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The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
ABOUT VALENTINES.
Telling How the Many Millions
Them Are Made.

Them Are Made.
st. Valentines day.is as generally OBJ
served as ever, though a great part of
the celebrating is done by the children,
and most of the valentines are con-
structed to suit their pocketbooks, with
machine-made fat-faced cupids and
startling sprays of forget-me-not. The
higher-priced valentines, however, the
silk and satin and celluloid ones, are all
hand-painted, and though the work is
done as rapidly as possible many of
them are really beautiful. The secret of
their manufacture at the price, which
is always low for hard-painted work,
lies in the fact that, though no two are
alike there is little variety in them.
Cupids, flowers and bleeding hearts
furnish the usual subjects. BY close
application to business man may
learn to make bleeding hearts and
cupids almost mechanically, and with
a surprising rapidity. The work is
done with water colors and a cameps
hair brush, and few strokes applied
by an experienced hand finish a yalen-
tine. 1t is possible for one man to turn
out as many as 500 hand-painted valen-
tines in one day. The satin ones are
the hardest to paint, and, as natural
consequence, command: :: the ! highest
price. Some of them cost as much as $50
apiece.
From 5000 to 10000 of the cheap val
entines. those with verse and sundry
cupids, surrounded with lace paper, are
turned out in day by single factory.
The work is all done by machinery;
first the printing of the verse, next that
OF the colored picture, then the cutting
and folding, and lastly the addition of
the lace paper, which is pasted on after
all other parts are complete.
The comic valentine is an excrescence
Of the present. It is widespread evil,
too, for one firm gets out as many as
100000 of them annually and en-
ploys 400 workmen the: year round.
Most of the designs are made by G.
Howard, the magazine artist. and it is
given as an interesting fact that Mr..
Howard never works on them except
when he is out of humor and dissatis-
fed with life. He is said to draw carl
catures of the people who. have espe-
cially fncensed him. If this is so the
circle of Mr.: Howard's firm friends
must be a small one. It is more than
likely that if by some incarnation or
spell St. Valentine himself could be
brought back to earth and placed face
to face with an array of ''comics' he
would admit that he preferred his for
mer martyrdom. ::
But in spite of. the 15,000,000 comics
the comic. valentine is a small part of
the celebration. and though certain OBJ
jectionable persons have their short
comings laid before them in strong
light, and though certain other and
wholly inoffensive persons are annually
rendered insane with rage at what they
consider gratuitous insults,sthe general
trend of st. valentines day missiyes
still stay by the good old rhymes OF
heart and dart, eyes and sighs. and
other combinations almost as old as St.
Valentine himself Chicago Tribune.
The Worthington advance., 1898-02-10
WITHOUT A STOMACH.

| Digestive Power Of That Organ Has
| Long Been Overestimated..is 7fs@
The astonishing discovery made by
q foreign surgeon, who has found that q
human being can live without a stom-
ach, will be regarded with wonder BY
the men Of science everywhere Tie
physician who accomplished the tri-
'umph removed q woman's stomach four
months ago, but the woman is still alive,
working and in good health. She eats
and she gets the benefit of her food,
which is digested, presumably by the
other organs in the eintestinal tract. d,
i The operation may not be of imme-
date practical value. It seems to be
doubtful whether it will ever be tried
save in rare cases where the life Of the
patient is dependent upon relief from
some sort Of stomach trouble. The fact
remains that the performance is Of
great Importance as an indication that
the digestive and assimilativea power.
of the stomach hasbeen overestimated,
and that much work Of the kind is per
formed by intestinal organs which have
been little regarded. Heretofore It has
been taken for granted that the stom-
iach was an indispensable part Of the
vital system;: that without it no. ono
could take food or assimilate it. The
recent sensat ational operation has opened
up q whole new sphere Of physiologs.
#ical science by disclosing that 1t il.
actually possible to get along without.
the organ altogether. 7- !. s5.
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seems to be without fear of that sort,
for he takes walks about town when
ever he feels like it. He is often seen on
the streets walking with some friend,
and the people greet him cordially, so
that he is often obliged to stop and
shake hands with old acquaintances.
But, as matter of fact, he is closely
guarded. He has sign flied his unwill-
ingness to have a guard on his daily
walks; but the superintendent guards
him, just the same, and he does not
know it. He never leaves the. white
house for walk, without having ofic-
ers preceding and following him." =
The superintendent is right. Our re-
public is cosmopolitan and in our midst
are all sorts of people with all sorts Of
brains, good, bad, Indifferent, diseased
and cranky. The president ought not
to be unprotected for single second,
no matter whether he is popular or 'un-
popular. While he is our: chief magis-
trate, he is, and should be, an object Ct
the regard and solicitude Of all of the
people. SMITH D. FRY.
