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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-08-25
TIE FARMING WORLD.
THE POULTRY YARD.

Look After the Lice IL You Want to BE
Sure of Success. s.-. ...,s.t z-r,
II your fowls look rough and their
combs and wattles are pale, look for
lice You will be sure to find them.
Don't 60 to dosing them with chem.
lcals for roup, nor any other fancied dis.
order. but get some pyrethrum and dust
each one separately and thoroughly.
Take all the roosts and nests out of the
house aud clean the floor from all drop.
pings and litter. Then put whitewash,
having a little carbolic acid in it, on
the sides. roof and floor, being very
particular to fill all the cracks. If the
roosts fit into cleats tear them off and,
after coating with wilitcwash, put them
ON again. l like an iron bracket made
OF cast or malleable iron like the
sketch. A is saucer shaped collar, 3
the cavity in the collar, D hole bored
through the 2x4 roost scantling C. Ii
is designed that kerosene oil be poured
through D until b is filled and this will
keep the little red mites from crawling
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iron the ground and sides of the build.
ing onto the roost. The brackets
should be placed upon opposite sides of
the building, so that each roost will ex.
tend clear across. The hole in the
roost should be made so large that it
can be easily taken off.
When you replace the nests put a
shovelful of dirt into each box iii
your birds are not white) and on tor
of this little straw aud tobacco re-.
fuse. If you have not saved any roac
dust for dust bath, get bushel OF
land plaster and mix some coal ashes
with it while they are warm, so that the
mixture will be thoroughly dry. Put
this in a shallow box and set it in the
sunniest part of the building. If you
will give your poultry house a thor
ough cleaning now and tn en- look afte,
them during the winter you can KEEP
the lice off easier than you think. Who
will say this time: 20, that's very
we'll for you fanciers, but" Remem.
Der, my dear brother farmers, we
fanciers are obliged to look after de.
tails, and we get the egSs.-F. E. Daw.
ley, in N. L. Homestead.
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MAKING POSTS DURABLE.
The Process of Charming Does Not I'm.
prove Them Materially.

The Process of Charring Does Not lm
prove Them Materially.
A correspondent wishes to know il
there is any better way to render posts
durable when set in the ground thar
to char then, and if there is, he in.
quires for the mode. In answer
charring posts. as commonly done, does
not materially improve them. The
charcoal which is thus made to encase
them is more or less porous, and ad.
mits the water from the soil to pass
through into the wood, where it oper
ates to produce decay the same as il
all were wood. There is only one way
to prevent this decay, and to prevent
the weakness of the charcoal from
occupying the large portion of the post
as a stiffener. and that is to heat the
wood to degree that shall slightly
turn the wood brown all through it.
1t will thus retain most of its Stiffness
while the slight charring will prevent
decay. Some experience is required
to determine the degree at which this
partial trial will take place.
Petroleum and coal tar are frequent
ly recommended and used, but their
value varies with conditions. Coal tai
applied hot may be made to form an i'm.
pervious casing, shutting out air and
moisture, but of course not preventing
it from entering above. Bottled up in
this manner 1t may promote decay.
With different conditions it may prove
useful application.
With shingles it acts differently, be.
ing wholly exposed to the rain and air.
Apply the petroleum by dipping the
shingles in it in tAb of the oil, and
allow a few hours for it to soak thor.
oughly into the pores of the wood, and
then lay them in the usual way. 1t
may be applied less perfectly to the
shingles after they are laid, using a
coarse brush for the purpose, and it
should be renewed once in seven OF
eight years. 1t affects the rainwater
only for few weeks. In applying it to
sthe roof, crowd the points of the brush
into the crevices between the shingles
Country Gentleman.
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DRUNKEN LONDON WOMEN.
Tho Disease. or Vice, Is Spreading with
Terrible RaniditY.

