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New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

he would take soup? NO; he never took soup,
Would he take some fish? No; he never took
never ate mutton. l then asked II be would
take a glass Of wine? NO: ne never tasted
wine II was now necessary to inquire what he
did eat and drink, and the answer was: Moth
ing but hard biscuits and soda water Unf"rt-
unately neither hard biscuits nor soda water
were at hand, and ne dincd upon potatoes
bruised down his plate and drcnch"d with
vinegar. Ny guests stayed til very late, dis
cussing the merits Of Walter Scott and Joanna
Baillie. Some days after, meeting HoDhouSe, l
said TO him: How long viii Lord Byron IerSt-
we're in his present Diet He replied: Just as
long as you continue to notice it.. did not
know then what now know to be a that
Byron, after leaving my house had gone 20
club in St. James's street and eaten hearty
meat supper"
1t was in the house in St. James's Place that
Shelley, then unknown to Rogers called, intro
ducing himself, TO request the loan Of some
money which he wished to present 10 Leigh
Hunt Here, too, II was that at breakfast ColeT-
idge talked for three hours without lntcrmls-
sion about poetry, and 50 admirably that l
wish every word he had uttered had been writ
ten down" IT at the door Of this house
that late night. Il found Sir Thomas Law
renee hoyering about, waiting for my return.
He Immediately began the tale Of his distress
telling me that he was in pressing want OF
large sum Of money and that he depended on
my assistance, being sure / would not Ike 70 see
the president OF the Royal Academy a bank
rupt. / replied that l would try what / could
do for him next morning And surely enough
Rogers then induced Lord Dudley to purchase
some Of the presidents pictures, including
Raphael, and advance him q considerable sum
besides And it in the garden at the back
Of the house that he often found Lady Caroline
Lamb impatleHtly waiting to persuade him TO
reconcile her to her lover. The lover Byron,
whom she violently loved and with whom she
often quarrelled In her first letter she had
sured him that if he in want of money all
her jewels were at his service" And often,
when not invited to parties at which Byron
present she would wait for him in the street
and insist being driven home with him in his
carriage
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

diately made. and any native who has made him
purpose. " ' -i ''
Neither the time of his death nor the fact that
he is to die is told him SO that he is relieved
from all worry; He is watched most carefully.
ana 4 certain hunter is told off to procure his
head; 1t may not be for weeks after the sentence
LdS betn PASSED that II is carried out. but when
once the decree has gone forth the man is as
.9 5000 as dead The 3Inter may have been iuErat-
ItlhS himself in his victim good books. and
mus waiting his opportunity for months; then
one day, when the unSUsPeCtius victim is quite
on Oh ms guard the fash Of spear or the duil
tlud or a tomakawk is All that he knows. The
next day his head is carried to the chief and the
shell money paid for il. Then the feast or
ceremony for which this ghasjly object is re
CURED takes place amid much rejoicing. White
men nave often fallen victims to this custom and
many a trader has only received warning from
a friendly native just in time TO eScIpe the same
rate. Money has often been paid down for the
mead of a white man, and if he has heard of it
IN time to escape, his death has followed
The tourist Of the South Seas. it is plain. must
be wary. But with ordinary precautions he may
bring his head back with him. and there is 50
much 10 see there that is worth seeing that he
may well run the risk of the journey.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
THE NTN.N LANT NH4DOT-

RoG1mund Marriott Watson, in The Athenaeum
Thyme and eyehright pave the Downs to-day;
Hard red berries load the hawthorn hough
Heavier than the vanished SnoWS Of May
Scarce span Of Autumn's left US now.
Thyme and cyetright-pearl and amethyst
Fine mosaic wrought Of Summers hand.
Whitc-domcd mushrooms glimmer in the mist
Crystals gem the cObWchS strand on strand.
owls go hunting il tho early night.
Hunting. calling laughing. tc and FRO;
While the pale Ealf-moou shows her gioqT-yvor11
light
Merry and blithc of heart they come ana 30.
Though The MONDAY sun shines warm and clean
Thin and fral of petal is the rose;
The miuncSingcr OF the failing year
Flutes her sweet requicm-the robin knows
'Harki' sings the robin. Winter stalks amor
stark Winter in his holden frock and hood"
IIush,--as the leaves fall, surely you can hear
His steAlthy sandals ruStilug through The
wood
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
LITERARY NOTES.

