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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-10-06

America, was kept in the machine for
two hours. The patient was then told
to get out. He thought it impossible
for him to make the necessary move
ments. When he found that he could
work himself out without much pain,
and could then walk, his qualification
was beyond description. After five or
six treatments he was we'll. Several
cases of locomotor ataxia have been
much benefited.
If it can be made certain that the
machines can be always depended upon
to exhaust the moisture from the hot
air and can always be in charge Of
skilled attendants. they bid fair to rank
among the important discoveries of the
century,
The destruction to crops from hail
stones is such cause of dread in farm
ing districts, especially in those coun-
tries where the vineyards furnish the
chief means of subsistence to the peo-
pie, that for many years efforts have
been made to discover some method of
preventing their falling. Chief among
these has been the use of the mortar,
A special form is now used, set in a
wooden base and having a sheet-iron
cone 61s feet high fixed to it's mouth.
The mortar is charged with powder,
we'll tamped down, the cone placed and
the piece fired. Owing to the vibra-
tons of the cone, considerable dis.
turbance is produced in the air. If this
kind of mortar is fired near forming
hailstorm, the stones cannot form, and
a heavy shower of rain falls. Manv
Italian provinces are adopting this
method of protection. In Syria and
Carniola. where these mortars were
first used, the vineyards thus defended
have remained uninjured for three
years. One mortar protects a space
of from 1900 to- 1850 feet in diameter.
Hence, they should be placed from
two--thirds to- one mile apart. These
mortars in bronze cost about $50. If
made of cast iron, the price would be
less. EDWARD JULIAN.
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FARMER INSANE OVER GOLF.
Iowa Truck Raiser Watches the
Game Until He Loses
His Reason.

