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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21

1896 will be given on all sums over
$40. GILBERT ANDERSON,
Nv Auctioneer.
, Henry Eolte, Que Of the prosper
GUS farmers of Grand Prairie town
ship was in town Tuesday on busi-
ness.
Ray Humiston's holiday stock
has arrived and he lets the people
know it through the columns OF the
ADVANCE this week.
Reserved seats for the High
School entertainment at Masonic
hall, Is and IS cents, at Babcock's
drug store after next Monday morn
ing:
Richard C,nnor was called to
Albert Lea Monday nightin response
to a telegram announcing the death
of his brother at that place. He is
expected back today.
Robert Shore says in his letter to
the ADVANCE that if this fine weather
continues a few weeks longer corn
husking will soon be over. That item
was dobtless written early in the
week.
DIR. Dolan will leave sometime
about the first of January for an ex-
tended trip through Europe. He
will visit Austria and Germany and
while there go through course OF
study.
Mrs. T. H. Crever who recently
had an operation performed for can
Ger of the breast writes from Manka-
to that she is rapidly recovering and
will be home soon.
-Married-At the home of Mr..
Scott Barns. on Wednesday, Nov. IL,
1895, Mr.. James Ingerson of York
county. Nebraska, and Miss Addle
NJ. Meyers, Rev. Lloyd officiating.
Miss Myers at one time lived in Wor-
Ellington.
There will be quarterly meet
ing in the German Evangelical
church, commencing Friday evening.
Presiding Elder Sidow of Mankato
will conduct the meeting. All who
can understand the German lam
guage are cordially invited.
Fred Henning, brakeman on
the same run with Rem Mccartney
met with painful accident at Shell
don the other day. He was stand
ing on the top Of the cars when the
train, gave a sudden jerk and he
fell down between the cars, taking all
the flesh off one of his legs. r.
Mrs. Seftker and son William
will leave sometime next week fol
Berlin, Germany. They will go from
here to Baltimore, Maryland, taking
the steamer from that point. They
will visit with friends until spring
when they will return to this country
It will probably take couple OF
weeks to complete the trip. "Billy"
is we'll known here and has many
warm friends.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-11-21
SILVER TONGUES.
IS PUPILS WILL OR.ATE..
A Rare Treat Offered Is the
Public ut the Discriminatory s5
.E Contest, "Wednesday. 1jI5

@ The home declamatory contest to
select representatives for the LAlverne
contest, will be held at Masonic hall
next Wednesday evening at o'clock.
There are sixteen pupils who wish to
enter and.a rare treat will be afford,
ed those who attend. The decIalns-
tory contest of next Wednesday is
under the charge Of the Olympic So
ciety. Three citizens will act as
judges; they will determine the hest
speaker among the boys and the best
among the girls. The winners will
each receive as a prize, a gold medal
and will also be sent to represent US
at the Luverne contest. The two
prizes to be given at the declamatory
contest will be held by the winners
until, June and then returned to the,
school for safe keeping and next year
they will he contested for again. The
prizes are of gold and very neat.
The two best speakers at the home
declamatory contest will appear at
the sub-district contest at Luverne
Dec. 9Th. SIayton, Pipestone and
Luverne will also be represented.
The two best from there will appear
at Mankato Dec. 18th and the two
winners there at the state contest at
St. Paul Dec. 81, 1895. The contest
will begin promptly at 8 o'clock.
The ushers will close the doors dur
ing each recitation and allow no one
to enter or leave the hall This is to
give each speaker an equal chance.
Places on the program will be assign
ed by lot for the same reason. The
proceeds of the school entertainment
above the expenses of the evening
and of sending delegates to Luverne
will be used to pay the rent on a
piano for the High School ROOM
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-07
From Honolulu
A Gloomy Prospect Changed to
Brightness and Health
Dyspepsia and Kidney Trouble Perfectly Cured by
Hoods Sarsaparla.

