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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20
FLORIDA'S WHITE ANTS.

How the busy Insects Assist Nature In
Her Processes of Change.
One warm morning, after a heavy
rain during the night had saturated
the ground, as l went to the we'll, I
caught sight of my favorite toad squat
in the grass, covered with winged ants,
and darting out his tongue to keep a
place clear about him. But the oncom-
ing crowd swarmed around and over
him. He never winked, though they
walked heedlessly across his eyes, on
his nose, anywhere to get point of
vantage from which to take fight.
Soon the air was full of them up to a
great height, going in all directions
and rising from every stump and de-
caying log of wood. Some stumps and
partly buried masses of wood we're
white with them, a constant stream
from beneath the ground clambering
up higher over one another in their
struggles to get up and take flight
Where were they all going? Wher-
ever they brought up against tree, a
house. stump or bit of wood, their
flight ended, and by an instantaneous
and amusing twist of their little bodies
the wings were thrown off and they
started by the shortest route for the
ground. Some in their seemingly aim
less fight would strike piece of wood
or a tree within a dozen feet of the
starting point, but off went their wings
with jerk, and down they travelled.
What is the meaning of this? Why
are these little beings 80 intent on dis.
tributing themselves everywhere? No
wonder every piece of wood under
ground, or even lying upon its surface,
Is inhabited by its colony of termites,
each busy for itself in eating and liv.
ing, but carrying out the wonderful
and, in this southern climate, rapid
process of change, destruction and new
forms of life. No sooner does q tree
fall to the earth than myriads of these
white ants find a home and food in it,
and SO hasten its destruction. II sl
stake is driven to support q lily o,
tuberose it will shortly be set upon BY
these busy consumers. and you will
soon find it prone or needing support
rather than giving it. Living wood
they do not choose. American Agri
eulturist.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20
WHAT THEY MAKE,
Actors and Authors Who Are Getting RiC
Without NIucI, EFnrk

Actors and Authors who Are Getting Rich
Without Much Effort.
Ellen Terry is paid 5000 week.
Digby Bell receives $3.50 week.
Fred Leslie received $500 week.
Kyrle Bellew receives $3.50 week.
Charles Cogh!an is paid $3.50 a week.
DE Wolf Hopper is paid $3.50 a week.
George Alexander is paid 5000 a
week.
John Habberton makes $4,000 a
year.
Mark Twain's income is $50, 600 a
year.
Joseph Pulitzer's income for 1888 was
100000.
r. w. Glider receives 500, 600 a wear
from the Century.
Mrs Chan'er (Amelie Rives) makes
about $40, 600 a year.
w. d. Howells receives from tho
Harpers $40, 900 a year.
Mayo w. Hazeltine receives $175 a
week from the New York Sun.
Colonel John Cockerill is paid $780,
600 a year by tho New York World.
Up to recently Francis Wilson was
paid q salary of 1926 :. week.
Edgar w. Fawcett receives about g.
600 a year for all his writings.
The late E. P. Roe found no difficulty
in writing $4,000 worth year.
Brander Matthews averages an an
nual income from literature of about
s., 600.
Charles Dudley Warner is paid 3d.
200 for his department in Harper's
Magazine.
Miss Murfree's CHARLES Egbert Grad
docks novels yield her about s., 900 a
year.
Frances Hodgson Burnett is getting
rich at the rate of from $40, 1000 to $685.
600 a year.-Chicago News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20
FARM AND ElRESlpE.