Henry Holt & Co announce two new novels,
The Dance Of Love by Dion Clayton Calthrop,
ana THAT Affair at Elizabeth" by Burton f.
Stevenson. III" first mentioned story is Of a
romantic character, and has medieval setting
The new serial by DR. s Weir Mitchell which
IS 10 run through The Century in the coming
year is TO bc called The Red City" 1t is a
companion story TO the authors Hugh Wynne'
That was tale of the time of Washington the
general The new book relates 10 the time in
which Washington served as President
There is to be a new biography of Cavour. Il
VIII be written ny Mr. Edward Cadogan who
published a work on Makers of Modern History"
about two years ago.
Prince Kropotkin is 20 publish volume
entitled The Great Revolution of lIN9-17Ei."
II Is SAID to have been written from the point
OF Wow Of the common people il France at that
disastrous but fruitful time.
In The London Library" published by Rout-
ledge in London and issued here 10y the buttons,
Mr. +. A. Mumby has brought cut two volumes
Of Letters of Literary AIen" The first carries
the record from Sir Thomas More 10 Robert
Burns; the second begins with Fanny Burncy
and ends with Robert Buchanan The purpose
which it contains some sort of history of Eng
liSh literature. from the end Of the fifteenth to
the beginning of the twentieth century. The
specimens given Of each letter writer are intro
duced with brief note in smaller type. AS
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
WHISTLER'S GRAVE.

From The London Morning Post.
Whistler is buried not in Chiswick Church-
yard. whore Hogarth lies but in the cemetery
that adjoinS il. No stone marks the grave OF
the artist, which is almost hidden by carefully
tended flowers. little fence Of wooden trelliS
protects IL. and over fence and grave trailing
ivy. CerantUms and hUueysuCkIe grow luXuriant4
". The grave is beside the high wall of tha
cemetery, and partly sheltered by a wild plum
tree, oVcrEToWn just now by CTeepers. that has
sprung up close TO the boundary. Beyond the
wall rise ancient yrW trees and the more an
cieut gray tower of ChSwick Church. hut mod
crnIty asserts itself in the inCcssant rattlin-
and hammeriug from the torpedo boat works
whose long ranges Of black buildings separate
thes" peaceful acres from the adjacent river.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
4 LITERARY SHRINE.

The House Of Samuel Rogers, the Poet, in ST.
JamCs's Place.
From The London Saturday Review.
1t was in this house that took place the dinner
at which Rogers and Moore first met Lord
Byron. When sat down l asked Byron if
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13
IN THE SOUTH SEAS.
Pictures of Life Among Savage
Islanders.

THE SOUTH SEAS Painted by Norman II
Hardy. Described by K. Way EIkington Svo
p ", aE The Macmillan Company.
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

Obviously the Papuan is possessed Of the TO
mantle temperament. He has had his blood
thirsty phases. but these have been wearing
themselves out, and MI Ellington in describ-
ing him, has chiefly to tell Of his good humorcd
traits, his dances and so on. Things are differ
e1t II the Solomon Islands. The life Of the
white trader there we are told, is grin1ly unccr-
tain. He may dwell for some time in fancied
security but the islander is treachery itself and
ia his moment Of greatest confidence the trader
may be murdered This book contains stories
of more than one dreadful tragedy. Mr.. Elking-
ton explains that the savages DO not Kill and eat
men because they like human flesh are
hungry, but because their religious beliefs in
cite them to the deed. Cannibaism, in other
v0rds is a form Of religious mania. He has an
iEteresting note on the procedure Of one old
head-hunter, Ingova, who would raid an island
with twenty or thirty war canoes, carrying a
force of five or six hundred men, but less ia
rniliar TO readers Of the literature Of travel is
the other mode of obtaining head, which he
describes as follows:
Nowadays .head-hunting is only resorted
70 certain occasions, and when head is
needed Of money will often be offered for
one, and the chiefs Of different villages are
acquainted with the fact A hunt round is imme-
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

MT Martin Halle is TO publish a book on
lanes Francis Edward: The Old Chevalier"
inns VIII make companion volume to the same
author Liography of Mary of Modena
New-York tribune., 1907-10-13

me late Lord Randolph Churchill once de-
il'HIy DTumm"au Wolff We're like a glass of
t tne btSt champagne -cXhilaratng and stimulat-
rs ms suggests that there viii be good read
ing in the "Reminiscences" which this exneri-
ehced GlpIom3t now has in press The book will
sip. . F''-4 oO"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06

