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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-21
The Force of Habit.

Writing in the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Glare Belle says:
1.-The girl who observed me in a
dressmaking shop the other day made
me laugh to kill. She was taking in
the seams of corsage here and there
to make it snug on me, and the first
thing l knew, pop went a pin right in
to me quarter of an inch or so. l
yelled, and then said Good gracious,
my girl, didn't you know that l lived
inside of my bodice?'
"Oh, yes, nam 'selle. I beg your
pardon if I have hurt you.'
1.-The creature seemed 80 contritely
sorry, that felt like making an excuse
for her, and so I remarked, with 4
smile, 4 suppose you have been so &C.
customed to pin garments on dummies
that you forgot for the moment that
you were fitting being.
~ wasn't precisely that she re-
piled. For four years I was dressing
maid to Miss (mentioniug an
actress remarkable for airy costumes
on the stage). She was like . PIN
cushion in good many parts of her
surface, so extensively did she pad, and
naturally got into the habit of being
reckless in using pins on her. In .
moment of inadvertence, I must have
imagined that you were she.'''
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Glover ~ q Ren0vat0r.

Taking all things into consideration,
clover is at the head of the list of all
plants used for renogating the soil.
1t belongs to family famous for
their beneficial effect on the soil.
It can be grown with crop of small
grain without any special preparation
of soil for it., aud at small cost, as from
five to ten pounds of seed is sufficient
for an acre.
1t is cleansing crop, as it usually
shades the soil so that no weeds can
grow, and at the same time it furnishes
the right conditions to cause their
seeds to terminate and then smother
the young plants in their infancy.
Its long tap roots pcnetrates far below
tho reach of the pillow, and bring up
valuable plant food and make it avail
able, and when all the foliage is used
for hay or pasture, there is still large
amount furnished by the decay of the
roots.
No other plant in common use on our
farms has so good mechanical effect
on the soil, rendering stiff soils mellow
and easily worked, and opening them
to the influences of the sun and air.
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Sheep Pastures.

Some Of the disappointments and
failures in keeping sheep, are due to
the prevailing, but mistaken idea, that
sheep can live and do we'll without good
food. ''Turn them into waste field,
and let them eat the briers and thorns
and weeds,' is the frequent advice of
writer's who never kept a sheep. One
might as we'll say that a countryman
might do well in q city, by living of
the garbage barrels and heaps in waste
places. It it is all very well for q
farmer to turn q few sheep into a
rough, neglected field, and let them
trim down the briers and weeds, if he
will then provide them with sufficient
good food. In this way, the folding of
sheep upon an old field, may be turned
to good account. But for regular busi-
ness, one can not hope to raise sheep
in this way. A good pasture, roots for
winter feeding, well-made clover hay,
and good, careful attention and man
agement, are essential to success.
Sheep are fond of q variety of food
briers and weeds, and such things.
Confined to that diet, they run down
fast. They thrive on substantial food.
american Agricstlturist for Noven,-
ber
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MINNESOTA.
Corner Stone Laid.

The corner blocks of the st. Paul Ice
Palace were laid the evening of the l4th,
the exercises consisting of a torch light
procession made up Of the many uni
formed winter clubs, militia companies,
Grand Army Posts. civic societies, etc.,
ETC., making most brilliant and exhilerat-
ing demonstration. The line of march
through the central part of the city, and
covering some thirty squares was
literally packed with spectators, many
from abroad. Geo. r. Finch, President Of
the Carnival Association, Gov. Hubbard,
Mayors Rice of St. Paul and Pillsbury OF
Saltwater, were the speakers Everything
passed of without hitch or casualty,
and eliminated in a most successful
Inauguration Of the winter carnival
season.
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THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Confirmed.

