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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-24
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Anybod who feels I'D inc inat lion ~
lead 4 real II quiiets life should eniii rate
TO Tristan da5 Gunha, al island, 81,
quite accurat e, three islands close
,gether, il the so,,th Atlantiic. 90 far,
away from any where that really they
areSqiiteS out of The Norld The group
was discovered and named BY the Por-
tuguese away back in the time when
Portugal was some hing more than
name. On the map, but now of course, it
belongs to England, having been app
by her il. 1 816 one day when
she didn't happen TO be busy grabbing
stray bits OF land more valuable than
this one. For awhile some soldiers
were kept there, because Of q vague
suspicion that Tristan sda Cunha might
be made the base Of operation IN tho
interest 81 st. Helena s terrible guest.
After Napoleon's death the whole gar
rison departed, except q corporal and
two companions, who had "a taste for
solitude and asked to be left behind.
Slowly the popula ton grew, ct first
from wrecks and afterwards in the orr
binary way. and now there are "a peo-
pie on the island, divided into is FAM
lilies.
According to q recently published
blue book the colony is. an abode Of
complete peace and moderate happi-
ness. The people have no money and
no private property. There are no doc
tors, lawyers or clergymen on the
island, and yet health, safety and piety
prevail, and such few needs as the soil
does not supply are met by trafficking
with an occasional whaler. Once year
an English warship visits the island,
distributing few newspapers and let,
ters, and goes away again. The only
serious calamity that ever overlook the
islanders was when, during our civil
war, the Shenandoah landed 40 federal
prisoners there and left them to be fed
OF starved, as the inhabitants saw fit.
This sudden demand on their resources
came near destroying both hosts and
guests, but they managed to struggle
through the difficulty. The islanders
are good to shipwrecked marinerssand
the only charge brought against them
is that they sell extremely tough pouI-s
try to captains calling there for fresh
provisions, and try to get as much cloth
for old geese as for young ones. Peter
Green, aged ss, governs the island. his
claim to authority apparently being
based on the fact that nobody is SO.
His only duty lis to look wise and he
performs it conscientiously and vel
Buffalo Courier. Z a, 5s@555 !. BE.
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The Good Are Easy. j..&
A swindler worked the gold brick "a mo
4 Upon very pious man; NJ. as
Il do not wish,' u hessaidy .ssfor fame.
But always do the best i can. - ].
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:. A DuELlNG PEOPLE. :
Four Thousand Encounters n Year n,

Four Thousand Encounters a Year In
=. II "a ss Germany s5Ittf - ! ysssg::%.
4 More duels are fought in Germany
than in any other country. Most of
them, however, are student duels, which
eliminate in nothing more serious than
slashed cheeks or torn scalps. OF all
German university towns little jena
and Goettingen are most devoted to the
code. In Goettingen the number Of
duels averages oneEa day, year in and
year out. On one day several years ago
IL duels were fought in Goettingen in
"a hours. In Jena the record for one
day in recent times lis p. Fully 1000
student duels are fought every year in
the German empire. In addition to
these there are the more serious duels
between officers and civilians. Among
Germans of mature years the annual
number of duels is about 100. %z<
Next to Germany France is most
given to the dueling habit. She has
every year uncounted meetings, mere
ly to satisfy honor" that is, merely to
give two men the opportunity to wipe
out insults by crossing swords or firing
pistols in such a way as to preclude the
slightest chance of injury. In the duel
statistics these meetings are not reck-
oned, as they are far less perilous than
even the German student duels. OF the
serious duels France can boast fully
1000 from New Years to New Years.
The majority of these are among army
officers. More than half of these result
inwounds; nearly 20 per cent. in serious
wounds. %r}E.. $3.50 = ~ +, 2& s:
Italy has had 2,75e duels in the last
ten years and has lost so citizens by
death on the field of honor. Some 2, 400
of these meetings were contaminated
with sabers, 179 with pistols, 90 with
rapiers and one with revolvers. In 974
cases the insult was given in newspaper
articles or in public letters regarding
literary quarrels. More than 700 prin-
.cipals were insulted by word of mouth.
Political discussions led to $50; re-
ligious discussions to 90. Women were
the cause of 1879. Quarrels at the gam
bling table were responsible for 189.
A summary shows that, as regards
numbers, the sequence of dueling coun-
tries is: Germany, France, Italy, Aus
tria, Russia. AS regards deadliness Of
duels Italy comes first. Then come
Germany, France, Russia and Austria
in. the order named. For the most seri-
Gus duels the pistol is the favorite
weapon in all five countries. IN. Y. Sun.
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How He Perished.