Adele Ferguson Knight and John
Kendrick Bangs. "The Shops Of
Hull House." by Julia barrow Coyles
is a personal study of the work by
Miss Jahe adams of Hull House
who, by interesting the emigrants in
the handi. craft of their native coun-
tries, has taught them not only TO be
self supporting but livery useful citi-
zens. Amongst the practical depart
ments one sees new feature il the
fashion pages, which are printed in
colors. The illustrated cookery fea-
lures and the departments devoted to
the home are particularly interesting.
Tue Housekeeper Corporation, Min
ueapolis. MINI. Sixty cents year
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06
Round Lake.

From the Graphic: .a
Miss Lea Walker, of Worthington,
was a Round Lake visitor Last Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Pigman, of
Ewington township, mourn the loss
of their little son, who died last Fri
day of cholera infantum. He was
about 10 months old.
Mrs. w. E. Proper and little son.
Of Reading, returned home Tuesday
after few days visit at the homo of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Abbott
who reside 8 miles west of town. =
Ed. Denkmann. of Walcott, Ia, a
former Round Lake business man,
was there the latter part of last
week. visiting atl the home Off his
brother, Ben. Tuesday afternoon he
passed thru here on his way home
from Minneapolis. A..
r. j. Grant, special agent for the
Rock Island railroad, was here this
week and had the boys make set
Element for the breaking of the rail-
road pumps last Saturday night and
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06

Even the monkeys OF the tropics,
left to the winter winds in Lin
coin Park, have recovered from
this malady which has decimated
the simian population of geological
gardens every where. ~'
Beware of the germ Of tuber-
culosis" is now the insistent gospel
OF the pathologlst. Teach the vic
tim of the disease how to avoid
making himself a hot6ed of men,
acing infection. Let the suscept-
IDLE possible victim be on the
watch against u first symptom of
the disease. These are the things
which the medical profession urge.
II one would question why the man
treating diseases should lend his in
fluences to prevention of tubercu-
losis, the answer is easy. The VIC
tim of tuberculosis ordinarily dies
within three years. 1.-The shall es-
cape it the other small ailments of
man leave him a possible patient
through the whole span OF life.
Let men beware of tuberculosis
and give the doctors a chance
Chicago Tri bune.
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Rushmore.
From the Enterprise:

Mrs. n. G. Constable and Ernest
went up to St. Paul last Saturday for
q couple weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
J. J. Willinger. Mr.. Constable. will
go up next week to take in the state
fair. s
G.. w. Hunt returned Friday morn
ing from Rochester, where he had
been to consult the physicians at the
Mayo hospital. They advised him to
consult specialist in spinal diseases
either at St. Paul or Minneapolis, and
felt confident that he could get relief
by taking their treatment. q
J. F. Harris, who owns the south
west quarter of section one and the
northwest quarter of section twelve
in Little Rock township, has been
here from Canada looking after his
property and making some improve
ments on the place. John Visker has
been the tenant the past year and
has just signed contract for another
wear. g..
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Brewater.

From the Tripune: y
Last Friday forenoon Will Fren.
got mixed up in an accident, the re-
suit of which was a broken leg fol
him and also con siderable damage te
his wagon.
A Sabbath School institute will be
held at the Brewster Presbyterian
church Thursday after noon and eve
ming, September 5th.
The lightning Monday morning
struck and burned a stack Of hay be.
longing to Harmon Gruver and also
one at John Beyerkohlers.
Y. E. Wiley threshed over four
thousand bushels of oats last week, as
a part of this seasons crop on the
Fiddler farm on Section 4, Hersey
z. Synkerson's crew of painters
from Worthington is putting coat
of white onto the outside Of the Park
Hotel this week, and at the conclu-
sion of this job will proceed to white
wash the landlord. Some small jobs
of carpenter work are also in progress
which will put the property into ex-
cellent condition. y:
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WilmOnt.