Confirmed.
The Senate the 18th confirmed the follow
Ing presidential appointments: George
N. Baxter, United States attorney for Min
nesota: Nathan e. Harris Mississippi, reg
lister OF the land Office at Aberdeen, OAK.
Postmesters-A. W. Weisbred, Oshkosh,
Wis. Joseph Osthelder, Sheboygan Falls.
Wis. J: s. Some, Evansville, Wis; Har,
vey N: Brown, Columbus, Wis: Curtis A.
Reed, Menasha, Wis; Adolph Penneng,
Manitowoc, Wis; R. p. Hitchcock, To-
nah, Wis; Evan Decastle, Depere, wis,
q. n. Cronkrite, Clinton, Wis.,; william
brown, Lake Geneva, Wis; H. 8. Howell,
Watertown, Wis; Nelson Bruett, Jeffer-
son, Wis J; A. P. Cramer, Avoca, Iowa; E.
Thayer, Clinton, Iowa; P. Sheldon, Ames,
Iowa; P. D. Minich, Villisia, Iowa; Charles
c. Bronson, Manchester, Iowa; J. W. Sher-
man, Osceola, Iowa; T! II. Edwards, Wa
terloo: Iowa; A: D. Tinsley, Sibley, Iowa :;
Francis Baasen, New Ulm, Mimi. Charles
J: Strunk, Shakopee, Mimi; John r. Par
shall, Faribault, Mimi; B. F. Mccall,
Moorhead, MINI.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY.
Sudden Death I'm wa.hi.eton

SOWssO0 ~OOS0 ~ " ODuAA XtOo
Warrington Society was greatly
shocked by the sudden death the 10th, Of
Miss Kate Bayard, eldest daughter Of the
secretary OF state. The evening before
Miss Bayard had assisted her father in
receiving and entertaining guests at an
Official reception, where she was a. usual,
the life Of tho company. Following the
reception there was an informal dance BY
tho young people, and Miss Bayard did
not retire until O'Clock in the morning.
As she was to assist Miss Cleveland at
reception Saturday afternoon she was not
disturbed at her request, and when q
servant went to her room at 3 p. M, she
was found insensible, investigation show
ing she had been dead for several hours,
thu cause being heart disease. She had
been under treatment for heart disease q
year past, and had been frequently warned
against undue excitement. The news was
promptly reported to tho White House,
where Miss Cleveland and her other
assistants and the Presidential household
were in readiness to open the reception
with many guests already in waiting, and
orders were ct once issued postponing the
reception. Miss Bayard was . great
favorite In Washington and her sudden
death, was not only a shock, but also
caused universal regret.
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Apples For Stock.

There is great diversity of opinion
among farmers as to the value of
apples for stock, many advising
against their use. So good an authori-
ty, however, as the Massachusetts,
Ploughman says the objection to
apples as fodder arises in most cases
from a foolish prejudice. Almost all
farm animals are very fond of apples.
They like good ripe ones best, but they
will take such as they can get and be
thankful for them. Farm stock, par
ticularly the cattle and swine, may con-
sumo as many of the windfall apples as
they like without harm. Green apples
could not show by analysis, q very
high feeding value, neither do turnips
show very high value of analysis, but
both are liked by stock, and animals do
better fed upon them moderately than
If the apples or roots are withheld.
In feeding apples to cows not accus-
toned to eating them, it is well to feed
them In the stall, if convenient, and to
give only few quarts at once, in
creasing the quantity as judgment may
dictate. A COW that is accustomed to
them may safely consume half bushel
of mellow apples per day if she will
take 80 many. Very hard or unripe
ones should be given in smaller guam
titles. A growing hog will eat from
three to six quarts per day, and will be
benefited by them. If half bushel of
sour apples is thrown to hog at once,
he may get sick of them, or get his
teeth sore so he will want no more,
just as children sometimes get sick
from eating fruit or other good things
in excess, but few given three times
a day tends to keep the appetite good.
Work horses may also have q handful
of good apples given them occasionally
with their evening meal. Sheep are
excellent stock to run in orchards to
clean up the wormy fruit as it falls;
only the flock should be large enough
so they will not get surfeited by eating
too many.
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THE MARkETH.

ST. PAUL.
~ W bs 1sx d. h %G Sc lid; 5.1
bid: No. 2 Northern, nc bid.
s4.5o@x.5; bakers, & s@4.5 asked; re
Com No. q $40 bid. May, SIC bid.
Oats No. . mixed, 2S3<c. bid, 2sc asked.
Barley No. q SIC. bid.
Rye No. g 4Sc. bid,
Flax Seed-tl.00.
Baled hay, 500 asked; timothy $1,000.
Dressed beef, choice steers 73fc. @ ~.
veal, 1860.
Butter, extra Soc bid.
Eggs, extra 81 ;. asked.
Potatoes, COG per bushel bid.
Live Stock-Sales Of steers ranged $500,
@ 1915 per 100 lbs. Sheep sold ct
$500 per 100 Hogs $3.50.
WHEAT.-No. l hard cash, 66313c bid for
Januery; May, 92c. No. l Northern, cash,
$50 delivered S II At s Ss ansisHa; poi Sss
$5.50@5. 80 delivered New York and Penn.
sylvania points; bakers @4.0o@4.0
Corn, Jan SSH; May: seXc:
Oats, cash 2S& Jan. 2S1f.
Flax seed No. I, &1.12.
Pork, cash, $1O.50@10.75: Feb. t10.75.
Live Stock, Cattle e330@5.O; Hogo
$3.O@39O; Sheep, $2.5O@35O.
MILWAUKEE.
Wheat-Cash, :793Sc; May. sS1.
DULUTH.
WaEAr-Cash 924: May 92]6; No l.
Northern cash $3.50.
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Pardoned by the Governor.

