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The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Endurance Of the Moose.

While the peculiar pacing gait of
moose will not carry him over the
ground as rapidly as the deer or carl
bou, his endurance far surpasses that
of either of these animals. For short
squirt or in very deep snow the caribou
can easily discount the moose, but for
an all-day's jaunt, where the course is
fairly open, the moose has no rival.
Many years ago when Sir Edmund Head
was governor of the province he owned
a tame moose that performed remark.
able feats of speed and endurance. On
one occasion the governor wagered
$500 that his moose could travel from
Fredericton to, st. John over the ice, a
distance of "a miles, in faster time than
any team of horses in the stud of Lord
Hill, of the Fifty-second regiment. A
sledge wa attached to the moose and
another to the horses. The river ice
was covered with about eight inches of
snow. The start was made opposite
government house at eight o'clock in
the morning. In seven hours the
moose and his driver were in Market
square, st. John. Lord Hills team was
distanced, one of the horses expiring at
Gagetown, andthe other reaching st.
John three hours behind the moose
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29
Payine Bonds.

- 1N1AA40 OVsAW1s )
The man who weds an heiress clips
coupons from the bonds of matri-
mony. Chicago Daily News.
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

This gentleman formerly
candidate
wase of
Is why the house bestowed on him its most lucrative
The Worthington advance., 1899-12-29

France in war has 1000 soldiers to
15,4o7 inhabitants; Germany in war
has 1000 soldiers to 17,427 inhabitants;
Great Britain in war has 1000 soldiers
to 72,413 Inhabitants, while under the
house bill enacted during the late war
the United States provides for only
1000 soldiers to about 791, 900 inhabit-
ants-N., Y. Sun. ..s 80
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
No.19


wrecui@r system. -.
t-s z, the position assumed In tha
i-sst rNlar~tius diseases. and IL il gen.
,.i-y tailcd as a token OF revival
when q patient voluntarily turns on
the side.
Hut There are several DISADVANTAGES
pa tu" Supine posture which ffnuMif
og enlsltrdss sleep. Thus i'm disorder
81 conditions of the stomach the blood
seems % Grav.tate 60 the back Of the
head and 10 produce troublesome
dreams
Nearly all who are inclined TO snore
do 20 when lying on the back. because
the soft palate and uvula hang on the
tongue and that organ falls back SO
as 10 partly close the top OF the wind
pipe.
lt is better. therefore. TO lie on the
side. and In the absence of special
disease rendering il desirable To lie
on the weak side. SO as To leave the
healthy lung free 10 expand IL Is well
TO use the right side, because. when
the body Is thus placed the food gravI-
tateS more easily out OF the stomach
and the weight OF the stomach does not
compress the upper portion Of the i'm
tpSfineS
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
4 FINE OPENING.
PORTO RICO 4 MAGNIFICENT FIELD
FOR ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.