The Disease. or Vice, Is Spreading with
Terrible Rapidity.
There is a marked increase in drunk
enness among women in England. Dr.
Norman Kerr, president of the Society
for the Study of Inebriety, declares
that never within his recollection has
he seen so many drunken women about
the streets of London as during the
Whitsuntide holidays.
lie had frequently seen groups of
four or five. some quite young, all il q
more or less intoxicated condition.
One of the coroners of London as
serts that he has held of late an increas-
ingly large number of i,.quests upon
women. many comparatively young,
whose death was clearly due to alcohol
ic excess. A medical committee is now
sitting in London to devise more eff
fectual means of dealing with drunk
ards than treating them as criminals.
Sending them repe atedly to prison has
no reformatory effect.
A case is cited of a worLan who re-
Gently died in Marylebone workhouse,
forty eight years of age, wi no had been
convicted of drunkenness two hundred
times. 1t is proposed to put chronic
cases under compulsory detention and
to treat drunkenness as disease rath-
er than vice. Special provision will
be made for those who are not able to
pay for Observation-Disclosures Banner.
TEMPERANCE BREvITIES.
ONE of the richest brewers in Europe
is Dreher, of Vienna, who is reputed to
be worth over $40, 000, 90, to which the
profits of his breweries add S., 600, 900 a
year.
The temperance cause is advancing
among British soldiers in India. Lord
Roberts says he has under his command
14.5oo British soldiers pledged to total
abstinence.
ONE of the coroners of London asserts
that he has held of late an increasing
IL large number of inquests upon
women, many comparatively young,
whose death was clearly due to alcohol
ic excess.
DURING the eleven months ending
May 81 over 600,Oo gallons of rum
were sent to Africa to evangelize the
ACuCACAs AL OuV 6tUOuV OU,UVU RallOuS
were sent from the New England
states, which in the expectation of rum
still leads.
A WOMAN was brought before the po.
lice court of Clerkenwell, London, for
intoxication. 1t was found by exami-
nation of the records that she had
been arrested one hundred ana fifty
one times for the same offense within
eight years. The judge declared that it
was a most disgraceful state of things
to attempt to cure inebriates by that
means.
The rapid growth of the habit of
sobriety and temperance is one of the
characteristics of the American rail-
way service, the use of intoxicants be-
coming more ana more the exception,
although it is said to be the rule in tho
English service. It was a subject for
comment in an English railway publi-
cation recently that the five thousand
laborers who were employed in chang
ing the grade Of the Great Western rails
way were not allowed to refresh thefRa
selves during working hours with anya
fhihx stronger thaa oatA0Rl wassri
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her in beautiful gowns Of sh mmering
summer goods. And then she though,
Of her Sunday silk, lying undisturbed
for fourteen months IN the trunk at
home, and wondered whether it had be.
come spotted. She would examine it
as soon as she Sot home.
Her CHEEKY mood was dampened by
an encounter with the pastor of her
church, Rev. DR.. Bookster, who seemed
to answer her hearty bow rather stern.
ly. ''He needn't look SO mad" she
grumbled to herself. Goodness knows
I 60 to church as often as can. If he
had to keep house for nine cross-grained
mortals as l do, he wouldn't go to
church but once in fourteen months,
either.''
Mrs. Snively soon grew jolly again,
as laughing, happy crowd of children
came jostling toward her, books and
papers in their hands. Schools out
early this afternoon" thought Mrs.
Snively. "And dear me, what sweet
little darlings. But don't tn nix it's
right to dress children up so, Just to
send them to school. Now do look at
that silk waist! and that little chaps
velveteen. When I was a girl, calico
was plenty good enough for school.
But moneys getting abundant nova
days. 'cepting in a certain tin box l
know Of"
square or two further she began to
come to the stores. ''What's the post
Office closed for: Some government
holiday, I suppose. Government seems
to have twice as many holidays as or
binary folks, anyway. And Holling-
ways closed, too! Now do hope his
wife isn't dead. She was real bad,
last heard. Why, of all the world"
Here Mrs. Snively's surprise became
inarticulate, for she turned corner on
long row of stores, all closed and the
curtains down. Here was the market
where She must 60 first, all shut ur
and the door locked, for she tried it.
whats wanted, Mrs. Snively?" said
the owner, a jolly young man, who lived
above his shop and who CHANGED to
come out at this moment very neatly
attired. ''Getting contributions foz
the heather, Mrs. Snively, in that big
| basket?"
| II want to know, John Boardman, ~
began Mrs. Snively. smartly, why all
| these business houses are closed. What
sort of new tangled holiday is this;
| You'll have it next so that one can shor
only one day in the week"
'Why, Mrs. Snively. don't you believe
in keeping Sunday?''
Sunday! John Boardman, are you
telling me that this is Sunday?"
"Of course, it's Sunday! Why, what
did,
But Mrs. Snively, big basket, market
ing and all, a scared. futtering, com.
ical little figure, was already half s
square away, scudding along with a
sore heart, half shrinking, half defiant.
! 'Well, no WONDER" groaned She
1.-The same life, week in, week out.
One day like the rest. No one to talk
to except the loagers, and then only
about eating. have no Sunday in my
life, and that's fact. What are yor
giggling at, you impudent little brat?'
This to an urchin trotting from Sunday
school who stopped to gaze in undis.
guised wonder at the big basket.
Mrs. Snively went home through by.
streets, feeling woefully conspicuous
and quite like feminine Rip Var
Wrinkle. When she reached her great
lonely house, she set the big baslze'
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of triangle, say 10x'2 inches, or 12x14
according to the variety you are breed.
ing. This nest is also movable. The
handle on top makes it easy to move
about. An old piece of a suspender o.
leather strap will answer the purpose
Hay or straw is formed into a nest or
the floor, making it as inviting as yor
can. l would keep such nests thor.
oughly whitewashed with strong car
bolic acid and white lime, to keep away
vermin as much as possible. W.
Caughey. in Ohio Farmer.
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LITTLE .HOMER'S SLATE

