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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17
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I. { oll''nlI.|l|:1p,ol un|d
Permanently Cures Sick and
Nervous Headaches that
II Make Life Miserable. Z

q Sick and nervous headaches are amongst
tie worst ills of life. The man or woman who
s. subject to headache At irregular intervals,
goes through life bearinga load Of misery
and wretchedness that IS terrible TO think
Of. Is I'll = .ts.s7s. ,fi ,s,5>. $,,G ,s... !
A, Headaches Is rule, result from dis.
ordered condition Joi the nervous system.
Mental excitement, loss Of sleep, bodily
fatigue, and disordered digestion are exciting
causes. When the brain becomes tired and
sdebilitated, the whole nervous system is weak.
iened, and headaches result. II the liver IS
sluggish, the kidneys inactive, and digestion
defanged, headaches invariably follow. To
cure and prevent headache, the nervous sys.
TEN must be strengthened and vitalized.
The most persistent cases Of headache, nervous
sfeebleness, and sleeplessness, are permanently
cured by Paine's Celery Compound; it IS the
great reconstructant of the nervous system.
Mrs. Henry Westrick, ST. Clair, Mich, tells
of her release from suffering as follows -:
4 !" I have been troubled with dyspepsia and
sick headache for number of years. About
every week would have, a bad spell of sick
headache, but since began using Paine's
Celery Compound, my dyspepsia is gomez and,
i do not have any more headaches. I feel
better than have for years." -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17

rented Tor. this, season. Nelson has
not yet fully determined whether
or not he will move to that country.
The horses Of Kriene De Berg,
that were cut in the wire fence,
both died. On Wednesday evening,
July sth, Scott Marshall y and
Benna sietsema Joined hands and
fortunes forlife. They were married
at the Baptist church il sibley, and
the ceremony was witnessed by
quite q number Of relatives and
friends. MI. Marshall Is a resident
OF sibley; is q young man Of good
reputation, and with very fair
prospects Tor the future. The bride
il the daughter Of our neighbor, 81.
seitsema, and is young women Of
sterling worth; staid and sensible,
yet young in heart as in years. For
some two years she has not been
among her Ransom friends very
much, as she has been away most Of
the time, teaching school il Iowa
Her many friends will sinoerelywish
that her. life may be long and happy.
During the recent visit 81 the
Rev. Nj. Arvlck, had the pleasure
Of meeting him, and learned some
thing Of himself and his work. He
IL now located in the northeastern
part North Dakota, : country
sparsely settled and where the
minister's duties are arduous.
Nevertheless MI. Arvick speaks
enoouragingly Of his work, nay
more, is enthusiastic over it. The
Scandinavian minister occupies q
position in the newer section Of the
country very different from that Of
the ordinary minister. He's perhaps
the one educated man among his
people; he is looked up to, and is
not only their spiritual guide, but
Is their trusted in counselor other
matters. We're it not for the self
denying work done by the men,
many Of their countrymen would
drift away into bad. habits. These
men are doing a great work, doing
it very quietly. Robert Shore.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17
THE. PASSING OF CLOTHES.

THE PASSING OF CLOTHES. n
This melodr drama in clothes is re-
corded il il 81 udge'' and will IN.
doubtedly be appreciated by ell
woraen readers Of mature age and
those Of the, other sex who are not
too gui,eless to know what it's all
about. I, t5 D 4 ", ]: Us, s5.ss s .5s f#
In the attic there met hoop skirt,
a hustle: and q corset. 3
''Good morning, friends,'' said
the corset, who was q new arrival.
The others saluted graciously ,i
.t:r IT has been . long time. since !
saw you,' said the corset to the
hustle. Il =.2 =5 5$.
eyes answered the hustle.
t'They told me to 60 way back
and sit down quite while ago"
And IL mur,nured the hoop
skirt. IT once had ms day of use
fulness and / must say I enjoyed
life while / was in society," s
# 81 understand, = commented the
corset, that you whooped things
up, consid erably. = I
Indeed II did, - answered the
hoop skirt with q futter of pride.
III / do say It myself, they all
had to make room for me-
but at last, y observed the hustle
= trifle maliciously, ''you had to 90
in order to make room for them. =.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17
WAR UPON MUSTARD.

