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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Is NOT A SINECUJRE.
Mayor Of q Large City Must Worn
Hard and Steadily.
Our Correspondent Spends Day al
the Chicago Executive ONCE
and Sees and Hears Many
strange Things.
Especial Chicago Letter.

Having spent ole day with the mayor
Of Chicago, believe he earns mis- $1O.-
600 q year salary. OF course there
are lots Of people who believe
they can run the city much better
than anyone else, just as there are
Lots of people who are sure they can
1un q newspaper great deal better
than the editor. We have all seen these
people, and we all know them. We all
know that in theory things look much
better than they work out IN actual
practice. Now, the man who thinks
that running the. city of Chicago is a
sort of half-holiday picnic never made
q bigger mistake in his life. It doesn't
make any difference whether the mayor
is republican or democrat, it all
amounts to the same thing when il
comes to transacting the business of
the city. The work may be done poor
~; the streets may be dirty; the gar
bage boxes may not be properly emp.
tied, but there is certain amount OF
work to be done-good, bad or indiffer-
ent, and somebody has to direct it all
That is the mayors business. and he
has his hands full.
If they would let him do his work
quietly, it wouldn't be so bad, but some
body is after him all the time. If it
isn't the politicians, it's the refcrmers,
or the women representing diverse and
numerous organizations for the propa,
cation of all sorts of propositions, SO
it doesn't make any difference; there
is always somebody knocking at the
private door.
To get an idea of what the mayor has
to do put in day with him not long
ago. arrived at his office little in ad-
vance of him. His private secretary
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
= lady wants g Sc you. Mr.. May 81. Z
All right. said the ayor, .'let her

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~ z, s !: ~ sou ,1'' 81 - yor. le' ner
co.ne =.
9 gooa-iooKlng ssoMan neatlv dressed '
IN Dlack Went NJ g sela.e ~ 81 up 70 the
mayors desk y, !, 9 business. hke way:
~ s MAyo, sAs & au, 8 soou q i'Re
70 nave YOU puy atasAsl ior our cnurch
rame. = : only ' s oos's s. -
Harrison reacn req. down into his
trousers pocket. brought forth bright
half-dollar and 4: handed It to her. She
thanked MIN, ana as she softly closed
the door ne signed. q '
IL l subscribed 70 everything that
l am asked to subscribe to, said he,
1t would cost me ne. $4,000 lss' to $4,000 q
year; out coulon g reiuse that wom'
an-sne was SO easy ABOUT II.
Then he picked up atletter. There
were three mlnu res o. silence. The
private secretary announced oelega-
t1on OF coloreo men from the First
waro. 1ney "anteu more representa-
ton on the pay ro!ls az the city hall
be1ore the oe4esa.on got away man
VINO nad snpPeo ~ the outer door
edgeo up 10 the oesk ana sald ne wanted
1ree pedo1lng permit 70 sell campaign
songs'ers' tnen az oiu man came IN
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
dozen bullets, caps and linen patches,
enough all round for q dozen shots.

