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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
OREGON EXPOSITION NOTES.

Suffers Fort, where gold was first
discovered in California, 81 years ago,
will be reproduced at the Lewis and
Clark exposition by the Sacramento
Valley Development association.
There will be riot of roses iQ bloom
on the grounds Of the Lewis and Shark
exposition the opening day. and for
many days thereafter. The rose ex-
hibit will show forth the glories of the
Oregon climate as producer of hues
and perfume.
Abraham Lincoln's old y. home at
Springfield, ILL.,, the only piece Of real
estate ever owned by the martyred
president, will be reproduced as the
Illinois state building at the Lewis and
Clark exposition. Many Lincoln relics
will be exhibited.
Every day during the four and a
half months of the Lewis and Clark
exposition one or: more excursions to
Portland. on account of special events,
will be run. It is estimated that 1000
visitors will reach Portland daily on
excursion trains alone.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
CAPT. HoBsoN WEEDS.
Hero of the Merrimac and Miss Hull
Married-Both Come Of Fa-
NOUS Ancestry.

New York.-The marriage Of Miss
Grizelda Houston Hull and Capt. Rich
mond Pearson Hobson, the hero of the
Merrimac, on May Is was the culmina-
ton of an interesting romance and
marks an alliance which joins some
of the best blood in the country. The
marriage was solemnized at the home
of the brides parents in Tuxedo. Only
relatives and a few intimate friends
of the contracting parties were present
Mrs. Hobson is ON her fathers side
related to the Hulls, Strongs, Farm
hams and Doolittles of New England,
and is through her mother, who was
Miss Lucia Houston, daughter OF
Judge Russell Houston, Of Kentucky,
related to some of the finest families
of the south. She is the grandniece
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02

irons and special guards placed over
them. This was the only prison IN
the then lower part Of Montgomery
county, Maryland, although the coun-
ty court was held at Rockville, and
there it was that all violators OF the
state laws in the county were carried
for trial. Even in those good old
days people would get into trouble
and into jail. The laws were strict
early to bed and early to rise, and
if one failed to meet his financial
obligations he was thrown into jail.
The old building has been used for
many purposes since then, and now a
faithful band of colored people, Bap-
tists, hold religious services there, en-
trance being through an end door
which is reached by a long rickety
flight of stone steps. The lower floor
is used as a storage house for fer
tilizer, but this does not interfere
with the worshipers. Barring the d.
lapidated condition Of the roof, win
dows and chimneys the building,
which is of stone and brick, is in
splendid state of preservation, and I'M
less torn down to make room for an
other building will doubtless remain
as a historic spot of interest for many
years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
1.-THE OREGON PONY. y
STORY OF FIRST LOCOMOTIVE
EVER USED IN STATE.
The Progress Of Invention Has Made
the Old Engine Back Number,
But in It's Day It Was
Great Worker.

Portland, Outstanding in the Ma
chinery; Electricity and Transporta-
ton building at the Portland Lewis
and Clark exposition is tiny locomo-
tive, little larger than: an automobile.
The four wheels of the locomotive ap-
pear slightly larger than barrel hoops,
the boiler is about as big as an ap-
pie barrel, and the whole engine is
only ID feet long.
This little engine, which bears the
title Oregon Pony, was the first loco
motive used in Oregon. The pony, as
almost every visitor takes occasion to
remark, is mot SO much to look al"
But in it's day it was a great engine
to work, and it's history is so entan-
gled with the history of early days
in Oregon as to make it worthy of
more than passing attention.
The Oregon Pony was born in the
year 1861 at San Francisco, and i'm
mediately entered upon it's life labors,
going into commission as portage
connecting steamboats, on the Colum-
bia river at a place where for seven
miles the rapids made it impossible
for boats to pass.
It was the discovery of gold at
Canyon City, Ore, that made the pony
a necessary factor in western trans.
portation, and the story Of that discov'
cry in itself forms an interesting tale
that few people know.
At about the time Of the outbreaks
of the civil war party of emigrants
making their weary way over the
mountains, crossed a stream which led
into a lake. In the bed of the stream
they found a yellow metal, which
they discovered, could be flattened Out
into thin sheet by laying chunk Of
it on a wagon wheel and pounding il
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
Agricultural and Horticultural Col
onies on tho Kansas City
Southern Railway.

