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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Kitchen GARDENING.


Vegetables are tender, and hardy
we can leave the parsnip in the ground
through the severest winter, while the
carrot is easily killed by frost. So with
seeds; some may be sown as soon as
the ground can be worked. and Others
must not be sown until the soil is warm.
We forward plants by starting thei,
seeds under glass, either in green.
house or hot-bed. For a small garden,
boxes of soil of suitable size, and three
or four inches deep, placed at the kitch.
en- or other windows, will afford sup.
ply of plants. Sow in such boxes, ear.
ly cabbage, caulitlower, lettuce; and
later, tomato and other tender plants.
For early peas and the earliest pota-
toes good plan is to nail boards to-
gether like cave troughs, to cover the
rows at night; when turned back in the
day time, they protected the plants
from the winds, and reflected heat up.
on the rows. Hot-beds for starting
plants should be begun about six weeks
before it is safe to risk the plants in the
open ground. Provide q supply OF
bean-poles, pea-brush, and trellises fol
tomatoes. Do not forget succession
crops of radishes, lettuce. etc., of which
the season is very short; SOW weekly
until hot weather.
We have had fresh green sweet corn
up to the middle Of November one
year, before it was necessary to cut il
for curing. Our method of curing is
to strip off all the ears, and feed these
separately; leave the stalks on the
ground forty-eight hours, then bind
them in sheaves of about twenty pounds
(when dry which is easily guessed aft.
er weighing out few, and set these up
in small stocks, protected as stocks OF
small grain are, or bouni closely al
the top to shed rain. They cure very
well this way, with twenty-five sheaves
or five hundred pounds in each stock,
and after month may be gathered in.
to larger shocks, or small stacks, in
two tiers with cap, and having one
hundred sheaves, or a ton in each. One
sheaf makes, when cut, and mixed
with ground feed, an ample meal fol
for four COWS, or an abundant supply
for one day for one COW. BY putting
up the crop in this way, it is quite easy
to measure out the fodder without
waste or excess, and to feed regularly
IS to quantity without special measur.
ing, and by simply counting the
sheaves. The use of sweet corn fodder
is extending rapidly in the large dairy
districts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

JAMES WH1rCoMB RILEY, the Indiana
dialect poet, is native OF Greenfield,
in that State, where he learned and
worked at the trade of housepaintiDg.
He also often assisted the boys in
painting the town.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08
NORFHWEsTERN NEWS,

The long protracted Bull Dog Kelly case
has resulted in his being committed by Com
missioner Spencer at st. Paul. Kelly is &C.
to Minnesota and has been fighting against
extradition. The decision of Commissioner
Spencer will hand him over to the Manitoba
authorities unless the President interferes.
L. H. Colby, general store at Barnes
| vile, MIMI, has assigned. Geo. II. Num-
failed fail i'*s''' ~ MOTIFS h'nn'' mas also
Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin has been
added to the committee on pensions to
make up tor tue illness of Senator Mitchell.
De is reporting several pensions day
| being the most industrious man on the
committee and one of the most industrious
in the Senate.
The Senate has rejected the nomination
Of G. Wise as postmaster at Mankato.
Mr.. Wise is the editor of the Mankato
heview, q Democratic paper aud his
predecessor, L. p. Hunt.
Judge Mcconnell has sentenced Peter
Swenson to the Bismarck penitentiary for
| three years and six months. He was con.
vlcted at Grand Forks of the murder of
Halver Tallofson.
John Nelson, the Vice President..of the
First National bank at Whapeton, D. T.,
| had general store which he has turned
over to his creditors owing to the failure of
the bank.
W. B. Bend, the deposed Col. of the First
Regiment Minnesota National Guard was
unanimously reelected at st. Paul on
March 3Oth. This ends the war of the reg
| iment.
The Brainerd, Mimi, dam company offer
mill sites and perpetual water power free
to those who will erect mills or other mann
featuring enterprises there.
Illinois, Iowa and portions of Wisconsin
closed the month of March with a fifteen
inch snow storm.
Daniel E. Little a prominent grain DEAL
or Of Duluth, is dead.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08
Early Peas.

