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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
HAD A STRENUOUS LIFE.
Unceasing Labor Was the Lot Of TIL
Late Bishop Gilbert OF
st. Paul.

Coadjutor Bishop Mahlen N. Gilbert,
Of the Episcopal diocese of Minnesota.
did not find his lot an easy one. Dur
ing his Long long ministry he found no
'lowery beds of ease'' upon which to
recline. From the hour when he was
obliged to leave Hobart college, strick-
en- with hemorrhage of the lungs,
through all the years until but short
time since he yielded to third attack
OF pneumonia, he fought many hand
to-hand battle with disease and death.
Years ago, when just out of the d.
vinity halls, he was given a charge by
Bishop futile, his lifelong friend. It
was the most difficult field in the west.
Young Gilbert was the only minister
Of his faith in all the western half of
a great territory. In the town of Deer
Lodge, Mont, his headquarters, COM
prising some 600 souls, he had at the
beginning of his work but two COM
municants. It was from this town
that he went upon mission tours
throughout the region.
In these days gamblers of the old
school were numerous: They were
gamblers to the core, in so far as the
sin of gaming, but most of them played
on the square and kept their pledges
man to man. They knew the young
rector for manly man who hit out
from the shoulder without mercy, but
who never struck below the belt. They
were very much interested in the prog
ress of the new church, and finally one
of their number, delegated by the rest,
handed the rector $1,000 "for the new
gospel MILL" The rector accepted the
gift in the spirit in which it was prof.
fered.
For a year after he began work in
Montana he never saw a brother min
lister. Later, when he went to Helena
to preach, the'frontier was fast begin
ming to lose somewhat of it's roughness.
A few days before Mr.. Gilbert left
Butte for Helena-he had for some
time been stationed in Butte-a rough
looking man came up to him on the
street and handed him $3.50.
"Where did you get that?'
"Well," he replied, ''this is the way it
was: L knew you were going away, so
went down to one of the houses and I
said to the boys: Boys, parson is go
ing away to see his gall What parson
is that?' asked one of the boys. Par
son Gilbert I said. Well, sir, he just
reached out, wiped the stakes off the
board and said: Here, take that; he
married me, and did me the best turn
I ever had That's how I got the
money"
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STEEL TRACK ROADS
Utility OF the system Has Been Dem
onstrated by Experinents
# J J Here and Abroad.

The illustration shows a section of a
steel track road without wooden super.
structure of any kind. The steel track.
here indicated consists of built sec
ton as shown, in the detail drawing
Gig. y, made up Of q steel channel
riveted on either side to angle irons;
This gives fiat surface eight inches wide
for the wheels of the vehicle, the rails
being laid at convenient distance
apart to accommodate vehicles Of y
standard gauge. It will be seen that
there is a projecting fange which tends
to keep the wheels from leaving the
track, but being not more than half an
inch high this hange does not prevent
turning out easily when necessary.
The rails are well filled underneath
with cement to afford q continuous
bearing, while the projecting flanges
are securely imbedded in the concrete
OF the roadbed, insuring rigid immobil-
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
TRACK AND SECTION OF ROAD.

