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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
animal ODDITIES.

The Australian water lizard walks
erect
The tree frogs Of South America sing
as unsteady as birds.
Sheep in time Of famine eat the wool
from one another's backs.
Gamecocks sometimes take to catch.
Ing mice, which they devour greedily.
An eagle can live twenty-eight days
without food, while condor is said
to be easily able to fast for forty days.
A decapitated snail kept in moist
place will. it Is claimed, in a few weeks
grow a new head quite as serviceable
and good looking as that which was
taken away.
The chameleon's eyes are situated in
bony sockets projecting from the head.
BY this curious contrivance the pecul-
lar little animal can see In any direc-
ton without the slightest motion save
Of the eye.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
WORK TRAIN DERAILED.:
Two Men Killed In Wreck Near o.
troit, MINI. g.

Two Men Killed In Wreck Near o.
troit, MINI.
Charles Anderson, stationary engi-
neer, and George Lenemin, brakeman,
were killed and w. C. Greenbaugh,
locomotive engineer, was very seri-
ously injured by the derailment Of q
train of fat cars and caboose near
Detroit, this state. ~
The accident occurred to a work
train which was hauling gravel for q
fill that is being made on the North.
ern Pacific right OF way. The men
were Just about to quit work for the
day. It being about $3.50 o'clock when
the accident happened. The gravel
train of fat cars was being cleared
with a plow hauled across the cars by
the stationary engine when the tracks.
which were not solidly laid, became
unstable and dumped the cars into the
ditch.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
|. ..l ! 4 j Y ADVANCE ~
%% rusLIsHxD 1vERY FRIDAY.
W.T. THOS. DOVERY, PuBLIsHER.

Worthington's disposition to hog
everything this year will react to the
decided detriment of the town at
the Chautauqua and Fair time. The
small towns want chance to oele-
brate occasionally, and don't intend
to give way to Worthington every
time. Worthington people know
what is right, and if they will come
out of their trance long enough to
consider tho matter, things may yet
be amicably abused. Brewster
Tribune.
Judge Randolp is entirely too
rash in drawing his conclusions re-
garding Worthington g disposition.
In the first place the celebration
here was planned early in the sea-
son, long before any other town
was figuring on a demonstration.
And in the second place the crowd
will be here anyway on the 4ht, to
attend the opening Of the Chautau-
qua. If any unneighborly spirit il
being manifest is is not by Worth
ington, as tho astute editor of the
Tribune we'll knows. Come down,
j. s. and we will show you q good
time.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
4 CLEVER BURGLA AR.
How He Fooled Man Who Though
AO Couldn't BE Robbed.

How He Fooled Man Who Thought
he Couldn't BE Robbed.
"B. P. Hutchinson used to say nc
burglar ever could get into his house
without waking him." said central
station detective the other day, accord
ing to the Chicago Record. Herald, "but
it remained for Chief Simon O'Donnell
to put one over the famous trader. -
"You know, Mr.. Hutchinson was ia.
nous in Chicago's commercial life
years ago and was known popularity as
old Hutch He prided himself on the
fact that burglars never had got into
his house and often boosted OF the
fact to his intimates. One day while he
was at lunch with Chief O'Donnell and
a number Of other friends the com.
pany fell to discussing crime that
had been committed the night before.
":1'd like to see anybody get into my
house, Mr.. Hutchinson said. why, !
hear every tick Of the clock all night
"I'l bet you dinner for this
crowd said the chief, that can pro
duce man who will enter your house
and you will not know of his visit till
morning.
"Mr. Hutchinson accepted the wager,
and it was agreed that he was to let
the chief have a latchkey, 30 that the
burglar could, get in without being dis
turbed by some patrolman. Mr.. Hutch
inson also agreed to leave some article
Of value in the parlor where it could
be found readily. The chief said the
robbery would be committed within
the following week.
"Three days later Mr.. Hutchinson
awoke in the morning and discovered
that both sheets of his bed, which had
been in place when he retired, were
gone. So was little antique clock he
had left on the mantel- He hurriedly
dressed and FASTENED after breakfast
to the chiefs Office. O'Donnell saw him
coming and, as he entered the Office,
greeted him with:
"'Mr. Hutchinson, I have two sheets
and clock that belong to you. We
will have the dinner today
1.-THE burglary was done by former
criminal who at the time had reform
ed. He did the Job at the request of
the chief How did he get the under
sheet? He rolled MI. Hutchinson over,
rolled the sheet after him and then
rolled him back"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

