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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1890-09-11

Sin.
den. Run to the dining.room. You'll
find the key on the table. Do not be
long"
mo your ladyship, will not Trust
me for that"
"Editha! Edithav' cried Nine. Lucca,
an instant afterwards. Il have made q
mistake. The key. is on the baron's
study table. Pshaw! she does not hear
me-" she continued, speaking aloud. II
must 60 and get it myself"
With these words she left the room.
No sooner had she done so than the door
of the cupboard cautiously opened. A
man put his head out, and glanced
round. Perceiving no one he darted in
to the adjoining chamber.
The next instant the door was shut
and locked behind him. But not by
him. BY Mme Lucca- When she left
the room she did not proceed two PAGES;
she stood outside listening. AS she
was in the darkness, she could, without
being visible herself, see all that was
passing in her bed-chamber. She be-
held the stranger leave his hiding-place
and dart into the adjoining room. She
glided after him with the stealthiness
of tigress and the courage of hero
inc. The reader knows what follows.
Caught" she cried, rushing across
the room with the key in her hand.
II can't find any" began Editha, en-
tering the chamber. But Nine. Lucca,
pushing her to one side, disappeared.
Editha looked after her with mute as
tonishment, and remained as though
rooted to the spot till her mistress re-
entered, revolver In hand.
''Oh, your ladyship, what's that?" in:
quired her maid, with . strong PRESENT.
ment that all was not right.
1.-THE baron's revolver, thank good
ness!" replied Nine. Lucca.
why thank goodness your lady
ship?" inquired the maid.
Nine. Lucca pointed to the door. Some
one on the other side was turning the
handle. Editha turned deadly pale, and
dropped the lamp she was carrying.
Presently there was knocking, and
voice exclaimed:
'tOpen tho door directly, Or"
The rest was inaudible. Editha's
screams drowned all else. Nine. Lucca
waited until tho girls first stock Of
breath was exhausted, and her second
not yet arrived; she then said, with
comic severity:
"Editha, if you are not quiet, will
begin BY shooting YOU"
Editha thought, apparently, that her
mistress was in earnest for the poor
girl Immediately rammed : largo por-
ton of the nearest towel in to her
mouth, and restricted herself to sway
ing to and fro, and sobbing violently.
The knocking recommended, but the
door was massive oak and immovable.
my friend."' cried Nine. Lucca, in q
loud voice, ''you are Gagged. The garden
door is fastened as tightly as this one,
! and the window is secured. Do not at-
tempt to open the latter, for am going
into the garden, and the instant that
see you try to escape you are dead
man, ID ~
Flingin9 open tho door which led to
the veranda, she went out followed BY
Editha, who in her despair had sue
ceeded in pushing more OF the towel in
to her mouth. The noise of bolt b.
ing drawn was heard.
''Stand aside, my friend!" said Nine.
Lucca. or you are dead man"
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THE FAMOUS euLeuL
Why he Hlndoos Are % Very roaA slfhis
49, I1fflA l3iRd. =