From the Tribune: 554
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Ager and little
daughter visited last Sunday at the
R. l.. Dougherty home near Rush
more. aH y
Ross Meader of sibley, Iowa, has
been in these parts for several days
the past week looking after his farm
north of town. " GssSS
The fall term of the Wilmont pub
lie school will begin Tuesday, Sept
ember 8. All pupils both from the
country and town should makea spe-
cial effort to start the term at the. b
ginning. s~ q II -
The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Lentz died Tuesday morning
after brief life of only q few days.
The funeral was held Wednesday and
the burial took place in the St. Kilian
cemetary.
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IA @A if9 9e} Z
Adrian
From the Democrat:

From the Democrat: '~<.
A game last Sunday at Luverne,
between the GAIL Stars" Of that place
and the Adrian Regulars" was the
real thing. Both teams played ex-
ceedingly we'll, but Adrian won by
the score of 10 to g.. IL
John S. Randolph, editor of the
Brewster Tribune, hoped off the
train here last Saturday evening and
exchanged few presentations with
u.s. Among other romances, he said
that when he was boy back in New
York state, It was a common thing
for him to pick up three thousand
bushels Of pots toes in day. 1mme-
diately after telling this one he left
for Magnolia, where he met Ole Han
son and had to acknowledge that Ole
could beat him romancing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Lindgren
of Marshall, Mimi, visited at the
home of Mrs. A. G. Lindgren several
days during the past week.
George Slade threshed his oat crop
the latter part Of last week. The
yield was 81 bushels per acre and
sold at 40c q bushel from the machine.
Postmaster Gown has rearranged
the fixtures in the postof6ce. making
the lobby much larger and adding
generally to the convenience Of the
public.
G. A. Sands and Joseph Gown have
bought 800 acres of land in Murray
county, just north of the Wilmont
township line.
Mrs. w. r. Faragher and Miss
Anna Rowe went to Sibley, Wednes.
day, where they will visit relatives a
few days. They will also spend a
day or two at Worthington.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06
Want to Sell.

My lake front property, nine room
house, good we'll, cistern and cellar;
large grounds, ..barn,.: all in good
condition. Rents for 10 per cent on
investment. Should prefer to sell
furnished. Fine bunch of chickens
and COW. Look it over for quick
deal. Address owner, 81, =. :, ::
Il. R. Leonard.
AIS, 30th ave. So,
J. If. Seattle, Wash.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06

The people of MOBILES county have
a duty to perform in regard to the
county fair next week. 1t is the
duty Of every farmer and business
man to do his utmost to make the
fair success, for it Is an institution
calculated OF promote the develop
ment of the county. Do your share
and do it with will.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06
Who is III.

Drunk in Pipestone; ditto in Min
neapolis; bucks the Bengal in
Sioux City; looks sanctimonious in
the amen corner On Sunday. This
is the somewhat varegated record
of Worthington man who claims
to have been ''made-over" at the
Sunday meetings in Worthington
last winter. Can you name hima
Adrian Democrat.
After reading the above a 2citl-
zen Of !: this town remarked:
''That's easy; i is Drinkhimer."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06
Prevention Of tuberculosis.

New York's recent instruction -
card" upon the topic of tuberculo-
sis may not be new, but it is timely
and pertinent in it's subject matter.
Consumption had been regarded for
so many years as one Of the mex
plicable hereditary diseases that
anything pointing at any time to
the radical change of front Of the
pathologist in the last few years
cannot full of It's instructive effort.
Tuberculosis, which still is the
great destroyer of civilized man in
every zone of civilization, :noilonger
has the record Ut an inherited dis
ease. In the opinion Of the best
specialists of today it is regarded
as only a mildly infectious lnalady
If discovery of Infection is made in
time. That old practice of sending
tho patient in the last stages OF his
trouble to morbid inconsistencies in
q strange but equable climate il
abandoned. Discover the, disease in
it's incipiency and treat it in the
home surroundings where it was &C.
quired. Prevent it's spread if may
be, but discover 1t at once, is the
medical dictum today.
Every animal subjected to close
shelter under the ownership of man
IL q possible victim of this disease.
Butsno such animal, turned out to
the winds and sun and rain and
cold, ever dies from tuberculosis
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06
Minnesota MoIlycodles.

