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The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
FELT HIS SUPERIORITY.
Considered Himself Far Ahead q
the Police In One Respect
At Least.

'"'This man. your honor, was abusing every
policeman he came across" testified an off,
Ger before Justice Martin in prosecuting 1
hungry.lookng individual who had been
taken into custody the previous evening.
We tried to avoid placing him under arrest,
be endured any longer"
what was the worst thing he called
yon?" inquired the, court.
"He said, your honor" was the officers
reply, that he was so much superior to any
officer he had ever seen that he would not
:. The justice looked at the hungry-appear-
ing, individual before him and asked if he
had uttered this SANDER against the police
officer. says the Chicago Chronicle.
Eyes. your honor, said the prisoner, "and
! repeat it. never knew police officer
that was not scoundrel, anu in this one
respect am superior to all of them. can
give them all cards and spades when it comes
to separating an individual from his money"
The court inflicted a fine Of one dollar and
costs against the prisoner.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
What a Moeal Can Do.

That was remarkable demonstration of
what q Mogul can do, that occurred on the
New York Central the other day, when en-
gine No. 948, one of the new Moguls, hauled
out train No. II, the Southwestern Limited,
made up Of two mail cars, five passenger
coaches and nine Wagner cars, sixteen cars
in all. The total weight of the train was
l;ss2,ooo pounds, or; ;el6 toms, and the length
OF the train, including the engine. was it2l2
engine made The running time of the train
between New York and Albany, 143 miles,
There is no railroad in the world which
has a better roadbed, more skil!ful engi:
neers, or better equipment, backed by loyal
men always alert for the safety Of their pas.
sengers, than the New York Central and
Hudson River railroad. What road can
match its corps of men, from President Cal
the humble and faithful trackmen who
watch their sections of rail through the
long hours Of the night and day, in order to
safeguard the lives Of the travellers on trains
whir!ing by their humble shanties, many of
which nestle closely to the rails under their
neutrality-suspicious. from the Albany
Times Union.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
LATER NEWS.

The business portion of Omer, Mich,
was destroyed by fire.
Fully 5000 miners attended the fun.
eral of John Chomitzke, who was
killed during the riot at Shenandoah,
Pa.
Direct advices from Carthagena, Co.
!ombia, say the rebels are active in
that department. They attacked the
tewn Sept. 8, but troops arrived in
time to prevent their success.
|. A dispatch from Tientsin, dated
Sept. IL, says after the British ~occu-
pied Fenti they offered the natives a
guarantee Of safety if they restored
the railway property that has been
seized. The people, trusting the
guarantee, returned, but q few days
later the Russians caught and killed
them all just outside the British lines.
kilograms from Lourenzo Marquee
asserted that 1,500 Beers, including
Commandant Pienner and thirteen
leading officers, surrendered with
their arms and ammunition to the
Portuguese. All of them were placed
in jail
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
A SMART u | ] ( CAT. { ! ! J.
Gets Letter, and, Opening Il, Pro
cecds to Literally Devious
s... szSs th6 Contents.

IT have 4 cat that car. read" declared .
lady. AT any, rate she knows when let.
ter comes for her"
A. letter!" exclaimed her friend, in a.
tonishment, relates the Buffalo Enquirer. $
.".,Yes, 3 letter. If you don't believe It. I
Will prove it to you. just wait q moment
while i direct one" 81 .z .ssz
She left the room and presently returned
With q sealed envelope, addressed .'Mis1
Pussy, No. - Blank street, City" The let.
ter was duly posted. g. 81
The next morning the postman camesandl
soon afterward the servant entered with
bundle Of letters, among which was that for
Miss Pussy. Placing them near her feline
highness on the floor, Pussy's mistress said:
"Now, Pussy, pick out your letter." ~C..s
Surprising enough, Pussy at once showed
aside with her paws the envelope addressed
to. her. Es-.. ~.'' : -.
"Wait moment" said the mistress, "and
she'll open it." Ii
- Scarcely had she said this when Miss
Pussy tore open the envelope, and in . mo-
ment was literally devouring its contents
catniD!
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
A CLOUDBURST.
Great Damage to Property and Some
Loss of Life Near San
Antonio. Tex.