1nACh AND SECTION OF ROAD.
tty. The rails are not dependent on
any system of cross ties for support,
but where the ends of the rails are
Joined the joints are firmly bolted to a
common cross tie which also helps to
maintain the rails at uniform dis
lance apart and to keep their surfaces
horizontal.
On the score of expense the steel
roadway is not extravagant, viewed
In the light of the long service and low
cost OF maintenance that may be ex-
pected of it. Of the experimental Sec
tons thus far built, it is said that the
total cost has been not far from one
dollar per foot, but in the event of
building such roads on a large scale
this cost can no doubt be reduced by at
least 80 per cent.
In Europe we may find a few interest
Ing examples of steel road construction
in small way. The road between Grao
and Valencia in Spain was completed
in it's present form in 1892. It is two
miles in length and consists of parallel
steel rails laid at suitable distance
apart to accommodate the wheels of
passing vehicles. AT each side of the
rails are layers of binding stones, the
road between the rails being paved
and slightly higher than the face of the
rails.
Previous to 1892 this road was con-
structed of flint stone, and on good au-
thority the expense of keeping it in re-
pair is stated to have been $500 pesetas
or about $500 annually. Since the adop-
ton of the steel rail system the annual
cost of keeping in repair the central
portion OF the highway thus relieved
from heavy traffic which passes over
the steel rails, is stated to be only $500
pesetas or about $3.50, at the current
/ rate of exchange. 8, :.
This road has attracted some little
attention, and in response to inquiries
from various parts of Spain and else
where the municipality of Valencia has
made statement to the effect that it is
the opinion of it's officers that the saw
ing in the cost of repairs by reason of a
road of this kind pays for its construc-
ton in a short time.
The total cost of the two miles of
road was little less than 10000; 5000
vehicles pass over it daily, and q toll
of about three-fourths of a cent is
charged each vehicle.
The most interesting fact in regard
to this road is that after eight years of
service it is still in good condition. the
rails exhibiting wear of not more than
three one-hundredths of an inch an
nually and requiring little or no atten-
ton of any kind.-Country Gentleman.
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worry about me. I cannot only take
care OF myself, but of all the ducks,
geese and hens beside. Just waddle
back to your pond and mind your own
business"
had no more to say. knew what
would happen if fox and the rooster
met, but my words of advice had not
been needed.
That very afternoon, after growing
as loud as he could for ten minutes
and strutting up and down in his
pride, the rooster set off for the back
field to find the fox. The hens tapped
their wings and clucked to encourage
him, and some of the geese and ducks
said he was brave fowl and ought to
wear SILVER spurs.
"You wait a bit," said I to them.
"A rooster who sets out to hunt a fox
may be very brave OF, very much of an
idiot. If he ever comes back he'll
know a fox from hollyhock all the
rest of his days."
They said I was Jealous old gan
der, and ought to be ashamed of my
self; but I went swimming over to- the
other side Of the pond and let them
talk. ~,
When sundcwn came and the rooster
had not come back, the hens began to
look very sober. His crow did not
sound at daybreak next morning az
usual, and soon after breakfast the
farmer started out to hunt for him.
It was almost noon when he re-
turned, and in his hand he had three
or four black tail feathers belonging
to our missing friend. As the wife
came out, the husband showed her the
feathers and said: H.
'.Mary, here's all that's left of our
big black rooster" 81
'What has happened him?"- she
asked. ....~.'.-A s,.s e.. Z
'Why, he went of to the back field
by himself yesterday, and a fox must
have got hold of him and eaten him
up. He was a hne-looking fowl, but
he didn't know half as much az 4
goose."-St. Louis Globe Democrat. 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07

brothers, and ! want TO keep them Ia.
gether II lean. Tread IN : paper about
how prosperous you were. sir, and IL
though the mote 10 'outlawed,'I fe14
that you might feel willing to pay some.
thing on it. !" Il
He took his hand from his eyes ana
offered it to her. 5.#
"You did right to bring it TO me, !" hs
said sit down on this chair, and tell
me about yourself and your father. He
was 2 good man. ss.
He was, indeed" said Martha, With
tears in her eyes.
There were tears, too, in the eyes Of
thesman a. she told him Of her fathers
disappointments, and Of the poverty in
which he had left his children.
''They told me in Osborne" she said
in conclusion, shat it would be useless
for me to come here with an outlawed
note, but I dad not think so.''
You were wiser than they" he said.
gravely, but with smile, ''for shall
pay every dollar of the note, with in.
terest in full, and even this will not
atone for my lack Of duty in not find
ing your father and paying the note
years ago. shall see to it that his chill
dren lack nothing that they need here
after"
There was great excitement in o.
borne when Martha returned with the
news that she and her brothers and SIS
ter were to go to Louisborough to live
in home of their own.
There are splendid schools there,
and Mr.. eye will be friend to us.
can't tell You how kind he was, and
can never be thankful enough that !
went to him with that outlawed MOTEL"
Youths Companion.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
LOCK FOR MILK CANS.
A Device That May Prove Quite Pop
ular In Large Cities Where
Petty Thieves Abound.

