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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
The Case Logically Stated.

If we could have good roads it would
add more to the value of farm property
than all the other public improvements
put together ever have. It would reduce
the cost of getting our crops to market
ne-half, and in the saving of feed that
is now fed to idle horses 1T would
amount to sum that staggers the i'm
agination. Every day that a team re-
mains idle it is something for which no
return will ever be received. If We
had good roads the teams could be used
on the farm when the ground was in
condition and the crops could he hauled
to market at such times as farm work
could not be prosecuted.-Farm News.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
NEW ONION CULTURE
by This Method the Most Tedious Part
Of tho Work Ii Avoided.

of tho Work Is Avoided. ~.
The new culture consists simply In
sowing the seed in greenhouse, hotbeds
or elsewhereend' then transplanting to
the open groGnd, us cabbage or other
plants. Fly selecting tho right vArie-
ties, there is claimed for this method
a larger yield-of better quality and with
less labor than by any other method.
There are several varieties of foreign
origin that take we'll to this method OF
culture, but the Spanish King or Prize
Taker is by far the best and NEST at
tractive of any of the varieties we have
tested. This variety resembles the
large Bermudas.
The seed may be sown from the mid
die Of February to the middle of March,
and the transplanting done when the
soil will permit.
The plants are taken up hX.loosening
the soil under them first with a trowel
or stick. BY trimming off parts of the
tops and roots we are enabled to set
plants more rapidly and better. Do not
trim severely, but with bunch Of
plants in one hand and with single
stroke of the knife we take off just
enough Of the top so that the plant will
stand eject when set, and at another
stroke enough sprangly roots are taken
off so that we can do much better work.
To set the plants a round stick about an
inch in diameter, sharpened to point,
answers the purpose very we'll. With
this make two or three strokes to each
plant. First, n straight hole, into
which the plant is placed and held with
the left hand. A second time the dib.
BILE is inserted, about an inch from the
plant, pointed toward the plant at an
angle, and then pushed toward the
plant, thus compacting the soil about
the roots: then another light stroke to
fill up the hole. When properly set.
plants cannot be pulled out by the tops.
Ain, to set the plants when the soil is
moist.
BY this new method of cultivating is
avoided the most tedious part of the
cultivation, that of the first two weed
ings, and 1rcst ct the cultivating is done
with the wheel hue. Aim to cultivate
with this every week or ten days. One
thorough wedding by hand ought to
suffice. One of the best tools for this
work is an old table knife. What
hoeing is necessary after this is usually
done with "narrow-bladed hoe.-Con-
necticut Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
PEACH CULTIVATION.
No Reason Why Good Fruit should Not
BE Raised in the North.

No Reason Why Good Fruit should Not
BE Raised in the North.
There seems no good reason why
peaches should not be grown at the
north for family use, at least, if proper
care is exercised. 1t is not the severe
cold of winter that Injuries peach trees
SC much as freezing after the sap has
begun to stir in the tree III the spring.
Some orchardists think heavy mulch
ing returds the flow of the sap and the
starting of the buds and leaves, but it
is doubtful if any great gain is to be
had in this way, for, while the roots are
thus kept longer in frozen ground, the
trunk and limbs are receiving the
warmth and sunshine, and the sap prob
ably is not greatly retarded. There is a
way, however, that works satisfactorily
even in very cold regions. The roots are
cut ON one side of the tree, as seen in
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
1t PAYS to Preserve Forests.

