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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-02-02
ROYAL SPLENDOR.
The Court of King Darius Was a
Scene Of the Most Lavish
Elegance.

The court of the king was maintained
with extraordinary dignity and splen-
dor. The person of royalty was sur
rounded with everything capable of
giving it elevation, dignity and charm
in the eyes of the masses. Surround
ed by vast body of attendants, body
guards, servants, eunuchs and court Of
ficials, the king was removed as far as
possible from the vulgar eye. He gave
audience seated on golden throne,
over which was stretched baldachin of
purple, supported on four golden pill.
lars glittering with precious stones: In
his presence his courtiers FRUSTRATED
themselves in the dust. Whoever stood
in his presence to address him hid his
hands in the sleeves of his mantle as
token of his abnegation of will to re-
strain or harm. He was never seen on
foot. He sometimes appeared on horse
back, more often in chariot. Guards
and scourgers went before his car to
open the way. There followed the
charlots OF Mithra and Magi, carrying
the sacred fire. Around him and be.
hind him were the staff bearers and his
bodyguard. On solemn occasions the
ways were purified with frankincense
strewn with myrtle. The kings attire
was valued, Plutarch says, at II, 900 tai.
ents (about ST., ooo,0
Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus, ranked
as the queen Of Darius. Among his
wives of second rank the first place was
held by the daughter of Gobryas, who
had borne him three sons before he
came to the throne. Below the sec.
ondary wives were concubines, who
formed a numerous body. Three hun.
dred and twenty concubines of the last
Darius 1II.) were found among the cap.
tives after Alexander's victory at Issus,
The stories that passed current among
the Greeks concerning the extent of
the kings retinue and the lavishness
of their court, and which come to us
particularly through the pages of Keno
phon in his "Cyrus' Education and
Training," and of Plutarch in his Life
of Artaxerxes," are the natural tribute
which the wonder of a palmer people
pays to the grandeur, luxury and cir.
cumstance of an older civilization
Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, in Cen.
turV
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All q wonder at Is that We have been
tolerated so long, and Ell begin culti-S
waiting q cheerful disposition on the
spot.
And I too said Jessie. 'Kittie shall
be my model.
And Kittie shall be my wife, if she
will only say yes" and Fred Atkins,
Saddles handsome brother, parted the
curtains that divided the library from
the pretty sitting room, and stood be-
fore the two astonished girls.
why, Fred Atkins began Sadie.
Il know it. Sadie he interrupted,
shut I didn't mean to play eavesdrop-
per. I came home early to-day to tell
you and mother of my good fortune. I
have been taken into the firm as junior
partner
''Fred!" and Sadie'sarms were around
him.
II knew you would be glad he said,
$50 hurried home to tell you, but
when 1 came found mother out, and
you girls were in your room, so went
into the library TO write some letters.
heard you when you came into the
room. but L kept on writing. Then
Kittie came, and meant to come out
as soon as you were seated, but Kittie's
stories were SO interesting couldn't
interrupt them, and knew I should If
l came OUT ~ .--z~ 49,.
"And do you really mean to ask Kit
tie to be your wife?" asked Jessie.
eyes; ! have been in love with her
for long time. But never knew I'M
til to-day how genuine she is.
'Well, I think she loves you, too,
Fred" said jessie
And so it proved, for in a few weeks
the engagement was announced.
Fred said, with a laugh and fond
look into the brown eyes of the stately
girl beside him: 1T is Kittie's reward
for being cheerful
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SUNSET ON THE NILE.

