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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-11-22
FIELD AND FARM.
Agricultural ltems.

= cheese feet s inches thick, 3 feet 4
inches diameter, circumference 16 feet
8 inches, and weighing 5,233 pounds, is
on exhibition in Boston.
Over so per cent. Of the cattle in Bessa
rabia are afflicted with the plague.
The Shorthorn cattle ales at Lexing.
ton aggregated $50, 600.
Mercedes, the champion Holstein COW
owned by Thos. B. Wales, Jr., Iowa
City. produced this year in thirty days
ninety nine pounds six and one. half
ounces of butter. Mary Anne. a Jersey
cow owned by O. Z. Fuller, st. La,I-
bert'e, Canada, produced ninety-seve
pounds eight and one-half ounces in tile
same time.
Kane county, illinois, last year mar
keted 1882 pounds of butter, 676 900
pounds OF cheese, 10,053, 565 gallons of
milk, and nearly million gallons Of
cream. Commenting upon this remark
able array Of dairy products, the Peoria
Transcript says: ''And be it remem-
bered that this took nothing from the
land as the same value of grain crors
sold off the land would have done. The
more sold of this kind of product the
richer becomes the soil that raises it,"
There is in the following item that
1ich suggests line of action which
may we'll be adopted in more places than
Texas, and where the cutting of fences
is unknown. The Houston Age saws:
Capt. Robert E. Stafford and Capt. Jos.
Davis have immense bodies of land ir-
closed for pastures, and neither of them
has ever had 9 fence cut or any trouble
with the smaller cattle"owners. They
never fence on any land but their own.
longs to them. When they Gre inclos.
ing pasture grounds they always leave
a little land and water on the outside
for their neighbors' cattle to Craze on"
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Domestic ReciDea.

There is a choice possible in almost
all the affairs of life even in so lrifling
matter as purchasing honeycomb Quilt:
for instance, there are the o!d-fashioned
quilts, with no particular pattern, all
blocks aRd squares, and the greatly i'm
proved ones which are now made, with
q pretty centerpiece and border. Bv
all means choose the latter.
A delicious sauce may now be pre-
pared for winter use; it is made of cram
berries and raisins. To one quart can lul
of cranberry sauce allow one good
handful of raisins; they impart deli
cate flavor, which is a great improve
ment on the cranbcrries alone. Gram
berries are also excellent canned alone.
with a little sugar, for pies and pud.
dings. 1t is better to put them up early
in the season. as there is likely to be
more waste later on.
An appetizing dish appeared on our
table the other day, called on the menu
''smothered heart with lemon sauce"
1t was made OF slices of beef heart
cooked in a very little water until ten
der, then dipped in -four and nicely
Drowned in butter. The sauce was Of
flour, butter, and hot water, and was
favored with lemon. This is to be served
as an entree only, and not to take the
place of the roast, which forms the
piece de resistance at the ordinary din
ner.
1t is an excellent plan to prepare the
cabbage for dinner an hour before it is
time to cook it. Cut the cabbase in
quarters and scatter handful OF salt
over it and cover 1t with cold water.
This is good course to pursue if one
has not the time to look the cabbage
over carefully. Caulifower should be
treated in the same wav, after being
picked apart. There are so many small
insects this year, especially, that great
care is necessary in looking over vege-
tables.
A new fancy in the crazy quilt line is
to have in the exact center of the quilt q
block of plain satin with the initials, in
monogram or otherwise, OF the owner of
the quilt. Another new departure is 10
have each block the embodiment of an
idea, or at least to have each block de-
velop method in madness. For exam
pie, let one have KeEsington work in
outline patterns. only, another needle.
WOrK vi u 'utTenUKlnQ, or applique, or
painting. The foundation OF these
blocks must necessarily be of plain COL
ors in silk, satin or velvet.
A mixture is excellent ,or removing
grease spots and stains from carpets and
clothing made of two ounces of ammo
nia, two ounces of white CASTLE soap,
one ounce of glycerine, one ounce of
ether; cut the 8, ap fine, dissolve in one
pint Of water over the fire; add two
quarts of water. This should be mixed
with water in the proportion of a tea
cupful to one ordinary sized pail CT
soiled garments in It. For removing
spots use sponge or clean flannel cloth,
nd with dry cloth rub as dry as pos
sible. Wooden goods may be. made to
look bright and fresh by being sponged
with this.
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Useless Fire EScapes.