The farmers wood pile and the PROB
lem OF American forestry preservation
are intimately connected. In New Eng
land much of the old forest growth has
been cut off and saplings and young
trees now take the place of the giants;
of the forest. 1t will pay in dollars and
cents to use great Judgment in selecting
wood for fuel. Cut out undesirable va
rieties of wood, fallen trees, broken
branches and begin a careful system OF
forest growth. Lumber will before
long be obliged to advance in value be-
cause of it's growing scarcity, and al
ready forest tracts are being bought in
several sections as an investment.
Farmers. save your forests.-Farn and
Home.
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NOTHING NEED BE WASTED.
Uses to Which Broken Glass and Old
Bones May Be Put.


tses to Which Broken Glass and Old
Bones May BE Put.
When tumbler or other glass vessel
is broken do you think it's usefulness is
gone? 1t is not, by any means. 1t is
tossed into the ash barrel, indeed, but
it is pretty sure to reappear in another
form on the table. In making glass
it is usual to melt, the materials to-
gether with quarter or half their
weight of "cullet''-that is, broken
glass of the same kind. This uses up
great quantities of broken glass which
the ragpickers carefully sort out from
the barrels and dumps. Some of the
coarsest glass is melted and colored in
the paste. When it is cold it is broken
into irregular pieces and sold for cheap
1nosaics in the decorations of shops,
while broken bottles are ground up
to make sand or glass paper.
Bones have long career of useful
ness after they are discarded from the
kitchen. Ground to dust they make
valuable fertilizers, while at some Eng
lish dyeing establishments bones are
boiled to get the gelatine, or size, for
stiffening goods. Sometimes bones are
boiled and bleached and then>sent to
the turner's to be made into knife han
dies, toothbrushes, nailbrushes and
buttons, while ground up and mixed
with other things they are used rs
bonemeal to feed cattle. Where does
the ivory-black of the artist come
from? From burning old bones in
closed retorts, and the same substance
is used in making backing. Bone char
coal is used in refining sugar, because
IL is SC absorbent that it will remove
all trace of indigo from sugar colored
with it. This charcoal can be used
over and over again by washing and
heating, and when finally worn out for
refining purposes it is used in making
phosphorus.
Old tins are cut into strips, punched,
blackened and vanished, and used to
strengthen cheap trunks and boxes,
while old iron is remelted aud ap-
pears in fresh new form. It is said
England ships us ballast much Of her
WORKOUT gridiron boilers, shovels and
the like to us to be melted over. Even
such small things as corks are collected
and recut, while those that are too
rough for cork making are used for
floats for fishermen. and for stu:ling
horse collars.--N. Y. Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
An lpjudlcious Ration for Cows.

Ground wheat for COWS is not a judi
cious ration. The experience of the best
feeders in the central west, confirmed
by tests at the illinois experiment sta
ton, shows that better results are OBJ
tanned from feeding bran and lniddlings
than from the pure wheat. Even with
the most careful of feeders, the ami
NAL is very apt to be overfed and turned
against the pure wheat feed. Ape
tite for pure wheat ration varies to
such an extent that it is almost impos-
sible to fix a stated amount of feed that
an animal will eat and relish every day.
If it must.be fed, give the cow only what
she will eat up clean.-Orange Judd
Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26

How completely TIE BLACK CAT. Boz
tons new Ave-cent magazine, has capti-
waited the story-reading world, is shown
by tho fact that in three months it has
already reached sale of 15o, 900 copies.
And the favor it has found with the
press 10 equally well indicated by the
editorial comments of leading papers
throughout the country. The New York
Mail and Express, for instance, refers to
it as 1.-THE literary pet" while the Louis
Vile Commercial says: I'VE predict
that this delightfully."- original and in
tcresting magazine, which is published
by the Shortstory Publishing Co., Bos-
ton, Mass, will have the largest sale
ever reached by any publications: 1ts
cleverly told stories of mystery, excit-
ing detective tales, and thrilling stories
of adventure render The BLACK CAT a
delightful new departure IN story tell
ing."".
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
Same Old Story.

"Now, that" said moth Ter rabbit, lis
a boy-a young man"
Little Rabbit-What funny looking
creature
Mother Rabbit-Yes, my dears. He
doesn'tlook much like rabbit, does he ?
Chorus-Ha, ha, ha! No-o-o!
Mother Rabbit-No, he don't. But
his brother is around the hill. hunting
for rabbits, and pretty soon he will see
the young man through the bushes,
and take him for q rabbit and shoot
him. Ny children, always respect the
amateur hunter. He is our friend.-
Cleveland Plaindealer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
FIG. 1::-BEFoRE
FIG. 2.-LAYERED
PEACH TREE.
LAYERING.