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tatoes for each day. doled out her Goa
so much for the morning, SO much fol
night-and was ready, for very JOY, tc
clap her hands if one had NOT been he.p
less. Eben: Doolittle, prosperous, hnd
talmost, passed out Of her life. of late
years. except as a pensive memory
Eben Doolittie, sick, forlorn and in
debt, called out all the old affection, Re.
enforced by maternal pity and ycarn.
ing. &% = =:
And, day" by day, the potatoes
dwindled and the -four grew less, while
the crippled hand became no better,
|4At last the final morsel Of food had dis.
I,appeared, and Doris scraped the coal
barrel with her left hand. &&s.z...
+ II have the shingles to fall back on,'
she said. "1tsluckyI dried a good pile
of them in the oven while the coal fire
llasted." '-.ts5 - y -. =. mr.
The day after she had eaten her last
saucer of oatmeal, salted instead OF
sweetened; she did not feel so brisk and
$50 independent of"physical limitations
If "out Of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh," it is no less true that
out Of the emptiness of the stomach
the thought uttereth itself: :.~> j.. 4.
II know I've been what people call a
born fool but l said / would take the
risk If die, TEben. will never know
why. He may come back some day, and
drop a few tears on my grave, and per.
t haps remember the pleasant hours we
had before the trouble came between
US. And how the neighbors will ex.
claim, when they find I have withdrawn
! my bank deposit! They will search
every hole and corner for my hidden
cash, and then bury me at town expense
Well, shall never know IT," II
But Doris did not die. She lived q
day and half without eating, because
she was too proud. to run in to: any OF
her ,neighbors' houses, socially, for q
cup of tea.
Toward the end of the second day
Mrs. Gillespie opened the kitchen door
and found Doris weak and shivering
in her little downstairs bedroom. de-
batting within herself whether she
should make friendly visit to Ann
Finney, her next neighbor, where she
would be sure of hearty welcome,
warmth and supper.
"Why, Doris Hilburn, your fire is as
dead as Julius Caesar, and you look as
,, if you were going to have a fever.
Whatever in this world possesses you
to keep so at home? meant to send
Sarah Jane down to ask you to spend
tomorrow with us, but on second
thoughts decided to come myself"
Doris tried to smile welcome, and
rose feebly to start a fire with the next
days share of shingles.
"I'm:not quite SO clipper today" she
said, drawing forth her little rocking
chair for the visitor. II guess I'll be all
right to-mor-" she staggered and fell
forward into Mrs. Gillespie's arms.
That good lady put her back to bed,
watched her shrewdly as she regained
her consciousness, then said: Nov,
lie still, Doris, and TIL light your fire
for you."
The little dressmaker murmured
! something about ordering coal soon.
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BIRDS EAT 400 SHEEP.

The Feast Took Place 100 Miles From
Dawson and Cost $2O,OOO.
| Jack Collins, who started for Dawson
City with band of sheep last summer,
has been heard from. He. sold part of
his flock for $4,000. The other and
biggest half of the flock fed the birds
of the arctic zone. This is how it hap
pened:
He drove the sheep in over the Dali
ton trail. Some time before Dawson
was reached cold weather came on, and
Collins decided to kill his sheep. He
killed and sold 500, and received nearly
$4,000 for them.
Then he concluded to hold the re-
mainder for better market. He killed
the remaining 400 in a sort of secluded
place off the line of travel and suspend
ed the carcasses on poles far enough
| above the ground to be out of the reach
of bears, wolves or other wild animals.
He left. two young men to watch the
mutton, and proceeded to look for
mining section. Having found one, he
located claim and proceeded to test
it. After he had dug out few thou
sand dollars worth of gold he thought
he would, as the French say, return
to his muttons."
His stay had been so prolonged that
the young men had become weary of
holding wake over the sheep, and,
imagining Dawson to be only few
miles away, had started for that city
to enjoy some of the pleasures met
ropolitan city can afford. 1t proved to
be about 100 miles to Dawson, so their
absence was more extended than they
had inended, and when Collins reached
the place where he had left the car
casses: of 400 sheep he found only 400
| bleaching skeletons.