Lockesburg Colony in Sewer County,
Arkansas, containing about 10000 acres, and
Loring Colony in Sabine Parish, Louis.
lana, containing about p, 900 acres, are now
fSr .uas pso
on easy terms to actual settlers. Lockes:
burg Colony il well suited for General
Farming, stock raising and commercial
fruit growing. Loring Colony lies in a
splendid fruit, truck and tobacco region,
and is good for corn and cotton also. Both
are situated in beautiful country, with
a healthy climate and excellent water:
Write for books concerning Lockesburg and
Loring Colonies and Current Events"
K. G. S. Ry., Kansas City, Mo-; F: E..
Roeslcr, Immigration Agt., X. G. S. Ry,
Kansas City, Mo.
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GOT AN EXCUSE TO TALK.
Wanted to Say Something to the Old
s% Woman and tho Way Was
gT Opened.

IT vas in a Long Island village last
summer" said New York, lawyer. ac'
cording to the Cleveland Leader, "when =
Big automobile came tearing along, and
Just IN front of the post Office it struck
and killed big hog belonging to a vii.
lager who was leaning over his gate at
the time.
"'How fast was the machine going? !
asked of him, as he came out and looked
after the flying auto.
"'Fcrty miles an hour he replied.
). Then you can make the owner pay
for your hog >,
I shall fool with the case
"'Don't you think the hog 10 worth
going to law about, eh:'
lie was fine hog, and / ought to
be paid for him, but me and the old
woman have been gronty at each other
for week, and I've been aching for =
chance to open out on her. This is just
what I wanted, and I'll let the auto 90
and go in and tell her some things she
WON'T forget for the next 80 years!'"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
In Record Time

Piney Flats, Tenn, May 29th.-(Special)
Cured in two days of Rheumatism that
had made his life torture for two years,
ID. s. Hilton, of this place, naturally
wants every other sufferer from rheuma.
tism to know what cured him. 1t was
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"Doed's Kidney Pills 49s the srand Ie,t
pill on earth" says MI. Hilton IL would S L
they did for me. For two years / had
what the doctors called rheumatism.
could hardly walk around in the house:
It seemed to be in my back and hip and
helped mo till got Dodd's Kidney Pills.
"rwo days after took the first dose
all pain left me and it has never come
back since. I can't praise Dodd's Kidney
Pills too much"
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid in
the blood. Healthy kidneys take all the
Uric Acid out of the blood. Dodd's Kid
ney Pills make healthy kidneys.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02

with a hammer. The emigrants were
interested and left blue bucket to
mark the place where they had picked
up the yellow metal, and when they
met some miners they told Of their
find. The search for the blue bucket
began in a hurry. The bucket never
was found, but the men who went in
search of it found other streams as
rich as the one which the bucket had
been left to mark. Certain holdings
there are named tho Blue Bucket
mines.
Canyon City has been called 1.-The
last stand of the Argonauts." Thither
flocked the "forty-niners" from Cali
fornia, pioneer gold seekers who had
sought the rainbow's end in many
places. The 'forty- niners" made the
"trip overland, but when the news of
the new find reached San Francisco
hundreds Of people set sail from the
city for the north in the sailing YES
sells that then piled the Pacific coast.
The ships brought the gold seekers
to Portland, then struggling town OF
about 5000 Inhabitants.
Beyond Portland ocean vessels
could not sail. and Immediately the
Oregon Navigation company was
formed to put in commission on the
upper Columbia steamboats, of light
draft which could navigate the stream.
The company built steamboats, to carry
passengers and freight from Portland
TO the Cascades, little more than
half way to The Dalles, which point
was then, and still is, the head Of
navigation, and other boats to ply the
water above the Cascades. Between
the end of one steamship run and the
beginning Of the other was stretch
of seven miles Of rapids, where 10
steamboats, could navigate on account
Of the rocks which blocked the chan
mel.
At first the steamboat company built
a wagon road, and made the portage
of gold seekers and their goods by
team. But the road was poor one,
and the rains washed part of it away
every little while. The. difficulty was
overcome temporarily by building q
track with oak rails over which was
laid a thin covering Of strap iron.
And it was for service on this track
that the pony was built.
The pony was found to be the very
thing needed. The engine was not too
heavy for the rails, and was so small
that she took the curves without dill
iculty; and she could make the seven
miles in an hour, which was not at
all bad The first run wls made OF,
May TO-, 1862, and for two years the
faithful pony ran UP and down with
her load of passengers and freight
BY the end Of this period the iron railn
from the east had arrived and been
put in place, and new engine, bigger
and stronger, took the place OF the
pony. The pony, being now of no
use. was SOLD to David Hewes, of San
Francisco, fpr $1,000, and entered
upon a prosaic existence, hauling sand
to fill up San Francisco bay. In 1872
the pony was retired from active serv-
ice. Mr.. Hewes agreed to send the
pony to the Lewis and Clark exposi-
ton, and stipulated that after the close
of the fair the engine was to be given
to the state Of Oregon. This will be
GoN4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
TELEPHONE AS REFORMER.
An Example Of the Surprising Effect
It May Have on Our
Morals.

