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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-08-31

windows in the watch towers. After
the box had been built over on all
sides. with rocks, held in place by
mortar, another smaller box was
placed on top of it, and covered in like
manner. Both were first rooted with
tin to prevent leaking; but this has
been carefully concealed. There are
also hidden drains both in the castle,
and causeway. The towers are built
solid, except behind the windows,
where spaces are left to give the effect
of rooms. The '''workmen" expert
enced great difficulty in finding the
necessary number of properly shaped
stones for the battlements; which re-
quired such exactness. -, s.
Every one on the place was requested
tolook out for small stones, and walk
ing parties armed with baskets were.
often formed for the sole purpose Of ae-s.
curing building material. One qfsth@}
"hod-carriers" became 30 enthusiastic
that she carried heavy load of stones
fot two miles on an August afternoon!
Az the structure progressed, q keen in
tetest was taken in It by all the neigh
borhood, and there were many visitors
to5view the unique little building, sev..'
eral Of whom contributed bits Of rock
from different places of interest in
Virginia. One mountaineer who came.
TO- pass judgment on the work could
not conceal his disdain,, and blurted
out: "There ain 40 use for y,,osyu-.all t1o,'
work on that little house; che SHOWS 81 i
going to melt them chimbleys, sure!":
He referre ed to the towers, Another
man Of tho sa1ne Kind locked on 80 IL
building f6r some time with pit yinR
smile, and said; what shame them
two young ladies' IS childish - It Val
Afterwards learned that he regarded
the builders as harmless lunatics.
After four months Of not uninterrupt-
"a labor the castle was anished. One
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MINIATURE CASTLE.
An Architectural Curiosity to BE
Seen Among the Rugged Noun
@tains5 of Virxinia. -

In St.. Nicholas, Ellen Garnett tells
OF . miniature stone castle in the
mountains OF Virginia, and how it
came to be built.
While spending the summer of 1897
at Earlhurst, Va. amid the wild and
rugged scenery of the Allegheny
mountains, two young ladies, who
were fond of exploring the beautiful
country, were seated one afternoon at
the base of waterfall. Being deeply
impressed by the beauty of the spot,
one exclaimed: "How charmingly TO-
mantle! I can almost believe that
Flora MacIvor will any instant appear
seated on that moss-covered rock, dis
coursing sweet music on her harp"
Carried away by such romantic
thoughts, they began to- build an i'm
aginary castle, peopled with baron and
serf, besieged and defended, of a cap
!. tive princess and valiant warrior
knights.
Lets make one!" they cried. Ac-
cordingly, the next day the under
taking was begun.
A1diSe puIp 11Su UOW1ucr, OVeTRTOWu
with moss and ichen. on the lawn of
Earlhurst, the summer home of the
builders, was selected az the site on
which to construct this miniature cas-
tie. Building material then became a
serious question. Rocks there were in
( plenty, but sand and mortar had to
be carried for some distance. Tools
were limited, and using screwdriver
in lieu of chisel the slight indenta-
ton in the, foundation rock, which
was designed to be the dungeon,
proved but slow work.
This task accomplished, q square
box was placed over the excavation, in
which were cut openings for windows
and q door. The windows-1s in all
were put together with greatest care,
every stout wooden frame being
crossed and recrossed with heavy.
wire to initiate gratings, Them built
in the stone walls over the openings.
They vary in style and size, From the
large easements In the protected
parts of the structure to the small
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A LITTLE NONSENSE.

go - ooA0U yO0E 10t09I8 COQOS0T
BY telephone" She..What wss hiS
;answer?" He"He said: 4 don't
know who you are, but It's all right I"
Harvard Lampoon. -z'.s.'s 'zss1i;
II don't care much about the cir.
GUS" said the boy. II only 90 to give
father an excuse for going" This ter
rible falsehood illustrates the influ-
ence offheredity.--De Detroit Journal. .
First Fly-"say, what are you doing
In that ash barrel?" Second Fly-"Do
you see that baldheaded man at the
window? Well, I'm going to put
ashes ON his head so I won't fall off,"
Chicago Daily News. ~ 81
She (poeticaD-"Do you notice, dar-
ling, what beautiful azure tints the
sun lends to the bosom of the ocean ?"
He (practicaD-"That, my dear, is the
dye out of some of those cheap bath
ing suits" illustrated Bits.
Cutton-"Were you careful, when
you took your bicycle apart and
cleaned it, not to hose any Of the
parts?" Dryde-'Not~ to lose any Of
them3 Why, when put the machine
together again I had nearly a dozen
pieces left over!"- Answers.
The sor-:Wonderful! Your
bump of love for your fellow man il
abnormally developed!'' Mr.. Bloomly
"That was developed in 1862" The
Professionally, indeed!" Mr.. Bloom
ly-"Y-a-a-s; kicked by an army
mule."-Indianapolis News.
Faith in a familiar maxim put me
in prison" said the convict. "Some one
said policeman was never around
when he was wanted. hadn't got my
hands on the horse before cop came
around the corner and nabbed me."-
Philadelphia North American.
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UNCLE DAviD's BoARDERs,

