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The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
A LITTLE NONSENSE,

PA, what had feller orter do
when he gifts water on the brain ?"
"oh' dry up.'-Indianapolis Sun.
No Fatted Calf for Him.-The Par
son-"Why don't you return to your
father?" The Prodigal-I don't like
veal."-San Francisco Examiner.
Farmer-"Do you think much but
ter is healthy?" Gardner-"Yes. il
be. healthy, provided it is strong-but
not healthful." Boston Transcript.
4cSwitters- Henpecks just got up
and gave his seat TO that woman, and
she never thanked him." McSwatters
-"shess his wife, Syracuse Herald.
Old Gentleman----''''I guess you don't
like to go to school, my little man, do
you?' Small Boy-"I don't mind de
goin' anil don't mind de comm. It's de
stayin' dere in between dat jars me-"
Philadelphia Record. -, .-.
Age.-'Now, I distinctly recall the
last total eclipse! of the sum- re-
marked Mr.. Homewood.@ ut occurred
in 1869, you will: remember, Miss
Beechwood." ~ ''Sir!" said Miss Beech
wood, freezingly; and Mr.. Homewood
wondered how he had; put his foot in
it this time-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
'Can any of you tell me what a
fountain is?" asked the teacher of
the juvenilt class. II can," said a
little fellow at the pedal extremity
of the class. "Well, tell me what
fountain is," said the teacher. Its
lot of rain. squirted through hole
in the ground was the prompt re-
ply.-Pearson's Weekly.
School Examiner-"Some of our
greatest discoveries, my dear friends,
have been made by simple means You
have all heard the story of how Ben
jamin Franklin went out in the storm
and caught the lightning?" Prodigy
eyes, an I heard you tell pa this
morning that you caught thunder
when you came home from the lodge
last night.'- Dispatch.
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A WEEKS HISTORY.
The Important happenings Of ,
Week Briefly Told.
MALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East: the "
West and the South.
rmIArEsT FolRamsiaN u DISPATCHES
FROM WARRINGTON.

The secretary Of state has notified
the powers of the world, through our
ambassadors and ministers, that this
government will enter into any mutual
agreement which has for its object. the
RESTORATION of law and order in China.
The report of the deep waterway
commission fayors a 2o-foot channel
arom the lakes to the ocean, which
would cost $19o,1s3,3s6.
! The interstate commerce commits.
sion annual report shows railroad mile
age Of 52,s64, an increase of 2,s9s;
number Of persons employed, 925,924.
an increase Of 54,466.
The exportsof provisions from Amer
lea were $1s0, 900, 600 last year, break'
ing the record. =
The government has ordered to the
Philippines more than 5000 troops, who
will be diverted to China If develop
ments warrant the step.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

A scientific paper says that the heat
of an ordinary incandescent electric
light globe is such that if the globe is
inserted in a quart Of water it will
bring the water to the boiling point
within an hour. Yet people who cover
the globes with fancy paper and silken
shades wonder why their houses burn
down in mysterious manner.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
OF INTEREST TO ENGINEERS,

In Siberia acetylene. gas is largely
used to light up various operations
along the line where work is carried
on 1T night.
The railway authorities of the Mex
ican government have been ordered to
use certain safety appliances. All the
passenger cars must be so equipped
before the end of 1904.
Forty-one gas engines using blast
furnace gas are working in germany,
the total horse power aggregating
21,950. The horse power of such en-
gines in Belgium is 3,7oo, France $3.50,
and England 1900.
London is to have q new street,
which will give great thoroughfare
north and south. The new street will
begin at Theobald's Road, will cross
High Holborn, and will finally reach
the Strand by means of two arms
which are limited by Somerset House.
The railway mileage Of Europe ha.
increased from $3.50 miles in 1873
to 167, ,439 miles in 1899. The increase
has been largest in Russia, amounting
to no less than 1912 miles; then
comes Germany, 1906 miles; and
France with 1890 miles; while Eng
land has added only s,0s9 miles.
It is said that coal was mined prior
to 1113. In the Uege district coal
was first found about 1199. In 1914
coal was attracting some attention on
the southern side of the Firth of
Forth. This was 100 years after the
mines in the Worm district are said
to have been opened and regularly
worked. 1t il not likely that coal was
mined in Great Britain before the
thirteenth century.
The fire department Of New York
|city has 81 engine and hook and lad
der companies, and 1875 officers and
men in the boroughs of Manhattan
and Bronx, and the boroughs Of
brooklyn and Queens have 80 such
companies and 1929 officers and men.
There are also six powerful fireboats
In, commission. III, The boroughs u of
Richmond and Queens have a volun-
teer service of. 1,725 and 1900 meH>re-
spectively... :. ~. :. u.s. ~ IL
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

