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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
WHERE ELEPHANTS AREPLENTy,
An African Sportsman Says the Big
Game Is Far from Extinct

An African Sportsman Says the Big
Game Is Far from Extinct.
IL has been common cry of late
years that, with the amount of shoot
ing that goes on nowadays in Africa,
the game animals must, within measur-
able distance of time, become extinct.
Some ingenious statisticians have
harmlessly employed their spare time
in calculating how many years of ex-
istence are left to the African elephant
as species, and prophesy it's extinc-
ton within the present generation.
Within the last week have had two
letters from friends who are shooting
in the interior, one bearing date in No
vember, from the northeast, the other
dated January, from the southeast. 1
am not going to give any better clew
to the locality of my correspondents
shooting grounds, for reasons sports
men will appreciate. The former has
for weeks seen elephants in family par
ties every day and all day; they don't
seem to know what a rifle is, and, if
/ wanted, I might kill score day or
more" My southeastern correspond
emit combines sport with trade in ivory,
and writes me that, on his present trip,
he has killed 9felephants, besides two
lions and heavy bag of antelopes and
other game. He says: "In the country
I have just passed through elephants
are in most astonishing numbers, as
also buffaloes, and, in fact, all the ami
mails 1 have named,'' some II Species
: In the locality he refers to elephant
shooting has to be done on foot, and it
is such hard work under the local con-
ditions that the animals are tolerably
safe. do not wish to promulgate the
idea that protective measures are not
necessary are urgently needed in
many parts of Africa; but it is satisfac-
tory to hear from reliable sources that
there are districts where the elephant
is plentiful and likely to- continue so.
London Sketch. " -, -.-.c.-55 =
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FASHION NOTES.
Seasonable Fanctes in Ladies' Co.'S
tunes.

Seasonable Fanctes in Ladies, Goa
- tunes.
One of. the most elegant mourning
costumes Of the season is made of
Priestley Silk warp Henrietta cloth.
The skirt, waist and sleeves are plain
and exquisitely fitted. Three Grape
ruffies, with headings, are set on at the
foot of the skirt; the waist has an an
Piled vest of the Grape, with yoke at
the back. Over the shoulders are deep
ruffies Of the Grape gradua ted to run
into the darts on either side of the vest.
4 high collar with Grape ruche and
Grape ruffles at the wrists complete the
trimming. The. bonnet IS made of puffs
OF Grape, with crimped fans at either
side. These fans are spread and wired
up in wing fashion: 49,. 49,.
"A novelty waist is of old rose and
green and gray brocade 4 The body.is a
modified bolero, pointed over a corse-
let on either. side and at the back. The
front is gathered where it is drawn
across the bust. There are enormously
wide revers, with sharp points. These
extend out over the sleeve tops and also
over the fronts Of the sleeves Just above
the bust; the sleeves are shirred in full
pulls at the tops and have fancy cuffs
of the material, with galloon and loops
Of ribbon. - :x ..z% s.
/ An exceedingly stylish costume is
made of green velvet. The skirt is
plain, with the exception Of large box
plat at one side of the front. The waist
has fiat plaits from the cellar and shout
der seams to a wide corselet. There are
three founces on either sleeve between
the shoulders and elbows; the sleeve
hounces. plaits and cuffs are edged with
gold gimp. szs:s~ ,:ss 3 (. LII I
There is nothing in the way Of use
full dresses that the average woman
finds more profitable than good
cheyiot or serge. Made in tailor fash
ion, 9 skirt and jacket Of this fabric
will wear long enough to satisfy the
most exacting woman in the world.
But to get the very best wear it must
be Of the very best quality and made in
the very best manner. $ ~
"A round hat has a puff of velvet en-
tirely covering the low crown. Above
this is q futing Of chiffon tiffened with
foundation or wire. This projects in a
circle about half as large as the brim Of
the hat. a cluster of quill feathers
stands up at one side. Under the brim
is plating Of chiffon. ss= szE 5l
A pretty and becoming hat has the
brim almost entirely concealed by puffs
md lions nf roar1zo ,.;Ihcrs 0rl1r ol,,,,.,r,ss
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PuNGENT ARA GRAPHS


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ml M. be'a 70 probate yet 9. here g
SO much s trouble '1I about the pesky thing
en,l. amos lsn aunt mt nag never
8 IS
$ low go you s1and on the nnanclal
questlon think s s. snail stand pat.
AZ least' When went 5 70 the Dank, WAS l.
sold I could not draW.-lndlanapoils
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De reason, said Uncle tEben, ssdat,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
4 Thirteen Thousand Dollars.