! Dodd II heart great officer wa.
killed yesterday. How did it happen? :.
i Todd-7He had captured Turkish
garrison. He was trying to repeat the
name Of ita commander and died from
want of breath. Town Topics. sssss
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Forced Out Of Rn,sina....

4 Owing to the failure Of the last leg
stature to amend the boiler inspector
insurance laws, the Northwestern
Steam Boiler Inspection company is
forced out of business. The law, as it
stands, states that company Of this
character, to do business in this state,
must be incorporated with at least
500, 900 stock. This means that the
only company organized by Mime.
sotans will have to give way to other
companies. The laws of the state are
such that other insurance companies
may carry boiler insurance as side
line. +. 81 & $ ~ 81. s +
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Optimism ana Pe.. ,,, !. \, :, !, , /.

.2 What is the ~ difference between
optimism and pessimism p asked tho
boy, and before his mother could RI
ply the old gentleman looked upsfrom
his newspaper with the suggestion:
, 'One is anti-nuptial and the other
I post-nuptiaL-C Chicago Post. 10 N
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som,ehodx Else /. II Wa.

& Young Bride didn't accept Tom.
the first time he proposed.
Miss RIVAL Slightly envious)-
know you didn't. I'M ~ s b =55.
i 4 Young Brides--How do you know !? s5 =
~ Miss RIVAL You weren't there.
Yorld. =5sE5
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NearlyK KILLED.

.. . ~ ..
Occupants Of the Bethel, charity.
lodging house on Superior street. Du-
luth, had . narrow escape from asphyx-
iation the other night. Connection
was madelin the building with water
pipes and it is supposed that the gas
was Started by accidentally tapping =
pipe. During the night it circulated
throughout the sleeping rooms and at
2 o'clock in the morning became so
strong that some people who were
waiting on q sick person down stairs
down stairs notified the superintend-
ent. He broke in the room of William
McClannagon's room and found him
lying on the floor. 1t took eight hours
to bring him to consciousness. a. ":
Strohns and Mrs. Charles Berg and
daughter were found unconscious and
were restored in q few hours. 44;.,
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Jorkins notice Pro-. Doremus has
been experiment ting with frozen ali.
Sillibub taking love to Boston
girl. 4 suppose r. g own Topics.
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Wholesale RobharY.

q man nal named Cary was arrested at
! iaankato upon the charge Of burglary,
and has confessed to Z mum Der Of rob
berries. The strangest part OF his story.
is that he told Sheriff Bowen to 20 the
brick school house near Indian Lake
and open the trap door made in the
platform under the teachers desk
This was done and = den about l2 feet
sqnare was found with bosrded sides.
9 floor. and ceiling. wall covered with
choice Wallpaper, . carpet On the door.
= mantle for clock. bed and cook
stove, the pipe Of latter connecting
with the chimney in the school house!
Miss Miss Eva Hover. 2 young lady, IS
teaching school there. and was asked;
to dismiss the school during the search.
Gary spent his days there while school
was in session, and prepared to fight il
necessary, 65a7% ~ n S y H. Il ~ go
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News IN BrieG.

AuAC6 oOueA VI AoASA0AOs was SUI uCk W
lightning and one son, about 10 years
old, was killed, and two other sons
badly shocked. si,E*s
The village council of Hayfield has
decided to secure apparatus for fire
protection. : ~, AZ rs
The 2-year-old daughter Of Louis
Filantrault, of Crookston, stuck the
sharp point Of a pin into her eye. :
The wife of Sergt. Kahn, at Fort
Smelling, committed suicide by taking
Rough on Rats in some lemonade. She
had been much depressed over her
treatment of Lizzie. Doyle, her niece
who lately died in q st. Paul hospital
Andrew johnson, living near ST
Cloud. lost three fine steers by light
ming. s.. 4 s s5.s , 1s 81 s1s
A son Of "A. Hohenstein, living sew
eral miles south of Lake Crystal, was
struck by lightning. At, the last re-
port he was still alive, but in critical
condition. VI. S. sse:> z .:.F
r. Louis Zschau, younger brother Of
Charles Zschah, was arrested on sus-
picion of being implicated with his
brother in the National German-Ameri-
can bank robbery at st. Paul.
Warren & Cos store at Sank Center
was destroyed by fire the result Of :
lamp explosion. hi 81. SIS.
State Auditor Damn recently received
$3.50 for timber trespass. He secured
B all the information against the guilty;
concern and then notified the company
that unless It paid he = 0r1ld hrinn !, anti
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BEES ARE VALIANT SOLDIERS.
Two Instances In Which They Proved
Valuable Allies In War. /.