It is related that when Rey. DR.. Ellis,
Rev. Philips Brooks and Rev. DR..
Brooke Herford we're on their way home
together from Liverpool to Boston, on
the first Sunday out the captain of the
Cephoonia endeavored to arrange for
religious services, aid asked the three
famous clergymen to decide among
themselves which should preach. Mr..
HEREFORD at once excused himself. saying
he had preached steadily during his va
cation and now wanted at least one Sun.
days rest. Then Mr.. Brooks suggested
that DR.. Ellis, being the oldest, ought to
preach. ooh, no." said DR.. Ellis, lit
would be nonsense for me to preach
when everybody wants to hear you"
And so, after half an hour of disclaimers
and compliments, the end of the matter
was that there was no preaching at all.
SWELL" said the captain, with sigh,
II did what could. But isn't it sim
gular? Three fire-escapes aboard, and no.
body saved from the burning!'
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feeding it to the milch cows; and have
continued 70 10 SO ever since. I think
it IS one Of the best forage plants for an
finals borses, cattle, sheep, and pigs,
and nothing better while tender for
poultry. ] cut about half q ton Of it be.
fore tasseliDg out for hay, putting it In
barn the day after cutting, and find that
horses eat it in preference to hay, I
have been feeding for the past week
some twenty-five pigs, two months old,
on the mature canes, and find that they
devour it readily, and are doing we'll on
it. This variety Of sorghum consider
the Lest, as it contains more sugar, and
consequently more fat-producing quill.
ties. than any other. find the seed
makes excellent chicken feed, and have
no doubt it would do, ground tor horses
and hogs.
To those having silos I think there is
nothing that will afford more ensilage Of
so good qualify as sorghum, for after.
cutting the canes for the first crop two
new sprouts start from every joint. and
If cut near the roots several new stools
come up, which will bear seed if per-
mitted.
The advantage it has over corn is that
it will grow and mature in ground where
:orn wihdry up, and If used az q pas
ure will keep growing until the heavy
rosts kill it. The stalks average about
i've from the seed sown, grown from
seven to fifteen feet high, aud are about
three fourths of an inch in diameter.
The yield of seed is about eight sacks, or
sou pounds: per acre. The feed coming
at tiIae of year when all natural grass-
es have dried up, it makes it valuable to
lairymen, stock raisers and even the
farmer. 1t will not do 80 well when
planted too early, as the cold retards it's
growth, but when planted in warm
it, the growth is wonderful. AS it lis so
easily grown in this climate, and con-
tains SO much sugar, it Is strange that
some enterprising capitalists have not
ere this started sugar factory in San
Franc sco.-A. B. j., in Pacific Rural
Press.
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"OUR MARY'S'' TRIUMPH.
She Captures the Audience as Paul.
inc" in Tho Lady ofLyOns."

