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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

The island of Puerto Rico is the
fourth in size of the West India is
lands, and is 90 miles long and 80 miles
broad. 1t is oblong in form and al
most a parallelogram. The island is
traversed by a mountain chain from
which numerous rivers of pure and
wholesome water descend and traverse
the lowlands to the sea. It is remark
ably fertile; it's great heat in summer
is tempered by the cooling sea breezes,
and it is the most desirable of the West
Indies. The capital of the island is San
Juan, but the city of Ponce is the me-
tropolis.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
MARKETS..

Minneapolis, Aug. 8.
Wheat-No. l northern, 90 to Gle,
No. northern, 81 to $50: Sept, 64Ic.
Oats-No. white, % to 23c.
Corn-No. 8, soc.
Cattle-Steers, $3.50 to 42o; COWS,
1925.
Sheep-Muttons, ST. to 4.25, lambs,
SIS. 40.
Butter-Creamery, extras, IS to 16c;
creamery, firsts, Is to lac; dairy, fancy,
IS to 14c.
Poultry-Turkey, 7 to Sc; spring
chickens to Sc.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

San Francisco, Aug. s.-Brig. Gen.
King has announced his attention of
sailing with the troops on the transport
Arizona, which he expects will be ready
within the week. Col. J. C. Lopez, of
the Fifty-first Iowa volunteers, has re-
ceived telegram from Congressman
Hull, of that state, advising him that
his regiment would certainly be sent
to Manila. AS soon as the news was
communicated to his command the
band, paraded through the streets of
the camp.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
suggestion.

The wealth of the Klondike appears
to be regulated entirely by the wealth
or poverty of the returned Klondiker.
The man who has a bag of dust is
much more hopeful as to the future of
the Yukon country than the man who
returns with nothing but All impaired
anne<ite
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
Aged woman Cremated

Knoxville, Tenn, Aug. s.-Mrs. Helen
Kelley, aged 10s, was burned to death
at her home in Hancock county Satur-
day afternoon. Half a century ago she
lost several thousand acres of valua-
BILE mineral and timber lands in North
Carolina through legal entanglements.
She then came to Tennessee and lived
alone until death. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

The Washington American quotes a
farmer as follows: "Every year hear
of caterpillurs destroying whole or
chards. There is nothing so easy to
dispose of. bore hole in the tree
deep enough to reach the sap, fill the
hole with sulphur and plug it up. The
sap takes the sulphur to every limb
and twig, and the caterpillars ,disap-
pear at once. Ihave used it for years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

Lieut.. Blue, whose scouting expedi-
tions into the enemy's country around
Santiago have won for him the admira-
ton of everyone, is but 80 years of
age. Hehas command of the Suwanee,
converted sea-going tug which has
managed to make itself felt by the
enemy on more than one occasion. 1t
is in order to remark that Lieut.. Blue
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

The naval battle wherein Cervera's
fleet was destroyed has been given an
appropriate name. Lieut.. Whittlesby
suggested that it 60 down in history
as The battle of July g." and the war
department promptly acted upon the
suggestion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
Took Hi. own Lie.

~ Chicago, Aug. 81. H. Banks, 20
years postmaster of Willow Springs,
committed suicide in the Briggs house
early Sunday morning by shooting
himself. The only reason his friends
give for the suicide is that he was in.
sane. He left home apparently in high
spirits and had $500 cash with him, but
his money was gone when he was
found dead.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

A Pittsburgh company has just re-
ceived an order from Belfast, Ireland,
for ITO tons Of steel plates to be used in
the construction of steamships at one
OF the largest shipbuilding yards in
Belfast. 1t is the first order of this
sort that has ever been received from
abroad, and is an Indication of the
rapid strides being taken by this coun-
try in furnishing the world with ship
building material.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

The new bankruptcy law win not be
effective until October 10, so that
those who are DESTROYS of paying their
debts under the present system will
have ample time to make up their
minds to do so. %.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
Killed His wife and Himself.

