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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-01

1t has been found that the cotton
grown on the banks of the Nile is
equal to any in the world. There are
about 100000 acres of irrigated land-
available, but the men to work it are
| lacking.
In many country villages and out-of-
the-way places in New England and
the Middle States. women may still be
found who make money, and even earn
| living, by,spinning and knitting wool
and by weaving and knitting rag car
pets and rugs. The demand for we'll
made rag rugs has noticeably revived
lately in some parts of the country,
and the product of this industry finds
a ready sale.
The commercial value of information
gathered under the authority of the
Government is strikingly shown in the
records kept by the Geological Survey
of the flow of streams on the South
Atlantic slope. Northern capitalists,
few years ago, thought that the South
ern streams We're almost valueless for
records have shown their error, and
now many mills to be run by water
power are building.
Recently at an auction sale in Lon
don which was judiciously advertised,
an egg of the great aux was put up
which, after some lively bidding, was
knocked down for $1260. That is said
to be very good price. But aux eggs
have been sold in London for as much
as $500. The reason for these enor-
nous prices is naturally to be found in
the scarcity of the eggs The bird is
extinct, and not over seventy of its
eggs are in existence.
Before a recent meeting of the Bio
logical Society of Washington Mr.. Yer
non Bailey spoke of "Sleepy Grass and
| Its Effects on Horses stating that
this grass grew luxuriantly in some
sections of the California Sierras.
Horses eating this grass We're rendered
very drowsy for several days and it
was reported that in some instances
they were temporarily too sleepy for
use. The effect gradually Wore off.
and it was said that horses or cattle
having eaten this grass would not do
so a second time.
No successful smoke-copsuming ap-
pliance has been invented as vet for
household use, but for industrial uses
on fairly large scale, smokeless soft
coal fires are not uncommon. The
smokeless furnace is expensive, costing
from few hundred dollars to fifteen
hundred, but those that use it say that
the high cost is offset by the saving in
| the cost of fuel. For not only is the
| normal price of bituminous coal onlyl
| about one-half that Of anthracite, bu/
| the smokeless furnace burns the coal
| with the minimum of waste. Coal
smoke is nothing but unconsumed car
| bon-wasted coal set free while the
mass is heating. The furnace has a
| mechanical stoker that feeds the coal
| In slowly at the edge of the fire, forcing
| whatever smoke arises to pass the
| length of the fireboX over the glowing
| fire This action is aided by a hot-air
blast and almost perfect combustion
is thus secured. There has been
| large increase in the use of the smoke
| less furnace since the great strike be-
| gan, and it Is said that one dealer has
| sold 5000. The probability is that few
| of these, if any, will be discarded, and
this will inevitably affect the demand
| for opthrn cita
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-01
BIOGRAPHY FOR JUVENILES.

Pllny the elder was for a space pro-
curator in Spain. He spent much of
his time afterward studying at Rome;
being near the Bay of Naples during
an eruption Of Vesuvius he landed to
witness the phenomenon, but was suf-
focated by the fumes. His Natural
History" is repertory of the studies
of the ancients in that department,
being q record, more or less faithful,
from extensive reading, OF the observa-
tion of others rather than his own.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-04-01

1t has been found that the cotton
grown on the banks of the Nile is
equal to any in the world. There are
about 100000 acres of irrigated land
available, but the men to work it are
lacking.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

Congressman McCleary would be
alright for governor, in fact in any
official position within the gift of
the people, but he is of more use
and benefit to the state where he is
as congressman and should an op-
portunity offer he should be pushed
up to the Senatorship, we do not
mean to depose Clapp or Nelson but
he will be a most excellent man for
their successor. Mr.. McCleary does
not only look after the wants of his
district but diligently endeavors to
secure informtlon for all parts of
the government that will aid in a
successful administration of all
branches, making a most valuable
man in Congress. His membership
on important committees indicate
to what extent his counsel is desir-
ed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
The Habits Of Files.

