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^WORTHlUfiTON ADVANCE.
KIUIB1D 1TUT PBID1T.
THOS. DOVERY,
PUBLISHER.
Worthington'* disposition to hog
every ting this year will react to the
decided detriment of the town at
the Chautauqua and Fair time. The
small towns want a chance to cele­
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 the matter, things may yet
be amicably adjused. BrewBter
Tribune.
Judge JRandolp is entirely too
rash in drawing his conclusions re­
garding Worthington ^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 orowd
will^be here anyway on the 4ht, to
attend the opening of the Chautau­
qua. If any unneighborly spirit is
being manifest is is not by Worth­
ington, as the astute editor of the
Tribune well knows. Come down,
J. S. and we will show you a good
time.
Jackson county will lay the cor­
ner stone of its handsome new court
liouse July 9th. Senator Moses £.
Clapp is to be the orator of the day.
Not only is St. Paul a 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 the en­
forcement of the law has done more
for reform than all the temperance
agigtation has ever done.
Monday the dailies announced
that Governor Johnson was an ac­
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 will un
doubtdlyshie his castor into the
arena in due season. Johnson has
the itch for office and has it bad,and
Frank Day's case is still worse. Be­
sides, where can the Democratic
party do better than nominate
Johnson.
ington Notes
It appears that the United States
has for along time been armed for a
tariff war without an? additional leg­
islation. But this fact was only re­
cently 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 a valuable
discovery.
It is an old law under the meat in­
spection act of 1890, and provides that
the President in case any product of
the United States is discriminated
against by a foreign power may select
such product of said foreign power as
seem desirable and prohibit their im­
portation into the States. The law
against their importation is effective
from the time of the President's proc­
lamation, and he may modify, extend
or wholly withdraw such proclama­
tion 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 so near­
ly self-supporting and besides has EO
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 tendereet trade spot. We could
prohibit the importation of French
silks or wines to this country and
while we would suffer for neither
wine nor »i!k, 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. Jt is a very sweeping law,
apct one that fortunately we may
never hare to call Into play. But the
mere fatitrthat we bare such a law will
go far toward helping us fettle any
foreign commercial dispute that aris­
es in the future.
Bather to the surprise of the gov­
ernment, the bids for the new
$10,000,000 battleships, so {called,
were far below the expectation of the
Depaitment. There are to be two of
these /monsters, and they are to be
duplicates in many respects of the
famous British Dreadnaught class.
They are to be more powerfully arm­
ed and it is likely in view of the ex*,
perience of the Dreadnaught with
turbine engines, that they will not at­
tempt this new departure in marine
construction.
John L. King, editor of the Jack,
son Pilot, and Miss Lillian F. Hurd,
of Mankato, were married on Wed­
nesday, June 19th. They expect to
be at home to Jackson friends about
July 15th. Mr. King has been edi
tor
of
the Pilot for many years and
is one of the best
Known
newspaper
men of Southern Minnesota.
Heron Lake Times: The St. Paul
News says that Governor Johnson
is now a doctor of laws. Now, if
this is true, it oertainly ought to
give the 14th and 15th amendment
repudiator a pretty good "stand-in"
with J. J. Hill, who, no doubt,
would be willing to pay almost any
old price for a man who could doc­
tor the laws so they would conform
to his ideas of healthiness.
Murray Co. Herald: A sad acci­
dent occurred last Friday at Lime
Creek, when Mrs. John Stum and
her little baby boy of four months
were drowned by the overturning
of their carriage into the stream.
World's Oldest Banknotes.
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*
dent 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 it, and its value, in both fig­
ures and words. On the top of these
curious notes was the following philo­
sophical injunction: "Produce all you
can spend with economy.'
A Signature.
Among the records of a certain
western town Is a document to which
Is attached a certificate of a justice
of the peace by the name of Piper.
Sometimes he imbibed quite freely,
but nevertheless he always attended
to business.
The following is his signature to
this particular paper:
"PETER PEACE,
"Justice of the Piper."
Dangerous Witness.
"It's a strange custom," said the
woman, "this wearing of peacock
feathers on hats. Peacock feathers
are unlucky. It's like beckoning light­
ning. You catch me wearing them!
Besides," here her voice sank to a
whisper, "don't yon know that every
peacock feather has an eye that looks
and seeks every blessed little single
thing you do?"
Blessing of Forgiveness.
If 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 a
mind?—may God permit that you may
render services to the one who of'
fended you then you will feel your
heart rise to a height which will ren­
der forgiveness easy.—Frederika Bre­
mer.
The Lessen.
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 50 years old. The lesson we
learn from this is that strenuous eco­
nomy does' not always result In the
ownership of motor cars.—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
A Good Club.