The first authentic case of golf mania,
as distinct from golf enthusiasm, must
be credited to Burlington, la. = A Ger.
man farmer named Gottlieb Hackerman.
is the victim. =s *ssA z z<,.s4: ~ 49,,
The links of the Boulevard Golf club
are situated in picturesque suburb of
the city known as Sunnyside, where
Hackerman has his truck gardens. All
the time Hackerman could spare from
spraying his cabbages and picking bugs
off his potato vines he spent upon the
links, greatly interested in the game.
The other day his son found the farm
er in the cabbage patch spelling the
kraut prospects, but having a great
game. of golf. His baggy pantaloons
were rolled up and his fat calves were
wrapped with strips of red flannel. In
the old mans hand, in place of brassy,
was his heavy hickory cane with
crook handle. With it he was smashing
the cabbage heads to pieces in vain eff
fort to lift them over the hen coop.
The old man said he was playing golf.
He is rational on other subjects, but is
out of his mind on the game.
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She looked for them, asked for them,
and implored the driver to find them
for her, saying that she valued them not
only because they were costly, but be-
cause they were given to her as a
Christmas present by very dear
friend. The driver insisted that he
knew nothing of them, had not seen
them, had not turned around once in his
seat, and suggested that they might
have fallen out of the carriage. He
promised to drive Immediately back
over the route to look for them. This
he did, and returned to inform the lady
that they could not be found.
"The hotel proprietor reported the
case to police headquarters, and had
no difficulty in locating the driver, be-
cause 1 know all of them. He acknowl-
edged having waited on the lady, and
he brought nine hackmen who swore
that they had seen him driving rapidly
back, looking for the furs, as he in
formed them at the time. Two of the
hackmen testified that they accom-
panied him in his diligent search for
the lost furs. Long after the lady had
left Washington, I learned how the
trick had been performed, but could
never locate the furs, and hence there
has been no prosecution
So much for the hackmen. These in
stances of their criminal practices
should be sufficient to warn all readers
against employing hackmen here, with
out knowing something of them.
Now as to the policemen. The force
in the national capital is in better con-
dition than it has been for years. Maj.
Sylvester, the chief, has been newspa-
per man all his life, but has been also
employed at police headquarters for a
number of years. He was appointed to
his present position less than two
years ago, by President Mckinley, who
has personally known him for long
time. He has taken hold of his work
with vigor, vigilance and integrity.
He has paid especial attention to the
inspection of his force, and has con-
slant information concerning the char
acter and work of every man. The po-
liceman who neglects his duties now
cannot remain on the force, for his
derelictions will be discovered.
There is a restaurant on Seventh
street, within two blocks of police head
quarters, where many business men
and department clerks go for their
lunches, because they are served, in
German style and the cooking is excel
lent. About 1880 o'clock yesterday,
a big policeman entered the back room,
took off his helmet, belt, coat and
waistcoat, and sat down to lunch. He
first drank a glass of beer, and then or
dered another glass of beer with his
lunch. He had not been there more
than five minutes, when in walked Mai.
Sylvester, his chief. The major picked
up the helmet, belt and club, and
walked away with them, without say
ing word to the officer. That was
sufficient notice that he was discharged.
How Maj. Sylvester knew the man
was there nobody knows, and the Off
Ger is probably guessing.
SMITH D. FRY.
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that she had given him only one dol
lar. He called five hackmen, who at
once said they were ready to swear
that the culprit had come back to the
stand and shown them one dollar bill.
saying that it was more than he had
expected to get The fellow could not
be convicted, and so did not arrest
him. The lady said she would rather
lose the money than appear in court.
"That is one of the reasons that hack
men thrive on dishonesty. Their pecu-
lations are small, and they know that
respectable people dread going to po-
lice court as witnesses; and so the
hackmen take chances on robbing them
whenever they can.
"Only a few days ago noticed dis
cussion between a hackman and a
stranger nearsthe Shoreham hotel, and
I sauntered over to see what was 60
ing on. I heard the stranger say:
When I was here last spring I only
paid IS cents an hour, and how is it
that you now want to charge me dol
lar" The hackman at once replied:
'Seventy-five cents is the regular rate;
but you asked me to let down the back
of the victoria, and in such cases we
charge a dollar
"That was point-blank falsehood,
and I so informed the stranger. I ad-
vised him toshire some other hackman,
and he did so.
"That hackman driving by in a sur
rey is an ex-convict. He served term
in Sing Sing penitentiary for burglary.
He is now under suspicion of associat-
ing with a gang of thieves and is be-
ing watched. He has committed several
small populations recently, but we can
do nothing with him. That surrey is
not his own. It belongs to another
man, who hires him as driver.
Wouldn't he be nice sort of fell
low for you to trust your wife or daugh-
ter to, for drive about the suburbs?
The police know him. and we know
tint he ought not to be allowed to drive
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vented by Mr.. A. Y. N. spragne. Of
that city, whose wife was suffe reI
from rheumatism. 1t had been found
to work satisfactorily, and Mr.. Sprague
offered to present his visitors with a
similar machine. BY means of this ao-
paratus person may be exposed to u
temperature of 400 degrues, or nearly
twice as hot as boiling water, without
serious Inconvenience, because the hot
air is rendered entirely free from
moisture. Four hundred degrees OF
heat will melt several kinds of metals.
If one drop of moisture were to gain
entrance and be diffused over the body
of an occupant, the whole skin would
be scalded and the patient would die.
Precipitation is burned up. before il
can spread over the body.
The Sprague machine is a double
cylinder, the inside of copper, the out
side of steel. An asbestos blanket is
between the two. Through the inner
lining, which is pierced with holes, the
heat penetrates like shower bath.
Tiny jets strike the body simultane-
ously, but with far different results
than from an unbroken blast. An ar
rangement between the two cylinders
extracts moisture from the inner at.
mosphere and it passes off through two
escape pipes at the top.
Several gas burners underneath the
outside plate furnish heat. Strips Of
cork, an inch and half thick, line the
inside of the cylinders. Patients are
placed inside the machine on a mat
tress of abestos and magnesia, the
head being left outside. While the tenn
perature of this machine may be raised
to 400 degrees, in q Turkish bath no
one can stand more than 100 degrees,
because of the moisture. Some 400 pa
tients have thus far been treated by
this method in the hospital named.
Some were said to have been literally
twisted into knots by rheumatism. One
man was so doubled up that his arms
and legs seemed to have changed places.
He was finally Strengthened out, but
not entirely cured. although, to his
great joy, he is now able to dance jig.
The theory is that the hot air draws
the poison from the system. One case
of chronic lumbago and sciatica of
16 years standing, which had been
treated by noted physicians in Italy,
Germany, and at different springs in
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The old man was sitting in front Of
his house on stump which had been
cut with step. 50 as to make &c do duty
as a carriage block.
Through work for the dayg- asked
the young man with the golf cap.
The cid man nodded.
at has been great year for agrE
culturfsts."
He inclined his head once more.
"And. of course, you are duly iubi-
liant You will be in a position TO paw
Of any mortgages which may have been
worrying you. and to equip yourself
with Improved farm machinery. Tou
can buy piano for the girls and a new
carriage for yourself. There's no doubt
ABOUT &c. You people are right in the
SWIM It's your turn TO make the welkin
ring"
The old man looked at him questions
ingly, and then responded.
II guess not. The peddIers that come
along this road has offered a terrible
lot O. new-fangIed notions, but they
never mentioned week.-mrs.. When we
want any ringin' done we amt bother
in about no weIkTns, anyhow we,rU
maxim the dinner bell ring rsg,Iar every
day, an it's heap o. satisfaction to sic
here silent an reject that every note
of it means Observation-Disclosures
Star.
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GUGLIELMO MARCONI.
Inventor of the Latest System Of Wire
less Telegraphy)
For the channel service wire $50 feet
high is used, while with the others men
toned above 80 to 90 feet has been found
to be sufficient elevation.
1t is not to be expected that we shall
treat Marconi with the veneration
which our democratic natures allow us
to accord to the lords, dukes, etc.,
who are sometimes loaned to us for a
season by our mother country that we
may help them to recuperate their men,
tai and moral stamina, as well as fill
their pockets, but there are numbers
of our countrymen prepared to recog-
nize the worth of the young mans dis
coveries, and it is safe to say that he
will not lie neglected by the nation
which is always ready to do homage to
real merit. 80
During the last few years great
many kinds of hot-air treatments for
rheumatism have been invented, tried
and discarded, but at last one has been
found which, while there seems to be
a great chance of killing the patient,
may, if he escapes alive, be expected to
cure him. Numbers of successful ex-
periments have been made, notably
some of recent date in the Cook county
hospital, of Chicago. About a year ago
Warden Graham and DR.. Thoren, Of
that institution, were in New York,
and there saw hot-air machine in
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BRAIN YOUNG MAN.
Marconi. the Inventor Of Telegraph
Ing Without Wires.
VIII Visit the United States Very Soon
Success of n New Hot Air
Treatment for Acute
Rheumatisn.
Especial Correspondence