There is a church bell in Salt Lake
City. Utah, which seems to have a pc
culiar effect on dogs. On Sunday morn
ing, as soon as the bell begins to ring,
the CANNES within hearing distance
start in single file for the church, in
front of which they keep up bowling
chorus until the bell stops ringing. No
other bell in the city has the same ef-
font
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
MONEY LEFT TO, A MOOSE.
ProvtsiOns i'm q Will for the Animali
Old Age Made By aH Ad-
mfrer.

A few years ago the Fl:tsg brothers.
of Rangely, Me-, came upon a baby
moose starvingin the forest. Whether
the mother deserted it or was fright
ened away by the hunters, the babe wa
there alone. Taking him home, the
two boys built him pen and gave him
milk to drink. Faithfully did they
care for. their charge and he, in com
pensation, grew in strength and stat
ure, says the Boston Globe.
Then Mark Kenniston bought him
and reaped a harvest in small coins at
the local shows and fairs. Mr.. Kennis-
ton also had black bass that would per-.
form tricks, but the gem of his collec.
tion remained Mr.. Moose. Among his
many accomplishments was his ability
to turn off fast mile on the track. It
was no uncommon occurrence to see
him hitched into sulky tearing down
the home stretch, his awk ward, ,shamb-
ling gait evoking hearty applause from
the grandstand.
1t was now that Mr.. Moose came to
figure more prominently in the affairs
of men. Heretofore he had been mere
ly an entertainer. Now he was to reap
more everlasting rewards. The game
wardens of the Rangely section decreed
that he should be- liberated and re-
turned to his native wilds. But as Mr..
Keniston had paid money for his
mooseship and had been frequently Of
fered good money for the same, the de-
mand did not meet with immediate ac-
quiescence. Nor did the moose wish to
change his style of living.
The white mans burden was easv to
bear and the feed was beyond reproach.
The liberty of the village was his. The
most choice meadows were his stamp
ing grounds. And from the Kenniston
farm some three miles from town the
unbroken forest stretched away in
never-accepted invitation.
Still the game wardens insisted.
Then Israel R. Bray, man of property,
died and left in his will the sum of ST.
900 to be expended in giving the moose
the advantages of civilization. When
once this fact became known the mat
ter was dropped, and Mr.. Moose had
only to live in dignity and ease until
death claimed him as her own.
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#nrthiugtou &draufe
II. HAwLIY, Publisher. "
woRTh'Nor0N. MlNh

The sea serpent IL appearing on the
New England coast. This fascinating
reptile always does appearupon the adj
veptsQf the summer excursionist. Sci
entists have sized him down to nothing
more nor less than q common giant eel,
which is out. Of his bailiwick in this
part Of the world.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

Probably the most successful suitor
of modern times is Alois Frankenberg,
a Bavarian, who has just been SEN
fenced at Gratz, in Austria, to spend
two years and half in prison because
he made love to too many girls and
swindled them out of goodly sums of
money. This modern Don Juan is him
self authority for the statement that
he had offered his hand and heart to
at least 120 maids and widows.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
The Mormons OF Utah have in ham

The Mormons Of Utah have in hand
a marvellous beet sugar industry in
the Great Salt lake valley. They, turn
out every year 1e, 900 pounds Of
white sugar. Cheap as, sugar Is, the
Mormons. make good: profit out Of
their output, to q large extent be-
cause of their ingenious system Of
conveying the juice from the vat1 to
tho factories, 22 miles distant. They
pump the Juice from vatato factory in
a three-inch pipe. They thus save
a large amount in transportation.
This industry. yields u per cent. to the
farmers and 20 ON stock
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad has closed a contract with
the Crow Indians for the grading Of
q section Of roadbed near the red
mems reservation, 1t is hardly nee
essary to say that most OF the hard
work will be- done with ,crowbars,
while scalpers will operate on that
section of the road long before it is
open for general. traffic. a,a..
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

There are FIVE remarkable voters in
the little village, Of Lee, Conn. Capt:
Jonathan Norton II 10y years old, Ed.
win Sturgis 95, E. P. Tanner ss and
John Mclaughlin and F. +, Aellus are
both SO, making an aggregate age Of
453 for the five men. Capt. Norton 10
said to be the oldest voter in the coun-
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

