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The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
A TALK ABOUT FISH.
:rhey Are Coated With Slime ts Pro-
-tect from the At
taclks Of Parasites.

Fish,, as rule, increase, in weight
and length every year up to their death.
There are several varieties Of fish that
cannot swim; they are deep-sea dwell
ers, and crawl about the rocks, using
their tails and fins as legs.
Why fish are slippery is accounted for
in this way: The Shiny coating pro-
tects them from the attacks of fungus,
a form of plant life found in all waters.
If a fish is uncovered by slime the fun
gus lodges there and grows until in
time it kills the fish. The slime helps
also to increase. the speed of the fish
through the water.
In order to capture q certain fish, a
South American tribe whips the water
with the wood of a tree which contains
a substance having narcotic influence
on the fish, which are then readily
caught. One South American fish, the
anableps, a star-gazer, can see in air
as we'll as in water. It's eyes are di-
vided into an upper and q lower ;por-
ton, giving the effect of two pupils in
each eye, one suited for seeing in the
air, and the other for seeing in the wa
ter. The fish often swims at the sur
face with it's head sometimes above,
sometimes below the water line.
There is wonderful fish in Alaska,
which, when dried, is used as a candle.
The Alaskan inserts the tail of,the dried
fish in as'crack of his rough, wooden
table and lights it's nose. The fish
burns with bright and steady flame
of about three candle-power, giving a
clear, white light and considerable heat.
A fairly large fish will burn about three
hours. The fish is very fat and it's YER
tebrae are formed largely of phos-
phorus-thus the fat is the tallow and
the vertebrae the wick of this curious
candle. If necessary it can be eaten
afterward, being nicely smoked.
The pollock is severely let alone by
Its f{nny brethren, for it is armed to
the teeth with formidable sting and a
sac of poison. The lake lamprey of
central New York is another fish which
is ferocious and bloodthirsty. Its
mouth is bigger than it's head and it's
teeth are sharp and pointed like tt
gers. The brook lamprey has never
been known to eat at all. It is supposed
that he does all his eating before he be-
comes a real lamprey-in the larvae Pc
riod-and is never hungry afterward.S
People marvel at the mechanism of
the human body, with it's nearly 500
bones, but man is simple in this re-
spect compared with the carp, which
moves no fewer than 1886 bones and
muscles every time it breathes. It
has 1890 veins, to say nothing of its
80 muscles. One fish has brain larger
than man's-the whale.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

THE SCIENCE OF THE CRADLE

Cradles coming back, you say?
Bless me! when did cradles GOT
Ask Of Sleepy Head. who may
surely be supposed to know.
What is Science, that it thinks
1t can have the upper hand
In the Realm of Forty Winks.
Forming part Of Babyland?
Science says they may, indeed!
When was motherhood for aught
But to furnish every need
Fer conceived in baby thought?
Pillow soft OF mother love,
Where dimpled form may lie:
Mothers tender face above,
Mothers arms for rock-a-bye.
What does Science know about
Baby ways to Land of Nod,
That 1t tries to place in doubt
Paths the baby feet have trod?
Paths adown the Cradle Road,
Worn by countless little feet:
Poppy-lined and overfiowed,
Leading out OF Drowsy Street.
Cradles! Men Of specs and brain,
Yours the province broad may be
Ologies to build: and train
Steam and electricity.
Yours the sea and earth and sky:
Ooze and star and gas and stone:
When you get to cradles-why.
That Is mothers sphere-alone.
Edwin L. Sabin. In Woman's Home Com
panion.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

face of the skin because the SUBJ
stances or changes which have been
produced by the process of photog-
raphy are renewed according to the
notifications produced by the :'bit-
ing" process. just as those of tat
tooed outline are. And whatever the
mechanical means employed. the re-
suits are remarkable. By this means
every human being becomes sort of
photograph album. The ikenesses
of his friends. landscape views asso-
ciated with his childhood or with sig
nificant events in his life. portraits
of the great men and heroes whom he
admires and many other things may
be reproduced beautifully and perma-
nently on his surface.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
DOES NOT COME WITH AGE.


