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The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27
AN COMFORTABLE POSITION

The Man Vino Sits on the Stage During
the Speech.
Talk about your embarrassing posi-
tions,' said the old timer, according to
the Memphis Scimitar, ':but Was in
one few nights ago" What was the
matter?" chorused his friends. Meet
some one who knew you and whom
you did not know?' "Oh, no, that
would have been nothing What I did
was to sit on the stage with a speaker
while he was making an address. It
is embarrassing at all times, but on
this occasion | did the Introducing and
then sat there in solitary grandeur.
felt that every one in the audience was
looking at me. l crossed my legs and
then, thinking some one might consid-
er it inelegant, uncrossed them again.
Once applauded but then I thought it
might look like I was trying to stir
up enthusiasm; SO stopped that. Then
I tried looking interested. but it seemed
to the face of some one knew in the
audience. Of course I could not look
bored, so I finally looked at the floor
and felt miserable. If yoh don't be-
lieve that sitting on the stage is en-
barrassing watch some man the next
time you attend public speaking, or
try the trick yourself" And the OBJ
server walked OF to calm his shattered
nerves.
The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27

J.P. Peterson has everything
oil his own way, not even run
ming mate for the Office of treasur-
Or. It is all right, when We have
Q rood man it 10 always best to
keep him 4 ntil we can do better.
The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27

Tits seldomtheir is an opportunl-
ty to advance these reasons to our
political advasaries for not sup
porting some of their own candi-
dates, but il they will 60 over
The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27

Tho Adriau Democrat says the
Advance is not helping Auditor Tripp
because of slurring that paper. The
Democrat appears to consider there
il considerable merit and strength
developed for the party by slurring
r.public,n candidates, in fact that is
sll the argument it can produce. The
Advance not slur the Democrat, but
plainly says that when the Democrat
The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27
Notice of MORTGAGE Sale

The names Of the mortgagors are Mary Nor
man ana H. q. Norman, her husband !; the
Fund y investment Company; the mortgage f.
in the office Of the Register Of Deeds hereinsft-
eight o'clock A. NJ, in Book 80 of Mortgages On
page 14o; the amount claimed to be due on the
said mortgage at the date Of this notice is the
sum OF Three Hundred Eighty and 30-IOO Doll
lars ta38O. .3Ol; the mortgaged premises are situ-
ated in the County OF Nobles, State of Mime
sofa. and are described as follows:
okabena Addition to the Village | Of @ WerthInr. I ~
ton, according to the plat thereof on file or Of
record in the office OF the Register Of Deeds in
Notice is herby given. That said premises
will be sold at public auction by the Sheriff Of
said Mobiles COunty,at II O'Clock AN. on Satur-
day the 18th day of November, A: D. 1895, at the
front door of the court house in Worthington in
said County and State, to satisfy the said debt
and twenty-five dollars attorneys fees and
costs and disbursements OF sale.
Dated Minneapolis, Minn., October 4th, 1893
MINNEsoTA SAVING FUND &
INVESTMENT COMPANY,
Mortgagee
FRED B. SNYDER,
217 New York Life Building,
Minneapolis. Minnesota.
Oct6 Nov 10
Summons For Relief.
STATE OF MINNEsoTA| DISTRICT COURT.
COUNTY OF MOBILES J 18th judicial
| District,
The Minnesota Land and Investment
Company, Plaintiff
Jesse M. COnry, Charles Suman, Charles
! A. Suman, Minnie Schneider, Charles
Schneider her husband, and also all 9TH
| er persons or parties unknown Claiming
any right, tltle estate, lien or interest
in the real estate described in the CON-
| plalnt hereIn, Defendants.
The STATE OF MINNESOTA To The ABOVE
NAMED DEFENDANTS.
You and each of you are hereby summoned
and required to answer the complaint of the
flalntlt IN the above entitled action, which is
on fle IN the Office OF the Clerk of the said
Court at his office at WorthingtOn, Minnesota,
and to serve a copy OF your answer to said
complaint on the subscribers, at their office, i'm
the city of st. Paul, in the County of RAMSEY
minnesota, within twenty days after the serv-
ice OF lhlS summons upon you, exclusive of the
day of such service; and if you fail to answer
the said complaint within the time aforesaid
the flainti iH in this action will apply to The
Court for the relief demanded in said com.
plaint.
YOUNG & LIGHTNER,
Plaintiffs A ttorneys
St.Paul, MINI.
The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27
THE NELSON'S NARROW ESCAPE
Big Ship Encounters Heavy Gale and
is Nearly Wrecked.