San Antonio, Tex, Sept. PA
cloudburst in the valley of the Neuces
river Saturday night did much dam
age to property and also, according
to reports received here, resulted in
loss of life on the ranches in that vi
cinity. The Neuces at Uvalde rose 25
feet in two hours time, and broke tel
egraph communication. A number of
ranches were inundated, and one Eng
lish sheep man, Ethelbert Mcdonald,
together with some Mexican sheep
herders, are said to have lost their
lives on a ranch in the mountains
near Brackett. From reports of a
colony of Nomadic Italians it is
thought that two lost their lives in
the food that went down the Neuces.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
R0Rf.MQEfem.

Rubble tipped his chair back from the
ticket-otfice stove in the station and read
the express agent the following from the
Arizona Arrow, to show what the new
linotype machines are doing for western
journalism, and to indicate in what manner
the town-folk amuse themseles: " "A. rare
treat-Woman's relief corpse celebrates.
The woman's relief corpse gave box-sunper
last night at the Methodist church south.
An excellent programme was rendered by
the ladies of the corpse and their children
and number of old soldiers. The first
thing on the programme was song, There's
Hot Time in the Old Town. by a num-
in boxes which were auctioned. COL Cane
said he would take his On his trip to the
Klondike to remind him of friend: far
away, and part rticuarly of the woman . re-
lief corpse. He5madea resplendent address;
with women as his text, and said twas q
grand thing for this nation to have them
to-day in the form of relief corpse. He
closed by saying that it takes the woman's
relief corpse to make things 60, and long
may it fve!' At the close Of the entertain
1aent the people departed to their several
homes. wishing the corpse success in all
its undertaking."
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

Many q woman, sick and
10Y q He, dragged down by
weakening drains. painful il
Irregularities, depression, and the
hundred and one ailments
which affect women only, has
found in Pe-ru-na a bright star
Of hope, which has changed
her misery to Joy, her suffer-
ing to health. =.
No woman need suffer; from
the derangcrnents peculiar to
her SEX If abe will give Peru
ma Z fair trial. ~'".
s3 The majority Of weaknesses
which make woman's life 4
burden, spring from a simple
: cause. The. mucous membrane
which lines the pelvic organs
becomes weakened and in
famed owing to strain, cold,
overwork, etc. This causes
catarrhal congestion, inaar,-
nation, painful irregularities.
depression Of spirits. irritabil.
! iy, weaknessand suffering. It
shows. In theEhaggand lines Of
= the face, the dull eyes, the sallow
complexion and angular form.
For tho prompt cure Of such all
ments try Pe-ru-na. 1t drives away
.sthe blues, cleans the complexion.
brightens the eyes, changes thin
ness to plumpness. and cures pains.
aches and drains, hecanse It imme.
dfate1y strikes af tn 1ookof such
tIo6ble0 and removes tho 06oak
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
Labor Scarce at Galveston.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 24.-Trains are
coming in, passengers regularly,
freights as fast as they can be accom-
modated. So much track has been
washed away by the storm or is still
strewn with :wreckage that facilities
for handling freight trains are limited.
Three freight trains, one entirely OF
cotton, the other two of general mer-
chandise, have arrived thus far. Ad-
vertisements were printed Saturday
calling Tor 1900 men to clean up streets
and 500 teams. This work is now in
contractors control. Labor is scarce
and in great demand. $5*
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

White. blackberries and green roses
have been propagated in Louisiana this
year.
During the last two years Andrew
Carnegie has given $4,560,450 to IL
braries.
Rev. George Willard, a noted divine
of the. Reformed church, died in Day
ton, O., aged 50 years.
Road improvement has begun in the
Philippines, with money collected from
customs at Manila.
Two million residents of Boston
availed themselves of the public baths
during the last summer.
Admiral Watson. who recently was
in command of the fleet at Manila, will
make his home at Louisville, Ky.
Seventy-two new coal mines have
been opened in Prussia this year, in
creasing the output for 1900 by 2,5oo,-
600 tons.
Lorin Pease, of Hadley, Mass, died
at the age of 100. His father lived to
be 80, and his six brothers and sisters
all passed 20.
The most recent statistics show a
decrease of the birth rate in every Eu-
ropean country, the. average decrease
being three per cent. since 1891.
What promises to be the best apple
crop in the history of Canada = not
merely in quantity, but quality-is now
fast approaching the harvest'season.
James Ellis Tucker has sailed for
Honolulu to revive the customs law and
service of the Hawaiian islands so as
to bring them up to the standard OF
those at home.
The executive committee Of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor
has decided that the twentieth inter
national convention shall be held at
Cincinnati in 1901. .-....;
Lord Avebury, speaking of Eng.
lands increasing demand for Ameri-
can goods, paid tribute to the com
mercial ingenuity of manufacturers OF
the United States. = j. s,.s;.s
Florida, according to local papers,
is becoming one of the greatest to-
bacco-groWing states, and the prod.
uct has been pronounced in some re-
spects equal to that of Cuba. ~. :.
The women Of yoming have pledged
themselves to raise $4,000 for the pur.
chase of(a solid silver service for the
monitor Wyoming, recently launched
at the Union Iron works in San Fran.
cisco. .5 III
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
A COAT or TAR.
Administered TO = Couple of Dovvie
Elders by Citixens q Aans-
Held, O.

