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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-03-24

was ICCclNCu VI u ulCdu1 III u1d1Alc uIS>
aster in which near relative of the
lady had met his death. There can be
no doubt that there was thought trans
mission in that case"
THAT reminds me-" said a newspaper
correspondent, ''of book which read
30 years ago. 1t was a treatise on all
diseases, prepared by physician
named Gum, and was designed to be a
household necessity. 1t Was entertain
ing and instructive. remember in his
essay on mesmerism (that was before
the word telepathy came into common
use) the author said that when he was
a young man he was very much in love
with bright and beautiful girl who re-
turned his affection. One day he went
into park and sat there thinking of his
love. In short time she appeared be-
fore him and said that she had been
thinking of him so constantly that she
had come to the park hoping that she
might find him there. He attributed
the occurrence to mesmerism, and at
different hours, without warning her,
he went to the park and, by fixing his
mind upon the object of his affections,
he could invariably draw her to the
spot. 1t usually took her half an hour
TO dress and reach the place, so the
young physician calculated that his
mental command that she come to him
was received and obeyed Instantly"
"By the way" said DR.. Miller, ''about
q year ago l read a magazine article
written by Mark Twain on the subject
of telepathy which made great i'm
preston upon my mind. There were a
number of instances given out of the
personal experiences of Mark Twain,
and one of them remains until this day
very wildly impressed upon my mem
DRY. 1t seems that one evening, in New
York, Mark Twain was thinking of a
literary friend of his, away out on the
other side of the continent in California,
and conceived the idea of a peculiar
style of book, for the writing of which
his friend was particularly we'll fitted.
He gave the matter considerable atten-
ton during the few remaining days of
the week, and on the following Sunday
he wrote letter to his friend in Cali
fornia, giving a skeleton outline of the
book which he believed that he could
write, and make considerable money
by publishing. Before mailing the let
ter which he had written he received a
letter from his friend in California,
who had evidently been thinking of the
same subject at the same time that
Mark Twain first gave it consideration,
The letter from California contained
detailed outline of the skeleton of the
same kind of book; only instead OF
suggesting to Mark Twain that he
write the book, the writer asked his
opinion and judgment as to the ad.
visibility of/spending some time in the
preparation of such book, and as to
whether he could secure it's publication
at advantageous terms to the writer
Of all of the instances given in the SUI
perior article written by Mark Twain
upon the subject that appeared to be
the most remarkable case of thought
transmission upoi, record in this coun.
try or anywhere else. There could be
no doubt that. the thoughts of the two
men were communicated clear across
the North American continent"
SMITH D. FRY.
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AllOttinS the Defense Find.

Washington, March 17.-Secretary
A]ger has made acquisitions on the
president for two large allotments from
the appropriation of $50,000,00o for the
national defense. One is for SIS, 0O0, 900
for the use of the engineer department
of the army in the completion of GER
tain fertilization works along the At
lantic and gulf coasts now in progress
and the other is for $2,225, 900 for the
use of the ordnance department of the
army. in the requirement of arms and
ammunition. Pretty much all of this
money is needed to cover contracts al
ready made by the military establish.
ment. a5~.--..,.. =. r =.
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MINI ESO IA ST a. Ne NEWS
- l's7l9
"A Beet Suea4 factory.

1 Minneapolis is TO have . beet sugar
factory capable OF taking care Of $50
tons Of beets daily. The total cost Of
the plant when opened for work next
October will be fully half . million
dollars.
It has been known for some time
that negotiations were in progress be-
tween the owners of the old Esterly
harvester works at st. Louis Park
which might result in their purchase
and transformation into q beet sugar
factory. but it was not until within tho
last few days that the deal was con-
summatedss Since then, however,
progress has been rapid. Contracts
have been let, and the company which
is sponsor for the deal have been as
sured that the plant will be in running
order by Oct 1. Work on the recon-
struction Of the buildings will begin at
once. -
Tho new company is incorporated
with q capital stock of $25O,0O At
Its head are State Senators Keller and
Theden, and to their efforts is due its
organization. E% "
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What Could He Means?