Congressman Bingham, At = dinner of
the Philadelphia Clover club, spoke Of
modern life in the most optimistic way,
relates the Cincinnati Enquirer.
"The world is growing better" he said.
"Daily it becomes cleaner, kinder, and
more upright. Nearly everything makes
for reform. Even the telephone has 4 ire
mendous reforming influence.
LET me give you an example of the
surprising effect that the telephone e1er-
cises over our morals.
"a certain man, at breakfast one morn
ing, said to his wife:
!" NY dear, I'll not be home to dinner
tonight, and you had better not cit up for
me, as shall be detained very late at the
office posting my books
Every WE'LL the lady answered. Before
I 60 70 bed I'll say good night to you over
the telephone
1.-THE man had forgotten, you see, that =
telephone now connected his office and his
house"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
The Truth Breaks Out.

"Now. of course, DOCTOR" said the man
Performed, Il respect your skill highly,
and all that; but doesn't it seem, even
to you, little too much to charge $50
for doing a bit of work that occupied you
about five minutes?" 90,
my good sir" said the great oculist,
fastening to the defense of himself and
his profession, "you don't realize that in
acquiring the skill to perform such an
operation in five minutes l have spoiled
perhaps two bushels of eyes quite as val
liable as yours!"-N. Y. Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
OLD DEBTORS PRISON.
Building at Georgetown Still In oood
State Of Preservation - Now
Used as q Church.

Neutrality-suspicious. Of the canal on
Thirty-second street, Georgetown,
stands the old debtors prison, one
of the Oldest buildings in that historic
city.
Years prior to tho laying out of the
District of Columbia this structure
was built, and as far back as the lat
ter part of the seventeenth century
was used as municipal prison, among
it's first inmates as prisoners being
Michael and Matthew Dulaney, charged
with setting fire to a tobacco ware
house. The prison was regarded as
unsafe and the men were placed in
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
Who In Pusheckf

u. Ono reads 10 much about DR.. Pusheck
ma me wonderful cures achieved by his
Kuro, that everybody ie interested to
know more about him. DR.. Pusheck has
practiced medicine for some Is years IN
Chicago, and has within the last few years
extended his efforts all over the country.
All advice il free, and his main remedy-.-
his Kuro-is sent on trial to anyone sui
fering from Weakness, Pain, Rheumatism
or any Blood, Skin, Stomach or Nervous
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
Catches Prize Goldfish.

Capt. Lorenzen, of the schooner q.
A. Hooper, of Gloucester, brought in
the prize Goldfish to Boston recently.
The fish was monster in appearance,
with a head like that of good-sized
swordfish. 1t was caught of Halfway
rock. The fish weighed SO pounds
dressed, and according to fishermen
who saw it must have weighed nearly
100 pounds when caught. The fish
measured almost six feet in length. IT.
was bought by one of the wholesale
houses and. sold Immediately to q re-
tail dealer in the Back bay.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
ATAX|A IS DURABLE
REPORTED CURE STANDS TEST OF
FULL INVESTIGATION.