Why he Hindoos Are % Very roaA eerhaa
Little BIRD.
Throughout India people will make
psts Of any animals which can DO in.
duced 20 contribute to their entertain
mont We noticed in Delhi that the Az
ersge small boy, 40 we'll Is children Of
. larger growth. exhibited particular
fondness for certain little bird Of ash
On plumage and black crest. This was
tho famous bulbul o! which Hafiz has
much to say, and some Western poets
also who have sentimentalized about the
Vale OF Cashmere without even having
seen it. He 10 usually tethered by q
string attached to his log, and sits upon
his owners finger, or hops about on his
arm; sometimes, too, he adorns q tall
porch in front Of the doorway. A lady
ct tho hotel remarked that 1T was
touching to SEQ how fond these poor peo.
pie were Of their little birds" The mys-
terry was soon solved. Returning from
. drive one afternoon, we
passed the colossal gateway Of the
great mosque, and saw that the
broad and towering flight Of steps before
the principal entrance was covered with
scattered groups of people, all intent on
some occupation of absorbing interest.
So vast and imposing was the archi-
tectural background that the crowd OF
little figures suggested one of Martins
weird pictures of the Judgment DAY.
Some great religious ceremony was evi.
IDENTIFY going on. So we got out, deeply
impressed, to obtain . nearer view
whom, behold, In the center of each lit.
tie group was pair Of these birds in
mortal combat; and they fought as
pluckily Is the bravest Of game fowl,
and breathless was the interest shown
by every spectator, whether street ur.
chin or shawled and turbaned merchant.
Edwin Lord Weeks, in Harper's Maya.
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PIERCE's CLOD-CRUsHER AND PALMER.
that Of properly placing the plants,
falls to the lot of small boy who
oftener than otherwise gets it either too
deep or too shallow.
In the present case the warm open
winter had produced considerable
growth of tufts of grass, and many mag
nificent docks, and where the sods or
docks came in the way we dug them
out, and replaced with clean soil. This
took q little time, but previous OK.
perience had taughtme that 1t paid in
the after-hoeing. We were particular
to set the line exact and plant close to
it so that we can run little one horse
harrow close to the plants and kill all
the newly-sprouted weed except line
three or four inches wide.
Just as we got the ground in
shape it commenced to rain, and rained
every night and occasionally in the day
time. This would have made serious
state of affairs had the land been clay,
but being . rich sandy loan in fine con-
dition, 1t was not sticky and permitted
planting very soon after a shower.
We watched the weather closely, and
when shower was apparent we fell to
and dug lot Of plants, shook them out
and put under shelter to be trimmed
when it ralned.
Several mornings got up at daylight
and dug several hundred plants before
breakfast, throwing them into piles of
one hundred each to be afterwards gath
cred up and carried to the green house,
where we trimmed them in pleasant
atmosphere, and out of the cold, raw
wind or frosty air. The result of our
rainy-day planting is: that of many
thousand scarcely one wilted. and all
are growing as If they had never been
moved.
Now these notes are to impress upon
beginners three things in strawberry
culture: 1.-The Importance of fitting
the ground early and thoroughly. a.
The value of a complete stand Of plants
with no vacancies; and above ell, g.
The proper trimming of plant for set
ting. Conversing with friend, recent
~, he remarked: II don't spend much
time pulling off runners or dead leaves.
l. just plant them out just as they are
dug" How many can you plant IN an
hour where you take them from basket
into which they are thrown, asked.
ooh! about seventy-five or eighty I
guess" he replied. Exactly! and can
plant three hundred in an hour without
help, and the difference is that have
the plant properly trimmed. Some
leaves curl downwards and some are
dead, these remove so that l can get
by a glance clean view of the plant,
and know just how deep to set it. The
dead runner does not interfere with
planting but it is strong and rots slow.
~, and the chances are that If left ON
you will catch hold of it in wedding or
hoeing and pull out the plant after it is
nicely started thus putting it back or
killing it outright As the plants are
trimmed keep them in my left hand
until get a fist full full when they are
carefully placed in the end of basket
or box, lying closely together as snug
and handy as box of toothpicks.
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she found that the key had been 70.
moved. She was 1oiled In her plan.
which had been to look him in. Still,
her presence OF mind did not desert
her.
"Ah. dear mer' she said, yawning, II
feel very sleepy" w
Sleepy, your ladyshtpl wish did, /"
replied the maid. II don't feel sleepy.
I am too frightened"
frightened! What are you frightened
OF, you foolish girl? Nonsensev' replied
Nine. Lucca. .>'.F ) s~ X >r,4--ss-. g.
