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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
HIS MEMORY is PERFECT.
Pittsburg Justice Has Remarkable
Mental Tenacity.

Pittsburg Justice Has Remarkable
Mental Tenacity.
When it comes to 'nind-reading,
memory and startlingly clear recollec-
tion of past things and places, Magis-
trate William J. Hughes must not be
lost sight of. There is not lawyer
in town that can show better mental
tenacity than this same representa-
tive Of the minor judiciary. An Incl
dent occurred recently that showed
this trait of Magistrate Hughes. A
lawyer entered his Office, and, after
short chat over affairs in general,
asked If the docket could be shown
him on which case three years old
appeared.
II want to take some detailed notes
of the case, the names Of some defend.
ants, and two witnesses, and their ad-
dresses at that time," the lawyer said.
why, that's easy" exclaimed the
E3udge Get out your notebook and
pencil, and I will tell you."i The law
yer looked surprised, but the judge
smilingly gave him the required in
formation without looking at the
docket.
Just to prove to the lawyer that
everything was "straight" the Judge"
opened an old docket, and showed that
his memory was not at fault.-Pitts-
burg Telegraph.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Built on Prehistoric Plans.

NJ. Henneberg, a great silk manu-
facturer, who recently retired from
business, has built for himself on
Lake Constance a habitation exactly
after the modal OF 4 Tehisteric lake
dwelling shown in the Zurich, museum
The building, which is about 200 feet
off the coast of the lake, rests upon
piles, few yards above the level OF
the water. 1t consists Of only one
room, and it's framework is made from
the wood of the yew tree. Round this
room a gallery extends to width or
some five feet or seven feet. The
walls consist of willow wickerwork
and mud plaster, the floor of hard
muo and plated willow, and the cell
ing of pressed straw. The walls are
ornamented with designs drawn with
coal and bullock's blood.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
NAMES FOR THE TWINS.
seven-Year-old's Suggestions Fit All
Possibilities.

seven-Year-old's Suggestions Fit All
Possibilities.
Carl was but seven years Of age,
and was greatly excited when he heard
that twins were born in a neighbor's 8
house. He asked all manner of ques-
tions of his school teacher about the
subject, until he had formed fair
estimate as to what twins really were.
With great impatience he waited until
evening came, in order to tell his
father the ey.wonderful news. He ended
his burst OF information by saying
eagerly: "I've got names for them!
If they were mine I'd cal them Peter
and Repeater"
"That's very NICE said the father,
pleased at his sons intelligence; "but
what If they are girls?"
Carl's ardor~was by no means damp
ened. After awhile he pulled his
fathers paper away. . -.
'~'"If they were girls,''@ he said SOL.
emnly, "Pd call 'em Kate and Dupli.
cate"
But, Carl" said the father, "I'm
ssorry, but l understand that one is a
boy and the other is a girl"
Chagrined, but by no means daunted,
Carl went and curled himself up on
the sofa to think out the new compli.
cation. All at once he burst out:
Papa, if one was a baby boy, and
the other baby girl, Pd-Id call 'en,
Max and Climax."-Los Angeles
Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
NOVEL TRICK OF sWlNDLER.
Whole TrainIoad Of Passengers Were
His Victims.

Whole TrainIoad Of Passengers Were
His Victims.
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania was
once riding from Cleveland to Toledo
on q train to the rear of which were
hitched two immigrant cars. At 8
O'Clock in the evening man entered
the Pullman car where the senator sat
and said:
Ladies and .Gentleman-A child has
Just been born IN one OF the immigrant
cars. It's boy, and though we are
in Ohio. l am Pennsylvania. AS
Senator Quay is on the train it is pro-
posed to name the baby Quay Cobel-
eski, and that we al! chip in and raise
a purse for him.
They Clipped. Quay contributed IS.
saying he was proud of the honor. The
man passed on into the car with $780,
T An hour later it was learned that no
child had been born on the train. and
that the fellow had raised $50 and
dropped off at way station.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
THE lNcREAsE IN sulclDEe.