A medical man has discovered that
neither in youth nor Old, age is man
likely to make the biggest fool of him
sell, remarks the New York Press.
Extreme youth, usually is consid-
erednot to have arrived at the dignity
OF years Of discretion, yet homely
proverb, would have US believe that
"there5i is no fool like an old fool"
This medical observer has broached
the theory that there is an "aberration
period OF middle life," between the
ages of 81 and 62. >."1f," he says. "a
careful: examination be made - the
prreventable disasters of the last 20
years and Of the ages of those who
were held responsible by the. verdict
q; mankind for such lamentable issues
there will be found a strange coinci-
dence In herange Of their ages" =
Here is an interesting and practio-
ally inexhaustible field for investiga-
tlon. Politicians who are "ag'in' the
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

After charge from the judge, which
was practically an order for acquittal,
the jury brought in q veraict of
guilty. The Judge asked Paine if he
would move for q new trial. II thank
you for your suggestion was the an
swer, 'but am oppressed with the
gravest doubts whether I have the
right to move for new trial Your
honor, I have already askeu for and
received for my idiot client the most
precious heritage of our English and
American common lava trial by q
jury Of his peers" >...
Paine had an old quarrel with the
supreme court, and never lost an op-
portunity of showing his contempt for
that body. Once, riding from Boston
to Cambridge with q. load Of law
books, he wa. .accosted by q young
Harvard man with the remark: 'You
have quite . load, Mr.. Paine. Law
books, I suppose7' 'Oh, no." was the
answer, "only supreme court reports =
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
NEENAH AN IRISH NAME.
"isconsinites, However. Believe
That 1t IL OF Indi-
an Origin.

A travelling man. noted over the
country for the drou stories he tells,
had a choice morsel of unwritten his
tory to relate to his fqiends on his re-
turn from recent trip among the
country merchants in Wisconsin
towns, says the Chicago Chronicle.
"While at Appleton the other day.
he said, II heard a rather good story
of an Irishman's wit and resource
during the early days of Wisconsin's
history. The Hibernian was an old
settler and a promoter of coloniza-
tion in the country around Appleton.
One day project for the founding of
new town was launched. 1t had
been the 1rishman's fortune to see
many such towns spring up in the vi
cinity, but he had never been able
to secure the consent of the boomers
to give distinctively Irish name to
any municipality or settlement of the
lot. The craze for bestowing Indian
names on every village, backwoods
camp or hamlet was then at it's
height, and keeping that fact in mind,
he set his brain to work quite busily.
Soon he had evolved a plan whereby
the extension and perpetuity of at
least one irish name could be sxcured,
HE journeyed secretly to an Indian
settlement, and made certain al a1range-
ments with friendly chief of the
tribe. Then the old settler again ap-
peared in his haunts around Appleton.
When the meeting took place for the
naming of the new town he suggested
Neenah. That sounded Indian
enough to the majority of the pros
pective citizens, but all were not sat
isfied. 1t was decided to ask learned
Indian whether the name was all that
was claimed for it in the way of con-
nection with the redman's vernacular.
Before commission could be- sent for
this purpose to the nearby Indian vii
lage the chief whom the Irishman had
visited in the woods arrived in Ap-
pleton by mere chance, as it seemed.
He was at once appealed to, and, of
course, he verified the Irishman's
claim that Neenah was a good Indian
''~~~ AAA~AA6 PAOSPCAAVys 4ApCAAoA>
ism, or some such thing. It turned
out in the course of time that the
lrishman became the first citizen, the
titular mayor of Neenah. He never
disclosed the. fact that in naming the
new town as Neenah he called it after
his native town in Ireland-which was
Neenah, one of the principal cities of
Tipperary county in the emerald isle.
The ridiculous thing about the mat
ter is that to this day the majority of
the citizens of Neenah, Wis.,, are firm
ly convinced that the name of their
town is good red Indian, while
doubtless the shade of the jolly Irish
man is ccnvulsed with merriment at
the thought of the good joke that
brings him-at the expense of the
Neenah, Wisconsinite9-a huge guam
tity of merriment in Tirnanoge, the
Heaven of the ancient Irish itera-
ture."
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
PERSONAL AND nlPERsoNAL,