dozen bullets, caps and linen patches,
enough all round for dozen shots.
At the close of the hunt the old
gentleman took strict 4 inventory.
For every charge of powder and every
bullet missing young Joe must produce
gray squirrel, shot through the head.
you've got to plug 'em through
the head, joe said the old man. ANY
other sort of KILN would be sloven-
", and I'll not raise boy of mine to
grow up q careless sloven about his
work
IF Joe failed to produce squirrel
killed through the head the old man
took down a long plant. reliable hick-
DRY and walloped him. AS result,
when Senator Joe Brown was grown
man, indeed to the day of his death,
he was the surest, deadest shot in all
Georgia.
Nov, here's where the skill and the
wide repute it gained for him stood
him in good stead. He was involved in
q political fight with Ben Hill. They
made very sarcastic, not to say in
sulting, speeches at ard of each other.
Hill was the best talker Georgia ever
saw, and the way he peeled the hide
| of Joe Brown was solemn thing. One
night he went too far.
They accuse Senator Brown, said
Hill, of being gambler and wine
drinker. will defend him from these
charges. I don't believe them; I deny
them. TO gamble and to drink wine,
while vices, are after all the vices of a
gentleman, and there's nothing of the
gentleman 10 Joe Brown
AT this Brown went after the vola-
| tile Mr.. Hill la the code duello.
He wanted blood. It was then his dead
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p. M. Lahiff, was in the outer office
sorting the mail. There are stacks and
stacks of letters waiting for the mayor
every morning. All private letters are
laid aside for the mayors personal peru
sal. The others the secretary uses his
discretion in answering orturning over
TO the mayor. That saves the mayor
time. To get rid of this mail is a days
job in itself. There are communica-
tons on almost every imaginable sub
'ject. One man wants to know why the
city doesn't have double board of al
dermen, so that one would be check
ioh the other, and keep the paving
blocks from being stolen off the street.
Another man asks the privilege of sell
ing cracker-jack on the east steps of
the city hall. Another wants job in
the water Office. Another wants his
honor to go around to the gas house
and tell them if they don't cut down
their bills he'll shut them off. Another
suggests congress of religions to be
held here next Fourth of July. A young
lady from away out west somewhere
writes in for an autograph. The pres
ident of the Woman's Society for the
Good of the Earth wants the mayors
opinion on the ACCESSIBILITY of electing
old women for sheriffs in towns of the
fourth class. Then, there are all kinds
of complaints. The man who has no
business of his own makes it his bust
ness to see to it that other people do
their work right. There are several of
these men in Chicago, and when they
are too busy looking after the affairs
CT some one else to give everybody
proper attention, they call on some of
their friends out of town to help them.
There is never a dearth of complaints
awaiting the mayor when he comes
down to the Office No matter how triv-
ial these complaints may be, he exam
ines and investigates every one of them.
If against certain department, he
calls in the head of that department
and probes the matter to the bottom.
Some of these complaints, perhaps the
majority of them-are groundless,
and many of the grievances are imag-
mary, but the mayor looks into every
one of them and replies to them person
ally.
Mayor Harrison reaches his office
at about $3.50 every morning. He
doesn't vary five minutes either way.
He goes at once to his desk, where his
mail is all laid out for him. He had
hardly got down to business the day
/ was there when an alderman came in.
The alderman wanted a pardon for a
constituent who had been sent to the
kridewell. -
"What's he in for?" asked the mayor.
"Oh, just some little thing-I don't
know exactly" said the alderman eva
sively. Then he added: "He's good
fellow, you know, and a handy man
around primaries" .@'--@
''Wait till see the record" said the
mayor. s- 81 " ~ p.
In another minute the papers were
spread out on the desk. Harrison looked
up and said: So. .
why, this fellows in for wife beat
ing
''Oh, I don't know" said the alder
man, twisting in his chair, for he knew
the mayor was down on wife heaters.
''Well, I know" continued Mayor
Harrison, land that settles it. Nowife
beater win ever be pardoned from this
Office 4.s
The alderman walked out, and the
mayor turned to his mail again. Then
Lahiff stuck hfs head in at the door and
said;
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
WASHING MADE EASY.


Washing day is the hardest day tan
the week. All efforts to make wssk-
ing easy have not yet materially affect
ed this matter. Washing machines
have lightcned the burden and wiring
ing machines have proved household
blessing, but still blue Monday remains
the hardest day in the week. Chemicals
and chemical soaps rot the fiber Of the
clothes. They are not genuine labor
savers, because they destroy the clothes
so soon that more labor must be given
to making new ones than is saved by
rapid washing. The cost Of new fabric
is greater than the cost of the extra
labor. There are many superior sosps,
but they are not those which profess
to WASH clothes without labor. There
are harmless washing fluids, but they
are generally those made up at home
from well-tested domestic recipe, in
which all the ingredients are articles
known 70 the household.
Probably one of the most successful
labor-savers is common benzine. When
it is purchased by the gallon it is not
expensive, though when sold by drug
gists for cleaning it is generally sold
by the small bottle at from five to six
times its proper price. It is used in the
water in which clothes are soaked and
in the boiler. For large tubfui Of
soiled clothes prepare tub of luke
warm water. Add little soap and .
half cupful of benzine. Look over the
washing carefully. Put in no colored
clothex. II there are any stains on the
clothes remove them with sthe proper
stain eradicator. This should not be .
powerful chemical. For fruit stains
boiling water poured on while boiling
is the best. For mildew ammonia may
be used, but common buttermilk il
even better, though it takes more time.
Let the widowed spots soak in it until
the sweet buttermilk turns sour, or for
at least "a hours. Rub the spots well,
and if they do not come out give them
a second bath, using fresh supply Of
buttermilk. After attending to the
spots in the washing immerse the soiled
clothes one by one in the preparation
of soapy water and benzine and let
them remain over night covered In
the morning rub the fine pieces out
on board and put the coarser cnes
through washing machine. Put them
all after tkis into boiler of lukewaTm
'suds' in which another half cup Of
benzine has been mixed. Let the
clothes boil for three or four minutes,
no longer. Rinse the clothes very care
fully. Wash colored clothes in luke
warm water, using half cupfuI Of
benzinc tc every tub of water. OF
course, .cclored clothes should not be
soaked, but washed and rinsed as quick
ly as possible. Use mild white soap,
not strong brown soap, for washing
colored clothes. Use 1ukewarm water,
never boiling water, unless you wish to
run the risk of fading them.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
A ,WOMAN'S CRIME.

