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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-07-09
SCOUR IN CALVES,
Valuable Information Furnished BY 8

Valuable Information Furnished by q
French Practitioner.
A French practitioner. says the Dairy
World, gives recipe for scour in calves
which he has successfully used for
many years. AS this complaint is one
which occasions great and serious losses
farmers who would think it worth
while to try it, especially as it is simple
and cheap. A decoction is made from
two hundred and fifty grammcs of ice
"a little more than half a pound) and a
handful of the roots of the strawberry
plant with six to seven pints of water.
The tea is given to the calf before both
writer says that it is very seldom that
calf which is treated in this way for
one day is not found to be free from
the disease on the day following.
1t might be added, for the informa-
ton of the inexperienced, that calf
with diarrhea should be at once removed
from other calves and kept warm and
dry. If he is drinking milk the guam
tity should be diminished and always
6AN0A "V ViA0 OOupCl Quito ~ WHICH, IL
comes from the COW. If the milk is
mixed, it may be beneficial to go back
to the milk of it's dam.
AS diarrhea is often caused by sour
curd in the stomach, a small dose of
!inseed oil often stops it by removing
the cause. The smell caused by scour
may be checked by carbolie acid, dl-
luted as recommended by Calvert, and
we'll sprinkled about the calf house, a
plan which also checks the spread Of
the disease.
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THINGS DIDN'T SUIT HIM.
Not Even the Clever Rcparteo of the Mild
Young IadY.

Not Even the Clever Rcparteo of the Mild
Young Lady.
A medical man from Norway stayed
over recently for a few days in
Chicago. Nothing in the city
seemed to pleased him. He found
fault with the mayor, the pave
mcnts, police, gas, light, heat, electrici-
ty-along with all the other forms of
motion and commotion-not to mention
politics, of town, township, state and
nation. AS an ancient writer would
say: HE air a most consequential cuss. :"
Ono evening at q house on Dearborn
avenue he was talking about education
generally, and comparing the slow
meth odical processes of Europe with
what he called the filing, forcing and
pumping methods pursued in the
United States. He spoke in loud,
harsh. strident tones and didn't seem
to afford an excellent specimen of any
sort of careful training in his own per-
son. 'One thing that very much sur
prises me-" he said, lis that Amer.
lean children, who are care
lessly and badly brought up, be
come in time such amiable and
thoroughly polite men and women"
This remark was leveled at very mild
hammered young lady, who lifting her
eyebrows said mot with her eyebrows):
"Dr: -, the results, from whatever
cause, are evidently quite the opposite
of what are produced by the benifcent
system in Norway" The company
laughed, and almost gave three cheers,
while the medicine man looked angry
enough to help Bottom the weaver in
enacting part in which some cat had
to be tOrn.-ChicagO Journal.
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SHE BANGED HER HAIR,

And There Was Silence at the Dinner
Table for -Four Hours
She had beautiful brown hair, and
she parted it Madonna-wise. It waved
over her temples apd her husba loved
it. When he came home the other
evening, he found her calmly swinging
to and fro in a low rocker, and down
over her smooth forehead, hiding it COM
pletely, hung Russian bang.
He said she looked like a cook. He
withheld the light of his countenance
from her for four days. The domestic
estrangement interested the boarding
house. The men upheld him in his sor-
row and anger, and the women ranged
themselves on the side of the Russian
bang.
For four days he did not speak word
at table. The solemnity of the meals
became expressing. If anybody had
laughed-but nobody did-it would have
sounded hollow. The conversation was
forced and unnatural. Nobody ven.
tured to hint where things might end.
On the fifth day he said: ''Pass the
gravy" He said it in a voice as sweet
as if all his life was sunshine. Six men
and three women reached for it. With
gravy, they had never associated senti-
ment, but now they all took gravy with
him. 1t was a smoking of the peace
pipe, an eating of the gravy of recon-
Citation.
"Will you take me-" she asked, ''to a
concert this EVENING"" Her bang WAS
smooth and demure. 1t knew it had
won the day. But all things come to
him who waits, and now the boarding
house is watching to see if she will let
the Madonna hair grown. Y. Re-
corder.
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THE BEST HOG RATION.

