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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

IN "A recent letter from Mrs. Frank
I Olson, 1649 Marshall st., S. E.,
minneapolis, Minn., tells of a most
remarkable experience with q newly
discovered medicine. According to
the1 statement Mrs. Olson declared
that her daughter has violent case
OF epilepsy and had been suffering
for some time.
The terrible disease was gradu-
ally tightening it's deadly grip upon
the victim and nothing was over
looked that could be done to check
it's course but in spite of all the
young woman did not improve.
When Mr.. L. T. Cooper, the we'll
known philanthropist, visited
Minneapolis with his New Discov-
cry Medicines and was curing the
very worst cases of nervousness,
blood diseases, kidney and stomach
trouble, catarrh, deafness and
oven paralysis, Mrs. Olson deter
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15
PROBATE NOTICE.
-.
Order for Hearing Claims,

State of Minnesota, County of Nobles-ss
In Probate Court, Special term, Dec 11th
IN the matter of the estate of John
Henning deceased:
letter. Parliamentary on the estate OF
said deceased being this day granted unto
Andreas HenninR Of said County
It u Ordered, That all claims and dem nds
Of all persona against said said estate be
presented to this Court, for ex amin alton and
allowance, at the Probate Office in the
Village Of Worthlngton, In said County on
the following day, viz: On Monday the 18th
day of June 1906, at one O'Clock p. m.
It 10 Further Ordered, That six months
from theIdate hereof be allowedtto creditorsto
present their claims against said estate at
The expiration Of which time all claims not
presented to said Court. or not proven to
to Subtraction, shall be forever barred, IN
less, for cause shown, further time be al
lowed.
ordered Further, That notice of the time
and place Of the hearing and examin alton
Of said claims and dem ands shall be given by
publishing this order once in each week. for
three successive weeks prior to the day ap-
pointed for such examination, in the Wor-
thinkton Advance a weekly newspaper
printed and published at Worthington in
dated af worthington, Minnesota, the
i th day of December A, d. 1905.
Sd By the Court,
(sea1) :9y 81 M. Cory,
739 1920 ~. Judge Of Probate.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15
WAS NOT UNWILLING TO WORK.
seedy Stranger Only Seeking Proper
Implement Of Toll.

seedy Stranger Only Seeking Proper
Implement Of Toll.
I'm the old days." says well.
known player, when was a member
of stock company in Chicago, we
used nightly to gather in bohemian
resort near the theater. One night,
just after the show, number of us
were seated at table near the en-
trance, when there entered to us a
lean and hungry looking chap, very
thinly and shabbily clad. Noticing his
anxious gaze, one of the party i'm.
mediately OWNED his purpose, and,
anticipating the stranger. said:
Sorry, old fellow, but as we our
selves are playing in rather hard luck
we have no money to give you for q
meal and q nights lodging. We're
nearly broke ourselves
AT this the stranger smiled pleas
antly. Permit me, gentlemen. to COR
rect q Misrepresentation said he. I
was not going to ask you for money;
I merely wanted to know whether one
Of you would not lend me sandbag,
SO that I might go out and make a
little "-Harper's Weekly.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15
NEW CURE FOR EPILEPSY.
Remarkable Experience Of Minneapolis Young Woman Who is
Being Cured by Strange New Medicine

mined to have her daughter try
them. Regarding the strange
case she said: my daughter had
taken the medicine only one week
when We noticed marked i'm
provement. She became more
cheerful and more hopeful than
she had been for q long time and
/ am confident that she will soon
be- entirely free from the awful
affection.
I'VE consider Cooper's New Dis
covery our best friend"
Cooper's New Discovery strength
ems the nerves and quickly correctt
all nervous disorders. The awful
epilepsy, which in most cases is the
result of over strained and wrecked
nervous systems, can be prevented
by the timely use of this new
medical discovery.
Cooper's New Discovery sells for
one dollar per bottle, Cooper
Quick Relief, the assistant remedy
costs fifty cents. Both can DO OBJ
tanned in Worthington only of 81
s. Myers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

