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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-04

a few days ago / picked up a tree
toad (Hyla VersicoIor) stiff and nearly
dead with cold. I brought him to. my
room and put him in wide-mouthed'
bottle to thaw out. Toward evening
he was quite alive, and satson the bot
tom of the bottle. his toes turned in,
his head cooked up, looking very much
surprised at the strange surroundings.
He made himself at home, however,
so fixed a cork to let in fresh air, and
left him in his new abode.
He seems to enjoy living with me as
much as he did in the. hole of the old
apple tree in the garden. He climbs up
the sides of the bottle, hangs on there,
and goes to sleep for whole day at a
time. Instead of web between the
toes, as has the frog, there is on each
toe of the tree toad little ball or
disc, and it seems as easy for him to
hold on the sides of the bottle with
these as it is to sit on the bottom. If
turn him upside down'he Knows moth
ing about it till he wakes. Then he de-
liberately turns round, SO that his
head is up, shuts his eyes and goes to
sleep again.
At night he is wide awake, and is now
looking at me, apparently listening to
the scratching of my pen, but little
does he dream that am writing a about
him.
The second night after his arrival
my little toad sat very still. He was
doubled into ball, his eyes drawn in,
his feet rolled up, and could hardly
tell which end was his head. After
time he began to kick and gasp as if in
great pain. I feared he was dying. He
would huddle all up in bunch, then
suddenly kick out and stand up with
his mouth wide open, trying it seemed,
to swallow something.
picked up the bottle and saw that
he was really choking, for there was
something in his mouth that could not
be swallowed. It was kind of cord
running out of each corner of his
mouth, over his front legs, and thin
ming out along the sides of his body.
With the next swallow I saw the string
slip down his throat little, and as it
did so the skin along his sides began to
lO1 up. IL WAS Ills Olu suit. 1c was
taking it off for a new one, and instead
of giving it to the poor, he was trying
to economic by swallowing it. What
a meal! What way to undress!
What curious economy!
Naturalists for long time have said
that toads ate up their skins after they
had shed them, but ! have never seen
it recorded that toad eats it's skin
while shedding it, and actually uses
this means of pulling it off. Three
great gulps more, and the whole suit,
shoes, stockings and all, disappeared.
That was some days ago. Four days
after this curious performance he ate
up another suit, and I saw the whole
operation. He pulled it over his head
and neck with his fore feet, as if it
were a shirt, then crammed it into his
mouth, kicked it off his back, worked
out his feet and legs, then swallowed
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-04
Sword Handles.

Sword and hilt handles are the fash
enable finish to the umbrella of the
moment. They are not particularly
pretty nor easy to grasp, nor in any
other way appealing to the taste and
comfort, but they SAVIOR of "the mil
fngtar y," and that is all that is asked
for nowadays. Most of the libraries
have found it necessary to make up a
list of books upon something pertain
ing in the remotest way to Spain and
the Spanish. The demand for '.Don
Quixote," both at bookshop and IL
.brary, is enormous. Those who never
read the romance before are convinced
that now is the accepted time for do
ing SO, while those to whom it is a
thrice-told tale take pleasure in re-
newing the acquaintance at such an
appropriate season. st. Louis Re-
public. IS IS. IS rs
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the dead were rescued and are now
on board the The tis and Bear. Greely
abandoned Fort Conger August 8, 1883,
and reached Baird inlet September ~
following, with entire party well,
Abandoned all his boa is and was adrift
for 80 days on the Ice foe IN Smith.
sound. His permanent camp was es-
,tablished tober II, 1883, at the point
where :l''t ne was found. During nine
months = q, his party had to live upon a
scant allowance Of food brought from
Fort Conger; that cached at Payer
Harbor and Cape isabella BY Sir
George Mares, in 1875, but found much
damaged by lapse Of time; that cached
by Heebe at Cape Sabine in 1882, and q
small II an amount saved from wreck Of
the Proteus, in 1883, and landed by
Lieuts. darlington and Colwell on the
beach '''a',l where Greely's party was found
camped. When these provisions were
consumed the party was forced to live
upon boiled strips from their sealskiu
clothing, lichens and shrimps, pre-.
served in good weather when they
were strong enough to make exertion
AS 1000 shrimps were required to fill
gallon measure, the labor was too ex.
hausting to depend upon them entirely
to sustain life.
The channel between Cape Sabine
and Littleton island did not close on
account OF violent gales all winter, SO
that 24o r rat ions at latter point could
not be reached. All of Greely's rec
ords and all instruments brought bv
him from Fort Conger are recovered
and are on board. From Hare island
to Smiths sound had constant and
furious struggle with ice in impossible
Hoes. Solid barriers of ice were over
come by watchfulness and patience.
No opportunity to advance mile es-
capped me, and for several hundred miles
the ships were forced 10 ram their way
from lead to lead through the ice, vary
ing in thickness from three to six feet,
and when RATED much greater. The
Thetis and Bear reached Cape York
June IS, after passage of 21 days in
Melvale bay, with the two advance
ships of the Dundee whaling fleet, and
continued to Cape Sabine. Returning
seven days later, fell in with seven
others of the fleet off Wostenholne IL
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m SIIo ! J !, TkllIS
THE BOYS AT THE FRONT.