Mansfield, O., Sept. 2 Two Dowie
elders, Silas Moot, ofrLima, and Eph-
rain Bassinger, of Bluffton, were.
stripped of their clothing and paint
ed with tar by mob of {, 500 Mansfield
citizens Sunday morning. The. two Ell
ders We're roughly handled by the mob,
and Elder Moot, who showed a DISPOSE
tion to resist, was beaten and kicked
into submission. After the tar had
been applied the two elders were
marched through the streets and greet
ed with jeers. They presented sorry
spectacle with great quantities of tar
dripping from their hair and boards.
The two marched arm in arm at. the
head OF the procession, the target for
missiles of a.l> descriptions. Moot's
clothing hung in tatters. The right
leg OF his trousers was entirely gone
and exposed the black tarred flesh.
Both wore stiff hats, smashed almost
down over their ears. Bassinger's
clothes were not torn and he wore
a mackintos
The two elders arrived in the city
ut 6:35 o'clock Sunday morning and
were recognized as soon as they
alighted from the train. They en-
deavored to hire cab, but were re-
fused. The two started up into the
city, but were soon intercepted by
crowd of 200 people. Moot showed
fight, and was kicked, pummeled and
his right eye and nose were badly dis
figured. Bassinger was also roughly
handled. The two were taken to the
Richland Buggy company, mile dis
tant, and ordered to take off their
clothes. Bassinger obeyed. but Moot
refused, and almost had his clothes
torn from him in shreds.
The two were placed in vat and
covered from head to foot with tar
poured over them with buckets and
applied with brushes. They were
then allowed to resume their clothing,
and were paraded through the streets
until squad of policemen rescued
them.
They were taken to police head
quarters, where lard, vase!ine and
benzine were applied to the elders,
and, after couple of hours hard
work, the tar was removed and the
elders were given a bath and provided
with a change of raiment.:f from To-
cal clothing store.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
IS ONLY A RUIN.
COllapse Of the Grand Portal, One Of
the Most Remarkable Natural
Wonders on Lake Superior.

Marquette. Mich. Sept. 24.-Word has
just been received here that the Grand
Portal at Pictured Rocks collapsed dur
ing recent northeaster of great sever
ity with a crash which was heard for
miles around. The Grand Portal was
the most remarkable natural wonder
on the south shore of Lake Superior
Its height was 100 feet and it's breadth
ITO feet on the water line, while the
cliff in which it was cut extended for
30 feet above the arch. The huge cave
to WHICH it gave entry has often re-
ceiVed large excursion, boats.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
American Losses i'm Philippine..

American Losses In Phillppines.
Manila, Sept. 24.-The insurgent dem
onstrations last week prove to have
been more extended than was at first
reported. From Cagayan and Isabella
provinces and the northwestern dis
tricts of Luzon come accounts of in
surgent operations and American pre-
cautionary measures. The American
casualties in killed, wounded or miss
ing during the last ten days approach
100, including that at Siniloan, at the
east end of .Laguna de Bay, where the
insurgents after the engagement de-
livered ten bodies Of our dead.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

The very latest il an alligator farm.
"A Florida capitalist has purchased 300
acres of swamp land near Swans Bridge
and will turn it into breeding place
for the ugly creatures. There is . large
and increasing demand for alligator
skin, and this man proposes to supply
that demand.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

Here is chance for all who are super
stitious to remark: II told you So"
The Bellevue hospital in New York city
has a record book upon which is the
following entry: unknown man, ad-
mitted August 13, taken to ward No.
13, died at 3: 13 D. m. August 13."
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

Eight white men have ebeen,sentenced
to imprisonment for life at Austin,
Tex, for lynching James Humphries
and two sons over year ago. The
Humphries were respectable white men
and were lynched by their neighbors
on the charge that they had stolen a
hog from farmer. It was not clearly
established that the victims stole the
hog, but even assuming that they did
it was ridiculous pretext for lynch
ing, and the eight lynchers richly de-
serve their punishment. More Of this
sort of business and there will be less
Of lynching.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
Biz Cotton Shipment.

