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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-16

cities and the wealthy planters thought
of sending their children to school.
There were few schools, such as
they were, scattered among the large
towns, but in the villages and country
districts there were no schools at all.
Uncle Sam is changing all that and
this fall he opened in Porto Rico 100
schools which began the school year
900 pupils.
So now, every school-day morning,
high up on the mountain sides, down
in the fertile valleys and over the huts
of the little villages and the white
washed stone houses of the cities, rise
American flags before a thousand
school houses.
Porto Rican children are fond Ct
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are just beginning to wear shoes and
stockings, something they never
thought of in the old Spanish days,
and such of them as are fortunate
enough to possess these articles of ap-
parel prize them almost as highly as
they do pictures. So careful are they
of their new and strange possessions
that from the school house, after
school, they sit down and take off
their shoes and stockings and carry
them home under their arms.
When Porto Rican boy is Is years
old he generally leaves school and
goes to work on one of the plantations
where they raise coffee. or on one Of
the estates where the cane grows from
which they make sugar and the Por-
to Rico molasses which, very likely,
you will eat on your buckwheat cakes
in coming winter mornings.
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In the Island of Porto Rico, a land
of perpetuaul summer, Uncle Sam has
taken under his care more than $4,000
children of school age.
School age in Porto Rico is from 3
to IS years, though not many of the
island children attend school after they
are Is years old.
When Uncle Sam took possession of
Porto Rico a few years ago he found
that so per cent. of the people on the
island could not read or write.
Only the well-to-do people in the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-16

days, and on many of these holidays
a part of the celebration is a parade.
In these parades stiltwalkers always
play a leading and amusing part.
One such procession was led by
gigantic and grotesque figure not less
than twelve feet tall. Afterwards,
when the procession disbanded, 1t
turned out that this figure was really
a boy of about 16, who was not more
than feet inches tall. Not only had
he made the long march on high stills,
but he had still further increased his
Continued on Page T,xentv-slr
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UNCLE SANS
ISLAND CHILDREN

In His Porto Riean Schools They
Sing "The Star Spangled
Banner" in English, and Then
the Spanish Song, "Borin-
quen"-SOme of Them Never
Had Seen a Picture Book Until
American Schools Opened on
Their Island.
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Continued on Page Twenty-six.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
LET PUPILS SEE FAIR.


President Cosgrove and Secretary
Randall of Minnesota State argi-
cultural society are endeavoring to
have the school trustees in the
smaller cities and towns of the state
postpone opening school until after
the state fair, which is to be held the
first week in September. The st.
Paul school for years have closed
fair week, and the Minneapolis
school board has agreed to postpone
the opening of school in that city
for a week.
Several school boards throughout
the state have been appealed to,
and answers received indicate that
the plan is meeting with favor.
President Cosgrove is of the
opinion that much which is of edu-
cational value can be learned by
visiting the fair, and for this reason
is urging the postponement OF the
opening Of the state schools. He
d esires that the pupils and teachers
be given an opportunity to attend
the fair that they may learn of the
great resources of Min nesota.
neer Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
BIRTHDAY PARTY.

A delightful party was given at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. William
APPEL Friday afternoon in honor of
Mr.. Apel's silky ninth b'rthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. APPEL we're each pre-
sented with handsome upholstered
rocking chair besides many other
useful presents. The occasion was
one long to be remembered by their
many friends. The following is a
list of those present: Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry APPEL ST., Mr.. and Mrs. John
Dolhiem, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry APPEL
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pfeil, Mr..
and Mrs. John Rippberger, Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Schuck, Mr.. and Mrs.
Crist APPEL, Mr.. and Mrs. John APPEL,
John Bebense, Earnest APPEL, Mrs.
Anton Mrs. Biltgen, Mrs. Thos
Hagge, Mrs. Fred nolehem, Mrs.
John salstrom, Mrs. W. H. Blume,
Miss Maggie APPEL, Miss Minna
Blume, Miss Margaret Biltgen, Miss
Lillian Anton, Miss Minna APPEL,
Mrs. Minnie Mathsen.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
THE BALL GAME.