Good health you cannot have without
pure blood; therefore, to keep well, puri-
fly your blood by taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla. This medicine is peculiarly de-
signed to act upon the blood, and through
that upon all the organs and tissues of the
body. It has a specific action also, and as
sists nature to expel from the system all
humors, impure particles and effete matter
through the lungs, liver, bowels, kidneys
and skin. II effectually aids weak, i'm
paired and debilitated organs, invigorates
the nervous system, tones the digestion
and imparts new life and energy to all the
functions Of the body. A popularity Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla is that 1t strengthens
and builds up the system while 1t eradi-
Gates disease. Thus IL Is that nervous
ness, loss of sleep, loss Of appetite and
general debility all disappear when Hoods
Sarsaparilla is persistently taken, and
strong nerves, sweet sleep, strong body,
sharp appetite, and in word, health and
happiness, follow the use of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla.
What more need be said2 II you are sick
or run down. is II not the medicine for
your Others have taken II and found It
not wanting. Among these may be men
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-07

disease OF the kidneys, and gave me the
cheering information that with care
might be on the top OF the ground for q
number Of months longer. Both doctors,
by the way, are considered here to be "A
No. L. In January, 1893, had dyspepsia
and poor appetite, could eat little or
nothing but what caused great distress,
felt as though had eaten small blocks or
stones, and also had headaches and dizzi-
ness. In February was no better, and
in March commenced taking Hoods Sar-
saparilla. The first bottle used
Cleared My Head
and before the second bottle was used up
the dyspepsia had followed the head trou-
BILE. Altogether have taken seven bot
ties and they worked wonders. have not
taken any since last July. The dropsy in
my feet and legs has all disappeared. On
the ed Of last October I went to work
again, after being laid up for sixteen
months, and now feel better in every
way than have for the past eight years.
honestly Believe
1t is Hoods Sarsaparilla that has helped
me to get about again. either did not
have the kidney disease the doctors said
1t was, or Hoods Sarsaparilla has knocked
the spots out Of II. 1t is the best medi-
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-07
There Was a Limit.

"Misther Rafferty," said the hos
tess Of the occasion, "will yez how
an applet"
No, tanks,' was the reply.
"Or pearp
81 don't b'lave Old wish fur it,"
Mr.. Rafferty, responded with some
thing like ennui.
"Wud a bit av a binnany timpt
YET"
"No, at present Oh have no hunger
fur binnannies."
"Yer husband don't same to care
fur fruit much" said the hostess, APP
pealing to Mrs. Rafferty,.
"Oh, yis," was the reply. "He hov
good appetite fur fruit, but it
can't lasht all day. Ye see, he's on
the police force Washington
Star.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-07

Any one who has ever had an at.
tack OF inflammatory rheumatism
will rejoice with Mr.. j. A. Stumm,
220 Boyle Heights, Los Angeles,
over his fortunate escape from
siege OF that distressing ailment.
Mr.. Stumm is foreman OF Merriam's
con fectionery establishment. Some
months ago, on leaving the heated
work room to run across the street
on an errand, he was caught out in
the rain. The result was that when
ready to go home that night he was
unable to walk, owing to infamma.
tory rheumatism. He was taken
home, and on arrival was placed in
front Of q good fire and thoroughly
rubbed with Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. During the evening and night
he was repeatedly bathed with this
liniment, and by morning was re-
lieved OF all rheumatic pains. He
now takes especial pleasure in prais-
ing Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and
always keeps a bottle OF it in the
house. For sale by all dealers, Ben
son, Smith & Co., agents for the Ha-
waiian Islands.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-07
HOODS
Sarsa pariI|a

toned NJ. T. Donnell Of Honolulu, II. l.,
whose interesting letter follows:
HONOLULU, II. l., March 3, 1894.
&C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
"Dear Sirs: II have been intending to
write you few lines in regard to Hoods
sarsaparilla. For the past six or seven
years have been troubled with a lame
back, more especially in the morning,
after five or six hours in bed. Finally, on
June IL, 1892, had to call in doctor, and
after an examination he pronounced the
case to be Bright's disease Of the kidneys.
Well, after months doctoring went to
the country, and took several bottles of
medicine. ! came back to town in Deem
Der, 1892,
Looking Bad and Feeling Worse.
] called In another doctor, who, after an
examination, also pronounced 1t Bright's
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-07