More Persons, Here and Abroad, Ars
t.E Yearly Taking Their Lives.
"A rapid increase in the number OF
suicides in New York city in proper
tion to the population is shown by the
health department statistics which
have just been made public. In 1892
IA persons took their lives out Of every
100000 Inhabitants. In 1902 there were
20 suicides to each 100000. s.'+<.
This rapid increase is in line with
q tendency noticeable not only In
cities but also in rural districts In
much the larger part Of the civilized
world. It has not gone so far as yet
in New York, however, as to bring the
annual suicide rate to as high a point
as it reached in some European cities.
In Dresden. for instance, the rate is
81 per 100000 inhabitants. In Paris
it 10 -; in Berlin, SO; In Vienna, %;
in Stockholm, a.; in London, %. The
lowest rates reported from any of the
large European cities are from Lisbon
and Madrid, with only 2 and 3 sui
cides per, 100000 per annum respeo-
lively.
The statistics showing the increase
in the rate in the main European coun.
tries are very significant. In France,
for instance, as against 1877 per 1O0,-
900 inhabitants rs years ago the rate
is now 22.4. In Germany the increase
is about the same, and in Belgium only
a little less. Austria increased by 3.9
per 100000. Hungary by 2.7, England
by 1.5, Scotland by 1.8. Russia showed
no increase. These are the rates for
the entire population Of the countries
named, and not merely for the cities,
where the increase has been in general
much more rapid.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
A MIGHTY MAD WOMAN.
She Did Not Appreciate Ride "a
+ Il u = Qfreef Car Fender tESf@

She Did Not Appreciate Ride %
= Street Car Fender. q sY$ M
A cable train was scooting down
State street as fast as the wire ropO
could drag it. The gripman was rat-
Ting Oft "Hiawatha" on the gong,
and just ahead a woman. who was
almost as broad as she was tall, had
pre-emptied the track. The gripman
released the hold on the cable and
switched from Hiawatha to break.
down Jig, but the woman never.
stirred.
The next instant the street car
Jumped" the pre-empted claim in the
street and 25O pounds of mighty mad
woman was taking ride on the fem
der. The gripman stopped the cable
train, leaped over the dashboard Of
the car and expected to find a dead
woman. But she wasn't dead. In
deed, she was sitting there adjusting
her hat. When she caught sight Of
the gripman she ground her teeth
together, leaned forward, shook her
fist at him and said. Blame you.
anyhow!"
A minute later she was up and
away without saying another word
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
vsrp| cA7S0G Meea.
How Puss Was Lcd 70 Detect Leak
t3.4% NJ . In Water Pine. . l,}&r a2

How Puss Was Led TO Dstse< Leak
NJ. In Water Pipe. @
Making her cat act ss her plumber
was the ingenious feat that a woman
Of Manayunk, Pa, accomplished the
other day. This woman had noticed
that ono Of the pipes connected with
the washstand in her bathroom leak
ed, and she wished to locate the leak
precisely without tearing out any
more of the wall than was needful.
Accordingly she shut her cat up
in the parlor-the parlor 10 directly
below the bathroom-and into the ba-
sin Of the defective washstand she
poured q vial of the oil valerian.
Cats are excessively fond of the odor
of valerian; a cat would rather inhale
this odor than eat hsh. The Mana
yunk woman's cat, after it had been In
the parlor q few minutes. began to
purr. Purring. It crossed the room;
it settled itself on the floor with its
face to one spot on the wall. and
here its mistress found It when she
came down stairs, its nose glued to
the spot. smiling and purring ecstatic"
ally.
The wall was opened at this point.
and here, sure enough, the leak was
found. Here the valerian had trickled
through, imparting its intoxicating
odor to the cat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Smart Tramp

While walking up Eighth street one
afternoon not long ago, says Phila-
delphia real estate agent, was stop
ped by man who had the appearance
of being tramp.
"Say, mister" he said. have you
two nickels for q diner"
I took cut my pocketbook and found
had the required change.
"Yes," replied, now where is your
dime'"
"Oh," he answered, 81 don't want
any dimes changed; but I'd be much
obliged If you would give me nickel
to buy a cup OF coffee. Every other
person asked said they had no
change"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
The Kiss.

