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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Nothing In 1t.

NOtnInB IN III
INreceived a letter yesterday from
a lawyer who has discovered that am
one of the heirs to large English es.
tate."
"Did he inclose stamp?"
no.
"Then don't see how you can make
ANYTHING out Of that.'-N. Y. Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
ExtraIcts.

II love the scent Of new-mown hay"
He murmured to girl one day:
But she. without thought Of Jest,
Said Russian Violet suits me best. :,
Detroit 1ree Prsss.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Why She Love. the Sea

Dora-Why does Miss Yellowleaf
want to go to sea all of sudden?
u Cora-She read that the captains Of
the transatlantic liners made about 20
knots an hour.=Town Topics.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Proof That Fairies Exist.

Little Ethel, having alluded to fairies,
the caller asked:
81 DO you think there. are such things
as fairies, dear
i 20 yes, Mrs. Gray" replied the little
girl, earnestly. Only yesterday !
heard papa and Uncle George talking
about some fairies they saw at the
theater, and they didn't know heard
them, her.Louisyille Courier-Jour.
nal. ]. ll-3Z. -.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Al Acute Attack,

Il don't see how Ledger can find time
for so many secret societies."
"Well, what don't understand is how
he finds time for his business &C Chi
cago journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
A. Good as an Alarm Clock.

''You don't oversleep yourself as you
used to-" said Gazzam, as Maddox en-
tered the Office in good time.
.Not since baby was born" replied
Maddox Louisville Courier-J ournal. &
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02

Really, Mr.. Jones, must say you
are about the most original man I have
ever met; you haven't said single word
about the weather."
swell, couldn't say what I think
about the weather in the presence of a
lady."-London Sketch,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Az Usual,
Snirif-Ta nv xu;fo tests

Spirit my wife inside?
st. Peter-Yes. You will find her
waiting for you at the head Of the
stairs.-N. Z. Truth.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Not Lost.

Traveller Ito the ferryman crossing
the river)-Has anyone ever been lost
in this stream?
Boatman-No, sir. Some professor
was drowned here last spring, but they
found him again after looking for two
weeks.-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02

Frfqnds.
Il suppose you got IS Be good friends
with everybody On 81 picard. going
over s.
IN o. =
There was ii her voice thrill Of re-
greet; regret
that resembles sorrow.
AS the mist resembles rain.
'sNo," she answered, thus: q trsv-
eled with my husband d. :, Detroit jour
nal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Serious.

She-Good gracious, George! run for
the doctor. Baby has swallowed your
latchkey. .@ >H-.'. s.5e 80
| He-That's bad. It might cause lock-
| jaw.-Up-to-Date. a.....
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Merely a suppo.ition.

"But how do you account for the de-
preston in agriculture q
.Oh, suppose the business has been
run into the ground. Chicago jour
nal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Real victir,,

Your husband seems to be a victim. az
the tobacco habit.
No, Tn the victim. He thoroughly
enjoys i. Topeka Capital.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
1t Made No Difference.

rs that your wife on bicycle?"
=. ut u.s."
II thought you said that you would
never permit her to ride one"
II don't permit it, but what difference
do you suppose that makes to her?"-
Chicago Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
An Ant Comuart.on

Harduppe Say, feel like bathing
Esuit.
Tomtom-How's that? ~.
Harduppe-Tm so awfully short
Town Topics.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Too Bad.

"I'd just like to see
Any man kiss me-
She said, and then deeply she sighed.
But although she was kissed,
The seeing she missed
For the reason that she was cross-eyed.
philadelphia Inquirer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
ELECTRICALLY SPEAKING

"John, doesn't my bathing suit cleo
trify your"
Eyes; shocks me, in fact."-N. Y.
Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
Gave Him POfnta.

Gave Him Points.
my wife and I have been cleaning
house. Last night we put down car
pet"
"Both of you?"
''No; put it down."
what did your wife do?"
"She-er-she handed me the tacks."
Judge.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
According to Custom,

Bank Receiver-The accounts are all
mixed up. Can't make head or tail of
anything yet.
Reporter-All right. I'll just say that
you expect to pay the depositors in full.
PUCK,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-02
A Solution.