After dear old grandma died.
" Hunting through On oaken chest
In the attic, we espied
What repaid our childish quest;
Twas homcly little slate,
Seemingly of ancient date.
On Its quaint and battered face
Was tho picture of q cart
Drawn with oil that awkward grace
Which betokenS childish art;
But what meant this legend, pray:
'HOmer drew this yesterday"
Mother recollccted then
What the years were fain to hide
She was but baby when
Little Homer lived and died;
Forty years, so mother said,
Little Homer had been dead.
This one secret through those years
Grandma kept from all apart,
HallOwcd by her lonely tears
And the breaking of her heart;
While each year that sped away
Seemed to her but yesterday.
So the homely little slate
Grandma's baby's fingers pressed,
To memory consecrate,
Lieth in the oaken chest,
Where, unwilling we should know,
Grandma put it, years ago.
Chicago News
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TAKE HEART

A<1AD AAA1AA4 Z
Il you're a suffering woman.
The chronic weaknesses, painful
disorders, and delicate derange
that come to woman
only have a positive remedy in
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton. If you'll faithfully use it,
every disturbance and irregu-
laritycan bepermanentlycu cured.
It's a legitimate medicine for
woman, carefully adapted to
her delicate organization. 1t
builds up and invigorates the
entire system, regulates and
promotes all the proper func-
tions, and restores health and
strength.
"Favorite Prescription" is
the only remedy for woman's
ills that's guaranteed. If it
fails to benefit or cure, you
have your money back.
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Many CAPTURED British Flags.

1t is asserted there are in the Nava
Institute hall at the Annapolis (Md.
academy more British flags captured
in war than at any one place in tn.
world. The collection " as first movet
to tho nava, school by order of Presi
dent Polk on February 8. 1s49. The,
are we'll preserved, being closed up j,
cases made for the purpose. Among
the many might be mentioned the fol
lowing: Ensign of the Reindeer, cap
tured June %, 1914, by Capt. johnson
Blakely, of the Wasp; eusigns of the
Cyane and Levant, captured February
20, 1915, by Capt. Charles Stewart, o:
the Constitution; ensign of the Java
captured December 20, 1912, by Capt
William cambridge, of the Constella
ton. now at Annapolis; ensign of the
Boxer, captured during the war O.:
1912 by Capt. William Burrows, of the
brig Enterprise, now at the academy
besides large number of other Eng
lish flags and several others taker
from the Chinese. Coreans, Mcxicans
French and confederates.-The Col
lectOr.
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a number Of them and put them in the
laying house. a box 1Ox12 inches i:
about the right size for Leghorn O.,
=. Rock, but 12x14 should be given t.
larger breeds. Place clean straw O.,
hay in the box and shape it neatly, K
induce ready possession.
In Fig. 2 still another idea is sug
gested, new to some. 1t is constructed
of half-inch or inch boards in the form
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Food for MoultinR Hens.