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Washington Notes

1t appears that the United States
has for long time been armed for q
tariff war without any additional Leg
islation. But this fact was only re-
Gently brought to light by digging up
an old statute that had never been
enforced. This law has been brought
into play already in the tariff dispute
with France, and it is likely to settle
the question without much further
discussion. It will be available for
use with any other country that
chooses to take tariff issue with us,
and may thus be rated as valuable
discovery.
It is an old law under the meat in
spection act Of 1890, and provides that
the Precedent in case any product of
the United States is Disseminated
against by a foreign power may select
such product of said foreign power as
seem desirable and prohibit their i'm
portation into the States. The law
against their importation is effective
from the time of the Presidents proc
lamation, and he may modify, extend
or wholly withdraw such proclama-
ton at any time he may see fit. This
is arming the President with a weapon
of retaliation that it would be hard to
equal. The United States is 90 near
ly self-supporting and besides has 60
many quarters of the world to draw
on for all sorts of supplies, that we
would feel the deprivation of such a
law very little. But it would enable
this country to strike any other nation
in its tenderest trade spot. We could
prohibit the importation of French
silks or wines to this country and
while we would suffer for neither
wine nor elk, France would lose a
market that she could not possibly
afford to part with. We could cut off
the importation of or all German man
ufactures without feeling it to any ex-
tent, but Germany could not afford
to risk her market in the United
States. It is q very sweeping law,
and one that fortunately we may
never have to call into play But the
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
His Was Harder.

It was in country tavern, where a
newly arrived commercial traveller was
holding forth.
I'LL bet my case Of samples" he said,
'that I've got the hardest name of any
body in this room.'
An old farmer In the background
shifted his feet. "Ye will, will ye?" he
drawled. "Waal, I'll have to take We
up. I'll bet $40 against your samples
that my name'll beat yourn."
"Done," cried the salesman. "Pve
got the hardest name. It is Stone.'
The old man was game.
"Mine," he said, "is Harder. "-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

Monday the dailles announced
that Governor Johnson was an &C.
tive candidate for the presidency.
Tuesday the papers and Frank Day
denied the rumor. It may be that
the report was a little premature,
but Governor . John Twill . un-
doubtdly SHE his castor into the
arena in due season. johnson has
the itch for Office and has it bad, and
Frank Days case is still worse. Be-
sides, where can the Democratic
party do better than nominate
johnson.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
Worlds Oldest 1anknotes.

Worlds Oldest eanknotes.
The oldest banknotes in the world
are the flying money" or convenient
money, first issued in China in 2697
B. c. One writer tells that the an
cient Chinese banknotes were in many
respects similar to those of the pres
ent day, bearing the name Of the bank.
the date of issue, the number of the
note, the signature of the Official who
issued 1t, and its value, in both hg-
ures and words. On the top of these
curious notes was the following philo-
sophical injunction: produce all you
can; spend with economy
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
ONE KILLED AND TWO HURT
Runaway Freight Cars Crash Into q
Work Engine.

nOnA"oy TTSI0nI SAT0 SVSou snAO u
Work Engine.
Seven freight cars ran away from
Rice street to the Union depot yards
at St. Paul, killing switch tender and
dealing severe injury to the engineer
on a work engine. A spectator Of the
wreck was also painfully injured.
The switchman, Adelbert Soper, was
killed instantly on the tracks at East
Sixth street, while the engineer,
George R. West, got caught IN his en-
CINE at the foot of John street The
runaway cars crashed into the locomo-
tive, driving string of ten cars In
front with such force that one Of the
cars shot over a bank and into the
street at Broadway. Ed Johnson, the
fireman on the wrecked engine, had q
narrow escape. He heard the cars
coming and jumped, sustaining only. a
few bruises. /.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

Not only is st. Paul dry town
on Sunday, but the sheriff Of RAM
sey county has got busy and is en-
forcing the law throughout the
whole county. That decision of the
supreme court relating to the re-
sponsibilities of officials for tho en-
forcement of the law has done more
for reform than all the temperance
agigtation has ever done.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

Heron Lake Times: The St. Pau
News says that Governor johnson
is now doctor of laws. Now, if
this is true, it certainly ought to
give the 14th and 18th amendment
repudiator q pretty good. ''stand-in"
with j. j. Hill, who, no doubt,
would be willing to pay almost any
old price for q man who could doc
tor the laws so they would conform
to his ideas of heaithiness.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
saltwater Man Drowned.

