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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-12-11
THE FARMING WORLD.
THEY DON'T PAY.

some Experiments with Conmsrcial Fer
tilixees.
It would appear from experiments at
the Ohio Agricultural Experiment. Sta
ton that the use Of commercial fertil-
izers was not q worry paying investment
for Ohio farmers. Manufacturers Of
such fertilizers have been doing thriv-
ing business in this State for the past
decade at least 1t is estimated that
not less than a million of dollars is an.
nually expended by the farmers of
Ohio for commercial fertilizers, and ac-
cording to the chemical analyses of
such fertilizers, over fifty per cent Of
them possess no fertilizing value what
ever.
From Developments At the agricult-
ural station it is plain to be seen why
Ohio farmers have not grown rich from
the use of such fertilizers, for in all
cases where they have made tests with
corn. oats and wheat their testimony
has been that the increase in the crop
was not sufficient to justify the use OF
commercial fertilizers, or in other
words. was not sufficient to make up the
difference in expense. In the case OF
wheat the following is the testimony
verbatim:
''rhe result Of six years. work is that,
as rule. no more wheat has been har-
vested from the plats treated with COM
mercial fertilizers than from those re-
ceiving no fertilizers, whereas the ma
nures OF the farm have produced a
marked increase Of crop when judicious-
ly used" And again: 1.-THE most i'm
portant conclusion to be drawn from
these tests Is, however, that in very
many, il not the majority of cases,
neither wheat nor corn will return SUI.
ficient increase of crop to cover the cost
of any artificial fertilizer at present
prices of grain respectively"
This is certainly discouraging, and
shows why the average farmer of this
State has been able to receive so little
return for his labor for the past decade
of years, or more. From these develop
ments at the experiment station the
Ohio farmer must conclude that If he
would make his business success he
fertilizers as q means OF recuperating
his WORKOUT soils. So far nothing
seems to answer every purpose better
than barnyard manure. This means
the keeping of more stock and the feed
ing out of nearly all the feed substance
raised on the farm. 1t means careful
boarding of all the refuse of the stables
and the barnyard. 1t means a resort to
SANS ensilage and T. B. Terrys
covered barnyard. The writer lays no
claim to the gift Of prophecy, butt does
look although the commercial fertilizer
must COIL. Richards, in Ohio Farmer
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MRS. eAlLEY's CARRIAGE.

It Had . Peculiarly Much EnjsyeA ~
Feeble Nelghbors.
There was nothing remarkable about
the appearance Of Mrs. Bailey's car
rage. It was simply q heavy, old-fash.
Toned vehicle. high swung above the
wheels, and with steps like ladder
that unfolded to the ground, drawn by
two stout bay horses, and driven by
tat, good.natured coachman.
Every thing on Mrs. Bailey's planta-
ton was fat and good.natured. The
very pigs had a kindly grunt, and every
one among them was so fat no had
tight little curl in his tail. nd would
have had two il that had been possible.
Her plantation touched the village
whero was the church of which she was
member.
BE it hot or cold, wet or dry, early or
late, Mrs Bailey's carriage was sure to
be at the church door for every service,
and it came to be that its appearance on
tho street marked tho hour for church.
going among the villagers. The only
question with them was: "Whom has
Mrs. Bailey in her carriage to-day?"
For it was seldom that it held only
her own family, which consisted of two
sons and two daughters. When the
church bells began to ring, Mrs. Bailey
with her four children, seated in the
carriage, would start to town, = mile
away.
Presently she would overtake, per-
haps, old Grandpa Benson, her nearest
neighbor, trudging along with bent
form and limping stop, upon which she
would hustle both OF the boys out of
the carriage as soon as the coachman
could open the door and .-let down the
steps.
Get out, boys" she would say. "You
are young and strong. Let Grandpa
Benson have your seat 1t is too hot for
him to walk"
The boys would get out, not always
reluctantly nor yet always jov.ully.
II don't see," said Ned one day to
Dick. ''what sho ever makes US get into
the carriage for. We never get beyond
old Mr.. Benson, or, If he isn't out, old
Mother Adams, before she has US get
out 1t would save trouble to let US
start walking"
A littlo farther along Mrs Bailey,
with her head out of the window on the
lookout, sees Mother Adams; the door
opens, down go the steps and out steps
one of the daughters.
keep in the shade, Bessie, and
wait for the boys, and don't be late at
church. can't let Mother Adams
struggle along in this heat while q
healthy little girl like you is riding"
The little girl waits for group OF
friends, also on their way to church,
whom she sees approaching.
''Turned out again, BessieY'
YES" she answers. II am only wait.
ing to see who will get Jennie's place"
She need not wait long, for before the
| carriage turned the next corner Jennie
was sacrificed.
You see the popularity about Mrs
Bailey's carriage-the uncertainty as to
who would be its occupants.
The Bailey children, however, learned
. noble lesson, which came back to
them after they were grown with every
remembrance of their blessed mother.
1t was never to let any one older or
feebler or needier than themselves sui.
fer for tho help which little sacrifice
on their own part would enable them to
give.-Youth's Companion.
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TRAVEL IN CHINA.

