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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-11

The Kansas democrats in convention
at Topeka declared for the free and un-
limited coinage of silver at tho ratio IT
sixteen to one, and instructed the 20
delegates chosen to vote only for such
q pla torn and candidate at the national
convention. '
Judge e. D. Crumpacker, of Valpara,.
so. was nominated for congressman by
the republicans of the Tenth district of
Indiana.
Thomas Walker Kennedy, a pioneer
iron manufacturer, who built the first
blast furnace in the Mahoning valley.
died at Youngstown. O., aged SO years.
Latest advices from the Oregon cleo
ton say the republicans elected both
congressman and q majority OF the
legislature.
John Hauck, president of the John
Hauck Brewing company, died in Gin
cinnati. aged 65 years. He was multi
millionaire.
Wisconsin republicans will meet in
Milwaukee on August s to nominate q
state ticket
The New Mexico democrats in con.
vention at Albuquerque elected free sill
YER delegates to the national conven.
ton.
Josiah W. Begole. who was governor
of Michigan in 1883 and member Of
congress in 1872, died at his home in
Flint, aged 81 years.
Gen. Rafael de Quesada, who waspr
pairing to lead the next filibustering
expedition to Cuba, died in New York,
aged IS years.
The Utah democrats met in Salt
Lake City and elected free silver dele.
gates to the national convention.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-06-11
FOREIGN.

Persimmon. the prince Of Wales colt.
won the English derby ut Epson.
Dispatches announce that Spanish
guerrillas in Cuba were again inaicting
horrible tortures upon men. women and
children.
P. M. Arthur was reelected chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
necrs at the annual meeting in Ottawa,
Ont.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. who was appointed
United States consul general to Havaoa,
reached that city.
It is said that Russia had warned the
porte that Christian massacre in Crete
would unite the whole of Europe
against Turkey.
An explosion OF gas occurred in tire
killing Is miners.
The French government has sent a
formal protest to Washington against
the retaliatory action of this govern
ment in putting an absolute embargo
on French cattle.
The sugar crop has been gathered in
the Sagua district of Cuba and shows
5O,000 bags. against 100000 bags last
year.
The French Niger expedition from
Salaga was totally routed by natives
and many of its members were killed
by poisoned arrows in the Borgeo coun-
try.
The committee Of the French chamber
of deputies unanimously approved tho
bill making Madagascar French col
ony.
Gen. Fitz-Hugh Lee, the new consul
general for the United States to Gula.
had a long conference with Capt. Gen.
Weyler in Havana.
Birket. Egypt, was taken by Egyptian
troops and 1000 dervishes were killed.
A bomb was thrown into crowd
during the Co"pus Christi procession
at Barcelona, Spain, and it's explosion
resulted in the killing of seven per-
sons and the ::ury of so.
Official advices say that 1878 persisted
and 10000 persons were injured in the
recent crush on a plain outside of Mos
cow.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13
Ingenious Wood Rats.

The wood rat of the western slopes of
the Cascade range is a curious creature
that loves to steal so we'll that it is known
to many as the camp robber 1t carries
off anything it can lay its lips to, and is
besides a jolly reckless fellow. 1t does
things which rodents are not given to
doing.
Forest and Stream tells of somes of its
favorite spoils. 1t will take knives,
forks and tin plates, cartridges, cups and
anything it can handle in the line of
clothing, towels or gun rags, which make
soft lining for its nest. tbs related how
pair of these rats staked off claim on
top of hunters camp stove and put up
the most curious rat house anybody ever
heard Of. About 200 yards away was
railroad shanty, where the section men
kept their supplies, and among other
things was keg of railroad spikes such
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13

most familiar. and very effective ears
they are, too, for a pet toad / had kept
for several years would always come
from his hiding place when l made a
kissing sound.
Adders may be deaf or hard of hear
ing, but reptiles are furnished with ears.
and among them the crocodile has the
rudiments of an outer ear. Birds. as
everybody knows, can hear very readily.
and the external cavity is easily found
il the feathers on the side of the skull
are raised. Any one fortunate enough
to get hold of an owl may see very re-
markable opening leading to the drum.
but the tuft of feathers which adorn the
head on each side in some species can.
not be regarded as in any way analogous
to our own folds of cartilage.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13
HEARING IN ANIMALS,