John Conklin Of saltwater, first
sergeant OF Company X, First regf-
ment, M N. G., vas accidentally
drowned IN the st. CrolA near the Wis
consin Central bridge. In company
with James scully and william SPIN
die he was in gasoline launch. With
the launch going at full speed the bow
ran upon a boom log, causing The
craft to capst1e. Conkf1n attempted
to swim ashosa, bat vas seized With
oIampe and drowned.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
construction

John l.. King, editor Of the Jack
son Pilot, and Miss Lillian F. aurd ,
of Mankato, were married on We'd
nesday, June 10th. They expect to
be ut home to jackson friends about
July 18th. Mr.. King has been edi
tor of the Pilot for many years and
is one Of the best known newspaper
men of Southern Minnesota.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
Starting Il Early,

StAFSIH0 II E1TIy'
Starting with his bride on their hon.
eymoon. a man entered a railway Of
flee and, as always in the past, bought
only one ticket.
The bride noticed the oversight at
once.
"Why, you bought only one ticket,
DEAR" she said.
THAT'S so. DEAR" he answered. II
forgot all about myself. "-Tit-Bits.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
A SIGNATURE,

Among the records Of q certain
western town is a document to which
fs attached q certificate Of Justice
Of the peace by the name OF Piper.
Sometimes he imbibed quite freely.
but nevertheless he always attended
to business.
The following il his signature to
this particular paper:
PETER PEACE,
Justice of the Piper."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
The Lesson.

A health crank who has never
smoked, chewed nor used intoxicants,
and who lives upon ten cents a day,
rode 11,761 miles in a bicycle when he
was so years old. The lesson we
learn from this is that strenuous eco
nomy does not always result in the
ownership of motor cars.-Louisv1lle
Courier-Journal.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
Dangerous Witness.

It's strange CUSTOM said the
woman, this wearing of peacock
feathers on hats. Peacock feathers
are unlucky. It's like reckoning light
ming. You catch me wearing them!
Besides" here her voice sank to .
whisper, don't yon know that every
peacock feather has an eye that hooks
and seeks every blessed little single
thing you do?"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

Murray Co. Herald: A sad acct
dent occurred last Friday at Lime
Creek, when Mrs. John Stun and
her little baby boy Of four months
were drowned by the overturnlng
Of their carriage into the stream.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
A Good Club,

The happiest men in the world are
the fellows who long ago held eau.
Gus with themselves and decided that
the great majority of things were
none of their business. The ranks
of the club are open to any fellow who
wants to join-no application, no
dues, no initiation. every fellow being
his own lodge.-Tampa Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
STRANGE lamentations.

When the Sakais of the Malay pen
Ursula dance they repeat over tho
names Of the mountains, rivers, trees
and other natural objects with which
they are familiar. The dance prob
ably Is an Incarnation to the spirits
of the forests and hills.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

Fishes n Indian Ocean.
Nearly one.half of the fishes cosghe
IN the Indian ocean by de 8ladm
trust deep sea explostng yexpemuop
belonged 10 species not hepeAofoss
described Il mG boon- Ea1nemn0
specimens weee ADand 0 baack oo1aas,
the raresk Of III ooca1s. -. Tstr
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
An Export Accountant,

. do you not think, Miss Sunless" he
pleaded that in time you might learn
30 love me?"
. Possibly" the gin REPLIED IF you
could render me a statement OF what
you sue worth, Mr. Giles. might learn
TO love you. Pm very quick at hg-
urea."-xondon Mail. "
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
Blessing Of Forgiveness.