Good Results Obtained by a Comb nation
of Glover and Corn.
The cheapest hog food we can pro-
duce ia clover but the best single food
Is corn. In the mbination of these
two foods lie the best results. Some
may say this necessitates exclusive
summer feeding. Not necessarily.
Clover hay and clover ensilage form
part of a ration for hogs in many
portions of the state in winter and give
the best of satisfaction, especially
where fed to mature stock kept for
breeding purposes. Some parties report
that they have kept brood sows on good
clover hay, with two pounds of corn
meal per day in addition, the latter fed
without preparation Ct any kind.
While this style of feeding is practiced
quite extensively in the eastern part Of
the state and by the best farmers
cannot speak of it from experience but
consider it worthy of trial.
But can speak from experience in
feeding grain on clover pasture and l
prefer corn, and can honestly say it is
one of the best, if not the very best
way to produce pork at low cost, and
it is somewhat strange so few farmers
avail themselves of its advantages. At
present prices pork cannot be profit
ably produced on an all grain ration,
and yet it is equally true it cannot be
produced on an all grass ration. But
the person who has never tried feeding
a limited amount of grain to thrifty
hogs on good clover pasture would be
surprised at the results. The practice
of many farmers of feeding milk to
hogs on grass in the absence of grain
ration, is not to be recommended.
While young pigs do not derive much
benefit from pastures except through
the exercise and contact with the soil,
when the weather is suita BILE it is the
safest place to keep them, as old pens
with their unhealthy surroundings and
bad atmosphere are particularly injuri-
Gus. Winter feeding should be avoided
as much as possible, especially the prac-
tice of keeping what are termed store
hogs, when not kept for breeding pu r.
poses.-Thomas Convey, in Farm and
Home
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What IN ssStyla?r

The difference in appearance oe.ween
one woman and another, said DR.. Louise
Fiske Bryson recently; is more than
anything else an affair of style; that
beauty of beauties SO hard to define and
easy to recognize, which makes the girl
of no-colored hair, features of indiffer-
ent turn, and lines none too perfect, in
6nitely more attractive than other maids
of faultless curves and innumerable
strong points not cemented by this
magic quality. Style may be defined,
for want of something better to express
it, as an attractive manner of holding
the body, firm, graceful way of doing
things and of moving about. 1t is the
visible sign of inherent power and of re-
serve force. It is the outcome of long,
deep breaths and the use Of many mus.
clss. The prayer of the New York
child, Lord, make US very stylish
when viewed Alright, is recognized as an
aspiration based on sound scientific
principles and worthy of universal COUP
mepdatiop. --Phjladelphia Pges&
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THE Popp,n' OF 1Hs BEANS.

4 KANSAS 1DY1A
When the castor beans is poppin', oh, the sun
An the bean yard is q battlefield with castor
beans for shot.
An 1t sounds jest like cannon goin', whiz,
bang whir-
When q smashn' bean gets hot an busts the
. castor burr
Pop, pop. poppety, pop!
You kin bet they's loads OF iun on any blazin'
When the castor beans is dry enough to pop the
regular way.
Once when Susan Jane Marian went q walkin'
long with me.
To the bean yard where the beans was poppin'
out so loud an free. ::
6omethin' struck me mighty sudden, an I
trembled through an through
AS thought Of jest one question that Id like
to-ask Of Sue
Pop pop, poppety, pop!
Then q monster bean went OF, an as 1t popped
it seemed to say:
"Now. then, Joel, see il you're too green to pop
tho rcg'lar way"
Dut couldn't seem to make It, for that word
An walked beside fair Susan like dummy,
decf an dumb;
How I'd like to've asked her: "Susan, won't
you be my wife,?
mt couldn't say word II 1t had saved my
lifc
Pop. pop. why don't you pop e..
could swearthat ev'ry castor bean We cut in
that years crop
Done it's best to nag me on by yellin': Pop!
Why don't you pop?"
Take n foors ADVICE: When courtin' an you
think the irons hot,
bring tho matter to finish, an before you
leave tho spot.
Look A. me: I'm single still L m melancholy
and
Susan now is happy with the chap that had
the sand.
Pop, pop, poppety pop!
All. to win the sprightly Susan wasn't hard, by
any means
Dut l should've been = 'poppin'-ycs, q pop
pin with tho beans
William Wallace Cook, in Yankee Blade
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HE HAD THE IDEA.

