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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
Welcome to Senator Fairbanks,

g. Welcome to Senator Fairbanks.
indianapolis, Ind, June 27.-After a
hiumphal journey from Chicago, dur
ing which he was greeted by crowds
at every railroad station at which the
train stopped, Senator Fairbanks. re-
publican nominee for vice president,
reached his home city early Saturday
evening and was given = magnificent
reception. On the trip. from Chicago,
1t all points where the special train
was scheduled to stop. enthusiastic
crowds gathered and the senator spoke
briefly. =. ..-~.-..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

The latest and most efficient as well
as the most humane method of get
ting rid Of a pest of rats IS by the use
Of electricity. Such, at any rate. Is
the opinion of the proprietor Of large
grain warehouse in Rochester, N. Y,
where the rats until recently were 80
abundant that their depredations
were an actual source Of financial
loss. Since the introduction Of scfen.
tific methods. however, the rats have
been killed of so rapidly that within
a short time they will be practically
extinct,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

Leather crossties were put In the
Boston & Albany at the West Spring.
field freight yard in June, 1901. At
this particular place chestnut ties have
to be renewed annually on account OF
the continuous switching over them.
but the leather ties are now in al
good condition as when first laid. &C.
cording to T. ]. Sullivan, the division
roadmaster. The spikes are stated to
be as firm as when first driven. The
ties are made of scrap leather.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

/ With the exception OF one large firm
which has the contract for furnishing
shoes to the French army in Northern
Africa, there are no manufacturers OF
machine-made shoes in Algeria: IN
der the contract for the French gov.
eminent, only leather produced In
France or the colonies Of France can
be used In the making of army shoes.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

Ashley, a., has the champion egg
eater of the United States. George
Richardson, stock buyer of that
city, has an appetite for hen fruit
that Is not satisfied by the usual allot'
ment, as he demonstrated when he ate
81 in 20 minutes in the presence OF
witnesses. Richardson thinks nothing
of eating two dozen at one sitting, and
experiences no inconvenience from
the unusual number.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

Lawsuits are settled in q novel way
In India. When q dispute arises over
the ownership of land two holes are
dug near together, and the two OPP
posing lawyers nicely planted up to
their waists. The first one to be Bit
ten by fly or who becomes so ex'
hausted that he has to be exhumed
loses the case for his client.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
CONGRESS- Of Indian Educators.

Congress Of Indian Educators.
st. Louis, June pa conference OF
Indian educators will be held at the;
exposition from June q to July 1. Al
invitation has been extended to all
those interested in Indian education to
be present, and q large attendance 81
expected. s IS
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

The news comes from Paris that
the operation Of extracting radium
from the ores has been considerably
shortened: The preliminary process.
which produces the material to labor
atory dimensions, now occupies one
month. where it has previously taken
three months. It is estimated that up
to the present about 730 tons Of ore
has been used to produce about one
fifth of an ounce of radium.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
House Of Hoo-Hoo Burned.

st. Louis, June 25.-Fire, which
threatened for time to destroy many
buildings at the worlds fair Friday,
consumed the House Of Hoo Hoo, rem
dering the building and all contents
a total loss. The loss on the building
and contents IL estimated at .$50.OOo.;
ON which there is an insurance of So.
QUO. 80 s%5S
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

Tea was GROVE in Japan in 1902 on
an area of 120,197 acres, producing
67,457, GIL pounds. In the previous
year the area was 1912 acres, and
the production 57,9S4,067 pounds.
These figures do not include the Island
Of Formosa, which In 1901 produced
1879, s46 pounds, making the total
for the empire in that year II, 737 ,O13
pounds.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

The largest dwelling house in the
world is the Freihaus, in a suburb
Of Vienna, containing in all between
twelve and fifteen hundred rooms, d.
vided into upward of four hundred sep
arate apartments. The immense house.
wherein whole city lives, works, eats
and sleeps, has Is courts-1ve open
and eight covered garden with
In its walls.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

Wooden water pipes dug up In the
streets of London, Eng, about four
years. ago, after having been in the
ground for about two centuries, were
in an excellent state Of preservation.
They were mostly elm logs, and none
Of the pipes exceeded seven inches
bore. In one instance two lines OF
wooden pipes were connected together
by cast.iron bends. Some pipes made
Of fir and some of oak were found.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
THE NOMINEES.
Epitome Of Careers Of Candidates
- Roosevelt and Fairbanks.