The commonest house fly, musca
domesticata, breeds in manure and
dooryard filth, and is found in nearly
all parts Of the world. On account Of
the conformation Of it's mouth parts,
the house fly can not bite, yet no i'm
preston Is stronger in the minds Of
most people than this insect does not
occasionally bite. This Impression 10
due to the frequent occurrences in
houses Of another fly (stomoxys calci-
trans), which may be called - the
stable ny, and which, while closely
resembling the house fly, differs from
it in the important particular that it's
mouth parts are formed for piercing
the skin. This species takes refuge
in houses when It rains and gives rise
to the saying that flies bite only when
it rains. 4ss~%z
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
THE POPULAR RESPONSE TO
.~. THE PRESIDENT.

# The Washington bookbinders
union has forced upon the cogni-
Zance of President Roosevelt one of
the greatest problems ever presen-
I ted respecting the employment Of
union and non-union labor in the
departments OF : the government.
4 The beokhnders' union has insisted
I that ". A. Miller shall not be rein
stated as assistant foreman in the
government printing Office. He was
discharged because be had become
persona non grata to the union.
3ss On Monday last the labor leaders
held a conference with the President
against the retention of Miller.
Their first and strongest suggestion
was that he was not nnion man.
"a he president declared that was
mot d question for him to consider,
because neither the constitution Of
the United States nor the laws Of
Iplr country make any distinction
4 between union and non--union
Ia For and therefore he certainly
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
sANTED Us / ! az !! q I ] !!
Eccentric French Miiilonalee ~
N Money for Giants DoNiFSk

sSVOWUSS ,SWssssNssAse
Money Tor Giants Dew
M dc Saint Ouen dc Pierf S6urt.
IN eccentric French millionaire died
q short time ago and left the gfeater
part Of hts fortune to his nativs city
Of .Rouen, STIMULATING that the mu-
nicipality was to found An annNsl prize
81 100000 as = dowry for q giant and
: giantess In order to regensratsS the
human race. An AMIGA Bile AyTnage-
ment has now been made between the
heirs and the city Of Rouen. The fam
lily attacked the will on the ground
that the giant clause was impossi-
BILE Of execution. BY the arrangement
now made the city Of Rouen will pay
the heirs 100000, while out q the
residue it undertakes to found N un-
dertaking, inspired by the .tdea of
protecting, preserving and improving
the human race, but which shall not
cost more than $3.50, 000." The details
of this undertaking have not vet been
divulged. 5 ~ s ~ {S:3 .sSSk=sFts'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
WANTED ONE TO wAssGG.
Pro~lmoial Dandy Would 90 caI1eI
e~apll ons Better.

W. ~
Pro~lnotal Dandy Weuld 90 caH1ka1
e~asM ons Better.
Chick was considered the daady Of
Slecnm.on-Aua, and when he Cars mp
to London always made study OF
what he considered the latest faBh-
ions in order to introduce them into
his native village. With this end in
view. after watching closely the at
tire of the male habitues OF Ptcca-
dilly, he went into a hosier's shop and
asked for gloves. He was shown sew
eral pairs, but astonished the shop.
keeper by saying:
But want three" s s.gss
"Three gloves? Dear me! Do you
mean three pairs?"
mo, I want three gloves.
Nobody can wear more than two"
~"1 know that; most on EN- ony
wears one and wabbles the other; but
I want three-two to wear and one to
wabble. "-London Telegraph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Dispute Over Planet Mars.

u IA recent dispatch from Prof. Per
cival lowell from Z. Flagstaff, Ariz,
stating that q large projection of Mars
has been discovered, leads Prof. Gar.
rgtt P. ServiSs to declare that the
planet is undoubtedly Inhabited. On
the other hand. Prof. ILLUMINATION Of
ParIs declares that the projection is
1 anlySan illumination Of the clouds or
lofty mountain SUBMITS in the setting
sun, and that many other analogous
observations have already been made.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

FORMAL oAyls ~ ths PaaA Now 0SnsF..j
ss ally Discarded. IN

Formal o4yle ca tho PaaA lloxs 0Snsr..
A ally Discarded. #s
The stin, formal style q business
lettsr = passins.Y said the mp o-dats
business, man. I'VE are beginning to
discard III stereotyped forms. We
no longer say. 4 beg leave to- advise
you, or We would say In reply but
We write the letter In the simplest.
briefest manner possible. We instruct
our clerks TO write az naturally -
they would tall. and to state their
business without any unnecessary
words. Instead Of I beg leave to ad.
wise that certain goods have been
sent. they start without any furbs-
lows to write, The goods have been
sent to you % ordered It stands to
reason that H. . man is answering :
letter. he n replying to previous
one. The older clerks do not like
this innovation. They have become
rather attached to the grandiose style.
but the young clerks heartily approve
of less formally"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Street Railways in Cities.

