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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18
Tho Death of Hannibal.

Hannibal was made an exile, not rs
commonly supported, through Roman
influence so much as from the personal
animosity of his countrymen. AfteI5the
defeat at Zinma he turned his atLen-
ton to the political affairs of Carthage,
and inaugurated a system of reform
which he carried out so vigorously that
he soon found himself intensely hated
by a large faction of the Carthaginians.
Behind him was the honesty Of the
country, however, and, finding he could
not be swerved from his purpose, the
rogues in Office attempted to assassin
ate him. Finding that his death had
been determined on Hannibal left Car
thage, went to Tyre, and thence to the
dominions of Antiochus, whom he soon
enlisted in war with Rome, The war
proved a failure, and Antiochus was
ordered to surrender Hannibal, who
got news Of the demand and made his
escape. Roman hatred followed him to
Bithynia, and, finding himself on the
point of being given up, he died from
poison. The story that he once had 9
meeting at Ephesus with his old enc
my. Scipi" Africanus. is told on fairly
good All I.,",tv
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18
AT THE
OYSTER BAY Restaurant
TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.

TOBACCO DEPARTMENT.
We name some of our best cigars to
be had AS SC goods: Long Haul, the
great cigar for SC, Blue Seal, Mountain
Blossom, Speckled Beauties, Navy
Chief, Manual Yarcia, Long Fellow.
Plant,la, Navy Blossoms, Tiger, so
we'll known, Speckled Trout, Melrose,
Jack Straw's, Daisy Dee, Mountain
Rose, Reina Labasco, Skipper, (home
made, J Z. II. & q. Pure Havana, Rob-
isnn Crosoe, Chicago's Elves always in
stock.
In lOc cigars we can't be beat and
have many brands to choose from.
We name few brands: Winners, Ia
home made BRANDY, Perfecto, Robert
Mantel, Andrew Jackson, Double
Eagle, Potello, Northwest and many
O, her brands. I ony buy the very
best cigars I can find.
TOBACCOs-I have in plug 80 varie-
ties to choose from, and varieties of
fine cut. 40 of smoking. from cheap
to Lone Jack-a large selection of fine
brands. {,
SMOKERS GUTF1Ts-We defy COM
petition in quality and price. A great
stock to select from-1c clay up to thu.
very best cob pipes. Call and see and
be convinced
Cigar cases. Tobacco Pouches. Cigar
Tnbers, from SC to SIS. Come and see
mel can please YOU in price and
goods. at the Old Oyster Bay Restaur-
ant. See the original Joe and De
made happy, Respectfully yours,
4. JOE LOWE.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18
HOME LIFE IN PARIS.
The Typical Household 10 Kedolent OF
nnvn~at1r1tv

Tho Typical Household 10 kedolent Of
Domesticity.
Life in Paris means what it does In
all large cities; the good and the bad
The casual tourist sees, as q rule, only
one side. As . race, the French are a
merry-making people; their very ma
lures seek and crave enjoyment. But
their amusements are, therefore, not
necessarily of an order below the ken
of respectability. It has been my pleas
ure to see something of French do
nestle life, says q New York lady, and
to hear more OF it from sources away
from prejudice. The affection which
exists between the French father and
his daughter is beautiful and almost
spiritual. Home and family means as
much to him as it does to the resident
of any other city under the sun.
The French mother is not only cook
par excellence, but perfect type OF
housekeeper. By nature she is quick,
and she accomplishes much more with
less exertion than does her English
sister. The education of her children
is as a gospel to her. Her religious
faith is strong, and she instills it into
her children at the domestic board and
at eventiAe. The parents live out Of
doors, but II is rare. indeed, that you
see children on the streets of Paris
after reasonable hours. They are
taught to find their chief amusement in
the home; and everything is done by
the French father and mother to see
that the home is attractive to their
children. One of the most beautiful
sights in the world is to see we'll
regulated French family, where you
will find the atmosphere redolent with
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18
BuRNEIaE-
A MERE ACCIDENT.