Roads In SprinEless Cart.
Travel in Northern China is accom-.
plished in cart, a mule litter or saddle.
The first method is tho mostuncomfort-
able but the most rapid, the second tho
most comfortable but the slowest, the
third the most independent but the most
uncertain.
The cart used in Northern China has
two heavy wheels, with wooden axle,
no springs, and body about four fee
long and three broad, over which is
light framework top covered with blue
cotton. Two mules, driven tandem, by
a carter seated ON the left shaft, take it
along at a rate of about three miles an
hour, and one can make in 1T an average
of thirty-flve miles day, even over the
toughest country. It will carry about
three hundred pounds of goods, and one
or even two passengers; and the tighter
one is squeezed in. the more comfortable
1T will prove, for that, and that alone,
will be a protection from the terrible
joltiug over the rough country roads
1t is told in some old book Of travel in
the narrative of the mission of Lord
Amherst to the Court of Picking, 1t re-
member rightly, that one of his attend.
ants died from the effects of the jolting
he received during = short journey in
one of these carts But this mode of
travel being the most rapid, l adopted
it. Several years of experience of cart
travel in China had made me bold, 30
that did not fear the fate which had
overtaken the Amherst mission man.
Comfortably wrapped in my wadded
Chinese clothes, I squeezed myself into
my cart, feeling like delicate piece Of
china ware packed in cotton, and after
hearty farewell to the friends with
whom was staying at Peking, the
carriers cracked their whips, and with 4
shout to the n u;es We we're od. - Century.
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FLO. l. TROUGH CLOSED.

heavy pin in the upper end Of this strip
acts as q convenient handle. This strip
drops down on the outside of the bot
tom board of the pen and holds thu
whole firmly in place. When the pigs
are TO be fed tho slide is drawn up. and
with the foot the hinged boards are
pressed inward, the strip dropping
down behind the trough, leaving tho
whole length of the trough clear to
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THE MAIDEN's CHOICE.

What is q girl like me to do.
The young beaux bother me:
There's Rogers one. and Jack Is two.
Ana Jerry's number three!
I'm sure can not love them all,
And have but one to choose;
TO other girls will doubtless fall
The two whom refuse.
Now, mother thinks that Rogers r:ce:
He takes her fancy's eye,
His clothes must cost q pretty price.,s
He can't be common fry"
But Mollie Brown has found him out:
He has no means nor trade,
And loafs the corner shops about
His tailor bills unpaid.
Ho is too mice" to suit nv taste.
His hands too soft and white:
1t would not pay my love to waste
On such thriftless wight.
Dear Jackl like his merry ways,
But he IL going to sea,
And chooses 1t because, he says
A sailors LIES so free.
He loves me we'll. and yet demands
That for him should wait
A three-years' cruise to foreign lands
Ere he takes me for mate.
Three years to wait! Upon my life,
An age to worry through!
Such cruel terms should win no wife:
SO, Jack, goodbye to you!
But Jerry! He's a likely lad
An engineer it's true,
Who runs the fast express" like mad
Yet he is trusty. too.
And fearless drying DER the rails,
All, you should see his smiles
And know the heart that never Quaily
At speed Of sixty miles!
Oh. he Is brave as man can be,
With warm, undaunted eye
This man who filings his kiss to ma
As he goes flying by!
What OF the CRIME upon his facet
Beneath it bushes spring,
While In his heart have place
Where love is poisoning.
Bold heart, she cried, l am thine own
No other Is so dear
To me as thou, and thou alone,
My own brave engineer.
WIN. B. Davidson, in Philadelphia Stature
Night.
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MANITOBA AND THE CANADIAN
NORTHWEST.

