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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-27
ADVICE TO MINISTER'S.
Given by a Minister.
Preachers who practise it will
preach better.

difficult to preach, and concluded to Try
DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral. The first bottle
gave me great relief; the second, which
am now taking, has relieved me almost
entirely Of all unpleasant symptoms: To
ministers suffering from throat troubles.
recommend DR.. Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
"Prevention is better than cure" A
bottle Of DIR. Ayers Cherry Pectoral kept
in the house, will eaectua1ly prevent tie
roofing Of a cold and its CONSEQUENT devel-
opement into some dangerous malady.
This remedy has no equal in Bronchial
troubles. The most stubborn cases have
yielded to its use. It is equally effective
for Asthma, Group, Whooping Cough, and
every disease that attacks the throat or
lungs: For years DR.. Ayers Cherry Pee
toral has been put up only In large size
bottles;. at a price of $1:oo. 10 meet an
increasing demand for a smaller sized
package the remedy can now be obtained
in halfsize bottles, at half ::price-5o cents.
Send to. DR.: Ayers curebook. (ffee> and
y YOU VIII ~ &c get clearer idea of the great
dress J. G. Aver Co., Lowell, Mass.
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MEASUREMENTS OF MEMORY.
Experiments In the MemOrizing OF
Series of Figures.

Experiments in the MemOrizing Of
Series of Figures.
Although the methods used for meas
uring the memory may have been crude,
as they still are, it is nevertheless a
great advance to be able to introduce
the concept of measurement into this
problem at all. So far attempts have
been made to measure but one kind of
memory, the direct faculty of acquisi-
ton. The experiments deal with the
number of memory images that can be
stored up at single trial, without al
lowing the subject time to rest This
is called in English the mental span"
of the memory; have proposed for it
the term ''faculte de prehension."
Several suggestive Investigations
have already been made on the measure
ment of the memory for figures and syl-
tables; these are localized memories,
the development of which cannot be
considered as sign of the development
of the other memories; we must, there
fore, make many reservations in inter-
preting the conclusions to be drawn
from these experiments. The expert
ment may be made as follows: A series
of figures is read to the subject at a
regular speed (the speed used is in gen.
eral two figures per seconO and with
out any special accentuation; as soon
as he has heard the series, the subject,
having been told beforehand of the re-
quirement, endeavors to repeat the fig
ures without error and in the order in
which he heard them. The experiment
is repeated several times, beginning
with small number of figures, e. g.,
four, which any adult can give correct
ly; it is then increased to five figures,
then to six, and so on, until number
is reached which the subject can no
longer repeat correctly; care is taken
to repeat each trial, and to allow suf-
fcient intervals of rest to avoid fatigue
and the confusion of figures in the
memory.
This procedure. adopted by Jacobs,
Gallon, and many others, has already
borne fruit. 1t is not, properly speak
ing, test of the memory alone; it is
extremely difficult, be it said in passing,
to experiment on any isolated psyche
logical phenomenon; the experiments
taken together show, on the contrary,
that the subject employs not only his
memory, but also his powers of volun-
tary attention; this explains why chill
dren retain fewer figures by this
method than adults; their inferiority
is certainly due to the fact that they
have less control over their attention.
The average educated adult retains
seven figures; child of six to eight
retains five; child of ten retains six.
A difference of one single figure is of
considerable Importance in the results,
and it is one of the drawbacks of the
method that we cannot operate with
fractions of figures. - Prof. Alfred
Binet, in the AIMEE Biclogique.
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been said and written of Western Canada,
and the new provinces forming it, he has
been led to give the subject some inquiry,
and he has been shown letters written to
the Canadian government from delegates
sent out by friends to inspect the country.
One of the delegates who was sent to
Western Canada says: Gin undertaking to
give a absorption / fear shall not be able
to give it justice, for hardly know where
to begin or when to end. For plea for my
Judgment, will assume, for an illustration,
the experience of man who went from place
to place in search of a wife, and finding go
many Of good qualities and attractions, was
unable to determine which to choose, so in
looking for home in Western Canada like
the country we'll, and two of my boys are
going this fall (they have since gone, and
each has homestead), where l am salts
fled they will do well. The lands which l
have seen are far superior in every respect
and beyond my expectations. Lakes anu
streams to be found in all districts abound
fish are very abundant. On all sides we see
innumerable stacks Of grain, proving be-
yond doubt the fertility of the soil. On
either side of the track can be seen in ad-
dition to the grain herds of cattle. horses
and focks of sheep. | have Travelled over q
great portion: of the Western states and l
have seen nothing to compare with tbs c9u I'm.
given free to actual settlers, and saw cases
where as high as $50 per acre had been
cleared in one year. do not wish to adj
wise anyone, but as for myself shall leaye
as soon as can arrange my affairs" The
agents of the Canadian government are now
at work organizing excursion parties, and
the Department Of the Interior at Ottawa,
formation to those who are not within reach
of an agent
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-27
The Cook Was Innocent.