St. Louis, Sept. "a. - The largest
train load Of cotton ever shipped from
St.. Louis left the city Sunday night
over the Chicago & Alton railroad for
Boston. Thirty car loads of cotton
collected from connecting lines went
out by special train to the seaboard
for export.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
To De C0ncise

"Young man. said the editor to the
umn story which could have been told Bet
ter in ten lines, "when a man discovers his
house is ablaze he doesn't go to the window
and tell the passers-by that half an hour
ago what threatened to be terrible confla-
grafton broke out in the upper story of the
Palatial mansion occupied by Mr. Jeremiah
Dickens. He simply rushes to the front,
and shouts: :Fire!' Be concise, young man. y
st. Louis Republic.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
Sargent Reelected. .

Des Moines. Ia, Sept. 24.-The con-
vention of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen raised the salary of
grand master to $1,000 and reelected
Frank P. Sargent for the ninth con-
secutive term. J.J. Hannahan, of Chi
cago, and c. A. Wilson, of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, were reelected first and sec
ond vice grand master respectively.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
In London Lord Salisbury received
m anonymou. letter Of threatening

In London Lord Salisbury received
IN anonymous letter Of 3 threatening
character. ,3S$.
Kruger will 80 to Holland on war.
ship placed at his disposal BY the
Dutch government. s5s4g. ..
Gen. Roberts reports that the Boer
army consists now only Of marauding
bands. ..
The cruiser Gelderland lett Perrin
for Delagoa bay to convey President
Kruger to Holland.
The president ordered Gen. Chaffee
to withdraw all troops from China
to the Philippines except q small guard
for the American legation. Minister
Conger was directed to open peace
negotiations with /. Prince Cheng.
Americas reply to Germany's note
declines to make punishment of Chi
nese precedent to negotiations and
favors commission to settle. all
questions. Gen. Wilson, with Ameri-
can troops, captured Boxer strong
hold west of Peking.
Our government maintains position
independent Of all the powers in it's re-.
plies to notes Of inquiry, SO that troops
may be withdrawn from China at any
time. America may negotiate alone.
Six war vessels have been ordered to
reinforce the Asiatic feet, as the presi-
dent fears worldwide war is impend-
ing.
Marshal de Campos, formerly cap
tain general of Cuba, died at Zarauz,
Spain.
The president Of France gave a din.
ner to $4,000 persons in Paris, the
tables extending a distance of nearly
five miles.
Aguina.do refused to consider peace
proposals and has issued proclama-
tion offering $40 to each American SOL
der surrendering.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
Fatal Plunge of a Train.

San Francisco, Sept. PA Santa
Fe passenger engine crashed through
a wharf at Point Richmond Sunday
and sank in so feet of water, carrying
with it Engineer Henry A. Allen,
Telegrapher Mulcahey and Fireman
Press S. Adams. The body of Adams
is pinned beneath hundred tons of
steel at the bottom of the bay. The
other two men were injured, but not
fatally. The wharf which sank be-
meath the engine has been in place
Onlv q wear.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

Some insects, 20 Rev. Theodore Wood
says in his recent book on the SUBJ
ject, have families of 0,o0o children, for
whom life is simply one long, unbroken
dinner time. We are all regarded by
q mosquito simply in the hight of . full
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

It Is q curious and interesting coin
cidence that while the old confederate
cruiser Alabama was for . long time
known a. mo. $780," the new battle
ship Alabama was numbered 1890" At
the builders yard before heraame was
decided upon, and without any thought
of the original.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
Escaped convicts Captured.

