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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
NO MONEY IN TRANSLATION.
Little Demand for tho Best Works
Of Foreign Authors.

Little Demand for tho Best Works
Of Foreign Authors.
'Translating is an art" said an
Instructor at the university. Gar
lyle translated some fairy tales from
the German, and these tales from
Tieck and Musaeus are examples of
English prose as beautiful as the
heart could desire. Swinburne trans
lated Villon, and so did Rossetti, who
gave us, furthermore, paraphrases OF
the italian poets that equal the origi-
nails in charm. That is the test OF
translation-that it shall equal in
beauty the original-and think
there should be law requiring every
great writer to translate at least one
great book. But our good men can't
afford to make translations; the pay
is too miserable. It is impossible to
get for translating a novel of 125,O0O
words more than about $3.50. There
is only 81 per 1000 words, and there
is no living in it at such figures" -
Philadelphia Record.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Net a S"ockhciGer.

People who are con- ;elled to travel
on the street cars Wen they are SO
crowded that many have to stand will
sympathize with the Pkila 5elphian
who finally decided to make a deter
mined protest. He accordingly called
at the Office one day and expressed
his sentim ents in plain and vigorous
terms "Who are you, who dare come
here and talk like this?" asked one
of the officers of the corporation.
Are you one of our stockholders? p
Not on your life," said the man.
I'm one Of your strap.hOlders."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Salaries Of Legislators.

Congressman of the United States
are better paid than any other legis-
lators, receiving $4,000 year, mile
age and stationery funds. Australia
allots its senators and members OF
the house of representatives $4,000 q
year without distinction. New Zea-
land differentiates. The duties of the
lower house being of a more exactinE
description than those Of the upper,
its members receive 1900 annually,
as against $3.50 paid to those of the
other assembly. Senators of the Can
adam parliament are rewarded with
$500 q year salary and expenses 1T
the rate Of SO day during the ses.
sion, with q maximum of $1,000. Cape
Colony is not so open-handed, its leg
islative council and house Of assembly
drawing S. q day per man.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
In Classic Boston.

Bliss Carman, the poet, tells OF a
young friend of his who was seeking
apartments in Boston's aristocratic
section, Beacon Hill. At one house
he was received by the landlady, q
spinster of uncertain age and aggress-
i've refinement of manner. Awed to a
great degree by the lady's manner,
the rather nervous young man STAN
mered:
"And would it be possible for me to
secure apartments in your house: Mrs.
Blank" .,
Whereupon the spinster held her.
self even straighter than before and
replied with naughty reproN:
Miss Blank, Sir! hMiss-from
choice!"-New York Times. d,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
E1nsCarnation in:SdJsry.

Incarnation in:=astry.s
Tht caF1ation industry has risen to
considerable Importance during the
past ten years, says Town and Coun-
try. As 100000 of young carnation
plants are sold each year and the for
lists produce an equal production of
younG carnation plants approximates
100000 per annum. These plants are
grown under glass during the winter
tiw33 Sn- cut flower purposes, producing
ali annual average of more than 100,-
900 ,0o9 blooms. What becomes of this
enormous number of flowers is some.
what of a mystery.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Deadly Pineapple Juice.

The juice of the green pineapple is
accredited in Java, the Philippines
and the Far East generally with be-
ing a blood poison of a most deadly
nature. Health" mentions it as the
substance with which the Malays poi
son their kreeses and daggers, and as
the 'fingernail' poison formerly in use
among aborigine Javanese women al
most universally. These women cul-
tivated nail on each hand to a long.
sharp point, and the least scratch
from one of these was certain death.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21

eoronei Jack FalstaF outdono. 4
A characteristic "oficial" account Of
ar encounter between Mexican troops
and Yaqui Indians comes out Of Son.
ora. Fac first part of the story tells
of an attack upon the Alamos stage b.
three Yaquis. The second tells Of the
doughty deeds of Gen. Torres valiant
soldiers, who pursued he three Va
quis, overlook them between TORN and
Potam, and inflicted upon them . loss
Of eight killed and five wounded. The
proportion Of Indians killed and
wounded T. the numb<' engaged Ia
strictly n accord with ~ standard
officially established In to- 1sa.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21

