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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-11-24

A company with a capital stock Of
100000, in which several wealthy Mex
lean capitalists of Monterey are inter-
ested, has been organized for the pur-
pose of developing the oil fields of
Mexico, and to place the product on the
market in that and other countries.
There are several productive oil fields
in Mexico, one of the richest of them
being located in the state of Tamauli-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-11-24
Well-knoyvn Miner DEAD

Philadelphia, Nov. 19.-John E.
Graef, for many years prominently en-
gagged in the mining and shipping Of
coal, with offices in this city. died Fri
day. aged 70 years.
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Jumped Overheard.

Queenstown, Nov. l9.-The Cunard
line st Gamer Campania, Capt. Walker,
which left New York November IL, for
Liverpool, by way of this port, touched
here Friday morning and reported that
Swedish steerage passenger named
Mokarlsen committed suicide by Jump
ing owe aboard while on the passage.
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Herr n IL 1eier nana

Bren en-, Nov. 19.-Hcrr H. H. Meier.
founder of the North German Lloyd
Steamship company, is dead. He was
80 years of age.
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st. Petersburg, Nov. 19.-In large
fire, which completely destroyed m ex-
tensive timber shed here Friday, ten
persons were burned to ashes.
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Declares He Carried Back Treaty.
Paris, Nov. 10. - La Patrie says:
Lord Cham berlain has returned from
America with the draft of treaty with
the United States concealed il, his peck.
ITS
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Gen. Miles says the Spanish war was
without a defeat for the American side.
Not prisoner, q flag or rife was lost.
The record of success is extraordinary
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Rio Janiero, Nov. 19.-Marked friend
ship between American and Brazilian
naval officers was shown when a ban
quet was given. to the latter on the
United States battleship Oregon. The
officers of the Oregon and Iowa were as
sisted n entertaining by the American
ministt r, Charles Page Bryan. Prom
nent members of the diplomatic corps
were present ..---~
Sharp County record., 1898-06-24

or not. On the other hand it is
detrimental to the future develop
ment Of the indian for the gov
ornmeny to still protect him by
such special legislation, The
time has come when he must meet
all the responsibilities Of a U. s..
citizar and nothing will teach
him t. ia sooner than to let him
be thrown entirely upon his own
resources. Aside from these
reasons it will very materially
hold back the development of
this country to permit this land
to be nontaxabIe and to Withhold
it from the channels of trade.
With many good wishes for the
RECORD and all the people | am
yours truly,
P. H. Wilkerson.
Sharp County record., 1898-06-24
APHORIAMS.

The truest wisdom is a resolute
determination Napoleon,
No man is born in this world
whose work is not born with him.
Victor Hugo.
Things don't turn up in this
world till somebody turns them
up.-Garfield.
Whilst we are considering
when to begin, it is often too late
to act.-Quiptillian.
Dost thou love life? Then do
not squander time, for this is the
stuff life is made of,-Benjamin
Franklin.
Every man stamps his own
value upon himself, and we are
great or little according to our
own will.-Samuel Smiles.
When q firm, dec's We spirit is
recognized, it is curious to see
how the space clears around and
leave him room and freedom. -
John Foster.
The highest prize Of life, the
crowning fortune of a man, is to
be born with a bias to some pur-
suit, which finds him employment
and happiness Emerson,
There never was a day that
did not bring its own opportunity
for doing good, that never could
have been done before, and
never can be again. -Burloigh.
The longer | live, the moro
deeply am convinced that that
which makes the difference be-
tween one man and another-be-
tween the weak and powerful,
the great and insignificant, is
energy--invincibIq determination
IA purpose once formed and
the victory or dealh,-Powell
Buxton.
The best way for u young man
to begin who Is without friends or
influence Is lirst, by getting a
positions second, Keeping his
mouth shut; third, obsoryingi
fourth, being faithful; fifth,
making his nmploycr thinlS he
would be lost in u fog without
him, and sixth, being polite
Russell Sage,
Sharp County record., 1898-06-24