We've been takin' summer boarders-they
come down asweek ago 'T
Thought we'd make q little extry. kind
OF on the side, you know go.
dao q piece put in the paper. SOS to lot
Jest what kind Of Communications We
could give 'sm-ma and me
@urty soon We got q letter from some
people up In town.
sayin' they had read about u4 and they'd
) bring the children down. H..
Ma and me done lots Of plannin' when
we'd got the bargain made,
40 to how we'd use the money that the
summer boarders paid:
l says: ma, you've got to spend 1t buy
In clothes n things you need,
But she shook her head decided and she
answered: mo: indeed!
You've been wantin' a new buggy n the
barn needs roofin' too
I won't touch single penny. but leave
1t all fer YOU"
There IS purity Mrs. Plimley, with her
little bits of feet.
That. somehow, you're always seem. and
her smile so awful sweet,
And there's Plimley with his golf sticks
n his coat as red as blood,
And their little darlin' daughter like q
rose Jest in the bud,
And, besides them three, another-if I'd
saw him first vow
wed OF took no summer boarders and
we'd still be happy now.
First wheel run of the wagon, smastin'
things all up. but oh
Little Willie didn't do it; He's so inno-
cent. you know!
Then we found the turkeys crippled-hit
with stones n sticks n things
Couldn't blame sweet little Willie-all he
hasn't Is tho wings!-
There's dozen broken winders, n the
pumps all out Of gear,
And the chickens run fer cover since
dear little Willie's here.
Gates, somehow, keep comm open, 50 the
pigs go tearin' loose
In among the corn n taters, rootin'
round to beat the deuce!
Guess our fruit'll be a failure from the
way it's droppin' down.
Lord! I wish these summer boarders had
to hurry back to town.
Barn most caught afire Monday-burned
ton of hay. but. oh.
Little Willie never done 1t! He's too good
for that, you know!
Worst thing happened. though. when
Plimley. with his red coat on, went
out
TO the pasture, where the cattle had been
left to browse about:
He was busy knockin' golf balls when
our Jersey bull caught sight
OF that coat and come a-tearin' down the
hill with all his might
There was bags and golf sticks flynn
with man up in the air
Little Willie'd be an orphan If The fence
had not been there.
Well, the doctors very hopeful-thinks
he'll pull the patient through
He has bruises most all over ana q
broken rib or two:
And they say I'll have to settle-itu be q
whoppin' BILL
We've got through this kind Of business
me and ma have had our fill!-
don't wish those town folks blasted
that, you know, 'ud be sin,
But I've got a big sign painted: mo
MORE BOARDERS TAKEN IN"
81. e. Kiser. in Chicago Times-Herald.
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WOULDN'T THAT BE sEsT7

II were . bird:
should 60 to rest
High up in a tree
- -.szs, In a little nest! 4@
Ism t that absurd7 l.
..4s II were bunny. q. ,
Then should be found
In a little hole
Underneath the ground!
Wouldn't that be funny? ~ :
II I were a sole
Deep down in the sea, 80 I
I should swim about;
Fancy little me! z
Wouldn't that be drouf
70 4 3 II were billy
e 3 Y Or nanny goat,
80 I should have some horns
49,. And a furry coat!
Wouldn't that be silly?
II were Cupid. :
should, with my bow :
And my arrow, shoot
Peoples hearts, you know!
Wouldn't that be stupid?
II were to change, " j. p
Some one else to be, !, q
Think that should feel
Not>at all like me!
Wouldn't that be stranger
Think I'd better rest
AS am, you see;
Mightn't like the change,
Better still be me! ~ :
Wouldn't that be best? {
Constance M. Lowe, In Cassell's Little
Folks.
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,.., =. Yerekehagin.