Davenport, Ia, Aug. s. - Henry
Schultz, of Valley City, Ia.,. shot and
killed his wife Saturday morning. and
then killed himself. Domestic trouble
was the cause. His wife left him
week ago and came to Davenport to
live with friends. She had applied for
divorce on the grounds of cruelty.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

Private Cornell, of the First Ala
bama, was tried by court-martial for
overstaying leave of absence, and it
came out in the proceedings that the
young man, within the period of "a
hours, had collected $17.7O, got mar
ried and joined the church. Cornell
was f.xcuSe6
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
t as a man murderer.

''In, the interest of historical accu-
racy it ought to be provided" re-
marked the observer of men and things
in an exchange, that the census about
to be taken shall enumerate all those
who fired the first hostile shot in the
present war. The task will be easier
now than later, when these persons
shall have become more numerous"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

Buffalo Bill is generally credited
with originating the name of trough
rider,' but he probably borrowed it
from the late Maj. John N. Edwards,
who said in his "Shelby and His Men,"
published in 1867: "Price was there,
and Pagan was there, and from the
plains of Texas came the rough riders
to water their steeds in the swift Mis-
SisSinDi -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
WHAT IT COSTS.
Of What 1t Means to Have
Three Months War,

Washington, Aug. Estimating lib
orally that the expenses of the war
were 100000 day since April rs, the
war has cost the government up 10 this
time, $103,oo0,00o. But there are some
items to be added to this whjh raise
the grand total to $780, 100000. But as
it is it appears that the popular loan of
100000, oooi more than enough to meet
all the expenses of the conflict. The
heavy expenditure of money has been
since July 1 with the army in opera
ton. Some of the big items of expense
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

Mrs. Ella Knowles Haskill, who ran
for the office of encouragement of
Montana on the populist ticket, and,
failing to get elected, married her sue
cessful competitor on the republican
ticket, becoming thereby the assist
ant encouragement, thinks woman
murderer should receive the same pun
ishment as man murderer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11


american killed
American Wounded.:.. ...................... 8
spanish kllleQ $50
spanish wounded. ........................6 25
At Santiago: sr f. r.
American killed or afterward died Of ~ u
wounds received in battle. ....:...... 26e
American wounded. .1,2&
Spa nish killed................... 1 350
spanish wounded. 2, 900
+ The Americans subsequently lost in Cuba
from yellow fever and camp disease, SO far
as can be TOLD now, 202 A.
In other Cuban engagements: Americans
killed. IS; Americans wounded, 116; Spanish
killed, 800; Spanish wounded, AGO.
Total American killed or died, 500; wound.
ed. laos. Total Spanish killed or died, 1900:
wounded. 3.025. >, 81 5@s S., ~.
No attempt is made in the American
list Of dead to include those who. died
in camp after the mobilization 81 the,
state troops and volunteers. These
number scores, but the official tables
must be awaited before they can be
given accurately. At the worst, the,
total American dead will not exceed
ZOO. HIM ..'s
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

The hero of the Merrimac expedi-
ton has gently but firmly repudiated
the pretensions of another young wom-
an who claimed to be engaged to him,
and it is still unsettled as to who is
really Hobson's choice.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11

Thomas Jefferson wrote to Presi-
dent Monroe in 1923: II candidly con-.
TESS that I have ever looked upon Cuba
as the most interesting addition which
could ever be made to our system OF
states"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
Heavy shipment q q Coz 4

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug. s.Forty-six
tow boats with tows. aggregating 10
coal boats, $40 barges. and 81 fats,
started down he Ohio Saturday car
rying $, $50 900 bushels st coal for
Louisville and Cincinnati.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
No Hirhbin der. There.,

San Francisco, Aug. 8. The exist
ence OF societies Of Highbind ers in this
city, reported to immigration Conn
missioner North, is denied by s. X.
J Mitsuse, editor Of the New World, q
Japanese newspap per. He claims that
sail the organizations OF his country
men in this city have been formed for.
the mutual benefit Of their members.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
Maria Teresa Floated.