A Former Victim Of Locomotor Ataxia
Now Free from Suffering and
Actively at Work.
Eyes, "said Mr.. Watkins to a reporter.
cit is true that T have beelr-cured OF
ataxia by DR.. Williams Pink Pills."
care you sure you had locomotor
ataxia2"
'The doctors themselves told me so.
Besides recognized the symptoms"
"What were they?"
"Well, the first indications were
stiffness about the knee joints that came
on about four years ago. Anew months
after that appeared, my walk got to be
uncertain, shaky-like. I lost confidence
in my power to control the movements
of my legs. Once, when I was in tho
cellar, I started to pick up two scuttles
Of COAL, and my legs gave way suddenly,
and I ttlmbled all in q heap in basket.
I couldn't close my eyes and keep my
balance to save my life. Then had
fearful pains over my whole body and !
lost control over my kidneys and my
bowels"
"How about your general health?"
"Sometimes was SO weak that I had
to keep my bed and my weight fell OF
twenty pounds. Things looked pretty
bad for me until I ran across Q young
man who had been cured by DR.. VIII
llama Pink Pills and who advised me to
try them"
Ibid these pills help you rightaway?"
IT didn't geo much improvement un'
til I had used six boxes. The first bene-
fit I noticed was a better circulation and
picking up in strength aud weight. !
gradually got confidence in my ability
to direct the movements Of my legs, and
in the course Of seven or eight months
all the troubles had disappeared"
EDO you regard yourself as entirely
we'll now?"
II do the work Of a well man at any
rate. I can close my eyes and stand up
all right and move about the same as
other men. The pains are all gone ex-
cept an occasional twitch in the calves
of my legs" .<.... -.
Mr.. James H. Watkins resides at No. ~
Westerlo street, Albany, NY. DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills can be obtained at any
drug store. They should be used as soon
as the first signs of locomotar ataxia APP
pear in peculiar uumbuess OF the feet.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02

oVuU0 ~ NSu4OSnI
of Gov. Houston, Of Alabama. who was
recognized as one Of the greatest ex-
ecutives who ever presided over the
destinies of that state. She; therefore,
has in her veins the blood of the Folks,
the famous President Sam Houston,
Of Texas, the Longs, the Joneses, the
cations, and other noted families OF
Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky aid Ten
nessee.
Capt. Hobson, too, comes of famous
ancestry, both south and north.
Through his mother, who was Miss
Sarah Groom Pearson daughter of
Chief Justice Richmond Pearson, he is
related to the Saltenstals and Brew
STEERS, of Massachusetts, and on his "a
theirs side is related to the More
heads, Whites, Williams and others
who did much to lay the foundations
of the great states in North Carolina.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02

We have long been of the opinion that
the faiiure of our poets to wear q dis
tinct garb was largely responsible for
the comparatively slight recognition which
they receive at the hands of the people,
Indianapolis News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
= FEMALE TROUBLE
! NOT RECOGNIZED
; AS CATARRH.

ing caused by catarrh.
Catarrh of one organ is exactly the
same as catarrh of any other organ.
What will cure catarrh of the head will
also cure catarrh of the pelvic organs.
Peruna cures these cases simply because
1t cures the catarrh.
8er haSs G svne f a st sts3ee1
of your case, and he will be pleased to
give you his valua bic advice gratis.
The Hartman Sanitarium. Columbus, o.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02

Niagara falls is to be saved from its
grabbers and the honeymoon versus horse
power has won, as all lovers of true senti-
mert must wish.-Baltimore American.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02

The German emperor is. credited with
the statement: The whole world is in
trouble when ! travel" and if he said it,
it isn't all egotism, either.-Boston Globe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
80 Eleventh Street, =
milwaukee,. Wis.

"a short time ago I found my con-
diti0n very serious. Ihad headaches,
pains In the back, and frequent dizzy
spells which grew worse every month.
! tried two remedies before Peruna,
and was discouraged when / took
the first dose, but my courage soon
returned. In less than two months
my health was restored. "-.-A1rs. NJ.
BrickAer.
The reason of so many failures to
cure cases similar to the above is the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02

Rain may be all right for growing crops,
but it brings no joy to the baseball fam
Chicago Chronicle.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02
Special Low Rates to N. E. 4. Meet
inr. Asbury Park, N. J..