saw not such placid stream as makes
pleasant murmur through an English
plain,
Ruftling the tranquil bosom of the lakes.
Then speeding to the main;
Nor such torrent as on northern hills
Comes leaping crystal-clear from rock to
rock, " H.
Falls DER the lodges in a thousand rills.
Rebounding with the shock
Into thousand tiny water-jets,
That upward spring, as striving to regain
Their place upon the rocky parapets.
But always strive in vain.
saw waste of waters, cold and drear,
Flow silent through region desolate,
Which the sun lighted UP but could not
cheer r.
AS fathomless az fate.
On either side the palm tree marked its
path
Beneath great rocks, whose ridges seemed
to swell
Like stormy pillows rising up in wrath.
But frozen ere they fell;
And on the banks. in lichen-covered rings
Fragments OF massive walls, now crum-
bled low,
Castles and palaces Of ancient kings
Long centuries ago.
Yet from time-worn ruins may we trace
How strongly stood the bulwarks in their
prime;
How haughtily defied with changeless face
All enemies but Time.
Chill grew the scene-the sun had disap-
peared-
Slowly the brightness faded all around;
gauzy mist, that thickened as it neared,
Dropped down without a sound
The black-browed rocks. the waters. and
the sky
It covered with cloak of pearly gray
That hid their sterner outlines from the
eye
OF the IMPLYING day.
tender sadness weighed upon the air.
A silent mourning for an unknown grief
"A sorrow that all nature seemed to share
That asked for no relief.
When, 10! a ray of palest primrose light
Shot Ger the path of the departed sun,
And with slow-deepening brightness put to
flight
The shadows one by one.
flushed lay the river in it's shingly bed,
The clear-cut palms were motionless and
straight,
Like sentinels who hear a far-off tread
And raise their heads and wait,
Then suddenly the sky above me burned
With crimson light that gloriied the
flood,
Until I almost fancied it was turned
A second time to blood
And, ere my dazzled eyes regained thei1
vieW
Color chased color DER the evening sky
In radiance ever-changing, ever new,
The rainbow hues swept by;
But ever growing fainter as they passed
And shrinking, till the clouds with
threatening mien
Drove all the glory from the heavens al
last,
And night fell DER the scene.
Jean H. Macnair, in Chambers Journal
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Frozen ON Purpose.

On one occasion Lord Rosebery was
entertaining a large party, and had
among other rural guests a farmer who
tasted ice cream for the first time.
Thinking that something had gone
wrong in. the kitchen, and desiring to
save his fellow-guests the pain of his
own experience, he whispered to his
host, that the pudding by some mis-
chance had got frozen. His lordship
listened gravely, without moving a
muscle of his face, tasted the pudding,
thanked the farmer, and then called a
servant. After some little conversa-
ton he turned to the farmer with a
relieved expression and said: '.It's all
right, Mr.. they tell me it's new
kind of pudding, and is frozen on pur-
pose" Thereafter the farmer 5partook
of his portion with evident relish
Scots Pictorial. -
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300 Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
all it's stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires q
Constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
strength by building up the Constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure,
Send for list of testimonials.
Address I. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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WESTERN CANADA IS ALL
RIGHT.

Delegates representing number OF
neighboring farmers in Clay county,
Mimi, who visited the Edmonton dis
trict of western Canada last summer
are evidently very well satisfied with
the result Of their trip. They think SO
we'll of the country that, in addition to
the privilege of obtaining free home
stead of 16O acres of land, they have
also purchased land. In recent inter
view on the subject, Messrs C. E. and
A. Hughes, of GAINESVILLE, Clay county,
say:
1--WE are we'll pleased with western
Canada. 1t is far ahead of what we
expected. AS for the crops, we have
never seen anything that can compete
with them. We have lived in Mime
sofa and have farmed some of what
they count the best lands in the Red
River valley for ten years, and have
done very we'll in that part of the
country, and have farms there at pres
ent free of all encumbrance, but be-
lieve that this country (western Can
aGa) is so much better that we have
bought from the Canadian Pacific Rail
way company one section of land
northeast of Edmonton, in the Beaver
Hill district. We have travelled through
that part of the country, and have seen
the grain in the granaries and the
amount of land that it was taken off,
and find that they have grown as much
as so bushels and over to the acre, and
they say that this has not been a good
year, and very little if any grain has
been touched by the frost. Hay seems
to be plentiful, and if you wish to put
up log buildings you can get the logs
within few miles. Coal can be had at
the mines for rs cents per ton, or you
can dig it yourself. Nearly all kinds
of garden truck can be grown in abun-
dance. We find everything that can be
grown in good demand. The farmers
tell us that they can get four and a
half live weight per hundred for hogs,
and for three-year-old steers from $50
to $50 per head, providing they are
good. We will move into that part of
the country next summer. All the peo-
pie in that part of the country seem sat-
isfied, and we do not see any reason
why they should not be so.''
Messrs. Hughes also stated that they
would be very glad to afford anyone de-
string particulars about the country
they had visited the fullest Informal
ton, on receiving inquiries at Barnes
Vile, Clay county, before the first of
June next, when it is understood they
propose to return to the Edmonton dis
$,.sof
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''CHEERFULNESS ITS
OWN REWARD"
By ANNA FOOARTY
Written for this paper

