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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
4 HAND LUCK sroxY.


He stood before the pclirs jlzsigs v~rprk-
He suggested an echo of better days. He hsff
been arrested she night before for sEseuzug
IN an open doorway
The Judge saw that the prisoner had me-
always Been a tramp and Questioned ann
with regard 20 his past
We'll your honor, it was this way sfs
man said, quietly Il hzvsa't always besu as
You see me now. I was stoex broker snee
When / was younger man T became Taser-
ested In copper. Copper Is usually solid. rSsz
know. Wei, [ made 4 little pie tiser shift
ed Co ron Iron Is hard e, handle zssI
lost. I withdrew from speeraIzsir- for =
time, but the old fascination Ir~-v me za=sfrs
into the maelstrom- & took Iyerfr ss5rrses
1fittering mining stock. hgrs L was a Toser. 4
said would cry again. bouxfst little train
OF different railway stock. but T disin't sis %
II long enough and went nearly bs1ks
Then 1 showed all Of my remaining fortune
into pork It turned out that psrsl WIS IN
the hog and here arzsL7
The nudge had listened 70 the story It
tentivefy and at It's conclusions discharged
the prisoner. Have you any nsoneY -
inquired as the man turned 20 leave the
courtroom
''No. sir." was the reply g I'm broker HOW
than / ever was-T-Detr DIT Free Press
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
l WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happ enings Of q
Week Briefly Told. +.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FIFTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.

FIFTY-sIXTH CONGRESS-.
The Fifty-sixth congress met and
organized in Washington on the 4th.
Mr.. Frye, of Maine, president pro tenn,
called the senate to order, and after
the usual routine business the death
of Vice President Hobart was an
nounced in a resolution and the SEN
ate adjourned. In the house David B.
Henderson, of Iowa, was elected
speaker. The members took the oath
with the exception of Mr.. Roberts, OF
Utah, whose eligibility to seat was
questioned.
In the United States senate on the
5th the presidents message was read,
after which an adjournment was taken
upon the announcement of the death
of Senator-elect Hayward, of Nebras-
ka. In the house, by vote of 302 to
30, a resolution was adopted for the
appointment of special committee
to investigate the charges against
Brigham Fl. Roberts, the Mormon rep
resentative-elect from Utah. The pres
jdent's message was read and 861
bills; were introduced, being 200
greater than the aggregate on any
previous opening day.
Several hundred bills and joint res
olutions were introduced in the Unit
ed States senate on the 9Th, the most
important being to provide form of
government for Hawaii; for the estab-
lishment of postal savings banks and
government telegraphic system; for
the restriction of immigration; a joint
resolution for a constitutional amend
ment for the regulation of marriage
and divorce; for the free coinage OF
silver; to pension Mrs. Gridley, wife
of the late Capt. Gridley, of the Olym-
pia. at $500 per month, and the fnan-
cial bill. The house was not in ses-
sion.
Bills were introduced in the United
States senate on the 9TH for the estab-
lishment of a government for Hawaii
and to increase, the pension. of Gen.
Palmer, of Illinois, to $500 per month.
Adjourned to the 18th. In the house
bills were introduced to permit ma
tional banks of the United States to
establish branches in Cuba, Porto Rico
the Philippines and in all foreign
countries; for the construction of the
Nicaragua canal, and for one cent let
ter postage. Announcement of the
death of Representative Greene, of Ne
braska, was followed by adjournment
as a token of respect.
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The nose is playing an important par

The nose is playing an important part
in both real and mimic life nowadays.
Having been prominent feature - in
fact, having been the center of attrac-
ton on the stage-it is now coming to
the front more conspicuously than be-
fore in other ways. A New York man
who had the misfortune to lose his nose
and who contracted with a dental op-
orator for false one is wrathy because
the false nose pes not fit, and he
threatens suit i his money is not re-
turned or a new and better fitting nose
is not furnished him. And who can
blame him?
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

Defends Department Stores.