Philadelphia has 1,540 miles OF
streets and $50 Of street railways.
st. Louis has S75 miles of streets and
321 of street railways, and Boston
has 495 miles Of stl eets and 215 miles
Of street railways. Baltimore, with
$50 miles Of street. has S53 miles Of
street railways; Cleveland, with 500
mules of streets, has 21S miles OF
street railways. The figures for
other cities are: Buffalo, streets, $50
miles. railroads, 293; San Francisco,
streets, $50, railroads, 253; Cincin-
natl, streets, $50, railroads, EOS; Pitts
burg, streets, $50, railroads, 172, and
New Orleans, streets, 100, railroads.
SIS.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

One of the best recommendations
that Dunn has for the candidacy tol
governor is, that John E. King Of
Red Lake Falls speaks good word
or him. When you find republi-
can that j ohm has a word of praise
for you can rest assured that that
man il alright, because, it repre-
sents one extreme of Kings opinion.
There is no half way work with
John, he either rips it into fellow
or sounds his praises, especially a
republican.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
DIED, BUT ne WAS CURED.

itsss Physlcisa Espisansa pemlss 81
sss @ Adto ru4lent. " >s.,
Carroll u Wright, IN authority
upA antians q labor. passed . good
part Of his boyhood in the New Hamp-
shire tpwn or Dunbarton. There used
to live near D1Rharton . physician re-
markabje for his Righeaded stupidity.
Mr.. Wright said Of him recently:
"A good story about this physician
used to circulate in our. town. Ac'
cording to it, an old woman stopped
his gig one day, and pointed toward
a house with Grape on the door.
$50, DOCTOR she said, maliciously,
Mr.. Brown is dead, for all you prom
Used to cure him, eh?'
"The doctor looked at her In his
pompous. stupid way.
You're mistaken he said. You
didn't follow the progress Of the case.
It's true Mr.. Brown is dead, but he
died cured"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Huoe Scheme.

n "A scheme Of unparalleled magni-
tude is about to be undertaken in
California, involving the construction
of two reservoirs, one of 5000 acres
area and the other, at q level of ESQ
feet lower, of 1000 acres area. A
canal about ten miles In length will
connect the reservoirs. Provision is
Ito. be made for vertical fall Of
1000 feet, and this, It is : calculated,
will develop. { orgy equal to 100000
horse power which will be applied
i'll the generation. Of electric current
FOR long distance transmission. =:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Injurious to the Eyes.

Injurious to the Eyes.
Looking into the IRE is very injuri-
Gus to the eye, particularly coal
IRE. The stimulus of light and hess
united soon destroys the eyes. Look
ing at molten iron will soon destroy
the sight. Reading in the twilight Ii
injurious to the eyes, as they are
obliged to make great exertion. Read
ing or sewing with q side light In
jures the eyes, as both eyes should
be exposed 70 an equal force of light;
Those who wish to preserve their
sight should preserve their general
health by correct habits of living. and
give their eyes just work enough, with
a due degree of light
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Defect of the Box Kite.

The chief defect of the box kite, OF
which DR.. Langley's aerodrome is an
elaboration, is that the weight in
creases with the cube as rapidly as
the lifting power does with the
square. so that the larger the kite the
less it will lift in proportion. Prof.
Graham Bells kites are equal-sized
triangles, so that they need no brac-
ing. and it is found that the lifting
power increased at greater rate than
the increase in weight. A flock of
these kites recently lifted 200-pound
weight.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
T Advance Of "~vireless."

Consul General Richard Guenther
reports from Frankfort, April rs,
19O3:f The Berlin Tageblats pub.
fishes q message sent by its CORE.
spondent from moving railroad
train between Rangsdorf and Zossen,
stating that on that day experiments
in this line were made by the Assoc
citation for Wireless Telegraphy,
Brain. Siemens system. During the
Journey a lively com munication was
held between the moving train and
the stations of Marienfeldel and
fRangsdorf The absolute reliability
of the messages transmitted was
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
On the Road.