Was Responsible for the Fact That Tea-
nyson's .'Timbuctoo'' Got the Prize.
Mr. James Payn tells an amusing
story of the way insSvhich Tennysons
"Timbuctoo" won its prize at the uni
versity, says the New York Tribune.
The examiners for the year were
three-the vice chancellor. who had a
great re putation but violent temper
AID did not write very we'll; a classical
professor who knew no poetry that was
not in dead language, and mathe-
NAUTICAL professor. 1t was agreed that
each should signify by the letters ''g"
and ''b'' (for good" and "bad") what
he thought of the poems and the vice
bad the manuscript first.
When the mathematical professor
got them he found ''Timbuctoo" scored
all over with ''g's," and though he
could not understand why, nor indeed
the poem itself, and did not think it
worth while as he afterward said; the
the fact was that he was afraid to ask
the vice his reasons, so he wrote ''g" on
the poem ALSO The classical professor
thought it rather funny that both his
predecessors should admire so unintel-
igible a production; but, as he said,
''he did not care one iota about the
matter" and so wrote ''g' on it also;
and as no other poem had three ''g's'"
the prize was unanimously awarded to
the author of '"Timbuctoo."
After all was over the three examin-
ers happened to meet one day and the
vice, in his absolute fashion, fell to
abusing the other two for admiring
the poem. They replied very natu-
rally and with some indignation that
they should never have dreamt of ad-
hiring it if he himself had not scored
it over with ':g's." "G's," he said,
"they were as for queries, and I
could not understand two consecutive
lines of it,
Mr.. Payn says that there was a
queer resemblance between himself
and another Trinity man. mot only
was I often addressed by persons who
took me for him, but people used to
ask, apropos of nothing, whether I
knew So-and-So. I remember making
a considerable impression on q chance
passenger in railway train on the
Cambridge line, who was staring at
me rather hard, by suddenly observ-
ing: No, sir. l do not know Mr.. So
and-So.' 1t had been the very ques-
ton he, was going to. ask me. but my
anticipation of it seemed to him so un-
canny that he got out at the next
station"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18
ne RETIRED BURGLAR.
HI Hondnese fer IAttlo CAllAEaa 0eel
Hun Into Trouble. SsA&E

H Tsndnsss fer IAttlo CAllAssa oses
HIM Into Trouble. t#
II always was fond Of little chill.
dren," said tho retired burglar, land
once I served term on that account
had gone into house In the western
part Of the state and rumnaged about
downstairs, and finally got up and got
into room where there was man and
his wife and little baby, all asleep.
The baby was in q cradle that stood at
the foot Of the bed; not far from tho
cradle, standing against the wall, was
tho bureau. transferred whatever
there was Of value in the bureau and
then ! turned to the baby; couldn't
help It. turned my light on the kid
to look at him, and It woke him up.
He stared at me little and then he
began to smile and double up his fists
At me. E5z
well, he looked so funny that
chucked him under the chin, and that
seemed to tickle him immense; he
threw up his legs and his arms, and
laughed more'n ever, and tried TO say
something; all he could say was:
'Goo-o-o-.' but that was enough.
You've heard Of women so tired You
couldn't wake m up firing q cannon in
the next room that would wake up In
q minute If tho baby turned In its
cradle? Well, when this baby said:
'Goo-o-o-' its mother not only woke
up instantly but she began to get up
before she was fairly awake; and all
The time she was looking toward the
cradle, and she saw the light long be-
fore I could douse It. Then she
screamed and made q great break
for the door. az
''But the man got there before I did;
and, besides being very quick, he was
very able-bodied and not the least Bit
afraid; in fact, he was better man
than was, and the upshot Of this bus+
ness was that got four years and six
months just for stopping 10 chuck IN
tie shaver under the chin" Az
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18
REPRODUCTION IN MICROBES.
Two Million individuals From q Single
SDecimen.

Specimen.
The old line of pseudo scientists, the
superstitious, self-styled ''scholars" of
the early part of this and the latter.
part of the eighteenth century, be-
lieved that filth would breed microbes,
but, as the absurd idea of "spon-
taneous generation" has long since
been exploded, it will not be discussed
in this ''note," which is solely intended
to explain the manner in which mi
crobes multiply. There are several
species of these minute creatures and
they have various ways of reproducing
their species, but the most common is
what the investigators term repro
duction by issure." If, with a strong
microscope, we carefully watch mi
crobe for short time we see ''con-
striction" appearing on each side in
the center of the body. This soon
shows itself in the shape of line
across, and then, all of sudden, the
microbe separates in the middle and
behold, we have two in place of onel
Each of these rapidly increases inss size
until they are as large as the original,
when the miracle of the side spots and
transverse line appears and in place Of
two microbes we have four By this
wonderful plan of reproduction one
increases to two, two to four, four to
eight and eight to sixteen until within
the space of five hours we have two
million wiggling individuals from .
single specimen, #saI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18
FORMATION OF HAIL.