Washington, Aug. s.-The Spanish
cruiser Maria Teresa has been foated
and will be taken to Hampton Roads
under her own steam.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
Camp McCalln Rurne,l.

Washington, Aug. s.-Camp Nc
Gala, held BY marines since the first
invasion gof Cuba near Santiago, has
been abandoned. The camp has been
burned and the marines have
on board ship.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
LATER, NEWS.

A general movement of troops under
Gen. Miles on San Juan has begun.
Reported that Capt. Sigsbee will be
given command of the Texas.
Union and Confederate veterans hold
joint reunion at Philadelph ia.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
Indianapolis Chosen.

South Bend, Ind, Aug. s.--The North
American Turnerbund executive COM
mittee met here Sunday. It was decid-
ed to remove the headquarters from st,
Louis to Indianapolis.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-11
THE LOSS OF LIFE.
An Approximate Idea of the Number
:-' Of American and Spanish
Victims of War;

Washington, Aug: s.-Oficial tables
on the total killed and wounded on
each side since war was declared have
not been compiled, and probably will
not be for months yet. From the best
sources obtainable the tables will APP
proximate the following figures:
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08
Canadian Election Void.

Toronto, Oct "A special from ottawa
saws: Judging from present returns on
the prohibition vote, barely one-fourth Of
those entitled to vote gave expression to
their opinion on Thursday. As a conse-
ouence it is learned that the government
will ignore the whole proceedings. a few
ministers in town are retcent and decline
to speak for publication, but the fact is
known that no notice will be taken of the
vote. 1t is pointed out that the largest
majority recorded is that against prohi-
bition in Quebec, and that apathy was
general among the voters.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08
single Men Die Young.

Germans are VIGOROUSLY fond Of sta
tistics-whether those immortalized by
Mr.. BalfOur or not-and a certain DR..
Schwartz has just published in Berlin
little book which absolutely revels in
them. The worthy doctor has studied
the official statistics of length of life,
and has come to the conclusion that, in
order to live long. it is necessary to be
married. Out of every 20 men of 90
years of age 4S are married and % are
bachelors; at 70 the proportions are u
to II, and at so nine to three
or course, it may be said that at those
ages there are many more married than
single men, but DR.. Schwartz is ready
for that objection, and replies that be-
tween the ages of 30 and 45 the mortal
ity among bachelors is q per cent,
while among married men 1t Is only 19
per cent. Dr.. Schwartz has proved that
1t is absolutely necessary to be married
II a man wishes to become a Centena-
rian, for OF fifty proved centenarians
whom the doctor has examined not one
was bachelor 1t is true that there
were no married men, either, for all of
the old men We're widowers. The facts
are now established. TO live long a
man must be married, and then become
a widower at some period of his life,
which has not yet been ascertained.
Evidently, II DR.. Schwartz discovers
the exact length married life should
continue he will have solved the prob
lem of old age.
But it is possible that wives would
not be SO complaisant as to leave their
husbands widowers exactly on the right
date, and until some arrangement is
made on this score the science of living
long will never be absolutely exact
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08
Ready for the Next.

A certain eminent judge who was re-
Gently reelected, when he was asked
about the facility with which he turn
ed from one case to another. replied
that he had learned that from what he
saw at a baptism Of cOlored people
when he was boy. The weather was
very cold, so that to immense the can
didates they were obliged to cut away
the ice 1t befell that when one OF the
female converts was dipped back in
the water, the cold made her squirm
about. and in a moment she had Slip
ped from the preachers hands and was
down the stream under the ice. The
preacher. however, was not disconcert-
ed. Looking up with perfect calmness
at the crowd on the bank, he saidi
Brethren, this sister hath departed
hand me down another. "-Argonaut.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08

