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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
A Risky Flight.

Out at Ponce de Leon in the circle
swing a Billville citizen shouted:
Don't take me no higher! Maria's
been in heaven sence last August an
eff l keep goin' up this away she'll
likely lean out the winder an snatch
me bald aded."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
workman, instantly Killed.

s& At St Paul Andrew Thompson
,wss almost instantly killed and
j. L. Lindgren was possibly fatally
injured by falling from q swinging
platform seventy.hve feet above the
ground while working on the new
stockhouse at the Hamm brewery.
Both men were carpenters and were.
engaged in installing window castings
ON the fourth door OF the structure.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
r1.cane the Blame

Pe&fon Gust finding standing ruon
m an overloaded street CARL think
this company should bs stopped from
overlooking its cars this way. Con.
ductor-Pleass. sir. the company don't
overload them. It's the people Eettdp'
. seter the car In f,ll ~.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
TWO EXPERTS ARE NAMED

viii Determine Competency Of Mrs.
! ''>> 49, Mary Baker 6. Eddy.
4 Concord n. r., July 6-Dr. George
F. Jelly Of Boston, 3 specialist in men
tai diseases; and DR.. q. A, Blumer of
Providence have been appointed co
masters Wit sIndge Edgar Alldrieh Of
Littleton, N. H., to determine the COM
apetencysof 4frs 16aryBakar G:f Eddy,
the found r ana head of NE Christian
Science faith, to transact business and
caresSor her own interests. ~ " y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
WHOLE FAMILY POISONED
sevsn g. Pau, People Made III BY
Canned Salmon

\ M. and Mrs. Peter Miller Of West
st. Paul and =, their five daughters.
Mrs. Minnie ,McHale. Polly, Emma,
.Marths and Edith Miller. were.
poisoned by eating canned salmon
The father and three of the daughters
are seriously i'll. Three Of the girls
were taken to the city hospital IN the
police ambulance. Those taken to the
hospital are Polly, Emma and Edith
and the latter, the Youngest. is said to
be in critical condition. -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
IIY | Of PEACE
Admiral Dewey Discusses Trans
fer IF Atlantic Squadron.
DOES NOT } { Ex II CT TROUBLE.
hut II by Any chancs ~ Should s %
como Involved e Z We'll 81 20 p
Prepared for Il

New York, July S.--Admiral Dewey.
who is sojourning for the summer at
Richfleld Springs, n. y. is quoted In
an interview published in the Amer
lean, az saying In regard to the trans.
fer Of the battleship feet to the Pa
ciflc: . &c. ..5sss y. ~
q 1T is a pity we have not ships
enough to keep powerful fleets In both
oceans, but since we have not 1t seems
that in the interest Of peace 1t Is best
ct this time that our fleet should be-
in the Pacific ~ ,2sss KAT L. IL, w
/ s."This cruiser transfer, or: whatever
you like to call 1t, is mission OF
peace. Il do not think it likely that
this country viii become seriously in
volved with any power. But II trouble
should come By any chance It 10 We'll
70 be fully prepared for it., -. d /.
TT is necessary for tis to hold the
balance %of sen power on tho PACING.
The defenses on.that coast are not up
to the standard of the Atlantic. That
the nation that has this power con-
trolls the situation was proven In our
war with Spain $, !. is, ...r, III. Il
] There were $4,000 Spanish sol.
diers On the island when sCervera's
beet started out OF the harbor OF san
tiaEo de Cuba. With the sinking OF
the feet the war practically ended.
Fortunately the United States Is
Is biz and has such vast internal re-
sources that Il: cannot be bottled up
% were the Spaniards, but the neces-
sity for power on the seas remains"
Ia discussing the possibility Of the
'deet koing to the Philippines the ad-
miral said: - - '2E - '7 ''' '' " ,,<"'
. -. philippine Climate Bad. ~
.~asI would say that unless the danger
was most imminent it would not be ad-
visahle to concentrate large feet
with hundreds OF officers and thou
sands of men in Philippine waters.
The climate is not right, as l. know
from personal experience. 49, 80.
! y believe one of the reasons we
had such an easy victory over the
Spaniartis was that they had been SO
long In that enervating climate. / am N
certain that we would not have fought
30 well when we left as when we en-
tered. y ~ n. sl. 4. 81. $sss
~. - snaI1y la1teh take the Philip:
pines ard Hawaii, but as soon as we
met them on the sea they would have
20 give them mp The very presence
sof our sea force II the Pacific will
serve every purpose. !" 8 ss.::> rs
ADMIRAL Dewey said there should be
no trouble tn taking the fleet around
the Horn into the Pacific. The battle
ships, he said, should have no more.
difiiculty than 4 ferry has in crossing
Ia. Hoboken. It was merely a Ques-
ton OF coal and . question of dollars.
) So far as leaving the Atlantic coast
unprotected by the transfer OF the
heet Admiral Dewey said there was
nothing to fear. There. were no en-
emies to threaten the Atlantic coast,
he said, and even II there we're the
army could take care Of them, The
ADMIRAL said the coast ,defenses there
are In excellent shape. hit :is5 h (
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
orjotn Of "Graft."

