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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
Wall STREET MINERAL SPRING.

It II Under tho United States Assay Once
and tho Output II of Fine Quality.
Uncle Sam owns q mineral spring in
this city and could go into the mineral
water bottling business if he chose to
do so. The sales of the water might be
used instead of bond issues for the pur-
pose of obtaining funds. That such
spring exists beneath the United States
assay Office in Wall street is not gen.
orally known. It is located at the bot
tom of an artesian well, driven, back in
1886, when the supply of Croton water
furnished to the downtown business
district was not so plentiful as it is now.
The well is q deep one-it goes down
465 feet. The water, however, rises in
it to within IA feet of the level of the
assay Office cellar. The well yields 40
gallons to the minute, and the water.
which is pumped up, is put to constant
and valuable use in the operations of
the assay Office. In the front building,
on Wall street, two large tanks are kept
filled with the water, another smaller
tank being filled with Croton. The ar
tesian water is also employed in large
condensing apparatus, SO as to give
perfect shower Of water. 1t is used for
all kinds of washing necessities.
"The water" said Superintendent An
drew Mason, ''is perfectly good and safe
to drink, though the employees of the
Office are not accustomed to use it ex-
cept for lavatory purposes. Analysis
has shown that it is free from nitrogen,
which constituent indicates the pres
ence Of decaying organic matter. In
fact, it has no sewage in it. DR.. G. G.
Eaton, chemist in our assay depart
ment, analysed sample of the water
shortly after the well was completed.
Ellis sample, after settling, showed
the existence of 44.4 grains of solid
matter to the gallon, of which 80 grains
were chlorides, probably of sodium and
magnesium. He also found traces of
lime and sulphur in small quantities.
About half of the solid matter to the
gallon is common salt. There in also
some free carbonic acid.
"In fact, it might be called a very nice
mineral spring water, quite equal to the
product of some much noted springs,
lIC "dlcI "u1CA UCCu SOlu "
the public. Sulphur and magnesium
and other chlorides are important con-
stituents of such waters. would not
hesitate to drink the water, and have
done so. I have thought of bottling
some and taking it home to my family
in Orange" ~:
Consideration of the existence in Wall
street of a mineral spring opens up some
Interesting possibilities. There is no
monopoly which would prevent private
individuals from sinking artesian wells
downtown, even if the government
should not care to 60 into the mineral
water selling business. With some &C
tive wells in operation the present bust
ness district might be transformed; the
stock exchange, in the interest Of
health and medical science, turned into
big hotel with the Battery park
emancipated from the domination of
immigrants and tramps and remod-
eled into garden reservation like
that of Saratoga.-N. Y. Sun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
Oldest Love Letter.

A tablet made Of Nile mud, which
was recently discovered among the
treasures of the British museum, has
been found to contain in cuneiform
characters the marriage proposal of
Pharaoh for the hand of the daughter
of the king of Babylon. AS this brick
like missive was written about $500
years ago, it may justly be regarded as
probably the oldest love letter on rec
ord. Since it has ''brickified" it may
also be said to have been burnt as soon
us it was written. The oldest love let
ter in Philadelphia is undoubtedly that
Of William Penn to his "beloved Han
nah," which is preserved by the Penn
sylvania Historical society.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
THE REIGN OF LOVE.

Mankinds Present Attitude Gives Little
Hope Of Its Appearance.
We're England to fall from her nigh es-
tate, to lose her prominence among the
nations of the world, to sink to the rank
OF 4 second-rate power, not only would
our own liberty be grievously impaired,
but the cause of liberty throughout the
world would receive a deadly wound.
In approaching the question it is essen
TALLY necessary to clear one Is mind of
that sickly sentimentality, that opti-
mistic cant of ''humanituria1lsLn," as
it is called, which is so unpleasant a
sign of the times. "Nar and hate" have
Lot retired from the world to make
room for fruitful strifes und rivalries
of peace" The struggle for existence is
still the law for men, and for nations
of men. Yes, and will continue to be So
for generations far beyond those Of
which we need take account. Human
nature may be transformed in On in
definitely remote future. So may leo
nine nature. But in this epoch Of the
world wherein we have to live and act,
if the lion lies down at all with the lamb,
it is, Us Sydney Smith said, with the
lamb in his stomach. And if men for
sake the use Of swords and spears, it
assuredly is not to convert them into
plowshares and pruning hooks, but to
substitute rifed cannon for those an
tique instruments of slaughter, now
found incffectively murderous.
Surely, never was the aspect of Eu-
rope so threatening as it is at the pres
ent hour. Standing armies of vast
ness hitherto urdreamed of confront
enc another. The frontiers of every
country are embattlcd. Railways are
converted into military roads. The
physical sciences are ransacked for
engines of carnage. The whole CONT
nent is IN immense parade ground, des-
tned--who can say how soon?--to be-
come vast battlefield. Atsuch time,
who but a fool or q scoundrel would
promise security to this country, SO OIL
noxious to the jealousy, so attractive to
the cupidity of her neighbors, save on
the condition that she can vindicate it
by arms ?-Fortnightly Review.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
Her Answer.