"Old Wine" Theory Exploded.
There is hardly a man who does
not believe that the old wine is the
best wine, yet a short time ago some
cases of claret were sold in London
at SIS a bottle, Of the famous
Comet" vintage Of 1871, and the
wine was found to be utterly worth.
less. It was simply worn out with
age. Wine experts and wealthy con.
noisseurs had come from great dis
tances to buy the wine at any price
and were edited upon opening It to
ind It was a. nat ~ soda water. In
tho same way, not long since. . guam
tity of hook from the cellars Of Z
country house. Of tho year preceding
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow
fetched $50 per bottle. and was found
to have lost everything except color
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Buenos Ayrss' Crest Docks.

Buenoe Ayrss' Crest Docks.
The first thing that strikes you On
landing at Buenos Ayrss IN its docks,
which extend for I'VE miles along the
river front, says st. Nicholas. They
were built by an English hrm, and
were completed in 1897. They ars
most solidly constructed, supplied
with numerous modern steam cranes
and are brilliantly lighted with cleo
trcity at night. They cost the city
and nation seven million pounds
sterling, or $35,0O0,000. So great is
the amount Of shipping, however, that
not the docks alone, but the small
river Riachuelo is crowded With yes
sells. Indeed, one wonders how q
ship, once entered. can ever manage
to get out.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
PAPER and Ink From Bananas

PAPER and Ink From Bananas.
The fruit and plant of the banana
serve various useful purposes which
are little known in this country. In
South Africa banana stalks are in
great demand as material Tor the
manufacture of paper, while excellent
tndelible ink is prepared from the
peel of the fruit. AS extremely nu.
tritious -four is made from the green
fruit dried, and unripe bananas, when
boiled tender, are fed to the ostriches
on farms in Cape Colony. This food
is said to make them, and even ord1-
nary fowls, lay more eggs than any
other diet. Dried bananas, or "bar
mana ags," as they are called, are also
In gaoat favor with Africanders. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
old-Time Foruqt ;ikea

October 8. 1926, 4 eoaaa1rstion
broke out in central Mstae which oHoE-
ran more than a million acres Of land
and swept nil before it. About the
same time q IRE arose near Quebec on
the st. Lawrence river. which killed
more than 5000 persons, including
nearly every member of the Name
Ions tribe of Indians. and which pour
ed q tide Of scorching flames across
the province of Quebec, licked up the
northern end OF New Brunswick and
did not stop until the margin of St.
Lawrence bay was reached and Mirt
machi turned to cinders and dust in .
day. =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
TIRED OF THE SEA.

Little One Wished She Might Live on
!. Land Awhile.
During the race of the ninety-tooters
at Larchmont recently q yachtsman
on the committee boat spun this yarn:
"A friend of mine owns fine schooner
yacht, and in company with his lam"
lily spends the greater part OF his time
cruising on it. One day while sailing
up the Sound his six-year-old daughter,
after gazing long and wistfully at the
surrounding land, suddenly turned and
said to her mother: Mamma, don't
you wish papa could make money
enough to buy a house, so that We
could spend some time on shore?"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Modern oancina.

Rev. Reginald Campbell, Of the Lon
don City Temple, during his voyage
to America on the Campania, said .
number Of amusing things. One OF
them concerned dancing. A young
girl asked DR.. Campbell II he did not
consider dancing graceful. Profess
sional dancing" he replied. lis, ! ad-
NIT, graceful enough in some cases
But what IL there Of grace IN the
dancing Of amateurs? A man and =
woman, close together, spin solemnly
about q room; the mans long black
coattails flap. Such persons always
look to me as ii they had been hired
to dance, and were doubtful II they
would get paid"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Why Men Eat Too Much.

Eating is the greatest OF all ou1
standard amusements. A great mum
Der Of people obviously eat a great
deal more than they need, and 1t is
entirely credible that a large proper
ton Of the moderate eaters might
thrive as we'll and look as handsome
and work as hard and live as long on q
very much restricted diet. But would
the 10y Of life continue unimpaired for
them? The native-born might raise
plenty Of children If they could subsist
for eleven cents q day, but would they
think life worth living OF eleven cents
worth of food a day? N they would
not. That IL one thing that ails them.
s-HarperAs Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
TRAINING for Policemen.

