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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-07

The Easter exercises at the M. E..
were strictly missionary and we're a
success.
j. D. Humiston received three
moro carloads of harvesting machin
cry this week.
Mrs. J. NJ. johnson, of Indian
Lake, returned Friday from Mankato
where she had an operation perform
ed. She was very weak, but is On
the road to a recovery of health.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-04-07
A.. uo 0, &c Ell. 2: =.

Mrs. Henry Osman of Elk is i'm
proving from a sever attack of the
grip.
Dave Thompson returned last Sat-
urday from trip in the Oklahoma
territory.
Mrs. Jeanette Reese, formerly
Miss Carrie of this place, recently
died at the Dowie Institute, Chicago,
of diabetes. The funeral was held
the first of the week at LeSueur.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
The Summer Pinzzn

Among the necessary furnishings OF a
properly equipped piazza are hammocks
one for each slde---three or four steamer
chairs three or four canvas camp chairs
with backs cushions galore and tea
table Then II Venetian blinds of proper
size are added to screen the piazza from
the gaze OF the curious. an ideal summer
lounging place will be the result.
The gayer the piazza Is the better The
cushions should be of two kinds-soft
down ones for hammock siestas and SUB
stantial floor ones. Both sorts should be
covered in gay-colored materials, the soft
ones In red or green Grape cloth or some
OF the Japanese materials. bandana hand
kerchiets or the like. and the harder ones
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
A valuable Article Of Aedif'

To the Editor OF The Post,
Houston, Texas, April A.--NoN
strawberry season is here 49, =
benefit OF your readers, wia'
that the strawberry plant Is WI
liable medicine in kidney compA
strawberry grows wild. but y n0n \
tivated in gardens on accom-. y
licious and valuable fruit. WIN w.
markets at the proper season y
dainty supplied.
l will not attempt to deserve =
it is so we'll known. 1t
diuretic and moderately stlmup;
all cases of strangury, stoppy n
urine, gravel. or ulcers formed y "
neys or neck of the bladder. , w
of this herb may be drunk "
fruit be in season, put qusnus
herb and fruit into pitcher Ply
water thereon. and let 1t inius' Y
two or three hours. then strnn
each quart OF the tea add ons ~ h
pure ginger, pounded or grslea 4
this decoction take a sr1ali r'A'''
three or four times day. ,,.,l
Geo, H. RsyIIi,
Botanic Practitioner Of hss'
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
BROUGHT HIM A WIFE.
His Fatheris Old Dairy Was the
starting Point.

Starting Point.
st. Louis Republic.
Few prettier romances have reached
their elimination in the marriage license
office of st. Louis than the one which
linked the futures of Noble Hamilton, an
employe of the Planters house, and Nancy
b Hamilton OF Sparta. Ky. They were
married yesterday by Rev. Or. j. H.
Young OF the Centenary church
Three years ago the groomsman taught
school at Fort Worth. Texas. His father
before him had been pedagogue, one of
the old Kentucky school, and had dis
pensed learning all over the Blue Grass
state One idle moment young Hamilton
glanced through his fathers diary yellow
with age and unopened from the day OF
its owners death. in 1867. He found nu-
merous names and addresses in 1t.
With spirit born of curiosity, the son
penned letter to several persons OF his
own name. recorded in the diary as liv-
ing at Sparta, KY. These he forwarded
to the postmaster there, expressing a wish
that they be turned over either to the
persons named or their descendants. Ham
ilton's wish was to renew a lost acquaint-
anoeship with the Kentucky branch OF his
family
In reply came a missive in a woman's
handwriting She had the same name as
Hamilton. but 1t was afterwards learned
that they We're not related. Correspond
enoe extended over period OF zone year,
and last summer Hamilton visited Sparta
lie found young lady with wistful blue
eyes, golden hair and slender form await
lug his arrival He spent the summer In
the vicinity OF her home and before he
returned to Texas, she had promised him
her heart and hand.
Last February Hamilton located in st.
Louis He saved his money and ioyously
prepared for the coming marriage. Yes
terday morning Miss Hamilton arrived In
the city. She came to meet the man she
loved. and he was at the Union station.
Halt an hour later marriage license was
pi cured and rapid trip to Rev. Doctor
Young's residence completed the transac-
tinn. The cnnnla will live ntiir
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
Found out What w. U. T. G. Meant

