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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
JOHN PHILLIPS RIDE.
Rare Gallantry and Daring 81 an
Intrepid Frontiersman.
He Rescued the Far West from Indian
& Deprcdations, but the Goyern-
ment Never Recognized His
Especial Washington letter.
Great Service.

Especial Washington letter.
. This is q story of fact, and{it is a
stranger and stronger story than
you have ever read in fiction.
This is narration of the deed of a
patriot, a brave man, who offered his
life as vicarious sacrifice for others;
and who never received reward or mark
of adequate appreciation. hi.
The senate of the United States re-
Gently passed bill "for the relief of
Hattie A. Phillips" and the title of the
bill carries with it no significance. The
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
lUnnaual.t

First Summer Girl - became en-
gagged to him the first time we met.
Second Summer Girl Sonnet thing
terrible must have happened to cause
such 9 delay IN. y. Evening journal.
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Reminded Him.

What is the matter, Riley?" asked
the orderly sergeant.
Nothing" replied the young SOL
der with the quivering chin, who was
struggling with bakeshop custard
pie that some friend had smuggled in
to him, "only this is so unlike the p-pies
mother used to !"-Chicago
Tribune. .
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Bridget.
= Now, then,

Waggish Customer - Now, then,
Bridget, hurry up.
Saucy Waitress-My name is not
Bridget. Why do you think it was?
Waggish Customer-O, because of
your arch Moonshine.
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Scientific Note.

| Browne-When were electric I;,rhts
first made?
Towne-When Noah chased all the
animals out of the ark.
Browne-What do you mean?
Towne-Well, didn't he make the ark
ight?-N. Y. Journal.
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Surely.

A physician was called in to pre-
scribe for q new client. He listened to
q terrible tale from the invalid, who,
by his own ACCOUNT, was suffering
from all the ills known to diseased hui
manity. The list so impressed the doc
tor that at last he exclaimed:
What splendid health you must
have to endure all these maladies!"-
Judy. @ :. +
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Too Horrible.

BurgliDg Bill-No, no! won't go
in again! She's talkin' in her sleep.
The Mouse-Wel, dat amt nuthin'.
Burgling Bill (hoarsely)--But she's
loidy elccutionist.-N.Y. Journal. &
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
There Ara .other..

Askins-What do you suppose makes
Newhub look so sad and detected SO
soon after his marriage? 4
Grimshaw-They said the bride was
very sweet girl; perhaps she has fer
tnented by this time.-Puck. H.
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A Solution.

The amateur sportsman had shot at
the partridge and had hit the dog.
"Confound that ammunition deal
err" he said. Il ordered bird-shot and
he gave me dog-shot.''- Town Topics,
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An 1nvariable Occurrence.

The irrepressible dude, very early in life,
Falls in love with each maiden he sees;
IN fact he no sooner gets down on his lip.
Than he's apt to get down on his knees.
--HG rlem Life $3.50.
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The Only Explanati

= Flim-They say Fortune knocks
once at every mans door.
Flam-Well, must have been out
in the back yard cussin' my luck when
she came my way.-N. 7. Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
A New Definition.

"Pa," asked little Reggie, "what
does this paper mean by the lun be-
fore the storm?"
'some poor fellows honeymoon, l
suppose. Tit Bits.
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In These Times.

Johnny-Pa, why is the pen mightier
than the sword? ~ ~. -
Fond FatherBecause, my son, it en-
>ables the Spanish to claim an occasional,
victory.--Jewelers' Weekly. + ID.
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Total Abstinence.

Dyspeptic-Dr. Smith forbids water
at mealtime, and DR.. Jones prohibits
it between meals. Whose advice would
you take? .r. = y
The Count-Both.-B Life.
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A Fellow Feelinr.