An experienced gardener says he
knows of no royal road to get peas
earliest, the most expert can only
plant, and cultivate and wait. By as.
sis,ing nature at the start though, we
can sometimes hurry her up little.
have found two ways of doing this.
One is to ridge the ground in the fall,
before it freezes, to make it dry of
earlier in the spring, and the other is
to start the seeds before the ground is
dry enough to be worked. The first
needs no further explanation. For the
second l place my seed peas in moist
sand, about the last week in March,
and set the box containing the sand in
a warm place, until the peas have
formed sprouts about half an inch long.
Then, if the garden is not yet sufficient
~ dry for planting, I set the box in the
cellar, covering it with board if mice
are troublesome, and leave it there un-
til we can plant. l have left the
sprouted seed in this condition for a
fortnight without any apparent harm
resulting. When the ground is dry
enough to plant, 1 pick the peas care
fully out of the sand. place them in the
drill about two inches apart, and cover
lightly with fine soil. / have gained
rs much as eight days IN earliness by
thus starting the seed beforehand,
though the difference is usually not so
much. The earliness may also be in
creased some by planting in sheltered
location, particularly if it is one that
receives reflected heat from the
sun, as the south side of a
building or high, tight board fence.
Something of course is to be e ained
by securing the earliest variety, and
there are three rather distinct varieties
OF the extra early peas, and these are
about on par as to earliness. Their
names are Earliest of All, ""Express. "
and "Philadelphia." The latter, which
IS perhaps most productive of three. is
solo under about as many names as it
bears peas on plant. Almost all of
the so-called ''First and Best Extra
Early" First of ALL" etc., peas. with
the name of some scotsman before
them, are this variety. The first of the
three varieties is the least productive.
All of them do rather better If pushed.
thong h they will do fairly we'll without
it. The american Wonders ia at
present considered the earliest wrinkled
pea: but this is few days later. It is
SO dwarf that it requires no bushing,
and is equal to the very best.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

FATHER. asked little Johnny, "why
is it that they always begin the legisla-
tive session with praycr?" Il don't
know. my son, replied his father, Gun
less it is to sort blind the eyes of the
Lord to what is done after the prayer
is ended.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

The mother-in-law of Senator Payne
Of Ohio, and grandmother of Mrs.
Whitney, wife of the Secretary of the
Navy, died few days since at Mr..
Payne's residence at Cleveland.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

A PRETTY fashion in bridal carriages
has been introduced in Paris. The car
riage which conveys the bride to church
is entirely covered with white flowers,
even to the spokes eff the wheels. The
coachman and footman are also deco
rated with flowers. The carriage looks
like a moving white bouquet, with a
rosy face in the midst thereof. How
nnei
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08
FORTY NINTH CONGRESS

SENATE. March 29-The bill Of Senator
Logan's increasing the army from q, coo to
10000 men occupied the entire time of the
open session Of the senate and without def
mite action the senate went into executive
session. In executive session there were
q large number Of combinations among
them being all of the collectors of internai
revenue appointed in Wisconsin and lows.
The only rejection was the postmaster at
st. Adams, Vermont.
HOUSE, March 29-Mr. Lamar of Chicago.
offered resolution calling on the commit
Gould system of railroads and Renerallv
the difference between railroads and their
employees. A bill was introduced bv Mr.,
W oodford OF Kentucky, granting a pension
OF y month to all honorably discharged
soldiers and sailors who served in the I'm
| ing the secretary of the interior to furnish
artificial limbs Tor their equivalent in mon
ey) to Confederate soldiers or sailors who
1851 legs or arms in the war. Among other
D1lis introduced was ono by Mr. Hill Of
Ohio, to enable the people Of Dakota
to form q constitution and also one
to establish the territory of North Dakota
The Blair educational bill which has passed
the Senate was introduced as q new bill
and an effort to refer it to the committee
~ 0uucotAOu was OeIoaCed by lis yeas ia
134 nays. The bill then went to the com.
mlttee on labor by 1873 yeas to l13 NAYS.
The committee on education alreadv have
the Blair bill in their hands as sent in req.
ular order from the Senate but are endea1.
oring to smother it by refusing to report il.
Its Introduction as . new house bill and 20.
ing to another committee indicates that
the bill may pass.
SENATE, March 3O-As on the previous
day nearly the entire session was devotei
to discussing Senator Logan's bill to in
crease the army, much Of the time being
occupied by cross-flring between Logan
and Teller of Colorado. Mr.. Platt snok-
In behalf Of the admission OF Washinrton
territory a. state, and Mr. Voorhees, in.
troduced bill admitting Montana in place
OF the one previously offered by him.
House, March 30-Mr. Guenther of Mil
waukee, Wisconsin, made personal ex-
PLANTATION in reply to an attack of the
oshkosh Northwestern Newspaper which
had accused him of defending the p0st-
master general in fulillment of a proInise
to do so in return for his appointment on
the committee on post Offices and most
roads. Mr.. Guenther vigorously defended
his course, saying he had pursued the same
policy prior to the incoming of the present
standardization. Tho post ONCE appropria.
ton bi]lwas then discussed the remainder
of the session.
SENATE, March 21-The session today
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08
Useful knowledge.
l man walks three miles an hour.