Wen not forget our soldier-boys =.
In camp or battl. field, '-,-..
For in this hour of peril's night
They form their c5untry's shield;
They form their country's shield, and more,
They WELD their arms with might:
Like warriors known to sacred lore.
WAX valiant in the fight"
whether In camp or on the march,
Or crossing distant seas, p.
Their lives are lives Of sacrifice, g.
Not of inglorious ease;
Till victory on their banners perch
Their sacred troth they plight
Ease, comfort, luxury forsworn-s
To country, duty, right.
Our sailors, too-God bless them all!
Our jealous, gallant tars;
Our Deweys, Simpsons, Hobsons, Schleys,
Floating the stripes and stars
To light up dark Philippine isles,
Antilles coasts to cheer,
T. assure the Cuban patriot
Redemption draWeth near.
These are our boys, gone from our homes,
And this their worthy task;
For us who watch their every move,
Is it too much to ask
That we remember, as we pray,
The soldiers pressing needs,
And find the answer to our prayers
In kindly, generous deeds?
v.
Light up the camp! Cheer up the hearth
The homesick soldier bless
BY sending letters, papers, and
Dessert to spice the mess;
Between the soldier-boy and home
No power should be able
TO intercept loves messages
Or cut the magic cable.
Harvey Wendell, in Leslie's Weekly.
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STAMPS AND WAR.
This Writer Says That Unjust rAk
Stamps Have Led to Two Ameri-
can Wars-Stamps in Cuba.

Perhaps my readers already know
that the Cubans complain of the taxes
of the Spanish government. Every
merchant in Cuba had to have the
pages of his account books marked
with government stamp fixed there
by an inspector who examined the
books every three months or oftener.
Every shopkeeper had to pay tax for
each letter of the sign over his door.
These things cost great deal of
money. If the money were used in
Cuba, and for the benefit of the Cubans,
perhaps they would not have resisted
the tax. But most of it, the Cubans
say, went to Spain; they also claim
that the little that remained in Cuba
was used to pay Spanish officials and
soldiers who oppressed the Cubans.
The war in Cuba is very much like
the American revolution, in which our
forefathers rebelled against the Brit
ish government. Most of us think of
the revolution as beginning with the
victory of the ''Minutemen'' at Con-
cord in ITS. It really began in 1765,
and was marked by a victory in 1866.
In 1765 the British government passed
-. stamp act, which obliged the
Americans to put stamps on their
deeds and other legal papers and to
pay for stamps placed on British
goods. The Americans resisted this
by refusing to buy British goods. Law
yers refused to put stamps on their
papers, and ladies gave up wearing
dresses of English cloth, and wore
homespun gowns.
The men went further. In Boston
they made an effgy of the stamp col
1ector, Oliver, to which they tied a
boot, in ridicule of Lord Butte, the
British minister. These were placed
on bier, and then burned in front of
divers house.
In New York the men broke into the
governors coachhouse, took out his
coach, on which they put a stuffed fig
ure, and burned both coach and efigy
in front of the governors residence.
Finally, things came to such pass
that the British government repealed
the stamp act, and that was the col
onists' first victorY.-David Walker
Woods, Jr., in St. Nicholas.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-04
rhe Income from Cows.