SSfSSAosA NOAAOSPOASA0AS0.J
Now that it is known that the young
Italian electrician, Sig. Guglielmo
Marconi, is to be visitor in this
country considerable interest is be-
ing shown in regard to his per-
sonal history. Although now so thor
oughly identified with his work in
connection with the development of
wireless telegraphy, he received very
little attention from the public, even
after having proved the practicability
OF transmitting messages without
wires, until about two years ago, wher,
becoming a resident of England, his
mothers birthplace, he found himself
associated with other workers along his
lines in that country. He was born in
Bologna about 26 years ago and haA,
since his extreme youth, been much
interested in various experiments and
Inventions.
The unsatisfactory results attained
by those attempting to signal without
wires caused his earnest endeavors to
turn in that direction, and having dem
onstrated the possibility of utilizing
the Hertzian waves for that purpose, he
left Italy and found financial and sci
entific hackers in England. There he
has been aided not only in every ma
terial way possible, but also by kindly
encouragement and recognition, and,
on the part of the head of the British
postal service, Mr.. Preece, generosity
unsurpassed. The latter gentleman,
recognizing the superior points of Mar
coni's methods over any of his own,
with which he had been experimenting
for many years, helped him in every
way possible to develop his new sys-
tenn. Its practicability was shown be-
fore the close of 1897 by experiments
made in crowded CITY districts as well
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Before hound one.

Mrs. Callahan-Me daughter Mamie
is great lover av 1noosic.
Mrs. Hogan-Yes; Julia tells me she
always carries her lunch in moosio
roll.-Brooklyn Life.
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A DssfSneHoM.

The amateur photographer takes peo-
pie as they are while the professfona1
takes them as they would Lire 20 be.-
Chicago DsiIy News
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Left No Will.