There is an immense and menac-
ing quantity of mustard gwowing
in the fields throughout the country
This is especially true in the west
terra counties. Our farmers should
commence war upon it at once and
never let up until the mustard is kill
ed out and given away to growing
Of grain and things that are useful.
It is quite easy to get rid Of mustard
ia little jude ement and labor aud
q lot Of perseverance ls used. a very
reliable authority il this county
says that the .propsr.and easy way
to get rid Of mustard is to pull it
where it is not too thick. When,
however, it has been allowed to
spread itself everywhere and there
is too much Of it to be pulled it
should b cropped out, Put the mus
,tard field in corn and cultivate we'll
both ways throughout the season.
The following year disc in grain
and seed down to clover. The next
year cut the clover twice and cut it
early. Then pillow the clover under
late ia the fall and put the field in
corn again. This rotation will do
the work and in a few years the
land will yield feed instead Of weeds
and in addition it will gain greatly
in fertility by the corn and clover
cropping. THERE'S a Law on our
statute books that any one may en-
force against ths man who allows
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17
RANSOM nj :.

Jacob Steven, who is at work on
c Guernssy's new house expects to
finish in few days. he has some
other jobs to do in the neighborhood
after he gets through here. M
Nelson Scott has gone up into the
northern part OF the state to look
after his real estate interests there.
He owns . farm up there, which is
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17
JUDGE ,sEvERANC AGAIN


w JUDGE ,SEvERANCE AGAIN. \.
Judge / sevSrance's law partner,
vouches for tn following character
istic incident n that aged juriSts
career. X
On "a afternoon recently the
judge met upon Nc streets Of Man
kato = very stylish dressed lady
acquaintance, who in s most grace
ful and up-to-daSe manner was
holding up her skir\ with her lett
hand tho dress bling sort of .
wound and drawn abut her shape
" form as q wet dIg sometimes
e1twines and hugs -th pole III a
stiff breeze. After beaWJi s6tly
saluting the lady Of fashion he laid !:
MADAM, why don't you carry .
setchels @"s
II would be 90 much moro hlndy
for you. Y. * l.,s
WHAT do you mean, Judged she
asked in establishment. 90
I II mean that it would be much
easier TO carry q satchel, az OBJ
serve that now you have to carry 9
large share Of your clothing in Jour
hand. -Cynic in Sentinel
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17

. ~ Z zg..... ELK. =. "" a. I, =
School meeting, Saturday eve,
ths 18th. h. I: I. i !, J :S s5,,s:o
Small grain on high ground is
good. ~ =
Haying has come and promises a
good crop. '.:ss. Il. ~. rs. 81,
q Albert Little has his new barn
nsariy flashed. .... ,:.s,. w.. !.
JaAes Scutt and wife started
north Last Monday to look the
country over. !,
Bort Erickson spent the 18th with
lii parents ct Clara City and re-
turned home Monday. he says crops
tofaIl kinds are better up there than
they are down here. He thinks OF
noving up there in the spring.
Quite . number Of our town peo-.
rs are going to Fulda this summer
% do their trading. About the next
thing you will see in Worthington
will be igns stuck up: Keep Of.
tie Sidewalk, : instead Of the grass.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17
''True.' rstorts1 the hoop skirt

True rstortsl tbs hoop skirt
"but you had to go d.
EXCUSE ma" interrupted the
corset sadly, ''but it does no good to
indulge in this reorimination. I
remember when l first attained
popularity. 1t was said then that I
had come to stay"
The three were 'mingling their
tears, when Dame Fashion gropad
her way through the attic!" Hsre
they are. she cried. "Just what I
want for next season.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17
BANK SNEAK.