At the Northern Pacific station
at st. Cloud, says the News Trlb-
ue, in June the sale of tickets ex-
ceeded by $4,000 the sale OF any
previous June in the history of
the company. The Enterprise, pub
lished at Park Rapids, says that
an extra baggage Gar and passen-
ger coach have been put on the
Sank Center Northern division of
the Great Northern. Similar re-
ports come from other sections OF
the state, showing large increase
in travel since the two cent rate
went into effect. It will, however,
take a full year to test the law, and
then allowance must be made tor
the fact that the companies are
themselves fighting it in the hope
that the courts will set it aside.
Next year also all passes will be
withdrawn, which will add a con-
siderable revenue, AS pass holders
acquire an almost lncurable travel
habit and it must be taken into &C.
count that there are no more excur-
sions run at one cent and fire.
quently half cent rate, which must
have been an almost ruinous bust
ness to the railroads in view of
their plea that there 10 no profit in
crowded trains at two cents.
. It is interesting for those who can
60 back in their memories for twen-
ty-tive or twenty-six years to re-
member the empty cars that were
hauled in those days, when the rail-
roads must have been in the passen-
ger business merely for their health
and to accommodate the public.
Then there was time in Mlnne-
sofa when the fare was five cents a
mile, and it is hard to understand
how any railroad survived the cut
of two cents when the change came
to three cents. This regulating of
railroad rates is almost as grevious
a matter as the reduction of inter-
est on loans from twelve to ten per
cent.
.. At one time 1t was freely predict
ed that no more money would be
loaned in the state and that what
was here would be withdrawn,
There is no other such mollycoddle
as money, and no other such a cry
baby as an overgrown, overted,
over pampered corporation. Red
Wing Republican.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06
TOLD SHE! she II MUST DIE ::
Great Claims Made for the New
Discovery Of Vienna
Physician.


Sioux City, Ia, Sept. 5.-The
News that an eminent physician,
under the tutorage of DR.. Stofel,
dean Of the Vienna university, has
discovered mbination of drugs
that will cure consumption, asthma,
caturrh and bronchitis, will be hail
ed with delight by many thousand
of sufferers. ,--,....
Mrs. W. Phenix, Of this city, had,
been given up to die by several
prominent doctors. Relatives took
her to the German American Spec
ialists, of Mitchell, s. D., where the
treatment was successfully given.
Hundreds of sworn affidavits pasted
on the walls Of their Offices proves
the CLAIMS made in their ad. appear
ing elsewhere in this paper. All
worthy patients Of small meanswho
write now for appointment can be.
treated absolutely free to advertise
their cures. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06

A treasury official has figured out
that there are S74 carloads of cash
in the United States. We hope to
receive q carload on subscription
this fall.
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A Bargain.

Owner, living in California, is here
for short time, and offers his fine
farm, 3 miles south of Rushmore, at q
bargain. It il. a well improved farm
with good buildings. Forterms and
price address owner. s !.
% RIA. Cumming,
4. J.. - Rushmore, MINI.
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the repairing Of the same. It cost the
boys $l2 for their fun. i
The Misses Sofia Paulson and Ber-
tina Thomson, Of Holstein, Ia, Who
are visiting at the j.. G. Thomson
home, spent yesterday at Lake Okos
boji, accompanied by W. H. Thomson
cousin and brother Of the young lad.
les. II IL their intention to return
home today on the $50 p. M y. by
train. e. Y.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06
The September Housekeeper

The Housekeeper for September
begins D. new serial story. by Mary
Heaton Worse, entitled "The Outsider"
In the list of fiction there are two
short stories Of exceptional merit by
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06

Tn state fair is bigger ana better
than usual and is having a record
breaking attendance in spite Of the
refusal Of railroads to grant special
rates. T%s5'assa,.7s,.. -" VIII.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-09-06
hlohest Rents on Earth.

49, H16hett HtntS OF EArIn' =
A single room in Cornhill. London.
recently rented for about $4,000 a
year Cornhill has the highest rents
on earth.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-11-16
Deafness Canno; be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness.
and that is by constitutional remedies
DEAFNESS IS caused BY an infamed cons
htion of the MUCOUS lining of the Eus
.acnian Tube. Wher this tube is infam
ed you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely clos
ef, Deafness IS the result, and unless the
Inflammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to its normal condition.
hearing viii pc destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused ~ Catarrh
which IS nothing but an inaamed cond
ton Of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars 70
any case of Deafness (caased by catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Onre. Send for circulars free.
F. JCHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.