July 81, via Nickel Plate Road. Long
return Limit and Stop-over privileges at
Chautauqua Lake, n. Y, Niagara Falls
and New York City Full information of
Agent, or address j. Y. Callahan, General
Agent, Ill Adams st., Chicago, Ill.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-06-02

fact that diseases
peculiar to the
female sex are
not comm
recognized as be-
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-16
URGED TO PLANT VINES.
With Our Wealth of Native Creepers
and Climbers No One Need Be
Without Their Beauty.

1t is said Of the late Sterling Morton,
of Nebraska, that he always besought
every man he met to plant trees"
that was because he felt the barren
ness of the treeless west. l would add
land vines" because | would cover the
naked walls and drape the trees, writes
Hamlin Garland, in Good Housekeep-
ing. Trees and vines will cover a great
deal of bad architecture.
There are almost no excuses for bar
rem walls. We do not need to i'm
port vines from England, shrubs from
Japan, nor flower from Mexico. Our
own native wild plants and vines are
at our doors, ready to weave their en-
chanting veil of beauty over our blum
ders, our mistakes, our poverty oil
resource. Go to the meadows, the
swamps, the hillside, and invite them
in to help you make life better worth
living. Study their needs, their ha5
it's and apply their courage and theil
grace to your walls, your porticos
your decayed and dilapidated out.
houses, and your porches will become
bowers of fragrance and shade, YOU
lawns a delight. And you will fur.
thermore preserve to your children
few of the exquisite wild flowers now
swiftly bowling to the sickle and thu
plow.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-16
RAILWAY RATE LEGISLATION
Biennial Convention of Conductors
Ask Congress Not to Pass Ad-
verse Railroad Laws. 4,

At the biennial convention of the
Order OF Railway Conductors recently
held at Portland, Oregon, resolutions
were unanimously adopted voicing
their sentiments as to The effect Of pro-
posed railway rate legislation on the
100000 railroad employees, whom they
In part represented. These resolutions
Endorse the attitude of President
Roosevelt in condemning secret re-
bates and other illegalities, and com.
mend the attitude of the heads Of
American Railways, who, with prac-
tical unanimity, have Joined with
the President on this question:"
They then respectfully point out to
Congress the individuality of legisla
ton vesting in the hands of COM
mission power over railway rates, now
lower by far In the United States than
in any other country" because such
regulation would result in litigation
and confusion and inevitably tend to
an enforced reduction In rates, ire
spective Of the question of the ability
Of the railroads to stand the reduction,
especially in view of the increased cost
of their supplies and materials" They
further protested against such power
being given to the present Interstate
Commission because "the proposed leg
islation is not in harmony with our
idea Of American Jurisprudence, mas
much as it contemplates that single
body shall have the right to investi-
gate, indict, try, condemn and then
enforce it's decisions at the cost of the
carriers, pending appeal, which is
manifestly inequitable."
The conductors base their demand
for only such legislation If any, as
would Secure and insure justice and
equity and preserve equal rights to all
parties concerned" on the ground that
the low cost of transportation SIS the
result of the efficiency of American
railway management and operation
which have built up the country
through constant Improvement and de-
velopment of territory, while at the
same time recognition has been given
to the value of intelligence among en-
ployes in contrast to foreign methods,
where high freight rates and lowest
wages to employees obtain"
In pressing their claim against legis-
lation adverse to their interests, they
point out the fact that "the freight
rates of this country average only two
per cent. of the cost Of articles to the
consumer, thus making the freight
rate so Insignificant factor in the
selling price that numerous standard
: articles are sold at the same price in
all parts of the country"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1905-06-16
Strawberry Shortcake.

Mix thoroughly quart of -four, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, little
salt and tablespoonful of sugar, and
into this chop three tablespoonful of
butter, or butter and sweet lard mixed,
Add one cupful of sweet milk and one
we'll beaten egg; put together as quick
ly as possible and with but little han
ding; roll into sheets half an inch
thick, buttering the top side Of each
sheet. Bake in well-greased pan, lay
ing one sheet on top of another. AS
soon as baked done, separate the
sheets and spread between them a
thick layer of well sweetened berries
put together and cover the top with
sweetened berries. Serve whipped
cream.-The Commoner.