Charles R. Zschau, assistant receiv-
ing teller of the National German
American bank of ST. Paul, was arrest
ed on the charge of stealing package
Of money containing the sum of $13, 600,
which mysteriously disappeared from
the bank. The bank is secured from
loss by a personal bond, but the most
exhaustive search since the disappear
ance of the cash has failed to discover
the slightest clue to the money. and
the accusation against Zschau, followed
by his arrest, has thrown no additional
light upon the matter. =.
Later-After two days confinement
Zsclsau confessed, duplicating one
Jackson. Half of the money was re-
covered.
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Schlatter Ii Dead

Denver, COL. June IA special to the
News from Ell Paso, Tex. says that
Francis Schlatter, who claimed to per-
form miraculous cures by Divine power,
was recently found dead in the foot
hills of Sierra Madre, IS miles SOUTH
west of Casa Grande, in the state of
Chihuahua. Mexico. He had been fast
ing, and apparently starved to death.
While in Denver, from August % to
November 10. 1895, 2oo,o 900 people visited
Schlatter to receive treatment.
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Hard Stun in Maine.

An amusing incident occurred in a
lunch room in this city few days ago.
The proprietor was out for few min
.utess, leaving the lunch counter in charge
OF a boy. Several customers were eat
ing various kinds of food, and two
strangers entered. They evidently mis-
took the nature Of the place as badly as
the boy appeared to mistake their
meaning. After CHANGING over the ar
ray OF food and drink (the last being cof-
Zee, chocolate, etc.), one of the pair
asked: rs i
Say, boy, got any hard stuff here?''
u The boy quietly reached under the
counter and drew forth an ancient Bo-
logna sausage about the size OF base
ball bat, and fully as hard and dry, and
replied: 5..5s I, 49, =# q: ,ts 5>ss
G-g-guess that's h-hard enough flor
Daily Eastern Argus.
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THE INVENTORS GENIUS.
EnEineerinE In Military and Conn
mercial Warfa re. Il r. sss ssssSS S,

sEngineerinR In military ana Conn
mercial Warfare. & 81.
Var is always q horrible possibility
in the present condi ton of European
politics, but when Invested OF its per-
sonal and political details it cannot but
possess a peculiar ffasc ion for the
engineer, especially since engineering
hasa;so 'large1y ~ entered into all the
methods of modern warfare. Since the
last greatWar the mach inery of warfare
has been almost entirely recreated, and,
indeed, many devices have been invent
ed, constructed and become obsolete
without ever having had a chance to
show What they were worth in actual
combat: Should the great powers be-
come involved in warfare, however,
there is no doubt that numerous me-
chanical devices, till the present kept
secret, will appear in various lines of
ghting machinery, and it is not inn
possible that, as in the days. Of the Mon
itor, ornaments and equipments upon
which millions have been spent will
find themselves relegated to the curios-
ity shop over night. ... IN.
The restless ingenuity of the INVENT
OF is almost as much of bane to the
leaders of commercial warfare as to
the lords of militarism. 1t has been
said, and doubtless with truth, that the
managers of the great commercial CONF
binations consider the possibilities of
superseding inventions as the greatest
element of risk in their calculations.
From this point of attack industrial
combinations are almost helpless, for no
degree of business skill can avail when
whole plants are rendered obsolete by
the advent of some new device or
process which may supplant the entire
method of manufacture, if not the prod
uct itself. tits this equalizing element
which may, in obedience to the law of
supply and demand, check to great
extent the growth of commercial com
binations, intended to control produc-
ton, prices and business. The very sue
cess of a business combination sets in
ventors to work devising methods,
processes and machines to accomplish
similar results by other means, and no
man knows what a day may bring forth
when the tide of invention is turned in
any given direction. The natural laws
of the physical forces must control in
the end, and it is to those laws that the
development CT the commercial side. as
well as the technical portion of human
industry, must look for ultimate guild
ance.-Cassier's Magazine. = j. re-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
BlCYcL BORROWING