The 10th, Gov. Hubbard signed tho par
don of David E. Swan, serving a sentence
Of thirteen and half years in the peniten-
tiary for the alleged embezzlement of be-
tween $4,000 and 81, 600 from the Moth
ern Pacific railroad company. The felony
vas committed between February and
June, 1884, when Swan was local treasurer
at St. Paul. When the embezzlement was
discovered swan fed, but was discovered
at Sutton's Bay, Mich, brought back to st.
Paul, tried, convicted, and sentenced as
above, and he had served one year of his
time. The Governor acted upon a numer-
manager Of the road, and certificates Of
physicians to the effect that continued
confinement would result in his death.
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Keep Few toheep.

There are very few farms on which
q few sheep could not be kept at a
profit. There is not one farmer In
a hundred who could not utilize from
twenty to fifty to great advantage, and
especially those who have orchards.
In the keeping Of such q number ono
should not permit the thought that
anything will do, any grade Of sheep,
wool or mutton, scrub or thorough
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ssKnickkn4ckS."

A lady living in the country near q
public highway relates the following
incident, for the truth of which she
vouches: An emigrant wagon came
along one day and stopped in front of
the house. 1t was a sorry-lookin&
turnout consisting of a rickety old
covered wagon drawn by lame horse
and bony, old, blind mule. A woman
wearing a faded calico dress and a
mans straw hat was driving. She
refined her team up under a tree in
frcnt of the house and came up to the
porch on which I was sitting.
"How de do?'' she said, with
Good day. I replied.
"You, the madam here?''
IL am the lady of the house."
lawful hot, amt it?''
Eyes, it is. 1t must be very warm
travelling
1T, Its fairly bilin'. stopped to ask
"1ndeed,' replied, II shall be glad
to oblige you if I CAM
:'Thankee, mum. Well, You see, nv
mans sick out yander in the Wagon"
"What is the matter with him?'' l
asked.
..Oh, I dunno. He's jest natchelly
pulin'. That's all. He cayn't seem
to eat plain, substantial food. but is
alters wantin' his little knickknacks,
SO I've stopped to ask if you've got any
thing in your cubberd like little right
sour buttermilk or clabber an some
cold greens or cabbage an soda biskits
with slice o. real fat bacon to 20 with
EN-"
l had none of tho ''dainties'' or
''knickknacks'' named. but l found in
my pantry hard boiled egg, a bowl
of cold turnips, and a dish of baked
beans, which the ''pulin'' man ate
with great avidity, giving me the
impression that no great anxiety need
be felt regarding his physical co.,
dition.-Youkh's Companion.
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FOR HUSBANDS ONLY.

Beoaaae, somehow, Is Espt n dsbs.
Yet - imagined hs IVES wise,
And knsw how TO economise.> !
10 earned enough to i've with pride
And lay little up beside.
Although he nothing spent for sport
de borrowed, and was always short"
20 Tom, " his wife would say, - man
Cant manage like woman CAM
do try mo once, and soon you'll bs
From horrid debts and worries tree"
Tom only laughed. mo woman can
Finances handle like . man."
At length his debts and worries grew
80 big he knew not what to do.
Then he, in time to save his life,
Gave oil his earnings to his wife.
SNOW, wife," he groaned in WOO complete
''5ee II you can both ends make meet.,'
Bright years now passed. Tom freed iron
Waxed tat upon his wife's good fare.
He debts we're paid and laid away
Was something for rainy day.
What had Toms burden been in life
Was pleasure to his careful wife.
MORAL.
Mans forte Is earning gold alone;
In spending 10 his weakness shown.
A woman's forte by nature meant
10 taking care OF every cent.
And he Who lots his wife do this
Will riches have and live in bliss.
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Rubin His .JintS.