II The first $25> of the annual income
from COW yields but little or no profit
TO the owner over cost of keep; and
it will take 5000 pounds of milk at so
cents hundred pounds to bring this
sum. Ifby proper selection and breed
ing one can get cow that will yield
5000 pounds of milk with but little if
any more expense for food and care,
the extra 5000 pounds will represent
profit. 1t is recognition of this prin-
ciPle and. action accordingly that
makes fortunes in other lines of busi-
ness, and will add to the profits of the
farm.-Rural World. 3.
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Expensive Sort Of Econ 81, 8 ;,

Reports from south New jersey
say that some of the stone roads are
in bad condition. The freeholders.
who have them in charge, are farm
Hers, and will not look after them while
busy with farm work, nor employ a
supervisor to care for them. This
will prove an expensive policy, as
4 thorough system Of care and re-
pair is essential to maintain stone
roads in condition and secure the
greatest fiiciency from them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-04
COMM ODO Re SCH /
One Of The Most Daring Officers In
the American Navy,
His Rescue Of the Greedy Expedition
Was . Brilliant Feat, and So
Was HIS Firmness At =
Valparaiso. rs ss
Especial Washington Letter.

Especial Washington letter.
The newspapers have recently been
saying ! great deal about Commodore
Schley; and many people are becom-
ing interested in his history. The name
is pronounced ''Shly.' ,.s,5..
Commodore Schley has been in the
navy almost ever since the civil war
and was made a, commodore less than
two years ago. He became a captain
nearly 20 years ago, and was the com
mander of the Trenton on her trip
around the world-the last trip around
the world made by any vessel of our
old wooden navy.
The first newspaper prominence
given to Schley was in 1884 when he
went to the relief of Greedy, the arctic
explorers; a man now holding a com
mission as brigadier general in the
army, in charge of the signal corps.
In 1880 Lieut.. A. w. Greedy, of the
Fifth United States cavalry, went north
under instructions of the chief signal
officer to take charge of the American
signal station at Lady Franklin bay.
Before his departure it was agreed and
arranged that relief expeditions should
be sent in the summers of 1882 and
1888, bringing stores of food and cloth
ing to the colony.
In 1882 an expedition was. sent in
charge of Lieut.. Beebe, but it was a fail
ure, and returned to the United States
with the information that Greedy and
his party had not BEEN found.
Public interest was aroused in Greely
and his party at that time by constant
publications in the newspapers; and
finally public indignation was aroused
to such an extent that second expedi-
ton was sent in 1883, under command
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Not All Beetles Are Bad.

