosper until it cuts
loose from politics. Along this line
we quote from his annual report.
"The farmers would be able to &C
complish all they wanted through
the Peoples Party, while the facts
that the Alliance was dabbling in
politics was hurting the efficiency OF
the organization and it's growth as
well. During the year 20 or 80 ALI
ance had taken collections to pay his
/ expenses and that only one had Sc
cured enough to do SO. The mem
bers,' he said will cheerfully pay the
20 cent dues to support the state ALI
ance if they can see where there i:
any practical benefit to be derived
therefrom, but they are tired of poll
tics Let us cut adrift from polite!
and turn our attention to practica
things like the Irvine matter. Therei1
lies the benefits to be derived from
the organization"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
His HOnOrs.

"And so your son has finished his col
lege course? Did he graduate with
honors?''
'Oh, yes, but he tells me that some
Of the other fellows carried them off.
Rascally, wasn't it?''-Boston Tran
script. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
After The Vote Was Taken.

A little boy climbed on an old mans knees,
Begged for the reason, "Do papa please.
Why are you idle. why do you roam;
y Why have you no work now but loafng a
home?"
II had good job last year you know.
Why have none now, child. l shall show,
List to Story-Grover last fall
helped elect him-idle-that'S all.
After the vote was taken,
After the change had come,
After the factories closing,
After the wheels are dumb,
Many heart was aching.
r. Ifyou could read them all.
Many Il home was darkened
After last fall.
Albright were the prospects. clouds were not II
sight,
Happy our homes were from morn until night,
Then came the Office sharks, spoke soft an low,
Fooled US poor workers. how, you all know.
knew the reason after twas done,
helped to close up the factories that run.
That's why I'm idle. no work at all,
Voted my job away only last fall"
After the offices were taken,
After the hard times had come.
After all promises were broken,
After we were on the bum.
Grover, he went a fishing
Don't you admire his gall?-
We're all cutting bait now
After last fall.
-Waitsburg Times
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT WoRTH1NG-
TON, MINNESOTA. ~

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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1894-02-01
! burlington Advance ''l q !
,ARL S. EASTWOOD.

OFFICIAL PAPER OF MOBILES COUNTY.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
BEING A MAN MONEY.

Mechanical Tail Has Been Devised,
Which Greatly Facilitates the Business.
] had a chat the other morning with
Mr. Arnold and the brothers Donald
son, the monkey performers and con-
tOrtionists, says writer in Pearson's
Weekly
1t has long been the ambition Of
acrobats 10 invent a useful mechanical
tail, without which no man can prop
erly initiate a monkey. At length the
tail has been devised Arnold and the
Donsldsons are the only people in the
secret. and they now hang and swing
by their tails, 10 the disgust Of rival
man monkeys.
So like the original are their antics
and their whole get-up that from =
distance il IS impossible to tell, a they
swing from bars and ropes inside q
cage. that they are not apes Tie
masks they use alone cost fifteen dol
lars apiece. and are 50 naturally made
that they have even deluded the real
animal Let one OF my iaformants
speak for the trio:
Before we could attempt 10 initiate
4 monkey in public we went through a
course Of the closest study in various
geological gardens. II was months be-
fore we were proficient; but then we
did not consider ourselves 50 until,
having dOnned our monkeys dress, I
approached a cage of real apes one of
whom actually came TO the bars and
scratched my head.
An acrobat and contortionist has 10
crowd all his work into short space
of time, for after he has reached thir-
ty-twO years of age his work begins to
deteriOratc. We experience no diff
Guilty whatever about blood rushing 10
the head When we began to train we
could only hang our heads down for
half minute. and even then we were
nearly suffocated. Now we can hang
for ten minutes and feel no IN effects.
The great thing is 20 get the cords
Of the legs to stretch. which they do
gradually, and TO loosen the hips. So
long as the cords Of the leg VIII give.
almost anything can be done with
them For instance, we find il quite
easy to cross the right leg over the left.
"a 4-Ar NAaS -NANSA ofVi Ailt ilE III SAol.lcE-
and finally crowd the toes under the
arms-a feat that looks exceedingly
difficult
"A great deal depends upon the
backbone. BY constant practice it can
be made to bend like whalebone to the
shape of the letter c. either backward
or forward. One Of our troop can spin
on his head. but that trick came 10
him naturally and it is impossible TO
teach it. The chief ailments which
befall acrobats are strains and the dis
location OF the hips"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
CHILD ENTERTAINERS.
They Are Employed by Many London S'
cty Leaders.