among tie sp1isstsrs for the No
bel Prize, amonnans TIC more than
$50, 900, Tor TIE person sr's s who within the
last three years has done the most to
help preserve peace in the world is
the Russian battle painter, Veres-,
ehagin. He has gone to Christia1ia,
where he has opened an exhibitions of
his pictures. The ground of his appl-
cation for the, prize is that he has SO
realistically depicted the horrors cot
war as to make many converts to the
doctrine Of neace.x "a. .j&.,s
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TAKE TIE SHORT CUT.
Pedestrians in Chicago business Gen.
ter Use IIallways to Save Time
ana Avoid Weather.

In these days of blistering heat
more people are using the Railways
of public buildings than usual. 1t is
not known to very many thousands
in Chicago that great deal of heat,
rain or wind of any sort may be avoid
ed by walking through buildings
with passageways which connect
street with street, says the Chronicle.
There are more of these buildings
than is generally known, and great
deal of disagreeable weather may be
avoided by taking these short cuts.
Not all the people seen entering sky
scrapers and retail shops are going in
there to make business calls or pur.
chases. Many of them are merely
using the Railways for convenience.
By SO doing they can walk under
cover, through ways which are cool
in summer and warm in winter. for .
considerable distance, sometimes com:
ing out into the open air a block
from where they started. Those
whose business requires them I'd be
on the streets much know these ~.
cret ways and always take advantage
of them.
They know, for instance, that the
city hall and county building each Of:
fers a cool passage for block north
or south between Randolphsand Wash.
ington streets. They know that in;
several retail shops on, State street
there are ways Of getting through to
Wabash avenue without being ex.
posed to, the suns rays. They are
aware that the Board Of Trade and
the Rialto buildings offer q passage.
way from: Jackson to . Van Buren,
streets. There are many Railways in
the shape Of an L, such as are seen
in the Stock Exchanges building, by
which they may avoid windy cornerai
and disconcerting crowds. Collect
ors, messenger boys and others whose
duties require them to BE Oh the
streets a great deal know allethese
devices for saving time and trouble
and escape many q drenching rain
storm and many = headache from the
sun by reason OF that Knowledge ~
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CHILD SNAKE CHARMER.
Little Ednas Powers, Six Years Old,
/. Possesses il strange and Myster-
- lous Power Over Reptiles.Sa

Little Edna Powers, of New York
city, has strange power over snakes.
She is only six years old, but she picks
them up as she pleases, and theysdo
y not offer to hurt her. Sometimeswhen
she handles them roughly they. get
angry, but she. gently strokes them
till the big mouths close and the
.forked tongues are still. Edna. s.
pretty, curly-haired, browneyed,
romping child. She knows nothing
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CRYING OF THE BABIES.
This and Other Reasons Furnish
Grounds for Complaint to
Warrington Police,

Washington has the reputation Of
harboring more cranks than any other
city in the union. Complaints by them
to the police department bear out this
unenviable reputation fully. The life
OF the chief Of police is made burden
some by these cranks, who have ap-
Pealed to him to stop the crying Of
infants who are made miserable by the
hot weather. This is perhaps one Of
the most unreasonable complaints vet
made, but those made relate to almost
everything that goes to make up city.
The writer's of these letters object
to boys playing in the streets, to boys
swimming in the river, and the use
by children of small wagons. They OBJ
ject to barking dogs, prowling cats,
Growing BOOSTERS, cackling hens, noisy
crows and sparrows. They complain
about the obstruction of the streets
by pushcart merchants, as we'll as
about the quality of their goods. News
boys are objected to, as well as buck
STEERS, drivers Of ice wagons, lunch and
clam wagons.
The meek and lowly scissors grinders
and organ-grinders would have to earn,
their livelihood in other ways if these
persons could have their way. Rapid
transit cars would be supplanted by
horse cars, automobiles and looomo-
biles would be forbidden the use of the
streets; and the hand Of progress
turned back at least half q century to
suit the kickers. There are laws re-
lating to the barking of dogs, the,
Growing of ROSTERS, and the regulation
of the speed Of all sorts of vehicles.
These are; enforced strictly, but not
'withstanding this . great deal Of time
iof the police department is wasted in
replying TO complaints.
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HAPPY COMBINATION.
Texas Inventor Claims to Have Dis
covered u Practical Fan Attach
ment for Parasols,