cine have ever taken, and have taken
almost everything that people have told
me Of or what thought might help me.
My friends here are surprised to see me
about again as In former years.
"If there is anything in the foregoing
that you can make use Of you are at full
liberty to do so, a. II might be the means
OF helping some one as much
In Need Of Help
as was. There are plenty Of people here
who can certify to what have written, as
have been here for the past 20 years.
81 will answer more fully inquiries that
may be addressed to me or references Civ
en-, provided stamps are enclosed. Hoping
this may be Of some use to you or others,
I remain, yours truly, M. T. DoNNELL."
Heed's Pile are hand made. and perfect
In proportion and appearance. 26c. per box.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1895-05-07

He was a hard. working and zeal.
Gus Board. school teacher, and had
Just told the class that wool comes
of the sheep, aud is made into
blankets, clothing, etc, to keep us
warm in cold weather; and he pro-
ceeded to question little Willie, who
had been rather inattentive during
the lesson. "Now, Willie" said the
teacher, "where does wool come
front"
"Of the sleeps back, teacher"
replied Willie.
"And what theni' inquired the
teacher.
Willie could not answer.
"What are these made 'front.'
asked the teacher, touching Willie's
trousers with the cane.
"Uncle Johns old 'uns," replied
Willie,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-19
PEOPLE OF Rorz.

Kaiser Wilhelm was tickled by the
fine appearance Of American men-of-
war at Keil He's evidently a man of
excellent judgment in spite of being
an emperor.
George H. Yenowie, Of Milwaukee, is
said to have offered Du Maurier $50 900
for one hundred appearances on the
lecture platform in this country. The
offer Is likely to be declined on the
plea of delicate health.
Miss Ramsay, the lady who has
gained a first class In the Moral
Sciences Tripos at Cambridge, Eng
land, is cousin to Mrs. Montagu But
Ter, the wife of the master of Trinity,
a lady who in 1887 took higher honors
in classics than rny male student
achieved in her year.
Clement Scott, the London dramatic
critic, says that he was once threat
ened with libel suit for saying that
a certain actress who caracoled on the
stage on seedy-looking, circus bred
quadruped, rode horse with pink
eyes" Abuse me as much as you
like" said the fair litigant, but don't
say that my horse has pink eyes"
Prince Bismarck said recently that
his neuralgia makes travelling trouble
some for him, but that he could make
up his mind to travel more If he could
count on being treated as a private
gentleman and not as a public char
acter. The prince has received a pres
ent of so much wine that he doubts
whether he will be able to drink 1t
all. 81 begrudge my heir nothing" he
says, except my wine cellar"
Comptroller Eckels holds in high re-
gard an old farmer who started him In
business at the tender age of eight
years as an apple merchant. The far
mer's low prices and long credit en-
abled the boy to make a handsome
profit in nlckels and dimes. Mr.. Eckels
returns his gratitude for this in see
ing that the old farmers son, who is
lawyer gets some of his depart
ment's law business occasionally.
Eugene Field says that although
tempting offers have been made to An
drew Lang to lecture in the United
States he will not listen to them. He
has an actual horror of travel, particu-
larly as a liability to hemorrhage in
the throat compels him TO be exceed
ihBiS Sui iclui VI hiluoell. Anu bup-
pose l did 20 to America" says Mr..
Lang, Il couldn't lecture. / have
neither the lecture nor the voice with
which to deliver lecture"
Stanley Weyman says that he was
washing his hands when the idea came
to him Of the plot of the House of the
Wolf" He owes his inclination to
write romance about early French his
tory to chance perusal Of Prof. Baird's
History of the Huguenots" which he
happened to take up while sitting in
the smoking-room of his club mourn
ing over the hard-heartedness of pub
fishers. This was in the palmy days
Of Rider Haggard's popularity, and Mr..
Weyman wisely reasoned that he
could do that sort of thing rather bet
ter than Mr.. Haggard.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-19
A NEW WOMAN'S LOVE.
She Is Said to he Us Romantic as Even
but no Longer Sentimental

