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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14
WHY HIS WIFE WAS NOT THERE.

The Man in tho Dress Sult Becomes Cor
ndential In Explaining Matters.
"Why isn't your wife here?' asked
the floor manager, as he stopped for .
moment to chat with the man in the
shabby dress suit. g. -
the-ah-the-facti is she
never goes to these full-dress affairs"
explained the man in the shabby dress
suit. ~ 81" " A. re-
''Now you speak of it, said the floor
manager, II am reminded of the fact
that I never did see her at one Of our
Dances"
"Quite right" replied the man in tho
shabby dress suit, with evident relief.
''She never attends them. 9 .ss :: y w.
"But, on the other hand" continued
the floor manager, "she always attends
the informal entertainments, while !
don't recall that I ever saw you at one Of
them"
"That's right, too" admitted the man
in the shabby dress suit. shifting I'M I'M
easily from one foot to the other. lyon
see, we were lacking in foresight this
year, and it has been rather awkward,
but next year we expect to appear to-
gether again"
The floor manager looked puzzled and
the man in the shabby dress suit aI,-
peared i'll at ease. -. =
II don't believe quite understand y
said the floor manager, ut last. ,.,
MOP"
mo" ," -'E- . -s%., g~f..l
The man in the shabby dress suit
pulled the floor manager little to one
side, where they couldn't be overheard.
my wife thinks we ought to be repre-
sented in society,"" he said, "but we
made an error in our plans. We could
only afford one suit for each of us, and
she got gown for afternoon teas and
such things, while bought a dress suit.
Her gown is out of place where I can
wear my suit, and can't wear my suit
where her gown is the proper caper. We
must make the best of it this year, but
next year we intend to try to get into
the same class" Chicago Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14
ENGLAND'S ISOLATION.
The Sovereign OF tho Seas Knows No
" Friend. g.

The Sovereign OF tho Seas Knows No
~ Friend.
England as q nation has not, and
rarely has had, friend; she is isolated,
and the world delights, says Macmil-
lan's Magazine, to impress her isolation
upon her. Once indeed she drew very
close to Holland, SO close that, after
fighting her battles for two generations.
she offered to make one republic with
hers. but the only results were seven
OF the dercest naval engagements ever
known and the ousting Of the Dutch
from their dominion Of the sea. The
only European people who having
passed from under her rule conspired
to return to it were the Gascons at the
close of the Hundred Years war. There
can be no more curious example of the
caprices of national friendship than
this. Normandy and Brittany, nearer
to US in breed, climate and position,
joyfully cast us out, and the hot FLOODED
province of the south, for all that it had
cnce rebelled against the Black Prince.
entreated us to stay. ...< Im
With Scotland the case was different.
She had for many hundred years a
friendship, hardly extinguished until
the middle of the last century, which
brought woes unnumbered both upon
England and herself, and many times
threatened to overwhelm England al
together. So surely as an English ex-
petition went to France, down came
the Scots across the border. The victory
of Neville's Cross was won when Ed
ward III. lay before Calais; the victory
of Flodden was won when Henry VIII.
lay before Tourney. The story was
eternally the same.
IF that you will France win, IA,
s% Then with Scotland first begin"
Nothing could shake the friendship
Of France and Scotland, and it was when
France was in her direst need that Scot
land came forward to help her in her
own territory, and for reward received
the high privilege Of guarding the
sacred person of the French king. %
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14
INSECT PESTS.