The happiest inen in the world are
the fellows who long ago held a cau­
cus 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.
Strange Incantations.
When the Sakals of the Malay pen­
insula dance they repeat over the
names of the mountains') rivers, trees
and other natural objects with which
they are familiar. The dance prob­
ably is an Incantation to the spirits,
of the forests and hills.
Fifties In Indian Ocean.
Nearly one-half of the fishes CMght
In the Indian ocean by Che fHaden
trust deep sea exploring expadKfcn
belonged to anectea not heseioCpse
described taaop boom, ffaiumn—!
specimens wes» tokad at Meek ooralSr:
the rarest of all cfocals. ....
Strnck by Lightning in Yard of
Their Home at St PanL 3
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PROBE MILL CITY ICE TRUST
Attorney General Young Brings Mat'
ter Before Grand Jury—Gen
eral State News.
Mrs. Clara N. Lemon, wife of Dillon
Lemon, a clerk in the Minnesota
Transfer office, and her son, Clarence
Loraine Lemon, aged fourteen, were
instantly killed by "lightning in the
yard of their home at St. Paul.
The mother had been cleaning house
during the day and fearing rain from
the threatening clouds was gathering
clothes on the line to take into the
house. The last article to be taken
in was a piece of carpet. The carpet
had been thrown over two wire
clotheslines about five feet apart,
stretched from two oak trees to a
corner of the house. Mrs. Lemon's
two children, Clarence, aged fourteen,
and Mount, aged twelve, were play­
ing under the tentlike covering which
the carpet made. She called the boys
to help her take id the carpet and
they came from under the shelter
ready to help pull it off the line.
The mother was standing near a
tree and under the clothesline. Clar­
ence was a few feet away and under
the same line, while the younger son
was six or eight feet to one side. Two
bolts struck the trees and mother and
son received a shock. The younger
boy was not hurt.
MINNEAPOLIS ICE TRUST.
Attorney General Probing Alleged
Combination.
On the assumption that the ice com
panies of Minneapolis have formed
a combination in restraint of trade
Attorney General Young has begun
an investigation of their methods.
With the Hennepin county grand jury
as the inquisition Mr. Young, through
his representative, Assistant Attorney
General Simpson, started the probe.
The proposod inquiry into the al­
leged Ice trust has been kept quiet
ever since it was contemplated and it
is said sufficient evidence of a damag­
ing character has been piled up to
make trouble for all concerned. If all
this can be substantiated by the grand
Jury probe and indictments obtained
prosecution will follow without delay.
Mr.. Simpson will be aided in- the
Investigation by A. J. Smith, the Hen­
nepin county attorney.
That investigation of the oompanles
in Bt Paul and Ramsey county if tQ
follow is almost certain, but the de­
partment refuses to discuss the matter
or even say that complaints have been
made.
ONE KILLED AND TWO HURT
Runaway Freight Cars Crash Into a
Work Engine,
Seven freight cars ran iaway from
Rice street to the Union depot yards
at St. Paul, killing a switcntender and
dealing severe injury to the engineer
on a work engine. A spectator of the
wreck was also painfully inured.
The switchman, Adalbert'Soper, was
killed instantly on the tracks at Eist
Sixth street, while the engineer,
George R. West, got caught In his en­
gine at the foot of John street. The
runaway cars crashed into the locomo­
tive, driving a 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 a
narrow escape. He heard the cars
coming and jumped, sustaining only a
few bruises.
WORK TRAIN DERAILED.
Two Men Killed in Wreek Near De­
troit, Minn.
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 a
train of flat cars and caboose near
Detroit, this state.
The accident occurred to a work
train which was hauling gravel for a
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 6:30 o'clock when
the accident happened. The gravel
train of flat 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.
8tHtwater Man Drowned.
John Conklin of Stillwater, first
sergeant of Company K, First regi­
ment, M. N. G., was accidentally
drowned tn the St. Crola near the Wis­
consin Central bridge. In company
with James Scully and William Spin­
dle he was in a gasoline launch. With
the launch going at flail speed the bow
ran upon a boom log, caoslng the
craft to capstse. Oonklln attempted
to swim ashore bat was seised with
osamps and drowned.
PoWewiiahof on
Boilermakers in tbe Winona
of the Gbfeseo and Northwestwo ham
strnek becaftee of an order doing
away with helpers. A ooatarence w*B
be held in Ghiaago to oonsMar the 4b"
Puts.
A CLEVER BURGLAR.
Hew He Fooled a Man Who Thought
He Couldnt Be Robbed.