015eaal Crop Returns show 8 Dplendl1
Yield.
The wonderful product weress Of the
great wheat lands Of Manitoba and the
Canadian Northwest Territories re-
oeives splendid indorsation in the crop
Of 1890. That these Canadian lands are
peculiarly adapted to the growth Of tho
very finest grades Of wheat and other
cereals Is already we'll known, and, in
addition, they produce what are I'M
questionably the greatest crops Of pota-
toes, roots and al sorts Of garden veg
etAbles grown on tho American cont.
mankE g..
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Two Giants

On the one hand-Scrofula. the ancient disease,
known the world over. gnawing at the vitals Of cv.
cry nation, existing in tho blood Of nearly every
family-descended to W from our fathers or &c
quired By our wrong habits and indulgences-
powerful. obstinate. almost impregnable.
On the other hand - Hoods sarsaparilla, the
modern medicine. the great enemy Of impure
blood. accomplishing the most wonderful cures Of
scrofula, salt rheum. etc.-the conqueror Of dis
ease. economical. reliable, sure.
II you suffer at all from the Giant Of Disease,
conquer him by the aid Of the Giant of Health.
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Help yos4rsey
if you're a suffering woman, with
the medicine that's been prepared
especially to help you-Dr: Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t will do it
where others fail. For all the dis
eases peculiar to the sex-dragging-
down pains, displacements, and other
weaknesses, it's 1oositiue remedy.
1t means a now life, and a longer
ono, for every delicate woman. In
every case for which it's recon-
mended, it gives satisfaction. It's
guaranteed to do so, or the money
Is refunded.
1t improves digestion, invigorates
tho system, enrichcs tho blood, dis
pcls aches and pains, produces re-
freshing sleep, dispcls melancholy
and nervousness, and builds up both
flesh and strength. It is a legiti-
mate naediciec-not a beverage.
Contains no alcohol to mcbriate ;
no syrup or sugar to sour or
fcrment in the stomach and cause
distress. AS peculiar in its mar
Vicious, remedial results as in its
composition. Therefore, don't be
put off with some worthless COM
pound easily, but dishonesty, rec
commended to be I" ust as good -
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FIG. q TROUGH OPEN.

FIG. 2 TROUGH OPEN. -
sweep out and pour the swill. Mr.. Pig
is on the other side OF the boards and
must bide his time In Fig. l thu
trough is shown Is closed against the
pigs; in Fig: 2. free to their access
American Agriculturist
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A SwILL AND TEMPER-SAvER.
This 10 Both simple and IngoniOus-Make
One for Yourself.

This 10 Both StmpIo and lnEontOus-Mako
One for Yourself.
Any one who has fed pigs and been
annoyed by their getting into the
trough while it was being cleaned out,
and then after they are driven away
rushing back and getting their feet in
the trough just in time to have tho
swill poured all over their heads and
much of it split, will appreciate the
continuance represented in our illus
tration, engraved from sketch fur
nished by Mr.. Willard F. Hallock, Mid
dlesex County, Conn. The trough is
fastened inside of the pen; two boards
are hinged so as to swing in over the
trough. In thu middle of each board il
strip fixed to slide up and down. A
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-12-11