Many housekeepers know by. expert.
ence how dfsagreeable it is to wake up
in the morning and find the milk can
and contents gone, or perhaps the
drained can is left to tell. the tale of a
petty thief. Here is cheap and simple
device which will prevent the theft of
the milk without making it any more
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
Green Fooa for D.iry G, cow, ~,

# you are going to feed green, food
to your cows, do not wait until the hot
sun has wilted 1t, but cut it early in the
morning and keep it in the shade until
fed. Compare the conditions of corn, or
even cow peas, at sunrise and at two
o'clock In the afternoon, and you viii
zee the force Of this advice. At sum
rise the earth is comparatively cool, the
leaves OF the plants stand up stif, are
fullof juice and tipped with dew; at two
O'clock. the ground 10 hot and hard, the
plant leaves hang limp and Hfeless, are
hot md unpalata BID. Jersey Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
WITH HIS EYES OPEN.
Good DR.. Shepard Was Somewhat
Disconnected by What
He Saw.

119o 10 1916, USED 10 pray IN pubic with
his eyes open. He excused this depart
ure from custom by claiming that his
petitions received more attention from
the congregation than they would have
done had he closed his eyes. It is re-
lated that one cold winters day q
facetious youth, entering the gallery at
the time of prayer, sat down behind q
man whose hair was red and forthwith
proceeded to rub his hands together
before the back hair Of the man in
front, as if to warm his fingers before
this imaginary though fre-red brazier.
1t made sorry work of the pastors
prayer for the time being, for he could
not proceed petitioning the throne of
the heavenly grace" when his own mind
was full Of giggle, evoked by the Incl
dent in the gallery.
Yet is the Berkshire man serious and
religious, and loves what makes for
manhood. In the early years of the
present century two gentlemen were
driving along Berkshire road in the
eastern part of the county, when, See
ing a farmer at work in field remov-
ing the stones which a'bounded on every
hand, they called to him, saying:
Seems as if the chief crop of these
parts was stones" mo, sirs," replied
the farmer, 1.-THE chief crop hereabouts
is men, A residence Of 20 years in
Berkshire confirms me in the belief
that the farmer was right. Grit and go
makes the stones Of his fields into
fences, and the singing sleet Of his
cold winters makes his face wrinkled,
it is true, but with the creases Of the
smiles he wears in philosophic content
rather than Of scowls over his lot. 81
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
:, Bees Garry Heavy Weight.

u 'BeeB C1ffy 7He1vy "e1Bnt. =
Observations made to test this ques-
ton showed that bees can carry with
ease twice their weight in honey. Sew
.eral bees were caught as they returned
to their hives laden With honey, and,
after inclosing them in little box,
they were carefully weighed. When the
bees unloaded their honey. they were
again caught, placed in the same box
and weighed a second time. This .ex-
pertinent showed that Ne bees when
laden weighed tree tim4 IA. much as
when empty Nyas thesfore proved
shat beeasan stsry.ti ce its own:
weight in honey and can: fly very long.
distances with thai. .weight.-Rural.
World. SO as,a,ssas ..ta IS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
DOLL, BERTHA TAKES "a NAP

Come. Bertha. I've swung your hammock
& Right under the lilac-tree,
And I'm gcing 70 swing you to sleep there,
For its shady % shady can be.
There's dear little nest up above you
Where the humming-birds come and 60.
And you can look up and watch them
A. you swing, dear. to and fro.
Not all dolls own such hammock
hope you appreciate this!
And you look as you lie there. darling,
Astn MISUNDERSTANDING were bliss.
Do you see the pretty cloud-shadows
AS over the lawn they creep?
And the roses-why. Bertha, my darling!
sh! sh!-she is fast asleep!
Emma G. Dowd. In Youths COMPANION.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
Rapid Looonaotlon.

Mistress-You say you are well rec
commended? i>%6& - . ~ .
Maid-Indeed. ma'am; I have 80 ex-
cellent references.
Mistress-And you have been in do
mestic service?
Aaid-Two years, ma'am.s ST. Louis
Globe-D ,S5ss q q
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
sAlpplnS SOFT Crab

Soft scrabsH are being shipped from
Maryland this season in lots OF 5000
each, the expresi companies carrying
them direct to the northern and east.
ern markets, where the demand for
them e greater than ever and the
prices obtained sxcellsnt n. 81,
World. .5''sS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-09-07
THE AMERICAN FLAG.
1t Represents Not Only the Nation.
But Has the Constitution and
Civil Liberty.