Tho Agency Of Electricity IN Making tho
Icy Pellets.
The formation Of hail through cleo
trical action, according to the new the"
DRY of Sig. Marangoni, Is q very inter-
esting, and even wonderful, process.
The wind draws out cloud into Q long,
narrow strip. In that form, owing to
the great amount of surface exposed to
the air, the cloud evaporates very rap
idly, and rapid evaporation produces
intense cold.
Dry particles of snow are then
formed, and these, by friction with the
water drops, quickly become charged
with negative electricity. But the
water-drops themselves carry positive
electricity, and since negative attracts
positive, a film of water is formed upon
each snow particle and is instantly
frozen into layer Of ice.
At this thickness it's outer surface re-
mains moist, the water not freezing SO
rapidly there, whereupon the electrical
charge changes from negative to posi-
tive, and the particle is repelled by the
water-drops and driven to the outer
parts of the cloud. Here the Increased
cold covers it with snow again, and
friction charges it anew with negative
electricity. LIS 4; = .r1. ! ~s.rss:'%f -
Repulsion is now once more changed
for attraction, and the particle rushes
back into the cloud, receiving upon its
surface another film of water, which is
turned into second ice layer. r.
Thus, the growing hailstone darts
zigzag through the cloud, piling up its
alternate layers of snow and ice, until
gravitation gains control and sends it.,
with a jingling crowd of its fellows,
spinning to the ground.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18
THE PRICE OF A WIFE.
Havaees Place q Varying Value Upon Theil
Chosen Helpmates.

savaees Place Varying Value Upon Their
Chosen Heipmates.
In the earliest times of purchase a
woman was bartered for useful goods
or for services rendered to her father.
In the latter way Jacob purchased
Rachel and her sister Leah. This was
Beena marriage, where man, as i'll
Genesis, leaves his father and his
mother and cleaves unto his wife and
they become one flesh or kin-the
woman's. The price of bride in Brit
ish Columbia and Vancouver island
varies from twenty to forty pounds
ste:ling's worth Of articles. In Oregon
an Indian gives for wife horses,
blankets or buffalo robes; in California,
shell money or horses; in Africa, cat
tie. A poor Damara will sell a daughter
for one COW; richer Kaffir expects
from three to thirty. With the Banyai.
if nothing be given, her family claim
her children. In Uganda, where no
marriage recently existed, she may DO
obtained for half dozen needles, or a
coat, or pair of shoes. An ordinary
price is box Of percussion caps In
other parts, goat or couple of buck
skins will buy girl. Passing to Asia,
we find her price is sometimes five to
City rubles, or at others, a CARLOAD of
wood or hay A princess may be pur-
chased for three thousand rubles- In
Tartary, a woman can be obtained for
q few pounds of butter, or where rich
man gives twenty small oxen poor
man may succeed with pig. In Fiji,
her equivalent is whales tooth or 4
muslet. These, and similar prices else
where, are eloquent testimony to tho
little value a savage sets on his wife.
lie Had q Rite.
MIR. Jones keeps toy shop. and among
other various things, sells fishing rods,
writes "Blackshirt' in the Algiers
Democrat. For the purpose OF adver-
Using them he has a large rod hanging
outside, with an artificial fish at the
end of it. Late one night, when most
people were in bed, q man who was
rather the worse for his nights enjoy
ment happened to see this fish. He
looked at it, and then went cautiously
up to the door and knocked gently
Jones did not hear this, but after the
man had, knocked a little louder he
appeared at the window up above.
"Who's there?" said Jones. Don't
make a noise," said the man, in a whis-
per, "but come down as quietly as you
can" At this request Jones, who had
recently been robbed, thought there
must be something the matter. So he
he dressed and came down as quietly as
possible. 'What is the matter?' ne
asked. "Sh!'' said the man. Pull
your line III quick: you've go: bite
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-04-18

Money to loan on improved land,
long time and easy payments. Call
on or write to
(24-tf) Z. r. CHENEY.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08
COAL MEN AND FREIGHT MEN
After Comforting for Some Time
They Fail 10 Agree But VIII Try
AEnin-J. v. Goodc Made General
Superintendent of the Denver.