Big Ship Encounters Heavy Gale and
is Nearly Wrecked.
The fine ship Nelson, 1,126 tons,
Captain G. Ferriam, had a narrow es-
cape from being lost in the straits, ac-
cOrding to the New Zealand Herald,
Finding thick and misty weather it was
thought inadvisable to make the
straits and the ship was hove to off
Stephens island. About 10 o'clock,
however, the weather cleared, and the
vessel was headed through the straits
under easy sail. Between 3 and /
o'clock in the morning, when off Cape
Terawhiti, all hands were turned out
as the wind had increased to the
strength of gale. and the captain was
desirous OF anchoring. At 4:30 o'clock,
shortly after passing we'll outside of
KarOm rock, the vessel touched on 4
rock, but hung there only for mo-
ment. The impact was SO slight that
the captain, who was on the poop at
the time, directing the man at tho
wheel, had some doubt as to whether
it was really rock that had been hit,
The pumps were Immediately ordered
to be sounded, but an examination
showed the vesse! was not making anv
water, and as the Sc. was increa sin q
every minute the captain deemed it
prudent to put the ships head cut to
sea and run before the Wind. About
an hour afterward the officers Ne~e
surprised to learn that the gauge
showed seventeen inches in the hold.
The pumps were at once got % work.
but the water gained rapidly, and the
skipper clapred On sail, with the in
tention of running for Cloudy bay in
order to beach the vessel. Soon after
ward the steamer TaTaWera was sight-
ed, and arrangements were made for
towing the disabled vessel to yelling
ton This was about o'clock in the
morning, and after long and hazard
Gus operations the two vessels got un-
der way at l in the afternoon. Icing
then between ten and fifteen miles off
Wellington heads. The steam tue
Duco stood by the Nelson from the
heads, and as it happened this was a
fortunate arrangement. for when a
couple of miles off the wharf the Tara
wera's two lines carried away, but the
Duco was equal to the, occasion and
safely berthed the ship at the outer
tee of Queens wharf at $50 in the
evening
The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27
Republican State Ticket.

0ovRRNOR-w. H. EUsTIs. Hennipin.
SIC. 01 81 STf. sTXTE-HL1ERT s1R BERG, ERisaeo.
TREASURER-A. 7. RQERNER, Meeker.
AUDIT ORR. G. DUNN, Mile Laos.
ATTY. 0EN.-W. B, DOUGLASS, Clay.
CLFRK SUI. CD. F. REESE, Ramsey.
JUST ICES GF THE SUPREME COURT
q. L. BROWN, of Stevens,
J. A. LOVELY, of Freeborn.
O. L. DEVILS, Of st. Louis,
The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27

publishes or utters that the present
auditor, E. A. Trip, is incompetent
and notoriously 30, it makes two de-
liberate falsehoods.
The Worthington advance., 1898-10-27
legislative Ticket.
County Ticket.

The Globe says "that J. A. Ken
nedy, the next county auditor does
not keep q pack of fox hounds. {"
The present auditor does not keep
Q pack of St. Bernard dogs eithel.
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know what to do with IL for q while. I'M
I'll finally IL was marked. For The ch'tf.'
and forwarded TO General Shafter at can
tiago.
Colgate university. at Hamilton, N. T.,
at it's recent commencement conferred the
degree of ID. d. upon Rev. W. @. Part
ridge, pastor of the Ninth Street Baptist
church of Cincinnati. The Ninth street
church is one of the largest in the West,
having LOCO members and seven mission
chapels, with over 5000 Sunday school
scholars.
Mis- Helen Hay. daughter of the Ameri-
can ambassador to London. Is having hon
ors showered upon her there. She was
selected to formally open the public gar
dens which have been laid out near Rob
ert Browning's home at Walworth. A
few DAYS later she was accorded the rare
distinction for a young unmarried wom-
an of dancing in the royal quadrille at
buckingham.
Dubioc Casino. a full-blooded Sioux In
dian. stopped at Noblesville, Ind, while on
his way home to North Dakota from a
visit East. While at the place named he
imbibed too freely, and suddenly began to
| cheer for Spain and the Spaniards. A
few patriotic palefaces quoted him In Wig
orous fashion,, and some time must elapse
before the doctor will allow the warrior
to resume his homeward journey.
men Lowell vas III VI nv Nt"'''
he received a contribution from Thomas
Bailey Aldrich. then just startins in his
literary career. He was much impressed
with the literary merits of the article,
and, in sending the author 9 check for
the same. inclosed a congra.uia:ory rote,
advising him to continue writing ano to
follow literature as a proicssGn. TIC
kind thoughtfulnes was c:ate1 ard
remembered by Aldrich. and the note Mas
carefully preserved. Years after. wrcr
Aldrich himself was the editor of the At
lantic. and Lowell sent a contribution ~
was gratifed at receiving a copy If the
note he himself had writ IN years before
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All Sorts Of People.