BIaek Ants and Cockroaches In GUIANA ~
the Coming Of the kAins.
at the coming Of the rain in Guiana
the small black ants are everywhere.
They come into the rooms and get upon
our dining table, even though its legs
are placed in cans of kerosene oil. A
chair will provide suitable gangway,
or they will even run over your clothes
as YOU sit at dinner. They even getin
our beds, and we wake up at night and
find hundreds Of these tiny creatures
crawling over us ami giving us vicious
bites here and there. Then the baby
cries in the next room, and its nurse
wakes up to find the little pests running
over its face and sucking the moisture
from it's eyelids. The child wakes up
and rubs the part with its fist. to be re-
warded with sundry bites on his dell.
cate skin. Or perhaps one of them has
got into his ear, and the child screams
with all his might; then the mother or
nurse has much ado with syringe and
oil before silence is again restored.
4 Now come the cockroaches. Not
that they have ever been entirely
wanting, but as long as the weather WA
dry they could hide under heaps Of
dead. leaves or about the roots of trees
in the garden. Routed from these snug
quarters, they appear in great numbers.
flying into the open sitting-rooms, and
perhaps making lady scream out with
disgust as one of them sprawls on her
dress. Their object 10 to hide them
selves as soon as possible, no matter
where. and female drapery is very con-
venient. Like the ants. these sinking
creatures invade our bedrooms, and
newcomer il warned not to sleep with
his mouth open, for he might wake to
find one exploring the cavity. Thosa
who have lived in the tropics for any
length of time can hardly escape tast-
ing the cockroach. Now and then they
run over our dishes and leave their taste
and smell behind, while occasionally
one gets into the -four barrel and spoils
your cake or pudding. We have seen
bits of their carcasses in our bread, and
have had to reject q roll altogether from
such a cause. ... s
Now that the ground is well soaked.
the wood ants or termites begin to
swarm. They fly for little while, but
quickly get rid of their wings, to crawl
into the chinks and crannies OF the
fioor, between the covers of books and in
fact everywhere. They litter the table
with their cast-of wings. and it not
looked after will do serious damage in n
few days. Furniture is bored with
holes, books are excavatel to provide
nests and the house itself becomes
ultimately little more than home for
wood ants.-James Roadway, in Apple
tons Popular Science Monthly. .
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14

business portion Of St. Peters
burg was seriously damaged BY fire
in 1862, the property loss exceeding So
oo0,o
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14
COZ Confusesl., .

-, Got Confused. -, x -
III The mother of q family showed tho
ticket collector on the railway . couple
81 half-farc tickets for hertwo children.
The Official, after looking at her doubt
fully sid: - ! :. s, ..
How old ore they p
sgl "They are. only six, and they are
twins" &
"Ah!" Then, after moments pause,
the man inquired: "And where were
they born?'' sYs33 { 11aseytfsH G;'Fetssls ~;
,'.sThis onewas born in London and the
other in Brighton = London Fun. lfcia
= silencins the Burglar Alarm. q
ID First Burglar Got your chloroform
ready? ,T..yt 1871 ea&taf "a t5a'2'a $40
Second Burglar Yes. Dope the old
mnn first, lsuppose?" ,s.
{ '.Not on your life. The baby first. =.
Detroit Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14

This Is the fruit Of craft; like him
that shoots up high, looks for the shaft
and finds it in his forehead. Middleton.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14

When fortune ,neanssto men most
good she looks upoA them with q thredG
ening eye Shakespeare.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-05-14


this paragon. SAM" asked. +; IS y
"Paragone," he repeated sadly. SCI
never heard him called tibet. ,Mebbe he
= as one, fer he was most everything.
How did we hev words. Hawgs;4 jest
Il few hawgs done it. Sometimes I
think it was my fault, an on them days
when low I ID TO blame I;allus intend
to 60 over to- his place an make up But
I've never ben able t; git off at them
times; an when I kin git of I allus
blame Pete an cal'late he kin come Z,
zee me-" @ -.
ut must have been very serious
trouble 2" said I. s. 5:. .. +. :. I
"Hawgs," he replied. .Nawthin''b
a few'mean pigs. You see was Hvin'up
there three summers ago. made
engagements with Hiram Bender, who
he'd ,farmGclose benny place, Hell him to
let me hev three young shawgs III Sep
TENDER. I,'tended to fatten 'em up an
butcher 'em when it come cold. .! One
day, in corn huskin' time. l goes over to
Hira,Ls to Gil, 'em. WhetiI at him Ter
'em. nd. lSoi4 sat me surprised like ans
sails, SaaSSne HWnyss0aIu,I eE DUCTS
got them pigs. He toll me yousaydshe
was to git 'em an you'd pay me fer 'em,
ez YOU owed him fer his hevin' helped
YOU three days in the woods last winter
/ was Jest Knocked. I knowed Pete was
hard up, fershe'd kinder ben layin,, off
all summer. but l never tho,t thet Of
him. I never let on to Hiram, but-jest
went right over to Pete's place. found
thet he'd gone an killed them beasts.
an turned 'em into butcherin's. When
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
NO. ]4

