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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-12-17
CATCHING uo,o

A person in good health. with fair
play, easily resists cold. But when the
health flags a little and liberties are
taken with the stomach or the nervous
system a chill is easily taken, and ac-
cording to the weak spot of the indi-
vidual assumes the form of a. cold
or pneumonia, or, it may be, jaundice.
OF all causes Of "cold" probably ia
tigue IS one Of the most efficient A
jaded man coming home {; night from
long days work. a grow .lg youth
losing two hours sleep over evening
parties two or three times a. week,
or young lady doing the season."
young children overfed and with short
allowance of sleep. are common in
stances of the victims of "cold." Lux
ury is favorable to chill taking; very
hot rooms. feather beds, soft chairs
create sensitiveness that leads to ca
tarrh. 1t is not, after all, the "cold"
that is so much to be feared as the
antecedent conditions that give the at
tack a chance of doing harm. Some
Of the worst "colds' happen to those
who do not leave their house or even
their beds, and those who are most
invulnerable are often those who are
most exposed to changes of tempera-
ture, and who by good sleep, cold bath
ing and regular habits preserve the
tone of the nervous system and circula-
tion.-London Lancet
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DO YOU WANT TO MARRY ?
If So, the Marriage Journals of
Portland, Ore, Points Plainly
the way. ~.

A lady exelaims: "Shall I answer few OF
these advertisements, or wait. wait until the
heart grows sick and the best years of my life
are wasted? have tried waiting for the right
man to come along for years. 50 will just ans
Wer few Of these lads In the Marriage Jour
nal, of Portland, Ore, and see what the result
will be-. 1t can't be any worse than this contin-
Miss B.: oh: I'm 80 lonely, don't know
what to do with my self There are no beaux IN
this little one horse country place, and havn't
the money to visit the city and get acquainted
with some nice young men.
Mrs. H.: "Why, Miss B., you should do as
yertisements in the Marriage Journal, Of Port.
land, Ore, that's the way | found my sweet
William and that's the way Mrs. NJ. and Mrs.
D. aud Mrs. X. found their husbands. Try IT.,
and you will soon be happy y
Letter from bachlor to his friend;
''Shall I, or shall not-That IS the question:
have made up my mind to answer some OF
those ladies advertisements that appear I'M the
Marriage Journal, of Portland, Ore. But there
are so many of them and of such great variety
that am puzzled to make a selection. 1Wtsh
you were here to help me-"
The above paragraphs shows that The Mar
rage Journal. Of Portland, Ore, is filling "a
long felt want" in its particular field. 1t is sent
security wrapped, with nothing on the wrapper
except your address, for 10 cents (silver). All
who desire marriage should send for it.
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Notice to Farmers

Wortbington, Minn.. Dec. l6, 1886.
Not ice is hereby given that after
this date, we, the undersigned Hay
buyers" of Worthington, will adopt
a uniform system of grading hay
Thus, when load of hay is bought
for certain grade, any poor or stain
ed bales in that load not coming up
to the grade for which the load was
bought. will be sorted out and either
returned to the seller or put into the
grade in which they properly belong
and paid for at corresponding price.
Weare led to adopt this plan be-
cause it has been successfully adopt
ed in>other plants and because it puts
the hay business on better basis.
both for buyer and seller. where
properly carried out. The right
place to sort the hay is on the farm,
and bring the different grades to mar
ket by themselves. In this way the
top Of the market can be obtained and
a betteraverage right through, aud
the result will be.a better and more
satisfactory business all aronnd.
Signed w, { cz 1tSr:1'''
F. G. Turner.
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j j':t q 5'% nsau, sG :i ' Work ONE DOLLAR
SEE HOW
LATE IT Is!

people who hive LATELY
NANSEN, The explorer,
LATEST STATISTICS
the Professional and Blu
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The Lean Hog.