Two oddly named Texans. Colonel VIM
Saint and Glenn Issue. quarreled over a
poker hand near Fort Clark. AS a re-
suit. one Of them is now referred TO as a
dead issue.
James Esds How. the millionaire grand
son of James Il. Eads. has given up luxur-
les and a palace in ST. Louis for plain nv
ing and missionary work in the siums OF
the city.
Lord Salisbury and his family MI the
offices Of prime minister and foreign sec
cetary. leader Of the house OF commons
and first lord Of the treasury. chiei SET
rotary for Ireland and under secretary
for the colonies.
IL r. declared that every man VINO mas
been closely associated with Wiiliam =
Whitney and has stuck TO him mas dome
well In the world" II II not on resoi"
that he has ever personally scored a Tau
ure. and now that he has gone IN TOT the
turf. any number Of horsey peopie 81
prepared 20 back the New luce.
The york Of the woman's relef corps {,
the list regiment in New YORK seems =.
run largely TO the making OF py1smss ~.
the soldiers. and some of the WORKERS al,
not adopts az fashioning the some~
unusual garments. One pair. TOT hs'
made by q beginner. was found on COZ"
plstion 10 have a waist measuremsn' =
some four Of hye feet. rhey o' ~"
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Zach having eleven alternate red
white stripes, with a blue field n sim
gle white star. The Greek naval nag
has nine white and blue stripes. with
blu field and white cross. The Orange
Free state has seven alternate white
and yellow stripes, with a field OF red'
white and blue, and several OF the
Spanish-American states have banners
which bear a resemblance more or less
close to our national ensign. The first
cuban flag had three stripes. the top
and bottom being blue and the middle
stripe white. the field being red with a
white star. The authorized Cuban nag
at present has five alternate blue and
white stripes. with a red field and white
star.
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Current Comment.
Fighters. Every One Of Them.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t doesn't seem quite safe to trust the
chaplains during the crash of conflict.
They are apt to forget their high calling.
Here is the chaplain of the Texas who
went about among the gunners just af-
ter Cervera's fleet was sighted and told
them to remember the Maine. And then
there was that chaplain who snatched up
the gun of a fallen man and fought like
a tiger before Santiago. coming out of
the battle badly wounded. 1t is hard to
subdue the old Adam in a loyal Amer
lean breast, whether that breast be COW
cred with a soldiers blouse or a parsons
coat.
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for every S~paniard killed in a land bat
tie, as there is for distributing money
among the officers and men OF the navy
who participated in the destruction OF
Montejo's or Cervera's fleet. The law
would doubtless ave been repealed
long ago had not congress and the press
forgotten all about 1t. 1T CRATES upon
the nerves Of a nation" says one writ
err, that is claiming to wage a war in
the name of humanity, and casts the
same shadows across the pages of the
record made by the navy that could be
cast across the nam of Spain should
she punish the officers of her destroyed
fleets by revoking their commissions
and consigning them to everlasting dis
grace. for failing TO do what II was i'm
possible for them to do, not owing to
their lack of courage but to years Of
neglect on the part of the Spanish gov
eminent. Spain gave her skillful riders
poor mounts and they rode to a fall"
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How Butler Did II.