= The word graft" was probably first
used in this country in connection with
a small canal dug in New York $50
years ago. Graft was the Dutch for
canal. Three workmen dug, and .
committee Of Ave citizens swaS ap-
pointed to, see that they earned their
wages. Fl .j. NJ w.. t. l,s..., :,s.I @
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
COLONEL LYNCH PARD0NED

t6u0ht WIN 6oett Our1hD 9outh ~.
III ss sst5 riean War. 81 u 4 q.
II London, July Son the eve u his
visit to Ireland King Edward has
granted free pardon to Colonel Ar
thur Lynch, who was convicted of
high treason in 1909 for having fought
In the Irish brigade on the side Of the
Beers in the South African war ISL Il
Colonel Lynch was sentenced to
death for high treason In 1908, His
sentence later was committed to i'm.
prfsonment for life and In January.
1904, he, was released .on license M 4
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1907-07-12
! 4 Text Of LIE.

= -" - s. a teXI OF G51e. - Z .~@--aG
Z Said the old colored deacon: II
clint bothered bout whether dar's life
on de moon or rot. How fer keep life
gwine on de earth is what gifts me-
Atlanta Constitution. ss& + q
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EVANS rs. Will COMMAND.
sFIohting Bob to Take eattlsships
" to the Pacific. -

sighting Bob to Take eattlsships
to the Pacific. :
Washington, July 5.-Details Of the
vast movement Of the Atlantic fleet
to Pacific waters have been theo 1'
ically worked out weeks IN advance
by the naval general board. But these
details are necessarily subject to con-
slant change resulting from the with
sdrawa1 of batt1eships from active
commission on account Of having been
declared. antiQuated or, in need OF re-.
pairs and the substitution Eof other
ships just going into commission and
fresh from the builders hands. In
the opinion of officials here the only
route feasible for the big ships is by
way of the straits of Magellan, trip
of 10000 miles. Allowing reason
able time for coaling en- route the At
lantic feet can make the passage
from New York to San Francisco in
less than sixty days: i ~.
C: II; ~ conceded that Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans will command the
Zee: in this great movement. He al
ready has had an extended period OF
sea service in command rank and it
lie known by his friends that he would
like to wind up his active career BY
safely conducting around the Amer
lean continent the greatest heet OF
warshfps ever gotten together. 1, gyT
Admiral Evans will, it is expected,
start out with sixteen battleships, be-
sides twenty Golfers, which will move
more Or less Independently and, In.
deed, Will precede him considerably.
The armored cruisers Washington and
Tennessee, which are now in French
waters, are under orders to return to
the United States and after rehtting to
proceed to the Pacific coast to form
part or an armored cruiser squadron
to be assembled there. H. .t5z
Japanese Laborers Discharged.
Manila, July 6.-The reported naval
activity is causing much excitement in
the Philippines. Leading Filipino in
dependence organs have. announced
that they side with. the Americans
AGAINST the Japanese. All the Japa-
nese laborers employed IN the navy
yard ct Olangapo have been dis
charged $s.
% SEA .ls y "a. Y
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
The Bank Clerk,

It is the duty Of the clerk to be zeal
GUS. The low spirited has no place in
a bank. Neither has the frivolous.
The man who works for a bank is re-
spected in his community because it is
known that the character of his work
is important and particular. He must
not only be direct and speedy in what
he does, he must not only be faithful
and constant in all hat he does, but
he must go a step further and do what
he Ices with a will, and a good will
at that. Zeal requires. interest and en-
thusiasm. One of the troubles with
the bank clerk is that his senses and
his buoyancy are apt to be dulled by
the endless repetition of details. There
is no way to shirk it. No bank clerk
can go home at night with his work
unfnished.-C. W. Stevenson in Bank
ers' Monthly.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
ANNUAL REUNION.
To 74th Confederate Veterans OF
Wayne County.