We were walking home together
Through the fragrant fields of June,
In the sweet, enchanted weather.
When the earth is all in tune;
Secrets in our hearts, unspoken;
Over us the blue unbrcken
Hung the slender. crescent moon.
Love and Hope were mine to guide me
In the scented atmosphere,
And with Beauty close beside me
Paradise itself was near:
Love vas in the air, I knew it;
Leaves. they lisped 1t; breezes blew It:
And upon the grass in dew 1t
Mingled in the moonlight clear.
White she was-a moonlit lily
Were not lovelier to see
In it's garden BOULDER stilly!
Fairer than flower was she!
Sped, as 'twere q lyric shaft her
Lips let co. and Echo after
Followed us with melody.
Echo followed-so did Cupid
Whispering along the way;
I could hear them murmur. "Stupid,
Why not kiss her. when you may?
While the stars and moon on high light
Hear" my heart said. land obey"
So took my hearts suggestion.
And, when next l heard sigh,
All Of love went in the question
bsn And setermed b4ef IN her p.s} rsRy nut
With a first kiss tangled in It,
Think, what luck 1t was to win 1t.
With horseshoe in the sky!
Felix Carmen in Life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Why "DaiIy Bread"

A teacher in private class in 9
West Philadelphia school was explain
ing the petition in the Lords Prayer:
1--WE ask for our daily bread" she said,
''to teach us not to be greedy, but only
prudent in providing for our wants, and
that we are to have great confidence
in me providence of God" After she.
was through she asked one boy why
we did not say, "Give us this month
our bread" To her establishment, he
quickly replied, Because it would get
stale and mouldy."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Accounted For.

A lady who was returning home
one evening after completing her
shopping happened to glance at some
pots of honey.
Thinking they would be very nice.
she went inside and purchased one.
After the pot was opened she was
very much annoyed at some hairs that
were In the honey.
The next morning she returned with
the jar and asked the shopkeeper how
they had got there.
"Oh," he replied, they must have
come out of the comb!''-Exchange.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Life in a Toletoi Colony.


There are three Tolstoi settlements
in England-at Christchurch; Pur-
leigh, Essex, and on the Cotswold
Hills, no long distance from Glou-
cester, but rather nearer to the town
of Stroud. The current number Of
the magazine called Vitality has an
illustrated article on the latter col
ony, with which the editor was rather
disappointed" It was begun i've
years ago on the communal plan, but
that failed. There are now eight huts,
with ten men, four women and four
children, on this Whiteway farm, the
inhabitants including two young men
belonging to q well-known London
family. Government is passive, and
there is non.resistance to wrongs
done.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
A Feathered Quadruped.

The natural history class was in
full swing and the schoolteacher was
manifesting his usual inQuisitiveness.
willie Rowlands," he called. what
do We cali a creature with two legs"
"A biped, SIR" said Willie.
'Name one."
"A man, SIR"
"Good." was the flattering comment.
'Now are their any feathered bipeds?"
Eyes, sir: chickens and ostriches."
"That's right. Now, what Is
quadruped?"
"A creature with four legs"
"Quite correct. Can you tell me
If there are any feathered Quadru-
peds?"
"No-el-oh yes, sir. I've just
thought of one"
"Have you? What is it,"
"A feather bed, SIR"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Failure.


He brought me to his garden rare,
TO give me Of his best;
He pulled q lily for my hair,
The jasmine for my breast,
And Allied my lap with roses red,
For they were born Of love. he said.
All day he taught me garden lore.
The way to sow and prune,
And what to waste and how to store
From fitful March to June;
And then he left me mistress there,
Proud mistress Of the garden rare.
I worked with calous hand and eye
His Watchful praise to win;
But O, the creepers shot so high.
The weeds did over-sin!
And when his coming he delayed
I grew mistrustingly afraid.
The roses, too hegan to fade,
His roses born of love!
Perchance 1t was the willows shade
Big boughs could not move: 3,
know not, but in wild dismay @rl ~
I kissed them lead, and fled away.
Lillian Street. in English Country Life
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
rHE CITY or cRocop,LEs.s
oaih 70 Have Been BUTT by Pharaoh
In t}1e Province o. Fayum.

eath 70 Have Been BUTT by Pharaoh
In the Province o. Fayusn.
The crocodile, one Of the most "a
cred animals Of the east, has given
its name to several aucient sites. OF
thsivarious "Cities Of Crocodiles." the
names Of which have been handed
down to US by Herodotus, Pliny and
str3bo, perhaps the most striking was
the "Crocodilopolis" Of the an
Client Egyptian province Of Fayum.
which. according to tradition, was
built by that Pharaoh who made the
lives Of the children Of Israel bitter
with hard service" .,
This province lies within an almost
complete circle of hills-a little oasis
In the midst of the desert, where roses
and grapes mingle with figs and olives,
and palm trees grow almost into for
ests.
Its capital is Medinet, and little to
the north Of the city are number of
irregularly shaped mounds. Beneath
these are the ruins of the Pharaoh
built "Crocodilopolis," the "City of
Crocodiles," later called Arsinoe, and
the shrine of the sacred crocodile OF
the neighboring Lake Moeris, which
was then $50 miles in circumference.
This lake held the sacred croeodiles,
and as each died in turn 1t was buried
in one of the 1,500 underground sepulS
chres of the world famed labyrinth"
at hand side by side with the embalm-
ed bodies of successive pharaohs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Auto Grab.