When a policeman Is on duty in Pc
king he carries with him drum and
keeps up a regular beating upon it.
Whether it is to let officials know that
he is on duty or to arouse the atten-
ton of burglars so that they can get
out of his, way is not definitely known.
Cinnamon like noises of all descrip-
tions, and that may be the reason for
their habit Of beating drums and tom
toms on all occasions. Blind men
carry drums to announce their COM
ing and warn other people to get out
of their way. Domestic pigeons have
light whistles tied to their tails.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

The editor of the Christian Herald,
who has just returned from tour of
inspection Though the famine district
in India, says that the suffering there
is absolutely indescribable. and that the
people in this always prosperous coun-
try of ours cannot appreciate what q
famine and . plague really mean. He
says the mortality will soon be greatly
increased by the monsoonswhtch bring
heavy rains and cool weather. The
people will have to have warm cloth:
ing then as well as food, and he says
that at least q million will perish in
the next few month";
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

For the first time in the history Of
Yale university class has been gradu-
ated without a baccalaureate sermon.
It has always been the practice to have
the president deliver the sermon, and
as until this year the president has al
ways been a'clergyman the practice has
neverhad an exception. President Had
ley, however, not being; q clergyman,
could not deliver a sermon, and gave an
address as the best possible substitute.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
n eWs In Brief,

Judge LOchren yesterday filed a deci-
sion in the case Of the Little Falls Elec.
trio Light and Water Power company
against the City of Little Falls. Minn.,
in favor of plaintiffs. The case had its
last hearing before the court March q.
Lightning struck the hotel and livery
barn Of p. "A. Lemme at Clearwater set
ting 1t on fire and 1t burned to the ground
with eight head Of horses and one calf.
Helen Gould and her party spent a day
visiting the points of interest about; Min
neapolis. In the morning they went to
Fort Smelling. and in the afternoon WIS.,
tied the T. B. Walker gallery. the Y.
M. c. A. building and the public library.
Henry Finehout. who enjoyed the dis
tinction Of being the Oldest railway con-
ductor in the world, died at his home in
st. Paul.
Chief Moose Dung has only 46 acres
left of that section of land at Thief River
Falls that was given him by the govern
ment. and which caused so much trouble
up there a few years ago. He has sold
1t and gone into merchandising at the
agency.
Fire Warden Andrews began first GRIM
inal prosecution in St Louis county for
violations of-law for suppression Of forest
fires. Evers Olson was fined $50 for let
ting brush fire in Grand Lake township
get away from him. Considerable dam
age was done by the fire.
Mrs. o. J. Evans and Mrs. ]. e. Wood.
ford have been nominated for the Min
neapolis school board.
James Welsh the man n~.w who was IN.
dicted for the assault with intent to kill
on Judge Lochren last January, changed
his plea Of not guilty to that OF guilty
and was sentenced at st. Paul to the
state penitentiary at Saltwater for four
years and six months. ..
During severe electrical storm. light
ming struck and killed A,h47t Lazoma
and team At Perham. Several buildings
were struck Farmers report much dam
age from frost. - Fl - :
The flagstaff on Hokah's new scnoo,
was struck by lightning during a recent
storm. ~ =
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
Arrested by French Omcials.

Ashland, O., July 9. - Mrs. 7. NJ.
Metzger, of Grafton, o., has received
word that her husband, who has been
in Paris two months, has been arrested
by French officials for leaving Alsace-
Lorraine when IS years old without
serving in the army. He anticipated
such action and made arrangements
with the United States officials to pro-
tect him.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

The new Trans-Siberian railway,
when complete, is to be the safest,
cheapest and most comfortable in the
world. The safety Of the. Manchurian
line will be due to the aatness of the
region traversed, not single tunnel
being necessary between the Ural and
the Amour; that is to say, from one end
Of Siberia to the other.,,,,>y,
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
German EXPORTS.

Berlin, July 9.-The exports from
the northern half of Germany for the
fiscal year recently ended amounted to
$57, 7,1s4,563, an increase of $s, 2o3, ,461,
of which sum Hamburg has nearly &c.
000, 900. The consul general at Dres-
den reports the exports as valued at
$1,13O, ,lv1, an increase of $1S6,72
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
Mr.. Louis Klop.ch Returns.

