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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-08
FRIENDS AFTER BArTLR
The British and BoeP Soldiers J0fDeA
Hands In CARING fer the
wOunded.

As the fighting did not finish until
after nightfall. it was necessary for the
men to bivouac on the field, says the
London Mail. This they did cheerfuIIy
and in an orderly manner, despite q
soaking downfall and the chilling cold.
From the moment OF the "Cease firing"
both British and Beers fraternized in
the care of the wounded. The stretchers
were found to be missing in the confu-
sion necessarily consequent on an at
tack against modern weapons, and
great labor was experienced in moving
the wounded men from among and be-
hind the rocks and down the slippery
hillsides. But everyone worked loyalty,
and the staff in Ladysmith worked so
effectively that. though the first doolies.
or native stretchers, only arrived at
midnight, special trains were ready
throughout the night to convey the
wounded to the hospital, and with the
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4 great deal of unnecessary SUFFERING
IS endured in this world asssF much 81 u
is caused b. burns anE seaEds Tier
IS n simple relief for such accidents.
which will prove vasEsabE~ e properly
applied An application ef eornusoa
whiting ard OIL. Or Fassr IL OIL czuuos se
obtained. will draw the ffrs ous Of tf-
burn or se7Id and vir~inmesfiaes r~EEzT-
Make The ingredients into paste ausf
fsy fs over the part Affected. covering =
with some old linen sna ezttss wasE-
5iH1- This - oue Of the NEST soothing
and at The same tim. best Of remedies.
-ToIeGo News.
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HcoSonY n DRrss.


1t does not always follow that fine
weIl-dressed woman expenfs an un-
usual amount of money upon her
robe. The chances are that she spends
less than her more poorly -dress~ei
neighbor. The difference Is that the
one makes the subject of dress a study
while the other does not. One we'll
dressed woman who has plenty of
money at her disposal. remarked
proudly: II spend less on dress than
any of my sisters When asked Esosx
such a thing could be, for she really
dressed better than they. she re-
piled: Il don't buy the first thing
happen to see" This was her war of
saying that she made selection only
after having made an examinations OF
the different varieties OF goods which
the market Afforded. or in other words
that she gave the same intelligent con-
sideration to the subject of dress that
she would do to any other with which
she might have To deal.
What one wears is and should De r.
garded as being in a measure an index
OF ones character. The quiet. mod
est woman does not choose hashy col
ors for street wear. nor does the pru-
dent one put her entire outlay upon
one gown which ear be worn onIy
upon rare occasions and for which she
has no accessories. The thoughtful
woman does not deem IL at all nsees-
sary TO have a bonnet for every dress
when she can. By careful planning.
manage 60 have one that will be suit
able to wear with each of her several
gowns. To obtain the best results ore
should decide at the beginning of sIs
season just what sum shall be set aside
for dress and the seasons outfit be
planned accordingly. The study and
foreshough which IS thus. necessarily
given to the subject will often enable
the ~oman of slender purse to dress
IN eotter taste than her more favored
sister. who buys anything to suit her
fancy at the moment.
The care given ones wardrobe IL ar
Important item to be considered If ore
would succeed in dressing well on n
little One woman with whom T am
acquainted is bright and intelligent. ST.
perior IN many ways. yet although she
spends considerable for dress general
~ presents a more or less dowrfT ar,-
pearance- After a few months wear
her dresses. which are often handsome
to begin with. are burst at the seams
and so spotted as TO be almost unprp.
sentable. When she goes ont IL, susrr,
the afternoon she takes no pains 90
change her dress On returning home
but wears it 70 work abou; the house
the rest of the day and il is oufv q
short time till the gown is TOO shabby
to wear from home Another woman.
who adopts the opposite plan. always
has in her wardrobe generous supply
of pretty gowns. The secret was rx-
planned by one of her intimate friends,
who said: Mrs. Blank does not bur
any more than anyone else. but she Sc
lects the best material. takes good care
of what she gets. and has her dresses
made over every year. The old ones
help TO save the new ones. 50, that 81,
has always a supply" These tue
cases are doubtless extreme ones. br7-
they illustrate the fact that every WON.
an can If she choose. dress neatly ant:
becomingty. though she exp~pd hu, 4
small sum Of money for dress.-Houss.
keeper.
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States has come into the possession of
colonies which must be given intelli-
gent government. Cuba is temporarily
| under the jurisdiction of the United
States. Porto Rico and all the other
possessions of Spain in the West Indies
have come under the flag permanently
Hawaii has asked for and been given
the protection of the flag, and the Phil
ippines have come in by purchase. The
Sulu islands, Guam, and the Samoan is
land lately acquired, also want atten-
ton. TO these may be added the ter
ritory of Alaska as being distant and
more in the nature of a colony" than
OF a United States ''territory' If the
United States continues to pursue her
present policy all these interests will
necessitate the organization of new
governmental department., and the
presidents cabinet will have to include
secretary for the colonies. But until
congress takes some action on this line
the government of the colonies will
have to be carried on as at present by
commissions under the authority of the
r. VI TIC " ulleu oldCeS.
1t would be the duty of the secretary
for the colonies to nominate for the
presidents consideration and the SEN
ate's approval colonial governors and
councils. These officers will be respon-
sible, not directly to the colonists, but
to the government in Washington. The
various governors appointed will make
| reports to the colonial secretary and
advise him of all affairs of any general
concern in their respective provinces.
In the minor affairs the secretary will
be allowed to proceed according to his
own judgment, but matters of more
| moment will come before the cabinet
to be there determined.
As the analogy will naturally be
drawn between the relation of Great
Britain to her colonies and any attitude
this government may assume it may be
interesting to look for moment into
England's colonial policy. Great Brit
classes of colonies: Q) those which
have obtained responsible govern
ment, and (2) those which are gov
erned by governors and councils not
responsible to the colonists and practic-
ally under the control of the home gov
eminent. As an example of response
BILE government that of our neigh Dor on
the north, the dominion of Canada, will
naturally come to mind, Another ex-
ample is Cape Colony, further removed,
but at the present time quite as inter-
esting. Natal, another South African
colony, is an example Of the other sort
of colony, its government being direct
| ed from the British colonial office in
London. The distinctions correspond
in some sort to one made by Bryce in
his american Commonwealth" when
he divides the territories of the United
States into organized territories and
uEc-ganized territories-these latter
including Alaska and Indian territory,
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first stroke Of dawn sufficient dooIies

