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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-30
FoRDIaN llll.Tl.1IEiI.I1GENCE.

At the age Of SO Sir Arthur Sur
Ivan, composer Of "Pinafore.' = mi
i31ltado and other light operas. died
In london. d ]. .. s5s. xss "a 81
q note sent By. SecrstaryH ay to tte
powers proposes sajoint commissioSn
to meet in Europe Or Washington to
arrange ansaSreemept Oh the Chinese
situation. is.5 s5 u
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Aftacked By Germans.

Berlin Noy.i rs. The Lokal Anzeiger
publishes dispatch from Peking say
ing that Us force sof German cavalry at s
tackled . sdetachmtent of the Chinese
imperial troop gnnx er Gen. Ma and Adj
smiral Ho between Sun HUI and HUM
Nan. killing 80 Chinese and ca pturing.
six ammunition wa gons. ~ US 49,
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A, Breach of Etiquette He-sI notice you
don't speak to the Uptowns any more. What
have they done" She-Done? Vulgar
things! Lost all their money! Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-30

The oldest of crowd of girls, though she
may. te only, IS, is always made to feel as if
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-11-30
THE EAST.

Exchanges at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on, the 23d aggregated ST.
246, 1884, against $2,319,751.429 the
previous week. The increase compared
with the corresponding week of 1899
was 1913. ." -'
In the United States there were 23s
business failures in the seven days end
ed on the 23d, against 217 the week
previous and 191 the corresponding
period of 1899. -
In New York Mr.. and Mrs. William X.
Vanderbilt, Jr., are rejoicing over the
birth of girl, who will be the heiress
to the Vanderbilt millions.
Mrs. Henry wager gave birth to
twins in Syracuse, N. Y, for the fourth
consecutive time.
Mayor Van Wyck, of New York, will
not be removed from Office because
there is no proof that he willfully vio-
lated the law in owning ice trust
stock.
In New York Henry seelig, accused
of swindling hundreds of merchants to
the amount of 1000, 900, was arrested.
Dowie's lace-makers cannot be ex-
cluded from the United States, says the
treasury department.. '>'''. go,
At banquet in Philadelphia Presi-
dent Mckinley and Theodore Roosevelt
were the guests of honor of the Union
League club. 81 A. =, 49,, .-,.,
At Bath, Me-, the United States mont
tor Nevada was launched. ) ,., I
The Yale eleven won the football
championship by defeating Harvard
20 to o in New Haven
In a football game at Greensburg,
Pa, Morris Shofnosky was killed.
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4 aeKeari : Z d 1efuse III

1ndianap0lis, Ind. N0v.. 26:--- The SUI
preme court has refused to grant q re-
hearing ii the case in which II was.
held that the owner Of L natural gaA
well con enj Join the owner Of another
from pumping gas out of the well. 81
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A hey in the family always comes in handy
when the pie left over isn't enough to save.
-Atchison Globe.
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Hawkins-"I see a man out west rescued
a wild ow from drowning, and she married
him in three days." Robbins-"What
caused the delay?"-Cincinnati Enquirer.
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!. FouIl rs = Well:'

IS ana, I'll. Nor. 226 e.efon has
been found in q well on the Drunot
farm, The well i the same one one in
which Jane Drunot' Z body was found
Last April. ss2
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= Back. Action.

e'They say massage will cure .baldness?"
Nonsense! l know men who got bald
trying to- learn to pronounce massage. p
indianapolis Journal. - =. =. y:
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Area 0f Man.

AT 25," remarked the amateur .philoso.
pher, "a man is eager to reform the world
At so he is about ready to be reformed him.
self."-Phladelphia North American. ,4s,.~
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WEST AND SOUTH.