Do you mean to Cell me that You
gave that horrid tramp any money! ?"
asked one girl.
Yes, replied the other. ST hadn't
the heart to refuse him. He said he
wanted some cold yictuals, and have
known what it is to suffer for ice
cream soda water myself.''-N. Y.
Evening Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
Artistic Trade-Marks

"The slim girl yonder is an art stu
dent, isn't she?"
Il think so; her hair is touzled and
her skirt Says in the back Chicago
Record.
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Had Done Her share.

I ie-- So you ever tried to make
people happy? 81
She-1've been divorced four finest
Yonkers Statesman.
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War FeelinE.

$50 your wife went without a new
gown to buy silk fag-what touching
patriotism
"Well-partly that and partly be-
cause she wanted to outshine her
neighbors. "-Detroit Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
Cause for Surpri.e.

Twas the first time Rachel had seen
a lawnmower in use. "My!" she ex-
claimed, ''who ever heard before of
cutting grass with carpet-sweeper?"
judge.
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4, Sorrowfal Paradox.,

It's strange" quoth the tramp, as he
= trudged through the rain.
Heaving hefty sigh 4
THAT lean thussget 80 COMPOUNDED wet
And still be so awfully dry
IN. 7. Journal. sissssI ~ $s,5s: szs - -
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Both Haunv.

In holidays there is reason,
They always occur for the best.
His wife is away for the season.
And so they will both have rest.
Judge. ~, ST.. s-gz 49,
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Tcacher-An island is body of land
surrounded by water. Take Cuba, for
instance.
Johnnie-You bet! that's what we're
going to do.-Collier's Weekly.
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In the sprinetime of Love.

Mrs. Tracy-In looking through my
trunk to-day, found this tender mis-
sive from a former lover. f
Tracy CATER reading the epistleN
What sap-head wrote that?
Mrs. Tracy-Don't you recognize
your writing, dear?-Up to Date.
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,rh : AItttu,linon. Mcrcurx.

Keep looking upward" said the sage
The youth with pensiye gaze
Replied: ITO learn the temperature.
;, One has to nowadays"
Star I'll. Il.
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just the Thing.

Just the Thing.
''You need short vacation" said the doc.
tor, land rest,
With not a bit of toll in any mode''
better go, I think,
And be working out my taxes on tn,
road"
Il. A. W. Bulletin
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Had a Good Reason.

"What was your friend Mrs: Lords
maiden name? She never uses it in
writing her signature"
mo, it wouldn't do at all. Her
maiden name was Goode. chicago
Tribune
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
Knew by Experience.

JONAH tell you, if there is any,
thing in man the navy brings it
out.
Bilson (sadly)-So ! discovered in
our first encounter with heavy sea.
Town Topics.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
Figures Can't Lie.


There are covers to Natures shortcomings
That detection can defy,
For the dressmakers know how to fashion
The form to enchant the eye;
AND yet there are still old fogies
Who tell us figures can't lie.
up to Date
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IN STRANGE ATTIRE,

~Nurse! Nurse! Bobby's out Of
0sd, and running about in his banan
As!"-London Punch.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21
There Are All Kinds.
While some are born to stay at home and

Some men are born to lead upon the field,
And some to sway their hearers in de-
bate,
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Died Game.

Died Game.
First Kansas Mani hear that 8
hossthief died rather sudden las night
Second Kansas Man Qeader of neck
tie party)-Y-e-s; he wasn't sick long
'Did he die game?"
'Like rooster-jist like rooster
with his spurs onl"-N. Y. Weekly.
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a Matter OF safety.

Mrs. Justwed Oh, John! You say
shat if I should die you would drink
Ike 9 fish, neglect your clothes, chew
tobacco, smoke opium, write jokes,
never shave and. go to the bad in every
way? rs
Mr.. Justwed Gfrmly, but sweetly)
Yes, my dear; you can bet your sweet
life I'd fix myself SOS I'd never be an
.nducement to woman again
Judge. e
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prodiriou. stren.t1,

Landlady Yes, that dish is very
sfragile-looking, but it is much strong
er than it looks.
Board must be. J see It holds
the hntfar Il Journal 5@sSss
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sailed for M. He.I+h

my name was Capt. Kidd. as sailed. as
sailed, . x ~
The famous adventurer sang he.
If didn't keep on sailing,'', 90
He added, never paling, Tg5
my name would have been Dennis. don't
you see?" ,a es-zr
Detroit Journal. r..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21

The Modern Stamp Act.
Stamp, brothers, stamp,
Stamp with care,
Stamp everything you
Eat or wear.
Chicago Daily News.
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Her Exception.