An Orange IN. ~ girl who had beea
at her first dance the night before. was
talking with an acquaintance about the
great event. "Were there enough men
to go around?" asked the latter. II
don't know about the other girls" re-
piled the beauty, ''but as for me I had
men to burn."-N. Y. Sun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30

would fall down: hadn't remained
motionless for so very long, either, but
in q darkness where man can't tell
whether he is standing on his feet or his
ears, the faculty of balance isn't much
TO be counted on. My heart stopped
short when I felt myself sway, but I
shifted one foot quickly, and there 1
was again. But that accursed foot had
made squeak.
''The fellow listened for a moment,
and then he yelled: Who's in here"
II didn't say word, but just dropped
down to the floor as easy as sack OF
oats.
HE listened for time, and then bel
lowed out again: Who's in here?'. I
suppose he figured that it wasn't one
of his enemies, or they would have got
him while he was swearing to himself
over in the corner.
Who's in herel Come along now,
galoot, an speak up er I'll begin t bore
leetle holes in yeh! Who er yeh, any
how! Whistle some now, er I'll fair
eat YET
'sHe was beginning to get mad as a
wildcat. I could fairly hear that fel-
low lashing himself into rage and get
ting more crazy every minute. All the
kegs were up in one corner, and when
I felt around with one hand / couldn't
find thing to get behind. Every Sec
ond expected to hear him begin to
work his gun, and-if you have ever lain
in the darkness and wondered at what
precise spot the impending bullet would
strike, you know how I felt. So when
he yelled out again: who er your !
spoke up and said: It's only me-
"sThunder,' cried he, in q roar like
n bull. Who's me! Give yer hull name
an petigree, mister, if yeh amt fond
of regular bowling row!'. ,.,.,-r .-~-
".Tm. from Houston said I. vo,. -, ..
Houston said he, with q snort.
AN what er yeh dom here, stranger"
"'I came to the SALE I told him.
".Hum,' said he; and then he re-
manned still for some time over in his
end of the car. .n.v : y .
IL was congratulating myself that 1
ran no more chance of trouble witt,
this tiend, and that the whole thing was
now mere matter of waiting for some
snerciful fate to let ME out, when sud
denly the fellow said: 'Alister'
"'Sir? said I. ,,..,...
".Open that there door!' 80
'Er-what?
"'Open that there door!'
"'Er-the door to the car"
"He began to froth at the mouth,
think. Sure he reared. TIL door t
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
Easily Done.

Ticket Agent(at railroad station)-
I wish some way could be invented IA
keep men away from tie ladies' win
dow.
Bystander-Easy enough. Put the
signl "For Ladies Only" on the other
window.-N. Y. Weekly .-. 81 a...
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
Churning In the Stomach.

While the process of digestion is go
ing on the muscles of the stomach keep
up a constant churning motion, fore
ing the food back and forth, and allow
ing the gastric juices to penetrate every
portion. The churning is continued un-
til all the food is digested.-Chicago
Inter Ocean. .sHE5
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
LOBSTERS ARE CANNlBAL5.
In Their Infancy They viii Eagerly Do
YOUR Zone Another.