2 Theodore Roosevelt was born October q,
1855. in New York city. In 1850 he graduated
at Harvard university. He served In the
New York legislature In the years 1852. 1883
and 1884. In 1856 he was defeated as repub-
lican candidate for mayor OF New York
He served as United States civil service
commissioner in 1s94-96. and as president
Of the board Of police commissioners Of New
York city from 1895 to 1887. He was as
sistant secretary Of the navy In 1893. Dur
ing the Spanish-Amerdcan war he served
as lieutenant colonel and colonel Of the
First volunteer cavalry CROUCH Riders"l
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01

Macaroni. vermicelli and all similar
preparations constitute, as whole.
the most important Of breadstuffs i'm
ported for consumption into the Unit
ed States. In the fiscal year 19O2-03
the combined imports Of these prod
ucts amounted to 29,670,191 pounds,
valued at $1,2O0,419; in the previous
fiscal year the imports were 23,7Sv,75e
pounds. valued at $974,929.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
q. HAwLEY, Publisher

SS on the submits Of the Rigi and Pr
latus Alpine gardens are to be main
tained hereafter for purposes of boz
tanic study and for the preservation
and propagation of rare Swiss plants.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
, Iustica Brown. WEEDS,

4 Trenton, M ~ June 27:-Justice
Henry B. Brown, Of Michigan, one of
the oldest members on the bench of
the United States supreme court, fig-
ured In q romance Saturday, when he
vas married to Mrs. Josephine Blunt
ing Tyler ct Crosswicks. village nea-
here. $a 81 s n: = ! 55tg . SEX: +. a. :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
Five Killed.

Mexico City, June 27.-Five persons
lost their lives In q wreck which oc-
Cured on the Mexican Central rail-
road near Tampico. %,,.. ai5S
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
FIGHT FOR THE REMNANTS.
Standing Of, Clubs Of Leading Base
ball Organizations In Cham
pionship Contests.

The following tables show the NUM-
Der of games won and lost and the
percentage of the clubs Of leading
baseball organizations ON June 2e.
National league: ~.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
Fatal Mistake.

T q Bloomington, ILL.,, June 27.-Charles
Funkhouser was shot and killed by his
brother Homer near Rantoul Sunday
He was mistaken for burglar.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
Death Of Gen. Hartsun.

!; Port Huron, Mich; June '27.--Gen.
William Hartsuff, during the civil war.
inspector general Of the army Of the
Ohio, died Sunday at his home hers OF
diabetes. He was 60 years old.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
! Ex-Conrre9g1nan Z Dead.

~ EE7 n 44HzE0V1A61 oObaksgA 4S0sUs T
a Houghton, Mich, June &c. Carlos p.
Sheldon, former congressman from the
Twelfth <Michigan district, died sud-
denly Friday of apoplexy st Hi home
here. ss5 ORIG III. III sgI3
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-07-01
Deportsd Man Kills Himself. ..

Denver, June Emil L. johnson,
q miner who was deported from Grip.
pie Creek by the military, committed
suicide here Thursday. He was des-
pondent because his wife and two
small children were left destitute In
Cripple Creek. "a. 4Ess E ~ 5.s.& se
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04

A soldier should be physically pre- pared as well as mentally educated to perform his duties. says an exchange. A regular course of physical culture, now recognized as highly beneficial to men in any walk of life, is of still greater importance to the soldier on whose physical constitution depends the success of the campaign. Mili- tary training is wasted if itscannot be present at the fight; good sound physique will take it there; to acquire this necessitates Well-arranged course of calistheIfc and athletic in- struction, intelligently applied. Ath- letics Should be q feature of the n1ili- tary training of soldier, and persu- asfve policies to Induce him to partic- ipate in athletics has no place in the relations of officers and men. and should give way to orders prescribing proper instruction. Athletics will make the service more attractive to the men, will increase the number of re.eiilistments, and will make the army more efficient.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04
THE GRAND COvERLET.
\. New Way of Dressing the Bed fol the Day.