Irish mayors are exempt from duty
In courts of law.
In White Plains, N. r, the race 81
CANNES shows up numerically IN ex.
cess of the human family.
The bones of human being will bear
three times as great pressure as; oak,
and nearly as much as wrought iron,
without being crushed.
The memory of Miss Mary Kingsley,
the African traveller, is to be commem.
Grated by Mary Kingsley memorial
hospital. It is to be used prima rily. for
the treatment Of disease peculiar to the
tropics, and it will probably be erected
in Liverpool. &z ....
The new French duel code, which Il
the work of Prince Bibesco, provides
that in the! future no duel can end with
out the shedding Of blood, and no ac-
count of the proceedings shall be pub.
.lished if the insult causing the duel was,
not made public. z.
The new king of Italy is taller than
his father and mother, but has abnor-
mally short legs, that seem character.
istic of his branch Of the family. They
were very noticeable il his father, King
Humbert, and inFhis grandfather, King
Victor Emmanuel, 50 that those person
ages seemed hardly taller when they
stood up than when they were seated.
Mrs. Gatchell, of Lubec,. Me-, was 60
ing to party one evening recently, and
womanlike, spent q good deal more
time getting on her things" than She
had to spare Fully titivated at last,
she grabbed her hat and jaDbed hat
pin through it. The hatpin impaled a
mouse, which uttered panied and in
dignant squeak. Then Mrs. Gatchell
tainted and eventually had to give up
the party.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

fowls that I shall croak all night for
the next ten nights to come"
IF you do, you'll get into trouble"
I said.
''Bring on your trouble!", he
sneered, as he kicked his hind legs at
me.
The ducks and geese were for driv-
ing him away at once, and the hens
said it was a shame for a frog to
come to strange pond and be so i'm
pudent, but said to them:
1--WE will do nothing yet. We will
wait three or four nights more, and
then if he is not more reasonable we
will give him surprise party"
It was the same on the second night
as on the first. He kept calling out
"How! Howl" as loud as he could
below, and now and then We heard
him chuckling to think he was keep
ing us awake. It was the same on
the third night. That is, the frog
started in soon after dark to make
the night hideous again, and some Of
the ducks and geese were for driving
him out at once, when I saw zone of
the farmers sons come skulking down
to the pond. He stood for q minute
until he made out the frog on the
log, and then he drew back his arm
and hurled a stone. His aim was true,
and the frog fell into the water as
dead as nail. Then the boy turned
to 60 back to the house, and we heard
him say:
''Oh, no, old frog! You wanted to
know How! Howl it was, and I've
shown you! You kept me awake two
nights, but T guess yon won't do any
more croaking this summer!" - St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
The Professor Got Even.

In college there is constant com
bat Of wits between the tutor and
his pupils. The students who attend,
ed the lectures on biology planned q
little joke on their professor. They
removed a:stuffed baboon from the
natural history museum, dressed it up
in a students gown and set it In the
professors chair upon the lecture
platform. When he entered the room
they greeted his evident surprise With
. suppressed giggle Of merriment.
well. gentlemen" said the profes-
asor, blandly. I'm glad to- see that
you have found at last professor
who = suited to your eapacities.' =
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
{. A. GREEK CHARACTERISTIC.
Nest zAttraetive and Lovable In the
Unfailing Hospitality Of
This People.

Apart from this frank and childlike
simplicity, the trait thatshas always
appeared to me the most attractive
and lovable in the Greek character is
his unfailing hospitality, says the Bull
letins of tie American Geographical So
ciety. The person to whom you NAV
come with letter of introduction will
place himself and his house at your
command. and seek in every way to be
of service to you. Even the humblest
peasant, AZ whose house you, as a
stranger, may apply for a nights lodg-
ing, will receive youwith a cordial well
come and will place his best at your dis
posalwith = eourtesys thatagoes far to-
ward mdkin8 yon forget that you will
be obliged topass thenigfIt wrapped in
q rugupcn the floor instead of in bed
and i eaty your morning toilet will, of ne
cessity, be performed without the aid
OF a washbasin or looking glass. Nor
isthe charm of your reception in any
way marred by the knowledge that
this man, who is now seeking to the ut
most offhis abilftysto make you COM
forta bic, viii on themorrow present an
exorbitant bill for the nights accom-
modations, for the Greek has the facul-
ty of making you feel under these cir
cumstances that he is. for the time, be-
ing, your host and you his honored
guest. And it is aastrangeathing, for
which I cannot account, but neverthe-
less q fact, that when you finally ride
away on the morrow, after you have
wasted perhaps = valuable half hour
in bargaining before you have been
able to settle the bill upon an equitable
bads, it win be in spirit OF perfect
Ffriendliness, and In the future you will
be sure to think Of your quondam host.
not 40 rascal who tri<d. cheat you,
but 40 person to whom you are in-
debted for generous Hospitality.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
TRIED BY HIS PEERS.
Reached an Outrageous
Verdict.