/ The eagles, ravens, crows, kites,
hawks and other birds of prey which
inhabit that: region had been feasting
on mutton. where the carcass Is.
there will the eagles be gathered" is
proverb which applies to other birds
of prey. Collins had left so many car
casses that invitations had been sent
out: and general Of all the
vultures and things in that region. from
Behring sea to the Mackenzie river, had
taken place. Whether the. claim Col
lins secured will make good the loss
of the mutton or not remains to be seen,
but when he. drives in his next band Of
sheep the birds of prey will not get
so large q percentages Of 'them-Port-
land Oregonian. - .-. ~ , e., -
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A Town Rides I'm This. Elevator.
!. Probably the only elevator in the
world that IS used to connect two parts
of a town is the one in Heligoland. the
little island just off the coast of and be-
longing to Germany. One portion Of
the town is on a cliff over 200 feet high.
The other is at the base Of the cliff on
a fiat stretch Of. land. There are no
paths up the cliff, and all ,communica-
tionsE between: the two portions Of this
unique little place must be held by
means Of the elevator-an elevator that
lifts an entire: community to; and from
the scene OF its daily labors.--N. 7.
journal. 81.
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She meant to be truthful. But Mrs
Gillespie was already out in the kitchen
lifting the stove lids, her suspicious
aroused. - .
There's some: mystery here" she
confided to the poker, as she cleaned
out few wood ashes. There hasn',
been coal fire in this stove for two
days. Doris looks 'pinched with hun
ger, and that fainting was a bad piece
of business"
She took an old friends privilege o1
softly opening the 'buttery" door and
glancing along the, shelves. ...,s
mot a crumb of anything that baby
fly could make meal on. Doris is
either out of her mind, and growing
miserly, or else She has put her say
ings into some humbug concern that
don't pay, any dividends except to the
men that run it," IT. -, &c.,
She lighted the fire. then stepped to
the bedroom door. ,.s,.5-. .ga,5s...zs.g +
Doris, as soon as. you get warmed
up q bit, you might put your night
gown Into your little satchel bag and
come right back. with me tonight.
Sarah Jane thinks some of pulling mo-
lasses candy after supper, and maybe
the Simpson girls will. be-, over. You
used to be more. sociable." r. Il ,,,..7 4. .
She smiled and gave Doris a mother
ly pat on the shoulder. :: .9':&:1
''What a godsend!"" thought Doris,
never dreaming that. her old friend had
discovered the true state OF affairs.
It was a hea venly change when, after
letting: the shingle FIRE down and fas-
tening the doors and windows, Doris
with: her "satche el4bag" on her left arm
accompanied her good friend to the
home overfpwing with plenty.
The merriment after supper was at
its height when there was q knock at
the side door. ii II tx -
Eben Doo1ittlel . .t-s:' : '.:',+ ::
Mrs. Gillespie and the girls crowded
around him witha hearty welcome, hut
Doris sat white and trembling. Why
had The, come back 30 soon? Had his
last venture failed
Heagaya her q penetrating look %. he
came up and took her hand, then, said:
II called at your house. Dor Niss
] 49, =
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some Requirenents That VIII H
Found lndisDensable.
The universal article Of diet in that
eohntr epend ed upon and dindispensar
|sb1e, = bread or biscuit. And to maketh
bread and biscuit, either in the Z camp or
upon the trail, yeast cannot BE used -it
must be baking powder; and the pow
der manufactured By the processes Of
the Royal Baking Powder Company,
miners and prospectors have learned,
II the. only one which viii stand sin tiat
peculiar climate Of cold and dampness
aliii1raise the bread and biscuit itsatiSfao
torily. zs5s NJ
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaskaard
IsthsSY ukon country to know. foEshould
he be persuaded by some outftter 10
take onelof the cheap brands of baking
| powder, It will cost just as mnchisto
lttransport it, and then when he opens it
for nse, after oil his labor in packing Is
soyerthe longan difficult route, heMill
find q solid caked mass or q lot otofspoiled
powder, with no strength and nseless.
Such u mistake might lead to the most
serious results. sAIaska IL no placefin
which to experiment IN food, orstry to
economize with your stomach. For use
i'm sucha climate. and under, the trying
land fatiguing condi tionss Of life and
[Eiabor 81 TINT country, every thing must
the best and most nseful, and above
Ea1l il imperat tive that all food supplies
Esha have Hperfectlkeeping qualities. It
is absurd to convey over such difficult
and Expensive routes an article that
will deteriorate in transit, or that will
be found when required for use to; have
lost great part of it's value.