Fig. 1.-The same side each succeeding
winter-and the tree is gently bent to
the ground. where it is secured as
shown in Fig. ?, and light covering OF
straw is placed over the whole tree.
This is not disturbed in spring until all
danger. from frost is over. This, Of
course, makes the season shorter. but q
peach tree is of rapid development,
and if early sorts are planted there will
ne little trouble on the score of short
season. The experiment is worth Try
ing by those fond of peaches, but who
live outside the "peach belt."-W~bb
Donnell. in Orange Judd Farmer.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26

posts inches each side of center, to
allow the side and bottom boards to
drop into place. -Four posts AKA, 5 feet
inches long, and two posts All. S feet
inches long, to be tenanted to stills.
Three cap pieces 2x4, 4 feet inches
long, mortised at ends to receive tops
Of posts. Caps to be of oak. One piece
il front of cap to hold stanchion, 2S2, 4
feet inches long, of oak. Lower piece
in front of stanchion, 2x4, 2 feet long.
of oak. Lumber inches thick and !
feet long, for sides. One board 2x12, Z
feet long, for bottom.
For stanchions in front. one board
ex1O, feet inches; one board 2x10, S
feet inches. For back gate. two
pieces 2x12, feet inches long, cut
sloping to fit frame. Put on with
hinges as shown in diagram. Gate to
be held up by piece of iron, foot
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
"The Melancholy Days Have Come,

"The Melancholy Days Have Come,
The saddest of the year" not when autumn
when a fellow gets bilious. The 1ssere and
yellow leaf" is in his complexion if not in
the foliage at that inauspicious time. Hos
letters Stomach Bitrers will soon discipline
his rebellious liver, and regulate his bowels,
besides toning his stomach and BEAUTIFULLY
stimulating his kidneys. Malaria; rheuma-
tism and nervousness are also relieved by
The Bitters
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
800 Reward 800.

= The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being q constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
system, thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have 50 much faith in its cura-
live powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testim onials.
Address F. J. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
A DISCERNING GAGE.

Can NJ Used Also - = Machine for Ring
81 H. Ing Hogs.
Following is I'm article contributed
by MI. NJ. Rankin to the Breeders Ga
xette:
I have one that made myself, that l
consider the best ever saw, and it is
also a No. machine for ringing hogs.
! will give you diagram, and also the
dimensions of the frame.
For stills, three pieces of 4x4, feet
long, to be mortised for bottom OF
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
Low Rates to the South

Low Rates to the South.
On the first Tuesday Of each month, the
Chicago & Eastern Illinois r. r. will sell
one3way tickets to all points in the South at
greatly reduced rates. The fast train over
this route now leaves Chicago daily at 1925
P. NJ. and runs through solid to Nashville,
making connection there with all trains Tor
2S0 Clark St., Chicago.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26

The sore on the heifer's teat should
be treated at once. Such q sore has
often made a kicking COW.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26

AREL1e1oN that does not stick to man
during business is no good after business
hours.-Texas Sifings.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26

A HORSE will pull with all his might, but
never with his mane.-Texas Siftings.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26
Home.

Care must be taken in storing away
comb honey. as it is very easily dam
eyed.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26