Linseed meal is one of the best OF
foods for mouiting hens. 1t is not only
rich in nitrogen and mineral matter,
but its oil hastens the process of drop
ping the old feathers and promoting the
growth of the new plumage. When
moulting feathers the hens sometimes
become debilitated, owing to the severe
drain on their bodies in supplying new
feathers: A gill of linseed meal, once
. day, to avc hens, will be found o1
much benefit TO thsu daring the proc
osG u ReRltine,
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down on the kitchen table and hersel
on q kitchen chair, and, stout-heartet
till then, INDUCED in a good cry. l
was not merely the loss of the benedic
ton and Coronation, great as that dis
appointment was; but the Incident S.
clearly disclosed her sad, isolated, mo
notonous life.
BY supper time. however, she had re
gained her natural, brave content, ant
as all the dodgers returned in goot
humor from their various Sunday re
laxations, she was led to relate will
spirit her experience of the day.
Now it Glanced that Mr.. and Mrs
Gowcn were, like the most of us, sci
fish only from laziness and careless
ness. When opportunity for q kindness:
was pressed upon them they were warn
of heart. And Mrs. Snively's comicall,
sad experience set them to thinking t.
such good purpose that they got all tn,
dodgers to agree to cold lunch, insteat
of the usual elaborate Sunday dinner
and quite electrified Mrs. Snively b.,
saying to her at supper the next Satur
day:
"We want you to go to church will
us tomorrow, Mrs. Snively, and vel
all be well pleased with cold, lat.
lunch. Our carriage will call for us a
ten"
So the black silk came out from tn,
trunk. the placid old face found itsel
inside Sunday bonnet once moro, tn.
worn hands proudly dropped a ten-cen
piece into the contribution box, and
strangely enough, the cracked voict
got a chance to quaver through "Coro
nation" And the benediction. ''Nov
unto him who is able to keep" rested
with the exception of the Gowells, upo1
no more blessed spirit than hers.
Thereafter Mrs. Snively's life hat
Sunday in it-Prof. Amos r. Wells, il
u, Y, Observer.
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HANDY NEST BOXES.

Two Ideas Which Seem to He Worthy Q:
Consideration.
Fig: is handy because you can move
it easily by means of the top cross-bar
Use any kind of box, and saw anc
nail to suit your requirements. Make
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-"Why is it that you are bringing
up your daughter to work for her liv.
ing when you have enough to keep he,
be able to support her husband proper
y II che ever gete naarrisds"a-N, 7
ffsss, $780,
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Which is the best to try, if you have Ca
tarrh-a medicine that claims to have cured
others, or o medicine that is backed by
money to cure yous The proprietors Of DR..
cassr pecty e and e%S your or
they'll pay you $500 in cash.
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An Unaccolnmodatinc Woman

An Unaccommo dat1aE Woman.
Mrs. De Gabb-I don't like that new
neighbor next door.
Little Johnny-Neither do I. She's
just too mean for anything. She treat
ed me orful mean.
Mrs. De Gabb-She did, did she? I'll
show her! What did she do to my little
angel?
Little Johnny-We was playin' circus
up stairs, an wen l asked her to open
one of her windows, SO could walk a
tight rope from our house to hers, she
wouldn't do it.-Good News.
TeIefone Polson's Pointers.
Eff en- ycntlemans skoll kohl you en- teef
en- laers, be terful en- don't denae ct, fer haze
mebbe will proef ct of you do.
Eft you vonts tew ENJOY laef en- not no
tew bay maedetseen tew mex haers grow
on Geld beds, stend cen putty yehOvela
solet we'd yours moders cen To-:
Abote Diet tames ven en- faller tanks hae
ees putty poplar en- vets stok on hemsalf,
haze faends Diet so ing no shet ote ef hem
yust OH kont ef haes shape.
Olkohoi meks votes befor letsom tames,
yrst soc qvik lake ct meks heggars efter.
Dere ees tew tangs vot gifts en- faller paen
cen st mln1k, gruen ROO OnlberS, en- ven
haes gorl COWS ote raiding we'd nodcr fall
lers
bet voss woman would yet pooty hal
dem rits eff haze kan voss ote en- yentlemans
korakter qvik fer tolfen holt SAINTS
lake haze Kan en- short.
Ell you no en- dolor vot you dond naed
few spaend, pud ct away fer your famely's:
Ell you no Ell vote do yust Diet same. Dond
sell ct fer en- CLOS veessy.
# yo&s vonts tew no Diet n2isest raide you
ever no cen your laef from SAINT Pol to
Cheekago on Diet Westibool traen we'd Diet
feenest slaeping kors dining ors, en- re-
claiming chair ors we're yOn kan ged Diet
faenest scenery cen Northwest, yoost gov
down sen your eensaide poket fer der Five
dolor femte SAINT. en- bay en- teeket (forst
klass) ofer Diet BURLING on ROUTE fer ct ees
way ote eff saite, or rate en- latter tew maen
J artick]ey fraend Kennel W. J. G. Kenyon,
General Passenger Agent cen SAINT Pol.
Your Fraend,
Telefone Poison
If a church be on fire, why has the organ
the smallest chance of escape! Because tn,
| engine cannot play on it.
HALLS CATAhRH CURE is liquid and 1
taken internally. Sold by Druggists 73c.
CLAM getting things down to Il fine point
| said the balloonist, as he lit on steeple.
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AFRAID OF AN EMPTY STOMACH.