There is no better guide to follow
In these matters than the those
who have gone through similar expert
ence: Mr.. McQuesten, who is called t.the
father of Alaska" after an experience
ofyears upon the trail. in the camp, and
in the use Of every kind Of supply, says:
I'VE find in Alaska that the Importance
of proper kind of baking powder can
not be overestimated. "A miner with q
can of bad baking powder is almost
helpless in Alaska. We have tried all
sorts, and have been obliged to settle
down to use nothing but Royal. It
is stronger, and carries further, but,
above all things, it is the only powder
that will endure the severe climatic
changes of the Arctic region"
1t is for the same reasons that the u.
S. Government in it's relief expeditions,
and Peary, the famous Arctic traveller,
have carried the Royal Baking Powder
exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose its strength either ON
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most nightly concentrated and ef-
ficient of leavening agents. Hence it il
indispensable to every Alaskan outfit.
It can be had of any of the trading COM
panies in Alaska, but should the miner
procure his supplies before leaving, he
should resist every attempt of the out
filter to palm off upon him any of the
other brands of baking powder, for they
! will spoil and prove the cause of great
6iSaDnoinfmen+ and +rouh1o
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there you Sec. private citizens walking
about and looking at things, like stran-
gers in Washington for the first time.
You will see them all around tie lower
floor Of the white house. They are In
the corridors, the east room, It tl.e par Iors
and everywhere. These gIenf1emaaenn are are
officers in cftizen's dress, ~ 81 nav
think that they are pa ying no 4 ttentioon
to you, hut I'll of hsn are skiing you
up. OF course they know all newspaper
men and public men after they have
been there's few times, but every stran-
ger who goes there = constantly under
supervision. IN .g.l
''Thensi i you will observe when the
3preside goes out driving, there is al
ways man on horseback halt q sbfuck
or whofe block ahead of him, taking
an outing forhis health. Tha: is one
of our most tzexperienced detectiyes. s II
~happens that couple of gentlemen 30
out d!lri,YiinlgSinTfa buggy at tbs same
time. and they AREA block or kaH !
block behind the presidents carriage.
II anybody should step from the SIDE
walk and s1go"tooA close towards the
& president earriaget1i horse in the
buggy would take = as1dden notion to
tra vel along at . gaIop. and one of the
men in thai buggy would haul out a
shooting iron, which re can can han dletas
well as Buffalo Bill Or Capt. sssil Carer; III
and if there should be- any: hostile
demonstration there would o shot tiln4
out which would not miss lis mark.
But the chances are ~ thousand
to one that the man. ons horse
back would not be many feet away ff
there were any suspicious person on the
sidewalk. He would check his horse and
be right on the spot at the right time.
However, there is no danger to the
president, except in times Of great po.
litical excitement, and then there are
always cranks in abundance.
''There is scarcely a week without
some sort Of crank coming here to get
imaginary treasures; but they are near.
~ all harmless fellows, with soft brains.
N evertheless, it is wise and proper that
the president should always be guarded.
Besides the men in citizen's dress, there
are always several men; in uniform out
side the white house. It is not likely
that any dangerous man would go past
them and pass the door; but even
though they make no arrests the pres.
ence of men in uniforms in the white
house grounds is sufficient to warn any
criminally-inclined fellows to keen
away. They may not know that there
are officers inside; but they realize that
there are officers outside, within easy
call. and that has a wholesome effect.
"President Mckinley is the only occu.
pant of the white house who has
mingled with the people, for many
years. l remember that President
Hayes used to drive about the city
and occasionally go walking down
Pennsylvania avenue. But President
Arthur never was seen on the Streets
except when he walked across La Fay.
cite park, to St. Johns church, on Sun.
! days. President Harrison for four
years and President Cleveland for eight
years never walked anywhere. They
both seemed to be apprehensive of per.
sonal danger. President Mckinley
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HE'S CLOSEL Z G ARDED.
How President Mckinley Is Pro,
tected by Police Agents. Il
He Never Goes Anywhere without
BEING. shadowed by Clever
al Omcers Who Are . Ter.
j. rOr to Cranks.I u,
Especial washington 7 1,,etter.1

.,g Especial Washing ton Letter.
1--WE have splendid civil service on
the force said the big policeman in
front Of q leading hotel tonight. I'm
the executive departments the civil
service law il q fraud. It affords no
protection to any Of the clerks. They
can be dismissed without any cause be-
ing assigned. OF course their success
sors have to be filtered through the
civil service commissions. but .hey can
be removed without difficulty. On the
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| ing something woefully unbusin es.-l like
and impractical. 81.