| X New Way of Dressing the bed ~ the Day.
 pronerlv speaking, coverlet Is bed. cover, 'tcouvre Ht'' in the Frenci
 Reantiful new specimens of tn, great coverlet are now used to com pletely envelop the bed and thus
 obviate the old fashioned mode O "dressing'' a bed with pillow snalms for the day. Pillows. are no longer visible in thu day time; only the flat bolster Is uset by many people. But all of these contrivances are now swallowed uI ! in # the all-engulfing day coverlef which is in itself ornamental.
 It is of iemon-y yellow chintz witt lilac clusters of wistaria printed upor
 it; or of red and white cretonne in ]
 neat flower pattern: or white ground
 powdered with purple and white vio-
 lets or with blue forgetem-nots. The
 coverlet Is finished with a two inch
 border of lace. stitched down to the
 hem, with very little fullness. It is good idea to choose coverlet which shall harmonize with the pap CT on your bedroom walls, if, indeed it does not match 1t in color or in de sign. fs .11s
 When night comes the grand cover Is lifted off, and behold, all IS ready for the night. There needs no tedi- ous removal of pillow shame, the un- pinning of such friils and 'sruffle- cum -tuffaes which strike dis1nay to the masculine heart on an unac- customed bed. 1t need hardly be said that there fs no heavy Marsellies spread to weigh tremendously as it has to be lifted off. folded cere- moniously and set away for the next day
 Instead we had simple coverlet for service only. Either the blank cts are covered with white dinnity or 2 simple night counterpane Of tur- quoise blue cotton cloth, such as, is sold fin Edinburgh shops, or perhaps one of those cherished heirlooms, the old India blue and white covers, fig ured over with a perfect sNoah's ark collection of animals. The elephant and squirrel predominate on these de lightful spreads, light of weight. but firm and strong. They have held fast to their colors these ninety years al- belt blue is supposed to be "fady" color I +
 The good housewife never allows such "a spread to be boiled. It isJtoo precious to be risked in that careless manner. Such spreads are a per.pet- ual joy to the children of the family. generations of whom have "chosen'' animals as the sleepdly creep under the covers. The bed-clothes. will be found to be neatly adjusted. the cor ners turned down. The donet or quilt lies at the foot of the couch ready to be pulled up for extra warmth by the sleeper. The removal of the grand coverlet leaves every thing in order. All invites to sound repose.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04

During all this discussion on troll ley extension, turnouts and condaflons it is just as well for everyone to re- member that the trolley company isn't in the business for fun or for the ben eft of. its health. The money end of if ds what this corporation is after, and the Waterbury merchants or the Waterbury citizens generally do not enter into it one particle, so far as the trolley company goes. The com pany wants all it can get for nothing. Isn't that so? we would ask in all fair ness. This corporation is Nike man on strike, he will not work unless his terms are agreed to-, and he will let prevent it. The trolley company will not extend the lines unless it's terms are agreed to by the city, and it will allow no other company to lay tracks on the streets it controls. It is matter Of dollars and cents to them, or business if you wish to call it so, but the city's end of 1t is of no concern to the trolley company. It seems like giving up good thing to let the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Go have everything and not give the city the least compensation. What business man would feel like giving the company corner in his store for a ticket office, Or for teIe- phone station without getting some thing in return for 1t? Let us be fair about this matter and give the trolley company what Is due it, but do not rob the taxpayers and the city in so
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04
Difficulties of Early Diplomats