He is fippant. He cant be serious
if he tries b. IS
Yes he can. He is very serious when
he tries to be funny. Harlem Life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-07-21

SrOWI
Because they're taxed a bit 10 pay The
freight.
Chicago Daily News
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IN . BAD Way.

Poor Hamlet transforms In q plight.
And mean 'tWould be to scoff;;
4 His comrades egged him on the stnge
The public egged him OF.
y. Journal
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-27
ONCE THEY WE'RE MEDIUMS.
Now They Expiate Their Sins by Tossing
Balls Of Blue Fire.

Now They Expiste Their Sins by Tossing
Balls of Blue Fire.
Close by the Northwestern tracks at
Leavitt street is the home Of the "jug-
Cling sisters" They were twin presti-
digitators In their days Of life, 80 runs
the tradition, and now they toss balls
Of blue fire about as the juggler does
eggs, cannon balls and the like. Their
pet amusement Is to stand on their
heads and toss the balls as If they were
standing afoot. The force Of gravity
seems to be reversed for their benefit,
for they "toss" the balls Of fire down,
end the little flames fall" up. All this
is set down just as James MacCourtney,
the Oldest settler in the neighborhood,
tells 1t. He said the other day.
"Them broad windys over there on
the north side Of the old building is the
place where the sisters comes to show
themselves The year Of the Worlds
fair counted up their performances, an
they come every 90 days The reason
fer that is somethin I could never guess,
but some smart young chap here fig-
gered out that it was always in the
dark Of the moon. I've noticed since
that there never was no moonlight when
they got up there In the windys.
Whats the cause of their hauntin
the old place? Why, sir, the story's so
old there can't no truth nor lie be made
out on 1t. There's no man In these dig
gins longer'n be, an I ken the story
only by hearsay, SO to speak. heerd it
from my granddaddy, an he said he heerd
1t when he was young man comm
here. That mus "a ben in the thirties.
Onnyways he sed that the two sisters
was persdiditaters. 1t seems like they
give performance in the house, which
was new then In course, an the pair of
them agreed ter be locked up in box
thet was to be sealed an fastened, an
then they was to get out without break
in the seals. Well, they was locked up,
but they couldn't get out, an purity soon
they foun themselves 30 short Of breath
they couldn't holler loud enough to be
heerd. In course they was In a room
away from the other people, SOS the
common folk couldn't see how the trick
was turned. When they oouldn' t holler,
they tried rappin, an the others only
thought they was a-workin out of the
box an so didn't pay attention. After
an hour or SO the other peoples got nerv-
GUS an went in an opened the box, an
there was the two sisters, cold dead.
They buried 'em together in the box in
the yard back of the house, an that's
why they juggles the fire balls upside
down like. ''-Chioago Chronicle.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-27