WHEN cold, freezing weather Is antici-
pated. green tomatoes should be picked
and placed under cover In warm, sunny
place, where they will ripen up In q
short time,
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..-lnstead Of hnos against shops for
adulteration. IL has been suggested that
. notice be placed conspicuously On the
shutters: Closed for one month "a 90,
count Of adulterstiou.r
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Partners In Guilt.
Three malignant foes to human happiness
cooperate for evil Their names are dys-
pepsia, biliousness. constipation. Though
be overthrown with Hostetter,s Stomach
Bitters. Not instantaneously, of course,
but by persistence. So can malarial, rheu-
matte and kidney ailments and nervous
ness. Ask your druggist for Hostetters
Almanac, and be advised of their superior
merit.
"WnL1E," said the teacher, chow did
electricity first come from the cloudsa" 1t
came a-kiting, a'am."-W ashington Post
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Syrup of Figs,

Produced from the laxative and nutritious
medicinal virtues Of plants know to be
most beneficial to the human system, acts
gently, on the kidneys, liver and bowels,
effectually cleansing The system, dispelling
colds and headaches, and curing habitua1
constipation.
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A BOOK TO ebster's International
Dictionary. This new book is the authentic
'Unabridged'' thoroughly revised and en-.
TER, D. D., LII. D., OF Yale University.
Editorial work on the revision has been in
active progress for over ten years, and
more than a hundred paid literary workers
have been engaged upon it. The sum ex-
pended in its preparation before the first
copy was printed exceeded $500, 900. This
work, we'll used in u family, will be Of more
value to the members thereof than many
times its cost laid up In money.
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"A good.looking soubrette walked
into . New York police station and ask
ed the Captain for permit to carry /,
pistol. for protection she said wher
travelling: II can't oblige you madam
he said finally. Il never gave pistol
permit to woman in my life" Then
I'll carry . revolver anyhow" the WON.
an said in decided tone ut IL . mat
ter Of necessity" make 1t . very
small ono then," the Captain rctorted.
and don't let tho police know about it,
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COP liver oil is now offered at nineteen
cents pint bottle, but wo fear it will never
become popular beverage even Ut that
price.-Loweu Courier.
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JOHN YORK, ~, 10, ISIS Halsted St, Chi
cago, does bio bushes and tits as satisfac
tory as large He advertises in his paper q
free Dry Goods and Holiday Catalogua
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A Suggestion to Nature,

Spiritual Adviser Ito parishoner with
tho jumping toothache)-Well br'er,
how's yo' jaw dis mawnin'?
Sufferer (dolefully)-Oh, rs enjyin'
mighty po' times, sab. Pears like 3 If
I done he'd de misery in my mouf desc
ten years a-runnin', twcl I could Almost
wish I'D been born without toof On my
haidl-Harper's Bazar.
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AVOID extremes. A man, rs well as q
biscuit, can be well-brcd without being
crusty.-Boston Transcript
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WASHING powders are strong alkalies, and
ruin clothes. The purest soap obtainable is
the best and cheapest Dobbins' Electric
be the purcst Of all. Try it right away.
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ALL cases Of weak or lame back backache,
rheumatism, will find relief by wearing one
Of Carers Smart Weed and Beladouna
Backache Plasters. Price Is cents. Try them
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"THosE ready made clothes Of yours seom
to bristle with Indignation" -: thew
are eager for the FRAY PUCK.
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TIE railroad man who wanted to waltz
timidly requested tho favor of one round
trip.-W ashington Post.
USE BRowN's BRONCHIAL TRocuEs for
Coughs, Colds and all other Throat Troub-
les.-"Pr e-eminently the best"-Reu. Heu,v
Ward Bcecher.
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I'm feeling groggy," as the pugllist said
when he put down another cocktail.-St Jo~
soph News.
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"rA q stranger about these parts," ex,
planned the new barber, who was undecided
as to which side he should comb the custom.
er's hair.--Yonkers Statesman.
A man who has practiced medicine for 10
years ought to know salt from sugar; read
what he says:
TOLEDO, O., Jan. 10, 1857
MEssRs. F. j. CHENEY Il Co.-Gentlemsn:
I have been in the general practice of med
icine for most 40 years, and would say that
in I'LL my practice and experience have
never seen preparation that could pre-
scribe with as much confidence of success
as can Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
BY you. Have prescribed it q great many
tie1es and its effect is wonderful, and would
Say in conclusion that l have yet to find q
CT 50 Of Catarrh that it would not cure, II
they would take it according to directions.
Yours Truly, L. L. GoRsUCH, NJ D.,
Office, 2l5 Summit st.
We win give 500 for any case OF Catarrh
that can not be cured with Halls Catarrh
Cure. Taken internally
FL: CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
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''1'vE struck tender chord ut last" said
the tramp, as he began on a pile Of cotton
wood timber-N Y Herald
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thanked him. and said I would; but
! doubt II shall ever feel like tempt
ing nitro-glycerine again.-Kirk Nun.
roo, in Harper's Weekly.
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strangely Changed By Time.