No member of the Massachu-
setts bar stood higher than the late
Harry w. Paine. He was absolutely
fearless, and occasionally trampled
upon the traditions of the courts with
the utmost recklessness. On one oc-
casion he was defending a charity
case in which boy of Is was CHARGED
with arson. He made strong casa
to prove the defendant an idiot.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
FATE or 4 cRoAKER.
'4hs Gray Goose Gander Tells . Tsls
q H. Farn Pond with an
hpresslve Moral.

Thlee Or four years ago, when our
pond was quite full of water, and
theyducks and geese were taking lots
Of comfort, there came to MS from
some other pond strange bullfrog.
He was whopping big fellow, who
made all our frogs hustle around, and
he had q voice on him which could
be heard full mile on a quiet night.
There was room enough for the stran-
ger, and we made him welcome, but
on the ye1 first night Of his stay.
he kept us#fll awake and made no
end of trouble Alnost as soon as
It was darkshes took hiS seat on a log
in tho middle Of the pond and cried
out: !
"How. how. howl. oh:h-h:h! how.
II. % noise woke up, every fowl on
the place, including the peacock, who
was almost deaf with old age, but the
frog had noscare for ~our, rights. He
had slept all day, and now wanted
to croak all night. As>ehe was
stranger, nothing was said%sto him
that night, but next day. as hescame
out Of the water 10 get, his sunsbat
I swan out to tie log and said to
Last night you skeptsds all awake
with your croaking, and 1 want to
knoweif you are going to do the same
thing to-night?'' .'
II am going to do as I please about
it," he replied, as he sweiled up and
tried to look as big as a barrel.
"But we must have our Sleep" I
said. 1--WE shall not fna fault if you
croak softly now and then, but to bel
low as loud and as long as you do
is more than we can put up with.'
I'D like to see you help your
+ selves!" he shouted in. anger:.. my
voice is my own, and shall use it
all I want to! IF you don't like things
you'd better 60 away. -:
"But this is our pond" 80
"Oh, it is! Well, I'll show you that
bullfrog can take up his quarters
in any pond he wishes to. Grandaddy
Gander, you go back and tell the
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

government" may trace the blunde1a
OF an administration to the sinister
influence of some boss who wa; pass
ing through the fatal period at the
time, and "regrettable Incidents of
all kinds, in war or peace, may be
traced to their true origin. In time,
no doubt, we shall appreciate the ne
cessity of requiring all public men, on
entering the fatal period, to take a
five years holiday and to resume
work only when they have passed the
age of alteration.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
A Gift to the Chine.e ri mures.

The dowager empress of China was
the recipient ON the occasion of her six
tieth birthday of an interesting pre-
sentation from the ministers of Eng
land and America. This consisted Of
copy of the New Testament, bound
in silver covers and inclosed in a chased
silver casket, subscribed for by the
Christian women of China. On one
cover was gold plate bearing the
words 'Holy Classic Of Salvation.'' The
subscribers numbered about 1000, and
the, cost of the presentation amounted
to $1,250.-Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

out in her business career by making
candy, which she sold to small dealers.
Then she opened q shop of her own,
where she sold groceries, meats, ice
cream and few simple drugs. She
employs q clerk and is making good
deal of money. She studies during the
pauses in trade, and has sitting-room
behind her store, in which she keeps ?
piano. Her candies are sent, also, to
the HarlemsWomen's exchange for sale
where they are disposed of rapidly.
Little Miss Evans is the granddaugh-
ter of q judgewho died = few years ago,
leaving his family ''land poor" and
as the little girls father. was dead,
the family found existence difficult. Be
ing the eldest daughter, "Mary Eliza
BETH" as the neighbors called her, be-
gan her enterprise Of candy making,
with the success told above.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
DREADED THE CHINESE.
Wife Of the Italian Minister at Pc
king Did Not Wish to Go
There.