There il 4 policeman's college In
Petersburg to train applicants for tho
force. There 10 q museum combined
With the school where the pupils make
themselves familiar with the tools OF
criminsis-jimmies, drills, chisels and
coutrivances for robbing collection
boxes, . special field Of Russian
thieves. The Russian passpor: system
IL studied in detail. The duties Of the
dvorniks, sort Of assistant police. are
taught. They keep watch on the resi-
dsnces, report on the habits Of the
tenants, their visitors, examine the
papers of newcomers and AiHect them
to report themaelvse It the police
station.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Named After DepeW.

N0tUOO ~IeST DoPS"s
"There is town in western New
York." says Chauncey M. Depew, that
bears my name, and in this town some
persons by boring tapped a natural gas
well, and thereupon formed 1.-THE De-
pew Natural Gas Company, limited.
Nr. Choate and met shortly after
this on public occasion. when both
were set down for speeches. He had
the last word. After dealing with other
1hattors he drew from his pocket DIE
prospectus Of the gas company and
read 1t. Then he looked the company
over, looked at me, and, reading the
title ut the head Of the prospectus,
4ueried with quiet emphasis: Why
limited ?"-BostoA Post.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
The Worlds Cheapest Postage.

The Straits Settlements has the
cheapest postoffce in the world. Post
cards available in the )lony and to the
Federated Malay States are sold at
cne-ffth of a penny each; the letter
rate of postage throughout the same
area is slightly over halfpenny. The
postage on letters to any place with
very few exceptions) in the British
empire is four-fifths of penny per u
cunce.-LOndon Tit Bits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
vaaaries Of Our Language.

vaoaries Of Our Language.
The late DR.. Tanner when In par.
lament once moved the house Of com.
mons to uproarious laughter by his
uncertainty with regard to the word
"schedule." First he made the "ch"
hard, in the American manner. and
when that was received with q laugh
he paused and floundered over it like
q startled schoolboy. As he plunged
from ore pronunciation to another the
house shouted with merriment. AS a
matter of fact, the best English dc
tionaries give q choice between "sed.
ule." "skedule" and shedule.'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Tho Leo Family.

The Lee family, which, until the
civil war, had always been represented
in the army, was until the Spanish
war without a single member In the
regular service. Now there are two
Lees in the army and third will also
probably soon wear his shoulder
straps. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Cause for Mirth.

MARY" said Pine street lady to
her cook the other morning, II must
insist that you keep better hours and
that you have less company in the
kichen at night. Last night you kept
me from sleeping because of the up
roarious laughter of one of your wo-
man friends" Yis, mum, know, but
she couldn't help it. was tellin' my
lady friend how you tried to make
cake one day."-Philadelph Ledger.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
MARCONI WIRELESS.

Messrs. Munroe and Munroe, of
44-60 Exchange Place, New. York
have. published a handsome booklet
of Sc pages, containing 80 half-tone
illutrating, giving full and COM
plete history of wireless telegraphy
under the above title. They have
agreed to give a copy to every
reader who feels favorable to an in
vestment in Msreoni stock and who
will write to them requesting it.
Address Munroe and Munroe, AGO
Exchange Place, New York City.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
THE REWARD OF GENIUS.

aartender's Unfortunate Experiment
With a New Drink. ri HtsE
Hello! Where's the head bartend-
err" asked the occasional customer,
coming in for a dram. I'm head bar
tender now," replied the man who
used to be an assistant. whats be-
come of the other fellow" Hes In
the hospital Last week he invented
name for a new drink. Then he
moped around thinking hard until he
invented a drink to fit the name. Then
the blamed fool tried the dose on him.
self, and he's poisoned and has q
charge of attempted suicide hanging
over him. He'll get six months when
he's able to stand trial. Whatll you
have?"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
A Real Compliment.