W. NJ. Meredith, Of Chicago, has
been appointed chief of the bureau of
engraving and printing in Washing
ton. .'# ! i $~':
y, Letters were received at the irriga-
ton congress in Chicago from Gen.
Miles and Gov. Roosevelt favorin9
governmental work in redeeming arid
lands. 80.
The lake builders are making ar
vessels of any length in detachable
sections.
The first minister to the United
States from the new South American
republic of Acre, Henry w. Phillips,
registered at Denver, COL, from Arie-
opolis.
The populists will meet in St. Louis
December 20 to consider the best in
terests of the party and the most eff
fective means of continuing the fight
for populist principles.
On the Union Pacific a fast mail
train ran from Grand Island to Omaha,
distance of 1874 miles, in $50 minutes.
Gov. Brady, Of Alaska, in his annual
report urges congressional legislation
on the extension of the general land
laws to Alaska, giving the natives the
same legal status as the whites, and
the representation of Alaska by Z dele
gate in congress.
On trains that carry large sums Of
money the Union Pacific railroad will
put armed guards. ~
South Carolina has population of
1,340,316, a gain of 9,167.
On it's lake vessels the Pere Mar
quette (Mich.) railroad will put carrier
pigeons to carry news of delay ashore
during winter navigation.
In Chicago Nels Peterson fatally
wounded his wife and stepdaughter
and then killed himself. =
All along the Ohio valley floods were
doing great damage.
Wisconsin's official vote gives McKin-
ley plurality of 106, 002. La Toilette
(rep.) for governor has plurality of
103, TAG. * :.
Perhaps the most noted writer of
newspaper fakes in America, Joe Null
hatton, has been placed in the insane
asylum at Phoenix, A. T.. -.
In Sherman county, Tex, prairie fires
destroyed a score of the largest
ranches. $50 1j% B
Acting under the governors orders
force started to drive poaching In
dams out of Colorado. z; g &
BY the explosion Of steamboat boil
er at Detour, Mich, three men were
killed. 8 53=t ssE 4. 81 !.
Kansas has = populat ton Of ], An, 495,
increase q, $3.50; \ Nevada AZ, 335, decrease
1926; Marland a 100. $50, increase 147.-
600; Virginia 1854, 1874. increase 1876. 2o4.
Pat and Jerry Holland, aged broth
ers,, were found dead in their bachelor
apartments in Peru, Ind, and it il said
they were poisoned and robbed. sA
Near Cotulla, Tex panther was
shot after having killed two children
I ~ q 20 ,1nh @asa ~ = n gss
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Mrs. Leo Hunter-"Why are you so stss-
picious of Count Won squirt? He can't help
being cross-eyed." Mr. Hunter-I xaep it:
but he looks crooked" Smart Set.
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Panied D Away.

milwaukee,, Nov. 26.--Dr. w. II. c..
Abel. who was assistant engineer in.
constructing the Erie canal in, New
York state, died Sunday at Portage,
Wis. He was IS syeAratof age, and one
of. the most prominent masons in Wis
cousin "a go II ssss U.s. @ s5s 55SS5 Yy
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More Troops ...Refuse1., {

1 London, Nov. e. We understa and :
says the Daily Express, that Lord
Roberts recently requested the govern
ment TO send 10000 regulars to South
Africa to relieve the same number still
in. the field, but that his request was
declined on the score of expense"
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Dessert for To-Day.

r You need not worry about it if you have
Burnham's Hasty Jellycon in the cupboard.
Only necessary to dissolve in hot water and
stand away to cool to secure the most deli
cious Jelly. Absolutely pure gelatine sugar
raspberry, strawberry, wild cherry, peach,
also unflavored "calfsfoot" for wine and
coffee jelly, Your grocer sells it.
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Qualified Praise-Brown-"D you be-
lieve in sea bathing?" Robinson-"Oh, es,
I think so. Many people have been kne wn
to survive it.'-Town Topics.
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The rudder Of ship is stern necessity
Chicago Daily News. -
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UnHrateful Man.

II must get new tailaw," said Goslin
Your clothes seem to it," commented
Gurley.
"Oh, they fit; but the beggaw actually
wants to be paid faw them."-Detroit Free
Press.
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If man thinks he is wronged and tells
you his troubles, don't say there is another
side to the story, or he will think you are
a fool.-Atchison Globe.
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Cancels hair brushes are made from
The soft, bushy tail of the common
squirrel.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

A prominent surgeon, discussing the
character of the wounds received on
the battlefields in South Africa, has
pointed out that experience of the
present campaign would seem to show
that the only absolutely fatal region Is
the heart. Bullet wounds of the brain
are not necessarily fatal, judging from
the records OF the last few weeks. and
this is presumably due to the small
size of the projectile. the velocity with
which 1t travels. and the modern prac-
tice of scientific surgery, by which
dangerous symptoms likely to arise
from injuries may be warded on. ~
has therefore been suggested that, the
heart being the only really vital part
In the body, a steel covering should be
provided so as to protect that part
from bullets. A steel plate might be
attached to the soldiers tunics, ane
doubtless the small shield could be sc
fixed as neither to impede movement
nor cause inconveience.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
pnrned a child TO Get Land.