Mary A. Pillsbury, widow of the late
c. A. Pillsbury, and his sons, John s.
and Charles S., have joined in a petit
ton asking for the appointment of
Charles M. Amsden, John s. Pillsbury,
Charles S. Pillsbury and Frank H.
Carleton as administrators of the es-
tate. AS far as known Mr.. Pillsbury
left no will. The estate is estimated
as being worth 100000, one-half of
which is in real estate. The other
half is in personal property. This es-
innate was hastily made, and the es-
tate may prove to be of far greater
value when the inventory has been
completed.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
Testing the Anti-rrust Law.

The first case to 60 to the supreme
court under the new Minnesota anti
trust law was perfected before Judge
Simpson of Minneapolis, and the ruiz
ing will be looked for IN the October
term of the supreme court.
The case in question is that of Com
rad j. Ertz, who brings suit against
the Minneapolis Produce exchange,
asking for damages because the ex-
change, as he claims, has conspired to
injure his business by refusing to sell
him goods or purchase from him.
The defendants urged that the ex-
change was q lawful organization, for
a lawful purpose. and that a member
OF that exchange could not bring an
action for its actions, and moved q dis
charge of action.
"When this proposition was first
made" said the court, II was not so
certain as to the claim, but after look
ing the matter up very thoroughly 1
am of the opinion that the new law is
very broad in its terms. cannot see
that there is anywhere to draw the
line. If it is unlawful to restrain trade
to great extent, it is just as unlawful
to restrain it in lesser degree. If q
corporation or ASSOCIATION were allowed
to restrain trade in the case of one
party, they might in the case of two,
and SO on to the end, and there would
be nowhere to draw the line. The mo-
ton will be denied"
Judge Simpsons decision stamps the
Minneapolis Produce exchange as q
trust, on the showing before him, or
until there is evidence in trial chang
ing the showing.
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Killed by q Blow.

Coroner Mosse held an inquest at the
Rochester insane hospital over the
body of John Simenson, a patient at
that institution who died as the result
of an assault committed by w. B. Nc
Grority, another patient. Simenson
was struck on the head with a base
ball bat, causing rupture of one of
the cerebral arteries. The injury was
not thought to be serious at the time,
but the patient failed to rally and died.
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To show how distance is being over
come by railroad speed, Mr.. Chas. T.
Batelle, a young business man Of
Seattle, handed the editor of the Times
a few days ago an envelope postmarked
New York City, Aug. %, p. M, the
reverse side containing these words:
Seattle, Sept. l, II p. m.
It takes but little figuring to DEM
onstrate that these postmarks indicate
a lapse of just 100 hours: of time-or
four days and four hours. twas only
about two years ago that it took '.six
continuous days" of riding to cross the
continent from New York to Seattle,
and when this was reduced to 1--we
days" the travellers rejoiced. What
must their happiness be when they ap-
preciate the fact that they can step on
board a ''lightning express" in New
York City and step off "Flyer" in
Seattle in exactly 100 hours" and then
have thirty minutes of leeway, as the
Great Northern was due in Seattle at
1880 September 1.
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News in Brief.