Found Out What w. u. It. C. Meant.
New Orleans Times Democrat
The other afternoon a bland, middle
aged gentleman of Enthusiastically English
type stopped at a down town corner and
looked curiously at a new man hole lust
completed by the conduit gang of the
Western Union Telegraph company. "par-
don me, sir, he said, addressing a solemn
looking individual in a knot of bystanders.
but will you kindly tell me the signif-
canoe of those letters on that--er-lid?,
what? That W. U. T. C. ?" replied the
solemn man. Why that's a kind of
Glpner. 1t stands for Womans Christian
Temperance Union" Indeed" exclaimed
the stranger in surprise, land what mas
the order 10 do with this-ah--subway con-
triYance? TITS one of the man holes Of
their water works system" said his in
tormant, obligingly. you see. the union
mas undertaken TO supply water TO every
pody In town, so people will have no excuse
Tor drinking rum, and it has lust finished
laying its mains along this street. You'll
ma other man holes with the same inscrip-
ton at every corner" How very extra-
ordinary! cried the English gentleman,
producing a notebook and making some
nasty memoranda: Really now, couldn't
nave believed 1t If hadn't seen it with nv
own eyes! Why, you are far ahead of us
in practical temperance work! And the
cost-how much do you" "Oh, / believe
1t was about four million dollars" inter-
rupted the solemn man carelessly. "Mayhe
u was fourteen--I don't remember exact
ly Astounding" said the visitor fer
vently, and made more memoranda. "I
shall certainly mention this in some-er-
little articles / am preparing" what
made you tell him such a blasted lie?"
asked bystander with some warmth as
the bland gentleman moved away Blast
ed lie, replied the solemn man iniie-
nantly. Il was going to tell him we fur
nished soda water in summer time and hot
lemonade In winter, but didn't want
TO carry the thing too far I'm man with
some respect for my reputation"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14

For the formal occasions that will
rise even in summer cottage or hotel llv-
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14

A work of art is shown in the above
Illustration. The original was displayed
uon the counter of New York, jeweler
few days ago at his summer opening.
The ornament consists OF heavily en-
craven pin supporting a leaf-shaped de-
sign composed principally of elder
Combined with the elder in mysterious
fashion are fine, light green peacock
feathers The whole is sprinkled with
howery designs outlined with diamond
chips which glitter like sparks of fire
against the light. 1t may be interesting
to know that this ornament was labelled
at the extremely moderate price Of $3.50.
Helen Grew Page.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14

Crate one cocoanut add one cupful Of
water, press through fine strainer To
the Juice add an equal quantity OF thick
syrup, made by boiling water and sugar
In proportion of one cupful of water to a
pint of sugar, and six eggs we'll beaten.
COOK over slow fire until It thickens like
custard When cold dust with powdered
cinnamon. Serve cold.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14