New York, July 9.-Louis Klopsch,
who went to India to prepare the
way for the arrival of the British
steamship Quito, chartered by the
United States government to carry
100000 bushels of grain to Bombay,
has returned on the hamburg-Ameri-
can steamship Pennsylvania. DR..
Klopsch left India June e.;
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

Scientists are much perplexed over
the finding of a curious chain in the
ruins of house at Pompeii, and none
Of the wise men has as yet been able
to give any idea as to the uses of the
article. Further research may show
that the Roman matrons were accus-
toned to chain their husbands to the
wall when the Gracchian League of Ad-
vanced Femininity held its weekly
meetinps
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Turkeys sulta1 has promised to
pay $100,00 Indemnity in settlement
Of American missionary claims in 90
days. >sS'-, vi -.
= Advices from London say ex-Presi-
dent Steyn and Gen. UeWet are the
only obstacles to the termination Of
the war in South Africa g42 :, sst|f Z!
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

The latest statistics tof the railroad
mileage Of the world show that some
what more than half of all the railroad
track in the world is in the western
hemisphere and that the United States
has considerably more than all Europe
combined. Even the practical compile
tion of the Trans Siberian road has
failed to bring the eastern hemisphere
up to an even position with the west
ern. The railroad is the symbol Of en-
terprise, and in enterprise western civ
ilization is far ahead.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

One pleasing thing about crop bull
letins in this country is that they
never presage famine. Wheat may
be deteriorating, the potato bug may
be working overtime and the apples
may be dropping from the trees in
stead of in price, but there will be
plenty to eat next year and foreign
ers. that come to this market for sup
plies will not be sent away empty
handed
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
shortare Dfscovered.

Chattanooga, Tenn.,s July 9. - Post
Office Inspector Bass, of this division,
notified the inspector. in. charge by
telegram that he had completed an in
spection Of the post Offices at Gaines
willie, Fla, and found the postmaster:
james Bell, short in his accounts to
the amount of 81, 400. The shock Of
the discovery caused the death Of the
postmaster. 19mxf!aiiz,,u 49, .>.+.s, a.;
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
Put Out tho Fires,

The rains have put out the last of the
running fires in the pine woods of this
part of the state, and solitary fires in logs
and stumps, that might spread later, will
hardly last through the storm. Lumber
men are jubilant at the change in wealth.
er conditions, though they have not yet
had and cannot hope for some time to
have water enough to make any great
change in the rivers. The lower dams of
the Nemadji river were again opened and
lot of cedar poles. posts, ties and a
general mix-up of logs. etc.. were gotten
to the sorting works.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

In New York city in the fall a private
automobile stable will be built. In adj
ditfon to the carriage house there will
be q room for charging the batteries
and quarters for the men who will take
|care of the vehicles. > r..
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
A Murder.

Mrs. James Dowd. a widow about 80
years Of age, was murdered at her resi-
dence on a farm five miles southwest of
Pipestone.
Her uncle. Frazer MacKay. an old resi-
dent of this place. drove out to see her
and found her lying dead on the kitchen
floor. a bullet having entered the mouth
and passing through the head probably
caused instant death.
Her child. not yet two years old, was
shot in the forearm, but not seriously
One Peter Swanson is suspected. Five
hundred dollars reward has been offered
for the conviction of the guilty party.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
WEST AND SOUTH,