The 18th annual reunion of the Con-
federate Veterans and the unwilling OF
the Jefferson Davis and J. E. B. Stuart
monuments, will take place in Rich
mond, Va, May Both to June 3rd in
elusive. We are in receipt of COM
munications from the various COM
mittees and they are anxious that it
shall be the largest attendance of Vet
Grams assembled since the war. To that
end they propose to pay the board n
lodging of any ex-confederate not able
to pay, while in their city during the
themselves of this kind offer will please
confer with the undersigned without
making arrangements for their enter
tainment.
All who intend going and expect to
pay their expenses will please confer
with the undersigned, to the end that
arrangements for transportation and
board while in the city may be made.
The committee on entertainment say,
"We want every ex-confederate in the
land to attend''.
A. B. HoLLowELL, Adgt.
Thos Ruffin Camp, U. @. V. 794.
County papers please copy.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
PuzzIino Measures,

Wheat is sold in Great Britain in
twenty different ways-by the quarter,
comb, load, boil, bushel, barrel. hun
dredweight, Genital, windle and bobbet.
Further confusion is also caused by
the fact that the bushel Of wheat va
ries from sixty-two pounds at Birming-
ham, Gloucester and Taunton, to eighty
pounds at Monmouth and Abergaven-
ny, while at Aberystwyth it is sixty
five pounds. Similarly, the boil weighs
three imperial bushels at Newcastle,
four throughout Scotland, six at Ber-
wick, 264 pounds at Glasgow and 24O
pounds at Hamilton. A quarter meas
ures 496 pounds in country districts
and 5O4 pounds in London.-London
Milling.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
A GOOD PROPOSITION.
An Opportunity for the County to I'M
prove its Property and its County
Seat.

Messrs. w. E. Borden and G. N.
Edgerton hold a lease of veto years on
the property adjoining the court house
yard, on which stands the
Tobacco Warehouse. Fronting the
arehou to the street is a vacant
space, covered by the lease, that all the
year round is an eye sore to all passers
by and adetriment to anyimprovement
in the neighborhood. 1t is used as
public ground for dumping all sorts of
things thereon, and there is no way OF
remedying the nuisance as long as II
remains as it is.
But an opportunity is at hand, if the
Boa~d of County Commissioners will
accept the proposition that is before
them from Messrs. Borden and Edger-
ton. and numerously endorsed by the
largest tax payers not only of the city
but of all sections of the county.
These two gentlemen ask for an
extension Of their lease for 20 years, in
return for which they obligate to erect
on the vacant space Immediately in
front Oh luS Hd4C1CoS0 WV SAANS
brick stores, with a frontage of 81 feet on
Walnut street and running back a depth
of 60 feet, substantially constructed
according to the requirements of the In
surance Fire waste Law, and in every
way creditable, the property at the eX-
piration of the lease to be absolutely the
county's without reservation, which
would mean a substantial gain and per
manent revenue to the county.
The ARGUS thinks, under the circum-
stances, the Board of County Commits
sioners should extend the lease.
Messrs. Borden 81 Edgerton already
have a lease of 20 years, and unless the
Board comes to the rescue and extends
the lease this vacant property will re-
main just as it is for 20 years to come
and at the end of that period the county
will probably be in no better position to
improve it, whereas by extending the
lease the property will Immediately be
improved by the erection of commod-
ious brick stores, and the appearance of
the street.-the city-wiu be wonder
fully improved and the spirit of progress
quickened in the community that will
thereby add intellectually to the revenue
of the county in taxes,
The ARGUS endorses the proposition,
in common with the many extensive tax
payers and progressive citizens from all
over the county who have signed it, and
we hope the Board of County Commits
sioners will look at it likewise as the
proper thing to do and extend the lease,
on which they pay the county regularly
1925 entail per year-and this in addi-
ton to the county's owning the entire
property, without a dollar outlay, at the
expiration of the lease.
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An Honest Quaker,