Another connde,.s :
Chicago Tribune.
The burglar who had s.,,,..
In the bridewell for beIns
trying to leave a house /.
without the authority a. ~
engaged es, in the practice q ~
They don't catch ma J.
cage this time" he said !, =
raised a rear window Of y.
selected as the scene Of bs ~ +. g
cautiously insinuated his H.'
opening. asaa q
Il don't see no cards t.,,,.,
right, and not to make : ra,e
please shut the pantry NV
things won't freeze. eos
straight" seU
With a whispered caut,on !. !.
crate, who was to remain
side, he crawled noiseless,vN I
few moments to listen and \, =
to penetrate farther into ~ \.
Finding only few thinsS u Wy
on the lower floor, he startsa Ts v
way. "
One OF the steps creaked. =.
instantly. -
Not the slightest sound an. \
rooms above. however, and ~
a reasonable time. he moved w
upward with great caution
Entering what seemed "a /. u
upper room, he glanced abou, n
Sufficient light came In from {
lamp across the way TO enahls /.
a bed in one corner, occupIm =
whose deep and regular brs,,s.
nished sufficient evidence Az
sound asleep,
The mans clothes were hsr,..
the foot of the bed.
The burglar moved In that AL
Instantly he heard a loud NM
Don't do that! You'll vaka h
Annoyed and alarmed at VIM \
ceived to be a wholly unauthosy
bungling attempt on the part n \
federate to take a hand in lie an
the Job. instead OF remaining 4 \
of duty outside, he turned his N
moved back a step or two.
ST." came the whisper ami,
than before.
The burglar glanced at the ,lt.,s
had not stirred, and then ruoyj !,
the door. with the intention ). 4
tering noiseless rebuke to hs 4
confederate.
You blamed fool!" Whispered i,
again. you haven't got sense ~,
rob a sandbankl Let me do tAi,I'
The burglar peered into the glo,r
upped hallway.
Not seeing his pal. he stsyx
through the door. "
"Stop!" exclaimed loud, ds.S
voice. If you move another Inch
direction I'll put a bullet through i
He jumped back and darted ID {
rectlon of the front window.
chi. there!" spoke another yulx
go that way, either. Can't you Nj
running right into gum"
Trembling in every limb. hs stsl
the center of the room, uncertain /
do.
He put his hand to his hip poclt
IF you make another motion vi
handl" exclaimed a voice from ssrl
in the darkness, MI shoot! f'nl
drop on you"
He stole another glance at ths "
The man had not stirred.
The burglar felt cold sweat y
out all over him,
Then, as the savage yell Of ! ne''
apparently under the bed, came 50
to his ear, he jumped with q yen Y
to the side window. five or SIX h''
plunged through 1t, carrying the "
him. and rolled down the kitchen =
a deep snowbank. from which ~
a second later and fed like 4 ca
lowed by his bewildered confeaen'
He had made the horrible pl BY,
trying to rob professional ven'iu'
who happened to be awake. H
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14

fairs in the big, strenuous, heart-bre
ing world outside.
Think Yes; but not OF the past nor the
future. Think of the present. Puzzle
over such problems as what new dish the
cook will set before you for dinner, or
whether you will brush your hair before
or after the next "lie down"
Live as unthinkingIy as the lilies of the
field. Live as happily as a child.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14

in the indian grass cloth and other
Oriental stuffs that are guaranteed imper-
v,o,,s 10 dampness. They make a gorge
GUS showing, all OF them. and are cheap.
The hammocks should be swunsln saen
a way that they may be drawn UP Wne"
thew are not muse.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
Important Home Natter.

-'E'VFI DNUbVtF
Texas does not need to be interested in
any OF the questions of expansion; what
she wants mostly Is home government
home markets for home produce, home pro-
uuce TOT home markets, Texas manufsoto-
RES for Texas raw materials, Texas bread
s s Tor Texas people, and Texas meat
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
TRY THESE SOOTHING RULES.

Actress's Advice that Nervous wo-
men Would Profit by Following.
New York Journal.
Victory Bateman, the actress, three
months ago broke down from overwork and
was in straight Jacket In DR.. Givens'
sanitarium, in Stamford, Conn,
She had nervous prostratlon because
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
NEW H1IN ORNAMENT

A UNIQUE JewcIed AFFAIR to Decorate
the Couture.
One OF the greatest extravagances OF the
summer girl is her hair ornament. which
really costs small fortune. In fact
many a poor girl would be content to live
all summer on what her Weather sister
spends for a single comb or pin for her
couture.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-14
A PARIS FASHION LET1I
Miss Goodwin Tells How Summer Dra..
to Be Made-Materials and CoIors =

gown. The jacket has ~, 4
ana IS very open in tie ~
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25

The fraternities of the United States
lave 5000, 900 members, the masons
leading with 76S. 500 members.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25
HOW HAIR cURLs NATURALLY.