She Is Said to he Us Romantic as Even
but no Longer Sentimental.
When we consider the woman of this
time as she stands in regard to love
we touch the essential point of her dis,
similarity to the woman of the paek
III vein of romance runs through her
and the modern woman is often ro,
mantle, though never sentimental
love is still, in her estimation. the
best thing in life, bearing, neyerthA-
less, about the same relation to Il as A
fantasia does to an opera. To her it ia
luxury, essential, though delightful
bringing with 1t the keenest of hui.
man sensations and the most ephemer-
al. And this conviction of the poig-
nancy and the evanescence of sexual
anection lies at the very gate of do
SIRE at once quickening 1t and quench-
ing 1t.
But that sublime faith In love which
has been a living spirit in the soul Of
bVe throughout the ages" has gone
down before the eyes that are at last
unbandaged and the mind whose per-
ceptlons have been whetted by educa-
tlon into seeing life steadily and seeing
IL Whole. In the love of the modern
""ihoh tueIe 10 not Snfe0 or Illusion.
though 1t lacks neither subtlety nor
intensity. Even at white heat she has
never Fair de croire a son bonheur. For
the difficulty of believing in her lover,
which wrung the heart of Mariana and
her sisters, has vanished before the
much greater difficulty of believing in
herself.
AS a matter of fact, the instincts of
ndelity are not in her. She Is not like
her grandmother, fixed quantity, in
whom the prepossessions of youth
deepened as the years passed. In the
good old days life moved on leaden feet
and love kept pace with it.. A girl then
embarked on her first passion with the
ilrm conviction that 1t was going to
last her lifetime. and as result 1t
frequently did. At fifty she was prac-
tlcally the same creature as at twenty,
ana the same love sufficed for both de-
cades. She was faithful by nature as
well as by obligation, and knew as lit
tie about her sensations as a cabbage
does about its growth. Love was to her
merely the ante-chamber to marriage,
and the idea of pursuing 1t for its own
sake never dawneu upon her placid soul
wherein only known gods were deified
ana domestic ideals cherished.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-19
WOMAN AND HER WAYS.

No matter how popular young girl
may be, nobody misses" her after she
is married.
Beecher once said: THE memory of
my sainted mother is the brightest
recollection of my early years"
The woman orator who speaks to
hostile audience always has one refuge.
She can burst into tears and sit down.
"The trouble with too many women"
says the cornfed philosopher, "is that
they regard the marriage ceremony
mainly as a license to eat onions and
wear ill-fitting clothes"
Mrs. Harlan is said to be almost as
large physically as her husband, the
Supreme Court justice, who is six feet
two inches tall, and when together in
public they naturally attract a great
deal of attention.
It is left for C. B. Huffman, who has
written a book about Spain, to say Of
the girls of Seville, of whom Carmen
was one and over whose charms the
world has gone in estacies, that they
are "black-eyed, sullen-faced thick
ankled, dowdily dressed. II were
woman most regularly lacks" says Mr..
Luffman, 81 should say goodness. One
rarely sees a good face In SPAIN"
1t is said that some summer
hotels will employ Social lubri-
Gators" during the present season.
A social lubricator" it SENS, Is
a woman who, in return for her
board and lodging, binds herself
to amuse the guests. 1t is doubtful.
however, if the scheme will work. A
nice, presentable man would be much
more apt to amuse the women, while,
on the other hand, If the social lubri-
Gator" tries to amuse the men she will
very quickly hear from the wives.
A certain Nine Cresswell died In
Bridewell. and bequeathed ten pounds
to have a sermon preached in which
nothing but what was we'll of her
should be said. The sermon is said to
have been written by the Duke of
Buckingham, and was as follows: "All
shall say of her is this. She was born
we'll. married we'll, lived well, and died
we'll. For she was born at Shadwell,
married to Cresswell she lived at
Clerkenwell, and died at Bridewell."
In 1855 a band of Sioux Indians
raided little colony OF settlers who
had built cabins on the shores Of Lake
Okoboji, in Iowa. They massacred all
the unfortunates but three young girls,
one of whom, Miss Abbie Gardner, Is
still alive, the only survivor of the
tragedy. She now has museum Of
Indian relics In the identical cabin
that was her home at the time OF the
massacre Miss Gardner has secured
from the Iowa legislature an approprta-
ton of 81 900 for a monument to mark
the spot, and 1t is to be dedicated with
due ceremony next month.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-19
lie Was All Right.