When Henry Ward Beecher presented
an American flag to a battalion of the
Fourteenth Brooklyn regiment of VOL
unteers, in 1861, he said:
1T is not q painted rag. It 10
whole national history. 1t is the con-
stitution. It is the government. It
is the free people who stand in the
government for the constitution. For
get not what it means; and for the sake
OF its ideas, rather than its mere en-
blazonry, be true to your country's
flag"
It is because the flag is all this that
it occupies so conspicuous and honor.
able place in military life.
The origin of the flag is really in
doubt. The story o. Mrs. Betsy Ross
and Gen. Washington may well stand
until history reveals a better one. On
the 18th of June, 1777, the American
congress adopted resolution estab-
fishing a flag of 10 stripes and 10 stars
in a field of blue. While the stripes had
been used before, there is no satisfac-
tory evidence that the union of stars
had been in public use before this reso-
luton of congress. This resolution
was not officially promulgated until
September, 1777; but it is doubtless
true that the stars and stripes were
carried in the battle of Brandywine,
September II, 1777, and they were ever
afterwards borne in the battles of the
revolution. The first time the Ameri-
can flag received foreign salute was
in French port, February IA, ITS,
when. the flag of the Ranger, a ship
commanded by John Paul Jones, was
paid that honor.
The flag remained without change
until 1894, when congress ordered it
to have Is stripes and Is star~Ver-
mont and Kentucky having then been
admitted into the union. On April 1,
1918, congress went back to the origin
al ID stripes, and provided that, upon
the admission into the union of new
state, an additional star should be
placed in the field on the Fourth of July
next succeeding such: admission. l
think it was when Idaho was about to
be admitted that, I had the honor to
call the attention Of the congressional
delegate and others interested for that
territory to this provision Of the law;
and the necessary forms If admission
were hurried forward in order that
Idaho might be represented on the flag
of that year-July 4, 1s90-together
with the other new states which had
been admitted some months previous
", under the administration of Pres
ident Harrison. The flag now contains
As stars, and has done so since the 18th
6f July, 1896, the last state admitted be.
ing the state of Utah.-The Wellspring.
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scramble about g the bargain counter
to-day? q. 5.z
Mink!ns- Sin, Ribbon q CO. have
dentist there pulling teeth at half
prics. IN. =. Weekly.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-12-28
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13
COTTON LETTERS.

New York, May 12.-Hubbard Bros. & Co
say: Liverpool was reported to have been
effected by the selling by parties who were
free buyers here yesterday, and also by
the good weather conditions and the de-
cline in trade. Our market opened shaie
lower with free sellers during the first
hour of the new crop and closed barely
steady, under heavy selling by the rec MT
Dull house of the nearby positions Re
ceipts continue light but the market seems
to have reached point where tr ade condi-
tions and new crop advices have more eff
feet upon prices than the statistical posi-
ton. 1t would appear that unless trade
improves that spinners will retr ench their
consumption at the present prices and
that ii requires adverse developments re-
garding the new crop to alter this tenden-
cy. The heavy selling of the past two
days by the bulls seem 20 have eliminated
the short interest"
New York, May 12-Murphy & Co. says:
Cotton in Liverpool lie lower on srots
sales, 5000 bales. Futures, ~ points lower
This news was quite unfavorable and, to-
gether with local and Southern selling
caused an easier feeling here. Some shorts
in near months covered, which checked a
greater declire. Receipts are very small
but the trade are not paying much atten-
ton to the movement now-it is a ques-
ton of weather. The Chronicles adVices
indicate that planting is progrc ssing, but
still backward, and quite large short in
terest in new crop months"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13
OCEAN FUEIGHTs.