TIE most remarkable thing about Mrs.
Nellie J. Lord, Of Stafford Corner, N. H.,
b that size b alive to-day.
No one, perhaps, Is more surprised at
this than Mrs. Lord herself. She look, back
at the day when she stood on the verge Of
death and shoulders. She looks ahead at a
Lie ct happiness with her children, her hts
band and her home with Joy that only 4
mother can realize.
Mrs. Lord Is the mother Of three children,
two OF whom are twins, until the twins
came nothing marred ths Joy Of her life.
Then she was attacked with heart failure
and tor year was unable to attend to the
ordinary duties Of the home. In describing
her own experience Mrs. Lord .ays:
IL had heart failure 20 bad I wss often
thought to Be dead.
with this had neuralgia Of the stor-
aeh 50 bad II was necessary to give me
morphine to dsaden the pain.
Sometimes the doctors gave me tenn
porary relief, but In the end 1t seemed as Il
my suffering was multiplied.
Medicine did me no good and was bot
an aggravatioa.
II was SO thin my nearest friends failed
to recognize me.
No one thought would live.
IL was in despair and thought that my
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days were numbered. My mother brought
me Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and the first box made me feel better.
continued the treatment and to-day am
well.
when commenced to take the pills
weighed I20 pounds, now weigh I46
and teel that my recovery Is permanent.
~! owe my happiness and my health to
Dr.. Williams' Pink Pills. My husband
was benefited by them. have recon-
mended them to many Of my friends and
will be glad Ii any word Of mine will direct
others to the road Of coed hea1th.n
Dr.. William Pink Pills for Pale Peoue
have cured many cases Of almost similar
nature.
The vital elements In Mrs. Lords blood
were deficient. The haemoglobin was ex-
hausted. She was unfit for the strain she
was compelled 10 undergo. Her nervous
system was shattered and her vitality
dropped below the danger point.
A collapse was inevitable.
DR.. Wi1lians' Pink Pills cured her bv
supplying the lacking constituents Of heath
by filling the veins with blood rich In tie
requisite element Of life. The heart re-
stunned It's normal action, the nervous sy,-
tenn was restored to a state of harmonv.
and the neuralgie affection disappeared,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills arc sold by
druggists everywhere, who believe them
to be one Of the most efficacio1s rncdicines
the century has produced.
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-27
MAKING ARTIFICIAL ICE.
How the Plants Are Constructed and OPP
Grated In Philsdolphia-

now Sho fiants Are COneeruoted ana OPP
GRATED In Philsdolphia.
Artificial cold or ice may be most
readily produced by the evaporation of
q more or less volatile liquid. In the
first machines constructed this liquid
was water. One-tenth Of the amount of
water used was converted into ice, but
as it was necessary to maintain vac
uum in the apparatus Its perfect work
ing was difficult problem. A more
readily volatile liquid. therefore, had
to be substituted, such as liquefled sui.
phurous acid and liquefed ammonia.
Being gaseous at ordinary temperatures,
they are very suitable substances for
this purpose. The ammonia ice machine
is the one in most general use-in fact,
it finds exclusive application in this
city. This liquefied ammonia is allowed
to expand in coils of pipes which are
placed in tanks filled with brine. Tho
temperature of the brine Is thus reduced
to point below the freezing point of
water-that is, to l4-18 degrees F.
In this refrigerated brine are placed
galvanized iron tanks having the shape
Of. the large cakes of ice which one is
accustomed to see in the wagons that
pass through our city streets. After q
period Of 1880 hours this can Of water
is converted into solid Ice. The can is
hoisted out of the brine, warmed with
hot water, which allows the cake to
slip out upona shoot that runs into the
storage rooms The gaseous ammonia
in the pipes can be used over and over
again, large compression engine being
a part of the plant, which reduces the
expense of the process. From this de-
scription 1t should be plain that there
can be no taint Of ammonia to give a
taste to the ice
The plants usually employ distilled
or artesian water, so that the ice is Of
the best quality. Whatever impurities
the water contains are collected in the
white streak found in the center of each
cake. The pure water separates from
the impure and freezes first. Even ten
years ago the demand for ioe was sup
piled from natural sources, the har.
vests from our own Pennsylvania riv-
ers, which were stored every winter in
great houses on the shores of the streams,
being supplemented by shipments
throughout the summer from Maine.
There are now In Philadelphia 16 ioe-
making plants, some of which yield
over 100 tons per day each. and the arti-
fetal product for several years has been
O serious competitor of the natural arti-
cle.-Manufacturer
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A Few Industries Are Still lagging.
But r. G. Dun & Co. Show Gratifying In
crease In General Business Circles.