This simple rule solves woman's whims-
"a Forget it now you mustn't;
The things she hasn't got she wants,
q And those she has she doesn't.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

the trimming. There are four Of
them, and they al have a downward
droop. These feathers coil prettily
over the hair az the back. They full
ill perfectly their object of being or
namental and yet not in the way.
Around the base OF the crown a bit OF
hlmy chiffon is coiled, which is caught
in the centre with an antique silver
and rhinestone buckle, and there you
have the new theatre hat complete
And TO own this dainty glass creation
You must pay S25. BIT there are
other glass hats now on sale for the
atre wear which are less expensive.
and some which are double this hat q
value. They are all extremely novel,
and yet they are not unpleasantly con-
spicuous, and as for being light and
comfortable nothing to equal them in
the millinery line has ever been seen
before.-New York Journal
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

reached Charley" started slowly
ahead with the boat, and Joe, I"
standing mp in the stern, kept the
snaris out Of the trawi with amazing
dexterity and played out foot after
foot, hook after hook, all baited and
ready. The work was slow, for the
hooks must not be twisted around the
line, Tor when they are free aud clear
shey are bonnd 70 hold any ordinary
friendly cod that makes their acquAint-
ance. Nearly two hours had passed
when the end Of the second trawl was
reached snd secured by another anchor
and KEY. Leaving the army 81 hooks
resting snugly ON the bottom Of the
Atlantic. where the tempting bait is
most likely 70 be encountered by tie
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

The oarsmen sliced OF the tops Of The
waves with their blades, never losing
n stroke. and disappeared in the guslies
as calmly as If they were in a pleasure
boat in placid mountain lake. With
the glasses watched them play on.
the travis. II was slow, tedious work.
aud they returned nearly an hour later
than usual. The work CT making the
haul was even more troublesome, and
r dozen or more o. the fish wee washed
overheard while they were being trans
ferrcd
While Goldfish on ice is fresh and
good aud makes a wholesome repast.
j. loses flavor aftes-death more rapidly
than any other fish IN Northern
waters. As the live cod are there
fore preferable. aud for the reason that
they bring higher prices. the fisher
men who 40 ont 20 sea in their stanch
slcops take great pains TO bring back
rs few fish in their ice boxes "a pos
sible New York Herald.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04
TRANseAasMr TAEArns HAr.

rs Rig. Light. beautiful aad becoming,
and l. Gi"ss. 60 He Seen Through
Hereafter the theatre hat need have
noterrors forus. We viii look through
il. One of New vork's most enter.
prisinu miliiners has invented fof the
winter theatrical trade a glass iiRt II
is as gorgeous. with itsnoddingplumes
and wonderful array of trimmings. as
the largest and moss striking theatre
Ina. tha. ever distracted first
nirhter's view. but tbrre is this dif.
ference-the now hat o5s.ructs no
ones view. You look through Is as
clearly as Won would look through a
p,a.c-giass window
The new glass theatre hat is almost
rs light as feather. t. will not break
II you drop DO. aul /, is quite as
fashionable as 60 ils stvlo as any
/ theatre hat rnaleof felt or velvet The
. hat Is made GA very ihin preparation
/ az pliahlo elass. which LIZ, been pre-
pared with certain chemicals 20 rre1eni
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

lazy cod. "Joe" aud Charley"
rovsd back 10 the Kitty NJ.
The other dories had not returned.
Each, manned by two men, had taken
out two travis. and zoe" and "Char-
ley" were much elaled that they had
been The last 20 start aud the first to
return. When delays OF this nature
occur il is usually suspected that the
lines have been tangled. When the
other dcries finally appeared and all
hands were on deck again the captain
ordered the four remaining travis
hsited. The work was completed by
eleven O'Clock. and then dinner was
announced.
After ten minutes loaf and smoke
on deck the men went 20 their cories.
which had been left alongside. and !
pushed or again with Joe ana
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