Washington, Dec. II. - Hon.: John
Wanamaker Saturday testified before
the industrial commission on the sub
ject of department stores. He claimed
these stores were beneficial to society,
having a substantial economic and NOR
al basis for their existence. 1T u.s." he
continued, "a natural product evolved
from conditions that exist as result of
fixed trade laws. Cheaper capital, bet
ter transportation, more rapid COM
munication make the modern retail
store possible, natural and useful,
therefore inevitable"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

The fact that 81 new cotton mills
have been built in the south during the
last ~ months and the probability that
as many more will be erected during
the coming ~ months marks an ex-
traordinary epoch in the industrial and
commercial history of the south. Such
an epoch can only be described by EN-
ploying the superlatives of speech. The
effect of the movement that is produc-
ing such a result will be felt all over the
world. In the south it will change the
whole aspect of affairs. It will give
rise to new deals, new ambitions and
new ideals,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Orders Pay Stopped.

Washington, Dec. II. One of the re-
suits of the Investigations made in the
case of the troopship Tartar is the stop
page of the pay of Maj. John A. Rafter,
surgeon, Twentieth Kansas volunteers.
This action was taken at the request of
Gen. Shafter and was seconded by Sec
rotary Root. Gen. Shafter, who has d.
rection of the inquiry, suggested that
the pay in Surgeon Rafter's case be
suspended until certain accounts for
the provisioning Of sick soldiers on
board the transport are settled.
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II have seen thousands of q

II have seen thousands of persons die
under all sorts Of circumstances, and
never yet have I seen one display the
slightest fear of DEATH" This remark
able statement was made by physician
who has practiced many years in Phil
adelphia, and who has seen great deal
of hospital service. 1T is a popular fall
lacy" he went on, "to imagine that Il
deathbed scene is ever terrible, other
than as a parting between loved ones.
The fear of the unknown is never pres
ent at the last"
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she Fndorxsd IL.

-, she handed the cheek TO the pavirx teller.
she was cain1 and collected, as i : was IN
everyday matter
Madam, said the teller, gently sYou
have forgotten 30 fnd0rse t.
Indsrse EtE with LITTLE worried smile
les, you must write yGur name On sfs
PACK here 90 show that ycr viii reuav tIsss
bank IN case the isSrser OF this es1~c ss,s,.Ess
faaE 20 answer orr call.
IN sfe sa1d, accepting the psa
this Is what ne read:
Inc - bank has Always paid W what e
owes. and you need have M yrorr~. There
fore Indorse this check Very trufv yours
Mrs j. B. Blanks
The teller fell over into the vauIe.-Srrz-
euse Herald.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

A granite shaft 10 feet high is to be
erected at Erie, Pa, to the memory of
Capt. Cridley, of the cruiser Olympia,
who died short time after the battle
of Manila bay. There will be bust and
bronze tablets, and, with other inscrip-
tions, Dewey's famous words: you
may fire, Gridley, when you are ready"
In the meantime, Gridley's family is
reported to be in very poor circum-
stances. 1t might be a better monu-
ment of our appreciation of the hero if
we took care of his family first and built
the monument afterward.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

In June next.it will be 500 years since
the birth of Johann Gutenberg, who
invented the art of printing with NOV
able type. It is not, as matter of fact,
exactly known when he was born, but
for the sake of convenience it is as
sumed that the interesting event oc-
Cured in June, 14OO. That he was
born in the German city of Mayence,
on the Rhine, is not disputed, and in
that city the fifth century of his birth
will be celebrated next year by an in
ternational printing exhibition.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

Lille Devereux Blake made public a
statement that women are eligible to
appointment as enumerators and as
clerks in the compilation of the census
of 1900, as they were in the census of
1880 and of 1890. She does this in the
belief that women generally are igno-
rant OF the law in this matter and in the
nope that great many more applica-
tons will be made when the facts are
generally known. And in this she is
right, no doubt. What rare oppor-
tunity it will give women enumerators
to learn; the ages of all the other women
in their district!
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Bfg Ore Shipments.

