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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-11-11
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'Well, - said the corporal's wife, 81 sup
pose the boys did suffer a good deal on ao-
count of the poor quality and the scarcity
of food, but for my part I m glad of it. .
"Oh, Mrs. Whitestripes, her neighbor
exclaimed, - how can you say such thing?
It's wicked"
Maybe It is. but my husband hasn't
had a single complaint to make about my
cooking since he got home. Chicago
Narva
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there is no remedy that cures e19rything
The Elder Lady "a physician mother
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what is the matter with me, my son in
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for 81 per bottle by Swift & Holiday
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rspecla1 Correspondence.1

Especial Correspondence.I
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-During the
intervals between the congressional ses-
sions Washington is a very dull place.
1t is essentially more southern than
northern in its characteristics, and this
popularity is emphasized when our ma
tionaI lawmakers are absent There are
Of course foreign tourists and visitors
from various parts of the Union, but
they are few in number and scarcely
disturb the quiet uniformity of life in
the city. The foreign legations are also
practically deserted, and few even of
the minor diplomats have returned to
their official residences from their vaca-
tions. The president and most of the
member of his cabinet, too, have been
away a great deal of late, and Wash
ingtOn had nothing to talk about but
the work of the war Investigating COM
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BROADER DIPLOMACY
WITH EXPANSION CONE NEW MA
TIORAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The AppOintment of John Hay as
Secretary of state Indicates a
strengthening OF Our Diplomatic
servtce-speciaI Training Needed.
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Bears the n The Kind You Have AHaTs Bought
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BICYCLES.

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Bicycles and sundries. bicycles and
tandems for rent; repairing of al kinds
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JEWELER2.

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ticfan- Complete stock of watches. dia-
monds, silverWare, etc. Eyes examined
and spectacles properly fitted
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FLORISTR.

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R J. Groves, 81 Kansas ave Phone coz
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MATCHMAKER


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PHYSICIAN AND sUReEoNa

s E. SHELDON, NJ. D.
Surgery and diseases Of women, with
private hospital. Office No. 720 Kan. ave
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

DO YOU WANT TO sell. buy. rent or ex-
changer We also make a speciality Cf
houses on monthly payments See the To-
peka Trust Co., 534 Kansas ave. main floor.
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FOR Observation-Disclosures

FOR SALE&The best mixed feed in the
city al Conman's, S12 East Fourth
Phone $50.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-31
GERMAN TORPEDO BOAT AT SEA.

the motto in Germany, just couple of
months since, six new and large steam
ers for the lar Asiatic passenger and
freight traffic. Two of these newly-or-
dered steamers are to be of $4,000 tons
each. The new floating docks of this
same firm are a mechanical wonder in
themselves, capable of accommodating
ships of any size. And what confidence
German capital, too--usually so eau
tious-has in this new movement is
best seen from the fact that the capital
stock of Blohm & Voss was raised to
60,000,0OO marks within "a hours, and
that the money was subscribed twice
over on the Hamburg bourse in single
day.
However, the greatest wonder in this
line, after all, is Kiel. The imperial
yards there alone are worth visit to
the town. for they are in all essential
respects-capacity, costly machinery,
skill of workmen, ability Of engineers,
number employed, etc. far ahead Of
the government yards Of France in
Toulon, Marseilles and Brest, For
years a force Of between 5000 and 5000
men has been steadily employed there.
The smaller government yards in Will
6elmshaven are also Of excellent ca
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are intelligent, educated gentlemen,
and they have been sagaciousIy study.
ing the constitutional and international
problems which have come up as con.
sequence of the tragedy in Havana har-
Dor. President Mckinley has sought
the counsel and wisdom of leading men
of both political parties, because he be-
lieves that Scripture which saith: I'm
the multitude of counselors there is
safety" Therefore Senator Allison,
Senator Davis, Senator Morgan, Sena-
tor Daniel and other men of like char
acter and caliber have dined with the
president at the white house, some of
them remaining with him until mid
night.
Meantime our great people have been
endeavoring to demonstrate to the
world their august self-restraint, their
belief in their government and it's in
situations and their consciousness of
power. When they speak it will be
through their representatives in the
congress; and then, through their pres
ident, as provided for in the law of the
land, the constitution.
SMITH n ERv
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VALUABLE LIVES.