Some time ago at Fry, l. T., Frank
Hakey was married to the mother OF a
six-years-old boy, who is Greek In
dian. After the marriage he made
INQUIRIES to ascertain if the child's al
lotment of Indian lands would revert
to him in case of the death Of the child
and found it would. About two months
ago the child was found near the house
suffering from terrible burns. He died
shortly after A few days ago Mrs
Hakey told that if. Hakey was put un-
der arrest so that he could not kill hel
she would tell the story of the child''
death. This was done, and she say
that the child was put in the fire befor
her eyes and burned for the purpose o
getting rid of him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
insane Man Da.hs. from a rraln.

Charles Flower went insane on the
Denver and Rio Grande express as
the train was passing through the
Royal gorge, near Denver, Col, and
plunged headlong through the window.
striking his head on the rocks below.
The train was going 40 miles an hour.
Flower was trying to climb the perpen-
dicular sides-of the gorge when found
He was taken to Denver. Flower is 9
resident OF Quincy, Mass. and went tc
California for his health. He did moi
find it, and brooding over his trouble
caused loss of reason.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
Remarkable Operations.

A remarkable operation was per-
formed in Chicago the other day by
which sight was restored to woman
who had been totally blind for seven
years. The operation was performed
on Mrs. F. G. Parker. DIR. c. Pruyn
Struggled, consulting physician of the
Chicago Baptist hospital, assisted by
DR.. Allen T. Haight, DR.. Walter Met
calf and DR.. Robert Dodds, did the
work. BY means of the X-ray it wal
learned that tumor in the upper por'
ton of the occipital lobe prevented thu
flow of blood which should supply thu
optic nerve The operation was per
formed by trephining section Of tn
skull, then opening the membranes o
the brain and removing the tumor Tn
sight was completely restored.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
strange Tale Of a Paris Lover.

A strange tale comes from Paris. A
young man named Frederic Desmon-
Illus was to wed his cousin. Marthe
Frondin, but death carried on the
young man on Jan. g. Just before
dying he said: Don't weep, Marthe;
we will pc united. I'll come for you in
a months time. Wait for me in your
room. At this same hour will take
you away" At IL p. m, Feb. 23,Mme.
Desmonlius, the dead boys mother,
went to her niece's room. and was hor-
rified to see Marthe arrayed in bridal
robes, with an engagement ring on he1
finger, seated in a chair with her eyes
fixed staringly on the clock. A five
minutes past II violent gust OF vino
burst the window open and the LAM
was put out The aunt cried for help
When neighbors finally came will
lights Marthe was stretched out on tn
floor, dead.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
.,,p vxX-(Continued.)

orER XXX.-(Continued.)
ChA amoAg us had done this
SHOs ".T Of wanton malice and trea-
gun tba rest of his friends-for
l',ss We hoped we WERE as wen 10
I,ssrs in misfortune. .r..oa
~ also examined the mutiiateu
We s ~, In the side thereof was a
" . Tasl a foot in length, made by
~ s .Ssrn instrument, and by TINS
- ',u1 s the biscuits had been az,
, ~ Nv some one who had inserted
! E'I asuds through the fragile wall OIL
mt, IT,, which, as / have stated was
4 .a .s only of turf and branches
3Fppv't ,bsft had been committed IN
N ny ~Irht, but by whom? 49,,
I H. w., ~0 ths thief one Of ourselves Inc
vas Zach seemed to ask the nate
~ |, .nss.4On of the others, and to repel
Y, s ,romring glances; but soon alter
H. :; our missing biscuits were
a al'svsrsd by Tom Lambourne, lying
!" Yards apart among the long
~ as II the abstracter had droppea
~ airing hasty fight toward the
y. Va. or the Devils Mountain.
\. addition to ourselves there i
!. :. one else on this island" exclaim'
! ~ !, T,slop. emphatically; land this &C
Units for the loss of the studdins-sa'
s.m. and without delay, this some
!. slse must be discovered.
W. dreaded lest savages might b
.,,saled in some Of the cayerns o
WAS and that they might come upoI
n the night and STAY all, or tina
Il, might make off with or destro.
N long beat, our most valuable pos
eson. $3.50. n
n was at once resolved that one Q
4, number Ito be regularly relieved
,sald remain in it day and nlgh'
,mad with the Ratchet, our ohl
yapon. and that he should be we
tagged II he slept or neglected ID
annie duty of watching the hut an
hat which were close by each othe'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
A HISTORICAL ANCHOR.
That of the Cumberland Now on the
w. II. Macy.