SWELL" said the merchant to the
young clerk whom he had sent out col.
lecting, Ibid you have any luck?"
"Some."
II suppose you got the amount Mr..
Fatherington owes? You said he was
a personal friend of yours"
''No, didn't get the money. The
fact is, I don't exactly know what to
make of my experience there"
'How was it?"
II went in and said: Mr.. Fathering-
ton, called to speak about NATTER
I didn't get any further; he put in
with: That's all right, my boy; she is
yours; take her and be happy!'" Pick
Me-UD. -" e.. -.
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New Trust Ready for Business.


" Chicago, March 19.-John Lambert, of
Joliet, president of the Consolidated
Steel & Wire company, has been elected
president of the new nail and wire
combination. The new company will
start in active business April 3, 1898. It
will have a producing capacity from
700 to 1000 tons of wire and wire rods,
which will go into the various products
now made by them, including wire nails,
barbed wire, woven wire fencing, plain,
galvanized, bright, market and other
varieties of wire, together with sundry
other products. The production men
toned is about IS per cent. of the total
production of the United States. The
component companies have foreign
trade of about $3,ooo,ooo per annum at
the present time.
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big Expectations Helm Trade.

New York, March 10. - +. G. Dun &
Co., in their weekly review of trade, say:
Neither peace nor war reports have
changed the onward current Of business,
Orders for $25.5o0,0oo gold from Eu-
rope have blocked any drift toward
stringency in rates for money, and treas
receipts of about $1,100.000 per day have
kept In check any question about the cur
rency, while exports Of products have con-
t1nued at a rate considerably increased,
and the demand for products Of the great
industries shows steady expansion. The
backbone of the situation Is the excess of
merchandise exports. more than 81 ,OOO.-
600 In February. with an increase of $780,
600 In miscellaneous products. s. loo, 600 in
provisions. 81, 900 in cotton and SIC GOO
in breadstuffs. compared with last year,
and SIS, 100000 in all products. In two weeks
OF March exports have been 16 per cent
larger than last year, and imports have
gained but 81 per cent. Failures for the
week have been 208 in the United States,
against ZIG last year. and q in Canada,
against so last year, T.,
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senior On bose Honored.

Washington, March 16.-senor Polo
received a dispatch Tuesday from the
minister of state at Madrid stating that
at an audience with the queen regent,
her majesty had appointed Senior Du
Bose, recent charge d'affaires here, a
knight commando OF the first class Of
the. Order Of Isabella de Catolica. This
is in recognition Of Senior Du Bosc's
services during the delicate period Of
the present emergency allowing Senior
De Lome's retirement and Senior Polo's
arrival. , ,s.,5ss
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Killed by Gasoline.

Mrs. Ida Peterson. Aubrey G. Peter
son, aged 20 months, and MAZDA Baehr,
14years old. were burned to death in
Minneapolis by q gasoline explosion.
Mrs. Peterson attempted to fill the
tank of a gasoline stove before the
flames had been extingueshed.
Without warning, there was deaf.
ening report, a binding flash, and the
room was filed with smoke and flames.
Mrs. Peterson's clothes were covered
with burning gasoline. In frantic
agony she rushed to the front room,
where she met her sister. The latter
tried to beat out the flames, but in so
doing her own clothes ignited. Still
they both attempted to extinguish the
flames, but without success. Further
than this they could do nothing.
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News IN Brief.

