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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
HABITS CHAIN.
Certain Habits Unconsc!ously FoEmed
and Hard to Break.

An ingenious philosopher estimate
that the amount of will power necss-s.
sary to break a lifelong habit would,
IL it could be transformed, lit .
weight Of many tons. 81. -. ss5s5 \
1t sometimes requires u higher de-
gree of heroism to break the chains Of
a pernicious habit than to lead a forIss
lorn hope in a bloody battle. A lady
writes from an Indiana town:
"From my earliest childhood I was
a lover of coffee. Before was out
of my teens was a miserable dysE-
peptic, suffering terribly at times with
my stomach. . #S
II was convinced that it was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
/ could not deny myself esp for
breakfast. At the age of Sc vas u:
very poor health. indeed. My Sister
told me I was in danger Of becoming
q coffee drunkard.
"But I never could give up drinking
coffee for breakfast although 1T kopt
me iconstantly Ill, until I, tried Postar1,l
I learned to make it properly ACCORD
ing to directions, and now we il can
hardly do without Postum for breaakh'-s
fast, and care nothing at allafor conee:;
II am no longer troubled. with dys-.
pepsia, do not have spells OF sun erins
with my stomach thai used ~ trouiDls
me so when + drank coffee. 3 MAJ ~
given by Postum CO., Baths crs m
Mich. So s. ,,...
Look in each pkg. for the famousI..ss
tie book. 1.-THE Road to Wellvtlllese
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
A Farmer Of 1648.

In the old days in this country farming
and manufacturing we're carried on to-
gether to- q very large extent. A letter
written from Virginia in 1913 gives the
following picture of life on the planta-
ton of certain Capt. Matthews, a lead
ing citizen OF the colony: HE hath a
fine house and all things answerable to
it. He sows yearly store: Of hemp and
fax and causes it to be spun. He keeps
weavers and hath tanhouse, causes
leather to be dre4ed, hath eight shoe
makers employed in their trade. hath
40 negro servants and brings then: up
to trades in his house. He yearly sows
abundance Of wheat, barley, etc. The
wheat he selleth at four shillings q
bushel. He kills store Of beeves and
sells them to victual the ships when
they coms thither. He hath abundance
of kline, brave dairy, swine great store
and poultry. Chicago News. ; $50 <@ =
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
IN A BUDDHIST CATHEDRAL
Amazing Musical Service in, the
Superb Monastery, the Po-
tala, at Lhassa.

A visit to service in the great
Enthusiastically the potala at Lhassa,
is described by, Edmund Chandler. says
the London Mail. The only imposing
building in Lhassa, he says. is this Budd-
hist cathedral and monastery.
The potala is superbly detached. 1t is
not palace on a hill, but hill that is
also palace. Its massive walls, Its ter
races and bastions, stretch upward from
the plain to the crest, as it the great
bluff rock were merely q foundation
stone planted there at the divinity's nod.
The divinity dwells in the palace and
underneath, at the distance Of q furlong
or two, humanity is huddled abjectly in
squalid, smut-begrimed houses. Above
all this squalor the potala towers SUI
perbly. Its golden roofs shining in the
sun like tongues of fire, are a Landmark
for miles and must inspire awe and ven
Grafton in the, hearts of pilgrims coming
from the desert parts of Thibet, ;Kash-
mir and Mongolia to visit the sacred city
that Buddha has blessed. ...-
The service which Mr.. Chandler, was
permitted to attend were amazing for
their musical features. He says:
The monks have extraordinarily Deep
devotional voices, reaching deeper tones
than any western bass. The voice Of
1000 monks resembles the drone' of a
subterranean monster, unsteady plain
tive-the voice of the earth god pray
ing for release to the gods of$the skies.
In the inner temple are three enormous
images of the Buddhist trinity, set with
jewels from foot to crown. In the upper
story, in place we called ''Hades,"
some lamas were worshiping the demon
protectress Of the grand lama. The
music here was harsh and barbaric. On
pillars and on the walls were displayed
freaks of diabolical invention Kin the
shape of scrolls and devil masks: The
object of this worship was huddled in
corner, a dwarflsh abortion, hideous
and malignant. All about the lamas
feet ran little white mice, searching for
grain, with which they are fed daily.
They are scrupulously cared for, as in
their bodies the souls Of previous guard
ians of the shrine are believed to be re-
incarnated. Some Of the rites were con :;
Quoted in deep and impressive silence:
The monks sat like stone figures; as if
oblivious of our presence. The reek of
candles was almost suffocating.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
GORGEOUS PERUVIAN ROBE
Magnificent Specimen Of Ancient
Inca Weaving Lately y
Brought to View. -.