That Of tho Cumberland Now on the
w. II. Macy.
1f the mort anchor of the American
ship w. H. Macy, now lying at Green
street wharf, could talk it might IN
fold some wonderful yarns. The big
but ungraceful mud hook swinging
over the ships bow was once suspend
ed through the hawse pipe of the Unit
cd States frigate Cumberland. When
n was made nobody now seems to
l,now hut it is more than likely that
n began its career of usefulness Win
the launching of the Cumberland. II
VOC on the Cumberland in 1861 when
Tho war broke out and probably when
the frigate disappeared under the wat
ors q, Hampton Roads. Between that
dav and the time that the Macy was
launched. which occurred about nIeeeh
voors ago. the history of the Cumber-
lands anchor is unknown. Olo Gum
hsrland" as the sailors call the big
anchor, weighs about five TONS winch
!. nearly twice as much as the average
cher useS by sailing craft. the
stock IL sixteen feet long and OF Solo
oaE which is as sound today as when i
rsated ON the deck Of the Cumberland
The ring. through which the caol'
ao.sas ia large enough to admit TN
psssoge OF the body Of a full-growl
- and the fukes are just three ant
hol, feet wide. The only signs OF tn
ancbor,s past now visible is the nam
II s. S. Cumberland stamped into IN
tom Some of the letters are almos
n,Iiterated. but there is enough lei
Iaontifv the anchor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
LADY'S DARING LEAP
THRILLING STORY OF ESCAPE
FROM ASYLUM.
she cues for $4,000 Damages Mrs.
Madeline Miller Alleges That she Was
Kidnapped By Her Husband and
Rorosd to sign Paper.

Mrs. Madeline Miller Of New York
city, in a suit for $4,000 damages
against her husband, Eugene D. Miller,
and DR.. Frank Hazlehurst Barnes, who
conducts sanitarium at Stamford,
Conn, tells a most extraordinary story
Of her escape from that institution.
She alleges that she was kidnapped and
taken to the asylum, and her adysn-
lures bid fair to rival those Of Wilkie
Collins Woman In White"
According to Mrs. Miller. she and her
husband. whose family live in SIAM
ford. were married April l. 1890 They
have no children. She says that she
became possessed Of considerable real
estate and that she and her husband
were living in house belonging to hel
in Flushing, L. l., last October.
1T was the afternoon of Oct. %,
says Mrs. Miller. that my husband
came home and showed me Telegram
to the effect that my brother, William
]. Shaw, had been injured in a railroa'
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
Tho RssI Thing.

Johnny (who is jealous of mamma)
Mamma likes me better than she
does you! Evelyn (who enjoys teas
ing)-Why, no, Johnny, of course she
loves Betty and me best! Just think.
she was our mother long before she
was yours! Johnny (scornfully)-
Hob, what OF that! You are nothing
but sample copy, anyhow! And Bet
tvs only trial subscription! Bot I'm
the real thingi-Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
MRS. LEVY WANTS DIVORCE.
wife of the Famous Diamond King
Tired of Living with Him.

wife of the Famous diamond Ahns
Tired of Living with Him.
After a married life Of rs years,
during which time they have gotten on
well with each other, Mrs. BENJAMIN
w. Levy, wife of the famous Diamond
King" has sued her husband for d.
vorce. Levy owns the great "Kimber-
ley diamond, which is valued at $780,
900. Cruelty is the ground alleged by
the woman for separation and she re-
lates many instances Of cruel treat
ment. Mr.. Levy asserts that his wife's
claims are exaggerated in every par
ticular and mostly untrue. He testi-
fed that during his continued absence
in distant parts OF the world his wife
was very literally provided for. He
returned to New York in 1898. aftsr
long absence. Before going away ht
had placed in the vaults Of the Nation
al Park bank three United States bonds
| of $1,000 each and number OF rar'
specimens of diamonds and some valu
| able jewelry. Soon after his return
he asked his wife for the key OF tn
vault. When he went to the vault h
found it empty. He accused his wife
having disposed of these things and
separation soon followed. Judge Law
renee of New York city said that afte
so many years of married life b
thought the couple ought to try to reC
oncile their difficulties.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
hut
CHAPTER AAAll;
rha Mystery SolVeu.