my husband is so poetic said one
lady to another in Seventh street car
the other day. Have You ever tried
ment, mum?" interrupted a beefy
looking woman with a market basket
at her feet. who was sitting at her
elbow and overheard the remark.
''That'll straighten him out as quick at
anything know of, if no ham, got is
too bad. Washington Republic.
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XLXth. CONGRESS.
Monday, Jan. III.

sENAT8-Mr. Harrison's bill for the
admission Of Dakota was-reported favor
ably from the committee, Mr.. Manderson
spoke to his bill for increasing the Of
dciency of the army, Mr.. Blair to the bill
for the erection of monuments to Lincoln
and Grant, and Mr.. Pugh to Beck's silver
resolution. While the latter was speaking
which adjourned.
HoCsE-Among the new bills were:
To prohibit aliens from acquiring title to
lands In the United States; to limit
speeches to 80 minutes; for the establish
ment Of two gun foundries, one to be
In California; to retire national bank notes
In favor Of treasury notes for the issue Of
silver certificates in 81, 81 and Is; for the
territory of Lincoln; that the treasury sur
tho public debt.
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HanGing 70.

Friday tho 18th, there were six hangings
this country, viz: Charles Wilson colored,
at st. Louis, for the murder of W. A. David
on Mississippi river boat: Henry g. Stair,
at Nevada. Mo-, for the murder of Jacob
at Lake Providence, La, for the murder
of Peggy johnson; William Madison,
colored, at Beaumont, Tex. for the murder
of Albert Smith; Jose Maria Mendolia at
Goliula, Tex, for the numbering of G. NJ.
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DAKOTA.
The FARGO Qonyanflo,:

The mass convention called at Fargo to
consider Dakota affairs met the 18th, but
got no further than . preliminary organis-
alton. There 10 . laree aftend-
ance and great interest manifested, the
main point of interest being. the question
of declaration a. TO division.
Rather unexpectedly tho Faro conven-
ton concluded ito labors the 18th and i'd
journed. The convention endor,ed tho pro-
1ect OF uniting Lakes Traverse and Big
Stone, and memorialized congress for en
appropriation of $4,000 therefor. Upon
the decision of the q. =. Supreme Court in
tho Irain county tax case report was
:et tbs e s ss the dsse d. did not
the railroad company, but recommending
that legislation DO asked Of oonRreeo MAX.
tDg 1t the duty Of the railroad companv. to
In the future apply to tho affairs Of survey.
or gesnef s , a. often - once in three
surveyed, and the fees thereon, tho com
pany to be required to pay the same within
ninety days thereafter: Upon the question
Of admission and division the convention
declared a. follows:
Steps having been taken at tho ssat Of
Immediate solving Of sil question: Of the
division Of Dakots TERRITORY and admission
as whole or part, with Q view to avoid
any embarrassment of our delegate in CON
gress, and the members Of congress having
these questions under consideration, and to
action, be it
Resolved. That this convention take no
action Whatever on this question Of admis-
sion and division, either or both, and for
mulate no further resolution thereon, either
recommendatory or advisory.
Resolved, That the citixens of tho entire
Territory of Dakota have aided in ito up-
building to its present position OF prosper
ity, and to all Of tho citizens alike is that
name endeared, and it is the sense Of this
convention that the name '.Dakota'' should
be given to no other section of the present
territory to the exclusion Of any other Sec
ton.
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Zinc Collar Pads for Horses.

This is not an advertising paper, but
for the good of horses we take pleas
ure in saying that after many converse
tons with horsemen and seeing many
certificates of veterinary surgeons and
others, We believe that for curing and
preventing sores on horses, there has
been no better invention than the Boss
zinc and leather collar pads, patented,
manufactured and sold by Dexter Cur
tbs, of Madison. Wis, who was SUPER
intendent of the department of horses
at the Worlds New Orleans Exposition.
-CFrom the Human Society Journal,
''Our Dumb Animals
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-21

The death Of the French writer,
Ernest Panckoucke, is announced. He
was eighty years of age. His name is
supposed to be the Gallo for our
English pancake on the same ortho-
graphical principle that bouledogue is
made to do duty in France for plain
bulldog.
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A Chicago Blaze.