lines. there was little loaeng done IN
the fo'c'etie.
AZ eleven O'Clock Captain Jack. the
skipper, walked forward and found
that six Of the travis had been baited
Az the start had been made 40 late he
said that this would do for the night
There Wa 10 time lost in turning
IN, aud speedily the crew slowed
sSssmesives away for the night-aii ex-
cert tie lookout and the man q. the
wheel AZ this hour the Kitty ~ was
Bearing rapidly down the coast. aud
che lehss 81 the towns on the north
e<p shore twinkled Ear away in the dis
tance Like a row Of stars that had
paused 3 moment on the hoIizcn TO
nod friendly good nights"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

Long before the sun rose every soul
aboard the Kitty NJ. was awake aud
stirring. The Kitty NJ. rocking grace
fully on the gentle swell. was a. an
chor abcnt eight miles of Barnegat.
Two of the dories had already depart
ed. and the steady click of the oars
against the locks sounded across the
quiet water with startling clearness.
The third dory. swung by the bow
from the shrouds, was soon lowered.
stern first. alongside Then two
travis, nicely coiled, were handed
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04
Photography and Shooting.

A miniature Photographic camera
attached to the barrel of a gun Is the
invention of Mr.. Lerchner, of Vienna.
By an automatic shutter, working in
unison with the trigger of the gun.
the sportsman IS able TO obtain a per-
feet photograph Of the bird or animal
Immediately before the shot or bulle.
has reached II
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

Charley" Upon reaching The buoy
the keg was detached aad slowed
away IN the bow. aud .he anchor fol-
lowed.
Taking up the traVl and standing
in the bow this time. Joe began %
draw in the line and Charley" rowed
slowly aheal. according 70 instruc-
Nons. IS the line came In Joe
cooled il deity. SO IL could be handled
easily and without snarliug. Some
thirty feet % the line had been hauled
np. when ''Joe' suddenly erred:
Here they comet
4 moment later two big cod. weigh
iug about eight pounds each. were
lappiIg "a tAe bottom OF the boat.
While they were being unlocked
Charley" ceased rowing. 50 As 10 keep
the line clear of the bow. About
eighty cod. running from three TO
twelve pounds. were gathered on this
trawl. and on the second trawl nearly
one hundred and twenty-five were
taken
One q the dories had beaten Us back
10 the Kitty NJ. although the catch
did not run more than one hundred.
and a. we drew alongside this dory
put out again with a new crew and two
Of the newly baited travis. Joe and
Charley" threw the fish on deck with
/ scoops. and then each fish was picked
over and examined. The lively ones
We're tossed into the we'll in the centre
az the sloop, which il built after the
/ style OF centrebOard we'll Hundreds
OF holes IN the bottom OF the tank al
/ low for a full play OF fresh" salt
water continually, and cod can live As
well there as they could anywhere
Those that die, either by the handling
| the hook. and those which show signs
Of an approaching death are packed in
/ the lee chests.
As the afternoon passed the wind
freshenel considerably, and at sunset,
when the two dories returned from the
short haul, the Kitty NJ. was tossing
restlessly and tugging viciousiy at the
anchor, threatening every moment 10
break away aud run. Each dory
brought back AZ least seventy-five cod.
The Goldfish grounds visited for the
P put pa ~ AtAl -NtN III n
mark cts may be found all the way from
Fire Island 70 Barnegat No one can
| tell which will be the best ground I'M
I'll the season has we'll started. Some
years all the cod school 10 one locality,
aud the next winter they all go 10 an
other ground fortyfor fifty miles away.
Sometimes they divide up and send
| equal delegations 20 both conventions.
This is not considered so fortunate by
the fishermen "a when they are all
together They are then caught more
rapidly. and the trips are shorter and
more profitable. The length of the
trip depends entirely upon the catch,
but at the octside it does not extend
over ten days 20 two weeks.
During the season tie crew seldom
fail 70 bring in less than three TO five
hundred fish day. That is cOnsid-
cred an average haul. bat on several
occasions Captain Jack has taken
close 20 two thousand in a single day
When this happens il means a very
short trip, not extending over FIVE o.
six days, and handsome profit be.
sides
The next morning the sea was still
running high and the doTies were
launched with considerable difficulty
As they sped away it seemed as IL they
would be swamped every moment
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04
HOW COD ARE CAUGHT.