f0H, dear! The melancholy DAYS
~ have come; the saddest of the
year. Aren't you dreadfully blue, Jes-
sic, on day like this?" and pretty Sadie
Atkins threw down the piece of linen
She had been working on, and went over
to the window near where her cousin
Jessie sat reading.
Jessie closed her book, Strengthened
out the folds of her little silk wrapper,
and clasping her hands back of her
head said:
eyes, wish Kittie Manning would
come over and tell US some of the
stories her grandmother tells. If some
one doesn't come we will turn blue be-
fore the day is over"
why, to-day is Tuesday; perhaps
Kittie will come in. She gives lesson
on this street at FOUR
''Think of Kittie teaching music. We
never know what reverses are before US.
So short time since, her grandfather
was in such independent circumstances
it seemed impossible that the day
could come when he should fail, and
kttie would have to teach"
"Yes, and she is so cheerful. Her
grandmother says she is always so. She
was speaking of her yesterday, and she
said there were few persons so even
tempered as Kittie. She never is cross
or irritable, and how her grandfather
and grandmother idolize her, don't
they?''
''Well, I don't blame them any. !
would forgive anyone for idolizing
Kittie.''
While Jessie was speaking the door
bell rang, and Sadie ran to open the
door herself.
1T is Kittie," she said, dancing out
of the room.
"Kittie, we were just talking of you,''
said Jessie, following Sadie into the
hall. eve were wishing you would
come"
"Then you took the right method ia
bring me-" laughed Kittie. IF you
speak of angels you know they ap-
pear"
well, you are good angel to come
to-day. We have been so blue all day
we couldn't settle ourselves to stay at
any one thing for five minutes at a
time. Sit here Kittie," and Sadie drew
Kittie down on the couch beside her
Jessie brought her little rocker close
up to the couch and sat facing them
'Now for chat" she said, making her.
self comfortable. ''I'l tell you what
we were talking of, Kittie; of your
sunny disposition. How do you man:
/" age always to be so cheerful?"
"Why, I don't know smiled Kittie
SIT seems to come natural to me to take
life as find it. A cheerful disposition
can be cultivated, but I never spent
much time on the cultivation of mine
I seem to have been born with the hap
py faculty of finding the bright side o,
everything. Like the robin I used t.
read of when was little girl. There
was lesson In one of our reader abou
raven who, in the early spring, wa.
sitting on the branch Of an old oak tree
feeling very ugly and cross. Soon a lit
lie robin, who was looking for plac,
10 build sher nest, came with a merr,
song in the same tree.
s. 8, You seem very merry about moth
Ing" croaked the raven. Don't you SCI
those black clouds above us? It Is 20
ing to snow.
s Well, I shall keep on singing unit
1. comes. A merry song won't make i
any COLDER chirped the robin.
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oat-41a Inehe. Lon:

Hoods PIlIs cure Ill Liver MS. scents
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What She Alirht Give

b Il am looking torsomething real nice
tor 2 young man." said the young and
pretty shopper.
Wy don you look in the mirror?''
asked the gallant clerk, and she was so
mustered that he managed to sell her
four different things that she did not
want before she knew what she was do
ing .-Chicago Post.
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Abzcut.MindeG1.