Will Roman has sufficiently re-
covered from his recent illness to
give some attention to his business
Ice boating is q favorite pastime
with many these fine days. as the
ice on the lake is in tho best of con-
dition for the sport. There will be
ten iceboats on the.lake this winter,
affording opportunity to mny more
to indulge in this form Of amuse-
ment.
j. A. Town left last week for FL
paso, Texas. where he will spend
a few weeks to avoid the rigors of
a Minnesota winter. He was &C.
companied by Judge Brown of
Luverne, who goes there for the
benefit of his health.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

Gov. LaFollette is going to have
the Stallwarts, the railroad and the
insurance companies of Wisconsin
investigated by a legislative COM
mittee. If the governors political
methods were investigated rotteness
would be uncovered compared to
which the exposures in New YORK
and elsewhere would seem like
mere idle gossip. AS a perverter of
representative government La
Toilette is without a parallel in
American history.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15
Sale and Supper.

The Methodist ladies' invite yot
to come to the A. o. u. W. hall, o.
Friday afternoon and evening Dec
Is where they will hold their annua
sale and supper. Sale will not be
gin until 8 O'Clock. Beginning q
$50 tho following menu will b
served for 25cents.
Chicken Pie Mashed Potatoes
Cranberries y@EsE -
Macaroni and Cheese
Cabbage Salad Pickles
Brown Bread Rolls
Fruit Salad
Cake Coffee.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

Reciprocity by means OF maxi
mum and minimum tariff, on the
basis of the suggestion made in the
Presidents message, is likely to be
the most notable piece Of legislation
by the fifty ninth congress, not even
excepting the railway rate law.
which is expected to he on the
statute books before the end Of this
session.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

General j. Fl. Baker made the
statement today that there is no
reason why anyone should go to
California to spend the winter.
Minnesota's excellent climate is
superb. Today, the seventh, day
of December, found q number Of
women seated on the front porch Of
the generals house. They were
basking in the warm sunshine and
enjoying the balmy air, while on
gagged in sewing and fancy work.
-Mankato Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

The Globe made it's debut last
Monday afternoon as a daily. Mr..
smalley has engaged in a laudable
enterprise, and we wish him sue
cess. The appearance of the first
numbers gave evidence that Mr..
Smalley is first class newspaper
man.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

Last year the attendance at the
International Live Stock show at
Chicago Union Stock yards was
485, ZOO. This year the show will be
much larger and finer than ever,
and it is likely that the attendance
will greatly exceed that Of any
previous year. The show will be
from December Is to %. It is q
great thing for Chicago Christmas
trade as we'll as for people interested
in stock.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

Representative McCleary failed to
land the Craftsmanship of the ap-
preparation committee. Was
Cannon afraid he would use the
National treasury as campaign
barrel2
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15
Car Time in Cambridge Given.

Several years ago party Of friends
travelling through Cambridge, Mass,
by trolley had occasion to ask the
starter on a certain line how often
the cars ran, to which natural ques-
ton. he made the following reply:
"Quarter arter, ha' arter, quarter to,
and at"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15
w0RTHlN6T0N ADVANCE
PuBLIsHRD EVERY FRIDAY. ,%"g
THOS. DOVERY, PUBLIsHER. ~ -,

Government control OF railroads
is a new departure. but a necessary
one. Railroad control of the gov
eminent was new when it started.
Turn about is fair play.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15
Notice..

There will be q mass meeting
held at the school house on the
evening of Dec. rs, 05 at 8'p. m. for
the purpose of discussing the adj
visibility of bonding the district
for a new building and heating
plant. A full attendance of legal
voters is desired.
Il. W. Patterson, Pres.
A. T. Latta, Secy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-12-15