The polite agent for the new. parlor pho.
nograph who knocked at the door insisted
that the old lady who opened it place the
tubes in her ears, and listen to%one song
''just try it once, madam" etc. *'This song
YOU will hear, madam he said, as he held
the tube doubtfully to her ears, is MY Oar
ling, Pluck a Daisy From My Grave, as sung
BY Leopold Moriarity, the famous New
York tenor" The agent started the ma
chine up, but the old lady dropped the tubes
and said: "Jest hold on minute till come
back. That drafted cooks openin' another
can Of tomatoes in the kitchen with table
knife. "-Detroit Free Press.
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CURRENT TOPICS.


ONLY eight persons persisted in the
great fire of London. :=#5
THERE are nearly 1000 miles of navi-
gable waters in the United Kingdom.
AsPELIcAN's pouch lis large enough
tP contain seven or eight quarts Of
water.
The new Pennsylvania capitol is to
be built of white marble quarried in
the state. .i
SSs Gov. TAYLOR has finally announced
his candidacy for United States sena-
tor from Tennessee. ss i'll. 81.
= The habit of feigning death when
attacked has been found to character
ize several varieties of snakes.
A PENNSYLVANIA has left $1,000 to
each of his sons upon the proviso that
they remain always democrats. ~"
A RAILWAY mail clerk in Illinois has
travelled SOB, 784 miles and handled 81
GIG. Ia pieces of mail in "a years.
Thus far in the session 5000 bills
have been presented during this con-
gress and referred to committees.
Or the 10000 Washington govern
ment clerks, nearly one third are wom-
en-, who receive from $500 to $1,000
yearly.
OUT of "a storms which reached the
French shores in 1896, all but three
were foretold by the central meteoro-
logical office.
ENGINE drivers in Germany receive
from the government a gold medal and
*l00 for every ten years of service
without accident
SOME sheep were frightened at dogs
at Grenoble, France, and 242 blindly
followed their leader" over q preci-
pice $50 feet high.
The wash bowl is derived from the
ancient Saxon phrase, s'Wass hael"-
or, ITO your health The wassail bowl
is practically extinct.
THERE is a glut of grain at Calves
ton and not enough vessels to move it.
All. the elevators are filled and there
are I, 400 cars unloaded.
"A MONUMENT has just been erected
over the grave of Thomas A. Kempis
in the church of St. Michel, at Zwolle,
426 years after his death.
THERE is a curious superstition in
Venice that if a stranger dies in ho-
tel the number of his room will be
lucky at the next lottery.
The czarina and the car of Russia
will receive their friends at the Paris
exhibition OF. 1900 in magnificent pa
vilion which will cost $3.50, 900.
Mrs. CRoLY (Jennie June), who has
been appointed an inspector of the
public schools of Greater New York,
will remain in Office five years. IS
The postmaster general has approved
an order that postmasters shall make
no appointments of clerks without
authority from the department..
Col. JOHN LAMBERT, of Joliet, I'LL,
has given $1,000 to the public library
of that city and 81, 500 each to the Sill.
YER Cross and ST. Joseph hospitals.
1T HAS been calculated that if pound
of thread made from spiders web were
required, it would occupy nearly u.s.
900 spiders full year to furnish it.
THE widow of Lieut.. Frederick
Schwatka, the noted Alaskan explorer,
is preparing to lead an expedition in
search of gold on the Copper river.
A GIFT of $4,000 by Miss Elizabeth
Plankington, of Milwaukee, has in.
creased the building fund of the new
Milwaukee Downer college to 10000.
The project of making a new state
out of Greater New York and Long Is
land has been. revived, and bill for
that purpose has been introduced in
the assembly.
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No class of people Is 50 liable to throat
trouble as the great class who make up the
Gospel ministry. The strain put upon the
vocal organs BY constant exercise; the
sudden change from a heated building to
the cool air when the vocal organs are lin
state Of complete relaxation; the fact
that a minister feels impelled to use his
voice when actors and lecturers would
take the needed rest; these are among the
is.known as a special disease. The Rev:
+. M. Brawley. D. D., District Secretary of
the American Baptist Publication Society,
writes from Petersburg, Va, the account
of an experience of his own which is prof.
table reading to those afflicted with Bron-
chial or other throat troubles. The SUBJ
stance of the letter is as follows:
PETERSBURG, VA.
]. G. AVER Co..
DEAR SIRs: Three months ago took
a violent cold which resulted in an attack
of acute bronchitis. I put myself under
medical treatment, and at the end of two
months was no better. I found 1t very
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-27
ALL FOUR LEGS WE'RE BROKEN.