Neither & borrow y o.. Lend II the Rules
Tor 6 q -
ne ettalcs q bicycle borrowing are
beginning 70 ag1 tate Keeling circles
now that y what is termed l the legitimate
I riding season IS at hand Are cyclists
expected to allow other people to ride
tGelr: blcy clesY This IN is the great ques-
ton. In discussing it q genial and well
known whe elman, who has suffered per-
haps as much as anyone from the bor-
rowing habit, as practiced by other
cyclists, said: IAN s8Es1s.s.
" From the freq ency with which re-
guests for the loan Of your wheel are
made by some people one might be
pardoned for thinking that the sole:
mission in this world of the owner of a
bicycle was to lend it TO all his friends
and acquaintance. Now, as matt er Of
fact, no one has the least excuse for,
making such request of the owner Of a.
bicycle, and owners should firmly and
emphatically refuse to comply with
them when made. If q man or wom-
an cannot afford to pay for the amuse-
m mel OF cycling they ought to forego it.
do not mean by thissthat if an unusual
" trustful and good-natured friend Of
fers TO lend a bicycle one is morally
bound to refuse it, butt do mean that
no n I one '1 ought TO be surprised croft
II request for the loan of wheel is re-
FUSED Use Il 5s 5 ...s (. 'E. ..l 81
a bicycle is not a cheap, easily re-
placed article, such as baseball bat or,
palr OF skates. Against the borrowing
OF such things there is no law, but your
wheel IS q different matters TO one, not
even the most expert rider, can guaran-
tee it against mishap, even If the acct
dent be only the puncture of a tire.
100 otten'+ however, the pitfalls which
peset the most wary rider are far more
serious :o' = The dangers of crowded
Streets where 1t seems the chronic bor-
rover or bicycles most doth like to ride,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
Killed Hia Siafer

Mason City, Ia, June Sat Charles
City Friday morning in a dispute over
some cattle, between Frank Wiltze and
Jerome Dow, farmers living just east
of the city, Wiltze threw stone at
Dow. hitting Mrs. Dow, Wiltze's sister,
on the back of the head, and killing her.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
Orders Coming Fast.

Warden Wolfer fears the prison will
be unable to supply all binder Irvine
ordered this season. Orders are COM
ing in at rapid rate and bookings to
date represent 100 cars. The factory
isrunning over time, and by the first
of July will have nearly 1900 tons on
hand
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
TrikOupis and Delyannis.

Fortunate it is, indeed, for Greece
that her passions are subject sometimes
to the Northman's check. In their sub
servience to the sway Of impulse and
passion the Greeks are the veriest chill
dren. The only one Of their own states
men who could long control or guide
them was Trikoupis, and he was halt
,Atnglo-Saxon in blood, and almost en-.
tirely English in training and temper.
His GOODNESS, his persistency Of purpose
and his fine nationality, joined to an un-S
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4 The Polfcy 81 =, Hon e.tx.

Servant st found this ten-mark
piece on your desk ~. 8, *tsS .S
s., " IN glad to find you re honest, my
man. Is put it here to test you! e
$ Yes, sir; that's what I thought, s1r!''
Blaetter.
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For Crippled Children.

By July it is expected that all ar
rangements will have been made by
the regents OF the university for the
reception of patients under the new
law which permits the board to care
for the deformed and crippled children
of INDECENT parents in some one of the
hospitals of the Twin Cities. The
amount Appropriated by the new law
for this purpose is $4,000 annually. At
the last meeting of the regents the
matter came before the board, and
Judge Mahoney of Minneapolis and
Judge Clark of st. Paul were named a
committee with power to act. -.4 -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
Old Settlers.