The common ground beetle devours
cutworms in great numbers, and the
soldier bug and the wheel bug are
noted for their predaceous instincts.
They live upon whatever worms, slugs
and insects they can find in the gar
den. Even our wasps are great insect
|destroyers, and if we could overcome
our natural prejudice against them wa
should find that they deserve to live.
They will not sting one unless cornered
or frightened in some way; but they
Twill destroy slugs and tent caterpillars
BY the dozen.
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land. Returning across from Melvale
bay, fell in with the Alert and Loeb
Garry off DEVILS Thumb, struggling
through heavy ice. The Greedy party
are very much improved since rescue,
! but were critical in the extreme when
found, and for several days after.
Forty-eight hours delay in reaching
them would have been fatal to all now
living. The season north is late and
the closest for years. Smiths sound
was not open when I left Cape Sabine.
The winter about Melvale bay was the
most severe for 20 years."
The most significant part of this
story as told in that dispatch is the
sentence: "Forty-eight hours delay
in reaching them would have been fatal
to all now living" That shows the dis
position of Commodore Schley to be on
time in any serious business. His re-
cent exploit in directing the movements
which resulted in the destruction of the
Spanish fleet freshly attests that char
scteristic of the man.
! Admiral Sampson was under orders
from Washington to confer with Gen.
Shafter, who was i'll. Therefore Ad-
miral Sampson in the performance of
his duty was seven miles away when
the Spanish warships emerged from
the harbor.- Commodore Schley was in
command of the American squadron,
He was on board the swift cruiser
Brooklyn; but that vessel is not heav-
lily armored, and it was dangerous for
her to go under the fire of the heavy
ordnance of the Spanish feet. Never
theless schley signaled the battle
ships and cruisers to begin the battle,
and he rushed into it7himself. He was
on time, alert and courageous. Any
commander lacking those qualities
would have been unable to prevent the
escape of the Spanish fleet. Commo-
dore Schley was the right man in the
right place. Indeed it seems that all
of our officers and men are demon
strating to the world the fact that
tEey are the right men in the right
places under all circumstances and
conditions: 80
! Then again Schley was in command
OF the Baltimore, at Valparaiso, when
our sailors were assaulted in the
streets ny q riotous anti-American
mob. Schley conducted himself like
a hero on that occasion. The scene is
3! too fresh in memory to require de-
scrlption. It occurred in 1891, and
came near resulting in war. Schley
and the Baltimore remained there un.
til the incident was automatically
closed. But the guns of the Baltimore
were shotted, and ready for instant ac-
ton day and night. Commodore
Schley is all right. SMITH D. FRY.
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( A. Subject for Jest.

! Mrs. Smiths colored girl was scrub
bling the front porch when colored
man came along andtthe two engaged
in bandying Of words and loud guf:
fawing. When the girl came in the
mistress said: "Anlbeline, who was
that man?"
"Oh. he was jes' our preacher" was
the reply. 5.s= Il
What was he saying to YOU"
We'll, I am goin,to be babtized mex
Sunday and he was jes q devilin' mo
bout il Truth u.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-04
ATTRACTIVE PACKING.
Very Often 1t Controls the Price at
Which Really Choice Fruit VIII
Sell in the Cities.

The manner in which the packing
is done often controls the price at
which really choice fruit will sell.
This is particularly the case with so
juicy and tender-skinned a fruit as
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An Undesirable Capture.

Another of our captures, "A vessel
from the East Indies, contained rare
character in an old lady, who, we were
told, was a missionary on her return
home for vacation. AS usual, Capt.
Morris gave this lady one of the state
rooms II, his cabin; but it was not long
before she had the entire cabin, and
| think, had she stayed much longer,
would have been captain. She was in
tensely union, and had little use for
"rebels,' nor lid she hesitate to tell
us so. We got in the habit of watch
ing for her head, as it came up out of
the cabin hatch, when there would be
general scamper; but the poor Off
Ger of the deck was compelled to stand
and take her tonguezlashing. The old
tady usually promenaded the deck
with green cotton umbrella raised; ;
and on one occasion one of the retreat
ing ones returned and found that
Lieut.. Stone, who was in charge of the
deck, had gone into the rigging, where
he remained, looking very much like
a cat up tree, with dog watching
him.-E. Terry Sinclair, in Century.
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He Had No Brains.

Algy you reject me shall go I'd
my room and blow my brains out!
Cora think you would die much
!qhick er il you blew out the gas. Up
to Date. ss'as
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once only

Pushalong his is the second five
you've asked me for in a week. That's
pretty quick work quicker than light
ming.
ThespicusH low do you mean?
Pushalon timing never strikes
twice il the same place. II arlem Life.
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why He Departed.