farmers were sharp enough to see the
big hole left in the law, and after a fail
ure to convict man in Burlington who
was arrested with female deer in his
possession the fish and game commits
sioners threw up their hands. The man
arrested had cut the head off the deer,
and it remained for the state to prove
that there were. no horns on it. There
had been 20-year close season until
the LIST of last October, and there was
considerable of rush for Vermont
when the season opened. The shooting
was not good, and the fish and game
commissioners of the state doubt il
more than $50 deer were killed during
the entire month of legal shooting.-N.
Y Sun.
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CAN THIS BE TRUE?
Women Admire Men Only Who "a
Rosa Them.

Women Admire Men Only Who Can
Boss Them.
In every woman there is peculiar
sentiment which she cannot analyZe,
yet which she must acknowledge ex-
lists. This sentiment, if defined, is
nothing more nor less than her respect
for the man who shows himself to be
her master. She may sit up in feminine
arrogance and declare that she won't
stand this and won't stand that; that
she would just like to see any man tell
her what she should or shouldn't do,
but when the time comes for clash Of
wills, unless she finds herself decidedly
and ignominiously defeated she isn't
satisfied.
Ofcourse there will be lots of women
who read this who will declare it to be
rank heresy, but it isn't; it is the truth,
and it is right that it should be so. In
every union happiness exists only when
the woman has reason to respect the
man, and she can only possess such an
attitude toward him when he has
proved that he will be the dominating
power. This is no plea for wife-beaters
or other similarly brutal men who en-
deavor to prove their mental superior
ity by an exhibition of physical power.
The strongest men, the athletes, the
giant-framed compounds Of might and
muscle, are proverbially the gentlest
with women, yet their latent strength
wins woman's admiration as much be-
cause of her own unacknowledged will
ingness to be the slave, while he is the
master, as because of it's absolute phys
zeal perfection. The more brain wom-
an has the happier she is to be made to
feel her dependence on the strong arm
and the masculine Judgment of her
husband or lover. Just as soon as she
settles questions, makes plans for him,
plays fast and loose with him and gen
orally feels and conducts herself as
though she were the mightier atom,
then she has lost respect for him and
happiness for herself. It is all very
well to talk Of woman's progress, her
intellectual advancement, her equality
with man and all the other ideas that
our rich and rare civilization has en-
gendered, in the affairs Of intimate
heart relationship the woman wants to
acknowledge man as her master and
isn't really happy when he is willing to
be anything elss. delphia Times.
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To Color Scum,

A fine amber color is obtained by add
ing finely grated carrot to the clear
stock when clear of the scum. Red is
obtained by red-skinned tomatoes, from
which the skin and seeds have been
strained out. Only white vegetables
should be used in white soups, as
chicken or veal soup. Spinach leaves,
powdered in a mortar and the juice
pressed out and added to the soup, give
a fine green. For brown soup use clear
stock.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Too Much PROGRESS.