At the side Of frame to- allow the cattle
10 enter, and gate to fasten when down
with forked piece of iron as shown in
diagram. Stanchions in front to be
bolted ut bottom between 2x4 oak
piece and sill, leaving a space up and
down in front inches wide. Two and
pne-hulf feet from bottom of stanchion
slope out place for animals neck.
The 2x2 oak piece to be bolted to side
Of cap with blocks, to allow the top of
stanchions to open and close and work
with a lever as shown in diagram.
Lever to be made of wagon tire, feet
inches long. A sh-inch hole to be
punched in top of lever. Second hole
1914 inches from top hole, and third
hole II inches from second hole. This
lever to be rounded at the lower part
Cor q handle, and bent similar in shape
as diagram, and bolted between oak
piece and cap on corner of frame
through middle hole of lever. Upper
hole to be fastened to left-hand stan
chion by two iron straps, one on each
side of stanchion; said straps to be 3
feet long, u inch thick and ~ inches
wide. The lower hole to he fastened to
right-hand stanchion with two pieces
IF strap iron the same size as above, II
inches long.
= When stanchions are closed, bore one
or two A-inch holes in post back of
lever, in which use iron pin to open
and close the dishorner. Bore hole
outside of each post, one foot from the
top, to put rope around to hold the
lead. Also spike two wedge-shaped
rieces outside of stanchions, as shown
in diagram, to keep cattle from getting
their knees fast.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26

The W1rE-"John, didn't you feel like
fool when you proposed to NEE" The Hus-
band-'No; but was one."-Life.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1895-12-26

GENIUS may be described as the spirit Of
discovery. It is the eye Of intellect, and
the wing Of thought
The herald., 1895-05-16
The Feast of Reason

President Patterson, in introducing the
literary features of the feast, spoke as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen OF the Chamber of Com
merce and Invited Guests AT the close
of a propitious twelve months or more
since our last annual banquet, we havc
met for brief season of mutual felicita-
tion and social enjoyment. TO the spe-
cial guests of this occasion l extend COZ
dial greeting.
''The occupancy of it's splendid present
quarters, the growth of the cham ber in
numbers, the maintenance OF its high
character. together with its increased i'm
portance and influence, both at home and
abroad. are proper subjects for remark
and congratulations.
During my recent visit to different
sections of the state | found the Los An
geles chamber of commerce everywhere
quoted as an organization to be emulated
in every respect, and | have also found
that the enterprise and wonderful pro-
gress OF Southern California had become
the standards by which the activities of
other sections of the state were measured.
II observe that Southern California-as
n topic-does not appear .upon the pro-
gramme. l am quite inclined therefore,
without consulting him, to impose upon
the master of ceremonies as penalty OF
upon him, tho task OF speak ing most
beautifully and eloquently to that subject.
II am now honored with the opportuni-
ty of presenting as master of ceremonies
Judge j. S. SlausOn, a gentleman whose
pcsonal beauty and siren voice will rem
der him at once an object of fascinating
interest"
The herald., 1895-05-16
THESE REPRESENTATIVE FELLOWS WERE PRESENT

been spoken with. reference to the insig-
.n,icant reduction made in the tariff on
these articles. That reduction did not
exceed from 10 to IL cents a tox. and yet
the orange growers of California have been
paying 87L cents q box for freight from
the point OF production to the point OF
consumption. The Iaisin grower of Cali
fornia pays a cent a pound to ship his
fruit to New York, but the Mediterranean
producer pays a ddarter OF a cent
pound, because he has the Advantage OF
water com municatlon. l believe that
there will be such reduction in freights
when the canal is complete that our fruit
producers will double their profits. And
1 may be permitted here to observe that
if the statistics which are furnished to
papers are correct. the most profitable ag.
ricultural pursuit in the wurfd is rais-
do not refer to the inferior. grades Of or.
anges. The people of the east will not
eat these. The man who sells. frozen or
anges in an eastern market ought to BE-
subjected to very severe chastlsement.
He Injuries the character Of his neigh
boris fruit, and deserves TO be sent, to
climate where there is absolutely no freez-
ing. If L might be permittd to digress
to make comment, would say that
expect to see the time when railroads
will be operated upon the basis of actual
value. just as we run our every day busi-
the Nicaragua canal will necessitate the
adoption of this common sense course.
and the people who have loaned too much
money upon railroad securities will be
compelled to follow the course pursued
by those who have loaned excessive
amounts upon other classes Of property.
Srhe engineering problems which are to
be met with in the construction of this
canal can be readily encountered. The
great dam at Ochoa will prove quite an
undertaking, but there Is not single
work to be performed upon the entire
route as formidable as numerous struc-
lures of similar nature which have
been made successful in various parts Of
the world. The rainfall. SO often COM
mented upon.is not equal to that of other
tropical countries. as India, for exam pie,
where great earthen dams and irrigation
works have been successfully maintained.
As illustrating what nature has already
done to suggest this scheme. l need only
refer to the incident mentioned by Cap
tain Merry. who tells Us that many years
ago 600-ton steamer sailed up the San
The herald., 1895-05-16
THE TRANSATLANTIC
BY CHARLES F. LUMMIs