The Italian minister in Peking,
Marquis Salvaggo Raggi, has with
him his wife and only child,
Paris, boy eight years old. He is
a handsome man. about IS years old,
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
Eat What they Get,

''Nine men out of ten,' said the lunch
counter man, Twill eat what you set
before them without complaint if it
is only some kin to what was ordered.
Take pies, for instance. How many
men can tell the difference between a
raspberry and blackberry pie, anyway? :?
A man will order blackberry pie, and
the waiter, knowing his customer,
won't stop to note the difference, or if
he does, really doesn't care so long as
he gets some kind of berry, brings a cut
of the berry pie nearest at hand, be it
raspberry, blackberry or blueberry. OF
course there are people who want a
certain thing and know it when they
see it, but they are the exception. A
waiter who isn't o. fool never stops to
tell aF:man the"house is out of black
berry, blueberry or perhaps even cram
berry, and if the customer be AN aver
age man he swallows what is given him
and says nothing.'-Chicago Tribune.
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sure sixInl.

Eyes, baby looks like his papa, said
the proud young mamma. "I'm sure
he'll have . nose like him. Yes" re-
piled the temperance lady from next
door, .yon give the little one gin Tor
the collie, I understand" -Philadelphia
Press. .-----... 49,.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
YOUNG STOREKEEPER.
How u BRIGHT New York State Girl
Has Built Up q Profitable
Little Business.

One of the most popular storekeep-
ers in Syracuse, n. Y, is Mary Eliza
beth Evans, a girl of IS years, and the
accompanying illustration shows her
seated in her little store. She started
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

sTfanee Takins to Cheap Lis.er.
a comparatively sober country not
% very long ago, France has become
the prey Of the cheapest and most
deleterious forms Of alcohol,
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
Marvelous wona,

III Marvelous vvonan. IS ss
"Is Mrs. Newleigh such . wonderful
cook 40 Is rumored?" ::.s IS.
us she? Why, she can pleaIe her
husband, Town Topics
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

Honest ducks dip their heads under
water in order to liquidate their little
bills. Chicago Daily News II
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28


New
mile exclusive II approaches 80:
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

ceased soon, and she told the old wom-
an q piteous story of how some drunk
en- men from Greenlow-in-the-W Water
had taken her hurdy-gurdy and kicked
it over the green, and when she had
striyen to recover it they had fallen
upon the cage and beaten it with their
! sticks until the wires were crushed to-
gether and the little fortune tellers
died of fright. Mary's hands clenched
as she listened; she was plucky soul.
and had any of the miscreants come
her way they would not have passed
unmolested. But she knew that angry
outcries were not to be compared with
practical sympathy, and she led Gui-
seppa up the stairs and made her lie
down on the bed in the little chamber
on the landing, while she hurriedly
prepared cup of tea. The girl drank
thirstily, but ate nothing, and when
Mary bade her rest quietly she sank
back among the pillows and closed
her eyes.
William heard the story from his
wife at breakfast. 'Poor wench," he
SAID, 1T We're cruel hard to take away
her means q livin'. Did she say as how
she found her way up hither?''
"Ay," said Mary, 'she had watched
tn way we went-ours were tn first
kind words she'd heard for many a
day, an she were a bit touched like.
You see, lad, her mother died month
ago, an her father she can scarce rec
'lect,e for he only lived till were a
year owd. She's had to support herself
wi fortune tellin', an as there were
naught doin' i town, she thought she
might Tske summat i th' country.
/ Hal stafyed shs hsss been; Lord!
there's scarce : scrap o flesh on her
bones!" | sz:.. ....
The sun., 1900-01-06
BAN ON RAILROAD TRACKS.
Frightened Horse Dashed MadlY
Between the Rails Until
Caught.

One Of the most exciting iunaways
that ever occurred on the busy coast
happened yesterday. Passengers at the
French street station became greatly ex-
cited when they saw horse dashing Up
the tracks toward them with the rem
nants Of wagon attached to him. The
maddened animal was caught and led
from the track without sustaining any
serious injury. The horse belonged to
Solomon Spires and became frightened
by the breaking of shaft bolt. II was
at Seventh and Walnut streets that the
accident occurred. The horse became
unmanageable and dashed around until
it snapped the remaining shaft bolt,
when it dashed down Walnut to Fourth
street, in Fourth to Market, down Mar
ket to Water, across the 3. X O. tracks
into Gorman's wood yard, back to the
railroad tracks and down to the T., w.
q 3. tracks to the station, where it was
stopped by Car Inspector johnson.
When the horse dashed across the b. &
Q tracks the qnick work and presence of
mind Of Gate Tender John Mclaughlin
saved the safety gates. He raised them
in time to allow the horse to pass under.
A passenger train had Just passed, or a
serious accident might have happened
from the animals mad flight.