She Captures the Audience as Paul.
ine' in Tho Lady ofLyons."
American womanhood and the Ameri.
can stage may we'll be proud of Mary
Anderson. Her great success in "Par.
thenia" was confirmed recently by an
overwhelming triumph AZ "Pauine."
Within few weeks she has become the
central figure of dramatic interest; has
vanquished Ellen Terry in her own
theater, and has brought to the English
drama fresh charm which it has long
lacked. She has, by her beauty and
in the affections of her London audience
that her departure will be mourned al
most as a national calamity. Nothing
could exceed the brilliancy of the audi.
ence gathered at the Lyceum
Theater. In the poscenium sat the
Prince Of Wales, the Princess of Wales
aud Prince Louis Battenburg. The
Prince of Wales followed intently every
movement of the actr ess, while the
Princess wept at the pathetic pas
sages. The most of the nobility now
in town were present, with the
Baroness Burdett-C outts at their
head. and the juvenile Lord Garmoile
who is engaged to Mrs. Fortescue, the
actresO bringing up the rear. Mr.. Gil.
bert, the play wright, sat majestic in his
box, signifying by his presence that he
had forgiven the loveliest of his Galate.
as. Barley Campbell occupied a box
Immediately above the stately Gilbert.
Nearly all the Americans who have not
yet homeward flown made a point of
witnessing the triumph of their fair
country woman. The general admis.
sion on all sides was that no more
charming Lady of Lyons" was ever
seen in England. When pauline" ap.
peared in label shaped dress, peculiar
to the days of the French directory, che
was voted as beautiful as Parthenia in
the chiffon of a Greek maiden. When
she changed her costume, first to
then to the white satin of a bride, loud
murmurs of appreciation ran round the
boxes. In the performance of the part
Mary Anderson displayed all those fine
qualities already known to
the American play-goers. Her
fearful appeals were sometimes
drowned by the clamor of Cllude Mel
notte, played by burly actor famili-
arly styled Handsome Jack Barnes"
but in Quieter moments her pathos
touched all hearts. 1t was real pl easure
to see how genuine was the applause at
the end of each act. When tho play fin.
ished, nobody lett their seat till the &C.
tress appeared before the curtain.
Then arose shouts of enthusiasm; men
waved their hats, ladies waved their
handkerchief. while Mary Anderson
stood amid the tumult, bowling and
blushing Ikea timid SCHOOLGIRL, and
once raising her eyes to the box where
the Prince and Princess of Walessat ap-
plauding vigorously: 1t was quite re-
markable scene. When it was over,
there was rush for the carriages. In.
to one Of them stepped one of the most
beautiful women OF London. "Well,"
said friend at the window, "wilat do
on think of herr" The beauty replied:
Exquisite! Exquisite! she is grace made
woinan.''-Boston Herald Cable.
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EVOLUTION OF THE BANJO.
IAoW the Instrument Has Advanced
In the Favor OF Society

4. 81
AoW the Instrument Has Advanced
IN the Favor Of Society.
y y astonishing how fashionable the
banjo has become Of late years, !" said an
eminent instructor in the myst eriea 81
that instrument the other day to New
York Times reporter. The professor"
was seated IN an easy chair with q banjo
resting on his knee, while his hand.
wandering over. the strings, produced
dreamy suggestions of plantation mel.
}ody. ''Once," he continued. "the han;o
was considered barbaroue instrument.
to be classed with the kettle drum and
the tocl-tom, and was thought Incapable
OF anything beyond an Accompaniment.
Nowadays the development OF rusical
taste has brought about an appreciation
of the higher possibilities of the banjo.
and has also produced a marked i'm.
provement in the instrument itself. The
modern banjo with it's carefully stretched
sheepskin. steel frame, an cat-gut
strings, Is very different affair from
the original instrument ;shich one sees
even now in the South in the ihands Of
the negro, whose greatest delight it il
to strum upon it accomplishments
those strange. barbarous chants, the
primitive music brought from Africa.
which were doubtless once the war songs
of the native tribes. The first banjo
was doubtless q simple bamboo stick,
with tibres stretched upon it, upon
which the mag:ciAns, or Obi-men, in
Africa may have played while conduct.
ing their entertainments. The next step
in the evolution of the banjo was a cal.
abash a gourdlike fruit with long stem.
upon which the strings Of the instru.
ment were stretched. The present
shape is probably directly traceable 70
this curious instrument. Even now in
the South the darkies make banjos out
OF gourds, across which they stretch
some sort of skin for q diaphragm.
Snake skin is q favorite material for the
purpose. There is no race of people
more generally gifted with natural mu-
steal ears than the African. It is rare
thing to see a negro in the South who
cannot sing or play upon some musical
instrument. I once lived upon plan,a-
ton for few weeks, and every night
the negro quarters were filed with the
music of the banjo and the voices of the
darkies singing There was one instru.
ment I heard which puzzled me very
much. It seemed to give forth but q
single. long. droning tone. It wasn't
for some time that l knew what pro-
duced it, and you could never guess
what it was. A negro would lay his
horny finger on the table, which served
as sounding boa I'd, and, whettipg the
finger with his tongue. draw the stick
slowly across it, producing the long bass
tone have described. A year and
half ago the banjo furore was in its
height, It even became fashionable in
England, where proficiency in playing
upon the instrument came to be consid-
cred all elegant accomplishment. 1t is
still fashionable, though not quite so
much so now as when it first became
the rage. Many young ladies and gen.
tlemen come to me to learn how to play
the banjo. 1t is quite easy to learn and
serves admirably to accompany singing
in the parlor."
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Down on Tobacco Smokers.