MY daughter, be not deceived"
Az the aged father laid his hand
caressingly on the head of the beauti.
ful girl who knelt at his feet there was
suggestion of deep seriousness in his
voice.
This young man who has asked you
to marry him." he said has all of the
outward Establishments that attract a
young girl, but II l mistake not, he Is
lacking in those deep and solid traits
which alone are the best materials that
husbands are made of. You tell me he
has an artists nature, which, beautiful
and attractive In itself, fear"
But. father"
Hear me out" continued the old
man. Which, / fear, will never put
money in his purse. You tell me that
he is learned and has history upon the
tips of his fingers, but is this the
knowledge that will surround you with
the comforts of life? You speak of
him as poetical in his ideas, with some
literary ability. All, my daughter, will
his taste for literature put bread in
your mouth? | grant you the young
fellow is attractive. and that he is per-
severing, as you tell me, speaks in his
favor; but believe me the best love is
the most practical, my dear 1t is a
love that counts the dollars, and looks
out for the material we'll being. Has
this young man shown any capacity in
this direction?"
The beautiful creature at his side
looked up triumphantly into the old
mans face.
Yes, indeed. father" she joyfully
replied; Il have not told you before
but he has one of the best collections
of Napoleonic relics on record"
And then the shrewd old financier,
his form trembling with deep emotion,
gathered her in his arms as he ex-
claimed:
My daughter will you forgive me?
I could not have picked out a better
man myself. Truth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-19

Pm glad Billy had the sense to
marry settled old maid," said
Grandma Wickheld at the wedding.
Goals is 'hity.tity, an widders is sort
o over-rulin' an upsettin'. But some
how old maids is sort O thankful al
willin' to please" And the old lady
rocked away comfortably, with the
consciousness of having said good
thing but the look on the face of
Billy's new-made wife as she fixed the
old lady with her glittering eye was
suggestive Of anything but meekness.
Albany Journal.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-19
Matters OF Credit.

The colored man was standing with
his back TO a wall of a grocery in
Thompson street, when second of the
same complexion exclaimed:
"Ho! OATS you, am it! lie bin wait
in to see you fur a good while. What
bout dat TO dollars yo' owe me-"
"Fo' dollars?" queried the other.
Yes, sab, fo dollars. Yo' has owed
me dat money sence las fall. Am yo'
gwine ter pay or git licked?"
IL owes yo' fo' dollars, does ~"
"Of co'se yo' does! What yo' keep
akin me if yo' owes me TO dollars forw
IF owes yo' TO dollars l kin pay
it,"
"When?"
Right off now, sab! Jess git me
out de change fur fifty-dollar bill.
Can't no man say | owes him TO dol
lars longer dan / kin git into my pock-
ct! Out wild dat changeW
Has yo' got fifty-dollar bill?"
"Whar's dat change" ]
"Show me dat bill"
SHOW me dat changew
HUI niger, doan' yo' fool wild cog
wheels"
Coon. doan' yo' monkey with buzz
saws"
"Huw
"Huw
And then they breathed hard and
glared at each other and began back
ing off, and sixty seconds later dark
ness hid them and the angel Of peace
smiled as before.-New York Recorder.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1895-07-19
CATS AND DIPnTHERIA,
FOUR FOOTED PETS AS DEsTRoYERs
OF THE MORE PRECIOUS ONES.

simultaneously with the formation
of society for the protection of the
cat, says the Westminster Gazette,
comes warning regarding this usually
inoffensivc member of the household.
The Medical Officer of Brighton de-
votes a portion of his last report to a
description of illness among the feline
residents of certain part of the
town, and to an outbreak of diph-
liberia in the same district. No com
mon cause for the latter could be dis
covered, but Gin each instance there
was history that the household cat
had been i'll, and in several families
the child which was specially fond of
the cat was the sole victim of diph.
liberia" Moreover, the outbreak of
the scourge came to an abrupt termin
alton with the destruction Of the sus.
pected tabbies. Moral Keep a
close eye upon the health of the cat.