What is said to be the finest and most
gorgeous garment of ancient Peruvian
workmanship ever recovered and which
Is classed as one of the most extraordi-
nary pieces of primitive weaving In the
world, says a writer in the St. Louis Re-
public, is a multicolored royal poncho,
interviewer front and back into 100
squares, while these In turn contain
more than 300 additional figures, max
ing 500 varied designs used. The squares
contain different geometiric patterns, a
conspicuous one being a series OF ter
racelike steps, with bird, thought to
be the condor, ascending. H..
The two lower sections contain the
border, which depicts conventionalized
warrior, with lamp and shield, in sew
eral attitudes. Other types Of ponchos
and shawl-like garments are ornamented
with large hammered disks Of silver the
size of an ordinary saucer. These, as
we'll as the border, are festooned with
handsome feather work. Great numbers
Of these fabrics were prepared and con-
sumed in religious and ceremonial rites
and sacrifcial observances. Many
young girls were demanded as yearly
tribute FROM distant conquered tribes,
and during the period of their captiv-
ity were engaged in weaving these bril-
liant ponchos, though they were des-
tined themselves to be offered up as a
sacrifice on some great occasion. A
year or more, it is thought, was needed
by these captves to turn out an elab-
crate ornamental poncho. ,tr
Special care was taken to preserve the
fleet wild vicuna, which furnished the
fine wool. A special game preserve was
set apart for them by the lords and the
ordinary people we're not allowed ito
hunt in 1t. The coarse wool OF, the
llama and alpaca was allotted to- the
common folk for the weaving Of their
apparel, while the fine, silklike -skeins
of the vicuna were reserved for the no.
bility and the ruling meas. The color
Of the vicuna's wool is ruddy yellow,
and it retains its hue forever. s-1- = %
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
LOVES LIFE.

p
4 Love, az the planets through all space are
hurled,
Y And we, unseeing, choose this little world
So / choose thee, Ell
So I choose thee.
go wakes my heart in song. in gladness
sweet, ,&$ H.
\ And every living thing with Joy greet.
"A For thy dear sake,
II For thy dear sake.
To be with thee my head upon thy breast
N Care flung aside-to feel the spirits rest
$5 Through all LIES day,
Through all life day. ;
For Paradise let others search the spheres
4 find it in thine eyes-'midst smiles and
tears
4 -GN So claim thee =
rs j So claim-thee. ~ s7, . -. s~ =
Lila Elizabeth Kelley. in Boston Tran
script. ,rg5es5.- sI.sr
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
WHEN WOMAN ENvIEs MAN.

When he gives his hair neat brush
and his couture is complete. =, =: VI, i*E
When he doesn't have to, kiss his
sworn enemy, and tell him how sweeths,
looks. ,f s,+s. t<.;e
When the. children cry and he can:
whistle a tune, get his hat, bang the.
door, and go out. ..rt4s ,*5sss
When he trips up the street ahead
Of her on q rainy day with his trousers
jauntily turned up and no skirts To-
carry. II -.&''',,. '."' = q
When he doesn't have to twist his
arms to hook his bodice up the back or,
drag six superfiuous yards of dress goods
behind him-and do 1t gracefully, too.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
ALL A MATTER OF TASTE.
IF They Liked Their "old Boiled Mac
aroni" They Were Welcome to
It, for His Part. .ss5.