The Coal Problem aud Many other ErPcn,
pon~ive Item. Meet Ready Solution ~
Reason Of Abundant water Pow err al.
orers Barn About - rt.. nay.
The establishments OF electric tram
ways throughout the island of Porto
Rico. fIum east TO west along the
central range Of mountains is desir-
able. easy and relatively inexpensive.
An electric line. starting from Nagua-
bo or Humacao At the east end. touch
ing the interior towns OF Juucos
Ca-auS. AguaS Buenas. Sabana del
Palmar. Barranqui a.. Barros. Jayuya.
Utuado. Adjuntas. and Maricao. and
terminating at Mayagurz. With
branches from the main line To the I'll
lagos along the coast would serve
better than any ther system TO move
the rich products of those districts
and 10 accommodate the great number
of passengers who now have no means
of convenient travel!
The coal problem. ard many other
expensive items of railroad building
need not be consideration in the
operation and construction of such
tramway system. as there exists
throughout the whole mountain range
natural water powers available Tor
any class of machinery. The many
and powerful waterfalls having their
sources n the mountainous inland
region. and the rivers which run
through this territory in various Iii
rections, seem to have been created 10y
nature especially to aid man in the cul-
tivation of the rich soil and the market
ing of its products. which. because of
the high attitudes and necessarily
heavy grades Of high-roadS. ii these
should be built. would otherwise he
very costly. The interior of the island
Is extremely mountainous. as may be
well seen from some of the iliuStra-
tons. Around the entire extent Of its
coast, however. is Il fat belt OF rich
lowlands suitable for the cultivation
of sugar and tobacco.
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MAP OF THE ISLAND OF PORTO RICO.
The highest village of Porto Rico.
Aybonito. situated at an altitude of
2.300 feet above Sea-level. Is on the
line of the central highway which
runs from Ponce to San Juan. This
fine highway. built originally by the
Spanish government for military pur-
poses. has no grade greater than Il
per cent. which would be the maxi
mum also to be met with in the con
struction of tramway along the
mountain range.
The ballasting of rockbeds. in what
ever direction the lines might run.
would cost but little. as there is more
than enough material for this purpose
on the ground; and throughout the
whole extent of the proposed lines
there is to be found wood OF excellent
quality for crosS-tieS. The labor re-
quired for such a construction Is
abundant and comparatively cheap. as
the laborers in this region, accustomed
to the hardest work, have never earn
ed more than 80 cents a day Porto
Rican currency; and il would be an
exceedingly easy matter to procure
1000. 5000. or 1000 men for any kind
of an enterprise.
Skillful stone cutters are easily to
be had; and on the ground along the
route is found an ample supply OF
stone suitable for bridges, culverts,
and other constructions of similar
nature In short, 1t is not necessary
to seek elsewhere the materials for
the construction of a tramway or
railroad, as all, excepting the rails
and other metal parts, are to be had
along the mountain range. With
abundant and weil-distributed water
power from streams that do not fail
even in the dryest seasons; with the
materials for ballast and ties at hand;
with labor cheap, good, and plentiful
the building of electric railway lines
will certainly be attended with but
little cost compared with the substan-
tial profits that such lines may be ex-
pected TO earn.
In the whole island, whose coast line
measures 800 miles, there exist only
the following steam railway lines, be-
longing to Il French company: One
line. of one meter gauge, from San
Juan TO Camuy, sixty-two miles long,
and its operation produces an aver
age income of S2,735 per mile an
nually Another line leaving San.
Juan on the north, passing through
Martin Pena and Rio PiedraS, and
terminating at Carolina, is IA miles
long But the income from its opera
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

at is-it isl Gerald Gerald! told
you ] would so back to her! iIcrcr
She fumbled at her dress. which, be-
.ng unable in her agitation to un-
'2sten. she rent asunder. taking from
within il a small packet. 81 promised
m-to-give it to his mother
She thrust little packet into Mad
ans fingers. and | spTaug forward,
determined TO put an end 80 this hhr
rowing scene, even if | must needs
lse force to do so. stopped ANA
threw my arms about the slender
igure.
Come, come, Alice ! urged. ]
lave something to show YOU. Come"
felt her form yielding 10 my touch,
md she turned her head and looked
Up at me with submissive eyes that
promised success to my intention.
But alas. in turning thus to look into
ny face as l stood behind her she dis
covered what |, with my back to the
window, remained ignorant of-that
Darracott Chester had entered the
room and was standing n few PAGES
away, silently regarding the scene
with lowering brow.
Her fragile form drew itself vigor.
Dusly together. It's lax muscles grew
tense; sudden determination seem
I'd to endow the enfeebled cOnstitu-
iOn with new strength. 4 cry-lOud,
fierce, terrible-burst from her lips.
and before ! could realize even that
an impulse had taken possession of
her she had gathered her waning
powers up for one supreme effort. and
breaking from my hold had rushed to.
wards the man behind me, with the
scissors, diverted from their late gent
le service to become the weapon Of
a ticrcer purpose, glttering danger
ously and treacheiously, half-hidden
within her han9.
No one suspected the actual menace
of the assault save /, who alone saw
the implement, and one other. How
Madam in her blindness discovering
the meaning of that wild cry, or what
intuition guided her TO avert the tragic
consequences it hCded, | know not.
Before l could warn Darracott by
word or deed, however: before David
Spencer. with full possession of his
senses, could realize what the dis
tracted creatures sudden movement
pretended, Madam had OWNED all.
There was n swift rush forward,
and quick crashing together of two
wOmen's forms; two cries in unison
'ang out; onc-faint spent. exhausted,
The tired, fretful cry of an cxasperated
.hild; the other-a sound that | could
never have believed it possible for my
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
TCONTlNUED IN OUR NEXT
Denomination.