Two Instances In Which They Proved
Valuable Allies In War. 4.
History records two instances in
which bees have been used in warfare
as weapons against besieging forces.
The first is related by Appian of the
siege Of Themiscyra in Pontus by. Luz
cullus in his war against Mithridates.
Turrets were brought up, mounds were
built and huge mines were made by the
Romans. The people Of Themiscyra
dug open these mines from above and
through the holes cast down upon the
workmen bears and other wild animals
and hives or swarms Of bees.
The second instance is recorded in an
Irish manuscript in the Biblitheque
Royale, ut Brussels, and tells how the
Danes and Norwegians attacked Ches-
ter, which was defended by the Saxons
and SOME Gaelic auxiliaries. The Danes
were worsted by q stratagem, but the
Norwegians, sheltered by hurdles, tried
to pierce the walls Of the town-when,
what the Saxons and the Gaiedhil who
were among them did was to throw
down large rocks, BY which they broke
down the hurdl les over their heads .,
What the others did to check this was
to place large posts under the hurdles.
& What the Saxons did next was to5puts
all the beer and water Of the town into
the caldrons OF the town, to boil them
and spill them down u pom those who
were under the hurdles, So that their
skins were peeled OF. The remedy
which the L.ochians applied to this was
to place hides outside on the hurdles.
What the saxons did next was to throw
down all the beehives ii the town upon
the besiegers, which prevented them
from moving their hands OF legs from
the number of bees which stung them.
They afterwards desisted and left the
London Athenaeum.
novelty called = bow facing OAR
has been invented BY . man In Boone
county No. The person using It can sit
with face 70 the bow OF the boat,
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EARLY and O O.,

Howsoe What is the best way ia,
keep your friends Treat them kind
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Nerro Co10nfzatfon.

f.. A. MARSHALL and j. 81. Lewis, of
Greensburg, KY, two members of the
committee appointed TO select the lands
by which it is proposed to colonize por-
tions Of Minnesota with negroes from
the south. returned from Otter Tail
county, having decided upon lands in
that county. A conference was held
with a number of the men of their
race in st. Paul, and organized a, colo.
nization and information bureau. ~. -
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French chemist lia. inye.nted =
blue soap which renders unnecessary
the use g bluing u launslzy work 81. &
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Guilty.

- John B. Souster will avoid short cuts.
to wealth after this. He cultivated a
lottery scheme at 10 cents per ticket
under the name of the missouri Pre-:
MUM Company" but the argus-eyed
public prosecutors discovered his en-
terprise and had him indicted. He was
arraigned at Minneapolis and pleaded
guilty. The sentence was 800 fine or
90 days in Jail. -. .@..i4 -, e
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!. Comsoe-No. Often. Brooklyn Life.
The record-union., 1897-12-25

