The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-05-20

over the moral OF this little romance of
the cue, the proprietor went OF to drsw
some beer. - g.. .ls:..
ALL SORTS.
BR1o-A-nRAo to be avoided - Family
jars.
OLD Cannon, who has been married
eight times, refers to his present wife a.
his better eighth. Il
II NEVER waste any time listening to
the bluebirds when the dinner-gong is
winding its mellow hum"
MEN were created little lower than
the angels-and they have been ret
ting little lower ever since.
TIE rooster crows when tho eeo ia in
cubated, because he knows the hen
likes to have her lay set to music.
DoNE0T1o biss-Kissing the maid of
all work. Domestic blister-When q
mans wife surprises him in tho act.
The latest new book is entitled. "A
Woman After ALL" This should be
sufficient to put bachelor on his
guard.
A NEGRO, after gazing at some Chi
nese, shook his head and solemnly said
IF de white folks be so dark as dat out
dar, I wonder what's de color Of de black
folks?"
Fly poison: Boil one-quarter ounce
small chips Of quassia in one pint of wa
ter; add four ounces molasses. Flies
drink this with avidity, and are soon de-
stroyed.
SPAIN gives q minister plenipoten-
tiary 5000 per year, while . favorite
bull-fghter receives $50, 1000; but then
we'd rather plenipotensh for that coun-
try for 81 day and board than fight
bulls at any price.
A FARMER of Williamstown, VT. emp
tied the brine from his beef and pork
barrels ut the roots of maple tree dur.
ing the autumn. This spring the tree
was tapped for sap, and the first sugar
made from it was 50 salty as to be worth
less.
A LrrT1R boy, whose sisters stroll in the
woods for the bright-hued leaves of Au-
tumn, saw them coming home the other
day with administered gentleman,
whom he greeted with the remark: 'sMyi
you got autumn-leayes whiskers, amt
you?"
APPEARANCES are deceiving. We
know OF girls that look as angelic, deli
cate and modest as q dewdrop on a
rosebud, who, when they get sweetly
settled in the arms of Morpheus, will
snore with an energy that will shake
the button on the outside cellar door,
SYLVESTER GRAHAM, IN American re-
former, among other works relating to
diet in connection with physiology and
anatomy, published, in 1882, q treatise
on bread and bread making. in which
he strongly advocated the making of
bread from unbolted -four. Hence the
the terms ~Graham flour" and Graham
bread.
CREAs1-oP-TARTAR BISCUIT. - One
quart of flour, one pint of milk, one
teaspoonful of soda, two of cream of
tartar, and one OF salt. Butter the size
OF an egg. Mix the eam-of-tartar
with the flour, rub in the butter and
salt, dissolve the soda in teaspoonful
OF boiling water, and mix all together
lightly.
WE loosen a wet soil to facilitate
evaporation, and roll or otherwise COM
press dry soil to retain it. When hoe
ing to destroy weeds, be careful to
tighten up your own footsteps or you
will find the weeds quickly terminate
there. The soil being compressed re-
tains the moisture and facilitates GER
min&tion.
JAcKEY CAKEs.-Six tablespoonful
OF white Indian meal, pinch of salt, half
teacupful of milk; thoroughly scald
with boiling water, add milk, and drop
from tablespoon into boiling-hot lard
or dnppings in frying-pan or spider;
~ dark brown on both sides. When
done, open and insert q bit of butter.
and then eat.
A CLERK was discharged and asked the
reason: "You are too awful slow about
everything" said his employer. "You
do me On injustice, " responded the clerk.
"There is one thing I am not slow
about" II should like to hear you
nameit, "sneered the proprietor. "Well,"
said the clerk, slowly, "nobody can get
tired as quick as can"
A STRONG plant digests its food better
than weak one, and it's appetite, so to
speak, is more vigorous, precisely as is
that of a strong, healthy young animal.
It is with the plant as with the animal;
early feeding, and vigor of growth,
bring early and vigorous maturity. The
farmer should study to get early strong
aud healthy growth.
CHLoRAL SPRAY IN WINTER COUCH.
DIR. Fletcher, of Washington, strong
~ recommends the employment of tho
spray Of chloral in the treatment of the
form of chronic bronchitis known as
winter cough" which often offers so
obstinate resistance to remedies. A
solution of ten grains of choral to the
ounce of water may be inhaled through
steam atomizer morning and evening.
A FEW weeks ago some miners discov-
cred in the mountains near Bonanza
City, Idaho, the mammoth head and
horns Of mountain ram firmly imbedded
in pine tree some eighteen inches in
diameter. The tree had grown around
the head, leaving the horns protruding.
As the horns are some twenty feet from
the ground, everybody is specializing as
to how that ram got its head into the
tree at such an elevation.
TAp1ooA PUDDING. -Four table,
spoons Of tapioca, soaked for several
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milk, four eggs Qeaving out the whites
of two for frosting), three tablespoons
of sugar. Boil the milk and turn over
the tapioca; add, when it is blood warm,
the sugar and eggs well beaten; bake
about an hour, and after it has cooled q
little add the whites of the eggs, well
beaten with half . pound of sugar.
17 you want your chicks to Qr0W fast.
feed them on oatmeal scalded with
sweet or sour milk. Don't make the
feed wet or sloppy, nor give more at
once than will be eatap up clean. Only
prepare as much at once as will be ali
eaten before any fermentation takes
place in it. Where oatmeal cannot be
had, fine cornmeal or cracked wheat
similarly treated and administered will
answer very good purpose.
THE renn1se6 and kheroforo dosroroto