HAT Santiago needs at present
M is a General b. F. Butler. III
Shafter possesses any of But
ler's peculiar genius. Santiago can ne
made sweet and clean in short order.
Butler was not a success as a soldier
but as military commander OF New Or
leans he established a reputation that is
comfortably holding its own in history.
When General Butler occupied New Or
leans, May /. 1862. with his troops from
the North. the Chicago Chronicle re-
calls that it was predicted that they
would soon be driven out, not by the
returning confederates, but by the yell
low fever. an epidemic of which was
expected. The population had been
penned up by a blockade. the confed-
crate forces had added to the human
congestion of the city. there was no
ADEQUATE sewerage. the confederate
had reason to expect from their pesti-
lentIal ally the most disastrous results
to the union army.
General Butler was in a OF
medical science on the subject OF yell
low fever. He believed that it's germs
were in the filth and ordure of the city
and were spread by vile exhalations. lie
believed that in cleanliness a preventive
of the pestilence would be found. lie
Immediately adopted heroic measures
for the publication Of the CITY, he
pressed gangs of men into the work OF
street cleaning and levied an assess
ment on the wealth of the city TO pay
the expense. He applied disinfectants
nv the ton to the nastiness and putre-
factions of the streets, alleys and out
houses, garbage heaps and other maHg-
nant sources of malaria. And he won
ont. For the first time in its history
New Orleans during the summer 81
1862 was free from yellow fever. But
ler's system of sanitation has since
been followed. with the result that New
Orleans ranks as the most healthful
city of all cities in the same latitude on
either hemisphere.
The conditions are worse at Santiago
than those that Butler found at New
Orleans in 1862. but a competent health
officer vested with unlimited authority
in the premises ought to be able 20
accomplish as much as old Ben Butler
did
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@ORTO RICO may be considered
~ one of the oldest parts of the
new world. 1t Is nearly 4O5
years since Columbus discovered Porto
Rico. 1t is 3ss years since the first
white settlement was made on the
island. There have been rebellions
against the authority of Spain. but they
have been short-lived and easily sub
dued. The first of these occurred in
1920, blu 1t resulted only in a brief guer-
rilla war. The most promising of all
attempts at independence was made in
1868, at the same time the rebellion in
Cuba broke out. but II miscarried and
ended quickly and disastrously. Porto
Rico, like most of Spain's colonial pos
sessions. has been frequently attacked,
but never entirely subdued. In the last
years of the sixteenth century the En-
glish captured and sacked the capital
city of the island twice. In the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries several
attempts by the Dutch and English to
subdue the island were made, but they
were repulsed by the Spanish, and ii
has continued under Spanish rule.
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TEN PAGES.
MONDAY. JULY 25. 1898.
Lessons of the War.

- ECAPITULATING the lessons OF
~ the war, the Cleveland Plain
Dealer declares that 1.-THE most
vital lesson is the fact that 1t is not
armor or armament, but speed tha'
wins the day" 1t says that "CerVera
was a most elusive creature before ne
was bottled up. Even when he came
out of Santiago harbor with a numer-
Gus sauadron on guard he came very
near getting away. Indeed. had II not
been for the marvellous performance OF
the cruiser Brooklyn the Colon would
have escaped. IL was the daring OF the
Brooklyn in giving battle to the entire
Spanish feet that insured the capture
of ALL" Speed is an essential feature,
there is no doubt about that. but IT Is
only one of several essentials. Armor
and armament are equally as import
ant, and above all discipline, able man
agement and skillful Workmanship are
of highest consequence. IL Is the COM
bination of all these qualifications, not
any particular one of them, that wins
the day.
The Pain Dealer finds another lesson
Of the war in the discovery that II
is not a simple task to reduce a fort.
Sampson gave the forts Of San Juan
and Santiago a terrific pounding with
the heaviest known guns, yet the forts
remained practically uninjured. The
men may be driven from their guns by
a heavy fusilade but the forts are by
no means reduced" This seems TO be
a fact as far as SIMPSONS lombard
ments are concerned. put IL will be
observed that Dewey experienced little
trouble in reducing the forts at Ma.
Mia and that they staid reduced. Var
ious reasons have been given for Samp'
sons IL may be true al
a general proposition that lit is not
simple task To reduce a fort" by mod
ern battleships. but why IT should b
so has not yet been made clear TO tn
layman's mind.
All will agree with a third lesson tina
the Cleveland paper deduces from tn
war hat the torpedo boat is nothing
more nor less than a bugaboo.' II ha
ceased to become a terror. Every bat
tleship is vulnerable below the waite
line and the sage ones shook their head
and said that every n of the big bat
tleships would be sunk by the it'll
torpedo terrors. The fact was lost sigh
of that one of the most fragile thing
afoat is the torpedo boat. The fam
of the torpedo boat as a terror vanishe
when the converted pleasure zach
Gloucester. sunk both the Pluton an
Furor.
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The Mauser.