Smith-Halloa, Jones! Haven't seen
you for a month. How is Mrs. Jones?
Jones promptly Nicely, thanks.
thinks .moment.) Oh, no; excuse
me! She died three weeks ago!-Har-
lem Life.
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The Usual ThiuE,

Farmer Hayrick-Well, Zeke, when
ye-o wuz in Washington did yer make
inquiries ez to what our congressman
wuz doin'?
Farmer Hedgrow-Yes. asked, an
everybody said he w'uz doin' barten-
ders!: Wonder what tier fools meant ?
IN. Y. Journal.
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"You are always complaining about
my singing, Arthur, and claim it makes
you nervous, while dear baby falls
asleep as soon as begin a song"
''0h, baby is smarter than you think.
He pretends to be asleep so that you
will stop singing."- Fliegende Blaetter.
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No Lon,parixon.

Il suppose, " said Uncle Jerry PEBBLES.
the hottest place on earth is the stoke
hole of an iron battleship in action
'"There is one hotter" remarked I'm
Gle Allen Sparks. Its the place where
young husband sits when he carves
his first turkey for company Chicago
Tribune.
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BrouRht to Time

81 dearly love BIRDS" he gently
sighed. And then she didn't do thiua
but hasten to the open piano and softly
began singing: 81 wish I were bird. =
They are looking for nest now
Yonkets Statesman. ~.
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The Bostonian's Retort,

"Boston is the Bean City, I believe"
said a Philadelphia man to Boston
ian.
''And Philadelphia is the Hasbeen
City," replied the Boston man, pleas
antly.-N. Y. Herald.
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Culinary Comment

Mr.. Crimsonbeak-I hope that girl
don't 60 and cook the steak to crisp
again to-day,
swell, what would you say if she
cooked it to suit you?"
II would say it was a very rare &C.
currence." -Yonkers Statesman.
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sim the same.

Cho1ly-Yaas, sevewal yeaws ago /
fell deeply in love with q girl, but she
wejected me-made wegular idiot OF
me.
Dolly-And you never got over it,
Tit-BitS.
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After the Eeaaf.

Now doth the lone turkey MARBLE,
In accents filled with glee:
1.-THE good die young and rejoice
Because of my toughness-see?"
Chicago Daily News.
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Ht.tory : .chapter Lon.er

l We are thankful that we were born 4
great many years ago. The poor things
who are just starting to school viii
have one more war to learn about, and
think Of the Spanish names they will
have to learn to spell. AtchisonG Globe.
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Bread Cakes.

Take stale bread and soak it in milk;
when soft run it through a .colander.
TO one quart Of this add a teaspoonful
Of saleratus, two eggs, one cnpful Of
-four, one teaspoonful Of salt, two table,
spoonfuls Of sugar and half q nutmeg.
These take some time to cook. Tho
eggs may be omitted, in which event
use a half cupful more Of four-Ph ill.
adelphia Press. z as .zs
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Its Work Done.

: Jimmy-I've broke my knife!
Johnny-Gee, but don't yer feel bad {?
Jimmy-Notyery. I'd cut my initials
on all Their furn'tu there was.-N.Y.
Journal. -
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a HarmIe.. stimulant.

Warwick read that French physician
Investigations to discover the most health
ful form Of amusement or diversion.
Wickwire-Ah, and what did he finally
conclude was the most conducive to longev-
sDueling."
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Had Other Resources.

my wife," said the young man, "al.
ways kisses me when 1 come home at
night"
my wife does not" replied the man
of middle age, "but it is of no advan.
tage to me. In one way or another she
gets report on the condition of nv
breath just the same."-Chicago Post
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He Saw Too Much,

Jaggs-My dear, you are getting bet
er looking as you grow older. Your
beauty appears to have doubled.-
Mrs. Jaggs-That will do, Mr.. Jaggs.
You've been drinking again!-Chicago
Daily News. 49,.
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.e,r.ra 81 -. 900 ofeereA. 8

u wealthy lady recently lost a satchel con-
tanning Jewels worth $50, 600. and now offers
q reward Of $40, GOO cash to the finder. The
loss Of health is far more serious than the
loss Of jewels, and yet it can be recovered
without paying big rewards. A little money
invested IN Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will
restore strength to the weak, purify the
help the stomach to properly digest the food
taken into it.
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Variable Sentiment.

what is your opinion of municipal
ownership of street railways?''
WELL" answered Senator Sorghum.
after much thought, my opinion on
that point depends"
ION what?"
ION who happens to b. owning the
municipality Washington Star.
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INDICATED.