'Oh! begging your ladyship's pardon,
it is not nonsense. and that's just it.
How can you be sure that some villain,
some good.for-nothing fellow, hearing
that you and I are alone in the house,
may not murder US in oar beds? But he
shan't murder me in mine; for, with
your ladyship's permission, will sit up
all night in your ladyship's easy CHAIR"
: Nine. Pauline Lucca glanced 1t the
cupboard. -.. -, - 49,.
Her blood ran cold.
She dared not give her maid the
slightest hint of the real state Of mat
ters: she felt that the girl would 20 into
q 1T then and there. and thus bring ON
. crisis.
Scarcely knowing what she was doing,
Nine. Lucca replied At random:
"Murder US? What for?''
"What for, your ladyship? Why, for
your money-for your jewels, to be sure;
nearly everybody knows that you have
plenty Of them"
The girl must have been unconscious
ly sharpening, so to speak, the knife by
which she and her mistress were doomed
to die.
''What absurdity!" said Nine Lucca,
with a forced laugh.
As she spoke her eyes wandered from
the keyhole Of the dreaded cupboard to
that of the adjoining room. In the lat
ter there was key. Her face flushed,
| and smile. as it were. of proud in
SEPARATION lighted up. though only for q
second.
"Jewels?" she replied. "Why, every
one with particle of sense must know
that l would not take them about with
me as q rule. They, of course, are safe
under lock and key at Berlin. It is q
| 0VSoASO tuAuS, tuOubAs tuAV tO'Noy AZ
an exception. I expected the Countess
Won Wartenstein to call, and brought
down all the jewels presented to me at
my last visit to ST. Petersburg to show
her."
"Your ladyship did! Oh, but suppos.
ing thief"
well, If a thief did know it he might
easily make his fortune" she observed,
interrupting her companion.
by numbering Us, and running of
with the jewels"
Nine Lucca glanced at the cupboard
then raising her voice, she continued:
"Oh! there would be no necessity fol
murder. The door which leads from
that room to the garden is unlocked;
forgot to lock it, A thief would mere.
ly have to walk in from the garden. and
take my jewel case from the table nea,
the window. He might make his es
cape richer by 10000 or 10000 thalers
and never be detected. That's bettes
than numbering people, is it nct?"
'Oh, yes-your ladyshir And h.
might get over to England &C Amer
ica."
Nothing easier" replied Nine. Lucca
However, that reminds me. may a.
we'll lock the door leading into the gar
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about ten o'clock she was sitting there
in bedroom. Her chair was placed
before her toilet table, which was light
ed by wax taper on each side Of the
glass. The two tapers were not suf11.
cient to illuminate the room very brill
liantly, and the farther end lay buried
In sort of semi-obscurity.
Mme. Lucca was busy reading some
letters concerning engagements, when
suddenly she imagined she heard
noise. She looked round, but seeing
nothing concluded she had made mis-
take, and resumed the perusal of the
letters. She had forgotten the noise,
when she heard it again.
This time, instead of looking round.
she happened, without moving her
head, merely to raise her eyes to the
glass. She beheld reflected In it the
face of a man peering cautiously from
out cupboard behind her.
At first she fanciad she was dreaming.
She quietly looked again. No, it was
no dream. There was a man, whom she
now recognized as having been former
~ In her service, whence he had been
discharged for general bad behavior.
She had also suspected him of purloin-
ing several objects which she had
missed from time to time, but not being
certain on that point she had kept her
suspicious to herself. Yes, there he
was; there could be no mistake.
Nine. Lucca's first impulse was to
start up and give the alarm. But there
was not another habitation within q
mile or two, and she recollected that
the only person besides herself in the
house was her maid, who, though very
good girl and extremely attached to
her mistress, was by no means cele-
brated for her nerve. The other serv-
ants, including the gardener and coach
man, had been granted permission to
attend friends wedding, some few
miles of, and were not to return until
the next day.
1t flashed across her mind that the
man. who, as she knew, bad been loiter.
Ing about the neighborhood for two or
three days, had learned that she would
be alone, and meant to rob the house
and perhaps murder her if his project
of robbery could not be execu ted with
out the preparation of the greater
crime.
What was to be done? Again she
glanced toward the mirror. The eyes
we're still there. glazing at her through
the gloom. All at once she remembe
that revolver belonging to her hus-
band, the Baron Won Rhaden, ought to
be lying on shelf in the dining room,
but she was not quite sure.
If it is there, and could only get
It," she thought, II should not mind. :"
While she was rejecting knock was
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To Minnesota, dakota and Montana
Points via Northern Pacific Railroad.