Some one entered the State hnk
Wednesday, soon after Cashier and
Mrs. Kennedy had gone to their
rooms over the Bank. Who eveF it
was they were very deliberate in
their actions, and covered theii re-
treat in nice shape when they found
that Mr.. Kennedy was at hons, land
after them. There were three young
fellows seen watching different
places Sunday and it is probable
that they were the parties. Nag
nOlia Advance - &
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17

John Darby has sold out his in
terest in bis horse exchange barn
to A. G. Leistioo and has accepted a
position with Deeting maohino
company as travelling salesman.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS,


Meeting called to order by Pres.
E. A. Trip, all members present.
Minutes read and approved.
= Petition in regard to public
nuisance on lot "a blk IS, referred to
Pres. E.. A. Trip.
Request for catch basin on
Oklahoma street was referred to com
mittea on streets, alleys and sewers.
i Following bill were allowed:
Claud Wood labor .<.,@ Z 22.20
G. Anderson labor r.. "A 90.
Fred Kuhl work on roads 400
n. N. Twicthell work on
z$ r.. " roads ~ -':-' ~ 1870
Albert Levine work on roads 1925
z. NJ. Smith labor 500
Viscosity Oil Co., supplies 65:65
Elec Engineering Co., sup. 5S
I e. plies q. $3.50
J.. D., and W. !. tHumiston re. % .1:s. 3
10
n VI X turn meter <5%.,s 1880
Northwestern Etc Co. sup -.
a.. 5 t'S' plies, :. ss>.. ~ $500
American Elec Co., supplies 40.
Swanson and Anderson sup ssss
s plies ~ @a. Is
G. ]. smallwood, rent ..'ifs &. 3
'c5a &, phone, #t.1 5.s * 1885
A. B. Albertus treas fire .tjt34
.sr- j. ;:%;G company y9 IT, .,sl 1925
P. "A. Heinl repairing +. 31.19
W. q. Ramage drayage 1440
Harvey Rev, assessing 1os.0o
Peavy Elevator Co., coal 1880
M. s. Smith, map sewerage #,31
15ss3l system 1914 1900
Joe FrOnk cleaning hose 1.bO
j. NJ. Plotts Ex Frt postage
Il @4G etc III .s5 .3r- 1900
John Adams burying COW LOO
a n
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Edgar L. Porter library fund 10000
NJ. P. Mann and WI Humistonl
were appointed as an auditing
committee for the year to audit
the accounts Of the clerk every
three months. Meeting adjourned.
..>~y i #, ~ Loren Clark Recorder. 4.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17

NH. Austin returned home from
a prolonged business trip q LaPorte
City, Tuesday evening. 'as' 81
The Misses Mabel and Jessie Bry-
den, Of Rushmore, arrived Wednes-2
day and are the guests at the home
Of j. FL. Scott. =. ~ s' 70
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} +F&tsI IA F47t F8.tl N JEE'38fI4 1T ~ y
yellow mustard to grow in his fields
However, this law will not kill the
mustard and no one likes to com
plain Of a neighbor to compel him
to clean up his field. The man who
has mustard should weed it out for
his own protection and profits, and
he should be considerate enough not
to allow anything to grow on his
fields that is likely to spread to ad-
joining lands and damage his neigh
:bors. Freeborn County Times. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-07-17

Rev. F.. ". Gebhard, pastor ~
the German Lutheran church
at Spafford dedicated q new church
Of the same denomination at Mad
ison,s D. last Sunday, the 18th in
slant; on next Sunday, July TO- hoSS
will preach at Wilmont and intzu-I
duce new minister to the congre
CATION who will become their pasto
Mrs. Coughran, Mrs. Rev and Mr.
Conway, gave e delightful garden
tea on the beautiful lawn around
Mrs. Cou8hran 8 residence, Tuesday n
evening. to about twenty invited &
guests, the yard was tastifulful dec
grated with rugs, flags and bunting IL
and handsomely lighted with Chin
ese lanterns, making one N of tS1
gatherings ever witnes \
in the city. fs5., s E5ss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
Excursions io Birmingham.