disease, and must be able to
speak the English language,
married men will be enlisted
only upon the approval OF aregi-
mental commander.
minors must not be enlisted
without the written consent OF
father, only surviving parent or
legally appointed guardian.
"EnIistments will be confined
to persons who are citizens Of
the United States, or who have
made legal declaration of their
intention to become citizens there
of.
"Applicants will be required to
satisfy the recruiting officer re-
garding age and character, and
should be prepared to furnish
the necessary evidence. They
must defray their own expenses
to the place Of enlistment; their
fitness for the military service
can be determined only upon
examination at a recruiting sta
ton.
"The term of service is two
years.
"For infantry and artillery the
height should not be less than
five feet four inches, and weight
not less than 120 pounds and not
more than 100 pounds.
"For cavalry the height should
be not less than five feet four
inches and not more than five
feet ten inches, and weight not
to exceed 1856 pounds. No mini
mum weight is prescribed for
cavalry, but the chest measures
must be satisfactory.
"Recruiting officers are, how
ever authorized in their dis
cretion to accept desirable appli-
cants who are ten pounds or less
overweight or underweight, or
who vary not more than fract-
ion of an inch from the required
height or chest measures, if they
meet all other requirements. In
every such case the variation
from the normal standard should
be carefully noted on the enlist
ment paper"
Sharp County record., 1898-06-24
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Sharp County record., 1898-06-24
THE QUALIFICATIONS.

The $40 men wanted to increase
the two Arkansas regiments to
thoir maximum must possess the
following qualifications,
Applicants for enlistment must
be between the ages of IS and
45 years, Of good character and
habits, able-bodied, free from
Sharp County record., 1898-06-24
THE FARMER BOY.

LIZ L LLlGnllJlG ~ L
1t makes us tired, awfully tired,
to hear anybody speak Of the
farmer boy as being "poor" OF
miserable" as though his lot
were the hardest of any white
child on earth.
Hard lot! Miserable! Why,
| God bless you, he is the happiest
mortal under the canopy OF
heaven! And not only is he the
happiest, but the richest IS we'll
Silver he hath not, perhaps, and
gold he never saw; but his robust
constitution betokens a he:itage
of health that is bett:r than all
the gold of dozen Klondykes'
Oh, farmer boy, how we envy
you! Who would not give all he
knows of science and politics and
vain creeds for that work. steer
appetite! Who would not fly
away from the grinding, soul
destroying, heart killing cares of
business to wade with thee bare
foot in the cool brook that winds
it's way through those shady dells
and flowery glensl Who would
not lay down the pen to frisk with
thee like a squirrel among the
topmost branches of the big null
berry tree at the back Of the
field
All, farmer boy, there are
thousands of men in all other
walks Of life that are dying to be
in your shoes-or rather in your
breeches, for the farmer boy sell
dom wears shoes-because they
know that you alone are truly
bleSt.
But you can't make the farmer
boy see it that way, He thinks
his own the hardest lot Of all
mankind, There are times when
life seems an insupportable bur-
den-when it seems that the
whole world has turned its back
upon him and that he is bound tc
die if he doesn't get immediate
relief. These occasions, how
ever, are happily rare-for in
stance, when he has been knock
ed out Of a Saturday afternoon
fishing trip by peremptory order
to hoe the potatoes-but he has a
general feeling all the time thai
the world is trying to down him,
and by and by he gets careless
and wouldn't care a continental
if the whole world went to thun'
der.
He forgets, or perhaps he never
knew, that most of our great mer
came from the farm; that like him
they nursed the fostering stone
bruiso in their gosling days, anC
, grew up on corn bread and fat
bacon. 1t was on the farm thai
they inherited their energy, thoil
robust constitution, their con-
tempt for difficulties, their hardi-
hood and their manhood. There
it was that they listened TO the
whispering voice of nature, and
in the leaves and flowers and
trees and running brooks and
waving corn heard the great
heart of humanity throb,
We are proud that we grew up
on the farm, Our happiost days
wore spent there, and no matter
whore we SO or amid what new
scenes, thore will our heart for
ever linger,--NlaynNrd Enter.
priso,
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Sharp County record., 1898-06-24
WILKERSON'S LETTER.