SIS Z. 80 ya. r.- b
Land poor and poor land are evils
to be avoided. Western Plowman.
The first half hour after milk leaves
the COW has much to do with It's excel
lenee.
1t is better to kill one or two of the
young pigs than to allow the SOW to
attempt to provide milk for q large
litter.
Milk is much better food for
poultry during the su amer than corn.
Corn is heating and fattcning, two
conditions that, as rule. ought to be
avoided, unless feeding for the market.
Poor hay is mighty poor thing.
Stock are compelled to eat much moro
OF it than of good hay, while they will
not thrive upon it, no matter how
much they eat.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Lemonade which is intended for a
sick person should be strained. This
Is particularly necessary if there is any
trouble with the stomach, as the tough
tbers Of the lemon are hard to digest.
No farm is complete unless it con-
tains orchards. Not only should the
apple be given place but all other va:
rieties of fruit. The small fruits should
be grown especially for family use, and
a largo supply of all kinds should be
canned for winter.
"A green-pea omelet can be made,
with four eggs and half pint of boiled,
green peas or canned peas, poured in
side the Omelet before it is folded. As:
paragus may be used in the same way.
Only the green ends should be used.
after they are boiled, drained and
seasoned.
"A splendid substitute for brush for
peas or pole beans is made by driving
strong stakes about twelve feet apart
in the row, leaving them thirty inches
high and fastening smooth fencing
wire along the tops and another within
six inches of the ground. Wrapping
Irvine is then passed back and forth be-
tween the wires. The stakes and wire
cost but little, are easily put away, and
will last for years.
BY feeding one kind of soft food
too continuously, to the exclusion Of
raw grain entirely, some poultry
keepers have gotten their flocks into
an unhealthy condition, and conclud-
Ing that soft food is the cause of it, de-
eide to discard it's use altogether.
Either extreme is to be avoided. 1t is
a bad plan to lay down strict undevia-
ting rules about many things; in feed
ing fowls one must be governed to a
great degree by the state of the weather
and it's temperature.
I'm whipping cream there are sew
oral precautions to be taken. While
cream will not whip if either too thick
or too thin, cream should be perfectly
cold to whip. Many persons use an
egg beater, but the froth made in this
way is apt to be lumpy. The best churn
has single dasher. To whip easily,
| set the churn a little inclined and use
very short strokes, with the force in
the down stroke. A pint of cream
should treble by whipping. Use deep
dish, and as the froth collects skim il
off into dish and set it on ice. When
the quantity of cream is too low to al.
low the churn to act, add a little mill,
and the cream can be reached by the
churn.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20
Piece OF Her Mind.

"A lady correspondent mas THIS 70 say:
II want to give piece of my mind to q
certain class who object to advertising when
it costs them any thlng-this won't cost
them q cent. suffered living death for
nearly two years with headaches, backache,
in pain standing or walking, was being ut
increased By dragging. At last, in despair,
I committed the sin Of trying an advertised
medicine, DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton, and it restored me to the blessedness
Of sound health. I honor the physician who,
courage to advertise the fact" The med
icine mentioned is guaranteed to cure those
delicate diseases peculiar to females. Read
printed guarantee on bottle-wrapper.
For all arrangements Of the liver, stom-
ach and bowels, take DR.. Pierce's Pellets.
One dose.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20
A Stout Backbone

Is as essential to physical health as to polit-
ical consistency. For weakness of the back,
and disorders Of the kidneys,
the tonic and dietetic action of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters is the one thing needful.
The stomach is the mainstay of every other
organ, and by invigorating the digestion
with this preparation, the spinal column,
and all its dependencies, are sympathet-
ically strengthened. The dyspeptic and
bilious will find it a pure vegetable stimu-
liant and tonic.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20
The Clay Cure for Cattle.


When came to Virginia and for
some years afterward, what was called
distemper was very fatal in the Pied,
mont region. I lost some valuable
stock. The disease seemed to begin
with baking of the manifolds, the
spleen became congested and greatly
enlarged, the kidneys were intlamed
and the urine bloody. In some cases
the first knowledge we had of the pres
ence of the disease was from tho color
OF the water. Some victims lived for
several days, and few, treated with
large doses of calomel or strong tea
made of peach leaves, recovered. Il
was found that cattle sailed on clay
did not take or have it. Now it is the
custom to mix clay and salt and keep
1t where stock can get it whenever they
choose, allowing them no salt in any
other form. Since this practice has
been introduced, and as far as it has
extended, the disease has entirely dis
appeared. ID. F. Leach, in Farm and
Home
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20
"SCAB" IN SHEEP,
.ow to Treat tho Disoase-TObaCCO an
SUlDhur m a Din.

