The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-27
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AO1OWAuS AhCb, G1o d1t14cub1C1ty O1 WHICH,
is vouched for: A young soldier, seri-a
giers by name, was born on the 18th of
the month Of January, 1856. He lived
at Brussels in house numbered -. On
Friday, Feb. IS, 1876, he was drafted
into the army by virtue of having drawn
the number -. A lottery ticket was in
herited by him bearing the number ID,
which has lately drawn prize of 200, 900
francs. ~.
A UTAH wedding paragraph says "the
bride was logged out in white gauze."
PADDLE-wHEE1s were patented in En-
gland by William Patrick Miller in 1857.
and it is said that he and Mr.. Symington
soon after constructed small steamboat
which ran five miles an hour. If this is
true, then to them belongs the honor of
operating the first steamboat, otherwise
the honor should be given to w. Sym
ington, who made passage on the Forth
and Clyde canal in 1883. In 1901 the
first experiment in steam navigation on
the Thames was made. In 1903. Fulton
ran his steamboat Cle1mont on the Seine.
ut Paris, and in 1906 at New York. Ali
OF these were merely experiments, and
| the first steamboat in the world which
served as a practical means OF Transport
tation was put upon the Hudson river
by Fulton in 1907.
PROF. L. B. ARNOLD advises skim
ming the milk as soon as sourness is
perceptible, and to churn at sixty de-
grees instead Of seventy, before the
cream gets sour. When the butter
comes in. granules, enough cold water or
brine should be put in to reduce the mass
to about fifty-Gve degrees, when, after a
little slow chu1ning, the granules will
become hard and distinct, and the but
ter be in condition for washing out all
the buttermilk. The salt should then
be worked in with as little labor as pos
sible, and after standing awhile it will be
ready to pack.
Corn FLOUR PUDD1Na.-Boil one
quart of milk, then beat the yelks of,
four eggs with four tablespoonful of
corn -four and little milk; stir into
the boiling milk, let it boil up once, and
turn into pudding dish; then beat
the whites of the eggs to froth, and
add four spoonfuls of white powdered
sugar; cover the pudding with the
mixture, and set in the oven and brown
lightly; flavor with vanilla, lemon, etc.
The frosting is improved by adding a
favor to it.
IT may be useful to some enterprising
American gardeners to know that the
following experiment has been tried Sue
cessfully in England: Beds extending
across the garden four feet wide were
planted in spring with strawberries. On
the outer sides Of these beds three rows
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tatoes were dug about the end Of June,
the ground cleared and raked level,
where the strawberry runners could es-
tablish themselves and form new row.
The next spring rows of potatoes were
planted, one row farther off, or on the
borders of the runners. The gardener
thus made a travelling strawberry bed,
which became wider each year without
planting. The third year the first plants
were exhausted and were dug up, the
beds thus moving slowly sidewise.
The flavor of food baked or broiled
in earthenware is said by those who
have made the experiment to be far SUI
perior to that of vegetable or animal
food cooked in the same way in iron
vessels, for the reason that iron is a
conductor of heat, while earthenware
is a non-conductor; consequently, food
cooked in the latter is rarely ever
burned, the degree of heat not varying
perceptibly during the process of cook
ing, thus preserving the flavor of what
is cooked, as well as uniformity through
out the substance of the meat, vegeta-
bles, or grains, until the process of
cooking is completed. The fire in
stove or range that parches and burns
in iron vessels, and either impairs or
spoils the food, is powerless to iniure
the contents of earthenware.
IT has been discovered that the Dutch
baby cries for it's mudder and fodder ut
the same time.
THERE is good deal of square COM
mon sense about the Directors OF saw
ings bank at Marysville, Cal. They
engaged new Cashier the other day,
and the President said to him: "Mr
Steele, your duties will be very light
and the salary $400 a month. Now, if
you'll agree not to speculate in stocks
or gamble or hypothecate the deposits,
we'll double the pay. Come, now, what
do you say?" I'm very much obliged
to you, gentlemen" was the reply.
"and I'll think it over and give you ii.
caswer in the morning" But he re-
t:sed the offer, after oil. He said he
couldn't be cramped down in that way.
"WHAT do you suppose we'll say
when we meet in heaven, George?" said
she. "Say? know what you'll say,
darling" me say! What :" "Why,
you'll say: Il told you so. I knew
just how it would be up here"
AN experienced farmer says; "I
have thoroughly ted planting pota-
toes whole, in halves, quarters, eighths,
and in one, two and three eyes, and my
conclusion is that cut to single eye on
piece and two pieces in hill is the
best economy for the most profit I pre-
fer planting III drills, three or three and
half feet apart, dropping the pieces
together every ten or twelve inches. 1t
is true that, in this way of planting,
there are not as many potatoes, but what
there are grow to q good size for the
table, and will yield more bushels to the
acre than more seeding will give"
An acid is the product of the union of
two or more gases. Water is an acid,
being formed by the union of oxygen
and hydrogen. Carbolic acid. is con-
bination of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen
gases. It was obtained by Runge in
1884 from coal tar. Crude carbolic acid
is often called creosete. It is used in
making aniline dyes and also as an anti
septic. It is very destructive to insect
life, and is used in medicine to destroy
germs in disease. 1t has been in common
use by physicians for ten or fifteen years,
but its popularity is now declining.
Working Girls.
A physician, talking Of the ill-health
of SO many girls who pass their lives in
crowded factories and stores, says that
household service is the most healthful
of all employments for women. The
vocation Of the nurse-girl is very health
full, in spite Of its lifting. It gives a