probably 1900, and the people COM
posing it pushed and struggled to get
near the nominee until they beca
howling, rushing mob. A brass pand
played popular airs as the people
cheered. Con n1ressman Hare, standing
beside Mr.. Bryan, managed to secure
silence long enough to present the
nominee and when the cheering that
followed had subsidized Mr.. Bryan made
a few remarks in a husky voice, which
told of the strain of the past few days.
After few remarks number of per-
sons succeeded in climbing on the
platform and shaking hands with the
nominee. AS the train pulled out the
crowd cheered and the band struck up
popular air.
At Coxey's Town.
With Carl Browne on board, Massillon'
naturally recalled memories of Coxey's
army, for it was from that town that
the commonwealth cause was
launched. When Massillon was
reached great crowds were gathered
at the end of the railroad trestle, and
these crowded and pushed close to the
car. A thousand people were in the
throng and in the front ranks was
Mamie Coxey Browne. The old flag of
the commonweal that was carried
from Massillon to Washington was dis
played with a new inscription, 'Bry-
an Can Stay on Coxey's Grass" There
was also an artistic effort of Carl
Brown representing Mark Hanna
standing on Rothschild's back, Roths-
child holding upa cross of gold with La
bor crucifed upon it. In resp onse to
loud demands for a speech Bryan
made short address.
At Shermans Home.
A reception of great enthusiasm was
given the Nebraska orator at Mans
field, the home of Senator John Sher-
man. The crowd was large and it
was with difficulty that the cheering
throng could be pressed back to en-
able Mr.. Bryan to reach the tempo
rary speakers stand. Mr.. Bryan was
presented to the perspiring multitude
by James p. Steward. a prominent
lawyer and chairman of the citizens
reception committee A wild hurrah
went up and then Mr.. Bryan said:
Worlds Financial Policy at Stake.
Ladies and gentlemen: l would
not be surprised to find such an audi
ence as this in Nebraska, but | can
hardly realize that such a gathering
as this is assembled in the state which
has the honor to contain the residence
of my opponent. daughter and ap-
plause.) l want you to realize that in
this contest we have an issue upon
the decision of which may turn the
financial policy of the world. Not
only in America but all over the world
the toiling masses are looking for re-
lief to that nation which ought to
stand foremost in every great reform"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
NO DEMONSTRATION,
Bryan's Ar rival in New York This Evening
To BE Devoid of Display.

10 De D0VOlO OF DISPLAY.
New York, Aug. 11.-If the train
on which William j. Bryan is travelling
makes schedule time the democratic
presidential nominee will reach this
city at $40 o'clock this evening. He
may decide on arrival here to stop
ut hotel, although Banker st. John
has invited him to stay at his home.
1t is probab BILE that the candidate will
select hotel, as he will be called upon
to receive lot of people Mrs. Bry-
an, however, may prefer to stop with
the st. Johns, as she is in need of rest
and quiet, the long journey having
greatly fatigued her. There will be
no formal reception on Mr.. Bryan's
arrival, but a large crowd will no
doubt be at the railway station to
greet him. He will make noRpeeches
in New York until tomorrow night,
when he will reply at the Madison
Square garden to the formal address
notifying him of his nomination.
There are to be II 500 seats in the gar
den, and there will be standing room
for several thousand more, as there
will be no seats in the pit. Former
State Treasurer Danforth is to be the
chairman of the meeting, and Gov.
Stone of Missouri will deliver the
speech notifying Candidate Bryan.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
DEPARTURE FROM P3TTsBuRo.
Mr. Bryan Resumes His Journey After
Last Nights Demonstrations.

Last Nights Demonstrations.
Pittsburg, Aug. 1.-The arrival
here last night of w. J. Bryan was
made the occasion of several big
political demonstrations in his honor.
A vast crowd was at the station when
the train rolled in, and it was with
great difficulty that the local reception
committee succeeded in escorting
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan to the car
riage which conveyed them to
the Central hotel. The streets
were packed with people and
after dinner Mr., Bryan appeared on
the hotel balcony in response to re-
peated calls, but he declined to make
. speech, At 9:3O CLOCK the nominee
and his wife went to the Grand Opera
house where he and Richard Blana ad-
dressed large audience. Mr., Bryan
then went next door to the Avenue
theatre, where he made short ad-
dress to another large assemblage.
At both meetings he was heartily
cheered, A short reception to the
Bryan party followed at the home of
the Randall club, and then the IA
tigued nominee and his companions re-
tired. They left Pittsburg at 7:30
o'clock this morning,
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14

,Pla ttsburg, N. Y, Aug. 1.-THE
Lhth and last week of the Catholic
summer school of America opened
with series of lectures on the ground
work of political economy, and Rev.
G. w. Cuviur of Baltimore began his
series of five lectures on American his
tory, the opening lecture dealing with
1.-THE Formation of Our Country"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-08-14
Gen. Miles To visit Mantle.