The Window aggregation of base
ballists played the return game
with our high school nine Saturday
afternoon. It was a fairly interest,"
ing and exciting game tsu the fifth
inning in spite of a muddy diamond
and slight showers. After the fifth
Worthington fell to pieces and
Window ripped the ball for II runs.
It began to rain in dead earnest in
the seventh and the game was
called, thus putting out all scores
made in the seventh inning leaving
the score 10 to 3, in favor of
Window. Poor batting and fielding
lost the game to the home nine.
About dozen young ladies',
chaperoned by Mrs. 'Conger and
Miss Rich, accompanied the boys
and were entertained in the evening
by our high school students in
Torrance hall which was deliberately
decorated for the occasion. The
hours till train time were pleasantly
spent in games singing, etc., and all
enjoyed themselves to the fullest
extent.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
Auctioneer..
SECURE GOOD PRICES
for your goods sold at Auction by
having them cried by
j. N. HOLBROOK,
Worthington, MINES ota.

local market and prices are on about
the same basis that they have been
all winter, namely from Is to IS
cents bushel in carlots, sacks in
cluded, and 81 per bushel at RETAIL
Local dealers do not anticipate It.
scarcity in his market, and believe
that prices will not be much if any
higher than at present The demand
for seed stock is practically at an end
and potatoes held for that purpose
will soon be coming on the market
in competition with table stock,
which will have a tendency to de-
press prices. Liberal stocks of
potatoes are still in farmers hands
and as soon as seeding operati ons
are completed it is expected that
they will begin marketing them in
large quantities which will further
tend to reduce valuee.-Minneapolis
Times. n
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DIED.

a. m. Saturday May, 8, 1902.
He was born in Genoa, Cayuga,
Co. N. Y, Sept, 8, 1922, was fifth
in family of six sons and one
daughter. Went with his parents at
three years of age to Michigan and
for a number of years was a resi-
dent of Grand Rapids. On leaving
the Wolverine state he went to
Waukesha Co., Wis.,, locating on a
farm and from 1850 to 1866 made
his home in Fond Du Lac Wis.
He was married in 1845 to
Amanda Malvina DePuy, to them
was born, four sons, Herbert B.
whose where abouts are unknown,
Oscar M. now at Kansas City,
William W. who died when an in
FAINT, Edwin F. of this community.
During the war Mr.. Whitney en-
listed, in October 1861, in Co. Al,
Sth Wis. Inf. His regiment was
ordered south and he participated in
the battle of Shiloh. His command
went into battle with 1O4O men and
came out with only five companies
Mr.. Whitney was wounded by gun
shot through the right shoulder and
sent to the hospital, when he re-
turned home on a furlough. Late
he rejoined his regiment and took
part in the battle Of Corinth and
the siege Of Vicksburg. He was
afterward detailed as an ambulance
driver thus serving until honorably
discharged at Milwaukee, Wis.,, in
June 1865. He was the first to en-
list in his company and the last to
be discharged.
He came with his family to
Mobiles Co, summer of 1870 settling
on section thirty, Worthington town
ship. Here his wife died in 1884.
He was married to Mrs. Jane Red
field 1886, with whom he lived most
happily until her death which
occurred in October two years ago.
Eigteen months prior to his last ill.,
ness he was among relatives in
Missouri, Michigan and Wisconsin.
He was taken sick at Hurley, Feb
5th and ten days later reached bis
home in care of his son Edwin.
His death was caused by a COM
plication of diseases, dropsy and
disease of the lungs. He accepted
Christ as his personal saviour about
two years ago soon after death of
his wife, became a devout christian
and was happy in the Christian life
and that he would meet other loved
ones in the other world.
The funeral was held at the Pres
btyerian church Sunday afternoon,
Rev. Wilson Aull officiating. The
G. A. R. were pail bearers and
escort. The church was fielled with
friends of the deceased.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
AMERICAN GIRLS TOO RECK
LESS.