A man walks three miles an hour.
Ahorse trots seven.
Steamboats, run eighteen.
Sailing vessels make ten.
Slow rivers flow four.
Rapid rivers flow seven.
Storms move thirty-six.
Hurricanes, eighty.
A rifle ball one thous and miles q
minute.
Sound, eleven hundred and forty
three.
Light. one hundred and ninety thou
sand.
Electricity, two hundred and eighty
thousand.
A barrel of flour weighs one hundred
and ninety-six pounds.
Abarrel of pork, two hundred.
A barrel of powder, twenty-threc.
A firkin of butter, eighty-six.
A tub of butter, eighty-four.
Wheat, beans and clover seed, sixty
pounds to the bushel.
Corn, rye and flax-seed, fifty-six.
Buckwheat, ffty-two.
A barrel of rice. six hundred.
Barley, forty-eight.
Oats, thirty-five.
Coarse salt, eighty-fve
Sixty drops make spoonful.
Three teaspoonsful, a tablespoonful;
one-third of an ounce.
Four thousand eight hundred and
forty square yards make an acre.
A square mile, six hundred and forty
acres.
TO measure an acre: Two hundred
and nine feet on each side, making a
square acre within an inch.
There are two thousand seven hun
dred and fifty languages.
One person dies at each pulsation of
the heart.
Average of life, thirty-one years.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

1T is gravely declared that we are to
|ccome bald-headed race. 1t is es-
timated that one half of all Americans
above the age of 80 are partly bald,
and as this characteristic is one that is
most likely to DO transmitted from
father to son the result must be newt
able. Excessive mental activity is said
to be the chief cause of the present
badness.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

SENATOR FAIR, of Nevada, is said to
be in correspondence with his divorced
wife with view to reunion of the sep
arated family. and with fair prospects
of success.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

1.-THE foundation said Emerson
''of culture as of character is at least
the moral sentiment. This is the foun-
tain of power, preserves its eternal
newness draws its own rent of every
novelty in science.''
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

ONE of the most pitiful sights of the
world is to see a poor, little, pinched,
penniless fellow staggering along un-
der great family name made by some
one ahead of him.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

The man who is jealous and envious
of his neighbours success has foes in
his heart who can bring more bitterness
into his life than can any outside
enemy.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

HAPPINESS is not privilege, but a
duty-not a mere outward good that
may perhaps come to US, but an inward
possession which we are bound to at
tain. When We remember the contagious
character of happiness, the strength,
courage and hope it excites by its very
presence and the power for good it ex-
erts in every direction, we cannot
doubt our obligation to attain as much
of it as possible.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

GEN. BOCLANGER, Minister of War.
has resolved on sanctioning boards in
the French Army. Officers and SER
geants may wear any amount of beard,
provided it be not long enough to con-
ceal the number of their regiments on
the collar. For privates there is no re-
striction. Side whiskers, however,
must not be worn alone, and short
hair especially behind, is still compul-
cory
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

The price for strong young man in
the interior of Africa is 40 yards of
white cotton cloth. An old man can
be bought for four yards.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

Malaria! fever has become so prevalent
| In Greece that the government has not oniv
removed the import duty from q7inine, but
has monopolized tho sale of that dru9' Tor
q price equal only to the cost ct the place
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

Some of the fashionable people OF
Boston arc firm Delivers in the su-
perstition which is opposed to thirteen
at table. This often leads to awk-
ward complications, for their dinner
parties are frequently arranged for
fourteen. When this is the case and
one OF the guests cannot attend, and
does not apprise the hostess of this fact
until the day of the dinner, great ex-
ertions are made to obtain the one
necessary to make up the original
number, and many ladies accept short
invitations in order to help their
friends out of their dilemma. When
the one desired cannot be found, it is
often convenient for a member of the
family to be iudisposed. This, of
course, makes the number of diner
even. but 1t Is doubtful if it prevents
any Of them from dying within the
year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

MIR. FA1RcH1LD, acting secretary of
the Treasury has rendered a decision
in regard to the classification of Don
skoi wool, in which he sustained the
appeal OF the importers, Messrs. Wood
& Payson, who claimed that the wool
is simply washed wool, and as such is
dutiable ut the rate of % cents per
pound, instead of being secured wool,
on which the duty is at the rate OF u
cents per pound.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

J. P. T.. CoTTR1LL, the once eminent
lawyer of Milwaukee, is incurably in
sane. More than thirty years ago,
when he was Sophomore in the Uni
versity of Vermont, while assisting to
haze new student, he received a blow
on the head, from which he never fully
recovered, and which finally developed
softening of the brain and hopeless in
sanity-a terrible testimony against
the barbarism of hazng.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

Ihe triumph OF wit Is to make your good
In ssedug fsul1 aud Glow iIexposinx tham.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08
NOTES OF THE TIMES.