Pearl Wight, of New Orleans, is in.
sured for 100000 and Mrs. Lauretta B.
Gibson, of Cincinnati, for $4,000. In
addition to these there are probably q
dozen other women whose lives are in
sured for $4,000. l%t@=&%& Nj
Two wealthy women in Denver carry
heavy insurance-Mrs. Mary E. Eek.
hart, $135 1000, and Mrs. Martha ]. Gran.
mer, 100000. Of the $1,s0o,ooO of the
Philadelphia Disstons, Hamilton Diss.
ton. the head of the great law firm, is
insured for round million, his two
sons for 100000 and 100000, respec.
lively, and his wife, Mrs. f.. Disston, fol
100000. E .@@s lbs.
The most heavily insured woman in
the United States is Mrs. Phebe A,
Hearst, who holds policies on her life
amounting to 100000. Another won.
an well known in San Francisco who is
heavily insured Is Mrs. Margaret B.
Croker, widow of Judge E. B. Croker,
who is insured for $15O,COo, and her
daughter, Mrs. Jennie Fassett, carries
g policy Of $780, 1000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-31
NEW GERMAN NAVY.
Emperor William Wants It to Be
Absolute Perfection.
Phenomenal Development OF the
Ship-DuildinE Industry In Hail
Fl . score Of German and Bal
.&sG If . - tic Sea Ports. .:E 81. :,

Especial Berlin Germany letter.
Germany is one of the youngest of
modern" maritime nations. say
purposely modern" for in the old
days, when the Hansa lorded it over
the seas, Germany was a fighting power
on sea, for several centuries the most
formidable. But of the modern
powers she : Isl with the single
exception of Japan, the youngest. 1t
was exactly so years ago, in 1s4s, that
the beginning of the German navy
dates, and that first attempt PANIED
out so badly that a couple of years later
the young navy, for want of somebody
to support it, was auctioned off to the
highest bidder. This is literally true,
q fact comparatively little known out
side of Germany, where nobody likes to
think of it. But it is quite different to-
day. In the British naval press the
best-informed and most competent
writer's express again and again the
opinion that the pretty song 'Britannia
Rules the Waves" will in all likelihood
soon become obsolete, and that the Teu-
ton cousin across the channel will be
most largely instrumental in bringing
it about.
AS a matter of cool, unvarnished fact
Il must be conceded that there is a
movement now in Germany to make her
a maritime nation of the first rank; a
movement so energetic, intelligently d.
rected and powerful that it is bound
to succeed before many years are over.
Only ten years ago a majority of the
large steamers, and large proportion
of the men-of-war, were still made for
Germany in British yards. To-day not
only practically all the German vessels,
large and small, are turned out in Ger
many's own yards, but not inconsid-
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cradle percentage of Great Britain's for
e1gn ship-building has also come here.
On the wharves and yards of Schi-
chau, in Elbing, the finest and swiftest
torpedo boats in the world are built
many of them for China, Brazil, Chill,
Turkey, Greence, even Japan. In Dant
zic vessels are turned out for the Scan
dinavian north, as we'll as for Russia,
besides those for German shipping. In
Stettin, the gigantic Vulcan works now
build steamers for passenger traffic that
are unrivaled, such as the Kaiser Will
helm der Crosse, the vessel which has
beaten one and all the other ocean grey
hounds, in a perfectly fair competition,
every trip it has made since it's launch
ing. But the same works also turn out
the very perfection of the newest and
most powerful vessels for the German
and foreign navies. Then, besides,
large number of smaller and older ship
yards in number of the harbor towns
On the German. ocean as we'll as on the
Baltic, such as Rostock, Geestmunde,
konigsberg, Emden, Papenburg, Will
helmshaven and others, there are the
big yards in Hamburg and in Kiel. In
Hamburg, for instance, the firm of
Blohm & Voss are now capable IT turn
ing out with neatness and dispatch YES
sells of the most enormous size and of
the latest construction. The Hamburg
America line has ordered Of them, since
Kiao-Chou was seized by the Germans
and the ''exploitation'' of China became
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-31
The Flying So uadrOn.

Washington. March 25.--The orders
issued by the navy department. dur
ing the day covered every branch
of naval armament. The, "fying
squadron" was definitely established,
with Commodore. w. S. Schley in
command. Those Of the squadron
will be the crack armored cruiser
Brooklyn, the battleships Massachu-
sets and Texas and the cruisers Column
bia and Minneapolis. Other ships which
are now or hereafter may be at Hamp-
ton Roads, will not be of the flying
squadron, but will belong to the North
Atlantic station under Capt. Sampson.
The flying squadron is to be small,
compact fleet Of the best ships in the
navy, for quick service at any point
along the Atlantic. s...:Ss ~ ;s.t ST.
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pacity, although they cannot be com
pared with those in Kiel.