Senorita Huidobro of Chile de-
livered an address recently on the
tonic of "Old Maids Children be-
fore the Ladies' Physiological in
stitute in Boston.
She said that the idea that an I'm
married woman can tell anything
about rearing children is generally
received with a smile. II have
met" she said, $50 many women
here who look on motherhood as a
burden. In my country (Chile)
it is some times q matter of reproach
to be childless, but here in Massachu-
setts fve-sixths Of the children are
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of foreign parentage. There is no
marriage at all were there are no
children. The world over, a large
per cent of unmarried women care
tor the children than those who are
married.
1.-THE first thing a foreigner notices
in this country is the shocking lack
of reverence shown to old people by
our youth. In Chile the young
folks vie with each other in making
life pleasant for the grandmother
and great-grand mother; here old
people are frankly regarded as a
nuisance by too many boys and girls
''Childen here are allowed to go
to theaters and witness plays they
ought not to hear, yet their mothers
will not allow them to be taught
some of the evils of great cities in
order to guard against them-be-
caue fo1sooth, they wish the young
people to be innocent.
1T is, however, the mothers and
not the daughters who are most to
blame. A young chicken who has
recently come here to study the
country, remarked the large number
Of young women on the street in the
evening. Immediately she demand
ed of me:
"Are they good girls and when I
answered that they were not bad
girls, she asked in puzzled tone,
We'll, are they orphans? Where
are their mothers?'
where, indeed, are their mothers ?
I know a girl who lives on Boston s
Back Bay and is member of al
intelligent family. Yet that girl is
at the theater four evenings week
each time with different man.
And she will have no older person
along. Two is company and three
is a crowd is the remark with which
she brushes aside any such sug-
gestion.
II don't pity the mother of Flor
ence Burns. 1t is the mother s fault
that these things happen.
''Take care of the boy as well as
the GIRL she said. II think con-
ditions will be better when women
have the Suffrage In conclusion,
Senorita Huinobro spoke of the laws
for the protection of young girls,
and thought there should also be laws
to protect boys from vicious women.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
LIVERY. & DRAY
First, Class Livery
Rigs at all hours.
Draying Promptly attended to.
Melvin Hovey, Prop.
Reading, MINI.

forth. The officers are all enthusiastic
band men with a desire to have a
hand and one that will be a credit
to the town. They purpose to give
ia some fine music at the earliest
opportunity practicing two nights Of
the week and when they commence
paying out side, begin at a certain
hour and on time and play a certain
number Of pieces that will be enter
tanning to all.
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plimeht for their prompt action il
providing high pressure Of water
during the swanberg barn fire, en-
abling the department. to do effective
work. This shows that the boys at
the power house know how to do
their work if eiven chance
The fire laddies, are indebted to
Gus Swanberg for a box of cigars az
q recognition of their faithful work
at the fire.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
RAND ORGANIZED.

Friday evening a number OF inc
old band players got together and
decided to organize band. E. A.
Tripp was elected president, >. w.
People secretary and Treasurer
Rudolph Dieckhof mucical director
Frank McNair librarian. The name
s.Worthington Concert Band" was
adopted, They have seventeen ola
and accomplished players on the
list with this timber it is expected
on excellent band will be brought
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
FURNISH THE WATER.