Dallas. Tex. Jan. THE freight
men OF the Texas lines met at the
Oriental hotel this morning, prelimin-
airy to the joint meeting at $3.50 o'clock
this afternoon of the representatives OF
the Texas coal mines and the freight
men.
Both meetings were behind closed
doors and the delegates were very
silent around reporters. 1t is known,
however. that the conference was for
the purpose OF endeavorlng to agree on
freight rate on coal and Ignite from
the various state mines to all points in
the state.
The state railroad commission pro-
mulgated coal tariff which the rail-
roads declared ruinous. and the COM
mission then requested the railroad
men and mine owners to agree upon
what they considered an equitable
tariff and submit the same for ratifica-
ton.
Mr.. ]. b. Bartholomew OF the Inter
national and Great Northern railroad,
with headquarters at Palestine. occu-
pied the chair at both the morning
and afternoon sessions. The morning
session was entirely devoted to the ar
ranging of the most suitable means OF
discussing the matter in the Joint con-
ference in the afternoon, and the propo-
sitiOns that could be made and ac=
cepted.
With the plan OF campaign thor
oughly discussed and arranged the
freight men adjourned at 1880 o'clock
to meet with the coal men at 2:30 p. m.
The meeting came off at the APP
pointed hour. The freight men sub
mitted their propositions. but the coal
men were 10th to accept them, as were
the freight men to accept those OF the
other side, and at the adjournment. at
$3.50 o'clock, no agreement had been
made.
Chairman Bartholomew at this juno
ture. however, stated to the Gazette
correspondent that the traffic and coal
men had met here for the purpose OF
an agreement and that an agreement
would be made.
Another meeting win be held at 3
O'Clock tomorrow morning.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08
oEvISI1A MURDER CASE.
The Fate of House in the Jury's
BRnds-wnxniiuch Notes.

IVoNnhn.hf. ~. - \. ,
MuNahaehle, TEX, Jan. AT
,,,as tnls afternoon me argument
WAS completed IN the case or Abe
rouse, VINO - charged with the brutal
murder OF FRANCES Cevinka; a Bohe-
man girl near Ennis, on July 10, 1898.
>. r. hussell and Green Williams OF
Dalias are the attorneys Tor the de-
Iendant, and w. II. Fears and T. p.
Whipple are for the state. Judge Dill
lara then read his charge to the jury,
which was very lengthy document,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08
CANNOT LOWER THE LEVEL.
Armour G Co. aud summer ReHidents
Win n suit ARninst MIL Owners.

Crown Point Ind, Jan. IA noted
law suit was decided in the circuit
court today by Judge Gillett. Tho
suit mae concerning tho height OF
water to be held at Cedar Lake, this
county. where many Chicngoans and
Others have fine summer residences
built at heavy expense. Among tho
Chicago firms interested IN the suit
Is Armour & Co. who have large Ice
houses on the banks OF the lake. and
harvest 100000 tons OF ice every win
ter The suit was brought by ]. w.
Richly of Detroit. owner OF the Lowell
-four mills. who wants the water for
power four miles south of the lake.
and claims the right to deepen tho
channel TO such an extent as to ruin
the lake for summer guests and Ice
cutting. The people around the lake
claimed In suit before Judge Stan
field In 1871 tho natural water level
OF tho lake was permanently fixed and
that the parties to the present suit
were bound thereby. Judge Glllett, in
n carefully prepared opinion, holds
that the decision made in 1871 Is bind
ing, and that the mill owners have
no right to draw the water lower than
the head gate az established In the
1871 suit.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08

Sulphur Springs, Tex. Jan. I. Fun
eral of the late Judge Putnam took
place yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
The procession was one of the longest
ever seen In this city. and very sad
AFFAIR, as Judge Putnam wns one OF
sulphur Springs oldest citizens and
well liked by every one. The cero-
monies We're conducted by the Masonic
lodge of this place and was very solem
indeed.
Hennessy Leroyle's by Wits Out
wltted" company which made n hit
last season at Fort Worth plays re-
turn date here tonight Mr.. Leroyle Is
big favorite at Sulphur Springs. Al
ready there is big advance sale and
crowded house will greet him. This
company opens the new opera house
at Plano January 81 for which n sub
scrlption list has been signed by all the
business people of Plano. Tho company
Is good one and deserves the success
they are meeting.
NJ. Smith, l.. w. Smith and H. Cate
OF Black Jack Grove. Tex, and NJ. D.
Wainwright of Rochester. N. Y, are
registered at the popular Garrison
house.
Mr. Ret Phillips. one OF our we'll
known citizens. has been on the sick
list for the last few days.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08
eArNEsvILLE pupcpr.
on for Austin-The Arterinn weII-l
Fort worth Composer.