Gov. Clough has named George w.
Morey, of Minneapolis, member OF
the executive committee from this
state to the National Homeseekers as.
ISOLATION.
Emil Polzer, whose wife was hurt in
an accident on the street railway in
St. Paul, secured a. verdict for 1850.
He sued for $4,000 :
Peter s. Nelson has been appointed
postmaster at Argyle, Marshall county.
The Winona High School Athletic
association has organized track team,
The postof6ce department has or.
dered six sub-stations of the St. Paul
postoff1ce.
The st. James hotel at Duluth was
damaged by fire to the extent of 81, 500.
In all probability the old plant OF
the Minneapolis Knitting works will
be remodeled for the use of a company
that will manufacture pants
|. George Stoddard, prominent old
settler at Downing, dropped dead.
VIM. Warning: wanted at Omaha TO,
burglary. was arrested at Crookston,
Redwood county will spend 81, 313 in
the improvement of roads and bridges
in the county this spring, and it is
probable that IN the neigh borhood OF
$4,000 will be spent during the year.
John McGrann, residing about four
miles north of Belle PLANE in Siblev
county, lost his life while descending
into an unused excavation for a well
being suffocated by gases generated
therein. j. TT@ - .I>A
Mrs. Fredericka Behr, of Winona,
who, on Jan. %, cele brated her Tooth
birthday anniversary, died of heart
failure. o..
3 Cokato will have three saloons, each
paying q license of $3.50. -. -
A very profitable farmers institute
was held at Lake City. I'd
George N. Hoisinglin, living nea,
Maple Plain, shot himself through the
head, causing instant death. s@4.
Charles E. Vasaly was elected mayor
of Little Falls, after the hottest cam.
paign ever known in that city. Hh
majority was 81.
Peter Lyons recovered verdict 81
500 against the city Of Red Wing for
broken finger caused by fall on 8 dc.
fective sidewalk.
A runaway team at Sherburn ran
over Mrs. n. Alsworth, causing fatai
injuries
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Busy.

young Mr.. Enjee isquite statuesque,"
remarked one young woman.
eyes," was the answer. HE strikes
attitudes all the time he is awake. All
he does is to pose and repose. Wash
ington Star.
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A Peculiar Suicide.

Chris Bristie, a farmer. committed
suicide at Chaska He had been sum-
moned as juryman and was among
those called to sit on a case. During
the preliminary examination of the
jurors. one of the lawyers became IA
cetious and poked fun at Bristie. He
was finally excused. with several
others, and left the court room. AS he
went out he remarked to one of the
others that if he didn't know enough
to be juror he didn't know enough to
live. Then he went to hardware
store. where he purchased revolver.
went across the river and shot himself
through the head. He was unmarried.
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Woman Held I'm.

MISS Lou Diller. in the employ of H.
H. Flowers, hardware merchant at
Cleveland, was held up and robbed of
$S7. She had closed up the store, and
put the money in a sack to carry across
the street to the residence of her en-
ployer, when a man jumped from be-
hind the building and grabbed it and
ran away. A man named Sam Davis
has been arrested for the crime.
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WESLEY IS DEAD"

ceived not only impressions concerning
the death or wounding of their friends,
but concerning their own impending
death. Every old soldier will remem-
Der a number OF instances of bright,
happy-dispositioned fellows in the
ranks, or carrying swords and wearing
epaulettes, who were fearless of death
and careless of their future, who would
at times, before battle, become grave,
solemn, thoughtful, and announce to
their comrades the impression that
their turn would come next. Almost
invariably these impressions were fol-
lowed by the actual facts Of sudden
wounding and death. l recollect one
particular instance which occurred at
Port Republic. We had a battery adj
vantageonsly posted upon an eminence
not far from the bridge, and when the
confederates came to attack us they
planted battery within easy range of
us and commenced an artillery duel.
One of our cavalry men who had in
formed his comrades that his last day
had dawned had his head torn off with
a cannon ball; his legs contracted, and
he remained on the horse until taken
off by comrades"
1T is pity that some of our generals
had no telepathic means of getting cor
rect impressions of the enemy" said
DR.. Miller. "When Grant came to Chat
tanooga in October, 1863, he noticed a
rebel cannon formidably posted on
Lookout mountain, and ordered that he
he informed as soon as the gun was
fired. Four days passed, and then Grant
said: That gun will never be fired. Il
is Quaker gum And he was right.
Logs painted black were called
Quaker guns. With lot of those de-
coys the confederates fooled Mcclellan
for weeks at Yorktown; and in the same
manner they fooled Halleck before
Corinth. But Grant had more gump-
ton, or whatever you call it, than to al
low himself to be fooled in that way.
As a matter of fact he had telepathic
Information on various occasions. It is
. matter Of record that on the afternoon
OF the first day Of the battle Of Pitts
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Why He was Attentive.