"B. P. Hutchinson used to say no
burglar ever could get into his bouse
without waking him," said a 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 fa­
mous in Chicago's commercial life
years ago and was known popularly as
'Old Hutch.' He prided himself on the
fact that burglars never had got into
his house and often boasted of the
fact to his Intimates. One day while he
was at lunch with Chief O'Donnell and
a number of other friends tbe com­
pany fell to discussing a crime that
had been committed the night before.
'I'd like to see anybody get into my
house,' Mr. Hutchinson said. 'Why, I
hear every tick of the clock all night.'
'I'll bet you a dinner for this
crowd,' said the chief, that I can pro
duce a maq 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 latebkey, So 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 a little antique clock he
had left on the mantel. He hurriedly
dressed and hastened 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 a clock that belong to you. We
will have the dinner today.'
''The burglary was done by a former
criminal who at tbe time had reform,
ed. He did the job at the request of
the chief. How did he get the under
sheet? He rolled Mr. Hutchinson over,
rolled the sheet after him and then
rolled him back."
ANIMAL ODDITIES.
The Australian water lizard walks
erect
Tbe tree frogs of South America sing
as musically 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 a condor Is said
to be easily able to fast for forty days.
A decapitated snail kept In a 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.
JChq. chameleon's eyes are situated in
bony sockets projecting from the head.
By this curious contrivance the pecul­
iar little animal can see In any direc­
tion without the slightest motion save
of the eye.
Ivory ae a Tonia
"Some physicians," said a druggist,
"give an infusion of ground ivory and
milk in the spring to stimulate and
strengthen listless patients. It is a
good remedy, for all I know to the
contrary. Certainly It is an ancient
one."
He opened a medical magazine and
pointed to this quotation from Schro­
der's Zoology, a work published in
1637:
"Elephas (elephant)—His teeth are
only used In medicine and vulgarly
called ivory. The virtues: It cools and
dryes, moderately binds cuts, strength­
ens the inward parts. It Is good for
the Jaundice, it takes away pains and
weakness of the stomach, it heals the
epileptic, resists poysons, drives off
spring melancholie. The dose is half a
dram."—Philadelphia Bulletin.
His Was Harder.
It was in a country tavern, where a
newly arrived commercial traveler 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 ye
up. I'll bet $10 against your samples
that my name'll beat yourn."
"Done," cried the salesman. "I've
got the hardest name. It is Stone."
The old man was game.
"Mine," he said, "is Harder."—Phila­
delphia Ledger.
8tarting It Early.
Starting with his bride on their hon­
eymoon, a man entered a railway of­
fice and, as always in the past, bought
only one ticket
The bride noticed the oversight at
ance.
"Why, you bought only one ticket
dear," she said.
"Thafs so, dear," he answered. "I
forgot all about myself."—Tit-Bits.
An Expert Accountant,
"Do yon not think, Miss Smiles," he
pleaded, "that in time you might learn
to love me?"
"Possibly," the gtd replied. "'If you
oookl render me a statement of what
you are worth, Mt Giles, I might learn
to love you. Vm very quick at fig­
ures."—London Mali.
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Oak always on hand
G. W. PATTERSON
President
Esthnstes PsnrisM.
Consumption is less deadly than it used to be.
Certain relief and usually complete recovery
will result from the following treatment:
Hope, rest, fresh air,
Emulsion.
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ALL DRUGGISTS I BOo. AND SI.OO.
Jackson Pilot: Mrs. G. A. Al
bertus, Mrs. Harry M. Burnham
and son, Master Cecil, left Friday
morning for a few weeks vacation
whioh will be spent at the famous
Oolfax Springs.
Albinson-Boberg Lumber Company
BUILDING MATERIAL
AND FUEL
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The very stuff you need for a summer fire. It ischeap, so it
will not cost much to give it a trial.
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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK,
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Hadsiok headaches, lacked ambi­
tion, was worn out and all run
down. Burdock Blood Bitters made
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Freitoy, Moosup, Conn.
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rooms. Enquire at this office.
A Good Assortment of Pine Coast Lumber and
'Phone Orders Given Prompt Attention
"ABOUT PAINT"
Entirely a question of Compensation—of how much
value you get for your money
B. P. S.
IS
GOOD COMPENSATION
B. P. S. is a Pure Lead, Zinc and Linseed Oil Paint
Purity, Perfect Formula, Fine Grinding Means Economy
Covering, Spreading and Wearing
ANDERSON 0. BENSON
Ask for B. P. S. Sealed Evidence (paint costs, color card and
plates of colored houses)—FREE.
We Have just received a car load of
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Cashier
A. J. KANNAL,
Practical Painter $ Sip Writer
WORTHINGTON, MINNSOTA.
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