The Philadelphia Record tells of an
old Pennsylvania farmer who recently
came into possession of n check for
$500. 1t caused him Il great deal of
anxiety, and for long time he could
not muster up courage to have it cash
ed. Finally on trip to town, he sum-
moned up nerve enough, and, strolling
into the bank, presented the check.
The teller glanced at it hastily, and
then. after the fashion of his kind,
brusquely asked: What denomiua
tion?" Lutheran, gol durn il. But
what's that got tew do with it," as
brusquely replied the old farmer, to
the great astoniShment of the bank
official. 1t required several minutes
explanation before the teller could get
the old man to understand his ques-
ton, and then the latter took his
money and departed with sundry
growls derogatory 60 banks in general.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
AN INTERESTING STUDY.
Great Tact Required In Crowds whies
Bring All Glasses Tsgether.

Great Tact Required In Crowds Nhhrn
Bring All Glasses Tsgsthsr.
The behavior OF people In crowds
would make an interesting study OF
itself. In an ordinary crowd the ma
tority are apt TO be unacquainted with
any formal etiquette. and the rest
seem 10 forget all they ever knew
only those who are possessed Of ma
tural politeneSs and unfaIling good nm
ture are saved from becoming savages
under such Circumstances. or course
1t Is unpleasant for people or refined
nature TO De brought into very close
contact with the ruder populace. and
IL very frequently happens that the
very ones who have had most training
in courtesy are the most disagreeable
when in the midst Of crowd The
nerves OF the common people are less
easily disturbed. and the physical dis
comforts common 20 crowds are not
greater than they are accustomed to
in ordinary daily life. Unless you can
be sure Of bearing yourself with
courtesy and good humor. you should
avoid crowds for your own sake as
well as out Of consideration for others
III. from choice or necessity. you n0ck
with birds that are not all OF your
own fine feather. your aim should be
TO respect the rights Of others without
relinquishing your own You are not q
door mat. 10 allow yourself to be
trnmpled upon without remonstrance:
nor yet a eur. 20 snarl and snap 1t
those who. perhaps. through no fault
Of their own. encroach upon you too
closely. Even In the highest circles
people are apt 10 lose their heads. TO
say nothing Of their hearts. when
massed in large numbers. as witness
the trays that are reported to take
place among the fair ''gentlewomen
who attend the queens drawing room.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
DRYING COFFEE IN PORTO RICO

DRYING COFFEE IN PORTO RICO.
ton is not so great. as another steam
railroad which runs in the same di-
rection for half the distance. or to Rio
Piedras. thus dividing with IL the traf-
fic of that region. Still another line,
30 miles long, runs from Aguadla TO
Hormigueros. Another short line IL
in operation between Yauco and
Ponce. distance of - miles, with
two stations on the line at Guayanilla
and Tallaboa. This railroad has an
average annual income Of $2.I6O per
mile. but il should be noted that. be
cause of the high freight rates. S2-25
per ton for 22-mile haul, or ten cents
per ton-mile, great part of the
freisht-carrying between Yauco and
Ponce is performed by ox-carts, in sue
cessfuI competition with the railroad.
The freight rates OF the ox-carts are
not much lower than those Of the rail-
way. and the speeds are about the
same. Besides this excessive charge,
the railway does not offer the facili-
ties which should obtain in this dis
trict. as IL does not reach to the har-
Dor of Ponce. where the great bulk
of business .is done. Bulk must be
broken and the goods transferred, the
transportation OF merchandise and
fruits from the railroad station 10 the
harbor front by carts being n very
costly item, as well as n source OF
great inconvenience.
The territory which produces the
most coffee is in the high and noun
famous parts of the island. along the
central range, and here II is that the
greatest need is felt for transportation
facilities, the only existing means OF
communication being by horse roads
or mule paths built by the residents.
From the plantations where the coffee
is gathered TO the nearest towns on
the coast, whence the berries may be
carried in oX-carts 10 the markets,
carriage is affected, at the present
time. on the backs Of horses and
mules. which can take only 200
pounds a trip. These horses bring
back an equal quantity of provisions
and merchandise for the subsistence
and necessities Of the labOrers and
other inhabitants Of the interior. For
this transportation on horses and
mules 81 hundred pounds. each way,
is paid from the points most distant,
and 30 cents from the nearer points
The Engineering Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