The Omaha road have made prop
osition to the. council, in Offering
to put in nice fountain in their
grass plats at the depot that ia not
met every day. They company offer
to pat in fountain costing from
two to three hundred dollars If the
village will supply the water. The
company have the plats green with
nice grass and have just completed
putting in trees, plants and shrubs
which will require a man constantly
during the summer m onths to look
after it. The benefit to company
will be nothing or financially to the
village but both will be compliment
ed by strangers and the citizens will
feel proud of the place because OF
it's appearance with a fountain much
would be added to the attractiveness.
1t would seem, that although the
village is at a heavy expense for
water, might consent to furnish this
supply and it is not believed that
many tax payers would object to the
extra expense to furnish a little
stream of water. The council
shonld bv all means take advantage
of the proposition and not lose it,
The Omaha road is pouring thous-
ands of dollars in this place monthly
and when they are willing to 40
their share the citizeus)should meet
them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
Piles.

Sure cure, quick relief, Red Cross
Pile and Fistula Cure. Cures cases
of life time or money refunded
Sample treatment and book explain
ing how to treat aud cure each and
every other diseases of the rectum ,
sent free by mail to any address Rea,
Bro, & Co., Dept. So, Minneapolis,
MINI. Sold by all druggists, S1.00
or one m nth's treatment.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
ELECTED DELEGATES.

The fire department held their re-
gular monthly meeting Friday even
ing, and on deciding to send two
delegates to the state convention
at New Ulm in June, selected W. E.
Madison and A. w. Fagertsrom
as such delegates and John Mackay
and Arthur Rose as alternates.
The department paid the water
works employers handsome COM
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
BLOWN FROM THE TRACK.

Friday evening during the heavy
rain, freight train No.20 was wreck
ed between Hospers and Sheldon.
The storm was accompanied by a
very heavy wind 80 strong that it
blew an empty car of the train over.
The wrecking crew was sent out
from here and ditched the car clear
ing the main track 80 that trains
we're delayed but very little. The
rain came down in torrents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
A DISASTROUS FIRE.

From the Algona Advance, April
Is tn.
AS we go to press all that is left
of the Spurbeok Lambert butter
tub factory is a heap Of smouldering
ruins. The fire was discovered at
2 o'clock this morning by Henry
Long. At that time he could see tho
flames in the upper story through
the south windows. In his night
clothes and barefooted he endeavor-
ed to wake the neighbors to gioe the
alarm. But from some cause he
had hard work in doing so, and it
was 40 minutes later before the fire
company arrived. The roof was
then ablaze and all efforts to subdue
the flames could not prevent the
obstruction of the plant. The fact
Dry building, machinery, fixtures
and large amount of stock were all
consumed.
The value of the property lost
by the fire is between 100000 and
81, 900. We have not been able to
learn the amount for which the
factory was insured, but are inform
ed that it was very light. Along
with the factory car loaded with
brick also went up in smoke. The
fire compeny succeeded in saving the
south building in which the Office
is situated. The factory has been
doing a fourishing business and our
citizens will greatly feel the loss of
the plant. Last month the sales
amounted to over $4,000.
Mr.. Spurbeck while walking over
the ruins this morning said to the
Advance reporter that while the loss
was heavy it would fall on the
four mem bers of the firm: Spur
beck, Lambert, Cronholm and Dali
ziel, and that for the present the
demand would be supplied from
their Estherville factory.
Mr.. Spurbeck is a brother-in-law
of F. H. Rust Of this city.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
PRICE OF POTATOES REACHES
THE LIMIT.

According to dispatches from
Chicago yesterday, that city is al
most on the verge of a potato
famine, and prices are beginning to
reach abnormally high figues.
Potatoes are in liberal supply on the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
RAILROAD NEWS.