In Their Infancy They VIII Eagerly Do
YOUR :One Another.
One hundred millions of baby lob
sters will be Matched artifcially by the
United States fish commission during
the coming summer. That number
would be sufficient to make Holsters al
plenty and cheap as they ever were, il
only they could all grow up. Unfortu-
nately, many difficulties interfere with
their propagation by the incubator
plan. It is easy enough to hatch them,
80 far as that goes.
The eggs are obtained from fisher
men, who bring the female Holsters to
the government station at Woods Holl,
Mass. One fair-sized lobster will yield
10000 eggs. They are scraped gently
from her body and put into glass jar
through which water circulates. In tho
course of few days the baby Holsters
como out, looking like SO many little
bits of shrimps.
An infant lobster looks not at all like
the adult specimen. The latter walks
about on the bottom of the sea, but its
juvenile offspring swims near the sur
face of the water for the first few weeks
Of its life. It is almost sure to be COB
BLEED by q fish or by some predatory
mollusk or crustacean. 1t so lucky as
to escape these dangers it goes through
. series of molts.
Each time it changes it's shell it looks
n trife more like real lobster, until
finally at the end of the seventh week
or thereabouts it assumes the adult
form and gives up swimming. Being
clad in armor, it has few enemies to
fear from that time on, while it finds
concealment among the rocks on the
bottom. Thenceforward the enemy
most to be dreaded IS greedy man, who
tries to lure it into baited pots that are
easy to get into and hard to get out of.
For long time the government ex-
rerts have been puzzling over a problem
which remains to this day unsolved-
They could soon cause the waters of the
Atlantic coast to swarm with Holsters
if only they could discover way OF
rearing those artifcially Matched until
they are seven weeks old and arrived at
the adult state.
But Holsters are by nature cannibals,
and the young ones eat each other up.
It is hardly practicable to provide =
separate compartment for each Adde'S
cent lobster: They are put into tho
ocean to take their extremely small
chances of survival. During the few
days preceding their liberation they arc
fed on tow stuff. This tow stuff con-
sists Of small crustaceans and other ami
mails collected by towing a net of fine
gauze from a boat along the surface OF
the sea.-N. Y. World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30

The beings of the mind arc not of
clay; essentially immortal. they create
and multiply in us a bright ray and
more beloved existence.-Byron.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30


southern provinces, notably the prov
ince of Kwong Tung, where most of
the American Chinese hail from. Some
of these leg ornaments are very costly,
being made of pure gold studded with
expensive gems; more commonly they
are only of twisted silver or jade. These
are large enough to 60 over the foot
easily; when worn they give their
owners much trouble in locomotion.
This peculiar custom has long ago been
abolished in northern China, where
rings are only worn upon the fingers
and bracelets upon the wrists. The
latter are as widely worn by men as
by women, but they differ in size and
material, those of women being more
delicate and being of silver or gold,
while the bracelets of the men are in
variably of jade or species of rare
rattan. This jewelry is worn more be-
cause of a national superstition than
as ornaments, either as a talisman of
good luck or as a cure for rheuma-
tism.
Diamonds as jewelry are not yet as
fashionable among the Chinese as jade.
pearls, ruby, coral, silver and gold.
Pearls and jade are the most popular.
When describing ones wealth the Chi
nese do not say he is covered with dia-
monds, but with 'jades and pearls"
The most exalted artisans OF, China
are the jewellers and carpenters, one
of the most formidable organizations
of the trades union in the world being
that of the jewelers. Brother hood OF
China, which claims a membership Of
several millions. Every member must
be an expert metal worker Of some sort.
All Chinese jewelers. are selected from
childhood for their neatness in ap-
pearanoe Us we'll rs their natural adap-
tation for the skill of a mechanic. Then
they serve seven-years' apprentice"
ship; the first three years they must
pay to their masters for the privilege
of giving their services to him.
The most expensive jewelry is worn
upon the head of the Chinese ladies,
instead of neck and hands, as is the
custom of Europeans. AS the Chinese
thoroughly believe the hair is wom-
ans glory, all endeavors are exercised
to beautify it. The style of hairdress-
ing of the women of the middle prov
inces has long been conceded, even by
American tourists, to be the most beau
tiful and artistic in the world; and the
amount of small but expensive jewelry
they manage to put into their jet
black hair makes even nm old maid at
tractive. The fashionable and fastid-
ious girl has no less than 70 pieces OF
jewelry in her hair alone, and every
piece has its distinct name and place.
Their positions upon the head are 80
exact that lady Of fashion would in
stantly detect when one of the "
pieces is stuck in the wrong portion OF
her hair.
Rings of all colors and styles are
worn by ladies of the upper classes only,
Poor and humble females are laughed
at as vain when they make any such at
tempt. AS rule, men never wear rings
upon their hands except they be Chinese
dudes. Then they get ring big enough
to go upon their thumbs. This is the
only way they wear rings.--N. Y
Ledger.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
Painless Bullets.