have Just returned from voyage I
in pursuit OF the live cod and hence
forth and forevermore there viii be
added sweetness 90 the flavor Ct the
fish whenever 1t Is my good fortune to
have IL placed before me as II Shoaid
be served. for the memory os the
brave and sturdy scamen who risk
sheir lives in all sorts of weather
along section of the coast that Is
strewn with wrecks 81 their kind viii
always remain with me.
No wind OF weather danRtS them.
ihey face the freShening northeast
breeze in the fall knowledge Of the
message II may bring them. without n
tremor. and battle with the storms
and waves with the fervor that brave
men display when their lives are ss
stake. All this along one c. the most
treacheroUs portions OF the Atlantic
seabord. and. although NJ ,-ncs they
come limping inso port presenting
sorry evidences OF the hurricane f1ry
and reporting possibly the loss CT a
man OF two. they patch up speedily.
replacing q SPAR here AID breadth of
canvas there. aud are of again almost
before YOU know !: 70 make another
Try IT the catch.
Ii was almost sundoun when the
fishing smack Kitty II. anchored close
70 q dock - Stspieton. Two of the
crew put Of IL = dory and two more
followed them shortly. The frs. boat
returned In aboat half an hour with a
lead II big sea clans. which were
stored forward Each boat malc sew
IS the hait for cod. and when enough
had been procured the boat, were
hoisted on deck aud the auchor
weighed. The lights were placed on
the mainmast shroujs. aud just as the
Kitty NJ SWING around aud pointed
her bow toward the Narrovs the COOK
gave the call for supper.
After supper the mate and has crew
went % work. with verv few words con-
corning what was 60 be done. although
they ioked. laughed and chafe5 each
other the while Each man knew has
duty and performed il mechanically.
Baskets az clans were thrown up ga
deck and tvo q the men set g. opeu-
ing them The clans went into pans
alongside Of them the shells over
board The other men. under tue eve
OF the mate. picked over ward after
yard % stout line strung with number
less hooks, strengthening the line aud
putting fresh hooks az various points.
To me the lines and hooks looked
hopelesslv tangled. bat under the
rough hands Of the men they worked
out As smoothly as skein 81 yarn i
wound by skilful housewife TheI
the pans Of clans were passed doEn
and the batting 81 the hooks began.
~You are not going 10 tsh tonight
I said
''Oh, no. replied the mate we
are getting ready for the morning
There's no TINS for this bushes.
then.
As soon a. one pan OF CLANS va
enptied il was replaced by anothe
full one. and a. each hook was care
fully hidden the long line was cole,
60 there would be no possibility OF .
tAngle when - was taken up Th'
fishermen call this line ''trawl:" il
the South y j. known as the "'tr0
line" The hooks are attached 70 Ii,
line by a long smell and are about foui
feet apart In al a traRl line carrie
from four 70 Eve hundred hooks. and
s. the Kitty NJ wGs provided with ter
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

When they had covered about one
quarter Of mile Joe" came 20 the
stern and fastened long line 70 the
key. which was dropped overheard
To the end Of the limo he next secured
one Of the anchors. and 10 this he
fastened one end Of the trawl As he
played out the anchor rope the trawi
line followed, and when bottom was
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-12-04

Germany imports 1000, 600 worth
Of books yearly. OF this Austria
Hungary furnishes Il. 800, 900 worth.
Switzerland $500, GEO. France $780,
900, Holland and Great Britain $780,
600 each, Russia 800, 900, the United
States 100000. aud other countries
$3.50, 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