There exists popular tendency to oyer4af, the delights and to under
 rate the hardshiSs of the diplomatic life: but, however much opinions may differ on this point, there can be no doubt that the office of an American iliplomatist in the days of the revolu" tion was no holiday pastime. Ii he was not already in Europe, his jour rley to his post was beset with peGdls graver than those of the elements. Tn the eyas Of British law. American revolutionists were simply rebels tho reprobation of whose conduct was likely to be proportioned. to their prominence and activity: and the seas were secured by British cruisers, the dreaded embodiment Of Engrand's maritime supremacy. Deane went abroad secretly before independence was declared. but when his presence in France became known. the British government asked that he be seized and delivered up into its custody. Franklin sailed for France on a small vessel of war belonging to congress, called the Reprisal. On the way over she took two prizes, and more than once, on deserving suspicious sail, cleared for action. Had she been captured by the British. Frank lin would have had an opportunity to test the truth of his remark to his as- soc1ates in congress that they must either hang together or hang separ- ately." John Adams. ori his first Journey. took passage on an American vessel: on his second he embarked on the French frdgate Sensible, and land ed at Ferrol in Spain. Jay commit. ted his fate to the American nan-of- War Confectionery. and, Nike Adams and Franklin. reached his destination.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04
The Cocktail as a Substitute

1 T~l1a young men who come down to the great city each autumn from the
 colleges may not have been members of any of their college teams. ai- thous1, they have dabblad in the fun and work of them all. They can pull
 tolerable oar, perhaps, fill up, on a
 pinch. arl empty place on scrub eiev' en. or obldge a friend by helping to
 uaxa him over four or five mile
 cross-country jog. In short for four years of their lives they have grown accustomed to shaking out their dusty
 brains and logy muscles with couple Of ho1,rs' exercise in the late after noon before dinner time as they have to taking the dinner itself. The
 oractice has assumed almost the dig rlitv Of q rite. And to be deprived of it. suddenly and without any avail able substitute, as the majority Of s,pch young men believe themselves to be when they are, shut. up on the somewhat isolated Island of Manhat- tan. comes hard; comes very hard, dn- deed.
 One may ride fin the park, perhaps --an agreeable and entivening diver sion-attended only with the difficulty that keeping q horse in New York IS just about as expensive as keeping ones self, while the riding of hired horses~i is practice attended with as serious burdens to the irnpecunious as that Of frequenting the parquet seats of the Broadway theaters. 4 walk uptown from the downtown office is
 A~x AA ENryHS Sr1, many who do not lean to the amuse- ments already mentioned find them selves reduced at last. A walk of three or four miles is, to be sure, certain sort Of exercise. and there. is no doubt that it is extremely weary ing: but to any but the most sluggish temperments the benefits Of a hurried tramp over hard pavements, in the late afternoon, and through at least good many of the scenes among which one has worked during the day, are somewhat to be doubted. Even those who effect it regularly are likely, it may be observed, to find a cocktail somewhat of a necessity before din- ner-if only to wash the dust from ones throat and the noise of the street from ones ears. The are many who gradually, allow this cocktail habit to take the place of their old habit of late afternoon exercise, and who seem to be satisfied that the tenn porary glow with which they sit down to dinner is a very tolerable substitute for that acquired by methods somewhat less effete. I am not prepared to enter foreniscally in- to thds delicate subject: but am in formed by the more enlightened of observers that this practice is analo4 gous to metonymy. which the rlreto- rics define as the substitution of the sign for the thing signdfied
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04

Wouldn't it be a strange coincidence if the old line democrats, who have been hanging on the outskirts of the party for several years, turned to Tam many to lead them out of the wilder ness? The organizat ton that has been abused and sworn at more than any other in the country. People who for merly had no use for the tiger" are now docking to his standard. and pat ting the beast on ttue back. Leader Murphy of the New York. organization can have anything he wants if this thing keeps up a little longer. Rah for Tammany! s5.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04
SOUTH POLE AN ELEVATION.
Scientists Claim That It Serves as a
 Balance to the Entire Earth.