The premium on light hogs is still
maintained at the principal live stock
markets, and this situation seems like
~ to continue for some time to come.
This is in part because of the growing
demand from the consumer for large
proportion of lean meat in pork. and
in part because of the feed conditions.
The great corn crop Of last season,
with the prospective large crop follow
ing it this year, make the great fatten-
ing grain of the West abundant and
cheap. and this is the situation that
renders heavy hogs plenty and light
ones comparativel!' scarce. AS the
market always pays the least for thdt
which is most abundant. and the most
for that which is the least so, the dis
count on heavy hogs may be expected
to continue for some time to come
The only objection to this is that the
margin is not wide enough. There
never has been time yet when pack
ers and killers could not have secured
we'll fed lean hogs if they had been
willing to pay for them. The whole
question is one of feed the hog of the
swine belt being a lard hog. because
the swine belt is practically the same
rs the corn belt. This class of feed
naturally makes this kind of hog, and
it is made more easily and cheaply,
too, than a we'll fed. lean hog can be
made for the reason that the carbohy-
drates or fat-makers are cheaper than
albuminoids or muscle-makers. But if
the market will pay for making good,
lean meat, it will get it. Nor will
there be any necessity for changing
breeds in order to get it. although g
good deal Of change In feeding and
management will be required. -;
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The Creamery.

The creamery business is doing great
things for the farmer and the farms Of
Kansas. The old-fashioned, back
breaking, uncertain modes Of butter
making have been superseded by al
most absolute accuracy in the process
Of making, and corresponding demand
for excellence in the material used.
1t is ~ :~armer's golden opportunity,
"1l I" ing success proves that it
I e appreciation it deserves.
Ill Z. .4ery Is exacting and master
full; it tD.erates no Sinking or placing
Of a poor article on the market, for
only by maintaining high standard
can the best paying results BE obtained.
It makes the keeping Of good stock
profitable, and keeps the number of
cattle right up to the capacity Of the
farm. 1t is emphatically good thing,
this creamery business, and it's increas-
ing Importance is an encoura gingssign
of the times and furnishes incentive to
further effective work in other agricul-
tural branches through combined, intel
ligent effort, and is thereby guarantee
Of future and increased agricultural
prosperity.
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Foreclosure Sale.

Whereas. default has been male in the con.
ditiolas Ola ceratM mortgage executed and de-
mortgagors. to josef Pollok: mortgages dated
We ard day Of September AID, $500 and recorded
II the office Of the Register OF Deeds Of the
the 18th day OF September AID. 1896 At o'clock
F.; NJ IN book go II Mortgages, on page SIG on
the date Of this notice, the amount Of Six
Hundred fifty one, and 49, 100 Dollars, and
whereas said mortgage contained clause, that
If default should be made IN the payment of the
thereof then in such case the said mortgage
should have the right tod clare the whole amount
st cured by said mortgage DIE AMI payable at
elect and does hereby declare the whole
amount thereof to wit, 1854 ,4I-lC0 now due and
been instituted at law or in equity to recover
the debt secured by said mortgage or amy part
Now, Therefore. Notice is hereby Civ Ell, that
by virtue OF Il power Of sale contained in said
mortgage, and of the statute In such case made
and provided. said mort gage VII be foreclose'
scribed d. ut publ: auction for cash by the Sher-
III of said county at the front door OF the Court
County Of Mobiles and State OF Minnesota, on
Friday the 18th day OF January, A. d., 1897 |
at lOo'clock In the forenoon. to satisfy the
amount which shall then be due on said mort
gage with interest thereon. and costs. and ex-
nei,seS of sale and Fifty go Oo) Dollars attorn-
ey's fees a. stipu!a ed i'll Sal mortgage i'll case
The premises described in said mortgage, and
80 to be sold;are the lots. PIECES or parcels OF
land situated in the County OF Mobiles and State |
OF Minnesota, and known and described as fol-
lows tO-wit:
The East Halt OF the southeast quarter of
Section Number Twelve (l2) and the North
Hall of the Northeast quarter Of Section
Number Thirteen (l3) in Township Number
One Hundred and four and Range Number For
ty. west of the 5th P NJ, together with the here
diments and appurtenances thereunto belong
ing or in anywiSc appurtalninS.
JOSEF POLLOK,
M0rtgagee.
L. F. hammers. Attorney for Mortgagee.
Dated November. 18th 1896. F. Z D. 1922
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MODERN PRISONS.
Their improvements Arc What
Drive COnvlcts Mud.