aEt hg A4ag A-phNOh ~
cety Leaders.
Tain would I utter nv protest
against child entertainers: those poor
little mites with pale cheeks, sunlzen
eyes and old faces who are expected to
amuse a mixed company with music
hall patter and coster ditties, writes
Lady Violet Greville in the London
Graphic. If the little creatures under
stand what they sing, woe betide them;
It Is terrible to contemplate their
future. II they do not, they are no
better than well-trained monkeys and
ought 10 give less pleasure 10 grown
up audience. Child-life Is beautiful in
itself In its natural grace and uncon-
sciousness and innocent selfshness,
but a child who mods and winl1s and
intonates like q low comedian, with
leering glance, abusive gestures and a
repertory of double meaning, is TO me
positively repulsive. Clever, no doubt,
the performance is, and perhaps 1t may
do the child's moral nature no great
harm. but suffer 1t must in its physical
constitution.
Dragged from party to party, spend
ing its life in possible excitement,
spoiled by the guests, fed on cakes and
sweetmeats, breathing the vitiated air
of hot rooms and educated in an atmos-
phere of slang, low fun and hard work,
there can be little hope of n healthy
and happy future for it. If we must
have music hall artistes to entertain
our 1abby, effete and worn-out com
pany let them at least be men and
women who understand what they say
and are able to take care of them
selves, not poor little farmed-out mites
bringing grist to the mill of their ell
ders. What the life means was wildly
impressed on ne once when ! said to
the child singer, at an hour long past
midnight: Il am sure you must be
tired. hope you haven't far to CO.
and she answered: ''Only three buses
and then we re at home"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1894-04-18
woRKINe THEIR PASSAGE.
Foreigners Who Are Anxious TO. Return &
Their Homes In Europe.

Foreigners Who Are Anxious TO Return to
Their Homes In Europe
Working their passage to Europe as
stolers on the ocean steamers is the
latest plan which has been hit upon by
the unemployed foreigners to make
their way back to the country from
which they came, says the Boston
Globe.
Early in the beginning of the hard
times there was a rush among the for
eiFners TO get back to their native
land before the winter set in, but there
are thousands who are still here, many
OF whom are trying to get across the
water.
At the departure of every ocean
steamer there are many OF these for
eignerS who linger at the pier and
try 10 stow themselves away on board.
They are aware that if they succeed
in obtaining hiding place they will,
sooner or later on Che voyage, have to
come forth because of hunger, and then
viii be compelled 20 go iuto the fur
mace room and shovel coal as payment
for their passage.
AfhL AAAA1 fAtNn AAbA rNIAAA " llahS
effect upon their desire TO return. No
matter how difficult OF disagreeable the
work, they are willing to do it.
The condition of some of these
men," said an employe on an ocean
steamer, lis doubly unfortunate from
the fact that they have families de-
pendent upon them in Europe, and,
having been ont of work so long, can
not maintain themselves here. let alone
sending money to their families.
MANY Of the foreigners who come
to Boston have small amount of prop
erty az home, and they know if they
were there the prospect of getting a
living would be better than in Boston
at the present time"
said an agent of one of the big steam
ship lines: ''Men come here just be-
fore the sailing time OF every one of
our ships and beg US to allow them to
do work of some kind for their pas
sage. Our answer is that they viii
have 10 apply on board the steamer,
and while there is one now and then
who gets passage there are many who
leave disappointed
stocking is very hard, and one must
have a pretty strong constitution TO do
the work on a trip across"