Scientists Claim That It Serves as s
 Balance to the Entire Earth.
 The earth, & small wheel in the ce testlal mechanism, is subject to tllt laws of the balance us well as to tx general laws Of equilibrium which rule matter. Thus the southern hem isphere should have the same weigh as the northern hemisphere, otherwise how are We to understand the precise functioning of all the slow and rapid movements, so well compensated. thai the terrestrial globe executes? The harmony of these movements could not De esta hlished and could not subsis1 unless the respective weights of tht two hemispheres were exactly bal anced, and in order that these move me11ts may not undergo any derange ment what~1aust be the delicacy of the different compensators which main. tain the earth in it's orbit?
 1t IS Known that the earth is a spheroid fattened at the north pole but while mea s1rements have been made and verified at the equator and in the north polar circle, the terrestrial degrees have never been measured al or in the antarctic circle
 No geodetic survey has ever been made beyond the seventieth degree The reasons which lead us 10 believe in the existence Of southern polar continent are always kept before us although it is probable that this con. tinent does not exist. and therefore we must find another cause which is capa- ble of maintaining the earths equilib- rum. since the fact Is that the hem ispheres are eQuilibrated notwith- standing the greater weight of the land of the northern heuispheres.
 Every body. according to the energy Of the electrical actions to which it Is submitted,s necessarily suffers gain or loss of the material atoms. the disin- tegrated particles being drawn in the direction Of the current--a small, but at the same time constant transporta- ton Of matter under the influence of which the negative pole is hollowed and the positive pole heightened. It should be the same in the case Of the earth. Since the fattening of the north pole has been verified, the earth, solid globe, may be heightened at the south pole In the same proportion that 1t is flattened at the north.
 This swelling is composed of fluid matter of which the molecules slipping rapidly the one on the other are car ried to the place where the need is to balance and compensate the more or less greater weight of the other hem- isphere.
 The rapidity and facility with which water flows are the most logical means of securing mechanical balance for the purpose of maintaining. without shocks, the movements made neces- sary by the gravitation of the earth, the weight of the oceans balancing the weight of the raised land on the np- posed hemisphere. The earth Is ftn- ishefi planet. and whatever may be the form of the agglomerated solid mass, the regulating actions Of the oceans will suffice instantly to estaDiish me of the globe if at any mo- ment 1t should be compromised. Cos mos
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04

1t is hard to understand the com placency with which the American peo- n1e tolerate the reckless disregard of life that may fairly be said to charac- terize the railroads of this country, says a writer in Leslie's Monthly
 Each year the collected statistics of the dead and wounded rival the har- vest Of war between great nations. In 1902 the injured numbered 64 ,66o, ana the killed $500. Think of it. Men, women ana ehild dfen, enough to people such a city as, lInfn gton, stricken down because somebody makes q mistake. In 1895 passenger travel was only f1ve-sixths as heavy as it is to-day, but the list of killed and wounded was little more than half so great as the holocaust of last year. With each accident the neighboring community is aroused. When an at tempt is made to indict directors or a president, the public smiles, and the cynicism is justified. Yet lin nine cases out of ten the fault Is due to in competency tolerated, if not cou1l- tenanced, by those in authority. When an army meets with disaster the gen. eral may blame his subordinates, but the nation holds him to account. In railroading, as in war, inetiiciency is crime, and as the general is absolutely responsible for his command, the pres ident and directors must be made to answer to the public. The conviction of q single $25OO0 a year man might send a shudder round every directors table in the country, but also it might cut down railroad accidents by a third.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04

Maine will make a big display o1 apples at the worlds fair. A cal load of big red apples, wrapped in tis
 sue paper and again in waxed paper and carefully packed in bushel boxes
 were received at the worlds fail grounds early in February and were placed in cold storage, where they will be held until the opening Of the exposition on April 3O ?.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04
A GUARANTEED CURE FOR. PILES

Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protrud- ing Piles. Your druggist will refund money if PAzO OINTMENT fails to cure you in 6 to IA days. 5Oc.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-03-04

Leave all job printing or-ars at the Democrat office. such as tickets. win dow hangers, bills, badges. programs, door checks, and in fact anything and everything that can be printed. from one letter up to 8 full sheet poster.