e -pSNh u4i eDu1IAtl-1C VI tii -4CL =
the past two months too much
/, at present for the wheat crop. l
understand that the rust and
chinch- bug threaten to cut the
wheat short in this section.
| made trip to Muskogee last
week, lind that town to be a
live business place. 1t looks
more like G BOD state town than
any have seen in this territory.
A number Of Arkansas people
have located there, engaged in
various kinds of business. While
there I met Barney Mills and his
estimable wife, nee Miss Jessie
Wainwright. Mr.. and Mrs. Mills
are natives of Sharp county.
Since their location at Muskogee
they have suffered a great loss in
the death of their only child and
daughter, but in a financial way
they are prospering.
also me Prof, Brunn, a formpr
citizen of Evening Shade. The
Prof. is looking well and is ap-
perantly as vigorous as a young
man of twenty five, andois doing
well teaching music. He still
remembers Evening Shade and
her noble people and spoke very
tenderally and feelingly of days
of yore spent in that little village.
The Prof, still enjoys telling a
good joke, and while speaking OF
his old friend Mr.. Charlie Shaver,
he related his experience on a
picnic occasion in which Mr..
Shaver and his trusted horse
played prominent part with the
assistance of some enraged yell
low jackets. If | remember right
this particular horse as the Prof
related it was noted for his sturdy
habits. Occasions that would
provoke other horses to take
refuge in Kicking and running
this particular horse would jog
quietly on or even stop and let
his driver do the running and
kicking. On this particular oc-
casion the day was hot, and the
Prof. with his band boys had
walked out several miles from
town to the picnic grou n q s.
After enjoying the occasion for
some time, in the afternoon the
Prof. and boys started on their
return home. On the way they
were soon pvertaken by Mr.
Shaver in his buggy, and being
tired and hot he readily accepted
Mr.. Shavers kind offer to let him
ride to town. After travelling
some little distance they turned
into a rather unfreaquented 70 ad,
and had not proceeded very far
when old Doc stopped stark still
and began to switch his tail
vigorously. Upon investigation
they found that they had landed
in a huge yellow jackets nest
and before they knew it the little
.:things" We're out in full force
and were attacking them atevery
vulnerable point Seeing tho un-
willingness Of the horse to move
on, the Prof's, first impulse was
to abandon the buggy and take
refuge in flight, butrealizing how
ungreatful it would be to leave
Mr.. Shaver and his horse in sucF
a condition, he decided to stay
by his guns, So after a while
with vigorous remarks and the
persuasive influence Of a gooc
cudgel old Doc moved on Bu
before they got away the jackets
had got in their work in gooc
shape.
The Curtis Bill has passed the
senate, and it will soon become 4
law. This bill provides for the
making Of a complete roll OF those
who are entitled to allotment, ano
as soon as that is done the allot-
Sharp County record., 1898-06-24

Dr. Cady's Condition Pomders, are
;rst what D horse needs when IN 6aC.
s5rdition. Tonic, blood purihet 4od
v-lmifugs They are not tooH DuI u
medicine and the best IN use to pIV
horse in prime condition. FIlce 20
cents 2ar package,
Sharp County record., 1898-06-24
r,...on cn1..Rhcnm and Eczenla

The irtenFa itching and amartins ilci;;
de- tothese diseases, isin.tan-ly I2Eed
nv applying Chamberlain S rye "1u
skin Ointment, Many tery .ta cases IS
lave been permanently cdreA by To- y
is ecu ily efac.gatfor i.euing piles ana
a tafogIte remedy for sore nipples,
crgpQa6 hands, chilo,a.ns, frost 9l5eS
and chronic sore eyes. q cts. per DIX
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-30
The influence Of Money In the
Negotiation Of Peace Between
Warning Nations,

cash indemnity From China alone Enr-
land has received two large cash ind me
mites. The fret, in 1850 wnn $4,000 600
part " which was hunlld over TO
British merchants 10 compensate them
for the loss OF opium destroyed hy tho
Col.rtinl government, while the second.
IN lAil. was $40 1lO CO.,
The annexation or Texas naturally led
90 the Mexican war OF 1861 ny the
treaty N peace Mexico gave up her
claims 90 tho NueccH as boundary line
The United States did not longer insist
upon the cosHion " Lower California or
the rIght uf way across the lrthmus of
Tchunntopec This country. by the terms
~ the treaty NJ guHdaiupc-i iidnigo.
paid 20 Mexico $4,000 900 Tor the terri
tory added 10 its boundaries and. more.
over. freed the Mexican government
from all claims of citizens ~ the United
States against Mexico Tor damages.
which the United states agreed 20 pay
10 the amount of go 600. The demands
ior indemnity from Mexico nrst made
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What 1t Has Cost to End the
Notable international Con-
flicts Of This Century.
MORE TROUBLE AHEAD FOR SPAIN.