Insects like grasshoppers, crickets
and locusts have their ears in strange
places-some on the middle of the body.
others on the legs. says the New York
Post. Whatever other uses the Great
ures may also make of these organs. they
are veritable auditory organs. In them
we find a membrane stretched across a
cavity. with an opening to the external
air, and within the cavity is a nerve
mass developed at the end of an auditory
nerve 1t would be hard, indeed, it the
chirping cicada-"the cricket on the
hearth"-and the querulous katydid
could not be heard by their companions.
1t is said that those pests in the house
the fiies-can hear by means of some
rows of corpuscles on the knobbed
threads which represent the hind wings
of other insects. 1t is uncertain whether
bees can hear. II rot, then all the labor
of the oldfashioned beekeeper in beat
ing tin kettle at swarming time is in
vain. Some naturalists who have tried
them with every kind of sound and
noise deny that they can hear. Others,
equally confident. assert that they are
very sensitive to the calls of their queen
at least.
Some of the mollusks have very re-
markable organs for hearing. A good
instance is the garden slug. In its neck
you would see under microscope pair
of globules filed with clear fluid. In
these are minute ear stones, which swing
to and fro, rotate and start off, first in
one direction and then in another, but
in no instance striking the walls of the
cavity. If the globules are ruptsred the
motions cease.
A careful angler tells you not to talk
while you are fishing. Probably quiet
conversation will do no harm, but it
must be remembered that fishes have
ears, although sounds from the air may
not reach them. One of the oldest ar
engagements of all is foul d in some
fishes. The air bladder sends off fibers
which are attached to membranes
stretched across cavities in the skull,
and from these membranes the vibra-
tions of sound are conveyed to the air
bladder. Such is the case with tn Q
perch; while. more strange still, in carp
little bones aid the transmission Of
sound.
The ears of frogs and toads begin to
approach the type with which we are
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13
Is YOUR BLOOD PURE?

Pure blood is essential to good hea tn.
This is true from the very nature of the
human body.
The blood is the fluid which carries
nourishment to all the organs, and its
quality determines the degree of health
in which the system will be found.
Good blood means strong nerves, good
digestion, robust health. On the con.
trary, impure blood must necessarily
cause disease, because when the blood
cannot furnish the life giving qualities
needed, the physical powers must begin
to fail.
The best way to have good blood is to
take Hoods Sarsaparilla, because it pos
sesses exactly those qualities which en-.
able the blood to carry health of every
nerve. organ and tissue. 1t creates
good appetite and enables the digestive
organs to do their work properly. In
this way it gives strength. 1t expes all
impurities from the blood and makes it
rich, pure and healthy. Thus it wards
off disease and keeps the whole system
in healthy condition. 1t is the great
blood purifier, the best spring medicine.
true nerve tonic and strength builder.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13
Tears Shed by an Elephant.

All day yesterday, says the Chicago
Record, Nellie stood chained to a post
crying as il her heart would break. She
was doing penance for an hour of liberty
which she had gained by playing truant
from school.
Nellie is an elephant and is doing her
turn daily at Hopkins theater with four
other huge pachyderms. Every morning
at 10 o'clock the quintet of quadrupeds
is put to school to prepare for the exhi-
billions of the afternoon and evening.
Yesterday morning Nellie rebelled and
seeing an open door made rush for it.
She was twice as large as the opening
but she went through, carrying halt the
wall with her. Up the alley she rushed
trumpeting defiance. She turned east
on Harrison street and then south in
Wabash avenue. Pedestrians fed in all
directions. and when Nellie tried to
scrape acquaintance with several cable
trains they were quickly emptied of their
passengers.
She was leisurely making her way
down the street when her keeper and
Romeo. the elephant which plays the
policeman in the show. caught up with
her and placed her under arrest. Prof.
Lockhart scolded the truant and told
her she would be prisoner al day.
This brought the tears to her eyes. She
seemed to realize that she was in dis.
grace.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13
METEORS THAT REACH THE
EARTH.