north of Lake Superior since Sept. II,
have been found. For ten days they
had no shelter, and no food but ber-
ries.
Capt. Amasa s. Crossfeld, Browns
Valley, who was an officer of the 18th
Minnesota volunteers, has been COM
missioned as a captain in the 44th vol
unteer infantry, and has been assigned
to recruiting duty at his home.
A man named Groom was killed bv
the cars near LIE Sueur. He was
asleep on the track.
Two trains ran into each other at
Alden and carriage horse belonging
to John Rasmussen was killed.
An order was issued at the postoffice
department for the establishment of
rural free delivery service at Roches-
ter. The length of the route is 25k
miles, the area covered is Is square
miles and the population served 500.
Adam Britzius has been appointed reg
ular carrier and F. G. Timm substitute.
Battalion Sergeant Major Loye, 18th
Minnesota, was notified by the war
department that he had been appoint
ed captain in the 18th infantry. Lieut..
Johnson, Co. F, has been appointed
first lieutenant in the 42d infantry.
The men will be mustered out with the
regiment, and will then receive orders.
The Mason block at Moorhead, val
ued at $4,000. was destroyed by fire.
The Minneapolis milkmen raised the
price of milk one cent per quart.
The H. c. Akeley Lumber company
broke all records in the line of cutting
up logs, by turning out in II hours
work, with one circular saw, one
double band and one gang saw, 722, 100
feet of lumber and $780, 900 pieces of
lath.
The 5-year-old daughter of A G..
Erickson, of Milaca, was so severely
burned about the body that she died
in two hours. She, with other chill
dren, were playing with fire on the
Great Northern right of way.
Star postal service has been changed
from Eidswold to Christiania
An effort is being made to establish
an automobile factory in Minneapolis.
DR.. George A. Hendricks, professor
of anatomy in the state university,
died in St. Barnabas hospital at Min
neapolis of Bright's disease.
Two Minneapolis street cars collided
near Lakewood cemetery. Conductor
Angrove was the only one injured.
John B. Keller, of Minneapolis, at
tempted suicide by shooting himself
in the head. The revolver was small
affair, and the result was only scalp
wound.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-25
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED AT HONOLULU.
Sunday, September 2

sunday, september "a.
Br. stmr. Belgian King, Weiss, z
days hrs. from San Francisco: troops
for Manila.
Haw blk. r. P. Rithet, Bender, Is
days from San Francisco: 1000 tons
of mdse to G. Brewer & Co.
Stmr. Maui, Macdonald, II hrs. from
Kahului: 254 SKIS. potatoes, SO SKIS.
corn, 1875 SKIS. taro, 112 hogs, l horse.
135 pkgs. sundries.
Stmr James Makee, Tullett, IA hrs.
from Kappa: SO bags rice to KwOng
Lee Yuen.
Stmr W. G. Hall, Peterson, 8 hrs.
from Nawiliwili: 63 bags bones, 1913
bdls hides, 3 horses, 60 pkgs. sundries.
Saturday, September %.
Stmr. Re Au Hou, Mosher. from Ele-
ele, Sept. %: 2 pkgs sundries.
Stmr Kilohana, Thompson, from
Makaweli, Sept. %: pkg sundries.
Stmr Mokolii, Dover, from Molokai.
Stmr. Mikahala, from Eleele, Sept.
%: 3,11O1a bags sugar. so bags taro,
2 horses, 16 pkgs sundries.
Stmr Claudine, Freeman, 20 hrs.
from Hilo: so head cattle, $40 SKIS po-
tatoes, 40 SKIS corn, 1 horse, $50 SKIS
sand, 12S hides, 43 hogs, 1926 pkgs sun
dries.
Am. blk McNear, Peterson, from
Laysan Island: 1,SOG tons guanO to
Pacific Fertilizer Co..
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Pennsylvania, from Manila for San
Francisco.
SAN FRANCISCO-Arrived, Sept.
II, stmr. Australia, s days y hrs. 30
min. from Honolulu. Sept. 10; blk. J.
G. Glade, from Honolulu; Sept. 10, blk.
Santiago, from Hilo. Sailed, Sept. a.
brig. Consuelo, for Mahukona, schr. Ho-
noipu. for Honolulu; Sept. ID. brig Lur-
line, for kahului, schr Transit for
Honolulu. Cleared, Sept 10, scnr. II.
c. Wright, for kahu.i, via Kilissnoo.
NEW YORK-Arrived, Sept. II, sh.
5. p. Hitchcock, from Honolulu.
PORT WNSEND-Arrived, Sept
ID. bkt. Skagit, from Honolulu for
Port Ludlow.
PORT GAMBLE-Arrived, Sept -,
bkt- Skagit, from Honolulu.
EUREKA-Arrived Sept. 13, schr.
BERTHE Minor from Kailua.
SYDNEY-Sailed, Sept. u, Br stmr
Aorangi for Honolulu.
SEATTLE-Arrived, Sept. IS. blk.
Harvester, from Honolulu
DELAWARE BREAKWATER-A
rived, Sept. II, sh. S. p Hitchcock
from Honolulu.
GRAY'S HARBOR-Arrived Sept
II, schr. Chas. r. Wilson, from Ho-
nOipu.