He married the girl of his choice
In spite of the things his friends said:
: To-day they look on and rejoice
While he wishes that he were dead.
Chicago Record.
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Jocu1ar Jack Loidy, kin yer gimme
some cold wittals?
Mrs. Jay-Yes, my poor man! Go
over to the woodhouse and you'll find
lots of chops.-st. Louis Republic.
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Too Sad.

There was . young woman, from Leices
| ~ ter.
Who lived in the city Of Chichester.
She would giggle and flirt,
Till her parents felt hurt,
| And wondered what on earth poceister.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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what ne Needed.

We gave our little son his choice Of gifts
His answer was prof
81 want q little sister. like Dick Binks,.
Sos kin boss her round. =.
|Ch1cago Record. E - &, b
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The Proper Thing.

where are all our umbrellas?'
asked Mr.. Bloobumper.
They are used up" replied Mrs
Bloobumper.
''Well, that is just the way in which,
wanted to use one."-Town Topics.
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What Else Could He Do.

What Else Could He Dot
I'LL marry no man with dead face like
yours!'
! She said, as they walked on the sands.
''Then there's only one thing can dol" he
replied,
| And he buried his face in his hands.
| Chicago Tribune.
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An Unexnected Return

7@s o1aC@VcCee0 1VctuIHs
Real Estate Man-The man who went
to look at those lots in Swampville
came back and said he couldn't locate
the property.
His Partner-H'm! That accounts
for his coming back.-Puck.
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No Company,

He-There I sat, alone with my
thoughts.
She-Poor boy! How lonely you
must have been.--Indianapolis Jour
nal. 4
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Why suffer 50 with Neuralgia? St. Jacobs
Oil will drive it all away.
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Superhuous Law.

"This copyright law is all bosh," said the
exqberant young writer. Gust scheme to
make money"
IT thought it an excellent law"
"Bah, it's fraud. never copyright my
stories and no one steals them."-Detroit
Free Press
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[y Pills are the best

When we'll digger finishes job he prob
ably considers it "well done."-L. A. W.
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The Prevailing Fashion.

Here's to the man who is clear out Of style,
Though pleasure oft gives him the slip,
At present his face wears radical smile,
For he hasn't been'i i'll with the grip.
Washington Star.
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Absolutely HOPELESS,

"But you might learn to love me"
he urged.
She shook her head.
"You have no idea," she said, "what a
poor student I am."-Chicago Evening
Post
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When a man is Gin his cups" he is often
in his hiccups.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
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Piso's Cure is wonderful Cough medi-
cine.-Mrs. w. Pickert, Van Siclen and
Blake AYES, Brooklyn, N. Y, Oct 26, 81
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To Cure . Cold I'm One Day

The most Of mans contentment IL due
bis ignorance.-Chicago Daily News.
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Ever thusheirs to aches and pains. St.
Jacobs OILS the doctor.
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The little dog always tries to bark as big
as he can.-L. A. W. Bulletin.
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Damp weather brings Rheumatism.
Jacobs Oil brings the cure, promptly.
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When man has troubles he increases
them by being cross.-Atchison Globe.
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Good advice to drunken wife-beater:
Don't Hquor.-L. A. w. Bulletin
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Desperation.

Desperation. 4
The weather prophet in a plight
Looked forth upon the sky one night
And doggedly he said:
Twill rain or blow or snow, fear:
Or else. twill be quite warm and clear"
And then he went to bed. -
< Washington Star. z@' + -.
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Which is the worse, joke you can't see
the point OF, or point you can't see the
joke of2Town Topics