Philadelphia, Dec. lit is estimat-
ed that over 200 ships will be required
to bring the cargoes of iron and cop
per ore consigned to this port for the
coming year. Purchases of 200, 900
tons of iron ore have been made in
Spain and other Mediterranean coun-
tries for shipment to Philadelphia, be-
sides what has been contracted for
from the Daiquiri- Juragua and
Chirivico mines in Cuba.
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Charged with Embex.lement,

St. Louis, nec. lit. Newton Ed
wards, who was postmaster at Law
renceburg, KY, has been arrested by
a deputy United States marshal at
Monroe City, Mo-, and brought here.
He is charged with embezzling sew
eral hundred dollars while postmaster.
Judge Adams, of the United States
court, ordered that Edwards be taken
to Louisville, Ky.. for trial.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

Steven E. Burch, who got a job as a
hired hand on the farm of Peter Green
walt, near Huron, Kan, and then eloped
with the farmers comely daughter,
turns out to be a young Missourian of
wealth and social prominence, and
and chose this means of finding just
the wife he wanted. He has written
to his new father-in-law saying that
his search was a long one, but has been
AmnlV rp1rardad
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Frank D. Randall, a well-known civil

Frank D. Randall, a well-known civil
engineer in Kansas City, has discovered
in the grand canyon of the Colorado
what he claims will prove the richest
copper mines in the world. In addition
to the vast deposits of virgin copper
he saw immense outcroppings of gold
with garnets sticking out like plums
in a pudding, veins of coal and asbestos,
mica, walls of onyx, columns of serpen-
tine
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MARKETS..
Minneapolis. Mimi. Dec.

a.. Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 9
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 65@66c,
No. northern, 63@64c; May, &c.
: Oats-No. 8, white CSC.
Corn--No. 8, soc. a..
Cattle-Steers, $4.00@4 so; cows, s2.75
@s.00 5i.: . AZ. ~
Sheep Mnttons, $3.50: lambs, 1878.
IS Hogs-$$3 40@3.S5. -.s
Butter Creamery. extras, 25@26c;
creamery, firsts, 2s@24c; dairy, fancy,
s98@25. =
Poultry Turkeys, s@1oc; spring
chickens 12c. =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

Nearly all the contracts for the new
palace to be built for the crown prince
Of Japan will be let to American firms.
The architect is an American, and he
agrees that the structureshall be earth
quake proof
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Miners on Strike.

Oakland, CAL, Dec. 1.-Two hundred
miners are on strike at the Tesla mines
because of a dispute with the superin-
tendent over the wages paid. Their
grievance rests upon demand from
the mine bosses that the regular men
shall accept 60 cents a cubic yard in
stead of SIS cents, the rate that has
been in effect to men not hired by sub
contractors.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

Carrot A. Hobart was the sixth vice
president of the United States to die in
office. The others were George Clinton,
of New York, in 1912; Elbridge Gerry,
of Massachusetts, in 1914; William
King, of Alabama, in 1858; Henry Will
son, of Massachusetts, in 1875. and
Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, in
1SS5
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British Delegates Arrive.

Detroit, Mich, Dec. Thames Has
lam and Alexander Wilkie, fraternal
delegates from the British Trades
Union congress to the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, arrived. A letter
from President Gompers was received
by Secretary Morrison, which states
that Mr.. Gompers hopes to be here by
Monday, notwithstanding his recent
injury.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

The new woman surely is enterpris-
ing. She isn't satisfied with old meth
ods-not for a minute. One of them
in Indiana has been stealing farm prod
uce by the wagon load, and if she hadn't
been caught just when she was there
is every likelihood that she would have
gotten away with barn or granary.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
She EniOyed It,

They had been sitting together for half
an hour.
II have enjoyed our conversation so
much" she exclaimed, as she rose to 60.
cit is so restful to talk with you!"
that he hadn't been able to get in ten words
edgewise throughout the whole conversa.
tion.-Somerville Journal.
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BicycIisf Killed

Atlantic City, n. j., Dec 11.-Albert,
the 17-year-old son of Hon. John
Gardner, representative from the Sec
ond New Jersey district in congress.
was run down and instantly killed at
Egg Harbor city, by an express train
while riding his bicycle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