first stroke Of dawn sufficient dooIies
were waiting to convey every man.
The Red Cross workers attached to
the Boer force were equally ready. and
it was pleasant to see the mutual good
feeling. The British soldiers treated
the Boer wounded as solicitousEy as
their own, and round one of the few
camp fires which were lighted I saw all
the best places occupied by the enemy's
wounded prisoners. Armed Beers even
appeared with the object of searching
for their wounded. They were allowed
to pass freely about the hill. and gave
no sign of any desire to abuse the priv
ilege. They talked freely and good
humored1y with our soldiers. and then.
having fulfilled their mission, disap-
peared in the darkness.
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For some years there has been a
growing demand from business men
connected with large commercial in
terests for department of trade and
commerce. Many of the European gov
ernments have organized such depart
ment. In this country, however, the
only move in that direction by the gov
eminent was the creation by act of con-
gress in 1887 of the interstate COM
merce commission. This commission
has large powers over the railways, but
of course has no authority for attempt
ing to promote manufacturing inter
ests. Manufacturers and business men
generally are now pointing to the agri
cultural department and claiming that
IT that is so great help to the farmers
as it certainly has proved, then a de.
partment of trade and commerce must
bring about for them similar advantages
Only the other day the New York board
of trade and transportation adopted
resolution in favor of establishing such
a department. But perhaps the strong.
est appeal has come from the National
Association of Manufacturers. The
$50 delegates to the last annual conven.
ton of that body almost to a man ad.
vocated taking up the matter and push.
ing it to conclusion. The scheme is
big one. 1t contemplates reorganiza'
ton and vast improvement in the con.
sular' service. 1t would take an enor
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by physician who has practiced MANY
years in Philadelphia, and who has seen
a great deal of hospital service.
1T is popular fallacy," he went on.
to imagine that a deathbed scene is
ever terrible, other than as a parsiu,
between loved ones. The fear of the
unknown is never present al the last.
Even amid ignorance and vice I have
never experienced such scenes as nov
elist, who strives after realism. will
sometimes picture.
when patient is told that he can
not recover and the end is near. he in
variably seems resigned to his fate. and
his only thought seems TO be of those
who are to be left behind. This Is true
alike OF men and women.
Those who become hystericaI and
declare they are not fit to die are the
ones who are not as III as they think
they are. These always get well. 4
psychological reason? Oh, don't know
that there is any. It's just a human
trait
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the SMALL .soYs TROUBLES,

Before they had arithmetic,
Or telescopes, or chalk. sr-'r
Or blackboards. maps and copybooks-- 81
When they could only talk:
Before Columbus came to show
The world geography,
w hat did they teach the little boys
3 Who went to school like me?
There wasn't any grammar then.
They couldn't read or spell.
For books were not invented vet
1 think twas just as well.
There were not any rows Of dates.
Or laws. or wars, or kings,
Or generals, or victories,
Or any of those things.
There couldn't be much to learn:
Inere wasn't much to know.
Twas nice to be boy
Ten thousand years ago.
For history had not begun,
The world was very new,
And in the schools I don't see what
The children had to do.
Now always there is more to learn
How history does grow!
And every day they find new things
They think we ought to know
And if 1t must so like this,
I'm glad I live to-day,
For boys ten thousand years from now
VIII not have time to play!
ANSWERS.
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II is possible and many think