Mr.. Chips Cooking up from the
paper)-The doctors have discovered
another new disease.
I: Mrs. Chipps-Wcll, wish they'd stop
looking for new diseases long enough
to find a cure for my old rheumatism.
IN. Y. Weekly. III
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No Cause for worry,

1Junior-1 wonder where and under
What circumstances shall meet the
woman who will be my wife? .~s,s =
Senior-Don'ts worry about that, my
dear fellow; the women will attend to
those little matters.-Boston Evening
Transcript. "t
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-01-27
Lost Forever.

You say you lost son last year.
What did he die Off"
''Oh, he isn't dead. He married a
hawk-billed widow who runs select
boarding house and has never Keen no.
ticed since."-N. Y. Journal.
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Not at Home to Him Now.

She (arrayed for the theater)-Sorry
to have kept you waiting so long, Mr..
Spoonamore, but it has taken me long
er than usual to get ready. I look like
fright in this hat, too.
He vaguely DESTROYS of saying some
thing compEmentary)-It isn't the-er
fault of that lovely hat, l am sure,
Miss Hankinson.-Chicago Tribune.
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II He But Could.

II could garner wisdom
From each foolish thing I've done
I'd be the wisest mortal
That walks beneath the sun.
I Town Topics.
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Left In Bad Shape.

II see your son has turned out an art
list, Mr.. Gibbs. How did that happen?'
Il dunno, sor, his mother thinks he
was left that way by the measles" IN.
v Truth 90
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II you want Agricultural Land, yielding from SIS
to S4OsPER ACRE yearly. become . settler In
Hestern Canada. Good Crops, Good Prleesy
railroads. schools, churches; fuel In abuuA-
ance. For Illustrated Pamphlets. Maps, and low
railroad rates. apply to Department Interior
Ottawa, Canada. or to W. II. ROGERS. Water
town. D.: BEN. DAVIES. ia East Third St., Saint
Paul. MIMI; W. RICHIE, Grafton. N. D.; T. O.
CURRlE, Stevens Point, Wis. :
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Apt SuHgestiOn.

Lady (apparently very nervous at
bargain counter)-Oh, dearl can't
think of what I want.
Affab.e Clerk-You'd better &c to the
notion counter, Observation-Disclosures
Call.
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Evident.

when I call on old Dandelion's daughter
She's so sanity and pure and demure
That feel like fish out of water"
Then you must have been hooked, that
is sure"
Judge.
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He Wasn't Sure.

lis your picture in the academy sue
cess o. - III, ,..,....>>
THAT'S what am wondering. Some
one said it wasworth the price Of admis-
sion."- r;..- ..,.1,s.,..
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1t Rocked.

Gobang-What sort of a trip did you
have coming from Europe?
Ukerdek-Awful. Sick all the time.
There must have been at least dozen
OF the fools who rock boat or board.
Town Topics.
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A Definition.

what is q snob?' asked Galley, at the
club.
II must confess really never knew
what Is a snob?" Quoth Cynicus. why,
Cad.
To put it very briefly. you."
Harlem Life.
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A Real Help-Mate.

a Real HeIp-AIate.
when she married him, he was :
poor young oculist, but she's helped
him greatly Z a # 0
by omizing?'' sx
No. By carrying her umbrella over,
her shoulder all 1 the time. Harlem
Life, + e g,
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Nearer the Truth.

elbow sad that man looks" sighed
Mrs. Tibbets. ''Poor fellow, he has, no
doubt, loved and lost"
more likely" responded Tibbets, sar-
castically, ''he's loved and got her,
n. Y. Journal.
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A Related. Discoverx.