A thousand years against the north the Saxon
oak has wrenched
A livelihood from grudging soil; against
Uplifting its undaunted head and mighty
ranches clenched-
Too stormb beleaguered half to live, TOO stub
born yet to die.
Impassively and stern it faced the bullying icy
blast,
Half-mockingly smiled back when sham Of
sunshine smirked about
The winter thief that stripped 1t stark and
The summer cheat that coaxed it fight another
, winter out
Slow circlets counted up its years; the cen
turies we're told
Byinch and inch OF rugged girth and scars for
For every year deeper crop of wrinkles mani
And less Of sap to stir its heart give its leaf
lets cheer.
AyeI Strength is noble everywhere, but even
Tho strenuous arms, the iron hearts 1t bids for.
For strength is meant for something moro
than merely to be strong
and life is not a lifetime spent in strain to
keep alive!
Bethink you-nay, but let 1t rest For what
The unbreakable heart OF oak was wrought, in
that EN- bittered past,
Against the far, unreckOned day when south
ern skies should see
The stern old giants saplings set to kindlier
soil at last!
Where motherly Nature smiles "They called
you oaks. at home, forsoothi
But waltz tain would show you now my no
tio1 of tree;
And what an oak was meant to be, that shall
attain in truth
Its own potential, and the scope OF acorns
Jet TO be!
"Thcwhcre it shall expand at will unvexed
and undcformed-
Nor curse the Garth for misery. nor count the
sky a foe
Shall set its leaves in certainty. and feel its
fbres warmed
To Joy OF life, to grace and strength its sires
could never knowW
4 wcro woll we let the mother hear: work out
the mother-will--
Her face is sweet with fruitful years. with con.
sciOus mastery calm.
1t may be she shall teach US here to keep the
s.aTnchness, still,
OF oak-tlie while we lea-n as well the over
green of the palm!
The herald., 1895-05-16
Toastmaster sIauson's Speech

Then the president of the chamber in
troduced as toastmaster Mr.. ]. S. Sauson.
who said
"It's big subject, Southern Califor-
mia, said Mr.. Slauson in opening. "a
land of remarkable conditions; land
where upon one side OF the mountains you
shver and freeze. while upon the other
side you roast ana toast 1t is the land
of the soft-voiced Spaniard, the cultural
is land OF too little or not emo .,gh. A
land where there Is always too many Re-
publicans to suit the Democrats far too
many Democrats to suit the Republicans.
1t is II land where man is always either
a bully fellow or son-of-a-gun; land
of the greatest of plenty or the most of
poverty. A land of ups and downs in
real estate, land where there is a Mount
Lowe railroad where there exists this
chamber Of commerce; where there have
The herald., 1895-05-16
The Annual Banquet

1t was the annual banquet commemo.
rating the seventh year of the existence
OF the Los Angeles chamber of commerce,
and 1877 members and their guests, rep
rcsonting the wealth and brains of the
city of Los Angeles, sat in the gallery OF
the building OF the chamber from $50
until nearly midnight last night. and did
ample Justice to the feast Ct reason and
the flow of soul which had been provided
Tor their delectation. The scene was q
brilliant one. more brilliant than had been
any of its predecessors. and it will prob
ably be many years before the impress
sions created will have been removed
nrom the minds OF those who were particle
Apants in the feast.
p, Decorations were everywhere. There
r:rs Il, ers in the various exhibit rooms,