pacity, although they cannot be com
pared with those in KEEL.
= But Kiel has Of late had. a mother inn
portant addition to its ship building
industries, the new Krupp yards. All.
though their beginning dates only back
is months, these new works already
cover "a splendid tract5of 100 acres, and
employ 100 men. They are to be
steadily enlarged, moreover, and it is
intended to make them, within the COM
ing ten years, the biggest of all. Dur
ing the next seven years, while the
German navy is to be doubled. and after
wards trebled, in size. these new wards.
called, significantly enough, .'Germania
yards" will execute no small portion of
the work required. e. e l..
During visit recently paid to tho
famous Schichau yards in ElLing, on
the Baltic, was greatly interested in
the new torpedo cruisers in process of
construction there. They were being
built for China, which country, it may
be remembered, had her navy entirely
destroyed by Japan during that re-
markable duel between the pigmy and
the unwieldy giant, and some others for
Austria, whose ship-building capacities,
so far as her navy is concerned, are not
up to date. The newest type of tor
pedo cruiser, intended for China, was
en- especially remarkable vessel, with
a registered speed Of 80 knots, or about
81 miles, per hour, the swiftest boat
af1oat. To look at this vessel was in
deed treat, so much did the eye be-
come pleased with the elegant lines and
the racer-like qualities of it,, Although
but 23O feet long, and IS feet wide, this
remarkable cruiser is driven by 5000
horsepower of steam and when under
way there will, until some swifter are
built. nothing be able to catch it on
water. So the Chinese, if they ever have
another marine war, will at least be
able to run away from their enemies,
which they were, it will be remembered.
unable to do from the Japs.
The latest built English torpedo
cruisers, while nominally capable of a
speed of 81 knots, have in reality only
achieved 90 knots. when loaded up the
way German vessels are on their trial
trips. The Austrian government, in it's
torpedo cruisers, was not quite so ex.
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.CAI. Mt D CL RE Nv AR.
Such Power IS Not Vested in Presi-
dent Mckinley.
Congress Alone Has the Autho rity to
1naugurate State OF Wharf.-The
Point Defined by the Com
stitutiOn.
Especial WASHINGTON letter.

lSpeclaI washington Letter.1
The constitution of the United States
article !, sectien 8. paragraph II, pro-
vldes that 1.-THE congress shall have
power to declare war, grant letters of
marque and reprisal, and make rules
concerning captures on the land and
water"
We all understand that the constitu-
tion is the supreme law of our country,
and therefore 1t is important that we
should obey that law in every particu-
'ar' Strange as it may appear to some
OF our young ladies and gentlemen, who
study the constitution at school, there
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-31
Shifting the Responsibility.

1T has been proved by half dozen
witnesses" said the police magistrate.
shat you are selling bread under
weight. Have you any explanation to
offer?''
1.-THE four's so bad these days, your
honor" replied the honest baker. look
ing the magistrate fearlessly in the eye,
"that my conscience won't let me sell
it to the people in greater quantities
than I can Chicago Tribune.
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Burned to Death.

Mrs. Frank Storest, of Minneapolis,
went to visit neighbor for few mo-
ments, leaving her 5-months-old baby
in the baby carriage, while her 3-year-
old son was playing around the house.
Upon the mothers return she was rem
dered almost frantic by seeing the car.
riage wrapped in flames and the baby
suffocating: Hastily she extinguished
the fire, but the infant was so badly
burned that it died the next day.
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Comfortable at Home.

''Say, haven't seen you at the club
for fortnight. What's the matter?"
"Just now I'm staying at home good
deal.'
"Really?"
Eyes; my wife is visiting her parents. "
Paris Gaulois.
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' tl iIs b
G0aRfD.

Our neighbors rip US up the back
Their flood Of talk we cannot stem;
But they would do it worse - alack!
If they knew what we say Of them,
Puck. $500 4Sz* 3EaSs &l. IA
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A Proposal.

Without word of warning he threw
himself at my feet. !"
o, well, you know he couldn't miss
them. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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All Buyers Arc Sold,

The Proprietor hope you never let
a customer go out of the store without
buying something.
The Clerk-Well, I believe there are
very few go out whom we do not sell.
-Yonkers Statesman
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A Reilly.

Creditor-Look here, now. Iwant an
answer. When are you going to pay my
bill? .-:s
dear sir, I'm no
prophet.-Harlem Life.
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OF Course Not,

II never knew but one man who was
"And III bet he wasn't married.
'Of course he wasn't. "-Chicago
Post.
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n 2Wk III Bret,