Walla Walla, Wash, Sept "a
James Murray and Charles VOORHEES,
convicts who escaped from the state
penitentiary Thursday night, were
captured at four. o'clock III the even
ing two and half miles from Milton
A posse from the prison under Warder
Catron effected the capture.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
Third victim Dead

Muncie, Ind, Sept. "a. - Engineer
Barney Montague died as the result oil
injuries received in the Lake Erie q
Western wreck at Redkey, when Fire
man William McClelland, of Lima, O.,
and Charles Thompson, OF Alexandria,
were killed. Fs4s NH t. \ =s.. ~ 81.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

It has been shown by the census of
Porto Rico that tho whole number of
males of voting age in the island is POI, ;
OF, of whom 12o, ,295 are whites born in
Porto Rico, 5,662 are whites born in
Spain, 2,1o4 are whites born in other
countries, and 73,01o are colored. OF
the whites native in the island, 81, ,se7,
20 per cent. of all; of the coiored, 12.-
576, 17.2 per cent. of all, are literate.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

The gunboat Castine. which was or
dered 70 Annoy, China, BY the govern
ment, to protect American interests
there, can sting like 1 hornet. She has
six o-inch and two s-inch guns in her
main battery, with q secondary battery
of two o-pounders and two 3-pounders.
The NCastine Is : 1,177-ton vessel, 2o1
feet long, with beam Of 90 feet, has 4
protected deck, and can make 16 knots
an hour. The boat carries crew Of
10 officers and 265 men, and IL especially
valuable for work in Chinese waters,
and she tdraws but IL feet OF water,
and. can ascend the Chinese rivers.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

According to the Sioux Indian wealth
er prophets it's going to be hard win
ter. These predictions are based on
the fact that the buffalo grass shows a
heavy crop of seeds, which, the rdd-
kins declare, is a sure sign of a severe
winter and deep snow.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

A Kansas City Chinaman paid 5000 for
. wife,, Poor, benighted heathen! He
does not realize how out.of-date it il
to buy wives. If he had only made a
study of advanced civilization exempli-
fed by the swagger set in some cities
he would have known that the modern
method is for the girl to pay million
or so for mighty poor article Of q
husband.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

Col. LIE Grande B. Cannon has ar
ranged for the preservation Of the
grave of John Brown near North Elba,
N. r, ~ having been almost lost sight
Of. The grave is situated in the open
field which John Brown cleared for
the pss of the negroes before hesmade
biz raid upon Harper's Ferry, and ii
close to the shingled cottage he built.
Recently Col. Cannon sent ! force o1
men with : landscape gardener to Rrads
and terraces the plot Of land, and ia
will build m iron fence Is feet square
around the grave. The inclosure VIII
be known AZ John srown park. .E-.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

In answer to a statement by an al
legged scientist to the effect that the
petroleum wells of the world will soon
cease to flow, some knowing eastern
traveller calls attention to the fact that
in Zante, one of the 1onian isles, there
is a petroleum spring which has been
known for 5000 years. The well il
mentioned by Herodotus.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
AwuinalLo Refuses.

Manila, Sept. 24.-Senor Buencamino
has received from Aguinaldo an an
swer regarding his peace proposals.
Aguinaldo declines to consider them
and declares that he is unwilling to
agree to compromise. .
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

The last Hawaii public school in
which instruction was given in the ma
tive tongue has been closed, and Eng
lish is now the Official language
throughout the islands. For halt q
century dual system has been main
fained in the courts, but the act which
made the islands United States terri
tory provides that only persons who
can read, speak and write English may
serve on iuries.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

of Marshal Campos rids Prime Minister
Silvela of very probable successor.
but the event is serious loss for the
monarchy and the present dynasty.
The queen was accust omed to confer
with Marshal Campos in all serious diff
ficulties and always found him stanch
friend. He dies poor. His funeral will.
be made a state affair.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

According to Prof. L. o. Howard,
chief of the bureau Of entomology at
Washington, the honey industry has
shown marked development In recent
years, and there are to-day more than
100000 persons engaged In it, the value
of the product being so, 900 900. There
are 11o apiarian societies and so Jour
nails devoted to the industry. Much
OF the honey il exported, England being
the chief purchaser.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28

Hereafter railroad companies in en-
gaging brakemen will doubtless look
favorably on ex-acrobats from cir
cuses. A St. Louis train hand saw there
was to be a smash-up. He made q
double somersault and landed on his
feet without losing his hat; conse-
quently there will be NO damage suit.
The Worthington advance., 1900-09-28
DEATH OF DE CAMPOS.
Spain's Famous Marshal Expires-
He Was the Counselor Of the
Queen Regent.

Madrid, Sept. 24.-Senor Marshal
Martinez Campos, who led the Spanish
army in Cuba before the coming of
Gen. Weyler, died Sunday morning at
Zarauz, near San Sebastian. The death