Steel-coated rifle bullets for the new
magazine guns cause very little pain.
says DR.. Delorme, surgeon-in-chief Of
the French army. During the riots at
Fourmies one man was wounded so
badly as to be paralyzed, but did not
suspect that he had been shot until
he saw blood stains on his clothing:
one, shot through the leg, only felt a
slight SILVER; another, shot through
the arm, felt his elbow witch and closed
his fist mechanically. AT short range,
100 to $50 yards, the bullets are apt to
explode and to do serious mischief
Detroit Free Press. i''t
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
GLACIAL MAN IN OHIO.

Conditions Of Life Similar to Those of
Present-Dsy Alasksns.
The neighborhood of the ice border
during the glacial period was probably
not an uncomfortable place in which to
live. Even in Greenland, where there is
no timber, the Eskimos manage to live
in a great degree of comfort, and that
too with no implements but those of
stone and bone which they have made
with their own hands. The importa-
ton of firearms and of iron Implements
has been of doubtful advantage to the
Eskimos. From all accounts, they
Aourished better before their contact
with Europeans than they have since.
Substantially the same may be said
of the tribes of Alaska. There the con-
ditions are in one respect even more
closely similar to those which existed
on the Delaware and Ohio rivers where
the remains of glacial man have been
found in America Like southeastern
Alaska, the Delaware and Ohio valleys
were densely covered with forests. OF
this we have abundant evidence in the
numerous trunks of trees which were
overwhelmed by the advancing ice and
buried in the debris all along the mar
gin of the glaciated area in Ohio. 1t
was, therefore, easily within the reach
Of men as intelligent as the Eskimos
to maintain comfortable existence in
the valley of the Ohio when the con-
tinental glacier had expanded to it's
farthest extent. He did not need to re-
sort to caverns for shelter, since the for
ests furnished him with the readiest
means of protection.
When we reflect, also, upon the COM
pleteness with which the habitations
of the modern Indian have disappeared,
we need not be surprised at the total
disappearance of the habitations of
glacial men. Nor is it strange that we'll
accredited discoveries of his implements
have SO rarely been made in the undis-
turbed gravel which gives us the surest
evidence of his great antiquity. Natu-
rally, the cautious inhabitant of that
time would have been somewhat care
full about venturing down into the river
valleys, whose terrific and periodical
foods were depositing the terrace
gravel, and, even though the imbedded
implements were much more numerous
than they are, they would be relatively
so few in proportion to the great mass
of material that the chances of finding
one in place would be extremely small.
Prof. G. Frederick Wright, in Apple
tons Popular Science Monthly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-04-30
JEwELRY IN CHINA.
Worn In All Conceivable Sorts Of style
and Place. .a.