The Minnesota Territorial Pioneers
was the name adopted by the old set
tiers. 1t had previously been the in
tention of calling the organization
''The Old Time Boys of Territorial
Days. but this was not considered suf-
fciently dignifed. The meeting was
held at the Merchants hotel, st. Paul,
and was followed by badquet The
purpose of the organization is to per-
petuate the memories and friendships
of old days. A constitution and bylaws
was adopted, and the following officers
were elected: President, Alvaren AL
len; first vice president, William E.
Lee; second vice president, H. S. Fair
child; secretary, w. H. Hoyt; treas
urer, John A. Stees.
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SOUSA AND THE CHILDREN. /

When the Big Folks Had Gone He,
Gave the Little Ones q Treat.
A pretty incident occurred at that
quaint old North Carolina town, Colds
boro, not long ago, which will not soon
pass from the minds of those who saw
it. Everyone who knows John Philip
Sousa, the famous director of Sousa's
band, knows full well that he is man
of the finest instincts and love for the
beautiful in all things, as well as in
music. His affection for children is
marked, probably arising in the devo-l
ton he gives his own two beautiful lit
tie daughters and handsome and manly
son, now young student in an eastern
military school. >. z ~, ..y f.
Sousa's band played matinee at
Goldsboro, and before it closed a.
swarm of school children stormed the
opera house to the very door. To quiet
them was an impossibility, and to let
them in the house would have broken
up the concert. Sousa sent a messenger
to tell them that if they would keep
quiet he would let them all come into
the theater as soon as the big folks got
out, and he would have the band play
for them: Instantly they were still as
mice. " -"
The big audience was very soon dis
missed, and then the little ones poured
in. They filled every inch of the lower
floor, and the band played as it has
seldom played before. SSousa never re-.
ceived such vociferous applause, and
probably never any so genuine.
The special train that was to convey
the band to Wilmington drew up al
most in front of the door, and Sousa:
and the band quietly disappeared
through the stage door and started for
the cars, but the children were too
quick for them, and when Sousa came
out they flew upon him like flock of
doves, took him prisoner and led him
slowly captive to his private car, with
screams of delight and laughter, while
half the town looked on and laughed as /
heartily. Within the car the real siege
began, for the children swarmed there
too. Some brought flowers and myrtle
and holly, and Sousa was fairly sub
merged in the floral tidal wave. The
children ruled the hour, and when the
train drew out half an hour delayed
there was cheer by the hundreds of
men which did not drown the piping
farewells of the little, ones.-Boston
Globe. ~r-. ~ F.. = =, \ ttz,s 4, s.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
Di.tinction with ! Differences :, y

4 II think you pay too much attention
to wealth in America = said the visiting
foreigner. : You say a man is rich and
influential. Do you mean that he is
influential because he is rich %
81 Not always, z said the native. IN
the case Of statesmen we frequently
mean that they are rich because they
are influential. =" Bro klyn Life.
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Full OF life I y

Theod ore Ma, I'm feeling aWfully
good to-day.
" Ma, hat do you mean BY feeling
good ~ ss5Ii 81
81 feel ike being had = oklyn
Lis.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-06-10
BASEBALL.

Percentages OF Leading Clubs for the
Week Ended June &.
The following table shows the num-
Der. of games won and lostan the per-
centage of the clubs of the leading base
ball organizations. National league:
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A Hard Accu r

Strange story that Of the Georgia
girl who carried q splinter in her foot
l q years, and then had it work out in a
Spetrified state. 3 IN 81.
Petrified, did you say q
Z es.' g 81 g
II bet any thing the girl was orig
sinally from Boston 4 Cleveland Plain
], Dealer. s.s,s
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Rea.on for recovery.

1teaA0n TOE lSecOVeFyessf
$50 Dickson got well, ter all 2
5sS 6 u, he simply Wouldn T give VI. : ss
sz'1s No 2ss Sssss
Isl THAT is, he would give up as much
as the doctors CHARGE, and Is they quit
him. Detroit Journal. 5fSS
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
THEY ARE STRICT.