A sheriff vas M asked to execute
a writ against a Quaker. On arriving
at his house he saw the Quaker's wife,
who in reply to the inquiry whether
her husband was at home said he was,
at the same time requesting him to be
seated, and her husband would speedi-
~ see him. The officer waited pa
tiently for some time, when, the fair
Quakeress coming into the room, he
reminded her Of her promise that he
might see her husband. may, friend,
I promised that he would see thee.
He has seen thee. He did not like thy
looks. Therefore he avoided thee and
hath departed from the house by an
other path"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
FERTILIZING THE CROP.

The primary object in using fertilizer
is to produce a larger yield of the crop
that is to be Immediately grown, or is
the fertilizer is to be applied. AS a rule,
it contains from ten to sixteen per cent.
of more or less promptly available plant
food. In other words, a commercial fer
tilizer contains in every hundred pounds
weight from 10 to 16 pounds of available
phosphoric acid. either alone. or that
amount of p~hosphoric acid and potash
combined, or Of these two and nitrogen
combined, making in the latter case, what
this 10 to 16 pounds in each 100 pounds
of the fertilizer is supposed to be, and
should be, practically soluble and avail
for the use of the crop, says Virginia.
Carolina Fertilizer Almanac.
The remaining portion of the fertilizer,
or the "a to 80 pounds in each 100 pounds,
is a mixture of insoluble phosphate and
%sulphate of lime, some sand, water, or
ganic matter and other things that are
and cannot be economically removed.
They are of very little immediate value
to Sc elt R6en the We CROP nnn1o or a the hie sou; ferti,..
izer to the soil the object is to supply
the plants with soluble plant food and
increase the yield of the cotton, grain,
grass, or whatever the crop may be.
incidentally, however, this fertilizer does
help the land, because it induces a larger
piants-or those, parts that will be re-
turned to, and become part of the soil.
A dose OF this fertilizer, for instance,
not only increases the yield of seed cot
ton, but also the size Of the stalks,
the foliage, hu1ls and other parts that
go Immediately back and form a part Of
the soil in the shape of humus (decayed
vegetable matter). But the principal way
to improve the soil itself, is to d vege-
table matter to it in the form of stable
renovating crops, rotation Of
crops, ETC., in a more direct n.anner.
It would seem manifest, then, if we
wish to increase the yield Of corn, cotton
wheat, oats, grass, etc., that the Fertilizer
should contain the three Elements Of
plant food in the proportions hat are
best suited to the particular crop. This
is particularly true if the purpose is to
use liberal amounts of fertilizer per acre.
In such case the deficient supply, in the
natural soil, of any one or more Of the
three valuable" elements (p~hosphor1c
acid, nitrogen and potash) need not be
specially considered.
According to carefully nducte field
experiments, conducted at many of the
experiment stations, it has been found
that cotton requires a fertilizer that con-
tains about one part each of nitrogen and
potash and 8 1-3 parts of available phos-
phoric acid. This demand would be met
by a fertilizer containing 10 per cent.
available phosphoric acid, 8 per cent. of
nitrogen and 8 per cent. of potash; or,
as ordinarily expressed, 10E3-3 fertilizer.
One analyzing 92.O-.7O; or S-2.40-2.4O;
or 7-2.l0-2.10, etc., would answer just as
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
DIET AND HEALTH.
Use Foods That vii Give the System
the Oil It Demands.

Use Foods That viii Give the System
the Oil It Demands.
Every person requires a certain
amount of oil in his food in order to be
healthy. Our ancestors lived to a large
extent on olives, flberts, chestnuts
and other nuts containing oil. The
present generation uses too little oil In
it's diet. This can be taken in the
shape Of the pure expressed olive oil,
as an emulsifed salad dressing or by
eating nuts, olives, etc. It may be a
matter of choice how the system gets
its oil, but a certain amount is essen
tial to the enjoyment of good health.
The good results of the habitual S Of
the above articles in the diet are soon
shown, especially when persons are in
clined to colicky indigestion and con
stipation. Doctors will do we'll to in
struct their patients to use pure olive
oil in moderate doses, also as dressing
for salads. Various kinds of nuts have
a high dietetic value because of the
oils which they contain and can be
used to advantage. When patients in
cline to consumption. pure cod liver
oil ranks at the head of oily sub
stances, but the lesser/oils also can be
taken in moderation.
Nature furnishes many cures for the
successful treatment Of diseases if we
will but study her methods instead Of
following fads. The result will be a
greater progress in building up resist
ance and immunity from disease
Washington Star.
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21

These Peculiar Fish Are Mostly Con-
fined to Tropical Seas.