rho Applicant Proved That He Could Re.
port Winning or q Losing Game.
He was bright-looking young fellow
and as the place was vacant it was only
q question of finding out whether he
was sufficiently we'll posted to do the
work properly.
''Have you ever reported a game be-
fore?" he was asked.
'Only once or twice." he replied,
''but am thoroughly familiar with it
and I have made a study of the reports
In the papers"
'Quite right, young man. Now, if
we win game you can tell how we
won it?''
"Certainly, sir, that is my strong
point. can enthuse over the brilliant
double play that retired the other side
with three rhen on bases, and dilate on
the magnificent team work Yes, in
deed, sir, I can describe the brilliant
playing that won the game for u.s."
GOOD. Now, if the other side rs
can you tell how it did it?'
There was a shade of anxiety in the
editors tone as he put this question,
but when he got prompt mo, SIR"
he rubbed his hands together gleefully
and asked:
"What would you do under those cir
cumstances?'
Tell how we lost. Big difference
between the two, Sir. While l can't
tell how the other side won l can de-
scribe in detail the accident by which
we lost. I'm modest, sir, but think
I am unexcelled in describing how a
run was accidentally scored in the
eighth or ninth inning that cost us the
game. can tell you, sir, the brilliant
plays that win IL game for us, and the
blamed fool plays that lose one, but
But that was sufficient. He had tho
baseball crank's idea and he was en-
gagged. Chicago Tribune.
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THE MOMENT THE sPook BEGINS, PULL
THE TRIGGER!'
the spook noise,' as we dubbed it, had
become rather the subject of jest than
otherwise.
II was kept late down town that
evening. On my return to the fat I
found Mrs. Hartwell crying and the
children terror-striclen. They had
had supper at six, and at that meal had
been again disturbed by the ghostly
sounds. Little Edie had been so badly
frightcd that she had been nearly
thrown into commissions. My wife
threw her arms around my neck and
sobbed bitterly.
oh, John, for goodness sake take
rue out of this horrible place.
. Pooh, pooh, my dear I said, trying
to soothe her. Look at the cost and
trouble of moving. Besides, I've taken
the fiat for a year
again that unearthly sound issued
from the dining-room. | was pretty
well frightened myself this time, but
Wy rage as J. looked upon the shrinking
ser'Hs. OF my wife and her sister end
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the other end. Maybe it leads up
stairs-maybe down stairs. What time
is it?'
Half-past five
"'We have no time to lose. Let me
have some salt
Then the detective took out his pis-
toll. and drawing bullet from one of
the cartridges carefully reloaded it
with salt. This done, we went to the
front window, and waited the arrival
of the red-headed musician. Peeping
cautiously from behind the curtain we
saw the fellow creep into the basement,
having first directed his friends to the
stairway, up which we could hear them
slowly creeping.
"'Give me STICK whispered the de-
tective. Those fellows are waiting
outside your door to listen to the fun
Now you go into the dining-room. The
moment the spook begins just you place
this pistol to the mouth of the speaking
tube and pull the trigger
"'But it will kill him.
Ono. it wont. 1t will only salt
him-and he's fresh enough in all con-
science
Il did as directed. Hurrying into
the dining room 1 took my station at
the table. In the passage the detective
stood, stick in hand, with his fingers on
the door-knob. Suddenly from the
tube came the same weird, awful cry,
intensified by the removal of the paper
If anything. AS spook cry it was a
glorious success. l almost hated to
spoil it.
THE next moment, however, l
placed the muzzle of the pistol within
the tube and pulled the trigger
II had no need to put my ear to the
tube to listen for the result. While the
smoke was yet curling around the open
ing there came from below succession
of the most unearthly howls, while
cuss-words innumerable rent the air of
the dining-room.
"At the same moment the detective
sprang out upon the landing and found
the rcd-haired musicians friends on
their knees at the keyhole.
"Whack! whaclz! whack! came the
heavy stick on the shoulders of the un-
fortunates. IN teach you to brighten
women and schildren.' The eavesdrop-
pers, two great, hulking fellows, fed
bowling downstairs, where they ran
full tilt into the red-haired musician.
The latter was not much injured; but
no doubt he got well sailed, for when
next saw him he had his face tied up
in handkerchief. OF course he has
threatened suit; but l told him two
could play at that game. don't be-
lieve spooks have any rights, anyhow,
which a court of law is bound to re-
spect. Chicago Journal.
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nue and move into new flat building
Ga Vr5t Monroe street. Ills family
consists of his wife and three children
His wife's sister, an unmarried lady,
also resides with them.
1T was the last place in the world,'
said Mr.. Hartwell, in conversation with
the writer, where one would expect
to encounter spool<s or ghosts. In the
first place the building was brand
new, and according to tradition no re-
spectacle spOoh ever attaches himself
to place that has not record of
at least twenty years behind it. We
had the middle fat. Both under us and
above us the apartments were occu-
pied by respectable people.
1.-The only possible fault to be found
was that overhead a young gentleman
habitually played the Boulanger
March at all hours, sometimes far into
the night. He appeared to be pleased
with the tune and he was what is
known in the musical world as key
thumper Otherwise oil our neighbors
were entirely unobjectionabie.
1.-THE very first day we moved in,
however, the fun-if you like to call it
that, though it wasn't-began.
Trouble commenced in the dining
room at nine o'clock that evening. 1t
was very late, owing to moving before
we sat down to supper. l had been
hauling around furniture and putting
down carpets all day long and was as
hungry as Il hawk; so were VIC all. We
had not yet completed arrangements
with the gas company and the room was
but dimly lighted by one lamp. The
whole place had a chilly, uncomfortable
air about it. I was just about to help
the children when from the wall, APP
parently just over my head, there is
sued forth the most horrible, uncanny
sound which ever assailed mortal ears.
It was like the wall of some lost spirit,
rising higher and higher, until from a
degree of ear-spitting intensity it died
away to an unearthly whisper.
What on earth's that?' exclaimed
my wife, as her knife and fork fell rat-
Ting on her plate from her ncrveless
fingers. Little Edie broke out howl
ing, and Jack jumped up as if struck
by lightning and rushed into dark
closet. The internal noise even woke
the baby in the cradle, who howled dis
mally. My wife's sister turned pale as
q sheet.
II must confess I was somewhat rat
tied myself. However, with a good
deal of coaxing and pooh pooling, I
got them all back to the table, and we
finished the meal. l cant say VIC en-
joycd it. We were not again dis
turbed that night, and by the morning
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THE ALTO PARANA.