COTTON-Savannah to Boston, pef
bale, S.25; to New York, per bale, 81. 90;
to Philadelphia, per bale, $l.OO; to BaIu.
more, per bale. $l00; via New York
Bremen, soc; Genoa, Coo; Liverpool, 45c
ReVal, 70c direct. Bremen, &c
LUMBER-By Sail-Freight strong Sa-
vannah to Baltimore, per NJ, $5.75; to Phil
adelphia, $500; to New York, $5.75; to
Boston and Portland, 81 .0017.75; to Ha-
vana. $780, to St, John. N. b, $500; cross
ties, "A feet base, to Baltimore, 15c; to
Philadelphia. lie; to New York. 1Sc
BY STEAM-Lumber-Sa to Bal
timore, $3.50; to Philadelphia IS 90: to New
York $3.50; to dock, $S.25; lightered-to
Boston. to dock. $S.25.
NAVAL STORES-The market is firm;
medium size vessels. Rosin-Cork for or
ders, IS per barrel of $40 pounds and per
cent. primage. Spirits. As Sd per 40 gallons
gross and per cent. primage. Larger
vessels, rosin, % sd; spirits. As. Steam,
10c per 100 pounds on rosin; SOC on spirits,
Savannah TO Boston. and SIC on rosin,
and soc on spirits to New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13
COTTON FUTUREs.

New York, May 12.-The market for cot
ton futures opened easy with prices, one
TO seven points lower, and showed more
energy than manifested in some weeks, if
not months. Sentiment was decidedly
bear1sh, much of the short session under
favorable cables from the English market,
further very encourag ing crop accounts
from all parts of the belt, and reports
mat the weather was nearly perfect. Sell
ahg orders from Wall street, and the I'M
settied situation on the stock exchange
an served to increase the uneasiness of
nolders IN local circles, and TO enthuse
the Dear faction. Following the call there
was an additional decline to 9.41c for July,
70 sic for August, to 8 .15c for October,
ana f.95c for January. Throughout the
resi- OF the session the market was spas
tenOdlcally active with liquidation the main
feature of trading. There were several
perioos of steadiness on furries of profit
taAhg by less reliant shorts. On the de-
tlne New Orleans and other Southern in
CCerests sold the fell and winter options.
Collinlssion houses appeared TO be in pos
SSSion or more business than in weeks,
ne ohlk of which went to the short side.
i eminent export concerns were the lead
'iS buyers of the present crop months
me market for futures closed barely
S'Sauy with prices net, to points lower.
NeW York, May 12.-Cotton futures
opened easy. Prices as follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13
TURPENTINE is ADVANCING.
MARKETS CLOSES FIRM u CENT
ABOVE THE OPENING PRICE.

mbe Fair Demand From Several
sources Gives the Market IA Strong
Position Resins Go on at the
ODening Cotton Quiet and I'm
,banEed-LocaI and TelegraphIc
Markets.
Morning News Office, May 12.-The feat
ure of the markets to-day was the ad-
vance at the closing in spirits turpentlne
which jumped in response to a stronger
demand. Supplies are in request from
several sources at present it is stated,
which tends to keep the market in a firm
rosition. The opening was firm at Az
cents, and the closing firm at 47zc. The
rosin market went off at the opening, the
tome being steady. The cotton market
remains unchanged, with the tone firm.
The future market went off 10 some extent,
due TO the better weather, which will en-
able farmers TO move along more rapidly
with their work. The wholesale markets
were steady and active. The early Vege-
table market was quiet, and receipts in all
lines were small. The following resume
will show the tone and quotations at the
close to-day:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-13

not the slightest resemblance to either a
pear or an alligator; sweet lemons, than
which nothing could be more insipid, and
an occasional iguana or edible lizard. This
reptile IS ugly enough to pose as model
for a medieval dragon, but is neverthe-
less a poor, harmless creature, whose only
purpose in life IS 20 be hunted killed and
eaten. The flesh is white. delicate and
juicy, being about half way between
frogs legs and green turtle steaks. 1t 10
a great delicacy in IT'S native continent,
and brings a very good price wherever II
Is offered in the market. Other rare ex-
portations in Central America are the
queer fruits, known as sapodillas, prickly
pears and star apples.
Even small countries contribute to the
long list of delicacies Judea sends. at in
tervals, what are called "stichies" small
cakes in which cinnamon and cloves run
rampant; Mexico forwards tamales, a red
hot mixture of pepper and spices; Canada
West catches bull frogs, whose legs weigh
over pound, while New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia capture colossal Holsters,
which weigh sometimes twenty-five
pounds. All is eaten in the land of the
free and the homes of the brave" and in
return a good river of gold and silver
flows back to the countries which minis
ter to the appetite of our strange breth-
rem!
This IS story that comes partially
partially, mind you-from the Custom
House.