.ow to Treat tho Disoase-TobaCco and
Sulphur rs a Dip.
What is called ''scab' in sheep is a
cutaneous disease, closely allied to
mango in horses and itch in men, for
in all three the soreness and inf]amma-
ton of the skin are due to the presence
of a minute parasitic mite, usually
called an acarus, which burrows in the
skin, loosening the hairs or wool. If
one of the female acari is placed on the
wool of healthy sheep she will quickly
crawl down to the root of it and bury
herself in the skin. These female
acari bring forth from eight to fifteen
young at litter, and these spread over
the animal, and wherever they find
Judgment make small sores and cause
the wool to drop out. Old and I'M
healthy sheep are first attacked and
suffer most, but if the disease is neg
lected it will spread to the most healthy
and vigorous, and even young lambs
will sooner or later become affected.
The best and cheapest treatment for
this disease is to dip the entire flock,
lambs as we'll as the old and fully
grown, in some kind of liquid that will
soften the scab and poison the mites.
The dipping should be done as soon as
the sheep are sheared in spring, for at
this time the liquid will readily reach
every part and destroy the mites. The
most common and perhaps best sheep
dip in use consists of tobacco and sui
phur in the proportions of four ounces
of tobacco and one of sulphur to one
gallon of water. If large flock of
sheep are to be dipped, then kettles of
sufficient capacity must be provided to
heat the liquid, and also tank or box
large enough to admit the entire body
of the largest sheep. The tobacco
should be stepped in hot water until it's
strength is extracted, and the sulphur
then stirred in. The liquid should then
be poured into the dipping vat and its
temperature reduced to about 1909,
when it is ready for use. Each animal
should be entirely immersed except the
eyes and mouth, then lifted out care
fully and held on a platform for few
minutes for the liquid to drain off and
run back into the tank. BY using
tobacco stems the cost of the dipping
liquid will be greatly reduced, and still
be equally as effective as one made of
q better quality of tobacco. The cost
of dipping large flock will not exceed
i've cents per head. and the gain in the
growth of wool, health, and comfort of
the sheep will far exceed the cost of
this operation. Sheep ticks and other
vermin infesting sheep will also b. de-
stroyed by the tobacco and sulphur.
In Europe arsenic, spirits of turpentine
and other poisons are used in making
what are called 'sheep Dips" but to-
bacco and sulphur are equally eftica-
cious, and harmless to those who are
obliged to handle it as we'll as to the
sheep.-N. Y. Sun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

CAN the sale Of an inferior article con-
stantly increase for "a yearss Dobbins'
Electric Soap has been on the market ever
since 1865, and is to-day the best and p,trest
family soap made. Try it. Y our grocer has it.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

TWO MoRMoNs were lately on trial at Salt
Lake City for Il murder committed thirty
years ago. The prosecuting attorney was a
baby at the time the crime took place. and
many of the jurors were not yet born.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

Oregon, the Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Bestfruit. grain, grass, stock country
Oregon Immigration Board, Portland, Oregon
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

TIE telephone is used on the continent of
Europe to enable the guard of train de-
tanned between stations to communicate to
the nearest point for assistance.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

FlFTT-Two chicks from fifty eggs is the
record that q Lcnawee County (Mich.) man
proudly presents in behalf of one Of his
Matching hens.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

IT is proposed applying telephones to the
infectious wards OF the French hospitals so
as to enable sick people to communicate
with their friends without danger of con-
veying the infection.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

THOSE who wish to practice economy
f5 opsy pills cstH only Ise PHI haes s P'
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

Must not be contounded with common CATH
artic or purgative pills. Carter's Little Liv-
err Pills are entirely unlike them in every re-
spect. One trial will prove their superiority.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

The man who finds trout in town that
have been twenty-four hours on ice palata-
Bile will never be conspicuous epicure.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

No SPECIFIC for local skin troubles equal.
Glenns Sulphur Soap
HIPS Hair and Whisker Dye, so cents.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

ENGLISH fakirs paint sparrows yellow and
sell them for canaries.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

BETTER to die at the post Of duty than to
live elsewhere
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

HUMAN foresight often leaves its proudea
possess0r only choice of evils.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