II some one has gravely offended
you and has called to your mind the
demons of sadness and of hatred
what greater harm may be done to q
mind ?-may God permit that you may
render services to the one who Of.
Tended you; then you will feel your
heart rise to a height which will rem.
der forgiveness easy.-Frederika Bre-
mer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

Jackson Pilot: Mrs. Il. A. AL
bertus, Mrs. Harry n. Burnham
and son, Master Cecil, left Friday
morning for a few weeks vacation
which will be spent at the famous
Colfax Springs.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28
9lo.. Talp<

~ 100S
sUme h hUa W1ah 10 taA you a
p1pce & apsGtp Mn. Smith told me-
!, ia 3 Qood2" ..:.es..:... e..
= - &e I had p ngomiae not 70 tall
Z pA hskoee she 1ould tell me."-
6halhon Post -#.s :. Il &'s~:'t.' 3 '.s~1'f
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

Jackson county will lay the cor
ner stone of it's handsome new court
house July 9th. Senator Noses E.
Clapp is to be the orator of the day.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-06-28

Generally debilitated for years.
Had sick headaches, lacked ambi-,
ton, was worn out and all run
down. Burdock Blood Bltters made
me q we'll woman. Mrs. Charles
Freitoy, Moosup, Conn.
FOR RENT-Four large living
rooms. Enquire at this Office.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-20
CHARGE AGENT
WITH BATTERY
Real Estate Dealer Arrested on Conn.,
plant of Former Partner, Who
Alleges He Was Severely
Beaten

]. M. Flowers, real estate agent,
with an office at 643 South Spring
street, was arrested late yesterday
afternoon by Detective Mccain on a
warrant charging him with battery.
On April Flowers and G. w. Nc
Fadden, who was associated with him
in the real estate busile; q, had an
alteration over some BUSINESS mat
ters. McFadden, who claimed to be
a partner in the business, stated that
Flowers had sold it out for $500 with
out consulting him in reference to the
matter and had refused to turn over
any part of the proceeds.
McFadden was brdly beaten by
Flowers and has been confined to his
rooms at the Hotel Rosslyn ever since.
The latter claims that McFadden had
nothing but a commission interest in
the business and was entitled to none
of the proceeds of the sale or to say
anything regarding the business what
ever.
Flowers was arrested in Long Beach
and was released IN depositing 500
for his appearance in curt this morn
ing.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-20
BY Hugh X. Hartung
Special Correspondence of The Hel

Special Correspondence of The Herald.
BARREL SPRINGS, Red Rock val
ley, Cal, April 1I-From Mojave to
Red Rock valley, run of "a miles, the
Los Angeles automobilists, led by
Mayor Harper, put in three delight
full hours riding through the sand The
delight arose mainly out of the fact
that light wind was blowing, which
was intensified by the speed of the
machines. The passengers leaned back
in the cushions eyeing the conduit route
winding to the left at the base of hills
and admiring the beautiful scenery.
For the first hour the run was
through a well worn road, sandy but
we'll packed fringed by miles of green
bushes of all desert varieties, and pur-
pie and yellow flowers. There was no
sign of resident life, but in three hours
a dozen freighters were encountered.
Some Of them were the old fashioned
twenty mule kind. a sight of which
impressed loneliness of the surround
ings all the more.
In all the long stretch there was but
one signboard. If Parsons, the desert
mile post man of the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce, Will turn MS
eyes this way he will get the united
support of all aqueduct employees ana
freighters in helping the movement.
Nearing the 18 mile house, where
stage horses are changed, the country
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-20