ou Tor Austin-The Arterinn weIl-A
Fort worth Composer.
Gainesville. Tex. Ian. 7.-capt. Alex
Belcher Of Belchcrville was in the city
today on business.
County Attorney Rogers went to
Collisburg today TO attend court.
j. IL. Mldlxiff. one Of a. ]. Thomp-
sons deputy clerks, left today for st.
10 on n brief visit.
Mr.. Frank G. Garner, formerly of
Gainesville. but now OF st. Louis, ar
rived M the city today and is shaking
hands with old-tim0 friends.
Judge II. T.. Hill left this morning
for Austin. where he goes preparatory
TO entering upon his duties as assistant
Encouragement
Arthur Love OF Fort Worth, a we'll
known actor and composer OF songs IL
In the city today.
IL. s. Rowland left last night for
Brazorla county and other points in
West Texas on a tour of prospecting
with view OF locating permanently.
The artosian well has reached a
depth OF 500 feet and water is now with
In thirty feet of the surface. The ma
chinery IL In good working order and
the work Is progressing nicely.
Hazel Patrick, daughter of J. l..
Patrick, died Sunday morning after a
I'VE weeks spell of diphtheria. and
was buried Sunday morning in the city
cemetery.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08
A SUDDEN RUSH OF WATERS.
SOUTHERN INDIANA surrrn~
FROM DISASTROUS FLOODS.
Unprecedented Rainfall In Southern
Ohio and Indiana-Thc Ice Brcaka
on tho Ohio and Her Tributaries.
Fear at Pittsburs.

indianapolis. Ind. Jan. 7.--Advices
from Southern Indiana report disas-
trous foods. resulting from heavy ralnz
of the past twentyfour hours. FARM
ers are suffering severely from over
flows, and more serious losses arc an.
ticipatcd. Al Bradford, the Monon'a
bridge across the river has been
washed away and trains are running
via North Vernon. At Vienna, ON thu
main line of the Jefrersonvllle. Madison
and indianapolis road, 300 feet of track
has been washed away. and tranc 10
seriously delayed from both north and
south.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08

d. NJ. Bowman, chief clerk in tho gem
eral passenger office of the Texas and
Pacific railroad, Dallas, was here yes
terday
j. w. Everman. assistant general
manager of the Texas and Pacific rail-
road. Dallas, was here yesterday.
Charles Beacher, tonnage clerk of the
Fort Worth and Denver in GENERAL
Freight and Passenger Agent Keeier's
Office. is home after n long health-seek-
ing vacation In Canada.
j. w. Maxwell, superintendent OF the
NJ, X a. r., came In on special car
No. 20 last night accompanied by the
tram master and chief engineer OF the
road. They go up on the Denver to
Wichita Falls this morning.
L. Trice, superintendent OF the east
erh division Of the Texas and Pacific,
lis in the city.
The passenger committee OF the Tex
as Traffic association held meeting
yesterday at the office of s. b. Hovey,
vice president Of the Chicago, Rock Is
land and Texas,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-01-08
THE ANNUAL FLOODS.
Turbulent Pennsylvania Streams on
the Rnmpuge.

Plttsburg. Jan, 7.--Therc is a prob
ability of flood at this point, II the
rivers continue 10 rise for any length
OF time at the present rate. There is a
stage of II feet in Mononsahela and
rising IS inches per hour.
A large amount OF ice Is coming out
of the Noughlogheny, and at MoKens-
port the steamer Little was sunk. Ice
Is also coming down the Allegheny. and
the cofferdnin ut Harris Island Is In
danger The government Is building a
navigation lock at this point. and
should the cofferdam be broken II
would not only cause considerable
damage, but retard the work on thu
lock.
A 90 feet rise In the Ohio river Is ox-
pectcd here. and river men fear Il will
reach 20 feet. Twenty-Five feet viii
flood milcs along the river. and cause
great damage