With eggs worth Csc per dozen
the intelligent poultry raiser cor
tally has a gold mine in his hen
coop this year, and for that matter
there is never time when biddy
fails to give good account of her.
self.
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buildings were destroyed, the railroad was
wrecked and the mines became SO flooded
that 1t was not possible to inspect them.
This was their condition at the close Of our
capitalists bought out the titles Of the old
company. They have since pumped much
OF the water from the mines and are
gradually gradually, taking out the ore, There are
ground workings
The El Cobre mines are 1.250 feet deep,
and their lowest tunnels are 800 feet below
the level Of the sea- So far only 600 feet
going Just enough to keep the water away
from the miners. There are already sew
eral hundred thousand tons of ore in sight.
The syndicate began work last fall and
made its first shipment of ore last Novem.
Der. 1t has already taken out almost q
hundred thousand tons, and the mines now
have an output Of about 10000 tons
month.
A Visit to Ell Cobre.
1t was in company with Mr.. Jennings 8.
Cox, the manager Of the Spanish meri-
can Iron Company. that 1 visited these
mines and the smelter connected with
them. The smelter is just across the bay
from Santiago. We rode over in a steam
launch belonging to the company, and.
landing at the wharves, walked by great
piles of coke and limestone to the works.
The coke Is imported from the United
States and the limestone from interior Cuba
The smelling works cover several acres,
rising almost straight up from the water.
They are of the most modern make, fur
nishing all the processes needed for turn
ing the different grades of ore into the
copper which Is shipped from here to the
refineries of the United States.
Most of the ore is of a low grade. When
mixed with the rock it is a greenish col
ored stone in which shape 1t is brought to
the smelters. The lowest grade ore is first
crushed to a dust and then flowed over
moving tables each fifteen feet wide and
twenty feet long. Each table moves so that
the copper sinks to the bottom and finds Its
dirt and gravel moves on. The gravel Is
again crushed and washed until the copper
is about all out of 1t. Much of the ore is
smelted being mixed with limestone and
coke and iron oxide from Fileys Island,
Nova Scotia.
to the mines on the automobile kept for
the purpose. Our track was the railroad,
the wheels of our machine fitting the rails
The road goes in and out along the Cobre
river, winding its way through & deep can
yon, until 1t reaches an altitude Of about
1900 feet above the sea.
The track was that of the old Spanish
railway and some of the rails were fa.s-
tened together by chains and pinned to the
ties by wooden pins. AS we rode, Mr.. Cox
told me that it had cost the Spanish about
5000, 900 to build the road, but that their
freight rates were so high that they were
able to realize several million dollars In
dividends before the mines shut down. The
Spaniards used mules as motive power
The American company uses steam, and II
has SO improved and extended the road
that the ore Is now carried directly from
the mines to the smelter.
/ wish 1 could take you into the mount
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CUBAN COPPER MINES

millions in the past. and the prospect Is
that they will yield millions In the future.
Copper is found In nearly every province,
but the great copper province is Santiago,
which was long noted as having the richest
copper mines of the world. These were the
famous Ell Cobre mines, which lie in the
mountains about twelve miles west OF San
tiago, and which are now again being
worked by the Spanish-American Iron Com
pany. FL Cobre was opened up about 1880
as a crown possession of Spain. 1t was
worked by the Spanish government for 200
years and then abandoned. A hundred
years later an English company with a
capital of S240 600 reopened the mines, en-
ploying about 1890 men in their develop
ment. Shortly afterward another company
formed to take possession, and the
working was continued up until 1868. Be
tween the years of 1880 and 1868 these mines
are said to have produced about $50, OOO, 600
worth of copper, which is in addition to
the amount mined by the Spanish govern
ment for 200 years. Between 1851 and 1867
the ore exported from Ell Cobre was valued
at S1G,0H,oOo; and they were, as l have
said. the richest copper mines of the world
until the Calumet and Hecla mines Of
Lake Superior were discovered.
Some of the best prospects among Cuban
minerals are copper. This metal is found
In nearly every province. Copper deposits
have been worked in Pinar del Rio, In Ha-
vana and Matanzas. In Santa Clara valu-
able beds of this ore have been found near
C!enfuegos and there are number of mines
in Puerta Principe. Some of the Oldest cop
per mines of the latter province are now in
the hands of Pennsylvania parties.
When FL Cobre was at its best railroad
was built to convey the ore from the mines
to Santiago bay. This was owned by a
Spanish corporation, and 1t charged such
exorbitant freight rates that the mining
company had to shut down. Then revolu-
tions broke out, and the machinery and
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aims back of Santiago where these copper
mines are. The rocks have as bright COL
ors as those of the Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone. and large part of the ore
taken out is the color of paint. There are
great masses of brown earth and rock.
Red rock, green rock and rock of other
colors rise about on all sides, and in their
midst are the shaft houses of the copper
mines, with the loads of ore coming out OF
them to be dumped into the cars for the
smelter. Many miners are to be seen about
the works Something like a thousands are
now employed, and this number will prob
ably be increased the development pro-
crosses. There is no doubt but that the
Cohre mines are still a valuable properly
and that they will continue to yield great
quantities of copper for long time to
come.
Cuba is said to have deposits OF gold and
silver There are gold mines near Holguin,
which were worked years ago. and which
are now owned by an English syndicate
known the Cuban Mining and Develop
ment Company Gold has been known there
since the discovery of Cuba, and the mines
have been worked from time to time In
1888 Mr.. Frederick Ramsden. then Brit
ish consul at Santiago, said that one mine
there produced ore bearing sixty-seven
ounces OF gold and twenty-three ounces of
silver per ton, making a value of $1,000
worth of gold per ton. 1t is also said that
Don Vicente CULLEN took out ore from the
same mine which yielded three ounces Of
gold to every hundred pounds Of mineral.
Another mine not far from Holguin con-
tanned a pocket of gold which within fifteen
days yielded 81 GOO to every hundred pounds.
or $4,000. Samples of ore from the latter
mine were taken to London and assayed.
They showed a maximum of thirty-two
ounces of gold to the ton. There are other
mines in the same vicinity which contain
gold bearing quartz. and the streams about
are said to contain some placer deposits.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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French International Exposition.