Some Wonderful Scenery in Region Sell
dom Visited by Travellers.
We leave Corrientes at & p m, and at
a distance of eighteen miles reach the
Tres Bocas, the confluence of the Para
quay and Parana rivers. In broad day
light it is curious to observe the two
streams atthc point where a long sandy
spit marks their junction. The waters
of the Parana arc of adirty green color,
while those of the Para quay are yellow
ish- brown, and for several miles the
two mighty streams flow parallel and
unmixed, the meeting of the two being
marked by a long line of foam, forming,
as it were, white cord stretching down
the middle of the river. and separating
the green waters from the brown
waters. The Parana makes a sharp
turn eastward, anc under the name of
Alto Parana may be followed on the
map up to about the nineteenth parallel
of latitude, where it is formed by the
confluence of the two rivers Paranahyba
and Rio Grandc. A few leagues lower
down, the course of the stream is inter-
rupted by the cataract of Urabupunga.
From this point it runs south-southwest
as far as the twentyfourth parallel,
where it is again interrupted by the
cataract of Guayra. The region ira
vcrsed thus far belongs to Brazil, and
was occupied by Jesuit Productions"
in the sixteenth century. Doubtless in
the more or less distant future, when
ways of communication have been Great
ed, all this fertile territory will once
more be occupied. At the cataract of
Guayra the frontier of Paraguay begins,
and the river runs from north to south,
bounding the republic, and then from
east to west, until it joins the Paraguay,
as above described. The few travellers
who have seen the cataract of Guayra
describe the falls as being as fine as
those of Niagara, but unfortunately they
are still in the midst of solitudes to
which access is difficult. The Salto dc
Victoria, some twenty miles from the
confluence of the Y-Guazu and the
Parana, is also said to be very magnifi-
cent, and somewhat easier of access,
but as yet few travellers have seen it.
The navigation of the Alto Parana is
difficult, but practical up to a certain
point. The Platense Company runs
passenger steamer three times month
from Corrientes to Posadas and the
intermediate ports Tomas, Santa
Isabel, Ituzaingo. Posadas, on the
Corrientcs side, is two hundred and
twenty-five miles from the confluence
of the Parana and Paraguay rivers.
From Posadas a smaller steamer of the
same company runs twice a month up
to Tacuru-Pucu. a few miles above the
confluence of the Y-Guazu, and about
four hundred miles from Corrieutes.
Beyond this point no screw or paddle
steamer has been able to conquer the
rapids, currents, and eddies. The whole
of the banks of the Alto Parana, from
Villa Encarnacion up to the Salto de
Guayra, are covered with forests of
yerba mate, or Paraguayan tea, and the
chief traffic is the transport of this
article.-Theodore Child, in Harpcr's
Magazine
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Manure and thorough cult. en- or
leguminous plants like Glove will soon
destroy it. Other plants of the buck
wheat family have a rather bad reputa-
tion as weeds Many of the docks like
curled dock (Ramcr crispus, E.) bitter
dock (R. odtusVoNus, L.), which com.
monty occur in meadows, are very diff
cult to remove. Cattle will not eat
these weeds, thus allowing seeds to
form which scatter about the meadow,
soon crowding out better and more use
full plants. l.. H. Pammel, in
Orange Judd Farmer.
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THE FARMING WORLD.
COMMON SHEEP SoRREl.
= Weed Which Seems to Grow Best q
thu pnnros< 0~n