A woman's jealousy was the cause of
a frightful crime at Duluth. Mrs. H. L.
Borglund shot and killed Peter Han
son. tailor, and then cut her own
throat, but was not as effective in her
own case and will probably recover.
Mrs. Borglund is widow of 90 years of
age. She kept number of boarders,
among them Hanson. who was her
cousin. He was 3oayears of age, but al
though 10 years his senior. the widow
was wildly in love with him. Hanson
paid her considerable attention for a
time. but lately had been quite devoted
to younger and fairer woman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
' UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

A decision was handed down from
the supreme court in which it was held
that the law providing for the appro-
priation OF money for seed loans is un-
constitutional. The reason for the de-
cision is that the money appropriated is
for a private purpose, and therefore il
legal. The same order holds that those
who have already borrowed money un-
der the law cannot use the decision as a
means of escaping payment, because,
having availed themselves of the law,
they are now estopped from pleading
it's unconstitutionality. The case is that
OF William Deering & Co.. appellants,
VS.: Peter August Peterson, defendant,
John Gillespie, garnishee.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
SMALL BOY AS BANKER.

F. H: Peavey three years ago started
little financial scheme to induce small
boys Of Minneapolis who were working
for living to put their surplus earn.
ings in the bank. In the three years 176
boys have enrolled themselves in Mr..
Peavey's Economic CLUB. and out of
that number 1877 have still some money
in the treasurer's strong box. One boy
who saved $81.7o drew it out to start
his sister in the millinery business.
Many of the depositors are office boys,
Of whom one has saved $50, another
$63,ranother $42, another So, etc., -'.~
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welcome. The people from all parta
OF the city come here to see the mayor
They present their petitions to him
They ask for his advice. They ask him
for assistance in all kinds of projects
Some ask for aims. All receive a hear.
ing. This "altar OF duty" is one of the
most interesting features of the city
hall. One has but to note the hetero.
geneous mass of people assembled
there to learn lesson in human ma.
ture. The old, the poor, the halt and
the blind are there. Faces pinched
with poverty and faces scared with
crime peer over the tall railing at the
mayor. At the ''altar of duty" many a
poor soul receives the word of com.
fort that is needed to cheer and helr
him. 1t is the best thing that Mayo,
Harrison has originated, and now that
it has been inaugurated it is likely tina,
it will be continued by his successors.
At 1870 p. m. the mayor went to lunch
and was back again promptly at $3.50
In the afternoon he endeavors to keep
out general visitors that he may de.
vote himself to examining city reports
and attend to municipal business. I'm.
til $3.50 and sometimes $3.50 p. M he de.
votes himself to the city work. The day
1 was with him. he worked like hired
man, only stopping when interrupted
by some politician or determined per-
son whom the private secretary could
not keep out.
There is one day when nobody-no
matter whether big or little-can see
the mayor. That is on Monday. Mon.
day his door is closed tight, and he de.
votes the entire day to personal exam
ination of each order and ordinance
that is before the city council. The
council meets on Monday night and the
mayor wantst to be perfectly conversant
with every measure that comes before
that body. He goes through each docu-
ment and either approves of orvetoesit
Sometimes the aldermen, override his
veto, but in important measures he is
pretty crafty in providing against that.
He learned some tricks from his father
Garter H. Harrison the senior When
he vetoed the General Electric orui-
AA~ANO 1AC I'LL cdlcueu 10 pass
it over his veto. The mayor sent word
around into the wards where men were
holding city hall jobs that unless the
aldermen voted to sustain him there
would be a general cleaning out in the
departments. The aldermen could not
Withstand the demands of their con-
stituents and the veto went through.
The work in the Office is only small
part of what the mayor has to do to
hold down his job and his dignity.
1t was a quarter past six o'clock when
the mayor shut down his roll top d esk
and babe me goodnight.
Through at last 1'said I. ..
"Through?" reiterated he. IT guess
you don't know much about this job.
I have to make speech tonight to the
Young Mems Go-Ahead society in ths
Thirty-fourth ward.
z. FREDERICK BOYD STEVENSON.
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Sponge Cake Pudding.