Rodney took the large document n,
Ruth's lap and unfolded it and glance
over the half-written, half-printed
page.
ut means" he said, ''that you're
wealthy little woman in spite of your
self, Ruth. Your Aunt Martha had
half her property decided to you be-
fore she died, That which she spoke
of in her will was the other half of It,
which had not been decided away. and
you, Of course. supposed that repre-
scented all. She leaves you her old
home, and other property in its yicin,
ity, To the value of good many thou
sands of dollars, | should say"
1T can't be- cried Ruth. excitedly.
And yet it must be SO. Read her let
ter, Rodney-read it aloud, and maybe
it'll seem clearer to me-"
Rodney read
My Dear Niece Ruth: do not think
have very long to lige, therefore |
shall so arrange matters now that
there need be little trouble I'm disposing
of what | leave behind. when | am
dead. When you told me you could not
fall in with my plan about a marriage
with Hugh | was indignant. If | had
died then. you would have got little
from me if | could have had my way
about it. But by-and-by | began to
think it over and came to believe that
YOU were right and | was wrong
calculated from the head, you from the
heart. and the heart is to be trusted
most in such matters, think. admire
YOU for your honesty TO your woman
hood and your loyalty to your one
armed lover. You did just right. my
dear niece-iust right,-and to prove
to YOU that | bear you no ill-will for
not falling in with an old woman's
foolish plans | shall have half my
property decided to you at once. so that
at any time after my death, which |
have reason to believe may happen at
any time and suddenly, all there will
be for you will be to take possession.
God bless you, dear Ruth, and make
you very happy with the man you
have chosen. He ought to be proud Of
so loyal-hearted wife as you will
make him. Sometimes think kindly OF
the woman who never got much happi-
ness out of life, and may this legacy
bring you more enjoyment than it has
ever brought me.
Dear Aunt MARTHA said Ruth, soft,
", with tears rolling swiftly down her
cheeks. Il wish she could know how
much thank her for her legacy-and
her letter. DO you know, Rodney, I'm
not sure but | value that most?'
For answer he bent and kissed her.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08
Et E4 AZ ss 81 EE fss az * E Es t E M tt

not mentioned in my will you needn't
be surprised"
Il haven't asked to be remembered
in It," said Ruth. Il don't want You TO
think for a moment. Aunt Martha, that
| care for your money. | assure you,
have never given it thought
Perhaps not responded Aunt Mar
tina. but money comes handy some
times, and one wants to think twice be-
fore throwing away such "A chance as
this"
Il could not change my mind if
were to think a thousand tines" said
Ruth. Il am just old-fashioned enough
to believe that there are other things
more necessary TO ones happiness than
money
VERY well, youu do as you choose
about it. Of course said Aunt Martha,
frigidIy. But think my opinion worth
considering, Notwithstanding.
Cousin Hugh came. Ruth liked him,
but he wasn't Rodney Dare, Millions Of
money wouldn't have tempted her to
marry him if She had had no lover.
Il suppose you haven't changed your
mind about matters and things said
Aunt Martha, one day, the week before
Ruth went home.
Not in The least" replied Ruth.
"You're foolish girl" said Aunt
Martha.
"Maybe, but l think not responded
Ruth.
When she got home she told Rodney
all about Aunt Martha's plans.
do You think | was foolish?" She
asked. smiling into his face.
Il think you're noble, true hearted
little woman he answered. and kissed
her, Il hope you'll never regret giving
up your share Of your aunts fortune
for Il man with but one arm to protect
YOU with | feel unworthy of such a
sacrifice"
There was no sacrifice about it,
said Ruth. Il didn't care for the for
tune and | do care for you
Six months later a telegram came
saying that Aunt Martha was dead.
Would Ruth come to the funeral?
Ruth went, and after the funeral she
and cousin Hugh sat down in the old
fashioned parlor together, with Aunt
Martha's old lawyer and one or two of
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08
Two Most Remarkable Rivers.