are these, and Mayor Harper COM
mented favorably on them:
No. 1. Sections and 8 are the most
costly in the enterprise. No. extends
from Pine canyon siphon to the sum-
NIT of Red Rock elevation 1882 feet),
dip at Jawbone canyon siphon, which
will be tunneled. No. is the section
from Antelope valley to Long Tunnel
and will include the 800 foot tunnel, all
in Los Angeles county.
No. 2. The water supply in Little
Dixie and Dove Springs canyons will
furnish all the water needed by
gravity pressure during the construc-
tion period. This will be piped as
needed along the work, and the same
pipe can afterward be turned back into
the Los Angeles water department.
This will reduce the cost so per cent.
Mojave Desert AbIoom
Most OF the visitors expected to find
the Mojave desert a drear forbidding
place. All acknowledged their mistake.
The desert never looked prettier. Sage
and yucca, fillaree and other wild
flowers grow in profusion everywhere.
This is the time of year when the
desert wears it's best dress. This would
be the most delectable time for con-
struction work on the acqueduct in this
section several Of the councilmen re-
marked, and they will take account
of the fact in their plans. Much of
the work here can be done by teams,
plows, scrapers and graders, which
will cut the cost, as engineering diff
culties are few. Superintendent Null
holland and Engineer Dockweiler agree
on these points in their talks with the
visitors.
By 10 o'clock all supplies of gasoline,
extra tires and chains had arrived, but
the fourth auto was still missing. Su-
perintendent Mulholland dispatched an
auto messenger to Willow Springs, Is
miles back 1t was known that at
8 O'Clock this morning the missing
chauffeur of the rented Tourist auto
was spoken at Del Sur and the waiting
party began to grow anxious.
Harper Becomes Chauffeur
Mayor Harper whiled away the time
by taking his first lessons in driving on
Mulhollands machine. He had a soft
hat, but no regulation cap, and for
that oversight he was made the tar
get for "joshing." The mayor took
his first steps bravely and well. He
announced then and there that it
would not take much coaxing for him
to get a machine of his own.
Councilman Clampitt, who is an ex-
perienced automobilist, detected some
weak spots in the machines, and they
were remedied. The gear in one ma
chine needed tightening, another had
a bad wheel. The tire of another was
deftly fixed after suffering from con-
tact with the ties, as they had to travel
miles over the tracks in the San Fran
cisquito canyon. The. two chauffeurs
who made this risky trip took chances
Of meeting a train rather than delay
the mayors party, not dreaming that
the dilatory fourth machine would
block progress after all. The first three
machines, all belonging to the city, got
here before daybreak Wednesday.
-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-20
TRAMP BRUTALLY BEATS
JAPANESE HOUSE BOY

Tom Yokohama, Japanese house
boy employed by Mrs. Anna Miller, III
West Washington street, was struck
on the head during a fight with
tramp yesterday morning and so seri-
ously injured it is feared he may die.
The Japanese found the tramp hid
ing in the barn in the rear of Mrs.
Miller's dwelling. He accosted the man
and told him to leave the place. The
tramp is said to have attacked kim,
but finding it impossible to whip the
Japanese struck the boy on the head
with a heavy stick. Yokohama was
found by Mrs. Miller several hours
later and the police were at once no
tilted.
The boy was unconscious when taken
to the hospital, but soon after recov-
cred sufficiently to tell of the fight. 1t
was found the boys skull was frac-
tured. Officers were at once detailed
to find the tramp, but so far have
been unsuccessful.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-20
HUSBAND D|SLIKES
EYE LANGUAGE
WIFE's CHANCES AT MEN MAKE
HIM JEALOUS
Woman Is Granted a Divorce Be-
Cause She Was Accused of
Things She Did
Not Do

Rather than bear the constant ac-
cusations of her husband Mrs. frances
W. Brada, wife of John Brada, a we'll
known real estate man of Los Angeles,
yesterday made complaint u 'ore Judge
Conrey in department five of the su-
perior court and was granted an inter-
locutory decree of divorce, extreme
jealousy being the ground alleged.
Several days ago Judge COnrey -reat-
ed a precedent in the superior court
by granting a divorce to a woman, the
simple allegation .eing the fact that
her husband had made unjust accu-
sations.
That complaint has beer the most
common of all others in recent di-
vorces, but such complaint has always
been a part of cruelty charge until
the one woman had the temerity to
base a petition for Civorce on that
ground alone, and she got it.
Mrs. Brada's petition was of sim
liar character only her husband had
not been quite so serious in his charges
against her. When she appeared in
court yesterday she was handsomely
gowned and accompanied by several
friends 800 were to testify as char
acter witnesses. Mrs. Brada is a beau
tiful little brunette and she complained
that her husband was so jealous C. her
that he made life a misery for her
No provocation was given, according
to her statement, but Brada was al
ways on the lookout for trouble and
his accusations against his wife caused
her great distresi,
Disliked Language of Eyes
According to her testimony yesterday
her husband took occasion to make
insinuations. no matter where they
went. At the beach, at the opera, the
theater or when they were out walk
ing Mrs. Brada stated that her hus-
band was constantly watching her out
of the corner of his eye and the minute
she raised her eyes from the ground
or glanced at anybody who happened
to be passing by he became jealous,
"He said that the way had Of look
ing at people made him distracted es-
pecially when l happened to glance at
a man." testified Mrs. Brada. and there