II don't care. II I Istarve, I'll starve.
will have my comfort ont Of this, . IS
way" she said. s.s5s Sas
Her eyes were SO bright and her
cheeks so rosy, that MRS. Gillespie
viewed her through her spectacles with
wonder, ~ III ..sg.'
II declare, Doris, If you weren't so
sensible and 10. settled in your ways,
I should think you had just been having
an offer-and accepting it, too. You
look as young and handsome as the best
of them" E,. /. t.ss
Doris laughed, slipped of her hat and
jacket. collapsed into the little sewing
chair. and in another minute was ap-
parently absorbed in. Sarah James bias
bands and skirt ruff1es. \
Don't make it too scant. Doris" said
her companion. "Skimpiness don't pay
when you're making up gingham."
(''Nor when you're sending a valen-
tine." said Doris inwardly, with a sud.
den thrill Of joy.) z
The short February day came to an
end. Sarah James gingham was fin
ished and hung over chair back, ready
for the owner to carry upstairs at bed
time. The troublesome skirt that
wouldn't "hang" had come right at
last. and was a triumph of cores and
plaits.
"You'll save day for me in April
Doris, to fix over my black HeRfietta
cloth?" said Mrs. Gillespie inter.
negatively.
Doris nodded gaylx. She was ip a
mood to promise anything.
Here, Doris, you might just as well
take a couple Of these mince turnovers
They'll keep nicely till Sunday" "
Doris thanked her, and stepped out
into the cold, cloudy night. She drew
slowly near the old brown house that
lad attracted her the evening before.
II wonder if it's dark enough yet
she said, as she fingered in the shadow
of an old elm close by the sidewalk
The house seemed gloomy and silent as
on the preceding night.
1T won't get any darker if wait till
midnight, for the moon will be up soon.
must do it now or never"
These mysterious words implied no
scheme Of burglary or arson. though
the dressmaker's actions verged on
''breaking and entering" She glided
to the door and tried it softly. With
the usual depravity Of inanimate OBJ
jects, it gave a treacherous squeak as
Doris turned the knob, and she fled
swiftly. but not until she had dropped
far inside the hallway a small, fat
white envelope, directed in q big
sprawling style to
EBEN DOOL1TTLE,
From Friend and Brother
Luckily no one was stirring on that
quiet street, and when Doris was fa1
enough from the brown house she re-
sumed her ordinary gait. But there
was a turmoil under her little black
jacket. She had burned her ships be.
hind her-and for what?
To crafty a sentimental fancy and
to prepare for herself still longer
years of toll and self-denial. Yet how
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he will owe it all to me, and never
know"
Two weeks later, Reedville was sci
agog by the news that Eben Doolittle
after rapid recovery, had settled up his
debts and gone west, to make invest
ments that promised to be very profit.
able. 49,
"Must ha' he'd legacy or somethin','
said one old crone to another. i"
"'Borried from Peter to pay Paul,
mos likely" was the answer. j:
The day after Eben left Reedville
Doris Hilburn's right arm became help.
less from a sudden rheumatic attack
She do up her bit of housework, but
cutting and sewing were out of the
question, 4.
Then Doris, with a rather grim smile,
sat before her kitchen fire with bit OF
memorandum book on her knee, and .
pencil in her left hand, s
Slowly and clumsily, she jotted down
some. items, and gazed at them. If
"One-fourth of q sack of flour:
cuOuku 4OT IuISS UdA1ASSs IL C0u Adu'
age to work the dough with my LEFT
hand. s1t: aF.,
"Two quarts of beans, half paper 81
oatmeal and ten pint milk tickets. =. .
''Six quarts of potatoes, q stump q
dried beef. a sugar bowl nearly full, and
four or five drawings of tea.
Zone barrel of coal enough to last
ten days old shingles enough in
the back yard to keep me from freez-
ing when the Goals gene.
mo. rent to pay, and 62 cents coming
to me from Ann Finney.' -
.Not such a desperate showing, after
all. Maybe my arm will be well before
every scrap is eaten Sss q.
Then she laughed till the tears came
.'Every body will say: How lucky
that Doris has money in the savings
.bankl She can live on the interest
while her arm is useless!'" gat
~ In fact, that u what everybody did
say; and Doris. smiled her little grim
smile. and measured her aour and 20.