Extract From . Letter BY DR.. j. H. Kel.
logs. OF tho Battle Creek sanitarium.
There are good many people who
seem to think that it is dangerous to
let the stomach get empty, and so, in
addition to their regular meals, they
take lunch at bed time so as to keep
their poor stomach busy all night. The
all-gone feeling which they complain
OF is not due to hunger butto diseased
state OF the stomach. A person whose
appetite and food are normal, does not
suffer from hunger, even if he chances
to miss meal. Some have cultivated
an appetite SO depraved that they have
to get up in the night to eat. knew.
one man who used to make his wife
get up and cook him a hot meal in the
middle of the night regularly. He was
naturally a strong, hearty, vigorous
man and should have lived to a good
old age, but through constantly gorg-
ing his stomach, he died prematurely.
The idea that people must have
something good" which generally
means something bad, seems to be quite
prevalent I once heard of gentle
man who was very fond of pie and cake
and similar good things, and who
always helped himself to them just be-
fore going to bed. One night he came
home about ten o'clock, and on going
to the pantry, did not find any pie; SO
he called out to his wife:
''Mary, where's the pie?"
Mary replied: Samuel, I'm very sorry
to say that there is no pie"
The man hunted a little longer and
then called out again:
MARY, where's the cake?"
The tired housekeeper reused up
enough to express her regret that there
was no cake baked either, whereupon
her liege lord exclaimed in horriaed
tones:
'Why, Mary, what would you do if
any body should be sick here tonight"
Reported by Helen L. Manning.
The September Wide Awake =.
Is a bright, descriptive and story
telling number full of strength and ex-
cellence. A charming description by
Frances A. Humphrey, of Old Plymouth
and Plymouth Rock as they look to young
tourists, under the title of "A Red
Letter Day." A paper by S. G. w. Ben
jamin on sour Lighthouses and Light
Ships" is full of new and interesting
material. Sophie SWEET has a capital
boys story of school and cricket, ''Taf-
ferton of New York" 'Christyann's
Rezavoy Picnic'' is by Mary Hartwell
Catherwood, and is as bright and home
~ as are all her character stories;
Sophie May, dear to all girl readers, has
real girl story patient Kysie," and
Theron Brown commentaries this BIZ
centennial year of the Salem Witch
craft by strong and stirring story of
life at that troublous time, "John
Alden's PERIL Alice Williams Broth
erton contributes a poem, MY Prin-
cess" that will be liked by those en-
rolled in the ranks of the Kings
Daughters. Price 20 cents Number;
ST. a year. On sale at news stands, or
sent postpaid on receipt of price, by D.
LorHRoP COMPANY, Publishers, Boston.
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If You do not want your feelings hurt
Keep them out Of the way.-Galveston
News
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MEDICAL science has achieved great tri-
unph in the product on Of Beechain's Pills
which at % cents box replace medicine
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HARD times may make US careful, bu. It's
q good time that makes us tight.-Peck's
Sun.
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Ruined Temples.
Our bodies are the temples Of our souls
Should these temples, fashioned by tile ID
vine hand. be allowed to fall into premature
ru n! .Assrredly not. Renovate, there
1orc, failing strength. renew lost appetite
ana an impaired power to sleep, recrea,e
vital energy with Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters which restores Ill eestion, liver, bowel
and kidney regularity, and overcomes ma
laria and rheumatism.
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ONE ENJOYS

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectual!y, dispels colds, head.
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy Of it's kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and &C.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA re syrup co!
- sAx ERAEcIsco. cAL
l0UcDvulE kH kEW YORK. n.y.