of the hair imbedded in the skin should
be sufficiently strong to resist any ten
dency to bend; unless this be so the
leverlike action necessary to produce
it's erection is destroyed. When the
hair is fine and ribbonlike the shaft is
not sufficiently stout to resist the strain
of the muscle and naturally assumes a
curve, the degree of curvature depend
ing on the development of the muscle,
the resistance of the hair and the size
OF the sebaceous gland The curve thus
produced becomes permanent and af-
fects the follicle in which the hair IS
developed, the softer cells at the root
OF the hair becoming more horny as
they advance toward the surface, retain
the form of the follicle; the cells ON the
concave side of the hair being more
compressed than those on the convex
side. In this way the hair retains the
form of the follicle after it has escaped
from it.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25

of enterprise, such as building rail-
roads, mining and ordinary labor re-
quiring no special skill or fitness for
peculiar employment. The Six Com
panies supply Chinese laborers for the
mines of Brazil, Chill, Ecuador, Bolivia
and other countries. They furnish Ia
borers for the guano deposits of Peru
and for the Peruvian inter beds. At one
time there were $4,000 Chinese coolie
laborers employed on the Pacific rail-
roads, and many of them are still en-
ployed on those roads, keeping them in
repair.
This traffic in human beings is not
called slavery or slave trade, because
the Six Companies do not sell their hui
man cattle. They hire them out. They
receive a stipulated sum for the work
of their hands, and they also receive
payment from each coolie for procur-
ing employment for him. The coolies
are therefore free; but to all intents
and purposes they are slaves. Never.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25
A LIGHTNING STORY.
Strange Case Reported to q Medical
journal by an Eminent Eng
llsh Physician.

Two brothers, aged respectively -
and % years, were driving together
near Chester in a dogcart during q
thunderstorm. They were apparently
struck by lightning and seem to have
fallen simultaneously out of the back
of the vehicle, for they were found
about five minutes after the flash lying
side by side on the road with the seat
of the dogcart under their legs and the
driving apron over them. I arrived
from ten to fifteen minutes afterward
and found them both quite dead; the
bodies were lying in the road in the
same position as they were found. The
elder brother had no external sign of
injury. The younger brother present.
ed the following appearances: The
epidermis was burned over the chest
and abdomen, not continuously, but in
number of circular holes from one
sixteenth of an inch to a quarter of an
inch in diameter. The metallic collar
stud was fused and the skin beneath
was deeply burned. The back from the
neck to the buttocks was burned, but
less severely than in front. The vest
and shirt were charred, but the waist
coat and coat were uninjured. The
wooden drawers and trousers had hole
burned in them about about two inches
in diameter corresponding to a burn
on the right bullock. On the occiput
there was a confused scalp wound evi-
IDENTIFY due to the fall from the We
hicle. There were no other injuries
nor were any of the clothes torn of
eithcr of the bodies.
There was still mo- rigor morris an
hour and half after death His watch
was going and seems not to have been
as it has kept good time
since. The cloth OF the cushion on
which the younger brother sat was
burned on it's outer surface, but tho
wooden seat beneath was unfnjured.
The tailboard of the dogcart has tho
paint slightly singed Immediately ne-
hind the younger brothers. seat, Otner-
wise the vehicle bears no traG es of tho
1t was very Wet from the
rain. No one else was in the cart be-
sides the two brothers. The horse was
uninjured and trotted home of its own
accord. The road also bore nc traces of
the ightning.-London Lancet.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25
THE SIX COMPANIES.
They Constitute the Most Powerful
Trust Ever Formed.
Functions of the Chinese Combine
Explained by an Educated Mon.
GOlian-Tfue Meaning Of the
Term s'Highbinder."
Especial Washington letter.