HALF million pounds of willow
leaves disguised as tea were shipped to
America from Shanghi last year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

HARRY WORKMAN, a bright boy in
Fostoria, o., showed so much inter-
est in electrical experiments that he
became privileged character at the
electric light works, no other outsider
being permitted near the dynamos.
The other day he wanted to receive 8
good shock" and so got a pail Of
water and touching the positive pole
of dynamo with a rod in one hand.
put the other hand in the water and
fell back dead.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-08

SENATE, March 2l-The ssssiou tod.y
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
Presentation to the Honorables.

The Jersey City police have been worry
ing themselves sick for several months to
know in what way they could show their
appreciation of the State Lawmakers from
this city for their participation in the pass
age of the bill last winter increasing their
(the police pay. All of sudden they
ceased worrying. They have struck on
plan. The honorable Senator and right
honorable Assemblymen should each re-
ceive token for the kindly spirit they
had manifested. Last Thursday evening
and Franklin Hall were the time and place
when the grand presentation should take
place, and it did take place with great
eclat and clambering after something to
eat seldom equalled. Mayor Cleveland
made the presentation speech and several
responses, bubbling over with more or
fewer chestnuts, followed, and the crowd
went home much pleased with Morrow Il
Days usually excellent catering.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
A Great Day at nrenmeuth.

MONMOUTH PARK, Aug. 2l.-The largest
crowd of the season gathered here to-day
to witness the racing. Every seat on the
grand stand was occupied, and no less
than 200 conveyanees Of every conceiv-
able style and size were gathered on the
grounds. The weather was as perfect as
the track, which ueyer was il better con-
dition. A. brief resume of the result of
the races is given below
SsFirst race-One and one-sixteenth miles.
Blackstone won, with Dry Monopole sec
ond and Duke of Manalbon third. Time,
151b
Second race-1 mile. Saxony won.
Quits was second and Mink third. Time,
l:444.
Third race-Three-quarters of mile.
D. D. Withers galloped over the course
alone. No time taken.
The fourth race was the Monmouth
handicap-14 miles. 1t was won by
Hidalgo, with Bonanza second and Maui
NEE third. Time. 3:391.
Fifth mile mile. 1tilalla won in l :16.
Amy was second and freedom thiod.
Sixth race-The Mirage stakes, milf
Peekskiu was the winner, with Boaz second
and Mollie Walton third. Time, / :46.
Seventh race-Selling race, l mile
Marsh Redon won by longth in l: "A.
Whirzgig was second and Witch third.
Eighth race-Hanaicap steeple-chase,
The full courss. Buckra won in S:54.
with Bracewood second and Mentmore
third.
This was the last day of the races. here.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
Court jersey Ci.y,s Tally-ho.

A delegation from Court Jersey City,
1929, Ancient Order of Foresters. are
going with six-horse sstally-ho' coach to
the Foresters' picnic and games at Ridge
wood Park, Brooklyn, tomorrow. Court
Jersey City is the largest Court of Forest
ers in the United States, and has q cham
pion tug-of-war team among its members,
namely, VIM. Dimond, captain; VIM.
Moore, anchor; AL Stub, Henry Harmon,
Sam Doyle and jas. Corballis. They have
never been defeated, and Prof. Holmes,
manager of the team, says they will pull
out all Brooklyn and surely bring the
medals to Jersey City. Surrogate O'Neil,
Coroner Hughes, Chief Ranger j. j.
Minihan, Secretary O'Mealia, and about
twenty others, members of Court Jersey
City, will accompany the team and bet
their money on them.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
The Races at Brighton Beacs..

BRIGHTON BEACH, Aug. 2l.-This was
the finest day of the season at the Brighton
Beach track. and 10000 people availed
themselves of the opportunity to witness
the racing. The winners were:
First race-three- quarters of a mile,
Elizabeth first, seven lengths ahead of
Barney, second; Peter L. third Time,
LIT.
Second race-three quarters of mile;
Embargo won by seven lengths. with Mar
maduke second. length in front of War
rem Lewis, third Time, :18.
Third race-seven-eighths of mile:
Brunswick won, Renick second and Joe
Murray third. Time 1909
Fourth race-one mile; Florence M.
won, Belle B. second and Restless third.
Time, las.
Fifth race-One mile. Valley Forge
won, with Tattler second and Treasurer
third. Time, :43a.
Sixth race-One and one-quarter miles.
Richfield won, with Woodfower second, a
short neck ahead Of Ben Pryor, third.
Time, 2:14.
The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-08-22
The nIerchants, Association.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Merchants Protective Association took
place at Roche's Hall on Friday evening
On account of the warm weather, business
of little importance was transacted Mr..
Turner, of Turner & Bennell, being elect
ed Treasurer of the association. Mr..
Knause advocated the establishment of a
mercantile library by the merchants for
use of both merchants and clerks. Salts
faction was expressed in regard to the
financial results of early closing. Vigor-
GUS measures will be used by the mer-
chants to make early closing permanent
affair, and to call the aid OF the public to
enforce it's observance.