Consul Atwell of Roubaix, France, 70.
ports that the international exposition to
be held in the spring Of 1906 at TourcoinS
will afford excellent opportunity to Amer.
leans desiring to bring their goods before
the French public. While the chief fea-
ture of the exposition will be the textile In.
dustries of the surrounding country, wool
predominating, other industries will be well
represented. Machinery will be exhibited
on an extended scale. Referring to the in
ternational character of the exposition the
consul quotes Mr.. e. S. Lami, director gem
eral, as follows:
What others are doing is even more in-
teresting than what We do ourselves. We
shall appeal to the gretat constructors OF
machinery in England, America and Ger
many They will bring TO US their per-
fected machines and we may then select
for our national industry all that is best
calculated to advance its interests. Ma
chimes will be in operation from 2 o'clock
until 5, and will be far more instructive
than the inert looms which we saw at the
Paris exposition in 1900. Sections are to be
reserved for chemicals and for articles OF
every kind appertainlng to agriculture.
There will be exhibits also OF carpets, fur
niture and draper!es."
The consul expresses the belief that this
exposition will offer an unusual opportun-
ity to extend American trade In the north
of Francs.
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Juan. but the law was careiessly enforced.
according to the Spanish fashion, and po-
ntcal influence relieved the better classes
from such confinement when leprosy over
took them. The Americans found the unin-
huental Porto Rican lepers confined In
one-story frame structure Immediately
surrounded by the huts OF the healthy
Islanders of the poorer class.
Many Lepers in Our States.
Here upon the continent we have among
us many more lepers than we suppose, or
even imagine. Sometime after the Spanish
war official census OF these unfortu-
mates was. under act OF Congress. made by
the marine hospital service. now the pub
lie health and marine hospita' service.
whose officers brought to light 2Ts cases
scattered in twenty-one states. Only sew
enty-two OF these eases were isolated, tho
remaining 2C5 being at large, and It was
believed that many more existed than
could by any means be located. there being,
OF course Jealous cooperation on the part
OF lepers and their friends to conceal the
disease. 1t was the official opinion OF the
investigators that leprosy within the Unit
ed States Is conveyed from one person to
another most markedly in the southern
coast states.
State colonies for lepers have been es.
tabished in Louisiana and Minnesota.
Louisana's colony is the Indian Camp
Plantation" IN Iberville parish. Leprosy
with the Acadian refugees, those French
settlers Of Acadie or Nova Scotia who were
driven out Of that peninsula by the British
In 1864 people well remembered in con-
nection with Longfellow's "Evangeline"
who, with her lover, Gabriel. were alleged
to be among the refugees Leprosy is still
sufficiently prevalent in Nova Scotia to
warrant a leper colony there.
New Testament Gases Not Leprosy.
Our quarantine laws provide for the de-
tention' Of all leprous immigrants knock-
Ing at our gates. but although the ma
tional guarantees are under the admtniss
tration of Surgeon General Wyman-lately
given the control of the yellow fever sit.
uation in the south-his eXcellently disct.
plned establishment, the public health serv.
ice. has control of our leper colonies.
state or insuar.
| The alleged lepers which the New Testa~
ment reports having been cured were
not genuine lepers In the opinion of DR..
| Fox. above referred to. According TO ST,
Mark. their disease was psoriasis a very
common one of the present day, and char
| acterized now. as then, by those white scaly
! patches upon the skin, well remembered
| by readers of Gen. Lew Wallace's Ben
| Hur" Modern leprosy is the same, how
ever as described by the ancient Greek
medical writers and which existed in
Egypt at the time of Moses.
| JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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which looks like iron and has a strong
affinity for It. It Is not used by itself in
the arts. but only In combination with
other metals. and Is Of great value in max
ing steel. The best of the manganese mines
are situated about sixteen miles northeast
of Ell Cristo. and the ore IL brought into
Santiago by railroad for shipment The
ore occurs in pockets. the bulk of 1t being
in washed dirt. although by picking some
good manganese is obtained which does
not require washing. Tho richest mines
are owned by the Ponupo Mining Com
pany Of Santiago: and others. known as
the Boston mines, are owned by the Stand
ard Manganese Company of New York.
The latter company began shipping in
1902. Its works are well equipped, having
a Corlss engine. large pumps and other
powerful machinery. The manganese usually
lies in limestone and sandstone associated
with jaspar. The deposits vary in size,
from a pebble to masses that weigh several
hundred tons.
Rich Cuban Copper Mines.
The copper mines Of Cuba have produced
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NOT GOOD FOR sAMoANs
Civilized Clothing Responsible for
Much Pneumonia and Pleurisv