- Drive COnvicts Mud.
The official belief s that there is
little or no prison made insanity. Pris-
on doctors are keenly alive to the
possibility Of shamming, and they hest
tate to admit that there is any flaw in
the system for the administration Of
which they are so largely responsible.
Still the fact remains that the ratio
of insanity in prisons has exactly dou-
bled since 1877.
The admitted general increase Of in
sanity is not suffi: .ient to account for
this startling fact Prison discipline is
now more mechal lical, and therefore
more depressing. Its very improve
ments in this respect take the heart
out of a man." 1t is probable that
prisoners were far happier in the old
unreformed prisons. when they herded
together and had companionship of a
kind.
An expert witness who had passed
four-and-twenty years in Jail told the
prison committee some startling things
from the convict's point of view. The
rules, he said, are too minute for human
observance, and some minds are total
~ unable to bear the strain of them
A man may be reported for knocking
something over in his cell, though it
may be by pure accident. The name
for this offense is unnecessary noise"
AS the poor wretches walk their weary
round in the exercise yard, one may
fall out Of step and thus throw the
others out The first offender or the
last-any one, in fact, on whom the
warder's eye happens to falls liable
to punishment FOR this mischance.
In this way the convict gradually
acquires an ex2r ,ssion that never
leaves him-the round-the-corner glance
OF being who breads a tyrant on
the pounce. We want a new Howard
if the system is only half as bad as
it is said to be by those who have best
reason to know.-London News.
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Probate Notice.
ATE OF MINNESOTA, lo.

STAGE G1;, 1E 81 SSSiss: }ss.
In Probate Court, Special Term. Dec II: 1896.
In the matter OF The Estate OF Edwin W.
Severance Deceased:
On reading nd filing the petition of Carrie A:
Severance, Administrators, Of the Estate OF
Edwin W: Severance, deceased. representing,
among other things, that she has fully admins
tered said Estate, and praying that time and
place be fixed for examining, settling and al
and for the assignment OF the residue Of said
Estate TO the parties entitled thereto bylaw.
1t is ordered, That said account be examined
and petition heard by this Court on Monday,
the sth day of February, A. ?. 1897, at one
ington in said County.
And it is further Ordered. That notice there
Of be given to all persons interested by publish
irg a copy of this order once in each week. for
three successive weeks prior to said day of hear
ing, in the WoRTH1NGTON ADVANCE, . weekly
newspaper printed and published at Worthing.
ton in said County.
Dated at Worthington, Mimi. the nth day Of
Dec. A. D. 1896.
(~~) BY the Court:
{sEAL. C. NJ. CORY,
(~~) 1886 Judge OF Probate.
Geo. w. Wilson. Attorney for Administrative.
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Bucklin's Arnica SalVe.

The Best Salve in the world for
Cuts, Bruises. Sores, Users, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and Skin
Eruptions, and positively cures Piles:
or no pay required. It is guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction, or money
refunded Price Is cents per box.
For sale oy Ray Humiston Druggist
IS l year.
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Summons.


STATE OF MINNESOTA,
COUNTY OF MOBILES.
DISTRICT COURT, ETH JUDICIAL DI:TRICT.
JOSEF POLLOK, Plaintiff,
VS..
l. n. MCINTIRE AND WIFE,
DICK, Defendants
THE STATE OF MINNESOTA TO THE
ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS:
You, l. n, McIntire. Nellie McIntire. Robert
Dick, are hereby summoned and required to
answer the complaint in this action, which has
been filed with the Clerk OF said Court, and to
serve copy of your answer to the said com
plant on tn. subscriber at his Office in the
Village Of Heron Lake. Jackson County. Mime.
sofa, within twenty days after the service OF
this summons upon you, exclusive Of the day OF
such service: and if you fail to answer the said
complaint within the time aforesaid. the plant.
lit in this action will apply to the court for the
relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated November %, A. d. 1896.
l.. F. LAMMERS,
fpdlo.jli. Plaintiffs Atty, Heron Lake, MINI.
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His Point Of View

$50 you cheerfully concede that your
son knows more than you do?'
"Certainly. You don't catch me ad-
mitting that my father could bring up
children better than I can."-Chicago
Reo0rd.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-05-26

"Hj lrowed warn gwine home, T"
he ssii slowly, and meeting the comic
look oh his face with one Of intelligence
she thew her head back and gave ex-
pressiJa II 10 her mood again. She did not
thank him for the gift, but took IL mp as
she ise and turned il over. rabbit
fat" ic sail, and laid it on the water
buckcj shelf Just inside. How yer
lef' A tnt Tempy?"
"Slf putty well, +" said Tom careless
". IL was studying the toe of his foot
visiblJ through rift i'll his well worn
b-orai. Again the laugh Of a woman,
this time from the inside Of the house,
reachti him.
"T,mpy gwine ter be heah ell dis
worl' wen you an me done gone, " she
calledlout Tom passed his hand over
his ff.,lc and looked as il the idea was
not d pleasant one Better bring yo'
cher e!,side, added the woman after a
few rlomenis, and he complied. Then
she III gan to busy herself Strengthening
things| in the simple room. and as she
wo-keIi the conversation went ON.
"Utc' Josh Sims gwine ter preach
termotrow, she said. He come erlong
heah ies now an he low dat he wuz
gwin,, ter turn all de niggers over bout
heah. count or dey debblement. "
"DIy ~ or needin hit, " said Tom.
"Ef II had or seen i'm I'd er got squar
wild sl lmc, sho's you born. "
"Oim-hool An I reck'n some seen
i'm n now an ten ter dat head or
you. Maybe some done got squar wild
ole min Torn. She was passing him
as she spoke and gave him sharp slap
ON th,l Jaw.
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NUMBER 21.