1t IL . rare source Of interest to the
collegiate Of retrospective mind to sit
down some evening before glowing
dro and through the wreaths Of smoke
from the curling pipe recall the old
classmates as they were and as they are
now. The brightest boy in my class,
one whose future any one would have
discounted on leading to fame and for
tune, is to-day dying in hospital, Q
hopeless, mental and physical wreck,
and has for years been . reproach to
his family. The dullest, sleopiest, al.
together the most unpromisipg one OF
tho lot, whom we picked out for career
IS teamster, is one of the leading
architects of the country. Our best
Latin and Greek scholar is to-day q pork.
packer. The most pious boy of our
crew, who seemed destined for q church,
is successful actor. One whom know
very we'll, was intended for lawyer,
and is now q quarryman and q con.
tractor. Another, who could not address
ten words to the class, without STAN.
mering in confusion, is one of the most
eloquent Of our public men. And SO it
runs-the twig gives but slight indic.,
tions of the tree.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
TIE SPIRIT OF THE TINES, of New York,
says:-"An extraordinary advance in the
use of cocoa seems to have taken place Of
late years in England. In the House Of
Commons this last session the Right Hon.
g. J. Goschen, the Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer, called attention to it as cause for
much of the falling of of the use of coffee
He attributed it in o measure to the posi-
ton preparation Of cocoa known as
Grateful aud Comforting had taken. In
accord with this suggestion il may be in
teresting to follow the course cocoa has
taken in England since 1881, when the duty
which had been stsnding at Cd. per h.. with
an importation of under half q million
pounds, was reduced to I'd. per h., and not
long after we find the homeopathic doc
trine Of medicine introduced into the king
dom, and that the use Of cocoa was specially
advocated by physicians adopting that mode
Of practice. Soon after we find the first
homeopathic chemists established in En-
gland (the firm of James Epps Il Co.. pro-
duced special preparation, which only
needed boiling water or milk to be ut once
ready for the table, and the superior char
acter Of this production has, no doubt, done
much, as the Chancellor of the Exchequer
said, to bring about (backed as it was by n
further reduction of the duty to Id. per Ib }
the advance made.''
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Partners In Guilt.

II AM blind, and have been from my
birth. )" said the blind man; "but my father
has always been quite parent to me-
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sroxoEs are not to 60 on tho FREQ list It
10 impossible to conceive of such thing %
sponge who IL not on tho FREQ list, how.
ever.-boston Transcript.
HALE's Honey Of Horehound and Tar re-
neves whooping cough.
Pixies Toothache Drops euro in one minute.
eINoUIARLY enough, 1t 10 not tho tongue
Of . wagon that makes the noise
PAIN in the Side nearly always comes from
adisordered liver and is promptlyrelioyedby
Csrter's Little Liver Pills. Don'tforget this
Tn. miller finds life to be ono continual
grind.-St Joseph News
BEST, easiest to use and chespest. Piso's
Remedy for Cata-rh. By druggists. &c.
The smallpox victim II to be deeply pitted.
-Boston Traveller
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Unuu a treatment Free. Address N. e.
OrOp~icxl Institute. Bangor, Ne
uvNAM1 rms PAPIR svsy - - v,see.
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The smallpox victim II to be deeply pitted
Boston Traveller.
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eINoul4ARLY enough, It 10 not tho toncue
Of . wagon that makes the noise.