All of you have been out of doors on
cloudless evening and have seen star
apparently fall from it's place in the sky,
and glide in long line of light toward
the horizon,
Perhaps you have wondered, as used
to do, how long it would be before the
stars would all be gone from the sky,
since one fell so often. l did not then
know, what l have learned since, that
shooting stars" are not true stars at all,
but only bodies which appear for an in
slant, and then disappear forever. Let
us call them meteors, and thus avoid
confoundidg them with real stars; for
the real stars are as enduring as any
thing in the universe.
In common speech, however the term
meteors is largely confined to those
shooting stars which are very large and
bright and are seen only now and then.
Since they do not, however, differ from
the shooting stars in any important re-
spect, 80 far as we know, most of the
learned scholars who make a study of
such subjects consider them the same.
Now, if meteors never came any nearer
the earth than do those which we see 30
often, we should know nothing more
about them than that we could learn
from their light, and that would be very
little.
But it sometimes happens that one of
them can be seen to come directly
down to the earth. 1t makes bright
light as it falls, sometimes so intense as
to outshine the sun when that is in the
sky. Sometimes the meteor carries with
it cloud of smoke and falls with his
sing, spluttering noise, throwing out
showers OF sparks as it descends. U.s.
ually. too, loud reports are heard as it
passes through the air, as if aerial
armies we're connonading one another;
and as the sound of the conflict dies
away. long rolls of echoing thunder
shake the earth.
When the astonished people therea.
bout have recovered from their fright
and hasten to the spot where the meteor
struck the earth, they sometimes find
buried in the soil-if the soil has any
depth piece of stone or metal, often
no larger than hens egg, but some
times big enough to be of several hun.
dred pounds weight.
1t is usually still hot if picked up very
soon after its fall, and its surface will be
found to be covered by thin crust, or
varnish, made by the melting and flow
ing of its outside. This crust on the
stones is usually black, while the interior
is light gray in color; on the pieces of
metal is rusty brown color, and the
interior of the mass nickel white. The
surface of these bodies can be seen, too.
to be indented by little pits or hollows
which look for all the world as if the
mass had once been soft as piece of
putty, and some one had pressed it with
his thumb in many places OkUer c..
Earring IN May st. Nicholas.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13

81 shall go without my supper,
little folks" he said. $50 don't
worry for fear the provisions won't
hold out"
"There isn't any butter" said Kate.
"But we've got some honey" said
Eddie.
"She shan't have the honey" ad-
ded Flossie. "I'm going to save that
till Marjory comes to tea"
"Dried-apple sauce is good enough
for Marjory," returned Tom, saucily.
we'll eat mush an milk and give
the poor woman all the bread and
butter" said Kate, "won't we, Ed
die?"
The children we're as good as their
word, and Tom made the mush to
save mothers time and strength. At
the tea table Mrs. Merrill looked
almost happy eating nice milk toast,
slipping the honey, drinking the de-
licious tea. She inquired why Tom
did not appear at the table.
"He-" began Eddie eagerly.
Mrs. Rand touched his foot under
the table, and gave him warning
glance. The little boy flushed scar
let, and devoted himself to his mush.
''Tom takes notion to fast once in
awhile" said the mother. He is
little bit peculiar sometimes"
Kate construed this as criticism,
and remarked,
Brother Tom is awful good, any
way" AS for Flossy, she ate her
share of the bread and honey, and
preserved her dignity throughout the
meal
The next morning Mrs. Merrill was
too i'll to leave her bed. Tom went
for Doctor Bray.
It'll work for the doctor till the bill
is paid" he said, noticing his moth
ers anxious looks.
Mrs. Abial Merrill was notified of
her relatives, whereabouts. She came
over with freckled boy, who, with
much clucking and "gedapping,"
drove the old white mare.
Mrs. 'Bial stayed as long as she
could with the sick woman, then
came down stairs to consult with Mrs.
Rand.
81 don't see how I'm goin' to have
her at my house, said she. Balls ter
rible rheumaticky, an I'm liable to be
laid upwith any one of dozen com
plants. Last year this time it was jan
ders; l was as yellar as an orange. This
year it maybe some new thing.
They're always gettin' up new things,
you know. Cousin Desire has got
enough to pay her keep. She laid
out to board with me. But, as say,
| don't knows | can have her."
THE way has opened for me to get
food for my children till my husband
is BETTER" thought Mrs. Rand with
sudden relief from the long strain she
had been enduring.
Il will take her gladly" she said,
and the arrangements were made then
and there, subject to the strangers
approval. There was no trouble
about that. So commonplace Tom
brought relief to his mother in a very
commonplace way.-The Examiner.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13