New York merchants induce the railroads to carry at a cent-a-mile rate other merchants to and from their city. Trains are started from the very ends of this broad country, and pas sengers are speeded to New York on them at the low rate. Other cities, some large, some small, do likewise. In fact every enterprising city Is talk ing hand in the new commercial en- terprise.
 nesseeans or Georgians or Floridans, but it does desire to see brought here people from all parts of Alabama, and from Mississippi as well. If the rail roads could run one merchants train each month to this city and return, they would do great deal toward building up commercial center that in turn would make money for them A large commercial town in any state largely increases railroad revenues, and the railroads ca create such town here in Jones Valley if they will run train once month to and from Birmingham.
 The Age-Herald appeals to the rail roads of Alabama and Mississippi to take the question into consideration If the proposed monthly train would not "pay" the railroads it would not "pay" this town or the tributary ter ritory in the two states, and vice versa It would in fact prove profit able to both, and few months trial of it would convince the railroads there is money in it for them, even from the start.
 The Commercial Club and the Board of Trade should lay the subject before the railroads, and perhaps the plan al. ready in free use in other parts of the country can be transplanted to Ala bama and Mississippi with mutual profit to the railroads and to this | town
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
Action of the Press Association.

When one-third of the members of the press association openly voted in favor of the unlawful sale of railroad passes, it IS certain there is something rotten this side of Denmark. The vote on the proposition was 3S to IT, when 1t should have been passed without an opposing vote or voice The resolu- tion in question, offered by Gen. Rufus N. Rhodes, reads as follows:
 Resolved by the Alabama Press asso- ciation, That the lending. giving away or sale of transportation by any newspaper or newspaper owner, publisher. manager or editor, except under the terms of con tracts with transportation companies. and the use of the transportation by anyone except it be issued in his or her name is both Illegal and improper, and such con duct is condemned by this association"
 It is difficult to understand how any one could conscientiously vote against General Rhodes resolution, but one third did so vote. Fortunately for the one-third there was no roll call on the resolution.
 When the proceedings of the special press meeting are read up and down and between the lines it seems to be plain that the useful days of the asso-
 
 citation are ended, and that 1t would be better, all things considered, to dissolve the association, and organize perhaps new one on a sounder basis. The Age-Herald declines to consider the recent meeting fair exponent of the press of the state. The county papers of the state-the weeklies-are enterprising and creditable, and not few of them are sound in money and credit. As whole they are an honor to the state, and they are improving year by year Surely the better coun- ty papers will not applaud or sus- tain the proceedings of the recent meeting.
 The Gordian Knot, so to speak, can best be cut by starting anew--starting lover again." letting by-gones be by zones, and taking precious good care that no one is admitted who does not heartily endorse General Rhodes res olution relative to the transfer of transportation personally issued.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
A REMARKABLE VILLAGE.
Communal System at Minamoto, Ja
 pan-sumptuary Law Enforced

From the New York Times.
 Baron Kodama, the Japanese minister of the interior, recently made a visit or inspection to a remarkable village in the Samby district of Chiba- Ken. The minis ter's curiosity had been aroused by re- ports regarding the communal system in the village and he went there to see for himself how the system worked.
 The name of the village is Minamoto. It contains about 300 families. the total num- Der of inhabitants being 1900 It IS 10 one man. the ex-headman, Namiki, that the credit of having brought the commun- ity to it's present condition Is almost wholly due. Namiki resigned his post last March after having directed the village affairs for nine years.
 In educational matters Minamoto Is ahead of even the most advanced Of the Japanese cities. Every one of the 125 boys who have reached school age Is attending school Of the 1O2 girls ss attend school, while of the 14 others most are only re- siding temporarily in the community. The school has permanent fund amounting to about 12000 yen, (s6O00 which yields an income more than sufficient to pay the whole school expenses. although not a cent is asked in the way of fees for the children.
 This system of financing the village edu- cation is to be extended to other public affairs, and. beginning this year, the vil- lage office has begun the work of creat- ing another permanent fund of 10000 yen, the interest of which is to be used to meet all the rates and taxes the villagers have to pay. When this fund is complete the villagers will be practically exempt from the payment of any public taxes.
 To Occidental eyes the most remarkable feature of the community is the sumptu- ary law, which is strictly enforced No silk garment is tolerated and the giv- ing of banquets on the enrollVent or dis bandment of conscripts, customary throughout Japan. is discouraged. No pains are spared to inculcate habits of thrift and diligence among the villagers.
 The members of the community are all zealous Buddhsts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
Pleasures of Youth