The latest thing in hy!actics is
the discovery of what is termed "vac-
cine' for typhoid fever. Just what a
cow has to do with typhoid germs is
not clear, but the material, whatever it
IS, has been tried in the British army
in Burmah with results which are re-
ported to be satisfactory.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Costly Fire.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Early Satur-
day fire totally destroyed the yelling
mansion, at Fourteenth street and
yelling Place, this city. The loss on
the residence was 100000, and on the
contents about $4,000. DR.. L. H.
French occupied the residence and,
with his servants, escaped from the
building just as the roof fell in.
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Duke of Manchester Sick.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE duke of
Manchester, who is confined to his
rooms in the Waldorf-Astoria with
severe attack of nervous prostration,
will be unable to sail for England Sat-
urday as he had planned. The cable
gram received few days ago sum-
moning the duke home to his sisters
deathbed completely Frustrated him.
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Return Another Indictment.

Lansing, Mich, Dec. 1.-THE grand
jury returned another Indictment at
II o'clock and adjourned until Mon
day. The name of the person indicted
is suppressed, but it is surmised that
the respondent is former state Off
cial .f"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

London, Dec. 11.-Michael J. Saun-
son, the alleged forger. who was ar
rested November %, near Limerick. at
the request of the chief detective of
Chicago, Ill.,, was again remanded in
the Bow street police court until De-
cember 16.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Italian Faster Unmarked

Rio Janeiro, Dec. 11.-Succi. the ia
nous Italian faster, has been I'M
masked here. DR.. Daniel A1meida has
discovered that he used fibrous meat
compressed into the smallest size. and
this, with small quantity of mineral
water, was enough to prevent starva-
ton,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

New York, Dec. 11.-Lady Francis
Cook, formerly Tennie C. Laffiin, has
sent 100000 to this city to be used
in purchasing real estate, and it is
stated that it is her in ntion soon to
leave England and make her home in
New York
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Big Contract for Mules.

St. Louis, Dec. 11.-Capt. Marshall,
an officer in the British army. has
closed a contract with a local firm for
1000 Missouri mules, to be used in
South Africa. It is expected that
other contracts may be let within a
short time for 10000 more animals.
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a Nude Departure.

Husband-That gown appears to be cut
considerably lower than your last one.
Wife-Yes; the dressmakers have depart.
ed somewhat from the lines of last seasons
models.
II see. A nude departure Philadel.
phia Record.
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VIII Reconstruct Isthmus Railroad.

London, Dec. II. - The Westminster
Gazette says Sir Weetman Dickinson
Pearson, M. P, for Colchester and head
of the firm of S. Pearson & Son, limited:
contractors for public works, has COM
pleted negotiations with the Mexican
government to take over the Isthmus
of Tehauntepec railroad on so years
lease. It is said that he will recon
Dor at either end. The harbors are to
cost $4,000, 900,
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st. Petersburg, Dec. 1.-THE official
organ of the department of trade and
manufactures announces that the
Moscow Insurance company has re-
ceived permission to operate abroad
and intends to operate in the United
States.
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Its Origin.

"Hoot!" cried the owl ever and anon. -
The fowls of the air and the beasts of the
field stirred uneasily in their sleep and NUT
tered maledictions. -. 80
'Why are they SO angry" asked the owlet
at last. Ia
"They are envious, my child" replied the
owl, "of my Scotch dialect. Hoot, hoot!"-
Detroit Journal. 1850
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Washington, Dec. 1.-THE usual an
nual quarantine order against the area
where the splenetic or southern TEX
as) fever exists among cattle will be
issued shortly by the department of
agriculture, to take effect January 1.
The order will be substantially like
that of last year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15

A man has been discovered who can
walk only when he is asleep. Profess
sional tramps will be distressed to hear
that they may wake up and find them
selves engaged in doing something use
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1899-12-15
Indians Employ an Illinois Man.