and even 10 support them by paying a
sum sn Ereat that other countries would
ma 10 1lmcult 10 enter into peace nczo.
tiatlons with them. II DO IL sad come
mentafy upon a powerful nation that u
should use such methods
Tho United States stopped 90 tho same
position. though Jefferson ne vice prosl-
dent loudly opposed the paying OF trib-
ute. aud Tor some time Americans were
allowed 10 Nc In the prisons OF AlFiou
The treaty 81 1876 with the dry iH este
mated 20 have cost ~ SOFA ie1G5.
Treaties with the other Hnrhary aintoa
followed. one ~ which purchnFcd pence
from Trlpoli by the payment ~ a gross
sum. President Adams In 1900 com.
planned that tho United States had On
pay three times the amount of tribute
Imposed upon Sweden and Denmark.
Incredible NJ tho statement mny ap.
pear. when Captain Hainbridgc arrived
ht flgluu m 400. bearing tho tribute
money TO the dcy. that awnrthy tyrant
ordered him 20 proceed TO Conalanti-
noplc a. deliver Algerian dispatches.
You pay me tribute because you are
my slaves" waH the brutal threat NJ
tho doy. aud that American naval com.
mnnder. the victor Of subsequent giorl-
Gus Fea Nights was forced 10 obcy.
The lesser narbary states were atlll
moro rxasprratlng In their inaolcnt de-
mands. prcsldcn, Jefferson sent com.
modorc Dale IN 1901 with a squadron
u three fflgatcs and a ailop Of war 20
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How We Fought The P,o

Prior 10 1901 our roverumss, 4,
TINS In the steps ~ European 4
ald tribute 90 tho rulers u III
funla and Tripoli. We uefs b., !
erred not the Friendship b., II
.e tolerance " those p1N,n isi,.
IN merchantmen la the Meiiffu,
Ia May. 1901. however de
fipuli bftame diasauadsl ia
mount ~ his tribute mansy Z
1H than that given 10 BIZ raa
.rato chlofa. To give evrrstHs
annoyance he caused tho rae.
.ue American consulate o. b. an
Commodore Dale. with a rnar
ron. was Immediately orisfri %
along tho coast ~ Turf asl m
ono of the vessels. the Enisrft
countcrod a Tripolltan corart,it
fierce battle. LASTING three hrn
turod a. Tho narbary poWar
somewhat alarmed.
Sklrmishlng continued along N III
barry coast until 1893. when b. Il
States determined 60 take isdst|
ton against those pirates % D. II
tcrrnncnn. Commodufs EdWafl n
being sent thofc with a ftti I'd
vessels.
one OF the American shirs ~
fcirhia. pursued % Tfrdntan ~, |
g. the harhor o. Trir1ii but ~
misfortune 10 ground upon nn ~
cd rock She was " routfs 4
captured by the boys suhi0gta
Captain nainbrldFo and the 4
ana crew were sold into slavery 1
bridge. however. managed 90 con
cate with CommodnrH prehle AZ 4
aud advised him 90 recover itf I
delphla and. falling IN that 90 II
hrr. ns the Trlpoltnns Nrr' rlgI
and armlng the American wed
sea.
Lieutenant stephen Decatur 81.
use a kctch he had captured ifn
cnvery or destruction " ne ~
phin.
Tho captured kctch was pf'fii
service and named The lnirat.L
boat Lieutenant Decatur ana q
tceru sailed Tor Trlpoll ac,o-i-
by the Siren. Hloop of war i
ON n bright moonlirht cyt,if
10. is0i. the Intrepid entered ~
~ Trlpoli. pretending 10 BE- ~
distress. She occnsinnoi no o
and had placed herself alqri
Philadelphia before irrlrh7
thought ~. Decatur and bic niH
od the Philadelphia and after r.
struggle with her turbanrd ~
those who had not been drives p
nea az the nrat onslaught NJ ~
cans then rot the vessel % y
MAIDS their way back % ~
through "a perfect he'll 81 flame iii
They escaped with only four -
and with the aid OF tho slfen -
pursuit.
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Some Terrible Fcss