The Devils tower, a geological won.
der, which stands on the Belle Fouchra
river IN the Black Hills region, and Of
Thich a %geologist Of International
reputation said: ..It is q remarkable
freak Of nature, and appears not to
have been rspaaAsA elsewhere Oh the
sarth's surfsa, but stands alone,
antique and mysterious" is believed to
be the zone of : cooled dc, IN volcano.
At a distance 1t looks Ike. o huge
cask or barrel made Of gigantic tim.
bers, the sides being roughly fur,
rowed with crystals of trachtte. IT.
height is 625 feet and the walls on al
sides are SO nearly smooth and per-
pendicular that no human being has
ever been able to climb to the top.
It's diameter at the base is 798 feet,
ard at the summit (estimated) S5t
seet.-St Louis Republic.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
Origin Of tho WORD noylsy.

Tho word doyley, ~ . 1an1iaa
one with the ladies = derived ho0
the name q Rshcet Dtlyhy,sae .
the followers q Wilfa8 - Noea0.
He received q grant of valusbls laads
on the condition Of tie yearly tendss
of q table cloth OF 8 sAilliags value
at the feast of st. Michael. Agree.
ably to the fashion OF the time the
ladies Of the D'Oyley family were ac-
cnstomed to embroider and ornament
the quit rent table cloths; hence these
cloths, becoming curiosities and nc
cumulating in the course Of years.
were at length brought into use az
napkins at the royal table and called
doyleys.-New York Recorder.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
No Provision for cr.r'. widows.

There is no provision made for the
widows of the czars and the grand
dukes of Russia, and in consequences
all the widows of the members Of tho
imperial family are completely at the
mercy of the reigning emperor, whs
can do as little or as much for them
as he pleases. The present widowed
~czarina is entirely dependent on her
ION. I heard that on one occasion shs
told her father, the king of Denmark.
that she knew, if ever she was left a
widow, that he would allow her to
occupy the she had used in her
girlhood, and that that should be her
dover residence.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
Notice TO Liquor Dealers.

Notice is hereby given that there
will bea meeting of the board of
County Commissioners of Penning-
ton County So. Oak. on the 22rd
day Of April, 1897. All persons de-
string to engage in the business Of
manufacturing or selling i~ntoxicat-
ing liquors in this county should
have their required bond filed in the
Office of the County Auditor on or
before that day.
Given under nv hand and the seal
OF the County Of Pennington, So:
Oak. this 18th day OF April, 1897.
F.. r. Mcmahon
Co. Auditor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

The recent allegations of smuggling
of society women remind me of a very
good story, and a rue one, told of a
husband was minister to the court of
Napoleon III. during the sixties. In
those days there was a pre- .nium on
gold, and as all payments in Europe
were necessarily en- a gold basis, a
person giving a commission to q friend
would naturally offer her gold to pay
for it with.
This lady, it seems, made frequent
trips, and. was much burdened by
commissions to buy such and such a
thing in Paris for her numerous
friends, many Of whom neglected to
supply her beforehand with the
wherewithal to pay for them either
in gold or any other form of money.
After awhile the nuisance became so
great that she determined to take
heroic measures. Returning from a
certain trip she brought back the ar
ticles that had been paid for, but ne
elected to bring those which had been
ordered on credit. And tiis was the
way she explained it to her friends:
S"You see, my dear" she would say,
.'itswas like this. You gave me an
order for that shawl. The first dav
out | went all over my orders as I wa
sitting on deck. had them all writ
ten out on slips of paper. In order to
arrange them, I took them one by one
and put them beside me on the seat.
Those that were accompanied by the
gold I put with the money on top of
them, but just when I had finished a
gust OF wind came and blew all the
others away, among them yours.
| Wasn't 1t too bad? OF course I could
not remember those that blew away,
and s o bought none of them" She
was not bothered after that by any
commissions unbacked by the yellow
metal.