Shade and a cooling breeze form .
combination which proves acceptable
on hot day, but heretofore it has
not been always obtainable. Otto Bes-
eler, Of Calaveras, Tex, now comes
forward with an invention to combine
the two in a manner convenient to
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RIDING OVER THE VELDT.

was all q bright yellow, and I could
see the blood dripping from his hand,
which was hanging down. I started
to run to him, but stronger arms
pushed me back into the trench Just
as a shell struck, and then a wagon
famed up.
Eve made room and they brought
my husband to our trench. He was
still unconscious, and we were afraid
how it would be when he saw me, for
he did not know was with the army.
But when he opened his eyes he was
not at all surprised that I was with
BIN, and did not ask how I had come
there until afterwards.
"At night I carried water, which was
the only comfort he had. The heat
was so terrible that we could have
done without anything better than the
water.
''The shells were bursting out in the
camp every minute, but we were used
to them,. even when they burst on the
very edge of our trench and, ratified the
sand down. 81
I'VE knew these were the last hours
we could ever have together, for the
British: were coming nearer and the
firing was stronger.
"Oh, how I prayed that he might
pass away from It al before the end!
Bpt we were neither of us sorry we
had not stayed in Holland.
The horses which had brought N
90 far we could not protect from the
,awful firing, nor the wagons. y.
AT night, the men dug one grave,
as long a. they could, and others laid
into It those who had died during, the
day, and when we. stood by we all
knew that any Of US might soon be
among the ones who lay 50 still on
the ground, and not among those who
tried to sing last hymn to the dead,
Zone morning my husband babe ND
good.by. All daJ Issat b. him in the
crowded trench, holding his dear, dead
hand. =. ,*z..1
IT was the day after that = little
group Of Bzitishers with white das
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A Year Round Garden
BY Mary Peabody Sawyer.
THE Carriers were holding one of

THE Carriers were holding one of
their usual family meetings."
AS might be expected, Evelyn had the
floor.
"The first thing to do is to state the
situation. We are here in Santa Rosita,
and we propose to stay here. We are
In the middle of the rainy season. but
In spite of that fact anyone with eyes
can see that the sun is shining, to the
delight of the winter tourists and the
disgust of the rancher. Frank, I will
leave it to you to describe our sur
roundings."
Small inland town in southern CAL
ifornia. A store, blacksmith shop, rail-
road station and boom hotel Carter
family composed of mother, daughter
and son. Average health and sense.
Living in cottage near hotel. Grounds
around cottage not extensive. Possibly
two acres under cultivation. Some or
ange, lemon, fig and nut trees, and an
alfalfa patch. For live stock, one horse,
one cow and small flock of scrub
fowls"
"All true" commented Evelyn.
Now, the problem to he solved by the
family aforesaid, is to turn what they
have into what they want. Please give
suggestions, mother" looking toward
q bright-faced woman, who sat quietly
knitting.
"Well, children, you know I went
over to see Mrs. White at the hotel,
last evening. She told me that she
could not stand the food there much
longer. She said that the vegetables
were canned, the eggs stale and the
chickens tough. She would not have
stayed as long as she has, only the
manager is extremely kind, and the
rooms very comfortable. 1 laid awake
awhile last night, and while thinking
about our prospects, it came to me
that perhaps we might supply the no.
tel with nice vegetables, eggs and
chickens.
"Now, that's practical thought,
mother. Don't you say 50, Frank?" 1892
'That's right" responded Frank:
heartily.
"Still," continued Evelyn, I'VE would
sacrifice little fine writing If we told
our eastern correspondents that 'un-
der the soft skies of California, with
the perfume of orange Blossoms watt
ed into our open windows, and the song
of the hooking birds making the air
vocal with melody we were engaged in
growing the savory broiler and the
business hen,"' she ended with ! peal of
girlish laughter. Z" "1
'srhe next thing on the programme am
sis, is to interview the genial manager
Of the Hotel Santa Rosita. If you
think best, I'll call on Mr.. Black, but
to tell the truth, I think you'd make
. better i im op ended Frank
''oh, IN attend to that hits matter
1T once. The sooner the agony il over,
the better, and then we'll know what
to depend on.''
The Carter family ali knew Mr..
Black, since while waiting for the ar
rival of their household goods from
Massachusetts,, they had boarded FOR
q week or two at the hotel. b.
Mr. Black was an old-timss Califof-
MAN, naturally hospitable and easy
going. He understood how to make
hi guests feel ct home and keep the
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A TRANSVAAL HEROINE.
Carried an Important Message
E H. to Gen. Cr0nje. 3