n American marine who has re-
~ turned from Cuba brings as a
souvenir a Mauser rifle. He
has been trying experiments with 1t for
the entertainment of the people in SAL
EN-, n. Y. The first shot fired was at
an elm tree which was 2S inches in
diameter at the butt. The bullets
passed completely through the tree and
tore up the ground on a side hill. Next
a white oak log that had been seasoned
for over a year was secured and tried
by firing a bullet into the end. The
log was afterwards split open. when II
was found that the bullet had been
driven 1914 inches into the wood An
other bulle; was shot through ten inches
of seasoned white oak and ten inches OF
spruce into a marble slab The bull
let went through the oak and tore a
hole in the slab and was dashed TO
pieces. All that could be found of 1t
were small twisted and broker pieces
of the brass cap which incased the IN
let. The Mauser rife is not TO be
sneezed at. General Shafter has re-
Gently come into possession of several
thousand of them. and will place them
where they will do the most good. To
fit the Mauser rifle. however, the Maus-
er cartridge is needed, and after Shat
ter's stock of Spanish ammunition is
exhausted the rifles will be worthless
unless special cartridges are made fol-
them.
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A Relic of Barbarism.

she law that provides for the pay
ment of 800 or 500 a head for
every man killed on the ship 81
an enemy when its ships are destroyed
in battle is not a law for the United
states to be proud Of. II is a relic Of
barbarism. Of the old practice Of divld-
ing up the spoils OF victory among the
victorious army; a practice that led 10
the most horrible and revolving crimes.
Civilized nations at last abolished 1t.
and humane warfare knows sack!ns.
piliaging and Iooting no longer. There
is just as good reason for paying thu
officers and men of the army a bonus
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Germany In Unwonted Role.

From the New York Times.
There was Teutonic humor of the most
characteristic sort in the explanation Civ
en- by the captain of the Irene for his ef-
forts to protect the Spaniards at lsla
Grande. 1t was "in the cause of human
ity," said he. Well. the Spaniards are
human. no doubt. even If, according to
common report. they are not very hui
name, and IL is quite possible that the
insurgents would have treated this par
ticular garrison with some severity IL al
lowed to work their will on it unobserved,
but since when has Germany been inter-
ested in 1.-THE cause OF humanity"
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u.mun Garland's New story.

That master of realism, Hamlin car
land never drew a truer or more Impress
i've and pathetic picture than he has gwen
In the sturdy. vigorous lines OF sam
Narkham's Wife" in the July LADIES
Home Journal The story Is OF a poor
,t,a % fuII of hardships and self-denials.
With scarce a glimpse of sunshine OF a
taste OF pleasure. Mr.. Garland has gwen
ne nothing in a long time that so thor
oughly enlists the ~sympsthies as sam
Wife.
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Senior Sagasta tried TO jolly Madrid
along yesterday by announcing that not
al the Spaniards in Santiago de Cuba
surrendered. Senior Ssgssta has been
correctly advised. A large number OF
them died.
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Yesterday. II appears, was the queen
regents name day." II some one
will kindly inform the proofreader the
Spanish for mud" her matesty's name
will be correctly spelled in these COL
umns In the future.
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.HE MORO castle at San Juan is

a pretty fair MORO castle as
MORO castles run More pictur-
esquet than some, 1t is also more useless.
After the recent bombardment it was
found that there was little damage to
the ~fortiications at MORO. Owing to
the soft condition of the walls, because
of age. not enough resistance was furn-
ished to shells TO cause their explosion
upon contact. so they simply plowed
through the walls and lost their energy
unexploded in the soft soil. San Juan
is a perfect specimen of a walled town
with portcullis, moat. gates and battle.
ments. Built more than $50 years ago
il is still in good condition and re.
pair. The walls are picturesque, and
represent a ~stupendous work and cos
in themselves.
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Matters of No Consequence.

From the Denver News
The country woke up one May morning
to the fact that in the person of Commo-
dore Dewey 1t had one of The most brill
liant and successful naval commanders in
all history. 1t at once became the self
imposed task of a large number of small
caliber people to ascertain the politics and
religion of this suddenly famous Ameri-
can. They must know his political or
religious opinions before they are willing
TO accord him the proper mark of praise.
Out on such idiocy. Admiral George
Dewey is something greater than a crea-
ture with partisan of sectarian opinions.
He is an American, a seaman, a patriot
and a hero.