Worn In All Conceivable sorts Of style
and Place. .a
Chinese women started the fashion
of wearing jewelry. and the Cinnamon.
have kept the ball rolling ever since,
fashion. According 10 Chinese history,
their women wore rings and anklets
ever since there was Chinese woman.
Seriously speaking, the first Chinese
jewelry store was. started in the city of
Chang On about 5000 years ago, when
Empress Wo Chi Tien (the only female
tyrant China ever had) decorated her
self and her court with it's precious
pearls and jades, and in turn decorated
the enterprising jeweler with the "Yel-
low Jacket"
Jewelry was first worn by the women
upon their ankles, later about their
waists, around their necks, and finally
ut the top of their heads; but the men
beat the women one point by wearing
iewelry upon the top of their hats. so
that now q mans wealth in China is
frequently measured by the amount of
the cost of the button on the top Of
his official hat, which is always of
coral. Some of these buttons cost as
high as $4,000 $50 was told).
No Chinese woman is considered COM
plete in her toilet unless, at least, she
wears her earrings. No matter how
poor she may be, she is expected to pos
sess, at least, this much ornament.
They are just as necessary as the con-
ventional American girls hairpins.
Girls, as soon as they can toddle
about, must have their little pink car
lobes pierced to receive their allotted
amount of jewelry, without which they
will be laughed at by their little play
mates. The fashion of wearing clumsy
anklets is still in vogue in some of the
southern provinces, notably the prov
ince of Kwong Tung, where most of
the American Chinese hail from. Some
of these leg ornaments are very costly,
being made of pure gold studded with
expensive gems; more commonly they
are only of twisted silver or jade. These
are large enough to 60 over the foot
easi1v. when worn thew Give their
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-08
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A called meeting of the City Council
will be held to night.
The repaving of King street along
the line of the sewer was commenced
to-day by Contractor Howard.
Mrs. D. o. Munson, of Munacn Hill,
had serious fa,l from her carriage one
day last week, but is improving.
A whole wagon load of republican
campaign literature was received at the
shipyard to-day for distribution.
A marriage license was issued in
Washington to-day to Alfred D. Swift
and Margaret B. Thome, OF this city.
This being the Jewish New Year, the
stores of the Israelites Of this city were
closed, but they will be reopenet at
o'clock this evening,
A small balloon which was So, 49,
into the sky from arlington yester
day evening 10. ri north of this city. Il
las seen by many in this city.
A grand ball and musical entertain.
ment will given at the Mount Vernon
Hotel, New Alexandria, tomorrow
evening by the employees Of the electric
railroad.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-08

RECRUITS FOR THE Work HOUSE.
Two stroliug colored women-Jennie
Gordon and Margie Pendleton-were
arrested shortly before II O'Clock last
night by Officers Hall and Deane for
drunken and disorderly conduct in the
streets. They were sent to the work
house this morning for so days. Maud
Tippett, white woman, who was re-
leased from the work house last Satur-
day upon promising to be of good be.
havior, was next arraigned charged by
one Pearl Hart with abusive language
The witness in the case was young
woman known as Grace hewitt. The
trouble originated over a married man,
and during the examination of the case
il was developed that the house was
not only a resort OF men who should be
home with their families, but that q
sxteen-year-o boy was harbored.
The plaintiff, defendant and witness
were sent to the work house for so days
under the vagrant act The boy who
had begun the sowing of wild oats as
soon as he had discarded knee breeches
was turned over to his father who hap
pened to be among the spectators IN
the court room. The Mayor in dispos-
ing of the case announced that the
fathers of all minors who visited such
places would be apprised of the fact.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-08
@- GOODS DELIVERED IN ALRy
ANDRIA.
Woodward & Lothrop
10th, nth & F Sts., n. W.,
WASHINGTON. D. C.
TEMpERANcE SpEEcH.-A fair audi.

TEMPERANCE SPEECH. "A fair audi
ence greeted Mr.. Edwin Higgins at
Good Templars' Hall last night. MIR.
Higgins gave an earnest talk on the
subject of prohibition and urged all
present to give their votes to the party
pledged to protect the home. He
stated that the amouptyearly wasted in
strong drink was greater than all the
gold and silver dollars in the country;
that this waste caused the hard timer.
He predicted that before many years
prohibition would be the issue, and that
when we shall have it even the liquor
men would rejoice in the overthrow Of
the traffic. His address was clear,
forceful and devoid of abuse Of
either of the other parties. At its
close prohibition club was organized
with twenty-seven members. On Friday
night next meeting will be held for
the election of officers and further per-
fecting the organization.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-09-08

ATTEMPTED SUIcInE.-Alice Page, a
young colored woman residing on King
street, swallowed two ounces of lauda-
mum and a half-pint of whisky last
night, withsuicidal intent. 1t is said
that this is not her first attempt at sui
eide, she having made an unsuccessful
effort few weeks since 10 kill herself
by hanging. Yesterday evening, it is
said, she had an appointment with an
admirer of the Anglo-Saxon race, which
he failed to fulfil, he having gone to q
baseball match. She became despond-
ent and performed the rash act describ-
ed above. When her condition was
discovered her friends, including, it is
said, her white admirer, walked her
up and down Shutters Hill during half
the night, or until the effects of the
drug died out.