She That man with the waxed mus
tache never took his eyes off that
beautiful blond woman once the whole
evening. Do you suppose he's in love
with her?
He-No, he's not in love, but he sold
her the beautiful hair she wears, and
he don't want to take mis- eyes off it un-
til he gets his money.-Yonkers States
man.
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Indians Carve Each Other.

In a drunken broil which recently
took place at Twin Lakes, Is miles
from the White Earth agency, father
and son fought together in true Indian
style; scalping knives flashed in the
sunlight. copper-colored cuticle was
slashed into whip cords and the snow
for several yards around was dyed with
red mems gore. The father seems to
have got the worst of the scrap and he
came within a hairs breadth of going
to the happy hunting ground.
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A Heavy Fine.

One of the largest fines ever imposed
in the history of the game law enforce
ment in the northwest was levied in
Duluth against man named Kingston,
a prominent commission man of Tower,
St. Louis county. Rewas caught with
So3 cartridges in his. possession, and
the state compromised with him on a
basis of 100 birds, making the fine ST.
900 which. with the costs, made the
grand total 81, 1O990.
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bad for the Audience

Miss Gusher-How torturing, how
fearful the thought must be for a great
singer to know that she has lost her.
voice.
Mr.. Tyred-It's much more torturing
when she doesn't know it.-Up-to-Date.
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Ex-Congressman woodman Dead.

Chicago, March 19.-Ex-Congressman
Charles w. Woodman died Friday in
the Elgin insane asylum. Since last Oc-.
tober he had suffered from paresis.
brought on by q rupture of a blood yes
sci in the brain. In 1891 he was sent to-
congress by the republicans of the:
Fourth district, serving one term.
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CIayyinR Backwards.

Miss Thirtysmith (meaningly)-An
Italian proverb says that ''honest men
marry soon," and
;, Jack Swift (solemnly IL cannot con-
ceal it any longer-I live in deadly fear
of being at any moment arrested for
Notwithstanding
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Are of Maturity.

PA! 1 say, pa," little Johnny began.
"Now what do you want?" asked his
suffering father, with the emphasis on
the ''now." 80 =
"Will my hair fall off when it's ripe,
like yours ?'-Boston Traveller.
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They Have to Listen.

"The fact u.s." said the thoughtful
man, that almost anyone can talk, but
good listeners are rare"
"Nonsense!" returned the man who
jumped at conclusions. "Just think of
the number of married mem" -Chicago
Post.
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The Bodies Found.

The bodies of Jacob H. Amos and
Henry Bergenkrieger, the cigarmakers
who jumped 200 feet to death from the
high bridge at st. Paul on Oct 80, 1897,
were found floating in the river at Pigs
Eye, by Gust Larson, IS years of age.
He was playing on the ice and saw a
body floating in the water, face down.
ward. He dragged it to the shore. The
body was identified as that of Amos by
his name on the collar.
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Clrcumstantial Evidence.

Judge-You say you found this man
wandering about the graveyard last
night? Why do you think he intended
robbing the vault?
Officer Madden-Because Oh found
Skeleton kays in his pocket. yer honor.
Judge.
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Ingenious Woman.

'.What is d sanguine disposition,
Uncle Christopher"
"Sanguine disposition? Well, it's
your mother, Bobby thinking she can
pound a picture-nail into the wall with
banana.'-Detroit Free Press.
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Learned the Worst.

"John got so discouraged about HIM
self that he went to the doctor yester-
day to know the worst"
did he get the information he was
seeking?"
eyes; the doctor told him his bill was
$17S."-Judge.
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M Chance for Escape.

Oh, birds! yours is sorry lot
For II you 'scape the cats
The women-folks will have you shot
To trim their Sunday hats.
IL. A. w. Bulletin. 3.
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Criticism.