Points via Northern Pacific Railroad.
There will he sold by the Northern Pa ific
r. r., on September 23rd and October 4th,
1890 at st. Paul and Minneapol 9, round
trip tickets to points in Minnesota. Dakota
and in Montana, up to and including Mis-
souIa and Butte City, at one fare for the
round trip. These tickets are God for thir-
~ days and permit of stop-overs at Ri e's,
(the first point in Minnesota to which tick
cts are sold or any points beyond, thus af-
tording home seekers or others. every ia
cility for examining all sections OF the West
Do not forget the dates and remember that
the Northern Pacific Railroad is the only
line running Pull an alace Sleepers
Pullman Tourist SleeDers and lining Cars
into the above mentioned States Tickets
on sale 1852 E. Third st st. Paul, 10 Nicol-
let House Block, Minneapolis, and at Union
Depots in both cities.
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KING LEOPOLD.

An Able and Active Man and q Decided
~ Able Statesman.
King Leopold H., King of the Bel
gians, is IN able and active man, though
not an emiently popular one. For some
reason, not easily explained, he has just
missed the general favor, and this in
spite OF tho fact that he is one of the
men who know how to say the right
thing at tho right time, and who never
forget face they have once seen.
One day his Majesty was on the pier
at Ostend, walking quietly about among
his subjects like . simple citizen. He
saw Brussels burgher, and accosted
him.
''Eh 6ein. and how are your orchids?''
my orchids, STRIP
Eyes, those you exhibited two years
ago.
The flower amateur had himself for
gotten that past hobby, others having
meanwhile engaged his attention; but
the King never forgets.
This King possesses the precious art
OF finding the proper point OF view from
which to regard all classes OF men. Wis
iting large manufactory in company
with the Shah Of Persia, he approached
group Of workmen, and said, shaking
them by the hands:
"Never forget, my dear fellows, that
We must all work. We are all workmen
in our respective spheres"
His habits are simple, his activity
great. and his ability as q statesman un-
questioned. As it has often been de-
clared, If he had been born in the burgher
class, he would greatly have distinguish
ed himself. According to his actual
destiny, he is merely one OF many Kings,
and not one of the most popular
Youths Companion.
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Outlet for tho Drains.

Farmers spend time and money OF
tile or stone underdrains, and then
leave the outlet of the main wholly un.
protected. Consequently in year or
so the cattle or other stock and the &C.
ton of the frost displace the drain and
partly or wholly fill up the channel. II
the fall is but slight the whole work
sometimes proves worthless. For a
proper outlet lay a large fat stone two
or more feet square above the tile, as
shown in the engraving. Place mum.
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NINE. LUCCA'S BURGLAR.
How Courageous Berlin Woman
Caught a Thief

NJ E. PAULINE
Lucca usually re-
sides in the VIC
{ Or Ia Strasse,
B Rim. Last
spring, however,
she oc:u pi Q d
t 9 m porarily
1T some distance
outside the city
a country house
consisting only
of one spacious
rambling story,
surrounded by q
veranda.
4
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In tho condition Of disorderly or torpid
Stomach Bitters, than the headaches, pains
in tho rights de, yellowness Of the skin, fur
upon the tongue, and constipation, which &C.
company this malady, take their departure.
Dyspepsia, also, twin brother Of biliousness,
vacates the ranch. Kidney troubles, ma
larial affections and nervous complaints
also succumb to the Bitters.
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-..You o,ueht to haye seen M. P...

-'You ought to have seen Mira Passi-
for display her temper today" re-
marked Mrs. Hoiack. '.But you said
awhile ago she lost It," objected Mr.. Ho-
Jack. ''Well, what of that?' How
could she display what she had lost?''-
Inter Ocean.
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TIC FARMING WORLD.
: GOOD HINTS.

= .noes!culeur!st Gives His Experience u
Planting bt,swberries-His Idea II .
Clod.Crasher.
The fruit-grower, like the farmer, II
largely indebted to the season for his
success or failure. am forcibly re.
minded Of this, says writer in Popular
Gardening, by the ease with which I
have been enabled to got perfect
stand OF strawberries ON block Just
planted.
The ground was plowed when IL
crumbled nicely and in the only inter-
Val IN this very wet spring when it
could have been done. It was narrowed
very fine and then planed down with
homemade contrivance that answers
admirably. -s.gs@
This consists of three logs six inches
In diameter and seven feet in length
strung upon two hve-eighth iron rods
forty-one inches long and held apart by
wooden bowels. The rods are one foot
from either end, and, having hooks In
the front end, arc connected with a
log chain and the dOubletree ID hitchod
to this so the machine drags at an angle
OF about 30 or 40 degrees. Nuts at the
back end OF the rods make all snug.
The ground, being corn stubble, had
many places held up loose by the corn
roots, and going over it with this simple
continuance not only levels the surface
but compacts the soil and makes it Of
uniform solidity.
We planted with q line containing
twelve tags to the rod and with brick
mason's tzowel. The young man as
sisting would take a basket Of plants,
drop the length of the line and plant
back until he met me when we would
shift the line and commence a new.
We averaged row of two hundred
plants in ten minutes and including lit
tie hindraaces could easily put in over
five hundred per hour.
read frequently about planting with
spade. but never took kindly to it as
the most important part of the wort,
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SECURE OUTLET FOR DRAINS.