R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review
of trade Says:
With volume of business remark
able tor the time Of the year, 38 per
cent. larger than year ago and 1914
per cent. larger than in 1892 in pay
ments through clearing houses, it is
discouraging that one or two indus
tries are tagging. Demand for most
goods is more heavy for the season,
manufacturing works are better en-
ployed and orders booked and pros
poets tor the future are more encour-
aging, than at this season in any other
year of which equally definite records
exist. Exports of products continue
surprisingly heavy in spite of some
rise in prices. Treasury receipts from
customs were larger in twenty days of
January than in the entire month of
October or November.
Railroad earnings in January thus
far reported have been I7.6 per cent.
larger than last year, and 1913 per
cent. larger than IN 1892.
The rise of wheat above dollar in
regular sales was not accompanied by
signs of speculative excitement. The
fact that cargoes Of corn was shipped
during the week both to Egypt and
Russia, the very countries upon which
Europe most relies for bread stuffs
next to the United States, affected
trade not unreasonably.
For this season, at least, the gener-
al demand for iron products is beyond
precedent, including 10000 tons
steel rails for the week and I,2oo, 900
already this year, orders for plates so
large that Pittsburg works send away
some to other concerns, unable to fill
all they receive orders for bar such
that many concerns are obliged to re-
fuse more an excellent demand for
sheets, and fair for structural forms.
Prices of all finished products are sus-
tanned by the demand.
Inc great strike OF operators In
cotton mills of New England seems as
convenient to mill owners with their
heavy stocks unsold as if they had
ordered it. Probably it will last long
enough to work off, stocks, and the
print cloth market is already about
per cent. stronger while slight ad-
vance is noted in some other cotton
goods. With very stagnant markets
for wool, the inquiry for round lots is
mainly for three-eighths and quarter
blood.
Failures for the week have been
374 in the United States, against 400
last year and tlfty-three in Canada
against sixty-hve last year.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-27

A rather curious legal decision has
been rendered at Kingston, N. Y. 1t
is to the effect that a subscription to
a church debt cannot be collected by
law on the ground that the subscriber,
if not member of the church, gets
no consideration therefor. Surrogate
Belts rules that an outsider, nom
church member, may be temporarily
worked on in his feelings by fervent
appeals to subscribe to help pay off
congregations debt when in his
cool headed, saner moments he would
not at all do such thing. 1t may be
simply the contagious spirit" of the
occasion that prompts him to make
the tender. Under these circum-
stances the surrogate decides that
when in the cool after moments he
takes no step to make good his word
he cannot be legally compelled to do
so.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-27
Promise of a Mild Winter.

Thus far we have experienced only
one real cold wave and that was not
a remarkable one We are now in
the very heart of winter, in the midst
OF warm airs, and the grass on the
lawns and in the fields are green. We
have had little familiarity with snow
and ice. While it is always rash to
make predictions about the weather,
and while even the weather men, with
the benefit of all their observations,
frequently miss it when they only
make prophecy for twenty-four hours
in advance, still, according to preced-
ents drawn from former experience,
we are warranted in the belief that
the winter is going to let us off easy.
If the cold does sot get a good grip
prior to this time in January 1t is sell
dom able to catch on. Last winter
was similar to what this one promises
to be. 1t gave US few really cold
waves and those were not of long
duration.
The absence of long periods of ex.
treme cold means great deal. II
results In a great saving of fuel /; ii
takes less to feed people, and it
lessons the death rate, since extremes
of temperature always prey upon the
weak among us, while moderation
prolongs life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-01-27
No Negro In South Africa.

The word NEGRO" is not heard In
South Africa excepting as term of op-
probrium. Over and over again have
Afrikander Englishmen stopped me
when speaking of Zulus. Basutos. Mata-
belle and 60 on as negroes. "You in
America only know the blacks who
come over as slaves. Our blacks are not
to be confused with the material found
on the Guinea coast. "-"White Man 8
Africa" by Poultney Bigelow.