One of the bravest women Of the
Boer war is in San Francisco. She is
dressed in the garb of a widow, for her
husband fell fighting the British in
South Africa. She is dainty and young,
girl barely out of her teens, and she
is ill as result of the fatigue, excite
ment and sorrow she has been called.
upon to endure. T. r "
Alice Van Aarndt is the heroine of
the Transvaal. It was she who, during
the terrible siege. preceding Cronie's
surrender, rode over the veldt for 30
consecutive hours and gave the alarm
to the general that resulted in the
retreat of his brave but depleted army.
Mrs. Van Aarndt is woman of re-
f3nement and culture. Her mother
was formerly lady in waiting to the
queen mother of her little majesty,
Wilhelmina, and Mrs. Van Aarndt and
her sisters were often playmates of
the present queen of Holland.
The brave little Dutch woman relates
some of her experiences in the war
as follows:
1--WE were at Interlachen when we
first heard that war was certain. We
were all together incognito-the queen,
her mother, my sister and my husband.
I had been married only few months,
and was very, very happy.
Zone morning while we were playing
tennis telegram was handed to my
husband. He requested permission of
the queen to go and send reply, and
one of the other men took his place
in the game. AS soon as could hur-
ried away and into the hotel and found
my husband throwing some things in
q great hurry into a travelling bag.
INSTANTLY I realized what the tele-
gram meant.
~ am going, too,' said, for it was
suddenly made perfectly clear to me
without my being told, that Piet was
going home, and that the war had be-
gun"
After reaching their home in South
Africa, Mr.. Van Aarndt offered his
services to President Kruger, who sent
him on to Cronje. Mrs. Van Aarndt
stayed for time in Pretoria, and then
went to her farm on the border between
Cape Colony and the Orange Free State.
It was one Sunday morning that she
heard the coming of the British SOL
diers who stopped at her place for
rest of five hours, as they told her, aft
er taking the breakfast from the stove
that the maids were preparing. Very
quickly the bright little woman real
lied that they were planning a sur
prise for the Boer soldiers, and she
racked her brain with the thought:
''How can get them word?"- Pretend
ing to 60 to the milkhouse to get
drink for one of the officers, she man
aged to secure a saddle, fastened it on
horse and was soon speeding away
with her message, never stopping I'M
til she had carried the warning to Gen.
Cronje.
Mrs. Van Aarndt remained among
the fighting Beers until after the death
of her husband.
Zone day." she recounts, II saw three
men carrying a figure so familiar to
me that at sight of it my heart almost
stopped beating.
1.-THE dying comrade that they bore
was my husband.
HE was quite unconscious. He had
been cut by lyddite shell and his skin
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Every Blossom HAD Leaves.

Nellie, aged four, was found by her
father one day With her chubby hand,
full of roses from a bush upon which
he had bestowed, much. care. NELLIE"
said he, didn't I tel you not to pick
one Of these flowers without ieays?''
Eyes, papa" answered Nellie. limo.
Gently, but they all had leaves
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AQtictnated.

Prospective Tenant-There isn't
room in .these fats to- = ~ 20 =
Janitor- tenants have access to
the basement. where the largest cats.
can be swung with ease.-Puck.
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way@it bounded to Hin.

:. 4 :. s@a4 1 ssE vs. {s1ajps ais lesson
passage: Keep thy tongue from evil
and thy lips from guile" rendered it
q follows: Keep thy tongue from .
. Vial and thy lips from girls"
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Mysteries 81 Mature.

~ 1yStorteS OF Mature.
she-As rule, Big, strong men an
good-natursd and jolly.
He-Yess and 10 . rule, weak little
women are pert and saucy-Chiesgo
Daily News.
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reilly.

Il 10 folly TO draw sight draft on
; blind man Chicago Daily News.