T.
= Weed Which Seems to Grow Best on
~. the Poorest Soil. .......;
Sheep sorrel, (Runaer acc.osel;a, L., is
2 European weed which is thoroughly
established in many parts of the United
States. 1t is smooth perennial weed
which multiplies freely by its under
ground stems. The herbage has an
agreeably sour taste. This has led
some to believe that soil upon which
1T grows is acid and that an application
OF lime will remove the difficulty. The
presence of this weed has nothing what.
ever to do with the amount of acid in
the soil. l have seen it very common
where lime was abundant, Where
sleeps sorrel grows, is an indication
OF poor soil. Not that this weed grows
exclusively on poor soil, but in most
cases it will be found in such situations,
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to find the points of exit, they soon
perish by drowning. One of the va
rious forms of these glasses is shown
in accompanying illustration. They are
hung scatteringly among the ripening
clusters. In filing the glasses with the
strip care should be taken that none
gets on the outside, OF In the rims of
the openings, as this would make It
unnecessary for the wasps to 60 in
s'es.' Popular Gardening.
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COOKING; tEnMag
some 0Iu OF Faro Puzzles Translated Int
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some Diu Of Faro Puzzles Translated Int
Manycoolk books an&. Bills of hxe
at hotelsscontAiu terms not kentral1y
understood Here ireEs so,ne 81 the
| ing: g.. ..ss.
Au olep-Fi s dressed 50 as to h.se !
Aspic-A meat Jelly Tor lowering
game pies served with sboued tiiirkey,
etc.
gravy. 49, s w g.
Bechamel-A sauce made from meats.
onions and sweet herbs .-.,> go ss...s.s.
Balm Marie-A saucepan for boiling
water, into which a small pan fits -
Braise-A manner of stewing meat .
Blanquette-A preparation of white
meal.
Bouilli-Beef stewed slowly and serv-
ed with sauce.
Bouillion-Frenchs soup or broth.
Bisque-A she'll fish soup.
Civet-Wild fowl or game hash
Compote-Something applied to fruit
stewed in sirup, and sometimes to pi-
geons and small game.
Consomme-A strong gravy used for
enriching other gravies and soups.
Caramel-Sugar boiled until the
moisture is evaporated, and then used
for ornamental dishes.
Crouton-A sippet of fried bread.
Entree-Side dish for the first course.
Gateau-A cake.
Jardiniere-A mode of stewing vegeta.
bles in their own sauce.
Maigre-Dishes made without meat.
Meringue-Pastry made of sugar and
white of egg beaten to 4 snow.
Nougat-A mixture of almonds and
sugar.
Pate-A small pie of oysters or meat.
Pot-au-feu-The common bouillion OF
! the French peasants.
Quonelles-Forcemea balls.
Raux-Thickening for sauce.
Saute-To mix or unite all the parts
of ragout by shaking while frying.
Salmis-Game hashed when hall
roasted.
Piece de Resistance-The principal
joint of the dinner.
Serviette, a la-Served on a napkin.
Sorbet-A sherbet.
soufae-A very light pudding.
Veloute-White sauce.
Vol au vent-Light puff tarts filled
i with meat.-Detroit Free Press
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PROTECTING GRAPES.

An Ingenious Device for tho Destruction
Of Wasps.
Among the most commonly employed
devices for the destruction of wasps
that often do great damage by punct-
uring ripening grapes are glasses or
bottles with a number of openings for
the entrance of the insects. These
glasses are partly filled with thin sirup,
which attracts the wasps, causes them
to come inside the dish, where, unable
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Sailing A GHOST.
Novel Way Of Disposing of a
Bogus Spook.

Ohm L. HART
WE'LL, a we'll
known SOut h
slider, who is en-
gagged as agent
for the Rock
we'll & Stanni-
f ord 5 t ca m
Packing CO m
pany, of New
Y or k, during
the day, in an
evil hour was
persuaded by a
friend to give
up his comfort
a bl c quarters