It Is now the reign of the circus and sugarcane," said gentleman who re- membered his youth, land the heart of the small boy is made glad. I see that a few chestnuts can also be had for the consideration of cents, but they don't taste so good as when gathered in the woods after youthful trials and tribula- tions.
 We people immersed in the cares and hustle of city life have scant conception of the joy that thrills the country youth when this season arrives, and so many pleasures are opened before him. So far shipments of sugarcane have been rather small in Birmingham. Very few dealers along Morris avenue have handled any at all, and those who did soon disposed of their stocks. Although we do not get much of the luscious cane here, the coun- try boy is making way with lots of it, and l wish could be along to help. I don't believe so much sugarcane Is eaten now as formerly In rural districts is where the long stalks are in demand. In city 1t Is too cumbersome in the first place. and no one seems to have time to eat 1t with that enjoyment which accompanied the operation in the days of our youth.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01

wonderfully productive, and until they fail-until we have poor crops and the energies displayed in our mines give out, no one need look for panic, for it will not come The panicky condi- tions are confined to wind and water in Wall street, and there they will stay while field and forest, mine and factory are well maintained No. one is authorized to say what the crops of next year will be They are as likely to be larger than those of the present year as to be smaller, and if they are larger no lot of Wall street gamblers can create panic in this great country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
Graft in Australia.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald
 To quite an extent, Americans have been taught to look on Australia as an ideal country from the governmental point of view. Politics there, we have been told time and time again. is not to be compared with politics in our own country, particularly as regards the gov erning of municipalities. But our ideals have now received very severe shock from report recently submitted to committed of the city council of Sidney, New South Wales. The committee on pub lie health had been Investigating the dust nuisance, and they called on the town clerk for his views. He declared that the root of the whole trouble was to be found in the political patronage which pervaded municipal life. The city politicians inter fered continually with the city employees, either to secure positions or promotions for their favorites. Men who. had been suspended for cause, such as drunkenness or incompetency, had frequently beenre- stored to their old positions at the order of some of the aldermen. The city survey or testified that he was confident he could do away with such conditions give better seryiee,. and save the city from s25,000 to $35,000 a year if he were allowed a free hand to hire promote, or discharge the employees of his force. So much attention was attracted by this report that the mayor has appealed to the city council to take some action to prevent this in- reference with the public employees. But as the members of the council are the ones who have been making the trouble, it is doubtful if any thorough reform can be expected from them Graft" evidently enters into municipal politics in Australia as 1t does in the United States.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
Governor Je,ks' Pardons.

Scarcely any one will say that Gov. ernor Jelks erred when he issued a parole to the least guilty of the three negroes who assaulted Conductor Brooks of the East, Lake car line. He had served five years when Governor Jelks decided to release him on parole. All who were interested in the case, including the street railway. officials, asked for the release Of the negro.
 But if any one criticizes the release of the Birmingham negro surely no one will be so hard-hearted as to say that the release on parole of an aged Confederate soldier in Chambers coun- ty was an error. The veteran had
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-01
Shoe Horns.

Since the day when high-topped boots and shoes were popular has passed away and low cut footwear has become stylish the shoe horn has become an important article of manufacture" said travelling man. You are familiar with the little nickel-plated affairs to be found in all shoe stores but there are a great many varieties and some of them very costly A price of $100 Is not unusual but you seldom see such expensive trinkets down here. The horns are mace Of many mate- fials, including celluloid, steel, fine woods, silver tortoise shell, ivory and gold. As may be imagined readily the latter are most costly and also the most handsome Steel and nickel shoe horns can be bought for 50 cents or one dollar in most of the stores while a cheaper grade is often given away with the purchase.
 Those of fine woods are usually made or ebony or snakewood These can be bought for 75c. Many styles characterize the ivory horn, which can be had for prices ranging from s to s14 Tortoise smell horns sell for more than those made or ivory, while one of amber commands the nice sum of s25. But silver and gold horns excel all others in elegance. Many handsome designs are manufactured. among them Specimens of Renaissance art Silver horns are sold at figures rang ing from s4.5O to s22. Those of gold can De bought for almost any figure. s1oO being an average price. It looks to me like wanton extravaganza to spend so much money for a thing that is best when cheapest