Hartford, Aug. 12.-Gen. Miles,
commanding the army, has accepted
an invitation to attend Camp Graham,
of the national guard, at Niantic, and
will spend one day there next week,
Thursday or Friday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-03
THE ROMAN ASHORE.
The Big Ocean Liner Fast in The Mud
in Boston Harbor.
Vessel and Cargo Valued at 575.OOO-WiIl
Probably be FIoated.

Boston, Oct. 1.-The big four-masted
British steamer Roman went agound
on the south side of Georges island,
this afternoon, as she was passing out
of the harbor. en- route for Liverpool,
laden with 1900 tons of miscellaneous
cargo valued at $325,O0 The steamer
will probably remain aground until she
is lightered.
When nearly abreast of Bug light
attempting to pass a scow, she was
carried to the right by the strong tide,
and her bow swung into shallow water
taking ground heavily on the mud bot
tom. An unsuccessful effort was made
to back her off by her own propeller
When the tide was at it's height. to-
night, two tugs made a united, but I'M
successful effort to push the steamer
into deep water. The work of lighter
ing viii be begun. tomorrow morning.
The Roman was in charge of Frank
Fowler, one of the Oldest and most eff
ficient pilots in the Boston service. She
is valued at sa5o00O. The vessel and
cargo are fully insured. She is max
ing no water
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-03
ALL HAVE GOOD NEWS.
MckinIey's Callers All Assure Him Of an Over
whelmins Plurality.

McKinieys early callers. '' today, M Mape
senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massa-
c ef is, Theodore Roosevelt. president
man Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Con-
gressman Nelson Dngley chairman of
the ways and means committee. They
have been making speeches in this part
respects to the candidate and to tell him
OF the prospects of the different sections
in which they have travelled.
Mr. Dingley said Il have just begun
a series of speeches in the West. The
outlook for a Republican victory is more
than promising. 1t seems now only a
question of how large plurality will he
given Major Mckinley. We hope by Civ
ing Mckinley an Overwhelming majority
that we may be able to place the next
Senate beyond doubt. We have assur-
ances from all the Congressional dis
tricts that the next House will be largely
Republican. but we want the Senate. too.
Maine will give Mckinley a much larger
plurality than that by which the Repub-
lican State ticket was elected in Septem-
ber.'
Mr.. DaIzell said: Il have been all
WINGED that the state will be carried b.,
The Republicans. The Republicans will
surely have Il safe majority in the next
House.
Mr. Lodge said: Speaking for Massa-
chusetts. | can say that the majority for
Republican ma jority of two years ago.
which was q. 000. New England can be de-
pended. upon for an Overwhelming ma
loI1}y pao the ,Repnblican ticket.
are that New York will give Major Nc
kinley the greatest majority ever accord
ed any candidate. The sentiment in the
fast is az in favor Of the Republican
this great Republican tidal wave is rap
luly moving westward.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-03
INDIANA P0PULIsTs MAD.
Will Compel Committee to Put Up the Original
Straight Ticket.

Indianapolis. Ind, Oct. "A manda-
mus suit will he begun at once. Chas
Matthews, the Populist leader, said,
today. to compel the Populist commit
Tee of IL to put up the straight Popu-
list electoral ticket as nominated. and
which was pulled down this week to
put up a fusion ticket.
The Middle the Road Populists
are mad over the committees action 1t
is contended that first action of the
committee ended the power delegated
1t by the state Populist convention and
it had no right to convene again for
the purpose of reversing it's action.
He said that the suit will be begun
Just as soon as the necessary papers
can be drawn up. He consulted law
yers. this afternoon. He says that he
received scores of letters from true
blue Populists condemning the COM
mittee's action.
The leaders of the sound money
Democrats Of Indiana, after a long con-
ference here, today decided to put a
full state ticket in the field This ac-
ton is due principally to the recent So
called fusion of Populists and Demo-
Gratis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-03
A GRAND SUCCESS.
The Entertainment for Winthrop Military
&. Band Was Largely Attended.