u0 WluU IS LII uc uOrl.
''Doan' let your feet go from October
to June an den draw q hull tub of cold
water an try to git frew wild de job in
one evenin'.
''lf you hev bin chased by de police
until you perspire doan' sit down on a
bar'l in de alley an let de breeze blow
ober you to cool you of.
''You must remember dat de air is
full OF bacteria and microbes. Oar ar
varus sorts of 'em. An ole ca'pet on
which seben young chill'en hev bin
brung up. along wild twice seben yaller
dogs. will gin out microbes when shook.
If you inhale EN- you may be took wild
almost any complaint from ear-ache to
gwine crazy. A dead cat left along
side de front gate, or load of ole
potatoes and bones left around de back
dOah, will throw off bactaria at de rate
of 1000 pounds to de squar' inch. You
may dodge EN- aud continer yer wild
career, but you may be token down
like flash, and not even hev time to
make will. [Shudders all along the
back rows.
''My frens, you can't be to keerful
to keep we'll. Obey de laws of Natur'
an you may live hundred vars.
Transgress 'em an de grave yawns
fur you. I feel honored by de priv
lege of appearin' befo' you. If hadn't
muffin else to do should sartinly move
to Detroit an jine dis club. [Cheers.7
Wild thanks fur yer clus attenshun, an
hopin' de seed has fell on specific sile
1 now bid you goodbye"
When the honorable orator had re-
tired Giveadam Jones offered resolu-
ton to the effect that the Lime Kiln
Club accept and adopt his theories on
the health question. Avote was taken,
and the resolution was carried by
majority of one, and the motion &c
make it unanimous was lost in tie
swamp beyond rescue.
The meeting then adiournsd.-De.
Sroit Free Press.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-06-20

"A gentleman of Marietta, Ca, re-
Gently had some improvements made
on his residence. He noticed out Of
the four carpenters at work three were
left-handed, and the man who came to-
do the painting was left-handed. A
few days after that he bought a door
bell and hired another man to put it
on the door, and he too, proved to be
left-handed.
The best tonic for fowls in the
drinking water is ten drops tincture of
iron in gallon of water. Once q
week q teaspoonful of tincture of CAM
phor is excellent if the fowls are de-
bilitated. If the flock is in good con-
dition nothing but pure, fresh water
need be allowed, along with a variety
Of food. j..
1t is claimed that where the euca7
lyptus tree is grown in large quantities
entire immunity is obtained from mos
quitoes, although the air may be thick
with the insects at comparatively
short distance.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11
The lnyaIidS Hope.

Many seemingly incurabl,~eHsatSNo Nof
blood poison, catarrh, scrofuIa and
rheumatism have been cured by b. B.
Is. (Botanic Blood Balm). made by
the Blood Balm Co., Atlanta Ga. =
Write to them for book filed and con-
vincing proof. -"
q w Raider, living seven miles
from Athens, Ga. writes For sew
eral years 1 suffered with running
ulcers, which doctors treated and pro.
nounccd incurable. A single bottle
OF B u. B. did me more good than all
the doctors. / kept on using Ii and
every ulcer healed"
ID. T., Kinard & Son. Towaliga,
Ga, writes ave induced neighbor
to try B B B for catarrh, whiellsh he
thought incurable, as it had resisted
all treatment. 1t delighted him and
continuing its use lie WAS cured sound
and we'll"
II nj Lawson. East Point. Ga :,
writes MY wife had scrofula Is
years. She kept growing worse. She
lost her hair and her skin broke out
fearfully. Debility, emaciation and
no appetite followed After physicians
and numerous advertised medicines
failed, | tried = B e, and her rgeov-
cry was rapid and complete"
Oliver Secor, Baltimore, Md, writes
II suffered from weak Dack and rheu-
matism. Il. Ii. B. has proven tp be
the only medicine that gave me relief
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11
-The Fipanciol Chron,clo e.,in,

The Financial Chronicle estima.
tes the cotton crop of last year as fol-
lows: North Carolius, 435 900; South
Carolina, 65O,00O; Georgia, $4,000 ;
Alabama, $4,000; Mississippi, 1885,.
600; Louisiana, 100000; Texas, l..
327 900 Arkansas, $4,000; Ten.
nessee, 100000; all others, $4,000 ;
total, 6.935,000 The crop in North
Carolina has aot increased in the pas,
ten years. The increase in South
Carolina has been about 20 per cent.
IN Georgia, Tennessee. Mississippi and
Alabama no change in ten years.
Louisiana has apparently decreased
her cotton crop; Texas has increased
90 per cent, aud Ar6anssr 80 per
cent.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11
Buby's Letter.

y letter from Mr.. j. w. Ruby,
Union City, Ind, says :" have used
your Clarke's Extract of Flax TPapil-
lonI Cough Cure and find it com
plete cure for deep seated cold. 1t has
done more than two OF our most skill
ful physicians. My children had the
Whooping Cough and with the aid OF
your Cough Cure, they had it very
light compared with nelghbors' chill
dren who did not take 1t. L believe
it to he the best cough cure in the
market" SO 1t Is. y large bottle
only $l,00.
Clarke's Flax Soap for the Skin. 1t
leads them all. Price 25 cents. Cough
Cure and Soap for sale by J. F. Mackey
& Co.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11
IT Kn ,cks Out Malaria.