These Peculiar Fish Are Mostly Con-
fined to Tropical Seas.
The idea Of shells being found any
where else except upon the seabeach
or in river beds is a little startling.
Yet the naturalist who pursues his
work from a ship in midocean can and
does collect shells by the thousand at
every dip of his net or bucket
Swimming shellfsh are mostly on
fined to tropical sea The most IA
miliar is the nautilus, (Which is, how
ever, not a shellfsh at all, but a neal
relation Of the cuttlef1sh; also It Is
only seen on the surface at a certain
time of the year.. The real ocean she'll
fish are mostly very small. In the In
dian ocean they may be seen by mil
lions. One which bears the appalling
name of Cavolinia trispinosa has the
odd popularity of coming to the sur
face at 6 sharp every evening. An
other, the Cleodora tridentata, rises
at Z.
Frail as these tiny shellfsh are, no
storm ever Injuries them. They all
possess the peculiar power Of being
able at will to sink a few feet below
the surface of the sea-, and there they
remain when gales blow, perfectly
safe. and rise again when the weather
improves.
The largest Of these ocean swim
mers Is about three inches in length.
Almost all are most brilliant in color
and their shells far Trailer and more
glossy than those found upon the sea-
beach.
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Opening His Hand.

William Penn was once urging a
man he knew to stop drinking to ex-
cess when the man suddenly asked.
"Can you tell me OF an easy way to do
it?' eyes," Penn replied readily; at
is just as easy as to open thy hand,
friend" Convince me Of that" the
man explained, land I will promise up
on my honor to do as you tell me-"
"Wel1, my friend" Penn answered,
whenever thee finds a glass Of liquor
In thy hand open that hand before the
glass touches thy lips, and thee viii
never drink to excess again."
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
Unique Advertisind,

A tale is told of Robert Bonner and
Of bis belief in advertising. One day
he engaged a whole page Of a newspa-
per and repeated a two line advertise
ment upon it over and over again. It
must have been repeated 5000 times
upon the page in the smallest type.
"Why do you waste your money,
Robert?' asked a friend. ST noticed
that same line so often. Would not
half a page have answered your pur-
poser"
"Half a page would never have
caused you to ask the question:" re-
piled MI. Bonner. eat least five peo-
pie will ask that to every line was the
way I figured It"
Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-03-21
SCOTCH TERMS.
The Word "CIan" and the Relation OF
CIansmen and Chief.

Clansmen and Chief.
Everybody knows tina the word
"mac" pronounced in Gaelic machk)
means son, so that, for example. Mac
Donald literally means the son of Don
aid. But it is not generally known
hat when a oma is spoken of the
~highlanders substitute for "mac' b
feminine ''nich," which means daugh-
ter; that the vocative of mac is
"vichk' 1--WE spell phonetically), which
always replaces mac when a person
is addressed, and that the nominative
plural is michk (sons) Or claun (chil-
dren). Sir Walter SCOTS ignorance of
Gaelic frequently led him into error
upon these points, both in his poetry
and in his novels.
The meaning of the Gaelic word clan,
as just stated. is children, and the obe-
dience which clansmen owed to their
chief was considered by them rather
as the affectionate obedience due by
children to a father than as that due
by subjects to a ruler. They believed
themselves to be all blood relations
descended from a common ancestor. Of
which their chief was the living repre-
sentative. The clansman who hesitat-
ed to save his chiefs life at the ex-
pense Of his own was regarded as q
coward who fed from his fathers side
in the hour Of peril. On the other
hand, the chief vas expected at all
times to acknowledge the meanest of
his clan as his relation and to shake
hands with him wherever they might
happen to meet. Subordinate to the
chief and generally related to him
we're the chieftains and tacksmen.-
london Standard,