Winthrop, Oct. 2.-(SpeciaD.- grand
benefit concert for the Winthrop Mill
tary Band was given at the Town hall,
Thursday evening, at which the drama
Pensions Slave" was most admirably
presented. The hall was we'll filled
Ralph Hayden, the professional actor,
as Major Shortsleeves" and n. L..
Hannaford as "Golight," pleased the
audience immensely. Their rivalry in
contelnding for the hand of the deusive
Miss Patty" was a fine piece Of bur
lesque acting. Hannaford is born
comedian, and no mistake. Ina Fair
banks as Miss Patty, had several ex-
tremely attractive costumes. and her
acting was thoroughly up to date, and.
furthermore, she knows how to make
her jokes so as TO bring a smile every
time, and not every young girl can do
that.
The tragic part of the piece was
handled with much feeling and force
Ivy Miss Haggarty, c. II. Oldham and
W. c. Bailey. Miss Haggarty scored
applause on several occasions, and
Oldham's 1t is I. Manuel De Foe"
brought instant response from the au-
dience. The specially dances of Misses
Fairbanks and Bates were very pretty
and gracefully done. The play will be
repeated. next Tuesday night, with a
change in specially features.
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UNDER CLOUD.
An Abingdon, Mass. Man Accused Of Hayina
More Than One Wife.

Abingdon Mass. Oct. "A well-known
and respected citizen has left town under
cloud, and the prospects are that he
VIII not return.
1t has been learned that Deputy Sher-
iff Cushman on Tuesday served notice
upon Horace f.. Smith Of ~ Park avenue
to appear at the superior court at Ply
mouth. Nov. 6. TO show cause why his
marriage with his wife Anna should not
be annuled. Mr.. and Mrs. Smith have
been married over II years. and during
all that time have resided in Abingdon
Previous to their marriage Mrs. Smith
was Mrs. Roscoe Childs, whose husband
died about two years before her marriage
TO MIR. Smith.
A short time ago a story reached here
that Mr.. Smith had been married pre-
yyious to his marriage with her. and that
his first wife was living. Mrs. Smith
made quiet Investigation. and found
that in 1873 ne was united in marriage TO
Il girl in Taunton, but that he lived with
her only a few days. Mrs. Smith OBJ
tanned the help of the courts and Sheriff
Cushman was given the necessary papers
to serve upon Mr.. Smith. A private talk
took place between the couple, with the
result that the husband packed his trunk
and grip with his personal belongings
and left town.
Mr.. Smiths story Of the affair is that
home and married a girl who was also
under age Three days afterward his
father compelled him to return to his
home in Taunton and he never lived with
the girl again. Subsequently a Taunton
lawyer was visited who told him that in
asmuch as both parties were minors and
did not have the consent of their parents
the marriage was null and void. He lived
for seven years a single life.
For IS years he has resided in Abingdon,
where he secured work at the shoe fac
tory of Cobb & Thompson. He has
worked at that factory ever since and
was q respected employee. When he
married Mrs. Childs. he says he thought
he had perfect right to do so, relying
upon the advice given by the lawyer he
had seen
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HEeREsH0FFs' BIDS
For Torpedo Boats Cause Complications tina
Rec. Herbert Must UntangIc.

Washington: Oct 2.-Complications
arising out of the numerous bids for the
5o-knot and other high-specd torpedo
boats have led to Attorney-Genera Har-
mons being called on to consider thu
validity of the Herreshoffs bid which
was outside of the navy department stip-
ulations.
The consequent postponement in MAX
ing the award recommended by the chief
of construction and engineering have
caused sufficient delay to throw the
whole matter into Secretary Herbert 5
hands for settlement The secretary Is
on the City of Paris. due in New York
tomorrow. and is expected TO reach
Washington, Monday. AS Congress lin
tied the time for executing the con
tracts to Oct s. there will be only two
days left for the secretary's decision on
the bids.
The chief of ordinance is vigorously OBJ
posing the report made by the other bu-
reau chiefs and insists that the Here's
hoffs be given at least one of the 30-knot
boats, Instead Of the three small ones
awarded them. This would leave the
Scots of San Francisco. without any of
the work. although they offered to build
the largest and fastest boat of any of the
competitors.