Procure six stale sponge cakes and
split them in two, lengthways. Cover
one side of each portion with rasp-
berry jam, and place in the bottom Of
a shallow glass dish. Pour over enough
maraschino to soak them thoroughly.
Beat the whites Of five eggs to stiR
froth, stir in two ounces of powdered
sugar and one-haf teaspoon Of vanilla
essence. Pile this on top Of the sponge
cakes to dry them completely. Set tho
dish in cool oven for few minutes to
dry the outside of the frothy covering,
and when it is cold decorate the top
with a red currant or guava jeliy-Bos-
ton Globe.
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CHRISTMAS FANCY WORK.
cushions Which Make Pretty
Presents.

Pincushlons are always handy and
make acceptable gifts, for one never
can have too. lmany.-.A pretty and
dainty cushion seen in shop the other
day was long and narrow, bordered
with a pale blue silk frill, and neatly
pinned on the top with colored pins
was strip of dainty drawn thread
work, the threads being caught to-
gether with pale pink cotton.
Another cushion seen on the same
table was small and square, covered
with timber satin, ornamented with
bows worked in heliotrope and white
silk. A little box-plaited border Ut
heliotrope and white ribbon finished
this exquisite little gift, which was ef.
fective anG nicely put together.
A comically shaped pincushion is
made by extending all the corners out
into divisions, run through with satin
ribbon the exact width of the cushion
Between each division thus made is
reel OF silk in various co1ors. The
cushion seen was covered with pale
gray silk, edged with pink cord. The
ribbon was of a dainty pink, and reels
of silk black, white, pink and gray,
making an exquisite combination.
This cushion forms serviceable sddi-
ton 10 work box.
Another blue cushion consisted of
strips CT the blue satin, on which sprays
of violets had been painted, joinel by
deep cream lace insertions.
A water-lily cushion may be formed
by stiffened white satin petals sur
rounding a small center of yellow silk,
tied around at the base with green
silk. The yellow center should be well
stuffed, in order to hold the pins. OF
course this custom does not recon-
mend itself for everyday use, but it il
a novelty, nevertheless, and pretty.
One other cushion, round and fat, was
made of shaded mauve velvet; the dain-
ty lace dolly pinned over it was cir
cular in form.
To make really useful and pretty
pincush:on, take an old-fashioned doll,
with sawdust body; cut out as
foundation for the cushion circular
piece Of cardboard about six inches in
diameter end make a skirt of figured
silk for the doll that will fit about the
edges Of the circular piece of card
board: cew securely and then fill this
skirt with sawdust. Put in the doll up
to it's waist, and bring the gathered
edge around the waist, sewing it tight
". This stuffed skirt forms the pin
cushion. The body and head Of the
doll may be dressed as fancifully AZ
u "A
sort was copied from one of Kate Green
away: babies, and another was little
gentlewcman of about the year 1910,
with her lace mantle and skyscrapeF
bonnet.-St. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
A Fra9ranf smoke

He-What's the matter with these
cigars?
she-Wh dear, they smelt % horrid
that I put some can Dc cologne on
/ them!- Illustrated American.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-01-05
Woman, Lovely woman.

!, Mattie-That idiotic young Softleigh had
the audacity to propose to me last night
Helen-Did he, really! I always thought
he was a little off in the upper story, but /
had no idea he was as bad as that Chicago
Evening News: =
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Professional ObjectionA.