Kilrain may knock out Sullivan If
he wishes, but that has nothing TO do
with the malaria which grows wildn
in some of the swampy regions of the
South. A man who has been there
writes.
GREENvILLE, S. c.
Gentlemen-Having used DR.. West
moreland's Calisaya Tonic since 1888,
L cheerfully recommend it to those
suffering from loss of appetite and dys-
pepsia; also rs preventative OF mala-
ria, having used one dozen bottles in
Florida during the months OF Septcm.
Der, October and November 1884.
J. &. Boozer.
If you don't want to have malaria,
then buy bottle Of DR.. Westmore-
lands Calisaya Tonic for soc and $l.O0
For sale by all druggists,
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11

xsa RoSsn pesist d b fha.
cago. would soon have consumption
caused by an aggravated case OF Ca.
tarrh. Customers finally induced him
to try Clarke's Extract OF Flax (Papil-
lon) Catarrh Cure. He says 1.-The
result was unprecedented. commenc-
ed to get well after the first application
and am now, after few weeks entire
ly cured" IL will do the same
for you. Price $l,O0. Try Clarke's
Flax Soap for the Skin and you will
use no other. 25 cents. All Of Clarke's
Flax remedies arc for sale by J. f.
Hacksy d Co.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11
a Scrap OF Paper Saved Her
Lifa

II VAS just an ordinary scrap Of wrap
piu.; paper, but 1t saved her life. She
Wa IA the last stage OF consump-
tior. told by pbycians that she was
naurable and could live only n short
tim =: she weighed less than seventy
pounds. On piece OF wrapping paper
she read Of DR. Kings New Discovery,
anc got q sample bottle; It helped her,
shc bought large bettle.l it helped
he moro, bought another and grew
be. ter fast, continued it's use and is
now strong, healthy, rosy. plump
weighing 140 pounds. For fuller par
dcu ars send STAN to w. III. Cole,
DR. ggist, Fort Smith. Trial Bottle
OF IFS wonderful DicoverY Free at
Cr Word Bros; Drugstore.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11

"A very ample method of indu :
ing slesp in csses ofpersistent insofn.
mis-, sndo that has succeeded VIII ire
ms,y drugs have failed. is ,imply TO
administer . moderate amount of
~sr n. liquid fsod before the patient
gees to bed. "A Th:s diverts the blood
+s-eS the brain to the abdominal or,
gar /, and takes away the cerebral ex.
cits nsnt that precludes slser.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11

-Pa-e cc=e sni!h. sa. 5o:tsa. h=.
simply wssmsd. l. highly rscsmmen-
dsd by medical scientists AZ remedial
agent in intestinal and febrile diseases.
Milk contains all the elements Of the
blood, and is the only substance that
does. HIS properties are nutritive. not
curative, and as food it is in genei il
ie most natural and acceptable, ard
{, d easiest of dig estior.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11

The Alliance was born in the
home of Evans Jones in Dublin, Tex.
as, in 1875. 1t was then local or.
ganizatinn of small farmers to protect
themselves agai nst ranohmen. In
1887 the Farmers State Alliance, of
Texas. and the Farmers Union, of
Louisiana, formed a federation and
other States came in.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11
An Incentive to Pretty.

\ Aiaistsr (te bad boy)-"Johpuy,
~ q thOuld be good-like my little
Amy."
Ohnny-"He don't dare be any.
taisg siss--you'vs got so many sliP-
psrs." Epoch.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11

Farmers aud Failures. Pin up
toe facts to be considered when ysu
sr' discouraged There are fewer
ba' asss failures among farmers than
90, ng any other class. More men
beg q without capital and become ow-
ner of good business in farming than
iu nv other vocation.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11
o time ago Mrs. Virgins. Of

o Time ago Mrs. Virgins, of
sns County, died under suspicious
rcumstances. DR.. Quillian, of Eas.
~, assisted by DR.. Frank Green, of
olumbia, made an autopsy and
iuund blue stone, or sulphate of cops
per in the stomach. She was evi-
deatly poisoned. Her husband is un
der arrest for the crime.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1889-12-11

-Boy-"Paps, what dses M ID.
mean afisr Q dostor's name 7"
Papa (who has just received . bill
from his family ph physioisn)-"It means
many dollars my son."-Ne.r York
Journal.