The boards Of registration are said
to be very strict in regard to register
ing naturalized citizens and persons
appearing before them, of whom there
is any doubt whatever, are required
to produce their papers before their
name is placed upon the poll list.
This is right, and the officers are but
doing their duty in being thus strict.
There is disposition to watch mat
tiers very closely at the polls upon;
election day, and most close surveil-
lance will undoubtedly be kept for
those who do not happen to be regis
tered, and swear their vote in at that
time. 1t would be good thing for
foreign-born citizens who find their
names are not on the poll list, and
who wish to vote, to take their second
papers to the polls with them, and so
be able to put at rest any question
that might be raised. 1t will be USE
less to attempt to vote unless second
papers have been taken out, and
would only lead to trouble on the part
of those so attempting to do so.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
THE RIVER RISING.
Goes Up an Inch an Hour During
the Day. -.
The Warm Weather Has Made Flood
in the Upper Minnesota.

The Minnesota river started to rise
Tuesday and had gone up six inches
by eight o'clock Wednesday, at
which hour engineer Haynes found it
to be half foot higher Than at the
same hour Tuesday morning. 1t has
| risen during the day at,the rate of an
inch an hour. This afternoon the
water began to run across Minnesota
street opposite E. r. Kennedy's resi-.
dence. A six-inch stream also set in
near the bluff in North Mankato, and
at two o'clock the water only needed
rise of four inches to run across Bel
grade avenue again near the Swedish
church, where Hans Nelson was
drowned last week.
The water is now the natural spring
rise, unaided by gorge, and the high
water that has been predicted is at
hand, as the following dispatch from
Ortonville, the head of the Minnesota
river, shows:
The rapid thaw of the past three
days has resulted in speedy rise of
the Minnesota river and several tribu-
Iarles, causing an immense overflow
and interfering with railroad traffic.
The Minnesota bottoms between this
place and Big Stone City, S, d., are
covered with water, forming a lake
more than two miles wide and eight
or ten miles long. Many families
barely escaped with their lives and at
least two bridges Of considerable size
have gone out. The situation is grow
ing more serious every hour.
The river has also risen rapidly at
New Ulm, as the following dispatch
from there shows:
The Minnesota river has risen
twenty-five inches since 800 o'clock
yesterday afternoon and is still rising.
The entire valley is flooded and the
CORTLAND bridge is under water. The
Cottonwood ice gOrgeS went out yes
terday and that river is falling.
The people on the North side are
to move again. A rise of |
two and a half feet will bring the
water back to where it was last week.
Engineer Haynes expects a steady |
risesfor week to come.
The situation this afternoon is very
serious for those who reside on the |
fats, and it promises to become more
serious.
Today's warm wind will rapidly |
diminish the snow banks in the upper
water shed of the river, and the
great Accommodations of water will
keep the river dangerously high for
/ week or two, even without any rain.
The cold weather which the signal
ervice.predicts today may do some
rood, but the greatest part of the
now is already in water. ...
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02
TORE CELLS NEEDED.
Chief Yates Makes a Suggestion for
the Next Administration.

Chief Yates stated today that one
of the first matters which should be
attended to by the next mayor and
council will be the placing of more
cells in the city hall. He advocates
the using of the present board of
trade room for this purpose. He
would have six or eight cages placed
in the center of the room, fac
ing outward, with passage around
the whole. The state board of
corrections and charity is complain
ing of the present facilities of the city
and they are entirely inadequate. The
present cages will not hold half the
dodgers that apply almost nightly.
The new cells should be smaller and
more modern. Better sanitary ar
should also be made, as
the present condition is disgrace to
a city of the size of Mankato.
This is undoubtly an important
matter, and should receive early con-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02

Mrs. Frank Shaubut, who is visit
ing with the family of Gilbert Hall,
in LeHillier, received the sad in
telligence yesterday of the death of
her husband, which occurred in
London. The remains will be brought
to Mankato for burial. Mr.. Shaubut
went to England something over two
months ago, and while there SUBJ
mitted to an operation. He went out
too soon afterwards, and the results
were fatal. The deceased was a son
of Henry Shaubut, and well known to
the earlier residents of the city.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-04-02

band, VIM. Doust. The complaint
alleges cruel and inhuman treatment.
1t says that the parties were married
in this city Sept. 1st, 1895, and that
the plaintiff is now seventeen years
old, and the defendant about twenty
seven. No answer was made, and
the court grants the plaintiff the
custody of their one child, girl.
Thos. Hughes is attorney for the
nlaintiff