sides really ached, and ready made
smile clung to his face until far into
the night. Even after il vanished IL re
turned dream summoned and occupied
from time to time It's old familiar place.
Next day the personal rebuke of the
preacher burst like a thunderstorm up
on his hearers. Dan was crushed. Aleck
LET his head go down upon his hands.
Clay slipped out Of the door as soon as
public attention was drawn from him
and went homo. lilly crouched behind
the bench and hid herself. Few Of all
the adults there escaped the lash. But
Tom leaned back against the wall with
his eyes half closed and Tempy by his
side. a peaceful smile was upon his
face-the smile that went TO bed with
him the night before. When Dan was
scorcd he said softly. Come back ter dc
fold, Ble'r Dan; come back. To Aleck
he murmurcd dreamily, Face de light
Face de lightv' And when Clay receiy-
cd punishment, from the lips Of the
serene little fellow fioated, Skinner,
tu'n why will yer die?-why will yer
die!"
When the Rev. Joshua Sims cam
in front Of his former host close OBJ
server might have noticed that the lat
ter'S half shut eyes fell little closer
and his thin sides filled out with pro-
long,d d breath, bat as the preacher pass
I'd on the eyelids slowly lifted again,
thu sides sank gently and something like
the rcstful sigh Of cow when she lies
down hoatcd out from the half parted
hps of the devout little man.
THE END.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1896-05-26
The Potato In France.

In France we find that the potato
was placed on the royal table IN the
year 1916, but it was Parmentier, an
apothecary, who really introduced it and
did all he could to get it generally cul-
tivated, though not without the assist
ance Of the government In l77l high
prize was offered by the Academy Of
Besancon for the discovery Of a new
food which would fill the place Of ce-
reals in case Of famine. Parmentier
showed his potatoes, and Louis XVI gave
him 80 morgen Of land to plant them
ON. When showing the first flowers Of
his potatoes, the king used them as a
buttonhole bouquet, Queen Marie An
toinette had them in the evening IN her
hair, and at once princes, dukes and
high functionaries went to Parmentier
10 obtain such flowers.
All Paris talked Of nothing but pota-
toes and the cultivator Of them. The
king said, France will thank you some
time hence because you have found
bread for the poor" And France has
not forgotten Parmentier, for saw my
self in 1852 potatoes growing on his
grave in the grand cemetery Of Paris,
the Pere La Chaise, and 1 was assured
that they We're planted there every year,
so that his services might never be for
gotten by Frenchmen. Journal Royal
Horticultural Society.
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CHAPTER III.