right and then swung around TO meet
Hill, is a tablet of particular interest
at the present time. 1t marks the To-
cation Of the Kanawha Brigade, of
which the Twenty Third Ohio was a
part that day. From the early morning
fasco at the stone bridge TO the ad-
vance upon the Confederate right, the
brigade had marched and fought. Hun
cry and faint, the troops were still in
line confronting Hills fresh arrivals
when suddenly a great shout went up
There, under fire, with a team of mules
and wagon, was a boy commissary
sergeant, dealing out hot coffee Two
miles in the rear he had pressed into
service some stragglers, had made some
hot coffee and cooked meat He had
loaded the wagons and had started for
the front to find and feed his regiment
Again and again he was ordered TO the
rear. One team was disabled The
youthful sergeant kept on. unheeding
the bullets. intent only upon carrying
that coffee and meat and hardtack TO
the place where it would do the most
good. The shout told of his arriN al
where his regiment was still fighting
The serving of hot coffee 10 soldiers in
the midst of battle is not recognized by
the tactics. 1t was done at Antietam
When the Colonel of the regiment got
back TO Ohio and told the war Govern
or of the incident. the command was:
Give that young man a commits
sion"
Thus William Mckinley became a
lieutenant.
Mcclellan went to bed on the night
OF the 18th to dream of victory. Word
had come that Hooker had made the
crossing successfully. had advanced TO
the high ground on the Hagertown
PIKE and was facing Tie Confederate
lett, ready to open the battle at day.
hght. In getting into position he had
mad some fighting Mansfield had fol-
lowed Summer lay just in the rear of
the Pry House. McCiellan's headuuar-
te4s- Old warhorse that he was he
smelled the battle from afar. went to
Mcclellan and sought permission to
move at night over the route which
Hooker and Mansfield had taken. that
ne might be ready to go into battle
with them. Out of his over-abundant
caution Mcclellan refused
wait until morning." he said
sumner went back TO his command
and waited. AT daybreak he had his
men up and fed. He went TO the Pry
house. The mists were still shadowing
the deep valley of the Antietam. Far
away to the right Hooker had begun
BY brisades and divisions the blue lines
We're going forward over the fields.
through the bits of woodland and
against those murdereouS stone walls
sumner sat on the steps of the Pry
House. The crash of battle swelled.
Sumner eritted his teeth impatiently.
TWO hours he sat there, from $50 to
I:3U. Then Mcclellan came down
stairs from his bedchamber. The tab
lets do not tell of all this, but they
show that when Hooker first and Mans
Held later We're wearing themselves out
against an impregnable position Sum
ner was not there to support and as
sist, as he would have been if his en-
treaty had been granted
The record-union., 1897-12-25

Given a Russian name, and almost
any article of wear is largely patron
lied \ wooden brocade called 'MuScO-
vite reps is a fashionable material
of rather closely woven corded taD-
1ic, ard is an old acquaintance, being
the handsome durable empress cloth of
other days under a new title. A treas
ured travelling dress Of a bride of two
generations ago shows a rich color in
brown empress cloth admost Identical
with the shade now shown in the new
''Muscovite reps" and the wool is as
soft and the cords quite as smooth and
fine as the modern weave. Although
the gown has a quaint old-fashloned
look in the outline and effect of bod
ice, skirt, and sleeves, it is not at all
unlike the style of many of the gowns
worn to-day. Yet there is a lack or
finish, a subtle something which is al
ways missing, even in the treasured
gowns OF other days, which are here
and there on exhibition throughout the
World-the days before the tailor had
raised dressmaking to finer art than
even the most experienced modiSte or
accomplished embroiderer had succeed
ed in doing.
The neat. ladylike, and always ap-
propriate French toQue bordered and
trimmed with fur has appeared en- suite
with very many of the handsome
church and street costumes worn this
winter. This model-which is scarcely
a hat and still less bonnet-has been
the choice for seasons past of many
fashionable women, but it has not been
the favorite with the million. Bonnets
and other close shapes are, however,
now declining the subordinate position
which recent fashions have assigned to
them, and are once more worn on all
dressy occasions At least this is the
role fashion allots to them, but in these
days of independence even her auto
cratic DEGREES are put aside, and as
hats are so convenient, comfortable.
and in very many cases far more be-
coming than bonnets, it will not be sur
prising If, Notwithstanding the present
trend towards dress toques, capotes
and bonnets, the coming season should
find the picture hat and all the other
endless models still holding their own.
Some of the new poke bonnets of vel
vet or of fine French felt, with a vel
vet-like finish, are more rounding in
or so high and peaked in the crown
as former pokeS in fish-wife and Nor
mandy styles We're fashioned, thus
making them much more becoming to
the generality of faces. The new Vic
torian poke is very popular this winter,
and appropriately, as it is brought out
The record-union., 1897-12-25
When you want to build a mill
You must put your trust in God.
II you do not you will get left.