Mt is related that when Gen. Miles,
then commanding the army, once Wis
tied Galveston for the purpose of in
specting Fort Jacinto he observed stand
ing at the door of the ammunition maya
zine a private who was holding in his
hand two strips Of something that bore
close resem blance to macaroni.
"What is that STUFF" asked the gen.
eral.
Don't you know" came from the Of
Rcer who was showing Miles around the
fort.
"No, l don't!" exclaimed the general
In command, taking up piece Of the
stuff.
why, that's the powder we use In
the guns here!" answered his compan-
ion, whereupon there was a general
burst of laughter, in which Miles heart
lily Joined, at the idea that the head
of the army did not know powder when
he saw it. ,g,=- -.
Then the officer accompanying Gen.
Miles told him story. "che powder"
said he, "is put in those boxes yo''
see over in that corner. When the storm
that devastated Galveston struck this
fort it scattered our guns and anmuni-
ton pretty much all over Texas: We
sent out men to recover as much or It as
possible. -, 49,. 80. ..s,.-... ..
/ zone day, while discharsing this duty
| one Of our men came across ali old farm
or somewhere up the state who had
picked up considerable amount Of our
powder: Several boxes Of the stufr were
found stacked In the old mans CELLAR.
Of course our man seized it in the name
| Of Uncle Sam. - IT,, 49,.
"He loaded the boxes on wagon and
proceeded to haul them away. Just as
he was leaving the old farmer shouted:
"..Take your old boiledmacaroni!
don't care! My Sarah boiled some a
whole day and the blamed stuff tasted
| like ~mule!'"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
Poison in Sierra Leoue,

It il stated by the Journal Of the Afri-
can society that for some years death BY
poison has been the subject 81 talk ID
the colonoy OF Sierra Leone. No enc, It
would appear, dies from natural causes.
Poisoning in one form or another Is put
down as the cause Of death not only
among the poor, but also among the rich.
A vegetable poison that produces par
alysis is used. ~ : :.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
Good Place to Die.

A sect in New jersey ~ making prep
arations for the end of the world, which
It thinks is close at hand. For the pur-
poses of this sect New Jersey probably
is as good jumping of place as any.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
HOUSES IN ONE SOLID PIECE,
Novel Plan Of Constructing Them Of
Concrete Is Tried in New
York City.

"A novel plan OF mousse DullQlhS Q8S
made its appearance in some of the
suburbs, says the New York World.
The usual way has been to build a
house out of stone, brick or wood, in
pieces which are mortared or nailed
and can be sectionally taken apart
Under the new plan house Is all one
piece and after a few years exposure
the walls are like solid rock. The
material used in concrete.
Every one has seen the way In
which the workmen on the subway
mixed their concrete to make the lin
ing and filling for the tunnel. In the
new method Of building house walls
the concrete is mixed in much like
manner and poured into mold. Be-
ginning with the foundation the mold
is raised foot by foot as the concrete
is poured in and hardens. until. when
the roof is reached, the whole wall is
a solid mass. Holes are left for the
doors and windows during the con-
struction.
This system is cheaper than stone
or brick and at the present price OF
lumber and shingles, than wood, un-
less the wooden house is fimsily con-
structed. It's advantage Is also in
permanency in painting and repairs.
The concrete of which the walls are
built is more cheaply mixed than the
concrete used for subway work, where
there has to be constant jar and
more tensile strength required. The
proportions on subway work and sand.
On house work one part of cement to
seven or eight parts of gravel or
crushed stone insures strong wall,
if properly made and set, and If q
coating of best quality Portland &C.
ment is washed over the outside.
Where gravel, small stones and
sand are readily accessible and cheap
ly to be had, as they are in almost
all of New York's suburbs, the main
expense of concrete house is for the
cement. This can be lessened by u.s.
ing the cheaper grades Of Rosendale
cement for the main walls and using
the more expensive Portland cement
only as a wash. -
II plenty of suitable stones have
been found in digging the cellar they
may be used for the foundation, or the
concrete construction may begin from
the foundation trench and continue
solidly to the roof.
The molds are either wood Or metal.
with a hollow core. The object of the
core Is to save material without loss
of strength and to provide for an air
circulation within the wall. Hollow
concrete walls are cooler in tie sum-
mer and warmer in the winter than q
solid stohe or brick wall.
Walls made in this manner may be
tinted any color both inside and out
by coloring the Portland cement wash.
The color then cannot wear OIL, as 1t
is, part of the wall. Floor beams are
set in the concrete as in q brick or
stone wall now. Windows, doors and
frames are inserted as now.
Several of these concrete houses
have been ornamented in a novel way
by sculptor friends Of the owners.
The material is almost as, soft as clay
when first put up. It can readily be
modelled into faces, figures. scroll work
or any kind of designs Shllfully
done this concrete modelling gives the
effect of stone carving at q small
fraction of the expense.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
Insurance in Russia.