Count Skorzewski. a wealthy land
owner in the province of Posen. Ger
many. TO the amazement Of his rustic
neighhorS. has introduced novel de-
parture on his CzerniejewOei estates.
which stands a fair chance OF being
widely initiated in agricultural dis
tricts in western Europe. Instead Of a
horse or OK camel Is yOked 10 the
plow, and the experiment has proved
successful beyond the counts most
sanguine expectations. The camel.
Injured to hardships and privations.
does double work of a pair Of horses.
Is exceedingly tractable and can be
kept in good conditiOn-for n camel
on n comparatively small quantity OF
inferior fodder. The .-Sk0rzewski
quadrupeds." as the peasants OF Posen
facetiously call the laborious infruders.
were soon acclimatized, and are the
envy of the countryside.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

THERE WAS a SWIFT RUSH FORWARD.
dear lady's gentle lips 10 Uttrr-a
sound that was half-Snarl. haltShOuU,
venomous. savage, mcuaciu". Hiicd
with all the concentrated and long
suppressed hatred ana auimusi;y of
the outraged mother WHO had mis-
takcnly thought she had learnt long
since the lesson of patient endurance
and full forgiveness. Who knows
what awful dregs of resentment re
main, undrcamt of. in breasts that
believe they have successfully applied
The great lesson of divine charity:
The old Adam is oftpncr htidnu He-
heath an accumulation of acquired
Christian sentiment than routed i'm to-
10 from our spirits.
When we reached the two women
they had fallen 10 the ground. locked
IN each others embrace our first
thought was that intense emotion had
robbed them of consciousness. aud
that they were both merely nScnsi-
BILE But it did not require the pro-
'eSsional mandate Of the physician 70
ipPriSe us Of the stcruyr fate that
lad oycrtakcn poor Alice. one glauc"
at the beautiful fncv that lay upon
Nadam's bosom. where % mad chuucrd
% fall was enough TO assure us that
The sudden fierce gust of passion
which had swept over the HickcrinS
spirit of the unfortunate girl had suf-
iced 10 cXtinguish the feeble flame
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

Lake Superior is in danger of losing
its distinction of being the largest
fresh water lake in the world. African
explorers begin to think that Lake Vie
toria Nyanza is larger. Superior
covers 81 200 square miles and Nyanza
has been credited with 10000, but re
cent explorations have discovered a
hitherto unknown bay on its southern
side which so increasIs its known area
as to make it Il question whether it is
not larger than Superior. Fuller ex-
plorations and more careful surveys
must be made, however, before a de
Cision can be reached.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
Some HaradoxeS.

"As big as n whale" might be rather
small. as there is a species of the ceta-
cean genus hardly three feet long.
Nor does the expression las awkard
as crab" apply on some of the South
Sea islands, for crab is found there
that not only runs as fast as an aver
age man. but climbs trees with the
ease of Il schoolbOy.
Nor does the busy little bee i'm
prove each shining hour" down in
Mexico. On the contrary, it soon
learns that. as there is no winter
there there is no necessity for lay
ing in store Of honey. and degener-
ates into thoroughbred loafer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

or course. every one II aware thar
under the name OF tea" we often
drink beverage which has no acquaint-
ance with me real leaf. But there are
several teas" which are not fraudul-
ent manufactures. though they are not
made Of the leaves
In Mauritius. for instance. they
make tea Of the leaves OF an orchid
In Peru they drink mate. n tea made
from n native species OF holly. The
Abyssinians make tea from the
leaves Of the catha edulis. which has
such stimulating qualities that even
leaf or two Of II chewed has all the
reviving effects OF ''the cup that
cheers" and thus II most valuable 10
travellers. The Tasmanians ARE said
70 De the happy poSseSsors Of no less
than q hundred substitutes for tea.
while the TonkineSe have teas or
their own made Of berries. leaves.
woods aud bark OF trees. In Sumafra
coffee leaves are infused In the tea
pot, and tAe result Is said 10 be an
excellept befeEage. S
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
wonderful Nerve.