It seldom happens to one of our people
20 have an opportunity to converse with
an educated Chinaman, one who can use
the English language with facility.
Therefore it was a treat for the writer
to recently spend an hour in converse
ton with a polished and cultured gen.
tleman of that race, who told many
new and Interesting things about his
country and his people.
In reply to an inquiry concerning the
Six Companies and the "Highbinders"
he gave an elaborate description OF
them, which is herewith reproduced
from memory. In newspaper there
appeared a dispatch concerning the
other, the threat of death, unless $500
should be paid to ''highbinder." The
newspaper account gave no particulars,
and the average reader would suppose
that brigandage was carried on by
highbinders, and with the consent OF
the people in the Chinese quarter.
Whenever any act of violence is
committed by Chinaman it is Gus
tomary in this country to attribute it
TO a highlander, when, as a matter of
fact, highbinders are not guilty of any
injustice, and certainly are not re-
sponsible for brigandage or lawlessness
of that character. But first let us un-
derstand the Six Companies; then we
can understand the highbinders better.
When you read in the newspapers po-
litical editorials denouncing trusts"
and when you hear orators of all po-
lit:cal parties shouting themselves
hoarse and growing red in the face
and big in the neck with their patriotic
declarations, you may understand that
they are denouncing something older
than America, as factor in the affairs
of the world. Long before Columbus
secured the support which enabled him
to cross the ocean and discover this con-
tinent; and long before Eric the Red
sailed from Iceland to the coast of Mas
sachusetts, trusts" were in vogue in
China. This shows that there is moth
ing new under the sun.
The Six Companies constitute
trust" and a powerful combination it
is, too. Just how old it is cannot be
stated, although, of course, the branch
in this country has been in existence
but limited number of years. But
trusts" have existed in China from
time immemorial. Long before there
was any Fourth of July to celebrate
in this country the Chinese were max
ing gunpowder, and making firecrack-
ers, and the goods were disposed of by
Q "trust."
This Six Companies ''trust" was or
ganized by merchants for their own
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25

Austria's pension bureau has been
obliged to recognize polygamy in the
army. Since the occupation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina many Mohammedana
have become soldiers, and each of these
when he dies may leave several widows.
A recent order settles the pension ques-
ton thus: I'm case a soldier leaves
more than one legal widow the pension
assigned to the widow shall be divided
equally among all his widows who are
entitled to be pensioned."
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25
REASON FOR CURLs
English Scientist Exhibits . Model
Illustrating How Natural Curli.
ness II Produced.

At a recent Conversations Of tho
Royal society, says the London Graphic,
a curious exhibit was shown by Prof.
Arthur Thomson, namely, a model to
illustrate how natural curliness of hair
is produced. According to the explana-
ton three factors require consideration
in the production of curly hair: a.
The hair shaft; (2) the hair muscle.
and (3) the sebaceous gland. Straight
hair is always circular on section; and
is usually thicker than curly hair.
which is ribbonlike and fine. In order
that the muscle may act as an erector
of the hair it is requisite that the shaft
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1899-08-25

glass with a piece of white or colored
paper, as the subject may require, at
such a distance as to cast no visible
shadow. That is to say, the shadow is
lost before it reaches the paper. By
this means one gets negative of the
object only. Some subjects look better
on clear ground, then use a sheet of
white paper. For tinted ground, q
gray; and for black ground, dull
chocolate paper will be found the best,
as it seems to have the least reflection
and absorbs the light better than black.
Such butterflies as the common and
marble whites, small blues, ETC., look
better on dark ground, whereas near
~ all the others show better on a clear
ground. The same remarks will apply
to other insects. In making a series
of photographs of butterflies, they
should all bear the same relative pro-
portion to one another, as in nature,
and not be the same size. To obtain
this, they should be taken with the
same extension of the camera, and the
same distance between the object and
the lens. By working on these lines
one can obtain a set of photographs
that are perfectly accurate in size, with
relation to one another. I have not
said anything about the method of ex-
posture. This is the crux. If ones sub
ject is not properly lighted and exposed
we do not get a negative worth print
ing. / would at once say that if one
has the opportunity, there is nothing
like daylight; but it is not everyone
who can spare the time to work in the
light of day. Further, many days dur
ing the winter months are not fit for
such work, SO it is best to use mag
nesium ribbon, as it's Photographic
value is nearer to daylight than any
thing else. With seven inches of the
ribbon, and rapid, thickly coated
plate, one will find it easy to get a good
negative, full of detail, and graduation
# light and shade. The best developer
to use is pyro-soda. For the formulate,
see any of the Photographic text
books. need scarcely remark that
any printing paper may be used, pref
erably those of the gelatino-chloride
type. as they give brighter image
T. E. Freshwater, F. r. NJ. S., in Science
Gossip.