Burke once rushed out of the house
of commons in rage, because as he
rose to speak, holding bundle of pa
pers, member jumped up, saying:
'Mr. Speaker, hope The honora BILE gem
tleman does not intend to read all those
papers and to bore lis with speech in
the bargain" "A lion put to flight by
the braying of an ass" whispered the
witty George Selwyn. This old anec-
dote is capped by one told in Sir NJ.
Grant Duif's DIARY" Of London en-
gineer. The engineer, though not
easily worsted, admitted that he was
once put to flight by dealer in marine
stores. He had come to examine, from
the mans back yard, a house which he
was thinking Of purchasing on behalf
of railway company. While standing
there, he saw a huge mastiff making at
him .open-mouthed. vOh, you're in no
danger, sir,' said the dealer, ..he's very
particular about what he eats" The
engineer Instantly left the d yari1l. 80
Youths Comp MON.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-24
lEWES HAD A BIG SCARE.

An Early Morning Thunder Storm Made
People Fear n Spanish Fleet Was Bonn
harding the Town.
Lewes, March II. The residents Of
Lewes had the greatest scare for years
between 3 and A o'clock this morning,
due to tremendous thunder storm, aud
for short time many women and chill
bren were frantic. More than half of
the population believed that Spanish
warships bad come to destroy the town.
The storm came from q southerly di-
rection, and when it was still in the
distance a deep rumble could he heard
and the reflection OF the lightning
could be sesn over the Breakwater like
flashlights from great vessala.
The few people who frat awoke reused
others from their slumbe and in a
few minutes half the town was awake
and many people were OF the streets
ready to fly at the approach of danger.
For awhile tho excitement was great
many actually believing that feet of
Spanish warships was approaching, but
soon the storm dispelled all fears and
people returned to their homes.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-24

"His mothers his sweetheart-the sweetest,
the best ~
So say the white roses he brings to my
breast
The roses that bloom when lifc's summers
depart;
But his love is the sweetest rose over my
heart
The love that hath crowned me-
A necklace around me,
That closer to God and to Heaven hath
bound me
"His mothers his sweetheartv' Through
all the sad years
His love is the rainbow that shines through
my tears;
My light in Gods darkness, when with my
dim eyes
l see not the stars in the storm of His skies.
When | bow meath the rod
Aud no rose decks the sod,
His love lights the pathway that leads me
to God
"His mothers his sweetheart" Shine bright
for his feet.
o lamps on lifes highway and roses, lean
sweet
To the lips of my darling! and God grant
His sun
And His stars to my dutiful, beautiful one |!
For his love--it hath crowned me
A necklace around ME.
And closer to God and to Heaven hath
bound me!
Ladies' Home Journal.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-24

approved return Of the sale OF the
real estate of Patrick Sullivan, made
by j. ii, Rodney.
William liomewood, guardian, was
allowed to expend portion Of the
principal OF his wards estate.
PROBATE corRT.
Probate Judge Crossan sat to hear
the matter of paper writing pur-
porting to be the last will and teata-
ment of William Dale, cnlored. The
will was represented by Lewis q.
Vandsgrift and Robert remington. A
caveat had been filed by John Biggs
and Franklin Rrockson. Witnesses were
present on both sides. but the attorneys
reached an agreement and the caveat
was Withdrawn. The will was then
proven by the attestng witnesses,
George NJ. Beeson and George Al.
Miller. Dals had wife and four
children. lie left his estate to the
wife and one child. The net value Of
the estate is said to be 500.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-24

John Gashper, aged AZ years, who
resided near st. Georges, was victim
of blood poison. Several weeks ago he
sustained wound 10 his hand which
partly healed but afterwards became
painful and broke out in q mass OF
sores. The hand afterward became
swollen and after home remedies had
been rssorted to without obtaining
satisfactory results physician was
called in, but was too late, as blood
poison had set in and all attempts to
counteract the spread of the poison
were unavailiug and he died on Mon
day week. Ths wound was caused by a
rusty nail which entsred the palm OF
his hand. His funeral took place Thurs
day afternoon. with interment at ST.
James T.. h. Church, Stanton.