A few feet from the monument to the
Philadelphia brigrade glistens one of the
upright brass pieces to show where
Stark fell. After the assau!ting col
umns had strewn the cornfeld with
corpses almost as numerous as the ears
on the stalks, they came few rods
further on TO a lane which ran down
little slope. The wear of the wheels
and the washing of rains had worn a
roadway five or six feet below the gen
eral level For the possession of this
sunken pathway the opposing lines CON
tended. Bloody Lane" as it was
christened that day, was taken and re-
taken half a dozen times. The tablets
which tell OF the charges and counter
charges by different bodies Of troops
line the sides of it. Among them rise
two of the shining cannon to show
where General Richardson. on the
MON side. and General Anderson of
the Confederates received their mortal
wounds. There are six of the memo
rial cannon on the field Of Antietam.
three to Generals Branch. Stark and
Anderson of the South, ana three to
Generals Richardson, R0dlnan and
Mansfield of the North. Where Bloody
Lane runs out upon the level of the ad
jacent farm lands a square tower has
been bulls on the summit the visitor
can stand. and in magma ton see the
sweeping lines of blue dash and go To
pieces against the Confederate left. AT
$50 by the tablet record Hooker be-
gan. There followed until late in the
day 2 succession of assau ) and lulls.
Division succeeded division. The hu-
man waves came and broke and re-
eeded At night the Cenfederates lay
still blind The stone walls. The Union
lines were scarcely pistol shot distant.
Tie dead and fhe wounded we're every
where. The~ rs what came Of Nc
Cleiian's plan . flank and crush Lee
with his right swing.
A granite monument en- the steep ap-
preach overlooking the stone bridge
marks the place where many brave
men died to demonstrate the courage
Of the soldier and the folly OF the
General al Artietarn. II was pat there
recently to show whore the Eleventh
Conn, cticut attempted the impossib.e
klngsnnry. favor,te stat oiiscer Of
McCleian, hsd been made Colonel of
the regiment. He was given the heroic
n. s~icn - stccfn TIE bridge anc caTgy
mission to storm the bridge and carry
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in various sizes, and with various Dec
OrationS. The more exaggerated Shapes
give a quaint and piquant look to girls
with an abundance of wavy hair, Whlle
the more modified styles impart GER
tain stately and highbred appearance
to those of mature years. Altogether,
the Victorian poke has made greater
headway among winter fashions in mill
linery than seemed probable or even
possible when its very striking shapes
were reintroduced last summer in
straws, tulles, shirred silks and mus
Inns.
1t is said hats are going out for
bridesmaids wear. AT several smart
weddings of late tiny flower wreaths
have been substituted, pink rosebuds
in the hair and shower bouquets of the
same flowers being worn.
+ =
The high, stylish collars attached to
the jackets for Russian blouses worn
this season are not infrequently made
of or lined with ermine, and very un-
becoming 1t is to most faces, with its
trying bluewhite ground, especially on
a very cold day. The warm, creamy
white and the soft golden brown OF
the grebe is far more kind to it's pat
rons, and this fur as this plumage
is often called, is as Fashionable this
year as it was last, if not more so.
Evening toilets show stylish loops
and ends Of ribbon on the shoulders,
the loops alone, or mingled with airy
frills of pleated silk muslin. The half
low bodice shows the still popular Wat
te2u bow of medium wide ribbon,
placed between the shoulders at the
backs, the ends falling low on the dress
skirt OF ribbons alone are made very
charming girdles. breteIles, vests,
gui1npe:. surplice waist front, jacket
fronts, panel pieces, fichus. puffs for
slashed sleeves, blouses, collars, cuffs,
and little mouchoir muffs or chatelaine.
Many of the winter round hats are
appalling in their general effect, but
the majority Of the bonnets are grace
full. comfortable, and, as a rule, be-
coming There are also some pro-
nounced French models that would not
suit the general taste. A bonnet for
example, of golden brown velvet heavy
of pile like a silSen fur, affects the
outlines of an old-fashioned caleche just
in front. 1t comes well over the waves
of hair which are to be worn a la
MerOde with this particular bonnet. AT
the sides the shape is round and very
short above the ears, and extremely
short at the back, with velvet strings
starting from the shortest part, made
of a changeable flame and gOlden-b brown