All dav the air had been unusua o.,
All Gay Sd hreathlessly hot, even for
sul'r :.o T at that season; bM wne !.
the t t,,n sank westward, when the a! ar r
S became cooler, and the shadows ,,, "Hd o. tow
island, WI, wasn mountain, across the slope
ering , paS' the light gossamer CLOUDS 'o,',,,
OF when -" halfway up, we're thrown
lay lay eastward over that 1t. i4 On f,rrow
we pr pr Tush Chute said, TO OyernSu
'H Chute and Carlson were u''p
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
ss,t-Maimlnx by soldiers Alleged.

Reports come from the Philippines
that the practice of self-maiming pre-
walls among the United States troops.
Self-inf1icted wounds on hands or feet.
it is said, are of frequent occurrence.
These men thus become 6i7ablsd for
duty, and by this means secure their
discharge. Gen Otis has ordered al
investigation.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

NJ. Nsubsrgsr. Esq. that she had me-
her husband after her escape In Law
ofaco In New York city. where, she
says, he laughed at her reproaches'
She says he told her friends that she
had become violently insane. When
they refused to believe this, she says,
he remained away from them.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03
CHAPTER XXI.

The Mystery Increases.
An immediate search was resolved
rrou Lots we're cast for the one who
MS to remain behind to guard our
roperty and the duty fell upon me-
Armed with the boat stretchers, OF
With clubs which they had caretully
selected and cut from the trees, HIS
lon departed with all my companions
and after proceeding over the grassy
plain, they soon disappeared IN tne
voods that covered all the lower slope
Of the great mountain.
I cannot describe the sensations Oh
loneliness that came over me on nnu-
ing myself for the first time single
alone, and left entirely to my own
reflections and resources.
The carpenters Ratchet was my on
" weapon; and armed with 1t sat
on grassy slope midway between the
hut and sea gazing anxiously inland
listening for any passing sound; but
all remained still, save the chahng oil
the waves on one hand, and the LOUD
buzz Of tropical insect life in the thick
cts or among the long grass on the
other.
What, / asked myself, if sayage'
we're actually lurking in the WOODS
and on seeing that all my companions
we're gone, they should come tumultu
ously down upon the hut and boat
would at cnce become their victim.
Or what would be my fate If m.
friends fell into an ambush, or per
ished in detail?
Gould any human beings be lurkin
In the two adjacent isles? was my mex
surmise.
We had never seen anything aliV
on them-not even wild goats or boar
and II there were other inhabitant
the steepness of the rocks, which ros
sheer from the water, and the fur
Of the surf that rolled between, 10
babe any attempt to cross.
So in such painful surmises, and
keen watching, l passed the most
the day alone.
In the afternoon, one by one, all II
shipmates returned to our little hea
quarters on the shore, weary al
Iaded-torn by briers and bramoles
the thickets-and all had the saI
tale to tell. They had seen and hea
OF nothing save wild boars, wild Sos
and sea birds.
Hislop now directed that one OF Q
number should guard the hut by mig
and second the boat, with orders
hail each other in this fashion:
Boat, ahoy!"
Hut, ahoy!"
This was to insure a watchful lo'
out; but with all these precautlo
wise and necessary though they We
our feeling Of security, and even
reliance on each other, was gone
the time.
AS these occurrences excited the
agination of our companions, some
those who watched the hut and {
by night asserted that when all
party, save themselves, were ga
lodged and asleep, something like
ngure of very tall man had apes
Tor an instant on the bluffs that o
hung the sea, between them and
moonlight.
But of this mysterious personas
such existed anywhere, except IN
oyerstrained imagination of 10
midnight watcher, we could disc
no trace during the day.
One night, when Francis Pro
and Ned Carlton we're on water
sound like the distant report OF ?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

msn,t Bellies husband old enough to
- fotber?" "Her father! Why
DC AZ snor he's old enough to be a cap
my my IN the United States navyl"-Phii-
an li,hia North American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

Nine Melba, when girl IN austria
:, MI ,.orned to be good horsewoman'
ia retirement which she has religi-
ouslv kept up ever since
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

Her father-You are too young to
marry. Wait and you will get over
this love. Herself-That is what am
afraid of.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

We live no more of our time here
than we live well.-Carlyie.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-07-03

The boy with stern father thinks
his principal afiiction is parent.