The poor activity of the insurance
business in Russia is shown by the fact
that In the entire empire there are only
$3.50 companies, while the amount Of
insugancs taken out IL only $50 .321. 401.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06

liberty to repeat what !
arst stated through our
Denver papers about
NDoan's Kidney Pills in
tho summer of 1892. for
I have had no reason In
the interim to change my
opinion of the remedy. I
was subject to severe at
tacks. OF backache, al
ways aggravated il I sat
long at q desk. Doan's
Kidney Pills absolutely
stopped my backache. 4
have never had q pain
or a twinge SINCE"
~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06

According to the latest Official stats
tics the numbers Of the sexes in Hol
land are almost equal, women having
a preponderance of only one per cont
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
THREE YEARS AFTER,

Eugene e. Lario,s o1 Isl Twentieth
avenue, ticket seller In the Union Stars
kion Denver. COL glyS: NYOu uro "a
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06
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RECENTLY RELATED.

They were on golt course not far
from Glasgow: "A splendid stroke!, Cad s
die, did you follow that ball?" said the
player who had justdriven. Nav, SIR
replied the caddie, but / think that
gentleman wi the red coat can tell you
where it struck. see him feelin' his
head" -, 90
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06

It is told that while John Sharp WI.
liams was speaking in Mississippi man
in the audience cried: 1--WE been robbed
by pickpockets!" Il did not suspect
there were any republicans present.,
said Mr.. Williams amid great laughter.
There amt" cried the Victim. "I'm the
only one!" $@
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06

Foster-Milburn Co.. BAffalo, N. T..
For sale by Gil druggists. Price So
cents PEI; box. ~ ~ G--4,' '%ss .s II
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-01-06

Lord Erskine, when chief Justice OF
England, presided once at the Chelms-
ford assizes, when a case Of breach Of
promise Of marriage was tried befpSs
him in which a Miss Tickell was plaintiff,
The counsel was a pompous young man
named Stanton. who opened the case
with solemn emphasis thus. "Tickell.
the plaintiff, my lord" Erskine dryly'
interrupted him with: "Oh, tickle her
yourself. Mr.. Stanton. 1t would be un-:
becoming to my position"
Senator Stockbridge, Of Michigan.
often told q story Of very rich lumber
man who came to congress from the Like
region and rented the furnished hossss
which belonged to q senator whose term
had recently expired. The house wasa
palace and was completely furnished. all
except the library, for the senator had
taken his books with him. True to the.
instincts Of a lifetime Of carefulness, the;
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. surveyed the
library, then accurately measured TIM.
empty shelves and telegraphed q promi-S
nent house in Chicago: Send me at
once ZIG running feet Of books" That
was his idea of furnishing q library.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-26


county commissioners when three of
them are said to have been stockholders
IN the company, does not permit of
a Northwestern telephone to be in the
court house, even rent free. For this
reason representatives of twin city
papers reporting the trial have been OBJ
liged to arrange with the Northwestern
Telephone Exchange company to have
two booths brought upon the court
house grounds, and left standing on
drays, in order to have the use of that
Icompany's wires to the twin cities. It
has been matter of some comment
that the commissioners made such a
contract.
Judge Cray has decided to hold court
tomorrow, even though it is Good FRI
| day and made legal holiday by bill
signed by Gov. Johnson yesterday.
After consultation with the attor-
tneys the Judge ordered venire for
thirty yeniremen, and directed the coro-
ner to make the service.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-26