II think, = said the judge, Il win have
to send you to the Vorkhouse.''
The prisoner shuddered.
''Couldn't you make it the Jail,
judge?" he asked. Il don't mind the
confinement, but I don't like the name
It sounds horrible Chicago Post.
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HELD ZIP

John P! Voyer. an employee of the
Pioneer Press. was held up by masked
footpads early in the morning while on
his way from home to work. in St. Paul
He had but 90 cents in his pockets, and
no valuables, having left his gold watch
at home. When within a block of his
residence tall man poked a revolver
IN his lace. and accompanied the action
with demand to hold up his hands.
He complied with the demand and al
lowed second robber to go through
his pockets and secure the little change
he had.
The Great Northern freight depot at
St: Cloud was destroyed by fire. Valu-
able receipts covering long term Of
years were also lost The estimated loss
is $4,000: insured
Alexander Wilmer, young unmar-
ried man. was found in field two miles
south OF Mora frozen to- death.
Sheriff Wagner of St. Paul. who took
James H. Southall, the forger. to the
penitentiary, reports that the prisoner
remained cheerful throughout the or
deal. He will probably be employed as
clerk in the shoe department of the
prison.
Elevator "E," with 10000 bushels of
wheat. was totally destroyed by fire at
Minneapolis. The burned structure was
situated at Tenth street and Second av-
enue southeast.
Governor Clough has accepted the
resignation of ]. C. Pyle as member
Of the board of trustees for the institute
OF detectives at Faribault, and in his
place has appointed Albert V. Ovitt, OF
St. Paul:
Two Polk county farmers, while on
their way home from Fisher the other
night, both we'll loaded with cornjuice,
got into fight. One of them drew a
knife and slashed the others nose off.
The Northwestern double elevator.
with $4,000 bushels of grain. the Inter-
state elevator with 1000 bushels Of
grain. and two Great Northern freight
cars went up in flames at Clara City,
The state auditor received $2,425 from
the Minnehaha Soldiers Home, being
the pensions OF the inmates for the last
quarter.
Fire at Red Wing burned out FIVE
business houses. Loss $4,000.
A special from Toledo states that the
Rev. James S. Montgomery of that
city. has accepted the call to Wesley NJ.
E. church OF Minneapolis.
Gov. Clough was presented with
silver coffee pot and tea pot by the
members Of his official family. -.
A child born to Lottie Jackson. a
young colored woman OF Minneapolis,
was killed by being drowned in pail
Of water. ~.
:, The residence OF Mrs. Jennie L. Nc
Cussiek in Minneapolis was destroyed
by FIRE. The inmates escaped in their
night clothes.
Charles Johnson. OF Oak Park, was
found dead near that village with bull.
let in his heart. The affair is mystery
to the. people of that place, and it is not
known whether the cause Of his death
was accidental. suicide or murder.
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PerplexinrI. 7,

Money talks" and Silence is golden
s With two such precepts what is man 90
ing to d? IN. Y. Journal.
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Winter Carrots.

Do not forget how wholesome is this
sturdy vegetable. In winter they are
deemed rank, but this objection may
be met in their preparation. Wash,
scrape and slice them, put them on
to cook in cold sailed water to mora
than cover them, and cook until per-
fectly tender; drain, pour milk over
them, which thicken with equal parts
of -four and sugar blended together. A
teaspoonful Of sugar to each pint of
sliced carrots should be added to the
water in which they are cooked. An
other method Of preparation is to drain
the carrots when they first begin to
get tender, cover them with boiling sea-
soned soup-stock, and simmer slowly.
uncovered, until the stock is reduced
to glaze.-W oman's Home Companion.
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You Must Take Il Straight.
The pill Of adversely is never sugar
coated Chicago Daily News.
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Indian Relish,

Chop fine small head Of cabbage,
six onions, also IL green peppers and
two quarts green tomatoes. Sprinkle
over one cup of salt and let stand till
next day. Then drain off all the liquid
and put the vegetables in a kettle. Bare
Is cover with vinegar. Add half cup
full mustard seeds, one teaspoonfuI eel
cry seed and half cup sugar. Boil five
minutes. Remove from fire and put
into glass jars or in = stone jar. II You
like the relish sweet, add one cup of
sugar. Add finally one tablespoonful
English mustard oklyn Eagle.