Sweet, we must never meet and part
again, IT,
'Twere too much pain; @&%
We needs must go our journey through
this life
Without much grief or strife for fear We
walk too slow
And we have far to 60. s&sS%5.
Sweet. you and I must never meet and
kiss
'Twere too much bliss;
We have to go our journey soberly
Without much ecstasy for fear we walk
too fast
And miss the way at last. .s
Sweet, you and must follow separate
ways
And pass our days
And not too much remember nor forGot
Too utterly. for yet, remains the Sn-
Wherein
(An our wayfaring being past and dons)
At set Of sun
After the shine and rain E;&@
We take our ease. and maybe meet
again. $t2&
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Work of Historian Kiopr.

Onno Klopp, the historian, who died
recently in Vienna, at the age of
eightyone, wrote perhaps the longest
history of the Stuarts in existence.
He was in the service Of the i<i,g OF
Hanover. till 1865 and was Ci;triotl
for his bitter hatred OF the Pr't*3'ans.
That prevented his completing his
edition Of LeibnitZ's works, IS the
Prussian government, after The war.
refused to let him consult the library
and archives at Hanover, where the
Leibnita manuscripts are.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Cathedral Pro ect Mot Popular.

Bishop Potter Of New iorI is ex-
periencing much difficulty in raising
the great sums necessary for the
construction of the Cathedral CT st.
John the Divine. Many cle,gyuen
and layrnen Of the diocese regard the
project as medieval and a decided
waste of money. So strong is this
feeling that the bishop has been
much disappointed at lack Of contri-
buttons. Rich parishioners seem to
have closed their pocketbooks for a
time at least.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

The press of the land unanimous
" deplore and crtiicise the verdict
in the Tillman-Gonzales shooting.
1t does look a good deal like south
ern justice, that is no justice at all,
but there are some extenuating cir
cumstances. Tillman had been
bounded by the editor, relentlessly
and without mercy. A man can
orally be DETAINED to the limit with
out noticing the attacking party, but
when the reflective matter is pub
ilshed it puts it in different light.
frequently persons take exceptions
to casual mention of matter pub
Gshed that might be construed as a
reflection, and become angry to such
an extent as to demand retraction Or
give some form of punishment to
get even. On this occasion Con-
zales made movement that was
considerded suspicious to Tillman's
saftey. Owing to the enmity that
existed this might well be consider
ed as movement to bring into use
deadly weapons. Under all the cir
cumstances so far as given by the
press the verdict was justified.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
F-s
"virainIa.

She plucked q blushing rosebud,
Breathed its perfume rich and rare,
And. laughing, bade me place It
IN. the crown OF shinin9 hair. y. :.,, 49,
She raised to mt Ger lovely face,
- Twas fairer than the rose, a.3 Q }@.I.
And Ger that trembling hand Of mine
felt her fingers close.
The rosebud bent to listen
To the words she Whispered low, 49,.
And that garden glowed al Eden
In the long. long ago.
And still she walks beside M
~ When the twilight shadows close.
Z Sweeter far thin any bloA0oD
n Or the lily or the rose q
II Half 20 fair or half 50 good
!: Ar winsome, gentle woman
81 With her crown o. motherh00d:
And to me she's fairer, deaEer,
With the wee or es round her chair,
Than when paced the blushing roses
H@ In sweet Virginia's hair.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Everybody Come ..:
...: SE#-
And Enjoy a ..-.
49, " r s Il
GOOD LAUGH!
Reserved Seats on sale at Nor
lands at popular prices.
Another Name For: tt.

"And now" said the irquisitive per
son who had been asking all sorts Of
"impertinent questions of the raw
boned mountaineer who sat at his
cabin door smoking a corrcob pipe,
NOW l will explain to you why have
been so inquisftive. am sociological
investigator, and am doing this in the
interest Of science and humanity"
"How things dc change" remarked
the mountaineer, as he leisurely
stretched himself. 'Whenst were Z
boy we called your kin OF people dern
snoop-nosed meddlers-"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
i On ] ! \ AD ] Y \ I: !.
" .psrna.D s'v,a.si ,.zDAr. ..,.:. II
Il NJ II. zAwLsV, BDrroa
Published Every Friday at Worth
ington, Mimi.
Rockefeller has withdrawn his
pift Of one thousand dollars year
to the Minnesota Baptists. It is q
wonder he did, not raise the price
of oil and continue the contribution.