takes the Free Press and Minneapolis
Tribune, and had read about the case.
The defense challenged for actual bias.
Mr.. Nelson said that he had formed no
opinion as to who committed the muir
der and never had heard it discussed. He
knew of no reason why he could not
try the case impartially. TIE challenge
was Withdrawn and the defense chal-
lenged peremptorily.
Frank W. Hilton of Eagle Lake, a
farmer, was called. He took the Free
Press, Minneapolis Tribune and St.
Paul Daily News. He had read and
talked of the case. He did not think
that he could try the case fairly and
impartially. The defense challenged for
actual bias. Mr.. Hilton said that he
had an opinion that it would take
strong evidence to remove. The cnal.
lenge was admitted, and Hr. Hilton ex.
cused.
David Richards said that he had
heard of and talked about the case. He
took the Free Press, Review, st. Paul
Pioneer Press and Dispatch, and had read
OF the case more or less. The defense
challenged for actual bias. He had.
an opinion as to the guilt or innocence
of the accused and had expressed it.
Replying to Mr.. Wilson, Mr.. Richards
said that he had an opinion that would
influence him if he was on the jury. The
challenge was admitted and the Jurors
excused.
George Draper said that he had heard
about the case. He had employed
County Attorney Wilson at times. The
defense challenged for actual bias. He
had read of the case in the Free Press,
Review, st. Paul Dispatch and Mime
apolis Journal. Had discussed the case
and expressed an opinion, and now has
an opinion that might influence him as
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-26

that is that the farmers of Blue Earth
There has been scarcely one who has
been questioned as to what papers he
reads but who has answered, giving the
names of one or more daily papers,
one or more Weeklies and one or two
farm journals This SHOWS what the
free rural routes are doing for the farm
ers. The latter are enabled to get their
daily papers the same as the inhabi-
tants of the villages, and generally
take more papers than the villagers.
The attorneys on both sides are ex-
ceedingly careful in their examination
of the jurymen to see whether they can
not detect some leaning one way or the
other. Any previously formed opinion
in the case, which it would take the
slightest evidence to remove, is suffi-
cient to disqualify the juror, no matter
how intelligent and fair minded he may
be. There is always chance that the
slight prejudice with which the juror
may go into a case will bias his judy
ment where the evidence is so evenly
balanced that the incest calculation is
needed in order to tell which side of
the scales overbalances the other. This
makes the examinations sometimes
rather prolonged and technical Jurors
sometimes cannot draw the lines be-
tween "prejudice,' opinion" "idea,"
ETC., like the attorneys seem to.
Dr.. Koch sits through the long ex-
animation of the jurors, watching the
proceedings closely and missing nothing.
He places the greatest confidence in his
attorneys, feeling that his interests are
in safe hands. He never smiles neither
does he talk to anyone unless spok-
en- to, and sadness is depicted upon his
countenance, that is unlike his appear.
ance when he was in court in February
The audience numbers many ladies,
who watch the proceedings with inter
est, even if they do not understand it
all They know that DR.. Koch is there,
behind a wide array of attorneys, and
know that he is fighting for his life,
and that is enough to make the place
one of absorbing interest.
The state claims to nave some i'm
l. = ! >
guarding with jealousy. The attorneys
decline to divulge anything about it,
until it is sprung in court. The de-
tense claims to be able to meet and
offset any additional evidence that the
state may produce.
Henry M. somsen, attorney at law
of New Ulm and brother-in- law of Dr.
Koch, arrived in the city yesterday af-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1905-04-26
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS

The second day of the trial of DR..
Koch opened with better prospects of
getting iurymen than was the case yes
terday morning. It mad not been expect
ed that more than one or two jury
men would be obtained from the regu-
lar panel, and it would not have been
surprising to either side if none had
been obtained Each side seemed to
fear that the other had acquired knoWl-
edge of how the jurymen on the regular
panel stood in regard to the case, and
when one side refused to challenge, this
fact naturally aroused suspicious in the
minds of the other. With special ven
ire it is different, for the chances are
greater that neither side has had any
means of finding out how these men
stand.
One thing has been brought out very
plainly by the proceedings thus far, and