Mr.. David Dudley Field writes an at
tack on tobacco smokers. He would
have then driven out of society, and,
naturally enough, this furious reformer
calls on the women to do it. It is evi.
dent that David Dudley does not like
the scell of tobacco, since he calls smok-
ers unclean persons, but he should allow
for difference in taste, and respect the
opinion OF not lew that some people
who never use tobacco carry about with
them smells that are worse than those
which come from the Indian weed.
Often IN room full ofdyspeptic reform
ers puff of fresh tobacco smoke would
be a'bIessing, and the coming even of q
person with smoke saturated clothing.
not as that of noxious, unwelcome
beast, but rather as that OF an angel ol
health shaking disenfecting odors from
his wings. ''
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A Bit of Romance From Yer
mont.
From the Burlington Free Press.

From the Burlington Free Press.
Last Summer some Burlington people
were visiting in Western town, and
there formed the acquaintance Of
furniture-dealer who had recently bu-
ried his second wife. They joked him
little about his future matrimonial pros
pecte, and he candidIy admitted that he
if they knew an eligible lady. Suisse.
quently he looked at their photogra ph
album. in which was the picture Of an
unmarried lady of this city which took
the widower's fancy, and he was told
her name. The Burlington people
thought no more of it, but after their
return home were surprised to learr
that the Western gentleman had opened
a correspondence with the lady al
luded to. The course of true love ran
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ANIATERIAL SPECTER.
How a Nice.Looking Ghost Was Cap.
tured in Savannah.

- re- i. 81.
How Nice.Looking Ghost Was Cap.
tured in Savannah.
From the Savannah News.
Yesterday morning about o'clock
Mr.. Warning Russell caught suspicious
looking character entering the premises
off wealthy citizen, and the circumstan.
ces which led to the capture are said to
be AZ follows, During the past three
or four months the residence of the
gentleman was securely locked everv
night when the inmates were retiring.
but every morning the rear doors were
found unlocked, and on several occa-
sions wide open. The matter assumed
the nature of mystery, and repeatedly
toiled successive attempts 10 explain it.
Whoever entered the house and passed
ont neglected to remove anything of val.
ne, md what the object of tue strange
visitor was and how he gained
an entrance to the resid once
when the locks were repeatedly changed
were annoying questions. The men,
bers Of the family became exceedingly
nervous, and their friends supeestad d
ghosts and other equally mysterious
and unwelcOme intruders. The owner
of the house finally called on Mr.. Rus
sell and offered liberal sum if he weuld
solve the matter. Mr. Russell said he
would undertake the task provided the
owner would take his family out
of town and not return until after 8
o'clock the following day, the proprie.
tor to make the TACT of his intended Wis.
it from the city known to every person
in the neighborhood. The condition
was agreed to. MIR. Russell with two
detectives, that night early, went
through the house, fastened every door
and window, and then locked the rear
door, and taking the key with him, &c.
GREETED himself in the clubhouse in the
yard, after taking the further precaution
to sprinkle lime on the ground near the
rear doors. Yesterday morning at the
hour mentioned, well-dresed young
man opened the side gate leading to the
premises, as ended the back steps,
and then unlocking the door passed in
to the house. The detectives a few
minutes after, with the second key, en-.
tered noiselessly and tracked the in
truder by the footprints to time in the
hallway and on the stairs to one of the
sleeping apartments, where they awak-
ened the young man, who had gone by
this time to sleep. The youthful inva-
der proved to be son of the proprietor,
who was in the habit of stealing out of
the house and then returning before
daylight but who, knowing that his
family was away, concluded not to re-
turn until an hour or so before sunrise.
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My son, aged. niue wears. was afflicted
with cstarrh; the use of Ety's Cream Balm
effected q complete cure.-W. E. HANNAH,
Druggist, Easton, Pa. $50 cents package.
Sua adt't\
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Gllpali GlnrOV"en

Rev. +. s. Caultan, OF C:rcleville, Kansas,
says: Dr.. Warner, your White Wine of Tar
Syrup has been in my family and found to
be all and even more than you claim OF it.
1t is speedy cure for all Throat and Lung
diseases.
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Any one wishing tor pamphlets or papers
explaining tie liberal thought and faith as
held by Uaitariaus, can be supplied gra-
taitously by addressing J. E. McCaine, 1914
Pleasant Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Man Has Nothine His Own