Tempy received the pair graciously.
She was q devout church woman on
Sundays Like most negro women she
had infinite respect for preachers, and
this respect in the case OF the Rev.
Joshua Sims was mixed with something
of fear, for his methods in the pulpit
were exceedingly pointed and personal,
as has perhaps been gathered. and nd
icule has disastrous effect upon igno-
rant people. She We'd with Tom in at.
tentions to the shepherd. One placed a
chair near the door; the other brought a
gourd Of water. One took his hat and
Bible; the other got him fan. Present
" there came lull in their ministra.
tions, for the reason that there was
nothing left to be done for the guest.
Then Tom plucked the sleeve Of his life
partner at an opportune moment and
glided out the back door behind the
chicken house.
Puzzled by this demonstration Tempy
looked out after HIM Presently she saw
his head thrust ont and his features
working mysteriously. She took pan
in her hand, as if ON some domestic
mission, and went behind the chicken
house also. Tom Strengthened up his lit
tie body and looked her full in the face.
Her mountain Of flesh loomed above
him, but his assumption Of a common
danger had made him bold.
''Put dat possum on de table,
Tcmpy, " he said in tragic whisper.
"W'at / gwine ter put Mamma jos
poesum on table fur2'' In her surpris<
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wuz des sr-sayin how nd like ter see
Bre'r Sims an heah q come er-walkin
right erlong" By this time he was up
and shaking the newcomers hand.
"wha' yer gwine dis time er day." The
Rev. Joshua returned the greeting. but
with less demonstration.
"well, l wuz er-gwine down ter Sis
Thomson's
"wha' datw Tom threw mp both
hands in well affected astonishment.
MAN. night ketch yer 70 yer git half
way deirl No. sab yer come erlong wid
me. Tempy'll b. proud ter see Bre'r
Sims, an / 'spect by now dat possum
wat wuz er-cookin while back done got
done. 4" Tom laughed and slapped his
companion on the back. The Rev.
Joshua Sims was a large, heavy man,
with round. full jaw and well fed
look. 1t really mattered little TO him
where he spent the night, and the pos
sum decided the point. He suffered
himself to be led of. Tom, having got
himself well under way, continued
gayly:
~ knowed dat possum up ter sump'n.
Las nigh, de rooster call me ter run
DER quick. Bre'r PoSsum was squattin
en- de henhous' des like e been sont fur
an come, an heah tbs" 1om wagged
his head sagaciously. "Oomp! Ef
c'u'd des jump Bre'r Rabbit now, 'spect
he'd he p bre hfus' nightly" And he
began to peer aroun dwith great show
of eagernoss.
"Didn' yer shoot erwhile backf Heah
somebody over yonner bout Sis ebay
ney's."
Tom shook his head. "'Spect dat wuz
one dem Gillus boys. Dey all time bang
In way over deir. When Tom shoot,
sump'n gwine hang bout is clo'es "
He lifted the gun quickly and sighted
it toward q clump Of bushes, then took
it down.
dat MULLEN leaf down deir fool me.
Look mighty like er molly cott'n." " But
Brother Sims plodded along behind the
loquacious little man-his mind Oh 9TH
er things again.
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WEIGHT POSSIBILITIES OF CARP.
~ Well Fed and Treated, They Attain To
Enormous Size.

size.
Big fish chronicles are always inter-
ssting Attention is just now being be-
slowed upon the weight possibilities OF
carp. These fish are notoriously long
lived, and. provided they are not caught
before they have had chance of living
long, and, provided again, they have
few enemies and solicitous keepers TO
supplement their natural food supply
regularly, it is only natural that they
should grow to a relatively great size.
Under normal conditions, OF course, they
do not exceed few pounds, and, as IL
is the normal conditions that prevail,
may be regarded by not few as some
thing Of futility. Still, they are some
times placed in peculiarly favorable cir
cumstances, and, as the question II
really concerned with what weight they
can reach, il is not such futility after
all.
We must go abroad for the biggest
carp Of which angling history has 10
tell. In private pond in Saxony there
used TO be a pair Of breeding carp whose
united weight in Saxony measure q per
cent heavier than English) reached 9l
pounds. The male was i3 pounds and
the female IS pounds. BY good living
and attention they even exceeded this.
In ii years the male put Oh 8 pounds
and the female ~ pounds. The pond
which afforded home for these crea-
lures was famous one. In one year
200 pounds Of carp were taken from lt
to say nothing Of tench and jack. In
this same pond-which. by the way, COW
cred II acres-the proprietor had left
several carp for breeding. Five Of these
weighed 1903 pounds Saxon, and the
largest Of the five, a Spiegel carp, aged
l6 years, drew in the scale SlIs pounds
English. The age Of the two first alluded
TO could not be estimated. They were on
the estate when it was purchased from
another family, so years before
We have never 10 our personal knowl-
edge known carp that exceeded 22
pounds 10 be caught in Eng lish waters.
A brace which weighed 80 pounds was
once presented 10 the late Lord Eyre
mont. A curious thing about these big
fish is their tameness. Mr.. Pennell tells
Us he has seen carp III the garden ponds
Of Rotterdam eagerly following visitors
about 10 be fed, while one immense fell
low, with side as broad as 4 fitch Of
bacon and an appetite that seemed in-
satiable, actually pursued him for near
ly 100 yards along the side Of the bank
until his stock Of bread had run out.
This fish, he adds, must have weighed
10 pounds. Their rate Of growth has
been approximately computed to be
pounds during the first six years and
pounds before the tenth year. Pail
Mall Gazette.