"Penman tells me that if he thinks
of an idea in bed he always jumps up
and jots it down."
"Yes? His recent work doesn't indi-
cate that his rest has been much broken
of late."-Puck.
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Saved by His Reputat1

II see that Quibbler was discharged
by the jury"
"But thought that he admitted his
guilt"
HE did. But he is such a liar that no
one would believe HMM. Y. World.
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One Lesson Learned.

"Next time," said the man who gives
advice, ''you will know better than to
bet on a game of chance"
1T was not game of chance" an.
swered the man who had lost his coin
"That element had been eliminated by
the other fellows'-N. Y. World.
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Gould Afford 1t.

Mrs. x lat fancy ball) mag
nifcent costume Mrs. z has on. I
wonder what it represents?
Mr.. K (who knows the z family)-
1t represents housework, which you hire
somebody else to don. Y. Weekly.
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After Visiting Hours.

He Don't you know, Miss Bessie. ]
am mind-reader. I can read your
thoughts now.
she-Why don't you 60, then Up
to-Date. 81 q. Il:
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ApDreciates n Joke

Il suppose the secret of his popular
ity is that he talks WELL"
'Not at all. The secret of his popu-
larity is that he laughs well. Chicago
Post.
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why she refused Him

81 assure you, Miss Dorothy, I have
never known another woman's love-"
THAT settles it, Mr.. Smith. I could
never marry man who is so unpopu-
lar.'''--N. Y. Truth.
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Easy.

Come! Laugh at trouble" says the sage.
In accents comfortingly mellow.
| 'Tis easy to pursue the plan;
Most any man can smile to scan
! The troubles of some other fellow.
Washington Star.
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Matter OF Neces.ity,

Ukerde Why are you so determined
to marry rich girl?
Gobang-How else will ever be able
to pay alimony TT Topics. -
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Not for q Rest.

Depositor-Is the cashier in?
President-N-o; he's gone away.
Depositor-Ah! Gone for rest, pre-
sumo.
President (sadly) to avoid ar
rest.-N. Y: Weekly.
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ThesTest..

6 Miss Millward You say you love me,
but you must prove it. Make some great
sacrifice for me and l will then believe
you.
Mr.. Helmwood BY Jove, I'll do III
I'll limit myself to three packages Of
cigarettes tomorrow for your sakel-
Chicago Daily News.
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He Thought So.

Hewitt Did you marry money?
Jewett--I guess 90; money talks.
Town Topics.
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Nearer the organ OF Advice. 4

He Phrenologists locate benevolence
exactly at the top of the head. 's
She Yes, as far from the pocketbook
as possible .-Up-to-Date.
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Ravaxes 81 fhe Plaruule,.

Bombay, March 10. Two hundred
and fifteen new cases and ZIG deaths
from the plague were reported Friday.
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A, Lovers Mfatake

Oh, bitter world! Oh, bitter worldw
He cried in dark despair.
He'd kissed her shining locks and found
Much quinine tonic there.
Chicago Record. "
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She Needs SymDathy

She Needs Sympathy.
When o'erhear two women talk,
Though it may seem absurd,
I always feel quite sorry for
The poor dear absent third.
Chicago Daily News.
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STORAGE.

Oh, lock me in your heart, my dear
Sweet fate-who would not choose It
Then keep the key without fear. p
'Twould please me should you lose it.
Detroit Free Press. 49, @;
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One Exception.

One Exceptic x3 sgSS
The Philosop her Fell me what = per-
son reads and ! can tell you what he -
s The sDyspep tic OF always There's
my = wife. for instance; she is always
reading q cook book.
The Philosopher (confd ently
Well
The Dyspeptic Well, she's no cookl
PUCK. s.
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I Fortunate Man

"Blithers is so deaf that he can't hear
himself talk, said 3inks.
He's in luck, " said Banks.-Harlem
Life. ss54,z
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And He said \ othing More.
hat do you think ought to be
lone with q young woman who walks
along the street with u wooden tooth
pick in her mouth, !?
She think she ought to be married
70 some young man who walks along.
the street with q nasty pipe in his
.mout h. Chicago Tribune.