Fire at Chicago, the 12th in the flour
warehouse Of Frederick c. Vehmeyer, de-
stroyed property to the value of a quarter
property in the building. The principal
sufferers were, Albert D. Dickinson. sends
ZOO, Samuel Boyle, brown corn, s35, 900;
F. K. Stevens, wooden rags. $4,000. The
tre was started by spontaneous combustion
in the rags.
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Acquitted.

The trial Of August Oyse at Minneapolis,
charged with the murder of Mark Norton
in September last, terminated the 18th in a
verdict Of -justifiab]e homicide. The two
Norton provoked quarrel and assaulted
Oyse, who in the heat of the struggle grab
bed mawl and struck Norton on the head
causing his death. The verdict is sustained
by public sentiment.
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IT is about as difficult for a million
aire to die and not have his will CON-
tested, as it is said to be for a camel to
pass through the eye of a needle. At
Augusta, Maine, proceedings are in pro-
gress to set aside the will of the late
Gov. Abner Cohern, who left an estate
valued at $2,2o0,0oo, on the ground
that he was insane. The contestants
OF the will are a nephew and niece.
Among other witnesses called was MI.
bia're, who testified that he was init
mate with Gov. Cohern up to the time
OF his death and never saw anvthino
that indicated business or mental incs-
Paeity;
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Minnesota Measures.

Among the bills introduced in the lower
house Of congress the 18th, were the follow
ing by Mr.. Nelson: To consolidate the
Indians on the White Garth reser~a
tion, appropriating $2OOts} for an Indian
model farm and Normal school in Northern
Minnesota, and creating the office Of hull
and boiler inspector at Duluth.
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SPEAKER Hustled of the New York
legislature, has been in public life since
1859, and is now for tho fourth time
Speaker Of the House of Representa-
tives. He is tifty-two years of age, and
began his busy life as school teacher.
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Unseated:

On the report Of the committee, the
house Of the Ohio legislature, by a party
vote, unseated the nine Democrats from,
Hamilton county, giving certificates of
their Republican opponents given the
seats. Later both houses voted separately
for U. 8. senator, the vote standing: Sen
ate, Sherman II, A. u. Thurman 20; House,
Sherman SO, Thurman, IL.
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Men are Lara"

said David Of old. He was probably
prompted to make tho above remark after
trying some unreliable cstarrh remedy.
Had he been permitted to live until the
present day, and tried DR.. Sage's remedy
he might have had better opinion of man
can Withstand the magic effects Of this
wonderful medicine. One trial of It will
convince you Of its efficacy. By druggists,
flfty cents.
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sExAfE-The silver discussion occupied
most Of tho time Of the session. Among tho
bills introduced was one appropriating
81, 600 for . monument to President James
Madison at Warrington, and one to make
the postage on fourth class matter at
cents for each ounce or fraction thereof.
HoUsE-rhts body occupied the time
of the session in discussion of tho presiden-
tial succession bill, but no vote was reached
on any point.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-21

EVERY hour of the day a piano is
finished and sent out of the factory of
Mr.. Brinsmead, at London, Eng, who
is just now greatly interested in the ap-
plication of electricity to pianos, and
he hopes thereby to produce sustain
cd note such as now can only be pro-
duced on the organ,
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The village Ste. Marthe, near
Montreal, has population of 1900
persons, and few days since the
entire adult population assembled in
church and pledged themselves to
abstain from alcoholic beverages for the
space of one year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-21

DIR. Do LEWIS is an advocate of the
hot water cure-and says the remedy
will cure every complaint human flesh
is heir to. There is great virtue in hot
water, though DR.. dos certificate of
its efficacy is rather broad.
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Cottages for the Poor.

A cablegram of the 10th says the board
Of guardians of the poor law union at Lin
erick has decided to erect 500 cottages for
the accommodation Of the poor, to cost
5000. The money will be borrowed from
the government. Sir William Hart-Dyke
makes the announcement that the report
that he had resigned the chief-secretary-
ship for Ireland was unauthorized
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-01-21

JOHN BRIGHT and Caleb Wright of
the English parliament are IS years
old, while Mr.. Talbot who has repre-
sented Glamorgans here for fifty-dve
years, is verging on IS years of age.
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Wrecks.

News was received of the wreck east
Of Sandy Hook, Of the ocean steamship
Hylton Castle, bound for Ronen, France,
with % persons on board. One life boat
containing the captain and ten others is
missing. The schooner T. B. Witherspoon
was wrecked of Nantucket, Mass. and six
of the crew including the captain lost