The millers strike in Minneapolis
is thing of the past and all that re-
mains for the closing act is the de-
claring of it of by formal action by
the union. Sympathetic strikes are
not given encouragement by the
public and there is q tendency
among labor leaders to acknowledge
this fact and the sooner they advo-
cate no sympathetic strikes in their
unions tho better the working men
will fare with the public.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
An Overblessed Father.

~ An 0VerbIeS8ed Father.
There air two things" said Josh
Billings, "for which a man is generally.
.onprepared. They are-twins." Still
less is q man prepared for twins born
in two different years. In the house
of one Of the well-known inhabitants
of Chicago child was born shortly
before II o'clock on the last night Of
the old year, and soon after midnight
a second came into the world. The
result is that though the children are
twins they will have birthdays on diff
ferent days, for the one will have to
be celebrated on December 81 and the
other on January Of the following
year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
The Nights.

VO bNsSbsos
Oh, the Summer night
Has g. smile Of light,
And she sits on a sapphire throne:
While the sweet winds load her
With garlands or odor,
From the bud to the rose o'er-blown!
But the Autumn night
Has a piercing sight
And q step both strong and free:
And voice for wonder,
Like the wrath of the thunder,
When he shouts to the stormy seal
And the winter night
Is all cold and white,
And she singeth a song OF pain;
Till the wild bee hummeth.
And the warm Spring cometh,
When she dies In a dream Of RANT
Oh, the night brings sleep
To the greenwoods deep,
To the bird of the woods its nest;
To care soft hours,
To life new powers,
70 the sick and the weary-rest!
Bryan Waller Proctor
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
posDor lunaties In Britain.

poapor lunatles In Britain.
1toadily 1pr the last ten years tho
number AZ eertided Danper lunatics
In the British 1sass has been rising.
Similarly suicide ID Increasing all over
the country. Turn TO the physical
form and the tale ss the same. Army
recruits show worse teeth to the OK.
aiming medical officers every year.
It has just been found necessary to
lower the standard of height, weight
and chest measurement to degree
which is quite indie ~"'te. With all
modern athleticism there Is still a
definite tendency to increased insanity
and to physical degeneration in Great
Britain at the present day.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
|. Las Faith in Kansas.

Gov. Bailey Of Kansas has mex
naustible faith in the agricultural
future of his state. Since his inaugu-
ration he has had numerous offers
for his fine farm in Nemaha county,
but has never been tempted by the
figures named. There are several
hundred acres in the place, and the
governor has been offered SIS an acre
several times, but thinks it, worth the
even 500 at least-Chicago Chroni-
,1t,S4sls25sEE - $500 u
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23

would not make thAt diSt3nction.
The president d @ right On III
question that whether the respon-
ses come from the North the South,
the East, Of the West they al urge
the President to stand BY his deter
mination, and he will do it,
The audacity Of the unions in ask
ing the President of the United
States to dismiss an individual b.
cause he is or is not q member Of
a union is astonishing. There is an
old Roman maxim that "Whom
ever the Gods would destroy
they FIRST make mad" and
that appears to be the presiden't in
evitable tendency OF IN attempt ia
dictate to tho President Of the
United States, men whom he shall
not appoint because they are not
acceptable to union labor organiza-
tions.-Milwaukee Evening Wis.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Bad Elephants Punishment

Bad Elephant's Punlshment.
A man-killing elephant 1t Coney
Island is confined in . living grave
until such time ~ his owners decide
upon the bent method Of getting rid Of
him. An excavation twenty feet deep
was made, and after being heavily
chained ha was dragged int It down
IN incline. It is not likely that the
bad elephant will ever emerge alive,
a. there il q tradition among circus
men that the temper Of man-killers In.
variably grows worse with time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-23
Selecting 4 School Teacher.

Selecting q School Teacher.
The village council of Arzien (Swit-
1erland) have struck upon a novel way
of selecting q school teacher. They
first examined the candidates as to
their physical stature and strength.
Then they invited them all to supper,
where the candidates had to show their
social qualifications, In conversation,
recitations and songs. The best enter
tainer was elected.