as are used to fasten the rails to the ties.
The rats took some spikes to their
claim, built up an iron wall and lined
the interior with soft stuff. 1t is cur.
ious fact that all the points of the spikes
were directed outward, and they were
laid with great regularity and frmness.
The habits of the rat are study for
a naturalist, and it makes things 30 in
teresting for the natives that they kill it
on sight.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13
TWO MAlDENS.

know a winsome little maid.
so fair to see
Her face is like dainty flower.
SO lovingly
She looks upon this world of ours,
And all who pass.
That sweet content makes Deautiiui
My little lass.
L know another maiden well,
She might be fair
Her cheek is like a rose-leaf soft,
Like gold her hair.
But ali! her face is marred by frowns,
Her eyes by tears,
For none can please. dread to think
of coming years.
Would you, dear, grow to beauty rare
10 thought and deed?
Then learn the lesson these two teach
To those who heed.
And In your heart, as life begins,
Give this truth place.
IT'S only lovely thoughts can make
A lovely face.
= ST. NICHOLAS.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13
COMMONPLACE TOM.
BY MARY F. BUTTS.

RS. RAND was all alone
with her little flock of
boys and girls, for their
papa was in California
for his health, and sad
to say, there was not
nearly enough money to
90 round. Flossy, or
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13

Every shilling turned out by the En-
glish mint shows profit of nearly three
pence. On every ton of penny pieces
taken out from the mint there is profit
of 1882.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
FOREIGN.

A flood at Three Rivers. Que. swept
away 80 buildings and did other dam
age. At st. George five men were
drowned. and in the counties of Beauce,
Megantic, Compton and Dorchester the
property loss will reach million dol
lurs.
Rev. Albert Diaz, the American Bap-
fist missionary who was arrested in
Havana, was set at liberty. but was or
dercd to leave Cuba in six days.
John Culley, w. H. Cox, George Scott,
]. Patterson, Charles Boyer and ]. Roger
were drowned at Lysander Falls. Can.
by the upsetting of boat.
The French cabinet resigned and 10
was said that this act placed the country
in dangerous political attitude.
A conflict between Christians and
Turks occurred at Episkopt, in the
Island of Crete, and so persons were
killed and wounded.
A pleasure yacht, embracing captain.
mate and four passengers, was cap
sized in the gulf of Mexico near Tam
pico and ell were lost.
Capt. Gen. Weyler, of Cuba, issued a
proclamation granting pardon to all
rebels who surrender within 20 days.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
Opinions of Great Generals on War.

Arbitration between nations signi-
fies the same thing as the existence Of
the ordinary judicial courts. 1t means
the substitution of reason for force cx
n means of decision. That its POSSIBLE
tiles are great has already been demon
strated; that they will grow with the
development of disposition to peace
is unquestionable. An indication of
this tendency may be found in the alb
borrence of war by great commanders.
The sentiment of Wellington, "Noth-
ing except battle lost can be half so
melancholy as a battle won," was ex-
pressed more bluntly by Gen. Sher-
man: "Do you know what war is?
War is hell" while Gen. Grant, speak
ing with direct pertinence to the sub
ject of arbitration, said: Though /
have been trained as n soldier, and have
participated in many battles, there
never was time when, in my opinion,
some way could not have been found of
preventing the drawing of the sword.
] look forward to an epoch when n
court, recognized by all nations, will
settle international differences, in
stead of keeping large standing
armies, as they do in Europe" = Cen
tury
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
WHITE AND BLACK CRAvArS.
In Former Times They Were Badges OF
the Wearer's Profession.