A woman shoplifter was caught
stealing an umbrella the other day in q
Philadelphia dry goods store. But IL
was decided not to prosecute her II
she would pay for the umbrella.
valued ut $3.50. which she did The
next day she returned and requested to
see the manager When that surprised
person could recover himself sufficient
ly to ask her business the woman calm
ly told him that she had been pricing
umbrellas in other stores and found
she could purchase one like her own
for So. and she wanted to know IL
he wouldn't refund her 30 cents. As
a tribute 20 her monumental nerve the
so cents was handed her in silence.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
Old Copper Cent?

1t is estimated that there are 1884,
100000 old-style copper pennies some
where. Nobody knows what has be-
come Of EN-. except that once In n
while a single specimen turns up In
change. \ few years ago 100000
bronze two-cent pieces We're set afioat.
Three million OF them are still out
standing, but are never seen. A mill
ion OF three-cent silver pieces are
scattered over the United States. but
II Is very seldom that one comes
across any OF them. OF the 10000
one-half-cent pieces. not one has been
returned to the government for coin
age or is held by the treasury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
Two Most Valuable Stamps.

At a philatelic exhibition recently
held at birmingham. England. there
were placed on view the two most
valuable stamps in the world-a penny
and a twopenny Mauritius. Only
twcnty-threc specimens of the 1S4S
Mauritius stamps are known to cX-
list. and the market value of the two
exhibited at Birmingham is 1O.500.
They belong - a Partisan collector,
who loaned them for the exhibition.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
Growth ef a story.

As an example of how n story grows
il is related that a report recently
reached Ottawa, Kan. TO the effect that
the coal miners ut Ransomville had
found a petrified snake 80 feet long
and nine inches In diameter. Prof
Yates of Ottawa college hurried Co
Ransomville in fear that some other
fossil collector would get ahead OF
him and found that the alleged snake
was a bit of petrified root II inches
long and q half inch in circumference.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

Every year 10000 umbrellas are
said to be lost in Paris According to
these statistics. one person in evssvT
four loses his umbrella. The police
say that ladies are much mos careful
with such articles than men. for the
number Of parasols taken to the lost
property Office annually is only about
one hundred.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
Growth OF Sunnow.rs.

An eminent Indian medical officer
is satisfied that the growth of sun
flowers in malarial sell is better than
eucalyptus as a preventive Of malaria.
The government OF India is making ex-
tcnsive experiments TO determine this
point.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
A Peculiar Parrsf.

In New Zealand q species Of parrot
is found that, finding its food entirely
on the ground. has lost the power Of
fight. Ii differs from the rest Of its
family only In this particular and In
being almost vOiceiess.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11
An Itnportont Matter.

''He said he wanted to consult me
privately on matter of vital import
ance TO his future and Of course
thought il was proposal"
Wasn't it,
mo. he wanted my advice about
choosing n wheel
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

Five and twenty years ago France
was able 10 put tie same number OF
soldiers into the Geld "a Germany
Now the German military forces. or
rather the men Of German nationality
capable of bearing arms. would out
number the French by a million
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

The position affects sleep. \ con
strained position generally prevents re-
pose while a comfortable one woOs
sleep. Lying fiat on the back. with the
limbs relaxed. would seem to secure
the greatest amount OF rest for the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

The soldler boys in Manila say that
the Spaniards and natives there in
variably turn TO the left instead OF
the right in passing others on the
sidewalks and in the streets. and con-
sequcntly there are numerous accident
nj collisions with Americans
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

In this country placing the thumb to
the nose and extending the fingers IL
a sign of dcriSlon. Among certain hin
tribes In India fy IL the most expressive
manner Of showing respect
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

CHAPTER VII. On forcing an en-.
trance to the hou-r they find that MIS-
Mavberry daughter Alice, who is insane
and has been missing for years, is confined
there. She turns cat to be the wife OF
Darracott Chester.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

CHAPTER V. Mrs Mayberry's sus.
picions arc aroused. and she warns Dor
othy. who continues her Investigations.
She communicate. with Franklin. an old
servant who absolutely refuses 10 90 near
the Stone House Mrs. Eldycdge's son,
Darracott Chester, arrives at home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1899-05-11

CHAPTER VI On returning from
visit. accompanied by DJrmcatt Dorothy
and he are startled by strange sounds com
ing from the Store House, and proceed TO
investigate.