The bishop of Manchester; whose
fighting speeches in the house Of lords
on the education bill we're 80 much
commented on. was in his youth q
skillful boxer. He tells tale Of how,
when he was young, he had cousin
at Harrow, a sixth form boy, who
prided himself much on his boxing.
The bishop was persuaded by the lad
to put on gloves and test his skin.
The result of the contest was that the
Harrovian was soon vanquished, when
he remarked admiringly: 1T Is a
pity .ou are parson: you would have
done for the ring"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21

Youths 81 q. Petersburg FERN Rses-
'S2f liar Club. La. ,sy..Ssa.g,. h

Mouths o. o. Petersburg Ferm ssesa--
Z Mar Club, ls5,. ..fr
There IL an Ant-Flirtation club IN
81. Petersburg, which, as Its name Inn
plies, is to prevent @wanton trihinE:
with the affections of susceptible
young people in the Russian capital
and elsewhere. At q meeting recent
" there were present thirty-seven
young men belonging to the higher
ranks Of society. who exchanged A
solemn promise to refrain from ~
habit and to prevent 9th
;ers from flirting. Those 4breaking
stheir PROMISE must contribute for
charitable purposes $500 the first time
and $4,000 the second time. After tho
third offense the guilty one will be ex-
PEELED" from the club, and may only
be readmitted after the expiration or
one year. -#&..' ..., ~ -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Cremation In Scotland.


a Cremation is growing In pubic
4yor in Scotland. From the latest
report of the Scottish Burial Reform
md Cremation society We learn that
Tor the year ended September 80 last
Is cremations were carried out in
Scotland, being an increase of 10 over
the number Of the preceding year.
The total up to the present time il
~. For q reduced charge of 6
1uineas . certificate is now issued in
Scotland carrying the rights, first. to
ssoe cremation, either in Glasgow or
-any Of the crematoria in Great Brit
ain, and, second, to a niche for de-
3posit of the ashes in the Columbarium
ut Maryhill, Glasgow.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
KISSING Law in Servla.

The Servians have curious Gus
tom of giving parting kiss to their
deceased friends before final burial,
and the observance of it has caused
a serious epidemic of diphtheria. The
police project of Belgrade has accord
ingly issued stringent orders against
the custom, prohibiting it for the pres
ent, however, only in case of those
persons who have died from that
malady.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Directory curlositlos.

Directory Cur1ositIos.
The London Directory contains more
than four pages of Browns" in its.
commercial section and another page
In the court portion. But the "Smiths"
nut even this fine record into mere in
stgniaance, monopolizing no fewer
than nine pages all to Themselves.
HARRY" and John" being responsible
for q column each. Nearly eighteen
pages are occupied by public-houses,
six being all that are required for
bakers shops.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
BEGINNING Of = Big Business.

BeQtnnsh8 Of ! Big BU3Jhe13.
A man has built up big business at
Puget Sound, near Vancouver, as the
result of holiday excursion. Instead
of loafing aimlessly he used his eyes.
and, noticing a little flsh, which he
took to be a sardine, had some timed,
with the ultimate result that his estab-
lishment has this year sent out $4,000
cases. And the market is not yet
glutted.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
New Workers..

Zachary Taylor died in office and
Willard Fillmore, a New Yorker, al
Vice President, became President.
James A. GARFIELD died in Office and in
the same way G. A. Arthur became
President, also a New Yorker. Viii.
liam Mckinley died in Office and in
the same way Theodore Roosevelt, a
New Yorker, became President. Fill.
more and Arthur tried to be nomi.
mated for President and were not.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
CheckinQ Dishonesty.

Many wandering gipsies employ
very simple method to check dishon.
esty on the part Of the member OF
their band of musicians who has to
make the collection. They give him a
plate to hold in his right hand, and
live fly which he has to keep i'm
prisoned in his left, as he goes roune
collecting the money.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
British Investments Abroad.

The great increase that has occur.
red in British investments abroad is
apparent in some figures mentioned by
MIR. Richie, few days ago, in the
house of commons. Income tax stats.
tics, he said, showed that whereas in
1882 our income derived from In.
vestments abroad was s30,6OO, 900, ten
years later it was 954 100000, and in
1902 no less than e62,6OO,OOO.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Strenuous Service.