In Former Times They Were Badges of
the Wearer's Profession.
Years ago the white tie in this coun-
try was the characteristic wear of the
reverend clergy, their monopoly.
Thence 1t passed into general use and
disputed popularity with the black.
The black neckcloth was early in this
century likewise professional badge.
Those who followed the profession of
arms claimed the right to wear it as
their monopoly and sometimes en-
forced that right. Cooper in Wing
and-Wing" makes a very dramatic use
of this custom. A French privateer
captain in disguise has fallen into the
hands of the English and is brought
before court-martial. So skillfully
does he stick to his assumed character
of fisherman that his judges are pu1-
zled until one of his accusers suddenly
black necktie which all officers wore.
Then his true character blazes forth
and he is condemned, but escapes en-
ecution to die, sword in hand. Cooper
knew what he was writing about, for
he, too, had been an officer.
Military and naval men wore black
cravats when in plain clothes and
civilians aped them until black be-
came the only wear. Before the rise
of the black cravat carelessly tied
white lace, the Steenkirk, had been in
vogue for neckwear. It's popularity
likewise was civilian tribute to mill
tary valor. At the battle of Steenkirk
the French royal guards, the house.
hold troops, being suddenly called
from their tents to meet the oncoming
English, had no time to tie their rich
lace cravats with their accustomed
neatness and loosely knotted them
about their threats. They were the
dandies of Europe, the perfect pinks of
military propriety, and were cores
pondingly brave. They did up the
English in about one round and hence
forward the Steenkirk cravat was the
fashion, and the more carelessly it was
knotted the more Steenkirky it was.
AS white is now the color of peace
may not the psychologists be justified
in hailing snowy cravats as evidences
of mans recognition that peace hath
her victories not less fashionable than
those of war and as worthy of being
commemorated at the neck? = Boston
Transcript.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-05-02
LATER.

Peter Egbert, carpenter at Rockville,
Ind, % years old, without apparent
cause or provocation shot and instantly
killed Mrs. Herman Haschke and two
children and Sheriff w. NJ. Null and
Deputy Sheriff William Sweem and then
killed himself.
SiXty-seven men lost their lives by
the caving in of mine near Chihuahua,
Mexico.
Nine persons were killed outright,
three were fatally and II more or less
injured, and great destruction of prop
erty was wrought by II cyclone which
passed over Clay county, Kan.
Walter Dygert, of Greenwood, III !.
arrived at Tampa, Fla, from Cuba.
where he had just been released from
prison.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the Goth were as follows:
Philadelphia, .s57; Pittsburgh, ia;
Washington, ST.; Cleveland, .571; Chi
cago, $50; ST. Louis, SOC; Cincinnati,
$50; Baltimore, 500; Boston, 500;
Brooklyn, .42a; New York, lab; Louis
vile, i'll.
The battle ship Massachusetts aver
aged 1918 knots on her trial and her
builders win bonus of 100000.
John w. Houston, who was elected
by the wings to congress in 1914 and
served three terms, died in Georgetown,
Del, aged SO years.
A fire that started in dancehouse at
Cripple Creek, Col, swept away ESQ
buildings and entailing loss of upward
of $1,000,000, with only $250,000 in
surance. The fire was the work of an
incendiary.
ury deficit for the fiscal year ending
June 90, 1896, will be, approximately,
$25, 100000.
A shipping stable at Galloway, o., be-
longing to Ed. Cartwright was de-
stroyed by fire and AZ horses, some of
them quite valuable, were burned to
death.
William and Victor Hills were taken
from the jail at Meanwhile, Tenn, by
Il mob and hanged for the murder Of
Carroll Martin in 1894.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Cullen were
burned to death in their home near
Chester, N. Y.
Washington, April 27.-The sundry
civil appropriation bill was completed
md passed in the senate on Saturday.
It carries $37,000,000. Most of the time
in the house was occupied with the gen.
eral pension bill. Eulogies were deliv-
cred on the late Representative William
H. Grain, of Texas. n