~ uAAO -. "C1Cu, OF
the Duluth Gas and Water company,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the head with revolver.
The residence of Jacob Nowatny at
Little Falls, was destroyed by fire.
A scheme is on foot to form state
base ball league.
Charles Peterson, a stranger, was
found dead, hanging by rope to a
door hinge in the Peoples hotel, st.
Paul.
VIM. Walling, a tim Der cruiser, was
found near Pine River under two logs.
A trapper released him and went for
help, but when he returned Wallinp
was dead.
A. c. Dunn, brakesman on the
Minneapolis G. st. Louis railroad, fell
between two cars at Montgomery and
was killed.
John B. Brisbin, retired lawyer and
ex-mayor of St. Paul, is dead.
Miller & Dolan, general contractors,
have made an assignment.
Mrs. Bertha Svaleson, wife of a
prominent farmer in eastern Polk
county, was examined as to her SANITY
and committed to the Fergus Falls
asylum. The case is peculiarly dis
tressing, as Mrs. Svaleson is upwards
of so years of age and the mother of
ten children.
The st. Cloud board of education has
been informed by State Auditor Dunn
that it can have a loan of $25, 900 from
the state school fund at per cent,
payable in 20 years or at the option of
the board. The money is to be used
for building new ward schools.
Mrs. VIM. Window, formerly of Wi
mona, presented the United States
steamer VIM: Window with fine por-
trait of the late deceased secretary of
the treasury. The portrait has been
acknowledged by the captain of the
vessel.
Mrs. j. r. Emery, of Anoka, was
seriously and perhaps fatally burned.
She had gone to the barn with a Ian
tern to feed a calf, and as she ap-
preached the animal the cow kicked.
striking the lantern and setting fire to
her dress. 5E
E. L. Fisher has been appointed
postmaster at Duluth, and 81. 8. Wire
at St. Cloud. ", s.'.. gag
Gunder Gunderson,. living near
Candy, accidentally shot himself. while
hunting. He died the following day.
Archie Chance, an s-year-old boy Of
Little Falls, died from the effects Of q
fall from a toy wagon, causing rupture
of q blood vessel in the brain. \.
At the recent meeting of the state IL
brary commission, nearly 200 books
were placed on the list from which
school districts may select their school
libraries. s
Leroy Berrier was convicted at Min
neapolis Of sending obscene matter
through the mails. The books sent
were Of q medical nature,
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CQrf0inlv pronF Eno~~th

.Nellie-1 wonder if Mr.. Graceleigh
really loves me.
Nannie--1 am sure of it. heard him
say he thought you Observation-Disclosures
Transcript. - ~ *
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STRENGTH I'M Numher..

I'VE are getting up Klondike club"
when do you go?''
Were not going at all; we are or
ganizing to keep one another from go
ing. Detroit Free Press.
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More Prizes

At the convention of the Buttermak.
ers' association, held lately at Topeka,
Kan, William Burchard, manager of
the New Germany creamery, and Will
lam Peterman. manager of the Peter
man creamery, Waconla, scored 95
points and a fraction, thus allowing
them to participate in the prize money
and places them and their creameries
in the first rank in the state. Mime
sofa took 60 per cent of the prize
money.
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"A Good Stop.

The b1cking of an electric car and
its escape from the control of it's crew
gave Policeman Skoog chance to dis
tinguish himself on Wabasha street,
St. Paul, which he was not slow to
avail himself of. Boarding the run
away car as it coursed madly through
the crowded street, he seized the brake
crank and by dint of hard work stopped
the car just in time to avert serious
collision with another car at Seventh
and Webasha.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-31
DANGEROUS lnsinuat,on-

Nellie-I know that am not perfect.
I realize that have my faults.
George-Yes; that's so.
Nellie (indignantly)-I have, eh? I'd
like to know what they are. Just name
one.-N. Y. World.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-31
Seed Grain Needed.

1t Is quite probable that the grain
men of the Twin Cities will be asked
to assist the Red River valley flood suf-
ferers in obtaining seed wheat this
spring. The matter has been brought
to the attention of Gov. Clough, who
decided to investigate the matter. In
the absence of seed grain appropria.
ton this year. it will be impossible
for them to secure aid from the state.
The governors fund is only So, 900, and
not sufficiently large to assist the farm
ers who lost all their crops last year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-31
The Years Iron Output

A conservative estimate of the ore
output of the Lake Superior iron mines
is that the total shipments the coming
season will be $4,000, 600 tons. of which
half will come from the Minnesota
ranges. Fourteen hundred thousand
will come from Vermilion range and
6fty-six hundred thousand from Mesa.
ba. The amount from Minnesota NAV
be half a million more.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-31

q France taxes bicycles one dollar .
year. and tand lens two dollars year. 4
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No AspirAtes.

At a very imposing luncheon given
by well-known stock broker recent
ly, the host was dilating with much
pride and little grammar on the deli
cacies he had provided.
~ notice you have no aspirates," OBJ
served one of them quietly.
"No more I ave-" replied the stock
broker, with crestfaller visage, "but
if money can get 'em," he added, "Tll
ave some of the best in the market
next time you're 'ere.' -Answers.