1'H11 110o 1SOtS1tS1Es 1119 0VH.
An ancient philosopher has said, man has
nothing properly his own, but his opinion;
and this is universally expressed in favor ol
Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters as the peerless
system regulator, by all who have tested its
merits. AL genuine bear the signature O.;
J. 2. Allen, s.. Paul. MINI.
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Iwould recommend Ely s Cream Balm to
any one having catarrh or catarrhal asthma.
7 have suffered for five years so could not
lie down for weeks at time. Since have
been using the. Balm l can lie down and rest.
l thank God that you ever invented such
medicine. P. BuRLE1GH, Farming
ton N H.
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NV wife and Nhildron

MY WHO anu OOItttrcn.
Rev. L. A. Dunlan, Of Mt. Vernon, says:
Ny children were eff icted with a cough re-
sulting from Measles, my wife with cough
that had prevented her from sleeping more
or less for years, and yeur White Wins OF
Tar Syrup has cured them all.
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Los and 0ai..


-
Il Was taken SICK year ego
With bilious fever"
My doctor pronounced mo cured, but
/ got sick again, with terrible pains in
my back and sides, and got 30 bad
Gould not move!
shrunkl
From 228 lbs. to l2O! l had been doc
toring for my liver, but itdid me no good.
l did not expect to live more than three
months. began to use Hop Bitters.
Directly my appetite returned, my pains
left me, my entire system seemed re-
newedlas if BY magic, and after using sew.
eral bottles am not only - sound Is .
SOVEREIGN but weigh more than did be-
fore. To Hop Bitters owe my life.' -
Dublin, June 6, 81. r. FITZPATRICK.
CHAPTER II.
Maiden, Mass, Fso. 1, 1880. Gsntlemm-
I suffered with attacks Of sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in
the most terrible and excruciatine man
ner.
No medicine or doctor could give me
relief or cure until I used Hop Bitters.
1.-THE first bottle -a-
Nearly cured me-"
The second made me as well and strong
a. when child,
And l have been 80 to this day."
MY uu0I8uU WAS 8u AuV0AU AOI twenty
years with q serious
"Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
PRONOUNCED by Boston's best physi-
clans t@
"Incurable!'
Seven bottles Of your bitters cured him
and know of the
''Lives of eight persons"
In my neighborhood that have been
saved by your bitters,
And many more are using them with
great benefit.
''They almost
Do miracles?' Mrs E. D. Slack
How TO GET Slck.-Expose yourself
day and night; eat too much without ex-
ercise; work too hard without r st; doc
tor all the time; take all tie vile nos
trums advertised, ana then you will want
to know how to get we'll, which is an
swered in three words-Taho Hop Bitters!
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have been entirely cured of a terrible
case o, Blood Poisoning by the use off Wits
Specific g. S. 81 after trying everything
lief JNo. S. TAGGARr, Salamanca, n. Y.
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Swifl's Specific g. 8. 81 has cureS me en-
tirely of bad Blood Poison. went 100 miles
to get it and it made me as sound az a ne.
dollar. j. w. WEYLEs, Meadville, Pa.
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fitting monument may be reared on The
sierra de las campanas, commemorative
OF this peculiarly tragic and pathetic
episode OF notwithstanding history.
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For relieving Throat Troubles and
Coughs, "Bvorn's Bronchial 2rochcs" have
a world wide reputation. Sold only in 6o1es
Price 25 cts
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A Fact Worth Rememberin9.

A severe cold or cough can be soonest
cured by taking, according to directions,
Aliens Lung Balsam. It can be procured
at any drug store. It is harmless to the
most delicate person, and can be given to
children without fear of injury. Try 1t if
you have cold or cough.
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Pure Cot-Liver OIL made from selected iiyers
On the sea:shore BY CAswELL. HAZARD j. Co. New
York 1t is absolutely pure and sweet. Patients who
nave ehto taken 1t prefer it to all others. Physicians
market. ~ ~ '' al
e. Cl'apped Hands, Face. Pimples. and ronyh
CAsWELL. HAZARD 1 Co, New York. y.
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Write Home Health Company, Mime.
apolis, Mimi, for Home treatment Of ell
diseases. Surest, cheapest in the world.
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Bob Ford is missing, and Charlie came
near assassination at Richmond, Mo.
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lex. Governor Matt Head died the 18th, at
Manchester, New York.