Der OF small stones each side to aid in
supporting the stone in . proper posi-
ton. II stone can not be had use
wide piece of plank about three feet
long. 1t will last much longer if the
surface is first charred. If stones can
not be obtained for the side supports
use blocks of wood or even whole or
broken sections of tile. After heavy
rains, or at least several times q year,
examine tho outlet and remove all &C.
cumulations Of mud or gravel.
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TpE Jersey organ says that it makes
u mighty sight of difference-or words
to that effect-what kind of a good COW
you have. It is altogether useless for
our contemporary to waste space in
giving its idea Of what kind Of q good
COW good COW is We all know what
the standard of good cow 10 In that
quarter.
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THERE has not been much said about
dehorning recently, but the horn. ate
going all the same.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS,

The trouble with Justice is that she
does so little besides holding her scales
-"How can get rid of superfiuous
hair, Mr.. Druggist?' ''Get married,
sir."-Boston Courier.
-"Why do you call that group of mid
dle-aged ladies on the piazza anato-
mists?' because they are always cut
ting up people. boston Gazette.
Papa, what is savage?" "A saw
age, my son, Is q man who occupies two
whole seats in railway car, while some
poor woman with q sick baby has to
stand up."-Ram's Horn.
The meanest man in Washington IL
the one who made the minister give him
q receipt when he paid him do lar for
officiating at his Observation-Disclosures
Critic.
Great Publisher-''Very sorry, sir,
but your manuscript will not do" Old
Time Novelist-"Eh? What is the mat
ter with it?" Great Publisher-''It seems
to have q plot. IN. Y. Weekly.
-He-''O, Ethel, promise you will
be my WIFE," Ethel (who is packed to
60 away for the summer)-'No, George,
can not; at least, not until my return
in October. "-Washington Star.
Mrs. Rural lat an art gallery and
looking At Madonna)-"Whose picture
is that?" Attendant--''Raphael's, mad
am" Mrs. Rural-''Why, sakes alive!
l always thought Raphael was man"
Yale Record.
Bank President Ito cashier in jail)
-"Why didn't you 90 to Canada?'
cashier (haughtily)-''Because I've
got some pride about me and didn't
want to 20 up there with only $4,000
and live on back street in strange
city, Washington Star.
~ don't believe papa sent this tele-
gram at all," said Mrs. Snaggs, after
carefully scrutinizing one just received.
"Why not?" asked her husband. Don't
I know my own papa's handwriting?
This doesn't look bit like it."-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle.
Lady Shopper-"Doesn't it require
considerable experience to put the color
on?'' Clerk-''No. ma'am. not 1T all;
you can put it on yourself" Lady
Shopper-'Thank you, sir, but wanted
it for use on porcelain" - Boston Tran
script
Alas! For a Lass
1Aas! I'm In love and would marry,
I'm really quite anxious to wed:
And single no longer I'd tarry,
Hong to be double instead.
And the paths through which cupid has led mo
Have burdened my heart with regret,
The girls whom I'd have will not we'd me-
While I won't have the ones can got.
Chicago Post.
-Fogg-''I see that by the new base
ball rules fellow who il at the bAt and
is hit by pitched ball can take his base.
Now, what is to prevent a man getting
hit by the ball on purpose to get his
base?" Fielding-"Have you ever been
hit by pitched ball?" Fogg - 'No. :"
Fielding-''I thought not. "-America.
Great Editor-'tWe shall have to
dispense with your services, Mr. Jones
A man who knows no more about gram
mar than TO write about female poet
ess" is hardly fitted for the newspaper
business" New Reporter was lit
tie afraid you would kick, but that ex-
act1y describes the kind of poetess she
L"-Teffe Haute Express.
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For washing 1fdnaels, Dobbins' Electric
washed with it look like ,.e,o, and there is
absolutely no shrt,lktnq. No other soap in
the world will do such perfect work. Give
it q trial slotr
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Rev. n. p. CARSON, Scotland, Oak, says
1.-TWO bottles Of Halls Catarrh Cure COM
pletely cured my little girl" Sold by Drug
9ists. &c
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ooFF's
BRAID.

Whenever you visit
the shops In town,
Looking for Braid
to bind your gown,
Secure the Clasp,
wherever found,
That holds the Roll
on which is wound
The Braid that is known
the world around.
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YoY can't teach an old dog new tricks,
but you can buy new dog.-Terre Haute
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Investments In tho South.

II CAME and saw q saw" said the face
ttous tramp, "but didn't saw."-Boston