Gen. Andre, the French minister OF
war, has decided to take steps to Sc
cure the registration of automobiles
owned by all Frenchmen liable to
army service, so that the military au-
thorities could Immediately reQuisi-
tior them in time of war. During the
annual training of reserve and terri
torial regiments officers are to ascer-.
tain and register the names Of all men
holding chauffeur's certificates. and
these names are then to be communt-
Gated to depot commanders so as to
facilitate automobile mobilization.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Had a Job for Him.

James J.. Hill admits his defeat. It
is a notable event, as it is the first
time on record. 1t happened thus:
He was dining the other day with
friend, who told him that the owner
of Dan Patch. had put in to the as.
SCISSORS office a list in which the fam
GUS PAGER figured at valuation of
$261. '..,
Mr. Hill figured on that for a min.
ute, and then he said: ..:.
"That beats my forty-dollar COW,
don't it? Wonder if that man would
take a Job on Great Northern!"-
New York Times
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
VITAL POINT NOT THERE.
Much Information, But Not Just What
He Wanted.

Much Information, But Not Just What
He Wanted.
Now's the time the Bookstore Win
'dows snow a most engaging lot
OF the How To" books and essays
telling How and How to Not
How to Know the Purple Pansy When
You Meet it in the Wood;
How to Tell the Poison Toadstool; i;
When 1t Is or Isn't Good;
How to Recognize a Sparrow, Fight
ing in the Garden Dirt:
How to Pick Out Proper Patterns for
a Woodland Walking Skirt;
How to Feed the Shining Gold Fish;
,- How to Know the Cuckoo's
a., Call; ~
How to Deal With Mr.. Burglar When
You Meet Him in the Hall; IN !,
How to Play at Table. Tennis; How
to Ping and How to Pong;
How to do Artistic Fretwork; How
to Write Funny Song;
How to Bet on Running Horses, So
You'll Surely, Surely Win;
How to Walk Home in the Evening
~, After Losing All Your 'Tin";
How to Win Timid Maiden with a
Soft, Persuasive Coo;
HOW to Make Her Think She's Got to
= Leave Her Happy Home for
YOU
Though I've searched the bookshop
scr -.- windows high and low, from
morn till night,
I have never yet discovered: How
to Sell the Stuff Write.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
The Grave Of Byron.

o winds. that ripple the long grass.
Grow still and lingering as you pass
o winds, that kiss the jeweled sea:
About this laurel tree.
For him I pluck the laurel crown;
1t ripened In the western breeze,
Where Sausalito's hills look down
Upon the golden seas.
And sunlight fingered in its leaves
From dawn until the scarce-dimmed SKY
Changed to the light of stars, and waves
Sang to 1t constantly.
I weave. and strive to weave tone.
A touch, that somehow when 1t lies
Under his sacred dust alone
Beneath the English skies.
The sunshine Of the arch it knew,
The calm that wrapt its native hill,
The love that wreathed its glossy hue,
May breathe around it still:
BY Ina D. Coolbrith.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
A Frequent Complaint.

Zone would think" said the taxpay.
er to the city official, that a fellow
who was as anxious to get into that
Office as you were would be willing to
stay there at least an hour a day"
That seemed to be logical, too, but
sometimes it doesn't work out that
way. ,.,a.. -. -,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Heart Disease in Young Men.

Heart Disease in Young Men.
The Prussian war department finds
that in every 1000 young men arriv-
ing at the age of military duty, seven
teen are suffering from heart disease.
Stricaler, who has been studying the
subject, declares that the cause of the
great prevalence is the increasing de-
generacy and nervousness OF the youth
of the land.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
4 TIME FOR THINKING.
Senator's Mind Was Wrestling with
%s@Y Serious Question.