THE natives of Samoa" says Surgeon
Spear of the navy In a recent report, "are
beginning to wear white mems clothes
much TO the detriment of their health. Tho
climate is essentially a wet one In former
times a native would rub a little cocoanut
oil on his skin and go out into the rain and
when he reached shelter there was nothing
to dry but his lava-lava' or breech-cloth.
The same native now goes out into the.rain.
his modern clothes soon become wet, and,
before he realizes it, he Is chilled through.
for the rain in Samoa is always from 6 de-.
grees to 10 degrees colder than the atmos.
phere. Pulmonary affections. such as pneu.
monia, bronchitis and tuberculosis natural.
ly follow. The present law prohibits the
sale of alcoholic beverages u the natives.
AS a matter of fact. the natives care very
little for alcohol; they prefer their native
drink, 'kava.' The restriction is a wise one
and should be continued.
The Samoans are very superstitious and
when taken sick they imagine devils are in
side them. Almost every old woman and
man has sure cure for driving out these
devils. This is accomplished by 'lomi lomi'
(massaging) and by internal administration
and external application of various decoc-
tons made from leaves. II cure results,
the devils have been Sriven out: If, on the
other hand. death follows. the devils are
victorious.
ne TRADERS sell the natives a patent
pain killer which can be used internally
as medicine and externally as a lniment.
This medicine is very highly thought of,
and the natives will tell you they have great
confidence In 1t: sometimes they name their
children after 1t. A sick Samoan thinks
that he must walk when sick, his theory
being that he must move about to regain
strength If he cannot walk he will bury
himself under clothes. and it is wonderful
Mt times how they obtain enough air to
breathe.
THE usual treatment instituted in a case
of pneumonia by the natives is about as
follows: The man sits up almost continual
ly; he is stuffed with all sorts of food and
decoctions to drive out the devils, the num-
Der of devils being estimated by the amount
of pain. If much pleurisy exists, there are
at least eight devils In tho chest, and It
requires energetic treatment to drive them
out The man gets up. walks about as long
he can. and when he can no longer walk
he lies down and his head is covered up
carefully as to exclude all fresh air. If
the man survives the ordeal his attendants
consider themselves experts in treating that
particular disease"