Tahlequah, I. T., Dec. 1.-THE Cher
okee legislature has passed an act en-
ploying Judge William NJ. Springer, of
Illinois, as resident attorney for the
Cherokees at Washington for one year.
An act was also passed authorizing a
delegation of four persons, two of
whom must be full-blooded, to go to
Washington in the interest of the Cher
Okee nation,
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A get-rich-quick operator in Brook
Ign paid $52,26o in dividends and van
ished with 100000 of depositors'
money. The assets consist of several
desks and secondhand carpet.
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Too Late.

A horseman burst into the prison yard.
"Reprieved!" he shouted, and waved q
paper aloft.
"Too late" replied the warden, sadly.
as the man hanged already?"
"No; but he has eaten the hearty break
fast of ham and eggs, coffee and potatoesIv
Executive cfemency was all right in it's
place, but it could not be suffered to inter
fere with the conventional course of events.
Yes, the horseman's steed was undeniably
foaming, but even that avaiIed little or moth
ing under the circumstances.-Detroit Jour
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True to Nature.

She What a good picture!
He-No, it isn't. / was not well, and !
looked like an idiot that morning.
She (intently studying the photography
Well, it looks exactly like you, anyway.--
Judge. 81 . s8s
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Die. while yeektn. Hear.

New Haven, Conn.,, Dec. 11.-Judpe
Eleazer X. Foster, of Gainesville. Fla,
died at the hospital in this city. Judge
Foster came north for his health
about n week ago,
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aTurtl'i'lntou Advauts'
H. HAwLEY, Publisher. 4
WORT AlNGrOn. MIMI.

The electric lawmakers have formed
a combine to raise prices. People in
the prairie states do not need to worry
about it for some months, as nature
will fIrnish the breeze required.
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Frlend-l guess Jour father kuo-== ~
mueh abont raisin, cattle a. anybody
Farmers Son-I guess he does. VFnr- ars
OF our cows mas just had = sSo-headsli calf
Puek
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It depends on Your point Of view rhsther
you consider him the best man Or me WORSE
man who WINS N prize hzht--Cme7so
Chronicle
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A Polite Mantle Bystander-~what
are you taking off your hat for:" The Man
at the 'Phone-''Pm talking to lady,
Chicago Tribune.
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Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. II. - Owing
to the possible infection of fruit or
chards by the importations from other
states or foreign countries of fruit
trees infected with worms, scale or
other parasites, the Association of Hor-
ticultural Commissioners of southern
California has drafted a bill to be sub
mitted to congress. 1t proposes to es-
tablish a national quarantine law
against infected nursery stock of all
kinds imported from foreign countries,
and containing other provisions of sim
liar nature to operate as an interstate
law against such pests.
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ATTACK AGU1NALDO'S GUARD
Dispatches from Gen. Otis Indicates
That Americans Are PressinE
Filipino Leader Very Hard.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE war de-
partment has received the following
from Gen. Otis:
Manila, Dec. 9.-Dispatch from Young
at Vigan yesterday says escaped Spanish
prisoners report four hours engagement
30 inst. between his troops and Aguinal-
dos guard near Cervantes, so miles south
east of Vigan, with heavy loss to enemy
who is being pursued. Our loss one killed
six wounded; Inhabitants of own accord
join troops repairing trail and carrying
subsistence. Have pushed column to San
Jose south Bangued, Howse's column on
rear trail; Bachelors battalion Twenty
fourth out of reach north of Bayonbong
evidently descending river Natives re-
port fighting occurred 20 miles north
Navy reaches APART tomorrow; column
Of MacArthur's troops Twenty-ffth in
fantry reported near Iba west coast Zam-
bales; Grants column near Subig bay;
Lawton in Bulucan province to-day with
sufficient troops to overcome opposition
and scatter enemy
tits probable that the troops which
engaged Aguinaldo's guard are Hare's
command, as he was reported to be
close in the insurgent leaders rear.
Gen. Otis also cables as follows re-
garding the revolt in Negroes:
Information received that Negroes re.
volt of minor Importance; Byrnes in rapid
pursuit of disafrected party; Hughes in
mountains Panay en- route Capiz."