L 1
- met offices will be created
by the Fifty-sixth congress. For many
years business men have wanted a de-
partment of trade and commerce, and
since the late war with Spain we have
heard something about the need of a
colonial secretary.
From its inception the presidents Of
fetal family has been growing one.
Washington started with only four cab
met Enthusiastically of state, secre-
tary OF the treasury, secretary of war
and attorney general. In 1898 a secre-
tary of the navy was added. The office
of postmaster general was organized by
act OF congress as early as 1894. but was
deemed subordinate to the treasury de-
partment until 1929, when Jackson in
vited the postmaster general to the
cabinet meetings. The department of
the interior was created in 1910. In
1855 the department of agriculture was
organized and given representative in
the cabinet. In this list of ministerial
offices several are wanting which exist
in Europe. There is no colonial secre-
tary, no secretary of education. no Sec
rotary of commerce, nor secretary of
public works. For two of these there
is no place in our system of govern
ment- Educational interests are taken
care of by the various state govern
ments, and congress keeps in its own
direct control the matter of public
works, but there now exists the posi-
bility that congress will call the other
two into being.
Under the old regime there was no
colonial secretary, because no colonies.
Since the war with Spain a new condi-
ton of affairs has arisen. The United
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| nous amount of matter with which
they are now overloaded from the
| treasury and war departments: Il
would add another member to the pres
ident's official family and make him re
sponslble for the successful advance
| ment of American trade in foreign
! lands.
There are many matters besides the
interests of foreign trade that NIGH
we'll be given over to the attention OF
this new department should congress
see fit to organize it. Interstate traffic
and commerce would be one, thus al
the outset supplanting the present in
terstate commerce commission. The
matters OF patents and copyright would
be included. So also trademarks, test.
ing and branding. Some attention
would have to be given to questions re.
lating to the pooling of interests, trusts
| competition and restrictions on special
trades. AS a matter of course mer.
chant shipping would come within the
| province of this department.
But it might be expected that there
would develop some criticism and OBJ
lection to the proposed departure. A
leading authority contends that, while
1t Is true that the department of agri
culture has extended the markets for
farm products, this has only been Incl
dental to the development of scientific
husbandry for which that department
| was created. The writer goes on tc
say:
las the people must derive the necessi.
ties OF existence from the SOIL and as the
soil is the basic source of all national pros
| perity, the work Of increasing and di
versifying its productiveness becomes q
legitimate function of government. The
government has already devised a con-
sular scheme for furnishing producers with
information regarding foreign markets. If
this consular service is ineffective it should
oe reorsanlzeo upon business principles. As
for the development of the merchant ma
r1ne, 1t does not lie in the power Of a cab
met officer or of congress to divert Amer
lean goods to American bottoms until we
have built the ships for that purpose. Man
ufacturlng now constitutes one Of the most
important FACTORS in our national prosper
1ty, and the superior excellence of our
goods is certain to capture the markets OF
the earth, whether congress provides a
special department of commerce or not,
However, whether the matter is set
tied pro or con by the present con gress,
a deal of interest has been aroused and
congress is sure to have the matter be-
fore it before adjournment. Indeed it
has already had the matter before it..
Two years ago bill was introduced.
But because of the war with Spain It
was permitted to rest undisturbed in
some committee pigeonhole. Now,
however, more determined effort for
congressional action is likely to be
made. HECTOR c. LEXINGTON.
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G~fssmx Ew~ux

Frssufi-Hovw did y9u fellows come
10 decide asainss lawyer Ros<baesrs
eiisHt2 Ri the testimony was IN hss
favor ard Eoorfasks address vsasl y
mastery effort.
JuFyHiaH Hmm Hs began hIs
speech By sarir' that n -sorri to she
wise WIS sufficient and then raEk~sE
two solid hamrx.-Eusfrr.
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NO ONE FEARS DEATH.
An Experienced Physician of Long
Practice Tells of Popular
Fallacy.