The parson had just delivered q
fiery sermon on the evils Of rum. One
Of the members was seen to be wrig-
Cling uneasily in his pew. Behold"
cried the excited parson. '>One Of
nv shafts has struck the right man.
Sec how uneasy our wayward brother
is." eyes," retorted the accused man:
"you'd be uneasy, too, II you had .
June bug down your. back"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Wonderful Eater,

DR.. H. L. Bonner of Marion, Indiana;
claims to have the biggest appetite
of any man in the world. He began
one Of his recent meals with a 5-lbI
steak and twenty-four hard-boiled'
eggs as an appetizer. Then he went
on to a lob steak, fourteen cans OF
cold oysters, and half a pound OF
cheese. lie is still alive.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.
Little Girl Had Found Out Wha
%E Caused the LIGHTNING.

OdUSeu ire IIE9ntHIH9'
Gertrude's father fought a camera
. short time ago, and tiny Gertie has
been much interested in everything he
did with it. One evening recently a
heavy thunderstorm came up. Usual
~ Gertie was afraid Of thunder and
lightning, but this evening she stood
by the window watching the flashes
Of lightning in quite an unconcerned
manner. "Come away from that win
dow, Gertie," said her brother Tom.
who is not over and above brave dur
ing q thunderstorm. Pooh! Who's
afraid?" answered Gertrude. 81 know
nov what makes the lightning; it's
the angels taking fashlight pictures. I"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
Has Ear Of Rubber.

A man in Vienna mad his left ear
bitten OF byia vicious horse. His doc.
tor made him a new one Of rubber,
and succeeded in fastening it in such
a way that no one can see the differ.
ence between, his two ears.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
WIN Douste \ Park.

George st. John Sheffield. q resident;
of Attleboro, Mass. and a member q
tho family that gave the Sheffield
Scientific School to Yale University:
will donate to Attleboro tract Of dftZ'
acres of land for park purposeA
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-08-21
! A MIRACLE EXPLAINED.

Why q Young Women Uttered Strange
Sentences In Dead Languages.
The vaEaries Of memory are some
aof the most interesting of those con-
( nected with the human mind and body.
Why do we forget certain things and
afemember others? Myriads of these
irregularities are as yet unaccounted
Tor; perhaps not even the cleverest
smetaphysician will ever account for
them. Professor James reminds US
how something which We have tried
In vain to recall will afterward, when
re have given up the attempt, ''saunter
into the mind" as Emerson says, as
11nocently as If it had never been
summoned. Again, bygone expert
snces will revive after years of obliv'
Ion, often as the result Of some cere-
,bral disease or accident. Such q case
1Os the one quoted by Coleridge Of q
syoung woman in Germany who could
neither read nor write, but who was said
t0%be possessed of a devil because, in
4Nfever, she was heard raving in Lat
IN. Greek and in an obscure rabbini-
EAl dialect of Hebrew. Whole pages
01 her talk were written down, and
we're found to consist of sentences in
lel1igible in themselves, but not hav-
4ngS tine slightest connection with one
another. To say that she was pos
1sSed Of devil was the easiest way
0faccounting for the matter. At last
th0mystery was cleared up by ply
glcian, who traced back the girls his
~ until he learned that at the age
Ssnfne she was taken to live 1T tho
onse of an old pastor, a great He
sw scholar, and that she remained
9efo until the pastors death. It had
- for years the old mans custom
t0SNalk up and down passage near
Kitchen, and read to himself in a
I'D voice. His books were examined,
among them many Of the pas
l8eS taken down at the young
Romans bedside were identified. The
eofy Of demoniacal possession was
Mandoned.-Youth's Companion
VI ~ N Err s ALV 8
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-07-29
ORDINANCE NO. 9.
AN ORDINANCE to license Shows Theatrical and 9th

license Shows Theatrical
The Village Council Of the Village Clements
and State of Minnesota, do ordain follows:
Every
dollars
exhibition shall place.
oonedo
public
literary society," institute yceum of this village
punished
Jail until
shall not exceed ninety days
published
GERSTMANN.
H.