The whole OF Europe durini y
years i7ss and 1853 was thf'a'e
dry fog ~ thick that 90 ho'l
summer tho sun took a blooi 4
This extraordinary haze vas ~
black color and never lli'tl Il
night. VoyaEing on tho Mclls,
was made dangerous by II, ahl II
Just as thick on the tops " 'h' y,
Alps. n was not IN the leah
hy rain and extended alike o'a
tries such rs Britain. where ihi
IL chanFenhle. and srlln ah
where II IL usually serene ana -
Tre greatest alarm preyallrl,. r.
prayers were made, ana p'u,.la
ngitntod n state u the public ~ A
never known before. 10 clli,
posed 20 have been the term. W I. \
~ the volcano skapter lok.,L =.
land. which elected hoO''.w "A
matter. one Of the worst ~
recent times. alike Tor lia e.l' =,
protractodnoss. was one VINCE N
ed IN London from the beginh'gs.., 49, !.
yember, 1879, TO the following ~
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ITO the vlctors boloug the spells u the
enemy ~ true In war as well as In
politics. Civilization has robbed war
of many u IN horrors, the Red Cross
has nmellornted the condition N tho
wounded and made the prisoners lot q
happier one. but the vanqulshcd Zoe u
silll ready 10 declare that war Il exact
~ what General sherman once said Il
was. Methods may change. but hui
man nature remains unchanged aud the
same piratical game a. tho conclusion
o. war Il played now that was played
when Cesar and Alexander sailed forth
10 nFht the Zoe. IN their day territory
ana tribute were wrcatod from the van
aulahcd ana captiyoa became slaves In
these days the victor takes all tho terri
tory ana cash h. can got but the cap.
tlyea are sent home In steamships free
of charge ~ are permitted to 20 home
at their own expense. spain seems o.
have Loot All but her quiNotir honor"
ana her home peninsula, but what TN.
Gle Sam viii compel her 10 give up re-
mains 10 be seen.
A. the beginning Of the present cen.
tury many ~ the nations of the old
world had powerful fleets OF war YES.
ncl-, and Il IL dlmcuit 20 understand
that ut that time 10 was unsafe Tor mor.
chant vessels of any nation 20 suii In
the Mediterranean. a. they were liable
20 be captured by pirates unless accom-.
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saxony. 100000 and entirely Prussia
received s2.00oOoO gulden tsl2 100000 as
war ind unity. HesHe-pArmstadt ceded
Ilcsae-ii0mhurE and some territory
ana entered the North German Confcd.
Grafton. Bavaria also coded small
district IN the north 10 Prussia. Austria
renowned hor claims On SlcsWick and
Holatoln and recognized all that tho
war had elected, Five years later there
was united Prussia ana Germany. but
the seven weeks war of 1866 gave the
vlotors the greatest combined lndom-
nifty that was ever exacted by a con.
qucrlng nation.
Austria, however before this. In 1859.
had suffered loss That year France
ana Sardinia declared war AGAINST her.
and u was the Fronoh victory OF Ma
Eonta ana that VI solfarlno by the al
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uy the United States were equal, oxclu-
glye M Texas, 20 half the domain ~
Mexico embracing "a territory OF 10000
square miles, The area OF tho then New
Mexico (out Of which have been created
half dozen states aud tofritorloH) uu
actually oeded 10 tho United States was
s26.01A square miles. The disputed
ground OF Texas which belonged 10
Mexico contained i2i.52O square miles;
the undisputcd. aebb2o. representing In
total an acquisition Of territory n times
the aiEe OF New York state This terri
tory contained the richest mineral iclds
In the world.
Tho wars Of the United States have
been few compared 10 those Of Euro
nean powers ana the indemnity asked
limited, In foreign countries the wars
have been many. and settlements of
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turing an American vessel and con-
dnmning her crew 90 slavery Then o.
powerful squadron under Porter and
Perry. early ln 1915. appeared zoo Che
Mndit rranaHu. captured Goo lara tffIg-
nte in the AiTcrino navy ma uIth 0th-
or naval sncaorsos r1 terrified che d0y
That no Immediately consented 10 o.
treaty ~ nmicunIe relations. rurrou-
dored nli Die prisoners, made certain
r0 .uarv .ndrmuitIos and rouHurr.i
Hll future claim to any American tribute
or payments
Commodore Decatur then proceeded 90
TunIa and TripoIl and obtained from
both indemnity FOR certain American
vessels captured under che guns uf tholr
forts hy british cruisers dufiur the late
war 0f isi2-if The hoy 90 Tripnu not
having sufficient cash 90 equal tho nr-
bitrnry demand on his cxchcqusr Dcch-
tur accepted. ns part payment. the
restoration 10 liberty of oIsht Danes
and two NoHpolliHns who had been held
as slaves. They were returned 10 their
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FIRsT LANDING or AMERICAN TRooPs IN PoRro Rlco

make naval damonrtratlon on the
coast ~ barbary, and. though Ttlpou
moditntcd war. the Arab provinces were
ovcraWed Ior the time bulug hy tine
slght of Yankee guns, The United
Stntoa thus oct the fr-t example among
Christian nations OF maklug rrprlsala
Instead " paying ransom The rulo VI
security against those commercial
marludcra. Tho sendng N tho squad
ron was virtually the beginning uf The
rrlpoltnn war thnt lasted 600 1905. Il
ended ln a treaty hy which every
American was released ard tla United
states paid 10000 Co CLOSE tine contract.
which was that our vessels should Dc
fOuyur tlHt from seizure
when our second conflict with Grtat
britain was ln continuance. mo u.y
of AlgIor took the opportunity W can.