Il have seen thousands Of persons die
under all sorts of circumstances. and
never yet have 1 seen one display the
slightest fear of DEATH This remark
able statement was made the other dav.
according to the Philadelphia Record,
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Nose Goheust-in trapsuruuSEy1-Oh.
key. vot IL Moses voHId gone on
sardsh ~onee nsors9 veufin's ft Dc
, Glorious sizhtst to see him make der
Voter in de East rifer stauds on ron
side unds den lead der Jews agross.
key Hockstein with gseam at
hopeD-I wish he would do it. Nose. r
mighdt find dot haifHf dosIar
dropped of der ferry boad Iass spring.
-Pu<k.
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AaHuna-Whas aEe you sryfHv 20
draw?
Little FrbsE--sn elephant.
Rather n difficult sxsfsEe.ssT
I'D rather draw elephants rsaa-4
anything else because prupIe EN- ss-
ways sefi what Ts IS. Taew Essa=~ an
elephant Is me only animal wifi swo
t..iIs~-Ssr9v Stories
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What are they 9oiE- s8 cali resr
new brother. jack
On. don't kHoes--.Tack guess
But that's your nauae+
That aoesnss nsaIx@ arg difference.
&c was papas before bad e. Pa ard
ma hare way of snakiar as bays asx ms
taesr old shSrgss-D<rrass Frcr P--ss.
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IT WAS DEWEY'S TREAT.
Once Each Season the Admiral Sends
One Hundred Orphans to
the Theater.

I'm 1885, said Col. Frank Small, adj
vance agent for i theatrical company,
according to the St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat, Il was in Washington with Rose
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-08
TWO NEW PORTFOLIOS
Possible Additions to the Presidents Official Familu
What Would Be Expected of a Secretary for the
Colonies Demand for Depart
ment of Commerce.


and being under the direct authority OF
officers appointed by the president and
the laws passed by congress. 1t may be
presumed that none of our colonies,
with the possible exception of Hawaii
and Porto Rico, will for long time to
come obtain the responsible form OF
government.
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Bravado always makes much ado
Chicago Dispatch.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-08

This distinguished Connecticut
judge professor constitutional
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Exhibit of SeFpents. ~
Brazil will exhibit 500 varieties Of
serpents at the Paris exhibition in 1900
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without n Rival.

Parke-1s Griggson a good story
teller?
Lane-Fine. He has been married
eight years, and his wife believes every
thing he says.-Town Topics
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-09
TITLES FOR EDITORS.
OUchesses and COuntesses Success
fully Operate an Expen-
Sive Newspaper.

For the first time in history. In re-
cent history at any rate, duchesses
and countesses have run newspa per,
and some Of the greatest people in the
literary. artistic aud musical worlds
and other worlds ad infnitum-have
formed the staff. says the New York
Mail and Express.
This wonderful little news pape was
called the Free Bazaar News. and was
published daily ut the London Press
Bazaar, held for reimbursing the cof.
fers OF the London hospital. 1t was
free however. only in name. for no
daily newspaper could. ever hope to
touch the prices obtained for it-for
its aristocratic proprietors sold it for
80 cents copy.
The idea OF the paper seemed to
strike half dozen women at once. so
no one can claim to be its originator
but the cause OF 1t was the donation TO
the bazaar committee. by the director.
OF linotype company. OF enc Of their
machines as an exhibit 1t seemed a.
shame that $4,000 Of useful machinery
should not he utilized. so the Duche&.
OF Sutherland and some of her CLIQUE
planned the little paper which proved!
such success. 1t wns really "ths"
attraction Of the bazaar for reopl.
went miles to see the bellies of the
most aristocratic, society in England
operate the machine. sort type. use
the rollers. pull proofs and ink their
fingers. Among the contributors were
me most famous editors of London.
famous statesmen Of Jose phi Chamber.
Iain's stamp. actors. with Sir Henry
Irving as chief and other celebrities
too numerous to mention.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1899-01-09
CHINESE ENJOY BEHEAD1No.
The Execution Of Rebels II Made .
Festive Affair for Women
and Children.

According to late Vancouver (B. C)
mail advices from China eight sub
ordinate leaders Of the Kwangski re.
bellion have been beheaded at WI
Chow. They were carried in baskets
through the principal streets as a
warning spectacle amid the laughter
and Jeers Of men. women md children.
Ten thousand people witnessed the
decapitation and made it a gala day.
Little children copied their parents
who ioked ut the dying rebels n second
before the aS fell. When all was over
the children played among the head
Tess, bleeding corpses and made sport
with the black, disfRurcd heads.
Mandarins end headmen irlprovised
sort Of Nay pole and the heads Of the
rebels were placed on top in tiers. the
children dancing around them. The
governor advised the mGndarins to
make the beheading as festive as pos
+ible. so as TO inspire disgust for the
rebels in the hearts Of the people. A
banquet was afterwarti spread.
The Japan Mail says petition has
been sent 10 the government by for
e1gn consrls requesting that behead-
ing be discontinued.