WAS he secretary or treasurer of the
company" .:
swell, they supposed he was only Sec
rotary until after he had gone Chi
caQo Journal.
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Needs Of Cooperation

"The meek, you know, are to inherit
the earth" -.....,-7 y T.. IL.
''That's all right, but they will have
to get the cheeky to collect it for them. )"
Chicago Record. T
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The First Attempt,

The parson gayly mounted his bike,
And Immediately fell on his head:
His sense Of humor It seemed to strike.
Here ends the first lesson" he said.
iE# $f8 ( 81, - m. &. World
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The Rad Boy Arain.

Tommy lat the dinner-table) Mr..
johnson, are you blind rs..
Mr.. Johnson1 m my boy. Why do
you ask? =.
Tommy-Why, nothin', only sister
said you'd get your eyes opened if you
married that Grinder girl.-Tit-Bits.
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Nat Mnrtallv Injured Vet

Not MOrtally Injured Yet.
Awkward Miss with an umbrella)-
Beg pardon!
= Polite Gentleman-Don't mention it.
have another eye left!-Odds and
Ends.
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There are but few people who know
enough not to say "that is what I thought
when anybody tells them anything.
' ington Democrat
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Have to BE That Kind.

Blump-Are you one of those stick
lers who'd call a fellow who happened
to be a friend of US both, a Common"
friend?
Plump-Yes, he'd have to be Internal
ly common, don't you see, if he stood in
that relationship to you.-Up-to-Date.
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The Hunt for Cnhapplness.
IT'S folly to be wise
Where ignorance is bliss,
But suspicious women who
Search their husbands pockets through
Never think, alas. Of this!
Chicago Daily News.
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A Paradox.
I've often heard It said,
And often seen,
That blackberries are red
When they are green.
IN. Y. Journal
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The First Coon.

"I come here primed for work." he said.
We thought it time to hire him;
But when he loaded came, instead.
We thought it time to fire him.
Il, A. w. Bulletin
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A wife'S Devotion
Judge.

A Wife's Devotion.
Young Husband-My dear, some of
my garments are sadly in need Of but
tons.
Young Wife-Yes, my love, I noticed
that and have sent for my mother. She
is splendid hand at sewing on but
tQns.-N. Y. Weekly,
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Everybody has something the matter with
Observation-Disclosures Democrat.
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Sallie-1 looked through the keyhole
last night when Sister Mary and Mr..
Staylate were in the parlor.
Nellie-What did you find out?
Sallie-The gas.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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Chocolate Pie.

A coffee cup and a half of sugar, Ia
blespoon of butter (not melted), the
yolk of three eggs, a cup of sweet milk,
two coffee cups of -four, a teaspoonful
o: soda. Mixture for the filing: White
of three eggs, beaten stiff, then add
1E coffee cups of sugar, three table
spoonfuls of grated chocolate, tea
spoonful of lemon or vanilla. Beat all
together and spread between layers
while the cake is hot.-Boston Globe.
-"To run amuck'' is properly to run
amok. Formerly in India, Siam and
other eastern countries Malay men,
driven mad by opium, hasheesh or 9th
er. drugs, would run about frantically,
sword in hand, striking at anyone. they
might happen to meet and crying:
"Anok, amok"- kill, kill
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LIVELY AT HOT SPRINGS
General Passenger Agent Cults Reports
Big Business.

A. B. Cults, general passenger agent OF
the Minneapolis & St. Louis road, is in re-
ceipt of message from Hot Springs: Ark,
over the signature of we'll known Mime.
their celebrated compartment sleepers,
stating that the beautiful. bright "Arkan-
saw" weather is now on tap, and that they
have enjoyed the genuine article for the
last three weeks The hotels are all filling
up and the famous resort is as lively as
Klondike town.-Ninneapolis Times.
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IN cold weather
We need heat.
The blood must be
Warm, rich and pure.
Hoods SarsaparHla
Keeps the blood
In perfect order,
Sending it, in a
Nourishing stream,
. To every organ.
WHERE HARD TIMES ARE NOT
KNOWN. =-.t AZ 80"

Described by . st. Paul Paper ~ the
r New Star Of Liberty.
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n CORE.
s 20 n dent,
in a COM
n1u,nication
to this pa
per, g g y 9
during. the
past f e W
months 8 o
much n a &