From the beginning the Nile was an
exceptional river. Its sources were I'M
known. There were those who thought
that the Nile flowed down from heav-
en-; that it welled up from streams that
disappeared under the earth on an
other continent, or, at the very least,
that its springs were inaccessible to
man.
There was no such mystery about
the Euphrates. From the remotest
times it's sources seem to have been
known by hearsay, if not by observa-
ton, to the dwellers on the coast
The Nile was beneficent even in its
foods. The people learned to let Its
waters flow over their lands at the
time of the inundation. and where they
raised bikes and sunk canals and ba-
sins 1t was to let in the water not TO
keep 1t out
The Euphrates also had It's floods,
but these were destructive. They scar
red the soft earth with ravines and
swept the fertile soil onward to build
new lands along the edge of the Per-
sian Gulf. The people anticipated the
overflow with dread, and their most
absorbing task was to restrain the
river within bounds They became
more intimate with the earth than
their Egyptian contemporaries, They
learned how to mold the clay and to
make their houses and the houses OF
their kings and their gods out of the
material under their feet. The Egyp-
tians learned something about brick
manufacture, but they had no need
to depend wholly upon that sort Of
building material. 1t was easy for
them to obtain stone, as their huge
piles attest.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08

Undoubtedly Nine du Bos 'Elbhecq
Is the oldest living woman who sup
ports herself by her pen. She is 80
years old, and has outliyed husband,
son, grandchildren and friends, and is
now living in convent at Anglers,
France. Nine. du Bos d ElbhecQ is a
prolific authoress. A fist Of her books
would fill column of a large news
paper. Some of them were highly sue
cessful, and lie Pere Fargeau" still
sells. Her handwriting remains firm
and legble and the works which she
now produces are read chiefly by the
peasants and country folks. She began
to work for the printers at the age Of
20, that is seventy-nine years ago, and
her life ever since has been a regular
one. She has never been very poor and
never very well off. She was elected a
member of the Societe des Gems de Let
tres tifty-three years ago.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08
Awards for New Monitors.

Washington, Oct. 4.-Henry Scott of
the Union Iron Works of San Francisco
called upon Secretary Long yesterday to
learn the decision of the department con
cerning the awards of contracts for the
four coast defense vessels. The secretary
mas decided to award these contracts IN
accordance with the lowest bids, namely:
One monitor to Nixon, at $S25,000; New
port News, at $S60,000; Bath Iron Works,
at $4,000, and Union Iron Works, at
$4,000.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08

Ruskin's views OF the bicycle were
expressed several years ago in a letter
published, which has recently been
brought to public attention, and con-
tains the following:
Il not only object, but am quite pre-
pared to spend all my best bad Ian
gauge, in Reproduction of BIZ, tri-, and a.,
=. g. or 7-cycles and every other con
trivance and invention for superseding
human feet on Gods ground
ITO walk TO run, TO leap and to dance
are the virtues Of the human body, and
neither to stride on stills, wriggle on
wheels nor dangle on ropes, and moth
ing In the training Of the human mind
with the body will ever supersede the
appointed Gods way Of slow walking
and hard working.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08

Boise, Idaho, Oct. After being out
two hours the jury in the case of Charles
Nelson, charged with the murder of
Thomas NJ. Kerr, returned a verdict OF
not guilty. Nelson shot Kerr at the lat
fers home on June for intimacy with
Mrs. Nelson, Kerr dying nine days later.
The case has been of much interest. as
Aer was wealthy and quite prominent.
The trial of the case began on Monday a
week ago.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-10-08
Another Raft Collision.

San Francisco, Oct. 4, - The steamer
South Coast, bound from Buena Ventura
Tor this port, ran into one of the dereIict
log RATS near Pigeon point. The vessel
was severely Jared, but sheered off in
time to escape serious injury.
The chamber of commerce of this city
has sent a communication to Secretary
Gage asking him to take steps to stop
The dangerous practice OF towing RATS at