Senator's Mind Was Wrestling With
#3 Serious Question. ~ -
. A story current in Washington just
now tells of the house hunting 81
perience Of . certain senator from the
northwest, whose romantic marriage
to . Delaware lady recently received
much attention in the press. v
It appears that the senator was
shown through one swell mansion BY
the owner thereof In person. . woman
OF considerable moment in Washing
ton society. -
81 am not at all anxious to lease
my home duringmy absence from this
country" explained the lady, "as l
shall. Of course, have to let it fur
nished, and have feared to do that
because of the expensive fittings l.
have placed in it. In your case, how
ever" she added, II shall only be too
glad to rent you the house, knowing,
as I do. that in your hands there will
be no danger that my furniture will
not be taken care of. I will lease for
44,500."
l u0 60udCOI OAU AOt AOPAyS Ou1 NOA4-
tinued to gaze out of the window, just
as he had done all through the wom-
ans talk.
"Why, senator!" she exclaimed.
what on earth are you looking at so
intently?"
81 was thinking
"Thinking?" echoed the lady.
"Yes," answered he, II am thinking,
or rather wondering, what, if I should
take your house, should do with
the remaining $500 of my salary"
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Promises Unsupported.

A good story is told Of Prof. Jebb. In
the classroom, Immediately above his
own Prof. Veitch lectured on logic.
One day the peroration of the profess
sor was greeted with such rapturous
applause that it brought down some
pieces of ceiling in the room below.
AS the bits of plaster dropped about
the room Prof. Jebb quietly remarked
Gentlemen, our premises will not sup
port the conclusion Of the professor ok
11.1~ ! 3ss. " M.[3s&t$ al: ~ t{t ys*ss
"a -. i s-s 3: ess.s 'ss.p. -stf4+' sa..ss u.
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Farm Machinery in England.
: England makes but third of the
machinery used by its farmers. The
remainder, $1,30s,000 worth Of it,
comes from America, and $4,000
worth from Canada.
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10 Rheumatism contaqlou.

j = 10 Rheumatism Contagious.
Convinced that rheumatism is con.
tagious, German physician in Leip-
zig has established system of segre-
CATION, in order to prevent rheumatic
patients from. spreading the malady
among other invalids.
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Easy for Johnny,

Johnny had been told to write a
short composition in whicn he should
say something about all the days of
the week. The little fellow thought q
few minutes, and then triumphantly
produced this: Monday father and
I killed a bear, and there was meat
enough to last over Tuesday, Wednes-
day, Thursday, Friday. Saturday and
Sunday"
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they'll bring him
Mexican Wage Farmers.

Mexican Wage Earners.
More than 100000 of the 13,500,000
people in Mexico do not work. Count
ing out the children and aged, there
remain 3,774,148 possible producers
who produce absolutely nothing. Then
and here is an astonishing figure
there are in domestic service 1885,
024,, as against 10000 Of dignified SAL
ery earners.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Kansas Wheat King.

A. J. Rice, the wheat king" OF Gra-
ham county, Kansas. has threshed g.
900 acres of wheat. He got twenty
two bushels to the acre, or $4,000
bushels in all. His crop will make
train of 220 cars, counting 600 BUSH
els to the car. He is the owner OF
sixty-seven sections, 10.720 acres in
all.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Reiuvenatira Galveston,

Rejuvenatirg Galveston.
The export trade in Galveston for
the fiscal year showed an increase of
$3,OOO,OOo. Public and private i'm
provements recently completed and
under way will aggregate in cost
$5,15S,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
Wrv Not a chai, Of PIowboys7 ?

Why doesn't the university estab-
lish a chair for plowboys instead of a
chair of journalism? The world can
live without journalists, but it can't
live without plowboys. Most any sort
of lobster can be journalist, but it
takes level-headed young man to sue
cessfully manage plow. Stop the
plow and the world starves. Shoot
the journalists and they will not be
missed. Let us have q chair for plow-
boys.-El Dorado, Kan, Republican.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-11-06
They Showed Him.

"Who was that poor wretch that the
mob tarred and feathered. rode on q
rail, horsewhipped and threatened to
lynch p why" said the leader Of
the mob, that's the fellow who wrote
to the papers that the citizens of this
town had no respect for law and order.
We showed him that we were law-abid-
ing citizens, you bet!"
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Primitive Farminq Utensils.

In southern Greece many primitive
agricultural implements are still in
use, including plows similar to those
used here in the age of Pericles-the
pole, bent-bow hayrack, common in
America in pioneer days, and hand
made hoes and shovels. the hoes with
blades as large and as heavy as the
American spade.