In Cincinnati Mrs. Maggie T. Lehnis,
widow of IS, killed her baby. boy and
herself while despondent.
Throughout the country Fourth OF
July celebrations killed SO and injured
2,767 people.
United States Senator spooner, OF
Wisconsin, announces he will not be a
candidate for reelection.
At Santa Ana, Calv Emil Marken.
berg, an experienced aeronaut, fell 500
feet in full view of crowd and was
crushed to death.
Mrs. C. J. Phelps, her mother, Mrs
Amanda johnson, and her brother, Al
bert johnson, were drowned by the
sinking of skif at Lake Charles, La.
The death of DR.. Robinson Tripp
Oldest in years of all Chicago's old resi-
dents, occurred at the age of 95 years.
In Quincy, ILL.,, Sebastian Miller, aged
IS; committed suicide on his wife's
grave.
Sarah Place celebrated her one hun
dredth birthday in Lebanon, Ind.
Fire swept away 1s business houses
at Prairie Depot, o. !
Near Columbia, Ala, John Roe, an
1s-year-old negro, was lynched for an
attempted assault ona a white woman.
Gov. Roosevelt visited President Nc
Kinley at his home in Canton.
Jose Vasquez and Antonio $3.50,
prominent Mexican cattlemen, killed
each other in quarrel near Tuscon,
Ariz.
Silver republicans in convention in
Kansas City indorsed the nomination
of w. ]. Bryan for president and left
the vice presidential nomination to
the national committee, with plenary
powers.
The death Of Noble Prentice, editor
Of the Kansas City (Mo.) Star, oc-
Cured at La Harpe, ILL.,, from stroke
of paralysis, aged 81 years.
The democratic national convention
in Kansas City nominated Adlai E.
Stevenson, of Illinois, for vice presi-
dent. Senator Jones was reelected
chairman Of the democratic national
committee.
The st. Louis grand jury accuses the
police Of that city with. complicity in
the lawlessness of the strike.
= A cyclone Is said to have destroyed
the village Of Steamboat Rock, Ia.
Fire destroyed the branch factory of
the Standard Wheel company at San
dusky,. O., the loss being 500, DO, and
two men perished in the flames.
At Richmond, Ind. Nathan L. Baker
killed his daughter and himself. No
cause-known for the crime.
On the charge Of the murder of Gil.
bert Gates, 30 years ago, the trial Of A.
J. Jester began in New London, Mo.
Ina storm the yacht Idler foundered
OF Cleveland and the wife of James
Corrigan, owner Of the yacht, and five
other members of the family were
drowned. 49, -.
|, The Arkansas republicans have nom
mated =. I. Remmel, Of Little Rock, for
~ ou,tm.n. l,si, R.nndp1ph Evan.
(colored), was hanged for murder.
A wind and rainstorm swept over
southern Michigan, doing damage in
Kalamazoo and vicinity Of $500, 600. i
IN Frankfort four men accused Of
completely ip the assassination of Goe-
bel, of Kentucky, were put on trial.
The prices OF tea and candy have
gone up because Of hghting2in China.
Flames started by drunken man de-
stroyed all the business houses on the
north side Of Main street in Window,
Mich. go .ss:-
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More Bodies Found.

New York, July 9.-Three more bod.
les were found Sunday on the Saale
This makes 20 bodies that have thus far
been taken from the wreck of the Saale
since the fire, and 146 bodies in all re.
covered. .
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
short OF Cars

Fort Worth, Tex, July 9.-The gen.
eral freight traffic situation in the
state is becoming serious. There is not
enough available equipment to handle
the business on account of the immense
wheat shipments: Indications are that
1000 cars will be, centralized at Gal
weston awaiting shipment for export.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
StranEled Herself.

Massil,on, o.. July o.-Elia Grue, aged
4s years, an inma te of the Massillon state
hospital for the insane, committed sui
eide by strangling herself with he1
stocking. She came from Akron.
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Kills His Br0ther.in.Law,

N1I1S HE BF0thGf.th.I4w.
! Wichita, Kan, July 9. - Douglas
Walker, was shot and killed, by his
brother-in-law, Albert Boyle, at King.
man, as the result of a family quarrel.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
DR.. Falk Dead.

Hamm, Westphalia, July, 9.-Dr.
Falk, who was; minister of ;, public
worship during the Kulturkampf peri
Cd, IS 4ead. He was born in 1927" ~
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13

Stockholm, July 9.-Rev. T. De Witt
Talmage preached in the Emmanuel
Church here Sunday to an immense
congregation. DR.. Talmage's sermon
was, rendered into Swedish by an in.
terpreter. G..5# $. Z
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
A Distinct Feature.

A distinct feature will be added to
1tasca state park il Governor Lind IL
successful in his present efforts to secure
recognition by the powers at Washing
ton. The river commission, in it's geo.
detic survey of the valley to include the
sources Of the father of waters, will erect
three observation towers within the bor-
ders of 1tasca park. 1t is the governor s
plan to secure these towers and have
them made permanent after the work Of
the engineers has been finished.
General John M. Wilson, chief Of en-
gineers, United States army, writing to
Congressman Page Morris, says he can
see no reason why the governors request
should not be granted.
One of the towers will be built on the
highest point in the park. which is also
the highest point in Minnesota. The
towers, the governor thinks, would prove
q great attraction to tourists.
The Worthington advance., 1900-07-13
Electcd Prieaident.

Detroit, Mich, July 9.-The Inter
national Stove Mounters' union has
elected J. H. Keefer, of Detroit, presi
dent, and decided to meet next year
in Hamilton. Ont. s,gArr .,..s.e..s...