The Medelia Times says: We
have it upon excellent authority
that passenger tran No. 1, which
arrives here at midnight, is to be
made limited through train, after
June first, and will not stop here.
Between st. Paul and Worthington
the only stops will be at LIE sueur,
Mankato and st. James. This will
be very much regretted by people
here who have always regarded
this as one Of the handiest trains on
the road, espe cially for visiting
Mankato. We anticipate that the
other towns along the road which
are cut out will make a roar.
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$500 to $500
PER ACRE,

easy terms, where corn grows. Deep,
black soil. Coal $1.0O per ton. NJ"
tritious native grasses. Free home
steads adjoining.
Write US for information.
F. L. CoNKL1N & Co..
Bismarck, N. Oak.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09

Pure bred bronze turkey eggs, at
$1.0O per setting. Mrs. G. H.
Schechter, Sec. 80 Elk, or leave order
at Harry Lewis grocery. 25.tf
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
N. Oak. Lands,

We have some of the finest farm
and ranch lands on the Missouri
slope, from
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
Liver Pills

That's what you need; some
thing to cure your bilious.
ness and give you a good
digestion. Ayers Pills are
liver pills. They cure con-
stipation and biliousness.
Gently laxative. All dissx....:
Want your monsta"he or beard beautiful |
l brown or rich black" Then use
buCK|NGHAm'S DYE t%Sh f sGs
I 50 CTS or pavoe,srs. o. r. p HAL Co. NAsAeA = -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-09
VETERINARIAN.
nR. j. N. GOULD.
Veterinary Surgeon.
Office at Western House.

Land Seekers Fxcur-
sion every week.
Until our 50-quarter sections
in Traverse and wilkins Co.
are closed out.
Deep black soil, C1oy
Sub-sOil.
Flowing Wells
at 40 to 90 feet.
N. {. LAYTON,
~ Over postof6ce.
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#Over posto&ce.
The Washington times., 1902-09-08
AN OLD WAR.
Pretty Near Time to Stop.

Wouldn't II make your friend mad TO
tell her she was in reality drunkard,
but many women are drunkards uncon-
sciously from the use of coffee. which
wrecks their nervous systems. and they
seem unable to reform.
A lady in Philadelphia. Pa, was very
badly affected by coffee, causing her TO
have nervous prostration, and she finally
woke up to the fact that she was in real
ity a coffee drunkard. Her doctor had
told her that she must give up coffee,
hut she seemed unable to do II.
One day she read an advertisement
about Postum Food Coffee and thought
she would give it trial. She says.
Coffee had such a strong hold on me.
that at first did not make ii all Postum,
but added a tablespoonful of coffee.
After a while l quit putting coffee in at
all. and soon found felt much better.
Continued use stopped my headaches and
biliousness, and l soon noticed that my
nervousness had evidently left me for
good Now / would not use anything
else, and the smell of coffee makes me
sick.
Il am using your Grape Nuts also.
and think 1t wonderful food. / lately
cured an attack of indigestion by eating
nothing but Grape Nuts and drinking
Postum for two weeks and now can eat
solid food and feel no Distress" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
The Washington times., 1902-09-08
Five Boys Jump From
Lunch Room Window
in View of Officers.
THREE OF LADS ARE CAPTURED
One tainted From Exhaustion, and Was
Revived by Use of Water - Two
Other Places Were Entered, Police
Think, by Same Gang.

Five of the youngest housebreakers
known to the local police gave Police
men Simpson and Leaveil one of the
longest runs last evening that they have
had since going on the force. Three of
the boys, William r. Thoma, aged ten;
Frank Perrone, aged seven, and James
K. Polk. aged ten, were captured. The
others the police were still looking for
at late hour last night. The boys ar
rested were sent to the House of De-
tention for the night, and will be given
a hearing in the juvenile court today.
About o'clock last night the atten-
tion OF the policemen was called to an
open window in 1unchroom on Tenth
Street between Louisiana Avenue and c
Street northwest. They started in that
direction and saw five boys. one after
the other, in quick succession jump out
of the window and make off toward the
grounds of the Smithsonian Institution.
Policeman Simpson was on his wheel
and Immediately started in pursuit. with
Leavell closely following. The boys ran
down Tenth Street and into the park.
When they reached the park they sepa-
rated. Simpson tried TO follow the boys
on his wheel, but soon found that he
could not do SO and had to abandon the
machine. After dodging about in the
bushes for ten or fifteen minutes the
boys became exhausted and Simpson